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epadomo:
Pastor Tunde Bakare of Citadel Global Community Church has said the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, are politicians who behave like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
This is as he revealed that CAN wanted the All Progressives Congress to field a weak presidential candidate all in the name of having a Christian as president.
His quote was shared on Facebook by APC chieftain, Joe Igbokwe.

Accordimg to the quote, Bakare said, “CAN wanted to lure APC into presenting a weak candidate, they said 2023 is Christian President or nothing”.

“APC didn’t fall for their gimmick, they presented their strongest and best. Again, they started another one “Running Mate must be Christian, again, APC choose the best as running mate,you can’t blackmail the APC. We are not a religious organisation but a Political party. There’s a massive difference between CAN and Christians.

“Christians are righteous people who behave like Christ, CAN are politicians who behave like PDP, I am a Christian and a Pastor and Asiwaju Tinubu is my candidate.”

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Travellers plying the 100-kilometre Gusau-Funtua road linking Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi to Katsina and  many other states, have been put on edge by the resurgence of abductions by armed bandits along the road, Daily Trust on Sunday has learnt.

Travellers told our correspondent that from last Sunday till date, armed bandits had blocked the road and carried out a series of abduction.


The highway is linking the Sokoto-Kebbi-Zamfara axis with the larger part of the northern states as it remains the only route for those who want to travel to or out of the mentioned states.

Many travellers were kidnapped while others escaped with gunshot injuries in the last five days. The armed men are blocking the road in a broad daylight, a clear departure from their tradition of waylaying travellers at dawn or dusk. 

Last Friday, many motorists were stranded in the morning after the armed criminals blocked a stretch from a community called Magazu to Yankara in the neighbouring Katsina State.

Earlier, the armed men blocked and seized travellers at a point few kilometres away from Yankara community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.

 “Residents from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara who want to travel  to Katsina,  Kano,  Kaduna and many other states in the North, and even South, will have no alternative other than to forego their journeys. This because the other route, which is Gusau-Kaura Namoda-Zurmi-Jibia, has remained shut for a very long time due to the activities of armed criminals. In fact, the road is terribly unsafe to ply,” a resident Aliyu Sani said.

 Another traveller said, “On Thursday, I was driving to Kaduna along the road when suddenly I saw motorists making u-turns in attempts to escape possible abduction by the bandits. They opened fire on vehicles that refused to stop.

 “We are urging the authorities to look into the possibility of mounting strong checkpoints along the road, especially at the points they traditionally take positions to kidnap people.” 

The spokesman of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, did not answer calls from our correspondent up to the time of filing this report.

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https://politicsnigeria.com/breaking-weve-uncovered-satanic-plot-by-dangote-to-cause-chaos-in-kogi-govt/

Creamypie:
How iswap and boko take dey locate and kill each other still baffles me till tomorrow. Nigeria=the more u look the less you see

About eight insurgents have been reportedly killed when Boko Haram fighters clashed with members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of the terrorists in the fringes of the Lake Chad.

The ISWAP also seized large quantities of ammunition in the inter-rivalry clash which occured on October 6, when a team of the ISWAP group attacked and inflicted a huge casualty on its adversary at Krinowa axis in the North East of Marte in Borno State.

An intelligence source told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad that 12 Boko Haram fighters were returning from Marte after receiving large quantities of weapons from the camp of the Boko Haram Amir Jay’s, Bakura Wulgo.

The Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram terrorists had despatched a 12-man team from Gaizuwa, in Bama to go in search of weapons after suffering devastating defeat and losses due to the sustained intensified intelligence-led Air Strikes, heavy artillery bombardment and ground, offensives by the Nigerian Military troops of Operation Hadin Kai.

The Boko Haram terrorists occupying Gaizuwa, otherwise known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari had lost almost all its weapons, vehicles and motorcycles leaving the badly depleted fighters vulnerable for attacks by the Nigerian troops, as well as the ISWAP rival fighter led by Ba’ana Chigori in the area.

The sources said that eight terrorists were killed in the ambush, three terrorists including Goni Gado, Abou Adam and Abou Abubakar returned to Gaizuwa at about 12pm on Friday October 7, with bullets wounds, while one other was either missing or dead.

In the same vain, the Boko Haram leadership held a brief meeting and despatched another team of 11 fighters led by one Amir Baba Kaka to seek support from Amir Jaichige a terror kingping who was under the leadership Ali Ngoshe, in the axis of Mandara Mountains.

“The Boko Haram had cried out that the ISWAP may soon take over all its camps and urged other JAS fighters to help them from collapsing,” the sources said.

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PRESS STATEMENT:

7th/10/2022

I came to return PDP to power; not to loot – Ayu

Party To Publish Income And Expenditure Account In December

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, declared today that he was elected to restore the party to power; and not to loot or mismanage party funds.

He also disclosed that he has instructed the Finance Department to maintain an update the party’s income and expenditure account for presentation to the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) at the first-year anniversary of the present NWC in December.

It was his first reaction to charges against him in the media of bribery and illegal payments to members of the party’s National Working Members (NWC).

Ayu said although he has many faults as a human being, stealing was not one of them, adding that the present NWC is being guided by the principles of transparency and accountability.

He spoke while welcoming the Forum of Elected Ex-Officio Members of the party who paid him a solidarity visit at the PDP National Headquarters.

