All the three APC senators from Bauchi state have dumped Tinubu and defected to the PDP
Before its primaries for the 2023 elections, all the senators from Bauchi state are members of the ruling APC
However, the APC no longer has a senator in the northern state as all of them have defected to the NNPP and the PDP The senators left the APC after losing the party’s primaries; two wanted to return to Senate but lost, while another one who contested for the governorship ticket also lost.
Bauchi State – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost all its three senators from Bauchi state to other parties. The senators left the party after suffering defeats in the APC’s primaries conducted for the 2023 polls.
Senator Halliru Dauda, the incumbent Senator of Bauchi Central, did not partake in the senatorial primary. He contested in the state’s governorship primary but lost the ticket to a former Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Baba Abubakar.
He got 182 votes as he lost to Shehu Buba Umar, who scored 188 votes, among others. Gumau also defected to the NNPP.
Adamu Bulkachuwa (Bauchi North)
Adamu Bulkachuwa, representing Bauchi North, scored zero votes in the party’s primary election for his senatorial district.
He lost to Siraj Tanko, who scored 189 votes. Though he has not come out to officially announce his defection, multiple reports on Wednesday, November 9, indicate Senator Bulkachuwa has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Also, on Wednesday, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, the senator representing Kebbi North, posted a photo of Senator Bulkachuwa holding a PDP card and welcomed him to the party. “Welcome home, it’s good to have you finally join us.
“My friend and Distinguished colleague Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa welcome to PDP,” Senator Abdullahi posted on Facebook.
INEC Chairman has reacted as hoodlums set INEC office on fire in Ogun State
Some suspected hoodlums, numbering about eight, were said to have scaled the perimeter fence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the rear side.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has vowed to correct make sure destroyed PVCs are reprinted.
The INEC on Friday stated that the prospective voters whose Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) got burnt in the attacks on its facilities would not be disenfranchised.
Some suspected hoodlums, numbering about eight, were said to have scaled the perimeter fence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the rear side.
The hoodlums were said to have dipped loaves of bread in petrol and threw them into the building to light it up. It was learnt that the security guard at the facility called the police around 1am, saying the building was on fire.
Subsequently, police officers from Ibara division were said to have mobilised detectives to the scene, and contacted firefighters, who went there to put out the fire.
It was gathered that the store, the Registration Area Officer’s office and the conference room were affected by the inferno. Some non-sensitive materials were also reportedly affected by the fire.
At least 65,699 uncollected PVCs 904 ballot boxes, 29 voting cubicles, 8 electric power generators, and 57 election bags amongst other items were reportedly burnt.
A similar incident happened in the Ede South Local Government office in Osun state.
However, the Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Friday at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at the Commission headquarters in Abuja, said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State had been directed to compile the Voter Identification Numbers (VINs) of all the 65,699 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) lost in the attack from our database and submit the record for immediate reprint.
The INEC boss assured affected registered voters in Abeokuta South that no one would be disenfranchised as a result of the dastardly act.
He said; “The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State has been directed to compile the Voter Identification Numbers (VINs) of all the 65,699 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) lost in the attack from our database and submit the record for immediate reprint. We want to assure affected registered voters in Abeokuta South that no one will be disenfranchised as a result of this dastardly act.
“The Commission is taking urgent steps to repair the damage to the building and replace the facilities in the Ede South Local Government Area so that the office becomes functional again immediately.”
On the spate of violence trailing campaigns by political parties, the INEC Chairman told the gathering of top security personnel that “the commission has so far tracked 50 incidents across 21 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.”
He enjoined the ICCES to come up with decisive actions to curtail threats to security around election officials and electoral infrastructure around the country.
“Turning to the spate of physical attacks during the ongoing political campaigns and rallies, the Commission has so far tracked 50 incidents across 21 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory. These unhappy occurrences are coming just a little over one month into the election campaign which is scheduled to last for about five months from 28th September 2022 to 23rd February 2023 for national elections (Presidential and National Assembly) and from 12th October 2022 to 11th March 2023 for State elections (Governorship and Houses of Assembly).
“The commission is worried that if no urgent and decisive steps are taken, the attacks will intensify as we approach the election date. As we all know, a peaceful campaign heralds a peaceful election. We need to take decisive steps to stem the ugly trend.
