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Lagos Assembly Vows Not To Go Back On Amotekun

The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa TWITTER/LSHA   The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that it would not go back on the implementation of Amotekun security outfit in the state. Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, said this after the public hearing on a bill to establish Amotekun in the state. Obasa said the outfit had become important for the security of lives and properties of Lagos residents. Obasa said the bill on Amotekun would be accommodated in the existing law of Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps. According to him, Amotekun had been supported by over 40 million Yoruba people and as a result, “It would only be wise to favour the bill. "I am sure we all recall incidents before the establishment of Amotekun, the killings, maiming, kidnapping and likes. "In the wisdom of our governors, they decided on Amotekun. "Amotekun has come to stay and we must stand

Nigeria Running Quasi-military Government Under Buhari —Falae

Former SFG Olu Falae Former SFG Olu Falae Sahara Reporters Media   Olu Falae, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has posited that insecurity was getting worse under the President Muhammadu Buhari government. Falae, who spoke on Monday at a public hearing on laws establishing the Ondo State Security Network, ‘Amotekun’, said the issue of security in the country needed to be tackled by government. The public hearing holding at the Babafunke Ajasin Auditorium in Akure was organised by lawmakers of Ondo State House of Assembly. The former SGF noted that herdsmen were running rampage in the country. He said, "It is unfortunate that under the present administration, Nigeria is being run like a quasi-military government and there seems not to be security anywhere in the land. "But it's impossible to leave our father's land for those who came from far away to meet us here. We must all be masters in our land "This issue of Amotekun is no

JUST IN: PDP Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment On Presidential Election Tribunal

  The Peoples Democratic Party has revealed that it has asked the Supreme Court to review its judgment on the 2019 presidential election petition. Spokesperson for the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. The party said, “Consequently, the National Working Committee of the @OfficialPDPNig, after comprehensive consultations, states that our party has no choice left, given the manner with which the @OfficialAPCNg has conducted itself than to ask for a review of the judgment of the  Presidential election petition tribunal, where the issue of certificate forgery and or presentation of false information in aid of qualifications was clearly established against the @OfficialAPCNg and her presidential candidate.”  PDP also said its national working committee had decided to seek the review of governorship election cases where it lost out. FLASH: @OfficialPDPNig Demands Review of The Supreme Court Judgment of The Presidential Election Petition