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N200<br />
MTEF, $29.96BN LOAN:<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> <strong>picks</strong> <strong>holes</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
By Soni Daniel,<br />
Henry Umoru,<br />
Emman Ovuakporie<br />
& Johnbosco<br />
Agbakwuru<br />
<strong>FG's</strong> <strong>proposals</strong><br />
•Urges executive to end blame game and provide framework<br />
•Accuses Buhari’s aides of <strong>in</strong>competence<br />
•We’re optimistic NASS'll approve loan – President’s aide<br />
•South East Reps give condition for support<br />
•How Udoma snubbed us —Ndume; I didn’t snub <strong>Senate</strong> — Udoma<br />
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COLUMNIST:<br />
A <strong>Senate</strong>, BUJA—THE<br />
yesterday,<br />
picked <strong>holes</strong> <strong>in</strong> President<br />
Muhammadu Buhari’s<br />
proposed 2016-2018<br />
Medium Term<br />
Expenditure Framework,<br />
MTEF, and Fiscal<br />
Strategy Paper, FSP,<br />
describ<strong>in</strong>g the documents<br />
as empty and shallow.<br />
The <strong>Senate</strong> also asked<br />
the Executive to stop what<br />
it termed play<strong>in</strong>g games<br />
and blam<strong>in</strong>g the National<br />
Assembly over the issue<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues on page 5<br />
EMPTY<br />
TREASURY:<br />
I felt like<br />
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I took over<br />
from<br />
Jonathan,<br />
says Buhari<br />
15<br />
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POCKET CARTOON<br />
PRESIDENTIAL PARLEY—Front row President Muhammadu Buhari<br />
(M) and others, after the President's parley with participants of the Senior<br />
Executive Course 38, 2016 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic<br />
Studies (NIPSS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday.<br />
MTEF, $29.96BN LOAN: <strong>Senate</strong><br />
<strong>picks</strong> <strong>holes</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>FG's</strong> <strong>proposals</strong><br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues from page 1<br />
and supply the necessary<br />
documents needed to<br />
work on the proposal.<br />
Also, describ<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
$29.96 billion borrow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
plan as empty, senators<br />
stressed that the National<br />
Assembly cannot work<br />
with the documents,<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g that once the<br />
Federal Government<br />
comes up with the needed<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation, the <strong>Senate</strong><br />
will commence<br />
discussions.<br />
The <strong>Senate</strong> took the<br />
position when <strong>Senate</strong><br />
leader, Senator Ali<br />
Ndume (APC, Borno<br />
South) drew the attention<br />
of the lawmakers to a<br />
national newspaper<br />
publication of November<br />
2, 2016, where the<br />
Senators took a swipe at<br />
the M<strong>in</strong>ister of Budget<br />
and National Plann<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Udoma Udo Udoma, for<br />
blam<strong>in</strong>g the National<br />
Assembly over the delay<br />
<strong>in</strong> the presentation of the<br />
2017 budget.<br />
Rely<strong>in</strong>g on Order 42<br />
and 52 of the <strong>Senate</strong><br />
Stand<strong>in</strong>g Rules, Ndume,<br />
who urged the legislators<br />
to call Udoma to order,<br />
attributed the delay <strong>in</strong> the<br />
presentation of the 2017<br />
budget to the executive<br />
arm, which has not<br />
provided the necessary<br />
framework.<br />
Stress<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
borrow<strong>in</strong>g plan and the<br />
MTEF/FSP were empty<br />
and shallow, Ndume said<br />
that when the <strong>Senate</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>vited Udoma to brief the<br />
leadership of the <strong>Senate</strong><br />
on grey areas of the<br />
MTEF/FSP on Tuesday,<br />
he refused to show up and<br />
did not expla<strong>in</strong> the reason<br />
for his non-appearance.<br />
Ndume said: The<br />
Newspaper(not<br />
Vanguard), Wednesday,<br />
on Page 6 had a report<br />
with a head<strong>in</strong>g which<br />
says ‘Budget 2017: Blame<br />
National Assembly for<br />
Failure to Meet October<br />
Target.’The paper<br />
reportedly quoted the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister of Budget and<br />
National Plann<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
say<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
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TAKE HEART<br />
BY ELLA RANDLE- O8084919482<br />
When we focus on gratitude, the tide of<br />
disappo<strong>in</strong>tment goes out and the tide of love rushes<br />
<strong>in</strong>— Krist<strong>in</strong> Armstrong<br />
THE understand<strong>in</strong>g to discern <strong>in</strong> the direction<br />
of div<strong>in</strong>e guidance allows us to attract the love,<br />
joy and wealth from with<strong>in</strong> and outward. To be<br />
content and happy, therefore, not because of the<br />
abundance <strong>in</strong> material manifestations or the lack of<br />
it, but the know<strong>in</strong>g that no matter what, where, how<br />
and when, our life is purposeful.<br />
We just have to listen to <strong>in</strong>ner guidance <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
rediscover<strong>in</strong>g, or even to excel <strong>in</strong> one's true purpose<br />
<strong>in</strong> life.<br />
SAYINGS OF OUR PEOPLE<br />
When they said we should gather together,<br />
did they say we should be gummed together?<br />
suspension of the debate<br />
on MTEF and FSP, which<br />
lays the foundation for the<br />
budget, has stalled the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry’s plan to lay the<br />
2017 budget before the<br />
National Assembly.<br />
“We received the MTEF<br />
on 30th September,<br />
<strong>in</strong>stead of submitt<strong>in</strong>g it<br />
accord<strong>in</strong>g to law by 1st of<br />
September. That is not<br />
even the problem. I have<br />
a copy. The copies have<br />
been circulated. I talked<br />
to some experts. Even <strong>in</strong><br />
this chamber, we have<br />
people we can call<br />
experts.<br />
“If you look at this<br />
document that they call<br />
MTEF, it is empty, does<br />
not conta<strong>in</strong> anyth<strong>in</strong>g. If<br />
you have noth<strong>in</strong>g, how do<br />
you consider noth<strong>in</strong>g?<br />
Go<strong>in</strong>g through and<br />
know<strong>in</strong>g that it is empty,<br />
on October 19, I wrote to<br />
the M<strong>in</strong>ister of Budget<br />
and National Plann<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
In the third paragraph, I<br />
stated: ‘To enable the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> objectively review<br />
the MTEF from a holistic<br />
fiscal perspective, we<br />
deem it necessary to<br />
<strong>in</strong>vite you to a meet<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
brief the leadership of the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> on Tuesday, 1st<br />
November.’<br />
“But the m<strong>in</strong>ister failed<br />
to turn up. Before then, I<br />
said, ‘you are requested<br />
to please send the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g documents<br />
ahead of the meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
because that is what will<br />
make us to have<br />
someth<strong>in</strong>g to consider. I<br />
said, (a) the Medium-<br />
Term Development Plan<br />
(even a draft copy) upon<br />
which the 2017-2019<br />
MTEF is founded; a<br />
report on the structure/<br />
composition of the debt,<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g sources, how the<br />
borrowed funds are to be<br />
spent as well as<br />
repayment plan and<br />
schedule.’ As I said, up<br />
till now, there is no<br />
communication as to that.<br />
“F<strong>in</strong>ally, I have here<br />
also a copy of the request<br />
for approval of the<br />
Federal Government’s<br />
2016-2018 external<br />
borrow<strong>in</strong>g plan, which<br />
was thrown out last<br />
Tuesday. We cannot afford<br />
to start the 2017 budget<br />
process with his blame<br />
game.<br />
“This <strong>Senate</strong> is<br />
Nigerian <strong>Senate</strong>. In this<br />
<strong>Senate</strong>, especially, we<br />
have opposition that is<br />
cooperat<strong>in</strong>g with us and<br />
we have the majority. It is<br />
not like we are work<strong>in</strong>g<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the government,<br />
we know what we are<br />
do<strong>in</strong>g and should do it<br />
right. When they br<strong>in</strong>g<br />
noth<strong>in</strong>g and we ask for<br />
someth<strong>in</strong>g so that we will<br />
do it properly, they speak<br />
to newspapers to start<br />
blam<strong>in</strong>g the National<br />
Assembly. I th<strong>in</strong>k it is<br />
important we discuss this<br />
and advise ourselves<br />
properly."<br />
In his <strong>in</strong>tervention,<br />
President of the <strong>Senate</strong>,<br />
Senator Bukola Saraki,<br />
noted that the M<strong>in</strong>ister<br />
had denied the<br />
newspaper publication<br />
and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed that he<br />
was misquoted. He urged<br />
his colleagues not to dwell<br />
on what may wet the<br />
ground for controversies<br />
ahead of the<br />
consideration of the 2017<br />
budget, add<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> will start<br />
discussions when it gets<br />
the needed <strong>in</strong>formation.<br />
Senator Ekweremadu,<br />
who warned aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
blame game, said: “Now<br />
that the statement has<br />
either been denied or<br />
withdrawn, we need to tell<br />
Nigerians the truth. We<br />
are here on a full job. We<br />
are ready to take the<br />
budget presentation<br />
anytime. In do<strong>in</strong>g so, the<br />
executive must be<br />
rem<strong>in</strong>ded that everyth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
must be done right. All<br />
arms of government must<br />
live up to its<br />
responsibility. The issue<br />
of blame game should be<br />
put beh<strong>in</strong>d us.”<br />
I didn’t snub <strong>Senate</strong><br />
– Udoma slams<br />
Ndume<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g on the issue,<br />
Senator Udoma<br />
expressed surprise at<br />
Senator Ndume’s<br />
accusation that he<br />
snubbed the <strong>Senate</strong> by<br />
refus<strong>in</strong>g to turn up for a<br />
scheduled meet<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
November 1, 2016.<br />
Udoma, <strong>in</strong> a statement<br />
signed by his Media<br />
Adviser, Mr. Akpandem<br />
James, said although he<br />
was ready for the meet<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
the same <strong>Senate</strong><br />
leadership put off the<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g to a later<br />
unspecified date.<br />
“While acknowledg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
receipt of the letter from<br />
Senator Ndume <strong>in</strong>vit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
him to a meet<strong>in</strong>g with the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> leadership, the<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g was eventually<br />
moved by agreement. The<br />
m<strong>in</strong>ister is surprised why<br />
Senator Ndume would go<br />
on the floor of the upper<br />
legislative chamber to say<br />
he failed to turn up, when<br />
he was aware that the<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
was<br />
rescheduled.<br />
“Senator Udoma is<br />
equally surprised that<br />
even after the newspaper<br />
that published the story,<br />
which quoted him as<br />
blam<strong>in</strong>g the National<br />
Assembly for the delay <strong>in</strong><br />
the presentation of the<br />
2017 budget, has<br />
published that the<br />
reporter never spoke with<br />
the M<strong>in</strong>ister, Senator<br />
Ndume still went ahead<br />
to make an issue out of<br />
the matter on the floor of<br />
the <strong>Senate</strong>,” Udoma said.<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> accuses<br />
Buhari’s aides of<br />
<strong>in</strong>competence<br />
The <strong>Senate</strong> h<strong>in</strong>ged its<br />
rejection of President<br />
Buhari’s $29.960 billion<br />
external loan bid on the<br />
<strong>in</strong>competence of<br />
presidential aides tasked<br />
with prepar<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
proposal. <strong>Senate</strong><br />
Spokesperson, Aliyu<br />
Abdullahi, disclosed this,<br />
yesterday, on a Channels<br />
TV breakfast programme,<br />
Sunrise, monitored <strong>in</strong><br />
Lagos.<br />
Abdullahi said people<br />
entrusted with key<br />
responsibilities with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
Presidency must do their<br />
work, not<strong>in</strong>g that there<br />
was a l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> the letter that<br />
read ‘attached’ but<br />
lamented “noth<strong>in</strong>g was<br />
attached.”<br />
He blamed the anomaly<br />
on officials responsible for<br />
help<strong>in</strong>g the President on<br />
matters<br />
communication.<br />
of<br />
South East Reps<br />
give condition for<br />
support, kick<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Sharia<br />
South-East Caucus of<br />
the House of<br />
Representatives,<br />
yesterday, decried the<br />
exclusion of the zone <strong>in</strong><br />
the allocation of projects<br />
by the Federal<br />
Government <strong>in</strong> the<br />
proposed plan to borrow<br />
$29.96 billion for<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure despite<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructural deficit <strong>in</strong><br />
the zone.<br />
The South East<br />
lawmakers, who have<br />
been under attack from<br />
people of the zone over<br />
their alleged silence on<br />
exclusion of the zone by<br />
the Federal Government<br />
on allocation of projects to<br />
the six geopolitical zones,<br />
as well as the<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduction of Sharia law<br />
<strong>in</strong>to the Constitution, said<br />
details of the terms of the<br />
loans, duration, cost and<br />
application were unclear.<br />
Chairman of South East<br />
Caucus <strong>in</strong> the House of<br />
Representatives and<br />
Deputy M<strong>in</strong>ority Leader<br />
of the House , Chukwuka<br />
Onyema, alongside<br />
lawmakers from the area,<br />
who briefed journalists <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja, said all the geopolitical<br />
zones should be<br />
captured <strong>in</strong> allocation of<br />
projects.<br />
“Details of the loan<br />
utilization must be made<br />
available to us to ensure<br />
geographical spread and<br />
relevance to current<br />
economic outlook with a<br />
view for job creation and<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusive growth for all<br />
sectors/ sections of the<br />
country. We, therefore,<br />
<strong>in</strong>sist that, as a part of this<br />
country, the South East<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructural deficit must<br />
be captured to ensure<br />
uniform development and<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusive growth.”<br />
On the bill for the<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduction of Sharia law<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Constitution, which<br />
had passed through<br />
second read<strong>in</strong>g, the<br />
lawmakers expla<strong>in</strong>ed that<br />
the bill will still be<br />
subjected to public<br />
hear<strong>in</strong>g before it would<br />
become a law.<br />
We’re hopeful NASS<br />
'll endorse loan<br />
– Buhari’s aide<br />
Meanwhile, Senior<br />
Special Assistant to<br />
President Buhari on<br />
National Assembly<br />
Matters, Suleiman Kawu<br />
Sumaila, yesterday, said<br />
he’s optimistic that the<br />
legislators will endorse<br />
the borrow<strong>in</strong>g plans sent<br />
by the president.<br />
Sumaila, <strong>in</strong> a statement,<br />
said he has been "<strong>in</strong><br />
constant touch with the<br />
leadership of the House<br />
of Representatives and<br />
the relevant committees<br />
s<strong>in</strong>ce President Buhari<br />
forwarded the request for<br />
the approval to borrow the<br />
sum of $29.9 billion under<br />
the Government’s<br />
Borrow<strong>in</strong>g Plan<br />
(Foreign).<br />
“However, I wish to state<br />
categorically that we have<br />
identified the need to<br />
furnish the 360 members<br />
of the House with the<br />
detailed breakdown of the<br />
borrow<strong>in</strong>g plan to enable<br />
them make <strong>in</strong>formed<br />
decision on the matter."
6—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
:Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058<br />
Magu raises<br />
alarm over<br />
‘plots to<br />
tarnish’ his<br />
image<br />
ACTING Chairman of<br />
the Economic and<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Crimes<br />
Commission, EFCC,<br />
Ibrahim Magu, has<br />
raised the alarm over<br />
deliberate plots to ru<strong>in</strong> his<br />
reputation by forces not<br />
comfortable with his<br />
campaign to rescue the<br />
nation from the grip of<br />
corruption.<br />
In a statement he said<br />
plots were already<br />
manifest<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
clandest<strong>in</strong>e campaigns of<br />
mis<strong>in</strong>formation <strong>in</strong> the<br />
social media <strong>in</strong>tended to<br />
impugn his <strong>in</strong>tegrity and<br />
pitch him aga<strong>in</strong>st certa<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>terests both with<strong>in</strong> and<br />
outside of government.<br />
He said: “In the last<br />
week or so, the social<br />
media has been awash<br />
with fictitious reports, all<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g an uncanny<br />
picture of desperation by<br />
Magu over his purported<br />
non-confirmation as<br />
substantive chair of the<br />
EFCC, and of stricture<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the rank and file<br />
of the EFCC workforce<br />
lead<strong>in</strong>g to resignations.<br />
“One of such reports is<br />
the one mak<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
rounds <strong>in</strong> several gossip<br />
blogs with the title How<br />
EFCC’s Magu and<br />
Sahara Reporters Peddle<br />
Lies to the Media.<br />
“The report, which is a<br />
parody of dis<strong>in</strong>genuous<br />
<strong>in</strong>vention of falsehood, is<br />
the handiwork of mischief<br />
makers hell-bent on<br />
caus<strong>in</strong>g disaffection<br />
between the Magu-led<br />
EFCC and the executive<br />
on one hand, and the<br />
members of staff of the<br />
EFCC on the other.<br />
“The EFCC wishes to put<br />
it on record that Mr. Magu<br />
does not bully anyone, and<br />
has not embarked on any<br />
mission aimed at<br />
blackmail<strong>in</strong>g some<br />
highly-placed<br />
personalities <strong>in</strong> the<br />
country such as emirs,<br />
President Muhammadu<br />
Buhari’s appo<strong>in</strong>tees or<br />
any other <strong>in</strong>dividual,<br />
lowly or highly placed <strong>in</strong><br />
the society.<br />
“The allusion to bully<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and victimisation of EFCC<br />
staff is clearly designed to<br />
<strong>in</strong>stigate the staff of the<br />
Commission aga<strong>in</strong>st its<br />
leadership as there is no<br />
truth <strong>in</strong> it.<br />
“For the records, no<br />
senior EFCC core staff has<br />
resigned and <strong>in</strong>s<strong>in</strong>uation<br />
of mass resignation is<br />
mere scaremonger<strong>in</strong>g.”<br />
IT'S A LONG ROAD: The Mile 2 axis of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, yesterday. PHOTO: Akeem Salau.<br />
Pa<strong>in</strong>ter disappears after customer<br />
tranfers N1m to his account <strong>in</strong> error<br />
By Onozure Dania<br />
LAGOS— A 22-year-old car<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>ter, Taiye Obakoya, who<br />
allegedly stole N150,000 out of<br />
the N1 million mistakenly<br />
transferred to his bank account<br />
by a customer, appeared before<br />
a Lagos Magistrate’s Court<br />
sitt<strong>in</strong>g at Igbosere, yesterday.<br />
Obakoya, who resides on<br />
Awolowo Street, Oworosoki,<br />
Lagos, was arraigned before<br />
Magistrate J. O. Adepoju.<br />
The defendant is stand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
trial on a count charge of theft.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the prosecutor,<br />
Nicholas Akpene, on October<br />
20, at 10:30a.m., the<br />
compla<strong>in</strong>ant, one Mr. Dada<br />
Emmanuel, <strong>in</strong>tend<strong>in</strong>g to pay<br />
money <strong>in</strong>to his wife’s bank<br />
account, did a mobile phone<br />
money transfer of N1 million<br />
from his bank account to the<br />
Guaranty Trust Bank account of<br />
his car pa<strong>in</strong>ter, Obakoya.<br />
Akpene said: “After<br />
discover<strong>in</strong>g the error, he<br />
phoned Obakoya and pleaded<br />
with him not to tamper with<br />
the money, but the defendant<br />
told him that no such amount<br />
was credited to his account.<br />
“The next morn<strong>in</strong>g, the<br />
defendant refused to pick his<br />
calls and when the<br />
compla<strong>in</strong>ant checked on him<br />
at home and at his workshop<br />
under the bridge at Obalende,<br />
Obakoya was nowhere to be<br />
found.<br />
“The compla<strong>in</strong>ant then<br />
reported the matter to GTB<br />
Bank, which placed a<br />
restriction on Obakoya’s<br />
account after confirm<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
the N1 million was<br />
successfully transferred to it<br />
and that he had already<br />
withdrawn N150,000 from it.”<br />
The prosecutor expla<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
that the offence committed<br />
was punishable under<br />
Section 285 of the Crim<strong>in</strong>al<br />
By Dayo Johnson<br />
DETECTIVES <strong>in</strong> Ondo<br />
State Police Command<br />
have arrested the leader of a<br />
three-man armed robbery<br />
gang who held a mother of<br />
four, Folashade Jayeoba,<br />
hostage and led her to the<br />
bank to withdraw N90,000.<br />
She was reportedly led to<br />
the bank after she compla<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
to the suspects that she had<br />
no cash at home.<br />
The leader of the gang,<br />
thereafter, asked for her ATM<br />
card and they followed her to<br />
the bank while they held her<br />
children hostage.<br />
Parad<strong>in</strong>g the suspects, the<br />
state Police Commissioner,<br />
Hilda Harrison, said the<br />
suspects <strong>in</strong>vaded the house<br />
of the victim and robbed her<br />
of valuables, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a flat<br />
screen television.<br />
Harrison expla<strong>in</strong>ed that<br />
they also abducted the victim<br />
and her four children and led<br />
them to Keystone Bank <strong>in</strong><br />
Alagbaka, Akure, where she<br />
was forced to withdraw<br />
N90,000.<br />
The commissioner added<br />
that the money was collected<br />
from the victim before she and<br />
the children were set free by<br />
the suspects.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to her, on receipt<br />
of the case, detectives swung<br />
<strong>in</strong>to action and arrested the<br />
Law of Lagos State, 2011.<br />
However, Obakoya pleaded<br />
not guilty to the charge.<br />
Magistrate Adepoju granted<br />
leader of the gang, 23-yearold<br />
Samuel Ayodele, at Gaga,<br />
Oke-Aro area of the Akure<br />
metropolis.<br />
He was said to have<br />
confessed to the crime, while<br />
the victims’ items were<br />
recovered from his house.<br />
Also paraded, was a 20-<br />
year-old Ali Muhammed,<br />
arrested over the kidnap of<br />
one Alhaji Ibrahim Bello of<br />
Supare Akoko.<br />
The victim was said to have<br />
been attacked by a gang of<br />
kidnappers along Igbonla/<br />
him bail <strong>in</strong> the sum of N50,000,<br />
with two sureties <strong>in</strong> like sum<br />
and adjourned the case till<br />
November 15 for mention.<br />
Robbers hold children hostage,<br />
lead mother to withdraw N90,000<br />
Supare Akoko and taken to an<br />
unknown dest<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />
The suspect, upon<br />
<strong>in</strong>terrogation, had confessed to<br />
the commission of the crime.<br />
The Police Commissioner also<br />
said that a Toyota Camry car<br />
worth N2.5 million, stolen <strong>in</strong><br />
Akure and sold for N200,000,<br />
had been recovered while two<br />
suspects, Falade Adesanmi<br />
and Gbenga Adewale, had<br />
been arrested <strong>in</strong> connection<br />
with the robbery of the car<br />
belong<strong>in</strong>g to one Mrs.<br />
Akomolafe Abiodun.<br />
Internally-displaced persons, IDPs, queue for medical attention at Gubio
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 , 2016—7<br />
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Sapele Council officials ransack<br />
Vanguard’s office, beat up correspondent<br />
By Festus Ahon &<br />
Ochuko Akuopha<br />
A SABA—COMMANDO<br />
style, officials of Sapele<br />
Local Government Area, Delta<br />
State, yesterday, <strong>in</strong>vaded the<br />
Sapele office of Vanguard<br />
Newspaper, demand<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
N100,000 on the alleged order<br />
of the council Chairman, Mr.<br />
Ejaife Odebala.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>vad<strong>in</strong>g council officials<br />
did not only beat up<br />
Vanguard’s Correspondent,<br />
Mr. Godw<strong>in</strong> Oghre, his T-shirt<br />
was also torn.<br />
The council officials<br />
ransacked the office and carted<br />
away mobile phones,<br />
documents and several<br />
personal effects, as well as some<br />
cash which total value was yet<br />
to be ascerta<strong>in</strong>ed as at press<br />
time.<br />
They claimed the N100,000<br />
amount was owed the council<br />
by Vanguard.<br />
Vanguard’s Correspondent,<br />
who arrived the office few<br />
By AbdulSalam<br />
Muhammad<br />
KANO—A Kano High Court<br />
has sentenced a former staff<br />
of a second generation bank,<br />
Aliyu Suleiman, to 195 years<br />
imprisonment.<br />
The convict was arraigned by<br />
the Economic and F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Crimes Commission, EFCC, <strong>in</strong><br />
2014, for allegedly steal<strong>in</strong>g over<br />
N21 million from Albasu<br />
Microf<strong>in</strong>ance Bank.<br />
Upon his arraignment, the<br />
convict pleaded not guilty to all<br />
the charges brought aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
him by the EFCC.<br />
In her judgment, Justice<br />
Aboki sentenced the convict to<br />
serve two years on each for<br />
count one to 44 and f<strong>in</strong>e of<br />
N300,000 on each.<br />
The court declared that<br />
IDPs camp <strong>in</strong> Maiduguri. NAN PHOTO.<br />
•Extort him; council boss refuses to pick call<br />
•PDP chiefta<strong>in</strong> begged official to no avail<br />
Godw<strong>in</strong> Oghre<br />
“where the convict defaults the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>e, he is to serve additional<br />
six months imprisonment on<br />
each count.”<br />
From count 45 to 74, the convict<br />
was sentenced to a f<strong>in</strong>e of<br />
N500,000 or 12 months<br />
m<strong>in</strong>utes before the council<br />
officials came, pleaded with<br />
them to approach the<br />
headquarters of the<br />
company to make their<br />
demand known.<br />
Recount<strong>in</strong>g his ordeal,<br />
Oghre said he was later<br />
dragged <strong>in</strong>to a wait<strong>in</strong>g 18-<br />
seater Toyota Haice bus with<br />
no number plates.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him, he was<br />
dragged out of the vehicle<br />
and made to face what they<br />
described, as “Our Mobile<br />
Court,” manned by two men<br />
and two women <strong>in</strong> black<br />
suits, who they called “Our<br />
judges.”<br />
The ‘judges’ ordered<br />
Oghre to drop another<br />
N20,000 or be forced <strong>in</strong>to<br />
“Our Prison custody until<br />
you pay the debt on behalf<br />
of your company.”<br />
imprisonment on each count,<br />
while on count 75 to 105, he<br />
is to pay a f<strong>in</strong>e of N200,000 or<br />
12 months imprisonment on<br />
each count with the exception<br />
of count 97, which appeared<br />
to be duplication.<br />
He said he made frantic<br />
efforts to contact the council<br />
chairman, but his mobile<br />
l<strong>in</strong>e, 08033205878, rang<br />
several times, but was not<br />
answered.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him, the state<br />
PDP Chairman, Chief<br />
K<strong>in</strong>gsley Esiso, who picked<br />
his l<strong>in</strong>e thrice, pleaded with<br />
the council workers on<br />
phone, but his plea fell on<br />
deaf ears.<br />
Oghre added that as the<br />
angry council workers<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ued to beat him, he<br />
gave them another N20,000<br />
which he said was the office<br />
collections for the week for<br />
change of name publication,<br />
which ought to be published<br />
today.<br />
Efforts to reach the council<br />
chairman were unsuccessful<br />
at press time.<br />
Former banker to spend 195 years <strong>in</strong> jail for theft<br />
THREE more persons that<br />
partook <strong>in</strong> the cassava flour<br />
meal <strong>in</strong> Ogam<strong>in</strong>ana area of<br />
Okene <strong>in</strong> Kogi State have lost<br />
their lives.<br />
Two of them, a 42-year-old<br />
woman and 10-year-old boy,<br />
died yesterday at the Federal<br />
Medical Centre, Lokoja, the<br />
Act<strong>in</strong>g Chief Medical Director<br />
of the hospital, Dr Olatunde<br />
Alabi, told newsmen.<br />
Alabi said three victims of the<br />
cassava flour meal were rushed<br />
to the hospital <strong>in</strong> critical<br />
condition, Wednesday morn<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
from Ogam<strong>in</strong>ana, Adavi Local<br />
Government Area, but two of<br />
them died yesterday morn<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him, the boy died<br />
at about 4a.m while the woman<br />
gave up the ghost at about<br />
10a.m.<br />
Alabi said the third victim, a<br />
girl of about 13 years, was <strong>in</strong><br />
critical condition.<br />
The chief medical director<br />
confirmed that seven persons<br />
actually died between Monday<br />
and Tuesday, and not six as<br />
speculated.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him, the causes<br />
of the deaths were yet to be<br />
ascerta<strong>in</strong>ed, but the hospital was<br />
suspect<strong>in</strong>g cyanide poison<br />
from the cassava meal.<br />
“Cl<strong>in</strong>ically, we are say<strong>in</strong>g<br />
we are suspect<strong>in</strong>g cyanide<br />
poison,’’ Alabi said.<br />
He said the hospital staff<br />
did their best to save their<br />
lives, not<strong>in</strong>g that the state<br />
government appeared<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ed to ascerta<strong>in</strong> the<br />
real causes of the deaths as it<br />
had decided to send the blood<br />
samples of the victims for<br />
detox<strong>in</strong>cology test <strong>in</strong> South<br />
Africa.<br />
It will be recalled that a<br />
woman, three of her children<br />
and three of neighbours’<br />
children lost their lives<br />
The sentences were to run<br />
concurrently.<br />
The convict was also<br />
ordered to refund<br />
N14,815,000 million to the<br />
Albasu Community or spend<br />
five more years <strong>in</strong> prison.<br />
Death toll <strong>in</strong> Kogi cassava<br />
flour meal rises to 9<br />
between Monday and<br />
Tuesday, after a meal of<br />
cassava flour.<br />
The woman was said to have<br />
brought the cassava flour from<br />
her farm at Uhuepe village on<br />
October 30, from which she<br />
prepared a d<strong>in</strong>ner (white<br />
amala) for her family.<br />
She also extended the meal<br />
to the children of her<br />
neighbours.<br />
The woman and three of her<br />
children died <strong>in</strong> their house<br />
on October 31, while the three<br />
children of their neighbours,<br />
who partook <strong>in</strong> the meal, died<br />
at the Okene General<br />
Hospital on November 1.<br />
Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC,<br />
Anambra State, Mr. Sunday Ajayi, impounded overloaded<br />
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Agbahime<br />
blasphemy<br />
murder:<br />
Court sets<br />
all 5<br />
suspects<br />
free<br />
By AbdulSalam<br />
Muhammad<br />
KANO—THE<br />
six<br />
months trial of the<br />
five suspected killers of<br />
74-year-old Madam<br />
Bridget Agbahime, over<br />
alleged blasphemy was<br />
brought to an end<br />
yesterday as Kano<br />
magistrates freed all the<br />
accused.<br />
Bridget Agbahime was<br />
killed by a mob at<br />
Kofar Wambai Market<br />
over alleged blasphemy<br />
last June.<br />
At a session of the<br />
court, the Chief<br />
Magistrate, Mr. Jibr<strong>in</strong><br />
Muhammad, discharged<br />
the five suspects and<br />
term<strong>in</strong>ated the case <strong>in</strong><br />
l<strong>in</strong>e with the directive of<br />
the Attorney-General of<br />
Kano State.<br />
The suspects, Dauda<br />
Ahmed, Abdulmumeen<br />
Mustafa, Zubairu<br />
Abubakar, Abdullahi<br />
Abubakar and Musa<br />
Abdullahi were slammed<br />
with a four-count charge<br />
of allegedly <strong>in</strong>cit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
disturbance, culpable<br />
homicide, jo<strong>in</strong>t act and<br />
mischief.<br />
It will be recalled that<br />
Agbahime, an Imo<br />
<strong>in</strong>digene, was murdered<br />
<strong>in</strong> Kofar Wambai Market<br />
<strong>in</strong> Kano over alleged<br />
blasphemy.<br />
Earlier, the Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal<br />
State Counsel, Mr. Rabiu<br />
Yusuf, represent<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Attorney-General of<br />
Kano State, told the court<br />
that “we received the<br />
case diary from the<br />
police on June 8.<br />
“Hav<strong>in</strong>g gone through<br />
the case diary, the<br />
Attorney-General of<br />
Kano State evaluated the<br />
facts <strong>in</strong> accordance with<br />
Sections 130 and150 of<br />
the Crim<strong>in</strong>al Procedure<br />
Code, presented the<br />
legal advice.<br />
“The legal advice<br />
presented to the court,<br />
dated June 24, states that<br />
there is no case to answer<br />
as the suspects are all<br />
<strong>in</strong>nocent and orders the<br />
court to discharge all the<br />
suspects.’’<br />
Counsel to the<br />
suspects, Abdulsalam<br />
Gambo, commended the<br />
Attorney-General for the<br />
judgment.
