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A Month To Ekiti Governorship Poll, Serious Crisis Rocks ADP

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Ayodele Oni
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ADP Crisis

By Ayodele Oni

With the way things are going within one of the contending political parties in the June 18 Governorship election in Ekiti state, the party may go into extinction before the election.

Action Democratic Party, (ADP) in the past few days,  has experienced internal crisis which has led to its abandonment by the erstwhile Deputy Governorship candidate, Mr Idowu Afuye.

Only on Sunday, news of the suspension of the Ekiti State Chairman of the party, Kunle Abegunde, by the National Leadership dominated the social media.

The decision to suspend the Chairman was contained in a letter, dated 14th of May 2022 and signed by National Secretary of the party, Victor Fingesi.

It reads: “I am directed to inform you that you have been suspended as Chairman of the Action Democratic Party in Ekiti State with effect from 14th May, 2022

“This became necessary following preliminary investigations by a panel upon which the following findings were made :

“Insurbordination to the leadership of the party, by refusing to honour its invitation to the National Headquarters in Abuja to discuss the lingering issues confronting the party in Ekiti State, contrary to Articles 48:1 1, 48:2, 52:2/al, of the ADP Constitution.

“Attempt to conduct State Congress of the party outside the timetable approved by the

National Working Committee (NWC) without the authorisation to do so, contrary to the ADP Guidelines for Congresses and Articles 52:2 (a). tcl, (d) of the party Constitution.

“Your fallure to intimate the leadership of our great party of the purported defection of theb Ekti State ADP Deputy Governorship candidate, Comrade ldowu Afuye to the APC.

“Premised on the foregoing, you are hereby notified that you (ADEKUNLE ABEGUNDE) no longer have authority and mandate to represent or communicate on behalf of the ADP.

“In light of the above, you are hereby invited to face the disciplinary committee at the

National Headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday, 18h May, 2022.”

It was gathered that worried by the developments within the party, some of its members, including the suspended Chairman, are already contemplating  defection to another party.

They blamed the development on the high handedness of the Governorship candidate of the party, Mrs Kemi Elebute – Halle, who they accuse of running the party as a personal business.

Investigations revealed that before her appearance on the political landscape of Ekiti state, ADP was not in the reckoning as it did not have any office in the state.

On her arrival and decision to contest for the Governorship, Elebute was reported to have personally put in place the structure of the party and made available funds to secure office apartment.

With this solo effort, the candidate is reported to be going around and telling members in the State that she owes none of them any allegiance.

Elebute, from the North Senatorial district, is the only female in the Governorship race in the state.

Among allegations levelled against her when he dumped the party, the former Deputy Governorship candidate alleged that Elebute was running the party as one man show.

Even with, or without, the present crisis rocking ADP in the state, the party is not among the serious ones which are working round the clock to win the Governorship.

2023: Twelve Governors Sign Tinubu’s Presidential Nomination Form

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Adesina Soyooye
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By Adesina Soyooye

If the number of Governors who signed the Presidential Nomination form of All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is anything to by, then, he could be on his way to clinching the Presidential ticket of the Party.

Tinubu, whose form was submitted on his behalf by a  group led by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and former Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal, on Wednesday, is a frontline Presidential aspirant under the banner of the APC.

It has been revealed that out of the 22 Governors of the APC, 12 of them signed Tinubu’s forms. That’s more than half. And, considering that Governors control the delegates from their States, it is taken for granted that delegates from those States  are likely to cast their votes for Tinubu.

According to a tweet by the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, the Governors, among other delegates, who signed Tinubu’s forms are:

Governor Gboyega Oyetola – Osun State

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu – Lagos State

Governor Bello Matawalle – Zamfara State

Governor Babagana Zulum – Borno State

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje – Kano State

Governor Aminu Masari – Katsina State

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu – Ondo State

Governor Atiku Bagudu – Kebbi State

Governor Abdullahi Sule – Nasarawa State

Governor Inuwa Yahaya – Gombe State

Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello – Niger State

Governor Muhammad Baduru – Jigawa State

Incidentally, one of the Governors who signed the form for Tinubu, Baduru of Jigawa State, is also a Presidential aspirant.

