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Senators and House of Representatives members were yet to confirm last night whether or not the two chambers will reconvene tomorrow to consider the 2019 elections budget.

The Chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was yet to announce that the lawmakers should reconvene.

Also, there are indications that if the two chambers reconvene, the Senate may end up merely concurring with the report of the House Committee on the 2019 poll budget for the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC).

The House Committee, chaired by Hon. Aisha Dukku, is said to have concluded the consideration of the budget before the abrupt recess of the National Assembly on July 24.

Many senators and House members, who were hitherto set for summer and Hajj rites, remain in Abuja because there is no word from the National Assembly’s leadership.

A member of the House from the Northwest said: “This budget is important but there is anxiety everywhere on the security implications of recalling members.

“From the look of things, our leaders are looking at all options on how to make the ratification of the budget easier.”

A principal officer of the House, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have not been told when the National Assembly will reconvene to consider the poll budget. I know the Speaker assured INEC Chairman Mahmud Yakubu last week that we will give the budget a speedy consideration. We are awaiting a recall announcement.

“So far, Tuesday does not look practicable. The basic challenge is the crisis of confidence among members of the two chambers.

“I think the National Assembly leadership is trying to manage the tempers arising from the defections and the seige to the Assembly complex last week. We are also talking to ourselves to allow reason to prevail.”

House Rule V(18) (1-3) says: “18. (1) Whenever the House shall stand adjourned to a date not fixed and it is represented to the Speaker by the Leaders of the political Parties in the House that the House shall meet on a certain day at a certain time, the Speaker shall give notice accordingly and the House shall meet on the date and at the time stated in the notice.

(2) “Whenever the House stands adjourned either to a date fixed by Resolution or the Rule of the House, and it is represented by the Leaders of the Political Parties in the House to the Speaker that the public interest requires that the House should meet on an earlier or a later date or time than that on which it stands adjourned, the Speaker may give notice accordingly, and the House shall meet on the date and at the time stated in the notice.

(3) “Whenever the Speaker shall have given notice in accordance with either of the two preceding paragraphs, the Clerk shall communicate the terms of the notice to each member. “

Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan said: “I am still waiting to be informed by the President of the Senate on whether we will sit on Tuesday or not.

“Well, I will expect the Senate President to talk to me or call. I have not received any communication yet.

“And normally, an announcement is supposed to be made. We have not heard of any as I speak with you.”

But there were indications at the weekend that if the two chambers reconvene, the Senate may end up merely concurring with the report of the House Committee on the 2019 poll budget for INEC.

A member of the committee said: “The House Committee has fine-tuned the budget in readiness for its consideration at the plenary.

“To save time, the leaders of the two chambers were said to have agreed to adopt the budget ratified by the House.

“Since the Senate is the hotbed of legislative crisis now, the chamber might only sit to concur with the report of the House.

“What the Assembly leadership is planning is to have a brief sitting on the budget. But we are all in suspense on when we will reconvene. We have not been notified of any sitting on Tuesday.”



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Thibaut Courtois would not have left Chelsea for Real Madrid if his family lived in London, says the goalkeeper's agent.

The Belgian, a former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper, moved to Santiago Bernabeu this week in a deal worth around £35m as Chelsea replaced him with Kepa Arrizabalaga in a world-record £72m deal.
Courtois went AWOL in the days leading up to his departure, as he did not turn up for training, but with his family residing in Madrid, his agent Christophe Henrotay insists there were honest reasons for forcing his sale.
"There has been a misunderstanding that he wanted to get a move for the wrong reasons, but he was pushing to go out of Chelsea because of his child," Henrotay told BBC 5 live Sportsweek programme.
"If the family were in London it would have been totally different. He would have stayed, there is no reason to leave a club like Chelsea, he could have won trophies.
"Unfortunately his kids are living with the mother in Madrid. He had the contract and it depended on Chelsea, but running close to the end of his contract, Chelsea had an interest to find a deal with Madrid, which they did.
"It is personal reasons so we have to respect this. Chelsea understood the situation and really helped to get the deal.
"They did a really quick and easy deal together, understanding the humanity of the situation. It is not doing something against their fans it is about getting the best of a situation that is not ideal."
"It's a move he wanted because of his family and he had the opportunity to go back to Madrid - a city he loves and to such a big club in Real Madrid," he added.
"When we arrived in Madrid to make the signing, I had his parents, his brother, his sister, his child, the mother of the child, everyone is there and I said to him that I am delighted to make a great deal for him in going to Real Madrid but also it's a family coming together.
"I could see tears in their eyes and it delighted me to be able to do something not only for a player, for a client, but for a family, which is great. I fully understand the fans of Chelsea and no one has reason to blame that feeling.
"Thibaut is such a great goalkeeper and he did his best at Chelsea to bring titles and trophies so it is not a great feeling to lose such a player."



