AntiBMC:
Tinubu will be a president in the Senator's house. He'd preside over his family affairs.

Former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said Nigerians are waiting eagerly for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power in 2023.

Speaking to reporters at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, Atiku said his meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike was fruitful.

He explained that party affairs brought him to Port Harcourt, and he had spent the time reconciling touching issues with Governor Wike.

According to him, the issues bordered on how to ensure unity and stability in PDP, noting that it is critical for the party in clinching electoral victory in 2023.

‘Well, I came here to reconcile with the governor on party affairs and how we can ensure that there is unity and stability in the party,’ he said.

‘So, that we can take over government in 2023. I believe that Nigerians can’t wait for 2023 to come so that PDP will return.’

Speaking on the current insecurity challenges that have overwhelmed the capacity of the All Progressives Congress(APC)-led federal government, Atiku described the prevailing situation in the country as bad.

He urged Nigerians to wait for the appropriate time when PDP would unveil its policies on how it wants to address the issue of insecurity across the country.

‘I have never seen it (insecurity) this bad. I am 70 years plus. I have never seen it this bad in terms of security challenges, in terms of economy, in terms of unemployment. This is the worst,’ Atiku stated.

‘Why can’t you give us time. We will come up with our policies. We will present them to Nigerians when the time comes.

‘We have done that before. Under PDP, we recorded the highest economic growth, the best foreign reserves, we reduced unemployment. You know that we can do it?’

The former vice president also acknowledged the tremendous leadership success recorded by governor Wike, who he described as the topmost governor among his peers in the party.

‘I think he (Wike) is the topmost governor we have in the party. There is no doubt about that in terms of projects, youths and employment, in terms of security. Yes, we have security challenges all over the country.’

He further commended the governor for his outstanding leadership and sterling performance in office.

Kabongo1:


Buhari mentioned that he would fix this when campaigning. He hasn't and won't. He has also failed to fulfil his 2015 campaign promises.

Sai baba

Charmingrascal:
The no sense thing I don't like hearing is when Zombies say Fulani that are killing Nigerians in their homes are foreigners.

What sense does that make?

mrvitalis:

Twitter realized their traffic from Nigeria didn't even drop ...as everyone who used Twitter then still use twitter now

So what's the point ?

Jimi Agbaje, former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state has urged the Federal Government to follow due process in the case of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho who was arrested and detained in Benin Republic.

Igboho who was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night alongside his wife, Ropo Adeyemo is still being held by Beninise authorities.

Speaking with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Agbaje also urged the Benin Republic government to ensure due process is followed unlike the case of the extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) whose manner of return to Nigeria from Kenya is still shrouded in secrecy.

Agbaje said: “Everything should be by due process. We don’t want a situation where we are becoming a police state where every measure of opposition is handled with a very heavy hand. The idea of chasing people around to me is not the best way to go".

“People run away from the law when they feel they will not get justice. If you feel that the way they even come after you is as if you are already guilty, then how can you get justice? For me, the Sunday Ighoho matter should be handled with due process.

“The Benin Republic government should do things properly so that we don’t have a repetition of what happened in the case of Nnamdi Kanu".

“Till today, we are not even clear as to how Kanu came into the country. But it is obvious that something is hidden and it did not follow the due process. That is why nobody has come out to tell us exactly what happened. We hope that due process will be followed in Igboho’s case.

“Everybody must feel that the law is even-handed. You are not guilty until so proven. Nobody is saying anyone who is guilty of a crime shouldn’t be prosecuted but justice, equity and fair play must be done and due process must be followed.”

Kalapizim:
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The guy mumu sef

Of all countries you could take off from na Benin republic you choose.

You can't offend government and go hide in any Ecowas country and expect them not to fish you out if they are interested in getting you.

Benin republic can't afford not to do Abuja's bidding.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos state chapter on Saturday has described as a disaster the decision of the three senators from the state who voted against electronic transmission of election results.

Speaking in a chat with SATURDAY INDEPENDENT, Dr Adegbola Dominic, the state chairman of the PDP said the actions of the senators did not come to him as a surprise given the fact that they are puppets of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

“Their rejection of electronic transmission of results is a disaster but it didn’t come to me as a surprise because we know the type of people representing us in the National Assembly. The three senators are servants and puppets of Tinubu, and they see him as their master. They don’t have a mind of their own; it is what he tells them that they do.

“Tinubu is a man that has no character; a man with multiple names and ages. Don’t forget, he rejected national conference in 2014 describing it as a ‘Greek gift’ and he has also been silent on restructuring.

“So, I am not surprised the three senators from Lagos too are against electronic transfer of results.

“Their actions have further confirmed that APC doesn’t mean well for this country and that is why we are working hard to get them out of government,” Dominic said.

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently making moves to dissolve the National Work­ing Committee (NWC) of the party headed by the national chairman, Prince Uche Sec­ondus, Daily Independent has gathered.

However, Secondus, who does not want to take any chances, is said to be fighting back.

The governors, led by Riv­ers State governor, Nyesom Wike, are also working at con­stituting a National Caretaker Committee that will pilot the affairs of the party until a na­tional convention is held.

According to a credible source in the party, other governors with Wike in the move to dissolve the NWC are governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri; Udom Em­manuel of Akwa Ibom and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.

He said the governors, who are worried about the defections in the party and the urgent need to reposition it ahead of the 2023 general elections, believe there is a need to put in a place a new set of executives “who can stop the hemorrhage and save the party from dying”.

When reminded that few weeks ago, the National Exec­utive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) both passed votes of confidence in the national leadership of the party, our source said the governors’ action is the recent development in the party, es­pecially as the nose-diving fortune of the party does not justify the continued stay of the Secondus-led exco.