8—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
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APC c’ttee<br />
recommends<br />
suspension,<br />
expulsion of<br />
Timi Frank<br />
By Omeiza Ajayi<br />
ABUJA—TRUE<br />
to<br />
the predictions of<br />
many political analysts, the<br />
discipl<strong>in</strong>ary committee set<br />
up by the All Progressives<br />
Congress, APC, to<br />
exam<strong>in</strong>e a petition aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
the party’s Deputy National<br />
Publicity Secretary,<br />
Comrade Timi Frank,<br />
yesterday submitted its<br />
report, recommend<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
suspension and<br />
subsequent expulsion of<br />
Mr Frank from the party.<br />
The Solomon Edoja-led<br />
five-man committee was<br />
recently constituted by the<br />
South-South zonal Vice<br />
Chairman of the party,<br />
Hilliard Etta, to <strong>in</strong>vestigate<br />
a petition written by a<br />
member of the party from<br />
Akwa Ibom State, Mr<br />
Aniekan Akpabio. The<br />
petitioner had accused Mr<br />
Frank of mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
disparag<strong>in</strong>g comments<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the party <strong>in</strong> the<br />
media.<br />
Just before the committee<br />
began its sitt<strong>in</strong>gs, Mr<br />
Frank had <strong>in</strong>dicated that he<br />
would not appear before a<br />
“kangaroo panel”.<br />
“Some people cannot<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue to oppress us. I<br />
want to make it very clear,<br />
I will not appear before any<br />
kangaroo committee<br />
because I do not know<br />
them. That is not to say that<br />
I do not respect party<br />
processes but I can only<br />
attend to a committee set<br />
up by responsible people.<br />
“How can I go to a<br />
committee that will take<br />
their report to Oyegun to<br />
decide my fate? If tomorrow<br />
I do not go and they submit<br />
their report to Oyegun and<br />
then he suspends me, then<br />
that is the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
struggle”, Frank had said.<br />
However, submitt<strong>in</strong>g its<br />
report to the zonal<br />
executive of the party <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja, the committee said<br />
while the petitioner<br />
appeared before it, Frank<br />
never honoured its<br />
<strong>in</strong>vitation.<br />
In its report sighted by<br />
Vanguard, the committee<br />
said it was not a Father<br />
Christmas and so had no<br />
option than to rely on the<br />
claims of the petitioner to<br />
arrive at its<br />
recommendations.<br />
While it recommended<br />
that Frank be suspended<br />
forthwith, the committee<br />
also asked the zonal<br />
executive committee to<br />
recommend the expulsion<br />
of Mr Frank to the National<br />
Executive Committee.<br />
Empty treasury: I felt like abscond<strong>in</strong>g when I<br />
took over from Jonathan —Buhari<br />
By Lev<strong>in</strong>us<br />
Nwabughiogu<br />
A BUJA—PRESIDENT<br />
Muhammadu Buhari<br />
said, yesterday, that he almost<br />
left the country when he<br />
discovered that the nation’s<br />
treasury was empty as he<br />
assumed office.<br />
The President, who spoke<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g a presidential parley and<br />
presentation of report on poverty<br />
reduction by Course 38 of<br />
National Institute for Policy and<br />
Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru,<br />
Plateau State, at the Presidential<br />
Villa, Abuja, said he was utterly<br />
bewildered to notice that despite<br />
oil price ris<strong>in</strong>g as high as $100<br />
per barrel, noth<strong>in</strong>g was left for<br />
him to start off his<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration.<br />
He blamed past governments<br />
of former Presidents Olusegun<br />
Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua and<br />
Goodluck Jonathan for not<br />
sav<strong>in</strong>g for the ra<strong>in</strong>y day.<br />
He said: “One year ago, dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the presidential parley with the<br />
participants of the Senior<br />
Executive Course 37 of the<br />
National Institute for Policy and<br />
Strategic Studies, I saddled the<br />
management of the National<br />
Institute with the responsibility<br />
of look<strong>in</strong>g at strengthen<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutional mechanisms for<br />
Why U.S. is ‘slow’ <strong>in</strong> help<strong>in</strong>g Nigeria<br />
recover stolen assets —Envoy<br />
UNITED<br />
States<br />
Deputy Assistant<br />
Secretary for West Africa and<br />
Economic and Regional<br />
Affairs <strong>in</strong> the Department of<br />
State, Peter Barler<strong>in</strong>, has<br />
said the complexities <strong>in</strong> his<br />
country’s legal system were<br />
responsible for the slow<br />
recovery of looted funds<br />
stashed away by Nigeria’s<br />
public officers.<br />
Barler<strong>in</strong>, who spoke <strong>in</strong> an<br />
<strong>in</strong>terview with onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
publication, Premium<br />
Times, however, said his<br />
government was committed<br />
to ensur<strong>in</strong>g Nigeria got all<br />
its looted funds kept <strong>in</strong><br />
America.<br />
He said: ‘’The U.S.<br />
Department of Justice is<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g very closely with<br />
the Economic and F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Crimes Commission,<br />
EFCC, on behalf of the<br />
Nigerian government to<br />
repatriate the funds.<br />
"U.S. has a legal system<br />
that takes time to get these<br />
funds released, subject to<br />
legal challenges that can<br />
take time to answer. But, I<br />
can assure you, we are<br />
committed to work<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
Nigeria to get those funds<br />
repatriated.’’<br />
On the security situation<br />
<strong>in</strong> the country, especially <strong>in</strong><br />
the North East, the envoy<br />
said: ‘’It is <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>terest of<br />
the U.S., Nigeria and sub-<br />
Saharan Africa as a whole,<br />
to have a strong Nigeria<br />
with a strong military and<br />
poverty reduction and <strong>in</strong>clusive<br />
development <strong>in</strong> the 2016 Course.<br />
I am glad that the participants<br />
of the Senior Course 38 took up<br />
the challenge and today<br />
presented the report of the study.<br />
“I have carefully noted the<br />
report, especially its f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
and policy recommendations. I<br />
recall with pleasure that when I<br />
was giv<strong>in</strong>g this task six months<br />
after this adm<strong>in</strong>istration came<br />
<strong>in</strong>to office, the selection of the<br />
theme was not only apt but also<br />
timely.<br />
“Today, poverty reduction and<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusive development have<br />
become pillars of this<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration and very close to<br />
my heart.<br />
“I am very pleased that the<br />
participants, through the able<br />
leadership of the National<br />
Institute of Management and<br />
the faculty members, have taken<br />
the task seriously, as is evident<br />
<strong>in</strong> the report presented.<br />
‘’I congratulate you for<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>stak<strong>in</strong>gly committ<strong>in</strong>g your<br />
time and energy to produce such<br />
a valuable policy-oriented report<br />
that will guide this<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration.<br />
“I looked forward to receiv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
this report because it touches on<br />
one of the fundamental problems<br />
confront<strong>in</strong>g our nation. The<br />
security forces that can protect<br />
Nigeria’s borders and<br />
its people.<br />
‘’We are do<strong>in</strong>g this <strong>in</strong> a<br />
number of areas. We have<br />
to tra<strong>in</strong> two army battalions.<br />
We are work<strong>in</strong>g with the<br />
Nigerian Army to provide<br />
<strong>in</strong>telligence <strong>in</strong>formation on<br />
Boko Haram and the fight<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>in</strong>surgents.<br />
‘’We are work<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
improve police <strong>in</strong> judicial<br />
capacity, especially <strong>in</strong> the<br />
north eastern Nigeria, so<br />
that police and judicial<br />
authorities can restore and<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> civilian order <strong>in</strong><br />
those areas that have been<br />
liberated from Boko Haram.<br />
‘’Our hearts go out to the<br />
Chibok girls who have been<br />
kidnapped and their<br />
families who have been left<br />
without the girls for so long.<br />
We are work<strong>in</strong>g actively with<br />
the Nigerian military to try<br />
to secure their liberation.<br />
‘’We welcome the release<br />
of the 21 Chibok girls from<br />
captivity. We will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to<br />
work actively with the<br />
Nigerian authorities to<br />
secure the release of the<br />
rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g girls, who have<br />
been <strong>in</strong> captivity with Boko<br />
Haram.<br />
‘’In terms of humanitarian<br />
assistance, the U.S.<br />
government is the largest<br />
bilateral donor <strong>in</strong> the north<br />
east. Although we work <strong>in</strong><br />
the North east region, we<br />
also work <strong>in</strong> the Lake Chad<br />
bas<strong>in</strong> to partner countries."<br />
report comes at a time our<br />
economy is experienc<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
downturn and all efforts are<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g made by this<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration to get our<br />
country mov<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>.<br />
“In the last one and a half<br />
years, the economy has<br />
experienced some tough times,<br />
particularly with the decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong><br />
oil revenues, which has some<br />
harsh impacts on Nigerians at<br />
the grassroots.<br />
‘’It is also important to note<br />
that the economic recession is<br />
not the mak<strong>in</strong>g of this<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration, but rather a<br />
consequence of bad<br />
management of the economy <strong>in</strong><br />
the past couple of decades, nor<br />
is recession limited to Nigeria.<br />
There are far worse cases than<br />
Nigeria's.<br />
“Whatever the scale of the<br />
problem, the important th<strong>in</strong>g is<br />
how one tackles it.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>gly, this<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration is committed to<br />
f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g last<strong>in</strong>g solutions to our<br />
economic and structural<br />
imbalance.<br />
‘’Let us have faith <strong>in</strong> our great<br />
nation that we will come out of<br />
this recession vibrant and<br />
strong. I am glad that the report<br />
presented today has given us<br />
reason to keep faith <strong>in</strong> our ability<br />
to overcome our challenges.<br />
“There is no doubt that poverty,<br />
for decades, has been a major<br />
challenge to us as a nation, despite<br />
the country’s enormous wealth.<br />
Several policies and programmes<br />
that have been implemented over<br />
the years, as rightly observed by<br />
the report, have not broken the<br />
cycle of poverty <strong>in</strong> Nigeria.<br />
‘’From the f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of the<br />
research by the participants, it is<br />
evident that strengthen<strong>in</strong>g our<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutions is key to reduc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
poverty and engender<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusive development.<br />
“Gentlemen, I have to digress<br />
now. For 16 years and eight<br />
consecutive governments of the<br />
other party, you know that there<br />
was unprecedented revenue<br />
realized. The oil projection which<br />
can be verified was 2.1 million<br />
barrels per day.<br />
‘’1999-2015, the average cost of<br />
each Nigerian barrel of oil was<br />
$100 per barrel. When we came it<br />
fell to less than $30 per barrel and<br />
is now oscillat<strong>in</strong>g between 40 and<br />
50.<br />
“Actually I felt like abscond<strong>in</strong>g<br />
because 27 out of 36 states <strong>in</strong><br />
Nigeria cannot pay salaries and<br />
we know they have no other<br />
source than to depend on salaries.<br />
And I asked any sav<strong>in</strong>gs? I was<br />
told there was no sav<strong>in</strong>gs."
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 9<br />
Aga<strong>in</strong>, Buhari<br />
promises to<br />
treat all<br />
Nigerians<br />
equal<br />
...As Northern CAN<br />
meets him over<br />
abduction of<br />
Christians, underage<br />
girls <strong>in</strong> region<br />
By Lev<strong>in</strong>us<br />
Nwabughiogu<br />
A BUJA—PRESIDENT<br />
Muhammadu Buhari<br />
has reassured Nigerians of<br />
equal treatment, irrespective of<br />
tribe and religion.<br />
This is even as Vice<br />
President Yemi Os<strong>in</strong>bajo<br />
yesterday <strong>in</strong> Abuja expressed<br />
fears over the ability of<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istries, Departments and<br />
Agencies, MDAs, to deliver on<br />
Public, Private partnership,<br />
PPP, projects <strong>in</strong> the country.<br />
The President, who noted<br />
that the oath of office he swore<br />
would compel him to do so,<br />
stated this at a meet<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
the Executive Committee<br />
members of Christian<br />
Association of Nigeria, CAN,<br />
from 19 Northern states and<br />
Abuja, at State House, Abuja,<br />
yesterday.<br />
This is, however, not the first<br />
time the President is mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the pledge, as he had earlier<br />
done so on October 7, 2016,<br />
when he received Sheikh<br />
Abdul-Muhs<strong>in</strong> Muhammad<br />
Al-Qassimi, Imam of the<br />
Mosque of the Holy Prophet<br />
<strong>in</strong> Med<strong>in</strong>a, Saudi Arabia, at<br />
State House.<br />
He said: “God knows besta<br />
population of 180 million<br />
people, compris<strong>in</strong>g more than<br />
300 ethnic groups, many of<br />
them with cultural ties stronger<br />
than religion, can only co-exist<br />
peacefully <strong>in</strong> an atmosphere of<br />
social justice.<br />
‘’I pray that God gives us the<br />
courage to be fair to people he<br />
put <strong>in</strong> our charge so that we<br />
can enjoy his mercy.”<br />
The President promised to<br />
restore peace to all parts of the<br />
country, add<strong>in</strong>g that all<br />
enforcement agencies had<br />
been directed to combat all<br />
forms of violent crimes and<br />
ensure people lived <strong>in</strong> peace.<br />
President Buhari urged the<br />
clerics to promote religious<br />
harmony, by “enhanc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
understand<strong>in</strong>g among<br />
different faiths.”<br />
He also disclosed that the<br />
government would ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><br />
the priority it had placed on<br />
agriculture, m<strong>in</strong>es and steel<br />
development to kick-start the<br />
economy.<br />
Leader of the delegation and<br />
chairman of CAN <strong>in</strong> the 19<br />
Northern states, Rev. Yakubu<br />
Pam, said God might have<br />
deliberately chosen Buhari to<br />
lead the country at these<br />
challeng<strong>in</strong>g times.<br />
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NJC bows to pressure, asks arrested judges<br />
set-up a Transparency and Antito<br />
step aside<br />
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri<br />
ABUJA—THE National<br />
Judicial Council, NJC,<br />
yesterday, succumbed to pressure<br />
from the Nigerian Bar<br />
Association, NBA, as it agreed<br />
that all the judges be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestigated over allegations of<br />
corruption should step down<br />
from the Bench pend<strong>in</strong>g their<br />
trial.<br />
The NJC, which is headed by<br />
the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,<br />
Justice Mahmud Mohammed,<br />
took this new position at the end<br />
of a two-day emergency meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that ended <strong>in</strong> Abuja yesterday.<br />
A statement by the Act<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Director of Information at the NJC,<br />
Mr. Soji Oye, disclosed that the<br />
Council equally constituted a<br />
Transparency and Anti-<br />
Corruption<br />
Policy<br />
Implementation Committee to be<br />
headed by a retired Justice of the<br />
Supreme Court.<br />
The statement read: “The<br />
National Judicial Council under<br />
the Chairmanship of the Chief<br />
Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice<br />
Mahmud Mohammed, at its 79th<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g held on November 1 and<br />
2, 2016, commenced<br />
implementation of specific<br />
aspects of the National Judicial<br />
Policy which came <strong>in</strong>to force <strong>in</strong><br />
April 2016 and was launched on<br />
Monday 24th October, 2016.<br />
“Dur<strong>in</strong>g the Meet<strong>in</strong>g, Council<br />
Corruption<br />
Policy<br />
Implementation Committee as<br />
follows: Hon Justice E. O. Ayoola,<br />
CON (Retd Justice of the<br />
Supreme Court) – Chairman.<br />
“Hon Justice Kashim Zannah,<br />
Chief Judge of Borno State –<br />
member; A. B. Mahmoud, SAN,<br />
President Nigeria Bar Association<br />
– member.<br />
“Section 6 of the National<br />
Judicial Policy aims at putt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
place multi-faceted strategies and<br />
guidel<strong>in</strong>es that will ensure<br />
transparency and elim<strong>in</strong>ate<br />
corruption <strong>in</strong> the Judiciary.<br />
“It seeks, among other<br />
measures, to provide a platform<br />
and opportunity to citizens who<br />
profess factual and credible<br />
knowledge of <strong>in</strong>formation on the<br />
INVESTITURE: Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Oyebade Adeleye Olusola [middle] be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
presented with Certificate of the Institute of Crim<strong>in</strong>al Justice and Crim<strong>in</strong>ology Adm<strong>in</strong>istration by the<br />
Registrar/ CEO of the <strong>in</strong>stitute, Mr. Primus Emenuga dur<strong>in</strong>g his <strong>in</strong>vestiture as a fellow of the <strong>in</strong>stitute<br />
at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Airport Road, Ikeja yesterday. With them is the recipient's wife, Adebimpe.<br />
nature and modalities of<br />
corruption <strong>in</strong> the judicial system<br />
to ventilate such.<br />
“Council also decided that<br />
Judicial Officers shall not be<br />
stand<strong>in</strong>g trial for alleged<br />
corruption related offences and be<br />
perform<strong>in</strong>g judicial functions at<br />
the same time.<br />
“Council, however, decided that<br />
it will ensure that Judicial Officers<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestigated for alleged<br />
high profile crim<strong>in</strong>al offences do<br />
not perform judicial functions<br />
until their cases are concluded”.<br />
The NJC had earlier described<br />
“as unacceptable”, NBA’s call for<br />
all the serv<strong>in</strong>g judges affected by<br />
the “st<strong>in</strong>g operation” the<br />
Department of State Services,<br />
DSS, conducted between October<br />
7 and 8, to step down pend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
their trial.<br />
The Council stated at that time<br />
that it would neither suspend nor<br />
ask any of the accused Judges to<br />
proceed on compulsory leave as<br />
recommended by the NBA,<br />
<strong>in</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g that such action would<br />
be contrary to the provisions of<br />
Section 158 of the 1999<br />
Constitution of the Federal<br />
Republic of Nigeria, as amended.<br />
Aside from two Justices of the<br />
Supreme Court - Inyang Okoro<br />
and Sylvester Ngwuta, others to<br />
step down from the bench are<br />
Justices Adeniyi Ademola and<br />
Muazu P<strong>in</strong>diga of Abuja and<br />
Gombe Divisions of the Federal<br />
High Court, respectively.<br />
The NJC had earlier sacked the<br />
former Chief Judge of Enugu<br />
State, Justice I. A. Umezulike, the<br />
Presid<strong>in</strong>g Justice of the Court of<br />
Appeal, Ilor<strong>in</strong> Division, Justice<br />
Mohammed Tsamiya; and Judge<br />
of Kano State High Court, Justice<br />
Kabiru Auta.<br />
Nigeria sav<strong>in</strong>g $4.5m daily from PMS deregulation — FG<br />
By Sebast<strong>in</strong>e Obasi,<br />
Michael Eboh & Ediri<br />
Ejoh<br />
THE Federal Government,<br />
yesterday, said the country<br />
was sav<strong>in</strong>g $4.5 million daily,<br />
(about N1.395 billion) from the<br />
deregulation of petroleum<br />
products.<br />
This came as <strong>in</strong>dications<br />
emerged yesterday that more<br />
tank farms were runn<strong>in</strong>g out of<br />
petroleum products <strong>in</strong> Apapa<br />
area of Lagos as a result of the<br />
l<strong>in</strong>ger<strong>in</strong>g problem of foreign<br />
exchange scarcity.<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister of State for Budget and<br />
National Plann<strong>in</strong>g, Mrs. Za<strong>in</strong>ab<br />
Ahmed, disclosed news of the<br />
sav<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g the Second<br />
Presidential Economic<br />
Communications Workshop,<br />
organized by Office of the Vice<br />
President <strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to her, the<br />
deregulation of Premium Motor<br />
Spirit, PMS, is part of the critical<br />
measures <strong>in</strong>troduced by the<br />
Presidency to aid economic<br />
recovery and guarantee<br />
diversification.<br />
She added that the action<br />
helped reduce the importation of<br />
PMS which consumed $7.9<br />
billion, about 30 per cent of the<br />
country’s foreign exchange, <strong>in</strong><br />
2015.<br />
She further stated that the<br />
deregulation policy had brought<br />
about a 50 per cent reduction <strong>in</strong><br />
the daily truck-out from load<strong>in</strong>g<br />
depots.<br />
“Average daily truck-out<br />
reduced from 1,005, prior to<br />
deregulation period to 542<br />
for the period after<br />
deregulation,’’ she said.<br />
The M<strong>in</strong>ister noted that the<br />
Federal Government was also<br />
committed to tackl<strong>in</strong>g challenges<br />
<strong>in</strong>hibit<strong>in</strong>g private sector<br />
participation <strong>in</strong> the upstream<br />
petroleum sector and build<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
the petroleum products<br />
deregulation, disclos<strong>in</strong>g that as<br />
at mid-October 2016, the Federal<br />
Government had released about<br />
N2.5 trillion from the N6.06 trillion<br />
2016 budget, represent<strong>in</strong>g<br />
41.25 budget implementation<br />
as at October 2016.<br />
She said total revenue <strong>in</strong>flow<br />
was short of the budget by N1.065<br />
trillion, represent<strong>in</strong>g 55.2 per<br />
cent of total budget as at June<br />
2016.<br />
Giv<strong>in</strong>g a breakdown of the<br />
releases as at October, Mrs.<br />
Ahmed expla<strong>in</strong>ed that N753<br />
billion was for capital projects, a<br />
significant part of which was<br />
devoted to <strong>in</strong>frastructure and<br />
related projects, while N108<br />
billion was for overhead.<br />
INEC fixes dates for re-run polls <strong>in</strong> Rivers, Lagos, FCT<br />
A<br />
B U J A — THE<br />
Independent National<br />
Electoral Commission (INEC)<br />
has fixed December 10 for the<br />
conduct of outstand<strong>in</strong>g National<br />
and State Assembly elections <strong>in</strong><br />
Rivers.<br />
A statement by the Secretary to<br />
the commission, Mrs Auguta<br />
Ogakwu, yesterday <strong>in</strong> Abuja,<br />
said the commission had also<br />
approved December 3 to conduct<br />
election for the vacant Ifako/Ijaiye<br />
seat of Lagos State <strong>in</strong> the House<br />
of Representatives.<br />
The seat became vacant,<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the death of the member<br />
who represented the constituency<br />
<strong>in</strong> the house, Mr Adewale<br />
Oluwatayo, <strong>in</strong> July.<br />
On the same day, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the statement, the commission will<br />
also conclude rescheduled<br />
councillorship polls <strong>in</strong> some area<br />
councils <strong>in</strong> the Federal Capital<br />
Territory. “After months of<br />
<strong>in</strong>tensive plann<strong>in</strong>g and wide<br />
consultations, the Independent<br />
National Electoral Commission<br />
yesterday approved the conduct<br />
of Lagos’ House of Representative<br />
election on Saturday, December<br />
3, 2016.<br />
“Federal Capital Territory (FCT)<br />
Councillorship election will also<br />
hold on Saturday, Dec 3, 2016.<br />
“Rivers, National Assembly<br />
(<strong>Senate</strong> and House of<br />
Representatives) and State<br />
House of Assembly elections on<br />
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016,” the<br />
statement said.
