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PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES APC SPOKESMAN FELIX MORKA ON HIS BIRTHDAY

President Bola Tinubu congratulates Mr Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on his birthday on April 12.

The President shares in the joys of the occasion with the National Executive Council (NEC), the National Working Committee (NWC), and all members of the party as Morka celebrates another year in good health.

President Tinubu acknowledges the pedigree of the APC spokesman, especially as a human rights advocate who worked extensively with civil society organisations before venturing into politics, bringing his vast experience in strategic communication to properly interpret and explain the party's manifesto.

The President states that Morka, who is also the chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), has continued to build understanding between the governing party and citizens, contributing to the exponential growth in membership.

President Tinubu commends the national publicity secretary for the maturity and wisdom he brings to the position, and for ensuring effective internal and external communications.

The President prays for the well-being of the APC spokesman and his family.

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INEC, David Mark, and Coming Abachaian Coronation

By Farooq Kperogi

With INEC's overtly partisan, intentionally illegal, and possibly remote-controlled withdrawal of recognition for the David Mark-led ADC, Nigeria has officially reverted to full-on Abacha-era suffocation of even the wispiest pretense to competitive electoral politics.

Lawyers have said that the judgment of the appeal court, which INEC invoked as a convenient crutch to carry out a predetermined action, said the status quo should be maintained. In other words, the judgment says David Mark should remain the chairman of the ADC until the merit of the appeal has been determined.

However, it appears that INEC is in the know of what the final judgment will be and decided to jump the gun. Yet the INEC chairman is a professor of law and a SAN! He can't even pretend to be neutral.

It seems obvious that the ADC faction INEC will ultimately recognize, as I predicted in my column of two weeks ago, will be the faction that will merely be an extension of the APC, much like the PDP now is. They will either present dummy candidates or adopt Tinubu as their candidate, which is a distinction without a difference.

It is obvious that Tinubu wants a coronation, not a competitive election, in 2027. He is scared to death about a real electoral contest. We all know why.

Well, according to public records, it cost around ₦300–₦355 billion to conduct the 2023 presidential election. It is projected that it will cost almost ₦870 billion to conduct the 2027 election.

Why should Nigeria spend close to a trillion naira on a preset, make-believe, Abachaian coronation exercise? Let’s kuku cancel democracy and make Tinubu the supreme leader. At least we would save a trillion naira.