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Still Loyal to Wike, Fubara sacks Rivers traditional council chairman over omission of Governor, deputy's pictures on State traditional council's 2024 calendar

Still Loyal to Wike, Fubara sacks Rivers traditional council chairman over omission of Governor, deputy's pictures on State traditional council's 2024 calendar


Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has removed the Chairman of the State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers Eze Sergeant Awuse.


The removal of Awuse was announced during a special meeting between the Governor and traditional rulers at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.


The removal was attributed to Awuse's publication of a 2024 calendar that omitted photographs of the Governor and his deputy. 


Announcing Awuse's removal, Fubara said: "I will like to draw your attention to a special insult that was melted to this government. The council produced a calendar for the year 2024, and the governor's picture, the deputy governor's picture was not in the calender. I want to ask you, does it show any sign that that leadership is working with this government?. 


"So I've decided today that we have to move forward. By the special grace of God, the administrative lifespan of the chairman is one year. 


"So at this particular hour, I have to say that 'with the power vested on me, the tenure of Sergeant Awuse is terminated."


Source: X | Symnfoni


Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has removed the Chairman of the State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers Eze Sergeant Awuse.


The removal of Awuse was announced during a special meeting between the Governor and traditional rulers at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.


The removal was attributed to Awuse's publication of a 2024 calendar that omitted photographs of the Governor and his deputy. 


Announcing Awuse's removal, Fubara said: "I will like to draw your attention to a special insult that was melted to this government. The council produced a calendar for the year 2024, and the governor's picture, the deputy governor's picture was not in the calender. I want to ask you, does it show any sign that that leadership is working with this government?. 


"So I've decided today that we have to move forward. By the special grace of God, the administrative lifespan of the chairman is one year. 


"So at this particular hour, I have to say that 'with the power vested on me, the tenure of Sergeant Awuse is terminated."


Source: X | Symnfoni

The God who rules in the affairs of Wike and Fubara

The God who rules in the affairs of Wike and Fubara

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi.



Pride they say goes before destruction. Pride is a difficult trait to recognise particularly by those who are proud! Many who are proud are living at the mercy of time for an inevitable destruction that must happen; this of course includes me! May mercy preserve me and you till the day our eyes would be opened to see the seeds of destruction in us, no matter how small and where they are harboured!


 To rid oneself of pride is to accept the humble pie of humility. It is never an easy route but grace can make it easier for a Carmel to pass through the eye of the needle while rich ones proudly stroll in comfort and opulence to hell!


"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad", goes the saying. I am yet to see the manifestation of madness that is worse than pride! Like a mad man, the proud lives in the realm of puffy spiritual clout and status far above the understanding of those around them. Of course, they are deaf to words and immuned to counsel until what should happen happens! Who is more proud than the other between the duo, only time can reveal!


Politics has been generous to Wike since 1999 when he came on the stage as the Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was re-elected into the same office in 2003 and completed his 2nd term in 2007!


A very well deserved appointment came his way, having stood with His Exellency Rotimi Amaechi during his political travails. Wike became the Chief of Staff to the Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a position he held from 2007 to 2011. From here he was nominated by his Principal for the position of a Minister. Perhaps this was Amaechi's greatest political mistake!


 Wike was appointed the minister of State for Education in 2011, a position he held till 2014, though he later served as the substantive Minister in the same ministry. He returned to Rivers State to contest election into the office of the Executive Governor of the state on the platform of PDP, an election he won in 2015!



His working relationship with the Jonathans deepened while he served as the minister of education but when Amaechi decamped to APC and would bring the PDP house in Rivers State down, Wike knew when to re-define political loyalty and re-align political allegiance. The fallout between Amaechi and Jonathan was the opportunity which Wike grabbed with both hands!


The 2023 game rewarded him with the position of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory!


His Exellency Nyesome Wike is not just a political juggernaut; he is an icon in politics by all standards! His rise in the terrain of politics in Rivers State attests to this, from where he took the national landscape by storm!


The idol in him saw to the humiliation of PDP and the rise of APC in the last general election. If Obi's exit from PDP saw to the death of PDP, the game of Wike buried the party for APC!


Prior to the election, the refusal of PDP to zone presidency to the South was the issue. On this, Wike had the support of some governors from the region and other regions; so when he failed to clinch the ticket, he upped his game, stayed in the party, held his alliance to governors and members of the party who were sympathetic to his course till the damage was done to Atiku Abubakar's ambition!


Mr Project, had enough for foes, friends and fans to come to Rivers State to Commission! From President Obasanjo, Buhari, Oshiomhole, etc all made it to Rivers State to commission one project or the other.  His approach to the 2023 game was loud but subtle. Hardly could anyone tell where Wike was ending. We thought his joker was Peter Obi, among the endless of dignitaries that honoured his invitation to commission a project in Rivers State while Wike held sway. Wike was so sublime that Peter Obi was grateful to him for inviting him to commission Nkpolu-Oroworukwo bridge in a community that was traditionally an Igbo, it was a good way to measure the influence of Peter Obi in the state. The crowd was an attestation to Obi's growing political clout as Wike had issues controlling the crowd who were chanting Obi, Obi, Obi. A platform for strategic communication and Wike didn't miss it, he referred to Obi as colleague of traders who came out in several thousands to welcome him. He reassured the crowd in the presence of Obi that he had no plan to dislodge the Igbo and that the bridge project was the reason he was misunderstood. He didn't forget to tell Obi he was invited to witness his good work so that he can tell his party to forget about Rivers State Governorship election 2023, without making any commitment to Peter Obi who attended the occasion in company of his Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti. His bait to the Labour party crowd was effective when he sympathized with Obi on why he has to leave PDP, but he promised to stay back in PDP to see what he saw to! Afterwards, speculations of his support for Obi rent the air among the Obidients across the country. Wike's leg on the ball right or left was not known until the election day!


 When he dropped the ACE, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was his candidate! He worked for him within and outside the book to ensure victory in Rivers State!


Soon after the election, it was the turn of incoming President to come over to Rivers  State to commission a project. Tinubu and Wike both threw the public into frenzy with Wike's request and Tinubu's refusal. Wike's appointment put paid to public impression of a disagreement between the duo!


Wike was the best at the game, playing on the side of Amaechi to outsmart Peter Odili. His hard tackle ended not just the game for Celestine Omehia but his entire political career! Erazing his record and achievements Wike further targeted.  Wike was not just a Governor, he could easily pass for  Monarch with power and influence, marching what was witnessed under ancestral homeland empires! But Wike was a Governor whose terms and tenure were fixated by the constitution. After 8 years in office he must leave power. Our Wike left Office though without leaving Power and the complication of that has engulfed the state in crisis!


The silence and side taking of Abuja on the Rivers crisis is understandable. Those whose portraits are up in less than a year of coming to power for a four year term are already on the road for the 2027 race! Wike of course is not just a necessary evil in the Rivers game. He is a needed one for 2027 in Rivers State!


Goals setting is the way of mortals who should be in gratitude of grace for the day; mortals who are like petals that may not see tomorrow are often found of planning appointments for the day after tomorrow. Inevitably playing God. Wike did, with Sim Fubara, his anointed son in PDP for an election many believed was won by the Labour Party!


 All institutions involved in the election were not just at the call and beckon of Wike, They were at his altar. All indeed of financial oxygen were breathing. Wike is generous to a fault and this worked well for him! 


Wike was very powerful! There was no end to his influence in sight so soon. Or so we thought like mere mortals!


According to Daniel 4:17, But there is a God! I will choose the  EasyEnglish version of the verse; "The angels who watch human people have said this. And this is what they have chosen. So now everyone will know that God rules in the kingdoms of men. He can give kingdoms to anyone that he wants to. And he can cause men who are not important to become kings.”


On whose side the God who rules in the Kingdom of men is; will determine in whose favour the swinging pendulum will hang at the end of the day. 


Has Fubara been silent without any move? no! Though Wike has been loud but Fubara has been deft. The grasses in Rivers State have been the ones suffering in the fight of the Elephant and the its calf!


Structure control is at the heart of this battle while Wike's legs are in and out. Out in APC and in, in PDP, leaving Fubara to grasp for political oxygen in hope of 2027! Fubara shows his master's skills when he reached out to His Exellency Alex Chioma Otti to come over to commission a project in Rivers State. Two things stuck out for me in this move. First, is the performance of LP "without structures" in the last election and the results it produced! Second, is the super performance of the Action Governor that its not just Abians but Nigerians have seen in Otti's handling of Abia State!


Fubara didn't just stop at that, he went further. Obviously attempts at loosening Wike's grip on the state are daily progressing.


A recent dramatic turn of events has shown Governor Fubara's assertion of his authority over the state, dismantling Wike's political stronghold in the process in Rivers State. In the Executive arm this has consumed commissioners and appointees who in the bid to prove their loyalty to Wike had resigned granting Fubara the opportunity to have them replaced by Fubara's loyalists! This, for me is a flawed political move. Politics is local. If Wike had to remain in PDP to damage it from within. Remaining with Fubara would have meant danger from within. The exit for Fubara to fill is minus for the Wike side. Though Wike is in a position to fix them up, that would be in the FCT and the battle is local!


The Legislature is not spared. 25 House of Assembly members who defected are now "homeless politicians," as someone put it. They are at the mercy of the Judiciary seeking its intervention!


The Judiciary to which homeless house of assembly members are looking have seen Wike's ally in the system demoted, forcing resignation, paving the way for Fubara's appointment of his loyalist. If Rivers State was a Yoruba state, I would have requested Fubara to invite King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, KWAM1, to come and commission the foundation laying of the demolished House of Assembly, singing the song from one of his best sellers titled; CONSOLIDATION!


A stormy tide of power is blowing in Rivers State. Which will it uproot? The established Araba tree or the tender Igi Nla? only God who rules over the affairs of men can tell!


The antics and counter are permitted, propaganda is part of the game. Media war is welcome. After all said and done, the God who supervises the destruction of the proud is the same God who gives grace to the humble. "Eni Olorun ba gba fun in the game of power at the end of the day is the champion!




Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi is an Apostle and Nation Builder. He’s also President Voice of His Word Ministries and Convener Apostolic Round Table. BoT Chairman, Project Victory Call Initiative, AKA PVC Naija. He is a strategic Communicator and the C.E.O, Masterbuilder Communications.




Email:[email protected]

Facebook: Bolaji Akinyemi.

X: Bolaji O Akinyemi

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Phone: +2348033041236

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi.



Pride they say goes before destruction. Pride is a difficult trait to recognise particularly by those who are proud! Many who are proud are living at the mercy of time for an inevitable destruction that must happen; this of course includes me! May mercy preserve me and you till the day our eyes would be opened to see the seeds of destruction in us, no matter how small and where they are harboured!


 To rid oneself of pride is to accept the humble pie of humility. It is never an easy route but grace can make it easier for a Carmel to pass through the eye of the needle while rich ones proudly stroll in comfort and opulence to hell!


"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad", goes the saying. I am yet to see the manifestation of madness that is worse than pride! Like a mad man, the proud lives in the realm of puffy spiritual clout and status far above the understanding of those around them. Of course, they are deaf to words and immuned to counsel until what should happen happens! Who is more proud than the other between the duo, only time can reveal!


Politics has been generous to Wike since 1999 when he came on the stage as the Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was re-elected into the same office in 2003 and completed his 2nd term in 2007!


A very well deserved appointment came his way, having stood with His Exellency Rotimi Amaechi during his political travails. Wike became the Chief of Staff to the Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a position he held from 2007 to 2011. From here he was nominated by his Principal for the position of a Minister. Perhaps this was Amaechi's greatest political mistake!


 Wike was appointed the minister of State for Education in 2011, a position he held till 2014, though he later served as the substantive Minister in the same ministry. He returned to Rivers State to contest election into the office of the Executive Governor of the state on the platform of PDP, an election he won in 2015!



His working relationship with the Jonathans deepened while he served as the minister of education but when Amaechi decamped to APC and would bring the PDP house in Rivers State down, Wike knew when to re-define political loyalty and re-align political allegiance. The fallout between Amaechi and Jonathan was the opportunity which Wike grabbed with both hands!


The 2023 game rewarded him with the position of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory!


His Exellency Nyesome Wike is not just a political juggernaut; he is an icon in politics by all standards! His rise in the terrain of politics in Rivers State attests to this, from where he took the national landscape by storm!


