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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed said, on Tuesday, that the sacking of Emeka Ihedioha as the Governor of Imo State by the Supreme Court kept him in fear because he thought the same thing may happen to him.

According to IgbereTV reports, the governor made this revelation while addressing newsmen shortly after his triump at the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Monday January 20 upheld and the election of Mohammed, just one week after the It nullified Ihedioha's election and returned Hope Uzodinma of All Progressives Congress as the duly elected governor of Imo State.

Governor Mohammed said, “The Imo incident is one of such incidents that is a manifestation of a judicial process.

“It was a very painful outcome for me as a PDP member and as a friend to the former governor who was affected.

“It was something unexpected and I knew what happened to him could happen to anybody.

“Certainly, it gave me some fears for the first time, thinking that maybe, the confidence expressed by my competitors had something to do with some assurances in some quarters somewhere, but I still had faith in God."

IgbereTV reports that a Ugandan Imam, Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba of Kyampisi Masjid Noor mosque in Kayunga District tied the knot with his ‘wife’ Ms Swabullah Nabukeera two weeks ago after they met in the same mosque.

But the couple which had not had any sexual intercourse before marriage also spent two weeks of their marriage, without enjoying conjugal rights as the “bride” claimed she was in her menstruation periods.

Mr Mutumba said after his wife claimed to be in her menses, he became patient and waited for her to get better.

However, Nabukeera’s luck ran out after Mr Mutumba’s neighbour claimed that his newly wedded wife had jumped over a wall and stole their television set and clothes.

Mr Mutumba rents a two-roomed house where they had been staying with Nabukeera. However, the wall that separates the two rental rooms did not reach the iron sheets.

The neighbor reported the case at Kayunga Police Station before detectives were dispatched to arrest Ms Nabukeera.

“It was when he was been searched by a female officer that the suspect had stacked clothes in the bra to hoodwink that they were breasts. On further search, we discovered that the suspect had male genitals,” said Mugera.

During interrogations, Nabukeera revealed that his real name is Richard Tumushabe and that he duped Mutumba so as to get his money. He was charged with impersonation, theft and obtaining goods by false pretence.

Nuuru Nabukeera, Tumushabe’s alleged aunt, was also arrested and admitted that Mutumba had paid dowry including two goats, two bags of sugar, a carton of salt and a Koran.

She claimed that she did not know her ‘niece’ was male as she got to know him when he was already an adult.

Former Nigeria Head Of State, General Yakubu Gowon has advised the Federal Government to restructure the country to avert another civil war, IgbereTV reports.

General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), who ruled between 1966 and 1975 spoke at a conference organised by Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo Lagos, in collaboration with civil society organisations in Lagos, to mark 50 years of the end of the civil war in Nigeria with the theme, ‘Never Again: Nigerian Civil War: 50 Years After’.

Gowon, who was the head of state during the period of the war, maintained that at that time, war was inevitable.

Gowon, who was represented at the occasion, emphasised that despite the end of civil war 50 years ago, it still remained a reference point in the country’s political discourse.

He noted that the war posed the greatest threat to the territorial integrity and unity of Nigeria and its promising multi-ethnic federation.

He stressed the importance of creating enabling platforms for dialogue on how the country’s citizens could live together in peace and harmony, as Nigeria cannot survive another civil war.

He declared that it was only in a peaceful atmosphere that Nigeria could witness stability in its politics, economy, security, and development in all spheres, and called on all and sundry to ensure the country averted another civil war.

He said, “Our commitment to Nigeria must be total and patriotic. To me, our Nigeria of today of over 500 ethnic groups of diverse socio-cultural and religious colourations and spread across 774 local government areas and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is worthy of your support and defence."

In his remarks, Sen. Banji Akintoye, the co-chairman of the event, expressed the fears that the current mood among Nigerians was similar to that of 1966 when the war broke out, stressing that the nation’s affairs were being unfairly managed by a section of the country.

He said: “There seems to be an agenda being pursued to establish this minority in all positions of command in the executive, administrative, judicial, and security services of our country."

“The voices of the minority register protests continually and are continually disrespected and ignored."

“The state of our law is patently being submerged to the needs of that agenda, with seriously damaging effects on human rights."

“These situations are inevitably fostering, among the peoples of the Middle Belt and South of our country, the feeling that they are being reduced to the status of conquered people in Nigeria.”

ojun50:
our dad them fear them.

So I was helping daddy pack out stuff from the old wardrobe today because he got a new one made and boom this book falls out of an old file…. I’m still in shock of the contents of the book….. Pls who is jide taiwo?!!!!!