The Young Progressives Congress (YPP) in Ondo State has elected John Akinmurele as its candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state.

The election was held in Akure, the state capital on Saturday, April 27, 2024, where delegates from the 18 local government areas of the state converged for the exercise.

In his address, the Chairman of YPP in Ondo State, Dotun Ojon, boasted of the quality of leaders in the party. He appealed to all party faithful to always be of good conduct during the election.

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were present to observe the exercise.

Delegates from the 18 local government areas of the state were called out, and queued behind their preferred aspirant.

At the end of the exercise, the Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, Williams Moses, declared the results.

He said that 89 out of the 90 accredited delegates voted for Akinmurele in the election.

In his acceptance speech, the YPP governorship candidate appreciated the election committee for conducting the election orderly.

He equally appreciated the delegates as well as the INEC observers in attendance.

He challenged the delegates to rise up as youths and take over the mantle of leadership. He assured them that YPP is ready to put in place good governance in Ondo State.

The exercise witnessed the election committee chairman presenting the certificate of return as well as the flag of the party to the candidate.

The candidate, Akinmurele, hails from Ilutitun in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The 43-year-old is a graduate of Accounting Education from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, in 2005.

He also bagged a Master’s Degree in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology at the University of Ibadan in 2013.

He served at the Department of State Services (DSS) for 13 years until he retired voluntarily in 2022.

Akinmurele would lock horns with other candidates including Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa who recently secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket and Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), amongst others for the November 16, 2024 election in the state

The Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Government Property and Funds says it has recovered a Toyota Hilux vehicle from the former Chairman of Abia State Oil Producing Communities Development Commission, ASOPADEC, Sam Nwogu.

According to the panel, the former ASOPADEC chairman said that the vehicle was bequeathed to him by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Speaking during the cross examination, the Chairman of the Panel Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe, rtd, said that evidence clearly showed that that the vehicle in question was used by head of the Works Department in ASOPADEC, Mr Gberemakor Chukwuemeka.

Justice Duruoha-Igwe said efforts made to trace if the vehicle was bequeathed to Nwogu by NDDC have not been successful. She therefore directed that the vehicle to be parked at the panel’s premises.

She noted that Nwogu failed to adhere to the notice served on him to produce the vehicle for physical Inspection by the panel.

In his submission, the Lead Counsel to the Panel , H .N. Doruoha said Nwogu failed to comply with the directive of the panel, adding that the notice served on him clearly stated that he should produce the said vehicle for inspection.

Counsel to Sam Nwogu, A .S. Amaramiro, had argued the vehicle in contention was not allocated to him by the Abia State Government but by the NDDC.(daily post)

A Kano Federal High Court presided by Justice A. M Liman has restrained the acclaimed executive members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ganduje Ward from suspending the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by the former governor for enforcement of his fundamental rights.

Ganduje had approached the court through his counsel, Barrister Hadiza Nasir Ahmed, seeking the enforcement of his fundamental rights to fair hearing and freedom of association, pursuant to the Enforcement and Procedure Rules, 2009, as subsumed under Section 46 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.

Justice Liman gave the order after hearing of an ex parte application moved by his Ganduje’s lawyer.

Additionally, the presiding judge directed all the parties in the suit to maintain status quo before the purported emergency meeting of the said executive members of APC Ganduje Ward, and to stay all action in respect of the matter, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice.

“All the respondents, their servants, agents or privies are hereby restrained from implementing and or given effect to the purported decision reached during the purported Emergency Meeting of the alleged Executive Members of APC Ganduje Ward, on the 20 April, 2024, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application for the enforcement of fundamental rights of the Applicant,” the judge ordered.

The respondents in the suit include Basiru Nuhu Isah, the Nigeria Police Force, the Commissioner of Police, Kano Command, the Inspector General of Police and Department of State Service.

The court fixed 9th May, 2024 for hearing.