President Muhammadu Buhari has said the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers in last Friday’s air crash has increased the country’s problems, especially at a time the country is battling security challenges.
He said this yesterday when he received a delegation of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, who were on a condolence visit following the air crash that killed Attahiru and 10 others.
The delegation was led by the NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; with his colleagues, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and Governor Sani Bello of Niger State.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has declared that the former Speaker of the state Assembly, Barr. Eugene Odoh, and other Chieftains of the party in Enugu North Senatorial zone lacks the constitutional power to conduct any form of election in the district without the knowledge of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, who was in the Presidential Villa, to console him on the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 military officers.
Mr Fayemi, who is also the governor of Ekiti State, was accompanied by the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, and Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State.
Speaking at the event, the president expressed sadness over the loss of officers at a time the country was battling with security challenges, saying that last Friday’s fatal air crash had increased the country’s problems.
By Victor Ogunje
The National Chairman of the South West Agenda for 2023 (SWAGA), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has called on the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, to place Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on the watchlist of suspected disloyal members.
Adeyeye said this in reaction to Tuesday’s suspension of the APC ward 8 chairman in Ado Ekiti Council area, Mr. Clement Afolabi, for allegedly coordinating for SWAGA in his ward.
SWAGA is a political pressure group within the APC, rooting for Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the party’s presidential candidate, come 2023 against Fayemi’s aspiration.
2023: Fayemi, Tinubu loyalists clash in Ekiti
Both Tinubu and Fayemi are yet to declare their presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 elections. 4 min read
The members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State loyal to Governor Kayode Fayemi and those backing the party’s national leader,
Bola Tinubu, have continued to be at logger heads in the state.
Although both principals are yet to officially declare their presidential ambition, analysts say they have begun to position themselves should the party zone their presidential ticket to the south.
The battle between the two groups took a different dimension on Monday when a member of the party and Chairman of Ado Ward 8, Clement Afolabi, was suspended for having links with the South West Agenda (SWAGA), a group campaigning for the candidature of the party’s national leader, an act that was described as an “anti-party activity.”