However, a few days ago, an unconfirmed story had made the rounds that 14 Governors Signed the Nomination form for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

First Bank Holdings: High Expectations As ‘Company’ Releases Audited Result In 2 Weeks

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James Orji
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By James Orji

First Bank of Nigeria, FBN Holdings has disclosed that it’s awaiting the Central Bank of Nigerian, CBN approval before the releases of its audited results for the year ended December 2021.
The Nnamdi Okonkwo-led corporation and parent company of Nigeria ‘s oldest fiancial institution, First Bank of Nigria Limited said the results will now be released before the end of the month after approval by the financial regulator.
The company disclosed this in a press release obtained by The magazine.
The statement said “FBN Holdings Plc (“FBNH” or “the Company”) wishes to notify the Nigerian Exchange Limited (‘NGX’ or ‘the Exchange’) and the investing public that the Company was unable to file and publish its Unaudited Financial Statements (Q’1 2022 UFS) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, by April 30, 2022, as required under the Rules of the NGX.”
“The Company’s inability to publish was due to the delays in finalizing the Audited Financial Statements (FY 2021 AFS) of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2021. The FY 2021 AFS was concluded and submitted to the Company’s primary regulator on April 29, 2022.”
“FBNH plans to publish both the FY 2021 AFS and the 01 2022 UFS on or before May 30, 2022, by which time the necessary approval would have been obtained from our primary regulator.”
The disclosure, industry watchers say, will assuage the feelings associated with the bank’s delay in releasing the 2021 audited accounts after others banks have published their reports for the year 3nding December 2021. The financial behemoth has yet to release the first quarter 2022 results.
Also, keen watchers in the financial sector informed The Source magazine that the delay may not be unconnected with the management transition in FBNH following the appointment of Okonkwo in November last year as the Group Managing Director, GMD. He effectively assumed office on January 1, 2022.
“The new management needs time to settle down to work. First Bank is the flagship of banking in the country, whatever happens there must surely have reparcussions in the industry. That’s why everything in the bank is geared towards the interests of all stakeholders in mind. We are finally happy that the ‘company has set the deadline for the release of the results for end of May,” Adegboyega Rufus, a financial expert told the magazine on Monday.

Sokoto Killing: Deborah’s Parents Stop Children From Going To School

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James Orji
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Sokoto Religious Crisis

By James Orji

Dazed by the murder of their daughter by Islamic fundamentalists in Sokoto last week, the parents of Deborah Garba have vowed never to send their remaining children to shool. Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto was gruesomely killed by some students of the institution who after flogging her terribly set her ablaze and left her to die in pain.

The pain of her untimely death has totally devastated the parents who said their remaining seven children will never be allowed to go to school. The deceased was the first of the eight children.
Their decision came on the heels of warning by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN to parents to stop sending their children to study in the northern part of the country.

The Sokoto state govrnment has shut down the school while Govrnor Aminu Tambuwal has ordered a curfew in the state in order to restore calm in the troubled state.

The state police command said it has also arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of Deborah, who was accused by her killers of blaspheming Islamic  Prophet Muhammad.

But, this seemed not to have been enough to assuage the grieving mother of the deseased, Alheri Emmanuel who told the Punch, “ that my children will never go to school again”.

Her husband Emmanuel Garba, also lamented the pain the family has been through since their first  daughter was killed. For instance, Garba who works as a menial worker with the state government said the family was left to bear the cost of the burial without any support from the government. He paid N100, 000 to transport the deseased corps to Niger state from Sokoto where she was killed, Garba said.

The parents, however, promise not to seek legal redress for their daughter, saying they have left her killers to God to judge.

According to Garba, “I have yet to get a call or message from anyone concerning the incident. Nobody called me; I decided to go on my own. I went to the state CID (Criminal Investigation Department) office and begged them to help me get the corpse so I could bury it because leaving it there might make it decompose. Then they took me to the mortuary, did some paperwork and released the remains to me.”

“I was the one who paid to transport the remains. I was charged N120,000 which I was forced to pay because that was the cheapest I got as the majority of people don’t like transporting corpses.
“We are not seeking redress in any court over the killing of our daughter. We are firm believers in Christ who always leave everything in the hands of God. No vengeance, nothing. Everything is left to our creator.

“We don’t want anything (from the government) but it is just unfortunate that we used all our resources to send her to school and now she is dead. She was my eldest child and I have seven others left.”

Meanwhile, the Northern chapter of CAN has urged parents to stop sending their wards to study in the Sokoto and other northern states known for religious volatility.

The umbrella body of Christians in the country said this is necessary until the federal and state government are ready to secure the lives of its children both in Sokoto and other states that had been hostile to Christians and Christianity.

