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Pantami Commends Governor Fayemi For Implementing Right Of Way Resolution

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Pantami Commends Governor Fayemi For Implementing Right Of Way Resolution

The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has expressed his delightement to hear about the Executive Order No. 007 of 2020 on Right of Way Charges on Telecommunications Infrastructure that was signed by the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, CON, on the 12th of May, 2020.

In a press release signed by the Spokesperson to the Honourable Minister of Communications & Digital Economy, Uwa Suleiman (Mrs), she said that the Order shall “specifically target all sectors of Ekiti State including rural homes, farms, small businesses, manufacturing and production sites, transportation systems, and healthcare and educational facilities”. It is also noteworthy that the Order specifies that “Right of Way charges related to the laying of broadband or any other telecommunications infrastructure in Ekiti State shall not exceed N145 per linear metre”.

The statement read, “This action of providing a policy backing to the Right of Way charges is truly commendable. It is also in consonance with the resolution of the State Governors under the auspices of the Governors’ Forum on the 22nd of January 2020 to address the lingering issue of Right of Way (RoW) charges in a bid to deepen broadband penetration in the country and promote a Digital Economy for a Digital Nigeria.

“At that meeting the Executive Governors had resolved to adopt the 2013 resolutions reached by the National Economic Council (NEC) which agreed on a maximum RoW charge of N145.00 per linear meter of fibre. Implementing this resolution will go a long way in implementing the National Broadband Plan (NBP) which was launched by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on the 19th of March 2020.

“An increase in broadband access will have a positive impact on the economy of the various States as well as the entire country. One of the key benefits is the rapid growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of any country that increases its broadband penetration. The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the importance of broadband in supporting economies around the world.

“The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, congratulates and commends the Executive Governor of Ekiti State for this landmark action. The Honourable Minister would like to use the occasion of the World Telecommunications Day to encourage other Executive Governors to emulate this action in order to accelerate broadband penetration across the country, the statement concluded.

Nasarawa Inaugurates Community Policing Advisory Council

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Nasarawa Inaugurates Community Policing Advisory Council

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has Inaugurated the State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) to complement the effort of the Nigeria Police Force in combating crime in the state.

Engineer Sule while performing the ceremony on Monday at Government House, charged the members to sustain participation, partnership and collaboration of all, in addressing crime related issues in a more proactive manner.

According to the Governor, the state was determined to secure its environment against crime and criminality as well as maintain law and order at all times for the socio-economic development of the state, hence the constitution of the committee.

He specifically commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the prompt response to the security challenges confronting the state, as demonstrated in the immediate deployment of Nigerian Air Force Special Forces to Lafia to spearhead security operations in the North Central zone.

Engineer Sule further thanked the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, for taking proactive steps in tackling issues of security in Nasarawa State, which manifested in the inauguration of the SCPAC.

” In ensuring the smooth operation of Community Policing, the Inspector-General of Police recently requested the states of the federation to constitute State Community Policing Advisory Committee.”

“This Committee is expected to form the fulcrum on which the recruitment and operation of Special Constabulary will be anchored. The full realisation of this, will entrench a formidable and robust synergy with the newly inaugurated Nasarawa State Volunteer Guard.” Governor Sule said.

The Governor equally commended the effort of the security agencies in the protection of lives and property, particularly in the enforcement of law and order for harmonious co-existence among the diverse ethnic nationalities of the State.

” I need to acknowledge your tireless effort in complementing Government commitment in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the State. I salute your patriotism in ensuring compliance to Government proclamations. ” he said.

The governor however urged the traditional rulers, stakeholders and other members of the society to accord the Committee the maximum cooperation to enable the discharge its of the committee’s responsibilities.

Earlier, in his opening remarks, IGP Mohammed Adamu, represented at the event by DIG Shehu Lawal, DIG Training and Development at the Force Headquarters, unfolded the architecture of the community policing strategy to consist of three tiers of advisory committees at the state, area commander and local government area levels.

The IGP disclosed that the inauguration of the State Advisory Committee, the stage is set for the recruitment of competent and capable hands into the Police Constabulary as volunteers.

Responding on behalf of the committee, the State Police Commissioner , Mr Bola Longe, appreciated the Governor for making security of citizens of the state his top priority, assuring that the committee will ensure maximum discharge of its duties.

“The committee is representing the security agencies in the state , the religious community, representatives of the three senatorial zones of the state as well as the traditional council and would carry out the job effectively,” CP Longe stated.

