The embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom.
More details to follow….
(Newsband)
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges FG to Stop the Incessant Attacks on Igbo People in Lagos
The Federal and Lagos State Governments have been urged to take proactive measures to end incessant harassment, intimidation and suppression of Ndigbo living in Lagos State
In a statement issued in Awka, the Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene said Ndigbo have been pushed to the wall without any provocation and will take necessary measures to protect themselves from targeted attacks, harassment, abuses and threats.
Chief Okeke-Ogene recalled that similar scenario that culminated to last civil war has started playing out again without the Federal government and government of Lagos State saying nor doing anything to prevent further escalation that will lead to total breakdown of law and order.
He disclosed that Ndigbo in Lagos and Rivers states suffered unprecedented attacks, intimidation and threats before, during and after the Presidential and National Assembly elections as well as Governorship and State Assembly elections and were not allowed to exercise their franchise while their sources of livelihood were destroyed resulting to colossal losses running into hundreds of billions of naira even when no Igbo man contested election in the states.
The Ohaneze Ndigbo Vice President noted that Ndigbo have been in the fore front of development of Lagos State and constitute the highest population of tax payers that drive the economy of the state while many of them are members of the All Progressives Congress APC.
Chief Okeke-Ogene reminded the masterminds of these attacks and intimidation that nobody has a monopoly of violence and noted that Ndigbo in Northern parts of Nigeria lived peacefully with their hosts throughout the elections and participated actively in the election processes without apprehension.
He urged Ndigbo to remain calm as leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo is reaching out to the federal government, Lagos State government and Igbo elites on proactive measures to stop the situation from getting out of hand.
(Absradiotv)
GGM Congratulates Alex Otti ,Pledges Support
Good Governance Ministry (GGM ) ,a political Ministry has sent a message of congratulations to the Governor -Elect of Abia State – Dr Alex Otti. In a message signed by the Leader of the group – Comrade Chinedu Asuzu, ” Dear Dr Alex Otti, your victory in the last Gubernatorial election has proven that the power of people is greater than those in power. You have the people mandate as indicated in the celebration ongoing in all corners of Abia State. Do not disappoint the humongous expectations from the office of the Governor. Our people do not expect miracle from Government and to succeed ,you need to run an open Government where every Abian opinion would be considered. Our people are emotionally battered and traumatized,however you need to appeal to their emotional beings to carry everybody along . With the people by your side ,you can achieve anything you plan for. Note that four years period is too short ,so don’t joke with people mandate. On behalf of Good Governance Ministry, I sincerely congratulate you for being the first to be declared Governor-Elect under Obidient Movement” the message concluded.
TINUBU POLITICAL MACHINE AGAINST IGBO AND NOT YORUBA NATION- Chidi Osuagwu
The recent essay “The Cult of Lagos Tinubu Political Family and Future Anarchy” by Suyi Ayodele is worthy of serious attention. Empire, usually, distract their peoples unto war by contriving enemies within and then enemies in alien places.
The author of this article is Yoruba. In the article he identifies the trouble makers as “Tinubu Political Family” and not “Yoruba Nation”. In essence, there is no political war between the Igbo and Yoruba peoples. It is ‘Tinubu Political Family’ against Igbo.
Indeed, those who presume the Yoruba and Igbo peoples are so distinct and opposed to each other that they can be, easily, incited them to war against each other, for the benefit of the Anglo-Fulani co-imperialist rulers of Nigeria, are under the spell of contrived and kwashiorkic, Nigeria ‘history’. I, myself, was under the evil spell of that ‘Akụkọ Ife’ until two Yoruba men, Professor Sam Aluko and Chief Olu Akinfosile, talked to me in 1993. People, before they head further along the road to perdition, should find out what the Ooni of Ife meant, 2019, when during the Aje Festival he called the Igbo people as the people of Obatala and Four-lobed Kolanut, who founded the Aje Festival celebrated at Ile-Ife. So, might think the respected traditional leader was making a joke. Not at all!
