Wanted IPOB Member Begs For Help
A member of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB in Mgbowo Community, Awgu Council area of Enugu state, Mr. Ejiofor Stanley Oti, now at large after he was declared wanted by the Nigerian Army has called on Igbo leaders and international Community to come to his rescue.
He said life has become unbearable for him and his family members after security operatives invaded their community recently and allegedly set ablaze his family house, which forced him and his entire household to flee the locality for fear of uncertainty.
It would be recalled that security operatives had invaded the Community to arrest some alleged leaders of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia arm of IPOB who hailed from the area.
Ejiofor, who is crying out from his hide out through a close family source, appealed to Amnesty international, Igbo leaders and other global human rights organizations to come to his rescue before the Nigerian security forces send him and his family to their untimely graves.
The family Source who craved anonymity told our correspondent in Enugu that “Oti, fondly known as Chocho, has been at large when the security personnel invaded the community and started shooting indiscriminately, burning houses assumed to be hide outs for IPOB members including his family.
According to him, “They torched his house and sprayed bullets in nearby compounds.
“In short, the security officers who were acting or acted like people in war front in the community, wrecked serious havoc in the area on that fateful day and the tales of the destruction is still there in our village.”
Efforts to get reaction of the Nigerian Army during the alleged invasion had hit the rock as the spokesman of the military, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu could not take his calls or respond to text message at of the time of filing this report.
Source: Journalist 101
Dowen College Lagos: Student Killed by Fellow Students for Refusing to Join Cult
Sylvester Oromoni, the father of 12-year-old boy, Junior, who died after he was allegedly tortured by his fellow students for refusing to join a cult, have opened up about the incident.
Speaking with TheCable Lifestyle, Mr Sylvester disclosed that his son was repeatedly bullied by the accused students.
He said,
“My son suffered. The boys they mentioned were also reported to the school last term when they bullied Junior and collected all his foodstuffs; clothes. I have two daughters, one of whom earlier graduated. I had to remove the second after this incident. They asked this boy to describe the sister’s privates and this got to us.”
According to him, Dowen College temporarily suspended the boys involved and Junior was also taken to a new hostel, but the bullying and intimidation still continued into the new term.
“They put fear in him so much so that, when you ask him, he might keep to himself and say, ‘they will kll me’. I considered removing him but reconsidered since his sisters were still in the school.
Mr. Sylvester said he got to know about the new incident on November 21st, after the school called his wife to inform her that their son was in the school clinic, injured.
He added that his son couldn’t stand because his waist was bent and one side of his belly was swollen. His mouth was black and he couldn’t sleep at night.
The grieving father revealed that Junior told his mum that he didn’t play football, neither did he fall. Thus, countering the school’s claim that he got injured while playing football.
Speaking further, Mr Sylvester said, “They kicked him, matched his waist. Other students ran off. They threatened to kill them all if they spoke a word to the school staff. They warned Junior to say he sustained injuries while playing ball. They threatened him. If you ask the roommate, they’d all lie. They matched his ribs and waist. All that pain for a 12-year-old,” he said, trailing off into a soft sob over the phone.
He said Junior suffered liver enlargement due to congealed blood. It was also claimed that Junior was fed with a chemical-like liquid substance for refusing to join the cult.
“The parents of the boys are wealthy. They withdrew them. Some of the parents are planning to fly the children out of the country. The boys are five in number: four are in SS2 while one is in SS1,” he added.
The state police command is yet to comment on this development. Meanwhile academic activities in the school have been suspended for two days.
(Yabaleft)
Actress Ini Edo Welcomes First Child Through Surrogacy
Actress, Ini Edo Welcomes Baby Girl Via Surrogacy
Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has welcomed a baby girl.
In an interview with Stella Dimoko Korkus, the actress revealed that she used a surrogate mother to carry and birth her daughter.
She said, “I do have a daughter and I had her through surrogacy. The eggs are mine and so genetically, she’s my blood. I chose this path to fulfil my dream of becoming a mother.”
