Aare-onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, on Thursday said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government must choose between allowing Yoruba race to have its own nation, or accede to the request of the South-West governors for regional government.
Adams, who spoke in Osogbo, Osun State, at the leadership retreat organised for the members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, however said he preferred self determination and would not relent in pursuing it.
The National Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, while lauding the governors for their courage to make such demand from the Federal Government, said his group would continue to push for self determination through diplomacy and intellectual engagement.
He also said members of his group living in diaspora would join the march to be led by Prof. Banji Akintoye on the United Nations General Assembly in September to demand a referendum or self-determination.
He said, “I agree with Akintoye’s position because when you look at the way Nigeria is run, one will want the Federal Government to either restructure the country to regional autonomy or allow self-determination.
We cannot continue to languish in poverty; we cannot continue to live in our country like second class citizens.
“We agree with the South-West Governors on true federalism or regionalism. We, as freedom fighters, will continue to fight for self-determination, but the minimum we demand is regionalism.”
In apparent response to recent calls by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) to support Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, a group of 31 young Northern Nigerian lawyers has volunteered to render legal services to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Speaking for the group, Barrister Sunusi Bappah Salisu said, on Wednesday, in Kaduna that the volunteer lawyers were drawn across all the 19 northern states and across all religions and tribes.
The lawyers, he said, have volunteered to render free expert legal services for the preservation of Mr Kyari’s fundamental rights that may be potentially jeopardized by his alleged indictment by a court in the United States of America.
He said they would critically review the procedures adopted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to get the US Court to indict Kyari on allegations of involvement in charges filed against a suspected fraudster, Ramon Abbas Hushpuppi.
“We would raise questions involving the possibility of the occasioning of breaches to Kyari’s fundamental rights entrenched in Articles 6 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Right which essentially state that every individual shall have the right to liberty and to the security of his person and every individual shall have the right to have his cause heard.
“This comprises; The right to an appeal to competent national organs against acts of violating his fundamental rights as recognized and guaranteed by conventions, laws, regulations and customs in force.
“The right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty by a competent court or tribunal; the right to defence, including the right to be defended by counsel of his choice; the right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal,” he said.
The lawyer said they would weigh the procedures against the intendment of Section 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), which specifically stated that, in the determination of his civil rights and obligations, including any question or determination by, or against any government, or authority, a person shall be entitled to a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court, or other tribunals.
“Subsections 9 and 10 of this section also stipulates that everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law and everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him,” he said.
“And the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights also states that everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to the law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence,” he explained further.
Recall, CNG had, at a Roundtable in Kaduna pointed out several procedural lapses bordering on breaches of international protocol in the supposed FBI attempt to wrap Kyari in the Hushpuppy affair as well as the obvious haste by the Nigeria Police authorities to strip him of his position with an immediate substantive replacement.
CNG specifically pointed out that when Ibrahim Magu of the EFCC came under probe, he was asked to step aside for the most senior official in the Commission to act pending the outcome of the probe.
They also cited the case of Hadiza Bala Usman who was asked to hand over to the next senior official and face investigation but quite contrarily Kyari was removed and a substantive replacement was announced immediately.
It, therefore, called on lawyers from northern Nigeria to mobilise and deploy legal resources in ensuring that Mr Kyari’s rights are not violated by a foreign power or abuse of local administrative processes.
(Being a Rejoinder to Ibrahim Babangida and Abdusalam Abubakar in their recent postulations on the State of the Nigerian Union).
As the Countdown Continues on the Implementation of the Constitutional Force Majeure, Declared and Activated December 16, 2020 by the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) to ease out the Fraudulent 1999 Constitution and wind up the Unitary Union it foists, it is evident that the heat from the massive onslaught against that Caliphate-Imposed Constitutional Basis of the Defunct Federation of Nigeria is now overwhelming and so the very authors of our Damnation are rushing into the arena in the desperation to put out the fire already consuming the Burning House of Lugard, but they are using petrol instead of water in that intervention.
Gen Abdusalam Abubakar the head of the Military Junta who by Decree No 24 of 1999, Imposed the Obnoxious, Death-Dispensing 1999 Constitution of Nigeria which is directly responsible for the dangerous disaster Nigeria has become for its Constituent Components.