The Awori people who own Lagos migrated from the same Igbomokun/Ife, from where Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi made his historical speech. People who don’t know should ask garrulous Femi Fani-Kayode why he claimed a few years ago that he is not Yoruba, but Anago? Scientists have discovered that the human body possess two brains of equal weight. One is the Gut Brain inside the belly, while the other is the ‘Head Brain’ inside the head. What the Anglo-Fulani co-imperialist political strategy has achieved in Nigeria is the political promotion and dominance of those guided by their Gut Brains as Nigeria ‘leaders’… politicians, judges, priests, professors, etc. Such Gut-brainers, as Fani-Kayode, don’t connect what they say in the present to what they said in the past. That is why Fani-Kayode, because of the favourable food signs from political sky of Lagos is, currently, ‘Yoruba gladiatory champion’, fanning the embers of hatred and violence against the non-Yoruba citizens of Nigeria who are resident in Lagos. While giving ‘intellectual’ artillery cover to chief thug MC Oluomo and Gang, it has never occurred to him, thinking from his Gut Brain, that Lagos economy is not based on ordinary Land Space, which Lagos hardly has, but on Petroleum, which journeys to Lagos from the general direction as his primary hate targets come.
The Great Danger of Bola Tinubu, in the thinking of informed Nigerians, is STATE CAPTURE. The election observers in Nigeria have coined the term INEC-capture in relation to Bola Tinubu’s recent exploits. But, the State-Capture of Nigeria by aliens is the ultimate trajectory of the current electoral heist. The meeting Bola Tinubu held with Gilbert Chagoury, in France, frightens informed Nigerians more than anything else about the future of Nigeria, after the present electoral deep-dives in a Tray-of-water. The Chagourys, money launderers to Abacha and convicted in the United States for related anti-State offenses, were partners to Tinubu in the capture and Exploitation of Lagos State. Now, Nigeria?? People who don’t know what state capture means should go and find out why President Jacob Zuma lost power in South Africa. He lost power because an Indian refugee family called Gupta, within a short time, made enough money in South Africa to bribe their way to nearly owning the South African Government. Through bribery with money made in South Africa, by hook or by crook, in South Africa, the Guptas were bribing their way to the appointment of South African Ministers…who were, in turn, awarding dubious contracts to them. Corruption spread, and State institutions collapsed in the wake. South Africa has never recovered from the Guptas State Capture. Indians and their Middle-Eastern cousins (Arabs and Jews), who Nigerians, generally, call Kora have specialised in African States Capture as major business. The most wicked aspect is their presumption that Black Africans are stupid people who can sell their Mother’s Hearth, when sufficiently enticed, in these insidious Mammon-driven activities.
Bola Tinubu studied in Chicago. He, apparently, spent significant time admiring, and understudying, the ‘Daley Machine’. The Richard Daley founded the Political Machine, backed by gangsters, controlled Chicago politics. From there they, unduly, influenced United States politics (including, as they say helping to install an American President Kennedy in 1961). With his established Drug Money laundering, Tinubu, apparently, also understudied the dynamics of American underworld. He now, liberally, employs this specialist knowledge to Nigeria.
It is the Lagos based, Daley-modelled, Tinubu Political Machine that has seized control of South West Nigerian political space and is reaching out to control Nigeria. It is the Tinubu Machine that has targeted the Igbo in Lagos, Rivers and everywhere; and attacking Igbo in Lagos. They perceive the Igbo, and correctly, as strategic adversaries. It is not the Yoruba People. Little to do with Yoruba Nation, except as already captured base instrument of political conquest, by an Imperialist mindset.
The Igbo and Yoruba, like the Ooni said in 2019, are more related than uniformed people know and enemies of the Black Race, who want them to remain eternally divided and damned, allow to be known. Time is pregnant and shall bear some future beyond men of Might and Mammon to foretell!
Dear Chidi,
What you have written is an introductory part of this reflection of yours.
Keep developing it until we land at “what is to be done”
Please let no-one blame Ndigbo and their neighbors who conscientiously went into this election. Especially the innocent youth and other compatriots in search of a genuine future!
