Today’s Headlines: Buhari’s Govt Setting Stage for Chaos —Ortom, Obasanjo Criminally Negligent — BMO

Buhari’s Govt Setting Stage for Chaos —Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is setting the stage for chaos in the forthcoming general election in 2023.

Source: Daily Trust

According to Nathaniel Ikyur, the governor’s media aide, Ortom said this in his speech at the headquarters of the International Republican Institute (IRI), Washington, when he paid a working visit to the institute.

Ortom, who was received at the institute by its Director, Africa Division, Gregory Kearns, and the Deputy Director, Africa Division, Jenai Cox, was quoted to have said there were strong indications that the ruling party was interfering with the operations of the electoral body.

Obasanjo, Atiku criminally negligent, say -Buhari group

The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar were criminally negligent on the Ajaokuta Steel concession agreement from which President Muhammadu Buhari has now liberated the country at the cost of 496million dollars.

Source: Daily Nigerian

BMO said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, that the PDP should hang its head in shame on account of how its previous administrations at the federal level dragged Nigeria into ridiculous agreements that are costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars in arbitration.

The statement said: “The arbitration on the Ajaokuta Steel Company is the latest in the series of efforts to clean the mess of contractual disputes and litigations left by the former ruling party after 16 years in office.

Those Saying I Want to Destroy PDP Because I Lost Presidential Ticket are Sick -Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said those saying he wants to destroy Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he lost the presidential ticket of the party are sick.

Source: Daily Trust

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar had defeated Wike and other contestants at the presidential primaries of the party in May.

Peace talks were held between Atiku’s camp and that of Wike but no deal has been reached yet. On Thursday the BoT chair of the party, Walid Jibrin, stepped down, a decision many attributed to the internal wrangling in the PDP.

Atiku must fulfill his promise to me – Wike

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to sustain the fight for the return of a healthy party structure that will allow an even representation of the interest of the North and South in the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic party.

Source: Punch Newspapers

The governor said the current leadership structure, with the North holding the presidential ticket as well as the national chairman positions, was against the constitution of the PDP and a gross injustice to the South.

Wike observed the inauguration of the Ahoada Campus and staff quarters of the Rivers State University, which was performed by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday.

The current hierarchy of the PDP, Wike said, did not give room for the interest of the South, particularly when decisions were to be taken.

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