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...

NNAMDI KANU’S MEDICAL TEAM ARRIVES DSS HEADQUARTERS- FAMILY.(PHOTO).


The family of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that his medical team has arrived in Abuja.
Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu who disclosed this to Vanguard, said the team came for the emergency ear surgery recommended by the Department of State Services, DSS, medical unit.

He said that the team was awaiting permission from the DSS to access the IPOB Leader to properly examine him .
The medical unit of the secret police had about penultimate week, recommended urgent ear surgery for Kanu.
Kanu has remained in solitary confinement at the Abuja headquarters of the DSS since his “abduction in Kenya” and subsequent extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in June 2021.

Despite several court judgements as well as the United Nations Opinion that Kanu be unconditionally released and compensated, the Federal Government is yet to release him.

There have been clamours and appeals by eminent Nigerians and groups to free Kanu.

Many also hold the view that his continued illegal detention is part of the reasons for the disturbing insecurity in the South East geo-political zone.

 

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