Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. No fewer than 10 persons were on Monday reported dead in a road accident involving about three vehicles, in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. The accident occurred when an articulated vehicle that was carrying some heavy metals lost its brake while negotiating the road and rammed into one commuter bus and a private car. The 10 persons died on the spot, while several others who sustained varying degrees of injuries were rushed to St Joseph Hospital, Adazi Nnukwu, for treatment.
2. Two students, who are yet to be identified, and a motorcyclist, on Monday died in a ghastly motor accident at Moro junction, along Ife-Ibadan expressway, in lfe North local government area of Osun State. One of the two passengers and the motorcyclist died on the spot, while the other victim who was rushed to the hospital, later died. The two passengers were said to be returning to Ife town after writing post UTME examinations at the Moro campus of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
3. The United Nations, UN, on Monday, through its Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Ms Agnes Callamard called on the President Muhammadu Buhari Government and the international community to pay special attention to the lingering violence in the north-central. It said the situation in the north-central appears to be spreading to other parts of the country. There is need for urgent actions to end the violence which is claiming thousands of lives. The UN official said that she called the conference to share her findings on arbitrary deprivations in the country.
4. The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, on Monday met with governors from the Southwest region. He told them that 1,154 suspected kidnappers have been arrested across the country between January and August. He said that a total of 837 victims of kidnapping were rescued with 106 of such rescues achieved in the Southwest.
5. The Supreme court, Monday dismissed the suit of perjury filed against President Muhammadu Buhari over his claims on form 001 he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the February 23, presidential election. It also established, agreed and held that the petition was a pre-election matter and, also unarguable filed outside the 14 days provided by law and, so status-barred. It also noted that the petition was filed against Muhammadu Buhari in his private capacity and not as president Muhammadu Buhari. From this premise, the apex court said it was even wrong for Buhari to engage the services of a senior counsel in the Federal Ministry of Justice to represent him in his private capacity.
6. The Borno National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Nyanya, on Monday dismissed a case filed by Malam Kudla Satumari of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the election of Sen. Mohammed Ndume as winner of the Borno South Senatorial District. Satumari, is challenging the declaration of Sen. Ndume, of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the Borno South Senatorial District poll on Feb. 23. Reading the Tribunal’s ruling, Justice Peter Kekemeke dismissed Satumari’s case, declaring that the petitioners could not prove the outcome of the National Assembly election in the Senatorial District was not obtained in compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
7. Ndigbo in Benue State, on Monday in Enugu raised the alarm over alleged endless attack on them by hoodlums, leading to the abduction of at least 50 persons within 6 months. This was disclosed by a businessman and prominent member of the Igbo community in Gboko, Mr. Okafor Nnolim. He said that Igbo communities in various parts of Benue state, especially Gboko, have become ‘endangered species’ in the State. The alarm is sequel to alleged targeted kidnappings and murder of Igbos in the state by native gangs, suspected herdsmen and bandits.
8. The Senate on Monday faulted a suit seeking to stop it from utilising the sum of N5.5billion it has allegedly earmarked for the purchase of official vehicles for its Principal Officers. Concerned Nigerians in collaboration with some Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), like the the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), had instituted a suit at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, seeking to stop an alleged plan to by the 9th Senate to allegedly spend the sum of N5.5billion on vehicles for its principal officers. However, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, described the court process as the handiwork of detractors which is bound to fail.
9. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said its collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation has led to the arrest of a suspected female cyber fraudster in Edo State. It said the female suspect worked in collaboration with a foreign counterpart. Muhktar Bello, the Head of Benin Zonal Office said the female suspect was involved in obtaining and stealing people’s identification information, which she forward to her American collaborators. He stated that the suspect received her CT through Bitcoin and about 185 Bitcoin currently worth N656 million was traced to her.
10. The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, on Monday condemned Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for allegedly ordering the demolition of a Jumaat mosque in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The council also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step in so as to prevent a breakdown of law and order. The Secretary General of the council, Nafiu Baba-Ahmad, said this while addressing newsmen in Kaduna. According to him, the action was not only irresponsible, but also capable of degenerating into serious security problem in the country. The Sharia council also lampooned Muslim leaders, including governors and legislators, for their ‘conspiratorial silence’ in the face of great injustice against Muslims.
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