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Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu fell ill on Tuesday during interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), it was learnt yesterday.
He was being grilled over his numerous assets in Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Specifically, Ekweremadu was asked to account for how he came about over 60 assets.
When it appeared that he was getting weak, the Deputy Senate President was permitted by the EFCC to seek medical attention in the hospital.
The resumption of the investigation on Ekweremadu’s assets will now be determined by his fitness and the medical report from the hospital, it was learnt.
A top EFCC source said: “We were able to highlight additional 38 assets, added to the initial 22 on which he ought to give explanation.
“The grilling started smoothly until he complained of discomfort and he was unable to continue to answer our questions. His sudden illness might have arise from high blood pressure.
“Since he needed urgent medical attention, we allowed him to go to the hospital of his choice for treatment.”
The Federal Government, through the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, had traced 22 assets to Ekweremadu.
The said assets were suspected to have been acquired through illicit funds.
The properties are at No. 11, Evans Enwerem Street, Apo Legislative Quarters, Apo, Abuja; Plot 2633 Kyami, Abuja; Housing Estate (Plot 1106 CRD, Cadastral Zone 07-07, Lugbe, Abuja; Plot 2782 Asokoro Extension, Abuja, and Houses at Citi Park Estate, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Others are at Plot 1474 Cadastral Zone BD6, Mabushi, Abuja; Congress Court, Abuja; Flat 1, Block D25, Athletics Street (24th Street) Games Village, Abuja; and Plot 66, 64 Crescent, Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja.
Traceable assets of Ekweremadu in the United State, include 4507 Stella Street, Bellavida Estate Kissime, Florida, USA; 2747 Club Cortile Circle, Kissime, Florida, USA and 2763 Club Cortile Circle, Kissime, Florida, USA.
The properties abroad in London include Flat 4 Varsity Court, Harmer Street, WIH 4NW, London; and 52 Ayleston Avenue, NW6 7AB, London.
Those in Dubai are Room 1903, The Address Hotel, Downtown Dubai; The Address Boulevard, 3901, Dubai; 2 Flats of Burij Side Boulevard (the signature), Dubai; Emirate Gardens Apartment No. EGG1/1/114, Dubai; Emirate Gardens Apartment No. EGG1/115, Dubai; Apartment No. DFB/12/B 1204, Park Towers, Dubai; Flat 3604, MAG214, Dubai; and Villa No 148, Maeen 1, The Lakes Emirates Hills, Dubai.




