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With the aid of science and technology we made our world
neighbourhood but same science takes away our spirit of
brotherhood in our neighbourhood because technology is
concerned with external factors without giving much credence to
internal factors. This is why we are engrossed in materialism
rather than utilising our scarce resources for service to humanity.
In other words morality will never be considered when
discussing issues of legality for the purpose of attaining
justice. Technology has bring a man faraway in Australia very close to another somewhere in faraway Konduga in Nigeria yet a man in Lagos seems very faraway from his relatives in Ogun state because of same technology. The reason we have so much war and international conspiracy that has cost loss of lives and propperties is due to the abuse of science and technology. We need to employ same for social welfare instead of the guns, arms and ammunition we keep manufacturing and selling around the world.
#SAYINGNOTOGUNPROCUREMENTINSTEA
DOFWELFAREOFTHEPEOPLE.

I was on the road with two mobile police men eavesdropping in their conversation and one asked the other wetin you fit define to be poverty? The other simply answered saying na when a mad constable see Okada man dey waka pass come dey pursue till him catch am without minding whether him get accident so tey him come dey ask am say make him bring 5k to bail hin Okada, my guy that thing na real poverty because the constable self no get the 5K for pocket but dey use Police Uniform dey hustle money from innocent civilians wey dey try put food for table through legal hustle. I laughed and felt like contributing but I know I will spoil their show as the duo laughed sincerely to the joke. The other also asked wetin be stupidity and the other answered that na when the constable with him corporal friend wey dey on the road see big man wey dey thief our money come dey raise hand up so that them go fit hustle Five Hundred Naira commot for hin pocket instead of thinking of how to investigate the big man with him suspicious lifestyle but come dey slap and beat a street boy wey dey hustle small phone for street. The other told his friend that may God not let us know poverty and stupidity oooo. They laughed and shook head for the police they saw trying to disturb a tricyclist for having a passenger sitting with him in the front seat when the other pointed that my guy see wetin we still dey talk. I just laughed and gerarathere before an officer hustle 1k from my pocket for the offence of laughing at the joke of officers. NA JOKE OOOOOO but all I said is very real but will amount to hearsay in court.

simonlee:
Buhari's birthday?!! Hehehehe (calls all neighbours) come and celebrate your dullard!
Boko boys would probably wrap bomb as a big birthday surprise for him! Hahaha!

I pray to God to grant this souls sense and ability to use it effectively. Please press like to say amen if you think he is a waste product we need to rehabilitate with our prayer.

For sometime I have been reading different transactions in
the ONSA and how Ngozi Okonjo Iweala helped in making
some transfer to that office, I still keep asking whether that
is the proper procedure? Whether such could be argued to
be legal or otherwise? Whether she could have done
otherwise and possibly resigned? Whether she mislead the
then President while trying to wash her hands? NOI is a very
smart economist who tried to remain clean in the entire
transaction yet still got it quite wrong. No doubt ,Former
President Jonathan is not an expert in money transactions
despite his quite intimidating profiles, and from all I have
been reading I can say that in my opinion he does not
understand the nittygritty of the workings of government
even though he has spent so much time in government
house, hence his associates whom he trusted capitalised on
it and ostracised smart men like Obasanjo from him. I am
not making case for him because he could still be held for
complicity in the entire transaction, what I am saying is that
NOI who had seen that she cannot stop corruption by giving
the right advice could have resigned, travelled out of the
country and revealed all that we are seeing long before now
after taking another job with an American firm. I am so sad
now to see that all her sayings that we had a fine and
working economy were all lies, it was an abuse of our
intelligence as Nigerians, she lied to us that nothing is wrong
with our governance by still holding office as Minister of
Finance, she could have tell the then President in simple
words that she cannot continue with what was happening.
The silence of our friends will be long remembered during
our time of despair but with the recent series of revelations I always want to ask if Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is truly a friend of
her dear country whose development she was entrusted
with as Minister of Finance. All I will say as a true Nigerian is
let the investigation continue, we need more revelations,
speedy prosecution and conviction in case anyone of them
is guilty, we want refund and long term sentence for each
and everyone of them. We need some persons to be used as
scapegoats for other to learn that they must always fear the
consequences of their action and not necessarily the man at
the helms of affairs since another man can still come to
check the wrongs of those who are there today.
#GodblessNigeria.

