northwest Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator
Emmanuel Orker-Jerv, speaks during an interview on Channels
Television’s Politics Today on December 30,
2020.
The lawmaker representing Benue northwest Senatorial
District in the National Assembly, Senator Emmanuel Orker-Jerv, has
berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the security
challenges in the country.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s
Politics Today on Wednesday, Orker-Jerv said the
insecurity has deteriorated, going from bad to worse.
“If you look at what was happening then and what is happening
now, we have gone from bad to worse,” the lawmaker elected under
the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said.
“Because we have two major parties – PDP and APC – if APC has
failed, Nigerians will look up to the other party, in this case,
the PDP to provide the alternative.”
While accusing the ruling party of failure since it assumed
office in 2015, the lawmaker said his party is strategizing to take
over power in 2023.
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According to him, the current administration cannot boast of
providing a better alternative when compared to what the PDP
provided Nigerians before 2015.
Orker-Jerv’s reaction followed an allegation by a chieftain of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abba Ali, that
President Muhammadu Buhari inherited the security challenges from
the PDP administration.
Nigeria has been fighting the insurgency war for over a decade
following the killing of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf
allegedly by the police authorities in 2009.
The terrorists have launched a series of attacks in the
northeast bordering Borno, Yobe and Adamawa with tens of thousands
said to have died from the insurgency.
On November 28, the terrorists invaded Zabarmari village in
Borno State and slaughtered no fewer than 44 rice farmers, a
situation that drew condemnation from many, including the United
Nations, United States, and Pope Francis.
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A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Jigawa State, on Wednesday,
sentenced to prison a social media commentator following his
Facebook comments which accused Governor Muhammadu Badaru of
fraud.
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The convict, Sabi’u Chamo, a social media promoter of Sabo
Nakudu, an APC senator for Jigawa Central, accused Governor Badaru
for duping APC aspirants by collecting their money with the promise
to give them party tickets.
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Mr Nakudu is the leader of a factional group of the APC in the
state as opposed to the Mr Badaru’s faction of the party.
Earlier, the governor, while inaugurating the state APC
caretaker committee, said “I will remain vigilant watching those of
you going to meeting with the other factional group, you have got
enough of my patience, I will no longer tolerate that again.
The state government earlier on December 24 sued Mr Chamo over
the Facebook statement. However, the court ordered that the police
should effect his arrest and investigate the suspect before
prosecution, which the police did.
Before his arrest, Mr Chamo, earlier on December 20, retracted
his statement on Facebook and apologised to those who might have
been offended, saying ”that I learnt that my write up have offended
many which is why I am apologizing, thank you, he wrote on his
Facebook page in Hausa Language.
The spokesperson for the state’s Ministry of Justice, Zainab
Baba-Santali, in a statement confirmed that Mr Chamo was sentenced
to six months in a correctional facility for his comments which
injured the governor’s reputation.
The court, however, gave the convict an optional fine of
N20,000.
The Chief Magistrate’s Court 1 sitting in Dutse presided over by
Batula Dauda also said the convicted person would receive 20 lashes
of stroke for the comments to serve as a deterrent to others.
During the trial, after the charge was read to the defendant, he
pleaded guilty to the offence after which the court sentenced him
to six (6) months in a correctional center or Twenty thousand Naira
fine (20,000) and 20 strokes of cane to serve as a deterrent to
others.