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OSUN 2014 Nyanya blast ‘mastermind’ repatriated from Sudan
•APC raises alarm over threat to Aregbesola’s life •Expelled PDP members defect to APC •K1 attacked •Oyinlola: why I’m not campaigning for PDP • PAGE 9
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HE police recorded a major breakthrough yesterday in the battle against insurgents, with two arrests. A Boko Haram suspected “chief butcher” was arrested in Bauchi State. INTERPOL, also yesterday, repatriated the suspected mastermind of the April 14
•Police arrest Boko Haram kingpin •Sect ‘kills 2,053 civilians in six months’ From Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja
Nyanyan, Abuja bus station bombing from Sudan where he allegedly fled after the blast which killed no fewer than 71 people. Police spokesman Frank Mba said Ogwuche was hand-
ed over to the Interpol Unit by the Sudanese authorities. Mba added that the suspect was flown into the country on a special flight from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. The plane landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at
3.00pm. The statement said: “Following the conclusion of tortuous legal and diplomatic processes between Nigeria and the Republic of Sudan, the co-mastermind of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing in which scores of citizens
died and hundreds wounded, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, was Tuesday, 15th July, 2014 extradited to the country from Sudan where he had taken refuge. “It will be recalled that the terror fugitive who had Continued on page 4
•INSIDE: HOW PDP-LED FEDERAL GOVT GAINS FROM BOKO HARAM, BY APC P1 6 P16
Nyako vows to fight his impeachment in court Speaker sworn in as acting governor Governors, Saraki, Atiku, Balarabe, condemn action
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From Yusuf Alli, Abuja
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N acting governor mounted the saddle yesterday in Adamawa State after Governor Murtala Nyako’s controversial impeachment. Speaker Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri took the oath of office in Yola, the state capital, at a hurriedly organised ceremony witnessed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains. Lawmakers impeached Nyako shortly after the “hawks” in the ruling PDP forced Deputy Governor Bala Ngilari to resign. There were plans to arrest Nyako, who was said to have left Yola late Monday. After deliberating on the report of the Investigative Panel headed by Buba Kaigama, 18 of the 25 members of the Assembly opted to remove Nyako. The Assembly actually needed the consent of 17 members to remove the governor. Continued on page 4
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•How he was removed •Uncertain days ahead •A governor’s travails WHERE ARE •Failed rescue efforts THE CHIBOK •Jonathan begins GIRLS ‘gunboat democracy’ KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15? •AND MORE ON PAGES 2-5
•Nyako
They have done their worst; they can’t go beyond this. But there is divine justice waiting for all in the end. Can anyone run away from divine justice?...Sometimes, Allah chooses the most difficult path to take power but at the end of the day a pleasant era will come. “Allah’s will has been done but we are challenging the process in the court
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