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How Jamuli Sufi and allies attempted to blackmail Mr. Ifeanyi, disrupt Labour Party in Sokoto

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3 years ago

March 6, 2023

By Comrade Abubakar Yawale

The recent political atmosphere that saw Peter Obi of the Labour Party among the top lead in the just concluded presidential elections in Nigeria is no doubt an indication of victory. It signifies his strength and capacity to deliver and capable of becoming the president of the country.

However, the party, as one of the leading opposition is performing well and gaining public acceptance day-by-day. In Sokoto state chapter of the LP, there exists a man, Mr. Ifeanyi Ezeagu, who sacrificed and still sacrificing his time, energy and wealth to see the success of the party, as well as the well being of its supporters.

Nevertheless, in every successful journey and successful man, there must exists an enemies and purveyors of hatred, who doesn’t want to see the progress of the journey. Mr. Ifeanyi, despite all the sacrifices and kind gestures he is doing in Sokoto Chapter of the LP, is not an exception of such people who made several attempts to blackmail him just because he is good, kind and respected by all.

The like of Jamilu Sufi, is one of these people that sees nothing but the way in which they will cause havoc and blackmail people of good calibre so that they will be in the same page with them. Jamilu Sufi’s attempt to blackmail Mr. Ifeanyi Ezeagu is not a surprise considering the number of unwanted activities he engages in. Although he will not succeed as people have high regards and respect for Mr. Ifeanyi, it is good to reply him and tell him that his attempt to blackmail him will never be successful.

Jamilu Sufi have reached to the extent that he didn’t even participated in the election, talk less of casting his vote to our President Peter Obi, hence decided to support the ruling party, as some of them were since sighted with members of the APC wearing their caps and other elements that shows they are all together.

At this juncture, I would say that it is surprising to see an ongoing, misleading claim on the social media by some enemies of progress, purveyors of hatred that our leader and Obi/Datti campaign Director Mr. Ifeanyi Ezeagu hasn’t perform well during the election period. Oh my God. What sort of injustice is this? Why are these people always greedy? This is not true and this is done to harm Mr. Ifeanyi destroyed his good character, respect and repetition in the eyes of Peter Obi and the good people of the region which will never happen by grace of God.

In the claims, Jamilu Sufi wrote on twitter that Mr. Ifeanyi hasn’t assigned PUs agents or has connived with the PDP during the election. This is not true and even in common sense people will not believe in this concocted lie. Is just a plan to sabotage his personality which ended in embarrassing himself (Jamilu Sufi). They are doing all these just because he didn’t align with them to cheat on party members and the party.

There is no way Mr. Ifeanyi, who sacrificed a lot of his belongings to the LP of Sokoto state, could even witness its failure. This is not true. Mr. Ifeany single handedly secured a party office to the tune of Millions of Naira. He spent millions of Naira on many projects such as repair of transformers, evacuation of wastes in the metropolis for a healthier and clean environment.

Mr. Ifeanyi also contributed in ensuring that people get adequate drinking water within his immediate community. He shared cows during Christmas, bought land for burial ground at the cost of millions of naira singlehandedly sponsored local government to local government campaign for LP, bought all the cars used in the north west for LP all with his personal money.

The man Mr. Ifeanyi dedicated his wealth worth millions of Naira to sponsored the Local governments to Local governments campaign of the Labour Party. He was the first person to have visited the death zones in that period. He went through the nooks and crannies of Sokoto state, including Isa and Sabon Birni LGAs and this is done with his own personal money, not from any candidate or committee of the party.

How will this man deceive the party? This will sound unbelievable and strange to the hearing of sensible people.

Chindo conspired to scam Chief Ifeanyi of N3 million Naira through the stadium manager which led to the arrest and detaining of Chindo prior to the election. But Sufi went ahead to defame Chief Ifeanyi and to play victim to selling the structure of the Labour Party Sokoto when he and Chindo Abdul rahman and Jamilu Sufi were the ones that sold it.

Equally, although I am the Coordinator of the Sokoto state Coalition for better and brighter Nigeria Congress (CBBN), Jamilu Sufi went ahead and collected the money maint the Congress on my behalf. Even though what he collected is N500, 000, later he only brought N260,000 and diverted nearly half of the money to his personal use. Sufi and Chindo were also sighted moving around with officials of government who are boldly part and parcel of the ruling party.

