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IGP Goes After IBB’s Spokesman over Anti-Buhari Statement
Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of Mr. Kassim Afegbua, Spokesman of former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, should he fail to turn himself up within 24 hours, a report this morning in The Nation says.
Afegua is wanted for “issuing a fake statement”, according to the report.
Afegbua in the purported statement quoted the former military ruler as saying that President Muhammadu Buhari should not seek re-election in 2019.
Babangida, fondly called IBB, denied the statement in another one which he personally signed.
Afegbua, however, on Sunday night insisted that the one he issued was authentic and was endorsed by Babangida.
Mr. Afegbua, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television Programme Sunday Politics, said as a professional who has been on the job for 13 years, he has never gotten a rebuttal after releasing a statement on behalf of the former President.
“I have been doing this job for 13 years now. I have never issued a statement on behalf of General Babangida and it gets a rebuttal.
“I extracted a commitment from him (Babangida) before I issued that statement. The former Military President authorised the statement I issued. I didn’t just put out the statement on my own,” he said.
Afegbua in the interview on Politics Today said that the former President’s ‘friends’ and ‘supporters’ who loved him more than he loves himself felt the first statement pitched the former President against the President Muhammadu Buhari.
“You know, IBB is for everyone, so people want to love him more than he loves himself, people want to appreciate him more than he appreciates himself, people want to play the role of IBB.
“So, when the statement came on board, and when some of his friends saw the twist and how the social media sensationalise it, they felt we were trying to put the former president on a collision course with the President. So, to that extent, they went and did a statement to deny that.”
Afegbua said further that Babangida in a telephone conversation assured that the statement stands and that it is not a figment of his imagination but a communication that emanates from Babangida.
“But I have since spoken to him; he called me and said, that statement stands. The kernel of that statement should inform public discourse and not necessarily people personalising it as if it were to be against the sitting president.
“So, the statement stands and I have since communicated to all the media houses that they should respect that statement as coming from IBB. It did not emanate from my head. We sat down, we discussed and articulated them and we put them into perspective,” he said.
According to Afegbua, the issues raised by General Babangida should be discussed and not neglected as he wants a new side of leadership, from the younger generation of Nigerians who in his own views have the resourcefulness, the energy and capacity to manage governmental affairs.
“Nigerians can begin to interrogate the issues he raised in that statement. IBB started politics since 1990 and so, if he is saying we should go back to the politics of early 90’s, it is corresponding with his line of thoughts. So, I wouldn’t know why someone will think that I will go and generate a statement without authority from him.”
Clearing the air on the statement further, the spokesperson explained that General Babangida is not personalising his statement against the incumbent president, “but he is saying, as a stakeholder and a concerned Nigerian, that he shares in the aspirations of the people.”
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Dangote Foundation Donates 80,000 Bags Of 10kg Rice To Communities
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has donated 80,000 bags of 10kg rice to support vulnerable communities in Lagos State.
The Special Adviser on New Media to the Lagos State Governor, Jubril Gawat, disclosed this on his X handle on Wednesday.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; founder and chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; and Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc, Femi Otedola, were present at the event of the food distribution.
Dangote has reportedly spent about N15bn on the food intervention programme with beneficiaries across Nigeria.
The food intervention programme by his foundation was first launched in Kano State on Saturday, and will see over one million bags of 10kg rice distributed across the 774 local government areas of the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory.
Here are pictures from the event.
We appreciate Dangote for this kind gesture.
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36-Year-Old Lady In Shock After Her 19-Year-Old Daughter Welcomed A Baby Without Her Knowledge
She wrote: “My 19year old daughter made me a granny at the age of 36 😭😭 im still shook and traumatized
She hid the pregnancy for 9months up until her water broke. After God fear ama 2000.
Amid so many reactions from netizens, she also wrote;
“Lol some comments amuse me .. I’m not ashαmεd or embarrassed that I had my daughter at the age 18 , yes it was not planned but she has been the biggest blessing to me
I’m a mad that she got pregnant, yes any parent would be . Because I still wanted her to achieve more.
I’m also mad that she hid it from me because I could have planned better . And as for that little baby boy , I will love and raise him as my own son . He’s a huge blessing to me and the family.”
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Chinese Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Killing Nigerian Girlfriend
Geng Quandong, a Chinese man standing trial for the murder of his Nigerian Girlfriend named Ummukulsum Buhari, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano High Court, Daily Nigerian is reporting.
On September 16 2022, Mr Quangrong stαbbed his 23-year-old girlfriend to death at her family residence in Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.
According to him, He said he had spent millions numbering upto 60 million naira on her.
All the expenses he made included buying her a car worth 10 million naira, Getting her a house worth 4 million naira, Opening a business worth of 18 million naira. Plus other millions he spent planning for their weddings and extra spendings he’s done for her.
And he did all that with hopes that they will get married to each other, But she married someone else instead. So he was really heartbroken which led to his actions.
Mr Quandong, 47, was found guilty of the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Kano State and convicted accordingly.
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