Lawmaker representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly is dead.
He was said to have died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital from illness suspected to be Coronavirus.
Reacting to his death in a post on Facebook, Diana Mary Nsan said, “My brother-in-law nursed him for the last two weeks up until yesterday.
“The government needs to tell us what killed him. He died at the isolation centre I suppose, so we still need to know the facts. My inlaw is self-isolating.”
Also reacting to the incident, Ebriku John Friday on Facebook said, “Black Thursday as Cross River loses Assembly member, Hon Godwin Akwaji.
“May his kind soul rest in peace.”
Akwaji was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and had a large following in his constituency.
2. The President Orders Managers of the Nation’s Security to redouble their Efforts.
From the report we got in the morning, the president and the security chiefs had a closed-door meeting today at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Meanwhile during the meeting, Mr President said that he is unhappy with the current state of the security situation in the country.
The information was disclosed to the public by the National security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.), he said that, The President had charged managers of the nation’s security to redouble their efforts.
According to Monguno, the President said that, the security chiefs has been doing their best, but their best had not been good enough for the challenges facing the nation.
He said the President has charged the office of the NSA, to meet with governors of the Northwest states and that of Niger State, for briefing and strategic organisation of a response to the Banditry problem in their domains.
He has therefore declared that excuses will no longer be tolerated and charged the various aspects of the security architecture to work together to solve the nation’s security challenges.
3. PDP postpones primary election in Edo State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its primary election in Edo State.
The primary election, which was earlier slated for June 19 and 20, has been postponed until June 23.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, told The Punch.
He said, “We have postponed our primary in Edo, till June the 23rd.”
4. Abia State taskforce threatens to seal Aba market.
The Abia State COVID-19 taskforce has threatened to shut down the Ariaria International Market, Aba, over non-compliance with the COVID-19 safety measures by traders that the state government put in place.
Chairman, Abia State Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19, and Secretary to the State Government, Bar Chris Ezem, during a visit to the market described as unacceptable the low compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.
He said the state government has no plans to adjust the Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays market days in view of the rising cases of the virus in the state and warned that if the traders continued to flout the state government’s directive, the state government will have no choice but to enforce total closure of the market.
Ezem said, “If we find out they are not complying with our directives, we will be forced to withdraw what we have and order a complete lockdown of this Ariaria.
“What we are going to do next is that anywhere we find this continued breach, we will order a total lockdown of Ariaria. I will come here, seal the place off and tell the Commissioner of Police to put an enforcement team and the gates will be locked up.”
5. High Courts Orders APC to Recognize Giadom as National Chairman.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the All Progressives Congress, APC to recognize Victor Giadom as the acting national chairman of the party.
This is coming a day after the party announced Abiola Ajimobi, a former governor of Oyo state as the acting national chairman. A court order issued on Thursday 18th of June restrained the party from blocking Giadom from performing his duties as the acting chairman.
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