Among other scams that Sufi committed against the Labour Party worldwide is that of N1, 310, 000 (One Million Three Hundred and Ten Thousands) from CBBN. We have full evidence with us and more of our investigations are coming. The party chairman Chindo also collected money for Party activities from Chief Ifeanyi and did nothing to that effect, which we later found out.

He even sent a letter when he couldn’t receive the money as a reminder which he later received and just kept mute. Below is the message as one of the pieces of evidence. We also have the credit alert confirming his receipt of the money.

“Good morning Sir,
I observed that everyone with a UBA account has been paid except myself, I noticed that my name has been written in the payroll as “Sufi Muhammad” . Meanwhile my official name is “Jamilu Abubakar” and the nickname is “Jamilu Sufi” No Muhammad attached.
Please, notify the payroll officer to make corrections.
Thank Sir,
Jamilu Sufi”

Furthermore, one more shameful thing about this man is how come out boldly to accuse Mr. Ifeanyi knowing that he himself (Jamilu Sufi) didn’t work for the party during the election. He didn’t even casted his vote not to talk of serving as agent. He was sighted severally wearing the APC (Tinubu) cap, which shows how he betrayed our party and our leaders. But only for him to come with baseless accusations that Mr. Ifeanyi threatened to kill him. This is another big lie and sabotage.

I believe with these points and more to come that are known by the good people of Sokoto state, everybody will know the real enemies of the Labour Party and President Mr. Peter Obi. May God protect us from the evil and defrauders like this.

Comrade Abubakar Yawale is the Head of Muslims group Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council of the LP and Chairman of Coalition of Peter Obi support groups in Sokoto state and he could be reached on 08034611979

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Tinubu Swears in Disu as Substantive IGP

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2 hours ago

March 4, 2026

Nigerian Tracker

By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police at a ceremony held at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja.

Disu took the oath of office at 2:53 pm, following the reading of his citation by the State House Director of Information and Public Relations, Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye.

The ceremony was witnessed by Vice President Kashim Shettima, cabinet members, and other dignitaries.

President Tinubu arrived at the Council Chambers at 2:48 pm, after which the National Anthem was rendered, followed by the presentation of citations for the appointees.

Immediately after Disu’s swearing-in, the President also swore in newly appointed commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission and the Federal Civil Service Commission.

The ceremony preceded the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting, which began at 03:01 pm.

The FCSC officials include Prof. Ngbea Gabriel (Benue) and Omoregie Idahagbon (Edo).

RMAFC commissioners were Abubakar Wamakko (Sokoto), Sen. Marafa Abba (Taraba), Ahmed Waziri (Adamawa), Hadizatu Mustapha (Borno), Helen Bob (Bayelsa) and Oladele Gboyega (Osun).

Disu’s confirmation as substantive IGP follows the unanimous endorsement of his appointment by the Nigeria Police Council on Monday.Overseas education consulting

The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja, at 2:00 pm shortly before the Federal Executive Council meeting, the first for the year

Disu took the oath of office before Vice President Kashim Shettima, Ministers, Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Tunji Olaopa, family members and other guests.

Also in attendance were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam; FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike; and Head of Service, Mrs Esther Walson-Jack.

According to the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu spoke glowingly about Disu during Monday’s Police Council meeting, commending him for his exemplary services, particularly during his tenure as Commander of the Rapid Response Squad in Lagos between 2015 and 2021, where he earned recognition for excellence in crime control.

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule also commended the President’s choice, noting that Disu’s appointment was based on his excellent career record.

FCT Minister and former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike lauded Disu’s professionalism, recalling his service in Rivers State as Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department and anti-kidnapping unit between 2014 and 2015.

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah seconded the motion endorsing the appointment during Monday’s Council meeting.

Disu’s confirmation comes barely a week after President Tinubu appointed him acting IGP following the resignation of Kayode Egbetokun on February 23, 2026.

Although Egbetokun officially cited “family issues” in his resignation letter, The Summitpost reported that the former police chief was summoned to the Presidential Villa and asked to step down over his resistance to the President’s directive to withdraw police officers from VIP protection duties, his opposition to state policing, and alleged vindictive conduct toward colleagues.

Disu, 59, was born on April 13, 1966, in Lagos State and joined the Nigeria Police Force on May 18, 1992, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.

He holds multiple qualifications in public administration, forensic investigation, criminology, security, legal psychology, and entrepreneurship.

Before his appointment, Disu served as Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Special Protection Unit and the Force CID Annex in Lagos.

