APC UK congress: No end to crisis as members threaten law suit
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The leadership crisis rocking the United Kingdom chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken on a new dimension as some members who alleged disenfranchisement have vowed to challenge the outcome of the congress in court, if the national working committee of the party in Nigeria failed to address the grievances of the members who were tactically fenced out from participating in the congress.
It will be recalled that the National Secretary of the party, Sen. Ajibola Basiru, was in London a few days ago to conduct a congress, which has continued to receive condemnations from all walks of life, including the secretary of the interim committee, who has also alleged exclusion by hiding information. In this new twist, a party member, Prince Olusanjo Adebola Olurebi, had, through his lawyers AXIS Solicitors petitioned the party’s headquarters, alleging irregularities in the said congress.
In a petition made available to the press, Olurebi, through his solicitor, said, “As a legitimate member of the APC UK, our client and several members of the party in the UK are completely disenfranchised by the failure of the system put in place by the National Secretary of the party on January 13, 2024. He came to the UK to harmonise and conjoin both national parties but failed to do so.
Emirship tussle: Bayero’s legal team withdraws from case
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Amid controversies that trailed the Kano Emirate tussle, the legal team of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero have withdrawn their services in the case before the Kano State High Court.
The action by the legal team including two Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN was due to the court refusal to adjourn the case to a new date to enable them respond to the applications.
When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, counsel to Bayero (1st respondent), Abdul Muhammed SAN notified the court about an affidavit of fact, that it has a motion of appeal and notice of stay of proceedings before the Court of Appeal.
Flooding: No emergency plan – Rhodes-Vivour knocks Lagos Govt
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The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, said the Lagos State Government has not been proactive on flood management.
Rhodes-Vivour made this statement in an interview on Channels Television programme on Thursday monitored by DAILY POST.
Recall that Lagos witnessed flooding on Wednesday amid heavy rainfall, the latest flood episode to ravage the commercial capital of the country.
While reacting to the development, Rhodes-Vivour berated the Lagos government’s flood and disaster management efforts.
After checking some case files, I wonder how Nigeria is still surviving — EFCC boss
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has described public corruption as the bane of development in Nigeria, saying he wondered how the nation is still surviving despite the humongous amount of money stolen by corrupt leaders.
Olukoyede expressed this view on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the management team of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission RMAFC) led by its Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, on a courtesy visit to the commission.
According to him, public corruption ranked as the biggest cause of corruption in the country