As a body, the ICCES brings together security, safety and other agencies responsible for securing the process and ensuring peaceful elections in Nigeria. Understandably, Nigerians expect decisive action from ICCES. It is important that we move swiftly to apprehend perpetrators, prosecute them as required by law and reinforce security around election officials and electoral infrastructure around the country.
“As we have stated on several occasions, the election is a multi-stakeholder activity involving not just INEC and the security agencies. The political class plays perhaps the most critical role in ensuring peaceful elections. We must all rise to the occasion. Nigerians are watching us. The world is watching us. We must never disappoint them.
INEC Reacts As Hoodlums Set Ogun State INEC Office On Fire
“The commission wishes to reassure Nigerians that we remain committed to delivering credible elections in spite of the challenges. The attempt to sabotage or weaken our resolve will not deter us from conducting transparent elections in which only the votes cast by Nigerians on Election Day will determine winners of elections.”
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16 APC House of Assembly candidates were disqualified from running in the 2023 elections by a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for breaking the new Electoral Act. Read More
Goodluck Jonathan, a former president, has denied any role in the crisis roiling the Peoples Democratic Party at the moment.
This comes as 5 governors in the party are aggrievied with the leadership of the party.
Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police, has instructed police commissioners nationwide to guard the Independent National Electoral Commission’s facilities.
He explained that this was a part of the procedures taken to stop further attacks on the properties of the commission.
Based on the ongoing legal dispute between the Federal Government and the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra, who are officially outlawed, Justice Binta Nyako has set Monday for Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team and the Federal Government prosecution team to address the court.
Following the filing of an amended seven-count terrorist complaint by the federal government against the arrested IPOB leader, this has happened.
A bullion van carrying cash was ambushed by gunmen believed to be armed robbers in Ufuma, Anambra State’s Orumba North local government area.
Mr. Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra State and the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, has indicated that he conserved money for the state throughout his time in government to make things simple for his successor. Read More
The notorious bandit commander known as “Dogo Maikasuwa” has been murdered, according to Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner of internal security and home affairs, after a period of terrorising residents and eluding security personnel.
Precious, a 16-year-old adolescent, was detained by the Ondo State security unit, code-named Amotekun, for allegedly raping his brother’s wife and nine other women in Ondo City, Ondo State.
Dillibe Onyeama, a well-known Nigerian author, passed away.
His son Dillibe Jr. posted on his Facebook page on Friday that the 71-year-old had passed away.
As a number of units were combined to form the Nigeria Police Force’s new cybercrime unit, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered that the unit be reorganised.
This information was disclosed in a statement released by the NPF on Friday evening and posted to its Twitter account by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer.
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Adetutu Adedokon: More information of a young woman who dove into the Lagos Lagoon On Thursday afternoon, November 10, 2022, has surfaced online.
The Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) had previously announced that a young woman who is thought to be in her late 30s jumped into the Lagos Lagoon near the Third Mainland Bridge.
Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, has responded to a statement made by Prof. Charles Soludo, the governor of Anambra state, that the investments Obi made while serving in that capacity were worthless.
Obi made it clear that he had set aside money for the Anambra State Government at the end of his term in order to give Willie Obiano a head start and to cover some federal projects that his administration was not authorized to handle.
In response to a question regarding his opinion on the investment of government outside the public sector with reference to Obi as a former governor, Soludo stated on Thursday During an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today.
Obi responded to Soludo’s remarks on Friday by saying, “I saved N48,629,473,469 in local currency. Some of which we tied to specific projects like payment of two-year salary of civil servants we employed for him not to be encumbered, Agulu and Onitsha Hotel, Awka and Nnewi Malls, and some crucial roads like the completion of the dualization of the Dual carriage road over which we had gotten permission to do so and be paid We also gave him some so he could carry on the aggressive work we were performing.
Obi provided the following justification for the $156 million (or roughly N27 billion at the time and N75 billion today when the yields are added):
“After studying China’s extraordinary accomplishments as the MDGs were coming to an end, we discovered that the Chinese regional governments were successful in luring a number of investments due to their capacity to partner with investors or contribute to the establishment of productive facilities within their regions.
