Today's Headlines: PDP, Uba urge tribunal to nullify Alia’s election; Obi Truly Detribalised Nigerian, exemplifies humility– Major General Felix Agho Mujakperu
PDP, Uba urge tribunal to nullify Alia’s election
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The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and its governorship candidate in Benue State, Titus Uba, has prayed the governorship elections tribunal in the state to nullify the declaration of Hyacinth Alia and Samuel Ode as governor and deputy governor of Benue State.
The petitioners stated this, yesterday, through their counsel, Efut Okon, while adopting their final written address in their petition challenging the declaration of Alia as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Benue State.
PDP and Uba in the petition marked EPT/BN/GOV/01/2023 alleged that Alia and Ode were at the time of the election, not qualified to contest as their sponsorship was invalid having been done 44 days to the date of the election, which is less than the mandatory period of 180 days required by law for political parties to submit the names of their candidates. The PDP and its candidate also alleged that the deputy governor Samuel Ode presented a forged certificate to INEC in his form EC-9.
Obi Truly Detribalised Nigerian, exemplifies humility–Monarch
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Traditional ruler of Okpe Kingdom in Delta State, Major General Felix Agho Mujakperuo (retd), Orhue 1, Orodje of Okpe, has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, as a truly detribalised Nigerian, who lives above tribal and religious affiliations and seeks peace and unity of the nation.
He made the remarks when Mr. Obi visited him in his palace. He narrated how in 2012, Obi, as the then governor of Anambra State, appointed him as Chancellor to Anambra State University, now Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. He recalled that Obi had not known him personally, but gave him the appointment on the strength of his capability and capacity.
“He did not consider the fact that I am not from his tribe or political affiliation. He knew that I could do the job and he gave me the appointment. It shows that under him, Nigerians will be considered for positions on merit, rather than on tribal and religious considerations or how connected one is. He has proven again and again that he is truly a detribalised Nigerian.”
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Ex-deputy governors demand inclusion in APC NEC
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Forum of Former Deputy Governors in Nigeria has appealed to the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to facilitate their inclusion and recognition as members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), the statutory apex organ of the party.
Former Abia State deputy governor and Chairman of the Forum, Chris Alozie Akomas, made the request, yesterday, when he led a delegation of members on a solidarity visit on National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Akomas stressed that the former deputy governors have the capacity, expertise and experience that the ruling party can benefit from.
“It bothers us that deputy governors are not members of the NEC with all the experiences we carry. We hope that will be redressed. We appeal for our inclusion in the committee.”
The team prayed against banana peels for the new APC chairman to enable him have seamless administration.
Tinubu Has Crashed Expectations Of Nigerians –APC chieftain
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Former national vice chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has knocked President Bola Tinubu for allegedly crashing expectations of party members and by extension Nigerians.
In a letter to President Tinubu, the former director general of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) listed some of the public expectations that Tinubu has crashed to include his choice of cabinet ministers and those on the APC leadership, inability to halt the fall of the Naira and management of policy processes.
Lukman said he had no option than to make the letter public because of the difficulty in accessing Tinubu since he won the 2023 presidential election.
Part of the letter read. “Sincerely, Your Excellency, throughout the 2023 electoral campaigns, one of the strong campaign points was that you know how to find talents. When it took you more than eight weeks to nominate your ministers, the belief was that you are taking your time to identify indisputably proficient people. With due respect to all those you nominated, many party members and by extension Nigerians were disappointed. It is clear to any discerning mind that political consideration eclipsed any other factor, definitely no argument about talent can be sustained. As it is, both as party members and as Nigerians, our expectation from your government has crashed.
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