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N’East PDP govs back Damagum as national chairman

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N’East PDP govs back Damagum as national chairman

Fresh crisis is brewing in the opposition People’s Democratic Party, as the North-East governors on the platform of the party have endorsed the acting national chairman Alhaji Umar Damangum to remain in office till the tenure of the ousted former national chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, expires.

In press statement issued on Thursday by Humwashi Wonosikou, the Press Secretary to  Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the governors expressed confidence in the leadership of Damangum and urged him to continue in office.

The statement read in parts, “The People’s Democratic Party in Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Borno, and Yobe states have endorsed Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum’s leadership as acting national chairman.

“Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, speaking on behalf of the five states, expressed confidence in Damagum’s leadership since assuming office.

“Citing a Federal High Court Abuja restraining order, Fintiri stated that Damagum should complete former Chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu’s tenure unless the court decides otherwise.”

The governors, through the state, commended Damagum for restoring public confidence in the party and urged members to respect the court’s ruling in the interest of the party and democracy.

  Fintiri, who described the performance of the party in the North-East region during the 2023 elections as unprecedented at all levels, noted that the zone deserves the position of National Chairman more than any section in the North.

Meanwhile, Arewa According reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja had barred the National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, National Executive Committee, PDP, INEC, and affiliates from replacing, nominating or appointing any Chairman other than Ambassador Damagum, following a restraining order by the Court.

Gunmen kidnap Lagos cleric, demand N30m ransom

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Gunmen kidnap Lagos cleric, demand N30m ransom

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Shepherd of Celestial Church of Christ, Nazareth Parish 1, Oluwatosin Alayo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

The incident was said to have occurred on Monday evening at the residence of the cleric in the Adamo area of the community.

Sources privy to the incident told According to Metro on Thursday that the incident occurred barely 24 hours after the church held its annual adult harvest.

A member of the church who craved anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the incident told According to Metro, “We called to congratulate him (the cleric) on the success of the church harvest on Monday evening but could not reach him on the phone. It was the following morning that another member of the church informed us that his home was attacked on Monday evening by some gunmen who took him away to an unknown destination. We are in serious panic and we have also intensified prayers for his safety and freedom.”

Another member of the church who identified himself simply as Taiwo, told our correspondent that the abductors had opened communication with the family of the victim, demanding a ransom of N30m.

“Details of the communication are still unclear, but we got to know that 24 hours after the incident, the kidnappers confirmed the Shepherd’s presence in their captivity and also demanded a ransom of N30m. That is all we know for now,” he added.

Meanwhile, the church has raised the alarm on its various social media platforms, while also calling for prayers.

“A CCC Shephard has been kidnapped and now they’re demanding N30m as ransom. Your prayer is highly needed,” one of the posts read.

“Kidnapping notice: Snr. Evang. Adeyemi Oluwatosin Alayo, Shepherd in charge of CCC Nazareth Parish, Adamo Agunfoye, was kidnapped on Monday, a day after his 21st Adult harvest. Kidnappers are demanding N30m. Please, let’s remember him and his parish in prayers,” another post read.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident. He however denied knowledge of the ransom demanded.

“I can confirm that he was kidnapped. I cannot confirm the ransom demand.”

Man arrested for tying lover in Abuja hotel

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Man arrested for tying lover in Abuja hotel

A yet-to-be-identified man has been arrested for tying the hands and legs of his lover in a hotel in the Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The man was accused of attempting to use her for ritual purposes before luck ran out of him.

A video of the incident, seen by our correspondent on Thursday, showed people ordering the man to untie her.

Reacting to the incident, the FCT Police Command said it was aware of the video.

The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the man in the video is a suspected internet fraudster.

She noted that the command’s investigation revealed that operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps had arrested the suspect but had yet to hand him over to the police.

Adeh said, “The FCT Police Command is aware of the video footage making the rounds about a lady who was criminally confined at Top View Hotel, Wuse, Abuja, on 17th September 2024, by an alleged internet fraudster, allegedly for a money ritual.

“Findings revealed that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has taken the suspect into custody and is yet to hand him over to the police for a diligent investigation.

“The FCT Police Command awaits the NSCDC to hand over all parties for the commencement of a diligent and discreet investigation.”

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Anxiety in LP as INEC delays caretaker panel’s recognition

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LP hails Supreme Court judgment on LG autonomy

There is growing concern in the camp of the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party Caretaker Committee over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant recognition to the panel two weeks after its emergence.

The 29-member committee inaugurated at a meeting of stakeholders spearheaded by Abia State Governor Alex Otti and the party’s national leader, Peter Obi, has been tasked with the mandate to conduct elections for new executives at all levels.

However, since its inauguration on September 4, the long wait for INEC to confer legitimacy on the committee is reportedly stalling its progress.

A member of the committee, who requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the issue, expressed concerns that INEC has failed to officially act on their request since the letter was submitted on September 6.

