Today’s Headlines:What will make Southwest support Igbo presidency-Soludo;Obi Hold Rally in Akwa Ibom

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has suggested what will make the Southwest support an Igbo presidency.

Soludo said if the Southeast supports President Bola Tinubu’s second term, the Southwest will back an Igbo presidency at the right time.

Addressing his followers in a video, the governor said: “Presidency is about discussion and agreement.

“Now that President Tinubu, from the South-West, is in power, if we in the South-East support him, then when power returns to the South after going to the North, the South-West will support an Igbo presidency.

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi and his running mate, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will today in Akwa Ibom hold the two million – man solidarity rally ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The police and other security agencies have been deloyed to ensure a hitch – free event.

Obi and Kwankwaso, according to organisers of the rally, would join members of the party, supporters and admirers at the event.

At a press conference to herald the event, the organisers allayed fears on security infractions as the police and other security agencies have been mobilised to monitor and regulate the activities against any possible hijack by hoodlums.

Former Bayelsa State  Governor and National Leader of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Henry Seriake Dickson, has met with the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other senior leaders ahead of the inauguration of its National Campaign Council on Monday.

Dickson disclosed this following his return from an overseas working trip, saying the meeting focused on the state of the party and preparations for the 2027 general elections.

He said he received Obi and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, who is also a senior member and leader of the NDC.

According to Dickson, the discussions centred on the party’s readiness for the elections and efforts to ensure that its leaders and candidates work together towards a common goal.

Five persons, including a baby aged about one month, have allegedly been kidnapped by suspected bandits in Mararaban Kajuru, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State.

The victims were reportedly abducted at about 1am on Tuesday, October 20.

Let’s pray for their safe return in Jesus name,” a circulating community security update said in part.

However, the circumstances surrounding the abduction and the identities of the victims were excluded from the update.