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 Politics › Edo APC Primary: Nobody Can Challenge My Membership Status –Osagie Ize-Iyamu by Clevite(op): 3:31pm On May 29, 2020 |
By Annie Nwosu A frontline aspirant for the All Progressives Congress, APC, guber ticket in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has dismissed claims that he is not a member of the party. He said those disputing his membership of the party were only engaging in fruitless exercise. The Pastor had reportedly emerged as the APC consensus candidate for the State governorship election. Reacting to the development, the chairman of the forum of APC chairmen in Edo State, Elder Benjamin Oghumu, on Thursday told journalists in Benin City that Ize-Iyamu was not a member of the party in Edo State, hence, there was urgent need to reject the acclaimed consensus, which is totally without foundation. However, Mr. John Mayaki, the Director of Communication and Media to Osagie’s Campaign Organisation in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday, said the Pastor was one of those who not only formed the APC but drafted the constitution of the APC. He said “It is quite unfortunate that many of these people don’t read, they have not sat down to even read the APC constitution. “The APC apart from being a progressive party was deliberately formed to be a mass organisation and one of the things those who drafted the APC constitution (including Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu) did was to make it easy for Nigerians, irrespective of who they are, to be able to join the party like the APC without people like these renegades trying to put hurdles in their way. “Politics is a game of numbers and ideally, you would want to welcome people to your party. “If you look at the constitution of the APC, article 9, you will find out that, unknown to them, you can go to your ward and register or you can even do online registration and the essence of this is to ensure that nobody is deprived. “When Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu among others were putting the party together, the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki was not there and nowhere to be found; so how do you expect a man who should be a beneficiary of a house that he helped to build be stopped from gaining access into the house? “However, knowing the rules, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu went to his ward chairman, Mr. Ogbebor in Ugboko ward in Orhiomwon to say himself among his teaming followers were coming back home, and he was given the party card. “The party chairman brought him a party card and the day he was declaring, he raised up his card and said ‘gentlemen, what I am doing is just a mere ceremony’ but the truth about it is that he has actually gone to his ward to register, he openly tendered his party card and they were shocked. “What these people don’t understand is that in the APC constitution, there is even an alternative which is the online option and so, Pastor OsagieIze-Iyamu applied. “Nobody can quarrel with the online registration because he has the slip, the registration number, his name is on the portal of the party. “Again, unknown to these renegades, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu does not really need to rely on that card because with his online registration, nobody can challenge his membership of the party.” “What they are doing is an exercise in futility,” he added. Source: https://dailypost.ng/2020/05/29/apc-nobody-can-challenge-my-membership-status-pastor-osagie-ize-iyamu/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Edo Poll: Quit Now, You Won't Win Primary, Former Commissioner Advises Obaseki by Clevite(op): 6:24am On May 28, 2020 |
Former Edo State Education Commissioner, Gideon Obhakhan, examines the factors that will shape the All Progressive Congress (APC) primary in the Southsouth state. If I were Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State today, I will simply walk away and not participate in the race to return as governor of Edo State for a second tenure. The reason is simple. All odds are against him, he has lost the four Aces and there is no Joker in the pack. He has neither the capacity nor the temperament to remedy the situation. As a gallant fighter, I’d rather not be disgraced out of office. I’d take solace in the popular saying that he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. The open battle to oust the current governor of Edo State began over a year ago with few individuals coming together to demand that the governor retraces his steps and pulls the party together, rather than pick and choose who he talks to or works with within the political class. The governor simply waived the idea off and continued to call politicians unprintable names, and their expressed frustrations were seen like the rantings of an ant. Little did Obaseki know that what started like a little tea party will eventually become one of his greatest nightmares as governor of Edo State. Somehow, I am tempted to excuse Mr. Governor’s posture because as an unknown political quantity in 2016, he couldn’t have known how difficult it was for the political class to make him governor of Edo State. To him, it was a simple command from the then governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. It is almost obvious now that he didn’t know that the seemingly easy project was as a result of long years of selfless service to the people, respect for the political class and conscious, tireless effort towards working with every Tom, Dick, and Harry. In trying to resolve the issues that became glaring when the battle took shape, Obaseki has ended up with too mistakes and has offended too many people who cannot genuinely forgive him between now and June 22, a day fixed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for their party primaries. He has obviously gotten and unfair share of bad advice from his co-travelers. The list is endless but I guess a few deserve some mention here. The first shocker and I must say the most embarrassing to me as an Edo indigene was the nocturnal inauguration of nine out of 24 members-elect, which till date has continued unchanged. Next was the State sponsored violence against the members-elect that dared to condemn their exclusion from the process that they were legally entitled having won their elections in their respective constituencies. The battle continued and at a certain stage became violent with bombs being thrown into houses of certain leaders, as well as wanton destruction of property across the stage. At some point there was an open and direct order (with video evidence) from the governor to deal with any person seen gathering under the platform of the now defunct Edo People’s Movement, EPM. The order was further extended to the revered national chairman of the party who was asked to take permission from Mr. Governor each time he need to visit Edo State. The deputy governor even admonished the Inspector General of Police to arrest Comrade Oshiomhole within this same period. When all these efforts didn’t yield the kind of results that Obaseki wanted, he decided to change the strategy a little bit. I believe he was advised that when he is able to remove the national chairman who was being accused of sponsoring the so-called greedy politicians, his problems will be over. He threw in all he got to achieve the removal of the national chairman of the party. The support at some point transcended the borders of Edo State towards the North and other parts of the country culminating in a court judgement ordering the APC national chairman to stop parading himself as the governor of Edo State. This became the celebrated highpoint of Obaseki’s battles. However, that order was set aside by the Appeal Court and today Comrade Adams Oshiomhole remains the chairman of the party. Very recently, the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC, in the discharge of their lawful duties, released the timetable for its primaries as well as the mode of primaries. They decided that the mode of primaries shall be the direct, which means all card carrying members of APC are expected to come out to vote their preferred candidate on the 22nd of June 2020. This decision has surprisingly sparked off some debate across the State with Obaseki and his followers vehemently opposed to it. Even the suspended APC State chairman, Anselm Ojezua came out to say he has decided that the mode of primaries shall be indirect and the reason he gave was that it is not safe to conduct direct primaries in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The reason he gave has become a source of comic relief for Edo State citizens who are wondering whether or not, INEC will also be advised to conduct indirect elections on September 19, 2020. The same government who is talking of the risk of COVID-19 is allowing markets to open and transact their businesses in large numbers when compared to the potential number of party members that will come out for a few hours to exercise their franchise on a chosen date. The final straw that broke the camel’s back was the recent show of statesmanship, courage, and wisdom by the aspirants under the APC platform such as Dr. Pius Odubu, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, Chief Solomon Edebiri, Prof. Ebegue Amadasun, Hon. Saturday Uwuilekhue, and Hon. Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma – they all decided on a consensus candidate in the person of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and agreed to work with him. You hardly find this kind of commitment anywhere in the world, where supposed opponents completely drop their personal ambition to support a single person and work together in unity for the achievement of a common purpose. This to me, deserves some commendation. It also calls to mind, how governor Godwin Obaseki will get these people to his side if with some magic wand he gets the ticket of the party. Will it not be political suicide for the party to hand over its flag to such an unpopular candidate? These scheming, comments, and more leave one with no option but to ask, “ain’t the game over for Obaseki?” Is the handwriting on the wall not clear enough? Does he need any more dose of the sort of advice he has enjoyed all these while? Will they urge him on to contest in the face of imminent defeat? The answers to these questions are obvious. The game is up. This may be his last chance to quit honourably. I sincerely advise him to do just that. Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/edo-poll-can-obaseki-win-apc-primary/ |