On her baby’s father, Edo said, “I opted for a donor for me and my baby’s peace of mind.”
she also mentioned to have welcome her baby girl months ago.. congratulations to the new mother.
Credit: Stella Dimoko Korkus
Breaking: NCAA Approves the Opening of Anambra Airport
NCAA Approves Opening Of Anambra International Cargo And Passenger Airport Effective December 2nd, 2021.
Breaking: Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Again to 2022
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday adjourned the trial of the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu till January 18, 2022.
Kanu’s case was originally scheduled to be heard next year, but the court on Wednesday granted an abridgement of time after a motion was filed by the Nigerian separatist leader. This allowed for an emergency hearing today, Thursday.
Justice Nyako had on November 10, 2021, adjourned the trial of Kanu till January 19 and 20, 2022, for trial. But the court yesterday granted an abridgement of time after a motion was filed in that respect and his matter was again heard today (Thursday).
Kanu was absent in court.
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was on Thursday, absent, as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, commenced hearing on an application he filed to quash the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him.
Kanu, in the application he filed through his team of lawyers led by Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, is asking the court to acquit and discharge him of all counts in the charge.
He argued that the court lacks the requisite jurisdiction to try him on the basis of a charge he said was grossly incompetent.
The embattled IPOB leader contended that there was no proof of evidence attached to the amended charge against him.
Andy Demands to be Declared Winner of Past Anambra Election
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba and those of 10 other parties have filed petitions at the Anambra 2021 Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Prof. Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner.
According to Daily Trust, the political parties filed their petitions on Monday and Tuesday.
Uba is seeking the tribunal to declare him as the winner of the election, claiming to have won majority of the votes cast during the election.
Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, Prince Adam Ume-Ezeoke, in their petition want the nullification of the election on the grounds that the Bimodal Accreditation Verification System (BVAS) was not in the Electoral Act and that over 90 per cent of the voters were disenfranchised.
On their part, the candidate of Accord Party, Dr Godwin Maduka and the party are calling for the nullification of the election on the ground of irregularities.
Also, the United Patriots which petitioned the tribunal on the grounds of wrongful exclusion of its name from the ballot and want the election nullified.
Green Party and Action Peoples Party (APP), among others, also want cancellation of the election.
It could be recalled that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo and candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), Sen. Ifeanyi Uba, had conceded defeat.
The secretary of the tribunal, Barrister Surajo Gusau, said three judges are expected to arrive in Anambra State following the filing of the petitions. He dispelled reports claiming the tribunal would sit in Abuja.
In another development, a Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application seeking it to nullify the election of Soludo.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Wednesday dismissed a suit that sought to invalidate Soludo’s election on the allegation that he supplied false information to INEC.
The suit was filed by Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka, alleging that Soludo lied in the affidavit (Form EC9), which he submitted to INEC.
No Political Solution for Nnamdi Kanu- Malami
Malami says no political solution in Nnamdi Kanu’s case on the table
Malami says Nnamdi Kanu’s trial will go on despite President Buhari’s hint on a possible political solution
By Emma Ogbuehi
The hope for a political solution to the ongoing trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his early release from detention may be forlorn, after all.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, dashed the hope on Wednesday when he appeared on Channels Television.
Hopes were raised recently when some notable Igbo leaders, led by First Republic Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amechi, went to Aso Rock to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari on Kanu’s behalf.
Though Buhari said it was a difficult decision to make, he however left the door open for a possible political solution.
“You’ve made an extremely difficult demand on me as leader of this country. The implication of your request is very serious. In the last six years, since I became President, nobody would say I have confronted or interfered in the work of the Judiciary. God has spared you, and given you a clear head at this age, with very sharp memory. A lot of people half your age are confused already. But the demand you made is heavy. I will consider it,” Buhari told the 93-year-old Amechi and his delegation.
However, that door seems to have been shut now.
Speaking on Wednesday night, Malami said the trial of Nnamdi Kanu will go on as no political solution was on the table.
“Certainly, one thing I can tell you clearly is that the issue of pardon, out of court settlement or associated settlement is not right on the table.
