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  • Rumble in Adamawa PDP over alleged doctoring of councillorship primary result

    Rumble in Adamawa PDP over alleged doctoring of councillorship primary result

    From Abel Leonard

    Delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Binyeri ward of Mayo Belwa local government in Adamawa State have expressed considerable disquiet over alleged manipulation and doctoring of party primary result in order to favour an anointed candidate.

    In a petition seen by our reporter, the delegates said they were piqued and angered by the open show of injustice meted out to the winner of the election, Shehu Hayatu, who won the election with 12 out of 21 votes.

    The councillorship primaries were conducted on February 16, 2022 across all the 226 wards of Adamawa State.

    The aggrieved delegates who accused the lawmaker representing Binyeri State constituency in Adamawa State House of Assembly, Nashon Gubi as well as the chairman of PDP in Mayo Belwa local government, Hammanjoda Bashir of interfering with the result, vowed to go the whole hug to ensure justice is dissipated on the issue.

    In the strong worded petition, the delegates said they elected Shehu Hayatu twice and are ready to elect him again to show that they are solidly behind him.

    “We the undersigned delegates of Binyeri ward and our elected councillorship candidate Shehu Hayatu during the just concluded councillorship primaries held on 16 February 2022 held at the ward center in Binyeri in the presence of security and other stakeholders wish to express our disquiet over blatant disregard for section 50 subsection 3 of our party’s constitution.

    “We wish to state that Shehu Yerima defeated Samson Yerima with 12 out of the 21 delegates who cast their votes, and in compliance with section 15 sub section 2 (f) and subsection 4 of the PDP constitution as amended and having scored majority lawful votes cast was declared the winner of the PDP councillorship flag bearer as well issued with the certificate of return by the returning officer.

    “On conveying the result to Mayo Belwa, local government collation center at the government lodge Mayo Belwa to deliver the result to the local government returning officer, the results were recieved accepted and authenticated thereafter we left.

    “We were informed later that the result has been cancelled and a rerun for the ward will be conducted at the local government lodge. Without hesitation, we gathered at Mayo Belwa local government lodge to reelect our candidate as we did in Binyeri ward but were later informed by the local government returning officer that the election of Binyeri ward was maintained with Shehu Hayatu as the winner of PDP councillorship primaries in Binyeri ward.

    “We were amazed that the name of Shehu Hayatu was replaced with the name of Samson Yerima today at the secretariat of our great party.
    In view of the forgoing, we request for justice to prevail in this regard and we are ready to vote our candidate whenever there is need,” they demanded.

    Describing the allegation as fictitious, and handwork of mischief makers, the chairman of PDP in Mayo Belwa local government Hammanjoda Bashir said he has no control over the said election.

    “I have no input nor control in anything. I can’t go so low as to try to change any election result and I’m not the electoral umpire who conducted the election.

    “The accusation is strange, malicious, laughable and has no basis. I can’t be involved in any such shoddy deal and I have no hand whatsoever in anything that has to do with doctoring of election result,” he said.

    Efforts to contact the member representing Nassarawo Binyeri, Nashon Gubi to get his side of the story proved futile as calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages directed to his mobile number were not entertained.

    However, the state secretary of the ruling party in Adamawa State, Idris Yahya, while responding to our reporter’s enquiry on the issue said, the challenge has been resolved amicably.

    “The delegates from Binyeri ward were here and we met at the conference hall and their concerns have been fully addressed. For now the issue has been nipped in the bud,” he said.

  • Goal feast in Kano as Gombe, Sokoto outplay Kaduna, Adamawa in Ramat Cup tourney

    Goal feast in Kano as Gombe, Sokoto outplay Kaduna, Adamawa in Ramat Cup tourney

    By Mike Oboh

    True to prediction, fans of youth football got more than what they bargined for on Tuesday as participating teams in this year’s Ramat Cup tournament gave a very good account of themselves on Day 3

    39 goals were scored by the various teams at the.Mahaha Sports complex in Kano, as they become desperate to make the quarter-finals stage

    Gombe U-16 team that won their first match 2-0 against Adamawa on Monday, were ruthless against Kaduna scoring 5 unreplied goals
    They now have 6 points from 2 matches.

    Sokoto that lost 3-1 to Kaduna on Sunday fought back strongly to defeat Adamawa 4-0. With 3 points in their kitty, the Tambuwal Babes say they are ready against Gombe, in their Wednesday’s encounter

    Defending Champions Kwara got a scare of their lives also on Tuesday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by FCT but later made up with a formidable display against Bauchi that they defeated 3-0 in their next match
    Kwara now have 7 points and will now play Yobe for the quarter-finals ticket, since they won their opening game 3-0 against Rivers State.