Earlier this same week, Gen Ibrahim Babangida came out on Arise TV to insult our collective intelligence with his nauseating theory of SETTLED ISSUES in which he regurgitated his irritating postulations about the *Non-Negotiable Unity of Nigeria* as well as the *Indivisibility and Indissolubility of Nigeria* which he had in the last two decades been describing as *”Settled Issues”*
It is clear that the two Genocide Generals are still stuck in their 1967 World, discussing *Secession* when the rest of the World has moved on to the Inalienable *Right to Self-Determination* for all Ethnic Nations that are in their own ancestral Space.
One may ask Ibrahim Babangida : *”With whom did you settle the issues of Non-Negotiability, Indivisibility, Indissolubility and therefore Unity of Nigeria?”*
One may also also ask Abdusalam Abubakar : *”Is it only the Igbo and the Yoruba that are fed up with and are now seeking extrication from the Unitary Union of Death you imposed via Decreee in 1999?”*
Abdusalam Abubakar who heads a ridiculous Peace Committee for Nigeria should be asked : *”What Peace can anyone Build on the Foundation of the Grave Injustices institutionalized by his 1999 Constitution?”*
Let those who know the road to the Hiltop Mansions of these two fellows in Minna, go and explain to them that the Peoples of Nigeria, who are facing the onslaught of the Murderous Fulani Invaders and whose Lives have been rendered meaningless by the actions, impositions and Manipulations of the Caliphate owners of their Toxic One-Nigeria, are now determined to end their misery by retrieving their Sovereignties hijacked by the illicit Federal Government of Nigeria since the 1967 Collapse of the Federation of Nigeria.
Let someone explain to the “Generals” that the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (aggregating the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria) have since December 16, 2020, Declared a Union Dispute on account of Grave Constitutional Grievances that had worsened and spread continuously since 1966 in the Nigeria that had since 1967 ceased to be the Federation and Secular Union it was AGREED to be at Independence in 1960.
Let the two be told that a critical mass of enlightened Young People from the 12-State Sharia Belt of the far North, operating under the aegis of the *Coalition of Northern Groups* (CNG), now agree with the NINAS Alliance (South and Middle-Belt), that Defunct Federation of Nigeria MUST now be Renegotiated and Reconfigured according the wishes of the Constituent Components of Nigeria as ascertained by Regional Referendums.
Let the two be shown the text of the December 16, 2020 Constitutional Force Majeure Proclamation of NINAS which sets out a Comprehensive Framework for the IMMEDIATE undertaking of the Inevitable Reconfiguration of the Defunct Union of Nigeria (published as Advertorial in the January 20, 2021 edition of the Guardian Newspaper at pages 38,39,40 & 41. Also available on the NINAS website www.ninasffn.org or that of the LNC www.lowernigercongress.org)
Let the two take all these to their long-time confederate Gen Muhammadu Buhari tell him that Nigeria will collapse unceremoniously if these issues are not immediately engaged. That is what Statesmen would do in the circumstances except they are telling us they are not.
The Agitations raging across the length and breadth of Nigeria are symptoms of a deep-seated malaise now marching Nigerians and Nigeria to their graves. The Solution is not in Unity Homilies, Grandstanding or the Arrest of Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu.
Good Governance Ministry ( GGM ) ,the first political ministry in Nigeria welcomes Prof Kingsley Moghalu to Anambra State . In a statement issued by the Director General of the Ministry – Chukwuemeka Chibuzor and it reads ‘ GGM is happy and proud to identify with you for your nomination as the Chief Speaker in 10th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance. Your nomination is a testimony that your outstanding leadership quality has been recognised both at home and abroad ” the statement concluded.
To demonstrate his readiness for the November 6 Anambra governorship election, Dr. Godwin Maduka, has Officially unveiled his running mate at an interactive press conference held today as he announced he will be furthering his guber ambition on the platform of Accord Party.
Maduka’s running mate is Sir. kenneth Ifeatu Obi, a Director in Oasis Medical UK and also a director in Athantic Oil Services Ltd.
He is also a Philanthropist, whose foundation, known as Ken Obi Initiative, has impacted positively on the lives of the people, with emphasis on human capacity development.
The choice of Sir Ifeatu Obi as Maduka’s running mate, has been adjudged as the right choice and a winning team, considering his political relevance in the State. Obosi, his home town, has the largest voting population in Anambra State.
Ifeatu, like Maduka is also reputed for his huge humanitarian works which span across providing medical and educational support to the less privileged across Anambra State.
He has supported several schools in the State, with educational facilities and equipments, which had gone a long way to improve and enhance the poor state of infrastructure in several schools in the State.
Many attest that Dr. Maduka, made a right choice by picking Ifeatu, as his running mate on the grounds that both of them are rooted in the field of Medicine and Engineering respectively.