BeeBeeOoh:
Principal Officers Of The Legislators Una Don Hear Am Nah??

Are you sure you read it sir because your comment is very fast. Am trying to read what I just posted and you are already done that you have to comment quickly. Anyway, I clap for you for being a fast reader.

BeeBeeOoh:
Principal Officers Of The Legislators Una Don Hear Am Nah??

Are you sure you read it sir because your comment is very fast. Am trying to read what I just posted and you are already done that you have to comment quickly. Anyway, I clap for you for being a fast reader.

This is quite long epistle but I crave the indulgence of every reader to exercise patience while reading it. I have come to appreciate Nairaland as a website which unify Nigerians of all categories irrespective of the class, the topics are mostly issues affecting us as Nigerians in Nigeria and diaspora. I also know that this site is one of the very few sites that cannot be toiled with by many of the power that be if they truly want to maintain the support base of the very enlightened youths. As a result, I have decide to post this hoping same might make the front page for the world to see.
I am a lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar, I have been in the practise of law for some time that I realise that there is urgent need to amend some of our laws if we are truly serious to achieve the change we really voted for. It is no longer news that some class of persons launder so much money that they stash their account home and abroad with Billions they may not live to spend, this is very insulting to us a nation considering the poor state of our economy but the issue can be properly addressed with adequate laws that will properly address this issue. The offence of money laundering needs not be bailable, anybody arrested and charged with the offence should be remanded in prison while we have the trial which should be quite speedy, the judges should stop granting bail and where same would be granted we should have an entirely new process where the defendants are made to insure their bail with disclosure of properties twice the amount they are being charged for, room should be allowed for surety to also give insurance with such properties so that if they eventually jump bail or abscond they will forfeit all of such asset while they are declared wanted such that the interpol can always extradite them anywhere they may choose to hide. The essence of the remand will also serve the object of speedy trial of the new Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, all of our highly paid lawyers will be discouraged against bringing any frivolous application meant to stall the trial if they know that the more time is delayed in the trial the more time their client spend in custody. Even if our law is not amended to discourage such application then the punitive measures will be on the defendant and their counsels who take time to waste the time of the court with series of adjournment as a result of very many unending application.
Another thing that needs to be encouraged is life sentence without later enjoyment of prerogative of mercy by anybody found guilty of the offence of money laundering. I would have advocate for capital punishment but the world is gradually moving away from the days of capital punishment, I still find no difference between armed robbers and public officers who steal from the public treasury because of the trust given to them.
It is important to note that when a date for trial is slated we should have laws saying that such date cannot be changed except the death or likely death as a result of sickness that will deny the parties which include but not limited to the lawyers are proved with cogent evidence from walking and talking in the open court. The issue of having to keep feigning sickness so that they jet out should be dispensed with, we have hospitals and qualified medical practitioners, the moment we have a defendant whose matter is in court and is claiming to be sick suddenly such persons should be transferred to our government owned hospital under strict surveillance, if there is need to be flown abroad they should rather arrange their medical teams to be flown down to the country and such defendant should bear the cost since they have chosen to live in affluence.
Another very serious issue is the asset declaration by public officers, there is need to run background check on anybody who put himself or herself out for any public post to determine how legitimate the affluence they have acquires seems to be in order to prevent fraudsters and druglords into our political climes. Where there has been such declaration and background check, there should be need for giving detailed account of how the wealth was acquired and if same cannot be done such person should be barred from contesting, if however we have someone who lied while declaring his asset all loopholes must be blocked to prevent stalling of trial, anybody found guilty after trial should be made to serve very long term imprisonment, forfeit all his or her asset to the government of the Federation. We hope necessary amendment is done to ensure all this and many more is part of our change mantra. Hopefully this measures will checkmate the excess of those who derive pleasure in diversion of public fund.
Conclusively, there is need for the legislature to bring in new bills instead of the anti-people bills whose rumour keep flying around town because all hands must be on deck to achieve the change mantra.