We all have finally given the world of true humanity further opportunity to see the purity of our heart. THAT WE WANT TO LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE POLITICAL STATE.
We must now pursue very conscientiously the path God has charted for us in the GREEN BOOK – The true path of Freedom From Slavery.
We must now pursue this path together – the Youths and all genuine Freedom-Thirsty Compatriots from the NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST AND CENTRAL of this Wobbling Federation!
May God Almighty be our Guide!
TEEYU NWALA
Kenneth Okonkwo Reacts As INEC Declared Peter Mbah Enugu Gov-Elect
Kenneth Okonkwo Reacts As INEC Declared Peter Mbah Enugu Gov-Elect
One of the labor party presidential campaign Spokespersons, Kenneth Okonkwo has reacted to the outcome of the Enugu state governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, Officially announced the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Peter Mba, as the winner of the state election. The announcement came following an adjournment during the collation exercise
The race was a tight one between the PDP candidate and the labor party candidate, Chijioke Edeoga
However, after the announcement was made, Okonkwo expressed his displeasure at the outcome of the election.
In a post that he made on his Twitter page, he alleged that there was a compromise during the process
He said the Abia returning officer rejected to be intimidated and refused to announce rigged results while the Enugu Returning Officer Confessed that he was given a figure to announce.
Breaking: PDP Candidate Peter Mbah Wins Enugu Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Peter Mbah, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the winner of the governorship poll in Enugu State.
The returning officer Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe announced the winner on Wednesday evening at the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Enugu, 48 hours after INEC suspended the exercise in the South-East state.
He said the candidate of the PDP, Barr. Peter Mbah won his closest challenger, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party with 160,895 votes.
Edeoga scored 157,552 votes while APGA came a distant 3rd with 17,983 votes and APC occupied the 4th position with 14575 votes.
That Peter Ndubisi Mbah, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the governorship election in Enugu State and is returned elected,” Professor Iwe said.
The PDP won in Uzo-Uwani, Ezeagu, Aninri, Udi, Awgu, Nkanu East, Nkanu West Enugu South and Enugu East Local Government Areas
However, Labour Party took Igboeze North, Igboeze South, Igboetiti, Oji River, Nsukka, Isi-Uzo, Udenu and Enugu North local government areas.
The number of total votes cast in the election is 367,551. Number of valid votes 358,463 while rejected votes is 9088.
Below is the number of votes scored by other political parties:
AA 330 votes, AAC 146 votes, ADC 1168 votes, ADP 382 votes, APM 358 votes, APP 158 votes, BP 319 votes, NNPP 2107 votes, NRM 854 votes, PRP 850, SDP 65 votes, YPP 397 votes, ZLP 332 votes.
(Journalist101)
Abia Governor-elect, Alex Otti’s Acceptance Speech
Abia Governor-elect, Alex Otti’s Acceptance Speech
My fellow Abians, it gives me great pleasure this evening to address you, following the final announcement of the results of the gubernatorial elections conducted across the state last Saturday, March 18, 2023. With deep humility and a profound sense of responsibility, I wholeheartedly accept your mandate to be your chief servant for the next 4 years.
Before I go on, I must first dedicate this victory to God the Father Almighty, who makes everything beautiful in His own time. I also dedicate it to the millions of Abia citizens who have been the unfortunate victims of bad governance these past decades. As I acknowledge this victory, I am fully conscious of the huge expectations of millions of the good people of Abia, who have been denied the dividends of democracy and good governance for such a long time. I want to sincerely thank every Abian and non-indigene alike who participated in this election. As you are all aware, this was my third attempt at contesting for this office, in my quest to implement my long-held vision of rebuilding Abia state as truly God’s own state. At this third attempt, it pleased God to give us victory. In the words of one Labour Party stalwart, ‘The Siege Is Over’! With our votes and the collective will of the people, we have “broken the gates of hell and cast its bars of iron asunder”. As recorded in the holy book, the kingdom of hell shall not prevail against us.
