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ABA—Policemen believed to be attached to the Police Mobile Force, PMF 55 Squadron, Aba, have clashed with residents of Unity Garden Estate, Osisioma Ngwa council, Abia State, over who has the right to occupy the estate. A section of the Estate, serves as the base of the PMF 55 Squadron, while civilian residents occupy the larger part.

The PMF 55 which was formerly located at Nsulu Games Village in Isiala Ngwa North council was relocated to the estate at the height of the kidnapping incidents which swept through Aba and its environs in 2009.

Vanguard gathered that the Policemen, who were formerly living at the abandoned Enyimba hotel in Ogbor Hill, were ordered to vacate the area to give way to rehabilitation work on the hotel.

But faced with inadequate accommodation, the policemen soon stormed the estate and sacked some residents.

As at the time Vanguard visited the area, some policemen were stranded with their families.

Some of the residents of the estate, including Virginus Eke, said, ‘the Policemen invaded our houses asking us to vacate. Some of us lost our houses while others were asked to vacate some of the rooms in their houses for policemen and their families.

“What they did to us is inhuman. We rehabilitated some of the buildings in this estate before packing in. We pay rent to the owners of the estate and do not deserve this ill treatment. Where do they want us to go after using our money to rehabilitate the estate?”

When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ogbonnaya Nta, said the Estate is for Policemen.

According to him,”The Estate is for the Police as directed. No civilian is allowed to live in the estate with the Police. But the Commander, MOPOL 55 Squadron has shown mercy on them and asked those with families and occupying two rooms to vacate one and stay in one while looking for accommodation.”
Source http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/police-residents-clash-estate-aba/

Why wasn't it revealed after his first term in Office when Gov. Wike was his Chief Of Staff? We are tired of media accusation, channel ur accusation to EFCC and let d investigation begin.

Road leading to Ariaria Int'l Market Aba.

Dear Nairalanders, pls, I need your assistance in my assignment.
Question: State the Applicable Laws in Nigeria, their sources and the application of each of the stated laws with regards to i. Legislature ii. Judiciary iii. Executive.
Learned men, help me out.

Dear Nairalanders, pls, I need your assistance in my assignment.
Question: State the Applicable Laws in Nigeria, their sources and the application of each of the stated laws with regards to i. Legislature ii. Judiciary iii. Executive.
Learned men, help me out.

Dear Nairalanders, pls, I need your assistance in my assignment.
Question: State the Applicable Laws in Nigeria, their sources and the application of each of the stated laws with regards to i. Legislature ii. Judiciary iii. Executive.
Learned men, help me out.

What happened to his voice when his brother was president? What happened to his voice when he wasn't a senator?

11+13+3!

Dear N'Landers, please I need your assistance. I have been having this discomfort in my head for over 8months. It really makes each day unbearable. I have visited different hospitals, they have conducted several tests and prescribed several medications all to no avail. I need help urgently.

Dear Nairalanders, a colleague of mine needs help urgently. He went to collect his original WAEC result from the school he wrote the exam and he discovered there was an error on the result. Instead of Male, his result was showing female. How can the mistake be corrected?
Candid advice needed.

Pls where is the train station in Portharcourt?

Is Wike not taking credit for the jobs Amaechi did in Rivers State?

If he feels Rivers state is a PDP state, he should stop approaching the court and contest a fresh election. He said he will win if election is conducted 100 times, he should come and prove it rrather than wasting his time in court.

Madness doesn't start in a day. It's a gradual process.

Nigeria Police still dey look for Shekau over 5yrs.

Mourinho remains the Happy One. Arsene Wenger hasn't won half of the trophies Mourinho has won. So, mourinho is qualifies to refer him as "specialist in failure" inspite of Chelsea's current poor performance. Make wenger win Premiership if him no be failure

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I have been trying to register my betslip but it keeps saying undecided.

Is she a Nigerian? I remember my parents used to drag us to school for our teachers to flog us when we do wrong at home.

