This was contained in a communique issued at the end of an emergency stakeholders’ meeting in Minna on Monday
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It should be recalled that Umar Nasko, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the March governorship election in the state, and his party had dragged Bello, the All Progressives Congress, and his deputy, Ahmed Ketso, before the tribunal
Nasko while calling on Muslim Ummahs to pray for the country, in his Sallah Message made available to Journalists on Friday said that the harassment, killings and the heated dimension the 2019 Election took will do no one any good.
NAN reports that Nasko, the PDP candidate in the March governorship election in the state, had dragged the APC candidate, Bello and his deputy Ahmed Ketso, before the tribunal.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger, Umar Nasko and the state’s former governor, Babangida Aliyu, were on Thursday re-arraigned before a Minna high court for alleged fraud.
There is tension in Niger State as the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over change in the trial judge handling the corruption case against former Governor Babangida Aliyu; its governorship candidate, Umar Nasko; and the party’s state Chairman, Tanko Beji.
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Niger has flayed the change of the trial judge handling the corruption case against its governorship candidate, Umar Nasko.
The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has shunned the gubernatorial debate in the state, leaving supporters of his party, All Progressives Congress, worried.
Former Ambassador to South Africa, Hon. Musa Ibeto, on Saturday led former governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger State to the All Progressives Congress.
While announcing the result, the Chairman of the Congress Committee, Dr. Baraka Sani, said the total number of delegates were 2,894, while the total number of votes cast was 2,779, with two invalid votes.
Makinde, who contested with one other aspirant, Senator Ayo Adeseun, scored 2,772 votes to secure the PDP ticket while the second contestant scored 21 votes.
Aliyu is standing trial alongside the State PDP Chairman, Tanko Beji and a former Commissioner of Environment, Umar Nasko, over alleged N4.568billion fraud and abuse of office.
The offences are contrary to section 18(a) of the money laundering Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under section 15(3) of same Act
At the resumed hearing of the matter on Thursday, the prosecuting counsel, Ben Ikani, told the court that the matter was for commencement of trial and that his first witness was in court.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Aliyu and Nasko are standing trial over alleged N4.568 billion fraud and abuse office, charges brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Aliyu was arraigned last week Tuesday on a six-count charge alongside Umar Nasko, the Chief of Staff under his administration and later the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2015 general election
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Hajiya Asma’u Asabe Ahmed, while speaking at the Presidential Women Rally at the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium in Minna, said youths must learn to be independent
Meanwhile, the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Umar Nasko, has pleaded with his teeming supporters not to retaliate against anybody if they were attacked by members of the opposition parties in the state, adding that there is nothing prayers and peace cannot do
Aliyu gave the rating at the Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna, where he addressed women and youths at a sensitization forum organized by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Hajia Asmau Ahmed
The court turned down the request by the plaintiff (Hannafi Sudan) for a restraining order against the submission of the name of Alhaji Umar Mohammed Nasko, who won the primaries, to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the candidate of the PDP in the 2015 governorship election for Niger State