“It is a bridge I enjoy crossing when I get there. I have unfortunately not got there yet.”
Asked if he will be willing to cross the bridge when he eventually gets there, Malami said, “Well, it depends on how deep I find the waters at the bottom when I get to the bridge.”
Malami also said it was not true that the Federal Government was reluctant in naming those it earlier claimed were sponsors of terror in the country.
He said the government was only taking its time.
“One thing that I think you need to take into consideration is that investigation is still ongoing and the fact that a lot of arrests were made.
“With the fact that judicial orders for the detention of those that have been arrested have been obtained, it is indeed out of place to conclude that nothing is being heard on the matter.
“Work is in progress. It will continue to be in progress and certainly we will do the needful at the right time.”
Alluding to the judicial order declaring bandits as terrorists and how how long it took to get to that point, Malami said the issue of exposing funders of terrorism is taking the same route.
“The fact remains that we have ever been working. There is no dull moment as far as the process is concerned. So, what I am saying in essence is that it is work in progress. Arrests were made, judicial orders were obtained and, indeed, we will do the needful.
He said both big and small names are involved, including politically exposed and institutionally engaged people, with both local and international connections.
Malami vowed that “no one will be spared as far as we are concerned as a government.”
(Thenich)
Breaking: Court Throws Out Law Suit Against Soludo Seeking his Disqualification
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governor-elect of Anambra State.
Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo, in a judgment, described the suit as frivolous, irritating, and lacking in merit.
The judge awarded a punitive cost of N2 million against the two plaintiffs to be paid to Soludo and his deputy, Ibezim.
Details shortly…
(Daily post)
NINAS Reacts To Prof Banjo Akintoye Resignation
PRESS STATEMENT
NINAS ALLIANCE IS INTACT AND FOCUSED ON ITS STATED MISSION DESPITE THE RESIGNATION OF ITS ERSTWHILE CHAIRMAN, PROF BANJI AKINTOYE AND THE EXIT OF HIS FACTION OF ILANA OMO OODUA.
(Being a Statement by NINAS Board of Conveners issued December 1, 2021)
Gentlemen of the Press,
An Emergency Conclave of the Board of the Conveners of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) was held today December 1, 2021 to review amongst other things, recent developments in one of our Alliance Organizations, Ilana Omo Oodua; the resignation of Professor Banji Akintoye from the Chairmanship of NINAS and the exit of his faction of Ilana Omo Oodua from the NINAS Alliance.
This Statement is to address the deluge of enquiries that has poured into the NINAS Secretariat from Concerned Members of Public regarding these developments:
(1) Let us recall that the Secretariat of NINAS, while reaching out to all sides involved, had on the 18th of November 2021, issued a Statement to calm altercations arising from an Ilana Omo Oodua Press Conference addressed November 18, 2021 by the Deputy Chairman of Ilana Omo Oodua, Otunba Shade Olukoya concerning months of lingering difficulties within Ilana Omo Oodua, bordering on certain actions and liaisons of the Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye that could imperil the Self-Determination Campaign of Ilana Omo Oodua, inviting Prof Akintoye therefore to step back from his role as Ilana Leader in order to abate the many conflicts and controversies emanating from the aforementioned actions and liaisons.
(2) While frantic mediation efforts were still being made by the Secretariat to douse tension, Maxwell Adeleye who described himself as “Communications Director” of Ilana Omo Oodua, issued and massively circulated in the Media, outlandish falsehoods in which he avoided the well-known issues rocking Ilana Omo Oodua and claimed amongst other things, that the sum of N350 Million was disbursed by Abuja to procure the Ilana Press Conference of November 18, 2021. Adeleye also deliberately created the impression that NINAS was somehow behind the Ilana Press Conference of November 18, 2021.