10 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
Lagos attracts<br />
more <strong>in</strong>vestors<br />
<strong>in</strong> 16 months<br />
than last 10<br />
years<br />
— AMBODE<br />
By Monsur<br />
Olowoopejo<br />
L<br />
A G O S —<br />
GOVERNOR<br />
Ak<strong>in</strong>wunmi Ambode of<br />
Lagos State, yesterday,<br />
said the number of<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestors attracted to the<br />
state <strong>in</strong> last 16 months<br />
was more than the<br />
number that came <strong>in</strong> the<br />
last ten years.<br />
Ambode, who spoke at<br />
the maiden edition of<br />
Lagos Global on TV, a<br />
programme designed to<br />
<strong>in</strong>form Nigerians on<br />
achievement recorded by<br />
the state government<br />
said his adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s committed to<br />
creat<strong>in</strong>g an enabl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
environment for<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment to thrive and<br />
is responsible for various<br />
reforms <strong>in</strong> the state.<br />
The governor noted that<br />
the reforms <strong>in</strong>itiated by his<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>in</strong> critical<br />
sectors are already yield<strong>in</strong>g<br />
positive results.<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g on some of<br />
the reforms, he said his<br />
government <strong>in</strong>vested<br />
massively towards<br />
improve the security<br />
structure, to facilitate more<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong>to the state.<br />
Ambode argued that<br />
arrival of the <strong>in</strong>vestors<br />
have created job<br />
opportunities for<br />
residents, even as<br />
revenues generated was<br />
judiciously utilized to<br />
embark on <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
renewal across the state.<br />
Giv<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>stance, he<br />
said the reforms <strong>in</strong> the<br />
transport sector have<br />
brought about reduction <strong>in</strong><br />
travel time, which has<br />
made Lagosians to be<br />
more productive and<br />
improve service delivery<br />
to the people.<br />
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Security agencies overwhelmed as Mile 2 traffic<br />
gridlock returns •Motorists trapped, hoodlums unleash terror<br />
By Evelyn Usman &<br />
Olasunkanmi Akoni<br />
LAGOS—THE<br />
relief<br />
hitherto enjoyed by<br />
motorists ply<strong>in</strong>g the Oshodi-<br />
Apapa expressway may have<br />
expired as the perennial<br />
gridlock on the express-way<br />
which leads to the nation’s<br />
busiest seaports returned.<br />
The gridlock which became<br />
noticeable two weeks ago,<br />
assumed an unbearable<br />
dimension a few days back, as<br />
BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY: Okokomaiko to Seme border<br />
for concession<br />
By Olasunkanmi Akoni<br />
& Monsur Olowoopejo<br />
L AGOS—GOVERNOR<br />
Ak<strong>in</strong>wunmi Ambode of<br />
Lagos State, yesterday, assured<br />
residents that the ongo<strong>in</strong>g Lagos-<br />
Badagry Expressway expansion<br />
project will be completed before<br />
the end of 2019, while the Aboru-<br />
Abesan l<strong>in</strong>k Bridge road will be<br />
ready <strong>in</strong> 2017.<br />
He also disclosed that plans<br />
have been concluded to<br />
concession the Okokomaiko to<br />
Arepo residents fix deteriorat<strong>in</strong>g road<br />
A<br />
R E P O<br />
Community <strong>in</strong><br />
Ogun State, and all the<br />
18 conglomerate estates<br />
and the village last<br />
Saturday, jo<strong>in</strong>ed hands<br />
to arrest the<br />
deteriorat<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong> road<br />
lead<strong>in</strong>g from the Lagos-<br />
Ibadan Expressway to the<br />
Journalists Estate Phase<br />
One.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Mr. John<br />
Ajayi, Chairman<br />
Journalists Estate<br />
Residents’ Development<br />
Association (JERDA),<br />
petroleum tankers and<br />
conta<strong>in</strong>erized vehicle operators<br />
held sway, due to<br />
<strong>in</strong>discrim<strong>in</strong>ate park<strong>in</strong>g on the<br />
highway, which left motorists<br />
trapped for several hours.<br />
Motorists spend several<br />
hours from Second Ra<strong>in</strong>bow, to<br />
Sunrise bus-stop, a distance<br />
that ord<strong>in</strong>arily takes some five<br />
m<strong>in</strong>utes drive, thereby giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
commuters no option than to<br />
trek long distances before<br />
board<strong>in</strong>g buses to their<br />
respective dest<strong>in</strong>ations.<br />
Seme border portion of the road.<br />
Meantime, the State<br />
Government said it has secured<br />
30 hectares of land <strong>in</strong> Abule-Ado,<br />
Oriade Local Council<br />
Development Area, LCDA for a<br />
500 Hous<strong>in</strong>g Unit which would<br />
be constructed <strong>in</strong> partnership<br />
with a private sector.<br />
The governor, who made the<br />
remarks dur<strong>in</strong>g an extensive<br />
<strong>in</strong>spection of ongo<strong>in</strong>g projects<br />
across the state, stressed that<br />
the project was a major<br />
economic catalyst for Lagos and<br />
therefore his adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />
was totally committed to<br />
The situation seemed to have<br />
overwhelmed government<br />
agencies charged with the<br />
responsibility of ensur<strong>in</strong>g the free<br />
flow of traffic, as few policemen,<br />
naval rat<strong>in</strong>gs and Lagos State<br />
Traffic Management Agency,<br />
LASTMA, officials sighted<br />
looked helplessly as commercial<br />
bus operators freely plied one way<br />
traffic from Cele Bus stop.<br />
Hoodlums attack<br />
Hoodlums have also hijacked<br />
the opportunity to unleash<br />
SCREENING: From left; Mr Onochie Anibeze, Editor, Saturday Vanguard; Mr Eze Anaba,<br />
Editor, Vanguard; Adenike Dosumu, Diabetes Educator, Roche Diabetes Care; Dr Afoke Isiavwe,<br />
MD, Ra<strong>in</strong>bow Specialist Medical Centre, Lagos and Mr Sam Eferaro, Publisher, Nigeria Health<br />
Onl<strong>in</strong>e at a free blood glucose screen<strong>in</strong>g for members of staff of Vanguard Media Ltd to mark the<br />
2016 World Diabetes day held by Ra<strong>in</strong>bow Specialist Hospital, Roche Diabetes Care and Nigerian<br />
Health Onl<strong>in</strong>e at Vanguard Head Office <strong>in</strong> Lagos, yesterday. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele<br />
the new <strong>in</strong>itiative<br />
became imperative due<br />
to Ogun State’s<br />
government’s<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ued <strong>in</strong>sensitivity<br />
to the plight of<br />
residents and motorists<br />
who daily go through<br />
the pa<strong>in</strong>s of commut<strong>in</strong>g<br />
on the road riddled by<br />
massive pot-<strong>holes</strong> and<br />
gullies.<br />
Ajayi said Governor<br />
Ibikunle Amosun<br />
awarded the contract for<br />
the reconstruction of the<br />
road <strong>in</strong> to 1st August<br />
Ltd, a local construction<br />
firm <strong>in</strong> the state, two<br />
year’s ago but that<br />
beyond<br />
the<br />
announcement of the<br />
contract award, noth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
had been done by the firm<br />
which residents gathered<br />
was never mobilised to site<br />
due to what government<br />
sources attributed to<br />
paucity of funds.<br />
He disclosed that all<br />
efforts and visitations to<br />
the state government and<br />
assurances for<br />
commencement of work<br />
had yielded no result<br />
while the road cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
to degenerate.<br />
see<strong>in</strong>g it through.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him, the ongo<strong>in</strong>g<br />
expansion works between Orile<br />
and Okokomaiko <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
rail project, would be completed<br />
by year 2019.<br />
The governor had sometime last<br />
year stated that the project was<br />
“driven by commercial loans and<br />
bonds lean<strong>in</strong>g on the state’s<br />
Internally Generated Revenue,<br />
IGR,” add<strong>in</strong>g that the earlier<br />
arrangement for the project could<br />
not be susta<strong>in</strong>ed which led<br />
government <strong>in</strong>to negotiat<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
better package that would<br />
deliver the project quicker.<br />
mayhem on exhausted motorists<br />
by dispossess<strong>in</strong>g them of<br />
cash, mobile phones, and other<br />
valuables.<br />
Vanguard’s f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs showed<br />
that the hoodlums also shatter<br />
rolled up vehicle w<strong>in</strong>dows <strong>in</strong><br />
order to ga<strong>in</strong> access . This acts<br />
are brazenly carried out dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the day and at night.<br />
Soldiers who were drafted<br />
when the situation almost got<br />
out of control early this year,<br />
were nowhere close to the area.<br />
A military personnel, who<br />
spoke on the condition of<br />
anonymity to Vanguard, said<br />
that there must be a clear<br />
directive before any soldier will<br />
be seen on the expressway.<br />
Hike <strong>in</strong> fare<br />
The development also caused<br />
a hike <strong>in</strong> fare as commercial bus<br />
drivers <strong>in</strong>creased their fare by<br />
50%. Commercial motorcycles<br />
popularly called okada on the<br />
other hand, hijacked the<br />
opportunity by also <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
their price, follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>creased<br />
patronised by desperate<br />
commuters.<br />
For <strong>in</strong>stance, Vanguard<br />
learned that each of two<br />
passengers pays N500 from<br />
Mile Two to Coconut bus-stop,<br />
which used to be between N200<br />
and N250.<br />
Motorists lament<br />
A woman who was driv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
a Toyota Camry car suddenly<br />
came out of her car at Freedom<br />
bus-stop, carry<strong>in</strong>g her baby<br />
whom she said was sick. The<br />
woman , Mrs Beatrice Uchendu,<br />
who was sweat<strong>in</strong>g profusely, was<br />
seen begg<strong>in</strong>g a commercial<br />
motorcyclist to take and her ail<strong>in</strong>g<br />
child to a private hospital <strong>in</strong><br />
Apapa.<br />
She said “I was called to come<br />
and pick my sick daughter from<br />
the school, I decided to take her<br />
to our family hospital, only to<br />
be confronted with this. I have<br />
been <strong>in</strong> the traffic for over one<br />
hour. The best option now is to<br />
take an okada to the hospital.<br />
Another motorist, Mr Patrick<br />
Oche , said; “ It is high time<br />
government <strong>in</strong>itiated a last<strong>in</strong>g<br />
solution to this whole madness.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 11<br />
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Ondo REC, Agbaje recounts politicians attempts<br />
to bribe him<br />
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri<br />
ABUJA—THE Resident<br />
Electoral Commissioner,<br />
REC, <strong>in</strong> Ondo State, Mr.<br />
Olusegun Agbaje, yesterday,<br />
denied bribery allegation made<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st him by one of the<br />
candidates contend<strong>in</strong>g for the<br />
governorship ticket of the PDP<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ondo State, Mr. Jimoh<br />
Ibrahim.<br />
He said he had repeatedly<br />
spurned <strong>in</strong>vitations from a<br />
serv<strong>in</strong>g governor, add<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
Ibrahim’s grouse aga<strong>in</strong>st him<br />
was that he refused a request<br />
for them to meet <strong>in</strong> London.<br />
Agbaje said Ibrahim<br />
approached him through one of<br />
his friends who is currently<br />
resid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> London.<br />
The Ondo State’s Resident<br />
Electoral Commissioner also<br />
revealed how he was offered<br />
N500 million to rig the last<br />
governorship election <strong>in</strong> Osun<br />
State <strong>in</strong> favour of the Peoples<br />
Democratic Party, PDP, when he<br />
was serv<strong>in</strong>g there.<br />
Agbaje, who spoke at a<br />
dialogue session with a coalition<br />
of 60 Civil Society Organisations,<br />
CSOs, led by the Policy and Legal<br />
Advocacy Centre, PLAC, said he<br />
•Says he was offered N500m bribe dur<strong>in</strong>g Osun guber polls<br />
•Why he refused to meet Jimoh Ibrahim <strong>in</strong> London<br />
rejected the money, which he said<br />
was brought <strong>in</strong> a van at night by<br />
certa<strong>in</strong> chiefta<strong>in</strong>s of the PDP.<br />
The Ondo REC, who said he<br />
was a former Director of the<br />
Department of State Service, DSS,<br />
revealed that the money was<br />
offered to him at the IBB Golf<br />
Course <strong>in</strong> Abuja, after one of his<br />
former colleagues <strong>in</strong> the DSS,<br />
hoodw<strong>in</strong>ked him <strong>in</strong>to follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
him to the venue.<br />
“So it baffles me now to see<br />
allegations be<strong>in</strong>g raised aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
me. I have never met Jimoh<br />
Ibrahim <strong>in</strong> my life. I have never<br />
spoken with him <strong>in</strong> my life. There<br />
is one of my friends, an old friend,<br />
Mr. Aust<strong>in</strong> Obiagwu who was a<br />
former Manag<strong>in</strong>g Director of<br />
Broad Bank which later merged<br />
with Union Bank. He called me<br />
sometime <strong>in</strong> April this year and<br />
said Segun how now, long time!<br />
He asked when I will come to<br />
London, stress<strong>in</strong>g that he has<br />
been there for some time. I stold<br />
him that I might be <strong>in</strong> London<br />
later <strong>in</strong> that April for the ceremony<br />
of one of my children and that I<br />
would see him then.<br />
“He then told me that there was<br />
a friend of his that would want to<br />
meet me and that his name is<br />
Jimoh Ibrahim. I th<strong>in</strong>k he said he<br />
was <strong>in</strong> Accord Party. Either Accord<br />
or Alliance Party, I can’t<br />
remember. That was <strong>in</strong> April this<br />
year; he was certa<strong>in</strong>ly not <strong>in</strong> PDP<br />
then.<br />
“I told my friend that I don’t<br />
know him (Ibrahim) and that I<br />
have never met him <strong>in</strong> my life and<br />
that I don’t th<strong>in</strong>k it is proper for<br />
me to see him because I made it<br />
a personal policy not to have such<br />
<strong>in</strong>teraction with politicians.’’<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g on the Osun bribery<br />
attempt, he said; ‘’One of his<br />
colleagues picked me at the end<br />
of a conference I attended <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja and took me to the meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
where the bribe was allegedly<br />
offered.<br />
Agbaje said he was shocked<br />
and immediately berated his<br />
friend.<br />
“I told them that all my children<br />
have been tra<strong>in</strong>ed and they are<br />
all married. I have a house <strong>in</strong><br />
Lagos and another <strong>in</strong> Ekiti where<br />
I come from. So I don’t know what<br />
I will use money for at this age. I<br />
told them politely that I would not<br />
be part of their deal.”<br />
He said: “The governor <strong>in</strong> my<br />
state had<br />
wanted to see<br />
me <strong>in</strong> the<br />
government<br />
house and I told<br />
him that this<br />
year, I am not<br />
com<strong>in</strong>g to that<br />
Government<br />
House. He<br />
wanted to come<br />
to my house<br />
and I said you cannot come to my<br />
house.<br />
“I was the ICS of Anambra<br />
State, the then governor, who was<br />
a candidate, came to my office,<br />
he brought money to my office<br />
and I said sir, we do not accept<br />
money, that my headquarters had<br />
provided all we needed for that<br />
election and as Director of the SSS<br />
<strong>in</strong> that region we don’t need the<br />
money.<br />
“The man was annoyed. He<br />
said whether I have seen the<br />
other people <strong>in</strong> the other party<br />
and I said Sir you don’t know me,<br />
that I knew him when he was<br />
Permanent Secretary at Dodan<br />
Barrack, that if not because he was<br />
a very old I would have known<br />
what to do. But very politely, I told<br />
him that we didn’t need his<br />
money.<br />
“These are some of the<br />
circumstances <strong>in</strong> which I found<br />
myself <strong>in</strong> the past. I was so much<br />
flabbergasted when I was read <strong>in</strong><br />
a newspaper penultimate Sunday<br />
that Jimoh Ibrahim said a lot of<br />
th<strong>in</strong>gs aga<strong>in</strong>st me. I have written<br />
to my Chairman on this whole<br />
issue to clear my name, as well<br />
as asked for two prayers: to<br />
address the press and to also go<br />
to court. The Chairman has<br />
approved the two.<br />
“Ladies and gentlemen, I have<br />
never met Jimoh Ibrahim before.<br />
The allegations are false and at<br />
the appo<strong>in</strong>ted time I will take<br />
action. Like I said, politicians<br />
th<strong>in</strong>k they can always buy<br />
everybody, but I told them that the<br />
hairman did not send me to Akure<br />
to go and be <strong>in</strong> favour of a<br />
particular candidate.''<br />
RECESSION:<br />
Obasanjo calls<br />
for transparency<br />
at stock market<br />
By Daud Olatunji<br />
A BEOKUTA—<br />
FORMER President<br />
Olusegun Obasanjo has said<br />
that the present economic<br />
recession could only be fought<br />
successfully if confidence,<br />
stability, credibility and<br />
transparency could be<br />
guaranteed at the stock<br />
exchange market.<br />
Obasanjo who urged the<br />
authorities at the stock<br />
exchange to create confidence<br />
<strong>in</strong> the stock market, claimed<br />
that the market has made a<br />
billionaire to become a<br />
millionaire while a millionaire<br />
becomes ‘thousandnaire’.<br />
The former president stated<br />
this while receiv<strong>in</strong>g Director<br />
General, Securities and<br />
Exchange Commission<br />
(SEC), Mounir Gwarzo at his<br />
Presidential Hilltop mansion<br />
<strong>in</strong> Abeokuta yesterday.<br />
He declared that Nigeria<br />
needed all-encompass<strong>in</strong>g<br />
economic parameters to<br />
rebound the ail<strong>in</strong>g economy<br />
which <strong>in</strong>cludes build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestors’ confidence <strong>in</strong> stocks<br />
market<strong>in</strong>g system.<br />
Respond<strong>in</strong>g, Gwarzo,<br />
said that the Commission<br />
was <strong>in</strong> Abeokuta <strong>in</strong><br />
cont<strong>in</strong>uation of F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Literacy and Quiz<br />
Competition <strong>in</strong> Primary<br />
and Secondary school<br />
levels as part of effort to<br />
<strong>in</strong>culcate f<strong>in</strong>ancial culture<br />
<strong>in</strong> the young ones.<br />
Fayose signs pact with<br />
cattle breeders, releases<br />
deta<strong>in</strong>ed cows<br />
By Rotimi Ojomoyela<br />
ADO EKITI—GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose<br />
of Ekiti State, yesterday, released n<strong>in</strong>e cows<br />
arrested for contraven<strong>in</strong>g state’s anti-graz<strong>in</strong>g law,<br />
after sign<strong>in</strong>g peace pact with members of the Miyetti<br />
Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria,<br />
MACBAN.<br />
The cows were seized a couple of weeks ago by<br />
the Ekiti State Graz<strong>in</strong>g Enforcement Marshals for<br />
contraven<strong>in</strong>g anti-graz<strong>in</strong>g law.<br />
The Miyetti Allah at the meet<strong>in</strong>g signed a peace<br />
pact with the government, promis<strong>in</strong>g to co-exist<br />
peacefully with farmers and residents of the state.<br />
Fayose, at the meet<strong>in</strong>g held <strong>in</strong> the government<br />
house with the leadership of Miyetti Allah <strong>in</strong> Ekiti<br />
and the south-west, traditional rulers and the Fulani<br />
community, said cattle breeders operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Ekiti<br />
State must register with the traditional rulers of their<br />
host communities.<br />
The free registration must, however, be done<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the next 14 days after which the<br />
registered names would be forwarded to the<br />
state government for data keep<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The event, which took place at the<br />
Government House grounds, had farmers,<br />
traditional rulers, state government officials and<br />
MACBAN leaders and members from across<br />
the South-West region <strong>in</strong> attendance.<br />
Cleric raises<br />
hope of better<br />
Nigeria<br />
THE Senior Pastor of<br />
Day Glory Prayer<br />
Gospel M<strong>in</strong>istry, Prophet<br />
John Oni has expressed<br />
confidence of a better Nigeria<br />
just as he advised Nigerians<br />
to be optimistic <strong>in</strong> the face of<br />
prevail<strong>in</strong>g economic<br />
challenges confront<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
country.<br />
The cleric made the appeal<br />
while brief<strong>in</strong>g journalists on<br />
the church's 10th year<br />
convention and Founder's<br />
Day scheduled for tomorrow<br />
and Sunday at the church<br />
auditorium <strong>in</strong> Ojodu Berger,<br />
Lagos with the theme: “Go.”<br />
The cleric, who believed it<br />
was time for the country to<br />
experience div<strong>in</strong>e<br />
<strong>in</strong>tervention called for<br />
attitud<strong>in</strong>al change among the<br />
masses to enable them to<br />
partake <strong>in</strong> God’s bless<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
assur<strong>in</strong>g that the present<br />
economic challenges will<br />
soon be over.
