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E2%80%93-amnesty-international-condemns-catholic Gunmen Enjoying Impunity, On Rampage Across Nigeria – Amnesty International Condemns Catholic Church Killings In Ondo
Global human rights body, Amnesty International, on Monday stated that the terrorists’ attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, confirms the impunity being enjoyed by gunmen who are on the rampage across Nigeria.
The group asserted that the incident was a wake-up call to the authorities, who must now do everything they could to ensure that the perpetrators of the crime face justice.
Amnesty International’s Nigeria Director, Osai Ojigho, made this known via her Twitter handle, while reacting to the killing of more than 40 worshippers, including women and children, at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo on Sunday.
In a tweet titled, “Nigeria: Perpetrators of St. Francis Church shooting must face justice,” Amnesty noted that the victims and their families have a right to know the truth about this shooting and to be provided with justice and reparations.
It called on the Nigerian judicial authorities to immediately launch a thorough and impartial investigation to identify the perpetrators of this crime, and to prosecute and judge them in fair trials, without recourse to the death penalty.
“What happened in Owo reveals the impunity enjoyed by gunmen on the rampage across Nigeria. This tragic event should offer a wake-up call for the authorities, who must now do everything they can to ensure the perpetrators of this appalling crime face justice.
“This brutal attack shows a complete disregard for the right to life. Under international human rights law, the Nigerian authorities have a duty to protect the right to life of its people in all circumstances.
“Victims and their families have a right to know the truth about this shooting and to be provided with justice and reparations. Amnesty International is calling on the Nigerian judicial authorities to immediately launch a thorough and impartial investigation to identify the perpetrators of this crime, and to prosecute and judge them in fair trials, without recourse to the death penalty,” the tweet reads.
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Ruling APC Northern Governors Meet Buhari, Insist On Southern Presidential Candidate, Reject Governor Yahaya Bello
Hours before the start of the ruling All Progressives Convention, northern governors of the All Progressives Congress have met with President Muhammadu Buhari, maintaining their stand to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the south.
The majority of the Northern APC governors had earlier called on the party to pick its presidential candidate from Southern Nigeria.
Fourteen of the APC’s 22 state governors govern states in Northern Nigeria.
According to a communiqué signed after the meeting, the governors said, “After a careful deliberation, we wish to state our firm conviction that after eight years in the office of President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the APC for the 2023 elections should be one of our teeming members from the southern states of Nigeria.
“It is a question of honour for the APC, an obligation that is not in any way affected by the decisions taken by another political party.”
Speaking on behalf of the governors, Simon Lalong of Plateau State regretted that the communiqué from the meeting got leaked to the public before they officially informed the President of their resolution.
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He, however, noted that the governors had to inform the President in person as part of last-minute preparations for tomorrow’s primary elections.
Asked why their Kogi State counterpart, Bello, was absent from the meeting, a distraught governor El-Rufai (of Kaduna) said it was not compulsory for all 14 of them to agree on the southern ticket.
According to him, Bello had excused himself from the meeting with the President because he rejected the resolution made by the governors.
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EXCLUSIVE: Kogi Governor, Bello Angrily Storms Out Of Ruling APC Governors’ Meeting After Being Told To Withdraw From Race For Southern Region Presidential Candidate
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El-Rufai argued that 13 out of 14 yeses are enough to front the agenda for a southern candidate.
Those in attendance include Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Aminu Masari of Katsina, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Abubakar Bello of Niger, Yahaya Inuwa of Gombe, Babagana Zulum of Borno, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara.
The meeting comes amid announcement of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as consensus presidential aspirant by the party’s national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
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BREAKING: Buhari To Deny He Anointed Senate President, Lawan As Consensus Candidate, He Only Confided In APC Chairman – Presidency Source
President Muhammadu Buhari will deny that he endorsed Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the ruling All Progressives Congress consensus candidate as part of the gimmicks being played by his government, presidency sources have told SaharaReporters.
SaharaReporters learnt that Buahri indeed confided in the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, that Lawan was his choice but never instructed him to make it public.
“Buhari will deny that he anointed Senate President, Lawan as consensus candidate. Although Buhari confided in Adamu, that he prefers Lawan, he didn’t tell him to announce it.
“Governors had pigeon-holed Buhari by asking the presidency to go to the South and Kaduna Governor, (Nasir) El- Rufai got wind of it and leaked their position to the press to pressurise Buhari not to endorse Lawan,” one of the top sources revealed.
Earlier, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) announced Senate President Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.
Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja.
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His adoption of Lawan as the consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern governors, who had said that power must shift to the South after President Buhari’s tenure.
Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of the Senate President after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Earlier, Buhari was reported to have held a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the north at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This comes amid preparations for the party’s convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
Although President Buhari has maintained his position on the consensus arrangement, there has not been any agreement among the 23 presidential aspirants.
The governors in attendance were Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Northern governors Forum and governors of Plateau State, Simeon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).
Others were; Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.
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E2%80%99-meeting-after EXCLUSIVE: Kogi Governor, Bello Angrily Storms Out Of Ruling APC Governors’ Meeting After Being Told To Withdraw From Race For Southern Region Presidential Candidate
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State threw caution to the wind in his desperation for the 2023 presidency race when he walked out on his colleagues in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during a meeting in Abuja on Monday.
The meeting was part of preparations towards the presidential primary and to finalise plans to adopt a consensus presidential candidate – from the Southern region as earlier agreed upon.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
SaharaReporters learnt that Governor Bello angrily walked out of the meeting at the point where he was asked to withdraw from the race for a southern region candidate.
“Governor Yahaya Bello angrily walked out of the meeting called by the APC governors. He was asked to back out of the race to pave the way for the southern region candidate or aspirant from the southern region,” a top source in the meeting revealed.
In a fresh twist, the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, announced Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.
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Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja.
His adoption of Lawan as the consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern Governors, who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of the Senate President after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari.
FLASH: Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello @OfficialGYBKogi Angrily Walks Out Of APC Governors Meeting After He Was Asked To Back Out Of Presidential Race For A Southern Region Aspirant#APCPresidentialPrimaries #APCPrimaries pic.twitter.com/OPSebqKllU— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) June 6, 2022
Earlier, Buhari was reported to have held a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the north at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This comes amid preparations for the party’s convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
Although President Buhari has maintained his position on the consensus arrangement, there has not been any agreement among the 23 presidential aspirants.
The governors in attendance were the Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Northern governors Forum and governors of Plateau State, Simeon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).
Others were; Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.
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Buhari Meets Ruling APC Northern Governors Behind Closed Doors As Presidential Primary Begins
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the north at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This comes amid preparations for the party’s convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
Although President Buhari has maintained his position on the consensus arrangement, there has not been any agreement among the 23 presidential aspirants.
The governors in attendance are Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Northern governors Forum and governors of Plateau State, Simeon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).
Others are; Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.
The meeting with the APC governors from the north is the fourth parley in his effort to ensure that the party presents a consensus candidate so as to reduce acrimony that may arise at the end of the convention.
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Terrorists Abduct Wives, Children Of Former Zamfara State Accountant-General
There is palpable fear in Furfuri town in the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State after armed terrorists invaded the town in the late hours of Sunday and kidnapped 23 persons.
The victims included two wives and three children of a former Accountant-General of the state, Abubakar Bello Furfuri.
A source from Furfuri town identified as Mallam Sani, confirmed the incident to Nigerian Tribune. The town is said to be just 7 kilometres away from Gusau, the state capital.
“In one of the houses they invaded, they whisked away many people,” Sani said.
However, Sani said military operatives were deployed to the town immediately.
“Two Hilux vans loaded with soldiers were deployed in the village but before they arrived, the bandits had left,” the source said.
The Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, who also confirmed the incident, said that police operatives had been deployed to rescue the victims.
Meanwhile, Mohammed noted that as a result of intensified efforts by security operatives, some of the abductees were rescued immediately while efforts were on to rescue the rest.
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BREAKING: Ruling APC Chairman, Adamu Announces Senate President, Lawan As Presidential Consensus Candidate
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.
Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja.
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His adoption of Lawan as consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern Governors, who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of the Senate President after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Earlier, Buhari was reported to have held a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the north at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This comes amid preparations for the party’s convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
Although President Buhari has maintained his position on the consensus arrangement, there has not been any agreement among the 23 presidential aspirants.
The governors in attendance were Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Northern governors Forum and governors of Plateau State, Simeon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).
Others were; Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.
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Gunmen Renew Attacks On Enugu Community, Kill One, Raze Houses
Hoodlums on Monday killed a man identified as Dennis Ike and burnt houses in renewed communal crisis in Oruku in the Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State.
SaharaReporters gathered that the assailants laid an ambush in the community in the early hours of Monday and shot dead Ike before proceeding to set ablaze the family houses of some persons including one Okechukwu Ukeh.
A community leader, who wants to remain anonymity, told SaharaReporters that the hoodlums woke the residents with sporadic gunshots around 5:30am on Monday.
He said that the deceased (Ike) was going out with his motorbike for the day’s business before he was gunned down by the assailants who set his motorcycle and corpse ablaze.
