December 19th: Atiku’s Wife Says Nigerians Should Support APC; Tinubu Names Messi “Emi lo man of Doha”; Gov Obaseki Commissions Street lights in Edo State; Others

Atiku’s Wife Asks Nigerians To Vote For APC

Titi Abubakar, the wife of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, was seen urging Nigerians to “vote” for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a viral video online.

While criticizing the APC for breaking its promises to Nigerians, Titi made a mistake, urging citizens to support the APC in the general election in 2023.

She said: “By the 25th of February, everybody should come, if you have not collected your PVC, go and collect your PVC… we should vote APC; APC promised to do so many things for the country but we can see ourselves now the way we are.”

Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, reacted to the video, defending the PDP presidential candidate’s wife.

He said: “…In all honesty, this is obviously a slip of tongue, but we hold the view that it is unreasonable to make a mountain out of such molehills, especially when you quickly correct yourself!”

Doyin Okupe Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison.

Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council, has been given a two-year prison term by an Abuja federal high court for violating the money laundering act.

In a verdict delivered on Monday, Okupe was found guilty of 26 of the 59 counts laid against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The presiding judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, gave Okupe a two-year prison term on each of the counts.

The judge, however, gave the defendant a window, as he can choose to pay a total fine of N13 million, or N500,000, on each count.

Okupe was charged by the EFCC in 2019 with 59 counts related to suspected money laundering and fund diversion totalling N702 million.

Okupe was alleged to have received money from the NSA’s office while Sambo Dasuki served as the national security adviser at the time.

Tinubu Names Messi “Emi lo kan of Doha.”

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, referred to Lionel Messi as the “Emi lo kan of Doha,” after Argentina’s world cup victory on Sunday.

Messi’s Argentina won the all-time epic World Cup final after defeating France 4-2 on penalties on Sunday,

After the end of the game, Tinubu posted an edited image of Messi wearing the characteristic attire of the former governor of the state of Lagos.

Gov Obaseki Commissions Street Lights In Edo State.

The governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki shared images from an event he hosted to commission the street lights in the state.

The governor was criticised by Twitter users for hosting a ceremony to commission street lights.

On his Twitter account, the governor posted images from the commissioning event along with the caption; “With the commissioning of a 3km streetlights project along Siluko Rd and another 3.3km streetlights along Sapele Rd, in Egor and Ikpoba-Okha LGAs respectively, we have completed the construction of 40km out of the 200km of street lights projects around the greater Benin area.”

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