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•ONE MONTH TO D-DAY: Part of the crowds welcoming Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola (right on top of a vehicle) during his re-election campaign rally in Ede...yesterday. The governorship SEE ALSO PAGE 8 election will hold on August 9.
Polls: President’s power to deploy troops under threat Reps in hot arguments
When governors crack jokes By Olukorede Yishau, Asst. Editor
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From Victor Oluwasegun, Abuja
RIENDLY smiles or “farewell” salutation? This is a poser that may come to the mind on seeing this photograph (left). For someone not conversant with political developments in the country, the picture will most likely just be interpreted as five friends greeting one another. The laughter appears infectious. They all carry on as though all is well. Murtala Nyako. Emmanuel Uduaghan. Theodore Orji. Godswill Akpabio. And Babangida Aliyu. The scene was the Presidential
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HAT is the limit of the President’s power to deploy troops? The question threw up so much dust yesterday as lawmakers debated the legality or otherwise of the President’s deployment of the military during elections. The arguments for and against a bill seeking to further amend the Electoral Act No.6 of 2010 almost brought plenary to a halt in the House. The question was if the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 8 of the Armed Continued on page 4
•HI-FIVE... HI-FIVE...From left: Akpabio , Uduaghan, Aliyu, Nyako and Orji ...yesterday.
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