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Ogun PDP Members Storm Secretariat, Protest Alleged Imposition Of Delegates

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Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against the outcome of the ward ad-hoc delegate congress in the state.

The ward ad-hoc delegates are to represent the state at the PDP presidential primary election scheduled to hold on May 29.

The protest was held after the National Working Committee of the PDP submitted the results of the congress held on April 30 in all the Local Government Areas in the state.

The protesters, who stormed the PDP secretariat in Abeokuta, alleged that the NWC only adopted delegates loyal to a governorship aspirant, Oladipupo Adebutu.

They displayed placards with various inscriptions such as ‘PDP is a party for all, not somebody’s lottery venture’, ‘Ogun PDP positions not for somebody with the questionable character’, ‘Ogun PDP is not an arm of Baba Ijebu’, ‘Iyorcha Ayu, save Ogun PDP from autocracy and dictatorship’, and ‘Election rigging is worse than armed robbery’ among others.

The leader of the protesters, Idris Olabode, alleged that the adopted delegates by the NWC were not present at the congress monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies.

He accused members of the State Working Committee of collaborating with the NWC of the party to disqualify popular delegates and adopt unpopular delegates.

Olabode, however, called on the leadership of the party to compel the NWC to reject the result of the congress.

He said, “On Saturday, elections were held in 20 Local Government Areas in Ogun State but the National Working Committee accepted the result of the local government whose chairmen are loyal to Oladipupo Adebutu and disregarded the remaining, that is the main point.

“Where the leadership of a party is unfair and unjust, it is very dangerous for the party. In any case, the National Working Committee is trying to disregard the result of the congress duly monitored by INEC and they are trying to forcefully announce the result of a small group of people who in any case did not hold any congress.

“If they hold a congress, let them provide video evidence but there is a group who held a congress monitored by INEC, DSS, the police, and the Civil Defense; there is pictorial and video evidence for this.

“But there is another group who never held any congress and the National Working Committee is now trying to disregard the result of the well-monitored congress and falsely announced the result of the other group who never had any evidence that elections were held.

“The State exco in the name of Sikirulahi Ogundele is doing very well, he has issued a letter to solve all these problems. But the State Working Committee is working in collaboration with the National Working Committee. In my opinion, they are doing the same thing.

“The State Working Committee is doing the same thing with the National Working Committee represented by Sunday Sholarin, not the state chairman of the party. The party-state Chairman was upright and very straightforward.

“We are clamoring for our mandate to be accepted. The result of the election held which was duly monitored by INEC must be accepted. Up till now, it has not been accepted and they have accepted others.

“Our result must be accepted and announced. Our candidate must be announced to the whole world across the 20 Local Government Areas. Our result should be accepted by the state and national working committees”.

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Usyk Defeats Fury, Becomes Undisputed Heavyweight Champion

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Oleksandr Usyk emerged as the world’s undisputed heavyweight boxing champion adter defeating Tyson Fury.

On Saturday night, Fury and Usyk engaged in combat at the Kingdom Arena located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk defeated the British fighter 115-112, 113-114, and 114-113 on the scorecards to win the fight by split decision.

In the first several rounds of the battle, Fury came out swinging, but Usyk was able to withstand the British fighter’s assault.

As the battle went on, the Ukrainian gained momentum because of his excellent movement and technical proficiency, which allowed him to block Fury’s strong attacks and land accurate shots of his own.

The highly anticipated battle took a turn for the better when the Ukrainian stopped Fury in the ninth round.

Despite Fury’s valiant effort to recover in the final rounds, Usyk’s dominance had already sealed the victory.

The 37-year-old Ukrainian is the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis 25 years ago. He has now unified the WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC titles.

For Fury, it is the first loss in his 16-year professional career, but he will have a chance at a rematch before the end of the year.

In his post-fight interview, the British boxer accused the judges of giving the victory to Usyk because of the war in Ukraine.

“His country is at war, so people are siding with the country at war,” he said.

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Nigeria’s Boniface Scores As Leverkusen Make History With Unbeaten Bundesliga Season

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In the final game of the 2023–24 German Bundesliga season, Bayer Leverkusen defeated Augsburg 2-1 in the BayArena on Saturday thanks to an early goal by Victor Boniface.

In lieu of this victory, Leverkusen, who had already won the Bundesliga, would end the season unbeaten in the league.

In the 34-match league, the unbeaten streak that led to the league title consists of 28 wins and 6 draws.

It made history and cemented the names of Boniface and his colleagues in the Bundesliga as the first team to finish the season undefeated.

Boniface, who won the Bundesliga Rookie of the Year award earlier in the week, started the party atmosphere when he slotted home an Amaine Chadli pass inside the area in the 12th minute before Robert Andrich doubled the lead before the half-hour mark.

Mert Komur’s goal on 62 minutes proved only a consolation for Augsburg as Leverkusen sealed victory in front of their passionate fans.

The Levekusen side is led by Xabi Alonso, who is only into his second year but first full season as coach of a senior team.

The team remains unbeaten in all competitions, with the win over Augsburg extending the run to 51 matches.

They have the chance to finish the season unbeaten in all competitions with victories over Atalanta in the UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday and Kaiserslautern three days later.

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FBI Lauds EFCC, Promises Support As Agency Hands Over Recovered $22k From Convicted Fraudster

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has handed over $22,000 recovered from Hakeem Olanrewaju, a convicted internet scammer, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

The EFCC, in a statement on Saturday,said the money was handed over to the FBI in Lagos, as the victim, who was defrauded, lives in the US.

Nicholas Oweibo, the judge of the federal high court in Ikoyi, sentenced Olanrewaju to two years imprisonment for identity theft and impersonation in August 2023.

The judge also ordered that the money recovered from him be restituted to his victim.

Speaking during the handover ceremony in Lagos on Friday, Michael Wetkas, acting director of the Lagos zonal command of the EFCC, said the commission remains dedicated to combating crimes and restoring sanity to the nation.

“We are delighted to be handing over this proceeds of crime today,” Wetkas said, adding that “the EFCC is willing and always ready to do more”.

Charles Smith, FBI legal attaché in Nigeria, thanked the EFCC for facilitating the recovery of the money.

“This type of crime cripples businesses in the US, and for them to recover the money within one to two years gives hope to the affected companies and brings some level of justice, even if not all subjects have been identified,” Smith said.

“We hope our relationship continues and fosters a more cohesive partnership between the two agencies.”

Smith added that the FBI is willing to support the investigation in any way possible.

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