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Police on Friday took over the Peoples Democratic Party Secretariat in Ado Ekiti, as crisis rocking the party in the State took a new twist.
Armed policemen numbering 50, one Armoured Personnel Carrier and operational vehicles were deployed in the Secretariat to prevent attack from the aggrieved members of the State Working Committee, perceived to be working against the interest of the governor.

The State Executive Committee at its meeting presided over by the Acting Chairman, Idowu Faleye, suspended the factional Acting Chairman, Mr. Tunde Olatunde; State Secretary, Tope Aluko; Auditor, Tunji Olanrewaju; Woman Leader, Busola Oyebode and Assistant Secretary, Mr Femi Esan.

The SEC at its Friday meeting also set up a seven-member disciplinary committee to try the suspended members for anti-party activities.
The members are Kolapo Kolade (Chairman), Babade Ige, Animasaun Bamidele, Mrs Lanre Fajuyi, Smart Adebusuyi, Dele Ajibola and Mr. Kola Lawal.

The party’s resolution was read by the State Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo, whose appointment was also ratified by SEC.
But speaking earlier at a press briefing, Aluko, who appeared to have got wind of the plot to suspend them, said Faleye remained suspended and lacked powers to preside over any SEC meeting having resigned on May 13.

“Nobody can push me out of PDP. I have invested so much to build the party. But if the party is heading to implosion , then I will take my destiny in my own hands, because nobody has the right to my happiness more than myself.

“PDP is being run in line with the constitution of the party. If this is the case, it came to me as a shock that the party could come up with this action through Jackson Adebayo and Idowu Faleye, who have been suspended by the authentic PDP leaders.

“Though, we owe it a duty to respect the NWC, but for the suspended Chairman to do that, was a deliberate attempt to destroy the party, is rather frightening , embarrassing and also disturbing.”

Aluko told journalists in Ado Ekiti that they would not appear before any panel set up by Faleye as he had ceased to be the chairman.
According to him, 11 of the 14 SWC are not with Faleye so he cannot have the quorum to take any legal action.

He added that Faleye had not been properly registered as a member of the PDP in his ward, having defected from Labour Party.
“If somebody is saying the way to resolve the issue is by suspending others, it shows Faleye is not a core PDP member and does not know the Constitution.

“I’m saying there is no suspension in PDP. I’m the secretary of SEC. For you to convene the meeting of SEC, you must give 48 hours notice. If this is the decision of the faction, it means there is a problem coming to PDP and we will not run from it.

“This was how the problem started at the centre and they thought it would not make impact and now it has made impact,” he said.

The Nigerian police force has advised members of the public, to watch out and be security conscious as criminals has deduced a new way of stealing from the customers,the force said,criminals, now que in various ATM terminals in the country,acting as customers .

This is contained in a statement on the Nigeria
Police Force website exposing the antics of
criminals.

The statement noted that on July 30, at about
12.10 a.m., a male bank customer went to
withdraw money from one of the ATMs at the
Central Business District (CBD), Abuja.

It stated that three young men who pretended to
have come to withdraw money also were on queue
with the plan to attack the man.

“The victim raised an alarm which attracted nearby
Police Patrol team to the scene. The hoodlums
took to their heels upon sighting the advancing
policemen.

“One automatic pistol fell from one of the suspects
and was recovered by the police and the victim
was safely rescued.

“However, another male victim was unlucky as
hoodlums attacked him and snatched the
N500,000 cash he withdrew from ATMs on July
28.

“Police responded to his distress call and one of
the suspects was arrested. Efforts is on to
apprehend other gang members,’’ the statement
read. (NAN)

http://yesreport..com/2015/07/police-enlightens-public-on-criminals.html

The Guinea National Ebola Coordination Centre has
confirmed that 18 out of the 22 people hospitalised
presently in the treatment centres have tested
positive to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
According to Dr. Sakoba Kéïta, head of the Ebola
Coordination Committee, who said the epicentres
of the Ebola disease remained in Conakry, the
activities in several localities and the involvement
of youths in anti-Ebola committees, contributed
largely to the reduction of new cases.
Keita expressed the determination of the
government to eradicate the deadly disease, which
has left 2,000 dead out of 3,000 reported cases.
Guinea has agreed to distribute food and money to
the families suspected or affected by the Ebola
disease during the 21 days of quarantine.
The World Health Organisation said Guinea, Liberia
and Sierra Leone, which were the worst hit by EVD,
reported thousands dead. The three countries have
increased their meetings recently within the
framework of the Mano River Union, a common
entity to make common decisions in the
perspective to eradicate Ebola. The Guinean
government has taken several measures aimed at
the eradication of the disease.
However, those measures have not achieved the
desired results due to the stubbornness of
populations in several regions where medical
teams were banned from operating, such as the
Low Guinea region, where local populations
attacked, injured or killed medical staff deployed
on the ground because they claimed they did not
believe in the existence of the disease. President
Alpha Condé left Conakry on Tuesday for New
York, with his counterparts Dr Ernest Baï Koroma
of Sierra Leone and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia
to meet with development partners. They
discussed the ways and means to revive the
economy of the three countries, estimated at 8$
billion. The Guinean national health authorities
recently limited entry to the two main hospitals of
the capital Donka and Ignace Deen, where security
has been bolstered. It will be recalled that 5 were confirmed Ebola positive in Liberia some days back.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomole
on Friday in Abuja lauded the effort of president
Mohammadu Buhari at ensuring that prudence and
transparency returned in the financial dealings
among the three tiers of federal, state and local
governments in Nigeria.
He accused the past administration of President
Goodluck Jonathan of not remitting most proceeds
of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG accrued
to the government into the consolidated revenue
account, saying that Jonathan’s regime denied the
states what was due to them.
Oshiomhole who spoke with State House
Correspondents shortly after a private meeting with
President Buhari at the Presidential Villa disclosed
that States lost about N10 billion each year during
the 4 years of Jonathan.
He explained that Buhari’s understanding of the
situation was what informed the sharing of about $
1.6 billon amongst the states and local
governments last week.
The governors insisted that the money was not
drawn from the Excess Crude Account, ECA as
believed in some quarters of the society.
He said: “We have always been happy with the
president because he has been very clear from day
one on his campaign promises to putting an end
to impunity flagrant disobedience of law and order.
And he has promised transparency and order. So
it is not just about the bail out but it is completely
a new approach that anybody who is a stakeholder
in the matters involving the funds of the federation
that we all can see through everything. For
example all the noise that has been generated over
what happened last week, there was nothing
extraordinary. What was extraordinary is that the
NLNG has over the years been remmitting funds to
the federal government.”