Speaking further, he said the move by the governors to dissolve the NWC may not sail through as it does not have the backing of the party’s BoT.

“The governors cannot summon a NEC meeting. Only the national chairman of the party has powers to do so. Do you think Secondus will summon a NEC meeting where the issue of his remov­al will be the major issue?” he asked.

Daily Independent also gathered that Secondus who is aware of the plot by the governors to oust him is also fighting back by reaching out to them on the need for unity and stability in the party.

While other governors, who are displeased with Sec­ondus had chosen to remain silent on the matter, Wike who is known to be fearless had publicly attacked the party leadership at several fora.

Wike, who played a key role in Secondus emergence as the national chairman, has not hidden his disdain for the NWC and had called them sev­eral derogatory names such as ‘tax payers’.

He also said that instead of focusing on strategies on how to take advantage of the alleged growing disenchant­ment with the APC govern­ment, the PDP-NWC was busy creating crisis among governors.

“The present National Working Committee is not interested or doing anything to take over the realms of gov­ernment in 2023. When your interest is to remain in power, you are no longer interested in winning election,” he had said.

The Rivers State governor also called Secondus a liar in Abuja during the 60th birth­day celebration of former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke.

He said: “If he (Secondus) had shown leadership in Cross River, our party would not have had the problem we have today.

“The national chairman said we need good leadership in the country, but if you don’t show good leadership, the party cannot produce good leaders. That is the truth of the matter.

“We talk about character.

What is leadership? Lead­ership is about character, boldness, selflessness and audacity.

“As a leader, you must have character. Not to speak white in the morning and you speak black in the evening. Is that leadership? What are we telling our youths? We are talking about the future of this country.”


Speaking with Daily In­dependent, a member of the NWC from the Northern part of the country, said it is unfair for the governors to lay the blame of the defec­tions of state governors on the doorstep of the national chairman.

He said if for anything, the governors should take the blame for failing to persuade their colleagues not to leave the party for the APC.

“I am happy they are not accusing the national chair­man or any member of the NWC of corruption. What they are hammering on is defection. But what do they expect the national chairman to do when these people have made up their minds to leave the party. Can he tie them down with a rope?

“If you recall, the gover­nors had several meetings with their colleagues in Ebo­nyi, Cross River and Zamfara. When the market fire incident happened in Gusau, Zamfara State, APC governors donat­ed N50 million but PDP gov­ernors donated N100 million, yet the governor still defect­ed to APC. Why should you blame the national chairman for that? When the governors can’t stop their colleagues from leaving, what magic can the NWC do?

“I am appealing to the governors to fund the party. That is the way to constitute a serious opposition against a ruling party. Since 2019, the party has not received any fund from the governors, no monthly dues or whatsoever. How do they want the party to survive?” he asked.

Also speaking with Daily Independent, Chief Charles Idahosa, a foundation mem­ber of the PDP, said Secondus has performed creditably well and has the capacity to lead the party to the 2023 general elections.

He, however, said the problem in the PDP, espe­cially between Secondus and Governor Wike, is a struggle between a godfather and his political godson, which, ac­cording him, was the same scenario that played out in the last governorship election in Edo State between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Com­rade Adams Oshiomhole.

“I think Secondus is up to the task of leading the party to the next general elections. He has done very well as the national chairman of PDP.

“I think the problem he has is the same problem we have in Edo State where you rely on a godfather to get to a particular position and the godfather wants to permanently have a hold on you. That is exactly what happened between Governor Obaseki and Adams Oshiom­hole. That is what is happen­ing to Secondus now.

“Secondus got to his po­sition as national chairman because of the support of a godfather. What we are wit­nessing now in PDP is a fight between a godfather and a godson who wants his free­dom”, he said.

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has described as untrue a statement by the Presidency that the 8th National Assembly under his leadership did not organize any security summit to address the insecurity challenges in the country.

Saraki in a statement titled ‘8th Senate Did Organise a Security Summit At NAF Conference Centre on Feb. 8 and 12, 2018’ and signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office said those representing President Muhammadu Buhari must ensure their facts are based on truth and not falsehood.

“The Media Office of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the immediate-past President of the Senate, notes with dismay the claim contained in the seventh paragraph of a press statement released on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 and signed by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) in which President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted as saying that “he tried very hard to get the 8th (National) Assembly to do same (organise a security summit) for the sake of the country “and I didn’t succeed much. But time has proved me right”.

“The President was said to have made the claim while receiving the report of the National Security Summit held on May 26, 2021 by the 9th House of Representatives from Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila.

On a matter as sensitive and important in the scale of constitutional responsibilities of the legislature as security, it will be irresponsible of us not to state the true situation concerning the claim by the Presidency. We need to inform the general public that the 8th Senate, without any prompting from the Presidency, organised a well attended two-day Security Summit on February 8 and 12, 2018.



The Security Summit was organised by the ad-hoc committee of the 8th Senate on the Review of the Security Infrastructure headed by incumbent Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan who was then Senate Leader and it held at the Nigeria Air Force Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja. The Summit was declared open by the incumbent Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Also, the leadership of the armed forces and other security agencies were all present at the closed door deliberations.

After the report of the Summit was adopted by the Senate in the chamber, the 20-point recommendation was officially forwarded to the President for consideration and necessary action.

The Media Office of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki is constrained to make the above clarification for posterity sake because we have noticed the recent trend in which some sources deliberately push out false narratives aimed at shifting blames and passing the buck arising from the security and other challenges confronting the country on the 8th National Assembly. We urge discerning members of the public to always take their time to properly check the veracity of the claims contained in such narratives.

We believe that facts are sacred and opinions are free. Therefore, we urge those in charge of representing the views of the President to the public to always check their facts very diligently and ensure that such reports are based on truth and nothing but the truth.