“I’ve Not Seen Yar’adua” -MADUEKWE

WEEKS AFTER TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEY SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT UMARU YAR’ADUA ON THE PHONE, THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OJO MAUDEKWE HAS CONFESSED HE HAS NOT SEEN THE PRESIDENT IN 66 DAYS. 

MADUEKWE ALSO SENSATIONALLY TOLD BBC’S HARDTALK ON THURSDAY THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HIS INSTRUCTIONS AS A MINISTER COME FROM, SINCE THE PRESIDENT IS ABSENT.

THE THREE-TERM MINISTER SAYS THE ABSENCE OF  MR PRESIDENT IS NOT A STRANGE THING IN WORLD POLITICS, DESCRIBING IT AS ‘NOT UNUSUAL IN HISTORY’

THE MINISTER ALONG WITH HIS ENTOURAGE WILL BE RETURNING TO  THE COUNTRY TONIGHT. 

Fresh 3 Million Naira Bribery Rocks House of Reps

A FRESH 3 BILLION NAIRA BRIBERY SCANDAL IS ROCKING THE NIGERIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

THE MONEY IS ALLEGEDLY MEANT TO DISCOURAGE SOME HOUSE MEMBERS FROM GOING AHEAD WITH THEIR DEMAND THAT PRESIDENT UMARU YARADUA SHOULD HAND OVER POWER TO HIS DEPUTY, GOODLUCK JONATHAN.

HOUSE MEMBER, ESEME EYIBOH SAYS THE BRIBERY ALLEGATION IS NOT TRUE, DESCRIBING IT AS A MERE IMAGINATION OF THE CONCERNED LAWMAKERS.

EARLIER IN THE WEEK, 200 REPRESENTATIVES SIGNIFIED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE MOTION THAT VICE PRESIDENT JONATHAN SHOULD BE PRONOUNCED THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA.

 

THE MEMBERS ARE SAID TO HAVE SIDELINED THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE DIMEJI BANKOLE, SAYING HE HAS REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE ON THE FLOOR.