The idol in him saw to the humiliation of PDP and the rise of APC in the last general election. If Obi's exit from PDP saw to the death of PDP, the game of Wike buried the party for APC!


Prior to the election, the refusal of PDP to zone presidency to the South was the issue. On this, Wike had the support of some governors from the region and other regions; so when he failed to clinch the ticket, he upped his game, stayed in the party, held his alliance to governors and members of the party who were sympathetic to his course till the damage was done to Atiku Abubakar's ambition!


Mr Project, had enough for foes, friends and fans to come to Rivers State to Commission! From President Obasanjo, Buhari, Oshiomhole, etc all made it to Rivers State to commission one project or the other.  His approach to the 2023 game was loud but subtle. Hardly could anyone tell where Wike was ending. We thought his joker was Peter Obi, among the endless of dignitaries that honoured his invitation to commission a project in Rivers State while Wike held sway. Wike was so sublime that Peter Obi was grateful to him for inviting him to commission Nkpolu-Oroworukwo bridge in a community that was traditionally an Igbo, it was a good way to measure the influence of Peter Obi in the state. The crowd was an attestation to Obi's growing political clout as Wike had issues controlling the crowd who were chanting Obi, Obi, Obi. A platform for strategic communication and Wike didn't miss it, he referred to Obi as colleague of traders who came out in several thousands to welcome him. He reassured the crowd in the presence of Obi that he had no plan to dislodge the Igbo and that the bridge project was the reason he was misunderstood. He didn't forget to tell Obi he was invited to witness his good work so that he can tell his party to forget about Rivers State Governorship election 2023, without making any commitment to Peter Obi who attended the occasion in company of his Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti. His bait to the Labour party crowd was effective when he sympathized with Obi on why he has to leave PDP, but he promised to stay back in PDP to see what he saw to! Afterwards, speculations of his support for Obi rent the air among the Obidients across the country. Wike's leg on the ball right or left was not known until the election day!


 When he dropped the ACE, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was his candidate! He worked for him within and outside the book to ensure victory in Rivers State!


Soon after the election, it was the turn of incoming President to come over to Rivers  State to commission a project. Tinubu and Wike both threw the public into frenzy with Wike's request and Tinubu's refusal. Wike's appointment put paid to public impression of a disagreement between the duo!


Wike was the best at the game, playing on the side of Amaechi to outsmart Peter Odili. His hard tackle ended not just the game for Celestine Omehia but his entire political career! Erazing his record and achievements Wike further targeted.  Wike was not just a Governor, he could easily pass for  Monarch with power and influence, marching what was witnessed under ancestral homeland empires! But Wike was a Governor whose terms and tenure were fixated by the constitution. After 8 years in office he must leave power. Our Wike left Office though without leaving Power and the complication of that has engulfed the state in crisis!


The silence and side taking of Abuja on the Rivers crisis is understandable. Those whose portraits are up in less than a year of coming to power for a four year term are already on the road for the 2027 race! Wike of course is not just a necessary evil in the Rivers game. He is a needed one for 2027 in Rivers State!


Goals setting is the way of mortals who should be in gratitude of grace for the day; mortals who are like petals that may not see tomorrow are often found of planning appointments for the day after tomorrow. Inevitably playing God. Wike did, with Sim Fubara, his anointed son in PDP for an election many believed was won by the Labour Party!


 All institutions involved in the election were not just at the call and beckon of Wike, They were at his altar. All indeed of financial oxygen were breathing. Wike is generous to a fault and this worked well for him! 


Wike was very powerful! There was no end to his influence in sight so soon. Or so we thought like mere mortals!


According to Daniel 4:17, But there is a God! I will choose the  EasyEnglish version of the verse; "The angels who watch human people have said this. And this is what they have chosen. So now everyone will know that God rules in the kingdoms of men. He can give kingdoms to anyone that he wants to. And he can cause men who are not important to become kings.”


On whose side the God who rules in the Kingdom of men is; will determine in whose favour the swinging pendulum will hang at the end of the day. 


Has Fubara been silent without any move? no! Though Wike has been loud but Fubara has been deft. The grasses in Rivers State have been the ones suffering in the fight of the Elephant and the its calf!


Structure control is at the heart of this battle while Wike's legs are in and out. Out in APC and in, in PDP, leaving Fubara to grasp for political oxygen in hope of 2027! Fubara shows his master's skills when he reached out to His Exellency Alex Chioma Otti to come over to commission a project in Rivers State. Two things stuck out for me in this move. First, is the performance of LP "without structures" in the last election and the results it produced! Second, is the super performance of the Action Governor that its not just Abians but Nigerians have seen in Otti's handling of Abia State!


Fubara didn't just stop at that, he went further. Obviously attempts at loosening Wike's grip on the state are daily progressing.


A recent dramatic turn of events has shown Governor Fubara's assertion of his authority over the state, dismantling Wike's political stronghold in the process in Rivers State. In the Executive arm this has consumed commissioners and appointees who in the bid to prove their loyalty to Wike had resigned granting Fubara the opportunity to have them replaced by Fubara's loyalists! This, for me is a flawed political move. Politics is local. If Wike had to remain in PDP to damage it from within. Remaining with Fubara would have meant danger from within. The exit for Fubara to fill is minus for the Wike side. Though Wike is in a position to fix them up, that would be in the FCT and the battle is local!


The Legislature is not spared. 25 House of Assembly members who defected are now "homeless politicians," as someone put it. They are at the mercy of the Judiciary seeking its intervention!


The Judiciary to which homeless house of assembly members are looking have seen Wike's ally in the system demoted, forcing resignation, paving the way for Fubara's appointment of his loyalist. If Rivers State was a Yoruba state, I would have requested Fubara to invite King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, KWAM1, to come and commission the foundation laying of the demolished House of Assembly, singing the song from one of his best sellers titled; CONSOLIDATION!


A stormy tide of power is blowing in Rivers State. Which will it uproot? The established Araba tree or the tender Igi Nla? only God who rules over the affairs of men can tell!


The antics and counter are permitted, propaganda is part of the game. Media war is welcome. After all said and done, the God who supervises the destruction of the proud is the same God who gives grace to the humble. "Eni Olorun ba gba fun in the game of power at the end of the day is the champion!




Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi is an Apostle and Nation Builder. He’s also President Voice of His Word Ministries and Convener Apostolic Round Table. BoT Chairman, Project Victory Call Initiative, AKA PVC Naija. He is a strategic Communicator and the C.E.O, Masterbuilder Communications.




Email:[email protected]

Facebook: Bolaji Akinyemi.

X: Bolaji O Akinyemi

Instagram: bolajioakinyemi

Phone: +2348033041236

How Benin Court Sends Three Oil Thieves to Jail

How Benin Court Sends Three Oil Thieves to Jail


Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court, Warri on Tuesday May 21, 2024 convicted and sentenced the trio of John Ofuafo Stanley, Ogba Joseph and Samson E. Ogbevire to various jail terms for illegally dealing in petroleum products.


They were jailed after pleading guilty to a two-count charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products alongside a vessel, TUG MV STEPH-1 upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


One of the charge reads: That You JOHN OFUAFO STANLEY, OGBA JOSEPH and SAMSON .E. OGBEVIRE on or about the 6th July, 2023 at KFT Yard Edjeba, along NPA express way, Warri South Local Government of Delta State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: dealt in petroleum product to wit; unspecified quantity of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) which is not of a quality expected of the product and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 3(6) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Revised Edition), 2004 and punishable under section 1 (18)(a)(i) of the same Act.


The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel,  Francis Jirbo to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.  However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.


Justice Sani convicted and sentenced Stanley,  Joseph and Ogbevire to two years imprisonment for each of the two counts or an option of N300,000 on each of the counts.


 The judge also convicted the 4th defendant,  (TUG MV STEPH 1) to a fine of  N4,000, 0000 ( Four Million Naira million Naira only) in lieu of its final forfeiture to the Federal Government of Nigeria through the EFCC.


The convicts’road to prison began following their arrest by officers of the Nigeria Navy Ship Delta, NNS Delta for illegal dealing in Petroleum products.  They were handed over to the Commission on November 21  2023 for further investigation and possible prosecution. 



Source: EFCC


Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court, Warri on Tuesday May 21, 2024 convicted and sentenced the trio of John Ofuafo Stanley, Ogba Joseph and Samson E. Ogbevire to various jail terms for illegally dealing in petroleum products.


They were jailed after pleading guilty to a two-count charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products alongside a vessel, TUG MV STEPH-1 upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


One of the charge reads: That You JOHN OFUAFO STANLEY, OGBA JOSEPH and SAMSON .E. OGBEVIRE on or about the 6th July, 2023 at KFT Yard Edjeba, along NPA express way, Warri South Local Government of Delta State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: dealt in petroleum product to wit; unspecified quantity of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) which is not of a quality expected of the product and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 3(6) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Revised Edition), 2004 and punishable under section 1 (18)(a)(i) of the same Act.


The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel,  Francis Jirbo to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.  However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.


Justice Sani convicted and sentenced Stanley,  Joseph and Ogbevire to two years imprisonment for each of the two counts or an option of N300,000 on each of the counts.


 The judge also convicted the 4th defendant,  (TUG MV STEPH 1) to a fine of  N4,000, 0000 ( Four Million Naira million Naira only) in lieu of its final forfeiture to the Federal Government of Nigeria through the EFCC.


The convicts’road to prison began following their arrest by officers of the Nigeria Navy Ship Delta, NNS Delta for illegal dealing in Petroleum products.  They were handed over to the Commission on November 21  2023 for further investigation and possible prosecution. 



Source: EFCC

Rivers State Crisis: Appoint Youth Commissioners — High Chief Joe Umezulike writes Sim

Rivers State Crisis: Appoint Youth Commissioners — High Chief Joe Umezulike writes Sim

 Subject: Recommendation to Appoint Youth Commissioners


Dear Governor of Rivers state,


Sim

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to you regarding the recent resignations of several commissioners from your cabinet. It is indeed concerning to see such a significant number of key officials stepping down from their positions.


Upon reflection, I believe this presents a unique opportunity for you to enact positive change within the governance structure of Rivers State. Rather than viewing these resignations solely as a setback, I urge you to seize this moment as a chance to empower the youth of your state.


As evidenced by the resignations, there may be a perception among some individuals that political connections or allegiance to former governors or leaders are prerequisites for success in government roles. However, I firmly believe that talent, dedication, and fresh perspectives are equally, if not more, valuable attributes in public service.


Therefore, I recommend that you consider appointing capable and driven young individuals to fill the vacant commissioner positions. By doing so, you can demonstrate your commitment to fostering a new generation of leaders and ensure that the voices and aspirations of our youth are represented at the highest levels of decision-making.


Moreover, appointing youth commissioners would not only inject new energy and innovation into your administration but also inspire confidence and hope among the younger population of Rivers State. It would send a powerful message that meritocracy and inclusivity are core principles of your governance system.


I stand ready to support and assist you in identifying suitable candidates who possess the requisite skills, integrity, and passion to serve your state with distinction. Together, we can work towards building a brighter future for Rivers State by harnessing the potential of the youth.


Thank you for considering my recommendation. I remain optimistic about the positive impact that your leadership can have on your beloved state.


Yours sincerely,


High Chief Joe Daniels Umezulike

New Nigerian Mandate

 Subject: Recommendation to Appoint Youth Commissioners


Dear Governor of Rivers state,


Sim

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to you regarding the recent resignations of several commissioners from your cabinet. It is indeed concerning to see such a significant number of key officials stepping down from their positions.


Upon reflection, I believe this presents a unique opportunity for you to enact positive change within the governance structure of Rivers State. Rather than viewing these resignations solely as a setback, I urge you to seize this moment as a chance to empower the youth of your state.


As evidenced by the resignations, there may be a perception among some individuals that political connections or allegiance to former governors or leaders are prerequisites for success in government roles. However, I firmly believe that talent, dedication, and fresh perspectives are equally, if not more, valuable attributes in public service.


Therefore, I recommend that you consider appointing capable and driven young individuals to fill the vacant commissioner positions. By doing so, you can demonstrate your commitment to fostering a new generation of leaders and ensure that the voices and aspirations of our youth are represented at the highest levels of decision-making.