Deborah: Dangote’s Son-in-Law, Captain Jamil, Supports Killing; Azman Air Says He’s No Longer Its Staff

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Adesina Soyooye
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Captain Jamil and Deborah

By Adesina Soyooye

A Nigerian Carrier, Azman Air, has denied Captain Jamil, an Airline Pilot, and son of a former Inspector General of Police, MD Mohammed, as its Pilot.

Jamil, an accomplished Commercial Airline Pilot is married to the last child of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.

He sparked controversy in the wake of the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 22-year old student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.

Deborah was stoned to death and her body set ablaze, on May 12, 2022, by her school mates for, allegedly, committing blasphemy when she, allegedly, spoke in an unflattering manner about Holy Prophet Mohammed in a Class Whatsaap Platform.

Her murder sparked outrage and strong condemnation nationwide except from among Muslim fundamentalists many of whom took to Sokoto Streets in a violent protest, demanding the release of two persons already arrested by the Police in connection with the sickening murder.

But reacting to the murder in a tweet, Captain Jamil Abubakar was in support when he tweeted that in Islam, the punishment for blasphemy is death.

Jamil: “In Islam, we respect the Injil, Tara, Zabur. We were never taught to disrespect any of the books, or any of the Prophets from Adam to Muhammad SAW & the Quran.

“The punishment for blasphemy is DEATH!, in most religions, including Christianity. Respect people’s religion. It’s simple.

“In Islam, the Shariah Court handles these cases. Islam put rules and regulations to control people’s action and motives, so the wrong ones are not cheated and justice is served the right way.”

Jamil’s tweet attracted immediate outrage from many who said they would never fly Azman Airline again, dubbing Jamil a fundamentalist who could crash an aircraft because of Religion.

But in a swift reaction, Azman said Jamil had left their employ since 2019, and that it would not take responsibility for the actions or comments of an ex-staff.

In a tweet the Airline said: “PUBLIC NOTICE: Captain Jamil Abubakar is no longer a Pilot @AzmanAir. His last flight with us was 22nd December 2019.

“We refuse to take responsibility for a comment or view of a former Staff.

“The general public should kindly take note.”

Not a few people say that given the status of his father, his father-in-law, and his profession as an Airline Pilot, Captain Jamil was reckless in his comments.

He has  taken down the tweet.

How Amaechi, As PDP Governor In 2011, Funded Buhari’s Congress For Progressive Change – El Rufai

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Adesina Soyooye
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By Adesina Soyooye

If you have been wondering why President Muhammadu  Buhari and Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi are close, wonder no more.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has quietly dropped a bomb by telling Nigerians why Amaechi is a main attraction for Buhari.

The Governor on Sunday, May 15, 2022, revealed how Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, in 2011, funded then Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s Congress For Progressive Change,  CPC, with Rivers State money.

In 2011, Amaechi was the Governor of Rivers State under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

El-Rufai exposed this in Kaduna when Amaechi, a Presidential aspirant under the APC, went to Kaduna State to lobby delegates to vote for him at the Party’s Primary.

Presenting Amaechi to the delegates who surprised not a few Nigerians a few days earlier when they  pledged their support for Presidential Aspirant, Bola Tinubu, given  El Rufai’s closeness to Amaechi,  he told them that Amaechi is a close friend of his, and a confidant of President  Buhari.

He went on to tell them the genesis of Amaechi’s closeness to Buhari.

Rotimi Amaechi
Rotimi Amaechi

According to El-Rufai’s story, it goes beyond 2014 when Amaechi ditched  the PDP and joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, under which Buhari became President in 2015, after failing for three consecutive times.

El-Rufai told them that Amaechi won Buhari’s heart when, in 2011, Amaechi, as a PDP  Rivers State Governor, funded the National Convention of  General Buhari’s CPC.

What it means, political analysts say, is that Amaechi did not only engage in anti-party activities against his then Party, the PDP, he funded the CPC Convention with Rivers State money.

El-Rufai, had a couple of months ago, said he had no interest in contesting for the office of the President, but would consider it if Buhari asks him to pair up with Amaechi.

2023: Obanikoro, Orelope-Adefulire Jostle For Lagos West Senatorial Ticket; APC Backs Orelope-Adefulire

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Obanikoro and Orelope

By Akinwale Kasali

The hope of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro getting the All Progressives Congress, APC, ticket for the Lagos West Senatorial District may not come to reality.

Incumbent Senator representing the Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, has moved to Ogun State to represent Ogun West Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber of National Assembly in 2023, leaving the position open for aspirants to jostle for.

Obanikoro and former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, who is presently Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, are the major contenders for the seat. The odds favour Orelope-Adefulire.