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Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying election materials in central Mali, triggering a shootout in which four soldiers and eight attackers were killed, a Defence Ministry spokesman said by telephone on Wednesday.
The spokesman said the attack occurred late on Tuesday on the road between Nampala and Coura in the south- central region of Segou, giving no further details.
The party of Malian presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse said on Monday that the poll would go to a run -off between Cisse and President Ibrahim Keita , a day after a vote that was heavily disrupted by suspected Islamist gunmen.
Cisse’s campaign manager , Tiebele Drame , made the announcement at the party’s headquarters in Bamako , the capital .
Keita ’s spokesman said the president was substantially in the lead according to provisional vote count, although he accepted that a run- off was possible.
Spiralling jihadist violence has become a key issue in the campaign , as attacks multiply and the death toll mounts across north and central Mali.
“The law forbids the proclamation of results by anyone except the Ministry of Territorial Administration ,” Drame told a news conference.
“However, I can tell you that we are going to a second round between Soumaila Cisse and Ibrahim Boubacar Keita .”
Mahamadou Camara , the spokesman for Keita , said , “According to our tally , IBK has come substantially ahead,” using the popular nickname for the president , taken from his initials .
The exact numbers of voters who were disenfranchised by violence is not known, but they could easily become a flashpoint if the vote is close .
Ministry of Territorial Administration figures showed that, of the roughly 23 ,000 polling stations that were meant to open , 4,632 were disrupted by “armed attacks or other violence,” of which 644 were unable to operate.
In most of Mali, the vote was peaceful and relatively well organised, with polls opening and closing on time. Most people who were enrolled and turned up were able to vote .
In the mud- walled medieval city of Timbuktu , once a flourishing tourist spot before Islamist militants made it too dangerous , witnesses said gunmen had intimidated voters , seized ballot boxes and in some cases set fire to them in the few polling stations that were attacked outside town .
NAN reports that Islamist militants took over northern cities like Timbuktu in 2012 on the back of a Tuareg rebellion, imposing Sharia law with harsh penalties like cutting off fingers for smoking , until France intervened a year later to push them back . The Islamist militants regard democracy as an un - Islamic Western imposition .
Since Keita came to power in the 2013 poll, Islamist violence has swept south into Mali’s fertile centre .
UN mission chief Mahamat Annadif on Friday urged whoever wins the poll to urgently address jihadist-stoked ethnic violence in Mali’s central “breadbasket. ”
The figures from the ministry showed that the central region of Mopti accounted for half of polling stations under attack.
Hamid Bore, 39, a teacher , was in charge of one such station in the village of Dembere .
The militants arrived just as polls opened at 8 a . m.( 0800 GMT) , he said .
At a news conference, the head of the European Union observer mission welcomed the decision to make public the number of polling stations that had not been able to function but urged it to publish more precise information about which ones exactly .
A second round would temporarily cool tensions.
Cisse’s campaign has repeatedly accused Keita of tampering with the electoral list to try to steal the election.
The UN is heaping pressure on all sides to accept the result — or at least contest it through legal channels — to avert a political crisis on top of the security woes the country is already facing .





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A fire outbreak occurred at Ecobank headquarters on Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday .
According to an eyewitness , who shared details on her Twitter handle , @ AN 26th , the fire started when a “diesel tanker exploded near their generator. ”
On its Twitter handle .


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Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state have suspended their plan to carry out a protest at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja against Senate President Bukola Saraki.
The concerned party members had earlier planned to stage a protest Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja against Senator Bukola Saraki for alleged anti-party activities, but later dropped the idea.
THISDAY gathered that the group which is loyal to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had complained bitterly against the alleged antics of the Senate President and the suspicion that he was behind the recent defections that hit the party, especially in Kwara state.
The suspension of their protest followed Monday’s decision of the APC national leadership to sack the elected state party executives in Kwara state.
A source in the Kwara APC told THISDAY that as soon as they got the information on the dissolution of the party executives, it was decided to stop the protest.
“It’s no more a protest, the story has changed . Kwara APC stakeholders will storm APC Secretariat to commend the National Working Committee on the dissolution of executives,” the source said.
The APC NWC had sacked the party executives in Kwara citing irregularities associated with the congress and anti party activities by the ousted executives.
In a resolution signed by the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and the National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, the party said a caretaker committee led by Hon.Bashir Bolarinwa had been appointed to head the state Executive Committee of the party in the state while caretaker committees will be constituted in the wards and Local Government Areas.
According to the resolution, “ the NWC at its meeting of 30th, July, 2018, examined the unfolding developments within the party in Kwara state, specifically the irregularities that characterised the conduct and outcome of the congresses that produced the leadership of the party at all levels (ward, Local Government and state).”


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The Police, yesterday, arraigned a 30-year-old man, Goddy Inyama, who allegedly defiled a 10-year-old girl by raping her through the anus and vagina, before an Ajegunle Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.
The defendant, who pleaded not guilty to the offence, is facing a three-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse, unlawful touching of breast and penetrating the anus.
Iyama, who resides on Sogbesan Street, Ajegunle, in Apapa area of Lagos was docked before Magistrate O. M. Ajayi.
The prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Ejembi, told the court that the defendant unlawfully and sexually touched a 10-year-old girl in her vagina.
He said the incident occurred on May 6 at 7p.m.
Ejembi said: “Inyama sexually penetrated the anus, vagina and other parts of the victim’s body.
“He had sex with the girl through her anus and vagina and also touched her sexually without her consent.”
Ejembi said the offences are Punishable Under Sections 263 (1), 261 and 137, of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
Magistrate Ajayi granted him bail in the sum of N500,000, with two sureties in like sum.
She said one of the sureties must be a blood relation, who is gainfully employed and must not be on less than Grade Level 14.
The case was adjourned till September 20 for DPP’s advice.


