Abuja Property Developer, Lawyer Cries out, Says Top NNPC Staff After His Property

A top Staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Ms. Asabe Waziri has been accused of seeking to use her influence in government to forcefully retain a property owned by an Abuja lawyer and Property Developer, Cecil Osakwe and threatening his career and business in the process.

The top NNPC staff is also being accused of forceful entry into the premises of Abeh Signature Apartments in Maitama, owned by Cecil Osakwe, where she allegedly destroyed properties worth millions of naira for which she was reportedly charged to court.

According by Barr. Victor Giwa, Company Secretary of Abeh Signature Apartments, trouble started when the company, in compliance with the Money Laundering Act, reported the payment of thousands of dollars in cash by Asabe Waziri, a civil servant, to the company for the purchase of two blocks of two-bedroom flats at Abeh Signature Apartments in Abuja.

Giwa, in a statement in Abuja in Monday stated that the company flagged the said transaction in cash as “suspicious transaction” being contrary to the extant financial transaction regulations under the Money Laundering Act.

According to Giwa “Cecil Osakwe was curious about Asabe Waziri’s payment of Dollars in cash for the purchase of the property. He tried but no avail to obtain explanation from Waziri as to why, as a Civil servant, she will pay thousands of dollars in cash for such a transaction without passing through the financial institution, an act that raises suspicion as to the source of the fund.

“Following the suspicion, Abeh Signature as a law-abiding company instituted the case against Asabe Waziri, pursuance to the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011 (as amended).

“The FCT High Court after hearing all parties upheld the case of the Company that Asabe Waziri’s transaction in cash was contrary to the law and with the intention to conceal the source of the fund.

“The Court ordered Asabe Wazri to immediately vacate the flats and deliver possession to the Company while ordering Cecil Osakwe to refund all the money collected from her for the purchase of the flats.

“While Cecil Osakwe obeyed the Court Order and refunded the sum to Asabe Waziri, Asabe Waziri has refused to vacate the premises”. he stated.

Giwa described as bizarre that instead of obeying the Court and vacating the property, Ms Asabe Waziri allegedly “resorted to malicious campaign of calumny, character assassination, blackmail, threats and unfounded litigations against Mr. Cecil Osakwe with the aim of tarnishing his hard-earned reputation and integrity as a lawyer and property developer.”

He said the Asabe Waziri, apparently angry that she has been exposed, is now using her influence and closeness to very top officials in the Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to harass, threaten and blackmail Osakwe and his company.

The Company Secretary noted that the company is already taking legal action against such officials including the Director for Enforcement, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)High Court, Abuja, Toney Chukwuemeka, who allegedly conspired with Asabe Waziri to forcefully enter into the premises of Abeh Signature Apartments.

Giwa said the company had received reports that Ms. Asabe Waziri had allegedly referred to Osakwe as a “Igbo man who has no say in Nigeria” and reportedly swore that she will damage his reputation and career as a lawyer and property developer for exposing her.

He averred that Abeh Signature remains law-abiding and committed to delivery of service in the most transparent and value-oriented manner in line with industry international best practices.

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

The Grand Conspiracy Against Governor Tambuwal And Sokoto State - Fabian Okoye

They failed woefully in 2019. Despite the "armada" of Federal Security Forces that laid siege to Sokoto State with the sole mission to uproot the dynamic, innovative and result-oriented administration of Governor Aminu Tambuwal, the power of God and Sokoto people prevailed.

Governor Tambuwal humbled the APC with 342 votes to retain his governorship seat. But they did not give up.

In the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Sokoto State, security personnel were curiously withdrawn shortly before the commencement of polls, thereby allowing APC thugs to unleash terror on innocent voters.

To worsen matters, the heavily compromised Sokoto State Resident Electoral Commissioner ensured that no result was declared in Sokoto State. It was the height of electoral perfidy.

But the APC were still given a thorough beating with a margin of 4000 votes difference in the Presidential elections in Sokoto State. Realizing the game was up for them in Sokoto State, they retreated to their "laboratory of electoral robbery" to plot against the popular wishes of the Sokoto people.

For the governorship election, external forces dumped billions of Naira in Sokoto State to wrestle the governorship seat and humiliate the architect of Modern Sokoto State, Governor Tambuwal. Several air shuttles have been made to Sokoto with humongous amounts of dollars and newly minted Naira notes. It is

"Operation Capture Sokoto State at All Cost" Despite the fact that Sokoto people overwhelmingly voted for the PDP candidate, Mallam Saidu Umar (Mallam Ubandoman Sokoto), their mandate was stolen through brazen alteration of results.

After stealing the people's mandate, their thugs moved into Sokoto City to unleash violence on political opponents.

This is a foretaste of the regime of vendetta and retribution they intend to institute when they return to office on May 29, 2023.

After accomplishing their devilish mission in the governorship election, the retrogressive forces are perfecting their plans to prevent the emergence of Governor Aminu Tambuwal as a Senator.

They have mobilized enormous resources to compromise electoral and security personnel. Their desperation knows no bounds.

But they will hit a brickwall this time around. Governor Tambuwal is going into the supplementary election with an unassailable lead of more than 7, 000 votes. It is impossible to close this gap in an area where the Governor is regarded as a hero of the people.

Sokoto people are aware of the grand conspiracy against Governor Tambuwal by some prominent Sokoto politicians and external forces. They are massively mobilizing to resist the forces of destabilization.

These evil, reactionary forces are bent on reversing the gains that Sokoto people have made in the past eight years. They want to stop the revolutions in health, agriculture, infrastructure and human capital development.

They want a return to moral perversion and thuggery. They want a return to the inglorious past when development indices in Sokoto State were embarrassingly negative. They want Sokoto State to be left behind by time.

The supplementary election is an opportunity for Sokoto people to reclaim their state from forces of darkness.

This is not a time for despondency or complacency. It is a time for action. "Organize, Don't Agonize."

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Sokoto: PDP wins Governor Tambuwal’s Polling Unit with wide margin

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the polling unit of Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal.

Mr Tambuwal voted at PU 033, Day Tambuwal, Tambuwal LGA of the state.

For the gubernatorial election, the PDP polled 294 votes while APC polled 71 votes. In the state assembly, PDP polled 291, while APC polled 75 votes.



While casting his vote, the Governor expressed optimism that the PDP’s governorship candidate, Saidu Umar will emerge victorious adding that the exercise is truly and generally secure and free of rancour.
“There is a lot of improvement when compared with the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should keep to its promise of ensuring all-inclusive elections across the country.

“ Mallam Saidu Umar is the candidate to beat and I’m confident that he will emerge victorious”

He equally urged the people of the state to remain peaceful as they cast their votes.

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I’ll increase funds for arts, liberalise acquisition process – Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, on Saturday promised to increase funds for the arts and liberalise the process of its acquisition once elected in the forthcoming elections.

Atiku made the promise during a special roundtable discussion with Nigeria’s creative cultural and innovative industry stakeholders in Lagos.

The meeting was aimed at strengthening the country’s booming entertainment space and cultivating more unifying support in championing Nigeria’s creative expression.

The presidential candidate acknowledged that the creative industry was a vital industry capable of immense wealth creation and generating huge employment opportunities.

He said such an industry should not be toyed with as it had been identified as the second most important sector after agriculture.

“I commend the presentations so far, I understand your challenges which I am also facing because I own a television and radio station, I face the same problem of access to water and electricity as well as bad roads, so I want you to regard me as one of you.

“The way forward is to increase funds for the arts and liberalise the process of acquiring that fund, if you give me the opportunity, I will do it because it is essential.

“I reject direct CBN intervention and encourage the private sector to be part of this, government cannot develop all the funds needed.

“I look forward to a close collaboration with you on how we can develop the sector and exploit the potential, it is a multi-billion income-creating sector.

“If we work together, we can make it, I look forward to another meeting before the elections to agree on some modalities on how things will be done,” he said.

Atiku commended the patriotic zeal of the private practitioners in the creative sector in the face of numerous obstacles trying to hinder their progress.

Also, Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP vice presidential candidate, said all requests made by the practitioners in the creative sector would be properly articulated just as promised by Abubakar.

Mr Okowa disclosed that the newly built Film Village in Asaba would be launched by December.

He said there were plans to ensure that practitioners in the creative industry ran it, as the government would not be in the best position to do that.

He urged Nigerians to turn out en mass to vote during the forthcoming elections in February.


“There would be a new Nigeria if we work together to defend our land and take pride in it.

