Today's Daily Brief: Kaduna APC assembly members accuse Yero of looting, PDP wants Buhari to be like Nelson Mandela, and more

Today’s Daily Brief: Kaduna APC assembly members accuse Yero of looting, PDP wants Buhari to be like Nelson Mandela, and more

May 15, 2015 | Janeth J

May 15, 2015

Janeth J

Thirteen days to the end of the Peoples Democratic Party administration in Kaduna State, the All Progressives Congress caucus in the Kaduna State House of Assembly has accused outgoing Governor Mukhtar Yero of last-minute looting of the state’s treasury.

The legislators alleged that there was a plot by the Yero to defraud government of N2.744bn SURE-P funds.

The caucus described as “an act of last-minute looting” Yero’s decision to appropriate the 2014 SURE-P funds for the 24 local government areas.

Punch

In reaction to Buhari’s comment that he will not forgive those who perpetrated killing and violence during the election in Rivers state, the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party urged him to see himself as a father of the nation like late South Africa President, Nelson Mandela.

The PDP deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, advised Buhari to deal with such issues with passion of a father to everyone regardless of party affiliation.

YNaija

Three unidentified women were kidnapped in Ekiti State on Friday afternoon by unknown gunmen.

The women were kidnapped with their husbands and unspecified number of children along Igbole-Igbosin road while travelling in a Toyota RAV 4 Sports Utility Vehicle to Ibadan, Oyo state, for a wedding.

It was gathered that their captors later dropped the men and the children while the women were driven away in the car after collecting the phones and other valuables from the victims.

The husbands and the children were said to be wailing profusely until some sympathisers came to their aid.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, confirmed the report to our correspondent.

“The Divisional Police Officer in Ido called in today to give the report about the kidnapped women. We have already launched investigation into the case but I can’t speak about it,” he said.

Punch

The 2015 Annual Religious Report of the United States Commission on International Religious freedom (USCIRF) has yesterday condemned Nigeria’s military approach to Boko Haram. It also indicted the Nigerian government, saying that the government’s almost exclusively military approach to Boko Haram contributes to ongoing terrorism in the country.

The 8-page report which was presented to journalists at the Department of States in Washington, DC by the Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs Katrina Lantos Swett, makes it known that the Nigerian government does not actively perpetrate religious freedom abuses, but does tolerate northern and southern state laws and practices that result in religious freedom violations.

Leadership

An Enugu Federal High Court on Friday threatened to commit the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to prison over the refusal of the Enugu State Police Command to reopen the state’s House of Assembly as ordered by the court.

The threat was contained in a Notice of Consequence of Disobedience of Court Order (Form 48), signed by the Registrar of the court and addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

A copy of the Form 48 read, “Take notice that unless you obey the directions contained in this court order, you will be guilty of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison.”

The court, presided over by Justice D.V. Agishi, had on Monday, granted an ex-parte motion brought by the Speaker of the Assembly, Eugene Odoh, in suit number FHC/EN/CS/99/2015, which has eight members of the House of Assembly, the Commissioner of Police and the IGP as 1st to 10th respondents respectively.

The Enugu State House of Assembly has remained under locks about five days after the Enugu Federal High Court ordered the police to reopen the legislative complex.

Punch

Janeth J

Tags: Buhari, Edo state, Enugu assembly, Eugene Idoh, PDP