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Irony1:
Oga you are not from and neither are you resident in Anambra state. So you have no clue of the situation on ground. You are simply being mischievous and trying to incite hate against PO because he was a former governor of the state. Soludo knows clesrly you havr to provide adequate security befote people can feel safe to go to the markets, because these guys just act randomly and no can be safe based on that.
Bros this format of propaganda has failed look for another scope abeg.

Irony1:
You love to lie too much and spread propaganda. Give it a rest, concern yourself with what concerns you

Irony1:
Guy i don't need to provide anything. Any smart person knows that Soludo goofed big time, he failed to address the elephant in the room which is taking necessary measures to assure people of safety. You are not a dictator to force people like that

Irony1:
So going by your logic, if i rent a shop in Balogun market and i decide for safety reasons not to open on particular days government has right to force me without even providing basic security abi? You people need a psych evaluation walahi

Irony1:
You just love to lie too much.

Today, I have ordered the shut down of the Onitsha Main Market for one week due to the protracted economic sabotage cloaked as "Monday sit-at-home". Going forward, this order would apply to any other market in Anambra that shuts down on Monday.

This action is not taken lightly,… pic.twitter.com/8qtTYUFKph

— Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO, CFR (@CCSoludo) January 26, 2026

greatiyk4u:
These are for the media, we are on ground and have first hand information how it was achieved

Remember someone was murdered in Ogbere market protest against the Gov order?

Till date Nsukka timber and building materials markets are partially operational on Mondays

greatiyk4u:
what Enugu did was to keep the market open with enough security for those who want to open to open their shops while forcing the civil servants to resume their duties, things eased off gradually because currently, students in rural areas of Enugu don't go to schools on Monday.

naptu2:
Governor Peter Mba Of Enugu State Shuts 106 Shops And 2 Banks For Observing The
https://www.nairaland.com/7777151/governor-peter-mba-enugu-state

Governor Mbah of Enugu State shut down markets, banks, etc and it worked. They now open on Mondays.


Enugu Gov Threatens To Revoke License Of Traders Observing Sit-At-Home
https://www.nairaland.com/7768778/enugu-gov-threatens-revoke-license


BREAKING: No More Sit-at-home In Enugu, Peter Mbah Declares
https://www.nairaland.com/7711786/breaking-no-more-sit-at-home-enugu

greatiyk4u:
Alex Otti is doing everything possible to attract investors and empower and support SMEs and another Professor of Economics in Anambra is discouraging investors and forcing more SIT AT HOME days that he claims cost Anambra economy N8B pushing young traders back to the street to start immoral lifestyle again.

This is a man kneeling down for the traders during campaign.......what Enugu did was to keep the market open with enough security for those who want to open to open their shops while forcing the civil servants to resume their duties, things eased off gradually because currently, students in rural areas of Enugu don't go to schools on Monday.

Today, I have ordered the shut down of the Onitsha Main Market for one week due to the protracted economic sabotage cloaked as "Monday sit-at-home". Going forward, this order would apply to any other market in Anambra that shuts down on Monday.

This action is not taken lightly,… pic.twitter.com/8qtTYUFKph

— Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO, CFR (@CCSoludo) January 26, 2026

“Onitsha Main Market is state property. Those granted shops must open on Mondays or forfeit them. We will not surrender our economy to saboteurs.” - Evarist Ubah, SPAD Markets & Trade |”Voices of Ndi Anambra”|#Vona#EndSitAtHome #TakeBackOurMonday pic.twitter.com/MRbxjtRaVY

— Anambra State New Media (@AnambraNewMedia) January 28, 2026

“Onitsha Main Market is state property. Those granted shops must open on Mondays or forfeit them. We will not surrender our economy to saboteurs.” - Evarist Ubah, SPAD Markets & Trade |”Voices of Ndi Anambra”|

“The fear excuse is gone. Soludo has secured Anambra. If Onitsha residents can play street football and exercise on fields, and go clubbing on Mondays, then their empty shops are not about fear, it is economic sabotage. We are taking our Mondays back." - Evarist Ubah.

ADC! ADC!! ADC!!!
How many times did I call you?🙄
This is not how to build credibility o!!!🤡
Please show me evidence of when I joined your party!!🤔
Na wa....
@BolajiADC @AishaYesufu

It is important to point out that not everyone on the ADC Policy and Manifesto Committee is a member of the ADC. Many are not even politicians.

This is because the ADC believes that the task of developing workable public policies for the benefit of all Nigerians should not be left to politicians alone.

During our vetting process, we took all necessary measures to ensure that everyone recommended to serve on this important committee was duly notified and had given their consent.

We hope that Ms. Adamolekun will agree to serve on this committee because of her vast experience — even though she is not a member of our party.