Am sorry for any typographical error. Had to type this as fast as I can because I do not have time and I may not harmonise my thought as it comes now subsequently.

Few days ago I shared some likely legal questions against emergence of Faleke as Governor of Kogi state, this is a rejoinder of the earlier article by same me in favour of Faleke if proper legal answers cannot be proffered by the legal team to be employed by Yahaya Bello if Faleke is not knocked out on preliminary objections based on some of the likely earlier issues I raised. Yahaya Bello has been given the certificate of return as the winner of
the election in a very controversial manner but could that be
stated to be the end of the story? This Yahaya Bello matter
will be very interesting! Can a Governor win election without
a Joint ticket with his deputy having regard to the relevant provision of Electoral Act? When will a governor-elect
deemed not to have a deputy in an election? Can a
governor-elect be sworn in without a deputy governor-elect
who had turned down being the deputy in a general
election? Can such governor-elect be validly declared as
winner in such circumstance? Is it legal for a governor-elect to benefit from an
election which a deceased candidate had almost won if not
declared inconclusive by INEC when such governor-elect is not the running
mate? Will it be right in law to drop a running mate of a
deceased governor to substitute with another candidate as a
result of the basic criteria for contesting general election? What
is the essence of having a running mate in Audu circumstance
when he has not been declared to have been invalidly
nominated as flagbearer of the leading party? Is it right for
the party to have substituted Yahaya Bello for Faleke who is
a deputy in a joint-ticket of the deceased former governor who had majority
of the votes and not declared invalid? These are some of the
questions to determine the stay or "waka" of Yahaya Bello as
Governor of Kogi State. Meanwhile I wish him a big
congratulations but the future appears very bleak with great
legal tussle ahead in Kogi state.

AceRoyal:
Don't be politically sentimentally blind!
So anyone that doesn't agree with ur opinion is from the South East?I'm proudly from Edo State.I'm nonpartisan!

Don't try to play smart by trying twist my assertions.
2015 presidential election was free but not fair(cases of underaged voting recorded).
With the recent elections conducted under this APC lead government I doubt 2019 would be free and fair.
Presently the popularity of this government is dwindling so fast and if it continues this way APC will lose come 2019.
It's like you have been oblivious of the recent happenings in this our beloved country for the the past 5months.APC has been making so many blunders and mistakes.Showing all Nigerians that they might be worst than their predecessor.
This APC government has not been in favor of the people that voted them in.Even if u can't make any immediate impact,let us know ur direction.They seem confused on how to manage the power they now possess.
Let's call a spade a spade Sir!

I love your submission but time will tell. Any subsequent submission by my humble self would appear am making cse for APC but I can assure you, time will tell.

AceRoyal:
Lolzzz,you have no idea of the ripple effect.
Fayose is a catalyst,underestimating him will be the undoing of APC.
if we eventually hv a free and fair election in 2019,PMB might lose especially if His government don't live up to expectations.

Are you saying the 2015 election was not free and fair? I believe you must be somewhere in the Southeast typing right now but you are not close to the truth at all. Don't get it twisted Nigerians for now love APC until they make obvious mistakes like PDP.

AfricanFinest:
No you are getting it all wrong as the message is for some folks that are still accusing Igbo's of not moving on just because majority of us don't buy into APC change mantra...

Of recent They labeled SE crying more than the bereaved using bayelsa election as a yard stick, but from your post it even contradicts what they are saying.
PDP is winning APC in weird vote Margin.

Besides is not when you join the ideologies of APC ruling party is when you have moved on.
You can still be in any party and has already moved on, that's what people don't get.

I am not a pro PDP or APC or pro to any party.
Because I don't play partisan to any party.
All I want is credible governance. Which the ruling party is failing and am standing as opposition and not in any party partisanship to guide their steps the way I can. Else they may be kicked out come 2019.

You are very correct. We are on the same side my brother.

