PDP cautions Kogi lawmakers against ousting Justice Ajana | Nairalaw

The Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, alleged that members
of the Kogi State House of Assembly were being “pushed beyond their
constitutional boundaries” in “a plot to forcibly remove the Chief
Judge of the state,” Justice Nasir Ajana.

It advised them not to join in the alleged conspiracy to remove
Ajana.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a
statement said, “The recommendation of the Kogi State House of
Assembly for the removal of the State Chief Judge is, therefore, a
misdirected shadowboxing, which not only exposes the state
legislature to public ridicule but also reinforces impressions and
allegations in the public space that it has been compromised to
execute ignoble schemes of the state executive.”

He stated that the development is not healthy for the image of
the legislators in the state and could lead to their recall by
their constituents.

According to him, the powers and functions of the state
legislature, vis-a vis those of the judiciary, are well carved out
in the nation’s laws and should be respected at all times.

Ologbondiyan said, “The Kogi lawmakers should note that they
were elected to uphold good governance and rule of law for the
benefit and welfare of the people of Kogi State, and not as
instruments of witch-hunt and intimidation.”

“The party, therefore, charges the members of Kogi State House
of Assembly to immediately retrace their steps and ensure that, as
lawmakers, they are not found on the wrong side of the law,” he
added.

Kidnappers of Buhari’s Prayer Warrior
Nabbed
…. ‘We fought, killed one another after releasing Sheikh’— Gang
Leader Confesses

A notorious kidnapper, Lawal Ibrahim and members of his gang who
abducted Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman and other clerics in Katsina State
have been arrested by security operatives while trying to flee the
den.

While being interrogated by security operatives, in a video
obtained by PRNigeria, the gang leader said some members of the
terror group brutally attacked and killed one another after
releasing the popular Quranic reciter and other Islamic
clerics.

Ibrahim, a middle-aged man and another accomplice who gave his
name as Isiyah, said ten of them were involved in the abduction of
the renowned Islamic scholar who supported and offered prayers at
political rallies for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu
Buhari in the build-up to the 2019 general elections.

Ibrahim disclosed that he never met or physically saw one Alhaji
Dogo Nalade who he claimed was their ringleader but said Nalade
regularly communicate with them via phone from an undisclosed
hideout.

The notorious kidnapper said they were arrested while trying to
flee their abduction’s den to Obajana town in Kogi State, in search
of legitimate unskilled jobs after quitting their ‘heinous’ trade
of kidnapping.

He disclosed that the weapons they used for operations were
supplied by persons who asked them to use it for their ‘obnoxious
profession’ and thereafter request for commissions.

“Mallam’s release is somehow mysterious. This is because despite
our unyielding resolve to collect ransom from his people and
well-wishers, we later decided to allow him go.

“However, a violent fight broke out between members of our gang.
Two gang-members were initially killed in the forest by some of our
colleagues. Though, the two of us that were arrested luckily fled
the forest to avoid been killed, seven other kidnappers among us
were shot and killed by our aggrieved members,” he added.

Sheikh Ahmed Sulaiman and others regained freedom from
kidnappers on March 27, 2019 after spending about two weeks in the
kidnappers’ den.

The cleric and other victims were kidnapped along Sheme to
Kankara road in Katsina, on their way back to Kano State, after
attending a religious activity in Kebbi State.

By PRNigeria