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Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, First Lady and wife of Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for Coronavirus.

This is coming barely 48 hours after her husband was confirmed to have contracted the virus, as reported by Igbere TV.

According to Sahara Reporters, a source in the Ondo government house confirmed the news to their correspondent.

The source also revealed that some security aides to Mrs Akeredolu also tested positive for the virus.

“Unfortunately, her (Mrs Akeredolu) result came back positive with some of her aides today.

“Health officials have advised them to quickly go on isolation and I am sure they have taken the advice.

“So, for now, we don’t expect the governor and his wife to be seen in public places because we are in danger with the rising cases in the state.”

Igbere TV had reported that Commissioner for Health in the state, Wahab Adegbenro, died of the virus on Thursday.

https://igberetvnews.com/1356785/breaking-gov-akeredolus-wife-security-aides-test-positive-covid-19/

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Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday presented his first Bill since his assumption of office, following his return from prison.

Igbere TV reports that the bill seeks to amend the Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJ) Act, 2015. It was marked, “ACJ Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (SB .465).”

The bill was read by Clerk of the Senate Mr. Nelson Ayewoh and was passed for second reading after a voice vote presided over by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

[b]Speaking through his aide, Barr. Emeka Nwala, Sen. Orji Kalu said the bill is aimed at strengthening the Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJ) Act.

He explained further that the bill seeks to amend the ACJ Act 2015 sections contradicting the principles of fair hearing and court jurisdiction as provided in the Constitution.

The Supreme Court had in an unanimous judgement on May 8 faulted a section of the ACJ Act which sentenced Kalu to 12 years imprisonment over alleged fraud December last year.

The section relied upon by the President of the Court of Appeal to grant leave to the trial judge, who had been elevated to the Court of Appeal, to return to the lower court to conclude the case.

Senator Orji Kalu spent 6 months in incarceration at the Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja after he was sentenced by Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

However, the apex court, in a unanimous judgment by the Justice Amina Augie-led seven-man panel, held that the Federal High Court in Lagos acted without jurisdiction when it tried and convicted Kalu, his firm – Slok Nigeria Limited.[/b]

The Supreme court panel later quashed the judgment, insisting that Justice Idris, who conducted the trial and sentenced Kalu, was no longer a judge of the Federal High Court as at the time he delivered the judgment.

The Apex Court held that having been elevated to the Court of Appeal, Justice Idris, lacked the powers to return to sit as a Federal High Court Judge.

https://igberetvnews.com/1356632/breaking-sen-orji-kalu-moves-amendment-criminal-justice-act/

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Barr. Henry Idahagbon, an ally of immediate past National Chairman of All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has been named a federal commissioner in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC).

President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter sighted by Igbere TV, on Wednesday, sought Senate's approval for Idahagbon's nomination, and two other nominated Nigerians.

Igbere TV reports that Idahagbon is one of the founders of defunct Edo Peoples Movement (EPM), a splinter group of the Edo APC which saw the eventual ouster of incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki from the party.

With the appointment, Igbere TV reliably gathered that Idahagbon will represent Edo, Ondo and Ekiti States on the Federal board of the Civil Service Commission as Commissioner.

Until his appointment, Barr. Idahagbon was a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Edo State under the administration of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

Owed Arrears: Ex-Councillors Raise Alarm Over Alleged Plan To Mischievously Blackmail Enugu Govt

...Maintain it is responsibility of LG system to pay their entitlements

Former ward councillors in Enugu state, under the aegis of National Forum of Ex-Councillors, Enugu State chapter, has raised the alarm over alleged plans by “dissident members” of the forum to blackmail the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Enugu state government.

In a statement made available to Igbere TV on Tuesday, the forum said the members had hatched a plan to “embarrass” the state government over a claim that they are being owed some arrears of salaries and entitlements.

Signed by Hon. Chidiebere ThankGod Okoh and Hon. Barr. Ike M. Owoh, State Chairman and Secretary respectively, the forum alleged that the said members have been hired by some politicians to protest against the state government.

