Fulani herdsmen fresh attack: 5 killed in Adamawa

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Fulani herdsmen fresh attack: 5 killed in Adamawa

 

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders have attacked three communities in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing five people.

The villages of Murposa, Bankam and Wuro Hausa areas of Girie were all affected as an elderly man suffering from a leg injury and a blind man, as well as three youths, were killed in the attack.

The incident occurred on Thursday morning, according to witnesses who identified the five victims including one Baba Zibion who was unable to run because he had been suffering from a leg problem, and Baba Elnathan, who also could not run from the attackers because he was blind.

The other three victims were identified as Ethan and two of his friends with whom he went to one of the affected villages for timber work.

Girei is one of the three LGAs that forms what is generally called Yola, the Adamawa capital territory. It lies next to Yola North and Yola South LGAs.

The Adamawa State Police Command confirmed the attacks on Girei through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Othman Abubakar, who said the situation had been brought under control and police personnel have been drafted to beef up security in the affected areas.

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Court nullifies Adamawa APC Rep-elect’s election, gives reasons

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Court nullifies Adamawa APC Rep-elect’s election, gives reasons

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday sacked Abdulrauf Modibbo as member-elect representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State in the National Assembly.

Justice Inyang Ekwo nullified Modibbo’s election while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Mustapha Usman challenging the election, NAN reports.

Modibbo was declared winner of the All Progressives Congress’ primaries held on Oct. 7, 2018 in Yola, and eventually represented the APC in the 2019 general elections, of which he was also declared winner.

Usman dragged Modibbo to court after the election, alleging that he falsified his age and was not eligible to contest the APC primaries.

He prayed the court to disqualify Modibbo as APC candidate for Yola North/Yola South/Girei Federal Constituency.

He joined the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as defendants in the suit.

Justice Ekwo, in his judgment, declared that Modibbo was not qualified to contest the APC primaries as well as the 2019 House of Representatives election for the federal constituency.

The court held that Usman was the lawful winner of the Oct. 7, 2018 APC primaries and candidate of the party for the constituency.

The judge further held that Usman had successfully proven beyond reasonable doubt that Modibbo falsified his age severally in order to contest election.

The court also noted that the plaintiff proved that Modibbo submitted the forged certificates for the purpose of contesting the party primaries.

The court also held that Modibbo was a serving National Youth Corps member when he contested the primary election, saying the action breached Section 4 of the NYSC Act 2004.

“A person who is a lawbreaker cannot be a lawmaker, this illegality is one that cannot be wished away,” the judge said.

The judge declared that in view of the disqualification of Modibbo, Usman, who polled the second highest votes in the Oct. 7, 2018 primary election of the APC for Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa, was the lawful winner.

Justice Ekwo gave an order directing the APC and INEC to immediately replace Modibbo’s name with that of Usman as the lawful candidate of APC for the federal constituency.

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BREAKING NEWS Former Governor Of Adamawa State, Michika Is Dead

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Former Governor Of Adamawa State, Michika Is Dead

 

The first civilian governor of Adamawa State, Abubakar Saleh Michika, is dead.

According to Vanguard, Michika who died yesterday night has been in coma for several days at the Federal Medical Centre.

We reported that theex-Governor was in a serious health condition

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BREAKING NEWS Ex Adamawa State Governor, Michika In Coma

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Ex Adamawa State Governor, Michika In Coma

 
The first civilian governor of Adamawa State, Abubakar Saleh Michika is reportedly in a state of coma at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola,

According to his son, Hafiz Saleh, Michika had been complaining to the state authorities that he needed to go for medical check-up but he was refused assistance.

He said the state government had also refused to pay his pension.

Hafiz said Governor Bindo Jibril visited his father Saturday, promising to do something but stated that time was running out on the former governor if he must live.

His father, he claimed, had been lamenting to the authorities of the state for over two months now that he needed to travel abroad for medical check up, but they did not oblige him.

“The doctors say he cannot be moved until he is stable. For three days now, he has been in coma and there is nothing we can do but to pray; if they had allowed him to seek medical check-up, this would not have happened.

“Do you know that my father has only one car? They even denied him of pension as the first executive governor of Adamawa State.

“I have lost hope”, he lamented to newsmen

Abubakar Saleh Michika, who was a member of the then ruling National Republican Convention (NRC), was the first civilian governor of Adamawa State from 2 January 1992 to 17 November 1993.

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