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Today's Headlines: 25% Abuja Votes: Atiku, Obi’s Position on FCT Pedestrian – APC; Obi Remains Symbol Of People’s Revolution, Says Ogene

Atiku, Obi’s Position on FCT Pedestrian – APC

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According to THE SUN, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has faulted the submission by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of Labour Party, LP, that President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ought not to have been declared winner of the February 25 election on account of not polling at least 25 per cent of valid votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT).

The ruling Party in its final written address, filed in response to the petitions by Atiku and Obi before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), dated July 14, 2023, described the position of the two presidential candidates in the 2023 general election as pedestrian and preposterous.

Lead counsel to the APC legal team, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) argued that Abuja voters have no veto power to singularly hang the outcome of the presidential election that is otherwise conclusive.

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He asserted that FCT is not part of the constituent units of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is not a State, but it is inhabited by all Nigerians with equal rights to vote outside the Territory.

Obi Remains Symbol Of People’s Revolution, Says Ogene

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The leader of the Labour Party (LP), caucus in the House of Representatives, Hon Afam Victor Ogene said presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the last election Mr Peter Obi remains the undoubted symbol of the people’s revolution towards the enthronement of a new Nigeria.

Ogene, who represents Ogbaru Federal Constituency Anambra State, in the House of Representatives, made this assertion yesterday in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, while felicitating with Mr Peter Obi, on his 62nd birthday celebration.

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Unknown Gunmen Kill Three In Imo Communities

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Some unknown gunmen allegedly shot three yet-to-be-identified persons dead in Ndegwu and Orogwe, two neighbouring communities in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.

A resident, who spoke anonymously to DAILY POST on Wednesday for security reasons, said it is a daily occurrence, adding that on Tuesday, two people were killed at Orogwe while one was killed at Ndegwu by the same attackers.

He said as we speak, most business centres in the area had been closing early due to a spate of insecurity.

Stop Burning Vessels With Stolen Crude Oil, Lawmakers Warn Security Agencies

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The House of Representatives on Tuesday cautioned security agencies to desist further from destroying vessels containing stolen crude oil, saying the practice is harming the environment.

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This followed the adoption of a motion on “The need to discourage the destruction of vessels laden with stolen crude oil to curb environmental pollution in the Niger Delta Region,” moved by Thomas Ereyitomi on the floor of the Green Chamber on Tuesday.

This is even as the House mandated its Committee on Environment (when constituted) to ensure compliance.

Ereyitomi, in the motion, told the House that there have been reports of interception, arrest, and subsequent destruction of vessels laden with stolen crude oil in the Niger Delta area in recent times

He cited a vessel, MT TURA II, which he claimed was destroyed on Friday, July 7, 2023, in the Escravos River in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.

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