“These misinformed elements were hired and influenced by some politicians to stage a demonstration against the state government,” the forum said in the statement emailed to Igbere TV Tuesday night.

“It is pertinent to note that under the statutory provisions, it is the responsibility of the Local Government Council to pay the elected Councilors as well as other Local Government Appointees and therefore the Government of Enugu State does not owe the former councilors in Enugu State.”

The forum, therefore, put the general public on notice, saying, “no persons or splinter group has the mandate or authorization to issue any circular, or to organize any form of demonstration on behalf of the ex-councilors forum of Enugu State.”

https://igberetvnews.com/1356589/owed-arrears-ex-councillors-raise-alarm-alleged-plan-mischievously-blackmail-enugu-govt/

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izeksblog:
There is a lot wrong with this list.
First, Obaseki was screened with his WAEC, not all those plenty of details written there, second, AAC was legitly screened and he's missing from the list, thirdly, the APGA candidate there is not the real party flag bearer... The list goes on.
Biko verify information well before publishing it here for people to read �

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BleedingPen.....add this!

Edo 2020: INEC releases list of Governorship Candidates, Deputies

...AAC conspicuously missing

...1 female Governorship Candidate emerges

...2 female Deputies, 25 males for Edo guber

...Youngest candidate 35, Oldest 64

By Igbere TV, Abuja

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published a provisional list of candidates of the various political parties participating in the forthcoming September 19, 2020 Edo Governorship election.

Igbere TV reports that the two major parties out of the fourteen participating in the election are the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

While former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and 2016 PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is the APC governorship candidate, incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki is candidate of the PDP.

It was, however, observed that the Omoyele Sowore-led African Action Alliance (AAC) party and name of its governorship candidate, Mrs Edith Isokpan were conspicuously missing. The AAC would have made the list 15.

Igbere TV reliably gathered that the AAC failed to meet up with the June 29, 2020 6pm deadline for submission of candidates’ names on INEC’s dedicated online portal, as announced by the Commission.

Out of the 14 Governorship candidates, 13 are male with just 1 female candidate. While 12 deputy governorship candidates are of the male gender, the remaining 2 are females. The youngest candidate is 35 and the oldest 64.

According to the Electoral body, “Particulars of nominated candidates are to be published on INEC’s head office (Edo State) and uploaded on INEC's website Thursday, July 2,2020.”

See below, a copy of the provisional list obtained by Igbere TV, showing academic credentials submitted by the respective governorship candidates and their deputies.

By Campus Gist, Benin City

A lecturer in the state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Professor C. E Ukun has allegedly died of Coronavirus.

Campus Gist reliably gathered that the university don died of the coronavirus disease complications on Tuesday, June 30.

He was said to have been admitted at the isolation centre unit of Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo some days ago, before his demise.

A source at the hospital where he was treated, said the lecturer could not survive the disease owing to underlying medical conditions, including difficulty in breathing.

The source, was, however silent on the said medical conditions.
But a university source, who confirmed the development, told Campus Gist that the lecturer was always falling sick.

“Yes, it's true (that the lecturer is dead). He had some disease alongside COVID-19 hence he couldn't have survived owing to his advanced age too,” the source said.

Until his death, Professor Ukun was a lecturer in the department of Philosophy, faculty of Arts. He was also a former Dean of the faculty.

The University management was yet to issue any formal statement as at the time of filing this report. Spokesman for the institution could not be reached for comment.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has so far announced 986 cases of COVID-19 in Edo, with 35 deaths recorded.

As of Monday, June 29, Nigeria recorded 25,133 cases of the disease. While 9,402 patients have recovered, 573 people have died.

http://campusgist.com.ng/2020/06/30/aau-professor-dies-of-coronavirus-in-edo/

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Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that there are no plans to postpone payment of allowance to corps members for the month of June.

The Scheme was reacting to a viral report circulated via social media weekend that stipends for the months of June and July would be paid together to corps members.

