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The fire stricken Italian ship, MV Grande America, owned by the Grimaldi Group, has sunk in the Bay of Biscay in water depth of 4,600 meters off the coast of France.
According to France’s Marine Nationale, the ship, a container-roro carrier, sank on Tuesday at 1526 local time about 180 nautical miles off the French coast.
Fire broke out on the Grande America on Sunday night as the ship was underway in the Bay of Biscay during a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Casablanca, Morocco. The fire was primarily located in cargo containers in the forward portion of the ship. Several containers fell off the ship into the water while it was burning before it eventually sank on Tuesday afternoon.
All 27 crew members abandoned ship in a lifeboat and later rescued by British frigate HMS Argyll and were taken ashore to the French port of Brest.
No major injuries were reported, although several of the crew members were treated for smoke inhalation.
The 213-meter, 27,965 dwt Grande America was built in 1997.It was carrying 2000 cars and 365 containers bound for Brazil.

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Yes Jurisdiction is key here. The Federal High Court is aware that by the Provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended it cannot proceed with an Election Matter which result have since been announced by INEC it lack the necessary Vires to so do and therefore has no Jurisdiction to entertain that matter.

The jurisdiction lies in an Election Petition Tribunal properly constituted that purpose. That injunction shall, as a matter of hard law, be discharged.

Can a court of Law make an order of this nature exparte? However when did the court start making restraining orders on INEC from issuing certificates of return in an election that have been concluded and announced? The electoral Act forbids it. Such matters are the exclusive preserve of an Election Petition Tribunal. It is not a Pre Election matter. It is a post election matter.

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The Federal Government has warned against foreign interference into the nation’s affairs, capable of creating apprehension, distrust among citizens or undermining the transparency and acceptability of outcomes of the nation’s electoral process.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the warning in a statement in Abuja on Saturday.
The presidential aide was apparently reacting to statements issued by some foreign countries including the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (U.S.A.) and the European Union, over the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.
President Buhari also swore-in the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko, to replace Onnoghen, pending final determination of the cases against him.
However, Shehu stated that the federal government condemned “any interference or perception management that promotes apprehension,citizens distrust or undermines the transparency and acceptability of the outcomes of our electoral process.
“Nigeria reserves the right to be insulated from suggestions and or interference with respect to wholly internal affairs and commends international laws,customs and norms that mandate and require nations and the comity to respect this prerogative to all.
“Nigeria is confident of its electoral processes and her preparation for the imminent elections and the federal government has supported the independent electoral umpire in both its independence and resources needed to accomplish our desire and insistence on free and fair elections’’.
According to him, the federal government welcomes the prevailing keen interest and partnerships for successful elections and a peaceful Nigeria.
He added that the government had ensured the independence of all organs, institutions and arms of government to “perform their functions in a manner that is transparent, and not lacking in integrity whether institutionally or by persons within such institutions or organs.’’
He pledged that the government would continue to do this.
He said: “Although the question of foreign interference, whether state sponsored, promoted or otherwise has dominated recent elections and outcomes globally, the federal government assures citizens and the global community that it will fiercely and assiduously promote the will and the right of Nigerians to choose and elect their leaders without pressure or assistance from persons or entities that are not constitutionally empowered to participate in the process.’’
The presidential media aide enjoined the citizens to confidently exercise their franchise in an orderly manner with the assurance of the federal government to their security during and after the electoral process.
He reiterated the readiness of the nation’s security forces to confront any plan or attempt to interfere with or disrupt the process whether by elements within or from outside the country.
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Premium Times
Monday, December 24, 2018
Abuja

UPDATED: Nigeria security forces extort N100 billion in Southeast in three years — Report


December 24, 2018Samuel Ogundipe
Nigerian police at a checkpoint used to illustrate the story
Nigerian police at a checkpoint used to illustrate the story
A report released on Monday has accused Nigerian security and law enforcement agencies of pocketing as much as N100 billion in roadside bribery and extortion in the South-eastern part of the country alone over the last three years.

In a Monday morning statement to PREMIUM TIMES, the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law said findings into the report began in August 2015. It accompanied the report with pictures that seemed to show officers receiving bribes at checkpoints.