According to the source, the delay has become a source of worry after INEC urged them to wait for the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the party leadership, which is currently before a Federal High Court in Abuja.

This legitimacy hurdle comes barely a week after The According reported that Julius Abure, the embattled Labour Party National Chairman, had dragged INEC to court to stop the commission from officially recognising the Usman-led leadership.

The source admitted that nobody expected to still be facing this bottleneck two weeks after the committee came on board.

“The original plan was to persuade Abure or some members of his National Working Committee to attend the Umuahia meeting so that INEC could give the meeting some form of legitimacy. Unfortunately, none of them turned up at the gathering. Their absence somehow defeated the purpose, leaving INEC to say that its hands were tied.

“Another challenge we encountered was that the first letter we wrote for recognition on September 6 was rejected because, unlike Otti, someone else signed the letter on behalf of Obi. That made the INEC officials insist they couldn’t work with a proxy endorsement,” the source explained.

However, the committee has sought an injunction from a state High Court in Aba, Abia State, to restrain the Abure-led executives from parading themselves as party officers.

In anticipation of the injunction, Usman and some party chieftains converged on Abuja on Tuesday to officially kick off the inaugural meeting of the caretaker committee.

Among the dignitaries in attendance were the Labour Party vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, and Otti’s Deputy Governor, Ikechukwu Emetu.

Efforts to reach Usman and the caretaker committee secretary, Darlington Nwokocha, were unsuccessful. As of the time of filing this report, they neither answered calls nor replied to messages seeking clarification.

When contacted, the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, insisted that the opposition party did not recognise the committee.

Ifoh also called on party faithful not to give any recognition to Usman and her team, whom he described as “destabilising agents out to wreak havoc on the party.”

He said, “Our party is intact, and we will not allow visitors to chase us out of the house we laboured to build. Some of them are barely one year old in the party, and they are already positioning themselves and their allies to take over.

“The Labour Party is run by a constitution, and anything unconstitutional will not be accepted.”

Edo voters don’t need Wike’s guidance for election choice — Obaseki

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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the electorate does not require the influence of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike to select the appropriate candidate in Saturday’s governorship election.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Obaseki asserted that Edo people are wise enough to decide whom to vote for and should not be influenced by anyone.

According Online reports that Wike recently stated he would not support the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in the forthcoming poll, having fallen out with Obaseki.

Wike was one of the PDP leaders who worked for Obaseki’s victory against the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in the 2020 election.

However, according to Obaseki, his fallout with Wike and some of his political associates will not hinder the chances of the PDP and Ighodalo in Saturday’s governorship election.

Obaseki said, “He (Wike) came to get Edo people to vote for me, right? Wow! Edo people are not that dumb. They know who to vote for.”

“They don’t require the services of an outsider to make their decisions. Edo people will make decisions this time because they know what they want.

“Some politicians are not happy with me because I have used money from the government’s revenues to solve the needs of the people.”

Furthermore, the governor clarified that the Edo governorship poll would be a do-or-die affair, stating that the Edo people would be doomed if the APC took over the state.

The governor expressed no regret for making the statement due to the impunity displayed by the APC ahead of the election.

“It’s a do-or-die affair because if they do, we die. The level of impunity, the level of recklessness we see in the opposition party, if they take over Edo State, it is the end,” Obaseki said.

APC endorses chairmanship candidate, councillors for Ogun LG election

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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area, Ogun State, has endorsed Theophilus Olorode as the party’s Chairmanship candidate for the upcoming local government elections on 16 November.

The endorsement, announced following a meeting of APC leaders and stakeholders in the local government, also confirmed the selection of 10 Councillorship candidates across various wards.

Speaking at the event held at the APC Secretariat in Imeko on Thursday evening, the APC Chairman, Segun Olaotan, accompanied by other party leaders, highlighted Olorode’s “capacity, honesty, integrity, and credibility” as key factors behind the party’s decision to support him for the Chairmanship role.

He said, “The leadership of the APC in Imeko has today reached a consensus in favour of Hon. Olorode as our party’s Chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming local government election.”

“We have unanimously endorsed Olorode because he is a man of the people. He has consistently demonstrated that he has the best interests of the people of Imeko-Afon at heart. He is a true community man.

“We are confident that with him as Chairman, the people of this local government will experience progressive and transformative governance once again,” the party chairman added.

Other notable leaders present at the meeting included former APC Chairman, Imeko-Afon, Alhaji Gausu Bello, Alhaji Olusoji Taiwo, Ward Chairmen, and other party leaders.

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Lagos arrests 25 miscreants, seizes hard drugs

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Lagos arrests 25 miscreants, seizes hard drugs

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps carried out an early morning raid in Lekki today, leading to the arrest of 25 miscreants in a bid to strengthen law and order.

This was revealed in a statement by the Commissioner for Water and Environmental Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on X.com on Thursday.

According to Wahab, during the raid, substances suspected to be hard drugs were found on the miscreants, who have since been detained.