I would like to quickly compliment my colleagues in the just-concluded elections, Chief Sir Okechukwu Ahiwe, Engr Enyinnaya Nwafor, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, Prof Gregory Ibe, and a host of other equally qualified governorship candidates. It has been a hard-fought contest and each of you gave his or her best in the quest to serve our beloved State. There is no doubt that all of us have very robust ideas as to how to move our dear State forward. I want to assure you that your ideas and dreams that are consistent with building a virile Abia state shall come to fruition under my watch. I therefore invite all of you to join hands with our administration in order to serve Abians who have been victims of several years of maladministration and state capture. I have no doubt that you will be available to use the same energy and intellect, to help rebuild our state and develop our people. Of particular mention are the Candidates that have publicly conceded defeat and congratulated us, even when the battle of Obingwa fictitious votes was still raging. These include Prof. Greg Ibe, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, Chief Bond Ohuche, Chief Chibuike Jonas, amongst others. It is well with all of you.
I want to thank the young and energetic Deputy Governor-elect, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu who is going to be carrying the burden of governance with me. I also want to thank my Campaign team led by Hon. Acho Obioma and various support and volunteers groups who worked tirelessly to make today possible. You are simply the best hands any candidate can find! Your creative ideas and dedication to our common goal were unprecedented.
I must not fail to thank the leadership and members of Labour Party, who worked very hard to ensure that this day would come. I thank all those who worked with me through moments of despair and hope, through tears, sweat and blood, through betrayals, denials and dangers untold. It is said that the harder the struggle, the sweeter the victory. Please savour the sweetness of your hard work and firm belief.
I must give special thanks to my best friend, my confidant, my number one fan, my heartbeat, the wife of my youth, the mother of my children, and the First Lady in waiting, of Abia state, Lady Priscilla Chidinma Otti (Onugu Abia). I must thank her for living up to the challenges of being the wife of someone committed to these ideals, with equanimity and elegance. Unfortunately the work has only just begun but now you must support me, just like you have done in the past 30 years of our marriage, to work for the people of Abia. Special thanks to our children, Dr. Ezinwa, Engnr Alex Jr and Chinweotuto for being there and supporting Daddy without reservation.
I must pause and remember some of those who have left us in the course of this journey. Although they are no longer here with us, I am sure that where ever they are now, they will be smiling with satisfaction that finally, we have triumphed over the forces that have held the State captive for so long. Some of the more notable ones among them are Prince Otisi Kalu, Abbott, Pastor Nnanna Ngwu, who both served as Chairmen for this campaign at different times. I must also remember my friend from Anambra State, Mr Eze Alomefuna, Rico, who worked tirelessly to help end the dynasty of incompetence in Abia state. Also to be remembered are Prince Dike O. Dike and Dr. Mike Nwachukwu who lost their lives within the period of this struggle. Worthy of mention is the less than two year old little Adanna who tragically lost her life in 2015, when in the frenzy and excitement of our electoral victory, her father, Mr. Pius Oha accidentally ran over her in a car. In spite of the exigency of time, please join me in observing a minute’s silence in honour of these fallen heroes.
Indeed, I see this victory as a call to service. Even as I come out of a bruising and long drawn out campaign, I know that this is just the beginning of the journey. There is a lot of work to be done and we must get all hands on deck to ensure that we take back our state and bring the much sought-after dividends of democracy.
You voted us to serve you and not to be served. You voted us to alleviate your sufferings and not to compound and multiply them. This is a service that comes with unusually high sense of devotion and commitment given our checkered history as a people. During my electioneering campaign, I traversed all nooks and crannies of Abia state, and that enabled me to have first-hand assessment of the needs and expectations of Abians. These are the basic things expected by the people for a responsible government to provide in order to unleash the potential
inherent in the typically hardworking Abians. Based on my findings and those of my team members, it dawned on us that an immediate hands-on approach is required to hit the ground running and to ensure that we alleviate the sufferings of all Abians, I promised you that I will serve you as the Governor of all Abians and all citizens living in Abia, irrespective of clan, religious persuasion or political leaning. I see my mandate as cutting across all strata of our people and I once more promise to use the resources accruing to all Abians for the benefit of all Abians and the residents. I will like to assure us that we hold no bitterness against anyone and will not go on any revenge mission against anyone. If in the process of getting here, we have wronged anyone, kindly find a space in your heart to forgive. We have equally forgiven anyone that wronged us. This will be a government that would unite everyone in this state as we are all brothers and sisters.