A breakdown of the questionable operation showed that Nigeria Police Force pocketed N78.02 billion, the military (Army, Navy and Air Force) received N6 billion and paramilitary formations (Customs, Road Safety, NAFDAC and NDLEA) took N16 billion. These totalled N100.02 billion ($330 million).

The report reinforces fears that the controversial culture has worsened despite decades of condemnation even amongst top security chiefs. Successive police leadership over the last two decades have ordered the removal of checkpoints, but compliance is sparsely enforced and hardly are errant officers punished.

Emeka Umeagbalasi, a senior official at Intersociety who coordinated the report, said it was released to coincide with this year’s Yuletide, during which bribery and extortion by security agencies are said to be at their peak as millions embark on holiday trips to the Southeast.

“We hope this would help those travelling home to celebrate Christmas be aware of the tactics of security agencies, and the disastrous economic impact on the region,” Mr Umeagbalasi said.



The Nigerian Army and the Federal Road Safety Corps immediately dismissed the report, telling PREMIUM TIMES their respective personnel operate with strict ethical standards and those identified for misconduct are usually promptly disciplined.

Know Your Levy

The research for report, titled: Welcome to Southeast Region: Nigeria’s Headquarters of Official Highway Robbery; was conducted in all the South-east states and some parts of Delta State with predominantly residents of Igbo origin.




Intersociety found that the security agencies have designed specific levies for different categories of motorists across the South-east, and enforcement sometimes turns deadly.

“For every shuttle or Mitsubishi L300 bus loaded with passengers (only) in Anambra State, it is N50 at every police roadblock, and extra N200 is paid if loaded with goods and passengers,” the report said.

“For every commercial motorcycle or tricycle or Datsun or medium range truck loaded with goods, it is N200 at every police roadblock, and for every private vehicle owner accused of “incomplete” vehicle particulars, the least demanded sum is N4,000 or more, which must be paid randomly or on the spot to avoid being dragged to police station and have his or her vehicle impounded and indented as ‘stolen vehicle’,” the report said.

Some motorists are detained and bailed with illegal bail fees, ranging from N10,000 and above, the report found.

The questionable conduct, which has continued despite decades of condemnation even amongst top security chiefs, also differs from state to state in the region.

“Police extortions in Enugu and Ebonyi States, and to an extent, Imo State, are not as “lucrative” as those of Anambra and Abia States,” it said.

“Such extortions are majorly concentrated on critical federal and state roads as well as few commercial areas of the three states, such as Ogbete, Abakpa, and Nsukka in Enugu State; Abakiliki and Afikpo in Ebonyi State, Orlu and commercial parts of Owerri in Imo State.

“The same non-uniformity applies to many roadblocks in the five Southeast states, as well as those in Agbor, Asaba and their environs, all in Delta State,” which has estimated 40 per cent Igbo population, the report found.

Statistical Breakdown

According to the report, there were 250 police roadblocks in Anambra State between August 2015 and August 2016, and each made an estimated N40,000 per day. The 250 police roadblocks on Anambra roads between August 2015 and August 2016 illicitly collected N10 million per day, which translated to N300 million per month and N3.6 billion per year.




According to the report, at N40,000 per day, the 200 police roadblocks in Abia State during the period unlawfully milked the people of the South-east a total of N8 million per day, N240m per month and N2, 88 billion per year.

Also, at N30,000 per day for each of the 150 police roadblocks then in Imo State, a total of N4.5 million was reportedly realised per day, N135 million per month and N1, 62 billion per year.

Also with N25,000 per day for each of 100 police roadblocks in Enugu in the same period, N2.5 million was unlawfully collected per day, N75 million per month and N900 million per year, the report stated/

In Ebonyi, there were 50 police roadblocks, and each earned an average of N25,000 per day, totalling N1.25 million or N37.5 million per month and N450 million per year.

Between August 2016 and August 2017, at N40,000 per day, the 500 police roadblocks on Anambra roads collected N20 million per day, N600 million per month and N7, 2 billion per year.

At N40,000 per day, the 400 police roadblocks in Abia State received N16 million per day, N480 million per month and N5.76 billion per year.

With N30,000 per day for each of the 200 police roadblocks then in Imo State, a total of N6 billion was earned per day, N180 million per month and N2.16 billion per year.

