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Kaduna vigilantes suspended after 8 months of fighting bandits

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In 2021, the Kaduna State Government trained over 1,000 members of the state’s Vigilance Service to assist in the fight against bandits terrorising rural areas in the state. However, eight months after a military operation that claimed the lives of some of their colleagues, some members of the service said they were suspended for demanding […]
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In 2021, the Kaduna State Government trained over 1,000 members of the state’s Vigilance Service to assist in the fight against bandits terrorising rural areas in the state. However, eight months after a military operation that claimed the lives of some of their colleagues, some members of the service said they were suspended for demanding allowances and death benefits of those who fell in action. In this report, Daily Trust on Sunday looks at the tension brewing between the state government and some members of the vigilante group. 

There is growing apprehension among some members of the Kaduna State Vigilance Service few weeks after they returned from eight months of military operation across major flashpoints in the state. For eight months, members of the state’s vigilante told Daily Trust on Sunday that they fought alongside men of the Nigerian military in Birnin Gwari, Igabi and parts of Giwa local government areas.  

Those from Igabi Local Government Area who have returned home told our correspondent that they lost three men during the operation. They were, however, surprised when the Kaduna State Government failed to pay death benefits of the fallen heroes, while those who survived were not even commended, even with a handshake.  

“We were not given any financial allowance, and when we protested, we got suspended,” one of the vigilante personnel told Daily Trust on Sunday.  

Our correspondent gathered that the personnel were among the over 1,000 members of the Kaduna State Vigilance Service who were selected and trained for two weeks at the Police College in Kaduna in late 2021. From the 1,000, about 200 personnel from Igabi Local Government Area had been deployed to Kachia Local Government for operation and later to Sabon Birni in Igabi.  

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Don’t Use NLC’s Platform, Funds To Pursue Your 2027 Ambition – Abure Knocks Ajaero

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that National Chairman of Labour Party, LP, Comrade Julius Abure, has told the President of the nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero not to use the platform, funds and resources of the NLC to pursue his ambition of either becoming the president of the country in 2027 or governor of Imo State.

Abure stated this at Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday while reacting to the shutting down of the Labour Party’s National Headquarters by protesting members of the NLC who demanded for his immediate removal as National Chairman of the party.

He said the “picketing” of the party’s office was politically motivated, describing it as a show of rascality and abuse of office and the laws of the land.

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Why I Withdrew From Ondo Guber Race — Eyitayo Jegede

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state in 2020, Chief Eyitayo Jegede, on Thursday, said he withdrew from the 2024 governorship race to give room for unity and ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming governorship election.

Jegede who noted that disunity has not allowed any candidate from that party to win the governorship race in the state, said he chose to sacrifice his ambition for the development of the party.

This is just as a group within the party, PDP Crusader, hailed the decision of Jegede to step aside in the forthcoming governorship election in the state in order to build a strong and united party that can send the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) packing in the state.

The Coordinator of the PDP Crusader, Hon Mayokun Akinmoladun, said the group was ready to follow and support Jegede in any decision he took on the party’s primary and the November 16 governorship election.

Akinmoladun said the most important thing to the party is to come together and rescue the state, noting that the party was not being run the way it was supposed to be.

He said the party may go into extinction if care is not taken, and commended Jegede for financing the party since it lost the governorship seat some eight years ago.

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El-Rufai Visits SDP Office Amid Rumour Of Defection (Update)

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that Ahead of the 2027 general elections, former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El- Rufai on Wednesday visited the Abuja National Secretariat of the Social Democratic Party, SDP.

A source said El-Rufai paid a consultation visit to the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam.

The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He was nominated for a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s administration but was not confirmed by the Senate.

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