Moreover, appointing youth commissioners would not only inject new energy and innovation into your administration but also inspire confidence and hope among the younger population of Rivers State. It would send a powerful message that meritocracy and inclusivity are core principles of your governance system.


I stand ready to support and assist you in identifying suitable candidates who possess the requisite skills, integrity, and passion to serve your state with distinction. Together, we can work towards building a brighter future for Rivers State by harnessing the potential of the youth.


Thank you for considering my recommendation. I remain optimistic about the positive impact that your leadership can have on your beloved state.


Yours sincerely,


High Chief Joe Daniels Umezulike

New Nigerian Mandate

RIVERS STATE CRISIS: 5 Pro Wike Commissioners Resign

RIVERS STATE CRISIS: 5 Pro Wike Commissioners Resign

1. Environment, Austen Ben-Chioma


2. Social Welfare & Rehab... Inime Chinwewo Aguba


3. Transport, Hon. Nbima.


4. Education, Prince Chinedu


5. Housing, Hon. Gift Worlu










Source: social media


1. Environment, Austen Ben-Chioma


2. Social Welfare & Rehab... Inime Chinwewo Aguba


3. Transport, Hon. Nbima.


4. Education, Prince Chinedu


5. Housing, Hon. Gift Worlu










Source: social media


RIVERS ASSEMBLY: NEW SPEAKER EMERGES, DECLARES ACTIONS OF AMAEWHULE-LED FACTION VOID

RIVERS ASSEMBLY: NEW SPEAKER EMERGES, DECLARES ACTIONS OF AMAEWHULE-LED FACTION VOID


The Rivers State House of Assembly has at its sitting held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 elected Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo representing Bonny State Constituency as the new speaker.


The House further declared all actions taken by the  members of the factional Assembly led by Hon. Martin Amaewhule as void and a nullity in the eyes of the law and further called on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to stop dealing with the former lawmakers who lost their seat following their defection.


While addressing the house the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo said his emergence was in pursuant to the resignation of Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenya Ehie and in line with section 92(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.


He thanked his colleagues for the confidence reposed in him assuring that he will continue to work with them to move the state forward.


The Speaker noted that after the House last sat on December 13, 2023 and adjourned sine dine, there has been an avalanche of legislative rascality perpetrated by the 25 former members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly, led by the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule. 


Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo emphasised that the former members were aware of the provisions of section 109(1)(g) of the CFRN 1999, and following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC)  on December 11, 2023,  Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenye Ehie who then became the Speaker on December 13,  2023 wrote to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declaring the seats of the 25 lawmakers vacant in line with section 109(1)(g) and (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, stressing that there are numerous pending cases in the courts over the defection of the former lawmakers.


He therefore stated that, "All laws, plenary sessions and actions taken by the illegal House are hereby declared void and a nullity in the eyes of the law by virtue of the judgment of Lord Denning in the celebrated case of MacFoy v UAC (1961) 3 All ER 1169, which held that "you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand."


Oko-Jumbo quoted further, "If an act is void, then it is in law a nullity. It is not only bad, but incurably bad. There is no need for an order of court to set it aside. It is automatically null and void without more ado, though it is sometimes more convenient to have the court declare it to be so. And every proceeding which is founded on it is also bad and incurably bad. You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stay there. It will collapse."


The Speaker directed the Executive arm, the Judiciary and general public to disregard every law purportedly enacted by the illegal Assembly as they all amount to nothing but an exercise in futility.


"Furthermore, this House would want to most respectfully urge and call on His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminilayi Fubara, to stop dealing with the 25 former lawmakers, in whatever guise." 


"Those members are merely floating and do not have any landing ground or anywhere to berth their ship since their defection to the All Progressive Congress on the 11th of December, 2023. This House is the legally and Constitutionally recognised House by virtue of the defection, and is ready to receive correspondences from and work with His Excellency."


He assured of the house unalloyed and unwavering support to work with Governor Siminalayi Fubara in moving Rivers State forward and in promoting the progress and welfare of the State.


Addressing newsmen after the sitting which held at 10:00am, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo called on all Rivers people to join and support the government of Sir Siminalayi Fubara as the house is ready to give its best for the service of the state


On his part the Chairman of the Business Committee of the House, Hon. Sokari Goodboy, assured of the house commitment to the advancement of the state and are ready to support the speaker. He urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara not to have anything to do with the former members of the house in order not to attract the wrath of the house.


Also in a twist, the Assembly Sergeant-at-arms, Mr. David Wariboko whom Martin Amaewhule-led factional Assembly allegedly suspended was seen performing his duties with the Assembly under Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.




Source: Amoshie tv


The Rivers State House of Assembly has at its sitting held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 elected Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo representing Bonny State Constituency as the new speaker.


The House further declared all actions taken by the  members of the factional Assembly led by Hon. Martin Amaewhule as void and a nullity in the eyes of the law and further called on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to stop dealing with the former lawmakers who lost their seat following their defection.


While addressing the house the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo said his emergence was in pursuant to the resignation of Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenya Ehie and in line with section 92(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.


He thanked his colleagues for the confidence reposed in him assuring that he will continue to work with them to move the state forward.


The Speaker noted that after the House last sat on December 13, 2023 and adjourned sine dine, there has been an avalanche of legislative rascality perpetrated by the 25 former members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly, led by the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule. 


Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo emphasised that the former members were aware of the provisions of section 109(1)(g) of the CFRN 1999, and following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC)  on December 11, 2023,  Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenye Ehie who then became the Speaker on December 13,  2023 wrote to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declaring the seats of the 25 lawmakers vacant in line with section 109(1)(g) and (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, stressing that there are numerous pending cases in the courts over the defection of the former lawmakers.


He therefore stated that, "All laws, plenary sessions and actions taken by the illegal House are hereby declared void and a nullity in the eyes of the law by virtue of the judgment of Lord Denning in the celebrated case of MacFoy v UAC (1961) 3 All ER 1169, which held that "you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand."


Oko-Jumbo quoted further, "If an act is void, then it is in law a nullity. It is not only bad, but incurably bad. There is no need for an order of court to set it aside. It is automatically null and void without more ado, though it is sometimes more convenient to have the court declare it to be so. And every proceeding which is founded on it is also bad and incurably bad. You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stay there. It will collapse."


The Speaker directed the Executive arm, the Judiciary and general public to disregard every law purportedly enacted by the illegal Assembly as they all amount to nothing but an exercise in futility.


"Furthermore, this House would want to most respectfully urge and call on His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminilayi Fubara, to stop dealing with the 25 former lawmakers, in whatever guise." 


"Those members are merely floating and do not have any landing ground or anywhere to berth their ship since their defection to the All Progressive Congress on the 11th of December, 2023. This House is the legally and Constitutionally recognised House by virtue of the defection, and is ready to receive correspondences from and work with His Excellency."


He assured of the house unalloyed and unwavering support to work with Governor Siminalayi Fubara in moving Rivers State forward and in promoting the progress and welfare of the State.


Addressing newsmen after the sitting which held at 10:00am, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo called on all Rivers people to join and support the government of Sir Siminalayi Fubara as the house is ready to give its best for the service of the state


On his part the Chairman of the Business Committee of the House, Hon. Sokari Goodboy, assured of the house commitment to the advancement of the state and are ready to support the speaker. He urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara not to have anything to do with the former members of the house in order not to attract the wrath of the house.


Also in a twist, the Assembly Sergeant-at-arms, Mr. David Wariboko whom Martin Amaewhule-led factional Assembly allegedly suspended was seen performing his duties with the Assembly under Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.




Source: Amoshie tv

YORUBA IN PORT HARCOURT AND RIVERS STATE POLITICS

YORUBA IN PORT HARCOURT AND RIVERS STATE POLITICS


I have effectively followed the political happenings and elections in Rivers State since 1999 till date. Throughout this period of about 24 years, never for once have I seen the “Yoruba interference” in the politics of Rivers State.


It’s no longer news that the Yoruba people have a high population in the State, a population comprising of different professionals contributing positively to the growth and economy of Port Harcourt and Rivers State.


But with their valued contributions to the economy of the State and high population in the area, the Yorubas never brag about their accomplishments, achievements and establishments in the City and never uses same to denigrate their host communities and boast that they will determine the political future of their landlords and choose who becomes their next lawmakers and Governor of the State. They don’t even print campaign posters and contest elections in the State, even when they are at liberty to.


I have never seen the Yorubas engage in tactless political activities in Rivers State or making reckless political statements during local elections in the State or anywhere outside South-West, Nigeria. Also, I have never seen them brag that they made a candidate win an election in Rivers State or anywhere outside SW. even when they obviously contributed.


During elections in Rivers State, the Yorubas who are registered to vote comport themselves, mind their business throughout the campaign period and go to their polling units to cast their votes for their preferred candidates and quietly leave their polling units after doing so. In fact, the only time you will see Yoruba people during campaigns here is when political parties or candidates have called the Yoruba community for a campaign meeting to seek for their votes and support.


This behaviour of one of the most industrious, respected and celebrated ethnic group in the world is possible not just because they are one of the most educated people in Nigeria, but also, because they have a culture of respect imbibed in all sons and daughters of Yoruba in and outside Yoruba land, the culture of respect called Omoluabi.


Throughout my years of political participation and observation in Rivers State, the attitude of the Yorubas in Port Harcourt is the direct opposite of that of some others who not only behave like lost and uncivilized entities without any form of education and culture, but are also brash, tactless, reckless, noisy, disrespectful and boastful. Who after selling fake oraimo cords in one kiosk at Rebisi, always brag about the imaginary powers they have as tenants to determine for their landlord, how and when he should impregnate his wife. A true definition of uninvited tombofly and meddlesome interloper.


As a man of independent thoughts who is also cultured (by virtue of being an Ikwerre man) and appreciates good things, I must commend the Yoruba people for maintaining high standards of respect for others and promoting the principles of Omoluabi. Nigeria would be a better place if we all promote our uniqueness and respect our differences.


Dear Yoruba people, please keep it up, you have my respect ✊


Nwo Diali 


I have effectively followed the political happenings and elections in Rivers State since 1999 till date. Throughout this period of about 24 years, never for once have I seen the “Yoruba interference” in the politics of Rivers State.


It’s no longer news that the Yoruba people have a high population in the State, a population comprising of different professionals contributing positively to the growth and economy of Port Harcourt and Rivers State.


But with their valued contributions to the economy of the State and high population in the area, the Yorubas never brag about their accomplishments, achievements and establishments in the City and never uses same to denigrate their host communities and boast that they will determine the political future of their landlords and choose who becomes their next lawmakers and Governor of the State. They don’t even print campaign posters and contest elections in the State, even when they are at liberty to.


I have never seen the Yorubas engage in tactless political activities in Rivers State or making reckless political statements during local elections in the State or anywhere outside South-West, Nigeria. Also, I have never seen them brag that they made a candidate win an election in Rivers State or anywhere outside SW. even when they obviously contributed.


During elections in Rivers State, the Yorubas who are registered to vote comport themselves, mind their business throughout the campaign period and go to their polling units to cast their votes for their preferred candidates and quietly leave their polling units after doing so. In fact, the only time you will see Yoruba people during campaigns here is when political parties or candidates have called the Yoruba community for a campaign meeting to seek for their votes and support.


This behaviour of one of the most industrious, respected and celebrated ethnic group in the world is possible not just because they are one of the most educated people in Nigeria, but also, because they have a culture of respect imbibed in all sons and daughters of Yoruba in and outside Yoruba land, the culture of respect called Omoluabi.


Throughout my years of political participation and observation in Rivers State, the attitude of the Yorubas in Port Harcourt is the direct opposite of that of some others who not only behave like lost and uncivilized entities without any form of education and culture, but are also brash, tactless, reckless, noisy, disrespectful and boastful. Who after selling fake oraimo cords in one kiosk at Rebisi, always brag about the imaginary powers they have as tenants to determine for their landlord, how and when he should impregnate his wife. A true definition of uninvited tombofly and meddlesome interloper.


As a man of independent thoughts who is also cultured (by virtue of being an Ikwerre man) and appreciates good things, I must commend the Yoruba people for maintaining high standards of respect for others and promoting the principles of Omoluabi. Nigeria would be a better place if we all promote our uniqueness and respect our differences.