12—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
Alleged N2.2bn fraud: FG files charges aga<strong>in</strong>st S-Court<br />
Registrar, two others<br />
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri<br />
ABUJA—THE<br />
Federal<br />
Government, through the<br />
Attorney General of the Federation<br />
and M<strong>in</strong>ister of Justice, Abubakar<br />
Malami, SAN, has filed crim<strong>in</strong>al<br />
charges aga<strong>in</strong>st the Chief<br />
Registrar of the Supreme Court,<br />
Mr. Saleh Gambo, before an Abuja<br />
High Court.<br />
Gambo was charged alongside<br />
the Assistant Director of F<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
at the apex court, Rilwanu Lawal,<br />
and the Deputy Director of<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ance, Sharif Abdulrahman.<br />
The trio will be answer<strong>in</strong>g to a<br />
n<strong>in</strong>e-count charge marked CR/13/<br />
16 and dated November 3, which<br />
the AGF filed pursuant to sections<br />
l04 and 379 of the Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />
of Crim<strong>in</strong>al Justice Act, 2015.<br />
The defendants were<br />
specifically alleged to have<br />
diverted N2.2 billion belong<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the Supreme Court of Nigeria,<br />
<strong>in</strong>to personal bank accounts<br />
domiciled at United Bank For<br />
Africa Plc with account number<br />
2027642863.<br />
They were further alleged to<br />
have, between 2009 and 2016,<br />
received gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum<br />
of N10 million from Willysdave<br />
Ltd, a private contractor to the<br />
Supreme Court of Nigeria and<br />
thereby committed an offence<br />
contrary to section 10(a) (i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices<br />
and Other Related Offences Act<br />
2000 and punishable under the<br />
same Act.<br />
Charges aga<strong>in</strong>st them, which<br />
Vanguard sighted last night, read:<br />
“That you Ahmed Gambo Saleh,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharif, and Rilwanu Lawal, are<br />
charged with the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
offences:<br />
Count One<br />
Statement of Offence:<br />
Conspiracy, contrary to Section<br />
96 of the Penal Code Act CAP<br />
532 LFN (Abuja) 2004 punishable<br />
under Section 97 of the same Act.<br />
Particulars Of Offence:<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh “M”<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman Sharif<br />
‘M’ and Rilwanu Lawal ‘M’, all<br />
of Supreme Court of Nigeria<br />
between 2009 and 2016 did agree<br />
to do an illegal act to wit: diverted<br />
the total sum of N2.2 billion<br />
belong<strong>in</strong>g to the Supreme Court<br />
of Nigeria <strong>in</strong>to personal bank<br />
accounts domiciled at United Bank<br />
For Africa PLC a/c no 2027642863,<br />
and you thereby committed an<br />
offence contrary to Section 96 of<br />
the Penal Code Act and<br />
punishable under Section 97 of<br />
the Penal Code Act Cap 532 LFN<br />
(Abuja) 2004.<br />
Count Two<br />
Statement of Offence<br />
Crim<strong>in</strong>al Breach of Trust contrary<br />
to Section 315 of the Penal Code<br />
Act Cap 532 LFN (Abuja) 2004<br />
and punishable under the same<br />
Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh “M’,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman Sharif<br />
‘M’ and Rilwanu Lawal “M” all<br />
of Supreme Court of Nigeria<br />
between 2009 and 2016 be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
entrusted with property and/or<br />
dom<strong>in</strong>ion over property<br />
belong<strong>in</strong>g to the Supreme Court<br />
of Nigeria <strong>in</strong> your capacity as<br />
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PRESENTATION: Mr Ebikake, representative of the Vice Chancellor of the ISFOP<br />
University, Ben<strong>in</strong> Republic, Prof. Marius Dakpogan (right), presents the plaque of Honorary<br />
Doctorate Degree to HRM K<strong>in</strong>g Edmund Daukoru at Nembe, Rivers State.<br />
public officers, committed the<br />
offence of Crim<strong>in</strong>al Breach of<br />
Trust to wit: diversion of the total<br />
sum of N2.2 billion belong<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the Supreme Court of Nigeria<br />
<strong>in</strong>to personal bank accounts<br />
domiciled at United Bank for<br />
Africa Plc a/c no: 2027642863<br />
contrary to section 315 of the<br />
Penal code Act cap 532 LEN<br />
(Abuja) 2004.<br />
Count Three<br />
Statement of Offence:<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g gratification by Public<br />
officers contrary to Section 10 (a)<br />
(i) of the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and Other Related<br />
Offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
Statement of Offence<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g gratification by Public<br />
officers contrary to Section 10 (a)<br />
(i) of the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and other related<br />
Offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
“Particulars of Offence;<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh “M’,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharif ‘M’ and Rilwanu Lawal<br />
“M” all of Supreme Court of<br />
Nigeria, be<strong>in</strong>g public officers,<br />
between 2009 and 2016, <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja, with<strong>in</strong> the jurisdiction of<br />
the honourable court, received<br />
gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum of ten<br />
million naira N10,000,000 from<br />
Willysdave Ltd, a private<br />
contractor to the Supreme Court<br />
of Nigeria and you thereby<br />
committed an offence contrary to<br />
section 10(a) (i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices<br />
and Other Related Offences Act<br />
2000 and punishable under the<br />
same Act.<br />
Count Four<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g gratification by Public<br />
officers contrary to Section 10 (a)<br />
(i) of the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and other related<br />
Offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh “M’,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharif ‘M’ and Rilwanu Lawal<br />
“M” all of Supreme Court of<br />
Nigeria, be<strong>in</strong>g public officers,<br />
between 2009 and 2016, <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja with<strong>in</strong> the jurisdiction of<br />
the honourable court, obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum of N<br />
6,000,000 and you thereby<br />
committed an offence contrary to<br />
section 10(a) (i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices<br />
and other related offences Act<br />
2000 and punishable under the<br />
same Act.<br />
Count Five<br />
Statement of Offence<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g gratification by Public<br />
officers contrary to Section 10 (a)<br />
(i) of the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and other related<br />
Offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh “M’,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharif ‘M’ And Rilwanu Lawal<br />
“M” all of Supreme Court of<br />
Nigeria, and be<strong>in</strong>g public<br />
officers, between 2009 and 2016,<br />
<strong>in</strong> Abuja with<strong>in</strong> the jurisdiction<br />
of the honourable court,<br />
obta<strong>in</strong>ed gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum<br />
of N 6,000,000 from Welcon Nig.<br />
Ltd, a contractor who provided<br />
services to the Supreme Court<br />
of Nigeria and you thereby<br />
committed an offence contrary to<br />
section 10(a) (i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices<br />
and other related offences Act<br />
2000 and punishable under the<br />
same section of the Act.<br />
Count Six<br />
Statement of Offence: Tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
gratification by public officers<br />
contrary to Section 10 (a) (i) of<br />
the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and Other Related<br />
Offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh W,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharif ‘M’ And Rilwanu Lawal<br />
‘M’, <strong>in</strong> your respective official<br />
capacities as staff of the<br />
Supreme Court of Nigeria<br />
between 2009 and 2016, <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja with<strong>in</strong> the jurisdiction of<br />
the honourable court, obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum N<br />
2,400,000.00 from Welcon<br />
Nigeria Ltd, a private<br />
contractor who provided<br />
services to the Supreme Court<br />
of Nigeria and thereby<br />
committed an offence contrary<br />
to section 10(a)(i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices<br />
and other related offences Act,<br />
2000 and punishable under the<br />
same section of the Act.<br />
Count Seven<br />
Statement of Offence: Tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
gratification by public officers<br />
contrary to Section 10 (a) (i) of<br />
the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and Other Related<br />
Offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence:<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh ‘M’,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharif ‘M’ And Rilwanu Lawal<br />
‘M’, all of Supreme Court of<br />
Nigeria and be<strong>in</strong>g public<br />
officers, on January 9, 2015 <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja with<strong>in</strong> the jurisdiction of<br />
the honourable court, obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
a gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum of N<br />
16,000,000.00 from Dean Musa<br />
Nig. Limited, a private<br />
contractor who provided<br />
services to the Supreme Court<br />
of Nigeria and thereby<br />
committed an offence contrary<br />
to section 10(a) (i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices<br />
and other related offences Act<br />
2000 and punishable under the<br />
same section of the Act.<br />
Count Eight<br />
Statement of Offence<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g gratification by public<br />
officers contrary to Section 10<br />
(a) of the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and other related<br />
offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same<br />
section of the Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh “M,<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman<br />
Sharifm and Rilwanu Lawal M’, all<br />
of the Supreme Court of Nigeria,<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g public officers, between 2009<br />
and 2016 <strong>in</strong> Abuja with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
jurisdiction of this honourable<br />
court, obta<strong>in</strong>ed a gratification <strong>in</strong> the<br />
sum of N19,000,000.00 from Ababia<br />
Ventures Ltd be<strong>in</strong>g a private<br />
contractor who provided services<br />
to the Supreme Court of Nigeria<br />
and thereby committed an offence<br />
contrary to section 10 (a)(i) of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>dependent Corrupt Practices and<br />
other related offences Act 2000 and<br />
punishable under the same section<br />
of the Act.<br />
Count N<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Statement of Offence<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g gratification by public<br />
officers contrary to Section 10 (a)<br />
(i) of the Independent Corrupt<br />
Practices and other related offences<br />
Act 2000 and punishable under the<br />
same section of the Act.<br />
Particulars of Offence<br />
Ahmed Gambo Saleh ‘Mù<br />
Muhammed Abdulrahman Sharif<br />
,Ùm” Ahmed Gambo Saleh And<br />
Rilwanu Lawal M’, all of Supreme<br />
Court of Nigeria, be<strong>in</strong>g public<br />
officers, between 2009 and 2016,<br />
<strong>in</strong> Abuja, with<strong>in</strong> the. jurisdiction of<br />
this Honourable Court, obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
gratification <strong>in</strong> the sum of<br />
N21,000,000.00 from MBR<br />
Computers Ltd, a private contractor<br />
who provided services to the<br />
Supreme Court of Nigeria and you<br />
thereby committed an offence<br />
contrary to Section 10 (a) (i) of the<br />
Independent Corrupt Practices and<br />
Other Related offences Act 2000<br />
and punishable under the Same<br />
Section of the Act.”<br />
Madam<br />
Remember<br />
Unuame for burial<br />
MRS. Remember Unuame<br />
of Unuame and<br />
Uvwiama families, Ughelli-<br />
South Local Government Area,<br />
Delta State, is dead.<br />
Service of songs holds today<br />
at Akperhe-Olomu, Ughelli<br />
South L.G.A, while funeral<br />
service comes up tomorrow at<br />
Ovwodokpokpo Primary<br />
School, Ovwodokpokpo-<br />
Olomu, followed by <strong>in</strong>terment.<br />
She is survived by seven<br />
children, 28 grandchildren and<br />
17 great grandchildren.<br />
Late Madam Unuame
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PIB: Why <strong>Senate</strong> is <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g Host<br />
Community devt legislation —Saraki<br />
By Henry Umoru<br />
A BUJA—SENATE<br />
President Bukola Saraki,<br />
yesterday, expla<strong>in</strong>ed that the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> was <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g host<br />
community legislation <strong>in</strong>to the<br />
Petroleum Industry Governance<br />
Bill, PIGB, 2016, to help<br />
complement the Governance and<br />
Institutional Framework Bill of the<br />
revised Petroleum Industry Bill,<br />
PIB.<br />
The Governance and<br />
Institutional Framework Bill of the<br />
revised PIB, passed the Second<br />
Read<strong>in</strong>g at the <strong>Senate</strong> on<br />
Wednesday.<br />
In a statement by Mr. Yusuph<br />
Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on<br />
Media and Publicity to the <strong>Senate</strong><br />
President, Saraki expla<strong>in</strong>ed that<br />
with the <strong>in</strong>stitutional and<br />
governance framework aspect of<br />
the PIB at the committee stage, it<br />
was necessary for the <strong>Senate</strong> to<br />
beg<strong>in</strong> work on the passage of the<br />
host community development<br />
legislation, aimed at address<strong>in</strong>g<br />
issues relat<strong>in</strong>g to community<br />
participation, security, and the<br />
ecological debt <strong>in</strong>curred by host<br />
communities from oil extraction.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the statement: “For<br />
many years now, the PIB has been<br />
stalled at different stages for one<br />
reason or another. At this po<strong>in</strong>t,<br />
the <strong>Senate</strong> is ready and will<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to do everyth<strong>in</strong>g that it takes to<br />
get Nigeria’s economy out of<br />
Edo election: PDP accuses INEC of stall<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>spection of<br />
electoral materials<br />
By Gabriel Enogholase<br />
BENIN—THERE was a<br />
mild drama at the Edo State<br />
headquarters of the Independent<br />
National Electoral Commission,<br />
INEC, <strong>in</strong> Ben<strong>in</strong>, yesterday, as the<br />
electoral body allegedly stalled<br />
the <strong>in</strong>spection of ballot papers by<br />
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g protest by the All<br />
Progressives Congress, APC,<br />
that it had filed a motion at the<br />
Election Petition Tribunal,<br />
restra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g INEC from allow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the PDP from <strong>in</strong>spect<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
materials.<br />
But the APC <strong>in</strong>sisted that it did<br />
not oppose PDP’s <strong>in</strong>spection of<br />
the electoral materials, but its<br />
attempt to scan them.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to APC state<br />
Chairman, Mr. Anslem, “We did<br />
not oppose the <strong>in</strong>spection of the<br />
ballot papers by the PDP. What we<br />
are aga<strong>in</strong>st is the move by them<br />
to scan the materials. This is not<br />
their prayer <strong>in</strong> their petition. Their<br />
count<strong>in</strong>g should be done <strong>in</strong> the<br />
open court.”<br />
Both parties had earlier agreed<br />
to jo<strong>in</strong>tly <strong>in</strong>spect ballot papers<br />
used <strong>in</strong> the conduct of the<br />
September 28 Edo State<br />
governorship election.<br />
It will be recalled that the Edo<br />
State Election Petition Tribunal,<br />
last month, granted both parties<br />
recession, and the efficient and<br />
effective management of our oil<br />
resources is a key component of<br />
this. Now that the legislation to<br />
provide a governance and<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutional framework for the<br />
petroleum <strong>in</strong>dustry has passed<br />
Second Read<strong>in</strong>g, it is time to re<strong>in</strong>troduce<br />
the host community<br />
development legislation to<br />
address the legitimate agitations<br />
of the people of the Niger Delta.”<br />
By the calculation of the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> President, work on the<br />
passage of the two key bills will<br />
be near<strong>in</strong>g completion before<br />
the end of this year.<br />
The <strong>Senate</strong> President also<br />
stated that he had asked<br />
legislators <strong>in</strong> the Upper<br />
Legislative Chamber to work<br />
together and <strong>in</strong>troduce the host<br />
community development<br />
legislation, with<strong>in</strong> four weeks.<br />
He noted that the problems<br />
host communities had faced<br />
because of decades of oil<br />
exploration needed to be<br />
addressed.<br />
The version of the PIB that is<br />
now at committee stage is<br />
sponsored by Senator Omotayo<br />
Alasoadura and 28 others.<br />
The Bill titled “An Act to<br />
Provide for the Governance and<br />
Institutional Framework for the<br />
Petroleum Industry and for<br />
Other Related Matters,” is<br />
aimed at creat<strong>in</strong>g an efficient<br />
and effective govern<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitution for the petroleum<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry by def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g clear and<br />
separate roles for all entities.<br />
It will also establish a<br />
framework for the creation of<br />
commercially oriented and<br />
profit- driven petroleum bodies<br />
for value addition among others.<br />
VISIT: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State (left) and Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia,<br />
former governor of defunct Mid-West Region and Bendel State, dur<strong>in</strong>g the latter's 'Thank<br />
You' visit to the governor, yesterday.<br />
leave to <strong>in</strong>spect the ballot papers<br />
used <strong>in</strong> the conduct of the<br />
election.<br />
However, the <strong>in</strong>spection,<br />
which was supposed to be jo<strong>in</strong>tly<br />
started by both parties at 9:00<br />
a.m. did not start follow<strong>in</strong>g an alleged<br />
Aggrieved MEND Commander carried out<br />
Trans-Forcados pipel<strong>in</strong>e attack—Jomo Gbomo<br />
By Emma Amaize,<br />
Egufe Yafugborhi &<br />
Perez Brisibe<br />
WARRI—THE Movement<br />
for the Emancipation of the<br />
Niger Delta, MEND, admitted,<br />
yesterday, that its aggrieved<br />
members led by unnamed<br />
Commander, Western Delta,<br />
CWD, carried out the attack on<br />
the Trans-Forcados Crude Export<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e at Batan <strong>in</strong> Delta<br />
State on Wednesday.<br />
Budget delay: <strong>Senate</strong> set to repeal 58-yr-old<br />
Fiscal Responsibility Act<br />
By Henry Umoru<br />
ABUJA—MOVES by the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> to amend the 58<br />
years old Fiscal Responsibility<br />
Act, yesterday, reached its f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
stage follow<strong>in</strong>g the submission<br />
of the report upon the<br />
amendment would be<br />
predicated.<br />
The report by the Technical<br />
Committee on Budget Reforms<br />
was presented to the President<br />
MEND however said CWD<br />
broke the rule, by attack<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
crude export pipel<strong>in</strong>e barely 24<br />
hours after President<br />
Muhammadu Buhari met with<br />
Niger Delta leaders <strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
Spokesperson of the group,<br />
Jomo Gbomo, <strong>in</strong> a statement,<br />
said the unauthorized attack was<br />
carried because the Niger Delta<br />
leaders failed to spell out the<br />
agreement earlier reached by<br />
the group with the Federal<br />
of the <strong>Senate</strong>, Bukola Saraki, by<br />
the Leader of the <strong>Senate</strong>, Senator<br />
Ali Ndume, recommends that<br />
annual budgets must be<br />
presented <strong>in</strong> the first week of<br />
September and that the budget<br />
must be considered with<strong>in</strong> two<br />
months and passed on the<br />
30th of November at the latest.<br />
Aga<strong>in</strong>st this backdrop, the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> plans to repeal and reenact<br />
the 1958 Act to check the<br />
objection raised by the APC on the<br />
grounds that it had filed a suit<br />
challeng<strong>in</strong>g the commencement of the<br />
process.<br />
Government before the<br />
November 1 meet<strong>in</strong>g, alleg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
betrayal by some Niger Delta<br />
leaders.<br />
The statement read: “The<br />
Movement for the<br />
Emancipation of the Niger<br />
Delta (MEND) takes full<br />
responsibility for the Trans-<br />
Forcados Crude Export pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
attack <strong>in</strong> the Batan area of Delta State<br />
on Wednesday, November 2, 2016."<br />
anomalies <strong>in</strong> relation to the fiscal<br />
year.<br />
It will be recalled that Saraki<br />
had constituted a Technical<br />
Committee on Budget Reforms<br />
to produce a Budget Reform<br />
strategy paper and draft Budget<br />
Reform Bill. The reform is to<br />
improve budget formulation,<br />
enactment, implementation,<br />
and monitor<strong>in</strong>g evaluation with<br />
a view to improv<strong>in</strong>g budget<br />
performance.<br />
Omo-Agege,<br />
family<br />
honours late<br />
Brume<br />
By Oboh<br />
Agbonkhese<br />
THE<br />
senator<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g Delta<br />
Central, Senator Ovie<br />
Omo-Agege, has<br />
described the late Senator<br />
Fred Brume as an<br />
exceptional man who<br />
lived a life of service and<br />
excellence.<br />
His widow, Elizabeth,<br />
and eldest child, Mrs.<br />
Blessyn Brume-Ataguba,<br />
<strong>in</strong> separate <strong>in</strong>terviews,<br />
described Brume as a man<br />
who lived a life of sacrifice<br />
for public good.<br />
They spoke at the<br />
commission<strong>in</strong>g of a<br />
science laboratory<br />
donated by Brume’s<br />
family to Ubogo<br />
Secondary School, Udu,<br />
as part of the ceremonies<br />
mark<strong>in</strong>g the fifth<br />
anniversary of Brume’s<br />
death, which had HRM<br />
Owhorhu I, the Ovie of<br />
Udu K<strong>in</strong>gdom; Chief<br />
Andrew Orugbo, former<br />
Commissioner for Justice<br />
and Attorney General for<br />
Delta State, and other<br />
prom<strong>in</strong>ent personalities,<br />
<strong>in</strong> attendance.<br />
Earlier, dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
memorial thanksgiv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
service at St Paul’s<br />
Anglican Church, Ubogo,<br />
Bishop of the Anglican<br />
Diocese of Ughelli, Rt.<br />
Revd Cyril Odutemu,<br />
said the Urhobo elite class<br />
must learn to celebrate the<br />
progress of their own to<br />
attract development to the<br />
land.<br />
Mojisola Ajayi<br />
for burial<br />
THE Ajayi family has<br />
announced the<br />
pass<strong>in</strong>g on of Mrs<br />
Mojisola Ajayi, aged 56.<br />
Funeral service will<br />
hold at Liv<strong>in</strong>g Faith<br />
Church (W<strong>in</strong>ners<br />
Chapel), Bashorun,<br />
Ibadan on November 4<br />
2016.<br />
Interment follows<br />
immediately at<br />
Olubodun Street,<br />
Adeleye Area, after<br />
Olodo, Ibadan.<br />
She is survived by<br />
children<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Late Mrs Ajayi<br />
and
Y<br />
14 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
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Reps threaten F<strong>in</strong>ance M<strong>in</strong>ister, CBN gov, DMO<br />
boss over N600bn bail-out fund<br />
By Emman Ovuakporie &<br />
Johnbosco Agbakwuru<br />
ABUJA—THE House of<br />
Representatives yesterday<br />
threatened the F<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun,<br />
Director General, Debt<br />
Management Office, DM0,<br />
Abraham Nwankwo and<br />
Governor of the Central Bank of<br />
Nigeria, CBN, Dr Godw<strong>in</strong><br />
Emefiele, for deliberately refus<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to give out <strong>in</strong>formation on how<br />
the N600 billion bail-out fund was<br />
disbursed.<br />
The House, through its adhoc<br />
committee on the disbursement<br />
and usage of the bail out fund,<br />
also lampooned the directorgeneral<br />
of Debt Management<br />
Office ,DMO, for treat<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
issue with levity.<br />
Chairman of the committee,<br />
Ibrahim Sadiq, described the<br />
refusal of the trio to appear before<br />
his <strong>in</strong>vestigative committee as an<br />
affront on the <strong>in</strong>stitution of the<br />
National Assembly, s<strong>in</strong>ce it was<br />
empowered by sections 88,89 of<br />
the 1999 constitution as amended,<br />
to probe the usage of monies<br />
disbursed from the federation<br />
account.<br />
Sadiq threatened to apply the<br />
full weight of the law on the three<br />
officials, argu<strong>in</strong>g that officials<br />
NNPC to purchase crude oil from Niger for Kaduna Ref<strong>in</strong>ery<br />
By Michael Eboh<br />
A BUJA—NIGERIAN<br />
National Petroleum<br />
Corporation, NNPC,<br />
yesterday, unveiled plans to<br />
collaborate with the Republic<br />
of Niger on the purchase of<br />
crude oil from the country for<br />
supply to the Kaduna ref<strong>in</strong>ery.<br />
16 states yet to comply with<br />
Pension Reform Act 2014<br />
By Favour Nnabugwu<br />
C ALABAR—SIXTEEN<br />
state governments are yet<br />
to establish a Contributory<br />
Pension Scheme, CPS, as<br />
stipulated <strong>in</strong> the Pension Reform<br />
Act, 2014.<br />
Consequently, the states are yet<br />
to comply with remittances of<br />
pension contributions <strong>in</strong>to the<br />
Retirement Sav<strong>in</strong>g Accounts,<br />
RSA, of their employees.<br />
Chairman, Pension Fund<br />
Operators Association of Nigeria<br />
(PenOp), Mr Eguarekhide<br />
Longe, disclosed this at the<br />
National Pension Commission,<br />
PenCom, workshop for journalists<br />
<strong>in</strong> Calabar yesterday.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him, only 20<br />
states have so far complied<br />
with the Pension Reform Act,<br />
2014 (PRA 2014).<br />
He said the implementation of<br />
AGM: From left; Mr Victor Famuyibo, Immediate past President, Chartered Institute of<br />
Personnel Management of Nigeria, CIPM, with the newly Inducted Fellows of CIPM, Mr.<br />
Oluseun Oluwole; Dr. Lateef Oladimeji; Mrs Ifeoma Adeniyi; President/Chairman of<br />
Council, Mr. Anthony Arabome; Dr. Kenneth Anierobi; Mr. Gbemiga Owolabi and the<br />
Registrar/CEO of CIPM, Mr. Sunday Adeyemi, dur<strong>in</strong>g the 48th Annual National Conference<br />
of the CIPM, Nigeria at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.<br />
of the aforementioned outfits who<br />
appeared before the committee on<br />
behalf of their bosses lacked the<br />
competence to handle the<br />
sensitive issue at stake.<br />
He further claimed that<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the<br />
documents earlier made<br />
available to the committee by<br />
officials of the DMO, CBN,<br />
and the F<strong>in</strong>ance M<strong>in</strong>istry<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to a statement <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja, Group Manag<strong>in</strong>g Director<br />
of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru,<br />
stated this after a bilateral<br />
discussion with the M<strong>in</strong>ister of<br />
Energy and Oil of the Republic<br />
of Niger, Hon. Foumakoye Gado,<br />
<strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
Baru also stated that the NNPC<br />
would partner with Niger <strong>in</strong> the<br />
the PRA 2014 <strong>in</strong> the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
states of the federation was<br />
encumbered by a number of<br />
factors, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the need for<br />
Houses of Assembly to<br />
domesticate the new<br />
amendments provided <strong>in</strong> the Act<br />
Longe said there was need for<br />
state governments, as mandated<br />
by the PRA 2014, to implement<br />
the Contributory Pension Scheme,<br />
CPS, <strong>in</strong> their various doma<strong>in</strong>s to<br />
enable the workers have a good<br />
retirement<br />
He said: “Only 20 states have<br />
so far enacted the laws on CPS,<br />
while others are struggl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with one challenge or the other<br />
to domesticate the law <strong>in</strong> their<br />
states.<br />
“The PRA 2014 is seen as<br />
better than the old one, s<strong>in</strong>ce it<br />
is expected to help remedy the<br />
deficiencies and <strong>in</strong>adequacies<br />
prevalent <strong>in</strong> the old one.<br />
was mislead<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
A member of the committee,<br />