For instance, some of them successfully contributed 10–20% to equity, which they were able to do since they had strong saving habits.
According to our calculations, if the state could save a specific amount (US$18–20 million) as we did over a period of eight years, up until 2030, at an average interest rate of just over 6%, we would be able to save and earn about $1 billion.
“Considering that the typical Chinese Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME), for example, was established with approximately two million dollars, we would then use about 50% of this amount to attract investments.”
Obi added that his objective was to benefit 1,000 SMEs located throughout Anambra if he could invest $500,000, or 25%, in each business.
He claimed that since oil revenue was ending, this would kick-start “aggressive economic growth within the state.”
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday disqualified 16 Rivers State House of Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The court, however, upheld the candidacy of 16 state constituencies of the APC.
The candidates cleared by the court to participate in the general elections are those of Emohua, Ahoada East 1 and 2, Ikwerre, Omuma, Ogu Bolo, Bonny, Asari Toru, Akuku Toru 1 and 2, Ogba Egbema Ndoni 1 and 2, Opobo-Nkoru, Abual-Odua, Oyigbo and Degema constituencies.
The constituencies and their candidates disqualified are those of Andoni, Etche 1 and 2, Tai, Gokana, Eleme, Port Harcourt City 1, 2 and 3, Khana 1 and 2, Okrika, Ahoada West and Obio-Akpor 1 and 2 constituencies.
The presiding judge, Justice Turaki Muhammed in his judgment dismissed a preliminary objection by the APC, on the issue of jurisdiction and locus standi and also ruled that the suit was not status barred.
Justice Muhammed held that the PDP was able to prove to the court that the primaries of 16 APC state Assembly candidates were not monitored by Independent National Electoral Commission.
The judgment came 24 hours after the Federal High court in Port Harcourt dismissed a similar suit by the APC against the PDP House of Assembly candidates where it ruled that the court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the suit.
Usman Alkali-Baba, the Inspector General of Police, has disclosed that some of the kidnapped Chibok girls who have just Rescued and been reunited with their families have expressed a desire to go back to their kidnappers.
When discussing the state of internal security at the weekly briefings organized by the Presidential Media Team in Abuja, the IGP made this statement.
Some of the girls who were kidnapped, particularly those who were forced into marriage and bore children for their captors, according to IGP Baba, only came back to meet their family.
“The issue of the Chibok girls, as you know, they are coming out one by one and gradually,” he stated. They will occasionally openly admit that they have come to see their parents and that they wish to return.
Therefore, it is possible that they have been indoctrinated, integrated, or otherwise made to feel at home and have joined the people who kidnapped them.
“But as I am saying, it is a continuous effort, and even last month, you saw a Chibok girl coming out with two or three children and saying she only came to greet her parents and she wants to go back, as I am sure you have noticed. As a result, there is yet hope.
Ruth Ngladar Pogu and the man she admitted to having been married to while held captive turned themselves in to the Nigerian military in August 2022, along with her two children.
Falmata Lawal and her child were rescued by Nigerian Army soldiers in the same month. Additionally in September, soldiers from the 21 Special Armour Brigade in Bama saved Asabe Ali and her one-year-old toddler.
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A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State has sacked Senator Emmanuel Bwacha representing Taraba South for defecting to the All Progressives Congress.
Delivering the judgement in a suit marked FHC/JAL/CS/9/2022 brought before the court by the Peoples Democratic Party, Justice Simon Amobeda ordered Bwacha to immediately vacate his seat as a Senator.
According to PUNCH report, the judgement delivered, on Thursday, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent on Friday ruled that the first defendant (Emmanuel Bwacha) by defecting from the plaintiff (PDP) to the second defendant (APC) during the life of the senate to which he was elected in the 2019 general election, lost his seat of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Citing section 68(1) (g) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, the judge held that the plaintiff successfully established his case and is therefore entitled to the grant of the reliefs sought.
Part of the judgement read, “the 4th defendant (The Senate President) shall immediately declare as vacant the seat of the 1st defendant in the Senate of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The 3rd Defendant (Independent National Electoral Commission) shall immediately conduct a bye-election among the candidates that contested the 2019 general elections for Taraba South Senatorial District of Taraba State.