| Politics › Re: Ize-Iyamu Collects APC Governorship Nomination Form by Clevite(m): 6:51pm On May 27, 2020 |
OJEEMAH:Was the President's party not in jeopardy in Zamfara and Rivers? What intervention did he make to reign in the warring factions before they both ruined themselves through court actions? Was his party's victory not in jeopardy in Ogun when he did not come out clear to declare his support for his party man but welcomed Amosun's candidate under the banner of another party to Aso Villa? Didn't he know that his party's victory would be in jeopardy in Imo when Okorocha tore the party into two by going ahead to sponsor his in-law under another party like Amosun did in Ogun? Was Buhari's APC not in jeopardy when he went to campaign in both States and was telling them to vote for any Governorship candidate of their choice, not campaigning emphatically for APC candidates, right at APC rally? Buhari has not shown himself to be the kind of personality that has the political clout to stamp his feet on the ground to declare his support for any side of a conflict and call the other side to order. Kogi election went that way because of Tinubu's intervention when things got to climax. It was an open secret how Yaya Bello had to rush to Bourdillon to plead with Tinubu. Tinubu's influence on Oshiomole and his calling on James Faleke to support Bello's candidacy was two major game changers in Kogi State. It is not about Buhari at all. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: What Radio Station Is The Best For News And Politics? by Clevite(m): 7:06pm On May 26, 2020 |
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| Politics › Re: Edo Gubernatorial :direct Or Indirect Primaries by Clevite(m): 3:38pm On May 25, 2020 |
Let's even forget about the constitutionality or not of such a law for now, which I believe would never take the court more than a blink of an eye to throw to the dustbin, if it was challenged, which would surely be challenged. Let's address the applicability of such law, were it to be made. Such law would affect indirect primaries more than it could affect direct one. Direct primary is more or less like the major election. It is not conducted in a confined space. It is done at open spaces. So, the issue of not gathering more than 100 persons in a confined space cannot even arise. Party members are not camped as it is always done in indirect primaries where delegates need to be camped. Card-carrying members of the party in each ward can be easily arranged to vote in a group of not more than 50 persons per unit. It is easily possible, moreso that such election is always done at open places, even beside main roads like regular elections. Party-member voters will just come from their various houses at their respective units to vote and that's all. It's not a complex process at all. Indirect election usually involves thousands of accredited delegates elected and selected from various units and wards. And it is not always done at open spaces but in confined places like stadiums, hotels, events centers, etc. As a matter of of fact, each aspirant often camp their would-be voters in hotels days before the primary election, having wooed them with money. We know how they do camp delegates in their hundreds and thousands before election and move them enmass to the election center on the D-day. Now tell me how such a law would not work against Obaseki himself. Because he would need to camp his trusted delegates. Obaseki would shoot himself in the leg if he dared make such a draconian law. |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 10:44am On May 24, 2020 |
moderatedguy:The REC is a PDP man?! And so? So, the REC will make Obaseki win party primaries which the REC will not organise but just observe? Or he would help Obaseki secure PDP's ticket after he might have been defeated in APC's primaries? You made me laugh. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 10:39am On May 24, 2020*. Modified: 12:17pm On May 24, 2020 |
Charly68:Perhaps he overestimated himself due to his power as a sitting Governor. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 10:30am On May 24, 2020 |
duwdu:You're right. We'll get there. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 3:05pm On May 23, 2020 |
duwdu:Yes. Above is just a synopsis of Saraki's subterfuge nature. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 2:59pm On May 23, 2020 |
Charly68:To me, Obaseki is fighting a lost battle already. I hope I'm proved wrong eventually. But if the dynamics remain unchanging as currently ongoing till the primary election, which doesn't appear to be largely in his favour, then Obaseki may have to be working on Plan B outside APC. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 2:51pm On May 23, 2020 |