“We can make Nigeria work again through collaboration with the aim to rebuild the foundation,” he said.

Earlier, Efe Omorogbe, a Talent Manager and Music Executive, said the major challenge confronting the music industry was piracy and Nigerians’ unwillingness to pay music royalties.

He said less than 10 per cent of music consumers paid royalties which is not encouraging.

Omorogbe noted that it was high time politics and governance were balanced while the right people were engaged in leadership positions in the creative space.

According to him, the Nigerian music industry remains so huge but is yet to be properly tapped.

Ayo Animashaun, the executive producer of Hip TV, noted that the enabling environment for the creative industry must be created for businesses to thrive.

“We do not have the enabling environment to perform at the best capacity; this makes it so difficult to carry out major projects,” he said.

Kenneth Gyang, a filmmaker, said that if the industry must function optimally, the incoming president needed to create a national endowment fund for practitioners in the creative space just as practised in other climes.

Gyang noted that Nigerian filmmakers were supposed to be given the opportunity by the government to engage in co-productions and sign treaties with other countries.

“If fund is created for filmmakers, it will enable us to tell our stories as a country in the most dignifying way,” he said.

Chioma Ude, Founder, Africa International Film Festival, said there was a need to have more film festivals to showcase Nigerian and African creative content.

She said training and capacity building should be prioritised and upscaled.

“We should have exhibition platforms beyond the likes of Netflix and Amazon, we should have more film festivals to also woo tourists,” she said.

According to Agatha Amata, the entertainment industry is still a goldmine waiting to be tapped. We need to go digital, a lot of resources go into digital development since 2015 but it is unfortunate, we are still where we are.

Also, Francis Onoche, a filmmaker, said that serious attention should be drawn to the cultural policy of Nigerian films, which he described as amazing.

Onoche said that endowment funds for the arts should be revisited and provided.
He commended the efforts of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, for the support of training, distribution, production and capacity building for filmmakers.

“We need you to support the true emergence of the creative sector in Nigeria,” he said.

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

I’ll Name, Shame, Prosecute Oil Thieves Atiku Says, Meets Dangote, Otedola, Ovia, Elumelu, Others

… Pledges To Reallocate Non-Operational Oil Blocs

… Unveils Recovery Blueprint

There will no longer be a hiding place for oil thieves and their accomplices, no matter how highly placed in the country if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) takes power next year.

This was the pledge of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar today in Lagos when he interacted with a broad spectrum of corporate Nigeria under the aegis of Business Dialogue Stakeholders Forum at Eko hotel in Lagos.

Doyens of industry at the session include: Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Jim Ovia, Femi Otedola, Tony Elumelu, Herbert Wigwe and Muhammad Hayatudeen among others.

Atiku also said he would, in the interest of national development, confiscate all oil bloc allocated to some Nigerians who have failed to make them operational.

The former Vice President, who promised to sustain frequent interactive sessions between government and the country’s’ business class when voted to power, equally outlined the ways he would tackle what he described as an ailing economy.

“If you are not going to develop oil blocs given to you, we will take it away and give it to those who will develop it. We will also assemble the names of those involved in oil theft, publish same and prosecute them,” Atiku told the stakeholders.

On his plans to boost the oil and gas sector, Atiku recalled that under the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo the quota of oil production was earmarked for increase to four million barrels per day.

That plan, he explained, would be resuscitated and sustained beyond the projected figure, when he is voted into office next year, pointing out that in order to do this successfully, the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and any other enabling law would be invoked.

“When we were in government, we started this process. However, there were hiccups. We were unable to pass the legislation to encourage IOCs to partake in the sector. We will go back to where we started,” he said.

He added that the Brass and Olokola LNG projects, atarted under the Obasanjo administration will be given more attention under him. “We will continue if we have the opportunity. As you know, joint ventures are good because they are investor-driven,” he said.

He reiterated his commitment to privatizing the refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri, saying: “I swear to God, I’ll privatize them,” he told the entrepreneurs.

Turning to fiscal challenges of FOREX, monetary policy and the N20 trillion way and means balance facing the country, Atiku said “I believe that we should have a FOREX policy that allows a convergence. I don’t believe in a multiple FOREX policy that currently applies.”

He said in order to stabilize the FOREX regime loopholes in oil production would be blocked, emphasizing that he would encourage local production and “not control of public expenditure.”

“Dollarization or otherwise of the Nigerian economy depends on the strength or weakness of our economy. If we strengthen our economy, you don’t need the dollar. The naira can be strengthened by the number of jobs created and exports,” he said.

According to him, the monetary policy would be such that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be independent. “Monetary policy and other related items would be liberalized. Without prize stability, the economy does not work for anyone; and job creation and poverty eradication cannot be attained.”

“CBN will take responsibility to deliver price stability despite the fact that inflation is a global phenomenon and a product of strong demand and limited supply.

“But none of these stops the CBN from carrying out its duty of price stability and single window fiscal regime,” the PDP presidential candidate said, pointing out that “some of these economic and financial challenges existed in 1999.”

“We were responsible for enacting the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA). We tried to schedule repayment of debts and we succeeded. If we did that, you can trust us again to address the cure problems.

“With this experience, you should trust that we can bring the monetary policy back on track,” he further added, indicating that it is disturbing that “the country is moving backwards.”

“This have grave consequences for job creation and long term growth. The key sectors are not growing or growing slowly. There are acute fiscal challenges. The manufacturing sector is declining. 133 million Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor, meaning they have restricted access w education, healthcare, housing and rural facilities. These are the reasons we are engaging you today,” he stated.

In his remarks, the PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who listed some problems facing the Niger Delta region as community agitations, high powered illegal bunkering and breaching of oil pipelines by vandals, said the Atiku administration would embark on technology-driven surveillance and other solutions to tackle the problems.

The national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, expressed appreciation to corporate Nigeria for gracing the occasion, assuring them that they are engaging with the right party. “There is going to be continuing dialogue. When we take over power next year, not if, we will continue to engage you,” he said.

Both Governors Udom Emmanuel and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Akwa Ibom and Sokoto states; who are the Chairman and Director General of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign team, urged the stakeholders to support Atiku for a better Nigeria.

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2023: I’ll set aside $10billion for employment of youths, women in NIgeria if elected— Atiku tells Kwara supporters

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that if elected, his administration will set aside $10billion USD to create employment and boost small and medium scale enterprises to help employment drive for youths and women in the country.

The former Vice President carpets the ruling APC over insecurity in the country saying the Buhari and his ruling party have failed NIgerians in the area of insecurity.

Atiku, also, bemoans the state of insecurity and infrastructure decay in the country, he cited Kwara as example saying the state connects both south and north but bad roads have hindered growth in the state.

Atiku said this at PDP’s presidential campaign rally in Ilorin Kwara state where massive crowd greeted the party’s campaign train.

Earlier, in his speech, the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa said he is happy with what he has seen in Kwara. He said the huge crowd receiving PDP showed that people are very hungry and are ready to drive away hunger.

He said “the PDP is ready to create employment and won’t allow our children stay 8 month without going to school.”

He further assured that, “PDP will win in all six geo-political zone of the country. We will work with the people and rebuild Nigeria.”

Chairman of the peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyiorcha Ayu, said “The PDP is one big United family, we are on our way back to victory. PDP has come back to rescue Nigeria and put it back on development track to rescue all families.”

“Don’t allow anyone to deceive, we are hungrier than we were in 2015. Being out ur voters card, come out en mass and vote all PDP candidates especially Atiku in the general election”, he said

Ayu later presented the PDP’s flag to Shuaibu Yema, the governorship candidate of the party.

On his part, the former President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki asked the party’s supporters to vote massively for all candidates of the party in the next year’s election, saying the people can trust him and the party’s leadership. He said, “ I stood and fought for democracy, APC came and lied to you and noe you knw the difference. It is time for Nigerians, starting from Kwara to kick out APC.

Saraki said “ when PDP was in power exchange rate was 200 and now it is 800, we are all tired.” He told the mammoth crowd.

He further said, “Atiku loves Kwara since the days of my father, other candidates don’t love you, they merely want to exploit you,” Saraki told PDP supporters in Kwara

Earlier, Kwara state PDP chairman assured the PDP supporters in the state that, “Our incoming President, Atiku Abubakar would restore security, revive the economy.”

The PDP governorship candidate said the people of Kwara are tired of “APC misrule, which have plunged the country into debt, especially the state, of over N300billion.