AceRoyal:
Your analysis is flawed.
From all indications,even with all the rigging APC lost this one.
This election has exposed the flaws of APC bigtime and a lose in Bayelsa will spark a sweep of the South South by PDP.A death blow will be if PDP merges with APGA.
The next battle lines will be Rivers,Edo and Imo states.And I believe PDP will use this victory as a rallying point to get their house in order.
Because APC has been making the wrong moves so far,no meaningful impact aside from the media fights against corruption.
APC winning Bayelsa would have been the final death blow to PDP and they know it,that's why they are fighting dirty to get it.
If the in fightings in APC isnt checked they will implode,Buhari will not enjoy same popularity that he enjoyed during the last election.Already his popularity is dwindling.Fielding a Northern presidential candidate with a vice-presidential from the South East will be a Knockout.As it will split the North,rally the SS and SE and all the PDP needs to do is split the SW by using Fayose as the preferred weapon.it's political chess.
I'm a spectator and nonpartisan,spectators are allowed to comment.

After reading your post sir I can only say you are funny. Who is Fayose in the scheme of things in southwest? Common think deeply before posting. PDP is in for a long thing, they better learn the job of the opposition better for the next 16 years or else they may start learning that after 60 years.

AfricanFinest:
And some disgruntled Igbo haters...
Has already that spewing thrash as the lessons Igbo's have to learn from bayelsa election...
I don't know whether he think that people moving on is when they join APC party. See how unreasonable people can become. Thinking they are making sense but ignorant of their foolishness

Even at that the APC party is being balkanized in bayelsa by PDP with a lot of bewildered margins in the current election counting Still in dispensation.

Congrats to bayelsans for standing strong in the election even in the midst of election crises.

APC has taking over in the center, and we are back to the days where voting is like taking risk. Bad news springing up at the election centers.
They better give us change and not chains...

I think I have problem in comprehending what you said. I hope you are not mistaking me for someone who have soft spot for PDP? If that is what you are trying to say despite your congratulatory message I bet you that you are very wrong. I do not care who wins or loses but I have really supported APC during their trying time in the opposition. I do not just support APC but a great fan of President Muhammadu Buhari and Jagaban when the duo were still battling to be heard in the opposition i.e when Asiwaju was in ACN and Baba was in CPC, I was among few Nigerians who was praying fervently that the duo formed an alliance that will shake PDP if not wrestle power from them but I never knew my prayer was already before the creator himself. I am not a Nigerian and that comes first in everything I do before I think about my tribe but for the avoidance of doubt am not from the Southeastern part of Nigeria.

Even though PDP as a party has really messed up their chance as ruling party for the past 16 years that does not preclude them from a decent opposition, hence they must and still be seen to remain vibrant in order to check the excesses of the ruling party since power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. To say PDP will lose election in Bayelsa cannot even be found in my wildest hallucination hence I will ask Sylva to take the path of a true sport man, I do not think there is any need to chase a shadow in the air by the ruling party because if the election is absolutely free and fair for now PDP will always win in Bayelsa for the time being. The result of the poll had shown that APC has bright chances in the state in the nearest future only if PDP do not close their lapses. Dickson should engage in policies and programmes that will improve the welfare of his people before the Jonathan factor is finally dispensed with during subsequent election in the oil rich state. #CongratulationstoPDPwiththewidemaginsofar.

sholatech:
Faleke is clear on his case- Inec erred by declaring the Nov election inconclusive. And that is what he will pursue in court solely.

Would have been easy to assimilate with Yahaya Bello if not that Yahaya refused to campaign for the Audu/Faleke ticket and did anti- party gathering votes for Pdp in the Nov election. Faleke knows they are not on same plane with Yahaya

You are very correct sir, if I am counsel to Faleke I will raise what you just raised but issues are determined on fact and law. I am not from Kogi nor do I support any of those candidate. I am just trying to raise issues that can be raised by Yahaya Bello's counsel which the court will have to determine along with all issues raised by Faleke. The court may determine the issue either way but I see law favouring Bello in this matter.

mozel247:
All this ill-informed political analyst.. Guess u didn't read interview granted by inec commissioner Amina z.. Where she acknowledged the receipt of faleke letter and insist only APC have that power to withdraw him. Before creating a thread.. Try do your homework by doing proper research

There are better ways of addressing issues than to abuse, I do not abuse nor like to be abused hence I like addressing everyone with utmost respect. I will appreciate if you can be much more matured in your post and subsequent post. Thank you.