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“My hands are clean,” a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, in Abuja on Monday, quoted him as saying. “But if the EFCC wants me to come and answer that, I am prepared to answer any call from anybody as a responsible citizen. Even at that, I will continue to advocate justice, rule of law, and equity.”
Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe him, saying his hands are clean.
Last week, the EFCC asked Ekweramadu to report to its office to offer explanations on why his name featured prominently in a money laundering case currently being investigated by the commission.
However, speaking on Sunday evening when the Archbishop of Enugu Province, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, led a delegation of clergies of Enugu Diocese of the Church on a solidarity visit to his Enugu residence, Ekweremadu assured his supporters that invitation was part of the best efforts of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to remove him from office, which would eventually fail.
“My hands are clean,” a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, in Abuja on Monday, quoted him as saying.
“But if the EFCC wants me to come and answer that, I am prepared to answer any call from anybody as a responsible citizen. Even at that, I will continue to advocate justice, rule of law, and equity.”
He said this wasn’t the first time a serious attempt would be made to oust him, but each of them failed.
“When people say they are not sure there is God, I say, ‘Come, let me tell you my story; when I finish my story, you will know whether there is God or not’ My story is one of those that establish actually that there is God. So, what you see now will also pass because there is no battle that God cannot fight for me,” he added.
“There have been several attempts to remove me as the Deputy President of the Senate, but, I am not worried because it is God that gives power and it is only Him that can take it.”



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“Since we have been on this assignment, we have not been eating well. No food for us to eat and we have no money to get food. We were supposed to be paid N1,000 daily but we were never given. The last time we got money was May, after the two weeks of training we had before coming to Gubio. We've been living like refugees."
Troops of the Nigerian Military deployed to Gubio Local Government in Borno State have accused the government and the chief of Army staff, Tukur Buratai, of abandoning them in the state.
The troops, who were recently attacked by Boko Haram, bitterly complained that the Chief of Army Staff sent them to Borno with inadequate ammunition despite the refusal of many soldiers to embark on the trip.
They said they had not been eating feeding well since their deployment to Gubio, particularly because they hadn't been paid their allowances since May.

The attack, according to one of the survivors, began at night and the soldiers were completely overpowered.
“The Boko Haram people came with nine gun trucks and military motors. We were surprised because the trucks were painted in the same colour of the army," the soldier, who asked not to be named for fear of losing his job, told SaharaReporters.
“They opened fire and when we could not face them because of our weapon, we all ran away. They followed us with big torchlights and killed many of us.”
Another source within the Nigerian Army revealed to SaharaReporters that the troops, who camped in a bush in Gubio, near Chad, were not given sufficient ammunition and materials to protect themselves and the territory.
“The troops were deployed to Gubio on 7th of June because of the Army Day that took place on the 6th of July," he said
“When they were asked to go, many of the soldiers declined but they were forced to go. They were given little combative weapons and ammunition to protect themselves. Many of them were afraid that Boko Haram would attack them.”
Lamenting the ugly situations they found themselves, the soldiers disclosed to SaharaReporters that they sometimes went two days without food because they are not well-paid.
“Since we have been on this assignment, we have not been eating well. No food for us to eat and we have no money to get food. We were supposed to be paid N1,000 daily but we were never given. The last time we got money was May, after the two weeks of training we had before coming to Gubio.”
Speaking about casualties of the recent attack in Gubio, another survivor told SaharaReporters that of the about 700 soldiers, less than 150 were alive and could be accounted for.
“When we did the last headcount, we were just 150. Fifty-two bodies were recovered dead from the attack and that means about 500 are still missing.”
The soldier added that some might be dead while fleeing the attacks.
The troops further criticised the Federal Government for not sending any aid since the attack; they added that they were "living like refugees".
“It is sad that nobody has come to see us or sent anything to us since we relocated to Gubi town," he added. “We are living like refugees because we are staying in a secondary school opposite 5 Brigade in Borno.”
The soldiers demanded that they are immediately taken out of Borno and returned to their units.
When contacted, Brigadier General Texas Jude Chukwu, Director Army Public Relations, debunked every claim, reiterating that the Army is not an institution that would send its personnel to a war zone and forget them there.
“Why would a soldier be complaining? Complaining of what? Are they owing any soldier?" he asked? “There is nothing like that, please. They are not owing anybody."
On his part, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu also discredited the accusation that the Nigeria Army does not provide adequate welfare for soldiers. He added that allowance for every official is #45,000.
“The operational allowance for all soldiers is a flat rate of #45,000. It is unfair for anybody to say they’ve been in this theatre and they have not been fed. If there is any complaint, there is a simple channel of communication.”
He added, “The affected soldiers should get in touch with the Brigade Commander in Gubio. If the soldier is not going to the headquarters in Gubio, then there is an issue.
He further mentioned that there are soldiers in Malam Fatori, Kangarwa, who travel down to get their allowance.
The Colonel also stated that the Theatre Commander in Gubio doesn’t take the welfare of soldiers lightly.
“The welfare of our soldiers is very paramount. The Theatre Commander goes down the ladder to ensure soldiers are properly taken care of.”
He reiterated that personnel are supplied with enough ammunition to face insurgents group in the part of the country.



