The Kano State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the recent calls by ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida on President Muhammadu Buhari to forget about seeking re-election in 2019 as “mere envy of his eight-year rolling plan.”
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Kano State Deputy Chairman of the party, Hon. Shehu Maigari.
The APC said the failure of the past leaders and their unsuccessful attempts to remain in power longer than necessary were the main reasons why they were agitating that the incumbent president should not seek re-election in 2019.
Speaking on IBB, the Kano APC said, “Nigerians will never forget the devaluation of the naira and high cost of living that began in 1986, the Kafanchan and Zangon Kataf crises that spread to many parts of Kaduna State which led to loss of hundreds of lives and destruction of property worth hundreds of millions of naira. They would never escape our memories.”
And on Obasanjo, the APC said, “The Zaki Biam and Odi massacres and the killings in southern Plateau were tragedies that happened during the past administration and would never be forgotten.”
The statement added that President Buhari’s administration “has planned many agricultural programmes that Nigeria would be producing enough food for its citizens, as well as exporting before the end of 2022.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Akwa Ibom State Godswill Akpabio over allegation of financial crimes. Daily Trust gathered that Akpabio honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to explain allegations of looting of the state’s funds during his tenure. Sources told our correspondent that Senator Akpabio was being interrogated late yesterday evening at the Abuja head offices of the Commission. He was spotted at the EFFC office in company of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, at about 5:20pm. Akpabio’s arrest yesterday is fallout of the petition by an Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Leo Ekpenyong, who had on June 8 this year petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC, calling for Senator Akpabio’s probe and accusing him of looting. The petitioner had earlier on Wednesday adopted his petition and provided more details to the anti-graft agency on the allegations against the minority leader of People...
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