Tag: ekweremadu
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Buhari, APC planning to arrest, detain Saraki, Ekweremadu – PDP raises fresh alarm
Nigeria’s main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday raised fresh alarm that the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government is plotting to arrest Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy Ike Ekweremadu. The party also alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) submitted its budget for the 2019 general…
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Defections: APC lacks legislative votes to impeach Saraki, Eweremadu – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party says the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the legislative number and constitutional facilities to remove Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in Abuja, the party advised the Presidency and the APC to “accept the reality.’’…
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NASS Siege: Presidency planning to ‘doctor’ IGP’s report to implicate us – Saraki, Ekweremadu
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have accused the presidency of planning to influence the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris, to manipulate the just released report on Tuesday’s siege at the National Assembly by masked operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to implicate them. This was released in…
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EFCC: Ekweremadu refutes ‘ high blood pressure’ tales
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday, faulted the report that he developed high blood pressure while being interrogated by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ekweremadu also said that contrary to reports there were no “fresh facts” presented to him. The Deputy Senate President who insisted that there was not…
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How Buhari intends using vacation façade to invade NASS; impeach Saraki, Ekweremadu – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled 10-day vacation in London was an alibi to exonerate him from alleged “planned political illegalities,” “forceful invasion” and “mayhem” which it said were about to be visited on the National Assembly. The party said it was aware of plots which it alleged had been…
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Tension as Ekweremadu falls sick during EFCC grilling
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday fell ill during interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), it was learnt Wednesday. Recall that the Deputy Senate President had been in the EFCC custody Since Tuesday. He was being grilled over his numerous assets in Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States and United…
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Ekweremadu: Ohaneze speaks tough, says Buhari, APC gone mad with power
Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has condemned the detention of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, by the EFCC. Recall that Ekweremadu was on Tuesday detained by EFCC on allegations of corruption. In a statement by it’s publicity secretary, Uche Achi-Okpaga, Ohaneze said the presidency has “gone mad with power and turned the anti-graft agency and…
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PDP decries harassment of Ekweremadu by security operatives
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it called the harassment of Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, opposition leaders, and voices of dissent by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led-Federal Government. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, accused the government of misusing the anti-graft…
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JUST IN: EFCC detains Ekweremadu
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com has it that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently questioning the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The Deputy Senate President has reportedly been held by the EFCC since9 a.mm, Tuesday morning. He was reportedly called in for questioning as further information haven’t been made available as at…
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FG using EFCC’s invitations as cover up to impeach me – Ekweremadu
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu on Monday raised alarm over alleged plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to impeach him from office. The Deputy Senate President however assured his supporters that he had absolute faith in God as he had done nothing wrong to warrant the continued harassment by the…