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We don't know you, APC K minister Lai Mohammed call structure, pledges loyalty to Senate President Saraki.
Recall that the National leaders of the All Progressives Congress were told on Sunday that for the Kwara State chapter of the party to be united, loyalists of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, should leave party.
All those who got appointments because of their affinity with Saraki should also resign or be fired, the party leaders insisted.
The decision was taken after a consultative meeting by stakeholders, led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State

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Contrary to those claims, Melaye’s relatives and many senators have told SaharaReporters that he was never kidnapped but only staged a walk into a bush to avoid being charged before a Kogi High Court.

Although Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, resurfaced on Friday to claim he “spent 11 hours in the wilderness”, SaharaReporters can confirm that he was never kidnapped.

Melaye was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday before the Magistrate court in Abuja for alleged gunrunning, but the trial could not hold due to the claims by Senator Ben Bruce, quoting Melaye’s brother, that he had been abducted by unknown gunmen.

On Friday, he wrote on Twitter: “I thank God once again for escaping another dangerous attack. I also thank Nigerians for their prayers and show of Love. Spent 11 hours in the wilderness traumatized but God preserved me. God is the best and in whom ONLY I trust. They will continue to try. WE SHALL OVERCOME!!!”

Contrary to those claims, Melaye’s relatives and many senators have told SaharaReporters that he was never kidnapped but only staged a walk into a bush to avoid being charged before a Kogi High Court.


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Benue State House of Assembly (BSHO) complex was on Friday sealed by heavily armed personnel of the Nigeria Police Force.

No reason was given for their action. Members were prevented from going into the Assembly complex.

A source in the Assembly disclosed that the decision by the police to prevent members from gaining access to the Assembly had to do with the controversy over the impeachment of the former speaker, Mr Terkimbir Ikyange, who was removed from office earlier in the week.

Ikyange had swiftly kicked against his impeachment saying the process of his removal is illegal.

More details soon…


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Nigerians on Twitter have been calling for the deactivation of the account of the Yomi Shogunle, the head of Police Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit.

The call started off on Thursday after he tweeted ; “186 million Retweets to # EndSARS. Oya let ’ s go!”

Many of his followers felt that he was being insensitive to the plights of citizens who have suffered at the hands of operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad .



See tweets :



For those seeking how to contribute to

# EndSARS # ReformPoliceNG given that people die daily from the impunity of the Armed Robbers and Kidnappers issued Guns by the state to run amok . Please report

@ YomiShogunle’s handle today for being Hateful & Abusive. # PowerBelongs 2U

pic .twitter . com/Fxu8 IA 1 pLr

— SEGA L ’éveilleur ® (@ segalink ) July 27, 2018



Yomi Shogunle does not deserve to be Police PR officer, he is very arrogant and intolerant , very insensitive and irresponsible too ! Report his handle and block him . #ENDSARS

# ReformPoliceNG . pic. twitter .com /CgsAmelhbJ

— Oluyemi Fasipe (@ YemieFASH ) July 27, 2018



It ’s 9 am people !

Yomi Shogunle kept his own children in Uk , away from Police brutality , yet defend same brutality here against Nigerians . Report his handle , @ YomiShogunle and block him.

# EndSARS # ReformPoliceNG pic. twitter .com /EW 1 rQI 3E 6 z



— Oluyemi Fasipe (@ YemieFASH ) July 27, 2018

This morning at exactly 9 am, I ’ll be joining a campaign alongside YemiFash to report Yomi Shogunle ’s twitter account.

