Police Arrest Four Suspects in Plot to Attack Atiku, Others PDP demands inquiry, Frank seeks security beef-up around ex-VP Chuks Okocha in Abuja Former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that four persons, who plotted to attack him,
have been arrested by the police in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Reacting to the incident, PDP said it was alarmed, and it demanded a comprehensive investigation into the matter. Former Deputy National Public-
ity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, also called on the federal government to urgently investigate the attack on Atiku and beef up security around him. In a statement by his media aide,
Paul Ibe, Atiku said, "We wish to alert the Nigerian public that about 9:44pm on Sunday, 23 July, 2023, a man seeking to confirm the residence of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar in Yola was apprehended at the gate of the residence.
"The man, who was apprehended by security operatives at the residence of Atiku Abubakar, was later handed over to the police. Upon further interrogation by the police, the suspect identified himself as 29-year-old Jubrila Mohammed
and confessed to being a Boko Haram member from Damboa in Borno State. "The suspect also informed the police that he and his colleagues, Continued on page 12
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L-R: Chief Commercial Officer, Lekki Freeport Terminal, Kehinde Olubi-Neye; General Manager, Government Relations & Security, Lekki Freeport Terminal, Fubara Awantaye; Managing Director, Lekki Port, Du Ruogang ; Acting Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi; Managing Director, Lekki Freeport Terminal, Yann Magarian and Chief Operating Officer, Lekki Port, Laurence Smith, during the official visit to Lekki Port, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos….yesterday
As Nigerians await the outcome of the organised labour and federal government’s dialogue on policy measures to cushion the economic Continued on page 12
Obasanjo: Nigeria is Sitting Dangerously on Keg of Gunpowder Says govt driving people into poverty through poorly managed good policies Declares nation has disappointed Africa, world Prides self on recruiting some of the best hands Chuks Okocha, James Emejo in Abuja and James Sowole in Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, took a critical look at the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria was sitting perilously on a keg of gunpowder. Obasanjo said the country was pushing many citizens into poverty because of poor implementation of good policies. He lamented that over the past 63 years, Nigeria had not lived up to expectations as the much-taunted giant of Africa, thus disappointing the continent and the world, at large. The former president spoke in Abuja in a keynote address at the public presentation of a book titled, “Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa,” written by a former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Continued on page 12
13TH ANNUAL GTCO AUTISM CONFERENCE... L-R: Art Therapy and Autism Expert, Mr. Kunle Adewale; Special Care Dentist, Dr. Ade Awe; Group Managing Director/CEO,GTCO, Mr Segun Agbaje; Behaviour Analyst, Osezusi Bolodeoku; Performer and PHOTO: ETOP UKUTT Producer, Mr. Rashard Dobbins; and Founder, Cradle Lounge Special Needs Initiative, Solape Azazi, at the opening of the 13th Annual GTCO Autism Conference in Lagos... yesterday
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