Karibi Sunday, PDP, Kogi, who<br />
<strong>in</strong>itiated the probe, accused the<br />
trio of tak<strong>in</strong>g sides with 27 state<br />
governors who were accused of<br />
mismanag<strong>in</strong>g the bail out fund<br />
meant for payment of workers’<br />
salaries and retirement benefits.<br />
Karibi told the officials that<br />
workers unions <strong>in</strong> the affected<br />
area of shar<strong>in</strong>g geological data to<br />
further boost the ongo<strong>in</strong>g<br />
exploratory activities <strong>in</strong> the Chad<br />
Bas<strong>in</strong> and Benue Trough.<br />
Comment<strong>in</strong>g on the purchase<br />
of crude oil from Niger, he said:<br />
“We plan to set up the technical<br />
team to review the possibilities of<br />
how crude oil will be supplied to<br />
Kaduna ref<strong>in</strong>ery. Be<strong>in</strong>g bilateral,<br />
there are go<strong>in</strong>g to be two teams<br />
as discussed by the M<strong>in</strong>ister of<br />
State, Petroleum Resources and<br />
the M<strong>in</strong>ister of Energy and Oil<br />
of Niger.<br />
“There will be steer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
committee compris<strong>in</strong>g some<br />
M<strong>in</strong>isters and a technical<br />
committee which will <strong>in</strong>volve the<br />
By Emman Ovuakporie &<br />
Johnbosco Agbakwuru<br />
ABUJA—THE House of<br />
Representatives<br />
yesterday directed the<br />
Independent National Electoral<br />
Commission, INEC, to release<br />
the list of 66 suppressed state<br />
constituencies throughout the<br />
country, <strong>in</strong> accordance with<br />
Section 91 of the 1999<br />
Constitution and the 2006<br />
population figures.<br />
The directive was sequel to a<br />
resolution taken by the House,<br />
states would be <strong>in</strong>vited to state<br />
their own side of the story,<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g that the trio violated<br />
the Freedom of Information Act,<br />
FOI, by their alleged conduct.<br />
Archibong Okon, PDP, Akwa<br />
Ibom, said <strong>in</strong> his contribution:<br />
“The refusal by the trio to provide<br />
reveal<strong>in</strong>g documents on the<br />
bailout fund speaks volume of<br />
their level of <strong>in</strong>competence.”<br />
NNPC and the Nigerien<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Energy and Oil and<br />
their operators.”<br />
He further stated that there is<br />
an understand<strong>in</strong>g between the<br />
NNPC and Republic of Niger to<br />
share data on the exploratory<br />
activities <strong>in</strong> the Chad Bas<strong>in</strong> and<br />
the Benue Trough and to tap <strong>in</strong>to<br />
that country’s experience. On<br />
his part, the Nigerien Energy<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister, Hon. Gado said his<br />
visit was to discuss issues of<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest especially <strong>in</strong> the area of<br />
the oil sector with the NNPC,<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g that the procurement<br />
of crude oil for Kaduna ref<strong>in</strong>ery<br />
and its practicability was be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
worked out.<br />
Reps direct INEC to release names<br />
of suppressed 66 constituencies<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the unanimous<br />
adoption of the motion<br />
sponsored by K<strong>in</strong>gsley Ch<strong>in</strong>da<br />
(PDP/Rivers) who drew the<br />
attention of the House to the<br />
failure of INEC to carry out<br />
proper delimitation and<br />
del<strong>in</strong>eation of electoral<br />
constituencies <strong>in</strong> several states.<br />
The House further directed<br />
the electoral body to forward the<br />
list of affected constituencies to<br />
the National Assembly for<br />
ratification, just as it resolved to<br />
send the House resolution to the<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> for concurrence.<br />
‘FG’ll use music<br />
to promote<br />
national<br />
re-orientation<br />
campaign'<br />
A BUJA—THE<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister of<br />
Information and Culture, Alhaji<br />
Lai Mohammed, has said the<br />
government will leverage on<br />
the power of music to promote<br />
the National Re-orientation<br />
Campaign tagged; “Change<br />
Beg<strong>in</strong>s With Me.”<br />
The M<strong>in</strong>ister said this <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja on Wednesday when he<br />
received a group of collectors<br />
of music dat<strong>in</strong>g back to 1914,<br />
under the banner of Evergreen<br />
Music Limited, on a courtesy<br />
visit to his office.<br />
He hailed the enviable role<br />
of music <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>culcat<strong>in</strong>g morals<br />
and unit<strong>in</strong>g the country, say<strong>in</strong>g<br />
good music had no tribe,<br />
section or religion. “We believe<br />
that this is very important to us<br />
because when you look at our<br />
campaign, it’s about return<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to those old morals and values<br />
that stood Nigeria <strong>in</strong> good stead<br />
and you can learn more from<br />
music than anyth<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
‘’That is why I believe that we<br />
will gladly partner with you<br />
because we are pitch<strong>in</strong>g from<br />
the same side of the field. We<br />
want Nigerians to go back to<br />
this old music because they not<br />
only preach good values but<br />
they have actually chronicled<br />
the history of Nigeria,” Alhaji<br />
Mohammed said.<br />
He saluted foremost<br />
musicians like Rex Lawson,<br />
Dan Maraya, Victor Olaiya,<br />
Victor Uwaifo, IK Dairo, and<br />
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who<br />
stood up aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>in</strong>justice<br />
while promot<strong>in</strong>g morals<br />
through their music.<br />
Firm offers free<br />
employment<br />
platform for<br />
Nigerians<br />
AN <strong>in</strong>dig<strong>in</strong>eous firm,<br />
Gr8jobsng has launched<br />
a project entitled: Project<br />
Employ, with the aim of<br />
assist<strong>in</strong>g local and<br />
mult<strong>in</strong>ational companies <strong>in</strong> the<br />
recruitment of staff at no cost.<br />
Brief<strong>in</strong>g newsmen yesterday<br />
<strong>in</strong> Lagos, Chief Executive<br />
Officer of the firm, Mrs.<br />
Omomene Odike said the<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g rate of job loss <strong>in</strong><br />
Nigeria <strong>in</strong>formed the<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduction of the project,<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g that it would assist<br />
employers <strong>in</strong> hir<strong>in</strong>g the right<br />
people. She said it would also<br />
be of assistance to those who<br />
want to change jobs.<br />
Odike said the <strong>in</strong>itiative,<br />
which is scheduled to run its<br />
first edition <strong>in</strong> November and<br />
December 2016, could be<br />
assessed through Gr8jobsng<br />
platform<br />
on<br />
www.Gr8jobsng.com.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016—15<br />
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Enugu host communities, herdsmen make peace<br />
By Emeka Mamah<br />
ENUGU—CRISES have<br />
been averted between some<br />
host communities <strong>in</strong> Ezeagu<br />
Local Government Area of<br />
Enugu State and Fulani<br />
herdsmen, follow<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
<strong>in</strong>tervention of Cleen<br />
Foundation, a nongovernmental<br />
organisation,<br />
NGO, dur<strong>in</strong>g a roundtable<br />
discussion, where the parties<br />
agreed to embrace peace.<br />
Tension had heightened <strong>in</strong><br />
the area, when a Fulani<br />
herdsman used his machete to<br />
chop off the hand of an<br />
<strong>in</strong>digene of Afor Ugwu<br />
Aguobu Owa over a<br />
disagreement.<br />
When the matter came up at<br />
the roundtable, Donald<br />
Nwafor, the Divisional Police<br />
ABOVE: A crowd salut<strong>in</strong>g the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad<br />
Abubakar III as he paid a visit to the tomb of Sultan Muhammadu<br />
Bello <strong>in</strong> Wurno. RIGHT: From left—Sultan of Sokoto, Alahji Sa'ad<br />
Abubakar III (right); the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi<br />
(left); Secretary General, Supreme Islamic Council of Nigeria,<br />
Professor Ishaq Oloyede (middle) and others dur<strong>in</strong>g a visit to<br />
the tomb of Sultan Muhammadu Bello <strong>in</strong> Wurno as part of the<br />
events mark<strong>in</strong>g the 10th coronation anniversary of Sultan<br />
Abubakar IIl <strong>in</strong> Sokoto, yesterday. PHOTOS: Abayomi Adeshida.<br />
Institute<br />
pushes for<br />
more women<br />
<strong>in</strong> politics<br />
By V<strong>in</strong>cent<br />
Ujumadu<br />
A WKA—THE<br />
N a t i o n a l<br />
Democratic Institute,<br />
NDI, has said there is<br />
need for more women to<br />
develop <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong><br />
elective positions at all<br />
levels.<br />
At a stakeholders’<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Awka,<br />
yesterday, attended by<br />
women political leaders<br />
and the academia, the<br />
Programme Manager of<br />
Women <strong>in</strong> Politics <strong>in</strong><br />
NDI, Mrs. Halima<br />
Abubakar, regretted that<br />
women were not<br />
exploit<strong>in</strong>g their numeral<br />
strength to make<br />
themselves active <strong>in</strong><br />
politics, add<strong>in</strong>g that it<br />
was for that reason that<br />
her organisation decided<br />
to partner with political<br />
parties to map out their<br />
strategies for ensur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that women achieved<br />
their political ambition.<br />
In a keynote address,<br />
the Dean, Faculty of<br />
Social Sciences at<br />
Nnamdi Azikiwe<br />
University, Awka,<br />
Professor Ch<strong>in</strong>yere<br />
Okunna, wondered why<br />
it was difficult for women<br />
to get <strong>in</strong>to elective offices<br />
even though they were<br />
usually more active<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g campaigns and<br />
vot<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g elections.<br />
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu<br />
N NEWI—THE<br />
Movement for the<br />
Actualisation of the<br />
Sovereign State of Biafra,<br />
MASSOB, has replied<br />
President Muhammadu<br />
Buhari on his recent<br />
declaration that “anybody who<br />
wants to leave Nigeria is free,”<br />
say<strong>in</strong>g that those who wish to<br />
play Pharaoh aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
people of Biafra, will certa<strong>in</strong>ly<br />
experience the consequences.<br />
MASSOB said: “The<br />
Federal Government is busy,<br />
chas<strong>in</strong>g, witch-hunt<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
kill<strong>in</strong>g Biafrans and agitators,<br />
while the country is<br />
collaps<strong>in</strong>g, and will soon go<br />
<strong>in</strong>to ext<strong>in</strong>ction because of<br />
clueless and directionless<br />
leadership.”<br />
MASSOB, <strong>in</strong> a statement<br />
entitled Buhari is mock<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Biafrans, signed by its leader,<br />
Mr. Uchenna Madu, said:<br />
“We reiterate our earlier<br />
position that those who wish<br />
to play pharaoh aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
people of Biafra, will<br />
certa<strong>in</strong>ly experience the<br />
consequences of the Egyptian<br />
Pharaoh.<br />
“President Buhari’s<br />
statement that anyone, who<br />
cherished another country can<br />
leave Nigeria is not someth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to be cheerful about,<br />
celebrated and <strong>in</strong> any way<br />
heartwarm<strong>in</strong>g. MASSOB<br />
views it as part of Pharaoh’s<br />
subtle way of mock<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Hebrews-Biafra.<br />
“The people of Biafra should<br />
Officer, Aguobu Owa, said<br />
police could not take action as<br />
the two parties agreed to an<br />
out of court settlement.<br />
In his submissions at the<br />
workshop, jo<strong>in</strong>tly organised by<br />
Cleen Foundation and Ezeagu<br />
Local Government, the South-<br />
East Zonal Chairman of<br />
Miyetti Allah, Sarki Gidado<br />
Sadiq, blamed the conflict<br />
between his people and their<br />
not celebrate or rejoice over<br />
that cunn<strong>in</strong>g and mock<strong>in</strong>g<br />
assertion. The time of God’s<br />
calamitous earthquake that<br />
will delete the name of the<br />
country from the world map,<br />
government and other<br />
functions is very fast<br />
approach<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
“MASSOB and other pro-<br />
Biafran groups will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> non-violent and<br />
focused, while watch<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
host communities on mutual<br />
suspicion.<br />
He noted that some of the<br />
Fulani people had lived <strong>in</strong> the<br />
South-East for over 50 years<br />
and knew no other home.<br />
He said if other local<br />
governments <strong>in</strong> Enugu State<br />
toed the l<strong>in</strong>e of Ezeagu Local<br />
Government, there would be<br />
peace between Fulani and<br />
their host communities.<br />
MASSOB to Buhari:<br />
You're act<strong>in</strong>g like Pharaoh<br />
Act<strong>in</strong>g APGA Chair reaches<br />
out to party leaders<br />
By Ugochukwu<br />
Alaribe<br />
A BA—ACTING<br />
National Chairman of<br />
All Progressives Grand<br />
Alliance, APGA, Ozo<br />
Nwabueze Okafor, has<br />
announced plans to reform<br />
the party to conform to the<br />
vision of its founders.<br />
Okafor, who stated this <strong>in</strong><br />
Aba dur<strong>in</strong>g a visit to the<br />
factional state chairman of<br />
the party <strong>in</strong> Abia, Pr<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
Ukaegbu, said APGA under<br />
its former National Chairman,<br />
Victor Oye, lost direction and<br />
needed a breath of fresh air<br />
which necessitated his move<br />
to reach out to leaders and<br />
founders of the party across<br />
the states.<br />
He lamented that under<br />
Oye, APGA witnessed<br />
m<strong>in</strong>imal growth as a national<br />
party and called on members<br />
calamitous earthquake that<br />
will befall the Nigeria state<br />
because of the harden<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
President Buhari’s heart<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Biafrans.<br />
“We will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to be loyal<br />
to Dim Chukwuemeka<br />
Odumegwu Ojukwu’s<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ciples, vision and<br />
legacies; and cont<strong>in</strong>ue to<br />
revive and refresh the consciousness<br />
of Ojukwuism <strong>in</strong><br />
the m<strong>in</strong>ds of every Biafran.”<br />
and found<strong>in</strong>g fathers of the<br />
party to jo<strong>in</strong> hands to salvage<br />
the party.<br />
Okafor said: “You are<br />
aware of the recent<br />
development <strong>in</strong> our party,<br />
APGA, where the former<br />
chairman was suspended<br />
and the members of the<br />
NWC found me worthy to act<br />
<strong>in</strong> his place. We felt it will<br />
be good to reach out to<br />
leaders and founders of the<br />
party across the states.”<br />
While commend<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Act<strong>in</strong>g National Chairman<br />
for his resolve to reach out<br />
to leaders of the party,<br />
Ukaegbu called on Oye to<br />
save APGA from needless<br />
wrangl<strong>in</strong>g and respect the<br />
wishes of the leaders of the<br />
party.<br />
He also stressed that<br />
history would not be k<strong>in</strong>d to<br />
any member retard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
progress of APGA.<br />
Expert worries<br />
over rise <strong>in</strong><br />
cases of<br />
stroke<br />
By Davies<br />
Iheamnachor,<br />
Amarachi Uzoma &<br />
Isioma Ananaba<br />
AN expert <strong>in</strong> the<br />
medical field,<br />
Professor Arthur<br />
Onwuchekwa, has<br />
expressed worries over rise<br />
<strong>in</strong> the cases of hypertension<br />
and stroke <strong>in</strong> the country.<br />
Onwuchekwa, who is a<br />
lecturer <strong>in</strong> the Department<br />
of Medic<strong>in</strong>e, Faculty of<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Science <strong>in</strong> the<br />
University of Port Harcourt,<br />
said that the cause of stroke,<br />
which is hypertension, is<br />
preventable.<br />
Onwuchekwa spoke<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the 135th <strong>in</strong>augural<br />
lecture of the <strong>in</strong>stitution,<br />
tagged A Preventable<br />
Disaster Wait<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Happen.<br />
The professor stated that<br />
stroke is preventable if<br />
Nigerians would ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><br />
a healthy life style.<br />
He mentioned too much<br />
salt <strong>in</strong>take, excessive<br />
alcohol and poor exercise<br />
habit as risk factors that can<br />
lead to stroke, add<strong>in</strong>g “the<br />
prevalence of stroke is high<br />
<strong>in</strong> Nigeria and no age race<br />
or class is spared.”<br />
Burial<br />
THE burial ceremony<br />
of late Mrs. Njideka<br />
Okwuaka, holds today. The<br />
funeral service holds at<br />
10a.m., followed by<br />
<strong>in</strong>terment. She died on<br />
October 11.<br />
Passage<br />
MRS. Benice Oloto (nee<br />
Adiza) of Ibagwa-Ani,<br />
Nsukka LGA, Enugu State,<br />
aged 75, is dead. Today is<br />
burial service at Ibagwa-Ani,<br />
Nsukka.<br />
She is survived by children,<br />
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
US-based surgeon, Dr.<br />
Emeka Oloto.
Y<br />
K<br />
16 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
Pastor Siju Iluyomade’s romance with<br />
First Ladies, power brokers<br />
WIFE of the Redeemed<br />
Christian Church of<br />
God’s City of David parish,<br />
Victoria Island, Lagos, Siju<br />
Iluyomade is really enjoy<strong>in</strong>g her<br />
romance with the power brokers<br />
<strong>in</strong> the society. S<strong>in</strong>ce she<br />
launched her pet project,”Arise<br />
Women”, about seven years ago,<br />
the woman of God has been on<br />
top of her game, hobnobb<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with the movers and shakers of<br />
the society <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g First Ladies,<br />
M<strong>in</strong>isters among other women<br />
of substance.<br />
The story was not different<br />
recently when Siju hosted the<br />
annual Arise Women’s<br />
Conference. The confab, which<br />
held <strong>in</strong> Lagos, with the theme<br />
‘Grace to Grace”, attracted a roll<br />
call of who-is-who <strong>in</strong> the political<br />
and social circles, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Dolapo Os<strong>in</strong>bajo, the wife of<br />
Vice-President, Senior Special<br />
Assistant <strong>in</strong> Foreign Affairs and<br />
the Diaspora, Abike Dabiri;<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister of F<strong>in</strong>ance, Kemi<br />
Adeosun, H.E. Mrs. Omolara<br />
Ahmed, the First Lady of Kwara<br />
Another big party, as Nana<br />
Shagari set to wed Saleh Lukah<br />
By Anozie Egole<br />
THE stage is set aga<strong>in</strong> for<br />
another glamorous wedd<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of the year, billed to hold <strong>in</strong> the<br />
northern part of the country as<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess mogul, Saleh Lukat will<br />
be say<strong>in</strong>g, ‘I do’ to his long<br />
stand<strong>in</strong>g lover, Nana Shagari.<br />
The bride is the grand-daughter<br />
of former Nigerian President Shehu<br />
Shagari, while the groom is former<br />
Vice President Namadi Sambo’s <strong>in</strong>law.<br />
Those who are close to Nana,<br />
describe her as “a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of<br />
beauty and bra<strong>in</strong>s.” She<br />
graduated with a First Class<br />
degree from the University of<br />
Leicester, UK at the age of 19 and is currently a<br />
student at the Nigerian Law School.<br />
Her father, Muktar Shagari was one of the<br />
longest serv<strong>in</strong>g M<strong>in</strong>isters dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Olusegun Obasanjo regime and also served<br />
as the deputy governor of Sokoto State for<br />
8 years. The groom-to-be is also described<br />
as “an enterpris<strong>in</strong>g<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>essman, with some<br />
successful bus<strong>in</strong>esses to his<br />
credit”. Hi Society, however,<br />
gathered that preparations are<br />
*Nigeria Info team<br />
When Nigeria Info organized, Meet n Greet<br />
By Anozie Egole<br />
IN its bid to give their<br />
numerous listeners the<br />
satisfaction they desire, one of<br />
the top radio stations <strong>in</strong> the<br />
country, Nigeria Info organized<br />
an event tagged, “Meet n Greet<br />
with Nigeria Info”, which was<br />
aimed at re-engag<strong>in</strong>g their major<br />
stakeholders with their staff.<br />
At the event which held<br />
recently <strong>in</strong> Lagos, the<br />
By Benjam<strong>in</strong> Njoku<br />
L-R M<strong>in</strong>ister of F<strong>in</strong>ance, Kemi Adeosun and Mrs Siju<br />
Iluyomade, convener Arise Women Conference.<br />
*Saleh Lukat & wife<br />
already <strong>in</strong> top gear for this grand<br />
event which takes place <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja, before the end of the<br />
year.<br />
Operational Manager of the<br />
company, Onimisi Adaba said,<br />
the company was established<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the need to generate<br />
and susta<strong>in</strong> conversations on<br />
diverse topics. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to him,<br />
s<strong>in</strong>ce the radio station started<br />
broadcast<strong>in</strong>g few years ago, it<br />
has not only grown to become a<br />
house hold name <strong>in</strong> Lagos, but<br />
has also shown strong presence<br />
<strong>in</strong> Abuja and Port-Harcourt<br />
respectively.<br />
among others. It featured the<br />
likes of Pastor Mrs Grace<br />
Okorede and Pastor. (Dr.) Becky<br />
Enenche of Dunamis<br />
International Gospel Church as<br />
guest<br />
m<strong>in</strong>isters.<br />
Also,Glowreeyah Braimah, a<br />
lead vocalist <strong>in</strong> the Lagos<br />
Metropolitan Gospel choir of<br />
the House on the Rock church<br />
was on hand to spice up the<br />
conference with her brand of<br />
gospel music. Siju who has<br />
passion and knack for fashion<br />
and accessories is surely<br />
enjoy<strong>in</strong>g her romance with the<br />
First Ladies while it lasts.<br />
SWEET memories rented<br />
the air, weekend, as old<br />
students of Queens School,<br />
Enugu gathered <strong>in</strong> Lagos, for<br />
their annual national<br />
convention with the theme,<br />
“Long Walk to Victory.” It was<br />
<strong>in</strong>deed a reunion of queens,<br />
and those who made it to the<br />
confab would ever live to<br />
recount the worthwhile<br />
experience.<br />
In their midst were former<br />
Chief Judges, Professors,<br />
renowned paediatrician,<br />
medical practitioners,<br />
lawyers, Senior Advocate of<br />
Nigeria (SAN),bankers,<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esswomen among others<br />
who have made their marks<br />
<strong>in</strong> their various fields of<br />
endeavour. The historic event,<br />
which commenced Friday,<br />
October 21, was rounded off<br />
on Sunday, October 23, with<br />
a gala night at The Grace<br />
Gardens , Lekki, Lagos.<br />
*Queen Nneke Somto<br />
LIKE many beauty queens,<br />
the pretty Face of<br />
CandyCity Nigeria 2016, Nneke<br />
Somto has already set plans <strong>in</strong><br />
motion to flag off her pet project.<br />
This is as a result of her<br />
conviction that be<strong>in</strong>g a beauty<br />
queen is not about wear<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
crown.<br />
The fair-complexioned beauty,<br />
is stopp<strong>in</strong>g at noth<strong>in</strong>g to jo<strong>in</strong><br />
forces with the social crusaders<br />
to fight aga<strong>in</strong>st domestic<br />
violence which has become a<br />
•Members of Queens School, Enugu Old Girls Association<br />
Earlier, the congregat<strong>in</strong>g old<br />
students were spotted walk<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and danc<strong>in</strong>g on the Lekki-Ikoyi<br />
bridge as part of activities l<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
up for the convention. At the<br />
gala night, the atmosphere of<br />
friendl<strong>in</strong>ess and nostalgia<br />
pervaded the event venue.<br />
Clogs <strong>in</strong> the wheel<br />
of progress<br />
While welcom<strong>in</strong>g the old<br />
breeds, the National President<br />
of the association,Mrs Ifeanyi<br />
Egbunike, who doubles as the<br />
President of the Lagos branch<br />
of the association, advised<br />
members to identify themselves<br />
with the th<strong>in</strong>gs that unite them,<br />
which are greater and focus on<br />
them rather than dwell on th<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
that separate them. She said,<br />
“Iam persuaded that didn’t<br />
come only to see old friends and<br />
classmates or admire our outfits<br />
Beauty queen,<br />
Nneke Somto<br />
and her pet<br />
project<br />
recurr<strong>in</strong>g decimal <strong>in</strong> the<br />
society. Through her pet<br />
project tagged,<br />
“Purple Bande<br />
Signifie “ Somto has<br />
added her voice to the<br />
campag<strong>in</strong>. For the<br />
Port-Harcourt-based<br />
beauty queen,<br />
domestic violence is<br />
an evil act and a<br />
major concern <strong>in</strong><br />
the society.<br />
While her reign lasts, Somto<br />
wants to be a very vocal<br />
advocate aga<strong>in</strong>st rape and<br />
sexual violence <strong>in</strong> the society.<br />
She believes that domestic<br />
violence goes beyond physical<br />
abuse to sexual exploitation,<br />
rape and <strong>in</strong>cest. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
her, the consequences of this<br />
unjust act tend to have a long<br />
time negative effects on the<br />
victim. The elegant beauty who<br />
has great sense of style believes<br />
that speak<strong>in</strong>g up is one of the<br />
greatest weapons to w<strong>in</strong> the<br />
fight aga<strong>in</strong>st sexual violence.<br />
Sweet memories as Queens reunite <strong>in</strong> Lagos<br />
or ambience of the occasion<br />
but beyond that we have come<br />
to stand on this platform and<br />
reason together with a clear<br />
m<strong>in</strong>dset on how to identify the<br />
remote and immediate causes<br />
of clogs <strong>in</strong> the wheel of<br />
progress and proffer the right<br />
solutions to them to move OSE<br />
to the next millennium.”<br />
Overwhelmed by the<br />
gather<strong>in</strong>g,Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal of the<br />
school, Mrs Nzeakor E. I,<br />
thanked the old girls of QSE<br />
for their commitment to the<br />
welfare and overall<br />
development of the school. She<br />
noted that after the school’s<br />
60th anniversary <strong>in</strong> 2014, there<br />
has been a rek<strong>in</strong>dled <strong>in</strong>terest<br />
and passion on the part of<br />
members, follow<strong>in</strong>g their<br />
frequent visitations and<br />
<strong>in</strong>teractions with the students,<br />
result<strong>in</strong>g to overall change of<br />
attitude by the students.<br />
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VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 17
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18 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
We view with grave concern, the<br />
emerg<strong>in</strong>g scenario which suggests<br />
that some African countries are <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly<br />
tempted to pull out of<br />
the International Crim<strong>in</strong>al Court<br />
(ICC) at The Hague over allegations<br />
that the Court appears to target<br />
African and Third World leaders<br />
for sanctions while play<strong>in</strong>g<br />
bl<strong>in</strong>d, deaf and dumb to their colleagues<br />
from the developed world<br />
who have allegedly committed similar<br />
or worse offences.<br />
South Africa is the third country,<br />
after Burundi and The Gambia, to<br />
signal its <strong>in</strong>tention to quit the<br />
Court.<br />
A recent statement by the African<br />
Group for Justice and Accountability<br />
(ACJA), signed by Dapo Akande,<br />
a Professor of International Law at<br />
the University of Oxford; Nigerian<br />
lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN;<br />
former Prosecutor at the ICC Tribunal<br />
for Rwanda, Mr Babacar Jallow<br />
and the Chief Prosecutor of the<br />
United Nations at the Court, Mr<br />
Richard Gladstone, expressed worry<br />
that this trend, if it cont<strong>in</strong>ues,<br />
Stemm<strong>in</strong>g the tide of<br />
withdrawals from ICC<br />
will mitigate aga<strong>in</strong>st efforts to<br />
br<strong>in</strong>g perpetrators of mass atrocities<br />
to account.<br />
“They (deserters) close an important<br />
recourse to justice and underm<strong>in</strong>e<br />
the global fight aga<strong>in</strong>st impunity.<br />
All efforts should be deployed<br />
to encourage states to rema<strong>in</strong><br />
members of the ICC and resolve<br />
their concerns with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
Rome Statute system”, the statement<br />
averred.<br />
The Rome Statute, which came<br />