Also with N25,000 per day for each of 200 police roadblocks in Enugu in the same period, N5 million was unlawfully collected per day, N150 million per month and N1.8 billion per year.

The 150 police roadblocks in Ebonyi State allegedly made N25,000 per day, totalling N3.75 million per day, N112.5 million per month and N1.35 billion per year.

Between August 2017 and December 2018, at N40,000 per day, the 800 police roadblocks on Anambra roads must have by the end of December 2018 collected N32 million per day, N960 million per month and N15.36 billion in sixteen months.

At N40,000 per day, the 700 police roadblocks in Abia State must have by the end of December 2018 unlawfully earned N28 million per day, N840 million per month and N13.44b in sixteen months.

In the same period, the 500 police roadblocks in Imo State earned N30,000 per day each, totalling N15 million per day, N450 million per month and N7.2 billion in sixteen months.




At N25, 000 per day for each of 400 police roadblocks in Enugu in the named period, N10 million must have been unlawfully collected per day, N300 million per month and N4.8 billion in sixteen months.

Finally, at N25, 000 for each of the 400 police roadblocks in Ebonyi State, a total of N10 million was illegally collected per day, N300 million per month and N4.8b in sixteen months.

Intersociety estimated 3,000 police roadblocks, including about 200 in different Igbo parts of Delta State (from Agbor to Asaba) as well as those manned by “police-stop-and-move” teams using Hilux or other pick-up vans usually manned by police special anti-robbery squad.

At an average of N20,000 per “police-stop-and-move” roadblock since August 2015, N4 million was realised per day, N120 million per month and N4.8 billion in 40 months, August 2015 to December 2018.

Military, paramilitary cornered N22 billion

Intersociety, which was established in 2008 as a non-governmental organisation based in Onitsha, also found that military personnel deployed in the region earned N6 billion since 2015, while officers of the Nigerian Customs Service, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and others grossed N16 billion in illicit income.

Although the Nigerian Air Force was also mentioned as having been a part of the suspected extortion, its collection was negligent. Mr Umeagbalasi clarified to PREMIUM TIMES that the institution was added because Air Force personnel often collect bribes near their bases around the region, but whatever they received was deemed inconsequential largely due to the limited bases in the region.

The bulk of the N6 billion bribes allegedly went to soldiers, who could be seen in dozens of roadblocks across Southeast.

White-collar, blue-collar

The report further found that some patterns of police roadblock extortion in the South-east bear blue-collar outlook. This involves direct extortion using stationed police personnel. In this case, vehicles bearing goods with passengers are made to “pay” double (i.e., for loaded wares and persons). For instance, each load-carrying L300 bus with passengers is forced to part with at least N250 at each police roadblock.

In the case of drafted soldiers and other military personnel, as well as paramilitary bodies like Road Safety, patterns of their extortion are different; bearing white-collar outlook. This could be categorised as indirect extortion using hired third party or civilian touts or points-men, the report found.

Report sweeping, exaggerated

The police and Customs did not immediately return PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments Monday morning, but the Nigerian Army and Road Safety strongly denied allegations of fraud amongst their personnel.

“It is a sweeping statement, they need to be specific,” FRSC spokesperson Bisi Kazeem said, but added nonetheless that the agency “does not condone corruption or corrupt tendencies.”

“Bribery is not institutionalised in the corps. Whoever is caught is dealt with by dismissal after trial by FRSC disciplinary committee,” the spokesperson said.

“We have monitoring and surveillance team from unit level to sector level to zonal level ending at the headquarters,” he said. “FRSC officers and men have name tags, the vehicle has body codes and registration numbers.”

Sani Usman, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, also absolved military personnel from all acts of bribery, and slammed Intersociety as propagating falsehood.

“It is not true. The Nigerian Army is very professional and has clearly established rules of engagement and code of conduct,” Mr Usman, a brigadier-general, said. “Therefore, it cannot be associated with such tissue of lies.”



A worsening menace

The culture of checkpoint corruption has been a recurring feature amongst Nigerian security and law enforcement agencies, even as their respective leaderships continue to speak stridently against the practice with threats of harsh consequences.

