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What I Will Do For Teenager At Obi’s Rally – Cubana Chief Priest

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1 year ago

February 12, 2023

Viral photo of teenager, Yusuf Alami standing in front of Obi's vehicle during LP's campaign rally in Lagos

Popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, has vowed to help the boy who stood in front of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s moving convoy at a Lagos rally on Saturday.

The photo of the boy, identified as Yusuf Alimi, where he raised his hands to show his support for Obi went viral on social media on Saturday.

A Facebook user, Ifeanyi Onukwubiri, had asked for the boy’s whereabouts because he wanted to give him N100,000 saying, “This is the photo of the week. How can I get to this boy? I want to gift him 100k. It’s youth o’clock! I see hope for common persons coming back again!”

Cubana Chief Priest took to his Instagram story on Saturday and reshared the Facebook post of Onukwubiri vowing to change his story.

He wrote, “Me too I go like send am better thing. His life gotta (has to) change.”

The PUNCH reports that when the teenager was interviewed, he disclosed that he stood in front of the convoy because of his love for Obi.

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Alami, who said he is from Ibadan but based in Lagos said Obi helps people and he likes him a lot.

Alami added that if Obi won the elections, he (Alami) would pray for the presidential candidate to do well.

Obi rounded off his presidential campaign in Lagos, with a rally held at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, on Saturday.

Obi’s running mate, Datti Baba-Amed was also present at the final rally, as well as the leader of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, among others.

The PUNCH reports that the rally on Saturday was also marred with violence as some hoodlums attacked the supporters of Obi, with the police confirming four injured.

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

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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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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.

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JUST IN: Army Releases Delta Monarch Arrested Over Soldiers Killings

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April 19, 2024

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The Nigerian Army has released the traditional ruler, Clement Ikolo, earlier declared wanted and arrested over the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers in Delta State on 14 March 2024.

The monarch was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters alongside seven others for alleged involvement in the act.

He was released to Senator Ede Dafianone who stood surety.

He was released during a brief at Army Headquarters by the Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.

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