The Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the move by the Senate to establish an agency for repentant members of Boko Haram terrorist group.

 

Just as CAN is condemning the act, the Chibok community in Borno State also lambasted the Senate, saying the people of the North-East, not insurgents, needed urgent attention and rehabilitation.

 

CAN Director of Legal and Public Affairs,  Kwamkur Samuel, in an interview said he was not aware of any nation that had successfully undertaken the project of de-radicalising, rehabilitating and empowering terrorists.

 

He accused the Federal Government of having an ulterior motive of rewarding terrorism instead of considering a bill that will provide adequate relief materials for victims of terrorism.

 

On his part, the Spokesperson for the Kibaku Community Development Association in Chibok, Dr Allen Manasseh, said anyone who supports the bill must be an enemy of this country.

 

The bill first read at the senate yesterday was sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, former Governor of Yobe state.

 

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of Emeka Ihedioha’s application seeking the review of the January 14, 2020 judgment which sacked him as Imo State governor.

 

Senator Hope Uzodinma was also declared by the Supreme Court as his replacement.

 

The seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Tanko Muhammad adjourned the hearing after Ihedioha’s lawyer; Kanu Agabi told the court that processes were still being filed.

 

The lawyer representing Uzodinma and his party, the All Progressives Congress, Damian Dodo, and that of INEC, Taminu Inuwa, did not oppose the application for adjournment.

 

The CJN-led panel subsequently adjourned till March 2 for hearing.

 

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who read the lead judgment of the seven-man panel of the apex court had upheld Uzodinma’s appeal, ruling that the votes polled in 388 out of the 3,523 polling units were excluded in the final results declared by INEC in the state.

 

A case of the Lassa Hemorrhagic fever has been recorded.

 

Currently, Lassa fever is raging in over 19 States in the country.

 

State Commissioner for Health Prof, Akin Abayomi who disclosed this confirmed that the patient is currently in isolation at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

 

Abayomi while noting that the situation is under control called on residents to be calm and not panic.

 

He assured that State government in active collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is doing everything possible to control the spread of the disease in Lagos State.

 

He however reiterated the need for members of the public to ensure and maintain adequate personal hygiene and environmental sanitation at all times as part of prevention and control measures against the spread of the disease in the State

 

The Presidency has said that the call for the sacking of the Service Chiefs at the moment is ill-advised.

 

It also said such would create cracks in the country and threaten national unity.

 

These are words coming from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, at the public presentation of a book in Abuja entitled ‘CAN, Religion and Power in Nigeria’ at the National Christian Centre.

 

He added that there were processes that should be followed in the disengagement of heads of security agencies insisting that “at the right time, those processes will be followed.”

 

Boss Mustapha said no government will wake up one day and sack the service chiefs.