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Kaduna Schoolchildren: It Is Not Important If Ransom Was Paid Or Not — Governor Sani

<p><img width="726" height="423" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kaduna-Governor-Uba-Sani.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Kaduna Govt Contacts Bandits, Hires Private Negotiator To Secure Release of Kidnapped Pupils" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kaduna-Governor-Uba-Sani.jpg 726w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kaduna-Governor-Uba-Sani-300x175.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px" /></p> <h2>The Governor of Kaduna State, <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/uba-sani/">Uba Sani</a>, on Sunday, stated that the reports that ransom was paid to free the abducted Kuriga students is irrelevant.</h2> <p>Governor Sani in an interview on Channels TV said what is important was the fact that the government had been able to rescue all of them unhurt.</p> <p>The schoolchildren were abducted from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, Kuriga, about four weeks ago but the Defence Headquarters, on Saturday, said they had been rescued.</p> <p>There were rumours that the government paid ransom to the kidnappers for the release of the schoolchildren.</p> <p>He said, <em>“What is more important today is that our children are back home. Most of those permutations are not necessary. If your child is kidnapped, will you be sitting down and talking about how he was released?</em></p> <p><em>“For me, what is more important is that those children are back home. Their parents are extremely happy and what is important to them is to reunite with their children.</em></p> <p><em>“But some people who have no business with the situation are the ones coming out with some irresponsible permutations about whether ransom is being paid, whether someone had gone into the kinetic or non-kinetic approach. What is important to us in Kaduna is that the children are back home.”</em></p> <p>The governor explained that the government handled the Kuriga schoolchildren abduction very discreetly, adding, <em>“We tried as much as possible not to jeopardise the lives of the innocent children. Some people at some point wanted to politicize the whole incident.”</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/25/kaduna-schoolchildren-it-is-not-important-if-ransom-was-paid-or-not-governor-sani/">Kaduna Schoolchildren: It Is Not Important If Ransom Was Paid Or Not — Governor Sani</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>

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Detained Binance Exec Escapes Custody, Flees Nigeria, Says Report

<p>Binance executive Anjarwalla reportedly escaped an Abuja detention house during Ramadan prayers and left Nigeria on a Middle-East airline.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.arise.tv/detained-binance-exec-escapes-custody-flees-nigeria-says-report/">Detained Binance Exec Escapes Custody, Flees Nigeria, Says Report</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.arise.tv">Arise News</a>.</p>

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CRPP Implores Impeachment Panelists To Decline Offer Related To Shaibu’s Investigation

<p><img width="745" height="391" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Shaibu-Philps.png.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="CRPP Implores Impeachment Panelists To Decline Offer Related To Shaibu's Investigation" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Shaibu-Philps.png.webp 745w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Shaibu-Philps.png-300x157.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px" /></p> <h2>The Edo State chapter of the Conference of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has advised the members of the <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/23/impeachment-saga-edo-chief-justice-constitutes-panel-to-probe-shaibu/">impeachment panel</a> established by Chief Judge Justice Daniel Okungbowa to reject the opportunity to investigate the allegations against Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu.</h2> <p>The CRPP, in a statement released by its chairman, Samson Isibor, and secretary, John Isidhaome, stated that it was apparent that the Chief Judge (CJ) was being prompted to convene the panel.</p> <p>They highlighted the independence of each arm of government and criticized the actions of the Edo State House of Assembly, urging the panel members to decline their appointments based on moral grounds.</p> <p>Additionally, they advised the governor to reconsider the impeachment process, emphasizing the temporary nature of power and the need for fair play and justice.</p> <p>The group said, “<em>The announcement by the chief judge of Edo State setting up the so-called impeachment panel to probe Hon. Phillip Shuaibu did not come to us as a surprise based on the fact that he who pays or appoints the piper dictates the tune. It is clear the CJ is being engineered.</em></p> <p><em>“But our arguments are very fundamental to the nascent democracy we are operating with the three arms of government, the executive, the legislative and the judiciary. Each arm is independent of the other, Edo State House of Assembly led by Blessing Agbebaku, rebuffed the judiciary by turning down a court summon sent by a Federal High Court delivered by a High Court bailiff.</em></p> <p><em>“In fact, the court bailiff was harassed and chased away by the House of Assembly security men on the order of the House of Assembly leadership; these actions of the Assembly lawmakers, now lawbreakers, were supposed to be viewed seriously as a slight on the Judiciary. It took the intervention of the judiciary for the court bailiff to paste the summon at the entrance of the Assembly.</em></p> <p><em>“The chief judge’s action leaves much to be desired, but he has been quiet about the rascality of the assembly leadership.</em></p> <p><em>“We are therefore appealing to the moral instinct of the panel members to turn down their appointments individually or collectively on moral ground, justice and fair play more so the deputy governor has served Governor Godwin Obaseki, the House of Assembly originating summons by a court of competent jurisdiction, which we believe should not be flouted.</em></p> <p><em>“A case in point is that of Ondo State where the chief judges on two different occasions stood their ground and refused to do the biddings of the power that be and that of the State Assembly. Peace thereafter returned to Ondo State automatically. The Chief Judge of Edo State should emulate those two chief judges of Ondo State.</em></p> <p><em>“For the umpteenth time, we advise the outgoing Governor to heed the appeal of well-meaning Nigerians to discontinue his desirous decision to impeach his deputy more so that he has a few months to leave the office as a governor; power transcend is not permanent, he should remember tomorrow.</em>”</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/25/crpp-implores-impeachment-panelists-to-decline-offer-related-to-shaibus-investigation/">CRPP Implores Impeachment Panelists To Decline Offer Related To Shaibu’s Investigation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>

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IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Raises Alarm, Alleges Financial Gain In His Continued Detention

<p>Nnamdi Kanu’s family claims his continued detention has become a lucrative business for a “cabal government.”</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.arise.tv/ipob-leader-nnamdi-kanus-family-raises-alarm-alleges-financial-gain-in-his-continued-detention/">IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Raises Alarm, Alleges Financial Gain In His Continued Detention</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.arise.tv">Arise News</a>.</p>

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