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2023: Kumalia Not A Candidate In Borno Central Election – APC Legal Team 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has lost out in the central Senatorial election following two court judgments passed this week, the legal team of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. 

APC head of the legal team, Abdulwasiu Alfa (Esq), who said this in a press statement, referred to two judgments delivered on Monday and Tuesday which sacked Umara Kumalia and Jibrin Tatabe, who were in court over the ticket as candidates of the party. 

The lawyer said specific media reports emanating from a court judgment in Abuja on Tuesday, which threw out a signature forgery allegation against Mr. Kumalia by Tatabe, who alleged that he was wrongly replaced with Kumalia as the candidate for the 2023 Borno Central senatorial district election, claimed Kumalia had been cleared to run as the PDP candidate.

Bay-6 News learned that on Monday, a Judge of the Federal High Court Maiduguri Division, Justice Jude Dagat, had delivered judgment in a suit number: FHC/MG/ CS/ 54/22, between APC and Kaka Shehu Lawan, as plaintiffs versus PDP, Mohammed Umara Kumalia and two others, as defendants, where he orders that  “the 1st Defendant (PDP) cannot sponsor, nominate or forward the name of anybody to the 3rd Defendant (INEC) as its candidate for the election mentioned above except a candidate that emerged from the valid primary election of the 1st Defendant

Justice Dagat also gave an order “setting aside the publication of the 3rd Defendant containing the name of the 2nd Defendant (Kumalia) published on the 20th day of September 2022, the 2nd Defendant having

not emanated from any valid primary election conducted by the 1st Defendant.

The Court, therefore, issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the 2nd Defendant (Kumalia) forthwith from parading himself as the Senatorial candidate of the 1st

Defendant for Borno Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

 “As you are all aware by now, the APC, along with its Candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District, Kaka Shehu Lawan Esq, has approached the Federal High Court Maiduguri Division to determine the propriety or otherwise of the acceptance of nomination of one Muhammad Umara Kumalia as the Candidate of the PDP for Borno Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming 2023 General Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in gross violation of the combined provisions of Section 285(14) (c) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 29(1) and 84(1) of the Electoral Act 2022.”

Barrister Alfa further stated that “the above provisions of the laws allow the APC, in exercising its right as provided by the Constitution, that the APC, as a registered political party, and its Candidate challenged the publication of the name of one Muhammad Umara Kumalia as the Candidate of the PDP for Borno Central Senatorial District on the 20th day of September 2022, because he (Kumalia) did not emerge from any valid primary or rerun election as contemplated by law.”

The APC had told the court that the acceptance of Kumalia’s name by INEC and subsequent publication of his name as Candidate of the PDP by INEC was “illegal, null, void and of no legal effect based on the provision of the Constitution and the Electoral Act 2022.”

However, Barrister Alfa said, “In a reserved judgment delivered by the Federal High Court Maiduguri Division on the 9th day of January 2023 in upholding the argument of APC and its Candidate granted the reliefs as contained in the attached enrolled order of the Honourable Court which effectively laid to rest the candidacy of Muhammad Umara Kumalia.

“Meanwhile, one Jibrin Mustapha Tatabe has also instituted a case against PDP and Muhammad Umara Kumalia before the Federal High Court Abuja Division challenging the unlawful withdrawal of his nomination and seeking to be declared the authentic Candidate of the PDP had won the primary election of the party for Borno Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming 2023 election. 

“In a considered judgment delivered by the Federal High Court Abuja Division on the 10th day of January 2023, the case filed by Jibrin Mustapha Tatabe was dismissed on the grounds of incompetence. 

“In other words, the Federal High Court in Abuja had, while delivering judgment on the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1240/22, as filed by Tatabe, refused to recognize Jibrin Mustapha Tatabe as the Candidate of the PDP for Borno Central Senatorial District while the Federal High Court Maiduguri Division had already set-aside the nomination of Muhammad Umara Kumalia as the Candidate of the PDP for Borno Central Senatorial District.

“The cumulative effect of the two judgments is that neither Muhammad Umara Kumalia nor Jibrin Mustapha Tatabe is a Candidate in Borno Central Senatorial District Election. 

“Thus, the PDP does not have a candidate to contest the Borno Central Senatorial District election in 2023 as both candidates have lost out in both courts.

“It is instructive to sound a note of warning here that any claim, presentation, or parading of Muhammad Umara Kumalia as the Candidate of the PDP for Borno Central Senatorial District amounts to contempt of court. 

“So as it stands today, the 11th day of January 2023, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no Candidate to contest in the Borno Central Senatorial District in the 2023 General Election,” said the APC Legal team leader.

The Lawyer challenged the media to compel Kumalia to tender the legal order he claimed emanated from the Federal High Court Abuja, affirming him as a candidate. 

