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Oktober 24, 2018

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EFCC: Fayose All Smiles In Lagos Court As He Gets N50 Million Bail Bond(Photos)

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 01:13 PM PDT

Ayodele Fayose

The former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, who was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on eleven counts charge was full of smiles today as he arrived the premises of the Lagos State High Court for a hearing into his case.


However, he was granted bail in the like sum of N50 million bond.

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Related Topics: #Fayose #EFCC #CourtBail

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PDP Senator Defects To APC, As Senate Adjourns Till Nov. 6

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 12:35 PM PDT

Senate

The Nigeria Red Chambers has on Wednesday adjourned plenary till Tuesday, November 6 following a motion to that effect moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan.

The motion, was seconded by Senator Emmanuel Bwacha(PDP Taraba North), and we can recall that the upper legislative chamber which resumed from its over two-month long annual vacation barely a month ago proceed on break for another two weeks.

Senator Lawan, in moving the motion for adjournment of plenary equally welcomed Senator Osinaka Chukwu(PDP Rivers West) who just defected to the APC to the ruling party, This Day reports.

Senate President Bukola Saraki, in his remarks, said during the two-week recess of the Senate, the relevant committees will meet with a view to carrying out oversight functions especially on the implementation of the 2018 federal budget and the recently approved external loan (Eurobond).

More details will follow later…

Related Topics: #Senate #Saraki #AhmadLawan #PDP #APC

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BREAKING: Over 60 APC House Of Reps Members Dump Party

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 09:23 AM PDT

APC

Media reports Wednesday morning has revealed that over 60 House of Representatives members are set to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, following their inability to secure return tickets for 2019.

According to the reports, the resignation would be done in batches, beginning from Wednesday on the floor of the House in Abuja, PoliticsNGR has reported.

One of the lawmakers, Mr. Musa Soba revealed that he will be among the first batch to dump the ruling party today.

Soba, who is from Kaduna State, stated, "We have decided to resign our membership of the APC. However, this will come in batches. My resignation will come up through a letter to be read on the floor of the House tomorrow (today)."

It was gathered that over 70 lawmakers had petitioned the appeal panel of the APC after they lost their tickets at its last primary election for the February general elections.

Some of the members also had complained that the process was "manipulated" to favour some preferred contestants, others alleged that the party approved direct or indirect primaries in one instance, only to make a U-turn the next moment.

But findings indicated that the panel resolved the petitions of about eight members in their favour. Over 62 others lost the appeal.

When the final list of candidates was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja on Thursday last week, majority of the aggrieved members were not captured.

Those confirmed to be on the list were the Chairman, House Committee on Financial Crimes, Kayode Oladele, Baderinwa White, Isiaka Ibrahim, Goodluck Opia, Malle Aminu, Mayowa Akinfolarin, Lado Abdullahi and Jimoh Oladele.

The aggrieved members have been meeting since the final list was submitted to take a decision on their political future.

According to Punch, Some Meetings were rounded off on Tuesday (yesterday) with the position that the affected members would leave the party in batches, starting from this morning.

Recall that two weeks ago, President Muhammadu Buhari had summoned the aggrieved lawmakers to a meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in a bid to pacify them.

Related Topics: #APC #PDP #Buhari #HouseofReps

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DEFECTIONS: Senator Ike Ekweremadu Finally Opens Up On Dumping PDP For APC

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 08:16 AM PDT

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President

Deputy Senate President and a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South East, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has reacted to speculations making the rounds that he was on the verge of decamping to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

There were reports that the lawmaker was leaving the party following some decisions taken by the PDP leadership which were not in his favour.

There was also ill feeling after a former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi was picked as the running mate to the party's presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar without the consent of the party leadership in the region.

But reacting to the rumours in a Facebook post obtained by DAILY POST on Wednesday, Ekweremadu said he was still a member of the main opposition party.