duwdu:They have been doing it already. And he doesn't care who among them is right or wrong. Whoever among the name droppers has enough wits and mussles to win over the other in the rough game is acceptable to the man Buhari. Think about how Amosun presented his candidate on another party platform against all his party's internal decorum. At the end of the day, what did Buhari do? He received Akinlade, Amosun's Guber candidate under another party, with an open embrace at Aso Rock. He almost lifted up the hands of the man at the APC rally in Abeokuta Stadium. He did similar thing in Imo State with Okorocha's candidate. At the end of the day, Buhari told everyone of them in both States to go and vote for whoever they liked! Imagine that!! At APC's rally!!! Buhari's political philosophy seems to be 'The end justifies the means', it doesn't matter what manner of means it is. So, for Obaseki or anyone to think that Buhari is on the Governor's side, willy-nilly, will be politically suicidal for the man Obaseki. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 2:28pm On May 23, 2020*. Modified: 5:06pm On May 23, 2020 |
duwdu:Truly said. Actually, Buhari's non-challance is partly an attempt to prove that he is now a repentant democrat as he described himself in the build up to the 2015 election. It is, however, largely a manifestation of attitudinal weakness. Buhari doesn't only show this weakness in political and State affairs; he does even in his family matters as revealed many times in Aisha's outcries, leaving his wife and family at the mercy of cabals and allowing the weel of State governance to be rolling at the dictates of the powers around him. Everyone of them keeps running country affairs gleefully while Buhari silently looks on as if he is helpless. |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 7:48am On May 23, 2020 |
maidstone:That is the more proof that Buhari is not politically cunning. A politically savvy President would have known the kind of person that would give him trouble and wouldn't have supported him to become a Senate President, in any way. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 7:42am On May 23, 2020*. Modified: 10:44am On May 23, 2020 |
nzeobi:As if you were not on this planet then, Saraki's Senate was an opposition within the ruling Party's Government. Virtually every policy of Buhari's APC-led government received the stiffest opposition it couldn't have received if it was a Senate headed and dominated by opposition party. During Saraki's reign, he did not only collaborate with the opposition by having one of them as his Deputy, he gave a solid backing to PDP in the National Assembly so much that opposition had a free reign, despite being the minority, countering almost every policy of the Executive, whether it was in the interest of the country or not. Under Saraki, many legislators from the ruling party became an opposition against the Party that produced them. They were galvanized by Saraki to go against the interests of the APC-led Executive. In fact, they even threatened to impeach the President at some point on flimsy grounds. No ruling party since the advent of democracy had had it so rough under their own Senate President as APC had under Saraki. In short, under Saraki, the ruling party became an opposition and the opposition became the ruling party in the National Assembly. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 6:58am On May 23, 2020 |
maidstone:Buhari cunning? In politics? May be when you are talking about religion or ethnicity. But in politics, Buhari is no where near the attribute 'cunning'. Where was the cunning Buhari when Saraki manipulated his way into becoming the Senate President and almost used the Senate to pull down his government, but for the political intervention of people like Tinubu and Adams Oshiomole as a dogged Party Chairman? 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 6:55am On May 23, 2020 |
Buhari cunning? In politics? May be when you are talking about religion or ethnicity. But in politics, Buhari is no where near the attribute 'cunning'. Where was the cunning Buhari when Saraki manipulated his way into becoming the Senate President and almost used the Senate to pull down his government, but for the political intervention of people like Tinubu and Adams Oshiomole as a dogged Party Chairman? 11 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 6:41am On May 23, 2020*. Modified: 8:16am On May 23, 2020 |
maidstone:If Buhari didn't intervene then because he wanted to be re-elected, you think that he would be interested now that he has nothing at stake? See, Buhari's intervention or no intervention is not a matter of being re-elected. It is just his nature. Buhari has shown since 2015 that when it comes to party politicking, he is taciturn, indifferent, detached and aloof. He doesn't care. If he do, he would have intervened in Obaseki-Oshiomole's fisticuffs from onset; not just now. It took the prevailing of APC Governors on him before he showed any sign of intervention in the crisis that ensued during the attempts to remove Oshiomole as Party Chairman. 11 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 6:17am On May 23, 2020 |
maidstone:Like the so-called Presidency was behind Amosun abi? Or like it was behind Okorocha? Keep guessing. Buhari's Presidency has demonstrated for long that it has no interest in whatever goes on in this kind of tussle at States' Party levels. And Edo's case is not going to be different. 27 Likes 3 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 6:04am On May 23, 2020 |
This is expected. No one should expect Obaseki to go easy. Even if he is going down eventually, he is not going down easy. Obaseki is going to fight it dirty. 12 Likes |