Governor Tambuwal in his remarks thanked the Kwara PDP for a warm welcome and urged the people to vote massively for Atiku in next year’s election.

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Restoration Agenda of Governor Abu Sani Bello.

While delivering a lecture at the 4th Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture on February 15, 1998, General Muhammau Buhari, quoting an economist, argued that to measure the state of development and growth of any entity during a given period, the questions to ask are three:
1) What has been happening to poverty?
2) What has been happening to inequality?
3) What has been happening to unemployment?

To halt the above, and reverse them to a minimal level, every proper administrator understands that some fundamental adjustments need to be put in place especially in infrastructure. And as a proper administrator, since coming into power on May 3rd, 2015, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has been putting in a lot of work to halt and reverse poverty, inequality and unemployment in Niger State. The dreadful trinity–poverty, inequality, and unemployment–have been a formidable force, yet Governor Bello, in his three years in office, has managed to reverse them to a reasonable level.
But, how? By Returning Niger to Her Rightful Place in Agricultural Production:

Niger State has forced her way back as the number 1 producer of rice in Nigeria. But Governor Bello is not satisfied. He believes Niger has the potential to feed not only Nigeria, but the entire West of Africa, and this is why His Excellency reduced the cost of obtaining CofO for agricultural production from N200, 000 to only N15, 000; this is why the state is subsidizing the purchase of farm equipment and has purchased 130 tractors, and has distributed Rice Threshers machine to farmers; this is why thousands of bags of fertilizers have been distributed to farmers across the state; this is why irrigation farming in Niger State has been revitalized with the rehabilitation of 19 moribund irrigation schemes in the state. And to ensure ease of farm to market, the Niger State Government has rehabilitated over 300km of rural access roads through the implementation of the Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP II) programme.

Out of the 25 grazing reserves in the state, the Niger State Government has gazetted 8, among which the 36, 000 hectares of the Bobi Grazing Reserve has attracted five international investors for the production of dairy and other associated livestock products.
Similarly, over 1,300 hectares of pasture plots have been fully developed, and basic facilities have been provided to make the reserve viable.

By Improving Education:

The simplest way to end poverty is by eliminating illiteracy. While this cannot be achieved in the lifetime of one administration, Governor Bello has taken steps towards that direction. So far, 600 Basic Schools across the 25 LGAs of the state have either been constructed or wholly renovated. Further, Governor Bello has also constructed and renovated 9 Premier schools, 3 in each Senatorial zone.

By Improving Infrastructure:

The administration of Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has embarked upon the construction of over 579km of rural and urban roads, with a larger percentage fully completed and the remaining approaching completion.
Further, 81 villages have been electrified, some with solar installation. The rehabilitation of the 4 Premier Waterworks embarked upon by Governor Bello is without doubt the most ambitious exercise yet. This multibillion-naira project will put the water troubles of Niger State to rest for good.

Because Health is Wealth:

Abubakar Bello’s administration has constructed or renovated 274 Primary Health Care Centers, 1 in each of the 274 wards of the state. Not unmindful to the fact that these centers need to be manned, Governor Bello ensured the renovation of School of Nursing Science, Bida that has been neglected for 41years. Collage of Nursing Sciences in Kontagora and School of Health, Minna also received the Bello touch. In Abubakar Bello’s Niger State today there is at least one health institution in each of the senatorial zones.

Further, His Excellency ensured that the number of health professionals working in the state increased significantly. Before 2015, only 2 consultants were working in the health sector of the state until Governor Sani Bello dramatically raised the numbers to over 30 to ensure that residents of Niger state get the best healthcare around.

God bless Niger State, God bless Nigeria.

Written by Awal Yusuf

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

2023: I Believe In Your Strategy Document - Atiku Tells CAN

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (GCON) has told the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, that he believes totally in the strategy document of the Chirstain body.

The former Vice President of Nigeria made this known during his session with the christian leadership's interactive session with presidential candidates in Abuja on Tuesday. 

Atiku said there is no difference between CAN’s Policy Roadmap for a Future Nigeria and his position as contained in his policy document and various books he wrote.

"I have listened to what the presentation of CAN document and I can tell you the CAN document is totally in conformity with my thoughts in a book which I published when I was the Vice President and this led to a fundamental disagreement with my boss as well as my constituents. There is no difference between my book and CAN's presentation," Atiku said while responding to CAN's message.

Mr Atiku's delegation was received by CAN's President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, Secetrary of the association  and other executive members. 

Speaking further, the former number two man said " I stand before you not to campaign but to tell u the honest truth, what you have presented is what I have always believed in. And if I have the opportunity, In swear to God I will do it. Oil didn't not send me to school, my parents paid cattle tax, market tax, radio tax and these were the taxes that sent me school from primary to university. If God have given you gold or oil, take your oil or gold but I will tax you. "Why should we be fighting over resources that has been endowed to whoever it is endowed to". 

Presenting CAN's strategy document titled "Policy Roadmap for a Future Nigeria" the national secretary of the association said  "For avoidance of doubt, we present the policies that we believe will address the crises of development in Nigeria;

"State police or fully decentralized police authority;Clear and unambiguous religious neutrality of the Nigerian state through the removal of constructional references to religion and the use of religious symbols in al national legal materials and symbols, like the currency, etc., Enforcement of fundamental rights of all Nigerians, including economic and social rights."

"Restructuring to decentralize governance; Equitable and enforceable sharing of executive and legislative positions in Nigeria; Ethnic and religious representation in military and security agencies, Self-determination for all Nigerian people through inclusion of the right of a referendum in the constitution

"No to Ruga, yes to ranching, Education and free healthcare to all Nigerians (including Almajiri); No open grazing (rather modernization of animal husbandry) and Local control of local economy, including waters, rivers, and forest". 

On his part, the vice presidential candidate of the PDP, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, noted that the church needs to pray not to plant amiss. 

He said; " We have come to the season to plant and we must be careful to plant right so we can harvest abundance and bounitfuly. The church needs to be prayerful as we have not been this divided as a nation before as we are today and at this moment we need a man that can unify all ethinic groups, formal and informal groups. We saw how he alongside President Obasanjo ensured the unity of this country after years under the military and how our presidential candidate who was the VP then handled the economy which led to economic development and prosperity."

He promised the leadership of the CAN that Atiku/Okowa Presidential campaign will ensure it attend to all  issues raised in CAN's strategy document.  

Atiku's delegation to the session included his Vice-Presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Chairman of the PDP, Iyiocha Ayu, Ex-VP Ach Namadi Sambo, PDP PCC DDG Operations Senator Liyel Imoke, Gov Ishaku Darihus, Bukola Saraki, Senator Dino Melaye, Tom Ikimi, Hon Elumelu, High chief Raymond Dokpesi amongst others.

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WHEN HOPELESSNESS BEFALLS A PEOPLE.

The sponsored events of the past few weeks by the Imo State imposed Government represented by Hope Uzodinma and his cohorts has largely been ignored due to the nuisance value it seeks to achieve.

When a government leaves it’s primary responsibility to provide for its people and rather goes on individual shadow chasing, blatant forgery as symbolized by the very recent letters circulating purportedly emanating from Emeka Ihedioha and other series of misrepresentations and sponsored riots and articles against a man who has largely kept quiet, it only provides a response to the illegitimacy the government represents and the lack of vision that has driven its purpose.

This media statement is not intended to join issues with the imo state governor but rather to alert the security agencies and the general public of the rising agenda of the Hope Uzodinma led government to demonize and possibly take out His Excellency Emeka Ihedioha from the political space in imo state.

It is already public knowledge that the Hope Uzodinma led government has been sponsoring paid actions and desperate paid acts of calumny all aimed at impinging and diminishing the profile of Emeka Ihedioha whose achievements, popularity and acceptance by imolites has been a thorn in the flesh of the present non performing government of imo state.

While Emeka Ihedioha cannot be deterred or cowed by these tendencies, it is however important to alert all state security actors of this intent to throw imo state further into anarchy by the present government through these diversionary tactics being used to cover incompetence and lack of vision by a government that it’s legitimacy has continued to be questioned by the people it seeks to serve.

The general public is also put on notice to not get deceived by sponsored actions by the imo state governor in the recent past to distort, misrepresent and mischievously malign Emeka Ihedioha to present him as an enemy of the South East. The theater of war imo has come to become in the last few years calls for grave concern by all and any attempt by government to escalate this already bad security situation must be resisted by any peace loving person of imo state extraction.

Let us all rise to be counted in saying never again to the actions that have befallen our people by the Hope Uzodinma led government and join hands to create the imo of our dreams. Enough of hopelessness.

