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In a related institution, one of its key leaders is a marked man. The man allegedly has a penchant for arriving late for high profile public functions way after the main guest is seated. Two recent functions stand out. In one of them, he reportedly arrived when the main guest had concluded and the motorcade was on the way out. In another, which is the latest but in which he was the host, the man was again purportedly late and was not available on the tarmac to receive the main guest. Worse still, he was reportedly inebriated.
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Is a top governor from the larger Western part of the country against some of the names his party bosses tout as possible successors in their party? This column overheard the influential power man dismiss any effort at straight jacketing the membership of the outfit on matters succession, insisting that a new leader for the region will emerge organically. This comes as another lawmaker, who is not part of the names paraded by the party leader at a recent function, is rousing rubbles in the outfit.
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Why can’t a personality recently elected to a powerful organ settle down and forget politics of the past? The man is reportedly still flooding WhatsApp groups with ad hominem comments about his competitor who has since moved on from the contest. This is despite the man having already occupied the contested seat for a five year term without any challenge.
