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APC Speaks On Sponsoring Thugs To Attack Deji Adeyanju

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as ridiculous, the allegation that it sponsored thugs against protesters at the Nigeria Human Rights Commission (NHRC) head office in Abuja on Monday.

There was a protest at the commission over the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Services (DSS).

The ruling party said while it recognises the inalienable rights of people, groups, including political parties to gather or carry out protest by themselves, a chaotic situation where different protesting groups turn on one another was condemnable.

APC spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “While we

PDP backed senator accused of sponsoring Boko Haram

PDP backed senator accused of sponsoring Boko Haram

Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party senator-elects Tuesday backed Ali Ndume, alleged to have links to a man accused of being a spokesman of Boko Haram, for the ninth Senate president.

Ndume was nominated as a candidate for the office of the Senate president by the Isiaku Elijah Cliff, a PDP senator representing Adamawa North nominates, while Mpigi Barinda also a PDP senator representing Rivers South-East seconded the motion.

Ndume, a former majority leader, lost the poll to his party’s, All Progressives Congress, preferred candidate Ahmed Lawan.

In 2011, a PDP-led federal government charged Ndume over suspected links to a man …