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Edo Guber: Don’t Drag The Judiciary Into Politics – APC Warns PDP

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4 years ago

August 27, 2020

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop dragging the judiciary into politics, instead of campaigning hard for September 19 election.

The party added that exercising a legal right is not forum-shopping or disrespect for the judiciary.

The PDP had addressed a press conference in Benin, at which it claimed the APC success at getting some judges to recuse themselves from cases, for likely bias, was an attack on the judiciary.

The Chairman of the Edo State APC Media Campaign Council, Mr. John Mayaki wondered why the PDP reacted with “mischievous hysteria”, to the granting of a routine application to guarantee justice for both parties in the suits.

“The chief judge of the Federal High Court acted on the merit of the APC application, and did what honest and proper procedure demanded,” a release by the Edo APC campaign explained. “How that equated an attack on the judiciary and forum-shopping only exists in the PDP’s jittery and frenzied application,” he said

The APC said it had nothing but high praise and respect for the courts, for taking actions that would assure everyone of justice and fairness; but wondered why the PDP was dragging the courts to the partisan front.

“We should be very wary of dragging the judiciary into politics,” the party warned, adding that even a desperate PDP should know that.

The APC wondered why, in its “idleness and listlessness”, the PDP had suddenly turned spokespersons for the judiciary, instead of focusing on its campaign, where it was losing steam, every passing second.

It added that this news conference was the latest example of how the Edo PDP wasted its time on “frivolities”, explaining however that the PDP was employing such ploys to excuse the electoral disaster that awaits it on September 19.

“Let the world bear us witness. When we, the APC, were busy campaigning and selling our message of hope and SIMPLE Agenda to our Edo people, PDP was busy addressing useless press conferences to push out lies and deceit. When it loses badly on election day,” the party added, “it would rush to the same press conference to lament its failure and allege rigging.”

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VIDEO: Villagers Give Nigerian Soldiers Heroic Welcome After Successful Operation

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April 19, 2024

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A heartwarming video of some villagers giving a heroic welcome to soldiers returning from a successful operation in the North East has been shared online.

The Nigerian Army shared the video online as the soldiers returning from their military operation were met with cheers and celebrations from local residents recently.

The Army wrote: “Heartwarming welcome accorded to Nigerian Army heroic troops in the Northeast region after a successful operation in Sambisa and Timbuktu Triangle during Operation Desert Sanity III. This video clip captures the genuine and heartfelt welcome extended by the local communities to the valiant troops in appreciation of their successful operation.”

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JUST IN: Court Clears Ex-AGF Adoke Of Money Laundering Charges

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2 hours ago

April 19, 2024

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday discharged and acquitted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, while delivering a ruling on a no-case submission filed by the former AGF, held that the EFCC failed to establish a prima facie (sufficient evidence) case against him.

“I find that there is no evidence to prove the alleged offences against the first defendant (Adoke),” the judge said.

However, Justice Ekwo ruled that Aliyu Abubakar, the second defendant, has to open his defence because he has a case to answer.

EFCC had preferred a 14 counts charge against Adoke and an oil mogul, Aliyu Abubakar.

In the charge, the anti-graft agency alleged that Adoke sometime in August 2013 in Abuja accepted a cash payment of the dollar equivalent of N300 million from Abubakar and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 16(2)(b) of the money laundering Prohibition Act 2011 as amended.

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Police Seal Off Benue APC Factional Secretariat

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2 hours ago

April 19, 2024

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Armed policemen have sealed off the secretariat of the All Progressive Congress,APC, in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State.

The party secretariat belongs to the Austin Agada-led APC Working Committee located along JS Tarka Way opposite the Railway Market in Makurdi.

There are two party secretariats in the capital city.

The other one belongs to Benjamin Omakolo’s team which is located along Kashim Ibrahim Way.

The Publicity Secretary of the Agada faction, Daniel Ihomun, said that the sealing off of their secretariat may not be unconnected with the inauguration of members of the zoning committee for the forthcoming local government election.

“We are to inaugurate members of the zoning committee for the coming local government election today at our secretariat only for the government to send policemen and their thugs to seal off the secretariat,” Ihomun said.

It was learnt that policemen and Armour Personnel Vehicle were deployed to the Agada-led office as early as 6am on Friday.

Efforts to get the reaction of the state Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, to ascertain the reason for the sealing off of the party secretariat were not successful as her phone rang out at the time of filing this report.

The Agada-led faction had constituted a 21-men zoning committee drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state and was expected to be inaugurated on Friday.

But in a swift response, the Omakolo-led team had in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Terseer Agber, called on all party members and the general public to disregard the zoning committee constituted by the Agada-led committee.