<strong>in</strong>to force <strong>in</strong> 2002, b<strong>in</strong>ds the 124-<br />
member states which signed the<br />
ICC <strong>in</strong>strument to uphold the jurisdiction<br />
of the Court to br<strong>in</strong>g people<br />
to account on such he<strong>in</strong>ous<br />
crimes as genocide, crimes aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
humanity, war crimes and other<br />
crimes. So far, former African<br />
heads of state, Charles Taylor of<br />
Liberia; former Ivory Coast President,<br />
Laurent Gbagbo and former<br />
President of Serbia, Slobodan<br />
Milosevic, as well as some warlords<br />
of African countries, have either<br />
been arraigned or summoned over<br />
allegations of committ<strong>in</strong>g these<br />
crimes.<br />
Though the perceived racial<br />
“bias” appears to hold water <strong>in</strong><br />
some quarters, we believe that<br />
withdraw<strong>in</strong>g from the ICC is not<br />
the appropriate response to it. People<br />
with genu<strong>in</strong>e cases should table<br />
them for <strong>in</strong>ternal resolution. We<br />
cannot afford to go back to the past<br />
when leaders <strong>in</strong> some countries,<br />
capitalis<strong>in</strong>g on the sovereignty factor,<br />
felt free to subject their citizens<br />
to crimes aga<strong>in</strong>st humanity, often<br />
<strong>in</strong> va<strong>in</strong>glorious efforts to perpetuate<br />
themselves and their families<br />
<strong>in</strong> power.<br />
We salute the courage of progressive<br />
African countries, such as<br />
Botswana and Senegal, which have<br />
openly spoken out aga<strong>in</strong>st the mass<br />
desertion of the ICC by African<br />
countries.<br />
In any case, the United Nations<br />
still reserves the authority to order<br />
the ICC to take up cases aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
leaders of non-ICC signatory states<br />
found culpable for crimes aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
humanity <strong>in</strong> their countries.<br />
African nations must endeavour<br />
to portray themselves as countries<br />
<strong>in</strong> good stand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the global community<br />
rather than pariahs.<br />
OPINION<br />
Still on the Chibok girls<br />
By Adewale Kupoluyi<br />
IT was reliev<strong>in</strong>g to see President<br />
Muhammadu Buhari meet<strong>in</strong>g with the<br />
21 Chibok girls alongside their families at<br />
the State House, Abuja, recently. The girls<br />
were part of more than 200 kidnapped<br />
schoolgirls who were allegedly held captive<br />
s<strong>in</strong>ce April 2014 by members of the notorious<br />
Boko Haram terrorists. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
government, the girls were released after<br />
successful negotiations between the sect, the<br />
International Committee of the Red Cross,<br />
ICRC, as well as the Nigerian and Swiss<br />
governments.<br />
For many people, the Federal Government<br />
and the various parties that facilitated this<br />
<strong>in</strong>tervention deserve high commendation<br />
for restor<strong>in</strong>g the hopes of the families of the<br />
girls and several people from all over the<br />
world that are touched by the unfortunate<br />
experience. While a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of local and<br />
foreign pressures were be<strong>in</strong>g mounted for the<br />
release of the <strong>in</strong>nocent girls, other pessimism<br />
kept fly<strong>in</strong>g about as to why it would be an<br />
impossibility to get the girls back home. A<br />
former Nigerian President once raised a<br />
similar false alarm, say<strong>in</strong>g the nation should<br />
learn to forget those girls, <strong>in</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g that they<br />
were not com<strong>in</strong>g back while other extreme<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions suggest that the girls may have<br />
either been turned <strong>in</strong>to suicide bombers or<br />
married-off to the militants!<br />
However, beyond the release of the<br />
schoolgirls, a number of other key issues<br />
have arisen that should be given the<br />
The girls should be allowed to<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue the pursuit of their<br />
academic programmes that<br />
was truncated<br />
necessary attention. To beg<strong>in</strong> with, there is the<br />
need to f<strong>in</strong>d the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g girls, whose fate<br />
still rema<strong>in</strong> unknown and be liberated without<br />
further delay, hop<strong>in</strong>g that they are still alive<br />
and traceable. The government should deploy<br />
the same tact, resources and energy to rescue<br />
others. There is the tendency to be revel<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with the euphoria of the present success at the<br />
detriment of the others. Secondly, there is the<br />
need to monitor with more caution, the k<strong>in</strong>d of<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation that would be shared to the public<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the release of the girls.<br />
Because of the high security nature of the case,<br />
unnecessary publicity should be avoided for<br />
now to avoid jeopardis<strong>in</strong>g subsequent efforts.<br />
We should remember that all is not over until<br />
the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g girls are found and rescued hale<br />
and hearty. Thirdly, is the issue of giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
adequate rehabilitation to the rescued girls,<br />
go<strong>in</strong>g by the nation’s not-too-encourag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
records of rehabilitat<strong>in</strong>g victims of emergencies<br />
and natural disasters. This time around, the<br />
rehabilitation should be thorough and<br />
susta<strong>in</strong>ed.<br />
Another po<strong>in</strong>t to take seriously is the<br />
imperative of putt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> place the necessary<br />
mechanism to solicit and manage the relief<br />
items meant for the upkeep of the girls.<br />
Donated materials to the victims should not<br />
be diverted by those entrusted with the task<br />
of manag<strong>in</strong>g the items. Government should<br />
ensure that any man-made of bureaucratic<br />
vacuum that could make the donated relief<br />
materials to get <strong>in</strong>to private hands should be<br />
prevented. It is common knowledge that<br />
victims of such circumstance like the<br />
Internally Displaced Persons <strong>in</strong> the North-<br />
East, rema<strong>in</strong> under terrible and pitiable<br />
liv<strong>in</strong>g conditions because of the <strong>in</strong>ability of<br />
the beneficiaries to access donated materials.<br />
Such a perilous situation has been blamed<br />
for one of the reasons why many victims of<br />
such <strong>in</strong>cidents often run way from such<br />
camps to eke out a liv<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong> the process;<br />
they fall <strong>in</strong>to the hands of human traffickers,<br />
ritualists and kidnappers, ak<strong>in</strong> to the<br />
idiomatic expression of mov<strong>in</strong>g from fry<strong>in</strong>g<br />
pan <strong>in</strong>to the fire. Reports from past rescued<br />
victims have not been very encourag<strong>in</strong>g. It<br />
is also not new that victims of kidnapped and<br />
forced marriage usually opt to go back to their<br />
former abode hav<strong>in</strong>g been made to adapt to<br />
their strange lifestyles. That is also a good<br />
reason for why there should be thorough<br />
rehabilitation.<br />
In addition to the exist<strong>in</strong>g arrangement,<br />
the government should <strong>in</strong>clude reputable<br />
groups such as the civil societies, the media<br />
and the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA,<br />
<strong>in</strong> supervis<strong>in</strong>g the rehabilitation process and<br />
the management of the relief items by giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the entire process more transparency,<br />
openness and accountability. The essence is<br />
to truly make the rescued girls to come out of<br />
the trauma they are most likely to have<br />
suffered while <strong>in</strong> captivity, such as rapes,<br />
forced marriage and labour, sexual<br />
exploitation, torture, impregnation,<br />
sexually transmitted diseases, brutality and<br />
forced imprisonment. The girls should be<br />
accorded generous and specialised forms of<br />
restorative <strong>in</strong>tervention, assistance and<br />
support.<br />
More importantly and as promised by the<br />
government, the girls should be allowed to<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue the pursuit of their academic<br />
programmes that was truncated with their<br />
abductions <strong>in</strong> 2014. Though, it may not be<br />
surpris<strong>in</strong>g to know that the girls could have<br />
been averse to go<strong>in</strong>g back to school, because<br />
of the likelihood of <strong>in</strong>doctr<strong>in</strong>ation by the<br />
terrorists, whose slogan is, ‘western education<br />
is evil’.<br />
* Mr. Kupoluyi , wrote from Federal<br />
university of Agric., Abeokuta, Ogun<br />
State.<br />
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Vanguard, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 19<br />
NNPC loses N11.22bn <strong>in</strong> one month — Report<br />
THE Nigerian National<br />
Petroleum Corporation<br />
(NNPC) has reported a monthend<br />
trad<strong>in</strong>g deficit of N11.22<br />
billion <strong>in</strong> August. The figure<br />
was obta<strong>in</strong>ed on the NNPC<br />
website detail<strong>in</strong>g its monthly<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial and operational report<br />
released <strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
The corporation had posted a<br />
trad<strong>in</strong>g deficit of N24.18 billion<br />
loss <strong>in</strong> its July report. NNPC,<br />
however, <strong>in</strong>dicated that it was<br />
able to cut down on its lossmak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
by N12.96 billion when<br />
compared with its deficits <strong>in</strong><br />
previous months.<br />
Production<br />
decrease<br />
The deficits were recorded<br />
even though two of its<br />
subsidiaries – the Pipel<strong>in</strong>e and<br />
Products Market<strong>in</strong>g Company<br />
(PPMC) and Nigerian<br />
Petroleum Development<br />
Company (NPDC) – had a<br />
good operational out<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the month.<br />
The report also said crude oil<br />
production <strong>in</strong> Nigeria for the<br />
period averaged 1.65 million<br />
barrels per day (mbpd),<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g a 6.47 per cent<br />
production decrease from the<br />
previous month.<br />
The corporation <strong>in</strong> May,<br />
reported a profit of N273.74<br />
million, thus revers<strong>in</strong>g its<br />
reported average monthly<br />
losses of N35 billion. It has,<br />
AGM - From left, MD/CEO of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo; Chairman, Ak<strong>in</strong>sola Ak<strong>in</strong>femiwa; Company<br />
Secretary, Olutomi Ojo and Non-Executive Director, Alhaji Jani Ibrahim, at Heritage Bank’s first<br />
AGM <strong>in</strong> Lagos<br />
Airl<strong>in</strong>es record 6.1% <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> global air freight <strong>in</strong> September<br />
THE International Air<br />
Transport Association (IATA)<br />
said its airl<strong>in</strong>es recorded 6.1 per<br />
cent <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> total global air<br />
freight <strong>in</strong> September. The<br />
CURRENCY BUYING SELLING<br />
US DOLLAR<br />
POUNDS<br />
EURO<br />
FRANC<br />
YEN<br />
CFA<br />
WAUA<br />
RENMINBI<br />
RIYAL<br />
SDR<br />
$165.85 2.95<br />
$2,702.00 -7.00<br />
$21.48 -0.22<br />
$46.14 -0.72<br />
$44.50 -0.84<br />
304.25 304.75 305.25<br />
379.3085 379.9318 380.5552<br />
336.7743 337.3278 337.8812<br />
312.3396 312.8529 313.3662<br />
2.947 2.9519 2.9567<br />
0.4955 0.5055 0.5155<br />
420.1371 420.8276 421.518<br />
44.9732 45.0476 45.122<br />
81.1182 81.2515 81.3848<br />
420.8995 421.5912 422.2829<br />
CBN Exchange rate as at 3/11/2016<br />
however, failed to susta<strong>in</strong> the<br />
profit-mak<strong>in</strong>g streak, and has<br />
<strong>in</strong> the last two months, recorded<br />
The corporation <strong>in</strong><br />
May, reported a<br />
profit of N273.74<br />
million, thus<br />
revers<strong>in</strong>g its<br />
reported average<br />
monthly losses of<br />
N35 billion<br />
deficits. This <strong>in</strong>dicates a trad<strong>in</strong>g<br />
loss of N11.22 billion as aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
association’s Communications<br />
Department disclosed this <strong>in</strong> a<br />
statement <strong>in</strong> Abuja. It stated that<br />
the <strong>in</strong>crease was the fastest pace<br />
of growth s<strong>in</strong>ce the disruption to<br />
global freight<br />
operations by the<br />
US West Coast<br />
seaports strike <strong>in</strong><br />
February, 2015.<br />
It said that<br />
freight capacity,<br />
measured <strong>in</strong><br />
available freight<br />
ton kilometres<br />
(AFTKs), <strong>in</strong>creased<br />
by 4.7 per cent<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the period,<br />
while load factors<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>ed low,<br />
keep<strong>in</strong>g yields<br />
under pressure.<br />
IATA said that<br />
airl<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> all<br />
regions, except<br />
Lat<strong>in</strong> America,<br />
reported an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> year-onyear<br />
demand<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the period,<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
results had<br />
the reported July, 2016 deficit<br />
figure of N24.18 billion.<br />
“This seem<strong>in</strong>g improvement <strong>in</strong><br />
August 2016 was largely due to<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> PPMC coastal sales<br />
and the significant<br />
improvement <strong>in</strong> NPDC’s<br />
revenue for the month under<br />
review. However, the exist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
force majeure declared by SPDC<br />
as a result of vandalised 48-<strong>in</strong>ch<br />
Forcados export l<strong>in</strong>e is a drag<br />
to NPDC and the overall group<br />
performance.”<br />
“Other factors that negatively<br />
impacted on production <strong>in</strong>clude<br />
force majeure at Qua Iboe<br />
term<strong>in</strong>al follow<strong>in</strong>g sabotage on<br />
the export load<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>e 2,<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ued to vary considerably.<br />
“IATA statistics cover<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational and domestic<br />
scheduled air freight for IATA<br />
member and non-member<br />
airl<strong>in</strong>es. Total freight traffic market<br />
shares by region of carriers <strong>in</strong><br />
terms of FTK are Asia-Pacific, 38.9<br />
The conclusion<br />
of the EU-<br />
Canada Free<br />
Trade Agreement<br />
is good news for<br />
the economies<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved and for<br />
air cargo<br />
per cent; Europe, 22.3 per cent;<br />
North America, 20.5 per cent and<br />
Middle East, 14 per cent. Lat<strong>in</strong><br />
America recorded 2.8 per cent<br />
while Africa recorded 1.5 per cent<br />
growth dur<strong>in</strong>g the month,’’ it said.<br />
The association said that<br />
September’s positive<br />
sabotage of Trans Niger<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e, Claugh Creek-<br />
Tebidaba pipel<strong>in</strong>e and Escravos<br />
term<strong>in</strong>al delivery pipel<strong>in</strong>es.’’<br />
The Forcados term<strong>in</strong>al alone<br />
accounts for 300,000 barrels per<br />
day (bpd).<br />
Productions from the deepwater<br />
assets, which are beyond<br />
easy reach by militants, have<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>ed steady but that<br />
onshore and shallow water<br />
assets are the worst hit by<br />
security breaches.<br />
It added that secur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
onshore and shallow water<br />
locations had also rema<strong>in</strong>ed a<br />
top priority to restore production<br />
levels.<br />
performance co<strong>in</strong>cided with an<br />
apparent turnaround <strong>in</strong> new<br />
export orders <strong>in</strong> recent months.<br />
It added that some unique factors<br />
that may have also contributed to<br />
the performance <strong>in</strong>cluded rush<br />
replacement of Samsung Galaxy<br />
Note 7 devices dur<strong>in</strong>g the month<br />
and impact of Hanj<strong>in</strong> mar<strong>in</strong>e<br />
shipp<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>e collapse.<br />
The statement quoted<br />
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s<br />
Director General, as say<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
“demand for air cargo<br />
strengthened <strong>in</strong> September,<br />
although with growth <strong>in</strong> world<br />
trade virtually at a standstill, air<br />
cargo sector still faces some major<br />
hurdles. “The conclusion of the<br />
EU-Canada Free Trade<br />
Agreement is good news for the<br />
economies <strong>in</strong>volved and for air<br />
cargo. Growth is the way to<br />
overcome the world’s current<br />
economic challenges.<br />
“The EU-Canada agreement is<br />
a welcome respite from the<br />
current protectionist rhetoric and<br />
positive results should soon be<br />
evident and governments<br />
everywhere should take note and<br />
move <strong>in</strong> the same direction.”<br />
Solid m<strong>in</strong>erals<br />
sector generates<br />
N2b <strong>in</strong> 2016<br />
By Gabriel Ewepu<br />
THE solid m<strong>in</strong>erals sector<br />
has made significant<br />
progress with revenue<br />
generation of over N2 billion<br />
from N700 million <strong>in</strong> 2016. This<br />
was disclosed by the Chairman,<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> Committee on Solid<br />
M<strong>in</strong>erals, Senator James<br />
Manager, dur<strong>in</strong>g an oversight<br />
function at the M<strong>in</strong>istry of M<strong>in</strong>es<br />
and Steel Development with<br />
members of the committee.<br />
Manager also acknowledged<br />
various challenges <strong>in</strong> the sector<br />
and said that the M<strong>in</strong>ister of<br />
M<strong>in</strong>es and Steel Development,<br />
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, was not<br />
deterred and as a man of vision<br />
has made effort to take the sector<br />
to an enviable height.<br />
He said: “As part of our<br />
oversight function we have come<br />
to the M<strong>in</strong>istry of M<strong>in</strong>es and<br />
Steel Development to ascerta<strong>in</strong><br />
the level of progress made and<br />
also know the challenges first<br />
hand, we s<strong>in</strong>cerely commend<br />
you (Kayode) for the major<br />
milestone you have achieved <strong>in</strong><br />
terms of revenue generation <strong>in</strong><br />
spite of the <strong>in</strong>herent challenges<br />
<strong>in</strong> the sector but as a man of<br />
vision you have taken the sector<br />
to a higher level. “And you and<br />
your team have performed well<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the revenue profile<br />
of the sector from N700 million<br />
to over N2 billion <strong>in</strong> 2016.”<br />
Meanwhile, the lawmaker<br />
expressed optimism over recent<br />
approval of N30 billion by the<br />
Federal Executive Council, from<br />
the Natural Resource<br />
Development Fund, NRDF, for<br />
the solid m<strong>in</strong>erals sector and<br />
stressed that if the approved<br />
fund is appropriated <strong>in</strong> the 2017<br />
budget the M<strong>in</strong>istry’s revenue<br />
profile will def<strong>in</strong>itely <strong>in</strong>crease.<br />
He also urged the m<strong>in</strong>ister to<br />
vigorously pursue and<br />
implement contents of the FEC<br />
approved Roadmap for the<br />
sector <strong>in</strong> order to fulfil dream of<br />
the government to make Nigeria<br />
a m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g dest<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> Africa.<br />
In his response the m<strong>in</strong>ister<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed that the President<br />
has demonstrated political will<br />
to position the sector for<br />
thorough diversification process<br />
of the economy.<br />
He said, “The M<strong>in</strong>istry has<br />
translated Mr President’s vision<br />
of diversify<strong>in</strong>g the economy<br />
through the m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sector <strong>in</strong>to<br />
a Roadmap, and has s<strong>in</strong>ce been<br />
approved by the Federal<br />
Executive Council. With the<br />
recent approval of N30 billion<br />
Intervention Fund from the<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Development Fund it is the first<br />
of its k<strong>in</strong>d for the sector <strong>in</strong> the<br />
history of the country.”<br />
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Toyota flaunts Hilux attributes at Abuja test drive<br />
TOYOTA Nigeria Limited<br />
organised a special test<br />
drive at the Federal Capital<br />
Territory to educate customers <strong>in</strong><br />
the Northern part of the country<br />
and Abuja on how to get the best<br />
out of their Toyota Hilux pickups.<br />
The two day event which held<br />
at the Exhibition Pavilion of the<br />
Arts and Culture Exhibition<br />
Centre Abuja witness a huge<br />
turnout from Toyota customers,<br />
government agencies, corporate<br />
organisations and <strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />
who came to see what the Hilux<br />
pick-up has to offer.<br />
To put the Hilux to real test,<br />
Toyota Nigeria officials created<br />
all manner of terra<strong>in</strong>s at the large<br />
expanse of land to prove the<br />
Hilux capability and showcase its<br />
various features.<br />
Different conditions<br />
of the road<br />
This <strong>in</strong>clude sandy terra<strong>in</strong>,<br />
marshy terra<strong>in</strong>, deep and sloppy<br />
terra<strong>in</strong> etc for the Hilux to<br />
overcome. But the pickup never<br />
disappo<strong>in</strong>ted. It took every<br />
obstacle without look<strong>in</strong>g back. No<br />
wonder it was among the three<br />
vehicles nom<strong>in</strong>ated for the pickup<br />
of the year prize by the Nigeria<br />
Auto Journalists Association.<br />
The heaps of sand and gravel<br />
separately dumped on the<br />
driveway, the hilly spot and steep<br />
bumpy areas were meant to<br />
depict different conditions of the<br />
road and how the vehicle could<br />
overcome the challenges without<br />
much stress.<br />
The Market<strong>in</strong>g Manager, TNL,<br />
Mr. Bayo Olawoy<strong>in</strong>; and the<br />
firm’s Public Relations and<br />
Advert Manager, Mrs. Bukky<br />
Kia br<strong>in</strong>gs four hand-built<br />
concepts to SEMA<br />
•The Toyota Hilux, be<strong>in</strong>g subjected to tough task dur<strong>in</strong>g the test drive<br />
Ogunnusi, led the Toyota team<br />
that provided the visitors with the<br />
necessary brief<strong>in</strong>g and guide<br />
before and dur<strong>in</strong>g each test drive<br />
session. They assisted and<br />
demonstrated the features to the<br />
visitors and even had to take<br />
them round if need to be.<br />
Olawoy<strong>in</strong> said the decision to<br />
organise the test drive was based<br />
on the TNL’s research, which<br />
showed that many drivers/<br />
owners of Toyota Hilux hardly<br />
used the various features of the<br />
vehicle that were expected to<br />
ease the driv<strong>in</strong>g and comfort of<br />
the vehicle, especially <strong>in</strong> very<br />
difficult terra<strong>in</strong>.<br />
“It is to further educate them<br />
on the benefits of us<strong>in</strong>g the Hilux,<br />
which has been specially built to<br />
•Dr. Cosmas Maduka, CON, President, Coscharis Group with his<br />
wife, Charity, Vice President, Coscharis Group dur<strong>in</strong>g the 4th<br />
convocation of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, where he received an Honorary<br />
Doctorate Degree award.<br />
conquer very difficult terra<strong>in</strong><br />
without compromis<strong>in</strong>g comfort,”<br />
he said.<br />
He listed the vehicle’s off road<br />
features, to <strong>in</strong>clude auxiliary<br />
gear (4x2 and 4x4 transfer<br />
switch); Hill-start Assist Control;<br />
and Active Traction Control.<br />
Ogunnusi <strong>in</strong> her remark<br />
expla<strong>in</strong>ed that the turnout of<br />
people for the Hilux test drive<br />
was impressive, add<strong>in</strong>g that they<br />
were encouraged by the<br />
response from the construction<br />
sector, armed forces and<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividual buyers.<br />
“It is not about sale; we don’t<br />
sell directly to the buyers, We’re<br />
just show<strong>in</strong>g the customers how<br />
they can further enjoy the use of<br />
Hilux. They should be rest<br />
assured that they will get real<br />
value for their money,” she said.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to her the Hilux, like<br />
every other Toyota, boasts the best<br />
quality <strong>in</strong> its segment. Even after<br />
four years, you are sure of gett<strong>in</strong>g<br />
back a huge amount if you wish<br />
to resale the car.<br />
THE Federal Road Safety Corps,<br />
FRSC, has disclosed that 35 regular<br />
marshals have been killed by motorists on<br />
highways across the country <strong>in</strong> the last one<br />
year. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the corps, seven out of<br />
this number were from Niger State.<br />
The agency said that <strong>in</strong> one of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>cidents <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>na, an FRSC staff was<br />
knocked down by a driver while try<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
clear obstructions on the highway and has<br />
gone through two operations and might<br />
lose his manhood as a result of <strong>in</strong>juries<br />
susta<strong>in</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g the car crash.<br />
The FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye<br />
Oyeyemi while decry<strong>in</strong>g this, said that the<br />
recent kill<strong>in</strong>g of three Marshals and<br />
<strong>in</strong>jur<strong>in</strong>g of a Policeman and a staff of the<br />
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps<br />
while on patrol activities at a mobile court<br />
sitt<strong>in</strong>g at Tsafe, Zamfara state, by a driver<br />
of an unregistered Golf vehicle was highly<br />
regrettable.<br />
A statement signed by Bisi Kazeem,<br />
Head, Media Relations and Strategy,<br />
FRSC, Oyeyemi directed that full weight<br />
of law must be applied aga<strong>in</strong>st the driver<br />
for the dastard kill<strong>in</strong>gs. Kazeem said while<br />
carry<strong>in</strong>g out their lawful duties at a mobile<br />
court located at Talata Mafara, four FRSC<br />
staff, one Policeman, one personnel from<br />
the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence<br />
Corps were hit by the Golf driver, kill<strong>in</strong>g<br />
three FRSC Marshals and <strong>in</strong>jur<strong>in</strong>g one.<br />
Also <strong>in</strong>jured were a Policeman and a Civil<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to her, the vehicle is<br />
known for its quality, safety and<br />
reliability as it can easily get out<br />
of trouble spots such as muddy,<br />
hilly and swampy areas. You<br />
have rest of m<strong>in</strong>d with the Hilux<br />
and will get value for your money,<br />
while ma<strong>in</strong>tenance cost is very<br />
low.<br />
The pickup s<strong>in</strong>ce its <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>troduction <strong>in</strong> 1968 has been<br />
ranked as the class benchmark<br />
with over 18 million sales across<br />
the globe .<br />
Motorists kill 35 FRSC marshal <strong>in</strong> one year<br />
Defence staff who are all recuperat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
the hospital after susta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g serious<br />
<strong>in</strong>juries. The victims were all taken to<br />
Talata Mafara general hospital, Kazeem<br />
said.<br />
Meanwhile, the Federal Road Safety<br />
Commission (FRSC), has said that<br />
96,458 vehicles had been checked nationwide<br />
s<strong>in</strong>ce Oct. 1 to ensure compliance<br />
with the implementation of<br />
speed limit<strong>in</strong>g device.<br />
Mr Bisi Kazeem, Head, Media Relations<br />
and Strategy, FRSC, made the<br />
disclosure <strong>in</strong> an <strong>in</strong>terview with newsmen<br />
<strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
He said that Cross River, Akwa Ibom<br />
and Enugu states topped the compliance<br />
list of implementation of the<br />
speed limit<strong>in</strong>g device after one month<br />
of its commencement and partial enforcement.<br />
Kazeem said that 4,979 vehicles <strong>in</strong>stalled<br />
the device while 91,479 vehicles<br />
were yet to comply br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
compliance level with five per cent.<br />
He said that Cross River was lead<strong>in</strong>g<br />
on the compliance list with 738 vehicles,<br />
Akwa Ibom second with 650,<br />
Enugu 403, Ebonyi 474 and Lagos<br />
256.<br />
He said that the commission was yet<br />
to record any vehicle with the device<br />
<strong>in</strong> Adamawa, Taraba,Niger, Kebbi and<br />
Yobe states .