    The shocking result of the day was the defeat of the host team Kano. They lost 1-0 to their kebbi counterparts but later defeated Zamfara 2-0 to ease qualification tension. They however need to complete their efforts with a win against Nasarawa on Wednesday to move into quarter-finals
    Jigawa and Abia have a heculean task ahead of them. They must beat Ogun and Sokoto respectively to be guaranteed a chance in the quarter-finals

    In Wednesday’s matches Katsina will play Plateau, while Kaduna take on Adamawa. It will be Bauchi versus Yobe and Ekiti against FCT amongst Others

    The excitement is really infectious and everybody is getting consumed.
    The YSFON organised Football tournament is truly yielding the desired dividend but stakeholders warn that except Nigerian football authorities maximize the gains of grassroots development,the nation will continue to lag behind in world football

  • Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau States Move to Join FIRS in VAT Collection Tussle Suit

    Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau States Move to Join FIRS in VAT Collection Tussle Suit

    Indications emerged over the weekend that Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau states had moved to align with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in its appeal against the judgement of a Federal High Court, which barred the agency from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT) in Rivers State. The move came few days after the Court of Appeal joined Lagos State as a respondent in the appeal.

    Justice Stephen Pam, of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had in the judgement delivered in August held that the right to collect VAT belonged to the state and not the federal agency.

    The judge, having so held, restrained the service from further collection of VAT in Rivers State and ordered the Rivers State government to assume the duty of VAT collection in Rivers State.

    Consequently, FIRS proceeded to the Court of Appeal for a reversal of the Federal High Court judgement.
    However, hearing in the appeal was delayed due to an application by Lagos State to be joined as a party to the suit.

    But when the case will resume this week, Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau may likely come up with their individual applications seeking to be joined as parties in the suit.

    A reliable source close to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and governors of the three states, in Abuja, yesterday confirm that they would be filing a leave of the court to be joined in the suit on Tuesday.

    Although the AGF was already a defendant in the appeal, the source hinted that the Federal Ministry of Justice under the AGF had opted to be part of the appellant in the matter so as to enable it argue effectively in support of the FIRS.

    The source said, “They are going to seek to be joined in the suit as co-appellants against the Federal High Court’s judgement that favours Rivers State.

    “These states understand the possible consequences if the final judgrment at the Supreme Court goes against the FIRS. They are going to take the fight as if it is theirs.

    “In fact, their motion papers would be ready by October 4, and will be filed on Tuesday October 5. I can confirm that one to you.”
    The source also hinted that more states, including Kogi and Zamfara, were going to join the suit to form a coalition with the FIRS.

  • Adamawa; President Buhari’s Condolence visit to Sir Joda’s Family

    Adamawa; President Buhari’s Condolence visit to Sir Joda’s Family

    By Musa Isa Ahmed

    President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Lamido of Adamawa and the good people of the state over the death of their son, Sir Ahmed Joda who headed his transition committee in 2015.

    Mr president while speaking at the palace of Lamido of Adamawa where he commiserated with the State over the demise of one of it’s prominent son, he pointed that indigenes of the State are very reliable and trustworthy.
    Meanwhile he added that since his days as a military ruler till date as a civilian President, he have found Adamawa people very reliable and trusted and that gave him reasons to entrust the Minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja to one of the son’s of Land.
    The State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, had earlier welcomed the President to the state as he thanked him for identifying with them in their moment of grief.

    He added that the State has lost three illustrious sons recently and it was a trying moment for the State government and all citizens of Adamawa.

    Governor Fintiri thanked the President for sending a delegation earlier in the week as well as coming personally to condole with the State.

    The Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammad Barkindo Mustafa also appreciated the Nigerian leader for finding time within his tight schedule to commiserate with the people of Adamawa.

    President Buhari has departed Adamawa for Kano, to participate in the ceremony of his son wedding which will be taking place today.

  • Adamawa: lawmaker, mobilizes support for completion of M/Belwa Gen Hospital

    Adamawa: lawmaker, mobilizes support for completion of M/Belwa Gen Hospital

    By Musa Isa Ahmed

    Worried by the failure of past and present governments to ensure the completion of Mayo Belwa general hospital, the member representing Mayo Belwa constituency in Adamawa State house of assembly, Ibrahim Italiya had mobilized critical stakeholders in the local government to ensure completion of the project.

    The lawmaker noted that in view of the importance of the project to the teeming people of the local government, he convened the stakeholders parley without recourse to partisan considerations.

    Some of the stakeholders at the meeting include; the chairman of the local government represented by his deputy Hon Abubakar Mallam Babba, former chairman of the local government, Hon Mohammad Bako and SSA on SDGs to governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Umaru Gidado.

