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The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has affirmed the victory of Mr Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Oyo State governorship election.

The court upheld the decision of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which declared Governor Makinde as the winner of the March 9 poll, in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Abubakar Yahaya on Monday.

It, however, dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, Mr Adebayo Adelabu.

Justice Yahaya, the lead judge of the four-man panel, despite upholding the decision of the Tribunal, however, disagreed with the lower court on issues bordering on documents tendered by the APC.

He held that the documents tendered by the appellants ought to have guided the Tribunal through proper investigation, stressing that the pieces of evidence were also not adequately evaluated.

The lead judge noted that the Tribunal had committed a miscarriage of justice by its failure to analyse the tendered documents and its failure to evaluate the pieces of evidence presented by the APC.

In his reaction, the PDP lead counsel, Eyitayo Jegede, told reporters that Makinde remains the governor since there has been no counter directive by the appellate court on his victory.

The lead counsel to APC, Adeboye Shobanjo, on his part, agreed with the court for allowing the appeal to hold.

He, however, stressed that the Tribunal delivered a one-sided judgement.

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s moves to delay the sacking of his aides were not successful, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday.

An online newspaper, Daily Nigerian, had earlier on Wednesday reported that about 35 of the aides were sacked. However, The PUNCH could not independently confirm the exact number as of the time of filing the report.

It was learnt that the VP’s office had sought to delay the matter till the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country from London on November 17.

The delay was said to have been sought to allow the VP discuss the issue with the President, but the Presidency reportedly went ahead to effect the sacking.

“There was an intervention for a delay, but the decision was effected while the President has yet to return (to the country),” a source said.

The source claimed the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, effected the action.

One of the affected aides was said to have been denied clearance to access the Villa on Wednesday from the Pilot Gate of the Presidential Villa.

Osinbajo, it was learnt, had allegedly more aides than Buhari, some of whom were appointed while he was the acting President when Buhari was in London in 2017.

A top source at the Presidency said, “It is true that many of VP’s aides were given termination letters. However, I cannot confirm the exact number because it was not done in public. But you know it is political.

“Some of those dismissed are those who had been made redundant since the VP’s duties have been reduced and some of the social investment programmes have been put under other ministries.”

Another source said the President was not aware of the sacking of the VP’s aides, saying it was the handiwork of the cabal in the Presidency.

Aides to Osinbajo as of 2017, according to Premium Times, were about 52 while those of the President were 25.

However, other appointments were said to have been made for Osinbajo which were never made public.

Some of the aides, it was learnt, were being paid by donor agencies and not directly by the Federal Government.

The President also appointed four more aides for Osinbajo in August 2019.

They are Ahmad Zakari (Special Adviser on Infrastructure), Obafela Bank-Olemoh (Senior Special Assistant on Education Interventions), Louis Odion (Senior Technical Assistant on Print Media) and Ajuri Ngelale (Senior Special Assistant for Public Affairs).

When contacted for comments on the sacking of the aides, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Garba Shehu, said, “The SGF has responsibility for the issuance of letters of appointment, and where the need arises, sack letters as well.”

But the Director of Information, Office of the SGF, Willie Bassey, told one of our correspondents on the telephone that he was not aware of the sacking.

“I am not aware of any letter. I am hearing such thing from you for the first time. I am not aware of it,” he said.

The Senior Special Assistant to the VP on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, did not respond to enquiries by the newspaper.

Shekau releases new audio message, threatens Nigerian Boko Haram researcher Bulama Bukarti


The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, on Friday released a new audio message, threatening to attack a UK-based Nigerian lawyer, Audu Bulama Bukarti.

Mr Bukarti, an analyst in the Co-Existence team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, leads the team’s work on sub-Saharan Africa and has studied extremist groups in Africa, particularly Boko Haram, for over a decade.

The lawyer focuses on using Islamic religious texts in countering violent ideologies and has authored a paper entitled “Discourses and Constituencies of Boko Haram”, which assembled the main ideological arguments and textual authorities of Boko Haram and led to the adoption of a preaching manual for countering violent extremism in the region.

In the 5-minute audio message, entitled ‘Response of Abubakar Shekau to the Evil Man (Bulama Bukarti)’, the terrorist leader said Mr Bukarti was in trouble and would never know peace from today [Friday].

Below is the full transcript of the 5:22 seconds audio message

In the name of Allah. All praises are due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon the Prophet. Having said this, my Muslim brothers around the globe, both those we see and those we don’t see, I greet you in the Islamic formula: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah.

Secondly, I am the leader of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah lid Dawati wal Jihad, all praises due to Allah today, Friday, 4 Rabi’ul Awwal 1441 in the Islamic calendar. There are messages that reach us and we know the person who responsible for and he will not succeed.

We are sending him a message to be a proof against him unless he repents. Bulama Bukarti, you have been speaking about Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah lid Dawati wal Jihad and its Imam, Abubakar ibn Muhammad ash-Shakawiy [that’s the speaker]. You have been saying that we are merely claiming to follow the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and his religion and the People of Tradition and the people.

You say our claims are false and that we do not represent true Islam. Allah knows who is righter [between you and us] and this is Allah’s favour, we pray that He bestow his blessing on us. But you cannot be the judge. Bear my message in your mind, it will be a calamity for you if you don’t repent before Allah or on the Day of Resurrection.

We practice the religion of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) which he and his companions practiced. “What I practice today, I and my companions” (hadith). This is what we wish to die doing this. May Allah kill us doing it. This is like a talk, a warning to you that you may repent. And this declaration, I make Allah as my witness as I talk, by Allah, it will shake you whether you like it or not, even if you deny it. You should fear Allah; we follow the Qur’an and the tradition of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the predecessor (salaf). We want to make the Qur’an and traditions of the Prophet to become the constitution. Even in your language, rules and regulations of a country cannot rule even a cornstalk as even the statements of People of knowledge and understanding needs to be supported with a verse of the Qur’an or hadith of Prophet Muhammad. Even at that, it needs to be true. Whoever lies will be punished by Allah in the afterlife.

These coded statements that I have made will, by Allah, shock your heart. We follow the Ahlis Sunnah wal Jama’a and our followers too and we have justification for our activities. Allah says “Whoever does a good deed – it is for himself; and whoever does evil – it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned.” This is our belief. I would not lengthen my talk to you. You have heard me and it will shake you. You have gone and stayed with Europeans, studying Western education, you are living in a way disapproved by Prophet Muhammad and you think you have authority to speak about us. By Allah, you are nothing. All your statements can be destroyed with one verse of the Qur’an because I am talking with knowledge and, by Allah, I know you understand me, like it or not.

We Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah lid Dawati wal Jihad follow the creed of Ahlis Sunnah wal Jama’a; we are following the predecessors; we are fighting a jihad. We want to establish an Islamic State; all our acts are based on the Qur’an and Sunnah and interpretation of pious predecessors, that is the pious predecessors. That is where we stand. That is what we have pledged allegiance to do.

I am reporting to you; God has heard us. You should go and do whatever you wish to do; go and say say whatever you wish to say. Bulama Bukarti, you are in trouble. From today, you will not find peace. By Allah, you must repent.

It’s Shekau. All peace and blessings be with the Prophet of Allah. All thanks are due to Allah.