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  • N950m fraud: Presidential aspirant, Shekarau, others to be arraigned today

    N950m fraud: Presidential aspirant, Shekarau, others to be arraigned today

    EX-Kano State Governor and presidential hopeful, Ibrahim Shekarau was, yesterday, detained at the Kano office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Detained with the former minister of Education is ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Wali, and Mansur Ahmad, for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering.

    They were quizzed for over an hour and released on Tuesday.

    Yesterday, the EFCC detained them for possible arraignment today at the Federal High Court in Kano.

    Shekarau is accused of collecting N25 million from the N950 million logistics money for 2015 elections.

    Recall that Shekarau had on earlier alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered his arrest.

    Shekarau who recently signified his political aspiration to run for the Presidency and granted media interviews where he picked holes on anti-masses policies of the current administration.

    Sule Ya’u Sule, his Special Assistant on media, in a statement, noted that the development was a sign that the president was jittery ahead of the 2019 election and was seeking to harass strong aspirants, including Shekarau.

    Shekarau declared his intention to contest for the presidency in the 2019 general elections, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

     

  • Jonathan’s ex-Minister, Shekarau drums support for Buhari’s anti-graft war

    Jonathan’s ex-Minister, Shekarau drums support for Buhari’s anti-graft war

    …Says PDP will bounce back in 2019

    Former Minister of Education, under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has lauded the anti corruption fight by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as a good omen for Nigeria.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the former Kano State governor, made this disclosure to newsmen in Sokoto on Monday.

    In his words: ” The efforts by the president to fight corruption in all its ramifications is good for Nigeria.

    ”Anybody, who gets any money fraudulently should be arrested, thoroughly investigated and prosecuted.

    ”I am a strong advocate of anti corruption fight, as I set up an anti corruption and public complaints commission in Kano State in 2005″.

    The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however, cautioned against selective justice in the anti corruption war.

    Shekarau further urged that ”nobody should be above the law in this direction; there should also be respect, adherence and respect for the rule of law.

    ”You are innocent until you are proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt,” the former minister added.

    On security, Shekarau called for improved funding of the nation’s security agencies.

    This, he noted, would ensure the provision of ultramodern weapons, logistics, training, retraining, as well as the need to improve their welfare.

    On agriculture, the former governor called for the reintroduction of commodity boards in the country.

    He said: ”This will add value to farming, boost food security and encourage farmers.

    ”Food security is next to nothing and any nation that fails to provide it remains weak and vulnerable”.

    On politics, Shekarau said,”PDP will bounce back and reclaim its lost glory in 2019”.

     

     

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  • Buhari performed below Nigerians’ expectation – Shekarau

     

    Former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has said President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has performed below expectation.

    The former minister of education said the All Progressives Congress, APC made several campaign promises which is yet to see the light of the day. He said the president’s continous blame of past administration for his shortcomings was no longer accceptable to Nigerians who elected him to fix the nation’s rot.

    Shekarau said this while responding to questions from newsmen in Gombe where he attended the closing ceremony of the Islamic Vacation Course (IVC).

    Shekarau asserted that the performance of Buhari since he assumed power in May 2015 was below average considering so many unfulfilled promises he made during electioneering campaign.

    In his words: “I think the assessment of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government is very obvious on the table.

    “As a teacher, the best way to assess an individual is to assess him on the scheme of his work, on his own promises. If you say you will cover a scheme of work A to D in a given year, then I will assess you on that.

    “The government has made a number of promises, particularly Mr. President himself and we have not seen things on the ground. There is hardly any concrete thing on the ground that you can see.”