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BREAKING: Benue House of Assembly Suspends Auditor-General over Alleged N4.6bn Fraud
The Benue State House of Assembly has approved the suspension of the Auditor-General for Local Government, Abraham Gberidyer, over allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement involving N4.6 billion.
The decision was taken during plenary led by Speaker Berger Emberga after Governor Hyacinth Alia sent a letter to the Assembly through the Office of the Head of Service.
According to the statement, the governor informed lawmakers about “serious financial impropriety” allegedly linked to the Auditor-General.
The letter also stated that Gberidyer is under investigation for corruption and “cannot continue to hold his office” while the probe is ongoing.
Lawmakers unanimously supported the suspension to allow for a proper investigation into the allegations.
During the same sitting, the Assembly passed a bill for the creation and adoption of the Benue State symbol and anthem after reviewing a report presented by the House Committee on Culture and Tourism.
The Speaker directed the clerk to prepare clean copies of the bill for the governor’s assent.
The Assembly also considered other bills, including one seeking to update the state’s lotteries and sports marketing law, which was referred to the relevant committee for further review.
Politics
2027 ELECTION: ‘We will Interrogate What Peter Obi Did To Northerners As Anambra Governor’ – Prof Yusuf
Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Prof Usman Yusuf, has recounted what former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, did to northerners when he was Anambra State governor.
Speaking during an interview on Trust TV, Yusuf said Obi sent northerners out of Anambra as governor.
He also alleged that Obi made northerners staying in Anambra at the time to have identity cards.
“Kwankwaso is the vehicle to sell Peter Obi to the North, but we have the record of what Peter Obi did to northerners.
“The evil that men do lives after them. I said this because we (Northern Muslims) are going to interrogate and question Peter Obi’s tenure when he was the governor of Anambra State. What he did to northerners.
“He even made them have an ID card, their names, where they are from and their occupations. In this Nigeria that we live. He will come and explain to us.
“It is the same Kwankwaso that had to fly to Awka and sit with him and say, be careful. I have more Igbos in Kano living in peace than there are northerners throughout the South-East,” Yusuf said.
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The African Democratic Congress, ADC Reacts to Planned State Congresses
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has distanced itself from a purported plan by some individuals to convene congresses in some states across the country.
This was contained in a public notice issued in Abuja and signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.
The notice reads: “Attention of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has beer drawn to a purported plan by some individuals to convene congresses in certain states.
“We wish to clarity that, based on the subsisting ruling of the Federal High Court, the ADC is not conducting any congresses until the tenure of the current executives expires.
“We therefore urge loyal party members to disregard any invitations to attend such congresses, as they are merely machinations by agents ot destabilisation seeking to cause contusion within the party.”
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