Since you want to engage me here without the courtesy of a call to apologise for this gross oversight, I'll respond here.
No, I'm not interested in serving on a Committee where a simple vetting process is complicated & no one is taking responsibility for the error.
Blessings!🌸

PRESS STATEMENT

ADC Announces Composition of 50-Member Wise Men and Women Policy and Manifesto Committee

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced the constitution of its 50-member Wise Men and Women Policy and Manifesto Committee, following the approval of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

The committee was approved by the National Chairman of the ADC, His Excellency, Senator David A. B. Mark, GCON, in line with the party’s commitment to building a credible, people-centred, and forward-looking policy framework for national governance.

The Policy and Manifesto Committee brings together a distinguished group of Nigerians drawn from diverse backgrounds, including former public office holders, academics, technocrats, policy experts, civil society leaders, and professionals. Collectively, they represent a wealth of experience in governance, economic management, social development, security, and democratic reform.

The committee will be chaired by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, with Professor Pat Utomi serving as Deputy Chairman, while Salihu Lukman will serve as Secretary.

According to the party, the committee is tasked with articulating a clear, coherent, and credible policy direction that reflects the aspirations of Nigerians and positions the ADC as a serious alternative platform for responsible leadership and national renewal.

The formal inauguration of the committee has been scheduled for Monday, February 2, 2026, at 12 noon, at the Conference Hall of the ADC National Secretariat, Abuja.

The African Democratic Congress reaffirms its belief that Nigeria’s challenges require ideas rooted in competence, integrity, and national consensus, and expresses confidence that the committee will deliver a manifesto that speaks to the real needs of Nigerians.
All concerned members and relevant stakeholders are invited to take note.

Signed:

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary
African Democratic Congress (ADC)

COMPOSITION OF ADC 50 WISE MEN & WOMEN OF THE ADC POLICY/MANIFESTO COMMITTEE

John Odigie Oyegun – Chairman

Prof. Pat Utomi – Deputy Chairman

Salihu Lukman – Secretary

Sen. Gershon Bassey – Member

Sen. J.J. Akpan Udo-Udeghe – Member

Amb Abiye Mohammed – Member

H.E. Simon Achuba – Member

Prof. Ibrahim Garba – Member

Bala Usman – Member

Bulus Bello Zaki Piko – Member

Ose Anenih – Member

Dr Nicholas Msheliza – Member

Dr David Olofu – Member

Dr Okey Ezegwu – Member

Dr Mohammed Jibrin Yusufari – Member

Joel Adi Gani – Member

Prof. Jude Njoku – Member

Miss Yemi Adamolekun – Member

Prof. Anthony Kila – Member

Nkovo Toyo – Member

Dr Usman Bugaje – Member

Oseloka Obaze – Member

Dr Otive Igbuzor – Member

Engr. Bello Suleiman – Member

Prof. Chidi Odinkalu – Member

AVM Sadique Abubakar – Member

Madam Jumoke Olawuyi – Member

Prof. Murtala Sagagi – Member

Dr Kerian Wobodo – Member

Dr Fatima Zara Saleh – Member

Prof. Kolapo Eleka – Member

Barr Makber Oson Jacob – Member

Prof. Remi Sonaiya – Member

Moji Ajayi (Mrs) – Member

Prof. Sam Amadi – Member

Dr Babayo Ardo – Member

Pastor Funke Awowolo – Member

Dr Ndubuisi Nwobu – Member

Hon. Aminu Muhammad Gumel – Member

Ngozi Ndukwe – Member

Prof. Doknan Disent Sheni – Member

Prof. Saheed Malik – Member

Dr Sunday Taiwako Anyabuga – Member

Ms Helen Yashin – Member

Dr John Markus Ayuba – Member

Dr Chike Okogwu – Member

Barr. (Mrs) Salametu A. Izuagie – Member

Chief (Mrs) Uwaoma Olevengwa – Member

Alhaja Hafsat Moji Bello – Member

Hon. Sani Yakubu Noma – Member

Everywhere Peter Obi goes, division and infighting follow him like a shadow!

Peter Obi began his political career in the All Progressives Grand Alliance after he was picked up by Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, whom he subsequently betrayed and later divided that party. The chaos he caused was so deep-seated that he was cursed by the then Chairman of APGA, Victor Oye! Please fact-check me.

Then he moved to the Peoples Democratic Party and also caused havoc in that organisation by insisting on contesting against his former principal.

After splitting the PDP, he joined the Labour Party, and the once-united party split into two factions, each producing its own Chairman and NEC.

When he had finished destroying the Labour Party as a viable alternative, he officially joined the African Democratic Congress on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

After just three weeks in the ADC, the official spokesman of that party publicly called the Obidient movement a "divisive" mob!

And instead of adjusting their behaviour, today, the Obidient movement has released a statement attacking the ADC for calling them divisive!

Now, if you have gone through four very different political parties and ended up with the same result of division, quarrels, and factionalism, the question you should ask yourself is this: Is it the parties that are the problem or Peter Obi?

How can a man who has divided four political parties in a row unite Nigeria?