A political titan, a man of many parts, effective grassroot mobilizer, and a man of impeccable character respected for his doggedness, Ifeatu Obi, is a force to reckon with in politics of Anambra State.
Chief Reginald Ojinnaka, a resident in Onitsha and others in attendance during the press parley described Maduka/Obi ticket as a winning team, which requires all the support to succeed.
“This is a blend of capacity and experience, which is what we need to re-tool and refix our State. This is a perfect team, which have ability to turn our State around for good” he said
The impass between the Federal Government of Nigeria and micro blogging platform, Twitter which led to the suspension of the later May soon be resolved as the government says it has resolved some of the issues it raised with the social media platform.
The government had on June 5 restricted Twitter from operating in Nigeria following the deleting of tweets made by President Muhammadu Buhari, who had threatened to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the language they understand.
While responding to questions on the issue on Wednesday, Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, told state house correspondents that progress has been made in resolving the impasse following a series of meetings.
The minister said most of the conditions given to the platform have been accepted.
He said Twitter has also agreed to set up an office in Nigeria but the company maintained that the earliest it can happen is 2022.
UPDATE ON PASTOR ADEEYO, MRS TINA BRIGHT, MRS MERCY ADEEYO, THE FAMILY AND THE WORD BANK ASSEMBLY INT’L
The investigative team of Arise News247 carried out thorough investigation into the issue of the allegation that Pastor Moses Adeeyo of Word Bank Assembly snatched the wife of his member, Mr. Bright Ben, and comes up with the following discoveries:
1. Bright Ben was married to Tina Bright, both traditionally and church wedding. And they have had three children together, one (1) is no more, but two (2) are alive (a male and a female)
2. The marriage has been so turbulent as Bright was alleged not to be living up to expectations and was alleged to be maltreating his wife.
3. Early 2020 Bright joined Word Bank Assembly, Port Harcourt and informed Pastor Adeeyo about his martial problems asking for counseling and intervention. Though his wife was away then.
4. As at the time Bright joined the church, Pastor Adeeyo was still with his legal wife, Mrs Mercy Adeeyo and their marriage was already thirty (30) years (in this 2021 it will be 31 years). They have four (4) grown up children together (two male and two female). Three (3) are married with children, while the last born is in a serious relationship. Meaning, Pastor Moses Adeeyo is a grandfather. His first son was the Resident Pastor of the Church while the father, the Senior Pastor.
5. Mrs. Mercy Adeeyo started with Pastor Adeeyo when he had almost nothing and they built the church together till they had breakthrough. She (Mrs Mercy) was actively involved in the Church as at when Bright joined the church.
6. When Bright”s wife, Mrs Tina, returned for reconciliation with him. Bright took her to his pastor and they met the pastor and his wife, Mrs Mercy Adeeyo for counseling. About three (3) months after, Mrs Tina was appointed assistant choir mistress.
7. Among the members and choir members, there were allegations of adultery between the Senior Pastor, (Moses Adeeyo) and Mrs Tina Bright even while both were still living with their respective spouses.
8. The marriage of Pastor Adeeyo was engulfed in problem and the pastor said he was no longer interested in the marriage, hence he instituted a divorce suit in a court of competent jurisdiction. Though the case is still ongoing, (it has not been decided till now).
9. About seven (7) months ago (early this year, 2021) Mrs Tina again separated from her husband to a destination unknown to her husband, though no divorce case was instituted between them.
10. Mrs Tina who had been away from her husband for about seven months suddenly surfaced and there was allegations that signs of early stage of pregnancy were noticed on her.
11. On Sunday, August 8, 2021 Pastor Adeeyo hurriedly had a marriage ceremony with her (Mrs Tina Bright). Even the children of the pastor as well as Bright only got to hear of the wedding when the pictures surfaced on social media.
12. Then Bright raised alarm through his Facebook that his pastor married his wife and the issue went viral.
13. The children of Pastor Moses Adeeyo are not happy at all about the development. And as expected his legal wife, Mrs Mercy Adeeyo has been so demoralised since she heard of the scenario. Thus, she has informed her lawyer to intimate the court on the development and take appropriate legal actions.
Tina Adeeyo, the woman who was accused of leaving her husband, Ben Bright to marry their pastor has finally broken her silence.
In a video she shared on social media Tina noted that she repeatedly suffered abuse in her 11 years of marriage to Ben. According to her, she endured because she wanted to fight for their marriage and keep their home.