| Crime › Re: Ondo Court Stops Cleric From Marrying 16-year-old Girl by Clevite(op): 5:35am On May 23, 2020 |
A people's culture and traditions cannot be detached from founding origin. |
| Politics › Obaseki: APC's NWC Has No Power To Decide Mode Of Primary In Edo by Clevite(op): 5:15am On May 23, 2020 |
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki says the All Progressives Congress’ National Working Committee has no power to decide how the party governorship primary in state will be conducted.Source : https://punchng.com/apc-nwc-cant-decide-edo-primary-mode-obaseki-tells-oshiomhole/ 2 Likes
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| Crime › Re: Ondo Court Stops Cleric From Marrying 16-year-old Girl by Clevite(op): 4:31am On May 23, 2020 |
serverconnect:Another murder case prevented. |
| Crime › Ondo Court Stops Cleric From Marrying 16-year-old Girl by Clevite(op): 2:57am On May 23, 2020 |
A family court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has stopped an Islamic cleric, Yusuf Lateef, from forcefully marrying a 16-year-old girl (names withheld). It was gathered that the defendant approached the girl’s parents to marry their daughter in 2019 when the girl was 15 but the girl refused. The parents had allegedly forced her to accept the proposal and a day was fixed for the marriage. Lateef allegedly wanted to take the minor as his ninth wife. Protesting against the development, the teenager reportedly fled their home in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on the day fixed for the marriage with support from her brother who lived in Akure. She was said to have been advised to report the matter at the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development where she was sheltered for some days. It was thereafter that the matter was charged to court in Akure. Both Lateef and the girl’s parents were later arraigned before the family court for breaching the part three of the 2007 Ondo State Child Rights Law. After hearing from both the defendants and the plaintiff, Magistrate Aderemi Adegoroye ruled that the girl be returned to her parents and Lateef be made to sign an undertaking to stay away from her and ensure that she came to no harm. Asked what she wanted to do, the girl said she intended to further her education and be a good woman in future. Reacting to the development, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Titilola Adeyemi, described the judgment as a victory for children in the state. She said, “We are excited at the way the matter went. It will be a warning to everybody that it is a no to child marriage in Ondo State. Child marriage is denying the girl child her future. We must make sure we work for the girl child to realise her future.” Source:https://punchng.com/ondo-court-stops-cleric-from-marrying-16-year-old-girl/ |
| Culture › Christianity Made Our Girls Stop Dancing Naked –Ojirua Of Irrua, Williams Momodu by Clevite(op): 2:33am On May 23, 2020 |
Ojirua of Irrua in Edo State, Williams Okuagban Momodu II, is a 90-year-old who has spent almost 50 years on the throne. The first-class monarch tells Sola Shittu how Christianity has changed some traditions in his domain You ascended the throne about 50 years ago… I ascended the throne in June 1971 when I lost my father. I am preparing for my 50th coronation anniversary in June 2021, by the grace of God. Since I ascended the throne, things have been moving on very well in my domain and there is no problem. Peace reigns and people are trooping into Irrua everytime. If you have known Irrua from 1971 till now, you would know it had never been like this and I thank God for that. I have been able to bring several things to Irrua; we have Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, some private institutions, universities, and a polytechnic, and very soon, we will open another university, Technical University, here. So, I am happy. And what would you describe as the most memorable moments of your coronation day? On my coronation day, I was afraid because I wasn’t sure I would occupy this position till this day. It was a new institution to me and I never expected my father to pass on at that time because I was then a young nurse at the General Hospital, Benin City. Later, I left for another place. It was a very difficult time and our stipend was not like this. At that time, we didn’t call it salary but stipend so we had no choice but to manage the money. I thank my Irrua people don’t allow me to feel any pressure. I don’t ask but they come and say ‘Kabiyesi’ (king), take. God has blessed me with many well-to-do sons and daughters of this land who are at home and abroad. Do you have any significant tradition in the community that you cherish? Yes, we have a lot of them. We have a festival for all our native doctors; it used to be a very big festival during which our virgin girls would parade naked but the church has changed everything. If you were here during that period, you would see naked girls with beads on their waists parading in front of people. Yes, that was the tradition. They danced to my palace here and introduced the festival to me but now Christianity has taken over and most of the traditions are no longer there. Very soon, the Ebilegun will start their own festival and they dance naked. We have a lot of tradition here which