The first Intersociety report into the conduct of officers on the road was first published in 2011. Even though the South-east weighed heavily in the report, its elements were gathered across the country at the time, and the final outcome revealed that the controversial practice was milder at the time.

The naira note benchmark used as ‘toll fee’ then was N20 denomination as against today’s N50 and N100 notes. The group found that between 2009 and 2011, police officers earned N53.4 billion in three years from 3,500 roadblocks across the country at the time. The South-east accounted for the lion’s share of N32.2 billion, followed by Southwest and South-south with N8.2 billion each.

Motorists in the North-Central coughed out N2.1 billion in bribes to the police. North-east and North-west were N1.2 billion each at the time. That nationwide investigation was built on the report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) published on August 17, 2010, which looked at corruption and abuses in the police.

The HRW’s report, titled: Everyone is in on the Game: Corruption & Human Rights Abuses by the Nigeria Police Force,’ combined with further findings by Intersociety prompted Mohammed Abubakar, then police inspector-general, to order the urgent dismantling of all roadblocks. But that directive, like several before and after it, saw compliance for only a few days before fizzling out.

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PROBLEM WITH A’IBOM APC

By UbongAbasi Ise

“An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse” – John Gay

By now the reading public must have become weary of defection stories flowing from pages of newspapers to the social media platforms and vice versa. So funny that decamping reports are not newsworthy anymore. They are becoming fundamentally meaningless with absolute lack of connectedness to the real election situation as would happen at the polls next year. At every defection event, there are assortment of half-truths and misrepresentations behind the surface in which the political followers wouldn’t have time to interrogate. If Akwa Ibom APC was to be a sailing ship, believe me, it would have wrecked and sunk in the turbulent sea by now given the vast number of political travelers defecting along with their shadows to it on a minute basis. The party has allowed number- and mind-games associated with the defection carnivals to take the place of real business of politicking and actual mobilization of its supporters at the basic, grassroot level. It becomes worrisome that most APC faithful are solely predicting their party’s victory on the premise of countless defections and re-defections that have fast become the order of the day. Such guesswork is not only fallacious but ill-conceived and misleading, especially, as it negates the actualities that could serve as determining factors to the outcome of the election proper in 2019.

Without sparing the truth for whatever consideration, the APC in Akwa Ibom State seems to begin with Senator Godswill Akpabio and ends with Obong Nsima Ekere: that is, in the area of grassroot mobilization. If all the party stalwarts are called upon to give account of their contributions to the growth of the party in the state, it would be very embarrassing to discover that some chieftains contribute nothing more than ordinary noise. These are the people that would behave as if they have already arrived, forgetting the fact that it is not yet uhuru even with Akpabio on board. These ilk-minded are busy with elitist politicking without being self-sacrificial enough in ‘supporting’ their supposed followers to also advance the cause of the party and keep faith with it. With regards to allegations in some quarters, if these party Big Men were truly empowered to oil the grassroot machineries in preparedness for the general elections, then they should have done just that. Inasmuch as I am not advocating for primordial sharing of cash, it is better to do that than to pocket the whole resources with no recourse to the party’s ambition. As a party chieftain, you cannot just look up to Akpabio or Ekere while dodging your supporters and then expect miracle to happen in your favour at your polling unit on the D-day. As you are carried away in the gust of defections, know that if you, as a chieftain, don’t cement your relationship with the defectors now, you may see them re-defecting to other camps on the Election Day. The Election Day defection is the best and the worst thing to ever happen to any political party. This D-day ambiguities that could, in the parlance of Carl von Clausewitz, be described as “the fog of war,” can be very frustrating, especially, when there is mutual suspicion between the party leaders and the led. Supporters observe how they are treated and then make swift decision with ballot papers at hand because it is discernible that the way they are handled during pre-election period might be a reflection of how their principals would treat them once they take over power.

