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The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, has said that its 2027 presidential candidate, Donald Duke, met all the requirements to be the flag bearer of the party.

The National Chairman of the PRP, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed made this clarification on Thursday during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.

He said, “Former Cross River Governor Donald Duke applied to join the party like everybody else. He complied with all the processes, including the screening of candidates.

“As of the time, the consensus and the attempt to create a consensus meeting, we called the meeting of the three persons, all of them from the southern part of the country to sit to see who can get a consensus, and this is a mandatory requirement.

“He was out of the country, but he joined the meeting involving the three parties online. They consented. They interacted with each other. That is good enough for the party, and it’s good enough for the other contestants.

“So, being absent physically is not in breach of either rules or regulations or etiquettes, but he did everything that every candidate of the PRP should do.”

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By Emmanuel Agaji

It was another gory night as residents of Byazhin Across, behind the Catholic Church, a suburban settlement in Byazhin around Kubwa a satellite town in the FCT Abuja went through hell in the hands of gunmen.

It was gathered the dare devil kidnappers attacked the community, raided homes and abducted four people all male, an Idoma man that goes by the name “50” and a Yoruba man known as Akin, an 11years old boy Delight and the name of the last person is currently unknown.

A security vigilante personnel who goes by the name, Shaibu Yerima was not so lucky a he was hacked to death by the attackers who murdered him in cold blood as his lifeless body was dumped along the road.

The circumstances and details of the attack remains sketchy but residents of the community said the attack occurred at the early hours of today of 4th of June as the armed kidnappers who may have been laying siege around the bushes surrounding the area before pouncing on the community moving from house to house and picking the occupants.

Unfortunately the 11 years old boy, Delight was not so lucky when the kidnappers appeared at his home which he occupied with his father who was as at the time of the invasion was not at home, when he was taken away.

It is not the first time this incident is happening as the community has witnessed several such attacks in the past that ended up with the payment of ransom to the kidnappers to secure the release of the victims.

As at the time of filling this report members of the community and communities around Kubwa Across are living in perpetual fear not knowing when the next attack will occur.

There have been several pleas to the police and members of the armed forces to mount security post in the area to secure lives which is the primary responsibility of government but these has met deaf ear from all the relevant authorities.

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Retired Major General and former Defence spokesperson, John Enenche, has raised concerns over Nigeria’s rehabilitation and reintegration programme for former terrorists, revealing that some participants openly expressed their intention to return to insurgent activities.

The retired military officer recounted being part of an assessment team that visited camps housing former terrorists in locations including Gombe. According to him, some of the individuals undergoing rehabilitation admitted they remained committed to their former causes despite being enrolled in government-backed deradicalisation programmes.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on June 3, 2026, Enenche said his personal experience assessing former insurgents in rehabilitation camps left him doubtful about the effectiveness of the current approach.

“I was part of a team that visited their camps in Gombe and elsewhere to assess them. Some told me: ‘Even if you take me to prison and bring me out, I am still going back to join them,’” Enenche said.

His remarks came as he discussed the merits and shortcomings of rehabilitation initiatives designed to reintegrate repentant terrorists and bandits into society. While acknowledging that rehabilitation and reintegration are recognised international practices, Enenche argued that Nigeria must critically evaluate whether such programmes are achieving their intended objectives.

The former Defence spokesperson suggested that authorities should reconsider existing approaches where evidence indicates that participants remain committed to violent extremism. He maintained that individuals who continue to pose security threats should not be treated as genuinely reformed simply because they have entered rehabilitation programmes.

Enenche’s comments add to the broader national debate over the effectiveness of initiatives such as Operation Safe Corridor, which was established to deradicalise and reintegrate former insurgents who surrender to security forces.

His intervention comes amid renewed concerns over insecurity across several parts of the country, with kidnappings, bandit attacks and insurgent violence continuing to challenge security agencies despite ongoing military operations.