Chijioke Agu

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Holy Communion, climate change comments show Tinubu not fit for president, says Melaye


The spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Dino Melaye, has said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is neither fit nor prepared for the Nigerian presidency.

The former senator slammed his former political ally over the ‘the church rat and poisoned holy communion’ comment made by the one-time governor of Lagos at the Arewa Interactive Committee on Monday in Kaduna.

Recall that Tinubu, while fielding questions about climate change at the event, described climate change as “a question of how do you prevent a church rat from eating poisoned Holy Communion.”

“We are a poor nation. They say firewood is not for fetching. They say we need to plant more trees and they are not giving us money. We need to tell the West, if you don’t guarantee our finances and work with us to stop this, we are not going to comply with your climate change,” Tinubu said.

But reacting to Tinubu’s claim about climate change, Melaye, in a news release made available to The Guardian, described the APC presidential aspirant’s comments as “unguarded” and accused him of insulting Christians.

“The APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, plunged into new depths of desecration when, by an unguarded and unrelated flow of thought, he despised the body of Christ by profaning the sacrament of communion and besmirching the church,” read the statement in part.

“In the same breath, he trivialised the existential threat that climate change poses to humanity.

“Furthermore, he fell out of tune with world leaders in ways that betrayed a lack of understanding of what the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr called the ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’,” said Melaye, referring to the famous speech the late American civil rights leader delivered at a March in Washington in the late 1960s where he reminded a divided United States that “we need one another, and that we are stronger when we march forward, together.”

Melaye also accused Tinubu, a two-term governor of Lagos, of having a “limited understanding” of what governance entails.

”Having overlooked Christians in his choice of a running mate, he further rubbed insult on injury by calling in the Holy Communion into an unrelated conversation,” continued Melaye. “It would have been honourable for Tinubu to simply admit that he didn’t know what climate change is.

“Again, that exposed his limited understanding and poor preparation for governance. Any leader of any great nation who does not understand the basics of climate change, especially with the ongoing flooding in Nigeria and the economic conflict arising from farmers and herders, has no business aspiring to lead our dear country at this moment.

“Besides, Nigerians who have been in doubt about the presence of mind and the physiological capacity of Tinubu to preside over the affairs of Nigeria should now be convinced that he is not fit. For a moment, his thought processes tripped and he launched into another issue entirely. Nigerians could imagine if what happened in Kaduna had happened on the world stage. As I said earlier, Nigerians cannot afford to gamble with the next election.”

Melaye then went ahead to explain why his principal, Atiku Abubakar, would be a better choice for president than Tinubu or any other candidate in the race to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari.

“An Atiku presidency will not only be at home with global issues anywhere and anytime, he would build bridges and partnerships to address contemporary and emerging issues with pace, purpose and patience,” he said.

He added that Atiku “will collaborate with others to contain the causes and effects of climate change and, more importantly, he will work for structures that will help Nigeria to build the resilience and adaptation to climate change, particularly in climate smart agriculture and other strategic initiatives.”

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

My ORDEAL AT THE NNAMDI AZIKWE INTERNATIONAL, AIRPORT, ABUJA.

I disembarked from the BA 083 flight on Friday, 16th of September, 2022 at 04.45am and headed straight to the Port Health Services desk. An official requested for my permit to fly( QR code), so I presented it to her. Not satisfied she requested for my COVID 19 vaccination card, I presented her the soft copy but she said it was incomplete hence inadequate. She then requested for the hard copy, so I told her I didn't have it and if the soft copy I presented to her was inadequate it wouldn't have generated the QR code. She insisted I presented it and I told her it was at home. I was asked to either ask someone at home to bring it to me at the airport or send someone to pick it up for me at home. I told her nobody had access to where the card was kept except me. She was very polite while all that ensued.

She then referred me to a lady, called Fatima, another Port Health Services staff. So I was led by Fatima to an inner room where some other passengers were sat and was asked by a man called Fortune to sit. Mr Fortune and Ms Fatima were both very rude and hostile not just to me but other passengers. After a long wait pandemonium erupted in the room because the passengers didn't understand why they were being treated rudely in their own country. We sat without being told the next line of action. So I sought to know the next line of action from Mr Fortune the personnel in the room. He handed me a form to fill. I looked through the form and realized it was the same form I had filled in London which generated the QR code I had presented to them. So I asked him what the next line of action would be if I filled the form again. He rudely told me I would be unvaccinated!!
I was confounded and then asked him how that works. He told me that was all he could do. I then reiterated that I had been fully vaccinated and went on to tell him the centers I got vaccinated. He wouldn't bulge. So I asked him if he was going to drain the vaccine in my system to unvaccinate me.

Exhausted and enraged, I left to meet Ms Fatima to ask if I could hand in my passport to her so that I could be released to go home to pick up my passport. She acceded to my request. I brought out my passport and my family friend who works at the airport collected it from me and handed it to Ms Fatima in my presence. He had come in to look for me because he was curious when he saw my luggage unclaimed. Whilst Ms Fatima held on to my passport some British Airways senior staff well known to me, saw me there and asked what was going on. They pleaded with Ms Fatima to release me to go home to pick my vaccination card and that they would act as my sureties. She refused and asked that Mr Kenneth called her boss, Dr Izu. He spoke with Dr Izu and passed the phone to me. My conversation with Dr Izu further enraged me because I got to know from him that if I had paid for a COVID 19 test I would have been let off the hook immediately. So I told him in my several hours of waiting and subjection to his colleagues; being spoken to with belligerence no one mentioned the option of paying for a COVID 19 test!!! Which for me would have been an easy pass. I was upset and asked if they were employed to humiliate citizens. Because I did not understand why none of them mentioned the option of paying for a Covid test while all the drama ensued. I'm not a recalcitrant citizen, I would have paid for a Covid test immediately knowing I didn't have the hard copy of my vaccination card on me but I wasn't given the option. I was only told I would be unvaccinated. Dr Izu, apologized on their behalf and released me. At this time my passport was still with Ms Fatima. I requested for it to proceed to the immigration desk. Then she started searching for it. Ms Fatima had no explanation for where she placed my passport. No one amongst everyone at the desk stepped out except Ms Fatima. So we all wondered how the passport disappeared! At the time my passport was handed to her all the passengers but 3 had left. My passport was only with her for some minutes before I asked for it, so what did she do with my passport? At this point I was agitated and told Dr Izu I had to get off the phone because Fatima seemed to be up to no good with my passport. He insisted on explaining about the situation at the airport to me. So I told him I had to get my passport and he was trivializing a major issue. I then hung up on him and requested for my passport from Fatima. He called me back again and told me to go home, he will get my passport back to me that afternoon. Not satisfied I waited to see if she would bring it out. Her other colleagues also searched for it. I emptied my handbag to ascertain my passport wasn’t in it. This went on till about 8.30am.

I was exhausted, confused and frustrated. Dr Izu asked me to leave that he would ensure my passport was found. The crux of the matter was how I was going to be let off the airport without a passport. Fortunately, the immigration officers at the airport were very discretionary and compassionate. Apparently informed about my ordeal, once I approached them, they empathized with me and told me they will let me out because they had established that I'm a Nigerian.

Then I called Dr Izu in the afternoon of that same day. He pleaded with me not to report the case to anyone, that I should give them 48hrs grace to get my passport to me. The person who came to help me at the airport was blackmailed to beg me to stay action on my threat to report the incident to the relevant authorities. On Saturday I told Dr Izu I had informed some government officials and he was unequivocal about his displeasure. He told me he had advised not to report the incident to anyone, so I told him it was my passport and I had every right to do everything to get it back.

By Monday, Dr Izu stopped answering my calls, so I made further calls to get some high level intervention because I had assumed that all responsible and patriotic government officials will find this situation very embarrassing to the nation and at least be compassionate enough to understand that it could happen to anyone, even a foreigner. My aunty got the DSS involved. I was asked to write the Inspector General of Police, which I did. I informed all the Ministers who should be directly involved with this matter. Only one of them has repeatedly and kindly called to get an update!

On Thursday, 22nd September, I was told the CCTV footage was going to be viewed and I insisted on being part of it, the Director of Port Health Services at the airport, called me and agreed to wait for me to view the CCTV footage. It was watched by everyone involved, including security agents. It was seen and established that Fatima collected my passport and at no point did she return it to me or anyone. She was only seen going out of the hall after she had collected my passport and when she returned she claimed she couldn’t find it!