“Leave is hereby given to the plaintiff to present another candidate to fill the vacancy created by the 1st defendant’s defection to the 2nd defendant not later than 90 days from the date of this judgement,” the judgement read.
This is even as the court restrained Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, his agents or privies from accessing allowances due to the occupant of the seat until a winner emerged from the election to be conducted.
Atiku Abubakar has welcomed G-5 governors as party leaders moved to resolve all pending issues
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has welcomed reports that the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike and his group are favourably disposed to the resolution of the issues with the former vice president.
Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku, said this in a statement on Thursday, quoting his principal as expressing commitment to a negotiation that will resolve the crisis of confidence and pave the way for a much stronger and united PDP.
“Atiku Abubakar also expresses his commitment to a negotiation that will resolve the crisis of confidence and pave the way for a much stronger and united PDP,” the statement added.
“The former Vice President of Nigeria, notes that never at any time of the differences that have ensued have the doors been shut to Governor Wike and his group.
“He enjoins every leader of the party and their supporters irrespective of their leanings to be open-minded and support the process of resolution of the extant issues.”
Wike, a former minister, lost the PDP presidential primary to Atiku but claims the exercise was not free and fair. In the wake of the loss, he demanded the resignation of the party’s National Chairman Iyorchia, insisting that he (Ayu) and Atiku are from the same region.
The PDP G5 which is made up of Wike’s allies has also pulled out of the party’s presidential campaign. Efforts so far to reconcile them have failed.
Atiku and IBB are currently in a closed-door meeting in Niger State
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Friday met with former military head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida.
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned Nigerians against voting the wrong candidate in the 2023 presidential election.
Primate Ayodele opined that the fate and future of Nigeria will depend on the outcome the election, noting that the country may crash if electorates pick the wrong president in 2023.
Speaking during a chat with Punchnewsng.com , Ayodele said that Nigeria may disintegrate if Nigerians pick the wrong leaders in 2023.
According to Ayodele: “If Nigerians were not diligent in picking God’s choice, the country would crash in 2023. That disintegration we are against might happen
Spiritual leaders, either Christians or Muslims, are to tell the people about the mind of God and to pray for the nation. We are also to correct all the candidates as most of them will goof, and if they do so, nobody is ready to talk.
“No pastor should be partisan; they should be free to say what the Lord told them. The role of a pastor is spiritual; I’m not talking about career pastors. Those in the spirit should tell the people the choice of God, and that is what we stand for.
“The way of God is not our way; in 2015, when I said bringing in Buhari would cause Nigerians what they didn’t expect, it has caused them what they don’t expect.
“They went about clamouring, and this is why our democracy is failing. Our democracy is failing because we are not united in listening to the voice of God.
“We only listen to the voice of man than God; we will continue to fall if we listen to the voice of man rather than what the Lord says.
FG files 7-count amended charge against Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader
Nnamdi Kanu, the arrested leader of IPOB, has been charged by the federal government with seven new counts of terrorism.
This online newspaper gathered that all of the accusations against the IPOB leader that had previously been upheld by the trial court were included in the revised charge with the file number FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 that was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The Federal Government (FG) specifically claimed that Kanu, who is currently detained by the Department of State Service (DSS), had issued a lethal threat to anyone who disobeyed his sit-at-home order in the South Eastern region of the country in a broadcast that was heard and heard throughout Nigeria as a member of an illegal group.
It informed the court that because of the threat, banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, and fuel stations located in the Eastern States of Nigeria have kept their doors locked, preventing both pedestrian and vehicular traffic from moving.
The FG further asserted that between 2018 and 2021, the IPOB leader conducted broadcasts that were heard and received in Nigeria and incited people to kill and hunt down members of the Nigerian security forces and their families, violating Section 1(2)(h) of the 2013 Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act.
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Further, it claimed that Kanu gave orders to IPOB members “to manufacture bombs,” and that between March and April 2015, the defendant “imported into Nigeria and kept a Radio Transmitter known as Tram 50L concealed in a container of used household items which you declared as used household items in Ubulisiuzor in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and you thereby committed an offence contrived.”