His words: “The PDP was not founded to be in opposition. We founded the party to access power and develop the country. And my historic task is to return the party to power. I won’t be Chairman forever. For now my preoccupation is to return the Party to power. I did not come to steal. My public service record is there.

“I have been a leader of the National Assembly. I have been a minister many times. As a person, I have many faults, but stealing is not one of them. I am conscious of my place in history, and the NWC that I lead is guided by the twin-principles of transparency and accountability.

“You may be reading many things and expecting my reaction. If we don’t always talk, it is because we want to maintain and build cohesion in the party. We don’t want continuous altercations in the PDP Family. Our eyes are on the big picture i.e. winning the 2023 general elections."

He went on: “Therefore, let us not lose focus. Let us keep our eyes glued on the big picture. Everything else is secondary. We took office because there was crisis in the party.
And we don’t want to keep moving from crises to crises. It’s not good for the party. We can’t be in perpetual crises, especially where the crisis is artificial.

He added: "The NWC met and discussed the issue of Housing Allowance. It was unanimously agreed that no bribe or any form of illegality took place. A statement has since been issued to that effect. The matter has now been laid to rest."

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of the Forum, Hon. Yunana Iliya, said the members were at the party secretariat to express solidarity with the National Chairman, and pledged their unalloyed loyalty to the Ayu-led NWC.

“We stand by the recent Vote of Confidence passed on you by the highest decision-making body of the party, the National Executive Committee (NEC), and we urge all party faithful to close ranks in PDP’s rescue work,” he added.

Simon Imobo-Tswam
Special Adviser to the National Chairman
(Media and Communications)

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The Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu Jaji Sambo, has said no ransom was paid for the release of the remaining 23 victims of the Kaduna...




https://dailytrust.com/fg-moves-to-reopen-abuja-kaduna-train-service-says-no-dime-paid-for-released-victims

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mariahAngel:
What is special about the Gibsco bread?
I don dey too read about am for nairaland.

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https://twitter.com/Mr_JAGs/status/1578409089281007616?t=0w8i6KZMlXRNkJaOzmcOcg&s=19[/quote][color=#990000]Without good road networks!

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The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has appealed the Federal High Court’s judgment that nullified his nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the July 16, 2022, governorship election in the state.
This was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ismail Omipidan, on Wednesday, in Osogbo.

Oyetola in the statement described the Federal High Court’s judgment as a miscarriage of justice and, therefore, urged the Court of Appeal to set aside the ruling of the lower court and affirm their nominations as valid and lawful.

Justice Emeka Nwite, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, nullified Oyetola’s candidacy and that of his deputy, Benedict Alabi, following the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party.

Nwite based his ruling on the grounds that Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, who had submitted their names to the Independent National Electoral Commission, violated the provisions of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 82(3) of the Electoral Act, 2022.

The statement, however, said Oyetola and Alabi, in an appeal filed by the APC through their counsel, Dr Abiodun Layonu (SAN) and Mr Abdulfatai Oyedele, listed 19 grounds of appeal against the lower court’s judgment.

In the appeal, the governor and his deputy argued that all the actions taken by Gov. Buni in respect of their nominations were valid and legally recognisable, saying it complied with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

The statement further argued that the PDP lacked the locus to commence the legal action against Gov. Oyetola as the issue of nomination of candidate was an internal affair of political parties.

“By the provision of Section 84(14) of the Electoral Act 2022, it is only an aspirant that participated in the primary election that can complain that the provision of the Electoral Act and the guidelines of the political party have not been complied with in the selection or nomination of candidate of a political party for an election.

“The issue of nomination and sponsorship of candidates of a political party is strictly an internal affair of a political party which is not justiciable.

“The 1st respondent (the PDP), therefore, lacks the locus standing to bring any cause of action that relates to internal affairs of the appellant (APC),” it said.


According to the statement, another ground of appeal filed by the appellant is that the suit initiated by the PDP had been taken care of by the issue of ‘estoppel’ which indicates that were an issue had been decided by a competent court, the court will not allow it to be re-litigated by different parties.

“The principal issue raised by the 1st respondent (PDP) before the trial court is whether the 3rd and 4th defendants (Oyetola and his deputy) were validly nominated and sponsored for the governorship election held in Osun on the 16th of July, 2022.

“This same issue involving the same parties has been laid to rest in the case of JEGEDE V. INEC (2021) 14 NWLR (1797) 409 and plaintiff suit as presently constituted is a duplication, repetition and remake of what has been settled and decided by the Supreme Court in the said case.

“The provisions of Sections 180 and 183 of the Constitution upon which the decision of the Supreme Court in JEGEDE V. INEC was based is still very extant”, it said.

The appellant, therefore, held that the suit filed by the PDP was an abuse of court process and that the trial court lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate on it.


It also argued that the suit filed by the PDP was statute-barred as the party failed to file the case within the time frame stipulated by the constitution, hence the court lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate upon it.

“The law stipulates that every pre-election matter must be filed within 14 days from the date of occurrence of the event, decision and act complained of in the suit. The period within which to file action elapsed on the 31st of March, 2022, and the PDP filed the suit on 7 April.

“Therefore, the court lacks the jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the 1st respondent’s suit as the action was statute barred.

“The act complained of came into existence on or before 18th March, 2022 and not 25th March, 2022 as claimed by the 1st respondent”, it said.

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