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Consider second term, you’re betraying El-Rufai, Yahaya Bello – Atiku’s ex-aide warns Tinubu

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Former spokesman of ex-Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Segun Sowunmi, on Monday, cautioned President Bola Tinubu against betraying ex-governors of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, if he’s interested in contesting for a second term.

Showunmi said El-Rufai and Bello campaigned vigorously for Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election but have been left out of power, a situation that looks like a betrayal.

In a statement he signed, the PDP chieftain said El-Rufai and Bello, having being facing political travails after leaving office despite helping Tinubu to become president.

He noted that the poor treatment meted to El-Rufai and Bello by Tinubu’s government goes against the long-term understanding between Yorubas and the north.

Showunmi said: “Upon reflection on the trajectory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his journey to the presidency, I find my mind wondering if my Yoruba Uncle is still the same person that I have always known and admired.

“You might need to think through this to understand me. The Yorubas already carry misconceptions about betrayal, that we don’t keep our end of the bargain. That we use and dump people. That we are cunning around the power play.

“Nasir el-Rufai, say what you will about him, he supported Asiwaju fully during the primaries and the general elections. Pray, how has he been treated? Same el-Rufai now has a security report that humiliated him during a Senate clearance made up of a majority of Tinubu men! What would the world call that but betrayal?

“Now, Yahaya Adoza Bello, who practically fought like a madman to give Asiwaju good numbers in Kogi, not to talk of how he funded and ran the youth campaign with vigour and energy to the extent that I was so jealous compared to the disorganised charade of my PDP.

“Same Yahaya Bello who superintended over the membership registration of APC that to date I cannot but remember comparing the bliss and pageantry to the joke that my PDP ran under the Edo emperor.

“Pray, is that the same GYB that is embarrassed to the level we are all witnessing? If this is not a betrayal, I would like someone to tell me what can be a betrayal than this.

“Do you plan to contest a second term or do you think your work will be done in one term of just four years? Shall tomorrow not come? Where are the men of yesterday?

“Akanni omo olodo ide, you know that on a deep level of nation-building, I won’t allow partisan politics to prevent me from saying it as I see it. You may need to understand that power must be shared and that the world over, people must feel protected by an arrangement they help bring about.”

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In a controversial move, Guinea’s junta leader has promoted himself to the rank of army general, reinforcing his authority within the nation’s military hierarchy.

Guinea’s junta leader, Mamadi Doumbouya, has promoted himself to the rank of army general as the coup-affected West African nation celebrated the establishment of its formidable armed forces.

In September 2021, at the age of 43, Doumbouya forcefully took control by ousting President Alpha Conde. Ironically, Conde had previously appointed then-Colonel Doumbouya to lead an elite unit responsible for safeguarding the head of state against such coups.

In a decree issued on Friday evening, Doumbouya—whose supporters have encouraged him to run for president once the junta relinquishes power—was also granted the Grand Cross of the National Order of the Colatier, which is the nation’s highest honor.

This was for “his unwavering efforts to foster social unity and collaboration among different communities.”

Since 2020, Doumbouya has been among several military officers who have taken control in West Africa, alongside counterparts in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Doumbouya has overseen a continuous suppression of dissent, with numerous opposition leaders being detained, prosecuted in court, or compelled to go into exile.

Despite its abundant natural resources, Guinea continues to be a nation in poverty.

For decades, authoritarian or dictatorial governments have ruled it.

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Breaking: Former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Prof. Amos Utuama is dead.

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Breaking: Former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Prof. Amos Utuama is dead.

Prof Amos Utuama, who was deputy governor from 2007 to 2015, died after a protracted illness in the early hours of Saturday in Lagos.

Prof Amos Utuama who was deputy to former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for eight years died at the age of 77.

 

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Abia State LG Polls: Gov. Otti’s LP Loses As ZLP, YPP Win The Zenith Labour Party, ZLP has win 15 out of the 17 Local Government Championship positions in Saturday’s Abia State LG elections.

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Abia State LG Polls: Gov. Otti’s LP Loses As ZLP, YPP Win The Zenith Labour Party, ZLP has win 15 out of the 17 Local Government Championship positions in Saturday’s Abia State LG elections.
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Abia State LG Polls: Gov. Otti’s LP Loses As ZLP, YPP Win
The Zenith Labour Party, ZLP has win 15 out of the 17 Local Government Championship positions in Saturday’s Abia State LG elections.

Meanwhile, the Young Progressives Party, YPP won the remaining Chairmanship positions in Osisioma and Ugwunagbo Local Government Areas.

The Zenith Labour Party, ZLP has win 15 out of the 17 Local Government Championship positions in Saturday’s Abia State LG elections.

Meanwhile, the Young Progressives Party, YPP won the remaining Chairmanship positions in Osisioma and Ugwunagbo Local Government Areas.

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