To my utter shock, her boss Dr OYOH has only been pre occupied with re writing the incident. He’s most interested in lying to cover up for the Lady who stole my passport. I was even accused of being in possession of my passport and claiming it was stolen. I was spoken to rudely in the presence of the DSS boss in his desperate bid to cover up. He even told me; his words ‘ Madam there are things you let go, let this go’! Then the DSS official told him it wasn’t in his place to say that to me. He even boasted about how the Minister of Aviation could not have gotten me to view the CCTV footage at the airport in front of the DSS director. He said he had several passports with him between 500 to 3000 passports. Where in the world will that happen, except Nigeria?! A health worker?!

It’s been a month and a day today. Fatima is still moving around freely, going to work despite stealing my passport. I trust that the DSS is carrying out a thorough investigation to get my passport out, the Nigerian Police Force has commenced investigation. I’ll sue Fatima and the Port Health Services. I MUST GET MY PASSPORT BACK! I’m so distraught! This is unbelievable!!! Incomprehensible!

PORT HEALTH SERVICES’ Staff are a Menace at the Abuja airport. Not all but majority are inept, inscrutable; they lack emotional intelligence and arrogantly ignorant..... They are Certified crooks. I have never in my life experienced anything like this.

My sin is that I’ve been civil with them. If I had shut down the airport that day. I wouldn’t be without my passport today.

So I’m advising the public to be careful with the Port Health Services staff at the airport, please ensure they have nothing to do with your passport as it’s clear to me that there’s a syndicate involved in passport trafficking amongst them.

My passport has several multiple entry visas on it. This situation has been so disturbing and distracting.

Konyinsola Olukoya.

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

2023: I Will End Banditry, Revive Dead Manufacturing Industries In Kaduna - Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to revive dead manufacturing industries in Kaduna as well as end banditry which has plagued Kaduna for years.

Speaking at the presidential rally which took place at the Ranches Bees stadium in Kaduna, the Waziri Adamawa thanked the people of Kaduna for giving him the highest number of votes in 2019 and vowed to take issues concerning Kaduna serious if the people vote en mass and ensure he wins the 2023 election.

He said; "Let me thank you for your support in 2019. You gave me the highest number of votes in 2019 and I believe you will do so this time around. I have come here on behalf of PDP to tell you If you vote for us, we will end insecurity in Kaduna. We will revive the industries in Kaduna in partnership with the private sector of Kaduna."


Reacting earlier to reports of an attack on PDP members by suspected APC thugs at the rally, Mr Atiku urged President Buhari to call on all parties to call their supporters and members to order and to ensure that campaigns, just as with the elections themselves, are kept free, fair and safe.

On his part, the vice-presidential candidate of the party, Governor Ifenayichukwu Okowa, said the people of southern Nigeria are ready to vote for PDP and Atiku come 2023 following the success of the party in the recent gubernatorial election in Osun.

"I thank God for the life of Atiku who has a solution to the problem we have in Nigeria. With Atiku as president, we should not go to bed hungry and He is ready to end insecurity in Northern Nigeria.

"Those of us in the south-south, southeast, southwest are ready to vote Atiku and the PDP. When we went to Osun, they said we wouldn't win but we went there and we won in the home state of the APC presidential candidate. I'm happy with what I have seen here and I thank you for your support, a happy Okowa said.

In his remarks, the Director General of the Atiku’s PPCO, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state said efforts to throw a spanner in PDP's campaign will fail.

"They do not want us to continue with our rallies because they are not prepared. They haven't constituted their campaign council and so, they want to drag us back but we are moving on with our campaign.

“The people of Kaduna have seen and felt the negative impact of the APC and when Atiku gets into power by Next year, all the factories will return Insha Allah.

“His administration will ensure we invigorate our economy to have jobs and better life. I urge the people of Kaduna to come out in their millions to vote come February 2023.

The Party’s national chairman, Iyiocha Ayu in his remarks said despite being denied the prosed venue for the rally, the PDP has shown that if rallies were held on the road, they will always be successful.

“When they go low, we go high. they wanted to stop this rally, but they can't. Whether they give us the venue or not, we will do our rally on the road and win. APC has failed. They don't want us to recover this country and win. Let nobody deceive himself that we are going to lose. We are united and will win all our elections in Kaduna.”


Those at the rally include the Director-General of the campaign Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Former governor of Cross Rivers state Liyel Imoke, Former Governor of Osun state Olagunsoye Oyinlola, members of the National Working Committee, Senate Minority Leader Senator Aduda, Director of Strategic Communications Aare Dele Momodu.


Others are the national organizing secretary of the PDP, who is also the director of field operations of the campaign, Hon. Umar Bature, the party’s national youth leader, Muhammad Suleiman Kadade, the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in Kaduna state, Hon. Isa Ashiru Kudan, former Governor of Adamawa and Niger states, Mr Boni Haruna and Muazu Babangida Aliyu.

Aare Dele Momodu,
Director of Strategic Communications, PDP PCC

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/ill-end-banditry-in-kaduna-atiku/

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

2023: Atiku will foster national cohesion – Dino Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye, Spokesperson, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Management Committee, says if elected President in 2023, the party's Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar would instill and enable all Nigerians to have a sense, as well as a feeling, that they are members of the same country.

Melaye said this in a statement personally signed by him on Saturday, titled, 'Our country needs healing- Atiku is the balm.'

He described Atiku as the soothing balm for the healing of "the broken trust, the battered economy and the basterdised political fabric of Nigeria."

The statement reads: "Our dear country is hemorrhaging on all sides, ranging from social to political and economic. The level of division and distrust between our political geography, economic climate and the social weather are palpable. Our country is, therefore, broken along many fault lines, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, because just as our country needs healing, Atiku is available as the balm.

"There's a rippling expansion of conflicts. The crisis of confidence between the government and the governed manifests as the current APC administration operates an ideology that fails to provide leadership in crisis, hope in despair, assurance in fear and opportunities in scarcity. This is why Nigeria must severe any umbilical chord that ties it to the APC under any disguise. The Party and its operators are set in their ways. They claimed to be harbingers of change, but they have become impervious to change. Like the Bourbons, they have learnt nothing, and have forgotten nothing.

"Observers of the Nigerian Political landscape will appreciate that Atiku has stood out as a focused leader, riding the storm of a creative tension with equanimity, temperance and accommodation. This is demonstrable leadership. This is the benefit of cognate experience and the gains of reflection, which dictates the appropriate application of attitude to prevailing circumstances.

"As a consumate political strategist, an engaging listener, a disarming deployer of charm offensive and a beacon of hope, Atiku, who bears the flag of PDP, has commenced his campaign, moving round and dispensing the assurance that the years of the locusts are over.

"As a politician who is at home everywhere in Nigeria, Atiku demonstrated his universal home connection by flagging off his Presidential campaign in Uyo on October 10, 2022. The ceremony did not only attract a huge crowd, it was a rainbow coalition of party enthusiasts, who in their varied but creatively combined colours signified the metaphor of Nigeria as a great country of various shades of diversity, but positioned for greatness when all the shades are turned into substance.

"Atiku can weave the disjointed parts together. He's at home with all genders, all tribes, all faiths, all strata and all People. This is why he is focused on working for harmony, inclusiveness, integration, cohesion and nationalism.

"Nigeria can not afford to gamble this time; by making a wrong choice. Good enough, a Presidential candidate has already defined his own self-centred philosophy, focusing on himself and his empire. This self-agenda can only be a recipe for further fragmentation and alienation in a country that requires a fast recovery from narrow pursuits.

"A broad minded, broadly connected and broadly accepted candidate like Atiku, who has his ears to the ground everywhere, his nose for good governance and his eyes on socio-economic transformation is what Nigeria needs at this point of its evolution.

"Atiku is the soothing balm for the healing of the broken trust, the battered economy and the basterdised political fabric of Nigeria."

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said that the credential of national inclusivity, not ethnicity should be an ideal that the Northern part of the county should examine in electing a new president for the country in the 2023 elections.

Atiku made the remarks when he featured as a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee interactive sessions with various presidential candidates of political parties on Saturday in Kaduna.

He noted that with a political career that spans more than three decades, he stands shoulder high as a Northerner who has built bridges of unity across the country.

“I have been in politics for more than three decades and I am a Northerner. So, if you ask me why I am the best candidate to lead Nigeria in 2023, I will simply say that what Nigeria needs is a pan-Nigerian president, not whether he is Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa-Fulani”.

