Today's Headlines: Buhari Belonged To Some, Not Entire Nigerians — Clark; Shettima, Obi, Akpabio, Abbas Storm Kano For Deputy Senate President Son's Wedding
Buhari belonged to some, not entire Nigerians; nothing changed for good —Clark
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FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark
has to tong-lashed the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, saying he deceived Nigerians ahead of the 2015 Presidential election with his campaign mantra, CHANGE.
Clark who noted this in his 688-page ‘Brutally Frank’ , his autobiography, said that throughout his administration, he betrayed Nigerians, and did not serve them contrary to his inaugural remark that he belonged to everybody.
The book which has five chapters was unveiled on Thursday in Abuja.
It captured the journey of Clark as a classroom teacher, a commissioner, minister, a Senator and national activist, spanning over seven decades.
In Chapter 22, titled, Buhari’s Nigeria from Page 523, Clark took a swipe at the former President, saying that nothing changed for the better during in his eight years and perhaps if there was any change at all, it was for the worse.
According to the elder statesman, there was massive conspiracy against Goodluck Jonathan’s government ahead of 2015 presidential election by northerners, just as he stressed that immediately after Buhari was sworn into office, he took off to Nigeria’s neighbouring countries, Niger, Chad, etc. with a view to mobilising their support, particularly in strengthening the Joint Task Force. He expected all neighbouring countries to contribute troops to the Joint Task Force. Unfortunately, he did not achieve his desired goal as the Joint Task Force started to disintegrate and no one knew its role and position today.
Shettima, Obi, Akpabio, Abbas storm Kano for Dep Sen President son’s wedding
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The ancient city of Kano was on Friday agog as the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Labour Party Presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas stormed the state for the wedding ceremony of Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin’s son, Abdullahi’s wedding.
The wedding which took place at Isyaku Rabi’u Juma’at mosque had the Vice President as the representative of the groom while the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Tajudeen Abbas stood in for the groom, Bilkisu Madaki, daughter of Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep Aliyu Sani Madaki.
The Chief Imam of the mosque, Sheikh Abdullahi Mahmud Salga tied the knot between Abdullahi and Bilkisu after a bride price of N500,000 was paid as dowry.
The wedding ceremony had dignitaries which include governors, lawmakers, politicians and other well wishers in attendance.
Meanwhile, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio had described the presence of Peter Obi at the wedding ceremony as signs of a united Nigeria.
How herders killed couple, injured one in Plateau School
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When Rwang Danladi and his wife, Sandra both teachers at BECO Comprehensive School, Kwi, Riyom local government area of Plateau State, went to work on Monday morning, they had no premonition that it would be their last day on earth.
But tragedy struck at the time they were almost done with that day’s activities and their lives were allegedly cut short by gunmen who invaded their workplace.
The couple who got married just last March is not here to say what happened, the Vice Principal (Administration), Mr. Dalyop Ibrahim, survived the onslaught with critical injuries and the Principal of the School, Mr. Dantoro Gyang who escaped unhurt explained what happened.
He said, “The incident occurred on Monday afternoon between 2 pm and 2.30 pm. We were in the school for our end-of-session meeting and to discuss the speech and prize event we were preparing for. We had just finished the meeting when we saw herdsmen invade the school premises with their cows to graze but were stopped by security men on duty. There was an exchange of words which drew our attention.
“While the security men interrogated them on why they grazed into the school premises, the staff came out to see what was happening. We were trying to engage them on the need to vacate the school premises, but within a twinkle of an eye we heard gunshots, the herders brought out guns, pulled the triggers, and instantly killed two of my teachers. We all had to run for our lives
“The Vice-Principal (Administration), Mr. Dalyop Ibrahim, was shot in the abdomen. As I am talking to you now, he is presently receiving treatment at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.”
Kogi Gov Poll: Appeal Court affirms Ododo as APC candidate
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, affirmed Ahmed Ododo as the bonafide candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the governorship election billed to hold in Kogi State on November 11.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, upheld the verdict of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which validated the primary election that produced Ododo as the gubernatorial flag-bearer of the APC.
It dismissed two separate appeals that were lodged by two aggrieved governorship aspirants of the party, Senator Smart Adeyemi and Mr. Abubakar Achimugu.
The panel, led by Justice Muhammed Shuaibu, held that both appeals lacked merit.
It held that the Appellants failed to establish their allegations that Ododo emerged through an invalid primary election and that Adeyemi, who hitherto represented Kogi West in the Senate, raised criminal allegations that ought to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Justice Shuaibu further held that the burden of prove was on the Appellant who alleged that the primary election the APC conducted in Kogi state was fraught with irregularities. He also said that the APC placed sufficient materials before the trial court to justify the outcome of the primary poll.
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