    Others are; APC ALGON chairman, Alhaji Babangida Talase, SA to governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Livestock and Aquaculture, Aminu Sebore and former ES PHCDA Mayo Belwa local government, Alhaji Yuguda Garba among others.

    However Some indicated that Construction of 150 bed hospital started in 2008 under the Nyako led administration, but the project is still a mirage 13 years later due to government procrastination and some contractual bottlenecks.

    Elucidating the rationale behind the stakeholders meeting, Italiya who is also the chairman house committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) said, he was spurred to convene the meeting in order to address a major concern of the people of the area which is the availability of a good health institution.

    ” We the stakeholders have resolved to come together irrespective of party affiliation to confront this major challenge facing our people.

    ” We have resolved to approach the Federal Government, the state government, SDG office and every other place to ensure that this laudable and all important project has come to fruition for the sake of our people who are yet to have a befitting referral center.

    ” This meeting is a wake up call for all the stakeholders to come together and salvage the lot of our masses. In the same manner, we shall tackle other challenges facing our community,” Italiya said.

    Also speaking, former chairman of Mayo Belwa local government, Hon. Muhammad Bako noted that building of the hospital started over ten years ago during the Murtala Nyako administration adding that unfortunately, the building not properly constructed.

    He said the state government and the contractor were entangled in some legal tussles further stymying the progress of the work.

    Bako noted that previous governments after Nyako did little or nothing to ensure the completion of the project prompting the concerned stakeholders to make the audacious move.

    Also speaking, the Senior Special Assistant to governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on SDGs Alhaji Umaru Gidado also assured the commitment of the state government towards the completion of the project.

    He stated that one of the cardinal priorities of the Fintiri led administration is to ensure good health for all citizens through the construction of new hospitals and rehabilitation of existing ones.

    He said the governor is also working hard to equip hospitals in the state with tools and qualified staff for the benefit of all citizens.

    Gidado assured the stakeholders that as a son of the soil, he will put the needed pressure and work with like minds to ensure that the project becomes a reality.

  • Boko Haram attack Adamawa community, kill 5 people, abduct many women

    Boko Haram attack Adamawa community, kill 5 people, abduct many women

    An Unspecified number of women have been abducted by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect who attacked a community in Adamawa State.

    The insurgents also killed five people, destroyed houses and other property and made away with belongings of residents, a source said.

    Reports had it that on Saturday morning the insurgents stormed Kwapre, a village in Hong Local Government Area of Northern Adamawa on Friday evening, shooting randomly and picking up the women.

    A reliable source named Innocent Geoffrey, confirmed that the attackers were first thought to be herders out for vengeance attack, but later manifested their Boko Haram tendency, seizing the female residents they could lay their hands on, as residents scampered for safety.

    “Right now ,there is no single person in Kwapri, everybody has fled the community,” Innocent said during the conversation Saturday morning.

    The Member representing Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency and Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yusuf Buba Yakubu who repesents the affected community in the National Assembly, reacted to the development with a statement expressing his concerns.

    He said the insurgents who besieged Kwapre village in Garaha Ward of Hong LGA, killed and maimed unsuspecting community dwellers, destroyed homes and property and abducted some people.

    “This latest attack on the innocent and peace- loving people of Kwapre is another senseless and cruel act of cowardice on a community that is renowned for peace, industry and serenity,” the lawmaker said.

  • Adamawa: Police recover cash tucked in a criminal hideout, urge owners to lay claim

    Adamawa: Police recover cash tucked in a criminal hideout, urge owners to lay claim

    By Musa Isa Ahmed

    Adamawa State police command has discovered huge amount of cash stashed away in a criminal hideout in Gombi local government area of the state.

    A statement by the command’s public relations officer, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje urged owner(s) to come forward and claim the money.

    The statement said the command’s operatives attached to Gombi LGA discovered the money tucked in a bag during their routine operations at Tashar Marghi, a renowned black spot.

    “The Adamawa State Police Command wishes to inform members of the general public that On the 6/4/2021 the   Command’s operatives attached to Gombi Division, while on Area patrol at a certain black spot situated at Tachan Marghi, Anguwan Tili in Gombi Local government area, recovered a bag containing what appears to be money buried.

    “On the strength of that, the commissioner of Police, Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, called on members of the public particularly those who’s money was stolen to report to divisional police headquarters, Gombi with  proofs and claim.

  • Adamawa: Court Remand Traditional Ruler for Accusing woman Witchcraft

    Adamawa: Court Remand Traditional Ruler for Accusing woman Witchcraft

    By Musa Isa Ahmed

    Yola Court Remands a word head palamole for allegedly accusing a 50 year old woman of witchcraft, the Ward Head Palamole and a Deacon in Guyuk Local Government Area, Adamawa state have been remanded in prison over defamation of character.