It was gathered that top Party Members in the State APC  have drummed support for Orelope-Adefulire to be the Candidate to represent the Party, pointing out that Obanikoro’s Son, Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, is currently a Member of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly, representing Eti-Osa Federal Constituency and now his Father, Musiliu, is also running for the Senatorial Seat he once occupied in 2003-2007, which they claim doesn’t augur well in the political sphere of the State.

The Party Leaders backed the aspiration of Orelope-Adefulire to ensure gender balance in Lagos State, as the main contenders for Lagos Central and Lagos East senatorial districts are male, therefore, the party is rooting for a woman to occupy the Lagos West Senatorial District. A source said that was why they settled for the former deputy governor.

It would be recalled that since 2011, one of the three senatorial districts in Lagos State was represented by a female and the other two districts by a male.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the APC National Leader and Frontline Presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu representing Lagos Central Senatorial District is currently on her third term in the Red Chamber, but, is set to step aside for another person to run for the seat, while Lagos East was represented by Senator Gbenga Ashafa (2011 to 2019), with the Late Senator Bayo Oshinowo (2019 to 2020) and Tokunbo Abiru (2020 till date).

Lagos West was represented by Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon (2011 to 2015) and Senator Olamilekan Adeola (2015 till date).

Sources within the APC disclosed that aside gender balancing, the former Deputy Governor was also considered ahead of Obanikoro because of her root, experience and political network, which cut across many Local Governments in Lagos West Senatorial District, especially in Alimosho, where she is currently a political leader.

Though Senator Obanikoro, is also connected to the grassroots and a force to  reckon with as an experienced politician, he is not being favoured for the position because of his son, Ibrahim, who is seeking re-election in Eti-Osa Federal Constituency. The ambition of the son seems to have affected his Senatorial ambition.

Political observers are of the opinion that the pendulum may swing to the side of Obanikoro and he could be given the ticket in the coming days, but all hands are on deck to see who APC cedes the Lagos West Senatorial ticket to.

NFF Appoints Peseiro As New Super Eagles Coach

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Akinwale Kasali
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Jose Peseiro

By Akinwale Kasali

After weeks of speculations, the Amaju Melvin Pinnick- led Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has resettled for Portuguese tactician, Jose Santos Peseiro, as the New Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

Announcing the appointment of Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, the NFF said his appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the nation’s football body and the gaffer.

Ademola Olajire,  Peseiro, NFF’s spokesperson, in a statement said:

“Peseiro is expected to lead out the Super Eagles for the first time during the upcoming tour of the United States of America, during which the three-time African champions will slug it out with Mexico and Ecuador ‘A’ Teams in prestige friendlies.

“The Eagles will tango with the El Tri at the AT & T Stadium in Dallas, State of Texas on Saturday, 28th May before flying to New Jersey to confront Ecuador at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison on Thursday, 2nd June,” the statement read in part.

The NFF also announced that “former Nigeria international forward, Finidi George, will be 1st Assistant to Peseiro, with Salisu Yusuf now to be second Assistant as well as Head Coach of the CHAN and U23 National Teams.

“Usman Abdallah is the third Assistant while Eboboritse Uwejamomere will be the Match Analyst and another former Nigeria international, Ike Shorounmu will be the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.”

62-year-old  Peseiro is a Portuguese who played as a striker in his days and has wide and varied experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, namely Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.

Born José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro to a Portuguese Family in Coruche, Santarém District. He was a former footballer, but Peseiro never played in higher than the Segunda Liga as a professional, starting out at Sport Lisboa e Cartaxo in 1979.

In that competition, he represented Amora FC, Clube Oriental de Lisboa, GD Samora Correia and S.C.U. Torreense, for a total of five seasons.

He, however, retired at the age of 34-years at the end of the 1993–94 season in the fourth division, with local club União de Santarém.

Peseiro spent his first eight years as a manager in the third and fourth tiers of Portuguese football, starting out as a player-coach at his last team.

In summer of 1999, he was appointed at C.D. Nacional, which he helped promote to the Primeira Liga in just three seasons.  In 2002–03, he led the team to a final 11th position.

In 2003–04, Peseiro assisted Carlos Queiroz at Real Madrid. At the end of the campaign, after the team lost a considerable advantage on the table to be finally surpassed by Valencia CF, FC Barcelona and Deportivo de La Coruña, the pair was sacked, and the latter returned to his assistant position in Manchester United.

