Admit You Rigged 2023 Presidential Election, Atiku Tells President Tinubu, APC
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress to admit that they rigged the poll.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku, Phrank Shaibu.
In the statement, Atiku praised the European Union Election Monitoring Group for stating in its report that the last election was indeed fraught with electoral irregularities and failed to meet the minimum standard of credibility.
Atiku also lambasted Bola Tinubu and his spokesman, Dele Alake, for trying to discredit the EU’s report.
According to the statement, even the dead knew that the last election lacked credibility and even the Independent National Electoral Commission had been unable to explain why nearly five months after the election, it had refused to upload the full results on its result viewing portal.
Atiku who described as nonsensical Alake’s claim that the EU was a meddlesome interloper for discrediting the poll, said it was hypocritical of the Nigerian government to receive millions of dollars from the EU as election fund and then turn around to claim that the EU has no right to make comments on the election.
He said, “Even primary school children who did not vote know that INEC failed woefully and that Tinubu rigged the last election.
Davido thanks fans amid alleged affairs
Afrobeats star Davido has expressed gratitude to fans for always supporting and coming out to watch him perform.
He performed on Friday at the grand finale of the 2023 Afro Nation Festival in Portugal amid allegations he impregnated two ladies.
He has been under heavy criticism on social media after Anita Brown and Ivanna Bay called him out for allegedly impregnating them despite being married to his long-time girlfriend, Chioma Rowland.
Speaking amid the scandal on his Twitter handle, the singer showed gratitude for a successful Afro Nation performance.
He tweeted: “Thankful for the most amazing fans, thankful that you come out each time to support and watch me do what I love the most. I don’t take this for granted for real”.
LP reacts to FG’s dismissal of EU election report
The Labour Party (LP) has reacted to the federal government’s dismissal of a report by the European Union (EU) election observation mission on the just-concluded general election.
On June 27, Barry Andrews, the EU chief observer, faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the operational challenges and glitches experienced with the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) and the result viewing portal.
Andrews said the discrepancies in the elections severely damaged public confidence in the electoral body.
But in a statement on Sunday, the federal government dismissed the report, describing it as “a poorly-done desk job”.
Reacting, Obiora Ifoh, LP national publicity secretary, described the federal government’s statement as a “face-saving measure”.
“The leadership of the Labour Party has noted with dismay the statement by the federal government discrediting the European Union’s conclusion on the 2023 general election wherein it faulted the modalities by which the conclusion was reached,” the statement reads.
“We see this face-saving measure by the federal government which is coming days after the submission of the report as feeble and medicine after death.
Army, Enugu community disagree over killing of vigilante operative, housewife
Controversies are trailing alleged the killing of a volunteer member of a vigilante operative, a housewife and shooting of three others, by soldiers in Eke Community of Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Mr Emeka Anigbo, a member of the Eke community vigilante operative who was among three also persons shot alleged that soldiers at killed a member of the neighborhood vigilante watch and shoot the three others when they responded to a distress call.
According to him, “on receiving the distress call, we swiftly drove out with a view to confronting the criminal elements, but due to heavy traffic gridlock occasioned by the blockage of the road, they could not get to the scene with their vehicle.
He said they (vigilante group) decided to park their vehicle along the road, and started moving towards the place, and that while approaching the scene, they met three armed soldiers who ordered them to stop.
Two Kidnap Suspects Arrested By Combined Local Security Team In Enugu
A combined team of Enugu local security operatives led by Nsukka Local Government Area Neighbourhood Watch has arrested two suspected kidnappers along Opi Agu – Ugwuogo Road.
SaharaReporters gathered that the suspects were arrested on Sunday, July 2, 2023.
SaharaReporters had reported that there had been incessant cases of kidnapping on some major roads in the state. This forced commercial drivers plying the Enugu-Ugwuogo-Opi-Nsukka Road to recently stage a protest against the rising cases of kidnapping on the road.
During the protest, the drivers displayed placards with various inscriptions to express their grievances against the kidnapping episodes and called on security agencies and the state government to do something about it.
It had been reported that the chairman of the Nsukka Local Government Area, Dr Walter Ozioko, had following the inability of the security agents to curb the rising kidnapping cases along the road, set up Nsukka LGA Rapid Response Squad to patrol the road to ensure security.
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