Initially, the Rivers State Governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, had put the figure at N6 billion
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Amaechi made the call in Obonoma, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state at a door-to-door ward campaign organised by the All Progressives Congress
The governor, who said he was worried that Tinubu and his cabal were pushing Buhari too much because of their selfish interests, pleaded: “Nigerians should appeal to Tinubu and his cabal to allow Buhari attend properly to his health”
This, the APCPCC, said would be done through a proposed grounding of aircrafts and freezing of bank accounts belonging to stalwarts of the party
Amaechi had alleged that some unnamed leaders of the PDP paid N6 billion to Christian clerics to campaign against the APC
Reports from the state indicated that the APC presidential campaign DG was in Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa State, on the invitation of his colleague and arrived Dutse Government House at around 9pm on Saturday
Amaechi spoke after leading the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, and others on a sympathy visit to the victims of the attack, numbering about nine, at the Kelsey Harrison Hospital in Port Harcourt on Wednesday
The President’s sister passed on in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Sunday
The position of the PDP was contained in a statement by Jerry Needam, the spokesperson of the Rivers State Chairman of the party, Felix Obuah
Soyinka, at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, said the latest of such impunity was the police siege on the National Assembly
Buhari said if elected president, he would galvanize the economy and cause a general turnaround in Nigeria
The angry players have also threatened to adopt other options, which includes boycotting of the remaining Nigeria Premier League matches
She described it as a “blatant lie” to denigrate her person
Ribadu, who only last week defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, was then quoted as having demonised the APC and its leaders, describing Amaechi as someone who “is hungry for power and does not know how to go about it, except with money”
Represented by his deputy, Engr. Tele Ikuru, the governor, who is also the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, thanked civil servants in the state for their continued support towards the realization of the policies and developmental programmes of his administration
The PDP had sued the governors, asking the court to declare their seats vacant on account of their defection
Rather, he had praises for the conduct of the convention and the officers elected from the process
Amaechi made the remark at the maiden convocation of the Rivers State College of Arts and Science in Port Harcourt, the state capital
Nigerians from all walks of life attended the wedding between Faith and Godswill Osim Edward, a Cross River State prince, held at the National Christian Centre and the reception at the International Conference Centre, Abuja
The APC recalled that the Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, had some days ago, while hosting the British Minister for Africa and Member of Parliament, Mark Simonds, lamented about this issue of insensitiveness of the PDP government at the centre to the insecurity and oil theft in Rivers State