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Bello Kirfi In Court To Challenge His Sack As Bauchi Traditional Title Holder

One time Nigerian minister of Special Duties, Bello Kirfi, has gone to court to reclaim his traditional title as top Bauchi chief after he was last week derobbed by the Government of Bauchi state.

Kirfi, a Senior Councillor in the Bauchi Emirate Council has a history of conflict with the government of Bauchi.

Punch has reported that the retired federal civil servant, minister in the government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari in the 1980s and Minister of Special Duties during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo was stripped of his traditional title as “Wazirin Bauchi” and removed from being a council member for the second time in five years, by the Bauchi Emirate Council for alleged “disloyalty and disrespect” to the State Governor, Bala Mohammed.

The former minister, in his 90s got sacked via a letter addressed to him by the Secretary of the Bauchi Emirate Council, Shehu Mudi Muhammad on January 3rd, 2023 with reference No: BEC/ADM/20/VOL.XV and titled: “Removal from office as a Council Member and Traditional Title of Wazirin Bauchi.”

The sack letter reads: “I am directed to refer to a letter received from the Ministry of Local Government Affairs of reference No: MLG/LG/S/72/T dated 30th December, 2022. The content of the said letter indicated your disloyalty and disrespect to the Executive Governor of the State and the government. It therefore directed for your removal with immediate effect.

“In view of the above, you are hereby removed from office as Wazirin Bauchi and also as a Council Member of Bauchi Emirate.”

In Court

The former minister said that he had gone to court to challenge his removal.

“The Issue of Removal As Wazirin Bauchi And Council Member on the 3rd January 2023 orchestrated by the State Government via Emirate Council, have Undoubtedly generated controversies in and around the state, a statement Kirfi issued thriugh his son and official spokesperson, Yakubu Kirfi, said.

“People from all walks of life trooped to the house of Alhaji Muhammad Bello Kirfi on a sympathy and solidarity visit, it’s much appreciated.

“Unambiguously, the matter is currently before the competent court of jurisdiction, which will determine the legality of the purported action by the State Government. So far, there is no Official Press Statement/Release from Alh. Muhammad Bello Kirfi CON,” he wrote.

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New Naira Notes Now In ATMs As Cash Withdrawal Limit Takes Effect

FOLLOWING the commencement on Monday, of the cash withdrawal limit directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Commercial Banks in the country have started dispensing newly redesigned naira notes through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) nationwide, a news article in Nigerian Tribune said.

The newspaper said it checked on a few commercial banks in Lagos found out that the new cash policy is now effective.

That banks have started sending out messages to their customers to ensure seamless compliance.

One of such messages read:” We are happy to inform you that the newly redesigned naira notes are now available at all UBA ATMs nationwide “Please note that the Maximum daily cash withdrawal limit for these notes at the ATMs is N100,000.”

A manager in one of the commercial banks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja told the Nigerian Tribune that his bank had no option than to implement the guidelines since the CBN has not issued contrary directive, maintaining that operations at his branch went well without any breach.

The manager who pleaded for anonymity on the grounds that he was not authorised to speak to the media said his branch in Area 11, Abuja complied fully with the CBN directive, and did not record any contravention on the first day as operations went on unhindered.

He stressed that his branch would continue to play according to the regulation, and advised bank customers to also comply with the CBN’s directive to ensure efficient service delivery.

According to him, all customers that transacted financial services business with his branch complied with the new cash withdrawal limits, except for two customers who attempted to withdraw above the limits possibly due to ignorance, but were corrected, and they did not raise any objection.

In December 2022, the CBN directed deposit money banks and other financial institutions to ensure that over-the-counter cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities per week do not exceed N100,000 and N500, 000, respectively.

However, due to the mixed reactions from Nigerians, the apex bank increased the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million respectively.

According to the CBN, the aim is to boost the cashless policy and reduce the amount of cash outside the banking system.

The apex banking sector regulator recently directed commercial banks in the country to load their ATMs with the redesigned naira notes in a bid to boost circulation, but up till this January, scarcity of the new notes lingered.

Reacting to the latest development, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, Dr Muda Yusuf said the vast majority of Nigerians are already doing cashless transactions; it’s a small minority of Nigerians using cash, especially in rural Nigeria, who should be left alone.

He said it will disrupt the economy of rural Nigeria, as it seems there is a gross underestimation of the rural economy.

Despite CBN’s assurances that those in the rural areas were would be taken care of through agent banking already in all local government areas, Yusuf said the cashless policy is not going to improve, but instead, slow down the economy, stressing that it is completely unnecessary because it will affect the velocity of transactions as the informal economy constitutes a large part of the economy.

He raised concerns with the policy, saying that the aim of the CBN for implementing the policy does not quite suffice because the cash in the system is just about six per cent of the money supply in the system.