Now the election has come and gone in Kogi state, Faleke protested at the FHC but his action was dismissed so that the election is not stalled and the election was held with Faleke on a joint ticket with Yahaya Bello, he did not refuse to be on a joint ticket by writing letter to INEC notifying the body of his exclusion in the supplementary election so that Bello will be the only candidate without a deputy and time has elapse for him to bring in a new deputy who can inherit an already won election by the deceased former Governor when we check the result of the supplementary itself. Even if he had written such letter won't he be estopped from challenging the validity of Bello's election on the issue of locus standi when the matter gets to court? Will the receipt of any of such letter by INEC from Faleke be absolute without notice from his party of the intention of withdrawal of Faleke? Does INEC need to get such notice from the party before it is treated as a valid letter showing withdrawal of Faleke considering the fact that in our law the party present candidates for election and not vice versa? If Faleke eventually goes to court like we anticipated what
will he say he has suffered when his party eventually won
the election? Who will be the Respondent when Bello and
himself won on a joint ticket? Won't any of such action amount to approbation and reprobation in law? Can he challenge same man who participated in primary election while he did not when the law says that anyone who did not participate in primary election in a political party cannot be elected Governor in a general election? Can Idris Wada cry more than the bereaved by challenging the election of Yahaya Bello on grounds likely to be raised by Faleke without the court saying he has no locus standi? Will the Election Tribunal has
jurisdiction to hear the matter as election or post election
matter? What will be the effect of the dismissal at the
Federal High Court if the Election Tribunal says it lacks
jurisdiction? Can the Federal High Court revisit it without being functus officio or Faleke
likely go on appeal over the dismissal? These are questions
begging for answers in Kogi election. I promise you this is
just beginning of legal battle and the days ahead will be very
interesting in Kogi state.

@Ceaz4er, after reading your short epistle I asked myself one question. Do I need to dignify it with a reply, the answer is NO. After further reflection on it I still noticed that many people are reading and do I need to correct your misrepresentation of fact, the answer that readily comes to my mind is Yes. Let us take it slowly, there is no hard and fast rule about the fact that you are a drop dead supporter of the movement called Biafra, that alone will make you distort fact or even from distance since it is obvious you are not a mile closer to where the real activity is happening. I will advise you to ask your families or friends what is happening in those major road that link to the Eastern part, they will tell you they have committed murder and arson. They will tell you that they have burnt Trailers belonging to Dangote, they have burnt a central mosque, they have killed innocent people, they force people to carry Biafran Flag and chant Biafra as a gate pass against their will, they will tell you that they force drivers to part with 5K as contribution to their struggle. Some of these things will not reach here because they still want the world to see themselves as the victimised and marginalised people. Their hatredness for Buhari has taken away their intellectual senses while many of those wild protesters are bunch of souls who do not know why they are doing what they are doing but want Biafra because they tell them Biafra is their heritage. So sad that you said Nnamdi Kanu was denied bail! He was given bail even by the DSS but was unable to perfect it, who should be blamed? Now the matter is in court, did the court grant or deny bail? Was the bail application filed and duly served? Has it been heard? Has there been any ruling therein? Is there need for this mayhem? Assuming without conceding that President Muhammadu Buhari made hate speeches like you credited to him can you provide us with video evidence or just another hearsay? Should you be taken serious for presenting issues which is fact base economical? Does a protest that result to serious brutality, loss of properties and death qualify as a peaceful one? Do we need Nigerian Military to implement Rules of Engagement in the circumstance? I will stop here for now.

