1. The Boko Haram sect has reportedly executed Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Lawan Andimi. This was made known on Tuesday by Ahmed Salkida, a journalist known to have access to Boko Haram. He revealed that Andimi was beheaded by the insurgents. Nigerian Christians have since reacted angrily to development, blaming the current government for allegedly collaborating with the insurgents to persecute Christians.
3. The FCT Police Command has said members of the El-Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement in Nigeria attacked security operatives and civilians in Abuja on Tuesday. This was contained in a statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Police Public Relations Officer. The Police said that members went berserk on Tuesday and attacked citizens around the Berger roundabout with dangerous weapons.
5. The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Tuesday, affirmed the election of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. The candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the 2019 Guber election, Barr. Emmanuel Jime, had dragged Ortom before the apex court, having lost at the tribunal and court of appeal. But the Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgement led by Justice Sylvester Agwuata, said, “The judgement of the tribunal and Court of Appeal need not to be disturbed”.
7. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the appeal challenging the election of Ahmadu Fintri as duly elected Governor of Adamawa State. The apex court held that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Jibrilla Bindow, failed to prove their allegation that Fintri emerged through over-voting. The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola had earlier dismissed the appeal filed before it against the election of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State.
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