₦airaland Forum

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Written by Bolaji Ogundele, Port HarcourtSunday, 02 October 2011

HUNDREDS  of irate Niger Delta youths have protested against the approach of the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, towards the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The youths, led by the Secretary of the Watchdog of the Niger Delta, Samuel Ebiye and the President of Niger Delta Peace Movement, John Walter, said they would rather prefer President Goodluck Jonathan to withdraw authority over the commission from the SGF and create the office of a Special Assistant on NDDC matter to oversee the affairs of the commission till a new board is duly constituted.

A statement made available to the media during the protest, which took off from the headquarters of the NDDC, along Aba Road in Port Harcourt yesterday, signed by Ebiye and Walter, noted with bitterness that the attitude of the SGF is stalling many approved projects in the region, even as many contractors were being run into debts.

According to the youths, Senator Anyim had failed to show commitment to the effective running of the commission, especially as he has refused to allow the Acting Managing Director of the Commission, Mrs Osato Iyasere Arenyeka, to effectively attend to outstanding projects in the region.

They can kill themselves if they like but they shouldn't touch christains. Abokis

mere words. no actions.

philip0906:
c them. . .r u guys not part of the leadership?acn,pdp,cpc or whatever r the same,albeit bearing diff names. . .shioor

just my thoughts

By TONY EDIKE

While Nigerians were celebrating the 51st independence anniversary yesterday, a man was busy attacking his family, Alexander Ndubuisi Egeonu set ablaze members of his family made up of his pregnant wife and two sons aged between two and three years.

The youngest son, who went into coma following the injuries he sustained in the inferno, was later revived at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu two hours after the incident which occurred at about 11a.m while the wife and the first son are now on danger list at the hospital.

The fleeing father of two, who hails from Umunoha in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, according to eyewitnesses, had, on arrival at his container shop at No. 61 Mount Street, Awkunanaw, Enugu where he sells musical records and Compact Discs, asked his wife to escort him to the filling station to buy fuel.

Thinking that the fuel was meant for their generator, the wife consented, but, shortly after returning to the shop, Egeonu went to a neighbour’s shop and began to drag the owner (a woman) to his own shop claiming that she was indebted to him. The woman began to shout and attracted neighbours and passersby who promptly rescued her from the man said to be very troublesome.

”Immediately the man returned to his shop, he tied the hands of his wife and poured the fuel on the floor. He thereafter locked the wife and his two sons inside the container and lit matches through the window to ignite it,” the eyewitness said.

The pregnant woman and her two sons were severely burnt before neighbours forced the container open and brought them out. They were rushed to the Eastern Nigeria Medical Centre. The pregnant woman and her first son said to be in critical condition were later transferred to the National Orthopedic Hospital.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect took to his heels after setting his family members ablaze and has not been found. He said that investigations had commenced to ascertain the motive of the arsonist, adding that the police would do everything possible to apprehend the suspect.

The fleeing Egeonu also a barber, was described as “troublesome” by residents of the area and had beaten the wife on several occasions on account of minor disagreements.

A neigbour said the record and CD seller had, in the past, engaged other tenants in the area in a bitter quarrel but it was not known if he had a fresh rift with his wife to warrant yesterday’s incident.

Thieves at work again

diluminati:
that man in the pic 83 yrs?

me self they wonder

az77zy:
That woman is a national embarrasment. Is it that she cant read to [size=16pt]improve are english[/size] or she is just a perpetual duller precipitate blockheaded

see who is shouting yours is Nairaland embarrasment,,

What the hell do you mean edo state is changing,,,, say Benin is changing, and the only place changing in Edo state. check the other local governments,, can tell you they are amongst the poorest in 9ja,

The court martial trying erstwhile Commander of the 33 Artillery Brigade in Bauchi, Brigadier-General Muraina Raji, for the escape of Boko Haram suspects from detention in Bauchi, has discharged and acquitted the General.

But the Court, however, convicted the General on “special findings” and sentenced him to a three-month loss of seniority in his present rank of Brigadier-General, subject to the approval of appropriate confirming military authorities.

Explaining what the court meant by “special findings,” the President of the court said the accused failed to show interest in the detainees who were regarded as high profile.

It would be recalled that Raji was charged with neglect in performing military duties punishable under section 62(b) of Armed Forces Act (AFA) CAP A20 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as he, at Shadawanka Barracks between January 17 and February 18, failed to provide guard/standing orders for soldiers detailed on duty at Wetland detention facility.

Negligence in performance of military duties is punishable under the same section of AFA as he woefully failed to adequately assign responsibilities to officers under him to guarantee the safety of high profile detainees at the detention facility at Shadawanka Barracks

Kolababa:
I pledge to USA my country
To be faithful loyal and honest
To serve Nigeria is not by force
T o defend her unity is not my business
So help me get visa lottery.
Amen

nice one

hmmm

rubbish

just because their plan failed;; @@idiots@@

yeye nation

nice 1

I really think the Federal Government and its bodies are very weak or might be up to something, everyday the issue of boko haram is announced, if you were to be the President of this nation, how would you tackle this Boko Haram problem? Amnesty, security, retaliations, e.t.c please share your views,

incredible_9ja@yahoo.com there is an underscore after the incredible _ 9ja thx