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we’ll retrieve our mandate in court – Kaduna PDP

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The Kaduna State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Hassan Hyet, has said that despite the issuance of a Certificate of Return to the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Uba Sani, the opposition party will retrieve it from him in court through the overwhelming evidence of election malpractices that bedeviled the polls.

According to the PDP Chief, “Uba Sani is only holding the certificate in trust for the PDP. By the time we are done with our case in the tribunal, he will hand over the certificate.”

Hyet spoke at a press conference in Kaduna at the weekend, saying, “We met on Thursday and we reaffirm our rejection of the declared results that gave the APC candidate the victory over the PDP candidate.”

He added: “Our determination to retrieve the people’s mandate through legal processes, starting with the application for review of the elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Headquarters, the outcome of which is being awaited.
“We challenge the INEC to leave above board and avoid partisanship as a supposedly independent body and do her work according to its constitutional mandate, as an umpire in election matters of our dear country.

“The PDP expresses dismay that the INEC allowed itself to be a willing tool in short-changing the people of Kaduna State. It is, to say the least, despicable! The party appreciates it teeming supporters and good people of Kaduna State for the support given to the PDP thus far, especially during the Presidential/National Assembly and governorship/state assembly elections. Dispel all rumours going around suggesting a compromise. It is not possible!

“The party has passed a vote of confidence on our candidate, Mohammed Isah Ashiru, and affirms its support in all he is doing to reclaim the snatched seat. We have taken note of unpatriotic members of the party who are now romancing with the APC. Party constitutional procedures will be applied to handle them. We urge the public to remain calm, law-abiding, and prayerful as we enter the legal stage.”

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Woman burns son with hot water for stealing nut

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A woman, Mrs Martina Samaila Jatau, has burnt her eight-year-old son with hot water for allegedly removing a nut from her grinding machine in Kaduna.

The boy was said to have sold the nut to scavengers at the sum of N1,500.It was gathered that the incident took place at Romi, in Chikun Local Government Area of the state on Monday, December 6, 2021.

Speaking on the incident, the Commissioner, Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed-Baba, said the state government would get to the root cause of the incident.

“The woman said that was her way of punishing her child for selling one nut from her grinding machine to scavengers. She bathed the child with the water she boiled to take her bath after beating him,” Hafsat said.

She noted that the child is receiving treatment at a government hospital after being rescued by men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

“We are happy he’s responding well to treatment,” the commissioner said.

She added that, “The woman involved tried to run away but we were able to arrest her. Already, we have involved the human rights committee of the Nigerian Bar Association to help unveil the reason for the woman’s action.

“How can you give birth to a child and burn the child with hot water which is the concern to us? We have not been able to interact with the child because he’s still in pain. But the investigation will let us into why the boy did what he did. Could it be he was hungry; we do not know yet.”

She said the ministry will use the opportunity to engage the service of psychiatrists to examine the woman and ascertain her state of mental health.

She noted the suspect would be charged to court soon.

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Bandits demand N50m ransom for abducted students of Catholic Seminary in Kaduna

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Gunmen who kidnapped three students from St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, a Catholic-run major seminary situated in Fayit community in Kagoma Chiefdom in the Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have requested the sum of N50million as ransom.

This was made known by J.F. Dabo, an assistant to the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

According to him, the bandits contacted the father of one of the three captives and made the demand.Dabo, who is also the National President of Catholic Youth In Politics Forum, confirmed that three students were kidnapped.

He said five students were initially taken by the eight attackers, said to be Fulani militiamen.But they dropped two of the captives on their way out of the school. One of them had a cut on his head and was bleeding.

Dabo said the attack happened at about 7pm after mass at the chapel.“They met five stragglers at the chapel, when hundreds of others had departed to their hostels or the dining hall.

“They probably targeted the mass at the chapel. But they came after it ended. The situation could have been worse.”

He also said one of the three captives is asthmatic.

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PDP defeats APC in Kaduna LG Chairmanship, Councilorships election

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The opposition party in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the Peoples Democratic Party has won the chairmanship election in the local government area of the state.

Also, the PDP won nine councilorship positions, while the ruling party, the All Progressives Party won only one seat.

Declaring the result, the Returning Officer, Dr Ibrahim DanMaraya from Kaduna State University, said Honourable Ibrahim Gajere polled 14,432 to floor the immediate past chairman and candidate of the APC, Honourable Cafra AB Caino who trailed behind with 9,095 votes.

“Hon. Gajere of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner of the election and returned elected,” he said.

However, the result for Chikun council is still pending.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had initially scheduled the election to take place on September 4, 2021, but it was rescheduled for this Saturday, citing security reasons.

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Senator Shehu Sani joins PDP

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The former Senator representing Kaduna Central at the 8th Nigerian Senate, Shehu Sani, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party.

Senator Shehu Sani officially defected from the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a meeting with party executives on Thursday, September 16, 2021.

It will be recalled that last month, Shehu Sani met with all the 23 local government Chairmen of the PDP in Kaduna State at his residence to discuss an approach towards the 2023 election before he joined the main opposition party today.

Meanwhile, Shehu Sani’s defection is coming on the day Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation, dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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