Today's Headlines: Adebayo advises Obi, Atiku to prepare for 2027; Ganduje chairs the first APC NWC Meeting Tuesday
Adebayo advises Obi, Atiku to prepare for 2027
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As Nigerians alongside the presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, await the judgment of the Presidential Elections Tribunal Tribunal (PEPT), the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has advised the duo of Atiku and Obi as well as other opposition party members to move on with their lives and start preparing for the 2027 presidential elections.
Adebayo, who handed down the advice on X (@Pres_Adebayo) over the weekend, wanted the petitioners, and indeed, Nigerians to move on, and start preparations for the next general elections in 2027 because, according to him, the petitions were the easiest to dispense by the Tribunal judges since the return of democracy in 1999.
He noted that the petitions lacked merit and were poorly presented.
He said: “This year’s election petitions are the easiest to dispense with since 1999. No need for any judicial acrobatics. They fall within clear jurisprudence and well-established precedents. Obi/Labour vs Tinubu/INEC will be dismissed in limine; ditto for Atiku/PDP vs Tinubu/INEC. These petitions lack merit and are poorly presented, abysmally unproved and comically argued. The APM’s half-hearted petition is a pre-election mongrel with no pedigree in electoral litigation. The judges are not to blame. All opposition elements should prepare for the 2027 elections.”
Ganduje chairs the first APC NWC meeting Tuesday
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The new National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, will on Tuesday meet members of the National Working Committee in what will be his first official assignment as the leader of the party.
The development came barely two days after the former governor of Kano State was ratified at the 12th National Executive Committee meeting of the ruling party at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.
Aside from Ganduje, Spokesperson for the ninth Senate, Senator Ajibola Basiru, was also ratified as the new national secretary of the APC during Thursday’s NEC meeting.
In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, a party chieftain, who craved anonymity, explained that the 73-year-old Kano State politician would chair his first meeting at the national headquarters of the party on Tuesday.
He said, “We are having an NWC meeting on Tuesday. It will be Ganduje’s first official meeting.
“I am sure it is an effort on his part to get familiar with the committee members in a more relaxed atmosphere following the stress of the NEC meeting that approved his appointment. Basiru has also promised to make himself available for the meeting.
On what will be the possible agenda for the meeting, the party chieftain disclosed that priority would be given to appointing officers for the vacant positions in the NWC.
Police arrest Zamfara notorious kidnapper, female informant
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The Zamfara State police command has arrested one notorious kidnapper, Lawali Danhajiya, whom it said specialised in abducting people of Gusau, the state capital.
Also arrested was a female informant, Umma Zubairu, who worked for a dreaded bandit kingpin, Dan Karami.
Addressing journalists at the police headquarters in Gusau, the spokesperson for the command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, said the suspected kidnapper, Danhajiya, had been terrorising the Saminaka area in Gusau town, the state capital.
He said, “The Police Tactical Team attached to Gusau Area Command acted on actionable intelligence that led to the arrest of the notorious kidnapper, Danhajiya.“
In the course of the investigation, one Mika’ilu Ibrahim “m” of Saminaka identified the suspect as one of the bandits that kidnapped him sometime in March 2023 at his residence in the Saminaka area. Another victim named Aina’u Aliyu “f” of the Saminaka area also identified the suspect as the one who kidnapped her on 22nd June 2023.”
Abubakar stated that the case was under investigation, adding that the suspect would be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.
Senator’s aide shot dead in Lagos
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Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Adeola, has been shot dead in Lagos.
Sanni was killed on Saturday while on his way to his residence in the Isheri area of the state.
The statement issued in Abuja by the senator’s spokesperson, Kayode Odunaro said the deceased’s body was found with gunshot wounds at a Toyota bus stop in the Oshodi area of Lagos State on Saturday morning.
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