Peseiro signed with Sporting CP for 2004–05. After collecting three losses and two draws in his first nine games in charge, the side eventually finished in third place with 61 points, four behind champions S.L. Benfica; additionally, he coached the team to a runner-up run in the UEFA Cup after disposing of the likes of Feyenoord, Middlesbrough and Newcastle United. The final was played at the Estádio José Alvalade, and after a 1–0 lead at half-time the hosts eventually succumbed to PFC CSKA Moscow 3–1.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, the Lions were ousted from the UEFA Champions League by Udinese Calcio, and after being relegated to the UEFA Cup they were immediately knocked out by Halmstads BK 4–4 on aggregate after a 2–3 home loss. On 16 October 2005, following a 0–1 home defeat to Académica de Coimbra that saw Sporting sink to the seventh position, he resigned.

Eastern Europe, Saudi Arabia

In the 2007 off-season, Peseiro was named manager of Panathinaikos FC. After failing to win the Super League Greece and also losing 0–4 to neighbouring Olympiacos F.C. in the domestic cup, he was forced to step down.

In June 2008, Peseiro signed a three-year contract with Romanian club FC Rapid București. On 2 October, after being eliminated from the UEFA Cup by VfL Wolfsburg, he was sacked only to be reinstated a few days later; he eventually resigned on 12 January 2009, after failing to agree on a new deal.

Peseiro succeeded Nasser Al-Johar at the helm of the Saudi Arabian national team in 2009, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. His first game occurred on 28 March, and it ended with a 2–1 away win over Iran which was the former’s first ever victory in that country and the latter’s first loss in nearly 40 home games; eventually, the nation failed to reach the finals in South Africa, and on 10 January 2011 he was relieved of his duties after losing the first game in the AFC Asian Cup against Syria.

On 3 June 2012, Peseiro was appointed at S.C. Braga. His first major signing was Portuguese international Rúben Micael, and he qualified the club to the group stage of the Champions League for the second time in its history, after ousting Udinese on penalties.

At the end of the campaign, in spite of winning the Taça da Liga and ranking fourth in the league, Braga and Peseiro reached an agreement to terminate the manager’s contract.

From 11 November 2013 to 11 January 2015, Peseiro worked with Al Wahda FC in the UAE Pro League. On 9 October of the latter year, Al Ahly SC announced his signing; upon hearing the news, fans of the latter protested against the decision based on his weak résumé.

On 18 January 2016, after cutting ties with the Egyptian side, Peseiro replaced Julen Lopetegui at FC Porto.

Even though the third position the team occupied at the time of the Spaniard’s dismissal was still secured, he collected more losses than his predecessor, and also lost the final of the Taça de Portugal to former team Braga, on penalties.

On 6 June 2016, Peseiro signed a two-year deal with precisely Braga. On 14 December, following consecutive home defeats that resulted in elimination from the Europa League and the Portuguese Cup, respectively at the hands of FC Shakhtar Donetsk (2–4) and S.C. Covilhã (1–2), he was fired.

Peseiro returned to the UAE in January 2017 with Sharjah FC, and was sacked nine months later after a poor start to the new season. The following February, he went home to sign a contract at Vitória S.C. until June 2019, which he rescinded by mutual agreement a year early.

In July 2018, Peseiro returned to Sporting after 13 years away, assuming the reins at a club that had lost several key players following fan violence and whose previous manager Siniša Mihajlović lasted nine days in the job. On 1 November, following poor overall performances and a 1–2 home loss against G.D. Estoril Praia for the group stage of the Taça da Liga, he was relieved of his duties.

Peseiro returned to national team duties on 4 February 2020, being appointed by Venezuela after the resignation of Rafael Dudamel. He made his debut on 9 October in a 3–0 loss away to Colombia in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification; the opponents were led by compatriot Carlos Queiroz.

At the 2021 Copa América in Brazil, Venezuela were eliminated from the group stage with two draws and two defeats; Peseiro was praised by pundit Tim Vickery for achieving those results despite a spate of COVID-19 infections and virus-related travel restrictions that kept key forward Salomón Rondón in China. He resigned in August, having not been paid for over a year amidst the South American country’s economic crisis.

My Horrifying Experience In APC – Jibrin; Apologises To Tinubu; Says Ganduje Is A Sadist

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By Gideon Njoku

“We must never confuse loyalty with slavery. This man yearned for that and put me through a mentally draining phase in my life that I had to step aside to reflect on my political choices. It’s unsurprising that all his political principals and lieutenants are deserting him and he risks becoming an island at the end of his stewardship”

The sudden dumping of a former House of Representatives Member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdulmumin Jibrin, took many people by surprise.

