Northern Youths Kick Against Atiku’s Presidential Ambition
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A group of northern youths under the umbrella of the Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance has backed the calls for the presidency to be zoned to the southern part of the country in 2023 for the interest of justice and equity.
The group staged a peaceful protest in Kaduna state capital on Monday and asked the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to drop his presidential ambition on account of old age, noting that he does not have enough in the tank to put in the high level of physical and mental effort required to fix Nigeria.
National Coordinator of the Coalition, Okpanachi Jacob, who addressed journalists, said Nigeria is confronted by myriads of challenges that require a young and proactive person with energy to cope with the rigours of the office of the President.
He, however, urged the former Vice president to project national interest outside of his desire to become the President.
National Coordinator of the Coalition, Okpanachi Jacob, speaks during a press conference in Kaduna on February 14, 2022.
While stating that the south deserves to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor come 2023, the northern group urged the people of the region to focus on searching for the best candidate that can run for the presidency and promote unity in the country.
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NDLEA Confirms Arrest Of Abba Kyari
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of suspended police officer, DCP Abba Kyari.
The agency indicted him on Monday, for involvement in a 25 kilograms cocaine deal.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement confirmed that the police handed Kyari over.
Others are ACP Sunday J. Ubua; ASP Bawa James; Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu.
They were driven into the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja at about 5pm on Monday for interrogation and further investigation.
The agency vowed that no stone will be left unturned to ensure that suspects in custody and those that may still be name face the full weight of the law.
Kyari was formerly Commander, Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Force Intelligence Bureau.
Nzuko Ndigbo Asks Ex-Nigerian Vice President To Respect Zoning
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An Igbo socio-cultural , Nzuko Ndigbo, has berated a former Vice President of Nigeria and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his recent position on zoning ahead of 2023 presidential election in the country.
Recall that Atiku had posited that zoning of the presidential ticket was not enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended.
Reacting, Nzuko Ndigbo, in a statement by the Converner, Mazi Chuks Ibegbu and made available to DAILY POST on Monday, disagreed with Atiku on the assertion and advised the former Presidential Candidate of the PDP to respect zoning whether in the constitution or not.
The group also warned in clear terms against an action capable of planting bad blood in the polity politically.
The umbrella body also called for total reform in the nation’s electoral, police and political governance, as well as moral and judiciary reform in Nigeria.
Also miffed by the degeneration of many departments of life in Nigeria, the Nzuko Ndigbo called for moral revolution in the country, and further noted that Nigeria is not what it is supposed to be presently, and attributed it, to leadership and followership degeneration at all levels.
The group further called on the leaders and followers in Nigeria to live up to expectations in order to provide dividends of democracy to the doorsteps of the people.
FCTA To Demolish Senate President, Speaker Houses
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Administration FCTA has concluded plans to demolish the official residences of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, currently under construction within the Three Arms Zone.
Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council AMMC, Tpl Umar Shuaibu issued the threat when he appeared before the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the real estate sector in the FCT.
According to the Administration, the ongoing construction being funded by the administration contravenes the Abuja Master Plan.
Approval for the buildings was given by the FCT Administration under Senator Bala Mohammed, now governor of Bauchi state. Funding for the project is also provided by the administration which also supervises the construction through the Federal Capital Development Authority FCDA.
The approval followed suspicious sales of the official residences of the then presiding officers of the National Assembly, located in Apo Legislators Quarters, Abuja.
Since the sale of the former official quarters, the FCT Administration has been spending billions of naira yearly to pay for the house rents of presiding officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly.
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