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Akpabio, Eno, secure APC’s second term endorsement *Assure on Tinubu’s 2027 bid
Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, on Friday, expressed delight over the political unity in Akwa Ibom State, which has brought him and Umo Eno, Governor of the state together, saying it has strengthened the vision he had for the state that made him join the All Progressives Congress (APC), in 2018.
At stakeholders’ meeting of the APC consisting of the ward, chapter and State Executives in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Akpabio, former governor of the state, urged the sustenance of the sustaining unity, particularly appealed to the entire structure of the party in the state to also support President Bola Tinubu and the governor in building a united and prosperous nation.se
The first APC stakeholders meeting after the movement of the governor Eno to the ruling party, the Senate President congratulated Eno on his decision, describing him as a man of peace, and a unifier, whose vision for a politically united Akwa Ibom had been fulfilled with his historic movement.
Enthusing about his inclusive leadership style, he noted his swift alignment with the APC’s vision, describing the governor as “a unifying force” with a development-driven approach that reflected the spirit of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration.
“Akwa Ibom is one. This Governor is a unifier and we should shun divisive tendencies and support him to bring development to our dear state. When I moved to the APC in 2018, my intention was to link our state to the national power grid and I’m happy, that vision has become a reality with the leadership of Pastor Umo Eno in the state,” he said.
At the event which highpoint was Akpabio’s formal declaration of Eno as the political leader of the APC in the state and the symbolic handing of the broom, the symbol of the party, to him, the Senate President stressed that the pervading atmosphere of unity would make the entire state to massively support Tinubu to continue with his audacious reforms.
It would also would guarantee a stable economic prosperity and invaluable growth for the nation, he emphasised after which he proposed a voice, which unanimously adopted Tinubu and Eno for a second term in their respective offices.
Eno, on his part, while noting that he had never hidden his admiration for Tinubu, assured the stakeholders that his movement into the APC would advance the course of development in the state.
Underlining how the move would also enable him work for the successful re-election of President Tinubu in 2027, he particularly expressed satisfaction with the quality of representation of Akpabio at the Senate, adding that the state would support his return not only to the Red Chambers but another term as the President.
The echoes of the drums rolled out to celebrate the rescue of the 44 teachers and students, kidnapped from some schools in Oyo State, after 56 days in the bush, would surely be disrupted abruptly, with the divergent echoes of a fresh abduction, this time coming from Kogi State.
Reports indicate that the gunmen, struck on Tuesday at the Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, in Dekina Local Government Area of the state, abducting four students, the school principal and a National Examinations Council (NECO) ad hoc staff member.
Authorities of the Kogi State Police Command, who immediately unleashed their operatives in hot pursuit of the abductors, said the attack occurred at about 5:25 p.m. while the students were writing their NECO examination.
Saliu Oyiza Afusat, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and spokesman of the command, said a combined team of police personnel and other security agencies has launched a search-and-rescue operation following the incident.
Informing that one of the students was actually rescued immediately, she said efforts were ongoing to secure the release of the remaining victims and apprehend the attackers, adding that Naziru Bello Kankarofi, the state Commissioner of Police, alongside the Brigade Commander and the State Security Adviser to the Governor, Commodore Jerry Omodara (Rtd), were already on the way to the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.
Oil prices are expected to go down now with the announcement of Donald Trump, US President that he will no longer impose a 20 percent “safe passage” fee on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
The POTUS, hinged his reversal of the decision on the intervention from some Gulf countries, who pleaded with him not to toe the line due to the massive economic impact the decision would make on the region.
Indeed, oil prices had shot up immediately Trump announced the new levy on Monday while declaring the US ‘the guardians of the Hormuz strait,’ a measure which he said was to pay for the cost of guarding the volatile area in order keep supply of oil flowing.
Reports said that Gulf allies of the US worked frantically to get Trump on the phone in time to talk him out of the idea altogether, while a flurry of appeals came from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar.
In response, the POTUS, posting on his Truth Social platform, wrote: “Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States.”
Trump, who said the investments would be “MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future,” added that the deals would see factories, plants, and equipment pour into the US at “Historic levels.”
The Gulf nations have committed to invest trillions of dollars in the US, though it remains unclear how much of that they will actually spend over the next several years.
Meanwhile, the US continues to bomb Iran in what appears to be a resumption of active conflict between both countries, despite an ongoing roadmap to end the conflict.
Reports say operatives of the Osun State Police Command, and those of the Department of State Services (DSS) had tracking the trail of Adeniyi Adeyemi, controversial Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), for weeks, before he was eventually pulled out of his hole on Tuesday.
However, the duo, were said to have pulled back after failing to track him through his mobile phones, which he had reportedly switched off for about two days, making it difficult to locate him, leaving the stage for the members of the Police Intelligence Response Team (PI-RT) led by Moses Lohor, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).
Lohor, said to have previously served as the Commander of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of Osun State, and reported to have been involved in high-profile security operations and controversies, after taken over fielded his men to pick up signals from their well-oiled signal networks.
Regarded by many Osun residents as one of the key security officers who contributed significantly to the peace and stability enjoyed in Ilesa and other parts of the state during his tenure, he was said to have relied on his contacts before his transfer out of the state, said to have raised concerns from the public about the security situation he would be leaving behind.
His exit from the state was said to be hinged on an incident in 2024, in which he allegedly shot one Iyanda Alowonle, then Chairman of Osun State Motor Transport System, in the stomach at the police station in the state prompting an order for his arrest by then Inspector General of Police (IGP).
His effort was said to have paid off when he successfully tracked down the controversial PFIPC, boss, who was seen on Tuesday evening, in a shot video on social media undergoing interrogation, and eventually handed him over to Ibrahim Gotan, Commissioner of Police in the state.
The PUNCH quoted one of the sources as saying: “The arrest (of Adeyemi) took place on Tuesday morning by the IRT squad, who immediately moved him to Abuja. After he was arrested, he was taken to Ibadan and from there to Abuja.”
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