SARAKI SLAMS OKOWA’S DEFECTION TO APC, URGES PDP TO REBUILD AS STRONG OPPOSITION. (PHOTO)

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 Saraki Slams Okowa’s Defection to APC, Urges PDP to Rebuild as Strong Opposition Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed shock and disappointment over the defection of Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2023 vice-presidential candidate and former Delta State governor, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okowa, alongside current Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Deputy Governor Monday Onyeme, and other top state officials, switched allegiance to the APC on Monday, a move Saraki described as “unbecoming and unprecedented.” In a statement, Saraki, a former Kwara State governor, criticized Okowa’s defection, arguing that it reflects a “collapse of leadership values” and should not be justified by claims of external pressure. “It is simply a sign of how low we have sunk as a polity,” he said, emphasizing the need to strengthen institutions over individuals. Okowa’s selection as running mate to PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in 2...

POLICE AND SOLDIERS IN SIERRA LEONE TODAY,BLOCKED RURAL AREAS HIT BY EBOLA VIRUS.

A UNICEF worker speaks with drivers of motorcycle taxis  about the symptoms of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and best practices to help prevent its spread, in the city of Voinjama, in Lofa County, Liberia in this April 2014 UNICEF handout photo.    REUTERS/Ahmed Jallanzo/UNICEF/Handout via Reuters             The police and soldiers in Sierra Leone blockade rural areas hit by Ebola virus today thursday after neighboring Liberia country declared a state of emergency to tackle the worst ever outbreak of the Ebola virus which has killed 932 people.Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announced emergency measures late on wednesday that will be for 90 days ,to allow them to curtail civil rights by imposing quarantines on badly affected communities to contain an epidemic that has affected four West African nations.In Geneva,World Health Organisation {WHO} experts were due to hold a second day of meetings to discuss emergency measures to tackle the out break and whether to classify it as an international public health emergency.                                                                                                                                                         REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard

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