Fubara suspends local govt caretaker chairman

Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has suspended Otonye Briggs, caretaker committee chairman of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state.
A statement on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Nelson Chukwudi, said the suspension was with immediate effect.
Chukwudi however did not state the reasons for Briggs’ suspension.
He said Governor Fubara had directed Bitebobo Nelson Amieye to take over as caretaker committee chairman.
The governor also directed Briggs to hand over all council property in his possession to Amieye immediately.
Briggs was inaugurated on June 19, with 23 other caretaker committee chairmen.

We have enough water to quench Wike’s fire, says Bauchi gov

Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, says the state government has enough water to quench the fire that Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, threatened to put in the states of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors supporting Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.

Fubara and Wike have been at daggerdrawn for months over the control of Rivers PDP.

Speaking at a PDP congress in Rivers recently, the FCT minister warned governors in the party against interfering in the affairs of the opposition party in Rivers state.

Wike then said he would “put fire” in the states of the governors siding with Fubara.

Bauchi governor who on Tuesday hosted some members of PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) said nobody could set Bauchi on fire.

“We are together; nobody can put fire in Bauchi,” the governor said.

“We have volumes of water that will quench the fire – even my friend (Wike) that said so, it is because he is annoyed. But it is not personal.

“My friend is my friend, and my job is my job, leadership is leadership.

“This unsolicited visit by the NWC shows that in Nigeria, we have hope, and we are connected by the value and the stability of PDP for peace and stability in our party and in our country.

“Yes, none of the parties is isolated in terms of crisis here and there. Crises are there, that is why leadership is also there. That is why we have to take the bull by the horns to discuss and look at the constitution of our party PDP.

“All the parties must do things by the rule of law. We must respect people, we must put our interest aside, we must respect our diversity. We must meet and close ranks especially when the issue has to do with our party, the PDP.

“Our party has pedigree and most of the development in this country was done by the PDP.

“When PDP left, nothing was done.”

National Legal Adviser of the party, Kamaldeen Adeyemi, said they visited the Bauchi governor to identify with him.

Why I’ll work against Obi as running mate – Aisha Yesufu

Activist, Aisha Yesufu, says she will never support Peter Obi should he decide to become a running mate to any politician in the 2027 general election.

Obi was earlier reported to have given conditions to succumb to calls to stand as a running mate of any frontline northern politician.

He has since dismissed this call but said that he is open to working with anyone desirous of taking Nigeria to the next level.

Yesufu in video that has gone viral said, ‘’He should run as Vice? I am giving you my word now. Do not say I did not say it. If Peter Obi is running with anyone as the vice president or running mate to that person, me, Aisha Yesufu, in my little capacity, I will work against that ticket.

“Even if I do not support any other party, it is to work against that ticket. Why are we always asking the best to be second?

‘They have turned Peter Obi to the case of the way they treat women. They always put you in the deputy position, running mate.

“I have said it the other time..even if it is a goat that is running for President, you people will put Aisha Yesufu as Vice because as a woman, you see me as vice and nothing else.”