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Abia APC Talks Tough, Says Sacking PDP In 2023 A Must

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia says the party has the human and material resources to wrestle power away from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023.

The Chairman of the state Caretaker Committee, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said this at a news briefing in Umuahia on Thursday.

Nwankpa, who spoke through the Secretary-elect of the party, Mr Perfect Okorie, said APC was poised to take over Abia to provide good governance and infrastructure development, currently lacking in the state.

He said: “In 2023, it will dawn on all Abia people that APC has come to take over the state.

“We have men of high calibre and proven integrity at the top-level of Nigeria’s politics, who are prepared to redeem Abia from PDP’s maladministration and move the state forward.

“We have men, who are ready to wipe away the tears of the downtrodden, workers and pensioners, who are owed many months of their legitimate entitlements.”

Nwankpa said the present administration in Abia had made the state a laughing stock among other states of the federation.

“We are all ashamed of the total dilapidation of infrastructure in the state. No sector is spared,” he said.

He gave assurance that President Muhammadu Buhari would ensure that votes counted in 2023, adding that “it will not be business as usual in Abia.”

According to him, the president has shown with the Anambra governorship poll that he is determined to enthrone a credible electoral process in the country.

Nwankpa dismissed the fear that the prevailing economic difficulties and security challenges in the country would sway votes against APC across board in 2023.

“The economic downturn is a global phenomenon, which was hugely exacerbated by economic meltdown and COVID-19 pandemic.

“This is not limited to Nigeria. It is a global dilemma,” he said.

Nwankpa also spoke on the current state of the party in Abia, following the parallel congresses at the ward, local government and state levels.

He said the national leadership of the party put the inauguration of the newly elected executives on hold across the federation.

“That the newly elected state executive of the party had not been inuagurated after the state congress is not peculier to Abia.

“So, all the interim caretaker committees, instituted in all the 36 states, are still in charge of the affairs of the party,” he said.

Nwankpa further said that some party members, loyal to his leadership, obtained an interim order from an Abia High Court in Ukwa on Oct. 21.

He said the order restrained the party and its national leadership “from receiving, accepting and/or acting on the purported list of successful candidates” for the Abia Congress.

Abia APC Factional Chairman-Elect, Enyinnaya Harbour Reportedly Dead

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Less than 24 hours after state High Court sitting in Ukwa, Aba Abia State ordered him to stop parading himself as

The factional chairman-elect of All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia state, Hon. Enyinnaya Harbour is reportedly dead.

He was said to have passed on in the early hours of Thursday at University of Nigerian Teaching Hospital, Enugu.

His death is coming than 24 hours after state High Court sitting in Ukwa, Aba Abia State ordered him to stop parading himself as chairman-elect of the party.

A family source who pleaded anonymity confirmed his death to ABN TV on Thursday.

He however did not disclose the cause of his death to our correspondent.

Recall that there has been controversies on who the authentic chairman-elect of the party in Abia is after a disputed congress.

Nnamdi Kanu’s Foreign Lawyers Seek UK Ministers Intervention Over IPOB Leader’s Ordeals

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Nnamdi Kanu’s foreign counsel, Bindmans LLP said it has been instructed by the family of the IPOB leader to raise urgent concerns with UK ministers about the separatist’s detention “in conditions which amount to torture”, ABN TV reports.

The London law firm on Thursday said it has also outlined a series of options for diplomatic and international legal action against Nigeria and key officials in the West African country, requesting assurances that they will be considered urgently and the resulting action plan is then fully explained.

Kanu is a Nigerian-British national and leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB is agitating for the breakup of Nigeria and sovereign nation of Biafra. Kanu was brought to Nigeria from Kenya in controversial circumstances. Since 27 June 2021, he has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS). His lawyers have also alleged that he is being denied medical assistance “for ongoing health conditions”.

Concerns have repeatedly been raised by Bindmans with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and by Kanu’s lawyers in Nigeria with the authorities and courts there.

According to Bindmans, to date, the UK’s diplomatic efforts have had very little effect as “UK officials have only been able to visit Kanu once whilst in detention; his conditions of detention have not changed since that visit and no other progress has been made in assisting him”.

Shirin Marker, Solicitor at Bindmans LLP who is representing Kanu’s family said:
“The British government has a firm and explicit policy on condemning and seeking to end torture and mistreatment. That policy sets out a range of actions open to the UK authorities when an individual with British nationality is subject to torture abroad. There is no dispute that Mr Kanu is being tortured.

“To do otherwise would be inconsistent with the UK’s obligations under international law and the principles of its policy.

