₦airaland Forum

Neverslumber:
So this guys are actually behind the arrest?

Odin13:

President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has congratulated Bola Tinubu on his victory in the 25 February presidential election.

This was contained in a statement by the Office of the President-elect on Wednesday.
According to the statement signed by Tunde Rahman, Mr Erdogan said in a letter to Mr Tinubu that he believed Nigeria under his (Tinubu) leadership would continue its course to a prosperous future.

The Turkish leader also said his country attached great importance to improving its relationship with Nigeria as the strongest nation in Africa.
“I believe that as our strategic partner, Nigeria, under your leadership, will continue its course to a prosperous future. Türkiye attaches great importance to improving its relations with Nigeria, as the strongest nation in the African continent,” Mr Erdogan.

Other world leaders who have congratulated Mr Tinubu since he was announced the winner of the presidential election on 1 March include President Xi Jinping of China, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

Read the full statement below:
Turkish President Erdoğan congratulates Tinubu as Nigeria’s next leader
President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdoğan, has joined the list of world leaders that have sent congratulatory and goodwill messages to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

President Xi Jinping of China, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, are among the global leaders that have since sent goodwill messages to Asiwaju Tinubu.
In his congratulatory letter, President Erdoğan, who described Asiwaju Tinubu as a brother, called for cooperation and partnership that would further the friendly relationship between Turkey and Nigeria.

Erdoğan, in his letter, also underscored the importance of Nigeria as the “strongest nation in the African continent” while wishing Asiwaju Tinubu a successful tenure of office that will usher in progress for the people of Nigeria.

President Erdoğan wrote, “On behalf of the Turkish Nation and my own, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Your Excellency on the occasion of your election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the elections held on February 25, 2023.

“I believe that as our strategic partner, Nigeria, under your leadership, will continue its course to a prosperous future. Türkiye attaches great importance to improving its relations with Nigeria, as the strongest nation in the African continent.

“With this understanding, I have no doubt that with our joint efforts, we will develop friendly relations and the growing close cooperation between our countries to the mutual benefit of our people.

RighChannel:
Yeye people, they should keep on deceiving themselves

Flapp478:
He would not be sworn in come 29th May

A Zuba Magistrate Court in Abuja on Tuesday denied bail to one Obiajulu Uja, who protested against the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) while onboard an Ibom Air Abuja-Lagos bound flight.

Uja, who was evacuated from the plane by airport security officers for delaying the flight for over an hour following his protest, had filed an application for bail through his counsel, Barr. Ejike Ugwu.

However, in Tuesday’s proceeding, Uja’s application was dismissed by Senior Magistrate Mohammed Abdulazeez Ismail on the ground that the application was premature.

According to Ismail, the exhibits attached to the application did not say the defendant was unfit for trial but that he was of unsound mind.

Also, he held that while the constitution guarantees every person’s liberty, a court can deprive a person of their liberty based on health grounds.

And citing the provisions of Section 35(1)(e) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 278 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, Ismail held that Uja cannot be granted bail.

The Magistrate held that where the mental capacity of a defendant is an issue, the court has the duty to ascertain the medical situation of such defendant.

He subsequently turned down the bail application and ordered that Uja be held at the Kuje Correctional Centre of Nigerian Correctional Service.

The case has been adjourned until April 20, 2023.