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Buhari’s health: Adeyemi criticises Tinubu’s position

Ramon Oladimeji

The Patron of Anti-Corruption Crusader, Prof. Tayo Adeyemi, has described as mere political ruse the call on Nigerians by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to stop speculating about the health of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Adeyemi, who described Tinubu’s recent statement as belated and unnecessary, said it would have been better for the former governor of Lagos State to remain silent on the issue of Buhari’s health because he had failed to speak at the appropriate time and watched as the President was portrayed in bad light through sponsored media attacks.

The don said Tinubu’s statement was a failed attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians that the relationship between him and Buhari was deteriorating.

He advised Tinubu “to refrain from playing on the intelligence of the educated class of Nigerians,” saying his nonchalance to the Buhari administration’s strides and efforts was already apparent.

Adeyemi said this in a statement made available to our correspondent on Sunday.

He recalled that Tinubu recently travelled to Borno State to commission some projects and on the occasion commended Governor Kashim Shettima while failing to praise Buhari as he did in his statement.

Adeyemi said, “Tinubu’s press statement has therefore unfortunately come too late as the political space has been contaminated by the undercurrents of anonymous sponsored articles in the media to portray Buhari in bad light by unidentifiable spin doctors and masters of propaganda normally used by political adventurers.

"Tinubu's nonchalance to the Buhari administration’s strides and effort has been undisputedly apparent.

“Public analysts, political observers, the educated class, the electorate and Nigerians in general have read between the lines and realised this press statement to be none other than a mere political ruse.

“The press statement is, therefore, a faux pas and totally unnecessary. It is a sign of weakness or guilt complex.

“It would have been more appropriate if the APC National Chairman-John Odie Oyegun, the Minister for Information or the Senate President had issued this sort of statement. It is out of place and irrelevant for Tinubu to issue this in his personal capacity.”

SOURCE: punchng.com

Nigerian killed as Cape Town club war rages on

Aron Hyman And Nashira Davids 

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Another shooting at a nightclub in Cape Town has claimed the life of a 26-year-old Nigerian.

Chimezie Oranusi was shot in Strand last Sunday‚ said Charles Ezeanozie‚ elder statesman for the Nigerian Union South Africa in the Western Cape.

He said Oranusi was in his car with a friend when gunmen forced their way in and opened fire. “He managed to drive with the bullet wounds for a few kilometres until he (crashed) his car‚ slumped over and died.”

The attackers did not demand anything so the motive for the shooting was unclear‚ he said. The woman in the vehicle was shot but survived.

Night club owners have pleaded for help from the City of Cape Town as their establishments become battlegrounds in an alleged escalating battle for control between protection syndicates.

The City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security‚ JP Smith‚ said two recent shootings and “brawls and skirmishes” between bouncers and “security guards” from rival protection rackets would take a toll on the local economy and tourist numbers.

“The city has been approached by numerous night club owners. They are concerned about what is going on and the lack of action by the state because they feel that these criminals are coming into places and intimidating them‚" he said.

“They are waging their wars inside their business premises and they are not seeing any action by the police or by the state and that’s making them very worried.”

Smith said that for club owners‚ “laying intimidation charges with the police is akin to signing death warrants”.

He added: “Eventually‚ if this is sustained or continued it will have a negative impact (on tourism). Over time it will destroy a part of the Cape Town scene and night-time economy. It will seriously erode the willingness of visitors‚ local and domestic‚ to visit these places.”

The violence in night clubs is believed to be connected to other shootings‚ including an attack last Monday on suspected gang leader Jerome “Donkie” Booysen and an incident in Elsies River on May 1 in which four people died.

Ezeanozie said they were aware of the club shootings. “We warned our nationals to keep safe from locations - especially those areas which are heating up including the clubs‚” he said.

The union is also concerned that in less than a month three Nigerians have been killed in Cape Town. “We are begging the minister of police to look into the murders as a serious concern‚” said Ezeanozie.

SOURCE: timeslive.co.za