Tag: Deputy Governor
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IGP orders Ondo CP to restore deputy gov’s security details
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Ondo Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, to restore the security details of Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, with immediate effect. The IGP’s directive was contained in a memo addressed to the police commissioner through the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja on Monday. The…
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Akeredolu orders CP to prevent deputy from exiting govt house
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has allegedly ordered the Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami to prevent his deputy, Agboola Ajayi from leaving the Government House. In a viral video circulated by one of the aides to the deputy governor, Ajayi was seen confronting the police boss, asking him why he is being prevented from moving…
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Rivers Deputy Gov, Ipalibo Banigo reacts to reports of being sidelined by Wike in fight against COVID-19
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo, has dismissed an allegation that the Governor, Nyesom Wike, sidelined her in the ongoing management of COVID-19 in the state. Recall that a group, Centre for Public Trust (CPT), at the weekend, accused the governor of marginalising Banigo, who is a public health expert, in all programmes and…
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Benue index COVID-19 case rejects treatment, sues state, FG – Deputy Governor
Benue State Deputy Governor Benson Abounu has said the state’s first patient of Coronavirus, Mrs. Susan Okpe, was refusing treatment for the dreaded virus. Abounu said the woman sued the state and the Federal governments when she was transferred to Abuja for treatment. Addressing reporters in Makurdi, the state capital, the deputy governor, who doubles…
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PDP faults removal of Kogi deputy governor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the impeachment of the Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr Simeon Achuba, describing it Governor Yahaya Bello’s desperate and underhand measures to forcefully remove Achuba from office. Achuba was on Friday impeached by the state’s House of Assembly against the recommendation of a report of an investigative panel by…
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Impeached Deputy Governor not under house arrest – Police
The Police authorities in Kogi State have debunked claims that impeached Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba, has been placed under house arrest. Kogi Police Commissioner, Mr. Hakeem Busari, on Saturday, said that the presence of security personnel at the official residence of the Deputy Governor in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Lokoja, was to prevent…
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Impeachment: Yahaya Bello picks running mate, Onoja as new Deputy Governor
…to be sworn in today The running mate to Governor Yahaya Bello in the November 16 governorship election for Kogi State, Edward Onoja, will be sworn in on Saturday as the new Deputy Governor of the state. A seven-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry was set up by the State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, on…
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Alleged misconduct: Kogi SSG testifies against deputy governor
The Secretary to the (Kogi) State Government (SSG), Mrs. Folashade Ayoade-Arike, on Monday, entered the witness box to testify at the panel hearing investigating allegations of gross misconduct against the deputy governor of the state, Elder Simon Achuba. Others that testified at the panel sitting at the state High Court, Lokoja, included the Acting Director…