Seplat Crisis Spirals Out of Control as Court Suspends CEO, Chairman, Others Directs SEC to appoint interim leadership Omiyi: We have appealed, filed motion for stay of execution Peter Uzoho and Wale Igbintade The crisis rocking Seplat Energy Plc
took a turn for the worse, yesterday, as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, suspended the company's
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown, and Board Chairman, Mr. Basil Omiyi, pending the
determination of the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction filed by some aggrieved shareholders
Executive Directors (INEDs): Ms.
of the company. Suspended by the court, also, were Seplat’s Independent Non-
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Tambuwal: Atiku is Incoming President, Confident Tribunal Will Restore PDP Mandate Ex-VP: I reassure you, we will recover our mandate Court’s action’ll determine stability of democracy, says Damagum
Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Sokoto State Governor and Chairman
of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, has said he is confident
that the presidential election tribunal would restore the mandate of PDP presidential candidate and former
vice president Atiku Abubakar, as President of Nigeria. Tambuwal spoke at a reception
and send-forth organised by the forum for its incoming governors and outgoing state chief executives,
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Adamu: We Didn’t Consult Adequately on Zoning of NASS Leadership Positions Admits responsibility, says party will reconsider position Aspirants warn opposition may have its way in 10th Assembly Yari: North will take decision if zoning isn’t reviewed This injustice needs to be corrected, says Musa We will challenge it, Kalu declares Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, yesterday, admitted that the leadership of the ruling party did not consult sufficiently before arriving at its position on zoning and choice of nominees for the headship of the 10th National Assembly. Adamu accepted responsibility for all that the zoning arrangement had caused in the party, and promised that the party would reconsider its position. But some aggrieved aspirants to the National Assembly’s principal positions, yesterday, stormed the national secretariat of APC in Abuja, with a warning to the National Working Committee (NWC) Continued on page 6
LAUNCH OF ACCESS BANK IN PARIS... L-R: MD/CEO, Access Bank Plc, Roosevelt Ogbonna; Chairman, Coronation Capital, Aigboje Aig-Imoukuede; HRH Muhammadu Sanusi; France Minister of Foreign Trade, Olivier Becht; GMD/CEO, Access Holdings Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe; CEO, Access Bank UK Limited, Jamie Simmonds, and France Ambassador Kayode Laro, during the launch of Access Bank branch in Paris, France… yesterday
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