Today’s Headlines: We’ll Deliver 2m Votes for Tinubu — APC; El-Rufai Loses Bail Appeal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that opposition parties no longer pose a serious political threat in Kaduna State, boasting that it now controls all elective positions across the state ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The party also expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu would secure two million votes in Kaduna, attributing its growing political strength to Governor Uba Sani’s leadership.

The APC State Publicity Secretary, Mohammed Haruna, made the declaration at a press conference in Kaduna on Monday, October 12, while announcing preparations for Tinubu’s presidential campaign flag-off scheduled for October 24.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has dismissed the appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, challenging the decision of the Kaduna State High Court refusing his bail application.

In its judgement delivered on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in Appeal No. CA/K/254C/2026, the appellate court affirmed that the trial court exercised its discretion judicially and judiciously, in refusing the former Governor’s bail application.

The court held that El-Rufai’s appeal lacked merit, and found no miscarriage of justice in the trial Judge’s decision.

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗷𝗮

Police officers attached to the Ekiti State Command who were captured in a viral video during a confrontation with a motorcyclist are undergoing disciplinary proceedings at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

The Police Complaint Response Unit disclosed this in an update posted on X on Tuesday, saying the action followed a directive by the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu.

The update, linked to complaint tracking number CRU100953, read, “The officers in the viral video attached to Ekiti State Police Command are now at the Police Complaint Response Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja, undergoing disciplinary actions as directed by the IGP, Tunji Disu.”

The development follows a complaint received by the Ekiti State Police Command on October 6 from representatives of the Biker Association, Federal University Oye-Ekiti chapter, over the alleged extortion and intimidation of one of its members.

𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗗𝗖 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, has arrested two suspects over the alleged vandalisation of transformer cables and other criminal activities in the Tanke-Iledu community of Ilorin, the state capital.

The suspects, identified as Nurah Abdullahi, 20, popularly known as Hartabo, and Sherif Abdullahi, 23, were arrested on October 5, 2026, following a credible intelligence tip-off and an intelligence-led operation by operatives of the command.

In a statement made available to the press on Wednesday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASCI Ayoola Michael Shola, said the operatives recovered several items during the operation and subsequent search.

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