“We have made detailed representations to the FCDO on its legal obligations through its lawyers, and expect a prompt response on what action will now be taken.”

Gunmen Storm Abuja Community, Kidnap 8, Kill Housewife

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A housewife simply identified as Salamatu was shot dead when kidnappers stormed Piri community in Kwali Area Council of Abuja.

At least eight residents were reportedly abducted in the incident which happened between Tuesday and Wednesday.

A resident, Yakubu Saidu, said the kidnappers first invaded two houses and whisked away two persons amidst sporadic gunshots.

He alleged that the kidnappers targetted a car dealer identified as Sadauna but since they could not get him, they went away with two of his brothers, on Tuesday night.

They were said to have retuned to the community on Wednesday when Salamatu was killed.

The deceased, who was the senior wife of Yusuf Maigunwa, a Yam dealer in Kwali, attempted to escape through the back door when she was shot dead.

“The husband of the deceased woman was at home when the kidnappers came, but they couldn’t locate where he was hiding, as they whisked away his second wife and two others inside the house,” he said.

He said some gangs of the kidnappers, who positioned themselves at strategic places within the community, invaded two houses and whisked away three residents.

He said the late woman have been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

Spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command, DSP Adeh Josephine, neither picked calls nor reply to text messages sent to her to confirm the incident.

Daily Trust

I Can’t Resign Because Of Jailbreaks, Says Aregbesola

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Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola yesterday said the recent frequent jailbreaks across the country will not be a good reason for him to resign his position as minister.

Aregbesola said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Aregbesola explained that the jailbreaks did not happen as a result of lack of preparedness but through number of factors.

The minister said a number of prison officials died defending the custodial centres, which he said was the highest form of honor for the country.

“Imo was in April this year. Kabba was in September. Abologo was in October and Jos was in November. Those captured the attacks. As painful as those attacks were, very painful, nobody will really want the end of justice to be so vulnerable.

“The custodial facilities are the final end of criminal justice administration. So, morally, the state owes itself the responsibility of safe custody that must not be violated.

“On that account alone, we must appreciate the enormity of any successful attack on custodial facilities. And I so do. But I want us to put these things in the context of our security situation.

“When our best does not suffice, it’s no longer a question of your inability to make preparation or failure for preparation or preparedness. It’s just that at that instance, you just couldn’t hold the defence. And several factors are responsible for this.

“What I can assure Nigerians is this. Yes, as contextual as these attacks and the successes such criminals are having, we are upping our game and we will not allow; we will prevent any such opportunistic attack and even make it impossible. That is what the state must do.

“We are working with all arms of government, particularly the security, to make our custodial facilities impregnable. We will not rest until that is achieved. So, that’s the assurance I’ll give to Nigerians.

“As to whether it calls for my resignation. I still don’t see any need for that because it’s not for lack of preparedness that the attacks were successful. No.”

Also, the FEC has approved N965.9 million for the purchase of 49 operational vehicles for us by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Aregbesola said the vehicles, which would be procured from local manufacturers, would complement the ones already in use by the Correctional Service.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the council approved N145 million for an office accommodation for the Federal Character Commission in Bayelsa State at N145 million.

He also announced the approval of N136.2 million for operational vehicles for the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA).

Also, the FEC ratified the Finance Bill 2021/2022 fiscal year.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zaynab Ahmed, who announced the ratification to State House correspondents, explained that the Bill, which is currently before the National Assembly, focuses on tax as well as reviewing and amending some 11 fiscal laws.

She explained that rather than propose new taxes, or increase tax rates, the Finance Bill for the 2022 fiscal year focuses on blocking loopholes and improving tax administration.

The Nation

Troops Rescue 20 Policemen After Their Abduction By Terrorists

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Alex Enemanna
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Twenty policemen abducted by terrorists during an attack on a police division at Buni Yadi have been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, the Defence Headquarters has said.

Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, while briefing reporters on ongoing military operations in the last two weeks, said the troops’ kinetic and non-kinetic operations have driven the terrorists out of their camps into surrendering.

According to him, within the time under review, a total of 62 terrorist elements were neutralised and 28 arrested.

The Nation

Gunmen Abduct Traditional Ruler In Imo

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Gunmen, numbering over 10, stormed Mbutu ancient kingdom of Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday and abducted the traditional ruler of the community, Eze Damian Nwaigwe.

The monarch was kidnapped at his palace around 2: 30am, a community source who craved anonymity told our correspondent.