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Harrysong opens up on<br />
relationship with Five Star<br />
music<br />
By Benjam<strong>in</strong> Njoku<br />
BETTER “Pik<strong>in</strong>” crooner, Harrison<br />
Tare Okiri, popularly known as<br />
Harrysong has declared that he has no<br />
<strong>in</strong>tention to dump his record label, Five Star<br />
Music, owned by bus<strong>in</strong>ess mogul, Emeka<br />
Okonkwo a.k.a E-Money and his elder<br />
brother, K<strong>in</strong>gsley Okonkwo a.k.a Kcee.<br />
Harrysong’s decision to clear the air came<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the backdrop of Iyanya’s dump<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of his record label, Made Men Music<br />
Group,MMMG, to jo<strong>in</strong> Mav<strong>in</strong> records<br />
which went viral on the <strong>in</strong>ternet earlier<br />
<strong>in</strong> the week.<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g at a meet and greet session<br />
with enterta<strong>in</strong>ment journalists, <strong>in</strong> Lagos,<br />
the Delta State-born pop star<br />
described Five Star Music as<br />
a home for him, add<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that “If I am leav<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Five Star Music today,<br />
the label should be<br />
launch<strong>in</strong>g someth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
By Prisca Sam-Duru<br />
SHAFER Records, a brand<br />
new record label has opened<br />
up its doors to talented acts across<br />
Africa. The label was officially<br />
launched on October 12, as a<br />
platform with the mission to scout<br />
the “streets” to discover and groom<br />
music talents who may not have<br />
the resources to pursue their<br />
passion.<br />
CEO of Shafer Records, Isaiah<br />
Oyibo disclosed dur<strong>in</strong>g the launch<br />
that the label <strong>in</strong>tends to produce<br />
top artistes with the capabilities to<br />
produce good music across Africa<br />
which will <strong>in</strong> turn, <strong>in</strong>fluence the<br />
lifestyle of its esteemed audience<br />
and fans positively. “We are here<br />
to give our fans noth<strong>in</strong>g but good<br />
music, we preach one love,<br />
honesty and unity”<br />
new for me. That’s what I feel.<br />
“I am big enough and I have other<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses that I am do<strong>in</strong>g. Beside music,<br />
I am also a bus<strong>in</strong>essman. I am <strong>in</strong>to property<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess. So, leav<strong>in</strong>g Five Star for another<br />
record label, I don’t see that happen<strong>in</strong>g,”<br />
he added.<br />
React<strong>in</strong>g to Iyanya’s dump<strong>in</strong>g MMMG<br />
owned by Ubi Frankl<strong>in</strong> for Mav<strong>in</strong> records,<br />
Harrysong sounded <strong>in</strong>different. “If Iyanya<br />
deemed it fit to jo<strong>in</strong> Mav<strong>in</strong>, all well and<br />
good.But I don’t th<strong>in</strong>k Don Jazzy will want<br />
to lure me to his label.“<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g further, Harrysong disclosed<br />
that his new song titled, “Bakana” will<br />
drop any moment from now. He said, he<br />
shot the video <strong>in</strong> Atlanta, add<strong>in</strong>g, I want<br />
to use the song to wrap up the year.”<br />
On how he fared <strong>in</strong> 2016, Harrysong<br />
replied that “The year has been very<br />
eventful.I did my one Delta concert and it<br />
was successful. I also embarked on a<br />
musical tour of America. One Delta concert<br />
was an eye opener for me.”<br />
Movie producers chart a new direction for Nollywood<br />
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By Benjam<strong>in</strong> Njoku<br />
H E<br />
Association of Movie<br />
Producers, AMP, seems to be<br />
spoil<strong>in</strong>g for a fight follow<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
drastic decrease <strong>in</strong> sales of<br />
Nollywood movies <strong>in</strong> recent<br />
times.<br />
It declared that henceforth no<br />
pay TV station operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />
country, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Dstv’s<br />
AfricaMagic should have more<br />
than one channel show<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Nollywood movies.<br />
It also decried activities of non<strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
operators, alleg<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
there is no level play<strong>in</strong>g ground<br />
when it comes to the issue of<br />
Shafer<br />
access<strong>in</strong>g film fund as well as<br />
when government attempts to<br />
<strong>in</strong>terface with Nollywood. The<br />
association said that persons<br />
who were not members of the<br />
guild or representatives of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry are often selected at the<br />
detriment of the genu<strong>in</strong>e<br />
practitioners.<br />
Address<strong>in</strong>g movie journalists <strong>in</strong><br />
what he called, “The way<br />
forward for Nollywood”, AMP<br />
president, Mr Raph Nwadike<br />
decried a situation where Dstv,<br />
Star Times among other pay TV<br />
stations, have pauperised local<br />
producers, as they have about 7<br />
to 8 channels show<strong>in</strong>g works of<br />
Nollywood producers 24 hours<br />
Shafer record label debuts, hits<br />
airwaves with excit<strong>in</strong>g s<strong>in</strong>gles<br />
non-stop and 7 days of the week.<br />
“This is not done anywhere <strong>in</strong><br />
the world,”he lamented. The<br />
AMP president said, “Our<br />
airspace has been saturated with<br />
Nollywood films and this has<br />
effectively killed the VCD and<br />
DVD markets as our ma<strong>in</strong> source<br />
of distribution. We stand as one<br />
and say M-net should not have<br />
more than one channel <strong>in</strong><br />
Nigeria show<strong>in</strong>g Nollywood<br />
films. They can show the other<br />
Nollywood channels outside the<br />
country. Furthermore, no film that<br />
is less than 2 years old should<br />
come on the s<strong>in</strong>gle channel with<br />
three runs a year only.”<br />
‘Too Much Love’, which was<br />
produced by Lugi, is the first<br />
collective effort of Shafer Records<br />
acts. At the moment, the label is<br />
home to multi-talented record<strong>in</strong>g<br />
artistes such as Theory (Samuel<br />
Oyibo), Lugi (Utibe Ndah<br />
Mackenzie), and Eluku (Lameed<br />
Temitayo Lukmon). They have<br />
worked with notable Nigerian<br />
music <strong>in</strong>dustry players such as<br />
Vector and Del B, among others.<br />
These talented acts <strong>in</strong> Hip-Hop,<br />
Rap, R & B and Soul music have<br />
jo<strong>in</strong>ed forces to create amaz<strong>in</strong>g<br />
musical experiences which will<br />
take Nigeria Music to the next<br />
level. The team effort of the label<br />
“Too Much Love” is currently<br />
enjoy<strong>in</strong>g airplay across Nigeria.<br />
The label also has an <strong>in</strong>-house state<br />
of the art studio.<br />
On the alleged hijack<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
Nollywood by non-<strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
operators, Nwadike who was<br />
flanked by Chief Eddie<br />
Ugbomah, Chairman, AMP BoT<br />
and Mr. Forster Ojehonmon, the<br />
association’s General-Secretary,<br />
recalled that after the Tony<br />
Elumelu foundation signed the<br />
MoU with the Federal M<strong>in</strong>istry<br />
of Information, Culture and<br />
Tourism, they discovered that<br />
people who do not represent any<br />
guild or associations of producers<br />
were selected <strong>in</strong>to a committee<br />
to speak on behalf the members.<br />
Nuella<br />
Njubigbo<br />
Nuella<br />
Njubigbo set<br />
to unveil<br />
boutique <strong>in</strong><br />
Lagos<br />
By Ob<strong>in</strong>na Mbajunwa<br />
ULTRY actress, Nuella<br />
SNjubigbo-Chikere is set to<br />
jo<strong>in</strong> the grow<strong>in</strong>g list of<br />
actresses who have delved<br />
<strong>in</strong>to bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong> recent times<br />
as she launches her m<strong>in</strong>dblow<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
African-<strong>in</strong>spired<br />
onl<strong>in</strong>e boutique called<br />
NuellAfrika, <strong>in</strong> Lagos.<br />
The actress announced the<br />
open<strong>in</strong>g of the boutique, on<br />
WhatsApp, say<strong>in</strong>g “I’m<br />
launch<strong>in</strong>g my African onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
fashion brand.”<br />
Nuella, who got married to<br />
her heartthrob, Tchidi Chikere<br />
two years ago is excited and<br />
look<strong>in</strong>g forward to the grand<br />
open<strong>in</strong>g of the multi-million<br />
naira boutique, which holds<br />
at Nicon Hotel, Victoria<br />
Garden City, Lekki, this<br />
weekend.<br />
Other actresses who own<br />
boutiques, spas and salons <strong>in</strong><br />
Lagos <strong>in</strong>clude, Iyabo Ojo who<br />
runs a spa, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe<br />
who has a sex toy store, Chika<br />
Ike, Doris Simeon, Bukky<br />
Wright, and Toy<strong>in</strong> Aimakhu-<br />
Johnson and Mercy Aigbe<br />
among others.<br />
Raph<br />
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VOL. 1: NO. 17<br />
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, , 2016<br />
Black Friday<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ondo over PDP<br />
gov ticket<br />
By Dayo Johnson<br />
SMOKE billowed from the<br />
bonfires made by protesters<br />
across the major towns <strong>in</strong> Ondo<br />
state to express their displeasure<br />
over the substitution of the<br />
governorship candidate of the<br />
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,<br />
Mr Eyitayi Jegede, SAN, last<br />
week Friday.<br />
The riot that erupted was<br />
spontaneous and happened<br />
immediately the Independent<br />
National Electoral Commission,<br />
INEC, made a u-turn follow<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
court order direct<strong>in</strong>g it to do<br />
“elim<strong>in</strong>ation by substitution” of<br />
the governorship candidate of the<br />
PDP <strong>in</strong> the state.<br />
Palpable tension had enveloped<br />
the state for about three days<br />
before the f<strong>in</strong>al sledge hammer<br />
was wielded.<br />
Both the Ali Modu Sheriff and<br />
Senator Ahmed Makarfi factions<br />
<strong>in</strong> the state boasted that the Court<br />
of Appeal verdict would be <strong>in</strong><br />
their favour.<br />
But when INEC f<strong>in</strong>ally spoke,<br />
the Makarfi faction was thrown<br />
off balance. The hitherto bubbl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Eyitayo Jegede Campaign<br />
Organisation was thrown <strong>in</strong>to<br />
disarray as confusion and<br />
uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty reigned.<br />
Jegede, who had toured many<br />
of the 18 council areas to seek for<br />
votes ahead of the November 26<br />
governorship election had to<br />
apply the brakes abruptly.<br />
The crisis <strong>in</strong> the state PDP less<br />
than a month to the governorship<br />
election is an <strong>in</strong>dication that the<br />
situation <strong>in</strong> the rul<strong>in</strong>g party<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s turbulent.<br />
Revabration of the legal tussle<br />
over the national leadership of the<br />
party has filtered <strong>in</strong>to the state<br />
creat<strong>in</strong>g confusion and<br />
uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty over who becomes<br />
the candidate of the party <strong>in</strong> the<br />
com<strong>in</strong>g election.<br />
Few weeks back the INEC had<br />
published Eyitayo Jegede’s name<br />
as the party’s candidate for the<br />
election but the Sheriff faction ran<br />
to the Federal High Court and<br />
obta<strong>in</strong>ed an order from Justice<br />
Okon Abang ask<strong>in</strong>g the electoral<br />
body to substitute Jegede for<br />
Jimoh Ibrahim.<br />
This came despite the<br />
pendency of appeals aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
decision of Justice Abang and<br />
other counter orders from the State<br />
High Court restra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g INEC<br />
from substitut<strong>in</strong>g the name of<br />
Jegede but INEC on October 27<br />
listed the name of Ibrahim as the<br />
candidate of the party.<br />
The Resident Electoral<br />
Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje<br />
expla<strong>in</strong>ed that the decision would<br />
stand until there is a decision<br />
from higher court <strong>in</strong> the land.<br />
Agbaje said: “We received a<br />
court order from the High Court<br />
<strong>in</strong> Akure but there was a<br />
subsist<strong>in</strong>g rul<strong>in</strong>g by Justice Abang<br />
and we have to comply with the<br />
order”.<br />
Agbaje however said that<br />
The riot that erupted<br />
was spontaneous<br />
immediately the<br />
Independent National<br />
Electoral<br />
Commission, INEC,<br />
made a u-turn<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g a court<br />
order direct<strong>in</strong>g it to do<br />
“elim<strong>in</strong>ation by<br />
substitution” of the<br />
governorship<br />
candidate of the PDP<br />
<strong>in</strong> the state<br />
another court order can upturn the<br />
situation and said “the situation<br />
will cont<strong>in</strong>ue that way until the<br />
matter is decided by the Supreme<br />
Court if the parties choose to<br />
proceed to the apex court.<br />
“We do not have any candidate<br />
but we will always abide by the<br />
laws guid<strong>in</strong>g the process.”<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce the order had been<br />
obeyed, the state had been<br />
witness<strong>in</strong>g series of protests from<br />
PDP members across the 18<br />
council areas.<br />
Protests<br />
Violent protests had taken place<br />
<strong>in</strong> Akure, the State capital and<br />
others towns <strong>in</strong> the state with<br />
protesters reject<strong>in</strong>g the choice of<br />
Ibrahim as the candidate and they<br />
have vowed to make the election<br />
impossible if Jegede who<br />
emerged through the primary<br />
held <strong>in</strong> Akure on August 22 is not<br />
returned.<br />
The riot that erupted that Friday<br />
paralyzed both economic and<br />
social activities across the state as<br />
protesters stormed the streets<br />
chant<strong>in</strong>g war songs.<br />
The protesters who took to the<br />
IN THIS EDITION<br />
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spreads to Oyo<br />
•Page 29<br />
streets and major roads <strong>in</strong> Akure,<br />
as early as 6:30am barricaded all<br />
the roads lead<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to the state<br />
capital.<br />
Workers and students were<br />
turned back while commercial<br />
vehicle owners disappeared from<br />
the street.<br />
They called on INEC to reverse<br />
its decision by remov<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Ibrahim’s name declar<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
Jimoh is not a member of PDP <strong>in</strong><br />
the state but of the Accord Party.<br />
The protesters made bonfires on<br />
all the major roads <strong>in</strong> the state<br />
and defied all attempts by the<br />
security agents to disperse them.<br />
Commercial banks and shops<br />
hurriedly closed their doors over<br />
the protest, as many of the traders<br />
believed the protest might be<br />
hijacked by hoodlums.<br />
Their spokesman Ak<strong>in</strong>wunmi<br />
Ilori, accused the rul<strong>in</strong>g All<br />
Progressives Congress (APC)<br />
Federal Government of work<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with the electoral body and the<br />
court to shut out Jegede to pave t<br />
he way for Akeredolu’s candidate<br />
<strong>in</strong> the election.<br />
Ilori said: “the APC is us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Jimoh Ibrahim to cause crisis<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the PDP. It is an open secret<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ondo State that Jimoh is no<br />
longer a member of the party.<br />
They are only us<strong>in</strong>g him to clear<br />
the ground for their candidate<br />
and this will not work.<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues on page 28
28—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
OWAMBE<br />
FREE TRADE ZONE:<br />
•Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi (4th right); Leader<br />
of delegation/Director of Adm<strong>in</strong>istration, Guye District, Tangshan,<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a, Ms. Zhang Xuemei (3rd right); President, Ch<strong>in</strong>a Polaris,<br />
Mr. Zhang Wendong (4th left); and State Chairman of the All<br />
Progressives Congress, Chief Ak<strong>in</strong> Oke, dur<strong>in</strong>g the ground<br />
break<strong>in</strong>g of the Polaris-Pacesetter Free Trade Zone, located on the<br />
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan...on Tuesday.<br />
DEMOLITION:<br />
•A view of the demolished illegal structures at Low-Cost Hous<strong>in</strong>g Estate <strong>in</strong><br />
Oke-Afa, Isolo <strong>in</strong> Lagos State on Wednesday.<br />
Black Friday <strong>in</strong> Ondo over<br />
PDP gov ticket<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues from page 27<br />
“This is Ondo State and its a<br />
very volatile state when it comes<br />
to politics. we want them to<br />
remember the 1983 saga, we<br />
don’t pray for such but if our<br />
rights and the mandate of our<br />
candidate is trampled upon, this<br />
election might be another war.”<br />
He, however, said with the<br />
turn out of people of the state<br />
protest<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
emergence of Jimoh Ibrahim<br />
signified that he was not a<br />
popular candidate <strong>in</strong> the state.<br />
Similar protests were recorded<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ondo town, Ore <strong>in</strong> Odigbo<br />
local government area, Ilara,<br />
Idanre, Owo, Okitipupa and <strong>in</strong><br />
Ilaje local government area, Isua<br />
Akoko, Ikare Akoko, Ipele and<br />
many other towns and villages<br />
<strong>in</strong> the state.<br />
Some of the protesters also<br />
stormed INEC office and were<br />
addressed by the REC,<br />
Olusegun Agbaje, who<br />
expla<strong>in</strong>ed the reason beh<strong>in</strong>d the<br />
removal of Jegede as the PDP<br />
candidate.<br />
Afenifere reacts<br />
React<strong>in</strong>g the Pan Yoruba sociopolitical<br />
organisation, Afenifere<br />
described the substitution of the<br />
name of Jegede as arbitrary,<br />
wrong and unjust.<br />
Its chairman, Chief Reuben<br />
Fasoranti, said that the whole<br />
process appeared set for<br />
manipulation, the consequences<br />
of which might be undesirable.<br />
“INEC decision was wrong. It<br />
is arbitrary. There is no basis for<br />
it. Ibrahim went to hold his<br />
primary <strong>in</strong> Ibadan and not here.<br />
That is not fair. If he wants to be<br />
s<strong>in</strong>cere and honest, the th<strong>in</strong>g<br />
should be held here. I am bold<br />
enough to say that. So the<br />
process is open to manipulation<br />
and <strong>in</strong> any case, Jegede is the<br />
choice of the people. Certa<strong>in</strong>ly,<br />
this is not an issue of party<br />
affiliation.<br />
“His primary was held here.<br />
We watched it on television. It will<br />
be better if the government<br />
reverses its own decision <strong>in</strong> the<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest of peace to allow the<br />
people to decide on the person<br />
they want.”<br />
It’s a mockery of democracy—<br />
Ondo PDP<br />
Also, the Chairman of the PDP<br />
<strong>in</strong> the state, Chief Clement<br />
Faboyede described it as a<br />
mockery of democracy and an<br />
<strong>in</strong>dication that the nation’s<br />
democracy is dy<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the hands<br />
of the APC led Federal<br />
government.<br />
He said INEC has a reputation<br />
of be<strong>in</strong>g fair to all before the<br />
com<strong>in</strong>g on board of the APC led<br />
government, not<strong>in</strong>g that no free<br />
and fair election had been held<br />
under the present President<br />
Buhari adm<strong>in</strong>istration.<br />
Faboyede po<strong>in</strong>ted out that<br />
Jegede was duly nom<strong>in</strong>ated<br />
through the party primary as<br />
stipulated by the electoral act and<br />
was witnessed by INEC but<br />
INEC has succumbed to the<br />
pressure from some moles with<strong>in</strong><br />
the PDP.<br />
He said, “the event culm<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> replac<strong>in</strong>g Jegede is a crude<br />
hallmark and handiwork of some<br />
moles <strong>in</strong> PDP and some high<br />
placed government officials of<br />
APC at the federal level.”<br />
Also the Director of legal<br />
services, Eyitayo Jegede<br />
Campaign Organisation, Chief<br />
Kunle Ijalana, described the<br />
judgment of Justice Okon Abang<br />
and replacement of Jegede’s<br />
name with Ibrahim as a coup<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st democracy.<br />
Ijalana noted that grant<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
order <strong>in</strong> favour of someone who<br />
is not a member of the political<br />
party aga<strong>in</strong>st the party is alien to<br />
the legal jurisprudence say<strong>in</strong>g<br />
INEC was forced to do the<br />
bidd<strong>in</strong>g of some cabals.<br />
Jegede calls for calm<br />
Also Jegede <strong>in</strong> a statement he<br />
personally signed, appealed to<br />
the people of the state to embrace<br />
peace while protest<strong>in</strong>g the list<br />
released by INEC for the election.<br />
He said he shares <strong>in</strong> their<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>s of hav<strong>in</strong>g to contend with<br />
a miscarriage of justice which he<br />
described as a temporary setback.<br />
He appealed to the people of<br />
Ondo State to "embrace peace at<br />
this period which is one of the<br />
try<strong>in</strong>g times for our democratic<br />
process which will soon pass<br />
away. Let’s keep our eyes on the<br />
big day ahead as we cont<strong>in</strong>ue our<br />
campaigns.”<br />
Jimoh Ibrahim welcomes<br />
verdict<br />
Also react<strong>in</strong>g the Director<br />
Publicity, Communication, Jimoh<br />
Ibrahim Campaign<br />
Organisation, Sola Ak<strong>in</strong>uli said:<br />
“We welcome the official<br />
recognition of Barr Jimoh Ibrahim<br />
as the authentic Candidate of the<br />
PDP <strong>in</strong> the Nov 26, governorship<br />
polls <strong>in</strong> the state by the INEC.<br />
“This is not only a justification<br />
of the truth but also a recognition<br />
THE TEAM<br />
EDITOR:<br />
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INSPECTION:<br />
•From left: Sen Abdulahi Aliyu, Niger west; Dr Nterenya Sangiga,<br />
Director General, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture;<br />
Chairman, <strong>Senate</strong> committee on Agriculture, Sen. Abdulahi Adamu;<br />
Sen. Adamu Aliero, Kebbi central; Sen. Yele Omogunwa, Ondo South,<br />
and Sen. Gbolahan Dada, Ogun West, dur<strong>in</strong>g a visit of the <strong>Senate</strong><br />
committee on agriculture to IITA <strong>in</strong> Ibadan on Tuesday.<br />
CORRESPONDENTS:<br />
Dapo Ak<strong>in</strong>refon<br />
Ola Ajayi<br />
Gbenga Olar<strong>in</strong>oye<br />
Dayo Johnson<br />
Olasunkanmi Akoni<br />
Daud Olatunji<br />
Rotimi Ojomoyela<br />
Monsuru Olowoepejo<br />
Lagos<br />
Ibadan<br />
Osogbo<br />
Akure<br />
Lagos<br />
Abeokuta<br />
Ekiti
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016—29<br />
By Ola Ajayi<br />
THE spiral effects of the cold<br />
war between the National<br />
Leader of the All Progressives<br />
Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed<br />
T<strong>in</strong>ubu and the National<br />
Chairman of the party, Chief John<br />
Odigie-Oyegun spread to Oyo<br />
State on Tuesday as their loyalists<br />
stood <strong>in</strong> defence of their leaders.<br />
While pro-T<strong>in</strong>ubu youths <strong>in</strong> the<br />
party <strong>in</strong>sisted that the embattled<br />
party chairman must resign his<br />
position, the pro-Oyegun group<br />
dismissed their calls as<br />
unreasonable.<br />
The youths under the aegis of<br />
the National Committee of<br />
Yoruba Youth (NCYY) led by their<br />
National President, Mr.<br />
Oladimeji Odeyemi claimed that<br />
the manner that Oyegun<br />
handled the governorship<br />
election <strong>in</strong> Ondo State was<br />
unacceptable and a ploy to<br />
destroy the party that Asiwaju<br />
T<strong>in</strong>ubu had laboured so hard to<br />
build.<br />
Argu<strong>in</strong>g that the role that<br />
Oyegun played <strong>in</strong> the issue was<br />
unbecom<strong>in</strong>g of a leader, they<br />
said the most and only<br />
honourable th<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
national chairman can do is to<br />
toe the path of honour and bow<br />
out.<br />
They took the protest to the<br />
zonal secretariat of the South-<br />
West of the party at Alakia,<br />
Ibadan where they submitted a<br />
letter entitled “an open letter<br />
demand<strong>in</strong>g for the resignation of<br />
Chief Odigie-Oyegun as the<br />
national chairman of the All<br />
By Gbenga Olar<strong>in</strong>oye<br />
CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer<br />
and human rights activist,<br />
Chief Mike Ozekhome, recently<br />
added another feather to his cap<br />
as he was conferred with a<br />
chiefta<strong>in</strong>cy title The Mayegun<br />
Baamof<strong>in</strong> (voice of the voiceless)<br />
by the traditional ruler of Ido<br />
Osun K<strong>in</strong>gdom, Oba Aderemi<br />
Adedapo <strong>in</strong> Osun State.<br />
The confirment of the<br />
honourary chiefta<strong>in</strong>cy title on<br />
Chief Ozekhome which took<br />
place at the palace of the<br />
Obalufon of Ido-Osun <strong>in</strong> October<br />
2016, was part of other activities<br />
l<strong>in</strong>ed up to mark the Senior<br />
Advocate of Nigeria’s 59th<br />
birthday.<br />
Chief Ozekhome among other<br />
chiefta<strong>in</strong>cy titles bestowed on him<br />
by various communities across<br />
the country <strong>in</strong>clude, The<br />
Asebigwe of Weppa Wanno<br />
K<strong>in</strong>gdom, The Olunagbo of<br />
Uzairue, The Akpakpa Vighi of<br />
Edo Land, The Enobakhare of<br />
Ben<strong>in</strong> K<strong>in</strong>gdom and<br />
many.others.<br />
The sleepy agrarian community<br />
roared <strong>in</strong> ecstasy as Chief<br />
Ozekhome with his wife, Barrister<br />
Joseph<strong>in</strong>e Ozekhome, decked <strong>in</strong><br />
a w<strong>in</strong>e coloured dansiki and<br />
OYO STATE<br />
T<strong>in</strong>ubu, Oyegun feud spreads to Oyo<br />
•T<strong>in</strong>ubu and Oyegun: Th<strong>in</strong>gs fall apart<br />
Progressives Congress (APC)."<br />
To them, the earlier call by the<br />
national leader of the party,<br />
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed T<strong>in</strong>ubu that<br />
Chief Oyegun should step aside<br />
was not an overstatement and<br />
must not be ignored or treated<br />
with kid gloves.<br />
React<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> an electronic mail,<br />
the other group, APC United<br />
Front, through its Chairman,<br />
Alhaji Ibrahim Musa, praised<br />
Chief Odigie-Oyegun for tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>to consideration shades of<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions of the different party<br />
leaders, supporters and wellwishers<br />
concern<strong>in</strong>g the party’s<br />
growth and progress.<br />
“APC is not <strong>in</strong> trouble. Chief<br />
John Odigie-Oyegun is not<br />
APC’s problem. He is a man of<br />
facts, not given over to wild<br />
speculation or sensationalism.<br />
His moral reputation is a great<br />
asset to the party,” it said.<br />
They chided Frank for not<br />
respect<strong>in</strong>g the national chairman<br />
of the party, urg<strong>in</strong>g him and his<br />
sponsors to stop factionaliz<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
party and focus on party<br />
programs and policy statements.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the letter, “The<br />
Ozekhome’s day of honour <strong>in</strong> Osun<br />
native cap to match, beam<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
smiles and acknowledg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
cheers <strong>in</strong>termittently from the<br />
crowd, who converged at the<br />
palace to witness the event<br />
amongst friends and well<br />
wishers stepped out to accept the<br />
title after the traditional rites<br />
anchored by the town’s monarch,<br />
Oba Aderemi Adedapo.<br />
Defend<strong>in</strong>g why the fearless<br />
lawyer deserved to be so<br />
honoured, Oba Adedapo said:<br />
“He is an illustrious son of<br />
Nigeria, who happens to be the<br />
voice of the voiceless, the<br />
common man. He was the Cicero<br />
of the 2014 National Conference.<br />
“He has his roots <strong>in</strong> Ife. Here,<br />
we are talk<strong>in</strong>g of an illustrious<br />
son of Nigeria, who can be<br />
celebrated, no matter where he<br />
comes from. He is a part of our<br />
family here <strong>in</strong> Ido-Osun. He is<br />
an Edo pr<strong>in</strong>ce and Edo used to<br />
be a part of the West. We are<br />
honour<strong>in</strong>g him for his cerebral<br />
status <strong>in</strong> the Nigerian society.”<br />
Also, a representative of Ooni<br />
of Ife, Oba Mura<strong>in</strong>o Adebanjo,<br />
said: “He is a son of the soil.<br />
History of our forefathers has it<br />
that Ile-Ife and Edo where<br />
Ozekhome hails from have the<br />
same background. So, anybody<br />
from Edo is from Ife. That is why<br />
•Ozekhome and wife at the event<br />
the heart of the Ooni has to go to<br />
Chief Ozekhome at a time like<br />
this and he wishes him well.”<br />
Ozekhome dedicates title<br />
In his acceptance speach,<br />
Chief Ozekhome said he was<br />
dedicat<strong>in</strong>g the title to “the<br />
suffer<strong>in</strong>g masses of Nigeria<br />
whose only crav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> life is how<br />
to get their three square meals a<br />
day and survive the devastat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and corrosive effects of successive<br />
governments, both military and<br />
civilian.”<br />
On what he wants to do with<br />
the title, he assured: “The title<br />
will spur me on to defend the<br />
hapless, helpless, marg<strong>in</strong>alized<br />
and traumatised members of the<br />
society.”<br />
National Committee of Yoruba<br />
Youths (NCYY), wishes to<br />
demand for the immediate<br />
resignation of Chief John Odigie-<br />
Oyegun as the national chairman<br />
of the All Progressives Congress<br />
(APC).<br />
“Our call today is premised on<br />
the refusal of Chief Oyegun, to<br />
toe the l<strong>in</strong>e of honour and<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegrity by yield<strong>in</strong>g to earlier<br />
calls by prom<strong>in</strong>ent Nigerians and<br />
stakeholders with<strong>in</strong> the party<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the party’s national<br />
leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed<br />
T<strong>in</strong>ubu, who had earlier<br />
A couple of palace chiefs and<br />
traditional rulers who were<br />
present to honour him showered<br />
tributes on him <strong>in</strong><br />
acknowledgement of his<br />
contributions to the legal<br />
profession <strong>in</strong> Nigeria as well as<br />
his selfless battle to guarantee<br />
fairness, equity and justice for the<br />
common man <strong>in</strong> the society.<br />
They also urged him to<br />
consider the new title as a<br />
catalyst for cont<strong>in</strong>ued hard work<br />
<strong>in</strong> contribut<strong>in</strong>g to the sociopolitical<br />
and economic<br />
development as well as the legal<br />
profession where he has already<br />
set remarkable legacies <strong>in</strong> its<br />
development and left his foot<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ts on the sands of time.<br />
demanded for his resignation<br />
based on several allegations of<br />
high-handedness,<br />
mismanagement, gross disda<strong>in</strong><br />
for the party’s constitution and<br />
its established hierarchy.<br />
“As Yoruba people, we are<br />
deeply worried about how Chief<br />
Oyegun and some desperate<br />
elements with<strong>in</strong> the party, have<br />
succeeded <strong>in</strong> polaris<strong>in</strong>g a once<br />
united APC <strong>in</strong> the South-West,<br />
through his shameful and<br />
fraudulent handl<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
outcome of the APC<br />
Governorship primaries <strong>in</strong> Ondo<br />
State.<br />
“We have also over the time<br />
watched with keen <strong>in</strong>terest the<br />
undue political victimisation,<br />
persecution and harassment of<br />
the Act<strong>in</strong>g National Publicity<br />
Secretary of the party, Mr. Timi<br />
Frank, by a despicable cabal<br />
allegedly led by Chief Oyegun.<br />
“By this statement, we call on<br />
Chief Oyegun and this cabal to<br />
immediately put an end to the<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>uous blackmail,<br />
harassment and <strong>in</strong>timidation of<br />
Timi Frank. The latest <strong>in</strong> the<br />
several phases of the<br />
orchestrated campaign of<br />
calumny aga<strong>in</strong>st Timi Frank is<br />
about current moves to get him<br />
suspended from the National<br />
Work<strong>in</strong>g Committee of APC,<br />
through the sett<strong>in</strong>g up of a<br />
kangaroo discipl<strong>in</strong>ary committee<br />
to try Comrade Frank on<br />
trumped-up allegations<br />
border<strong>in</strong>g on anti-party<br />
activities.”<br />
They vowed never to give <strong>in</strong>.<br />
The association also expressed<br />
its concern that Chief Oyegun<br />
has refused to step down as the<br />
chairman of the party, despite a<br />
call by the national leader of the<br />
party.<br />
“It is amaz<strong>in</strong>g that Chief<br />
Oyegun is even still sitt<strong>in</strong>g as the<br />
National Chairman of APC,<br />
despite the call from Asiwaju<br />
Bola T<strong>in</strong>ubu for his resignation.<br />
Has Chief Oyegun been a man<br />
of honour, he will not still be<br />
desperately cl<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to the office<br />
of the national chairman of the<br />
party despite the vote of no<br />
confidence by his erstwhile<br />
benefactor, who <strong>in</strong>vested<br />
enormous resources and<br />
goodwill to ensure his<br />
emergence as the APC national<br />
chairman.<br />
“We wish to <strong>in</strong>form Nigerians,<br />
APC party faithful across the<br />
nation and particularly all peace<br />
and fact seek<strong>in</strong>g ones that there<br />
is no established legal or political<br />
precedent for the charade that<br />
Chief Oyegun and this cabal are<br />
currently plann<strong>in</strong>g to embark<br />
upon by stamped<strong>in</strong>g an elected<br />
party official from his assault<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st our collective <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
“As stakeholders <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Nigerian project, we see that<br />
Chief Oyegun and his cohorts<br />
are embark<strong>in</strong>g on political<br />
vendetta and sheer act of<br />
<strong>in</strong>timidation aga<strong>in</strong>st Comrade<br />
Timi Frank,” the statement<br />
stated.