The session, which took place at the Arewa House was attended by high ranking leaders of various North based socio-cultural bodies.

Atiku, while delivering his speech at the event, highlighted the key policy agendas which he seeks to pursue if elected president to include promoting national unity through deliberate actions that will secure mutual trust and confidence amongst all tendencies.

The other policy areas that the former Vice President enumerated are reforms in education, agriculture and reversing the economic downturn of the country.



Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Atiku to feature in Arewa Joint Committee town hall policy dialogue in Kaduna

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar will be a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee interactive session with presidential candidates on Saturday in Kaduna.

Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to the former Vice President, said in a statement that the event is meant to x-ray the policy positions of presidential candidates of six respective political parties, and will feature Atiku at 1:00 pm.

Several groups like the Arewa Consultative Forum, Arewa House, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Northern Elders Forum and Arewa Research and Development Project, among others are the organizers of the interactive session. 


The dialogue promises to be another opportune time for the PDP frontline presidential candidate to  relay his policy document titled: ‘My Covenant with Nigerians’.

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Nnamdi Kanu : Olisa Methu Writes Attorney General

Nigerian Lawyer and politician, Olisa Methu writes an open letter of appeal to the minister of justice over the release of Nnamdi Kanu.

The signed letter reads;

“I write most respectfully to appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu following the judgement of Court of Appeal, Abuja.

“A lot of Nigerians had always urged for a political solution to the Nnamdi Kanu issue, but the Federal Government of Nigeria had insisted otherwise. Now that the Appellate Court has pronounced so clearly on this matter, the Federal Government is expected to duly comply accordingly.

“History beckons on the President to transcend legalism and harken instead to a reassuring and statesmanlike pragmatism with special reference to cases and situations such as this delicate matter of Nnamdi Kanu.

”As the longest serving Attorney-General of the Federation in history, I implore you to use your wealth of experience, exposure and knowledge to advise Mr. President and the Federal Government to take advantage of the Court of Appeal judgement and enthrone lasting peace in the South East Zone and strengthen the unity of the nation.

“It is incontrovertible that the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will lead the way to minimising armed conflicts, kidnapping and civil unrest in the South East and its environs. It is even envisaged that such a release will douse tension in the entire country especially at this critical time.

”History beckons, Learned Silk. May God grant you the courage, wisdom and understanding to seek this golden path.”

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

2023: Goodluck Jonathan Backs Atiku/Okowa Presidential Bid

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has endorsed the Atiku/ Okowa presidential bid.

Mr Jonathan revealed this when a PDP delegation led by vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as well as Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state visited him in Abuja on Wednesday evening.

In a video going round on social media, GEJ as the former president is called described Governor Okowa as Nigeria’s incoming Vice-President.

Mr Jonathan further stated that he is willing and ready to support and work for the success of PDP at the 2023 election.

On his part, Governor Okowa said it is important to seek the support of President Jonathan and with his blessing, the party is poised for victory in February.

Watch here:

https://twitter.com/AdepojuWilliam4/status/1580565742843404290?t=6iLoDRKw2QqyB54fczM6DQ&s=19

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Nigerian publisher, Dele Momodu bags honorary Georgia citizenship

The Secretary of state of the State of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, proclaimed Dele Momodu a Nigerian Politician/Journalist, as an honorary Georgian citizen.

The letter signed by Brad reads;

“May this Outstanding Citizen be afforded every courtesy as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia in his travels to other states, to nations beyond the borders of the United States of America, or wherever he may hereafter travel or reside. Thank you for your service to our State.

“IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, at the State Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this 6th day of September, A.D. 2022.”

cc: mynd44

BREAKING: PDP To Kick Off Presidential Rally In Akwa Ibom On Monday

…..As Tambuwal Promises Issue-Based Campaigns


The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said the PDP standard bearer, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will kickstart his campaigns next week Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital.


According to Tambuwal, the PDP will campaign based on issues affecting the country, adding that “Atiku is very well prepared to provide the required leadership for this country at this time.”


The Sokoto state governor made the revelation in Abuja on Tuesday at a press conference after the inspection of Atiku’s Campaign Office.


Tambuwal said, “We are pleased to report to you and indeed Nigerians that the campaign is ready to move. By the grace of God, we are flagging off the campaign this coming Monday, the 10th of October 2023 at Uyo Akwa Ibom states. All arrangements have been made to have a very successful flag off of the campaign.


“Our campaign is going to be issue-based. We're going to be marketing our candidates based on the program that we brought out, which is generally solution based.


“Atiku is very well prepared to provide the required leadership for this country at this time. He has the experience in governance at the federal level, which I believe none of the rest of the candidates can match. This is not the time for Nigerians to go for trial and error.


“It's time for Nigerians to give it to the person that has been tested and who has experience do a good job, who would from day one hit the ground running as we have done for the inauguration of campaign council the very day INEC lifted the ban on campaigns for presidential election campaign on the 28th. Even that should confirm to Nigerians that this is the only party and indeed candidate that is prepared and ready to go.”


“We seek for the collaboration of Nigerians and the understanding as we go about campaigns as I said, ours is going to be based on issues and we seek to have a violence-free electoral process. In any case, our principal has been known to be a peaceful man and his personality speaks for him as a gentleman.”


When asked about the internal wrangling in the party, and how to work with the aggrieved colleagues, Tambuwal said, “We're not involved in a war of attrition. It is a political disagreement and we're working to resolve all of those issues.”


He also spoke about the popularity of Atiku in the South East, saying “We've travelled throughout the nooks and crannies of this country, particularly, both around the states before the primaries campaign, and he was in the southeast. Only last week, we were in Enugu the political capital of that region for consultations. No states during the consultation will be left out.


“So, we're very prepared to go into the southeast and we believe that we're still the number one candidate for the southeast and we are going to consult everywhere in all of the six political zones in this country.”

Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44

Bukka Hut clarifies brand’s ownership

The Board, Management and Staff of Bukka Hut have urged media platforms to refrain from disseminating unverified and inaccurate information regarding ownership of the Lagos-based eatery.

In a statement signed by Mr. Rasheed Jaiyeola, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bukka Hut, the company said it had no other option than to address the gross misrepresentation of verifiable facts making the rounds on various social media platforms following the unfortunate transition of Mr. Olaolu Martins, who was an initial investor and a minority shareholder in Bukka Hut.

The company explained that Bukka Hut is run and operated solely by Jaiyeola with the support of a senior management team, adding that Jaiyeola is the majority shareholder of Bukka Hut, jointly with his family.

Media reports had largely indicated that the late Olaolu, who passed through transition on Tuesday, was the founder and owner of Bukka Hut whereas he was simply a valued supporter of the business who was not involved in the day-to-day operations of Bukka Hut.

The statement reads, “The Board, Management and Staff of Bukka Hut continue to mourn the unfortunate passing of Mr.Olaolu Martins, who was an initial investor and a minority shareholder in BukkaHut.

“While Olaolu was not involved in the day-to-day operations of Bukka Hut, he was a valued supporter of the business, and he will be sorely missed by all staff and management. We pray for the strength and fortitude to bear this great loss.

“As we try to come to terms with the reality of Olaolu’s untimely passing,it is unfortunate that we are also constrained to address the gross misrepresentation of verifiable facts making the rounds on various social media platforms at this time.”

The statement added that, “Rasheed Jaiyeola is the Founder, C.E.O and a majority shareholder (jointly with his family) of Bukka Hut, a proudly Nigerian brand he built from one outlet in August 2011 to 24 outlets today. The Bukka Hut business is run and operated solely by Rasheed Jaiyeola with the support of the senior management team.

“While we urge all media platforms to refrain from disseminating unverified and inaccurate information, we also enjoin members of the public to kindly respect the privacy of the Martins family at this very difficult time.”

cc: mynd44, lalasticlala

The Atiku/Okowa campaign has described as a distraction to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, campaign efforts, a statement credited to the party chieftain, calling for the resignation of PDP’s Chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, reiterating it is focused on rescuing Nigeria Project.

Reports in the media alleged that Chief Chinemerem Madu, a PDP chieftain, had issued a press statement calling for the resignation of the party chairman in wake of the crisis bedevilling the party.

In a statement signed by Daniel Bwala, Spokesperson for, Atiku/Okowa campaign, the Campaign Council accused the party chieftain of attempting to destabilize the party shortly after the inauguration of its campaign council by calling for Iyorcha Ayu’s resignation.

the statement reads in full

“Our attention has been drawn to a press statement by Chief Chinemerem Madu, an NEC member of our dear party of an alleged plan by some persons both within and outside the party to conduct a press conference or issue a press release, calling for the removal or resignation of the National Chairman of our great party.”