In a statement made available to Campus Gist on Saturday, which was widely published on its official social media handles, NYSC said the report did not emanate from them.

“It is the handiwork of mischief makers, bent on deceiving Corps Members and should be disregarded in its entirety,” the statement obtained by Campus Gist added.

“For the avoidance of doubt, all qualified Corps Members shall be paid allowance for the month of June, while in addition, those passing out from Service in July shall receive July stipend, as well as transport allowance.”

The NYSC management appealed to purveyors of fake news to refrain from “the ungodly act which is criminal, with devastating consequences when prosecuted and convicted.”

“Once again, Corps Members are all enjoined to always stay in touch with our official sources (social/mainstream media) for authentic information,”, it added.

On the prevailing coronavirus situation in the country, the Scheme advised corps members to “always stay safe by strictly observing the safety protocols of COVID-19, premised on social/physical distancing, use of face masks, proper washing of the hands for at least twenty seconds, and the use of alcohol-based hand sanitiser.”

The NYSC said it shall continue to accord priority attention to the welfare of Corps Members, adding, “together, we shall come out stronger in post COVID-19.”

A federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, from participating in the PDP governorship primary election scheduled for Thursday, June 25.

The suit was instituted by an aspirant in the election and House of Representatives member, Honourable Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama.

He is asking the court to stop Obaseki from participating in the exercise because the governor did not obtain the PDP nomination form nor did he undergo screening within the time specified in the party’s time-table.

Obaseki decamped to the party from the APC only last Friday and was screened on Saturday, the following day by the PDP Screening Committee.

This special consideration rankled Ogbeide-Ihama who had been favoured to emerge as the party’s candidate on the basis of his months of preparation and exertion involving energy, time and huge resources.

After hearing Ogbeide-Ihama’s lawyers D.C. Denwigwe (SAN), Ferdinard Orbih (SAN) and O.O. Okonkwo, Esq, the court granted the prayer for accelerated hearing and determination of the motion on notice for Interlocutory injunction and fixed June 24, the eve of the governorship primary election, for hearing it.

The fate of Obaseki is thus hanging in the balance on account of this sudden twist.

The court, presided over by Justice E.A. Obile, consequent upon hearing the motion ex-parte dated and filed on June 22, 2020, ordered that the status quo be maintained until the matter (motion on notice) is heard.

In essence, the import of the order is that INEC, PDP, and others must not recognise Obaseki as an aspirant until determination of the suit.

See certified true copies of the court order...

https://www.theconclaveng.com/court-restrains-obaseki-from-participating-in-pdp-governorship-primary-election/

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All is now set for the conduct of All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election to elect a candidate for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State.

The Party's Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Azebamwan stated this while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Benin City, on Sunday.

Mr. Azebamwan confirmed to our correspondent that the committee was already on ground and the state chapter of the party was pleased by efforts so far put in place for a successful conduct of the primaries tomorrow.

The state party spokesman dismissed the rumour of consensus candidate insisting that three aspirants are contesting for the direct primary.

He assured that the party would give all aspirants a level playing field for members of the party to elect their choice as candidate to face the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the main governorship contest.

He also said all logistics have been put in place to ensure security of lives and properties during and after the primary election.

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Guber Poll: Ojezua can't speak for us, Edo APC insists

...Says Uzodinma-led Primary Election Committee welcome in Edo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has restated the suspension of its former state chairman, Anselm Ojezua, urging the public to disregard any statement credited to him as he does not and can no longer represent the party at any level.

State Publicity Secretary of the party, Chris Azebamwan in a statement issued through his Personal Assistant, Ogochukwu Isioma, said the suspension of Ojezua has since been ratified by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

He was reacting to a statement credited to the suspended state chairman wherein he purportedly rejected the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma-led Committee for the Edo state primary election scheduled for Monday, 22nd June, 2020.