The source said: “The traditional ruler of Mbutu ancient kingdom in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, Eze Damian Nwaigwe, was kidnapped early this morning.

“We learnt that those who kidnapped him were many.

“They came in vehicles and were more than 10.

“They barricaded his palace, shot indiscriminately into the air before they took him away in a waiting vehicle.”

It was gathered that the palace of the king is excluded, a bit isolated from neighbouring houses, a factor that made it difficult for his subjects to come to his aid.

Police spokesperson in the state, CSP Mike Abattam, confirmed the incident.

Abattam said the command had swung into action with an attempt to rescue the monarch unhurt.

Troops Rescue 20 Policemen Abducted By Terrorists

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ABN TV EDITOR
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Twenty policemen abducted by terrorists during an attack on a police division at Buni Yadi have been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, the Defence Headquarters has said.

Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, while briefing reporters on ongoing military operations in the last two weeks, said the troops’ kinetic and non-kinetic operations
have driven the terrorists out of their camps into surrendering.

According to him, within the time under review, a total of 62 terrorist elements were neutralised and 28 arrested.

Details later….

Presidency 2023: Wike Can Deliver, Says Sergent Chidi Awuse

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An elder statesman in Rivers State, Sergent Chidi Awuse, says Governor Nyesom Wike is well qualified to serve as Nigeria’s president come 2023.

In an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, the politician urged Wike to join the race as the South-South candidate.

“Factors that should have a role to play is the ability to deliver and that is why some of us are saying we are offering him – Nyesom Ezenwo Wike – to Nigeria to assess him,” Mr Awuse stated.

He added that there is nothing that can disqualify the current governor of Rivers State from running for the next presidential election, including the geographical location which terms a political factor that does not count.

The elder statesman stressed that Nigerians must seek a leader like Wike, who he says, has the capacity to transform the country.

“What we have seen over the period he came into office, we have not seen it since politics started in 1999, still PDP. But PDP Rivers State has corrected the ills now through Wike.

“Wike has transformed the state beyond anyone’s expectation. No local government area in Rivers State that has no project, properly funded and properly executed,” the statesman proclaimed.

He further declared that Governor Wike has the potential to clamp down on any form of unrest stirred by terrorists and other anarchists, adding that by choosing the Rivers State Governor to lead Nigeria, the nation will enjoy a crime-free society.

 

Buhari Reiterates Support For Navy As He Inaugurates Made-In-Nigeria Vessel

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President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a locally-built Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) 111 in Lagos State.

The vessel was inaugurated on Thursday and built by NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be built by the Nigerian Navy, according to a statement by a presidential aide, Femi Adesina.

He quoted his principal as saying during the event that the new inductions to the Naval fleet, would increase the agency’s capacity in securing the nation’s maritime domain.

Vessel made by Nigerian Navy

‘‘We should note that we are in a critical period where our country is faced with a serious decline in our revenue and the security challenges we are facing,” Buhari added, urging the personnel to make good use of the platforms as well as maintain professionalism.

‘‘The present realities, therefore, call for prudent resource management, innovativeness, accountability, and careful maintenance. I wish to reiterate that despite these challenges, our administration is very determined to ensure that the Navy is well supported to achieve its statutory responsibilities.

“Let me assure you that the Government will continue to support the ideals of the Nigerian Navy in the performance of its constitutional duties. God bless the Nigerian Navy, God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Onward Together.”

Buhari, according to the statement, also lauded the Nigerian Navy for keeping a steady course in its local content development drive, also restated the Federal Government’s resolve to equip the agency.

‘‘I commend the business dependability of Messrs OCEA Shipyard – France, the builders of our Navy’s first-ever purpose-built Offshore Survey Vessel for a conclusive and successful execution of the contract.

“Local partners should share in this commendation for their efforts at local facilitation as outlined in the Government’s local content policy,’’ he said.

While acknowledging the efforts of the Nigerian Navy in securing Nigeria’s vast oil and gas industry, he said the Navy is a major contributor to the nation’s economic development.

‘‘Arrests of those involved in illegalities have yielded results as some pirates, illegal bunkering syndicates, pipeline vandals and other miscreants have been convicted during this year,” Buhari added.

‘‘Such successes were made possible through the enforcement of our new anti-piracy law on Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act 2019.

“Furthermore, the provision of the new policy directives by the current administration of the Navy codified in such documents as the Nigerian Navy Strategic Plan ‪2021-2030‬; the Chief of the Naval Staff Strategic Directive 2021-5 and the Total Spectrum Maritime Strategy have given the Service credible guidelines and leverage for improved operational efficiency.”

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