He thanked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for attaching value to community policing , saying with the inauguration of the committee, the whole state would be combed and all criminal elements arrested.

” I call on the general public to cooperate with us by providing necessary information and work with us to ensure that crime is eliminated in the state” he said.

The committee is jointly chaired by the State Commissioner of Police, Longe and the Emir of Lafia, HRH Justice Sidi Bage (rtd), with other members to include, religious, opinion leaders, among others stakeholders in the state.

COVID-19: SGF Applauds NNPC Over COVID-19 Intervention Initiatives

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COVID-19: SGF Applauds NNPC Over COVID-19 Intervention Initiatives

… As Corporation Promises to Construct 14 Permanent Medical Facilities Across 14 States

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, has applauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for her unwavering support and several medical interventions, geared towards providing a lasting solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, saying the gesture showed the corporation as the hallmark of a National Oil Company.

Mustapha gave this commendation while receiving 20 ventilators donated by Ocea S.A, a France based company through the NNPC, to bolster the fight against COVID-19 in Abuja.

Mystrose Defence Systems Limited presented the donation to the NNPC on behalf of Ocea S.A. to bolster the fight against COVID-19 in Abuja.

A press release by NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce as saying that the NNPC and her partners, almost on a weekly basis, have either donated medical consumables or commissioned medical infrastructure all in the fight against COVID-19.

“This is a hallmark of a national institution which, at this very challenging time of COVID-19, is filling the gap in the provision of the kind of things that the nation requires; the facilities that we need to put in place,” Mustapha stated.

Mustapha assured that the 20 ventilators would be put to good use for the benefit of Nigerians, maintaining that COVID-19 was a big challenge which required everyone’s support to the Federal Government to fight and defeat the pandemic.

He stated that post COVID-19, the nation’s health institutions would receive the type of rebirth that the Federal Government desires, stressing that with the medical facilities on ground, the nation would have the capacity to combat any epidemic or pandemic thereafter.

Earlier, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, said the corporation was pleased to handover the 20 ventilators donated by Ocea S.A through Mystrose Defence Systems Limited to the Federal Government.

On his part, the Medical Director of the NNPC Medical Services Limited, Dr. Mohammed Zango, stated that the donations from the French company, Ocea S.A was a right step in the right direction, adding that the corporation, as a responsible organization and a strategic partner in the maritime security space, is hereby transmitting the ventilators to the PTF in support of the Federal Government’s effort to combat COVID-19.

Dr. Zango explained that the company identified the NNPC as a reputable National Oil Company through which the ventilators could be safely delivered to the PTF on COVID-19.

Kunle Aluko who made the donations on behalf of Mystrose Defence Systems Limited praised the PTF for her unwavering efforts to combat the pandemic, assuring the readiness of his company to stand by the Federal Government all through these difficult times.

Keep Hope Alive, Sylva Advises Party Loyalists

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Keep Hope Alive, Sylva Advises Party Loyalists

Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has advised members of the party in the state to remain strong and steadfast.

The party leader gave the advice in a statement issued on Monday by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo.

The statement quoted Sylva as saying “despite the troubling times in which we are all living in, APC members and supporters in the state must not to lose hope”.

The minister observed that APC’s commanding victory in the 16 November 2019 Governorship Election that was voided by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 13 February 2020 still hurts deeply. However, the party cannot allow itself to be destroyed by that unfortunate incident. It must survive it, reinvent and reposition itself for the great task of transforming Bayelsa State for the good of all its people and residents.

Chief Timipre Sylva

According to Sylva, APC remains the strongest party in the state and in the country. He implored people of the state to remain committed to party and its next level agenda of social and economic betterment.

Similarly, the party leader voiced his concern for the pains that the people are passing through in this season of Covid-19 pandemic. “We are all in this together. I share your pains”, Sylva said.

He praised all frontline health workers for their huge sacrifices in the service of humanity, and expressed optimism that like all previous pandemics; covid-19 too would be history soon.

Niger State Government Calls Back Contractors’ To Sites

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Niger State Government Calls Back Contractors’ To Sites

Amidst the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Niger State Government has called back all contractors handling various projects to sites.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello disclosed while inspecting some road projects under construction in Minna the state capital, said life cannot be put on hold because of Coronavirus.

Governor Sani Bello said normal life has to continue as it was not definite when the pandemic will be over, saying that as such government has move on.

