CONVICTED WAR CRIMINAL LUBANGA ANNOUNCES NEW REBEL GROUP IN EAST CONGO.(PHOTO).

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 Convicted war criminal Lubanga announces new rebel group in east Congo A convicted war criminal based in Uganda has announced a new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in eastern Congo's Ituri province, creating another potential security threat in the war-scarred region, Reuters reported. The formation of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CPR) by Thomas Lubanga, an Ituri native, comes as Congo's army faces an unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels elsewhere in eastern Congo. The International Criminal Court secured its first conviction against Lubanga in 2012 on charges of recruiting child soldiers and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. He was released in 2020 and President Felix Tshisekedi appointed him to a task force to bring peace to Ituri. But in 2022 he was taken hostage for two months by a rebel group, which he blames on the government, and is now based in Uganda. In written responses to questions from Reuters, Lubanga said the CPR h...

PDP RAISES ALARM TODAY,OVER A PLOT TO DISRUPT THEIR CONVENTION ON SATURDAY IN ABUJA.


Related image       Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday alleged that some ā€œoverzealous elementsā€ in the All Progressive Congress (APC) were planning to disrupt the partyā€™s national convention holding on Saturday in Abuja.
Mr Dayo Adeyeye, National Publicity Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee of the party made the allegation in a news briefing in Abuja.Adeyeye called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate and ensure that the convention was not disrupted.He said that the president was not involved in the plot but that some members of his party were out to cause confusion.ā€œWe have credible information that some overzealous elements in the APC Government want to disrupt the PDP national convention.ā€œIt is not from the very top; they know that if we have a hitch-free convention, it will mark the end of APC in power.ā€œWe call on President Buhari to investigate and ensure that those who want to disrupt the convention refrain from doing so,ā€ he said.According to Adeyeye, disrupting the convention is tantamount to disrupting the countryā€™s democracy.He urged Buhari to go the extra mile to ensure that the PDP convention was successful by providing sufficient security in and around the arena.He stated that while PDP was in power, the party did not interrupt programmes of other political parties rather, it encouraged the growth of other parties.Adeyeye said that accreditation for the convention would be strictly monitored, and warned that persons not accredited would not be allowed within the vicinity of the Eagles Square.According to him, the list of accredited delegates will be made available to all aspirants at least 48 hours before the convention.Adeyeye said Osun would not participate in the national convention and that Anambra was still under consideration, following disagreements in the state.He said that former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, would deliver a speech at the convention but may not be allowed to vote.He announced that the Chairman of the Convention Planning Committee, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, would meet with all chairmen of the party in the states on Friday.He said that the meeting would hold at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja at 10 a.m. and that attendance was mandatory. (NAN).Image result for PDP

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