Tina the new bride of Pastor Moses Adeeyo, alleged that her ex-husband never provided in the marriage and even made her borrow huge sum of money which has now been paid off by Pastor Moses.
She claimed that her ex-husband always accused her of adultery and made her take an oath that she has never and will never be unfaithful to him and she obliged.
Tina revealed she finally left his house on November 28, 2020 after an incident that broke the camels back; she alleged that he locked her in the house and held onto the key and reportedly told her that there’s no marriage between them but just a caretaker of their children.
Tina who noted that while all these happened their pastor was not in the picture, begged people to stop criticizing Pastor Moses adding that he had no hand in her leaving her ex-husband as he had claimed.
“11 years of pain, 11 years of torture, 11 years of disgrace and humiliation… As many young ladies who are desiring husband, Bright is free. I challenge you to go and marry Bright. If you’re able to live with him for 3 months, then you come back to me and shake my hand.”
“God gave me life and rescued me from the hand of a lion that want to devour me for 11 years. I ran but you guys feel I should remain there and die. If I had died, the same world will say why didn’t she run for her life?” She said in part.
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh has said that the legal battle waged against the candidature of Professor Chukwuma Soludo was only meant to derail his campaign.
Umeh, a member of Soludo campaign organization spoke to journalists in reaction to the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, which on Tuesday affirmed that Dr Victor Oye, not Mr Jude Okeke was the authentic chairman of the APGA.
Umeh said the judgment of the Court of Appeal was without flaws, and that all along the party had never wavered about the authenticity of Oye’s leadership of the party.
“We were convinced that the High Court judgment of Birnin Kudu in Jigawa State should have been a nullity, but some people including the INEC used it to torment us. “Not only has the judiciary redeemed itself, it has also shown that it is the hope of the people. Nothing in that judgement(Jigawa State) should be allowed to be alive. The judges of the Court of Appeal were thorough and there was no flaw in it.
“With this judgement, we have now rebounded. Previously we had said Soludo will contest and it has come to pass. He is our candidate and the person that the party nominated. As the chairman of peace and reconciliation committee in our party, I want to call on Umeoji to come over to the party.
“We supported him when it was necessary to support him, but now the party has resolved that another person should be the candidate, and we are calling on him to come back. We are not seeing him as being defeated, rather we are calling on him not to strain himself further by going to the Supreme Court.”
Umeh said save for the way Umeoji and his supporters carried along, losing an election should not have been an issue.
“We saw the judgement coming, and it was based on sound principles of law. The attempt was simply to derail the momentum of APGA, but the judiciary has intervened. Let’s not lend credence to non existing problems. Oye leadership has been in place all the time, and will always be.”
Umeh said there was no doubt that Soludo would be elected as the next governor of Anambra State, saying that APGA has been consistent in offering good leadership to Anambra people.
“Anambra people should understand why they should vote for APGA. We have solid achievements here in the state and I don’t see why any sensible person would want to vote out APGA. APGA may not have made everybody happy, but I can score APGA 85 percent.
“As for Umeoji and his people, it is normal for them not to want to accept defeat, but in the coming days the reality will dawn on him. We are offering him the opportunity to return to the party, else he would look back one day and not see his supporters,” Umeh said.
Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, APGA gubernatorial standard-bearer for the November 6, Anambra governorship election has expressed his gratitude and appreciation to millions of his supporters within the country and across the world for their steadfastness, patience, support and unwavering belief in his gubernatorial ambition._
This follows the Kano Appeal Court ruling Tuesday, August 10, 2021 which set aside the controversial judgment of the Jigawa State High Court and unanimously recognized Chief Victor Oye as the authentic APGA National Chairman and also affirmed Cee Cee Soludo as the Party’s validly and legally elected candidate for the November 6 gubernatorial election_
Cee Cee Soludo also applauds and commend the Nigerian Judiciary for its courage and firmness by leaving up to expectations as the last hope for the common man_
He specifically commended the Justices at the Kano Appeal Court for their courage and forthrightness which has further rekindled hope and confidence in the Nigerian Judiciary_
Cee Cee Soludo also extends his appreciation to the APGA leadership for standing solidly and firmly behind Ozonkpu Dr Victor Ike Oye as the party’s authentic National Chairman and Governor Willie Obiano as the National leader and BOT Chairman_
He appealed to the Party members to close ranks and stay united as one indivisible entity as we gradually approach the November 6 governorship election which is fundamentally important to the people of Anambra state_
The former CBN Governor, once again, said he remains eternally grateful to all his teeming supporters within and across the globe while thanking them immensely for their continous support for his governorship ambition_
