On Wednesday, Mr Buhari’s regime claimed it spent $1.2 million to deploy vehicles to evacuate the Nigerian citizens currently stranded in Sudan.
The trial of five suspects in the case of the lynched 25-year-old driver, Temitope Olorunfemi, in Akure, on Thursday, was stalled by the prosecutor’s absence.
The surge in the number of asylum requests was a huge increase compared to the figures of the previous month, in which period 2,130 asylum applications were registered.
He particularly expressed worry at the sudden influx of the herders whom he said “always masquerades in different forms” to enter the state.
Nelson Akintimehin, the prosecutor in charge of the case, told the court that the five accused persons conspired to commit the felony and unlawful murder of Mr Olorunfemi.
Mr Oleyeloogun was dragged before the court, alongside two others, over an alleged N2.4 million fraud committed in 2019.
“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab,” Mr Abid added.
The announcement came a few days after the network agreed to pay $787.5m to settle a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems.
In March, suspected herders attacked the farmers in the local community for refusing to allow their cattle to graze on their farmlands.
The only viable way out is by road,” said foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama.