He called on those handling the various projects to observe all the precautionary measures put in place to avoid contracting and spending the virus.

The Governor however expressed satisfaction with the level of work ongoing, adding that they would put pressure on the contractors to deliver the work on time before the rains set in.

The governor said any contractor found to be defaulting in executing their work in line with specification would have their contract terms terminated.

Projects inspected by Governor Abubakar Bello include ongoing road construction at Morris Fertilizer Area and Tunga Low-Cost Road.

FG Extends Interstate Travel Ban By Two Weeks

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FG Extends Interstate Travel Ban By Two Weeks

The Federal Government on Monday, has extended inter-state travel ban imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus by another two weeks.

The Chairman of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the Task Force in Abuja.

The President had on April 27, announced a “Phased and gradual easing” of the lock down in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, while declaring a nationwide curfew with effect from May 4.

He also ordered a ban on all inter-state movements.

Boss Mustapha said in spite of the modest progress made, Nigeria was not yet ready for full opening of the economy and tough decisions have to be taken for the good of the greater majority.

He further said, “Any relaxation will only portend grave danger for our populace.

“​Advisedly, the current phase of eased restriction will be maintained for another two weeks during which stricter enforcement and persuasion measures will be pursued.

“The two weeks extension of Phase One of the eased restriction is also to enable other segments of the economy to prepare adequately for compliance with the guidelines, preparatory to reopening in the coming weeks.”

The SGF added that “Mr President has approved the following:

(i) ​The measures, exemptions, advisories, and scope of entities allowed to reopen under phase one of the eased locked down, shall be maintained across the federation for another two weeks effective from 12 00 midnight today (18th May, 2020 to 1st June, 2020);

“(ii) ​intensifying efforts to ‘tell (communicate), trace (identify) and treat (manage)’ cases;

“(iii) ​elevating the level of community ownership of non-pharmaceutical interventions;

“(iv)​Maintain the existing lockdown order in Kano for an additional two weeks;

“(v)​Imposition of precision lockdown in states, or in metropolitan/high-burden LGAs, that are reporting a rapidly increasing number of cases, when the need arises. This would be complemented with the provision of palliatives and continued re-evaluation of the impact of the interventions; and

“(vi)​Aggressive scale-up of efforts to ensure that communities are informed, engaged and participating in the response with enhanced public awareness in high-risk states.

NITDA Issues Guidelines For The Management Of Personal Data By Public Institutions In Nigeria

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NITDA Issues Guidelines For The Management Of Personal Data By Public Institutions In Nigeria

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in furtherance of its regulatory mandate, issues The Guideline for Management of Personal Data by Public Institutions in Nigeria, 2020. These Guidelines are issued as supplementary regulation to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), 2019.

In a press release signed by the Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations Corporate Headquarters, Mrs Hadiza Umar, MNIPR, M.APRA, MCIPR, she said that the Guideline stipulates the requirements for the processing of personal data by Public Institutions in Nigeria. It is issued to reinforce the implementation of the NDPR. All the principles and provisions of the NDPR remain valid and applicable to all Nigerians including public institutions.

The Guideline requires all public institutions and any entity co-owned by the Government to process all personal data of Nigerians and Data Subjects in Nigeria in line with best practices and in conformity with the highest standards. It takes cognisance of the fact that some public sector data processing may be founded on Vital or Public interest. This position of trust therefore requires public data controllers and processors to apply the highest ethical and professional standards in processing such data. It also mandates the use of secure technology and automated processes for personal data by Public Institutions, in line with the requirements of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy, championed by Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. NITDA’s issuance of a public-sector specific Guideline is another trailblazing effort made in consonance with the emerging global data regulatory models.

All Public Institutions holding or processing personal data are required to securely digitize all personal databases within 60 days from the issuance of the Guidelines. Similarly, all such public institutions are required to maintain the highest level of information security to guarantee confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of all databases within their control.

NITDA recognizes the need for collaboration in some cases between the public and private sector to tackle emergencies or other state-led interventions for the benefit of citizens. Therefore, the Guideline provides a strict framework for these types of collaborations to ensure that the privacy of Nigerians is not unduly infringed. The COVID-19 pandemic, for example, has brought up the need for more personal data use to limit the spread of the virus. While we recognise the existence of constitutional limitations on privacy rights in the interest of public health and safety, yet such limitations must be based on defined frameworks. NITDA therefore implores all concerned parties to comply strictly with the requirements of these Guidelines and seek professional guidance from licensed Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCO) for the purpose of compliance.

