Why I’ll pursue justice at Supreme Court_Obi
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, vowed to approach the Supreme Court to seek justice following the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Source: Punch papers
Obi revealed this on Thursday at a press conference in Onitsha, Anambra state. He said he disagreed with the court’s “reasoning and conclusions” in the judgment it delivered on Wednesday. The former Anambra State governor also said that his legal team had already been instructed to file an appeal against the decision.
Obi said, “Yesterday, 6 September 2023, the Presidential Election Petition Court finally delivered its long-awaited judgments on the Petitions challenging the outcome of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023. This judgment was delivered within the statutory time frame under the extant statutes. We acknowledge the Court’s contributions to due process and the seeming attempt to strengthen our democracy.
Osun govt shuts Iree poly
Following the resumption of the suspended Rector of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Dr. Tajudeen Odetayo, through a court injunction, the state government has shut the institution and frozen its accounts.
Source: The Nation papers
Odetayo resumed yesterday morning amid jubilation by workers, with an injunction ordering that the status quo be maintained pending the time the court would give a verdict on his suspension. The institution had been in crisis, with workers embarking on strike, following the suspension of Dr. Odetayo on July 11, 2023, by the state government on allegations of fund misappropriation. The government appointed Mr. Kehinde Alabi as the acting Rector.
However, Justice O. A. Ogunbowale granted the restraining order, which stopped the Osun State Government and its agent from acting on the matter pending the determination of the suit before it. Reacting to the resumption of Dr. Odetayo, the Acting Rector, Mr. Alabi, in a statement he issued and made available to reporters, urged students and workers to remain calm, “as the government is taking steps to ensure peace returns to the campus.” “I urge you to remain calm and go about your normal duties without any protest,” he said.
30 die in Abuja landslide, 19 kidnapped
19 persons were on Thursday, kidnapped in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja, while no fewer than 30 persons were reported to have died in a landslide caused by activities of illegal miners in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.
Source: Punch papers
These were revealed during the maiden meeting between the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and the six area council chairmen. The Minister, who was concerned about the developments said he would summon the FCT Director of State Services, as well as the Commissioner of Police, to be comprehensively briefed about the kidnap incident and facilitate rescue operations.
While asking the council bosses to set up a surveillance task force in their areas to monitor mining activities, Wike said he would meet with his counterpart in Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, to eliminate illegal mining in the FCT. Speaking on the challenges confronting the councils, Kwali Area Council chairman, Danladi Chiya, appealed to the Wike and the Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, to come to their aid.
Atiku Tackles Shettima Over Retirement Joke
People Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the only legacy of Vice-President Kashim Shettima is transforming Borno State from ‘the Home of Peace’ to hell fire.
Source: Leadership
Atiku said this in a statement by a special assistant on Public Communications, Mr. Phrank Shaib while reacting to Shettima’s joke about him shortly after the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). People Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the only legacy of Vice-President Kashim Shettima is transforming Borno State from ‘the Home of Peace’ to hell fire.
Atiku said this in a statement by a special assistant on Public Communications, Mr. Phrank Shaibu while reacting to Shettima’s joke about him shortly after the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Following the tribunal judgment in favor of President Bola Tinubu and Shettima, had said “Atiku Abubakar is an elder statesman that I hold in very high esteem, and anybody who knows the social-cultural interaction between the Fulanis and the Kanuris in the North will know that I have the liberty to haul all insults at him, and he will bear,” said Mr. Shettima on Wednesday, fielding questions after tribunal’s ruling.
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