*Zamfara APC Accuses PDP Government of Sabotaging National Security Efforts Over Kebbi Schoolgirls’ Kidnapping

The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a blistering attack on the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration, accusing it of deliberately undermining federal efforts to rescue 24 female students abducted from Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Wednesday.

In a strongly worded statement issued Friday by the APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris Gusau, the party described a recent press release by the “dissolved” Zamfara PDP as “shameful, disgraceful and unpatriotic,” claiming it was designed to sabotage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, to personally coordinate the rescue operation.

The APC statement highlighted that President Tinubu cancelled a scheduled trip to the G20 Summit in South Africa immediately after receiving news of the abduction – a move the party contrasted with previous administrations under Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, during whose tenures the Chibok, Dapchi, Jangebe, Kankara and Birnin Yauri abductions occurred without similar presidential cancellations of foreign engagements.

“Instead of sympathising with the people and government of Kebbi State, the Zamfara PDP chose to issue a statement that can only be described as felony,” the APC said, questioning whether the PDP-led state government has “a partnership with bandits terrorising the North-West.”

The party further accused Governor Dauda Lawal of abandoning security responsibilities, alleging that banditry has worsened dramatically in the two years since he took over from Matawalle in 2023.

It claimed all major roads in the state are now closed by 6:00 pm, many have become “death traps,” and travellers are forced to detour through Sokoto State to reach Gusau, the state capital.

The APC also repeated earlier allegations that the PDP government harbours bandits and that some armed political thugs travel in the governor’s convoy, citing past incidents where innocent citizens were reportedly shot.

In a direct challenge, the party asked the PDP spokesman, Halliru Andi, to tell Zamfara residents “whether the security situation has improved or escalated” since Governor Lawal took office, noting that the governor had promised during his 2023 campaign to end banditry within two months.

The statement praised former Governor Matawalle’s past efforts against banditry and expressed confidence that, in his current role as Minister of State for Defence, he will successfully coordinate the rescue of the 24 abducted Kebbi schoolgirls.

APC’s Era of Bad Governance Will Soon End – Aregbesola

The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the former Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has completed his ADC membership revalidation today at Ward 8, Unit 1, Ifofin, Ilesa East Local Government Area of Osun State saying this phase of bad governance in Nigeria will soon end.

Ogbeni Aregbesola who was in company of other top ADC party leaders in the state
completed this exercise around 12:44pm to become first person in Nigeria to perform the exercise.

Earlier, the Osun State Chairman of ADC Membership Mobilization, Registration and Revalidation committee, Kamir Akinlabi Modashiru, had charged members of the Party on the need to revalidate their membership cards and also called on those who just joined to try and obtain one as early as possible.

Also reacting, National Chairman of Membership Mobilization, Registration and Revalidation committee, Senator Sadiq Yaradua, said ADC National body decided to start the membership registration and revalidation exercise in Osun State because of the symbol of Omoluabi that the citizen of the state portrays.

He said, ‘ we are here to declare the registration open in Osun, and not just Osun but here in Ilesa East. We have a leader that the whole nation respects here in Osun. A man that has the symboll of transparency, honesty, good character, and integrity and that was why the National Chairman of the party approved that the exercise should start from here.”

Yaradua said, ” everything we do here is transparent and therefore this process is also transparent. Everyone is expected to pay registration token of just #500, but no cash collection. We want to show Nigerians that we are not like other parties who deceives Nigerians and their members over registration. We want Nigerians to own the party and choose their leaders from different wards when the time arises.”

He said the card has 10 visible and invincible security features, so that there won’t be fake or imitation of the card.

After his registration and revalidation, the elated scribe of ADC, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who addressed his teeming supporters and members of the Party that had come to witness the occasion enjoined the joyous supporters to pay a minute silence for the repose of Brigadier General Musa Uba, Commander of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno State, who was kil*led by ISWAP after previously surviving an ambush.

Ogbeni Aregbesola said, “today is supposed to be happy and joyous day for me, but im not happy at all because, our nation is going through pain and anguish. My deepest sympathy goes to the families of Brigadier General Musa Uba. It’s a story of shock, pain and sorrow for Nigerians to lose such a courageous man while defending the integrity of his nation. Let me also send my deepest sympathy to the families of the 30 abducted girls in Kebbi and the Church that was attacked in Kwara State few hours ago.”

“One of the major components of governance of the nation is to secure the nation and revive the economy if such nation but, in this very important aspect, the government in power has failed Nigerians. I pray that God should end this bad phase in our nation.”

Ogbeni Aregbesola also seized on the occasion to address the misinformation and misrepresentation of his move to ADC. He said ” I did not defect as it was being said in some quarters. I only joined other Nigerians to adopt ADC to bring the nation out of the present problem it has found himself. I was among those who kept complaining of the wrong moves of APC, telling them that all their moves are anti-people. I kept complaining but they refused. And to cap it all, I was expelled from APC along witht tose who were with me, those who were complaining about the abnormalities going in the party. So i matched on, I’m matching on, with courage, dedication and will to bring Nigerians out of this quagmire. With faith in God and the support of our unwavering people i know this phase of bad governance will soon end.”

*My Statement On Igbo Presidency Misinterpreted – Primate Ayodele Clarifies

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has explained that his statement regarding the fate of the Igbos in becoming Nigeria’s president has been misinterpreted.

The prophet had said in a video weeks ago that there is a curse that Igbos must be cleansed of if they ever want to rule Nigeria again.

He revealed that if they are not ready to take off the course, the presidency will continue to elude the region regardless of their candidates.

However, in some quarters, this statement is being perceived as Primate Ayodele standing against Igbo presidency and expressing his hatred for the region.

In a clarification signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele made it known that his statement was a prophetic warning to the region, and not a means to stop them from ruling the country. He stated that if his prophetic directions are followed, nothing stops the region from producing a president to rule the nation.

He made it known that if he wasn’t in support of Igbo presidency, he wouldn’t be giving spiritual directions and solutions, the same way he does for everyone, as God reveals to him.

“I have observed that my message about a curse affecting the chances of the Igbos for their presidential ambition has been grossly misunderstood and misinterpreted. In some quarters, it’s been perceived as my hatred for the tribe and my support for the current administration.

“It’s important for me to clarify that there has never been a time when my messages or prophecies expressed my hatred for any tribe for whatever reason. I love everyone regardless of their tribe, and this is why my church has a mixture of several tribes and ethnic groups, because we don’t segregate; we treat everyone respectfully, regardless of what they represent.

“My statement about the Igbo curse is more of a solution towards getting the presidency than what it’s been perceived to be. I issue warnings to people most of the time, and these warnings, if well followed, will definitely provide solutions to whatever problems it was issued for.”

The prophet made it known that he isn’t against Igbo presidency and what he would have expected after the message was questions about how to take off the curse in preparation for the 2027 presidential election, instead of the misinterpretation of his statement.

Furthermore, he reiterated that he delivered the message God sent him to, and it’s left for the recipients to either accept it or reject.

“I am not against Igbo presidency, and this is why I shared the secret of cleansing the tribe of the curse that has been blocking their progress regarding presidency. What should come after that are questions on how to take off the curse in preparation for the 2027 presidential election, but the wrong steps are being taken.

“God has sent me to deliver his message; he has also provided a solution for them to get a chance at the presidency; it’s left for them to either follow or reject it.”