The Nation June 10, 2014

Page 1

Rivers condemns grounding of Amaechi’s plane

Newspaper of the Year

20 women abducted near Chibok

NEWS Page 4

NEWS Page 4

•Nigeria’s widest circulating newspaper

VOL. 9, NO. 2873 TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014

•Echiejile back in Eagles •Team arrives Brazil today •We’re better, says Mikel •Babatunde: mistakes ’ll SPOR TS SPORTS be corrected Pages 24&41

•www.thenationonlineng.net

TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH

EKITI 2014

N150.00

•APC warns against plunging country into crisis •Afenifere, CDHR condemn attack on governor •Jega, six RECs to supervise election •AND MORE ON PAGE 10

Jonathan cancels Kano trip as police seal off palace Sanusi gets letter, staff of office Four feared dead in clash

P

Clampdown on media enters day four From Joseph Jibueze, Lagos, Jide Orintunsin, Minna and Bode Durojaiye, Oyo

T

From Yusuf Alli, Abuja and Kolade Adeyemi, Kano

RESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has shelved his planned trip to Kano following the emergence of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as emir. The police yesterday sealed off the palace, fueling reports of a plot by the Federal Government to stop Sanusi from ascending the throne. Sanusi got his letter of appointment and staff of office from Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso at Government House yesterday. The President was expected to pay a condolence visit to Kano yesterday, but the trip, sources said, was cancelled on Sunday night following Sanusi’s emergence. A source said: “The President wanted to be in Kano on Monday (yesterday) but the emergence of Sanusi and the protests that accompanied it made the President to stay away from any controversy. “I think the President may find a more auspicious time to be in Kano. He loves the people of the state; he shares their pain on the loss of the WHERE ARE late emir.” It was gathered that the THE CHIBOK protest that greeted Sanusi’s GIRLS KIDNAPPED choice on Sunday was instiON APRIL 15? Continued on page 4

?

•Emir Sanusi receiving his letter of appointment from Governor Kwankwaso...yesterday

HE assault on the media by Federal Government agents continued yesterday. Soldiers kept vigil at newspaper distribution centres, while waiting to arrest The Nation’s sales representatives. Attack on vendors also continued; many of them were beaten up in Lagos. Those who displayed The Nation were the target. The newspaper’s Sales Manager Mr Olaribigbe Bello said: “We got reports from some vendors in Lagos that soldiers attacked them and seized copies of The Nation in their possession. “It was more pronounced in Ikotun area of Lagos. On Sunday, it was at the Abule Egba area that they attacked vendors who displayed The Nation and seized all the copies they had. “We also got reports that soldiers were at newspaper distribution centres in various parts of the country searching for our sales Continued on page 4

Police attack is assassination attempt, says Fayemi

E

•Dr. Fayemi...yesterday

KITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi yesterday described Sunday’s attack on his convoy by a police team as “an attempt to assassinate me”. He said the police action which led to the killing of an All Progressives Congress (APC) member, Taiwo Akinsola, was disrespectful of his office as the “Chief Security Officer of the state.” The Commander of Police Mobile Force in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital,

From Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja and Suleiman Salawudeen, Ado-Ekiti

Gabriel Selenkere, allegedly fired the shot that killed Akinsola during the symbolic sweeping of roads that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members passed through during their rally last Saturday. Fayemi spoke to reporters in AdoEkiti before leaving for Abuja to take the case against Ekiti police’s conduct to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar.

He also spoke to reporters in Abuja after meeting with the police chief. Ekiti State Commissioner for Integration and Inter-government Affairs Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, who was assaulted by policemen and driven away from the scene on Sunday, has been transferred to Zone 8 Headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, it was learnt. His offence was not disclosed and effort to get Ekiti police spokesman Victor Babayemi’s reaction failed yes-

terday. Fayemi said: “My immediate interpretation of what happened yesterday (Sunday) is that there was an assault on the government and the people of Ekiti State and if one were to be extreme in one’s interpretation, we could go on and say it is an assassination attempt against the governor of Ekiti State. “That is why I am going to Abuja this morning to see Mr President and the Continued on page 4

•FUNDING THREATENS 2015 POLLS, SAYS JEGA P5 •EXPLOSION AT PORT HARCOURT COURT P56


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.