I want to salute the industry and resourcefulness of all Abians, the religious and traditional institutions, the civil servants, working class, the pensioners, the Business community, the physically challenged members of our society and indeed everyone that wishes Abia well. There shall be no discrimination whatsoever in the amenities that each person is able to access in our government. I made a firm promise to all civil servants and pensioners owed salaries, pensions and emoluments that an immediate payment plan would be put in place to ensure that this gets the priority it deserves.
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I am very much aware and prepared to deal with the issues of infrastructural decay which have continued to militate against our growth and development as a state. This will be tackled head-on. There is no doubt that given the deplorable state of our infrastructure, roads, schools and health systems, Abians are deservedly impatient to have these issues addressed as quickly as possible. I assure you that these areas will receive the priority attention of our government.
Nevertheless, I caution that we all will need to put in our best and row together in one direction. There is no magic wand that can fix all the rot and decay noticed in virtually all segments of the system since the past years. For us to have sustainable development, it would require very painstaking and elaborate layout of master plans to enable us tackle the menace of flooding and re-engineer our cities especially Aba, Umuahia and other cities that would be developed in order to support our urban renewal projects. We therefore plead for patience and
understanding as we first tackle the immediate challenges and work on the major ones. The approach of our government will revolve around crafting policies that will enable our government tap the creative energies of every Abian. We remain resolute in our drive to eliminate poverty and create sustainable wealth for our people.
Once again, thank you for electing me and my Deputy to serve you for the next 4 years. We trust God for His enablement to offer our services to Abians in such a way that we would not disappoint you. We shall implement our manifesto which is a revered pact between our administration and the good people of Abia state.
My dearly beloved Abians, as I conclude this address, I want to reassure you that we are going to run an open, transparent and accountable government devoid of waste and profligacy. Our doors will remain wide open and our channels of communication will remain unfettered so that your worthy contributions and suggestions will be a guiding light as we together navigate the thorny paths of rebuilding the state and transforming same for the benefit of all.
We deeply cherish you all and will do our best to ensure that the trust reposed in us is not in vain.
Thank you all and God bless Abia State! God bless Nigeria!!
Q
Dr. Alex Chioma Otti OFR,
Governor-Elect, Abia State
Umuahia, 22nd March 2023
Breaking : Tinubu Is Sick ,Flies Out For Medical Attention
Former Lagos State governor, who is Nigeria’s ‘president-elect, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu, is travelling to Europe to seek medical care after falling ill
Our Reporters gathered that Tinubu fell ill after the “hectic” electioneering that led to his emergence as the ‘President-elect’ and the tension that built up ahead of the March 18 Lagos State governorship and House of Assembly elections where he also voted.
Authoritative sources revealed on Wednesday that Tinubu left for Europe on Tuesday night.
“Tinubu has left for Europe for medical care. He fell ill after voting on Saturday during the Lagos guber election. He was attended to by local doctors but he has left for Europe for proper medical care,” one of the sources close to him revealed.
“He initially said his doctors should be brought down to Nigeria for him, and that when things die down, he would leave. But I’ve confirmed that he left last night (Tuesday night) because he is definitely ill,” another source confirmed.
“His plane Falcon 9X with registration number VP-CBT can’t be tracked by air flight tracking websites.”
Indeed, efforts made by our Reporters to track the flight came back with: “VP-CBT – Unknown Owner (Cayman Islands (UK))
This aircraft (VP-CBT) is not available for public tracking per request from the owner/operator.”
