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‘APC should apologise to Nigerians for its failures, not to ask for another mandate’
All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain Senator Alex Kadiri who represented Kogi East senatorial district from 1999 to 2003 has asked the party to apologise to Nigerians for having failed the people that voted for them in 2015 and again in 2019.
“We should not provoke the people to a point when they will react and that is a precursor to revolution.
“APC should ask Nigerians for forgiveness and leave the space let another party or any other person come. We cannot recycle any of those in the present Government.
“Any Government that is in power with all the spate of killings, kidnapping going on, has no right to ask for another mandate.
“I don’t have the right to go back to my constituency to ask that they vote for APC, I will be lynched. I would also not want a situation where my Party will get involved in thuggery or use of the military services to get power.
“The spate of killings, spate of insecurity, the spate of lack, a country where we produce crude oil how many hours one spend to buy fuel in a car?
“A country where we have refineries, whether they are producing or not, where we import refined products, yet we pay subsidy, which Buhari earlier said does not exist but is now paying in multiples. A country that is indebted, the debt we have today our great grand children will have to pay.
On whether he can say APC has failed, he said.
“Well if those of us from within the party are honest, in other climes nobody will vote for APC at the next election.
“Look at what is happening in the UK, Boris Yesin is doing very well over COVID-19, over Ukraine over BREXIT but because he did not obey simple rule of not partying during COVID the system want him out.
“There is going to be a vote of confidence against him, he may win but they have weakened him already. Why can’t we develop and do such a thing.
“They slaughtered people in Owo inside a church on a Sunday, what could be their offence
This is the same thing Ortom is suffering in Benue, is it because the Governor made a law against indiscriminate grazing.
“But Akeredolu, you cannot fight for your father’s throne if you are not a great person. What he did to drive them out was an act of bravery.
“If this is one of the repercussion, then it shows you that we don’t have a country where none state actors are deciding the fate of everybody. It is wrong.
“APC my Party must accept that things have gone out of control, we cannot control anything anymore, so why do we want to come back, why would people vote us back into power?
“No electricity, universities are under lock and key, no healthcare, no fuel to run our tickets vehicles, all the roads are death traps. This country must move a step forward.
“I shed tears watching CNN this morning, they show the massacre in Owo. As an adult watching all these and my Governor is helpless and they still want to come back.
Former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Professor Tom Adaba, has passed away at the age of 84.
According to reports, he died peacefully on Saturday in Abuja.
Chief Adinoyi Joe Anivasa, Secretary of the Egbira Elders Forum, confirmed the news, stating, “I feel sad to inform you that our elder and leader, Prof. Tom A. Adaba, has answered the call of nature this morning. Further details about his burial arrangements will be communicated later.”
Born on July 2, 1941, Prof. Adaba made significant contributions to Nigeria’s broadcasting industry. Between 1988 and 1992, he became the first Nigerian to serve as President of the African Council for Communication Education.
Despite calls for suspension from the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Nigeria Police Force, the Osun State local government election proceeded as scheduled on Saturday.
Governor Ademola Adeleke voted in Ede North Local Government Area, describing the process as peaceful and urging residents to exercise their franchise.
The AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, cited a Court of Appeal ruling allegedly reinstating sacked local government chairmen, while the police warned of potential security threats.
However, the Osun State government insisted on holding the election, emphasizing its commitment to obeying a court directive. The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) boycotted the polls.
Voting took place under tight security, with minimal commercial activity observed in Osogbo, the state capital.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Commissioner for Information, Jonathan Vatsa, has indicated that Firmer President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence at the public presentation of former military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida’s autobiography, The Journey of Service, held in Abuja on Thursday was not surprising.
Speaking to journalists in Minna on Saturday, Vatsa suggested that Buhari’s no-show was a result of unresolved bitterness over the 1985 coup, in which Babangida overthrew him and subsequently detained him.
According to Vatsa, Buhari may still harbor resentment, especially over being denied the chance to bid his late mother farewell while in detention.
“It Would Have Been the 9th Wonder of the World If Buhari Had Attended”
Vatsa claimed that Buhari’s absence was expected, given the deep-seated history between the two former leaders.
“The memory of the ‘mother of all betrayals’ has not left him. It would have been the ninth wonder of the world if Buhari had attended that book launch,” he said.
The APC chieftain also linked Buhari’s perceived neglect of Niger State during his eight-year presidency to his history with Babangida.
“The whole world knows that Niger State was made a scapegoat by Buhari because of IBB. For eight years, he did not pay any serious official visit to the state, and not a single federal project was executed here. The Baro Port project was abandoned, and federal roads across the state were left in disrepair,” Vatsa alleged.
He claimed that despite the overwhelming votes Buhari received from Niger State in 2015 and 2019, the state was sidelined due to the personal history between the former presidents.
“When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Niger State paid for the sin of one man,” he lamented.
When asked for his opinion on the contents of IBB’s autobiography, Vatsa said he would reserve his comments until he has read and digested the book fully.
“There are certain things I expected to see in the book. Once I am done reading, I will invite you all for my comments,” he stated.
The book launch attracted several high-profile attendees, including President Bola Tinubu, former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Yakubu Gowon, as well as former military head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Other dignitaries included former Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo, former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Koroma, and ex-vice presidents Atiku Abubakar, Yemi Osinbajo, and Namadi Sambo, alongside traditional rulers and state governors.
Buhari’s absence, however, remained a major talking point, reinforcing speculations that the 1985 coup remains a sore point in Nigeria’s political history.
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