The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to Barr. Anselm Ojezua who for the records, has been suspended from our great Party, in respect to the Edo State Primary Election Committee led by Imo State Governor, HE Senator Hope Uzodinma.

“For the avoidance of doubt, a vote of no confidence was passed on Barr. Anselm Ojezua by the State Working Committee of APC Edo State on 11th November 2019, and the resolution was ratified by the National Working Committee on 13th November, 2019.

“By that action, Barr. Anselm Ojezua is no longer the State Chairman of APC in Edo, and cannot purport to speak or act in that capacity. Simply put, Ojezua was merely speaking for the Edo State government house. His statement should therefore, be disregarded by the Edo State Primary Election Committee, our teeming members and the general public.

“We, on this note, welcome His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma-led committee to our dear state and declare our readiness to receive his team in Benin City for our great Party's Governorship primary election scheduled to hold on Monday, June 22, 2020.”

The APC National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday constituted the election committee led by Sen. Hope Uzodinma, who is also the governor of Imo State, to conduct a direct primary in Edo State.

Members of the committee are Abdullahi Abass, Ibrahim Sabo, Ocho Obioma, Amina Muhammed, and Gbenga Elegbeleye while Senate’s spokesman, senator Ajibola Bashiru, will act as the secretary.

Controversy Over Couple's Death In Enugu, As Wife's Family Hold On To Kids

‘It Is A Question Of Native Law And Custom’, Says Maternal Family

Our Grandchildren Must Be Released To Us Before Burial - Paternal Home

ENUGU - A seemingly unending controversy has trailed the death of a couple - Mr. Robert Elobuike (Bob), an ex-banker and Mrs Nnenna Elobuike - both from Enugu but from different local government areas. While Mr Bob died of an undisclosed ailment believed to be HIV/AIDS in December, 2016, his wife Nnnenna died of complications from brain tumor in March this year, according to family source.

Igbere TV, however, gathered that Mrs Nnenna may have also died of HIV/AIDS complications. Both couple left behind three children within the age range of 11, 9 and 8 (two girls and a boy). Mr. Bob and Nnenna were said to have had their wedding at St. Michael, Asata, in Enugu State December, 2008, upon the fulfilment of "all necessary marriage rites".

Following the death of both couple, Nnenna’s family have held on to their children, allegedly refusing to release them to the man's family as demanded. While Mr. Bob had been buried (though the family argued they are yet to give him a proper burial), the remains of Nnenna is still at the mortuary awaiting burial. It was gathered that Bob's parents are insisting on having sole custody of their grandchildren, as the only condition to allow the burial take place.

While the woman's family had allegedly refused to oblige late Bob's family request, it was further gathered that the latter's family is insisting on giving their late son (Bob) a "proper burial" before the wife (Nnenna) can be laid to rest. Although Nnenna's family were said to have agreed to this, they are however not obliging the request of Bob's parents to have their grandchildren participate in the processes of giving their father a "befitting burial." The development, pundits say, may throw Enugu into crisis if no intervention is offered.

How Trouble Started

Trouble was said to have started after the wedding late 2008 as Nnenna’s mother moved in, almost immediately, with the bride’s siblings into the new couple’s home in Enugu, from Jos depriving them of privacy and full freedom. The claim was further collaborated by a family source of late Bob, who accused the bride’s family of “denying the couple every opportunity of getting to know each other, cultivating each other and flowing around and into the arm of each other, as normal marital life evolved.”

According to Chief JCP Elobuike, father of the now-deceased husband (Bob), "soon after the wedding, Nnenna's mother and siblings virtually relocated from Jos in Plateau State to the couple's 3-bedroom apartment in Enugu. Bob, then a struggling but progressive banker on few occasions, lamented the overwhelming burden and lack of privacy posed by overcrowded home and I did encourage him to endure."

He accused Nnenna’s mother, Mrs Oba of having articulated plan from the beginning to destabilize the marriage and take over their children and property. “She (Nnenna’s mother) tried all she could to persuade my son Bob (then a banker) to seek transfer to Abuja and this was obviously in a bid to get closer to and subsequently, reunite with her then estranged husband (Oba),” he added.