Like his predecessor, Disu served under President Tinubu during his tenure as Lagos State Governor from 1999 to 2007. While Egbetokun was the Chief Security Officer, Disu served as Aide-de-Camp.

During his decoration as acting IGP last week, President Tinubu charged him to “make the police better than you met it,” emphasising the need to strengthen discipline, enhance inter-agency collaboration, and restore public confidence in the Nigeria Police Force.Overseas education consulting

In his response, Disu pledged to end the era of impunity within the Force and enforce zero tolerance for corruption and human rights abuses.

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Nigeria’s Education Minister Tunji Alausa Weighs Resignation to Run for Lagos Governor

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2 hours ago

March 4, 2026

Nigerian Tracker

By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, is reportedly weighing resignation from the Federal Executive Council as he considers a bid for the governorship of Lagos State, according to sources familiar with internal discussions.

Several unconfirmed reports have it that Dr Alausa has been consulting political allies and key stakeholders over the possibility of entering the race ahead of the next electoral cycle.

While there has been no formal announcement from the minister or the presidency, the development has stirred conversations within political circles in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.

If confirmed, the move would signal a significant political transition for Alausa, who has overseen policy initiatives within the education sector, including reforms aimed at strengthening tertiary institutions and improving regulatory oversight.

Political analysts say a resignation to pursue elective office would be consistent with Nigeria’s electoral laws and long-standing practice, which often require public office holders to step down before participating fully in partisan primaries.

Lagos State remains one of Nigeria’s most strategically important political battlegrounds, given its economic weight and symbolic influence in national politics. The governorship contest is expected to draw high-profile contenders across party lines.

Neither the Federal Ministry of Education nor the Presidency has issued an official statement at the time of publication.

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Umar Haruna Emerges as New Kano APC Chairman, Pledges Unity and 2027 Victory

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4 hours ago

March 4, 2026

Nigerian Tracker

By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

Umar Haruna Doguwa, former Commissioner for Water Resources, has emerged as the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano.

Doguwa, who resigned from the cabinet of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Monday to contest the plum seat of the ruling party, emerged unopposed to take over from Abdullahi Abbas, a close associate of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

Doguwa, who handed over the party leadership to Abbas after he led the party for four years under the second tenure of Senate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, returned to the party leadership 10 years after.

Doguwa emerged alongside 23 state executives through the stakeholders’ consensus and was subsequently admitted by the affirmation of 2,420 delegates at the Congress held at the Indoor Sports Hall, Sanu Abacha Stadium, Kofar-Mata, Kano.

Other state party executives include Salisu Ahmad, Vice Chairman; Professor Mohammad Yusuf, State Secretary; and Professor Nura Yaro Dawakin-Tofa, Assistant Secretary.

Also elected are legal adviser Abdul Adamu Fagge SAN; Kabiru Sule Rogo, Treasurer; Umar Yusuf, Assistant Treasurer; Mauruf Abdullahi Garo, Financial Secretary; Dr. Kabiru Husaini Zawachiki, Organising Secretary; and Hauwalu Abdullahi, Publicity Secretary.

Declaring the new state executive winner, Mr. Lateef Daban, team lead of the National Congress delegation at APC headquarters, affirmed the option of affirmation that produced the new leadership while applauding the party’s stakeholders for working in the spirit of unity.

The outgoing Chairman Abbas expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve the party for 10 years and sought forgiveness from stakeholders for any mistakes he may have made while executing the mandate of his office.

Abbas, reminded that the party will remain more united and stronger, delivering Bola Tinubu as President and Abba Kabir Yusuf as Governor of Kano State in 2027.

“Everything that has a beginning definitely has an end. The time has come for me to step aside for new leadership of the party after serving for 10 years. It is indeed a privilege, and I really appreciate members’ support and the opportunity to serve.

“Let me use this medium to seek forgiveness from whoever I have offended during the course of our duty, and I thank all those who supported us throughout our tenure. I want to specially appreciate Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and party members for their support. I call for support for those coming to the leadership, the way you have supported me.” Abbas said.

In his acceptance remarks, the new Chairman, Doguwa, pledged to build a stronger and more united party structure to deliver an overwhelming victory for President Tinubu and Governor Yusuf in the 2027 election.

The Congress was attended by Governor Yusuf, Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Ismaila Falgore; member representing Bichi Federal Constituency, Abba Bichi, and special stakeholders.

The conduct was carried out in the presence of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), led by the state resident electoral commissioner, Amb. Abdu Zango.