Today’s Daily Brief: Soyinka wants ‘Ekiti mystery’ corrected, Wike calls Rivers monorail a death trap, Saraki will not run for president, and more

We deliver your news brief for Tuesday, October 12, 2014.

 

The disagreement between the Minister of State for the Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, took a fresh turn on Sunday when he (Wike) declared that Amaechi’s government has failed.

Wike, who made this declaration on Sunday at his residence in Port Harcourt while receiving elders, women and youths from Rumueme Kingdom, Obio/Akpor Local Government, described the governor’s monorail project as a death trap.

He also pointed out that the Old GRA in Port Harcourt was no longer what it used to be, adding that some of the roads in the state capital were in deplorable condition.

Punch

 

The Taraba Acting Governor, Garba Umar has denied reports claiming he declared ailing Governor, Danbaba Suntai missing.

Umar who released a statement through his spokesman, Kefas Sule, explained that he simply told reporters that he was yet to set eyes on the governor since his return from his medical trip abroad.

The statement read in part: “The attention of the acting governor has been drawn to the screaming news headlines purporting that he has declared Suntai missing.

YNaija

 

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Woke Soyinka, has described the loss of the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the June 21 governorship election as a mystery which the All Progressives Congress must unravel.
He said with the various programmes and legacy projects put in place by him, his successor must continue on the path of development.

He stated this during the inauguration of the new Government House known as ‘Ayoba Villa’ in Ado Ekiti on Sunday.

Fayemi said he had no apology for all he did in government. He said it was up to his successor to “either honour or desecrate the legacy the APC government is leaving behind.

Punch

 

A former Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, has said he will not run for president in 2015.

Mr. Saraki, who aspired to become president in 2011, said he was suspending his presidential ambition because Nigeria’s political outlook for 2015 was very complicated and it was time politicians placed aside personal ambitions for the country’s overall interest.

“This is the time for every patriotic politician to situate his personal ambition in the context of the country’s overall interest,” the senator said in a press statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr. Saraki, who left Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, cautioned his new party to manage its primaries properly.

Premium Times

 

There are indications that several ministers in President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet may soon leave to pursue their political ambitions.

This is following an announcement made by the Minister of  Information, Labaran Maku, on his intention to vie for the governorship position in his native Nasarawa State.

He said he will resign from his position as minister on October 20th to pursue his 2015 gubernatorial ambition in Nasarawa State. This was at a special thanksgiving mass at the Catholic Diocese of Lafia, St. Patrick’s Parish, Akwanga, Nasarawa State.

YNaija

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