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GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday visited the crisis-ridden Shasha community in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
During the visit, the governors appealed for calm and peaceful coexistence between the Hausa community and their Yoruba hosts.
Recall that suspected members of Yoruba and Hausa communities in Shasha had clashed on Friday, leading to the death of a cobbler identified as Sakirudeen Adeola, and the destruction of properties worth millions of naira.
Addressing the people at the Shasha market and the palace of the Baale Shasha, Akeredolu and Makinde urged the residents to stop taking laws into their hands.
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The Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Dr Salihu Lukman has said the 2021 Transparency International corruption perception report about Nigeria was part of the 2023 political campaign.
He said the report which painted a disturbing picture of the state of the anti-corruption war should be a thing of concern to all well-meaning Nigerians.
Lukman said this in a statement titled, “Politicising Anti-Corruption Campaign in Nigeria,” made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said, “If one is to interpret the Nigeria CPI 2020 report, the conclusion is that the current government of APC under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has lost the fight against corruption.
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Dr Salihu Lukman on Tuesday said the 2021 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report about Nigeria was part of the 2023 political campaign.
According to him, the report presents a disturbing picture of the state of the anti-corruption war, which should be a thing of concern to all well-meaning Nigerians.
Lukman, who heads the secretariat of Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said: “If one is to interpret the Nigeria CPI 2020 report, the conclusion is that the current government of APC under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has lost the fight against corruption.
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Fani-Kayode said soldiers should be deployed against killer herdsmen and not ESN operatives.
A clash between ESN and soldiers had allegedly led to the death of one person while sours were wounded in Okporo, Orlu area of Imo State.
The clash was said to have occurred during a military operation in the community suspected to be the operational base of ESN.
ESN is a regional security outfit recently launched by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Reacting to the development, Fani-Kayode described the clash as unfortunate.
In a tweet, the former minister wrote: “The clash between soldiers and members of ESN in Orlu, Imo State today has resulted in some deaths and this is unfortunate.