NITDA will not relent in its surveillance to ensure adequate compliance with the NDPR and these Guidelines. The Agency shall not hesitate to invoke the punitive sanctions provided in the NITDA Act 2007 and NDPR in the event of breach or abuse of personal data of Nigerians. We urge all concerned parties to study these Guidelines diligently and apply them accordingly. We also encourage all parties to reach out to the Agency and seek clarifications or guidance when needed.

The Guideline and other regulatory instruments of NITDA are available on the Agency’s website: www.nitda.gov.ng

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is the apex regulator for Information Technology in Nigeria under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy. The Agency is empowered by Section 6(c) of the NITDA 2007 to develop guidelines for electronic governance and monitor the use of electronic data interchange and other forms of electronic communication transactions in Nigeria. The Agency issued the NDPR in 2019 as Nigeria’s first comprehensive framework for the protection of personal data. The NDPR provides the principles and framework for the protection and processing of personal data of Nigerians and residents.

Who’s The Next Yoruba That Northerners Will Use And Dump In 2023?

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By Bayo Oluwasanmi

We have been down this road many times before. “Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” have given way to permanent suffering, misery, poverty, chaos, crisis, violence, and nasty brutish life.

Purposeful government, responsible leadership, and constitutional accountability have been rejected by the Buhari imperial presidency that which democracy was explicitly designed to prevent. As 2023 sneaks upon us, it is not too early for Yorubas to think ahead, look ahead, and plan ahead. The trend with the incompetent leader in charge of the central government is taking Yorubas back to servitude and bondage.

The political history of Yorubas in modern Nigeria is a sad one. The Yorubas have become more like the proverbial horse. After it has been led out of a burning building by rescuers, by strange obstinacy and foolishness, the horse breaks loose from its rescuers and dash back into the building again and perish in the flame. By such stubborn tendency, traitors among us have made Yorubas indentured servants of the barbaric northern nomads running the federal government.

Yorubas have come to embrace perversion, misuse and abuse of power of evil men and traitors. Like human mouse Yorubas have been afflicted with a sense of their own inferiority. They have become too blind to see, too timid to speak out, and too self-satisfied to desire better than the slave diet they are being fed by their cruel slave drivers. Unfortunately, there seems to be no Awo, Gani, Tai Solarin, Fela, Awojobi, Abraham Adesanya, Bisi Onabanjo, Bola Ige, Beko, Aturu, et al.

Now we have reached a low place of sand and burnt wire. Worst of all, we have come to accept the life of a beast. We have come to accept this low plane as the very pasture of the blessed. Our young men – brilliant, talented and gifted university graduates – have become armed robbers. So also our young beautiful, smart, and creative college educated women have turned noon day prostitutes. Our elderly and our children are neglected and forgotten. The future holds no promise for the young ones.

As we march anxiously toward 2023, Yorubas must wake up from their slumber. It will require a determined heart and more than a little courage to wrench Yorubas loose from the grip of the evil times and evil men. But it can be done.

We must chart a new course. We dare not rest content with a neat political doctrine of self-crucifixion. That is, we must not imitate the Sauls among us who will spare the best of the sheep and the oxen for their own benefit.

As we stand confused at the cross roads of 2023, Yorubas need men of breaking hearts who can lead us. Men who are prophets, not scribes. Scribes tell us what they have read. But prophets tell us what they have seen. The distinction between the two are real and profound and as wide as the sea. For too long, we have been deceived and damaged by the scribes. But at this uncertain times we need prophets.

We must not surrender to the traitors and evil ones among us. We must remove the ancient curse. The tough old traitors will not lie down and die in obedience to our command. They must be torn out like plant from the soil from our political future. They must be extracted in agony like a tooth from the jaw. Our miseries are caused by the radical dislocation of these traitors. They must be completely expelled from our midst.

As we take a long hard look at 2023, who is the next Yoruba traitor the northerners will use and dump again?

Gov. Abubakar Bello Condoles Sheikh Ahmed Lemu Over The Death Of His Son

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Gov. Abubakar Bello Condoles Sheikh Ahmed Lemu Over The Death Of His Son

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Chairman North Central Governors Forum has sympathised with a Minna based Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ahmed Lemu over the death of his eldest Son.

