Why Tinubu’s govt, govs can’t dialogue with bandits – Shehu Sani

A former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has explained why President Bola Tinubu’s government and the governors can not dialogue with bandits in the country.

The Kaduna lawmaker stated this in a statement his verified Twitter handle on Sunday.

According to Sani, bandits are not like Boko Haram and ISWAP that murder people under the guise of religion.

The sociopolitical commentator said bandits are armed movement pursuing religious, ethnic, or political agenda.

Sani said bandits ha be no single leadership but operate in clusters and as criminal gangs.

He said, “Dialogue with bandits will not work because of these three reasons; they are not an armed movement founded for the pursuit of any religious, ethnic or political causes, other than extortion by atrocious blackmail, abductions and cold-blooded murder of innocent citizens.

“Two, they are not united under a single leadership but operate in clusters and criminal gangs; three, their motivation is money; they kill and abduct for money.

“Bandits are unlike Iswap and Boko elements whose acts of abduction, terrorist attacks and slaughter of innocent citizens is done under the guise of religion.

“Dialogue with Bandits is a waste of time. Those governors who tried it later regretted it.”

SERAP writes Tinubu

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to urgently publish details of spending of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.

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SERAP urged him to provide details of the plans on how subsequent savings from the removal of subsidy on petrol, including specific projects on which the funds would be spent, and the mechanisms that have been put in place to ensure that any such savings are not embezzled, misappropriated or diverted into private pockets.

According to reports, the Federal Government has saved N400bn within the four weeks following the implementation of the policy on the removal of payment of subsidy on petrol.  

In the letter dated 1 July 2023 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said that government has a legal responsibility to ensure that the savings from the removal of subsidy on petrol are spent solely for the benefit of the 137 million poor Nigerians who are bearing the brunt of the removal.

Anambra pupil celebrated for emerging top UTME scorer faked results — JAMB

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

According to a statement issued by the board, Ejikeme used her manually inflated score to attract a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors and was set to be honnoured by the Anambra State government before she was exposed.

The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for being high scorers in the 2023 UTME.

The Board is constrained to set the records straight and wishes to state unequivocally that many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake. In many instances, some of these candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

Road accident claims two lives in Osun

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The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Osun Command, says no fewer than two persons lost their lives in an accident that occurred on Ife-Ondo road due to speeding and brake failure.

The Sector Commander, Henry Benamesia, confirmed this in a statement made available by the command’s spokesperson, Agnes Ogungbemi, on Sunday in Osogbo.

Ms Benamesia said the accident occurred in the Ifetedo area of Osun when a vehicle with the number plate BWR 909 SD suddenly lost control due to excessive speed.

He said that two persons lost their lives when the accident happened and their remains were taken away by their relatives present at the scene of the accident.

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