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Court: Ordered Trump's Arrested
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A Baghdad court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, as part of its investigation into the killing of a top Iraqi paramilitary commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Al-Muhandis, who was the Deputy Head of Iraq’s largely pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network, was killed in the same US drone strike that took out Iranian general Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad airport on January 3 last year.
Trump, who ordered the strike, subsequently boasted that it had taken out “two (men) for the price of one”.
The UN special rapporteur for an extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, has called the twin killings as “arbitrary” and “illegal”.
Iran already issued a warrant for the arrest of Trump in June and asked Interpol to relay it as a so-called red notice to other police forces around the world.
The court for east Baghdad has now issued the warrant for Trump’s arrest under Article 406 of the penal code, which provides for the death penalty in all cases of premeditated murder, the judiciary said.
The court said the preliminary inquiry had been completed but “investigations are continuing to unmask the other culprits in this crime, be they Iraqis or foreigners.”
Meanwhile, some members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet on Wednesday opened discussion on the possibility of removing Trump from office after his supporters stormed the Capitol, according to reports by three US news channels.
The discussions focused on the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president’s removal by the vice president and cabinet if he is judged “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
Invoking it would require Vice President Michael Pence to lead the cabinet in a vote on removing him.
CNN quoted unnamed Republican leaders saying the 25th amendment had been discussed, saying they had described Trump as “out of control.”
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2023 Election: Buhari, Tinubu, Others Agreed To Zone APC Presidential Candidate To South-West - Lagos APC Chairman
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2023 Election: Buhari, Tinubu, Others Agreed To Zone APC Presidential Candidate To South-West - Lagos APC Chairman
VantagenewsDec 13, 2020Read original
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The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Tunde Balogun, has said that the founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had a gentleman agreement that the South-West zone will produce the 2023 presidential candidate of the party.
Balogun, also said that it will be unfair for the party not to fulfill the agreement reached in the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu and other top members of the party that he failed to mention.
The state chairman who spoke to The Punch, added that he believes the party’s founding fathers would honour the agreement.
Recall that the APC during its National Executive Committee meeting held on Tuesday and chaired by Buhari approved the extension of the six-month tenure of the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee for another six months.
The NEC also ordered the immediate dissolution of the organs of the party from the polling units level to the non National Working Committee component of the National Executive Committee, reconstituting them thereafter only on caretaker capacity.
The decisions didn’t go down well with some members of the party who believe the move is an attempt by some unnamed party members to manipulate the party process and dictate things ahead of 2023 general elections.
Although 2023 is still far ahead, the various geopolitical zones are already heating up the polity with agitations and demands aimed at taking over the number one seat in the country.
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