Yilwatda backs Tinubu, defends fuel subsidy removal

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed condolences to the government and people of Niger State over the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, conveyed the party’s sympathy at the weekend while briefing journalists at the end of the three-day NWC retreat held in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Federal Government has ordered an investigation into the deaths, while the Interior Ministry has suspended 20 NSCDC officers in connection with the incident.
Yilwatda, who was accompanied by the Dep...