Dear Yoruba people, please keep it up, you have my respect ✊


Nwo Diali 

Court Sends Nine Internet Fraudsters to Jail in Benin City

Court Sends Nine Internet Fraudsters to Jail in Benin City


Nine internet fraudsters were on Tuesday and Wednesday April 23 & 24, 2024 convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.


The convicts are Andrew Ayakanmi Joshua, Obazee Marvellous, Osiobe Joshua, Osariemen Favour, Edosa Ovbokhan, Emmanuel Eramiokhare, Cyril Osagie, Stephen Okiosi Osaiwe and Muhammed Mudesiru Hussein


They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, retention of proceeds of crime upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


The charge against Eramiokhare reads: “That you Emmanuel Eiramiokhae (m) sometime between 1st January 1

2019 and 4th April, 2024 within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did retain the aggregate sum of N97,392,707.75 (Ninety Seven Million, Three Hundred and Ninety two thousand, Seven Hundred and Seven Naira, Seventy five kobo) knowing that same represent proceeds of Godstime (your chairman) criminal conduct to wit: cybercrime and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17 (a) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act 2004 and punishable under Section 17(b) of the same Act.



All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Faisal and Salihu Ahmed, to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.

 

Justice Ikponmwonba on Tuesday April 22, 2024 sentenced the trio of Eramiokhae, Joshua and Favour to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each while the duo of Ayakanmi Joshua and Obazee Marvellous bagged two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each. On Wednesday April 23, 2024, the judge convicted and sentenced Ovbokhan to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000, Hussein bagged two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 while the duo of Osaiwe and Osagie were sentenced to community service.


The judges ordered the convicts to forfeit their phones, laptops, balances in their various bank accounts, being instruments and proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the convicts are to undertake in writing to be of good behaviour henceforth.


The convicts' road to the Correctional Centre began for the convicts following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission based on actionable intelligence regarding their involvement in computer -related fraud. They were charged to court and convicted.


Source: EFCC 


Nine internet fraudsters were on Tuesday and Wednesday April 23 & 24, 2024 convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.


The convicts are Andrew Ayakanmi Joshua, Obazee Marvellous, Osiobe Joshua, Osariemen Favour, Edosa Ovbokhan, Emmanuel Eramiokhare, Cyril Osagie, Stephen Okiosi Osaiwe and Muhammed Mudesiru Hussein


They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, retention of proceeds of crime upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


The charge against Eramiokhare reads: “That you Emmanuel Eiramiokhae (m) sometime between 1st January 1

2019 and 4th April, 2024 within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did retain the aggregate sum of N97,392,707.75 (Ninety Seven Million, Three Hundred and Ninety two thousand, Seven Hundred and Seven Naira, Seventy five kobo) knowing that same represent proceeds of Godstime (your chairman) criminal conduct to wit: cybercrime and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17 (a) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act 2004 and punishable under Section 17(b) of the same Act.



All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Faisal and Salihu Ahmed, to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.

 

Justice Ikponmwonba on Tuesday April 22, 2024 sentenced the trio of Eramiokhae, Joshua and Favour to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each while the duo of Ayakanmi Joshua and Obazee Marvellous bagged two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each. On Wednesday April 23, 2024, the judge convicted and sentenced Ovbokhan to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000, Hussein bagged two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 while the duo of Osaiwe and Osagie were sentenced to community service.


The judges ordered the convicts to forfeit their phones, laptops, balances in their various bank accounts, being instruments and proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the convicts are to undertake in writing to be of good behaviour henceforth.


The convicts' road to the Correctional Centre began for the convicts following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission based on actionable intelligence regarding their involvement in computer -related fraud. They were charged to court and convicted.


Source: EFCC 

EFCC Arrests Nine Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt

EFCC Arrests Nine Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt


Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.


They were arrested following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences.  


Items recovered from them include different brands of mobile devices, laptops, two cars and several incriminating documents in their possession.


They will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

 

Source: EFCC 


Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.


They were arrested following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences.  


Items recovered from them include different brands of mobile devices, laptops, two cars and several incriminating documents in their possession.


They will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

 

Source: EFCC 

Court Jails 20 Internet Fraudsters in Benin City

Court Jails 20 Internet Fraudsters in Benin City


The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Wednesday and Thursday April 17 &18, 2024  secured the conviction and sentence of 20 internet fraudsters before Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.

The convicts are: Blessing Daniel, Kingsley Okoroafor, Amos Ohwofa, Eromosele Victory, Oba Nicholas Destiny, Lucky Osaro, Edema Emmanuel John, Obazee Precious, Akinyemi Seun, Ufumwen Victor, Enoch Ehigiator, Adurotimi Olakunle Justin, Oserei Clinton and Oserei Abraham.


Others are Obazee Gabriel, Richard Godfrey Obazee, Ricard Israel, Paul O. Endurance, Destiny Ajimi and Ejiwe Blessing Julius


They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the  EFCC.


The charge against Ajimi reads:

That you Destiny Ajimi (M) on or about 4th April, 2024 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 read together with 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.


The charge against Julius reads: “That you Ejiwe Blessing Julius(M) on or about 4th April, 2024 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 read together with 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.


All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel, F. A. Jirbo. I.K Agwai and K.Y. Bello, to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.

 

Justice Ikponmwonba  on April 17, sentenced the trio of  Ohwofa,  Daniel and Julius to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each while Akinyemi Seun bagged two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000.  Justice Ituseli convicted the trio of Eromosele Victory, Obi Nicholas Destiny and Lucky Osaro to two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each while Kingsley Okarafor, Destiny Ajimi and Edema Emmanuel John bagged three years imprisonment or a  fine of N100,000.


On Thursday April 18, Justice Ikponmwonba convicted 10 of the defendants -  Precious, Victor,  Ehigiator,  Justin, Clinton,  Abraham, Gabriel, Obazee, Israel and Endurance to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each.


The judges ordered the convicts to forfeit their phones, laptops,  balances in their various bank accounts and three vehicles - Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and a Toyota Camry being instruments and proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the convicts are to undertake in writing to be of good behaviour henceforth.


The convicts’ road to the prison began following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission based on actionable intelligence regarding their involvement in computer- related fraud.


Source: EFCC 


The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Wednesday and Thursday April 17 &18, 2024  secured the conviction and sentence of 20 internet fraudsters before Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.

The convicts are: Blessing Daniel, Kingsley Okoroafor, Amos Ohwofa, Eromosele Victory, Oba Nicholas Destiny, Lucky Osaro, Edema Emmanuel John, Obazee Precious, Akinyemi Seun, Ufumwen Victor, Enoch Ehigiator, Adurotimi Olakunle Justin, Oserei Clinton and Oserei Abraham.


Others are Obazee Gabriel, Richard Godfrey Obazee, Ricard Israel, Paul O. Endurance, Destiny Ajimi and Ejiwe Blessing Julius


They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the  EFCC.


The charge against Ajimi reads:

That you Destiny Ajimi (M) on or about 4th April, 2024 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 read together with 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.


The charge against Julius reads: “That you Ejiwe Blessing Julius(M) on or about 4th April, 2024 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 read together with 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.


All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel, F. A. Jirbo. I.K Agwai and K.Y. Bello, to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.

 

Justice Ikponmwonba  on April 17, sentenced the trio of  Ohwofa,  Daniel and Julius to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each while Akinyemi Seun bagged two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000.  Justice Ituseli convicted the trio of Eromosele Victory, Obi Nicholas Destiny and Lucky Osaro to two years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each while Kingsley Okarafor, Destiny Ajimi and Edema Emmanuel John bagged three years imprisonment or a  fine of N100,000.


On Thursday April 18, Justice Ikponmwonba convicted 10 of the defendants -  Precious, Victor,  Ehigiator,  Justin, Clinton,  Abraham, Gabriel, Obazee, Israel and Endurance to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 each.


The judges ordered the convicts to forfeit their phones, laptops,  balances in their various bank accounts and three vehicles - Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and a Toyota Camry being instruments and proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the convicts are to undertake in writing to be of good behaviour henceforth.


The convicts’ road to the prison began following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission based on actionable intelligence regarding their involvement in computer- related fraud.


Source: EFCC 

EFCC Arrests Suspected Internet Fraudster in Port Harcourt

EFCC Arrests Suspected Internet Fraudster in Port Harcourt


Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a  suspected internet fraudster, Ali Desmond Chinedum in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.  

 

He was arrested following credible intelligence on his suspected involvement in internet-related offences.

 




Items recovered from him include, one iPhone 11 Pro Max, One Redmi 12 Android mobile device, two  United States Navy identity cards with number: 100040041245 and 100010041159, one Mercedez Benz GLK and one HP Laptop computer device and charms.

 

He will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

 

Source: EFCC


Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a  suspected internet fraudster, Ali Desmond Chinedum in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.  

 

He was arrested following credible intelligence on his suspected involvement in internet-related offences.

 




Items recovered from him include, one iPhone 11 Pro Max, One Redmi 12 Android mobile device, two  United States Navy identity cards with number: 100040041245 and 100010041159, one Mercedez Benz GLK and one HP Laptop computer device and charms.

 

He will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

 

Source: EFCC

EFCC Arraigns Fake Afghan Soldier for $1000 Internet Fraud in Port Harcourt

EFCC Arraigns Fake Afghan Soldier for $1000 Internet Fraud in Port Harcourt


The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 14, 2024 arraigned David Ikeaghichi before Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State for impersonating an Afghanistan soldier and obtaining money under false pretence.


Ikeaghichi is facing trial on two-count charges, which run contrary to Section 1 (1)(a & b) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.


The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 14, 2024 arraigned David Ikeaghichi before Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State for impersonating an Afghanistan soldier and obtaining money under false pretence.


Ikeaghichi is facing trial on two-count charges, which run contrary to Section 1 (1)(a & b) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.

Court Jails Five Internet Fraudsters in Benin City

Court Jails Five Internet Fraudsters in Benin City



Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters to various jail terms.


The convicts are Jacob Sunday, Olarenwaju Adewale, Emmanuel Tomiwa Ajayi, Adewale Elufadejin Festus and Seyi Olumeko.


Sunday and Adewale were jailed on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 while the trio of Ajayi, Festus and Olumeko were jailed on Thursday February 29, 2024.


They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


The charge against Ajayi reads: "that you Emmanuel Tomiwa Ajayi (m) on or about 12th February, 2024 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to sections 6 and 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act.2006 and punishable under section 1(3)of same Act."


All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them, prompting prosecution counsels, I.K Agwai, K. Y. Bello, A.A.Ibrahim to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.

 

Justice Ikponmwonba convicted and sentenced Sunday, Adewale, Olumeko and Festus to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each while Ajayi bagged three years imprisonment or a fine of N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira).


The judge ordered that the convicts forfeit their phones, balances in their various bank accounts being proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the convicts are to undertake in writing to be of good behaviour afterwards.


The convicts’ road to the Correctional Centre began following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission based on actionable intelligence regarding their involvement in fraudulent activities.


Source: EFCC 



Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters to various jail terms.


The convicts are Jacob Sunday, Olarenwaju Adewale, Emmanuel Tomiwa Ajayi, Adewale Elufadejin Festus and Seyi Olumeko.


Sunday and Adewale were jailed on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 while the trio of Ajayi, Festus and Olumeko were jailed on Thursday February 29, 2024.


They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents upon arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


The charge against Ajayi reads: "that you Emmanuel Tomiwa Ajayi (m) on or about 12th February, 2024 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to sections 6 and 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act.2006 and punishable under section 1(3)of same Act."


All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them, prompting prosecution counsels, I.K Agwai, K. Y. Bello, A.A.Ibrahim to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as they have become remorseful for their actions.

 

Justice Ikponmwonba convicted and sentenced Sunday, Adewale, Olumeko and Festus to three years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each while Ajayi bagged three years imprisonment or a fine of N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira).


The judge ordered that the convicts forfeit their phones, balances in their various bank accounts being proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the convicts are to undertake in writing to be of good behaviour afterwards.


The convicts’ road to the Correctional Centre began following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission based on actionable intelligence regarding their involvement in fraudulent activities.


Source: EFCC 

TINUBU'S PRESIDENCY: WIKE AND WHAT SOUTH EAST APC LEADERS SHOULDN'T WAIT TO BE TOLD

TINUBU'S PRESIDENCY: WIKE AND WHAT SOUTH EAST APC LEADERS SHOULDN'T WAIT TO BE TOLD


By Sam Onwuemeodo


I have chosen to begin with  Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor. And for obvious reasons.  


