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10th NASS: Plateau Lawmaker, Gagdi, Joins Speakership Race

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A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, has joined the House Speakership race in the incoming 10th National Assembly.

In a statement signed by Hon. Inalegwu Ejembi Adaje on Sunday confirming the development, he said Hon. Gagdi, who is the chairman of the House Committee on Navy in the current 9th Assembly will, however, wait and respect his party’s eventual decision on zoning of presiding officer positions.

The lawmaker, who is representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke federal constituency of Plateau State, has been meeting colleagues in the Green Chamber to position himself in the event that the Speakership position is zoned to the North-Central zone where he hails from.

Gagdi, who is in his early 40s, has set a record as the first-time federal lawmaker to have six self-sponsored Bills assented to by Mr. President.

One of the Bills Gagdi sponsored was for the review and re-enactment of the Police Act.

 

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I will end 2027 campaign if anyone proves I collected money in US – Peter Obi

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The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has given a condition for stopping his 2027 political campaign.

Obi vowed to stop his presidential campaign if anybody could provide evidence of him collecting money from Nigerians in the diaspora.

Speaking in the United States (US), Obi dismissed claims that he was in America to source funds for his presidential campaign.

He said:

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“People are saying that on my current trip to America, I have gone there to collect money from Nigerians in the diaspora.

“If anyone can show me one person in America who gave me even one dollar, I will end my 2027 campaign.

“I am using my own resources and paying all my bills, I am running around the world, trying to do the right thing.”

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Terrorists kill nine passengers in Plateau bus attack

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Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus at Dungus, Kuru District, Jos South council area.

The police command in Plateau confirmed the attack in a statement by its spokesman, Alfred Alabo, on Monday.

The command said it received a distress report at about 7:45 p.m. on Sunday that terrorists operating on a motorcycle had attacked the bus.

According to the statement, the Toyota bus, with registration number BUU 621 ZL, was conveying passengers to Jos when the gunmen opened fire.

It said seven people were confirmed dead at the scene, while two others who sustained gunshot injuries later died in hospital. The police said the development brought the total number of fatalities from the attack to nine.

The police commissioner, Ayodeji Faniyan, immediately mobilised Mobile Police operatives, tactical teams, homicide detectives and forensic experts to the scene.

(NAN)

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