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Expelled members defected to PDP – Delta APC
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has described those who defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as expelled members of the main opposition party in the state.
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The party, in a statement by Pius Ituru, said the defectors were not supporters of the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege as stated by the PDP during a mega rally to welcome the new members.
Ituru said the defection was media propaganda by those who ‘are scared of the soaring popularity of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege,’ insisting that the defectors had been expelled for anti-party activities and other offences.
APC Forum Asks Tinubu To Apologise Over Past Remarks
Some leaders and members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the North Central zone have asked Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC national leader and presidential aspirant in the 2023 election, to appologise to Nigerians over the comment he made years back that he does not believe in one Nigeria.
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The APC members, who have formed a forum to pursue emergence of a President from the North Central, said even though Tinubu made the comment years back, people have been making reference to it since he declared his intention to run for President.
Speaking to newsmen on Monday in Jos, Plateau capital, on behalf of the forum, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said if Tinubu does not appologise to Nigerians, it will put his candidature and APC in a bad light.
FG suspends planned petrol subsidy removal
The Federal Government, through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has suspended the planned petrol subsidy removal.
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Speaking during a meeting held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said the suspension is till further notice.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is not in support of the removal of subsidy from Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol.
Sylva said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s Newsnight programme.
“I will tell you categorically that at this moment, the complete removal of subsidy is not on our plate at all,” said Sylva.
“The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not in support of removing subsidy at this time,” he added.
Police arrest 32 hoodlums involved in killing two persons
The Niger State Police Command has nabbed and paraded 32 suspects in connection with youth restiveness that led to the death of two persons, a policeman and businessman.
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The state Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Kuryas, announced this in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, and distributed to journalists in Minna, the state capital.
He explained that when the unrest began, the police deployed patrol teams to prevent the breakdown of law and order, and that while the thugs were dispersed, a shop owner on Ogbomosho road was killed.
The CP said 14 suspects were at the scene of the incident on Friday, while 18 more were picked on Saturday during a follow up raid by the command.
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