Kanu previously entered a not-guilty plea to the accusation.
Trial Judge Binta Nyako has already scheduled Kanu’s legal team, led by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to address the court on Monday, as well as the prosecution’s counsel.
The parties will debate whether FG might proceed with re-arresting the IPOB leader on the new charge despite the Court of Appeal’s October 13 decision exonerating him of all charges and the ongoing Supreme Court appeals on the matter.
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Lady Who Jumped Into Lagos Lagoon has been identified as Adedokun Adetutu
It has been determined that the young Nigerian woman who sparked a lot of media attention on Thursday afternoon by diving into the Lagos Lagoon has been identified.
A member of the workforce at the Department of State Services, her name is Adetutu Adedokun.
According to the reports, Adedokun committed suicide by jumping into the lagoon after getting into a furious dispute with her fiance, who had just recently proposed to her.
According to the Uber driver, Adedokun got into a fight with her boyfriend as they were riding in the cab together, and in the heat of the confrontation, she told the driver to pull over and got out of the vehicle.
After that, she made her way towards the bridge’s rails and jumped off into the lagoon from there.
Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, verified the occurrence and stated that a search and rescue team had been activated to look for her body.
Only about a quarter of a year ago, the Director General of the Defense Security Service singled her out as the unarmed combat operator in her group who excelled the most.
However, there have been accounts that contradict one another detailing what happened to Adedokun.
It was reported that she was rescued yesterday on Instablog; however, other reports state that the hunt for her body is still ongoing at this day.
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Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has said that the terror alerts sent out by the US and the UK were exaggerated.
This was said on Thursday during a press conference held at Aso Rock in Abuja by the Presidential Media Team and attended by the top police officer in the nation.
Baba claimed that the Nigerian government never discounted the warnings of potential attacks in Abuja and that instead, the notifications simply increased apprehension among Nigerians.
However, the IGP revealed that security agencies had detained several individuals, adding that those detained will shortly face legal charges.
“Government has never denied it was an alarm, but we only said it was blown or made in such a way that our people were uneasy about the circumstance and the manner in which it was carried out,” he claimed.
“The embassies have their own obligations to their residents, and they are able to offer guidance. The government has not discounted what is occurred, however, as they have also let us know about any risks they believe may exist.
“These threats or actions occasionally occur, but nobody has written them off as frivolous alarm, and many attempts have been made, as you mentioned, to defuse tension.
Actually, arrests have been made; individuals who, in our opinion, are preparing to commit a crime in whatever way were taken into custody. Any service that has them will bring charges against those who have been arrested in court.
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Six Year-Old Girl Dies In Abuja School During Swimming Lesson
Modadeoluwa, a 6-year-old student, is said to have passed away at a school in Abuja.
The family has broken down in tears at the news of the death of their daughter.
The young girl allegedly died at Start Rite School in Abuja on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, while she was getting a swimming lesson, according to the grieving family.
The family further claimed that school officials attempted to tamper with CCTV footage of the incident, but they managed to gather evidence.
According to one David, who appeared to be a close cousin of the deceased, the girl was repeatedly thrown off balance at the shallow end of the pool, hitting her head and suffering internal bleeding.
The family also stated that the school remained open and went about its business as usual rather than accepting responsibility for the occurrence.
Six Year-Old Girl Dies In Abuja School During Swimming Lesson
“My little cousin apparently had a swim day at school. The coach told her to swim as far as she could and then swim back.
When she got back, he tossed her repeatedly in the air at the shallow end of the pool. She hit her head and had internal bleeding, ” David wrote.
“Even with that, the coach was continuously shoving her in. We later requested the CCTV footage, and when we got there, we discovered that they had edited the recording.
Currently, the school is operating as if nothing had happened, and they are fooling various guardians and avoiding taking accountability.
According to Bobanure, “On November 2nd 2022, my smart. Madade, a kind and lovely 6-year-old cousin, died as a result of the Abuja swimming instructor’s carelessness.
The portion of the CCTV tape that depicts what happened in the pool has been erased by the school since it has refused to acknowledge any responsibility.
Please assist us in sharing and retweeting until the school is made accountable.