    The Ward Head, Yoila and Deacon Markus were charged before Chief Magistrate court 4 for accusing 50 year old woman, Yaliga Chrisjones of Palamole of witchcraft and alleged that it was the woman who bewitched one Sunday Markus.

    Earlier, Yaliga in a direct criminal complaint lodged against the defendants, alleged that the defendants threatened to kill as a result of which she fled her matrimonial home and has been away for 5 years now.
    She narrated that the defendants criminally conspired and called her a witch who bewitched one Sunday Markus, whom she was sharing boundary in the farm.

    According to her, there was a time that she begged for beans seedlings from Sunday to complete planting her farm when herself and Sunday were working in their different farms in Guyuk in 2015.      
    She explained that sometimes later Sunday fell sick and the defendants and others conspired and started calling her with names and said the she was the one that tied his spirit and warned her to untie him.  

    She informed the court that the Ward Head summoned a meeting of the members of his ward including youths and told them that the youths can be able to identify a witch among them and ready to kill whoever is identified to be a witch. 

    Yaliga disclosed that it was as a result of their threat to her life that she fled to Yola for her safety since 2015, and said that the action of the defendants amounted to criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and defamation of character contrary to sections 96, 396 and 391 of the state penal code law.


    But when the charge sheet was read and explained to the defendants, they all pleaded not guilty.

    Thereafter, the court presided by Magistrate Abdulrazak Adamu, adjourned the matter to 15th March, 2021 for hearing and further ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody until then.

  • Mass Student Abduction: FG begins relocation of Pupils from Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

    Mass Student Abduction: FG begins relocation of Pupils from Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

    The Federal Ministry of Education says it has begun the relocation of pupils from Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states to other states following the alarming rate of abduction of school children in the country.

    The Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Ben Goong, disclosed this in an interview.

    Goong was asked what the government is doing to stop the trend of the abduction of school children. Responding, he said

    “As we speak, there are quite a number of students from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States being relocated to other schools across the country, including the Federal Capital Territory.”

    He cited the example of some students from Borno State who he said had been relocated to the Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja. He said students were being moved to safer schools and were being catered for with full boarding facilities.

  • NDLEA Arrest most wanted Drugs agent, Rabiu Immam with 4.5kg illicit drugs in Adamawa

    NDLEA Arrest most wanted Drugs agent, Rabiu Immam with 4.5kg illicit drugs in Adamawa

    A Decade After NDLEA Joint Task force (JTF )operation Arrested The most Wanted Drug Baron, Mr Chidi Olife who escaped arrest for unlawful importation of 5.250kg of heroin concealed in books from Karachi, Pakistan to Lagos since June 2010. in Lagos, Seizes about 46.8kg illicit drugs. The NDLEA has just repeat it’s huge arrest in Adamawa.

    ” Olifes arrest in Lagos came just as operatives of the anti-drug agency in Adamawa state nabbed an illicit drug dealer, Rabiu Imam on Friday, February 19, 2021 with Tramadal tablet 225mg weighing 45.4kg.”

    The Adamawa state Commander of the NDLEA, Idris Bello while briefing the Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Brig. General Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Saturday, said other illicit drugs recovered from Imam include;

    Tramadol capsules 100mg weighing 550grms; Diazepam tablet 850grms.

    He said the drug trafficker was arrested in a house at Unguwan Madina, Mubi North Local Government area of Adamawa State. He put the estimated street value of the seized drugs at over N50 million.

    “It’s a trans business border business because the illicit drugs were moved from Onitsha, Anambra state through Yola to Mubi and heading to Cameroon and Chad”, Mr. Bello added.

    The careful execution of the operation led to the arrest of Oladimeji Oladotun and Alhaji Danjuma Idris while processing the documents for clearing the consignment. Both were the clearing agents hired by Chidi Olife, the owner of the drug.

    Upon being arrested, Alhaji Idris Danjuma, one of the clearing agents was used to effect the arrest of Oke Ningo who Chidi contacted to receive the consignment from the agents on his behalf, unfortunately he escaped arrest at the point of receiving the drug as he suspected the person with the clearing agent to be an NDLEA officer.

    Subsequently, the house of Chidi Olife was traced to a street in Ajao Estate area of Lagos but before the JTF team could get there he had escaped with all members of his house due to the failed arrest of Oke Ningo.

    The undaunted JTF team of officers placed surveillance on him. Their resilience yielded fruit ten (10) year after as Chidi Olife was eventually arrested and he is currently cooling his heels in NDLEA’s custody while a manhunt for Oke Ningo, his criminal associate continues.