President Muhammmadu Buhari has opened up on how the federal
executive council (FEC) meeting saved him from being traumatised
while awaiting the outcome of the judgement of the presidential
tribunal.
The first FEC meeting of Buhari’s second term coincided with the
period the tribunal gave its verdict on the petition of Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), filed against the president’s victory.
The tribunal upheld Buhari’s victory at the February 23
presidential election.
In his response to the verdict, the president had said: “I was
unperturbed all along, because I knew Nigerians freely gave us the
mandate. We are now vindicated.”
But speaking when governors of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) visited him at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Friday,
Buhari said the cabinet meeting distracted him from activities at
the tribunal.
“On this judgement, again it was a fabulous coincidence that it
came almost the same time the first Federal Executive Council
meeting of this government was taking place,” he said.
“It lasted about the same time with the judgement. I thank God
for that because I think would have gone into trauma or something.
So I was busy trying to concentrate on the memo.
“The first memo was on the budget and it took more than five
hours. So, while you were doing your thing for nine hours, we were
doing ours for about seven hours here.
“It is a very interesting coincidence and I thank God for it
because I would have been in trauma or something of that sort. So
thank you very much for sharing the glory with us. What I will say
to your congratulations, the chairman of the party and the
governors is that we must make sure that we really
institutionalized the party, so that when we leave the stage the
party will continue to lead.”
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Bello Audu Abuja Kaduna
Kidnapper
I’ve killed 10 People, rustled 100,000 cows,
Abuja-Kaduna kidnapper confesses
A notorious kidnapper, who specializes in abducting innocent
travellers along the dangerous Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, Bello Audu,
has confessed to have so far killed about 10 people since he began
his illicit kidnapping business, last year.
He also disclosed that he and other bandits have rustled about
100,000 cattle in various communities since he relocated to Niger
State from Kajuru, a popular town in Kaduna State.
Audu, 42, made the revelations while been quizzed by a detective
of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT).
In the video footage exclusively obtained by PRNigeria[1], the 42-year old
criminal said he and others, have participated in about 50
kidnapping operations, using AK-47 riffle, among other dangerous
ammunition.
Audu, who added that they collected N3 million each for six of
their abducted victims, said: “We once collected N10, N16, N17, N19
and N20 million, among other amounts for other victims too.”
He further disclosed that their ammunition supplier sells an
AK-47 riffle to them for either N600,000, or N650,000, and
sometimes even N700,000.
“I don’t buy magazines in pieces. I usually order for a
container of magazines, which contains about 900 rounds. And a
round of magazine is sold to us for just N1000,” he said.
The middle-aged kidnapper, who said he has two wives and five
children, noted that he always resort to killing some of his
victims if their relatives refuse to cooperate and quickly pay
ransom for them.
“I may be forced to just eliminate or shot persons I kidnapped
if their relatives speak to me rudely while negotiating for their
ransom,” he said.
The notorious bandit, while revealing that his fellow kidnappers
have several hideouts in Rijana community, along Abuja-Kaduna
highway, said he regretted adopting kidnapping as a source of
livelihood.
Audu, promised to cooperate with the Police to mop up his
weapons, and also fish out other kidnappers and bandits in the two
affected States.