The Nigerians calling for Biafra have right to protest if their protest is peaceful. A protest will not be peaceful the moment the participants start forcing other people to carry flags having their inscription before they will ordinarily enjoy their right to move freely on the Nigerian soil, now that they have resulted to burning of a Central Mosque that is no longer peaceful. Their protest could now lead to reprisal attacks in other region against their kinsmen if not properly checked. What they do now is not only violent but treasonable against the laws of Federal Republic of Nigeria which we have sworn to protect. The protesters had killed yet claiming to engage in a peaceful protest. I do not have any problem as a Nigerian if they breakdown their economy in that region but we have Nigerians over there who do not share their plight nor support their belief yet they are being made to suffer continuously. The Police need to check their excesses and if they prove too stubborn by refusing to stop the violence they should invite the soldiers who can properly address the present challenge. We cannot afford to be plunge into another crisis by men who do not understand what they seem to be doing because this government already has so much challenge to tackle with the already ticking short time. Join other well meaning Nigerians to say NO TO DISTRACTION.

Am only writing a story omitted in the Animal Farm! No pun intended.

You ask a goat to take care of trailers of your yams and he
stole eleven trailers of it out of twenty-one trailers, out of
annoyance you chase the goat and employed a sheep to
secure the rest and the new trailers coming in, you mandate
the sheep to share it in equal proportion to everyone but
the sheep keep almost all of the yam for itself and family.
Must you call same goat that stole eleven trailers and pledge
to return the eleven trailers only if he can return to the store
where he knows he will find more trailers of yams to steal?
Don't tell us that goat and sheep are the best in securing
your yams when you have the dog that will never eat a raw
yam. Nobody should come complaining when the goat begin
eating and stealing more yams because they have taken few
pieces of yams to return the goat to the store instead of the
unpopular dog which is an expert in security.

In order to fix power supply the Federal Government need to ban importation, use and manufacturing of Generators in Nigeria. Then the 16 Billion Dollars spent in the past administration must be properly investigated. Halliburton scandal need to be revisited. NERC chairman Sam Amadi should be sacked after full investigation into the activities of NERC under his watch while the Management staff of NERC be immediately dissolved and prosecuted if they have any shady deals. The Discos who bought from PHCN must be check-mated, some of their Managing Directors such as Ajifowobaje of Ikeja Electric should be sacked for their obvious incompetence and exploitation, the Federal Government must revoke license of some of those Discos and also give ultimatum for sharing of standard prepaid metres and absolute ban of bulk metre with stiff penalties to any disco that desire to disobey the order. The government need to encourage sensitisation of generation of power by individuals with the use of Solar energy, proper management of the little megawatts generated to various distribution companies by ensuring people use the white bulb and switching off all appliances not in use. Their should be jingles on radio and television that people should always off their bulb in the day time while the government put in place modalities to deal with the issue of outrageous and estimated bill. Fixed charge should be properly dealt with to determine whether the money realised therein is properly expended on its object and if same is not the Act which encourage it be abrogated while the Government ban it forthwith. Also anybody who vandalises government property meant to generate power should be severely dealt with so that nobody dares frustrate the government effort to provide constant power. This means that securities which must involve members of the community who must keep surveillance on all government properties and report immediately all sorts of criminal activities meant to sabotage government effort in providing constant electricity. #GodblessNigeria.

obicmag:
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company is a gang of robbers who have decided to rob innocent and helpless consumers.in Bucknor Estate where I reside you hardly see light. Yesterday their shameless staff brought a bill of 6,500 for the month of October. I was forced to call their customer care and she was bold enough to tell me that it was an estimated bill. Must we pay for the light we did not consume? I asked her about the prepaid metre. She said they are sharing it in phase. This was the same answer I got 3 months ago. My question is must they exploit us to zero point before the installation of prepaid metre? NERC should save us from the hands of Economic Terrorist(IkEDC).

I am part of this struggle known as Youth Alliance for Better Nigeria and one of the major organisers, can you allow us come down to your community so that you can join this struggle. My whatsapp number is 08074340361. Regards

I participated in the struggle and I heard this song recorded and played as the theme song by the organisers. I will encourage all Nigerians to download, share and start playing on the street clubs, hotels and every public places until the voice is heard at the corridors of power.

