Today’s Headlines:ADC Cannot Stop Tinubu,APC Will Win All States-Adeyeye;OBJ Agreed to Serve One Term

ADO-EKITI — The Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has dismissed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a serious threat to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, predicting that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will win all 36 states.

Adeyeye, who is also the National Chairman of the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), said the ADC lacked the political structure, grassroots influence and electoral strength to challenge the ruling party.

He also questioned the political strength of the ADC’s presidential candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, alleging that he lacked sufficient support even in his home state of Adamawa.

Adeyeye spoke with journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday while assessing the political landscape ahead of the 2027 general election.

‘𝗢𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗼 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺, 𝗯𝘂𝘁…’

The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo agreed to serve one term in 1999 before handing over to the North.

Kalu made this revelation on Monday, during an appearance on Arise PrimeTime, the flagship evening current affairs programme of Arise News Television.

Kalu’s account of an alleged political understanding involving Obasanjo and former military President Ibrahim Babangida ahead of the 1999 presidential election came up during the interview.

Responding to questions about why his once cordial relationship with Obasanjo eventually collapsed, Kalu disclosed that their disagreement was rooted partly in what he described as “an agreement that Obasanjo would serve only one four-year term before power returns to the North”.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned a suit filed by a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, against the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and others, until 15 February 2027.

Mr Nnaji had filed the suit to block UNN from responding to enquiries from PREMIUM TIMES and other media outfits about the then-minister’s discredited credentials.

This newspaper, on 7 October last year, published a painstaking two-year investigation, which revealed that the then-minister forged his UNN degree and NYSC certificates, which he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation in 2023.

Mr Nnaji, who resigned as minister three days after the publication, was subsequently arrested and arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge of certificate forgery and money laundering.

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has warned police officers against partisan political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections, declaring that the Nigeria Police Force must remain neutral and loyal to the Constitution.

Disu gave the warning on Wednesday while addressing senior police officers, including Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, zonal Assistant Inspectors-General and Commissioners of Police, at the monthly meeting of the Goodluck Ebele Peacekeeping Centre.

He said the police had a responsibility to provide a safe and secure environment for all electoral participants, irrespective of their political affiliations.

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