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this terrorist group again

Peter Peter Obi is a nonentity
He can never win national election

minus for Atiku if you know you know

*Abdulsalam’s ex-deputy vows to obtain new court orders today

*NLC still in court against Abure, says Falana


Plans by former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, to contest next year’s presidential election on the platform of Labour Party (LP) appeared shaky yesterday, as a faction of the party threatened to renew its legal battle this week.

Former Deputy National Chairman of the LP, Calistus Okafor, gave the hint in an interview with THISDAY in Abuja.
Similarly, yesterday, lawyer to Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr. Femi Falana, confirmed that the case, which the unions instituted against the late Abdulkadir Abdulsalam leadership of the party, now under the Julius Abure faction, was still pending in court.

Okafor, who leads a faction of LP, wondered why Obi failed to carry out due diligence before he, allegedly, identified with a faction of the party, which the factional national chairman described as the wrong faction.
Obi left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week and announced his readiness to pursue his presidential aspiration in the LP faction led by Abure.

However, Okafor told THISDAY that Obi decided to defect to LP without proper information on the fact that the party’s leadership had been a subject of litigation since 2018.

Okafor claimed that he remained the authentic national chairman of the party. He explained that he got the post by virtue of his position as Deputy National Chairman of the party when the late national chairman, Abdulsalam, was in office. He added that Abure, who is currently leading a faction of the party, was Acting National Secretary, when Abdulsalam, died in 2020.

Okafor further claimed that Abure announced himself as National Chairman without recourse to the provisions of the party’s constitution, following Abdulsalam’s demise. He said the LP constitution stipulated that the deputy national chairman should act and/or replace the chairman in the event of death or resignation.

Okafor explained, “The decision of Abure to make himself chairman, with the active collaboration of some members, actually led to the current leadership crisis in the LP.
“I, Calistus Okafor, approached the court to get a pronouncement to force Abure out and the case has been pending.

“The matter will come up tomorrow (today) at the Federal High Court. There is no way we would allow an Acting National Secretary to forcefully take over the party and replace the late national chairman against the provisions of the constitution of the party.

“I also want to confirm to you that apart from the suit I instituted against Abure and his team, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are also in court, to claim ownership of the party.”

Okafor urged Obi to thread softly, stressing that he LP, under which he intends to realise his aspiration at the moment, is in a deep crisis that may not be resolved before the 2023 presidential election.
He said, “The NLC and the TUC actually registered the Labour Party in 2006, but they were not the ones administering it.

“Peter Obi, at the moment, has been deceived and he is sitting on a keg of gunpowder and it is a pity. He went to wolves in sheep clothing thinking he was discussing with the right people. Staying in the PDP would have been better for him.

“The LP has not done any convention since 2014, after the last one it did in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
“In 2017, after the removal of Abdulsalam as the national chairman, Julius Abure, being the acting national secretary then and myself as the deputy national chairman (South), wrote the Independent National Electoral Commission, to organise a convention for the purpose of electing a new leadership.

“Along the line, Abdulsalam went to the leadership of NLC and TUC, as the people who registered the party, to join him in forcing us out.

“NLC, being smarter than him, demanded a written agreement that he had agreed that the LP actually belonged to the NLC and TUC. He accepted the offer and signed the agreement.”

Okafor further said, “The NLC then approached the court to authenticate the agreement. The court ruled that the organised labour could not run the party but should work with us being the administrators to organise an all-inclusive convention.
“The inability of the party to organise an inclusive convention made it impossible for former Governor Olusegun Mimiko to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party.

“It was then that Abure dumped our cause and joined Abdulsalam to organise a National Executive Council congress in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, without carrying other stakeholders along.

“They then notified the INEC that they had elected some people and removed others from the leadership, when they lacked such powers based on the court ruling.

“The crisis lingered until Abdulsalam died and Abure promoted himself to the office of the national chairman, from his position of the acting national secretary.

“Abure is not qualified to hold the position because in hierarchy, we still have two Deputy National Chairmen and six Vice National Chairmen.

“As we speak, I am in court and by Monday (today), I will get an order which I will post on the walls of the LP secretariat and gates.

“Peter Obi should know that there is no way for him in the LP and that even if I, Callistus Okafor, did not go to court and he wins, the structure that produced him would be challenged.