Nepa lo n je tele o
Kan to di PHCN
Ilu di rederede
Won lo ta fun IKEDC
IKEDC tun ti de
Owo goboyi lo n mu wa
Ina yi won o fun wa
Coded metre la mi lo
Owo ina ti a mi san
Oju owo ile ta n gbe lo
Ti a ba ni ka ba won so
Won a pa iro orisirisi
Ti a ba ko ti a san owo
Won a gbe akaba wa ge ina
E gba wa oooo
E gba wa.
Please join other consumers to tell Fashola and Buhari we are tired of IKeja Electric, NERC and Dr. Sam Amadi. They can only light up Naija because we are tired of promises and still remaining in darkness. There have been so much lies and oppression in the name of coded and specially coded metres, they also have estimated bills where they perpetrate their evil act. The bills are outrageous despite the epileptic supply. They are not ready to give efficient and sufficient prepaid metres instead prefer to give out bulk metres which NERC had asked communities to reject. Join YABN at Ikeja Long/ Under bridge to NERC office today please do not die in silence because this is part of the change we voted for.

Nepa lo n je tele o Kan to di PHCN Ilu di rederede Won lo ta fun IKEDC IKEDC tun ti de Owo goboyi lo n mu wa Ina yi won o fun wa Coded metre la mi lo Owo ina ti a mi san Oju owo ile ta n gbe lo Ti a ba ni ka ba won so Won a pa iro orisirisi Ti a ba ko ti a san owo Won a gbe akaba wa ge ina E gba wa oooo E gba wa. Light up Naija

As a Nigerian I feel very sad for the poor state of health of our former Minister of Petroleum, it worth shedding tears to see her in such poor condition and I join her family and friends to sympathise with her. However, she needs to realise that poor governance and impunity which she participated in during the last administration is a major reason why many breadwinners had to die untimely deaths, many are crying in pains in our public hospitals because they lack the finance that will save their lives. Many died as a result of bad roads that could be properly constructed. If only the money were not diverted by those public officers then maybe many of these loved ones will still be alive. Madam, in as much as I sympathise with you I will advise you to come out clean to tender apology to Nigerians for all the mismanagement you were part of, I know my people are good people, we would pray to God more like we have been doing for you even though some think you do not deserve it. Returning of the looted funds in your possession if any will do this great country real good but that does not say that you should be excused from trial since there is no law saying that a defendant can be discharged if it is established that his poor state of health cannot allow him give account of his wrongdoing. I wish you recuperate ma so that we don't have the cause to cry as Nigerians who believe you are valuable to a crippled economy right now, I join your family and friends to pray for you so that another breadwinner and golden daughter of Nigeria will not go too soon.

Now we have rumours that Supreme Court had halted Saraki trial, it is a mere attempt to rewrite the order of Supreme Court! The court only suspended the CCT proceeding pending the final determination of appeal against the ruling of the CCT on Jurisdiction before the learned justices at the Apex court. The court also order accelerated filing of briefs by the Appellant and Respondent with duration of seven days intervals in service of all briefs. The court further stated to communicate the date to be slated for hearing to all parties and assured that same will be given accelerated hearing. This means that the proceeding is suspended pending determination of Interlocutory Appeal, this is to ensure that all parties exhaust all avenues so that nobody complain of fair hearing or being witch-hunted, we know that justice will eventually prevail as same must not only be done but seen to be done. While I say this I appreciate that justice is a relative concept which may connote same meaning to all parties. Nobody should blame Buhari nor attach any politics to the decision of the Supreme Court.

Good one bro, let us teach them how to do it though we are Nigerians and resolute in our stance of one Nigeria. We can help them only they can meet all the conditions but if they think they can another crisis I bet that many of them will count their losses before their brain return to the default setting it was left in 1970.

