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An All Progressives Congress (APC ) aspirant for the Ondo governorship election Paul Akintelure is d£ad.  The spokesperson of the APC in Ondo State Alex Kalejaye confirmed the incident in a telephone conversation with Channels Television early Tuesday. While the cause of his death is still unknown, Akintelure’s demise came days after the medical doctor turned politician raised an alarm about thr£ats to his life. “Initially, I hope these incidents would dissipate over time, yet regrettably, they have escalated to pose a serious threat to my life,” his spokesman Oladapo Akintelure said in a March 21 statement. The thr£ats against me only strengthen my resolve to stand up for what is right and just. I will not allow fear to dictate our path forward. Let us embrace peace, progress, and unity. Our collective strength lies in our to stand together as one, regardless of our differences.” The late Akintelure had in 2012 ran as the deputy governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nig...

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia state chapter, has accused Governor Alex Otti, of using the pension law to pursue vendetta against former Governors and former Deputy Governors of the state. Otti had last week revoked the state law which grants pension to former governors and former deputy governor. The party stated that it cannot understand why Governor Otti who has not paid pension to any of his predecessors would quickly rush to repeal the law if not to massage his ego and portray himself as a saint and buy cheap popularity. The party in a statement by its Acting state publicity secretary, Elder Amah Abraham, added that there is no evidence that the money saved from the non-payment of pension to former governors and former deputy governors, has been used to offset the pension arrears of pensioners and civil servants who are still being owed by the government. Reminding Otti that the National Assembly has allowed the pension law for ex-presidents to stay, the party explained ...