POLITICS
PDP seeks Fayemi’s probe
Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to explain to Nigerians why it did not include former Governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the list of former governors being probed by it over alleged financial improprieties.
According to the party, the ICPC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies have been supplied with enough petitions and facts to assist them in getting to the root of the financial misconduct perpetrated by Fayemi while in office.
In a statement in Ado- Ekiti yesterday by the State Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo, the PDP said it was aware of the deluge of petitions against Fayemi lying with the anti-graft bodies. The party added that it could still furnish the commission and others more information and facts if necessary. The party was reacting to the announcement by the ICPC that it was investigating some former state governors over alleged misconduct while in office.
Adebayo demanded that the ICPC would only be ethically justified after explaining to Nigerians why it decided to be selective in its dealings in recent times and in particular why a governor on whose neck a lot of petitions were hanging would be parried outside the ambit of the law.
According to the PDP spokesman, the position of the anti-graft body was not in tune with that of a supposed unbiased investigator and a credible organisation against corruption.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves Rotimi Amaechi, the outgone Minister of Transportation.
Rufai disclosed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the era of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He disclosed this when Amaechi met with APC delegates from Kaduna ahead of the party’s national convention.
El-Rufai recalled wooing Amaechi and some other governors into the APC during the PDP administration.
“Let me tell you my history with Amaechi. When we started discussing with the G-7, the seven governors that wanted to defect to the APC, I was holding nocturnal meetings with Amaechi and Governor Nyako of Adamawa State until we got five of them to move to our party, and that was the game-changer.
“And for you to understand how difficult it is, imagine Amaechi of Rivers State from the same South-South with incumbent President Jonathan.
“He made the sacrifice to move to our party. It was a game-changer. This is part of the reason President Buhari loves Minister Amaechi till tomorrow,” El-Rufai said.
Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has denied stepping down from the 2023 presidential election for the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
Amosun stated that he is not in the presidential race to align with Tinubu or any other aspirant of the APC.
Amosun also denied obtaining the APC senatorial form, saying he did not attend the screening exercise organised for APC senatorial aspirants, as being peddled by some individuals.
There were rumours over the weekend that Amosun had agreed to step down for Tinubu, having been screened and cleared for the Ogun Central senatorial race.
But, in a swift reaction, Amosun debunked the rumour spreading on social media, saying the “two news stories are false.”
According to a statement signed by his media aide, Bola Adeyemi, he said that the Ogun Central Senator “procured only the forms for the presidential ticket of the APC and did not attend the screening exercise for Senatorial aspirants because he is not one.”
While urging Nigerians to dismiss the “false news”, Adeyemi maintained that “Amosun is in the race for the presidential ticket of the APC and has no plans to align with any politician in the race.”
Dame Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has dropped her senatorial ambition.
Tallen made this known in a statement she issued on Monday.
The minister had purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) form to contest the Plateau South Senatorial election.
According to her, after consultations with her constituents, she has decided to withdraw from the race.
The statement read in part: “I remain resolute as I continue to relish the opportunity to serve Nigerian Women in my capacity as Minister of Women Affairs under the able leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Consequently, I wish to inform you all that following broad-based consultations and interventions from critical stakeholders, I have decided to withdraw from running for the senatorial seat, mindful of our accomplishments and the notable progress we have recorded under my stewardship at the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.”
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