Today's Headlines: If Obi Was Better, Nigerians Would Have Voted Him – Wike; Tinubu Mourns Akinkunmi, Says He Left 'Generational Legacy'
If Obi Was Better, Nigerians Would Have Voted Him – Wike
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Wike also revealed that PDP governors wrote letters to President Tinubu, nominating their allies for appointment by the APC government at the centre.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said if the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was a better candidate, Nigerians would have voted him in the February 25, 2023 poll.
Wike spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
The ex-governor of Rivers State said he supported the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the expense of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the standard bearer of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the keenly contested poll.
When asked whether Obi would have handled the major issues confronting the Nigerian economy better than Tinubu if he had been elected, Wike said he doesn’t discuss presidential candidates any longer.
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Tinubu mourns Akinkunmi
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President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing away of the designer of the Nigerian flag, Taiwo Akinkunmi, saying he left a generational legacy.
Tinubu in a statement, Wednesday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale also condoled with the family of the late patriot
Akinkunmi passed away at the age of 87.
I’m Still A ‘PDP Member’ In APC Gov’t, Says Wike
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has claimed that he remained a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) serving in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government.
Wike disclosed this on Channels TV’s current affairs programme, ‘Politics Today’, on Wednesday night monitored by our correspondent.
He reiterated that he’s an “unrepentant” member of the PDP working with President Bola Tinubu to achieve his ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda.
Ogun car crash injures driver, shop owner
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No fewer than two people, including a yet-to-be-identified driver and one shop owner, have sustained fatal injuries in a lone accident that occurred at Gbaga along the Sagamu-Ogijo road, Ogun State.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the accident which occurred on Tuesday, involved a Toyota Camry with registration number Lagos BDG 159HW.
Our correspondent further learnt that the yet-to-be-identified driver was travelling outwards from Sagamu and inwards from Ogijo when he lost control of his vehicle, causing him to ram into a concrete electric pole in the area.
Consequently, the adverse impact of the collision left a makeshift shop just by the roadside with damage, causing injury to a yet-to-be-identified female occupant.
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