It was difficult to believe because Abdulmumin, aside from being a top member of the APC, was a devoted, chief campaigner for the Presidential ambition of APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu.

He was all over the print and electronic media defending Tinubu over one allegation or other. But suddenly, he abandoned all that, and quit the APC.

Speculations were rife as to why he dumped everything. Not a few people said he had a spat with Tinubu. Others said he decided to bail out early because he saw Tinubu’s ambition falling apart, especially, with the entrance into the race by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

But, in a statement on Saturday, May 14, 2022, Abdulmumin who a couple of days ago, joined the NNPP, a Party founded by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, revealed that his relationship with Tinubu remains very close. He said Tinubu’s political machines were so strong, so formidable, it is unbreakable. He said it would be difficult for any Presidential Aspirant to push Tinubu. For his sudden exit, Abdulmumin said he had apologised to Tinubu.

So, why did he leave then? The academic from Kano attributed his exit to what he described as his horrifying experience in the APC. He said he lost all in the party and, almost, lost his self-esteem. He heaped his horrific experience on the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, who he says suffers from inferiority complex. He accused him of treating his followers and associates like slaves in order to have a feeling of superiority and said it was why his political associates are now deserting him in droves. Ganduje, he said, has a sickening overbearing attitude.

Abdulmumin: “In my twenty-three years of postgraduate experience, the last seven years were my most unremarkable, so much that my long-established career almost reached a point of utter implosion.

“The horrifying disappointments of my past seven years revolved around this character who s determined to destroy anybody that activates his glaring inferiority complex. His sadistic instincts make him quite a frightening ally, so much that he feels the need to treat his allies as the marginalized black Africans in apartheid-era South Africans to feel a sense of superiority and misguided advantage.

“I dedicated everything to the political interests of this man, but he kept asking for more. This circus became too embarrassing that I had to take a step back for soul-searching to redeem myself. There’s a difference between service for the common good and a quest to be worshipped by one’s allies. We must never confuse loyalty with slavery.

“This man yearned for that and put me through a mentally draining phase in my life that I had to step aside to reflect on my political choices. It’s unsurprising that all his political principals and lieutenants are deserting him, and he risks becoming an island at the end of his stewardship.

“When he tried to lure me back a few days ago in a lengthy phone conversation, I asked him a question to stir up deep introspection on his demoralizing interpersonal relations. I asked if, as a father, he would want others to treat his children in the fashion he treats us his political allies and lieutenants. At the appropriate time, I intend to discuss the viciousness of this man in detail.

“However, my exit from the APC means I’ve ceased to be involved in the presidential campaign of Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The fact is, no individual can be a significant minus in Asiwaju’s campaign. The campaign is armor-built and designed to excel even without me. Based on the passion and dedication of the team invested in his aspiration, not even Asiwaju can stop his campaign let alone an Abdulmumin Jibrin.

“I want to appeal to the public to avoid overestimating my relevance to the team and stop the rumour and creating all sort of theories around this matter. I have my value but it will not take away anything from the menu I saw on the BAT campaign table.

“For the avoidance of doubt, let me clarify that I have no problem whatsoever with Asiwaju. We have never for once had issues. My problems were local and all politics are local. Asiwaju took a sincere interest in me and gave me the free hands to participate in his project, and my exit from the party doesn’t erase my respect for him and belief in his capacity and vision to redeem the fortunes of Nigeria.

“Asiwaju did his best to intervene to prevent my exit from the party. Not because it would affect his campaign in any way but for the genuine likeness he has for me. Unfortunately, wherever this man after my career function, I feel a sense of obligation to flee for my political safety.

“It’s one toxicity I’m no longer prepared to endure, and I do want to use this opportunity to apologize to the entire BAT family across the country for whatever embarrassment or inconvenience my sudden exit from the APC must’ve caused. I have already met Asiwaju to tender my apology, and he will continue to be a father to me and his house, my home.”

BREAKING: Governor Soludo’s Assembly Rep, Kidnapped

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Okechukwu Okoye

By Charles Igbo

A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr Okechukwu Okoye, has been Kidnapped.

Honourable Okechukwu is from Governor Charles Soludo’s  Aguata Local Government Area, and represents Aguata 11 State Constituency in the House of Assembly.

Details of the sad incident is not yet known, but a source told this medium that he was kidnapped “about an hour ago” in the State on Sunday, May 15, 2022.

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