Osinbajo Escapes Tragedy Following Chopper's Emergency Landing

 

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A chopper that was to convey Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo from the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada in Abuja, was forced to land, few seconds after take off on Thursday.

 

Osinbajo was in the school for the graduation ceremony of Senior Division Course 1/2018 participants.

 

The chopper had earlier taken the Vice President to the college for the ceremony.

Benue Killings: Ortom Lied Against Me - Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

 

BENUE KILLINGS: REPORTS VICE PRESIDENT IGNORED BENUE GOVERNOR’S LETTER ABSOLUTELY FALSE

 

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, was shocked by a news report ostensibly quoting the Benue State Governor Sam Ortom as saying that the VP was warned of the savage and inhumane killings by alleged herdsmen in Logo and Guma local government areas which took place on the 1st of January 2018.

 

Although the Vice President, Prof. Osinbajo does not believe that the Governor could ever have said so, it will be a terrible falsehood to suggest that the VP was ever informed by the Governor or any one else of the imminence of the killing of citizens of our country in those or any other local governments in Benue State.

BREAKING News: Acting President, Osinbajo Receives Copy of 2017 Budget from National Assembly

 

The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President, Laolu Akande, has this Friday afternoon, confirmed that the National Assembly has formally transmitted the 2017 Appropriation Bill recently passed into law to the Executive, to Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

 

Laolu who said that the document was formally received in the office of the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, added that the bill is currently undergoing diligent consideration by the Executive arm of government.

Failing Health: Osinbajo will Not be Allowed to Replace Buhari in 2019 - Northern Elders Forum

Osinbajo & Buhari

 

While speaking in an exclusive interview with New Telegraph, the spokesman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, disclosed that should President Muhammadu Buhari’s failing health prevents him from seeking re-election in 2019, the North must retain the presidency.

 

The elder statesman stressed that the region must be allowed to field a presidential candidate through the All Progressives Congress (APC), in 2019 should Buhari fail to seek re-election.

 

He said in the situation of any eventuality, the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo should be allowed to complete the current tenure but will not be allowed to contest in 2019.