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National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, speaks about the party’s performance in governance, internal squabbles, the anti-graft war and several other issues of national interest. Excerpts: Very little, if anything, has been said about your inaugural bi-annual national convention. Nigerians had thought that after the national caucus and the NEC, we would get to hear about specific dates for the national convention but that didn’t happen, why? We just finished our national caucus and National Executive Council meetings. Our chairman representing the National Working Committee briefed the caucus and the NEC on why we have not been able to hold the mini-convention. There are other events that should be happening like state congresses and of course, the elective convention and other things. Instead of settin...

An Inner London Crown Court has sentenced five Nigerians to various jail terms over the theft of £610,000 from business bank accounts. According to reports, Victor Oke, 39, of Galleons Drive, Barking, used stolen data provided by Desmond Uyiosa Abifade, 25, of Henniker Road, Stratford, to falsely impersonate company directors via telephone banking. Once Oke gained access, he diverted funds to ‘mule’ beneficiary accounts monitored by Moses Kuye, 28, of Connaught Road, Silvertown. Melinda Mensah-Oke, 37, also of Galleons Drive, impersonated company directors when a female voice was necessary, while Arinola Kuye, 27, also of Connaught Road, acted as the group’s money launderer. They were caught after being spotted by fraud investigators at HSBC, who passed the case to the dedicated card and payment crime unit (DCPCU) to investigate. The DCPCU is sponsored by the banking industry and made up of officers from the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Poli...