“So, if you have just six per cent of cash outside the system, it means 94 per cent of the money in circulation is still within the banking system,” he said.
Yusuf added that there is another measure of the adequacy of cash in an economy, which is called cash dominance in an economy, where you compare your cash to your Gross Domestic Product (GDP) because cash is needed to support the economy.

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Looking back on a year of working remotely

It is only in comparatively recent years that attention has been given to bee-keeping on a scientific basis. Aforetime there were certain traditional methods to be followed to secure the honey harvest, but those who practised them knew neither the why nor wherefore. Today, however, thanks to the observations of our great scientists on the life and habits of the bee, to their patience and diligence in noting the insect’s manner of working, we are in possession of knowledge which has enabled the practical bee-keeper to reduce the old haphazard ways to method, orderliness, and definite purpose.

The budding bee-keeper, as he reads one or other of these great works on the bee and its ways, may begin to wonder if it is not all too wonderful for him to deal with, and if he may ever hope to become proficient in the art and practice of bee-keeping. Let me say, here and now, that, given patience, perseverance, and diligence, a measure of success is open to anyone who brings intelligence into his work.

I’m spending more time with
my family, exercising more,
and getting more sleep.

Although the doubts and difficulties that assail the tyro, and the questions arising therefrom, might raise a smile from the expert—if only as a reminder of his own early aspirations and efforts—yet there is no reason for despair; though disappointments are certain to arise, they should be accepted merely as spurs to further effort, as steps towards the ultimate goal of success.

Some may think—rashly—that there is nothing new to be said or learned about the bee, but the fact is that even scientists are still ignorant as to the definite uses of certain of the insect’s organs, and of the origin and remedies of some of the diseases from which it suffers. Putting aside, therefore, the merely commercial aspect of bee-keeping, there is still a wide field of interest and research open for exploration by the intelligent bee-keeper.

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I check email just two times a day and it’s fine

It is only in comparatively recent years that attention has been given to bee-keeping on a scientific basis. Aforetime there were certain traditional methods to be followed to secure the honey harvest, but those who practised them knew neither the why nor wherefore. Today, however, thanks to the observations of our great scientists on the life and habits of the bee, to their patience and diligence in noting the insect’s manner of working, we are in possession of knowledge which has enabled the practical bee-keeper to reduce the old haphazard ways to method, orderliness, and definite purpose.

The budding bee-keeper, as he reads one or other of these great works on the bee and its ways, may begin to wonder if it is not all too wonderful for him to deal with, and if he may ever hope to become proficient in the art and practice of bee-keeping. Let me say, here and now, that, given patience, perseverance, and diligence, a measure of success is open to anyone who brings intelligence into his work.

Although the doubts and difficulties that assail the tyro, and the questions arising therefrom, might raise a smile from the expert—if only as a reminder of his own early aspirations and efforts—yet there is no reason for despair; though disappointments are certain to arise, they should be accepted merely as spurs to further effort, as steps towards the ultimate goal of success.

Some may think—rashly—that there is nothing new to be said or learned about the bee, but the fact is that even scientists are still ignorant as to the definite uses of certain of the insect’s organs, and of the origin and remedies of some of the diseases from which it suffers. Putting aside, therefore, the merely commercial aspect of bee-keeping, there is still a wide field of interest and research open for exploration by the intelligent bee-keeper.

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This is what a typical day looks like for me

It is only in comparatively recent years that attention has been given to bee-keeping on a scientific basis. Aforetime there were certain traditional methods to be followed to secure the honey harvest, but those who practised them knew neither the why nor wherefore. Today, however, thanks to the observations of our great scientists on the life and habits of the bee, to their patience and diligence in noting the insect’s manner of working, we are in possession of knowledge which has enabled the practical bee-keeper to reduce the old haphazard ways to method, orderliness, and definite purpose.

The budding bee-keeper, as he reads one or other of these great works on the bee and its ways, may begin to wonder if it is not all too wonderful for him to deal with, and if he may ever hope to become proficient in the art and practice of bee-keeping. Let me say, here and now, that, given patience, perseverance, and diligence, a measure of success is open to anyone who brings intelligence into his work.

Although the doubts and difficulties that assail the tyro, and the questions arising therefrom, might raise a smile from the expert—if only as a reminder of his own early aspirations and efforts—yet there is no reason for despair; though disappointments are certain to arise, they should be accepted merely as spurs to further effort, as steps towards the ultimate goal of success.

Some may think—rashly—that there is nothing new to be said or learned about the bee, but the fact is that even scientists are still ignorant as to the definite uses of certain of the insect’s organs, and of the origin and remedies of some of the diseases from which it suffers. Putting aside, therefore, the merely commercial aspect of bee-keeping, there is still a wide field of interest and research open for exploration by the intelligent bee-keeper.

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