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LG Poll: Party members beat up APC chairperson in Jigawa
The 70-year-old party chairman was reportedly hospitalised following the incident
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The All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Yakubu Ibrahim, was on Monday beaten up by aggrieved members of his party.
The development followed an announcement by Governor Muhammad Badaru of the names of party’s candidates for the local council elections in the state scheduled for June 26.
According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Auwal Sankara, Bala Chamo was picked as the chairmanship candidate of the party for Dutse Local Government Area.
Despite claims of defeat by Buhari govt, Boko Haram spreads tentacles to more states
The Buhari administration has made different claims about the group being ‘defeated’, ‘technically defeated’ or ‘decimated but recent revelations prove otherwise. 8 min read
Despite repeated claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded and confined to the North-east alone, recent revelations by some Nigerian state governors give cause for worry.
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, had said that the
Boko Haram terrorist group had since been defeated but the Nigerian military is now fighting an international criminal gang known as Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).