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Ondo PDP primary: Aspirants scramble for 627 delegates

  Governorship aspirants of the   Peoples Democratic Party   (PDP) are going for a break in their attempts to get the majority of the delegates that would participate at the party’s primary scheduled for Thursday, April 24. A total of 626 delegates were elected at special congresses to vote in the primary. The aspirants are Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Hon Agboola Ajayi, Engr Adeolu Akinwumi, Chief Sola Ebiseni, John Ola Mafo, Bosun Arebuwa and Hon Kolade Akinjo. ources said the aspirants are offering various amounts of money to the delegates. The aspirants have not engaged in any war of words ahead of today’s primary. The spokesman for the Ondo PDP, Kennedy Peretei, said the primary would be transparent and that the winner would be accepted by party members.

N80Billion Fraud: I Personally Invited Yahaya Bello To My Office For Interview, He Said My Operatives Should Come To His Village –EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede

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  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that he personally called former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello to his office in Abuja for an interview over the alleged N80 billion fraud but he (Bello) asked EFCC operatives to come to his village to interview him Olukoyede disclosed that Bello sent his Government House cashier to withdraw money from the government account, took it directly to Bureau de Change and sent it to the American International School, Abuja for the payment of his children’s tuition in advance. SaharaReporters in December 2023 exclusively reported that EFCC seized the $760,910.84 Bello paid to American International School, Abuja, as school fees in advance for his four children until graduation. Documents obtained by SaharaReporters had shown that Bello through his nephew, Mr Ali Bello, had entered an agreement with the school to pay tuition for his four children up to graduation in advance to secure their fut

EFCC knows how to get Yahaya Bello if it wants to – Bwala

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 Former media aide to Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Daniel Bwala, has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission… Bwala said the EFCC had all mechanisms and intelligence to arrest Bello, stressing that its officials should have used the approach of capturing the former Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, in 2022. In May 2022, the EFCC officials broke through the roof of Okorocha’s house to arrest him for allegations of corruption, after six hours of laying siege in his house. Atiku’s ex-aide made this known via his X account on Friday, in reaction to the anti-graft agency declaring Bello wanted on Thursday following the failed attempt to effect his arrest at his Abuja residence. Recall that EFCC urged the public to provide information on Bello’s whereabouts after he was whisked away by his successor, Ahmed Ododo, on Wednesday. The agency had declared him wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crim

Yahaya Bello vs EFCC: Confusion as 2 High Courts issue conflicting Judgments

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 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that a warrant be issued to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for immediate arrest of former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on EFCC’s ex-parte motion, held that after listening to the submission of commission’s counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, and reading the affidavit in support of the motion, including the exhibits and written address, he was inclined to grant the application. he News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, earlier reported that a High Court sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday, restrained the EFCC from arresting, detaining and prosecuting Bello Justice I. A. Jamil, who gave the order in a two-hour judgment delivered in suit no HCL/68/M/2020, held that infringing on Bello’s fundamental human rights “is null and void”. The judge, who dismissed the commission’s application challenging the jurisdiction of the court, said: “By this order, the EFCC is hereby restrained

Tribunal Sacks APC Senator, Declares Natsha Akpoti Winner Of Kogi Central Election

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  The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi State has nullified the victory of Senator Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central senatorial…   The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi State has nullified the victory of Senator Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central senatorial election. The declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the February 25 parliamentary election. In a unanimous judgment of the 3-man panel, the tribunal chairman, Justice K. A. Orjiako, said Ohere’s results were inflated in 9 polling units of Ajaokuta LGA in the said election. He added that votes of the PDP candidate in the said election was intentional reduced in 9 polling units by the INEC Ward Collation officers. Justice K. A. Orjiako also stated that 3 other polling units results was deliberately not entered for the PDP candidate in the same LGA. The tribunal chairman said Natasha results in the 9 polling uni

CHANGE OF NAME

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  With due respect I want to State before you that I have changed my name from ALBERT LARUBA to ALBERT LARUBA ILEYEMI by virtue of an affidavit made before the Notary Public, Nigerians on Tuesday 10th January 2023, which have also been published in the daily OHIKUONLINETV BLOGG.

DSS ARREST MASTERMIND OF OHINOYI PALACE EXPLOSION

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 Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the mastermind of the Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack which occurred on December 29, 2022, near the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene palace, Kogi State during the visit of the president to commission some projects. The suspects arrested are Abdulmumin Ibrahim Otaru (aka Abu Mikdad) and one of his associates, Saidu Suleiman DSS spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya said the suspects were arrested on January 3, 2023 and Otaru sustained a gunshot injury on his left foot while attempting to escape. He said: “During investigations, it was ascertained that Otaru was a high commander of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and either coordinated or was involved in the following dastardly operations: the 24th June, 2022 attack on Nigeria Police Area Command, Eika-Ohizenyi, Okehi LGA of Kogi State.  A police inspector, Idris Musa was killed and two AK-47 rifles carted away in that attack; “The 5th July, 2022 attack on Kuj