The fear of possible attack of members of the
national conference by Boko Haram enveloped the
conference on Monday when a delegate, Chief Mike
Ozekhome (SAN) said he received a message on his
telephone of a possible attack by members of the sect
in Abuja this week.Raising a matter of Public
Urgency, he asked for the permission of the
Chairman of the Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi to
read the message.He was granted the permission.The
message, which he also sent to our correspondent
read, ” News got to us that our enemy is planning
something bigger than Nyayan bomb blast between
Tuesday and Wednesday in Abuja.“Mind your
movement and be careful. The date is still unknown.
Please, pass it around to save loved ones.”Some
delegates later discussed the issue among themselves,
wondering when the bombings would stop.One of
the delegate, who spoke on condition of anonymity
said, “We are in trouble in this country. Bombings
everywhere. When will this stop?“Even here, we don’t
know what is going to happen. Things are so bad in
the country. Things are so bad.”Only last Thursday,
a delegate, Obi Onoliefo had raised the issue of
safety of delegates when, having looked at the
perimeter wall of the National Judicial Institute,
observed that there were no security operatives
manning them.He, therefore, called for security
operatives to be drafted to the perimeter fences to
forestall insurgents from breaking into the premises
and causing bloodshed.Meanwhile, delegates began
the deliberation on the report of the Political Parties
and Electoral Matters, on Monday.The report, which
was made available to our correspondent
recommended that the Independent National
Electoral Commission should stop deleting political
parties.While adding that political parties should be
allowed to grow, it also said that government
should not fund political parties.Some of the
recommendations are that, “Political party
leadership and administration should be insulated
from undue control and interference from chief
executives of government at all levels, so that party
independence is restored. In so doing.“The wishes of
the party members as expressed through their voted
will be reflected in the party administration.”The
committee also recommended that rather than
scrapping of State Independent Electoral
Commissions, efforts should be made to strengthen
them with a view to making them more effective, as
well as improving their credibility.It added that
provision should be made for the financial indecent
of SIECs by giving them a first line charge in the
state’s budget.That issues relating to the composition
and administration of SIECs should be activated
through a law of the State House of Assembly.It
added that, “State Houses of Assembly,y should
legislate the details of the composition and
administration of SIECs as well as confirm their
members.“State houses of assembly should legislate
the tenure of elected local government officials.”On
judiciary, it said that Federal High Court should be
renamed and redesigned as constitutional court of
Nigeria, adding the jurisdiction and powers of the
Federal High Court should be transferred to the
National Industrial Court.On death or withdraw of
a candidate, the committee recommended that where
a candidate dies or withdraws from the election, the
political party which nominated “that candidate
shall submit to the commission the name of the
candidate who scored the second highest number if
voted at the primaries as the substitute candidate.”It
added that where such “a dead or disqualified
candidate may have emerged by consensus, fresh
primaries should be held to determine the new
representative of the party.
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I heard that they plan to attack nyanya again and durumi but i cancelled it in JESUS NAME AMEN