“I expected him to investigate properly before joining LP instead of allowing himself to be messed up by hungry wolves.”
Several attempts to get the reactions of the NLC leadership and Abure through phone calls and text messages were not successful at the time of writing this report.
Meanwhile, Falana confirmed that the case, which the labour unions instituted against the Abdulsalam leadership, now under Abure, was still pending in Court.

Falana said, “The case is still pending in court. The case we have in court is against the Abdulsalam’s leadership.

“That of Okafor could be their own internal affair. We are the people that went to court against Abdulsalam and while the case was pending, they went to do convention in Benin.
“Meanwhile, the court had ruled that parties must have a unity convention and we were not part of it.”

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/05/30/2023-obis-aspiration-suffers-setback-as-fresh-litigation-rocks-labour-party/

that is ibo for you

The police officer was killed when the gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Ogidi, Idemili LGA of Anambra on Sunday.

One police officer was, on Sunday, killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, Nigeria’s South-east.

The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES Monday morning.

He said the incident happened around 12: 50 p.m.

Mr Ikenga said the police officers engaged the gunmen in a gun duel, which forced them to flee the scene.

“Unfortunately, during the gun duel, one of the police operatives was fatally wounded,” he said.

The police spokesperson said the command had intensified patrol in the area to track down the suspects.

In a video clip of the incident, shared on various social media, and seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the slain police officer was lying in the middle of the road in a pool of his blood.

But, the residents, who had gathered to have a glance at the victim, scampered for safety when the gunmen appeared to have returned to the scene. Sporadic gunshots were heard from the background.

In a related development, gunmen also attacked the Onitsha branch of the Anambra State Broadcasting Service (ABS).

ABS is a media firm owned by the state government.

An official of the ABS, who asked not to be named, confirmed the attack to this newspaper.

He said the gunmen attacked the facility in the early hours of Monday.

The official said no life was not lost, but the gunmen razed the company’s car and another vehicle parked in the facility belonging to another official of the company who worked overnight.

The official, whose vehicle was razed during the attack, was also brutalised by the terror group.


Increasing attacks

Security in Nigeria’s South-east has deteriorated in recent times with attacks by armed persons reported almost on a daily basis across the region.


Anambra State has witnessed some of the worst attacks in the region. The attacks often target security agencies, government officials and facilities.

Mr Soludo, recently, visited Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in detention.


Mr Soludo said the visit to the IPOB leader was part of his “wider consultations with critical stakeholders” to ensure lasting peace and security in the South-east

During his inauguration as the state governor, Mr Soludo had called for dialogue with the IPOB group and other gunmen behind insecurity in the state and region.

The governor, thereafter, announced an amnesty programme for the gunmen and declared an end to the sit-at-home order in the state.

But residents have continued to obey the Monday sit-at-home order in the state and across the region, mostly out of fear.

The attacks by the gunmen increased in the state shortly after Mr Soludo’s inauguration and announcement of an end to the sit-at-home order in the state.

The latest attack comes five days after Mr Soludo declared a 12-hour curfew on the operation of vehicles in eight local government areas of the state where the attacks have been prevalent, among other security measures.

Anambra State has witnessed some of the worst attacks in the region, despite Governor Charles Soludo’s effort to placate members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including a visit to the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in detention.

The separatist group is leading agitation for an independent state of Biafra to be carved out from the South-east and some parts of the South-south Nigeria.

The leader of the secessionist group, Mr Kanu, is currently being detained in Abuja where he is facing trial for treason.

Mr Kanu appeared in court on May 18, in continuation of his trial. He is billed to appear in court again on June 26.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533554-gunmen-kill-police-officer-attack-anambra-media-organisation.html?fbclid=IwAR2O3lbmV2F1znVWN1j3VlSAgvuJlHDlQ7vSWJ90er6QgO7c35AD-czSeN0

Children of hate will come and declear him innocent soon

Wike has balls than any Okoros dead or alive who want to be given presidency on a platter of gold

Kill them all

Bluntguy:
Obi will be the next president of Nigeria, regardless of which platform he decides to run on.

even if Hausa hate the party?

