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ADC: Former Rivers Gov, Donald Duke Appointed As Chairman of Leadership Forum
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has appointed former Cross River State governor and ex-presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Mr Donald Duke, as Chairman of its newly created Leadership Forum.
Duke, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was named to the position at an enlarged stakeholders’ and executive committee meeting of the party’s Cross River State chapter.
A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the state chairman, Dr John Ogar, described the Leadership Forum as the highest non-elective advisory body in the party.
The communiqué stated that the forum was considered imperative and would comprise respected members with proven leadership experience and integrity.
According to the party, the body is designed to provide strategic guidance and oversight to the ADC leadership across the state.
Stakeholders at the meeting unanimously endorsed Duke as chairman of the forum, with responsibility to provide oversight functions across the three senatorial districts.
Three other party elders were also appointed to oversee the districts: Chief Ray Ugba Morphy for the Northern Senatorial District, Chief Akin Ricketts, former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, for the Central District, and Dr Effiong Nyong, a former ADC governorship candidate, for the Southern District.
The party resolved to intensify its membership drive, setting a target of registering at least one million voters ahead of the next general elections.
It also vowed to enforce internal discipline, warning that the party constitution would be applied to any member, regardless of status, found engaging in activities detrimental to the party’s growth.
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Amb. Ismail Abba Yusuf as the new Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission, NAHCON.
This is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanugu, on Wednesday.
The statement said the appointment is subject to the Senate’s approval in accordance with the provisions of section 3(2) of the NAHCON Act, 2026.
President Tinubu sent a letter today to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, requesting the expeditious confirmation of Ambassador Yusuf to replace Professor Abdullahi Usman, who resigned this week, after about 14 months in the post.
Yusuf is a seasoned Nigerian career diplomat who served as the Nigerian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Türkiye from 2021 to 2024.
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested two brothers, Lucky and Uzoma Amadi, for allegedly killing their elder brother, Orindu, and burying his body in a shallow grave in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects were said to have concealed the alleged crime by repeatedly telling community members that their elder brother had travelled.
Suspicion, however, grew in the community after the brothers reportedly gave conflicting accounts of Orindu’s whereabouts, while all attempts to reach him on the phone failed. This prompted youths of the area to storm the Amadi family compound on Tuesday morning, demanding an explanation from the duo.
An eyewitness, Chidiebube Okeoma who spoke to journalists said the brothers allegedly confessed to the killing in a bid to avoid being lynched by angry youths. According to him, the suspects claimed that Orindu was responsible for the death of their father about 10 years ago under what they described as questionable circumstances.
Following the confession, the suspects reportedly led the youths to a shallow grave within their compound, where Orindu’s remains were exhumed. Okeoma said the situation quickly degenerated, with the youths threatening to carry out jungle justice on the brothers.
“It took the timely intervention of policemen from the Mbieri Police Division to save them,” Okeoma said, adding that a private citizen had alerted the police to the unfolding crisis.
The suspects have since been taken into police custody, while investigations into the incident are ongoing.
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