modernisation and Christianity have taken away and you can’t force things on people. Everybody does what they like now because of the freedom of religion and we thank God for that. At what age did you ascend the throne of your forefathers? I can’t really remember now but I celebrated my 90th birthday last month. I was born in 1930. But you look younger than your age, what’s the secret? That’s why I told you I’m happy I have good people in my domain. They really care for me, to be frank. I have no problem at all. In Irrua, we have people who are well-to-do; some are abroad and many are in the country but outside Irrua. They are generous to me and I’m grateful to them. What is the history of Irrua? We have a very short history. It started during the time Omo N’Oba lost his first son and as a result of that, he made a rule that nobody should cook and that there should be no smoke. If he saw smoke, he would know people were cooking. He also made a rule that no man should sleep with his wife; he made so many rules that people couldn’t bear. Ewuare I was the one that made the draconian rules then; the present Oba of Benin is Ewuare II. The first man who came here had just got married to the Omo N’Oba’s daughter then and she was pregnant so they decided to leave where they were. Three of them: Irrua, Uromi and Ubiaja came to this place. The three left at the same time. When our fathers moved to this area, they were tired and decided to rest under a palm tree. It was while they were resting that a palm fruit fell on him (Omo N’Oba’s son-in-law) and he picked it up and tasted it. He discovered it was nourishing. So he told his wife that they should not leave this place because it would be a good land. He gave the fruit to the wife to taste and she also confirmed it. Meanwhile, the Oba had sent messengers to pursue them and bring back his daughter. When the messengers got to the, the Oba’s daughter said: ‘Tell my father that we are not coming again. Iruwamene.” The messengers were surprised and they said it was her father that said she should come back and she again said, ‘Iruwamene; tell my father I am no more coming, I am already at home.’ So the other two said, ‘Well, we can’t stay with you here.’ Ubiaja moved on and Uromi followed. So that was the origin of the name – Iruwamene. When the English came, they couldn’t pronounce the name so they shortened it to Irrua; that was how we got the name but the original name was Iruwamene. So we are very close to Benin because the first queen was Omo N’Oba’s daughter. As an agrarian community, what is your major crop here? We are mainly farmers; we produce yam and other farm produce. We are already in the farming season, you can hardly see anybody at home now because they are already on their farms. We are great farmers, we produce our foods, so we are not lazy people. I am also a farmer; I came out of the farm to attend to you, even at my age. Although old age has come, I have people working for me on the farm. I have a small farm at the back of my house and I have already planted my seeds for the season. You mean you still go to farm at this age… (Laughs) We are great farmers, we produce yam, cassava, beans, rice and others. Farming is part of our lives. That’s why you could not find anyone around because we were all on our farms already. Do you have harvest festival? Oh yes, we do. It is usually in the month of November. People bring their yams here for the festival and the whole place is full of yams. We drink and merry from morning till evening to celebrate it. It is our own way of showing gratitude to God for given us good harvest, so harvest festival is in fact one of our key festivals here. I noticed three marks on your face like the tribal marks some Yoruba people have, do you have any link with them? This facial marking started from my grandfather Momodu I. I am Momodu II and the 16th traditional ruler of Irrua. He was a man who travelled a lot. He returned from one of his journeys and said he would like to have the three marks. He used himself as an example by having the marks on his face first. Whenever I travel to Yorubaland, they respect me greatly because of the marks. I studied in Ibadan at Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Eleyele, and each time they spoke Yoruba to me and I said I didn’t understand, they were surprised. I told them that I was a prince from Irrua. It is a great mark of respect in Yorubaland and that’s why I love Yoruba people till now. So I think my grandfather must have come in contact with the marks in Yorubaland and fallen in love with it. I wanted to marry a Yoruba woman then but I couldn’t get enough money. So the marks are still given in the family. I gave my first son the marks and it has been very helpful to us. I have 36 children from five wives. I lost my first wife three months ago. What were you doing before you ascended the throne? I was a nurse at the General Hospital, Benin. I became a nurse after I graduated from the school of nursing at Eleyele in Ibadan. That was the period when Mid-Western State was created. So immediately I finished my programme, they said it would be better for me to go to my state. I later discovered that nursing profession was dominated by women. There was a time I was given a query. They said I was very proud. They said I was a very hard-working man but that I wasn’t obeying my seniors. I said, ‘Go to hell, I am a prince and you are a woman.’ So I resigned in annoyance and took another job at a company that was into oil palm production. It was from there I got to the throne. At the company, I was on daily pay of seven shillings and six pence. It was a lot of money at the time. I live happily like a big man (laughs). Any day you were absent from work, you would not be given money. I was employed as a casual worker; they said they wanted to test me first because I was still very proud as a prince and didn’t tolerate rubbish. In those days, a prince didn’t work; people paid them. Source:https://punchng.com/christianity-made-our-girls-stop-dancing-naked-momodu-ii-ojirua-of-irrua/ |