This Movement for Biafra though has no impact in Lagos and many other states in Nigeria but that does not say we should close our eyes against the youths and their sponsors who are trying to cause disharmony, disintegration, disaffection, destabilisation and possibly another ethno- religious crisis if not properly managed. As a lawyer I believe every person or group has right to self determination, right of freedom of opinion, right the air whatever opinion they have as long as such will not be treasonable. Despite the stringent provision in our Constitution which kicks against division of Nigeria there are laid down ways of going about their agitation without necessarily breaking the laws of Nigeria. These persons have members in the House of Representatives and the Senate who need votes from their Constituencies, they should mandate them to raise the issue of Referendum all over Nigeria where persons who are from that region be allowed to engage in a Yes or No vote. The condition should be stated clearly that the moment the Yes outnumber the Nos they would be allowed to set up Republic of Biafra provided they are ready to lose all of their assets in Nigeria. These assets include the Properties, money, jobs whether public or private, real properties other than chattels which must not belong to the government of Federal Republic of Nigeria. None of the Indigene of Biafra should remain in any land situate and known as Federal Republic of Nigeria and they cease to enjoy the Rights stated in Chapter Four of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, they will also not be allowed to remain in any part of Nigeria as refugees but must return to their region to begin all over. If they are ready to abide by all these stated conditions they should be allowed to go because Nigeria need her scarce resources to circulate among Nigerians. If the agitation is not properly addressed it may lead to another break down of law and order in that part of the country such that they will regret their act and ommission when the real problem begins. #GodblessNigeria

As I keep listening to Korede Bello's new song Somebody
featuring Asa, I keep remembering the story of one of my
boss's client who is a major transporter in Lagos, he invest
in BRT buses and has many plying different route in Lagos.
He gave me a ride when I went for one of his matters and
we had to look for where we can eat standard local
delicacies, while we were around Unilag heading towards
Bariga, the Home of Olamide we parked to buy Charger
from an Igbo boy hawking because he needed to charge is
phone we saw a man shabbily dressed and he pointed to the
man and told me they were both conductors together when
life seem very hard for him. He had to call the man who
could hardly remember him because of what money does
for him but as soon as he mentioned his name he
remembered and I saw how the two related with the street
voice of those days. I felt too surprised that I kept quiet, the
truth is my client boss is a Millionaire, he has assets worth
boasting of in the mighty city of Lagos, he is a VIP as far as
Lagos City is concerned. He told me his story, how life was
hard after completing his OND programme at Yabatech in
the year 2002 that he had to decide to become a bus
conductor just to survive, he told me how he was able to
learn very fast and became a driver, he took a hire purchase
later but it turned out bad that his wife left for almost a year
with his only kid. He told me how it was hard to pay house
rent in the city of Lagos that he later resort to squatting with
friends before he conceived the idea that transformed his
life, he told me how he registered his company with
borrowed funds, wrote proposal and always trekking the city
of Lagos to look for Financiers, it was when he was about
giving up on it that God brought those who love his idea and
they partnered, he told me all he brought to the table was
the Idea and today he seems to be the major shareholder
and the M.D of his company, a bank financed the project as
well and today he is doing real great. None of the parties
used their sweats to invest except the very recent investors,
he told me that the pioneer investors also borrowed loan
being serviced by the proceeds of the business and same
will soon be cleared before middle of next year. He told me
how different banks are making offers of loan to his
company because the company is not a bad debtor. I said
this to console you who think life has no meaning because
you do not have money so much like me who is just a young
lawyer trying to make ends meet. The truth is keep doing
something and see how you can develop in it, conceive
ideas and be positive minded like me, ensure you work with
people by partnering in whatever cause you may have with
concrete agreement nd watch how God will transform you if
you are with a sincere intention. In my community, I am
nobody gradually transforming to somebody, I do not have
my own car now nor build my own house but my cause is
taking me to places, I am from a humble background but my
positive drive to life is opening doors that ordinarily seemed
close. You can have same drive and with patience you will
see that truly life has so much to offer you. Remember the book of Proverb that says he who is diligent in his work will dine and wine with kings
#SOMEBODYGREATEYANPATAKI

"When Intellectual Know-how Escapes as a result of embracing of mediocrity to satisfy individual interest all you have in the end is W+I+K+E"- Awolowo Ahmadu Azikwe Obama
Lecture delivered at University of Biafra in Zamfara
TOPIC: NEVER OUTSHINE YOUR MASTER