Buhari Hired Me To Protect Abuja-Kaduna Road, Asari Dokubo
Militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has bragged that President Muhammadu Buhari hired him to protect the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
Daily Trust reports that the highway gained a reputation for being unsafe for travelers during the Buhari-led administration, due to frequent kidnappings and murders.
In a newly released video, Dokubo again bragged that peace and stability returned to the road through his intervention.
He said though he was not in good terms with Buhari for a larger part of his administration, the ex-President saw potentials in him and gave him a crucial task.
“If the Buhari-led government can engage me to bring safety for the people on the Abuja-Kaduna road, it should be commended. Do you know how many lives were saved? Do you know how many people were brought out from depression and trauma? Have you ever spoken to people who have been kidnapped?,” he said.
“We did not employ ourselves. The government saw the potential in us and knowing that we can deliver and they engaged us. That the Buhari government engaged me shows that they know who I am. I was not a friend of Buhari. For Seven years, I was anti-Buhari. Buhari with all that saw the capacity in me that I am capable and the government came.”
What Tinubu told us in our maiden meeting – Ribadu, security chiefs
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, held his maiden meeting with the new service chiefs and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, with a marching order to secure Nigeria.
Those at the meeting held at the State House, Abuja, were the Chief of Defence Staffa, Christopher Musa, a major general; Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, a major general; Chief of Naval Staff, Emmanuel Ogalla, a rear admiral; Chief of Air Staff, Hassan Abubakar, an air marshal; and the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun,
They were appointed on 19 June.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, which commenced at 3 p.m. Mr Ribadu said Mr Tinubu asked them to work as a team to accomplish the task of keeping the country secure.
“We’re here to thank Mr President for the opportunity he gave us to serve our country and to serve his own government. We also pledged our loyalty to him, Nigeria and Nigerians.
“We believe the choice he made is the right one, the correct one, and we know what he wants for this country.
“We’re going to work tirelessly to ensure that we accomplish that objective of securing our country, establishing peace, stability, and let’s get our lives back.
“He gave us the assurance that he’s with us hundred per cent. He told us that we must work as a team and that there’s work to be done; he’ll expect us to deliver, and we’re grateful for the opportunity. That’s why we are here,” the NSA said.
Court nullifies Nnamani’s expulsion from PDP
The former Senator representing Enugu East, Chimaroke Nnamani, has expressed delight over the verdict of a Federal High Court in Abuja, which nullified his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party.
In a statement he signed and issued in Abuja, on Monday, Nnamani explained that the court nullified his expulsion describing PDP‘s action as “null and void.”
According to the Senator, Justice J. K . Omotosho in his ruling following a suit he filed after the erstwhile National Chairman of the PDP Dr Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC ) expelled him for alleged anti party activities, held that the party lacks the power it exercised.
Nnamani said, “The court held that the plaintiff was not given fair hearing besides the fact that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) and not the NWC has has the power to discipline a member of the National Assembly.
“It also held that the NWC cannot validly conduct a disciplinary hearing without according the plaintiff fair hearing adding that ‘the NWC cannot validly conduct a hearing and reaching a valid decision of suspending or expelling the plaintiff from membership of the PDP”.
Woman sets policewoman, children on fire in Anambra
A woman, identified as Nnaemaka Nwosu, has reportedly set a policewoman and her two children ablaze in Anambra State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at Nnokwa community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Anambra State Police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, while confirming the incident said the suspect has been arrested and the case transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka for further investigations.
He said the corpses of the policewoman and her children have been deposited at the mortuary.
Narrating how the incident happened, the State Police spokesperson said, “Preliminary information revealed that the policewoman accommodated the suspect while she was searching for a house.
“The two women had a disagreement which resulted in a fight before the suspect hit the woman police on her head with a pestle.
“While she became unconscious she tied her with her two kids and set them ablaze. The bodies of the victims have been recovered and deposited in the morgue. Further development shall be communicated.”
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