Buhari: Akunyili’s Killers Won’t Go Unpunished Says killing inhuman, reprehensible Obiano places N20m bounty on murderers South-east govs demand arrest Region under siege, Ohaneze warns Senate observes a minute silence, as Obi expresses shock Deji Elumoye and Juliet Akoje in Abuja, Joe Chukindi in Awka, Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki and David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late former Director-general of
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akunyili, and assured that his killers would not go scot-free. Buhari
described the killing of Akunyili as inhuman and reprehensible, stressing that his killers would face the wrath of God and man. The president’s position was
reinforced by the Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, who placed a N20 million bounty on the heads of Akunyili’s killers. The South-east Governors Forum
also condemned the killing and demanded security agencies move quickly to arrest the perpetrators Continued on page 12
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El-Rufai: Northern Govs Never Opposed Power Shift to South Says they're only against language used by southern colleagues SaMBA claims north’s position can inflame secessionist agitation Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha and Emameh Gabriel in Abuja Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, clarified the
position of the northern governors over the power shift controversy, saying his colleagues in the north never opposed the presidency going to the south in 2023, but were only
against the language used by their southern colleagues. This is as the Southern and Middle-Belt Alliance (SaMBA), has described as inflammatory, the
resolution of the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) over power rotation, saying such statement was capable of fuelling secessionist agitations in the country.
The Northern Governors Forum, in a communiqué read by their chairman and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, after their emergency meeting, had said:
“The Forum observed that some northern states governors had earlier expressed views for a power-shift Continued on page 42
Senate Presses Buhari to Designate Bandits Terrorists Wants govt to wage total war on them, bomb hideouts Says their leaders should be declared wanted Gunmen kill over 43 villagers in Niger IG directs AIGs, CPs to lead security operations at independence anniversary Wike identifies lopsided appointments, injustice as cause of insecurity Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh, Juliet Akoje in Abuja and Laleye Dipo in Minna Worried by the criminal activities of bandits in many parts of the country, the Senate, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a total war on the felons and declare them as terrorists. The Red Chamber resolved these at its Wednesday plenary. It called on Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, order the military to eliminate the bandits by bombing their hideouts. The Senate also told the president to immediately declare all known leaders of the bandits wanted, and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. The resolutions followed the consideration of a motion on banditry in Sokoto State, sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gobir. Nonetheless, bandits, late on Continued on page 12
A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EFCC...
L-R: Representative of Chairman, House Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Hon. Francis Charles Uduyok, Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kari; EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa; National Coordinator, of Rule of Law and Anti-corruption, ROLAC, Mr. Danladi Plang and Representative of European Union/ECOWAS, Clement Boutillier, during public presentation of the EFCC Strategic Plan, (2021- 2025) in EFCC headquarters, Abuja... yesterday
EU, UK, FBI Hail EFCC's New Strategic Plan... Page 5