They can walk to hell. Afterall, those that wanted to stone the prostitute in d bible walked away when Jesus asked anyone who hasn't sinned to cast the first stone at her. They are also guilty of the accusations against Amaechi.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Rivers State, Chief Anabs Sara-
Igbe, spoke to select journalists on April 11,
2015 governorship election in Rivers State
where he declared that rather than being a
free and fair elections, it was used to turn
the state into killing field. He also alleged
that an Ikwerre man taking over power
meant other groups in the state were being
excluded from power which violated the
sharing formula. He dismissed allegations of
former governor Rotimi Amaechi being
corrupt and challenged Wike who he
accused of running a government of in-laws
and extended family to come clean of being
corrupt himself. He also spoke on other
issues. Jaiyeola Andrews presents the
excerpts
How do you see Rivers State under former
Governor Rotimi Amaechi
To be fair, as a Rivers man, I will say that the first
term of Rotimi Amaechi was better than the
second term.
What accounted for that?
In the first term of Rotimi Amaechi, he came in
with the zeal to develop the state and
developments were seen in every part of the
state. But the second tenure was politics all
through. So, we didn’t see much of him.
Who would you blame for that?
There is nobody to blame because when you are
the leader, you take responsibility for whatever
that happens - whether you have problem with
somebody or not, it doesn’t matter. That is why
you are a leader. You must take decisions and
look at decisions that will give you a name. You
write your name in gold. So, controversy could be
avoided if you see it from afar and try and make
yourself a good leader.
Are you currently in the APC?
I am a PDP member.
Why did you abandon your friend, Nyesom Wike,
while vying for the governorship of Rivers State?
It is all about ideology and policy. As a person, I
joined politics as far back as 1979 to ensure that
there is egalitarianism in the society to make sure
that every part of the country is carried along,
particularly, Rivers State, where I come from,
should also benefit from the proceed from
government.
In spite of your opposition to Wike’s election, the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) declared him winner of the April 11, 2015,
governorship election in Rivers State. How do you
feel about the development?
It is unfortunate! If you are talking about
transparency, talking about free and fair election,
that election was not free and fair. There was no
election at all in Rivers state.
Do you have facts?
I was there live. What we had was killings,
beheading of human beings, shooting of guns,
harassment, and fortunately, I was involved. I was
directly there. And if not for two characters that
saved the situation to some extent, it would have
been something else.
Who are they?
They are Major General Emmanuel Atewe, the JTF
commander and the then Commissioner of Police
in Rivers State, Karma. The two gentlemen’s
intervention saved the state from being destroyed
because if not for the likes of General Atewe who
was ensuring that arms that were brought in
were not freely used, despite that they were used
because there were compromises from some of
the JTF commanders in the state. And the police
also had compromise. But even at that, these two
gentlemen had an outstanding contribution to
make sure that the guns were not freely used.
There was no election. For instance, in Abonema,
a day to the election, it was gun battle
throughout and the JTF were there, the police
were there and nothing was done. And during the
election, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) was
assaulted and his head was broken. Is it in Etche?
Are we talking of Buguma where somebody was
beheaded?
Are you serious?
Yes.
Daylight?
Daylight and INEC office was burnt with the
materials. Where again do you want to talk of? Is
it in Kula where they confiscated the police gun
boats? Police gun boats were being used by
militants to terrorise the people and canes were
used to flog them. Is it in Okrika where they were
killing and beating people? So, it was across the
state.
Who brought in the militants?
Of course, it was very clear because people were
doing things with impunity. The then First Lady is
one of the persons who said it must be this way,
it must not be that way. She interfered a lot with
the security agencies and interfered with
everybody. Wike is also part of it because he
wanted to become governor by all means. And
some other persons like the party chairman of the
PDP who was talking as if there is no tomorrow.
Obuah?
Yes, Felix Obuah, that was talking as if there is no
tomorrow and that everything starts and ends
there. And the impunity with which they were
going about the whole thing - the Commissioner
of Police was compromised before Karma was
brought in. So, a lot of things happened and as a
PDP member, I am not too happy because I
expected that there was going to be a free and
fair election and whoever wins, we would know
that the person wins.
Considering the level of impunity that happened
during the election, what should the government
do?
All along, I have been saying that the election was
not free and fair and that we are waiting for the
tribunal to do justice to it.
To nullify the elections?
Yes. It is not only me that said so because even
the observers, both local and foreign, also
witnessed it. What we are saying is that the
situation was like a civil war and an election is not
supposed to be done that way. Most of the results
were hand written and thumb printing was even
done days after the election. The INEC
commissioner compromised her position and a lot
of people called for her transfer. But that was not
even done. If what we saw in Rivers State is what
we call election, then it is unfortunate.
What do you think the Buhari administration owes
the Rivers people?
It is not just Rivers State. The entire country has
very high hopes and expectations. We hope that
he would be able to look at the economy, security
and unemployment. These are the three major
problems we have in this country. The oil
companies have not done well, but we are happy
with the way he is trying to fast track the Ogoni
clean-up. The clean-up of the Ogoni should be
applicable to the entire Niger Delta communities
where the oil is exploited because what Ogoni
faces is what all the people are facing.
What role did Peter Odilli play in the election?
Peter Odilli has been in the wilderness for a while.
He kept himself until the recent election when
birds of the same feathers flocked together and
he came back. Some of us thought as an elder, as
a former governor, he would be able to come up
with good ideas and instill discipline, but what he
did was to encourage impunity, what he was
used to doing. And my fear with the kind of
people that came together is that we are going to
have a play back of 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004
during his era when criminality was very high,
militancy also high and inter-communal crises
were also high. These are the characteristics that
I suspect Rivers State would witness if the
tribunal does not throw away Wike. The rate of
kidnapping would increase; the rate of robbery
would increase because the Bible says the devil
cannot cast out another devil. If you look at the
House of Assembly too, the House is mainly
composed of ex-militants. So, what kind of laws
will the ex-militants give to the state?
What is the state of security in the state?
I don’t stay there regularly. I only visit and come
out. I learnt the security situation is very poor,
which was what I predicted. I have nothing
against Wike, but with the way he was going
about it, that was the only problem I have
because in Rivers State, we have the zoning
arrangement. We thought that will instill
confidence within us, a situation where all the
ethnic groups would have opportunity to govern
the state. But for Wike to demonstrate to us the
Ikwerre dominance in Rivers State, will cause
more problems because within a space of time,
we had Omehia as governor, an Ikwerre man,
handing over to another Ikwerre man, Amaechi
and Amaechi handing over to another man, Wike
and Wike is planning to hand over to another
Ikwerre man. It will not augur well.
Do you foresee chaos if the tribunal declares Dr
Dakuku Peterside as the rightfully elected
governor of Rivers State?
I don’t see how the tribunal can also declare
Dakuku Peterside. What we expect the tribunal to
do is to cancel the election and order for re-
election because there was no election. I am
confident that under Buhari, there would be a
free and fair election.
And Dakuku would win?
Dakuku would win not because of the APC, but
because of zoning. We believe in zoning and we
believe that power must rotate amongst the
various ethnic groups and a lot of people are in
that school of thought. And if you look at the two
characters, Dakuku and Wike, one would say that
Dakuku is more cool-headed, visionary, level-
headed and humble, compared to the arrogance,
the impunity and the desperation we are seeing
in Wike.
How do you see Wike’s accusation that Amaechi
is corrupt?
If Wike should accuse Amaechi of being corrupt,
it is laughable. I am saying it is laughable because
five months into Amaechi’s administration, Wike
was accused of having N5 billion in his account
and the Economic and Financial Commission
(EFCC) went after him. Unfortunately, Amaechi
ordered for a demonstration and the EFCC left
Wike alone. So, if today, the same man that
Amaechi was trying to save is accusing him of
corruption, then except he comes out with clear
facts for Rivers people to see, they would not
believe him. And before now, the Rivers people
were interested in hearing I will expose the Abuja
politicians, and if you talk, I will talk. That is what
the Rivers people expected and that was not
done. So, if Wike who was in the nucleus of
Amaechi’s administration is accusing Amaechi of
corruption, then what will he say of himself? It
means he is also corrupt. Secondly, if you look at
the amount of money that was expended during
and after the election, one would wonder where
he got the money from. I challenge Wike to come
up with facts to show that Amaechi is corrupt. It
is not sufficient to make wild, baseless and
unsubstantiated allegations. We know Wike and
his cohorts as experts in propaganda for political
advantage.
How do you see the appointments made by Wike
so far?
Before now, I predicted that they were running
an Ikwerre agenda. And since he came in, all the
key appointments he made, 80 percent of them
are Ikwerre. That shows that he does not mean
well for the state and he is planning to handover
to another Ikwerre man. The ones that are not
Ikwerre are either his in-laws or extended
relatives. This government is driven by nepotism.