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Don’t Take Atiku, Peter Obi For Granted – Ribadu Warns APC, Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s presidential candidate, has been cautioned about the might of the rival parties.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso, the candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNNP), are not to be taken for granted, according to former EFCC chairman Nuhu Ribadu.
On Thursday, Ribadu gave a speech at the opening of the APC Presidential Campaign Council’s Directorate of Stakeholder Relations.
He stated, “We should not underestimate our opponents; instead, we should work tirelessly to increase our margin of victory so that it is substantial and sweet.”
“Fortunately, we have a tough job ahead of us. We have the product that is currently most marketable. There is not a single candidate who is superior to ours.
“Asiwaju Tinubu has a track record of success as a thoroughbred administrator, maverick politician, and excellent human being.
He also has a vast network of friends and associates all over Nigeria, which makes our job of outreach much easier. He will not learn on the job.
According to Ribadu, the formal commitment to launch campaigns completely is signalled by the installation of the leadership and members of the directorate.
However, he added, “This is not the beginning of the work; some of us have been burning midnight candles for a very long time, even before the Directorate’s formal Constitution,” trying to create ties amongst important players.
Chief Bisi Akande, the first National Chairman of the APC, who also established the directorate, stated his pleasure with how the APC-led government has performed since May 29, 2015.
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In Anambra State, a group of gunmen who are thought to be thieves have created major chaos.
On Thursday night in Ufuma, Anambra State’s Orumba South Local Government Area, the gunmen ambushed a bullion van.
The bullion van was transporting cash to an unnamed destination when the gunmen followed them to the rural town of Ufuma and opened fire on the vehicle and security guards accompanying it, according to a source who talked to newsmen.
“The event took place on Thursday around 5 o’clock, and there was a lot of gunfire nearby.
“While security personnel attached to the bullion van engaged the armed bandits, every inhabitant of the village escaped. The cops were able to prevent their success, the person claimed.
The incidence has been confirmed by the State Police command in the interim.
The incident occurred at around 4 o’clock, according to DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, the command’s spokeswoman, but the armed men were ultimately driven back.
The bullion van’s operations bravely withstood the attack, he claimed. At around 4 o’clock, the event took place in Umunebo Junction, Ufuma.
“The attackers are now the target of an emergency manhunt, according to Police Commissioner CP Echeng Echeng. The armed robbers’ operational vehicles have been located.
He claimed that the burglars’ Lexus and Highlander jeeps had been found. One empty magazine, a bulletproof vest that had been altered, charms, and a few incriminating objects were also found.
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Court Sacks Senator Emmanuel Bwacha For Defecting To APC
A decision has been made to remove the senator who represented the Taraba South senatorial constituency, Emmanuel Bwacha.
The Federal High Court that was sitting in Jalingo dismissed Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from his position because he had switched parties, going from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State had petitioned the court to rule that the lawmaker’s seat was vacant since he had defected from the party on which he had been elected.
In his judgement, the judge who was presiding over the case, Justice Simon Amobeda, instructed Bwacha to immediately relinquish his seat.
On February 3, 2022, Senator Bwacha, who is also the deputy minority leader of the Senate, switched parties and joined the APC.
Court Sacks Senator Emmanuel Bwacha For Defecting To APC
At a ceremony held at the State House, President Muhammadu Buhari formally welcomed Bwacha into the APC, which is now in power.
Governor Mai Mala Buni, who is also the chairman of the interim committee for the ruling party, was the one who escorted the federal congressman from Taraba to the Presidential Villa.
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Soludo – Peter Obi’s alleged investment in Anambra govt is worth nothing
The supposed investment of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, in the Anambra state government, according to Governor of Anambra State Professor Chukwuma Soludo, is worth next to nothing.
In an appearance with Politics Today on Channels TV on Thursday, Soludo made this claim.
Soludo responded simply, “I do not know about the investment,” when asked for his opinion on government investments outside the public sector with reference to Obi as the former governor of Anambra.
“The topic of our interview is the 2023 budget. I am not referring to any of my predecessors’ investments.
By the way, I have no knowledge of the one you mentioned. I believe I once read about someone speculating on a particular investment. The value of such investments is worth practically nothing after what I have seen today. So let us ignore that,” he continued.