The previous week, the President-elect,  Senator Bola Tinubu was in Portharcourt,   Rivers State. He was there on the invitation of  Wike. He was invited  to commission projects. And he did.


 ln  doing that,  he was quoted to have said that,  he owed Wike  nothing.  And some people  began to celebrate that. Some people  believed that. They took Tinubu's comment to the bank. They went home with it. And l hasten  to say this.


 lf  there's one Nigerian Tinubu owes a lot, that's Wike.  Nyesom Wike.  Aside keeping his Party, PDP, and it's candidate,  Atiku Abubakar on their toes all through,  he delivered Rivers State to Tinubu and his APC.  I am talking about the INEC declared  results for Rivers . INEC's own results.  


Wike,  a pdp governor,  ensured that  APC or Tinubu  was declared winner  in his State. ln Wike's Rivers, Tinubu got 231, 591 votes. His own party,  PDP,  got 88, 468 votes and the Labour Party,  175, 071 votes. lf there's  one man who has a lot of claims to make in Tinubu's presidency,  that man is Wike. There is nothing he wants in BAT's government that he would not  get. Don't believe me.  But mark my words.  He destroyed PDP for Tinubu to navigate. So, paying Wike's Rivers,  the money spent on federal projects in the State would be one of the easiest things Tinubu would do as President. 


Unlike Wike , those who should be worried about the direction  Tinubu's  presidency will be going are the leaders of the APC in the South East. Already,  Tinubu's body language isn't encouraging.  I am not writing that they should believe me , but letting them know the fate that awaits them in BAT's Presidency. Like l said,  they should not wait to be told that Tinubu and his Presidency won't  have anything tangible  in store for them.


For Tinubu,  his Presidency  and his close associates , all the leaders of APC in the South East are OBIDIENTS. This is the mindset of Tinubu and his own emerging  cabal. lt's written all over them. And there seems to be  nothing anybody can do to help the situation. 


The only prayer point left for APC leaders in the South East is that , the election of Tinubu should be annulled or be  nullified by the Tribunal. But  if the Tribunal confirms or authenticates his election,  then, there is every reason to worry by APC leaders in the South East. Some of them, going to the Defence House and taking photographs with him, won't change anything. 


Tinubu didn't hide his disdain for the  South East. He began early enough to show that.  He first settled for a fellow Muslim as Vice- Presidential candidate, believing that Heaven wouldn't fall. And he was right. Heaven didn't fall. And he  did it,  knowing that the South East could be adjudged  the " soul" of Christianity in Nigeria. l am painting a picture. But see the major issues.


 At a time,  the discussion or the  debate in the APC was that, the South should produce  the Presidential candidate of the Party  and by extension , Muhammadu Buhari's successor,  Ahmed Lawan came on board with a bang. And who were in the forefront of the Lawan's project?. Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma. And they were overtly  serious about it. They bought Lawan's nomination forms and displayed them for all and sundry to see, on the screens of  national televisions.  l do not know who drafted each other into the Lawan venture. Whether Kalu drafted the lmo Governor or vice versa. 


lf there was a major threat to Tinubu's aspiration for the Presidential ticket of the APC,  it was that Ahmed  Lawan's entry. That man's case.  And our own people were the pilots. The architects. On the TV screens, the  Yobe State Governor,  Mala Buni,  Lawan's own governor was behind. At the back of Kalu and governor Uzodinma. l am still painting a picture. They didn't support Tinubu. They didn't support Rochas Okorocha or Ogbonnaya Onu or Emeka Nwajiuba or David Umahi. But Lawan from the North. Continue reading my lips correctly. 


Then,  the Concensus issue. Lawan was announced the consensus Presidential  candidate of the party by the Abdullahi Adamu led NWC . lf that had worked out  as planned,  Tinubu's ambition would have been submerged or destroyed at that point. His group fought back. l want you to grab something here. Something "ominous". Something not palatable  at all. Something "imirimious". Do you understand?


Then,  the Presidential  primary proper. The South East delegates voted for Lawan, from all indications.  And not Tinubu. Not Okorocha. Not Nwajiuba. Not Onu or Umahi. They went for the Yobe man, Lawan. After Yobe, you get Borno State. l had been there. That was in 2004. l had gone   for the Turbanning of Emir of Damaturu,  Alhaji Shehu Hashimi 11 lbn Umar El-kanemi. The rest became history. 


Ahmed  Lawan for presidency project was the biggest threat  Tinubu's ambition had, before the INEC conducted election. Buhari's cabal also led Nwajiuba  to go to  court , asking that Tinubu should be disqualified and announce him APC candidate. Buhari's deceitful cabal. 


For the February 25, 2023 Presidential election, the leaders of APC in the South East were helpless. Nigerians,  including the South East people,  opted or settled for Peter Obi of the Labour Party. But Tinubu and his  already existing  cabal won't look at it from  that perspective.  They seem to have made up their minds. For them, APC leaders in the zone were all Obidients or  "lPOB".


 ln Anambra, for instance,  APC ( Tinubu), had 5, 111 votes. PDP (Atiku), 9,036 votes. Labour party ( Obi), 584, 621 votes.  ln Ebonyi, APC, 42, 402 votes.  PDP,  13, 503 votes. Labour party, 259, 738 votes. ln Enugu State,  APC, 4, 772 votes.  PDP,  15, 749 votes. Labour Party, 428,640 votes.  ln Abia, APC,  8, 914, PDP,  22, 676 and Labour Party,  327, 095. ln lmo , APC,  66, 406 votes,  PDP,  30, 234 votes and the Labour party,  360, 495 votes. Don't forget. These're Mahmood Yakubu's INEC  declared results. 


Looking  at these figures, one would be forced to agree or believe that the issue is not what anybody thinks should be Tinubu's right actions,  but what will be the case with regard to South East APC leaders in Tinubu's presidency. 


That is the problem with Orji Uzor Kalu and Osita lzunaso's aspirations for the position of  Senate president. Otherwise,  having denied the South East the position of President most patriotic Nigerians had believed should be their turn , and having also denied them  the office of Vice president, the most appropriate thing to do now is to concede the office of  Senate  president to them. But for the reasons l had earlier mentioned,  that has become a tall dream. They would never live to see that happen.


They have gone to South South. Akwa lbom State in Particular. And their choice is Godswill Akpabio. At the primary,  he withdrew for Tinubu. ln the election,  APC had 160, 620 votes.  More than what Tinubu got in the whole of South East. That's the politics behind their choice of Akpabio. They won't tell you this. 


For the South East and APC leaders in the zone in Particular, they should not expect much from Tinubu and his Presidency. No great expectations. Like I had intoned , the politics has begun.  And only those with foresight or " four-sights" would understand better . Would be able to read the handwriting on the wall and interpret it.  MENE,  MENE,  TEKEL,  URPHARSIN. 


There is already a gang up. While the lmo Governor was at "war" with Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress,  NLC, in lmo , the kano State Governor of APC extraction, Alhaji  Ganduje, was rolling out red carpets in kano for the same Ajaero. The same period. And he  gave him the Chieftaincy Title of Sarkin Yakin, meaning,  Workers' warrior. 



Even when Tinubu might  not remember some of these incidents,  those who have his ears would always remind  him of all these. And there is no  difference between him and Buhari in terms of being easy prey in the hands of wicked cabal. Even,  Tinubu's  own cabal  may be worst than Buhari's own cabal.  The signs are everywhere.  l hope you're reading  between the lines. There is " fire in the Soweto". 



This whole thing is also a wake-up call for Governor Uzodinma,  especially in his bid for second tenure . Yes, APC governor.  The  worst opposition to his second term  bid may not come from within,  but from  "without". Outside.  Don't say l told you. Do not quote me. Do not quote Sam. Onwuemeodo. Caveat emptor.  Disclaimer.  l am only guessing. lmagining things.  Which can't be located or situated.  . On your "marks". Ready....go!!!. The expected heat may be imported. External heat. Perhaps,  from the barbeach or zuma rock. Do you understand? 


The Lagos State Government had, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023,   arraigned Eze Ndigbo in Ajao Estate Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, on terrorism charges.  And he has been remanded in prison custody. The man was quoted to have said that, if the attacks on the lgbos and their properties in Lagos continue,  he might invite IPOB. That was a conditional statement. He didn't invite IPOB.  But he's  already in prison. And  those who attacked,  killed and maimed lgbos during the elections in Lagos  walked away free and still walking freely . l am still painting a picture. What to expect from BAT's Presidency. 


The Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya on Friday ,  May 5,  2023, had had reason or reasons to threaten to crack down on  potential threats to Tinubu's inauguration on May 29.


ln doing that,  Gen. Yahaya warned the  "lndigenous People of Biafra , IPOB,  Eastern Security Network, ESN  and other fringe groups not to test the will of the military ". He specifically mentioned IPOB and ESN and described similar groups in other parts of the country as " fringe groups". Are you following?. What to expect. 


Even when  l have never read where IPOB had threatened to frustrate or prevent the inauguration of Tinubu as President on May 29. The man singled out IPOB and ESN, and  left other related groups in other parts of the country. 


That's the nature of the on-going blackmail against the South East and the people of the area. There is nothing to show or believe that Tinubu's presidency would be different from that of " Bubu", with regard to the fate of the South East. 


With the prevailing circumstances and  for Tinubu's presidency,  APC leaders in the South East or the South East people in general,   are all Obidients. Or,  IPOB. Depending on which of the words they would prefer to use at any given time. That's their mindset. That's their belief. Nobody should wait to be told all these. 


Orji Uzor Kalu had thought that,  talking against Obi's Presidential bid  or the corporate aspiration of the South East people to produce the President of the Country this time, would make them to bring him in or take him into confidence or forget his role in the Lawan for President venture.  But he has seen that, that's not the case. They are also  holding him in contempt. He has seen that the sound of bitter kola in the mouth does not reflect the taste. At all. At all, at all.


The only consolation is that,  if the South East people survived Buhari's eight years of negligence and gross disregard,  they would also survive Tinubu and whatever he comes up with. Necessity has always  remained the mother of invention. The earlier this situation is understood,  the better. 


Nevertheless,  we shall continue to clap for Jesus. And there is nothing anybody can do about it.


By Sam Onwuemeodo


I have chosen to begin with  Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor. And for obvious reasons.  


The previous week, the President-elect,  Senator Bola Tinubu was in Portharcourt,   Rivers State. He was there on the invitation of  Wike. He was invited  to commission projects. And he did.


 ln  doing that,  he was quoted to have said that,  he owed Wike  nothing.  And some people  began to celebrate that. Some people  believed that. They took Tinubu's comment to the bank. They went home with it. And l hasten  to say this.


 lf  there's one Nigerian Tinubu owes a lot, that's Wike.  Nyesom Wike.  Aside keeping his Party, PDP, and it's candidate,  Atiku Abubakar on their toes all through,  he delivered Rivers State to Tinubu and his APC.  I am talking about the INEC declared  results for Rivers . INEC's own results.  


Wike,  a pdp governor,  ensured that  APC or Tinubu  was declared winner  in his State. ln Wike's Rivers, Tinubu got 231, 591 votes. His own party,  PDP,  got 88, 468 votes and the Labour Party,  175, 071 votes. lf there's  one man who has a lot of claims to make in Tinubu's presidency,  that man is Wike. There is nothing he wants in BAT's government that he would not  get. Don't believe me.  But mark my words.  He destroyed PDP for Tinubu to navigate. So, paying Wike's Rivers,  the money spent on federal projects in the State would be one of the easiest things Tinubu would do as President. 


Unlike Wike , those who should be worried about the direction  Tinubu's  presidency will be going are the leaders of the APC in the South East. Already,  Tinubu's body language isn't encouraging.  I am not writing that they should believe me , but letting them know the fate that awaits them in BAT's Presidency. Like l said,  they should not wait to be told that Tinubu and his Presidency won't  have anything tangible  in store for them.


For Tinubu,  his Presidency  and his close associates , all the leaders of APC in the South East are OBIDIENTS. This is the mindset of Tinubu and his own emerging  cabal. lt's written all over them. And there seems to be  nothing anybody can do to help the situation. 