We had reported that Tinubu cast his vote at his polling unit in Lagos on Saturday.
He had shared photos of himself voting on his Instagram page.
“I just joined other Nigerians in exercising my civic duty in the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections. I encourage you all to go out and vote peacefully,” he had written.
We reported that Tinubu spent over four months patronising hospitals in France, the United States and the United Kingdom where he underwent several surgeries between 2020 and 2022.
He was flown out of the country some days before Christmas in 2020 to Paris, France.
The APC leader returned to Nigeria on January 24, 2021, after a month’s absence from Nigeria.
He also went for a medical check-up on Thursday, June 10, 2021, to France and was conspicuously absent from a one-day working visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos State.
Tinubu, amidst death rumours, was forced to return to the country on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
We also reported that Tinubu was hospitalised in Maryland, the United States in July 2021.
On August 9, the APC leader had another knee surgery at the John Hopkins University Hospital in Maryland, the United States.
The APC chieftain, it was learnt, left the US for the United Kingdom on crutches, a few days after the surgery.
Sources close to Tinubu had told our Reporters that he wanted the surgery in Paris, France but changed his plan over rumours of his death.
In August, President Buhari paid a visit to Tinubu in London and the latter was seen with a walking stick during Buhari’s visit, confirming our story that he underwent a second surgery in the United States.
His London home also became a mecca of sorts as he was visited by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).
Upon his return in October, Tinubu confirmed that he underwent surgery on his right knee as well as post-surgery physiotherapy on the said knee during his medical trip abroad.
*Some days ago, Tinubu returned to the country after going out of the country for medical attention in the United Kingdom for 10 days.*
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Breaking : Alex Otti Becomes Governor-elect
Alex Otti Wins Abia State Governorship Election as INEC Declares Obingwa Results
Labour Party’s Alex Otti Wins Abia State Governorship Election as INEC Declares Obingwa Results
Final Results
LP 176k
PDP 84K
OBINGWA LGA RESULT.
157,390 Registered Voters
27664 Accredited Voters
LP: 3776
PDP: 9962
Congratulations to him!
2023 Election: US Condemns Violence, Voters Intimidation – Threatens Sanction
The United States has condemned voter intimidation and increased violence that marred the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday.
This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday.
The rescheduled Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections were held in 28 states and 36 states, respectively, amid increased violence and voter intimidation when compared with the Presidential and National Assembly polls held on February 25.
Despite the massive deployment of security agencies in many strategic locations, there was widespread violence in many states of the federation.
The US said despite that the March 18 elections appeared to have had significant operational improvements, as polling stations generally opened on time and most results were visible on an electronic viewing platform in a timely manner, there were increased violence in Lagos, Kano and other reported states.
However, it commended stakeholders who spoke against the violence and intimidation melted on voters, adding that it was a sign of respect to democratic process.
The statement read in part “Nigeria carried out the second round of its electoral process with gubernatorial and state assembly elections on March 18.
The United States is deeply troubled by the disturbing acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression that took place during those polls in Lagos, Kano, and other states. Members of the U.S. diplomatic mission observed the elections in Lagos and elsewhere and witnessed some of these incidents first-hand.
“The use of ethnically charged rhetoric before, during, and after the gubernatorial election in Lagos was particularly concerning.
“We commend all Nigerian political actors, religious and community leaders, youth, and citizens who have chosen to reject and speak out against such violence and inflammatory language, affirming Nigerians’ commitment to and respect for the democratic process.”
The US also threatened to sanction perpetrators, calling on Nigerian authorities to probe reports on election violence.
It said, “We call on Nigerian authorities to hold accountable and bring to justice any individuals found to have ordered or carried out efforts to intimidate voters and suppress voting during the election process.
“The United States likewise will consider all available actions, including additional visa restrictions, on individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Nigeria.
“The United States renews its call for any challenges to election results to go through established legal processes, which must not be interfered with. We further call for Nigeria’s people to work together as they participate in and continue to strengthen the country’s vibrant democracy.”
(Punch)