He added the Clerk of the National Assembly consulted widely before appointing him and six others to run the affairs of the forum for three months, within which election will be conducted into various offices in the Forum
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The Senate had directed the Inspector-General of Police to seal the Kogi State House of Assembly complex pending the resolution of the political crisis in the house
He equally said with his contribution to the success of the the APC in the last general election, Saraki could have been better protected by the party
The APC recalls that following the killings associated with the 2015 electoral violence in Rivers State in 2015, the then governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi set up the Prof Chidi Odinkalu Commission to unravel the issues behind the killings
It directed the affected council chairmen to handover their official vehicles at the Government House with immediate effect.
The statement also directed the chairmen to handover other government properties in their possession to the Directors of Personnel Management at their respective councils
The Commission has considered the submissions of these officials and undertaken an audit of its personnel deployed as polling officials and for related duties. Its findings are that the elections were characterized by violence, intimidation, threats, palpable fear and abduction of some of its officials in many areas
The President said he would like to be remembered after leaving office for being fair to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and law enforcement agencies in the discharge of their duties during elections
In a communiqué signed by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the caucus agreed to send a delegation to visit Rivers State and congratulate the Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, on the electoral victories and commiserate with the families of people who lost their loved ones in the re-run elections in Rivers State, particularly the youth corps member who was slain in the imbroglio
Onjeh insisted that “the purported margin of win that led to the declaration of Mark as winner of the poll was far less than the number of cancelled and rejected votes”.
Wike said: “In order to forestall a repeat of the needless violence and fatalities in future elections, I hereby establish a Judicial Commission of Enquiry to investigate the violence, killings and other related acts that occurred in parts of the state during the March 19, 2016 rerun elections and make appropriate recommendations to the government for implementation
A motion moved by Senator Biodun Olujimi from Ekiti State and seconded by Senator Mao Ohabunwa, to the effect that the National Chairman has lived up to his promise to work towards reuniting all interests in the party and deserves the support of all stakeholders, was unanimously carried and adopted as the position of the forum
“We had to go back and lick our vomit in terms of universities councils because we found out that according to their laws, they cannot choose vice chancellors unless the councils sit and interview candidates who want to be VCs
The Grand Patron of the forum, Dr. Ibrahim Emokpaire, who was also the former chairman of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (UK), congratulated the new executives and tasked them to see their appointment as a call to service
Reading the text of the address to journalists, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Youths and Sports, Chief Olugboyega Aribisogan, said the DSS did not contact any stakeholder to intimate them of the release of Akanni, adding that members of the House read the news, like every other Nigerians, online on Tuesday night
The PDP said although Abe’s violent disposition has never been in doubt but considering the exalted office he seeks to be voted in and the Saint in recent times he claimed to be, Abe ought to have stopped engaging in and encouraging violence, even as such is abhorred in any civilized society
Speaking at a press conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Abe said the decision was taken after a careful review of the security situation in the district where the PDP had armed their supporters with automatic rifles and dynamites
The governor condemned the wanton destruction of lives and property that greeted the re-run of the state and National Assembly elections in Rivers State at the weekend
However, Justice Halima Muhammad, the tribunal Chairman, adjourned the petition when she saw that the figure in the document schedule was not tallying with the document before the tribunal
Jonathan was reportedly kidnapped at his residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State along with a 35-year-old relative, Samuel Oki, who was killed by the abductors
ASJA’s Executive Director, Torkuma Asong, who disclosed that his group independently monitored the Rivers State re-run election, told newsmen in Abuja that it is condemnable that the real brains behind the violence are now trying to demonize the Army and other military services in attempts to blame others for their involvement in the atrocities committed