“Whatever the plans are they are intended, in the statement of Chief Chinemerem to create a distraction from the collective efforts by the party and its members to execute a rescue Nigeria project. Our campaign council members were inaugurated today during the launching of a book about our flag bearer His excellency Atiku Abubakar.

“For all intent and purposes, we are set to commence our campaigns from today, hence the alleged plan to destabilize the efforts

“The kickoff drew large support and participation of our members as well as willing Nigerians with renewed resolve to work towards delivering on our mandate. Make no mistake, as a party, we have moved on to what is ahead of us and refused to be distracted by any unnecessary distraction or drama. We call on our members to be aware of what lies ahead of us, and the energy and enthusiasm it requires to execute with passion and precision the project that lies ahead.

“The promise of our ticket to the Nigerian people is quite clear and is designed to lead this country out of the doldrums.

“Our members at all levels are called upon to embark on community mobilisation and engage various groups as we look to win the undecided voters. The stakes are high, there is no sitting on the fence.

“As Nigerians go to the polls they would decide on their choices along the lines of superior promises on security, education, infrastructure, unity, economy etc.. Pundits, and experts are of the opinion that our candidate presents the best alternative for Nigeria. Our economic blueprint is adjudged as the best by experts and professionals. We are committed to this onerous task God.

God bless the federal republic of Nigeria and grant us a successful campaign

cc: mynd44

Fifth columnist bribing PDP leaders with N25 million to work against Atiku, Ayu: NEC member

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are alerted of furtive moves by a compromised National Vice Chairman and a couple of members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to derail our Presidential Campaign and scuttle the deserving victory of our Presidential Candidate, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar at the 2023 general elections.

This National Vice Chairman and his cohorts who confessed to have been heavily bankrolled are approaching and offering members of NEC sums ranging from N25 million to N28 million each to address a damaging press conference with fabrications aimed at derailing the Presidential Campaign.

The said National Vice Chairman had approached me personally as a member of NEC to inform me of plots to orchestrate a heavily funded Press Conference to be addressed by select NEC members seemingly calling for the resignation of the National Chairman, Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, but actually targeted at frustrating the Atiku Abubakar Presidential bid.

He pointedly confessed to me that the demands and agitation of his group has not been against the Party Chairman, as the public have been made to believe, but against Atiku Abubakar.

He also vowed that nothing will assuage the group which is now bent at derailing the PDP Presidential Campaign.

Central to this plot is the timing of the damaging press conference, which has been scheduled to hold soon after the inauguration of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council and official commencement of campaigns with a view to unsettle the PDP Presidential Campaign and scuttle Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential bid.

Part of the scheme is to use the press conference to throw up heavily concocted script which will contain unprintable damaging claims, assertions and allusions that will trigger confusion within the Party and sidetrack the Presidential Campaign

The said National Vice Chairman informed me of how huge sums have been paid to certain media houses and social media influencers to isolate and escalate the damaging content of the press content and throw up negative narratives to frustrate the campaign.

As a loyal and very dedicated Party man, I am obliged to alert PDP leaders, members, supporters and the general public and expose this furtive scheme against Atiku Abubakar, which is completely against the national interest.

PDP members and the general public should be at alert and note the surreptitious real intentions of any press conference by any group of members of NEC, purported to be against the National Chairman.

Any NEC member involved in such a press conference had obviously fallen to the juicy financial offer by the said National Vice Chairman and his paymasters.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is imperative to state that the overwhelming support being enjoyed by Atiku Abubakar across board is not and cannot be bought with money as Nigerians see in him the embodiment of the solution our nation needs at this point.

Chief Chinemerem Madu

National Officer (Imo)/PDP NEC Member

cc: mynd44

Prison Congestion: Metuh's Foundation Rallies NASS, NBA, Correctional Service, Others to Stem Awaiting Trial Debacle
 
There is hope for over 53,000 awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian Correctional Centers as a human rights Non-Governmental Organization, Legend Golden Care Foundation, has commenced a strategic concerted campaign with other stakeholders to address their plight.
 
Data from the Nigerian Correctional Service, shows that out of the 76,189 inmates in Nigerian prisons, a staggering 53,710 (70%) are awaiting trial with many incarcerated in harrowing situation for years for minor offence charges.
 
In furtherance of its campaign, the NGO organized a strategic Stakeholders Dialogue Meeting on Awaiting Trial Syndrome with the Nigerian Correctional Service, the National Assembly, the Nigeria Bar Association, the Legal Aid Council, media and other stakeholders to seek further ways to tackle the challenge.
 
Speaking at the opening of the meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Executive Director of the NGO Mrs. Kanayo Olisa-Metuh, lamented the “heartbreaking and helpless situation being faced by thousands of Nigerians awaiting trial in correctional centers across the country”
 
The Executive Director who stated that her NGO has been reaching out to prison inmates including provision of provisions as well as pro-bono legal services, bewailed that thousands of Nigerians facing minor offence charges are languishing in detention for years.
 
She lamented that such individuals “are serving jail terms for offences they did not commit, with many held for years exceeding the maximum terms for the crimes they were charged”.
 
The Executive Director who commended the Correctional Service for its efforts, however called for a concerted effort by all stakeholders to eliminate all bottlenecks and ensure faster judicial process as a major step to checking awaiting trial debacle and congestion in our prison.
 
She narrated that her NGO become concerned about the plight of inmates in Nigerian Prisons while visiting her husband, former PDP spokesperson, Chief Olisa Metuh, during his ten months unjust incarceration in Kuje Correctional facility as a result of the later upturned biased judgment by Justice Okon Abang.

“Legend Golden Care Foundation has been engaged in a lot of interventions to ameliorate the challenges being faced by Nigerians in our correctional centers. This Dialogue meeting is aimed at further converging stakeholders to create more awareness and seek further solutions to the challenges of awaiting trial and congestion in our prisons.
 
“That is why we have brought the government agencies, the National Assembly, the NBA and other stakeholders together today for this important dialogue on the plight of awaiting trial inmates in our prisons, she said.
 
Delivering an address at the meeting, the Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institution, Hon. Anayo Edwin expressed concern on the issues of overcrowding and lack of adequate facilities in Correctional Centers.

He commended the Foundation for it's efforts and assured that 'the National Assembly is working hard to ensure adequate funding and oversight of correctional service is the country".
 
Speaking, the Chairman House Committee on Judiciary, Hon. Onofiok Luke also advocated for accelerated judicial processes and adequate funding for the correctional service.

In his own submission, the Assistant Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Mustapha Iliyasu Attah, who represented the Controller General, noted that the challenge of awaiting trial mostly stem from slow judicial process.

He called for acceleration of judicial processes as well as adequate funding of Correctional Services in the country.

In his remarks, the Director of Criminal Justice, Legal Aid Council Barr. Tunde Ikusagba pledged to support the Foundation towards providing more pro-bono legal services to accelerate judicial process related to the inmates.
 
The Dialogue Meeting later held a plenary session anchored by former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka after which it presented a Pledge of Commitment geared to finding succour for awaiting trial inmates and general wellbeing of inmates in our correctional facilities.

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Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate is under pressure from some supporters to pull the rug out from under the feet of allies of loyalists of Nyesom Wike running election but is strongly resisting the move.

Former party spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh in an exclusive interview told GWG that some associates of Atiku were piling pressure on him to pull support from candidates aligned to Wike and his loyalists who on Wednesday pulled out from his Presidential Campaign Council.

Sources say that Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State is particularly at risk of such a threat. Governors Okeize Ikpeazu of Abia State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State who had been alligned to the Wike tendency, it was gathered, may have pulled back on account of strong pressures they are having from the Peter Obi phenomenon sweeping through the Southeast.

Ikepazu is the PDP candidate for Abia South Senatorial District and is also said to be even more at risk with the surging popularity of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who is flying the ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA for the election.

Speaking against the background of the threats against Atiku by the Wike group, Metuh unarguably the longest serving NEC cum NWC member in the history of the PDP, said:

“If you are actually working for Atiku to win the presidency you cannot be insisting on a chairman because the president when he is elected can always change a chairman whether he is acting or elected, he has enough influence to change him. But if you are actively working for him to fail, you are wishing him not to win or you don’t believe that he will win, then we can understand why you are fighting for the issue.