The only prayer point left for APC leaders in the South East is that , the election of Tinubu should be annulled or be  nullified by the Tribunal. But  if the Tribunal confirms or authenticates his election,  then, there is every reason to worry by APC leaders in the South East. Some of them, going to the Defence House and taking photographs with him, won't change anything. 


Tinubu didn't hide his disdain for the  South East. He began early enough to show that.  He first settled for a fellow Muslim as Vice- Presidential candidate, believing that Heaven wouldn't fall. And he was right. Heaven didn't fall. And he  did it,  knowing that the South East could be adjudged  the " soul" of Christianity in Nigeria. l am painting a picture. But see the major issues.


 At a time,  the discussion or the  debate in the APC was that, the South should produce  the Presidential candidate of the Party  and by extension , Muhammadu Buhari's successor,  Ahmed Lawan came on board with a bang. And who were in the forefront of the Lawan's project?. Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma. And they were overtly  serious about it. They bought Lawan's nomination forms and displayed them for all and sundry to see, on the screens of  national televisions.  l do not know who drafted each other into the Lawan venture. Whether Kalu drafted the lmo Governor or vice versa. 


lf there was a major threat to Tinubu's aspiration for the Presidential ticket of the APC,  it was that Ahmed  Lawan's entry. That man's case.  And our own people were the pilots. The architects. On the TV screens, the  Yobe State Governor,  Mala Buni,  Lawan's own governor was behind. At the back of Kalu and governor Uzodinma. l am still painting a picture. They didn't support Tinubu. They didn't support Rochas Okorocha or Ogbonnaya Onu or Emeka Nwajiuba or David Umahi. But Lawan from the North. Continue reading my lips correctly. 


Then,  the Concensus issue. Lawan was announced the consensus Presidential  candidate of the party by the Abdullahi Adamu led NWC . lf that had worked out  as planned,  Tinubu's ambition would have been submerged or destroyed at that point. His group fought back. l want you to grab something here. Something "ominous". Something not palatable  at all. Something "imirimious". Do you understand?


Then,  the Presidential  primary proper. The South East delegates voted for Lawan, from all indications.  And not Tinubu. Not Okorocha. Not Nwajiuba. Not Onu or Umahi. They went for the Yobe man, Lawan. After Yobe, you get Borno State. l had been there. That was in 2004. l had gone   for the Turbanning of Emir of Damaturu,  Alhaji Shehu Hashimi 11 lbn Umar El-kanemi. The rest became history. 


Ahmed  Lawan for presidency project was the biggest threat  Tinubu's ambition had, before the INEC conducted election. Buhari's cabal also led Nwajiuba  to go to  court , asking that Tinubu should be disqualified and announce him APC candidate. Buhari's deceitful cabal. 


For the February 25, 2023 Presidential election, the leaders of APC in the South East were helpless. Nigerians,  including the South East people,  opted or settled for Peter Obi of the Labour Party. But Tinubu and his  already existing  cabal won't look at it from  that perspective.  They seem to have made up their minds. For them, APC leaders in the zone were all Obidients or  "lPOB".


 ln Anambra, for instance,  APC ( Tinubu), had 5, 111 votes. PDP (Atiku), 9,036 votes. Labour party ( Obi), 584, 621 votes.  ln Ebonyi, APC, 42, 402 votes.  PDP,  13, 503 votes. Labour party, 259, 738 votes. ln Enugu State,  APC, 4, 772 votes.  PDP,  15, 749 votes. Labour Party, 428,640 votes.  ln Abia, APC,  8, 914, PDP,  22, 676 and Labour Party,  327, 095. ln lmo , APC,  66, 406 votes,  PDP,  30, 234 votes and the Labour party,  360, 495 votes. Don't forget. These're Mahmood Yakubu's INEC  declared results. 


Looking  at these figures, one would be forced to agree or believe that the issue is not what anybody thinks should be Tinubu's right actions,  but what will be the case with regard to South East APC leaders in Tinubu's presidency. 


That is the problem with Orji Uzor Kalu and Osita lzunaso's aspirations for the position of  Senate president. Otherwise,  having denied the South East the position of President most patriotic Nigerians had believed should be their turn , and having also denied them  the office of Vice president, the most appropriate thing to do now is to concede the office of  Senate  president to them. But for the reasons l had earlier mentioned,  that has become a tall dream. They would never live to see that happen.


They have gone to South South. Akwa lbom State in Particular. And their choice is Godswill Akpabio. At the primary,  he withdrew for Tinubu. ln the election,  APC had 160, 620 votes.  More than what Tinubu got in the whole of South East. That's the politics behind their choice of Akpabio. They won't tell you this. 


For the South East and APC leaders in the zone in Particular, they should not expect much from Tinubu and his Presidency. No great expectations. Like I had intoned , the politics has begun.  And only those with foresight or " four-sights" would understand better . Would be able to read the handwriting on the wall and interpret it.  MENE,  MENE,  TEKEL,  URPHARSIN. 


There is already a gang up. While the lmo Governor was at "war" with Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress,  NLC, in lmo , the kano State Governor of APC extraction, Alhaji  Ganduje, was rolling out red carpets in kano for the same Ajaero. The same period. And he  gave him the Chieftaincy Title of Sarkin Yakin, meaning,  Workers' warrior. 



Even when Tinubu might  not remember some of these incidents,  those who have his ears would always remind  him of all these. And there is no  difference between him and Buhari in terms of being easy prey in the hands of wicked cabal. Even,  Tinubu's  own cabal  may be worst than Buhari's own cabal.  The signs are everywhere.  l hope you're reading  between the lines. There is " fire in the Soweto". 



This whole thing is also a wake-up call for Governor Uzodinma,  especially in his bid for second tenure . Yes, APC governor.  The  worst opposition to his second term  bid may not come from within,  but from  "without". Outside.  Don't say l told you. Do not quote me. Do not quote Sam. Onwuemeodo. Caveat emptor.  Disclaimer.  l am only guessing. lmagining things.  Which can't be located or situated.  . On your "marks". Ready....go!!!. The expected heat may be imported. External heat. Perhaps,  from the barbeach or zuma rock. Do you understand? 


The Lagos State Government had, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023,   arraigned Eze Ndigbo in Ajao Estate Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, on terrorism charges.  And he has been remanded in prison custody. The man was quoted to have said that, if the attacks on the lgbos and their properties in Lagos continue,  he might invite IPOB. That was a conditional statement. He didn't invite IPOB.  But he's  already in prison. And  those who attacked,  killed and maimed lgbos during the elections in Lagos  walked away free and still walking freely . l am still painting a picture. What to expect from BAT's Presidency. 


The Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya on Friday ,  May 5,  2023, had had reason or reasons to threaten to crack down on  potential threats to Tinubu's inauguration on May 29.


ln doing that,  Gen. Yahaya warned the  "lndigenous People of Biafra , IPOB,  Eastern Security Network, ESN  and other fringe groups not to test the will of the military ". He specifically mentioned IPOB and ESN and described similar groups in other parts of the country as " fringe groups". Are you following?. What to expect. 


Even when  l have never read where IPOB had threatened to frustrate or prevent the inauguration of Tinubu as President on May 29. The man singled out IPOB and ESN, and  left other related groups in other parts of the country. 


That's the nature of the on-going blackmail against the South East and the people of the area. There is nothing to show or believe that Tinubu's presidency would be different from that of " Bubu", with regard to the fate of the South East. 


With the prevailing circumstances and  for Tinubu's presidency,  APC leaders in the South East or the South East people in general,   are all Obidients. Or,  IPOB. Depending on which of the words they would prefer to use at any given time. That's their mindset. That's their belief. Nobody should wait to be told all these. 


Orji Uzor Kalu had thought that,  talking against Obi's Presidential bid  or the corporate aspiration of the South East people to produce the President of the Country this time, would make them to bring him in or take him into confidence or forget his role in the Lawan for President venture.  But he has seen that, that's not the case. They are also  holding him in contempt. He has seen that the sound of bitter kola in the mouth does not reflect the taste. At all. At all, at all.


The only consolation is that,  if the South East people survived Buhari's eight years of negligence and gross disregard,  they would also survive Tinubu and whatever he comes up with. Necessity has always  remained the mother of invention. The earlier this situation is understood,  the better. 


Nevertheless,  we shall continue to clap for Jesus. And there is nothing anybody can do about it.

#EDOSTATE: The Violence Is Spreading And Must Be Stopped Now!

#EDOSTATE: The Violence Is Spreading And Must Be Stopped Now!


PRESS RELEASE:


*DEMOCRACY IS UNDER THREAT IN EDO STATE- LP.  *


The attention of the Edo State Labour Party has been drawn to the series of  attacks on Labour Party candidates, party faithfuls and  the Obidient movement in the state. Our candidates campaign billboards, posters  and banners are been destroyed by people who claimed it is directives given them from above. 

For example, our candidate for Oredo Federal  Constituency, Engr. Esosa  Iyawe billboards along Airport road, Akenzuwa road,  Ekenwan road and environs duly paid for were pulled down by the Oredo Local Government Council and warned the billboard agent not to hang any Labour party content on them. The billboard agent who said his business is been threatened if he does otherwise only agreed to make a refund to our candidate. In Esan Central, our House of Assembly Candidate, Hon. Oses   Emmanuel Eromosele billboards he constructed by himself in strategic locations were all removed and taken away by the Head of  service of the Council. When he was contacted he said,  it was directive from above. Another giant size billboard of our presidential and other candidates sponsored by Edo Diaspora women for Peter Obi erected around Ibiwe, ring road, Oredo LGA was also pulled down by the council.

 In ward 7 Ugbekun, Ikpoba Okah LGA, Labour party office  was invaded by thugs suspected to be hired by PDP removed all Labour party items, including sign  post, party flags,  banners of our presidential candidate  and posters of Labour part candidates. They forcefully  hoisted PDP  flag and pest posters and banners of PDP candidates in the place.

 Our members who were chased out of the premises said, the hoodlums openly boasted that they are going to make sure they drive Labour  party  out of the state as directed. 

Most worrisome is the fact that we were earlier denied the use of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium  for rally to host our presidential candidate  Mr Peter Obi and his running mate Datti Yusuf.

It is Worthy of note that these are happening after HE, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has some time ago openly declared during the inauguration of his factional state PDP presidential campaign council. "That those who call themselves obedient in the state will soon run out of steam" 

We are worried as a party if this abrasiveness and hostile nature towards our candidates and members is what they have planned by saying we will soon go of steam?


As a party we have

 observed that the unfolding events in the State is a direct attack on democracy to deny the people from making free choices. 

 Labour Party is a party widely accepted by the people as the only credible alternative platform to take them out of the present hardship inflicted on them by both the APC at the Federal and  PDP at state level. 

We are social democrats who believes that it is still possible to conduct the affairs of party politics on identifiable ideology of progressive issues based  campaign. We are therefore calling on all well meaning Nigerians, Edolites and the security agents to please call the PDP led government in the state to order not to  truncate democracy but a peaceful atmosphere to allow the people freely make their informed decisions to elect who leads them. 


Comr. Sam Oroupa

Publicity Secretary

Labour Party, 

Edo State.




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PRESS RELEASE:


*DEMOCRACY IS UNDER THREAT IN EDO STATE- LP.  *


The attention of the Edo State Labour Party has been drawn to the series of  attacks on Labour Party candidates, party faithfuls and  the Obidient movement in the state. Our candidates campaign billboards, posters  and banners are been destroyed by people who claimed it is directives given them from above. 

For example, our candidate for Oredo Federal  Constituency, Engr. Esosa  Iyawe billboards along Airport road, Akenzuwa road,  Ekenwan road and environs duly paid for were pulled down by the Oredo Local Government Council and warned the billboard agent not to hang any Labour party content on them. The billboard agent who said his business is been threatened if he does otherwise only agreed to make a refund to our candidate. In Esan Central, our House of Assembly Candidate, Hon. Oses   Emmanuel Eromosele billboards he constructed by himself in strategic locations were all removed and taken away by the Head of  service of the Council. When he was contacted he said,  it was directive from above. Another giant size billboard of our presidential and other candidates sponsored by Edo Diaspora women for Peter Obi erected around Ibiwe, ring road, Oredo LGA was also pulled down by the council.

 In ward 7 Ugbekun, Ikpoba Okah LGA, Labour party office  was invaded by thugs suspected to be hired by PDP removed all Labour party items, including sign  post, party flags,  banners of our presidential candidate  and posters of Labour part candidates. They forcefully  hoisted PDP  flag and pest posters and banners of PDP candidates in the place.