| Science/Technology › Re: Giant Fish That Lived Around 380 Million Years Ago Found In Sahara Desert (Pix) by Clevite(m): 4:09pm On May 21, 2020 |
380 million years?! Then I should be more than 4, 000 years old already! 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: EDO GUBER: Oyegun Tears Oshiomhole Apart, Wants Him Off Edo Primaries by Clevite(m): 12:33pm On May 21, 2020 |
I knew this kind of politicking would come up as soon as INEC announced the dates of election. I knew the troubled water of Edo politics would start boiling again. Now, two fired shots have already been targeted at Oshiomole within the space of just 24 hours, after INEC's announcement of election timetable; one from Senator Lawal Shuaibu, Deputy National Chairman (North), the other from John Oyegun, former National Chairman. More rumblings in the jungle should be expected from Oshiomole's and Obaseki's camps of Edo APC between now and June 22 Guber primary. It will surely end somewhere. Either of the camps is certain going to win eventually or both will lose in the long run like the cases in Zamfara and Rivers States. |
| Crime › Re: Rivers State Taskforce Allegedly Shoots Female Officer by Clevite(m): 10:19pm On Apr 23, 2020 |
It's pathetic that we are killing one another in Nigeria as a result of this COVID 19 than the pandemic is actually killing its victims. The burden of a nation! |
| Family › Re: Couple Name Their Twins ‘Corona’ And ‘Covid’ In India by Clevite(m): 2:03pm On Apr 03, 2020 |
As for 'CORONA', I can understand. But 'COVID', I can't reason with the parents. 'Corona' is good as a name; only that it has come to be associated with an evil thing. 'Corona' actually means 'Crown'. It's the root word from which the word 'coronation' is formed. 'COVID' is the shortened pronounciation of 'Corona Virus Disease'. To name your child 'Crown', maybe I can understand. But to name your child 'Virus Disease' is what I don't seem to understand with the parents. 1 Like |
| Crime › Two Sentenced To Death For Killing Rofiat Damilola Adebisi, UNIOSUN Student by Clevite(op): 9:09pm On Apr 02, 2020 |
Osogbo – Two persons have been sentenced to death by hanging by Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun for killing a 400-Level student of Osun State University, Ipetu-Ijesa campus.https://www.independent.ng/2-persons-sentenced-to-death-for-murder-of-uniosun-student/ 12 Likes 3 Shares
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| Politics › Re: Edo2020: Mass Defection Looms In Obaseki's Camp As SSA Tenders Resignation by Clevite(m): 11:09pm On Mar 17, 2020 |
Not so good for Obaseki, especially as the party primary draws closer. But how does one person's resignation signal mass defection? 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Oshiomhole Chairs APC NWC Meeting, Says Party Not Divided by Clevite(m): 5:06pm On Mar 17, 2020 |
Meanwhile, what he will do concerning Godwin Obaseki's second term struggle between now and April 6 Edo Guber primary remains within him. 26 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Oshiomhole: Appeal Court Grants Stay Of Execution On Abuja High Court Ruling by Clevite(m): 8:24pm On Mar 16, 2020 |
For whatever reason, if the interim order of the FCT High Court is to have any effect, it is for the purpose of the NEC meeting which the applicants anticipated would hold tomorrow. They had reasoned that since the Chairman had been suspended by the same FCT High Court and the NEC meeting must be presided over by the Chairman in accordance with party Constitution, they sought for the order of the Court to allow Victor Giadom preside over the NEC meeting tomorrow, and all other meetings before the NEC meeting, in the capacity of an Acting Chairman pending the resolution at the NEC meeting on the position of the actual Chairman and pending the hearing of the main suit. The Court adjourned the hearing of the main suit to Friday, March 20. The FCT order making Giadom the Acting Chairman is just for the purpose of presiding over the NEC meeting that could have held tomorrow. Such acting capacity doesn't last beyond this week Friday when the main suit will be heard. It is not an order to make him Acting Chairman permanently. Since the meeting itself didn't hold eventually, unless it would hold before Friday, the position of Goading as Acting Chairman has been rendered ineffective. And if for any reason it would be effective, it doesn't last beyond Friday when the order that made him so will be automatically vacated for the hearing of the main suit. |