“It was always after a matter of days each time Mrs Oba left Bob’s house, for Nnenna to under flimsy excuse, follow suit. It might have been coincidental but quite striking that if Nnnena’s mother had to take a leave from her daughter’s matrimonial home, Nnenna would sooner than later run away with their children and later urge Bob to bring people to come and plead with her father (Oba) to allow her to return home.”

Bob's father accused Nnenna’s mother of evading his son’s home in company of others on 7th October 2012, and removed the entire wardrobe and furniture in the couple's home with repeated threats and harassment to the late Bob. This, he said, came after her repeated pleas to Bob to work transfer of his employment to Abuja fell on deaf ears. “Nnenna and her mother left with the children and Bob's property, from then until Bob died on Dec. 6, 2016, he was denied access to his three children,” he lamented.

“Up until the week that my son Bob passed on, a lawyer said to be Akpangbo by name and on the instruction of Mr. Oba harassed Bob through phone calls in which he demanded for the handover of some unknown documents belonging to Nnenna and a certain Camry Car which we are aware that Bob purchased for Nnenna at over a million naira although supported with two hundred thousand naira by Oba.”

‘How Bob died’

Bob's father further accused Mr. Oba of tormenting his son to death by not allowing him access to his children. “During my son's brief illness and hospitalization at the UNTH (University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital), Enugu, Nnenna was contacted and requested to visit him but she refused. After he died, she was again requested to make herself available for release of the death certificate as required by the hospital but she also refused.

“I called her father (Oba) on that December 6, 2016 and told him that my son, Bob had died at the UNTH and that his daughter, Bob’s wife was required to go for test, prior to the release of his death certificate to her. According to custom, a woman no matter the quarrel with her husband, on receiving the news of her husband’s death, would return for the funeral rites. Nnenna was informed when Bob was admitted at the UNTH, she and her father were informed on the day Bob died but she decided to absent herself until the burial day which meant she excluded herself from the funeral arrangements/preparations.

“Such intended mock participation of a widow at her husband’s funeral was not acceptable to friends and relations who feel that Oba’s cruel attitude towards Bob caused his death. Bob was buried on 15th of December, 2016 at Eke. No child of Bob, Nnenna or representative of Oba family attended the funeral,” Bob's father, Mr. Elobuike lamented.

“Oba denied Bob access to his children for four years and close to four years after his death, he has continued to deny us Bob's parents and siblings, access to the children,” he said, revealing to have insisted that the children be returned unconditionally to him (to learn the ways of their people) at a recent meeting at the instance of traditional rulers in the state, who had tried intervening on the matter.

Oba deny allegations

Contacted by Igbere TV on Wednesday, Mr. Oba, father of Nnenna, said he was driving and asked to be called back. When this reporter called again hours later, his line was busy but he returned the call almost immediately and pleaded to call much later as he was still on the road. But he was yet to do so as at the time of filing this report. A letter subsequently obtained by Igbere TV which he had addressed to Barrister and Solicitor (Chief Hon. Ray A. Nnaji) of late Bob's father, dated May 12, 2020 however, denied the allegations.

In the letter, Oba admitted to have intervened in the dispute between his late daughter and husband, Bob on several occasion, saying "as in every home, there were squabbles and problems between the couple, this was in a marriage of less than four years. As a father, I always advised them to find their living formula as it was usual for every marriage to experience some tumbles and turns until they find their own living formula."

On the allegations that he had ordered the couple's home be invaded and Bob's property be removed and moved to his house in Abuja, which was allegedly carried out by his wife, Mr Oba suggested it was merely an exaggeration. He said if the "invaders" had wanted to remove anything from the house, that would have been the Toyota Camry car he allegedly bought for her daughter. “But as I speak, the car is still with them,” he said.