 Our members who were chased out of the premises said, the hoodlums openly boasted that they are going to make sure they drive Labour  party  out of the state as directed. 

Most worrisome is the fact that we were earlier denied the use of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium  for rally to host our presidential candidate  Mr Peter Obi and his running mate Datti Yusuf.

It is Worthy of note that these are happening after HE, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has some time ago openly declared during the inauguration of his factional state PDP presidential campaign council. "That those who call themselves obedient in the state will soon run out of steam" 

We are worried as a party if this abrasiveness and hostile nature towards our candidates and members is what they have planned by saying we will soon go of steam?


As a party we have

 observed that the unfolding events in the State is a direct attack on democracy to deny the people from making free choices. 

 Labour Party is a party widely accepted by the people as the only credible alternative platform to take them out of the present hardship inflicted on them by both the APC at the Federal and  PDP at state level. 

We are social democrats who believes that it is still possible to conduct the affairs of party politics on identifiable ideology of progressive issues based  campaign. We are therefore calling on all well meaning Nigerians, Edolites and the security agents to please call the PDP led government in the state to order not to  truncate democracy but a peaceful atmosphere to allow the people freely make their informed decisions to elect who leads them. 


Comr. Sam Oroupa

Publicity Secretary

Labour Party, 

Edo State.




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PRESS RELEASE : Edo North senatorial candidate Comrade (Engr.) Eragbe Anslem pledges free education and youth involvement in government 2023

PRESS RELEASE : Edo North senatorial candidate Comrade (Engr.) Eragbe Anslem pledges free education and youth involvement in government 2023

November 9, 2022, By Ihegazie Chidinma









In a Stakeholders Meeting with Comrade Eragbe Anslem, the Edo North Senatorial Candidate and National Youth Leader of Labour Party (LP), at the Banquet Hall of Merit House, Plot 22 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District Abuja FCT on Tuesday 8th November, 2022.


The meeting featured details and highlights of strategies enumerated by comrade Eragbe Anslem who also unveiled the Director General for the Edo-North 2023 Senatorial campaign organization, *Professor Festus A Uwakhemen* .


The high point of the occasion witnessed the Unveiling of the funding raising dynamics for the Edo-North Senatorial campaigns and the 2023 election victory Strategies when he stated:


(1): That as the Edo North 2023 Senatorial Candidate and National Youth Leader of Labour Party (LP), he pledged free, qualitative and compulsory education for the people of Edo North Senatorial District and Youth involvement in government 2023-2027 through legislative functions during his first tenure in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


(2): Eragbe cited how he led the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Research institutions in Nigeria, ASURI, under a partnership to secure Foreign Direct Investment, FDI in the sum of a hundred and fifty billion Euro (€150 Billion Euro) for Research Institution Funding as loan for rejigging of the National Research & Economic Redirection of Nigeria for the next 30 years with marginal interest rates repayment and moratorium since 2021.


(3): The Labour Party National Youth Leader and Senatorial Candidate also gave a detailed insight about the political configuration of Edo North Senatorial District that included:

(a): Seven Local Government Areas that consist of:

(i): Akoko Edo LGA

(ii): Etsako East LGA

(iii): Etsako Central LGA

(iv): Etsako West LGA

(v): Owan East LGA

(vi): Owan West LGA 


(b): That Edo North Senatorial District has sixty four (64) political wards.


(c): Edo-North senatorial district consists of Seven hundred and sixty (760) polling units and gave a vivid strategy in line with his deployment schemes for the Labour Party national mobilization 2023 stating that Nigeria consists of:


(a): 176,846 polling units

(b): 8,815 political wards

(c): 774 LGAs

(d): 36 States and FCT

(e): Six Geopolitical Zones consisting:

(I):  North East 

(Ii): North Central

(iii): North West

(iv): South East

(v): South South

(vi): South West


(d): The Edo-North senatorial district campaign structures announced was made up of Prof. Festus A. Uwakhemen as the Director-General, DG of the Comrade Eragbe Anslem 2023 Edo-North Senatorial District Campaign Organisation, #CEA2023-SDCO with six(6) deputy director generals.


(e): Three (3) out of the six(6) Deputy Director General, DDG for the Edo-North Senatorial District Campaign Organization were also unveiled and included:


(i): The Deputy Director General for Etsako Central LGA,*Chief Austin Aliu.* 


(ii): The Deputy Director General, DDG for Etsako West LGA,*Prince Mike Inaboya* .


(iii): The Deputy Director General, DDG for Orwan East LGA,*Comrade Omokhogie Jegede* .


(iv): *Comrade Uloko Kadiri* was appointed as the Edo North Senatorial Leader to oversee the Advisory Board of the Edo-North Senatorial campaign committee structure on behalf of Comrade Eragbe Anslem.


(f): The Deputy Director Generals, DDGs for  Akoko Edo LGAs, Etsako East LGA & Orwan West LGA are to be announced during the Edo North Senatorial District Stakeholders Meeting in Auchi, Etsako West LGA subsequently, Eragbe said.


(4): Comrade Eragbe stated that he is at home as resident of the FCT for 32 years now and gave among other reasons why he adopted Abuja for his inaugural stakeholders meeting, as charity they say, begins at home, and that the recognition of reality is beginning of wisdom. 


(5): Eragbe was emphatic that Edo North senatorial district sons and daughters are  critical stakeholders in the FCT when he drew stakeholders attention to the fact that his senatorial election project is their project and that of other Nigerians who are critical stakeholders committed to the OBI-DATTI 2023 election who must be part and parcel of the entire package to mobilize their people across the one hundred and nine (109) Senatorial District, 774 LGAs, 36 states and the FCT.


(6): Eragbe welcomed the leadership of all the Support Groups present  on the occasion of the stakeholders meeting and those who couldn't make it to Abuja and explained to them in detail, the concept of the Labour Party National Mobilization Strategy that deploys a website with six(6) portals and the Labour Party-NG Mobile Application for the 2023 general elections.


(7): Eragbe emphasized that these ICT solutions were designed and developed by the office of the National Youth Leader of Labour Party (LP) for the national mobilization of a minimum forty Seven (47,000,000) million eligible voters for the presidential election mandate and votes delivery 2023 that included:


(a): National Mobilization website: https://www.labourpartynationalmobilization.org.ng for support groups and membership registration which will be synchronized with the Labour Party-NG Mobile Application.


(b): Registration of Support Groups and Issuance of registration acknowledgement and Certificates with four (4) unique identification number systems, with over 3,500 registered Support Groups.


(c): Registration of Nigerians with and without PVC and Issuance of Membership Cards with four (4) - six (6) unique ID numbers for the determination of votes delivery to include:


(i): _Presidential Election

(National I.D)

(ii): _Governorship Election

(State I.D)

(iii): _Senatorial, 

(iv): MHR, 

(v): State Assembly

(State I.D)

(vi):_Ward I.D

(vii):_Polling Unit I.D

(viii):_VIN I.D


(d): Registration of Diaspora Nigerians with and without PVC and Support Groups with issuance of feedback as Membership Card and Support Group Registration Acknowledgement and Certificate.


(e): Registration & Accreditation of Polling Unit Agents for results Collation using the thirty (30) Man  Polling Unit Agents and Canvasers structure across the 176,846 polling units in Nigeria to deploy 5,305,380 polling units Mobilization forces for the 2023 general elections


(f) Eragbe opined that with a minimum mobilization factor of three(3) the Labour Party National Mobilization website will be populated with eligible voters in monthly ratios of:


(i): 15,916,140 eligible voters at the end of November, 2022


(ii): 31,832,280 eligible voters at the end of December, 2022.


(iii): 47,748,420 eligible voters at the end of January, 2023


(g): Situation Room for Election Results Collation and display Window.


(h): Deployment of the Labour Party NG-APP Mobile Application and Control Room for Security, Sensitization, Monitoring and Polling Units National Mobilization activities 2023.


7: Eragbe unveiled the program theme: "Repositioning the Sociopolitical and Economic Landscape of Edo-North Senatorial District 2023-2027 by Legislating from consumption to production".


8: Speaking with some journalists on Tuesday in Abuja during a stakeholders meeting in a Media Parley and Press Conference, the Labour Party (LP) Edo North 2023 senatorial candidate thanked the stakeholders for the opportunity given him to acquaint them with his legislative proposals as bills for an Act to engage enabling legislation 2023 that included:


(a): Human capacity development,

(b): industrialization of Edo North Senatorial District,

(c): Provision of Potable water supply,

(d): Improved Educational system with Rebate Fee and Free Education,

(e): Improved Healthcare Delivery System, 

(f): Infrastructural Development and Models,

(g): Power: Generation, Transmission & Distribution Systems,

(h): Job creation and opportunities,

(I): Economic Diversification with Strategic options,

(j): Investments & Revenue generation for the individuals, wards, LGAs with Edo-North Senatorial District,

(k): Minerals exploration and exploitation,

(l): Agricultural Mechanization, value chain addition and processes,

(m): Housing Development and Delivery with mortgage repayments,

(n): ICT development, Innovations, Research and Training,

(o): Sport, Entertainment & Engagements,

(p): Pension and Gratuity payments for pensioners and the aged,

(q): Political Reforms

etc.


(9): Eragbe disclosed how he had partnered with the Eureka CIRPS, UK through their African representative for human capacity development and job creation for the first batch of five million (5,000,000) Nigerians 2022-2023 through entrepreneurial and MSMEs skill acquisition programs that will be replicated annually from 2023-2027..


(10): Eragbe who was a former Student Union First Executive President of Ahmadu Bello University Students Union Government, ABUSUG, ABU, Zaria 2002-2004 said, that the task at hand today is to Rescue Nigeria from successively failed administrations since 1999 till date, noting that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has made it clear why we need to move Nigeria from consumption to production.


(11): During the media parley, Eragbe canvassed reasons why the Youth of Edo North Senatorial District preferred him to Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomole the former Edo State Govenor and Senator Francis Alimikhena the incumbent Senator Representing Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.


(12): Eragbe noted that though, both men were his father, but that they have also contributed their quota which he appreciated and also respected, but, that they are now old and should voluntarily retire to enable Young Nigerians to begin the process of rebuilding the nation.


(13): Else, Eragbe noted that the old brigade will be retired at the polls in 2023 by the youth who desperately want to take back their country with their creative ingenuity and energies to offer purposeful leadership. Eragbe promised that this new kind of leadership will be provided by himself to Edo North people in particular, while Nigeria in general will enjoy same with Peter Obi as the President 2023.


(14): On the state of the failed economy, Eragbe said that “We need to change the failed revenue sharing formula to production formula, and noting that the era of sharing the national cake is over”. There is no more cake to share, and necessitating the urgency with which we must begin to bake new cakes rather.


(15): Accordingly, Eragbe said that Nigeria is about the most endowed nation on the surface of the planet earth in terms of human resources and natural endowments saying that Nigerians should not have any business with poverty.


(16): Eragbe noted that though, Nigeria has been dubbed the poverty capital of the world as a result of maladministration and lack of effective leadership. The lack of enduring character and the very poor managerial capabilities and capacity of leaders in Nigeria have contributed to the myriad of the socioeconomic and political woes we have found in Nigeria today since 1960.


(17): On this premise, Eragbe said that the Nigeria Labour movement: NLC & TUC and their trade unions came together in very strong terms with eight (8) other political parties to form the Third (3rd) Force which adopted the Labour Party (LP) as the alternative political party to rescue Nigeria and Nigerians 2023 and beyond. 


(18): Eragbe therefore said that the Labour party will ensure that education should be free, fair and qualitative and also ensure that we do away with strike actions in our tertiary institutions while health care services and political systems would be stabilized with economic diversification and job creation for the teeming youths.


(19): The high point of the stakeholders meeting culminated in a five hundred million naira (N500,000,000) fund raising program that was unveiled by the Director General of the Comrade Eragbe Anslem 2023 Senatorial Campaign Organization, Professor Festus A. Uwakhemen.


(20): Professor Festus A. Uwakhemen requested 2,000 stakeholders to contribute N250,000 each to realize the five hundred million naira sum needed to prosecute the Edo-North Senatorial election 2023.