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"Don't behave like the kind of CTC chairmen we are appointing, who always fight over fund. The Chairman would go to bank with the Council treasurer for fund while the Members would ambush them" – Gov. Nyesom Wike Few weeks after Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike was sworn in as governor of Rivers State and he earnestly embarked on a borrowing spree, the Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, came out to warn that Rivers people had ended up in a ‘One Chance Bus’ with Governor Wike as the driver. Typical of the infamous ‘one chance’ phenomenon that leaves tears and blood in its wake, the passengers [this time the people and residents of Rivers State] are destined for either loss of personal effects and belongings or outright crash in which only the driver and his cohorts maneuvers themselves to safety with the loot from the people, dead or alive. Again, about two weeks ago, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC] in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, after observing the persons appointed as Caretaker Council Chairmen and members by Gov. Nyesom Wike, raised alarm warning that most of the appointees have criminal disposition. Following that statement by Dr. Peterside, the CTC Chairmen threatened to sue Dr. Peterside except he recalled his statement and apologized to them. Of course, Dr. Dakuku Peterside ignored them knowing full well that their threat was empty and of no significance. Just yesterday [Thursday], Governor Nyesom Wike, while inaugurating the re-constituted Rivers State Pilgrims Welfare Board, told the world that he appointed thieves as CTC Chairmen and members. But most worrisome to the APC is the fact that Governor Wike only mentioned something as grave as that just in passing. Again the continuous nature of his statement [‘Don't behave like the kind of CTC chairmen we are appointing, who always fight over fund] clearly shows that Governor Wike has no remorse for his indiscretion in appointment and he is likely to continue appointing thieves into the CTCs. However, most significant is the fact that up till this moment, Governor Nyesom Wike has not removed any of the thieves [which he confirmed by himself yesterday] from office. The APC is forced to ask: “Is this a case of birds of the same plumage flocking together?” The APC knows that Governor Wike will not continue to have the luxury of appointing his acolytes with dubious and criminal nature into the CTCs; an end to that despicable anomie is already in sight, just a matter of time makes the difference. Finally, the APC would like to ask Governor Nyesom Wike to learn from the gloom and doom awaiting his Godfather, former President Goodluck Jonathan and remember that morning will always come when he will be made to account for what he and his cohorts did while in office, irrespective of how short the period was. Chris Finebone State Publicity Secretary

where is is the take-off point in Portharcourt? i mean where is the rail station?