OBI ATTRIBUTES STAMPEDE TRAGEDIES IN OYO, FCT, AND ANAMBRA TO HUNGER AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES. (PHOTO).

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 Peter Obi has blamed hunger and systemic failures for the recent spate of stampedes across the country.  Scores of persons were dead, and many others wounded in the tragic incidents in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija in Anambra and another one in the nation’s capital of Abuja. The stampedes happened in a space of five days with the last two occurring on Saturday morning during food distribution campaigns. Obi, who was the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said the incidents underline the rising hunger in the country which has led to desperation. “I am deeply saddened and distressed by the tragic loss of lives in desperate searches for food,” Obi, who is a former governor of Anambra State, wrote in a post on his X account Saturday afternoon. “While I will not cast blame but instead appreciate the organizers of these respective events for their kind gestures in providing palliatives and support to society, especially the poor, these tragedies reflect the...

SENATOR BURUJI KASHAMU,HURRIEDLY CAME DOWN FROM A PLANE TODAY WITH HIS LAWYERS,FOR FEAR OF BEING ARRESTED.

                  Today wednesday,Prince Buruji Kashamu,the Ogun east Senator,who was wanted in the United States,was billed to travel to Abuja from Lagos today,after he failed to commit the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the NDLEA for criminal contempt over extradiction moves to the USA.He had sat in the Business class of Aero Flight 127,Abuja bound,along with his lawyers when the captain announced a minor problem with the plane.The captain said the light of an indicator had not come on brightly enough and that the Aero engineers are fixing the problem.To keep the passengers at ease,the captain gave them the assurance that the problem was nothing to worry about and that the resolution of the problem will not take three minutes.No sooner the captain finished talking,Kashamu signaled his lawyers,asking them to to alight from the plane.Other passengers who had calmly listened to captain Kunle's explanation remained glued to their seats and burst out laughing when Buruji and his lawyers hurriedly alighted from the plane.Though sources said the Aero flight 127,which left Lagos,landed in Abuja without incidents.

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