How can a man who increased the poverty rate in Anambra from 41.4% in 2003 to 53.7% by 2009, a 29.7% increase, reduce the poverty rate in Nigeria?

How can an individual who did not build a single nursery, primary, or secondary school and university in his eight years as Anambra Governor improve the education sector nationally?

And finally, how can a Peter Obi, under whose security network, headed by the notorious James Nwafor (pictured here with Peter Obi, his boss), head of SARS Awka, hundreds of youths were extrajudicially murdered and their bodies were dumped in the Ezu River for crocodiles to feast on, secure Nigeria?

I do not envy the ADC at all. They are dining with the devil, and there is no spoon long enough to protect them from him.

Reno Omokri

Concerning the Statements Made Against Me by Mr Omoyele Sowore, Through His Lawyer in Court

With regard to the claims made by Mr Omoyele Sowore and his counsel, Mr Abubakar Marshal, in court on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, I do freely admit that I did make uncomplimentary remarks about the then Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, while believing those comments to be true at the time I uttered them.

Subsequent to making those statements, I discovered that they were not, in fact, true, and I publicly withdrew them in writing and on video at various times and through multiple platforms.

On the day that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which was Monday, May 29, 2023, I released a statement affirming him as President of Nigeria and urging members of the public to put the past behind them and give him their full support.

I repeated this stance and public call on Thursday, October 26, 2023, the day the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled in favour of the President, after dismissing the petitions against him brought by Alhaji Waziri Atiku Abubakar, and Mr Peter Obi, amongst others.

In that judgment, the honourable court declared that there were no criminal charges or convictions against the President. It clarified what had happened in the past, which had been misrepresented by some media.

On the same day the judgement was rendered, I accepted it, applauded it, and stated that, based on that verdict, my stance on the statements I had made against the President had changed: not only was it wrong, but I fully believed it was fallacious.

Two days thereafter, on Saturday, October 28, 2023, I gave an interview to TVC, in which I affirmed the Supreme Court's judgement and declared it a righteous verdict and that their Lord Justices did a good job and followed the letter and spirit of the law.

When members of the Peoples Democratic Party, to which I was then aligned, continued to dwell on those unfounded allegations, I arranged to be interviewed on Newscentral Television on Thursday, March 27, 2025, where I said that the President had been "exonerated", a word that I used intentionally, as I have a Master’s in Law from the United Kingdom, and understood and wanted to project and confirm to the Nigerian public that a constitutionally recognised official body had absolved the President of any wrongdoing, which is the legal meaning of that word.

Following this, I went on the most watched talk show in Nigeria, Politics Today, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, where I admitted to the Nigerian public and the world at large during a live broadcast that I was wrong about those statements I made about the then candidate, and that I relied on false publications in the media in making them, and that having gotten accurate judicial pronouncements that exonerated the President and established beyond any reasonable doubt that the information I had erroneously believed, chiefly from Mr Omoyele Sowore's platform, Saharareporters, and from the mouth of Mr Sowore himself, was false, I withdrew those statements and apologised for them.

Prior to that, I had sought a private audience with the President himself on October 1, 2024, where I flew into Nigeria from my home in California, and apologised to him in person, prostrating flat on the ground, before stating that I was misled by publications in the media into making those statements, and that my actions were not malicious, but that I was then labouring under a mistaken belief that what I had read in the media was true, when in fact it was wrong.

Finally, in law, it is ultra vires, and well established by the rule against hearsay, to use previous statements made at a time when it was believed to be true to establish the veracity of a claim you yourself caused to be published, or to justify yourself or offer a defence, when the maker of that statement has admitted that the statements were made in good faith, but subsequently found to be untrue, and then publicly withdrawn, with various attempts at restitution made by the author of those statements you seek to rely on.

Quoting from Phipson on Evidence, relied on by the Privy Council in the defining case of Teper v. R and followed by common law jurisdictions, including Nigeria, “Former oral or written statements by any person, whether or not he is a witness in the proceedings, may not be given in evidence if the purpose is to tender them as evidence of the truth of the matters asserted”.

Therefore, Mr Sowore cannot rely on statements I made between 2022 and 2023, and then publicly withdrew in 2023, as a defence for statements he made in August 2025, more than two years after I made those remarks, especially as both he himself and his platform, Saharareporters, had originated those statements over a decade ago.

I again affirm today, as I have proclaimed multiple times since Thursday, October 26, 2023, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not, has never been, and will never be a drug lord. He is a person of good character, high moral standing, and a professed Muslim, with the largeness of heart to forgive his enemies and opponents when they realise the error of their ways and recant, which is, amongst other reasons, why he is uniquely and particularly suited to lead a multiethnic, multicultural, multi-religious, and multiracial country like Nigeria.

I make these statements voluntarily, freely and of my own volition, knowing them to be true, and I am fully prepared to testify to the above under oath in court, along with the tendering of documentary and dated, timestamped evidence establishing the veracity of the affirmations here made.

Thank you.

Bemigho Reno Omokri