Over 5,000 people in the state will receive their employment letters soon, according to Soludo.
To put an end to a period in which schools lacked teachers, he declared, “We are handing out employment letters to more than 5, 000 teachers.
If you look at the five fingers strategy of our programmes, Soludo continued, “We are fortunate to have 240 plus doctors and consultants to man our general hospitals. We designed our budget to keep our eyes on the ball.
Remember that just 6,000 of the 31,000 applicants who took part in the online recruitment test for teachers in the state of Anambra got through.
Less than two months after taking office, Soludo issued an order to hire teachers for both elementary and secondary schools to improve the state’s teacher-to-student ratio.
Following the most recent teachers’ Computer Based Test (CBT), 6,250 applicants were selected for oral interviews for teaching posts across the state, according to the state’s information commissioner, Mr. Paul Nwosu.
He added that the oral interviews had been set to begin on July 27, 2022, and would last for two weeks. He claimed that 3,250 would be deployed to primary schools and 3,000 to secondary schools.
Interviews will take place at Igwebuike Grammar School, St. John of God Secondary School, and the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) in Awka, according to Nwosu.
In the meanwhile, in response to the uproar surrounding the initial online CBT, Soludo ordered its cancellation and recommended that it be repeated, with the state government covering the applicants’ costs.
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Owan Enoh vows to unseat Prince Otu as he heads to the appeals court, making the Cross River APC crisis even worse
The Prince Bassey Otu faction of the All Progressives Congress appears to be in panic over recent legal steps taken against one of the party’s candidates for governor at the most recent primary elections held this year, according to information that has reached newsrooms.
Sen. John Owan-Enoh is believed to have quietly challenged the high court’s decision after failing to obtain a favorable ruling from the Calabar lower court last month. This data was taken from Owan Enoh’s official Facebook page.
The message reads in part:
“Accept my apology for keeping you largely in the dark and saying nothing since after the unfortunate judgment of the 24th of October.
I know how badly disappointed you all felt. I felt no less. I took my time before getting to you because I needed to be sure of the appropriate response to the judgment.
But no matter how strong these both are, never forget the strength of our ‘By God’s Grace ‘ slogan. We ought to always pray, therefore. I enjoin you all to remain steadfast. God bless you all again and again.”
Senator Owan -Enoh who scored 84 votes, as against Prince Otu who scored 811 votes, in the just concluded May 26th APC primaries in the States, on June 8, 2022, had filed an originating summons with the APC, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and Senator Otu as the first, second, and third defendants respectively where he argued among other other things that Senator Otu was not properly cleared to participate in the primaries.
But on October 24th, the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross State, in Suit No: FHC/CS/106/2022, presided over by Justice Ijeoma declared Senator Bassey Edet Otu as the duly elected All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the State for the 2023 elections.
Ijeoma Ojukwu, held that the plaintiff, Senator John Owan Enoh, had failed to prove his case.
In a seven-paragraph affidavit submitted by the plaintiff, Justice Ojukwu stated that the allegation lacked evidence, hence forgery could not be established.
But in a statement posted on his verified Facebook page Owan Enoh said he has appealed the judgement.
The statement reads in part. ” I can now confirm that an Appeal against the judgment has been formally entered by our legal team to the Calabar Division of the Court of Appeal. Meeting the timelines has not come easy but we’ve. Have no doubt about the strength of our case as well as our legal team.
But no matter how strong these both are, never forget the strength of our ‘By God’s Grace ‘ slogan. We ought to always pray, therefore. I enjoin you all to remain steadfast. God bless you all again and again.”
Born on 4th June, 1996, Enoh had represented Etung state constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, thereafter he represented Obubra/ ring Federal Constituency in the green chambers of the national assembly before he later became a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015, where he represented the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State in the 8th Assembly of the Senate.
He was a member of Grassroots Democratic Movement, later All People’s Party, then People’s Democratic Party (PDP) up until May 2017 when he defected to the ruling All progressive Congress (APC) and contested for governorship losing to incumbent governor Ben Ayade.
Cross River APC Crisis Gets Messier As Owan Enoh Heads To Appeal Court, Vows To Unseat Prince Otu