(3) Unfortunately and to our utter shock, Prof Banji Akintoye who knew for certain that these claims of Maxwell Adeleye were just fabrications, went on to corroborate the fabrications in a virtual Meeting of a Yoruba Global Audience the next day, putting names and motives to Maxwell’s falsehoods. (In that virtual Meeting, Prof Akintoye said that the money from Abuja came from Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and given to Otunba Shade Olukoya, for the purpose of dragging him (Akintoye) off the stage. To compound matters, Prof Akintoye went on to allege that Otunba Olukoya had been pressuring them in Ilana to help work Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo into becoming the next President of Nigeria. We do hope that Professor Yemi Osinbajo will take up this matter with those who crafted and circulated this tale.
(4) The Statement issued by Maxwell Adeleye on behalf of Prof Akintoye and 43 others, November 30, 2021, conveying the resignation of Prof Banji Akintoye from the Chairmanship of NINAS as well as the exit of his faction of Ilana Omo Oodua from the NINAS Alliance, contained even more egregious falsehoods.
The false impression was deliberately created by the said November 30, 2021 Statement that there was a type of Self-Determination being pursued by NINAS and LNC that was different from the type that Ilana Omo Oodua was pursuing.
This is strange because the Objectives, RoadMap and Strategy Outlines of NINAS are very clearly stated in all of NINAS’ Public Communications over the years particularly the December 16, 2020 NINAS Constitutional Force Majeure Proclamation.
Combined with the earlier falsehood that Abuja had procured the November 18, 2021 Press Conference, it is clear that the orchestrations of the departed faction of Ilana were targeted at deceiving the Public into believing that NINAS was somehow working for other Objectives apart from its Clear-Cut and Unwavering Pursuit of Self-Determination for all the Indigenous Nationalities of the Alliance Territories being the South and Middle/Belt of Nigeria.
(5) For the Records and for the avoidance of doubt, Prof Banji Akintoye was first introduced sometime in 2018 to NINAS by Otunba Shade Olukoya who had been involved with the Processes for many years.
While our initial discussions were going on, the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential Candidate with “Restructuring Credentials”, sucked in a great number of People towards the 2019 Election in what became known as “ATIKULATION” at the time, and so it was that our new Associate, Prof Banji Akintoye went off with his other Associates in the “Atikulation” gambit.
We moved on to the historic NINAS Joint Multi-Regional FREEDOM PARK PROCLAMATION of December 11, 2018 which firmly set the basis for the CONSTITUTIONAL FORCE MAJEURE of December 16, 2020. The Engagements with the Policy Beltways of Washington DC took the whole of January to July 2019 and was followed by the August 2019 Visitation of the UN Special Rapporteur on Nigeria to investigate widespread Extrajudicial Killings.
It was only in the last Quarter of 2019 that Prof Akintoye contacted Otunba Shade Olukoya to fully join the NINAS fold. The Chairmanship of NINAS fell on him on account of the Zeal, Clarity and Commitment he displayed towards the NINAS Propositions. It is therefore not true that Prof Akintoye provided Leadership for NINAS since inception as claimed by Maxwell in his November 30, 2021 Statement. Prof Akintoye came 2 years ago into a Process that took over 22 years to get to where it is now.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Prof Banji Akintoye meritoriously advanced the NINAS Campaign, particularly in Yorubaland, reaching out to his Associates across the Country and substantially shattering the long-standing jinx around the Igbo-Yoruba Collaboration which he said was Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Solemn prescription in the last days of the sage – who was Prof Akintoye’s Political Mentor. Credit for this feat will forever go to Prof Akintoye and we wish him Good Health and Longevity even as he veers off in another direction in search of the Destination we all identified in NINAS.
(6) In closing, the NINAS Board of Conveners is pleased to announce to all the Organizations across the South and Middle-Belt of Nigeria which have been clamoring to join the NINAS Alliance, that Modalities have been emplaced to admit all Organizations that Publicly and Fully Subscribe to the Propositions and Prescriptions of the December 16, 2020 NINAS Constitutional Force Majeure Proclamation, into Regional Delegations to NINAS. These Modalities will be made Public in the second week of December 2021 by the NINAS Secretariat
Signed for :
NINAS BOARD OF CONVENERS,
Tony Nnadi, Convening Secretary.
December 1, 2021.