Council of State Confirms THISDAY Law Editor, May Agbamuche-Mbu, 5 Others for INEC Also approves Inspector General of Police, NPC commissioners
Tobi Soniyi in Abuja The National Council of State yesterday accepted President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of THISDAY Lawyer Editor, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, and five others as national commissioners of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The council also accepted the approval, by the Police Council, of the appointment of Ibrahim Idris as the Inspector General of Police (IG).
Five persons, who were nominated by the president to serve as commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC), also received the nod of the council, which is the highest
advisory body created by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to advise the president on sensitive matters of state. Addressing State House
correspondents at the Presidential Villa after the council’s meeting, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, said the body was Continued on page 6
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INEC Meets on DSS, Police Request to Postpone Edo State Election PDP tells Buhari to call security agencies to order
Olawale Olaleye in Lagos, Senator Iroegbu, Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will meet today in Benin to deliberate on the request by the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian Police for the postponement
of the September 10, 2016 gubernatorial elections in Edo State. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed to Thisday last night that the commission whose national commissioners were already Continued on page 6
Nigerians Should Emulate Ibru’s Selfless Service, Says Buhari Saraki, Mark, Ekweremadu, Clark mourn Son: How he died
Tobi Soniyi, Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja, Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos and Sylvester Idowu in Warri
President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and former Senate President David Mark yesterday extended condolences to the family of Olorogun Michael Ibru, who passed away on Tuesday,
aged 85. The condolences poured in just as one of his sons, Obaro, related to THISDAY the business colossus’s last moments, saying he died peacefully in his sleep. He said his father was their rock, adding that he was a kind and generous man. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Continued on page 9
FOR SERIOUS MATTERS OF STATE
L-R: Former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan; President Muhammadu Buhari; former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd); and former President, Goodluck Jonathan at the Council of State meeting held at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja… yesterday godwin omoigui