Enough of the mockery.

RT if you ’re with me

— Manchester United (@ Iam _ Abdulaxis ) July 27, 2018

We ’re reporting Yomi Shogunle ’s account

— Okikiola (@ DeycallmiFaMe ) July 27, 2018

Instead of cussing out and Retweeting that nonsensical tweet by Yomi Shogunle, just unfollow and report his handle for being abusive and hateful. # ReportYomiShogunle

— Epiphany (@ Epiphany2311 ) July 27, 2018



Just ask yourself this : How would a parent who found his only son being pulled out of the well covered in Maggots react to Yomi Shogunle ’s daily dose of demonic insensitivity ? How would the family of Angela Igwetu feel seeing his attempts at cover up ? #EndSARS # ReformPoliceNG

— SEGA L ’éveilleur ® (@ segalink ) July 27, 2018

What has really emboldened Yomi Shogunle is government ’s indifference about the SARS menace .

— Mr Folarin (@Folarinfotos ) July 26, 2018

You can actually report Yomi Shogunle account rather curse out at him . By the time many users report him as being abusive and offensive , he ’ll be yanked of here . Teach this people you have power, stop bickering.

— Pakuma (@ ThePakuma ) July 26, 2018

In a normal country , Yomi Shogunle would have been sacked long ago

— Nonso (@ Lifematician ) July 27, 2018

Isn ’t it better to have Yomi Shogunle keep his account so we can be aware , at all times , about how these senior police officers think ? These people will just go back in the shadows and pick us off one at a time…

— Temisan Okomi (@ temiokomi ) July 27, 2018

I don ’t really indulge in politics but for the sake of my kids ’ future, yomi shogunle ’s acct has been reported ! N I won’t stop there! Will tell My neighbours , friends n families that use Twitter to do same! That man is HEARTLESS

— __ IamEmpressHairs (@__ IamEmpress __)

July 27, 2018

For every time Yomi Shogunle has trended, it ’s always for something terrible and inhumane . Sighs

— OLAMILEKAN (@ IT_ IS_ LAKESYDE) July 27, 2018


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Gunmen suspected to be assassins in the early hours of Friday murdered , Sunny Ejiagwu , the All Progressives Congress chairman in Ideato North Local Government of Imo state .
Ejiagwu , popularly known as Ohaneze was one of the 27 LGAs chairmen inaugurated on Monday by the new state chairman, Daniel Nwafor, after the state APC rescheduled election as ordered by the court.

The state commissioner of police , Dasuki Galandanchi, who confirmed the murder to our correspondent in a telephone conversation , said that the corpse had been evacuated to a nearby mortuary

According to the CP, the politician was killed along the Akokwa road in the Ideato North LGA .

The CP said “the APC chairman in Ideato North has been murdered . I was at the scene of the crime and only came back . His corpse has been evacuated to a mortuary.

There is no preliminary suspicion but the investigator would find out. The blood of the innocent would expose them. ”

Briefing newsmen at the state party secretariat, APC state chairman , Nwafor, said that the killing was condemnable .

He said that political killings and violence has no place in a democracy .

Nwafor said ; “The killing is condemnable because APC preaches peace and political tolerance . People should practice politics without bitterness and violence.

The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of association .

We, therefore, call on the Inspector General of police to press on the commissioner of police to nab the culprits. Imo is a peaceful state and an example of how politics should be played.

The deceased was in our meeting on Thursday and he expressed concern about political violence in his area. He told us that his area is volatile and called on us to come to his rescue when the need arises .

From the information made available to me , he was double - crossed and when he tried to move back he fell into the gutter . His killers went there and shot him severely. “



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Hon. Olusegun Olaleye, a member of the Oyo state house of Assembly has decamped from the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Olaleye revealed that he left the ruling party because its ideals have been eroded. The lawmaker who represents Ibadan North II added that his decision was not triggered by the exodus of federal lawmakers from the APC to the PDP on Tuesday.

He said; “I went astray in the APC but I am back to the party that will form the next government in the state. The PDP is a moving train which boasted of huge followers and good leaders like former governor Rashidi Ladoja, Sarafadeen Alli and Senator Femi Lanlehin.

I urge all Nigerians who love democracy to go and get their Permanent Voter Cards so as to determine who rules them. They should be fully involved in the democratic process come 2019.”


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