A leaked audio between Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu and a yet to be identified woman has been shared online.
In the audio, the woman criticized Mr. Ibu's adopted daughter, Jasmine for using the actor to gain fame. She also criticized her for having sex with the actor's son after having sex with the actor.
Mr. Ibu admitted to sleeping with Jasmine. He also said he stopped sleeping with her after he discovered that she slept with his son.
This audio is coming amid the ongoing quarrel between Mr. Ibus wife and Jasmine over who controls the money donated by the public for the treatment of Mr. Ibu's ailment.
Petition: Election tribunal reserves judgement against Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat
…adopts written addresses from counsels
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has reserved judgment in the petitions against the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.
The tribunal, led by Justice Arum Igyen Ashom, said it would communicate a date for judgment to the parties after counsels adopted their final written addresses.
Lagos Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor and his Labour Party counterpart, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, are challenging the return of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as well as his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the March 18 governorship elections in Lagos State.
While the two petitioners were absent, the third respondent, Hamzat was present in court on Saturday.
INEC is the first respondent in the petition, while Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat are listed as the second and third respondents respectively. The APC is listed as the fourth respondent.
Adopting his address, Governor Sanwo-Olu’s counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, asked the court to dismiss the petitions of the Labour Party and that of the PDP for lacking in merit and a mere academic exercise.
He noted that there was no reference to the second respondent but instead, the address dwelt on the third respondent.
He said the matter of non-qualification of the deputy governor as claimed by the Labour Party was no issue as the allegation of his renunciation of Nigerian citizenship and the swearing of oath of allegiance to the United States were not sufficiently proven.
Similarly, counsel to APC, Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, contended that the argument of the petitioner about citizenship of the deputy governor were not duly proven by the petitioners.
Olatunji Benson, counsel to Labour Party and its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, asked the tribunal to hold the position of his clients that the deputy governor did not qualify to contest and he and the governor should be removed from office and the petitioner declared as the governor of Lagos State.
Adopting his final written address, counsel to the PDP, Clement Onwuenwunor, argued that “the discrepancies in Sanwo-Olu’s West African Examination Council, WAEC statement of results and the names on the Master’s list provided by WAEC, which is also different from what is on his first and second-degree certificate has vindicated the Petitioner that his WAEC statement of result is in question and lied on oath, and therefore was not qualified to be governor.”
He also argued that Rhodes Vivour whose name did not appear on the updated Membership Register of Labour Party presented to INEC and tendered at the tribunal, also did not qualify him to run for the March 18th Governorship election in Lagos state.
Counsel for INEC, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Charles Edosonwan, in the adoption of his final written address asked the Tribunal to dismiss Rhodes-Viviour’s petition for lack of evidence.
He said, “One of the issues raised by the petitioner is whether the election was conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act? On this issue, we say that they have provided no scintilla of proof to show it wasn’t.
“A petition erected on such an allegation was sought to be proven by 10 witnesses in a state that has 13,325 polling units. The petition is materially challenged.”
Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has said that decisions taken by Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, are in the best interest of Nigerians, IGBERETV reports.
Yul Edochie wrote on his Instagram page;
"As a leader you will see certain things that your people may never see. You will have access to certain information that your people may never have access to. So some of your decisions may not be fully understood by the people, even though they’re in the best interest of the people. You have my support Sir. @officialasiwajubat I know you’re a man of wisdom. May God guide you in all the decisions you take for Nigeria. Best Wishes, Mr. President. THE JAGABAN."
NGOZI KEKWARU, WHO RETURNED $70,000 TO GET FREE CANADA PR
Kekwaru Ngozi Mary who returned $70,000 back to the rightful owner said that she got free Canada PR.
The Eko Hotel and Suites customer care made this known during the NSSPPD service which aired during the testimony segment on Tuesday morning.
Ngozi testified to divine turnaround after she had joined the prayer platform. She noted that her family faced stagnation but that they began to do well and her brother with a first class now has a job as a lecturer in the University of Port Harcourt.
She then told her own story of how she made the headlines for returning the lost $70,000 to the owner. After this, she began to get recognised.
“My other testimony is in God’s favour and lifting. The second week of July 2023, Pastor made a declaration on the altar of fire, he said, “There’s someone here at your office a minute thing will happen, but it will blow you up to the world and I said Amen.”
While describing the moment she saw the money in the safe, she said the first thought that came to her head was, “What will Jesus do? Jesus will not take what does not belong to him” and in that moment, “I took the phone in the room and called my office”.
She continued to explain the journey since the incident, “An International Organisation called me since they know I speak French, they called me, they want to do Canada PR for me for free.”
Ngozi noted the remark of her Local Government chairman who said that he had not seen that kind of integrity.
Recall that Davido reacted to this by contributing $10,000 to her after she returned the misplaced funds at Eko Hotel and Suites. Davido went as far as posting it on his Twitter handle in search of Kekwaru Ngozi Mary.
Kekwaru Ngozi Mary, a staff of Eko Hotels and Suites who returned misplaced $70,000 to a customer in Lagos has been granted free Canada residency as a result of her honesty.