Politics
ADC: ‘I knew he’ll give Tinubu a middle finger’ – Dubem Kachikwu slams INEC boss, Yakubu
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the last general election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has suggested that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, gave a parting ‘shot’ at President Bola Tinubu by recognizing the David Mark-led leadership of the ADC.
Kachikwu specifically stated that he knew that the INEC chairman was going to give the President ‘a big middle finger’ to show his displeasure towards the president.
Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, Kachikwu argued that Yakubu should not have made pronouncements concerning the ADC while several cases involving the party were still pending in court.
The statement comes after the INEC on Thursday gave its backing to the David Mark led ADC’s leadership, publishing their names on the Commission’s portal.
However, Kachikwu criticised Yakubu, describing him as the worst and biggest mistakes Nigeria had ever made as a country.
He said: “And I believe in the Nigerian judiciary. I believe that ultimately they will decide the outcome of this case.
“I have never had any faith in the INEC Chairman’s ability to do anything concerning this, because it’s one of the worst, the biggest mistakes we’ve made as a country. I’m glad that he’s leaving, but we know that the court will ultimately decide and will see the outcome.
“I wasn’t expecting him to do anything otherwise. I knew that, as the chairman was leaving, I knew that he was going to give the President a big middle finger and he was going to do anything to show his displeasure towards the president.
“And that’s what he did. I’ve said this. I knew that this was what he was going to do, and he did it. Of course, he waited just a few weeks before leaving so he could do it. And then, I mean, of course, no remorse, nothing anybody can say to him. But he’s gone.
“And again, you will see the politics in Nigeria. I mean, when people have had dealings and have things that they have done that they are hiding, nobody who can afford to say anything to him because they can’t afford to expose each other. And so, he has done what he has done.
“Unfortunately, my party, the party of Nigerians who are trying to see how they can rebuild Nigeria, we are the victims here. And when two elephants are fighting, the grass is the victim.”
Martin Amaewhule, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tori News reports Amaewhule defected along with 15 other members of the House on Friday.
Amaewhule said the defection is due to clear division in the PDP.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the state earlier this year in March, suspending the Governor, Sim Fubara and his Deputy alongside members of the State Assembly.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has intensified his call for the establishment of state police to contain the wave of insecurity in Nigeria.
George made this call on Friday when he appeared during an interview on Arise Television monitored by Ekwutosblog.
He was reacting to the worsening insecurity situation in the country where innocent Nigerians, including women and schoolchildren are kidnapped and others killed in the process.
“First of all, what is wrong with establishing state police? We have seen nobody is going to cancel the Federal Police, but policing is local.
“When you now turn the boys who live in the same area and legalize their existence to put smiles on the faces of the people, it will be better to manage because they will understand the language of the locals. They know the do’s and don’ts in their own area. So why are we wasting time?
“I am happy I read something last week after the Arewa Consultative meeting in the North. They met and took a decision that they have agreed to a state police.
“Then the Southwest met with their governors, and the governors’ statement made after that conference is that they also accept having state police.
“What are we wasting time for? Because the way it is, you don’t even know who is telling the truth or who is telling the lie,” he said.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Wike’s comment followed his expulsion from the party by the faction led by National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki.
Turaki had formally dispatched expulsion certificates to 11 prominent party chieftains, including Wike, former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umaru Bature, Kamarudeen Ajibade, SAN, Abdurahman Muhammad Senator Mao Ohuabunwa.
He said their expulsion was aimed at sanitising the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Reacting to the development on Friday, Wike dismissed the claim while assuring that he would continue to work with other party members in making PDP a relevant opposition party.
The minister spoke while addressing journalists after inspecting the Interchange bridge and road linking Gwarinpa with Jahi and direct to Katampe, Gishiri and Maitama.
He said, “Those that are factionalized are bound to leave the party, I’m still in PDP and you can see that not everybody has left.
“We still have good numbers and we will continue to work together and that’s what I have said to the party. Put your house in order because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that is losing.
“So those who are worried, we can work together to see how the party can remain a relevant opposition.”
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