A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Niger State Governor, Mary Noel-Berje indicates that Abubakar Shehu Lemu fondly called Nma Katun (Kigo) by his close associates died at the IBB Specialist Hospital Minna after a brief illness .

The Governor noted that late Abubakar Shehu Lemu made immense contributions to the growth and development of the State and Nigeria as a whole and described his death as a great loss to the state and the country at large .

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello pray Allah to forgive his transgressions and accept him into Jannati Nai’m as well as grant the family, friends and associates the fortitude to bear the loss.

Abubakar Shehu Lemu Nma Katun ( Kigo ) was born on the 11th of February 1959, attended Government College Bida and graduated from Bayaro University Kano in 1983 .

He started civil service career with the Federal Ministry of External Affairs in 1984 and served in varioush countries including Kenya, Argentina, India and retired as a Director in 2017.

He is survived by his aged father, a wife and six children as well as siblings.

Rivers APC Crisis: Abe, Aguma Defy Akande-led Reconciliation Efforts, Head Back To Court

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Rivers APC Crisis: Abe, Aguma Defy Akande-led Reconciliation Efforts, Head Back To Court

……Their move is aimed at finally dissolving Rivers Chapter – Eze.
…….Charges national leadership to do the needful, sack the adamant duo if the party’s leadership is serious about having a party structure in Rivers State
…….Exposes the hirelings and none APC Members hired for the dirty task.

Chief Bisi Akande, a respected Elder Statesman who was a Governor when most of the current political players in Nigeria were still in school and current Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in an interview granted to PM News on 15th March, 2020 immediately after his inauguration in exercised historical statement, “Those seeking access to the courts to decide what are basically political questions perhaps think they are doing the right thing. If this is the case, I must state that they are innocently in error.”

“Their actions are harmful to the party in compound ways. First, the subject matter they bring before the court is not amenable to judicial pronouncement. The manner by which court decisions are rendered – one side wins, the other loses – is not the best way to resolve political disputes. Again, such disputes are better treated by dialogue and the give-and-take that dialogue engenders. Courts do not proceed in such a manner. Second, to resort to the courts casts the party in a negative public light. Third, this penchant for litigation undermines party discipline, internal dispute resolution mechanisms and institutions”.

Worried over the brewing disregard and crass disrespect for party constitution, as well as the manifest indiscipline being exhibited by Senator Magnus Abe and Hon. Igo Aguma, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said recent acts of the duo obviously points to a lurking danger ahead of the party which must be aborted with every sense of determination and renewed vigour.

In a statement made available to media houses, the erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eze, said Akande, the interim National Chairman of the party, gave the warning and outrightly condemned the floodgate of litigations instituted against the party, saying the litigants are ‘in error’.

He also chided them for not exhausting the party’s internal conflict resolution mechanism before going to court.
Full details of the interview is contained in this link – https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/03/15/bisi-akande-apc-chief-peacemaker-to-litigants-let-me-do-my-work/

In defiance to this plea and counsel by this elder statesman who turned 80 years few weeks ago, Hon.
Igo Aguma whose agenda is to weaken the nerves of the party in a bid to ensure that PDP is the only functional party in the State so that the plot to install an Ikwerre Governor come 2023 is achieved effortlessly and to the detriment of other tribes in the State went back to Court on 13/05/2020 to pursue his case against the party not to hold any Congress in the State for hearing. The court has adjourned this case to 27/05/2020 for judgment. We just pray that the Court should consider the plight of the party and dismiss this case accordingly.

More worrisome and shocking is the fact that Senator Magnus Abe, who ensured that the APC in Rivers State did not participate or field any candidate during the 2019 general elections is done with his effort to decimate the party’s chapter in Rivers State. To ensure the success of his mission, he has mobilised some of his House-Helpers and non-APC members to sue the party and to stop her from organising any Congress in Rivers State few days after Aguma’s case was heard on a similar agenda.

Frowning at Senator Abe’s strategic craftiness, Eze said, haven achieved his mission of destroying the party in the State, the former Rivers South-East Senator was duly compensated by the PDP Government under the watch of Governor Nyesom Wike, by allowing one of his allies, Barry Mpigi to be elected a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and two of his other allies as Commissioners and members of the State Executive Council as well other sundry benefits accrued to him for working against a party he claims to be a member.

