Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Supporters Warn Dogara, Lawal, Against Further Attacks On Tinubu – Lifestyle Nigeria
Supporters of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have warned the immediate-past speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, to stop further attacks on the Muslim-Muslim ticket of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima.
The duo had vowed to mobilise against APC in the 2023 presidential election for fielding Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Despite their threats, they’re yet to defect to other political parties.
Speaking in Abuja at the launch of Asiwaju Trumpeters, a Tinubu support group, its Deputy National Coordinator, Lookman Alawaye, cautioned Lawal and Dogara against stoking the embers of hatred, animosity and bigotry they said was in their attack on the Muslim-Muslim ticket.
He said: “We all know that what is most critical in Nigeria is religion and could easily be misused to trigger violence. We appeal to them to be calm and retrace their steps and see reason with us. In politics; no permanent friend and enemy, sometimes, we are friends; other times, we are foes.”
Alawaye said while he aligned with those that had raised concern about the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket, he said competence and capacity should not be sacrificed for religiosity.
He urged critics to look at the antecedents and capacity of APC presidential and vice presidential candidates, Tinubu and Kashim Shettima respectively, who he said, were not known be religious bigots.
“We should downgrade ethnicity and religion in politics, not completely eliminate them because people must have sense of belonging
“Religious and opinion leaders should be mindful of their comments so as not to overheat the polity because unguarded utterances could trigger violence as the country moves toward elections.
“The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is not inimical to the growth of the economy, security and welfare of the citizens,” he said in rebuffing the attacks of the duo of Dogara and Lawal on Tinubu over the issue.
A member of the group’s National Executive Council, Adewumi Akinpelu, said Asiwaju Trumpeters was formed to mobilise support for Tinubu’s presidential bid and ensure that he emerges victorious in the 2023 elections.
He said the former Lagos State governor is physically and mentally fit to be president, urging the opposition to run an issue-based campaign.
“The politics around his health is part of campaign of calumny by the opposition. What the Nigeria needs now is how to address the challenges facing it,” he said.
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Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will on October 26 begin a full hearing of the petition filed by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the declaration of Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor-elect.
Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the tribunal made this pronouncement after concluding the pre-hearing session on Thursday.
The tribunal was asked to dismiss the applications of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking the discontinuation of the petition brought to it by Governor Oyetola.
Counsel for Oyetola and the APC, Lasun Sanusi, SAN, at the sitting of the tribunal argued that Adeleke’s, PDP’s and INEC’s reliance on a Federal Court High judgment was nothing but an abuse of court process.
Sanusi argued this while replying to separate applications of the trio, seeking the dismissal of the petition based on the already appealed Federal High Court judgment disqualifying Oyetola from contesting the election.
Citing Supreme Court decisions in the case of Jegede Vs INEC, 2021, 14NWLR, Pt 1797, page 409, the counsel said the court had ruled that the signatories to the letter conveying the nomination of a candidate were not the nominators; rather, the nomination was done by party members at the congress, hence, the judgment could not stand.
Meanwhile, the counsel for INEC, Prof. Paul Ananaba, SAN; counsel for Adeleke, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN and counsel for the PDP, Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN, agreed that any decision the tribunal would take on the matter would have to wait until the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court decided on it.
They noted that they just decided to argue the applications to have it on record, a position which the tribunal agreed with and put on record.
Also, in other applications totalling nine by the three respondents, they asked the tribunal to strike out some paragraphs of the petition on the grounds that they were either lumped together or not related to the 2022 election.
In response to each of the applications, Sanusi said all the cases cited by the respondents were misconceived, adding that they were not applicable in the instance case.
He cited the case of INEC Vs Otti, 2016, 8NWLR, where the Supreme Court hinted that INEC was supposed to be neutral, arguing that all the processes filed before the panel have not portrayed the commission’s neutrality.
Sanusi further argued that the applications filed by the respondents were only meant to prevent the tribunal from focusing on hearing the petition on merit, asking the panel to dismiss the applications.
Subsequently, counsel for all parties in the matter agreed to begin the full hearing starting with the calling of witnesses on October 26.
In his ruling, the tribunal declared the pre-hearing session concluded and announced that the pre-hearing conference report would be presented on October 17.
NEWS UPDATE?Nigeria Air Force who died in the crashed NAF Alpha-jet that crashed in Borno state laid to rest (photos)
%title% Nigeria Air Force who died in the crashed NAF Alpha-jet that crashed in Borno state laid to rest (photos) Lifestyle Nigeria
The remains of Flight Lieutenant Chapele Ebiakpo, one of the pilots of the NAF Alpha-Jet aircraft that crashed in Maiduguri, Borno state on March 31, 2021, have been laid to rest.
It will be recalled that the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet was declared missing on 31 March 2021 after losing radar contact. The crash site was later discovered and the bodies of the two pilots onboard the ill-fated jet were recovered. The pilots were on the battlefield fight Boko Haram members when the jet crashed.
On Thursday, October 13, friends and family members of the Late Ebiakpo gathered together at the National Military cemetery to bid him farewell. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
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Phyna Bbnaija; Biography, Net Worth, Date Of Birth, Age, State Of Origin & Career – Lifestyle Nigeria
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