The statement read: “During the early morning raid in the Lekki-Ajah axis, operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) #LAGESCOfficial arrested 25 miscreants in Lekki.

“Substances suspected to be hard drugs were also found on them. They have been detained, and appropriate legal action will be taken.”

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Secondus rallies support for PDP candidate, Ighodalo

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Ex-PDP chairman, Secondus, backs planned hunger protest

The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has thrown his weight behind the PDP gubernatorial flag bearer in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state, Asue Ighodalo.

Secondus, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday signed by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, stated that Ighodalo is clearly a stand-out candidate for the position with his wealth of experience in managing man and material.

The former PDP chairman also urged Edo voters to come out in their numbers and cast their votes for the best candidate who would take the state to the next level.

The statement added, “Prince Secondus admonished critical stakeholders involved in the conduct of the election to be transparent and just bearing in mind the bigger consequences of a marred election to our democracy.

“He said that the country is going through a horrific situation already resulting from APC’s misrule and cannot afford further strains arising from flawed elections. Prince Secondus further called on the INEC to use the Edo election and try to remedy their battered image.

“He also urged security operatives to be professional and unbiased in their conduct and let only the will of Edo voters prevail.

“Finally, Prince Secondus noted that all the tensions trailing the election can be watered down to zero if INEC and security agencies play by the rules.”

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APC confident of victory in Osun LG election — Party chieftain

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APC confident of victory in Osun LG election — Party chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Dr Thomas Ogungbangbe, has said the party would record a victorious outing in the forthcoming local government polls in the state.

Osun State Independent Electoral Commission had fixed February 22, 2025, for the next local government elections in the state and 18 political parties, including APC had indicated interest in participating in the poll.

Ogungbangbe, in a statement reacting to the disclosure by OSSIEC that APC and two other political parties did not properly nominate candidates for the chairmanship posts in about 7 local government areas, obtained in Osogbo on Thursday, urged members of the party not to entertain fear but to approach the poll as a united front.

He said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party should not rejoice yet over the development, as APC’s popularity has been on the rise in the state since the advent of the current administration.

The chairman of, the Aviation Fuel Marketers Association of Nigeria, who called for early preparation for the polls, declared the readiness of APC to win a majority of the Council Areas, preparatory to reclaiming power it lost to PDP in the 2022 governorship polls.

“My party, the APC is not growing weary. Whatever OSSIEC is saying, our party will take it up but looking at the growing acceptance of APC in Osun, we are going to take the majority of the local government areas. We are going to recover landslide victory.

“Party members should not grow weary. We need to start preparing for the poll very early and come up with the right strategies to complement our wide acceptance,” he said.

Commenting on the current economic challenges ravaging the country, Ogungbangbe urged Nigerians to persevere and continue to believe in the capacity of President Bola Tinubu to lead Nigeria to prosperity in no distance time.

When contacted for reaction to Ogungbangbe’s claim, the Director of Media and Publicity of Osun PDP, Oladele Olabamiji, said APC must first work towards rectifying fault in the nomination forms of its candidates before it would dream of winning majority Local Government Areas in the poll.

Olabamiji, also said PDP despite its current popularity among the residents would work hard to win all the local government areas in the election.

He said, “Before APC will dream of winning, the party must first cross the hurdle of improper nomination it is currently struggling with in some local government areas.

“Even though we are the ruling party in Osun, PDP will work hard to ensure that it records victory in all the 30 Local Government Areas in the state. People are with us.”

INEC unveils new guidelines for recall of lawmakers

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Over 44,000 polling agents listed for Edo poll – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released new guidelines and regulations for the recall of lawmakers at both state and federal levels.

This announcement was made on Thursday by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun.

During the meeting, INEC reviewed preparations for the upcoming Edo State governorship election scheduled for September 21, 2024, and also approved the revised regulations for the recall process.

The decision came in response to numerous requests from constituents seeking to initiate recalls of their representatives in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly.

Some groups even urged the commission to begin the recall process on their behalf.

“The commission met today, Thursday, September 19, 2024. In addition to reviewing the final preparations for the Edo State governorship election holding on Saturday September 21, 2024, the commission also considered and approved the revised Regulations and Guidelines for the Recall of members of the National and State Assemblies and Councillors in the Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory.

“The commission has, in the last few weeks, received several requests from different groups across the country for the recall of their representatives in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly. Some of them have even requested the Commission to initiate the process of the recall on their behalf,” he noted.

Olumekun emphasised that the recall process is initiated by the voters themselves.

“For clarity, the process is initiated by the voters in a constituency.

“The commission only implements their request in line with Sections 69, 110, and 160 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Sections 2(c) and 113 of the Electoral Act, 2022,” he clarified.

The new guidelines, detailed in a 10-page document, require constituents wishing to recall their lawmakers to submit a petition to the INEC Chairman.

The guidelines have been made available on INEC’s official website and social media platforms, encouraging constituents to familiarise themselves with the process.

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