He said, “We were woken up again this morning by the heavy sound of gunfire which forced many residents to remain indoors for several hours before security operatives arrived in the community. We came out only to see the corpse of the young man and his burnt motorcycle. The gunmen fled before the policemen arrived.”
Oruku and Umuode communities have been in crisis for several years while the Enugu State Government attempted to settle the dispute by demarcating their boundary, which was in contention.
This was recommended by a Judicial Panel of Enquiry, but some aggrieved members of Oruku, who were opposed to the terms of settlement with Umuode, have continued to foment trouble in their own community.
Several lives and property have been lost to the conflict as some young men believed to have been armed by some politicians in Oruku have continued to attack their kinsmen who were allegedly marked for elimination for agreeing to settle the dispute with their Umuode neighbours.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Daniel Ndukwe, could not be reached for his comments on the incident at the time of filling this report as his phone was not reachable.
However, some policemen deployed to the area were seen in a viral video trying to move the corpse of the deceased to the mortuary.
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Nigerian Police Arrest 15 Persons In Mob Which Burnt Abuja Security Guard To Death For Alleged Blasphemy
The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, has disclosed that 15 suspects have been arrested in connection with the violence and killing of the late Ahmad Usman, a member of a vigilante group, in the Lugbe area of the FCT on June 4, 2022.
The FCT police command, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the victim would get justice.
The police spokesperson said the arrest of the suspects followed ongoing investigations into the unfortunate incident and circumstances that led to the killing of 30 years old Usman.
The statement added that the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Babaji Sunday, assured that the command would get to the root of the matter and bring all the perpetrators to book
SaharaReporters had reported on Saturday that Usman was lynched by over 200 Muslims after an argument with an Imam at the popular Timber Garage, Federal Housing, Lugbe on Saturday.
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E2%80%93-islamic-group-muric Owo Church Killings: Bandits Are The Culprits, Not Northerners In Ondo State – Islamic Group, MURIC
The Muslim Right Concerns Group, otherwise known as MURIC led by Prof Ishaq Akintola, has again condemned the horrible killing of members of the congregation of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on Sunday.
Akintola stated in a release on Monday that there was no tribal and political motivation for the Sunday terrorists’ attack.
The group further alleged that the terrorists were influenced lately to carry out several attacks nationwide due to the ransom money usually being paid by abductees.
The statement reads in part, “From all indications, it now looks more like a bandits’ attack particularly after learning that the attackers also kidnapped some people. Pecuniary gain may therefore be the motive behind the attack. The fact that the same bandits have been attacking both mosques and churches while killing and kidnapping both Muslims and Christians necessitates caution.
“The Hausa communities that are being attacked are also victims of banditry in their states. Those Northerners who have been attacked or who are already being targeted in Ondo State and other places are therefore not the culprits.
“The motive of the bandits is the money they hope to get from the families of their kidnapped victims. Churches, mosques, schools, trains, buses, etc are usually attacked by them because they see those places not only as soft targets but also as places where they can get large numbers of people. The higher the number of victims the bigger the expected ransom; they make their attacks as ferocious as possible in order to create fear in the hearts of people.”
The statement continued: “We call on the good people of Nigeria to come together against men of evil. We must know the difference between religion, ethnicity and crime. Let us not identify criminals by their tribes or their faiths in order not to hurt innocent people.
“Those who committed this atrocity inside the church have lost their humanity. It must be noted that they are under the influence of narcotics. They are not even ordinary agents of Shaytan but Shaytan incarnate. Both Christians and Muslims must unite to device means of overpowering them.
“The information paraphernalia at both the federal and state levels should be set in motion to create awareness of the danger of reprisal attacks for fear of the bandwagon effect it may generate.
“MURIC reminds Nigerians that justice is a square peg. Vengeance is a round hole. The two cannot match. What you seek to get is not what you achieve and the cycle of violence can go on ad infinitum until it gets back to those who initiated it.
“Worse still, reprisal attacks may lead to war. Let us learn from Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan. Rockets are still falling on Ukranian infrastructure. It is painful watching the fast destruction of civilisation on such massive scale. We therefore appeal to all and sundry to leave this matter in the hands of the security agencies.
“We are waiting for swift action from the Federal Government (FG). Compensation should be paid to the bereaved families. Those injured should be treated at FG’s expense while the cost of repairing the church should be taken up by FG. Besides, the state government should be forthcoming in terms of hospitality towards the victims’ families and trauma management by experts. They must be made to feel the presence of government.
“We advise the leadership of the Muslim community in Owo, Ondo State to initiate sympathy and courtesy visits to St. Francis Catholic Church. We must forge unity at a time enemies of peace have done their worst. Let us defeat public enemies with exchanges of neighbourliness.”
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