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Atiku spent $120m on 2019 election day alone – Whistleblower

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Achimugu, who claimed to have worked as a media aide to the former Vice President before they fell apart, has been spilling all the dirt on his former principal.

Recall that the whistleblower had earlier released an audio tape of his alleged conversation with Atiku in which the PDP Presidential candidate can be heard discussing issues related to corruption during his time as Nigeria’s Vice President.

As said in the tape, Atiku admitted to advising his then-principal, Olusegun Obasanjo, on how public funds can be diverted through the use of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV).

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The revelation, which has now been dubbed the #AtikuGate on Twitter, has been generating reactions from Nigerians including the opposition parties.

Pulse reports that Atiku flew the PDP flag in the 2019 Presidential election and Achimugu, who claimed to work for Atiku between 2017-2022, said he had predicted the outcome of the election.

While speaking on a TwitterSpaces on Thursday, January 26, 2023, the whistleblower attributed Atiku’s defeat in 2019 to the sycophants whom he surrounded himself with.

Achimugu noted that despite “spending $120m on election day alone,” the PDP candidate lost the election to President Muhammadu Buhari because of saboteurs in his campaign team.

The whistleblower has also promised to reveal more secrets about his former principal before the February 25, election.

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BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman

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BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman

The Labour Party (LP) has re-elected Julius Abure as its National Chairman for a second term in office.

Abure was re-elected by a unanimous affirmation of delegates at the party’s National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra State.

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The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the event attended by party leaders and members.

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El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders

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El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders

There are talks that a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may quit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and move to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the second time.

The rumour is coming after the APC chieftain had held meetings with SDP leaders.

El-Rufai also visited ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday.

His second visit to SDP stalwarts on Tuesday has further fueled speculations that the former governor is planning to dump the APC.

El-Rufai lost his bid to become a minister in the President Bola Tinubu as he was screened out by the Senate over a damaging petition written against him.

He was however pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders.

Also reported to be present at the meeting were Senator Teslim Folarin, APC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2023 general elections, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party from Bauchi State.

The meeting at Gada’s home in Abuja on Sunday night came after El-Rufai hosted a Ramadan iftar at his Abuja residence.

Those at the Ramadan iftar include the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam and Shehu Musa Gabam.

El-Rufai also visited Gabam at the SDP secretariat.

Last Friday, a former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, was planning to leave the Labour Party and join El-Rufai in the SDP.

Bwala, in a post on his X handle, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in the party with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to take over the party.

Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, joined the Labour Party in May 2023 in the buildup to the 2023 general elections following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)

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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)

Hundreds of people mostly the poor and members of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos West Senatorial District are currently gathered at the Ikeja Police College where the senator representing the area, Idiat Adebule, is dolling out palliatives to the downtrodden, among others.

Adebule said 10,000 packs were given out to the vulnerable in the senatorial district.

She listed the items as rice, semovita, beans, pasta garri, vegetable oil and cloths.

Even as she said the package was a tip of the iceberg, stressing that people should expect bigger and better packages, not necessarily food items.

Newstrends captured the event in photos

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