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Hoodlums invade ADC secretariat in Edo
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Suspected thugs have attacked the Edo State secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Witnesses said the thugs were said to have carried out the attack on Wednesday night at about past 8pm.
According to the witnesses, the thugs arrived in a white bus and poured what was suspected to be fuel around the building.
It, however, took the intervention of sympathisers who helped to prevent the building from being completely razed. Some billboards around the building were however pulled down while fire gutted a part of the building.
Reacting, State Chairman of the Edo ADC, Kennedy Odion, who said the party moved into the secretariat last month, noted that it was no coincidence that the attack occurred weeks after Edo Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Jarret Tenebe, threatened not to allow any opposition in the state.
He called on security agencies to fish out the attacker and prosecute them to avoid future occurrence.
He said, “I got a distress call yesterday that our secretariat was on fire. I got across to security agencies to help put out the fire. Eyewitnesses said they saw a bus that brought some masked boys. The witnesses said the boys poured fuel around the building to set it on fire.
“They destroyed the party bill boards and other things. We have reported the incident for security agencies to bring the perpetrators to book. We believe the APC had threatened that they will not allow any opposition to grow in this state.
“This statement was credited to Jarret Tenebe where he said he will not watch the ADC exist in this state. We are calling on the Federal Government to make a statement and arrest the arsonists. We believe in a democratic process and that is why we are calling on the authorities to make sure this thing does not happen again.
“We moved into this place on January 17th, this year. We have arrangements with local security to secure the place. We are still putting the place in order. The attackers tried to break into the building. This shows that you cannot silence the people. We didn’t pay the people that chased the attackers away. The security agencies must separate themselves from government and do the needful.”
Contacted, Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the attack, said suspected hoodlums invaded the party’s premises and destroyed properties.
She said Police operatives were mobilised to the scene to restore normalcy.
“Preliminary assessment revealed malicious damage to flags and two shattered windows in the premises. Security has since been deployed to the area to forestall further attacks, while investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend those responsible,” she said.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Senator Aliyu Wadada has promised to revive the committee’s activities after acknowledging concerns over its prolonged inactivity.
Wadada spoke on Thursday at the end of the committee’s meeting in Abuja.
Specifically, the chairman admitted that the committee had been underutilised, noting that it had met only once in the last three years.
He, however, said issues responsible for the situation had been identified during a closed-door session and would be addressed.
“Of course I feel concerned about it, but when we got into the details in a closed-door meeting, we got to know where the problems are, and they will all be taken care of. The committee will be as active as it should always be,” he said.
Commenting further, the chairman said the committee would focus on its core mandate of promoting and strengthening legislative relations between Nigeria’s National Assembly and parliamentary bodies across the world.
According to him, the committee will deepen engagement with regional and international legislative institutions, including the ECOWAS Parliament, the Pan-African Parliament, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and other parliamentary organisations.
He disclosed that a new work plan had already been developed to guide the committee’s activities.
He added: “The direction is basically around the responsibilities of the committee, which is to promote and deepen legislative relationship within Nigeria and with other legislative bodies around the world”.
The chairman added that the committee’s first major activity would be a courtesy visit to the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation.
SINL NIgeria Online reports that Senator Wadada assured that the public would be kept informed of the committee’s activities as the new work plan is implemented.
The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has revealed that the minimum monthly salary of Nigerian soldiers has increased to N100,000 after the Federal Government reviewed their welfare package.
Musa made the disclosure during an interview with News Central ahead of his appearance on the NC Exclusive programme.
He said the adjustment was part of efforts by the government to improve the living conditions of military personnel.
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The former Chief of Defence Staff, however, said the country’s defence sector still requires more funding despite the improvement in soldiers’ earnings and welfare.
He stated that the current defence budget remains inadequate, adding that more resources are needed to effectively support the armed forces and their operations.
Musa explained that soldiers who previously earned about N49,000 monthly now receive at least N100,000 following the salary review carried out by the government.
The minister also called for tougher punishment for kidnappers, saying stronger measures are needed to reduce the increasing cases of abduction across Nigeria.
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