Reacting to the claims that he had taken over his grandchildren and daughter, while still alive, Oba wondered where they could have taken "repose" if not in their maternal grandfather's house. He accused late Bob of abandoning the wife and children while alive, saying he (Oba) had never prevented the family from seeing the children even after Bob's death. The most recent visit since 2012 he has been fostering the children, according to Oba, was done by Bob's eldest sister, Nwadi.

On the allegations that he prevented his daughter from going to the hospital to tend to her sick husband and even after his death, Mr. Oba said he was not aware of any of such request for her daughter's presence, let alone the request that a "test" be carried out on her, to know if Nnenna had contracted the disease that allegedly killed her husband (Bob).

According to Oba, both him and Bob's parents had planned the burial arrangements for the late Bob, only for the parents to later bar his family from the funeral. “I was astounded and asked them how my son-in-law could be buried and I would not be part of it. And this includes his wife and children. He told me that, that was their final decision even after I pleaded that the children be allowed to perform the dust-to-dust rituals.”

He, however, admitted that Bob's parents called the following week to extend an invite to the children (without their mother Nnenna) to attend their late father's funeral which he turned down. “I Informed them that there was no way I could send children who were then 7, 5 and 3 to Eke (Bob's hometown) without their mother. A day before the burial they called me again and said that the children could come with their mother but that she will be confined in a room until they finished the ceremonies. I told them that my daughter was not a prisoner and in any case they could not expect me to arrange a trip at each short notice.”

Nnenna’s Demise

Commenting on her daughter's death, Mr. Oba said, “when my daughter died on the 24th day of March 2020 I informed my in-law immediately. On 25th March, 2020 I moved the copse to Achi-River and equally informed them. I do not want to elongate this story but my in-law informed me that if I was coming home for us to discus I should not fail to bring the children. I was aghast and told him that we were discussing a dead person and not the children and then he told me on phone that unless I brought the children he was not ready to hold further discussions with me.”

'We were denied access to the children’, Bob's family insist

But Bob's father said he only insisted on having his grandchildren upon learning that the corpse of their late mother was already in Enugu for burial. "I decided to let him (Oba) know that my family would like to have the children with us during their mother’s funeral preparations. I therefore said to him and I quote “in-law, please, please, please, when coming for discussions on my daughter in law’s burial, bring me my grandchildren.” His response was “impossible!” I asked why it was impossible but he ignored the question to respond that he might as well carry the children along with their dead mother and come and dump in my small parlour. That elicited the response from me that without those children, there would be no discussion with him.”

In a letter exclusively obtained by Igbere TV, which he had written through his lawyer, Bob's father insisted that his family (including Bob) were denied access to the children "until he (Bob) was severely depressed and died". According to him, once, his late son Bob had the provisions he bought for his children thrown at him in the home of Mr. Oba. He said Bob's eldest sister was also threatened with the police, accusing her of trying to kidnap the children, "just because she paid a visit to them in their Abuja home". The lawyer said witnesses were on standby to attest to the claims in court.

Bob's father accused the Obas of attempting to change the surname of his grandchildren into theirs, which he said Mr. Oba admitted to at a recent meeting conveyed by traditional rulers in their two communities and attended by many. He said the children had only gone to live with the Obas simply because of marital issues between their parents, and "not because they were fleeing from any threat."

After their father died, Bob's father said he agreed that their mother Nnena (whom his son sponsored in the university up to Law School) should continue as custodian of the children - while he contributed to the upkeep - even though they had been in their maternal grandparents home all these while. But now that their mother is dead, Bob's father said he finds it strange that Oba has continued to hold on to them "as if he has forgotten that the Bob's family are the first line of next-of-kin of the children".

Mr. Elobuike (Bob's father) insisted that he had communicated his son's death to Oba, requesting the presence of her daughter Nnena for a test to be carried out, according to the Hospital’s standard procedure but which he (Oba) objected to. A family source had alleged that Nnenna was HIV/AIDS carrier even before her marriage to Bob, and that the late Bob had contracted it from her.