While insisting that the Wike camp has failed in articulating their agitation through the right channel, he said:

“If you want the chairman not to continue, then engineer the party to ask him, engineer the National Executive Committee, engineer the National Caucus, engineer the leadership of the party to ask him, then he will resign. But when you are outside and issue press statements it is not the party that is talking, it is an individual or group of friends that are talking.”

Saying that Atiku was also under pressure to move against candidates in the Wike camp and those aligned to them, Metuh said:

“Now supposing the candidate of the party buckles to pressure to give directive against some people running in the election aligned to those who say they are withdrawing from his campaign council and ask his people to withdraw from their own campaigns? Won’t it be chaos?

“I am aware that there is a lot of pressure asking him to issue the same statement against those people but he has not. That is where we admire the patience, tolerance, the accommodating qualities of Atiku. Any other person would have taken a hard stance. He has not used any foul language. He has not taken any hard stance. He has been accommodating. They pushed him to London, he went to London. They will him this he will say, anything they say…”

Continuing on the pressure on Atiku to move against the Wike camp, Metuh said:

“People will come to him, let us fight these men he will say no. It is obvious that Nigeria needs such a father figure, a tolerant person. In the midst of insults, in the midst of provocations, indeed undue provocations because things that can be discussed inside the house are being thrown about and being marketed.”

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A founding member of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has given Senator Mao Ohuabunwa and Rep Nnenna Ukeje 48hrs to retract the anti party comments credited to them or face severe sanction.

The duo from Abia State were alleged to have declared that they would neither support not campaign for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who is the presidential candidate of PDP.

But Chief Ogbonnaya who is the Campaign Coordinator for Atiku Abubakar in the state described the action of the former national lawmakers as the height of anti party activity.

In a statement he issued in Umuahia, Chief Ogbonnaya said unless they withdraw the threat and apologize to PDP, he would mobilize PDP members across the state and voters against them.

" If it were in the army, this is high treason and their mutinous action would attract the highest sanction which is death sentence", the former Commissioner fumed.

He recalled that the rebellious action of Ohuabunwa and Ukeje was symptomatic of the people who have lost focus after being brainwashed by external forces.

According to him, when he warned that the association between Gov Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was inimical to the progress of Abia State, people called him names.

Said he," when I shouted that Ikpeazu should stop following Wike like his house boy, I was maligned. But what Ohuabunwa and Ukeje have done has vindicated me"

He however urged Ohuabunwa and Ukeje to retrace their steps except they want to sacrifice their personal ambitions.

" There is no way they can sabotage Atiku Abubakar and hope to win. It will never happen. That's why they should rethink this sacrilegious utterance and return to the umbrella", he insisted.

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Judge withdraws from developer’s trial amidst external pressure, writes CJ

Justice Mohammed Idris of the FCT High Court has withdrawn from the alleged fraud brought against a property developer, Cecil Osakwe, citing external pressure.

Justice Idris, on Monday, remitted the case file, which was brought by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, to the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court for advice.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) had filed the two-count charges against Osakwe following a petition by Asabe Waziri claiming that his company, Abeh Signature Apartments collected the sum of N130 million without delivering possession to her.

But in a letter to the Malami by counsel to Osakwe, Victor Giwa, the company adviced him not to allow his “highly regarded” office to be used to defame his client who is an honest businessman.

Giwa explained that the repossession of the two units of the 2-bedroom apartment at Mekong Close, Maitama, Abuja, priced at N130 million each, totalling N260 million, for which the staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was granted possession after a part payment of N140 million, was due to her “violation of the covenants of the apartment.”

He said, “Based on various breaches and her mode of payment, our client approached Asabe Waziri to terminate the transaction and offered to refund her money, an offer Asabe bluntly refused, prompting our client to approach the FCT High Court.”

A copy of the enrolled order of the FCT High Court presided by Justice Musa Othman showed that the court had on February 17, 2022, upheld Osakwe’s application terminating the contract, refunding and repossessing the apartments in suit no: FCT/BW/CV/2435/2021 that the mode of payments employed for the purchase violated the money laundering laws.

“That in view of the termination of the contract for the purchase of the two flats of Abeh Court by the claimant, the defendant (Waziri) can no longer claim or exercise ownership over the said two flats,” the judge ruled.

“Consequently, the court orders the claimant (Abeh Signatures) to immediately refund the entire monies paid to it by the defendant (Waziri), (including the legal and agency fees) and further orders the defendant to immediately hand over possession of the two flats, being flats 3C and 38 of Abeh Court to the claimant,” he added.

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Judgment: Metuh Calls for Prayers…Decries Maltreatment of Southeasterners.
 
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has called for fervent prayers by well-meaning Nigerians for God to intervene and grant Mazi Nnamdi Kanu freedom through the law court. 
 
Metuh, who was also the PDP National Vice-chairman (South East) demanded for an unconditional freedom for Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that such will restore peace and normalcy to the South East region with multiplier positive effect in the entire country.
 
The former PDP Spokesperson who stated this in a statement on Sunday also decried the “maltreatment and systemic extortion” of South Easterners by unscrupulous operatives in security agencies and government establishments.
 
According to Metuh, “in the light of the deplorable security situation in the South-East, there is need for unconditional freedom for Nnamdi Kanu to restore peace and normalcy to the region. Peace in the southeast will have a multiplier effect in the entire country. 
 
“The truth is that many people are not happy with the way and manner Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was abducted in a foreign country and brought to Nigeria in chains to face all kinds of charges. Nnamdi Kanu is viewed by many as suffering for highlighting the plight of the Igbos in present Nigeria”, he said.
 
Lamenting the plight of South Easterners in Nigeria Metuh said, “It is evident that Igbos still suffer stigmatisation and unfair treatment in the hands of unscrupulous operatives in security agencies and the Nigerian bureaucracy.
 
“South East businessmen suffer from systemic extortion in the hands of corrupt Nigerian supervisory officials and such build up resentment by the people in the South East. They pay to survive out of intimidation and harrasment because they are very much aware of their unfair treatment by very hostile officials in government agencies.
 
“Freedom for Nnamdi Kanu will go a long way to calm frayed nerves and reassure the South East that this country has accommodation for them. Let there be justice, and equity and fairness in our country” Metuh Submitted.

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PDP Appoints Governor Tambuwal DG, Presidential Campaign Council

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal as the Chairman of its newly released list of members of the Party’s Presidential Campaign (PCO).

Other appointees into the organization are the Governor of Bauchi State, Mr. Bala Mohammed and Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde as Vice Chairmen for the northern and southern regions respectively.

This is contained in a statement signed by the party’s Organising Secretary Hon Umar Mohammed Nature, and made available to newsmen.

Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal as the Director General of the campaign will be deputised by Senator Liyel Imoke, Prof Adewale Oladipo, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo to supervise Operations, Administration, Technical and Systems and Research and Strategy respectively.

The appointment is coming on the heels of reports claiming Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel, was named as the Director General Atiku's presidential campaign.

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2023 Elections: We'll be campaigning with solutions, not mere promises -- Accord presidential candidate, Prof Imumolen

Accord presidential candidate, Professor Christopher Imumolen says he will be putting his money where his mouth is when he officially flags off his campaign for the seat of president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria very soon.

The academic known for his vast humanitarian accomplishments believes the one way the electorate can have an inkling of what is in store for them is what an aspirant does while trying to convince them to give him his votes on election day.

He frowns at situations where public office seekers would make promises on the eve of important elections only to go back on them when they get elected, saying it is the worst way for a candidate to lose credibility.

"As a responsible political party, Accord has been actively involved in promoting democratic values, just as we have been in the vanguard of enhancing the quality of the lives of our people through our various empowerment programmes," Imumolen said at an interactive session with friends in Abuja recently.

"Our popularity stems from what we represent, hence the huge confidence in our ability by the people especially at a time we are gunning for the seat of president of the country.

"So, we are going to be sticking with this standard we have set as we will not just be campaigning with promises but with solutions.
"Unlike some other contestants whose style is vote buying, we would be doing tangible things that will endure in the life of the people.

"For instance, when you give out scholarships to thousands of cash-strapped students in order to help their academic pursuits or give out loans to farmers to enhance their agricultural activities, or give financial aid to SMEs, you are doing something in their lives that would endure.

"I think that's a much better way to affect the lives of the people than trying to buy their votes on a massive scale on election day," he added.
The youthful presidential candidate therefore called on his co-aspirants to demonstrate that they have the interest of the people at heart by following his examples of giving to improve lives.

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