Beyond defection, there are a lot of works piled up for the APC in the state. Apart from Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District which has been forcefully proselytized and mobilized again and again by indefatigable Senator Akpabio, and secured for the APC, Uyo and Eket Senatorial Districts remain fresh and unexploited territories for the party. It is not because they are overtaken by the rivaled PDP, it is because both senatorial districts accommodate silent majority that are yet to be convinced on where to take a stand. They are mere spectators to the unfolding events. It is not only Senator Akpabio or Obong Ekere that would proselytize those parts of the state, but it’s also the responsibility of other big names to return to their square roots and show working. The underlying logic is that if the party fails, these unresponsive big names would be the first to point accusing fingers at the likes of Godswill Akpabio and Nsima Ekere just to save their faces. I believe it may pay them well to stay committed than to be dodging their sincere followers with lame excuse of attending meetings in Abuja, Lagos, Daura or Jupiter, while politics remains largely local at the unit level. Since the grassroot people are the raw materials of politics, the best place for the party’s high echelon to have meetings now are market squares, village halls, and road junctions.

Another serious problem for Akwa Ibom APC is the enemies within. Opponents to the APC’s political ambition are not only those on the rivaled political party platforms, they also include those that contended the party’s tickets but lose out at the primaries. These set of APC members are powerful; they still have large followership that, unfortunately, remain dormant, unused or outrightly ignored. Yes, they make up the number in the list of the party’s membership but remain largely useless to the party’s mission as far as the forthcoming general elections are concerned. If wishes were stallions, these aggrieved persons might have driven their own party towards embarrassing defeat at the polls just to score a point that if they had emerged as the APC’s standard flag-bearers, the wished party’s defeat wouldn’t have been possible given their popularity. Perhaps, it is not that these aggrieved want to remain that way, it is because they are viewed as mere hoi polloi by those they contended the tickets with. If these aggrieved aspirants and their supporters are not reached out to, reconciled with, reintegrated into the mainstream, and then made to team up with their former co-contenders against those from other political divides, then the APC has lost a significant number. This is the time to re-strengthen the weak fabrics within the party system as the real battle draws nearer.

Finally, the make-believe sophistry orchestrated by the present state government led by Mr. Udom Emmanuel is one cause that should worry the APC in the state even more. A section of the media has done its bid in exposing and dispelling the probable streak of falsehood spread by the government of the day. But this awareness seems not enough, perhaps for certain factors. There is the need to hoick awareness towards the market women, tricycle operators, masons, those that lack facilities to go on social media or open the pages of some newspapers. They have to know the actual situation of governance in the state because they formed the majority that own PVCs. But their challenge lies in the matter of making the right choice with their franchise.

Akwa Ibom State is due for change and the state needs a break from the PDP which is about to complete its 20 years reign. Change has become an absolute necessity, and Akwa Ibom seems to yearn for it. Whichever way it goes, power needs to leave the hands of one lineup, and then distributed to another set of people expected to make good use of it. That’s the better way to go.

Yes! I am UbongAbasi Ise. For comment, please send SMS to 08189914609 |ubongabasiise@gmail.com

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Rivers State APC Crisis Deepens as Court of Appeal refuses to set aside judgment of PH High Court
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with the Justice Nwogu judgment still subsisting, Rivers State APC has no governorship, senatorial, HOR or Assembly candidates
the party has no legally recognised state, LG or ward executives pending conclusion of legal tussle
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State deepened on Monday as the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division declined the request of the Rotimi Amaechi faction to set aside the judgment of the Rivers State High Court nullifying the governorship, national assembly and state assembly primaries.
The Court of Appeal, instead directed the Amaechi faction and the 23 Aggrieved APC members to await the outcome of an interlocutory appeal at the Supreme Court on the protracted legal battle for the embattled soul of the APC.
Presiding Justice, Justice Isaiah Akeju made the pronouncement on the request by counsel to the 23 Members of the Rivers APC that their appeal on an earlier ruling of the court was still pending.
It will be recalled that the Rivers State High Court presided over by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu also dissolved the Rivers State APC State Executive Committee, the Local Government Working Committees and the Wards Working Committees.
With the development at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, lawyers on both sides have continued with their deafening arguments as confusion reigns following the failure of the Appeal Court to make a definite pronouncement.
With the Judgment of the Rivers State High Court still subsisting on the Rivers State APC Crisis, the party still has no governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives or House of Assembly candidates for the 2019 General elections.
Similarly, the party has no legal executives at any level in Rivers State.

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engr Emmanuel Asuquo executed in APC party office by daredevils militants brought by the NDDC MD to Akwa Ibom

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