ZombieSlaughter:
When was IPOB formed?

he meant ibo have been killing Hausa since 1992

Weyrey dey disguise

Emergingnation3:
No where in the news that ESN is mention.... The news only said criminal super camp terrorising Anambra bursted...... Even the Twitter Link below never mention IPOB/ESN.

The Unity Begging Ab0ki OP has mischievously changed the subject to suit his unity begging narrative...

https://mobile.twitter.com/dimkpaanambra/status/1530274755709911040

ipob spotted

minasi4841:
It is very possible the king talk bad about Biafra or Nnamdi Kanu, unknown gunmen does not spill innocent blood.

so anybody that talk bad about beerfraud deserve to be killed?
Average p1ggyyeasters are daft

Bayyajidda:
That's to tell you if they can be second most populous (only second to indigenes) in a place like that, then you should imagine their population in places without insurgency. Go to various local government in Borno like Ngala, Dikwa, Damboa, Konduga, Nganzai, Bama, Damasak, Monguno, Gwoza, Biu, Askira/Uba, Hawul, Chibok, etc you will still see huge number of igbos doing business there against all obvious odds. And your small brain still tell you that Igbos are minorities. What ignorants like you don't know or pretend not to know for selfish reasons, is the fact that Igbos are explorers and always explore new place and settle there for business.

why do ibo want beerfraud again since you litter everywhere

kingthreat:
Who will now want to invest in the South East? Not even the Igbos.

invest in SE ? Who want to die?
That was how they missed PTDF scholarship because of their barbaric act

ONITSHA— As the menace of gunmen continued unabated in various parts of the South-East geopolitical zone, tears flowed freely yesterday at Umutu Autonomous community, Lokpaukwu-Umuchieze in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State as the headless body of Chief Clement Umeh, Catechist of St. Clement’s Catholic Church, Lokpaukwu, was buried.


The late Umeh, according to sources, was beheaded by about 20 gunmen that invaded his home in the village last Sunday.

The sources said the gunmen had on arrival dragged the catechist outside from his parlour, tied his hands, beheaded him, set his house ablaze and made away with his head.


At press time, there was no clue as to what prompted the gunmen to murder him in such a manner.

Confirming the incident and his burial, President-General of Umutu Autonomous Community, Victor Emeh, told newsmen on phone that the circumstances surrounding Umeh’s murder remained a puzzle to the entire people of Umutu and beyond.


Emeh further confirmed that the police authorities were informed about the incident and they dispatched some policemen, who came and took photographs and video records of his headless body and the burnt house before his burial

Some elderly men from the area, who spoke on anonymous condition, said by their custom, any compound where such a sacrilegious incident occurred is usually regarded as a bad land, which is no longer fit for human habitation, except certain sacrifices are performed to clean the compound.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/05/tears-as-abia-community-buries-catechist-beheaded-by-gunmen/

Eyimba FC want to top English premiership league how does that possible?

Bayyajidda:
Come to Maiduguri, you'll realize that Igbos are second largest population after the indigenous people of Borno.

Borno where Boko Haram are kill everyday
You Ebhoes must be daft

It is either Tinubu or nothing

This doesn't change the fact that Peter Peter Obi is a thief sorry he is a coward

Kalashnikov49:
The guy has already been killed.So stop masturbating .

I know
As in his dead body should be burnt to ash

Shoot the mofo immediately

Emergingnation3:
Ab0ki ! When We carryout the attack, na you go dey wailed here on behave of your fulani government...

Very oil and gas in SE will be use in Development of Biafra republic.... Trust IPOB, you know what they're capable of doing ..

saved as reference purpose

Emergingnation3:
They should stay away From harnessing our oil and gas... They have given us more reason to carry out stricts resistance..

don't worry I will explain as you said to the Government
Is that all?

Emergingnation3:
Ab0ki ! First of all Causion yourself.... Your fulani government should as well stay clear from oil and exploration in SE..

ok sir I will tell Government on your behalf

Golan007:
Simon Ekpa dey wait for you.

Whether na you dey in charge or Ekpa you go tell us.

We warned them but they didn't listen to us

IamANigerianMan:
Your American drug baron, your Atkuthief and madman from Porthacourt will never rule this country. Mark my word

is it Peter Obi Coward that will become president?

Acidosis:
You're still living in the past Endsars never teach you lesson?

what does endsars got to do with election?