(21): The Director General in his acceptance speech earlier, highlighted the qualities that sets Eragbe apart as a visionary leader who possesses the requisite experience and political capital and capacity to deliver on the legislative exigencies that will impact Edo North Senatorial District positively 2023, while also citing age and depth of understanding of national issues as some of the rare qualities possed by the young senatorial candidate of Edo North senatorial district.


(22): Eragbe noted that Mr Peter Obi was billed to come to Edo State on 11th November, 2022 and urged the good people of the state and particularly Edo North Senatorial District to come out en-mass to welcome the incoming president 2023.


(23): The meeting witnessed participants from different walks of life including the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Support Groups Leaders, Labour Party Youth Leaders and opinion moulders.


Thank you and God bless you


God be our helper


*COMRADE ERAGBE ANSLEM* 

Edo-North Senatorial Candidate

&

National Youth Leader

Labour Party (LP)

+234(0)8037009181

November 9, 2022, By Ihegazie Chidinma









In a Stakeholders Meeting with Comrade Eragbe Anslem, the Edo North Senatorial Candidate and National Youth Leader of Labour Party (LP), at the Banquet Hall of Merit House, Plot 22 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District Abuja FCT on Tuesday 8th November, 2022.


The meeting featured details and highlights of strategies enumerated by comrade Eragbe Anslem who also unveiled the Director General for the Edo-North 2023 Senatorial campaign organization, *Professor Festus A Uwakhemen* .


The high point of the occasion witnessed the Unveiling of the funding raising dynamics for the Edo-North Senatorial campaigns and the 2023 election victory Strategies when he stated:


(1): That as the Edo North 2023 Senatorial Candidate and National Youth Leader of Labour Party (LP), he pledged free, qualitative and compulsory education for the people of Edo North Senatorial District and Youth involvement in government 2023-2027 through legislative functions during his first tenure in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


(2): Eragbe cited how he led the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Research institutions in Nigeria, ASURI, under a partnership to secure Foreign Direct Investment, FDI in the sum of a hundred and fifty billion Euro (€150 Billion Euro) for Research Institution Funding as loan for rejigging of the National Research & Economic Redirection of Nigeria for the next 30 years with marginal interest rates repayment and moratorium since 2021.


(3): The Labour Party National Youth Leader and Senatorial Candidate also gave a detailed insight about the political configuration of Edo North Senatorial District that included:

(a): Seven Local Government Areas that consist of:

(i): Akoko Edo LGA

(ii): Etsako East LGA

(iii): Etsako Central LGA

(iv): Etsako West LGA

(v): Owan East LGA

(vi): Owan West LGA 


(b): That Edo North Senatorial District has sixty four (64) political wards.


(c): Edo-North senatorial district consists of Seven hundred and sixty (760) polling units and gave a vivid strategy in line with his deployment schemes for the Labour Party national mobilization 2023 stating that Nigeria consists of:


(a): 176,846 polling units

(b): 8,815 political wards

(c): 774 LGAs

(d): 36 States and FCT

(e): Six Geopolitical Zones consisting:

(I):  North East 

(Ii): North Central

(iii): North West

(iv): South East

(v): South South

(vi): South West


(d): The Edo-North senatorial district campaign structures announced was made up of Prof. Festus A. Uwakhemen as the Director-General, DG of the Comrade Eragbe Anslem 2023 Edo-North Senatorial District Campaign Organisation, #CEA2023-SDCO with six(6) deputy director generals.


(e): Three (3) out of the six(6) Deputy Director General, DDG for the Edo-North Senatorial District Campaign Organization were also unveiled and included:


(i): The Deputy Director General for Etsako Central LGA,*Chief Austin Aliu.* 


(ii): The Deputy Director General, DDG for Etsako West LGA,*Prince Mike Inaboya* .


(iii): The Deputy Director General, DDG for Orwan East LGA,*Comrade Omokhogie Jegede* .


(iv): *Comrade Uloko Kadiri* was appointed as the Edo North Senatorial Leader to oversee the Advisory Board of the Edo-North Senatorial campaign committee structure on behalf of Comrade Eragbe Anslem.


(f): The Deputy Director Generals, DDGs for  Akoko Edo LGAs, Etsako East LGA & Orwan West LGA are to be announced during the Edo North Senatorial District Stakeholders Meeting in Auchi, Etsako West LGA subsequently, Eragbe said.


(4): Comrade Eragbe stated that he is at home as resident of the FCT for 32 years now and gave among other reasons why he adopted Abuja for his inaugural stakeholders meeting, as charity they say, begins at home, and that the recognition of reality is beginning of wisdom. 


(5): Eragbe was emphatic that Edo North senatorial district sons and daughters are  critical stakeholders in the FCT when he drew stakeholders attention to the fact that his senatorial election project is their project and that of other Nigerians who are critical stakeholders committed to the OBI-DATTI 2023 election who must be part and parcel of the entire package to mobilize their people across the one hundred and nine (109) Senatorial District, 774 LGAs, 36 states and the FCT.


(6): Eragbe welcomed the leadership of all the Support Groups present  on the occasion of the stakeholders meeting and those who couldn't make it to Abuja and explained to them in detail, the concept of the Labour Party National Mobilization Strategy that deploys a website with six(6) portals and the Labour Party-NG Mobile Application for the 2023 general elections.


(7): Eragbe emphasized that these ICT solutions were designed and developed by the office of the National Youth Leader of Labour Party (LP) for the national mobilization of a minimum forty Seven (47,000,000) million eligible voters for the presidential election mandate and votes delivery 2023 that included:


(a): National Mobilization website: https://www.labourpartynationalmobilization.org.ng for support groups and membership registration which will be synchronized with the Labour Party-NG Mobile Application.


(b): Registration of Support Groups and Issuance of registration acknowledgement and Certificates with four (4) unique identification number systems, with over 3,500 registered Support Groups.


(c): Registration of Nigerians with and without PVC and Issuance of Membership Cards with four (4) - six (6) unique ID numbers for the determination of votes delivery to include:


(i): _Presidential Election

(National I.D)

(ii): _Governorship Election

(State I.D)

(iii): _Senatorial, 

(iv): MHR, 

(v): State Assembly

(State I.D)

(vi):_Ward I.D

(vii):_Polling Unit I.D

(viii):_VIN I.D


(d): Registration of Diaspora Nigerians with and without PVC and Support Groups with issuance of feedback as Membership Card and Support Group Registration Acknowledgement and Certificate.


(e): Registration & Accreditation of Polling Unit Agents for results Collation using the thirty (30) Man  Polling Unit Agents and Canvasers structure across the 176,846 polling units in Nigeria to deploy 5,305,380 polling units Mobilization forces for the 2023 general elections


(f) Eragbe opined that with a minimum mobilization factor of three(3) the Labour Party National Mobilization website will be populated with eligible voters in monthly ratios of:


(i): 15,916,140 eligible voters at the end of November, 2022


(ii): 31,832,280 eligible voters at the end of December, 2022.


(iii): 47,748,420 eligible voters at the end of January, 2023


(g): Situation Room for Election Results Collation and display Window.


(h): Deployment of the Labour Party NG-APP Mobile Application and Control Room for Security, Sensitization, Monitoring and Polling Units National Mobilization activities 2023.


7: Eragbe unveiled the program theme: "Repositioning the Sociopolitical and Economic Landscape of Edo-North Senatorial District 2023-2027 by Legislating from consumption to production".


8: Speaking with some journalists on Tuesday in Abuja during a stakeholders meeting in a Media Parley and Press Conference, the Labour Party (LP) Edo North 2023 senatorial candidate thanked the stakeholders for the opportunity given him to acquaint them with his legislative proposals as bills for an Act to engage enabling legislation 2023 that included:


(a): Human capacity development,

(b): industrialization of Edo North Senatorial District,

(c): Provision of Potable water supply,

(d): Improved Educational system with Rebate Fee and Free Education,

(e): Improved Healthcare Delivery System, 

(f): Infrastructural Development and Models,

(g): Power: Generation, Transmission & Distribution Systems,

(h): Job creation and opportunities,

(I): Economic Diversification with Strategic options,

(j): Investments & Revenue generation for the individuals, wards, LGAs with Edo-North Senatorial District,

(k): Minerals exploration and exploitation,

(l): Agricultural Mechanization, value chain addition and processes,

(m): Housing Development and Delivery with mortgage repayments,

(n): ICT development, Innovations, Research and Training,

(o): Sport, Entertainment & Engagements,

(p): Pension and Gratuity payments for pensioners and the aged,

(q): Political Reforms

etc.


(9): Eragbe disclosed how he had partnered with the Eureka CIRPS, UK through their African representative for human capacity development and job creation for the first batch of five million (5,000,000) Nigerians 2022-2023 through entrepreneurial and MSMEs skill acquisition programs that will be replicated annually from 2023-2027..


(10): Eragbe who was a former Student Union First Executive President of Ahmadu Bello University Students Union Government, ABUSUG, ABU, Zaria 2002-2004 said, that the task at hand today is to Rescue Nigeria from successively failed administrations since 1999 till date, noting that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has made it clear why we need to move Nigeria from consumption to production.


(11): During the media parley, Eragbe canvassed reasons why the Youth of Edo North Senatorial District preferred him to Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomole the former Edo State Govenor and Senator Francis Alimikhena the incumbent Senator Representing Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.


(12): Eragbe noted that though, both men were his father, but that they have also contributed their quota which he appreciated and also respected, but, that they are now old and should voluntarily retire to enable Young Nigerians to begin the process of rebuilding the nation.


(13): Else, Eragbe noted that the old brigade will be retired at the polls in 2023 by the youth who desperately want to take back their country with their creative ingenuity and energies to offer purposeful leadership. Eragbe promised that this new kind of leadership will be provided by himself to Edo North people in particular, while Nigeria in general will enjoy same with Peter Obi as the President 2023.


(14): On the state of the failed economy, Eragbe said that “We need to change the failed revenue sharing formula to production formula, and noting that the era of sharing the national cake is over”. There is no more cake to share, and necessitating the urgency with which we must begin to bake new cakes rather.


(15): Accordingly, Eragbe said that Nigeria is about the most endowed nation on the surface of the planet earth in terms of human resources and natural endowments saying that Nigerians should not have any business with poverty.


(16): Eragbe noted that though, Nigeria has been dubbed the poverty capital of the world as a result of maladministration and lack of effective leadership. The lack of enduring character and the very poor managerial capabilities and capacity of leaders in Nigeria have contributed to the myriad of the socioeconomic and political woes we have found in Nigeria today since 1960.


(17): On this premise, Eragbe said that the Nigeria Labour movement: NLC & TUC and their trade unions came together in very strong terms with eight (8) other political parties to form the Third (3rd) Force which adopted the Labour Party (LP) as the alternative political party to rescue Nigeria and Nigerians 2023 and beyond. 


(18): Eragbe therefore said that the Labour party will ensure that education should be free, fair and qualitative and also ensure that we do away with strike actions in our tertiary institutions while health care services and political systems would be stabilized with economic diversification and job creation for the teeming youths.


(19): The high point of the stakeholders meeting culminated in a five hundred million naira (N500,000,000) fund raising program that was unveiled by the Director General of the Comrade Eragbe Anslem 2023 Senatorial Campaign Organization, Professor Festus A. Uwakhemen.


(20): Professor Festus A. Uwakhemen requested 2,000 stakeholders to contribute N250,000 each to realize the five hundred million naira sum needed to prosecute the Edo-North Senatorial election 2023.


(21): The Director General in his acceptance speech earlier, highlighted the qualities that sets Eragbe apart as a visionary leader who possesses the requisite experience and political capital and capacity to deliver on the legislative exigencies that will impact Edo North Senatorial District positively 2023, while also citing age and depth of understanding of national issues as some of the rare qualities possed by the young senatorial candidate of Edo North senatorial district.


(22): Eragbe noted that Mr Peter Obi was billed to come to Edo State on 11th November, 2022 and urged the good people of the state and particularly Edo North Senatorial District to come out en-mass to welcome the incoming president 2023.


(23): The meeting witnessed participants from different walks of life including the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Support Groups Leaders, Labour Party Youth Leaders and opinion moulders.


Thank you and God bless you


God be our helper


*COMRADE ERAGBE ANSLEM* 

Edo-North Senatorial Candidate

&

National Youth Leader

Labour Party (LP)

+234(0)8037009181

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