According to him, "In the past 24 hours, I have been inundated with calls from friends and political associates seeking clarification on the rumours of my departure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has dominated the media.

"Let it be known that my path in politics is in the hands of the Almighty God, who has indeed been very faithful and gracious to me. I'm very grateful to God for this.

"My vision in politics is a system that works for everybody, a social and political environment where everybody, every section, and every tribe not only counts, but is also seen to count.

"As leaders, we must be mindful of this, for any system built on anything less will not endure.

"I am grateful to you – members of my family, my friends, political associates, and admirers across Nigeria and beyond – for your uncommon concern. I am indeed humbled by your kind words of solidarity and support.

"Please, be rest assured that I am still in the PDP."

Related Topics: #IkeEkweremadu #PDP #PeterObi #Atiku

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2019 PRESIDENCY: What We’ll Do If Atiku Fails To Drop Obi As Running Mate – Northern Youths

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 06:56 AM PDT

Atiku Abubakar

The Northern Youths Leaders Forum, NYLF, has told the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to dump former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as his running mate.

The forum said Atiku should forget about winning the presidential election if he continues with Obi, adding that the former Vice President will not enjoy the total support of the north.

The forum, which claims to be speaking the minds of the 46 northern youth organisations, with over six million members, equally threatened to mobilize massively against the PDP if Abubakar sticks with Obi as his deputy.

National chairman of the northern group, Elliot Afiyo made this known in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday while speaking with reporters.

According to the forum, the NYLF played a critical role in reconciling former president Olusegun Obasanjo with Atiku, who was his vice president.

The group, he added, had met with Obasanjo on Monday night to make its position known on the matter.

The forum further explained that, apart from the issues that accompanied Obi's choice in the South East, which, according to them could lead to the impending defection of Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu from the PDP, the former Governor is viewed as anti-North and a major sponsor of Igbo separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by northerners

"Atiku is an experienced politician, and he knows what happened and, as a northern Nigerian, he cannot ignore the group. I have spoken to almost all the South East governors and they told me that they remained in the PDP because of their governorship elections and after their governorship elections they will vote somewhere not PDP," he said.

"And for us to ignore those stakeholders, it is political suicidal; so we must agree with that fact. That was what we told Obasanjo yesterday – that as far as we want to Atiku to succeed, he has no alternative than to drop Peter Obi, and with the contention between Peter Obi's group and the Ike Ekweremadu group, it is not political convenient again to pick a running mate from the South East.
Because whichever group you pick from, the other group will work against them.

"Then, in the North, we consider Peter Obi as anti-north. This is no sentiment, apart from the way he treated the northerners when he was the governor of Anambra state, we consider him as a bonafide member and major sponsor of IPOB.

"In fact, 70 percent of emirs and traditional rulers from the north will not support Peter Obi as the vice president."

Afiyo was of the view that it would not be politically wise for Atiku to pick his running mate from the South West which, according to him, remains a strong base of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), advising the PDP to turn its radar instead to the South South.

The NYLF leader suggested that either Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike or his Bayelsa State counterpart, Seriake Dickson, should be considered as Atiku's prospective running mate, if the opposition party is serious about unseating President Muhammadu Buhari next year.

"We don't work on sentiment. As I have told you before, our group staked our lives in 2015 for Buhari. Personally, I was placed under house arrest for two weeks throughout the extension of the presidential election in 2015. I was fighting with the hope that Buhari would change things, but there is a cabal and Buhari is completely caged.

"Also, mind you, Atiku is not a saint; anyone that becomes president, there must be a cabal. So we need a vice president that will tell the cabal no and Peter Obi doesn't have the courage and boldness to be the vice president to challenge the authorities. We need checks and balances," he said warning that "If Atiku fails to heed our warning, then APC will win. Buhari will win hands down because we cannot support a failure, we will work for APC."

Related Topics: #PeterObi #Atiku #NorthernYouths #2019Presidency

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