“...Which test? Whatever was the disease that killed him could not have affected Nnenna because they have now lived apart for over three years,” Mr. Oba was quoted as replying Bob father’s request on having his daughter-in-law (Nnenna) tested at the instance of the Hospital, following her husband's death.

Admitting that Mr. Oba had called to inform him of his daughter-in-law’s death in March this year, Bob's father, however, insisted that his in-law (Oba) had attempted to bury the late Nnenna without recourse to his own family. He accused Oba of by-passing his home in Enugu from Abuja to deposit the remains in Oji River, near Achi Enugu where he (Oba) hails from "knowing fully well that her daughter Nnena was duly married in fulfilment of the statute, customary laws and tradition and cannot be buried anywhere outside the husband's community."

Mr. Oba, however, did not deny the allegation, saying he has the “right” and “authority” to bury his daughter after the coronavirus-imposed lockdown with or without his in-laws. He said his plans to have her daughter buried before now hit a stalemate, following the insistence of Bob's father that the grandchildren be handed over to him before a discussion relating to funeral arrangement for the late Nnenna can hold between both families. He also lamented that the family could be insisting on giving their late son Bob a "complete burial" and that the kids must all be present before any other thing.

Denying ever saying he would dump the corpse of her late daughter in the "wretched parlour" of his in-laws if they insist on having the grandchildren, Mr. Oba said he couldn't have say so. “I do not know where that came from. Am I dumping her in their parlour that she committed an abomination by marrying into their family? Am I dumping her in their parlour because I don't have any land in Ehuhe Achi where I can put her to rest?,” he retorted.

Mr. Oba said whenever he chose to bury his late daughter it won't be hidden, as it will be all over the news. As for the children, Oba said he does not need anybody's approval for his grandchildren to be with him, insisting he cannot be begrudged of such capacity. Accusing the Bob's family of playing ostrich with that "fact", Oba added, “they (the children) have been with me for eight years, as Igbo's, we know how children who have been living in their maternal grandfather's house are returned to their paternal grandfather. It is a question of native law and custom which is age long. It is not like that of completing the burial of my son-in-law which sprouted after his wife died. The children are children of both families,” he insisted.

'You can't bury our daughter-in-law without us’ - Bob's family

Bob's father said, “as for his boastings of exclusive rights to bury his daughter, Mr. Oba should remember that the daughter he is talking about had been married off with full rights to a family that should now take care of the corpse. We have not begged him to help us bury our wife. Oba should also be made to understand that the mother of my grandchildren is dead and so, the children should be taken care of by their paternal family. My three grandchildren had been in the custody of Mr. and Mrs. Oba for the singular reason that their mother who is now late, lived with them. The custodial background of children is of concern to any responsible parent. Tales of househelps repeatedly raped by a son of my in-law resonate in my memory, filling me with fear for the safety of my innocent and vulnerable grandchildren who are exposed to such a character as an uncle.”

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Following the resignation of Barr. Paul Ohonbamu as Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Stewart Efe has been appointed as replacement.

The appointment was announced in a statement made available to Igbere TV Thursday signed by Barr. Osarodion Ogie, Secretary to State Government.

According to Ogie, the appointment which takes “immediate effect” was approved by the governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

“The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of Mr. Stewart Efe as Commissioner for Communication and Orientation. His appointment takes immediate effect,” he said.

Mr. Efe, until his appointment was the Public Relations Officer, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Benin City, Edo State.

The erstwhile Commissioner, Ohonbamu had on Thursday tendered his resignation, saying he “decided to step aside as a cabinet member and operate outside it for the general good of Edo State and pursuit of happiness for the citizens.”

Ohonbamu’s resignation comes barely a month after the governor’s ex-Chief of Staff, Taiwo Akerele walked away, amid the trend of high-profile exit from the Obaseki-administration

Reliable sources in the Government House say several other senior aides, including serving Commissioners, are planning their exit ahead the Sept. 19 Edo 2020 governorship election.