In his renewed determination to ensure that the same fate that visited the party in 2019 revisits the party by 2023, Senator Abe, defiling all wise counsel and reconciliatory efforts has mobilised some of his househelps and none members of APC to go back to court to revive the failed plot by his run away and none existent Umar and Co. whom he used to frustrate the party during the 2019 general elections.

Some of these hirelings hired to execute his latest devious and devilish plot against the party are Dele Moses, Poomi Friday, Gbosi Vincent, Nwankwo Freedom, Otioma Lucky, Kingdom Nwosu
Tuanwin Ateni, Ugochukwu Nwocha, Peter N. Bobmanuel and Emmanuel Okiasi.

It may sadden the general public to note that those funny characters had on 14th May, 2020, a day after Aguma’s case was heard filed a suit through their lead counsel, Henry Bello, Esq to the fact that they have a motion for an injunction against APC to restrain the party from conducting congresses pending the determination of their suit.

However, Eze commended the APC legal team, who immediately on hearing about this latest plot swiftly drew the attention of the court to the fact that there is an existing injunction in lgo Aguma’s suit against the said congresses, which order the party has complied with till date. And that the party do not intend to conduct the congresses until the matters in court are disposed of.

It was at that point that their lead counsel H. Bello, Esq informed the court that he wish to withdraw the motion for injunction since the APC lawyers have told the court that we do not wish to conduct any congresses.

Eze highlighted that not satisfied with this development, Abe’s boys swiftly filed a new suit seeking for interpretation of the judgment of Justice Nwogu which was a similar matter before Justice Ollor who refused to grant them their prayers in the case instituted by Ibrahim Umar and Ors V. Apc. They brought the same matter believing that they can get a different Judgment because of politics in order for them to usurp the reins of the party in the State and empowered to organise the Congresses whenever it will be organised for them to complete the total decimation of the party in the State.

The public can recall that these hirelings were not part of the Ibrahim Umar and Ors but in a bid to continue to seek relevance not knowing the legality of their claims adopted this latest strategy to demonstrate their devious plot against the party. The court has fixed Judgment on this case for June 8th while Judgment for Igo Aguma V APC is on 27th of May.

Eze recalled that one of Abe’s Househelp, Mr. Poomi Friday once threatened him and said, “Chief-Eze Chukwuemeka, God will soon disgrace you. Your paymaster Ameachi is on the verge of collapse. Check out!” A photoshoot of this threat is attached to this release not knowing that what he meant was this dubious plot of using the Court to once again disorganise the party and ensure that Rt. Hon. Dr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who is the Leader of the party in South South region does not have a foothold in his own State. In this regard as we wait for 27th May judgement of the verdict on Aguma’s case and that of Abe’s boys on 8th June, the Akande led APC NRC should do the needful and get Aguma, Abe and his boys formally removed from the party if the Leadership of the party is still eager to have a structure of the party in the State to execute its 2023 program because if Abe and Aguma are not shown the way out, the party will never have peace.

One would have loved to see a situation where Abe, Igo and their cohorts exercise restraints and allow the the Reconciliation Committee conclude its assignment. Eze said the duo of Sen. Abe and Igo Aguma have shown crass indiscipline and total disrespect to President Mohammadu Buhari, the party and its leadership as well as the Akande-led National Reconcilliation Committee by their latest actions.

The party chief wondered the rationale behind the recent veer to court when they could as well get justice at the party reconciliation level considering their argument of having a valid claim and veritable grounds of grievance.

Eze adopted the position of one of the political leaders of the party, Com (Engr) Japhet Ogbueri, National Coordinator, Intelligentsia Network For APC (In-4-APC) who recently posited that,”at this critical juncture in the political firmament of APC in the state, any leader, member or stakeholder who still has court case or intends to institute case against the party for whatsoever reason can not be said to be wearing a thinking cap. It’s grossly against the provisions of APC Constitution to drag the party or its organ to court, even as these juxtaposing court pronouncements have never favoured the party and equally the sole reason why APC gravely and brazenly lost out in 2019 general election”.

Eze agrees that there are some external principalities using these misguided agents instrumentally to destabilize, dismantle, disintegrate and disrepute APC in Rivers State but with faith in God all these plots against the party will collapse like pack of cards.

Eze restated as always, that Abe and Aguma are serial saboteurs whose penchants for greed must not be allowed to truncate the efforts of leadership at rebuilding and repositioning the party for successful outings in future elections.

The party chief appealed to Akande and his Committee to do the needful and save the party from further disintegration and disgrace from the hands of these agents of anarchy.

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