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Five Trends about Senator Ndume’s Removal as Chief Whip
Senator Ali Ndume has been removed as the Senate Chief Whip after the request was put to voice votes by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and loudly affirmed by all the APC senators.
Here are 5 things to note about his removal:
1. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Umar Ganduje and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola.
2. Ndume is accused of making hurtful comments against the administration of President Bola Tinubu.The letter read in part, “You have been making uncouth and rabid outbursts against the government before the international community which is not only harmful to the government’s image but its effort to bring in Foreign Direct Investments.
3. Mohammed Tahir Monguno was appointed to replace Ndume with immediate effect.
“We are of the opinion that Mohammed Tahir Monguno should immediately replace Senator Ali Ndume who is bent on bringing down the country as the majority whip of the senate.”
4. Ndume was stripped of both his seat as a principal officer and Vice-Chairman of the Appropriation Committee.
5. The President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio, announced him as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism.
Also note that, in the eight Senate under the leadership of Bukola Saraki, in January 2017, Ndume was also sacked from his position as the Senate leader.
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BREAKING: Finland Police Nab Simon Ekpa, 4 Others Over Terror-related Activities
The Central Criminal Police in Finland has announced the arrest of Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa and four other individuals over terror-related activities.
According to a tabloid in Finland, Ekpa, the self-declared Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, was remanded in custody by the district court of Päijät-Häme on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.
In a Thursday statement published on its website, the Central Criminal Police in Finland said it arrested five persons on suspicion of terrorist crimes.
The police said the main suspect was arrested “on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent”, while four others were arrested “for financing a terrorist crime”.
The police added: “Claims will be heard in Päijät-Häme district court today, November 21.”
The statement reads, “The detention demands are related to the preliminary investigation, in which a Finnish citizen of Nigerian background, born in the 1980s, is suspected of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.
“The police suspect that the man has promoted his efforts from Finland by means that have led to violence against civilians and authorities as well as other crimes in the region of South-Eastern Nigeria.”
The statement quoted the head of the investigation, Crime Commissioner Otto Hiltunen from the Central Crime Police as saying that “the man has carried out this activity, among other things, on his social media channels”.
“Four other persons are suspected of financing the aforementioned activity. All five suspects of the crime have been arrested during the beginning of the week.
“International cooperation has been carried out during the preliminary investigation,” the statement added.
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