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Politics of ‘air strikes’<br />
AIRSTRIKES,<br />
the<br />
pound<strong>in</strong>g of the ground by<br />
powerful bombs ra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g from the<br />
skies, is on-go<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> three countries<br />
of the Middle East. Although the<br />
targets and victims <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g armed<br />
and unarmed persons, the strong and<br />
the weak, children and the elderly,<br />
women and children, schools and<br />
hospitals, are the same, they elicit<br />
different reactions. This depends on<br />
who is dropp<strong>in</strong>g the bombs, which<br />
side is do<strong>in</strong>g the kill<strong>in</strong>g, who is do<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the dy<strong>in</strong>g and who benefits<br />
economically or politically.<br />
In this week’s battle to retake<br />
Mosul <strong>in</strong> Iraq from the Islamic State<br />
(ISIS) forces, the airstrikes were by<br />
the American-led coalition. The<br />
airstrikes gave support to the Iraqi<br />
Army, the Kurdish (Peshmerga)<br />
Christian and Sunni militias. The<br />
British Army <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the Mosul<br />
attack could be identified <strong>in</strong> their<br />
white bullet proof 4x4 vehicles;<br />
American soldiers <strong>in</strong>volved were<br />
ensconced <strong>in</strong> their m<strong>in</strong>e resistant<br />
ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP)<br />
The aim is to defeat ISIS.<br />
Interest<strong>in</strong>gly, no air support was<br />
given to the Shia militia which is also<br />
fight<strong>in</strong>g the terrorists to retake<br />
Mosul. It is part of the politics be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
played by the West; the Shiites can<br />
fight and die, but the Sunnis must be<br />
protected.<br />
In the first seventeen days of<br />
October, there were seventy<br />
airstrikes aga<strong>in</strong>st Mosul, or an<br />
average of four daily. This was to<br />
soften the city for the follow-up<br />
<strong>in</strong>vasion. In these relentless<br />
airstrikes on the city, little or noth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
was said about the 1.5 million<br />
civilians <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g over 600,00<br />
children trapped.<br />
In the October battles, 869<br />
civilians were killed. No safe routes<br />
were provided for the civil populace<br />
and no talk of a humanitarian<br />
corridor. I guess they were regarded<br />
as collateral damage. The<br />
‘protection’ the Iraqi Army offered<br />
the civilian populace was that they<br />
should hang white flags <strong>in</strong> their<br />
homes to <strong>in</strong>dicate they are noncombatant.<br />
But this is not a smart<br />
advise as it would have made such<br />
homes and families vulnerable to<br />
ISIS attacks.<br />
Aleppo which was Syria’s most<br />
populous city with over 2.3 million<br />
people was attacked <strong>in</strong> 2012 with<br />
large parts of the city still <strong>in</strong> rebel<br />
hands. At least a dozen rebel groups,<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ly terrorist like ISIS, al-Nusra<br />
and al-Qaeda took part <strong>in</strong> the<br />
occupation of Aleppo. Other rebel<br />
groups <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the fight<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude Fatah Halab, Jabha Fateh,<br />
al-Sham. Many of the rebels are<br />
supported and funded by Qatar,<br />
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, US and<br />
France.<br />
On the Syrian side is Russia which<br />
carries out the airstrikes. Like Mosul,<br />
The moral burden of CCB, CCT<br />
amendment Bill<br />
By Dan Owegie<br />
THE National Assembly recently<br />
transferred the power of the president<br />
to control the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB,<br />
and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, to<br />
itself amid sharp disagreements among the<br />
lawmakers. At the conclusion of work on the<br />
bill to amend the CCB and CCT law, the<br />
legislature successfully altered Section 18<br />
(2) to enable it to confer additional powers<br />
on the National Assembly <strong>in</strong>stead of the<br />
president.<br />
The bill stopped the president from<br />
enjoy<strong>in</strong>g the powers of exempt<strong>in</strong>g public<br />
officers from <strong>in</strong>vestigation and trial and gave<br />
such powers to the National Assembly.<br />
Section 18 (1) of the exist<strong>in</strong>g Act reads: “The<br />
president may by order exempt any cadre<br />
of public officers from the provisions of this<br />
Act if it appears to him that their position <strong>in</strong><br />
the public service is below the rank which<br />
he considers appropriate for the application<br />
of those provisions.”<br />
Expectedly, many Nigerians are not<br />
happy with the action of the lawmakers<br />
which is obviously a self-serv<strong>in</strong>g action and<br />
an attempt to muzzle the CCT to their selfish<br />
desires. They perceive the action of<br />
lawmakers as constitut<strong>in</strong>g themselves a<br />
clog <strong>in</strong> the wheel of progress aga<strong>in</strong>st the war<br />
on graft <strong>in</strong> the country.<br />
Section 18 (2) of the exist<strong>in</strong>g Act provides<br />
that “The president may by order confer on<br />
the bureau such additional powers as may<br />
appear to him to be necessary to enable it to<br />
discharge more effectively the functions<br />
conferred upon it under this Act.” This has<br />
now been taken away from the office of the<br />
president by the lawmakers, conferr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
such powers on themselves.<br />
The bill to remove the power from the<br />
president was <strong>in</strong>itiated and first passed by the<br />
House of Representatives which transmitted<br />
it to the <strong>Senate</strong> for concurrence <strong>in</strong> May 2016.<br />
With the concurrence of the <strong>Senate</strong> with the<br />
House of Representatives, the bill will be sent<br />
to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.<br />
Mr. President should not append his signature<br />
to the bill.<br />
I salute the patriotic lawmakers who<br />
fought very hard to stop the vexatious<br />
amendment but the corruption that has eaten<br />
I salute the<br />
patriotic<br />
lawmakers who<br />
fought very hard<br />
to stop the<br />
vexatious<br />
amendment<br />
deep <strong>in</strong>to the some of the lawmakers,<br />
particularly the leadership made it to go<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the wish of Nigerians. Many senators<br />
resorted to the use of un-parliamentary<br />
words and the atmosphere really heated for<br />
Nigerians to know that it is a long road to<br />
the war aga<strong>in</strong>st corruption. Because what<br />
played out at the passage is that corruption<br />
is already fight<strong>in</strong>g back.<br />
Another amendment effected to the CCT/<br />
CCB Act which was also of concern to<br />
Nigerians is to make it compulsory for any<br />
case of breach or non-compliance to be<br />
brought to the notice of the person concerned<br />
to enable him to make a written admission<br />
tragically, there have been civilian<br />
casualties, and non-military places<br />
have been bombed. In October, with<br />
the assistance of Russian airstrikes,<br />
the Syrian Army retook from ISIS,<br />
six villages <strong>in</strong> Aleppo; Mahatah, Tall<br />
Sus<strong>in</strong>, Tall Sha’ir, Faf<strong>in</strong>, Bab<strong>in</strong>nis<br />
and Kafr Qaris.<br />
While there were no offers of<br />
peaceful evacuation of civilians <strong>in</strong><br />
Mosul, the Syrian President, Bashar<br />
While the<br />
‘<strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
community’<br />
tolerates airstrikes<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st civilian<br />
areas <strong>in</strong> Mosul, it<br />
has severely<br />
attacked Russia<br />
for carry<strong>in</strong>g out<br />
Mosul-like<br />
airstrikes <strong>in</strong><br />
Aleppo<br />
al- Assad on October 6, offered rebel<br />
groups amnesty and an offer for<br />
evacuation of civilians.<br />
While the ‘<strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
community’ tolerates airstrikes<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st civilian areas <strong>in</strong> Mosul, it<br />
has severely attacked Russia for<br />
carry<strong>in</strong>g out Mosul-like airstrikes <strong>in</strong><br />
Aleppo. French President Francois<br />
Hollande described the Russian<br />
airstrikes as “a war crime.” He and<br />
German Chancellor Angela Merkel<br />
have decided to mobilise European<br />
Union sanctions aga<strong>in</strong>st Russia for<br />
the airstrikes. United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
Foreign M<strong>in</strong>ister, Boris Johnson said<br />
the Russian airstrikes are a gross<br />
crime aga<strong>in</strong>st humanity. The UK and<br />
US are partner<strong>in</strong>g on economic<br />
sanctions aga<strong>in</strong>st Russia. There are<br />
also talks of expell<strong>in</strong>g Russia from<br />
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the UN Human Rights Council. A<br />
major voice of dissent came from<br />
Italian Foreign M<strong>in</strong>ister, Paolo<br />
Gentiloni who cautioned aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
orchestrated drama aga<strong>in</strong>st Russia.<br />
An <strong>in</strong>trigu<strong>in</strong>g side of the Syrian issue<br />
is that while the West and Turkey cry<br />
about the Russian airstrikes, they do<br />
not want to end the war unless the<br />
Syrian government capitulates.<br />
Perhaps, a more <strong>in</strong>trigu<strong>in</strong>g case is<br />
the quite bloody airstrikes <strong>in</strong> Yemen<br />
by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar,<br />
Bahra<strong>in</strong>, Morocco, Jordan and<br />
Egypt, which has now withdrawn<br />
from the carnage. T<br />
hese countries with mercenaries<br />
decided to <strong>in</strong>tervene <strong>in</strong> 2015 on the<br />
side of the defeated government of<br />
President Abdrabbuh Mansur<br />
Hadd<strong>in</strong> Aden by bomb<strong>in</strong>g Yemen<br />
under ‘Operation Decisive Storm’.<br />
Those on the receiv<strong>in</strong>g end of the<br />
airstrikes are the Houthis who led<br />
the rebellion aga<strong>in</strong>st Aden, the<br />
Yemeni Army loyal to former<br />
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the<br />
Yemeni Republican Guard, the<br />
Popular Committees and the Yemeni<br />
Air Force. Of course, the major<br />
casualties are civilians who are<br />
deliberately targeted.<br />
The UN says the Saudi-led attacks<br />
have resulted <strong>in</strong> 3,799 civilian<br />
deaths. Whole towns and villages<br />
had been carpet-bombed. The most<br />
<strong>in</strong>famous of the Saudi airstrikes was<br />
last October when a huge funeral was<br />
deliberately targeted with 155<br />
murdered and 525 <strong>in</strong>jured. There<br />
were of course no worldwide<br />
condemnation of this he<strong>in</strong>ous crime,<br />
nor was it described by the lead<strong>in</strong>g<br />
nations as a war crime.<br />
The muffled voice of American<br />
Secretary of State, John Kerry<br />
merely asked Saudi Arabia to give<br />
assurances that it would no longer<br />
pick targets like funerals. No<br />
organisation has dragged the Saudi<br />
coalition to the UN for these<br />
<strong>in</strong>human airstrikes and the blockade<br />
of Yemen to starve its population to<br />
submission. Nor has any taken the<br />
of such breach or non-compliance and where<br />
such is done, there shall be no reference to the<br />
tribunal. The po<strong>in</strong>t here is that how much crime<br />
<strong>in</strong> our statutes provides for an offender to be<br />
communicated first to admit or reject his or<br />
her accusation before the law can take its<br />
course? If someone is written such a letter and<br />
he says he is not guilty <strong>in</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g or goes ahead<br />
to make fresh declaration, so that he could be<br />
left alone or what does the National Assembly<br />
mean with this amendment? Even those caught<br />
red-handed steal<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Nigeria whenever you<br />
ask them guilty or not guilty? They always<br />
plead not guilty even <strong>in</strong> the face of<br />
overwhelm<strong>in</strong>g evidence. So, this CCB, CCT<br />
amendment makes no anti-corruption<br />
sense to most patriotic Nigerians.<br />
But Saraki could not cheat nature. As he<br />
and his cohorts were busy amend<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
CCT Act, fate was also mov<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>st him<br />
as the Court of Appeal Division <strong>in</strong> Abuja<br />
dismissed his appeal challeng<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
jurisdiction of the CCT over his false<br />
declaration of assets.<br />
The <strong>Senate</strong> President, is fac<strong>in</strong>g a 13-count<br />
charge of false assets declaration, and had<br />
approached the appellate court to nullify the<br />
March 24 rul<strong>in</strong>g of the Danladi Umar-led<br />
Code of Conduct Tribunal. The five-man<br />
panel of the appellate court presided over by<br />
Justice Abdul Aboki, dismissed the appeal<br />
for lack of merit. The appellate court held<br />
that under the 1999 Con-stitution, the CCB<br />
was not under any obligation to <strong>in</strong>vite the<br />
appellant to make any clarification over<br />
discrep-ancies <strong>in</strong> his asset declaration forms<br />
before charges could be filed aga<strong>in</strong>st him.<br />
Saraki should brace up and face his 13-<br />
count charge of false assets declaration. He<br />
should stop dragg<strong>in</strong>g the entire National<br />
Assembly <strong>in</strong>to his bad case. The lawmakers<br />
must know that they cannot be mak<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
law today because of Saraki. They should be<br />
mak<strong>in</strong>g a law that would stand the test of<br />
time.<br />
President Muhamadu Buhari should not<br />
assent the Bill and if they so wish, they could<br />
Send Op<strong>in</strong>ions & Letters to:<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions1234@yahoo.com<br />
US and United K<strong>in</strong>gdom before any<br />
UN body for provid<strong>in</strong>g logistical<br />
support <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g aerial refuel<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and technical aid <strong>in</strong> the Yemeni<br />
airstrikes.<br />
In all these, I am not condon<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the retaliatory rocket and mortar<br />
attacks on Saudi border towns.<br />
The first known airstrike was on<br />
November 1, 1911 when four bombs<br />
were dropped on Turkish-held oasis<br />
<strong>in</strong> Libya by Italian Second<br />
Lieutenant Guilio Gavotti. Some of<br />
the most <strong>in</strong>famous were the German<br />
and Italian airstrikes <strong>in</strong> Madrib,<br />
Valencia and Barcelonia <strong>in</strong> support<br />
of General Francisco Franco’s<br />
fascist coup aga<strong>in</strong>st the legitimate<br />
Spanish Republican Government. As<br />
part of this, the Spanish city of<br />
Guernica was on April 26, 1937<br />
almost wiped out.<br />
Of course, the August 6, 1945<br />
American dropp<strong>in</strong>g of the uranium<br />
atomic bomb, ‘Little Boy’ on<br />
Hiroshima which killed 150,000<br />
persons and the plutonium bomb<br />
‘Fat Man’ on Nagasaki three days<br />
later with 75,000 killed, hold the<br />
trophy for the most <strong>in</strong>famous<br />
airstrikes <strong>in</strong> human history.<br />
As a journalist, I cannot forget the<br />
April 23, 1999 America precision<br />
bomb<strong>in</strong>g of the Serbian State<br />
Broadcast<strong>in</strong>g Station headquarters<br />
with 150 media workers on duty. Ten<br />
were killed, 18 <strong>in</strong>jured and 20 buried<br />
under the rubble. The North Atlantic<br />
Treaty Organisation, NATO,<br />
Military Spokesman, Air<br />
Commodore David Wilby, had<br />
justified the bomb<strong>in</strong>g as a<br />
“legitimate target (because the<br />
station) filled the airways with hate<br />
and with lies over the years” Then<br />
British Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister, Tony Blair<br />
said the airstrikes aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
Serbian media were “entirely<br />
justified” because they were “part of<br />
the apparatus of dictatorship”.<br />
So you can get away with mass<br />
murder through airstrikes if your<br />
politics is right?<br />
use their two-thirds majority, but certa<strong>in</strong>ly not<br />
with the assent of Mr. President. It is obvious<br />
that someth<strong>in</strong>g is def<strong>in</strong>itely wrong somewhere<br />
and Nigerians should be viligant and stand up<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st lawmakers represent<strong>in</strong>g themselves<br />
and their cronies and not their constituencies<br />
or Nigerians.<br />
It just cannot be fathomed why Nigerians,<br />
particularly members of the National<br />
Assembly would allow this shame to be<br />
brought to bear on our beloved country more<br />
so, as the supporters of Saraki do not see<br />
beyond their noses. In other climes, even <strong>in</strong><br />
other African countries, the <strong>Senate</strong> President<br />
by now ought to have resigned from office<br />
and someone else takes over while he goes to<br />
clear himself at the tribunal. This certa<strong>in</strong>ly<br />
does not mean that he would be perceived to<br />
be guilty as charged.<br />
Even <strong>in</strong> Civil service, once there are<br />
allegations of fraud or even false declaration<br />
of assets as <strong>in</strong> the case of Saraki, the Civil<br />
Servant is made to step down from office,<br />
irrespective of the office, that is, big or small<br />
and the Civil Servant dur<strong>in</strong>g the period is<br />
placed on <strong>in</strong>terdiction. He earns half salary<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the trial period and if found guilty,<br />
his appo<strong>in</strong>tment is term<strong>in</strong>ated, but if not,<br />
he is re<strong>in</strong>stated and his full salary restored.<br />
But <strong>in</strong> the case of Saraki, he is occupy<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
very important office <strong>in</strong> the country, the<br />
number 4 position <strong>in</strong> a country of over 170<br />
million people and is fac<strong>in</strong>g very serious<br />
crim<strong>in</strong>al charges at the Code of Conduct<br />
Tribunal, a case he has challenged the<br />
jurisdiction up till Supreme court and lost,<br />
his rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> office is certa<strong>in</strong>ly an<br />
aberration. His colleagues <strong>in</strong> the National<br />
Assembly surpris<strong>in</strong>gly do not see anyth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
wrong <strong>in</strong> this vexatious amendment of the<br />
CCT Act. As it stands, it is not only a shame<br />
unto Saraki, it is a shame unto all the<br />
senators and members of the House of<br />
Representatives of the 8th National Assembly.<br />
*Mr. Owegie, a chiefta<strong>in</strong> of the APC,<br />
wrote from Ben<strong>in</strong> city, Edo State.
32—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
YOUR LUCK TODAY<br />
By Joshua Adeyemo Phone 08056180139<br />
GEMINI; Here is a good day when <strong>in</strong>fluential personalities<br />
around you will be will<strong>in</strong>g to assist you but<br />
you will need to take the <strong>in</strong>itiative. Take good advice.<br />
CANCER; This is your day. The more ambitious<br />
you are along your career l<strong>in</strong>e the better for you. And<br />
friends are will<strong>in</strong>g to give the needed supports.<br />
LEO; Your m<strong>in</strong>d is truly active and if you’re more<br />
practical about it success’ll crown your efforts. Reason<br />
with your tried and trusted friends.<br />
VIRGO; Com<strong>in</strong>g of monetary and lov<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to a<br />
positive angle to your Star sign is a big plus. On a day<br />
like this the more ambitious you are the better. It’s<br />
good to be lov<strong>in</strong>g<br />
LIBRA; The more will<strong>in</strong>g you are to listen to your<br />
partners and/or spouse the better for you today. Friends<br />
are try<strong>in</strong>g to conv<strong>in</strong>ce you that the are reliable.<br />
L E I S U R E<br />
THOUGHT FOR TODAY<br />
Want to live <strong>in</strong> peace with<br />
your enemy?<br />
THE holy writ<br />
says if our<br />
ways pleases the<br />
Lord, he will make<br />
our enemies to live <strong>in</strong><br />
peace with us.I want<br />
to ask you a<br />
question:Are you liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> peace and harmony<br />
with your<br />
neighbour?If you<br />
are not,then it is time<br />
for you to exam<strong>in</strong>e<br />
your relationship<br />
with your creator.If<br />
TERROR MUDA <strong>in</strong> “Never say goodbye”<br />
your relationship<br />
with your creator is<br />
smooth,there is no<br />
way your relationship<br />
with your<br />
neighbour won’t<br />
benefit from it.You<br />
cannot be antagonistic<br />
towards your<br />
neighbour and expect<br />
your creator to<br />
be happy with<br />
you.Relate well with<br />
your creator and<br />
your enemies will be<br />
at peace with you.<br />
Th<strong>in</strong>k about it!<br />
By Kola Fayemi<br />
SCORPIO; The more push-full you are along your<br />
career/bus<strong>in</strong>ess l<strong>in</strong>es the better. Embrace new method<br />
at work. Don’t neglect your love life.<br />
SAGITTARIUS; Here is a day you are not meant to<br />
ignore new ideas that come suddenly. It’s good to<br />
take matters of the heart more seriously. Listen to<br />
your spouse please.<br />
CAPRICORN; Monetary and romantic Venus is jo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
mighty Sun at positive angle to your Star and<br />
br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g you good <strong>in</strong>fluence. Be more ambitious.<br />
AQUARIUS; Although your be<strong>in</strong>g co-operative can<br />
enhance your scope, your personal ideas and <strong>in</strong>itiative<br />
are guarantee for a bigger do.<br />
PISCES; Those of you who are more consistent will<br />
have more to ga<strong>in</strong>. Good ideas on monetary issues<br />
will enhance your f<strong>in</strong>ances. Be more family m<strong>in</strong>ded.<br />
ARIES; Entrance of monetary and romantic Venus<br />
<strong>in</strong>to a positive angle is meant to enhance your f<strong>in</strong>ances.<br />
The more will<strong>in</strong>g you are to take good advice<br />
the better. Be lov<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
KAPTAIN AFRIKA <strong>in</strong> “Pretty Lunatic’ By Andy Akman<br />
TAURUS; Monetary Venus makes an <strong>in</strong>gress <strong>in</strong>to<br />
your Star sign with good luck to you. F<strong>in</strong>ancial success<br />
is closer to you than you can imag<strong>in</strong>e. Give it a<br />
big push.<br />
ASTROLOGICAL COUNSELLING<br />
Send your date and place of birth to the Astr<br />
trological<br />
Counsell<strong>in</strong>g, P.M.B 100<br />
007, Apapa, Lagos<br />
What’s my birthday ruler?<br />
Dear Joshua,<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the date I was born I should be a Libran<br />
by my star but most of the time when I read horoscopes<br />
written by both yourself and foreign Astrologers Scorpio<br />
always applicable to me, why?<br />
K<strong>in</strong>dly tell me how the planets l<strong>in</strong>ed up when I was<br />
born and the day of the week I was born but don’t<br />
publish my date of birth.<br />
Ambrose, Asaba.<br />
Dear Ambrose,<br />
You were born on a Sunday mean<strong>in</strong>g that mighty Sun<br />
rules your birthday. You were wrong to have taken Libra<br />
as your Sun sign because the Sun was placed <strong>in</strong> early<br />
degree of Scorpio together with many other heavenly<br />
bodies. Then with the Moon <strong>in</strong> Libra when you were<br />
born will equally be <strong>in</strong>fluential <strong>in</strong> your characteristics<br />
build up but, you are ma<strong>in</strong>ly a Scorpio born person.<br />
You are both an <strong>in</strong>telligent and emotional person. And<br />
as there was no planet at home when you were born, too<br />
many ideas will always struggle for prom<strong>in</strong>ent place <strong>in</strong><br />
your m<strong>in</strong>d, thus decision mak<strong>in</strong>g is difficult but most<br />
times, your <strong>in</strong>telligence comes to the rescue.<br />
Certa<strong>in</strong>ly, you appear to other as a gentle person who<br />
can be mistaken for soft fellow but your <strong>in</strong>ner self is the<br />
personality with a steel like will power.<br />
You are the consistent type who may f<strong>in</strong>d it difficult to<br />
change once you have made up your m<strong>in</strong>d as <strong>in</strong>dicated<br />
by distribution of the planets as written out <strong>in</strong> paragraph<br />
two of this exercise.<br />
One major challenge you have been battl<strong>in</strong>g for a very<br />
long time is constant worries, some times, necessarily<br />
and the other time, uncalled for, as <strong>in</strong>dicated by conjunction<br />
Mercury and Saturn formed when you were<br />
born.<br />
Placement of your natal Sun (basic self head) and<br />
Moon (your sub conscious self) <strong>in</strong> Scorpio and Libra<br />
respectively are <strong>in</strong>dications of your be<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly Scorpio<br />
born person and partly <strong>in</strong> Libran. And that is to say<br />
basic characteristics of both Scorpio and Libra are highly<br />
pronounced <strong>in</strong> you.<br />
Then, you are spiritually gifted; if you don’t develop<br />
it is another th<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
VIRGINIA<br />
HOME & ABROAD<br />
dadadekola@yahoo.com<br />
By Lawrence Akapa
Y<br />
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Massive oil spill reported at Ekole Creek,<br />
Bayelsa<br />
By Samuel Oyadongha<br />
YENAGOA—A<br />
massive<br />
oil spill has been reported<br />
at Ekole Creek, around Agbura<br />
and Otuokpoti communities <strong>in</strong><br />
Yenagoa and Ogbia Local<br />
Government Areas of Bayelsa<br />
State.<br />
The spill, which, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
sources, resulted from a leak from<br />
an oilfield operated by Nigeria<br />
Agip Oil Company, NAOC, has<br />
destroyed farmlands and aquatic<br />
lives <strong>in</strong> the communities.<br />
An <strong>in</strong>digene of Otuokpoti, Mrs.<br />
Cecilia Osa<strong>in</strong>, claimed that the<br />
spillage had adversely affected<br />
fish<strong>in</strong>g activities <strong>in</strong> the river.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to her, those who<br />
went fish<strong>in</strong>g came back with no<br />
catch as crude oil had forced the<br />
fish, crayfish, shrimps and other<br />
aquatic lives away <strong>in</strong>to the high<br />
seas beyond the reach of artisanal<br />
fishermen.<br />
Osa<strong>in</strong> added: “Bath<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />
river is no longer safe for residents<br />
as those who did compla<strong>in</strong>ed of<br />
itch<strong>in</strong>g all over their bodies. We<br />
rely on the creek for water for<br />
dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g and domestic use.”<br />
Meanwhile, the people of<br />
Otuokpoti community have<br />
appealed to the state government<br />
to provide relief materials to<br />
mitigate their suffer<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
In a letter by the paramount<br />
A-Ibom govt partners <strong>in</strong>vestors to develop $6bn jetty<br />
By Dennis Udoma<br />
UYO—AKWA Ibom State<br />
Government is to partner<br />
private <strong>in</strong>vestors to develop a $6<br />
billion harbour that will serve as<br />
logistics base for oil and gas<br />
operations.<br />
Senior Special Assistant, SSA,<br />
to Governor Udom Emmanuel on<br />
Petroleum Matters, Essien<br />
Esema, dropped the h<strong>in</strong>t, dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
an <strong>in</strong>spection visit to the site of<br />
the proposed harbour project at<br />
Ikot Abasi Local Government<br />
Area.<br />
He disclosed that no fewer than<br />
three private <strong>in</strong>vestors had shown<br />
their read<strong>in</strong>ess to build a world<br />
class harbour <strong>in</strong> the state, say<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the harbour, on completion, would<br />
serve as logistics and supplies<br />
centre with jetties for oil and gas<br />
activities, wait<strong>in</strong>g lounge,<br />
warehouses, helipad and office<br />
complex.<br />
Esema contended that the<br />
absence of jetties <strong>in</strong> the state was<br />
one of the reasons Exxon-Mobil<br />
and its subsidiary companies<br />
carried out most oil and gas<br />
activities from Onne <strong>in</strong> Rivers<br />
State because the maritime<br />
potentials of the state had not<br />
been fully tapped.<br />
He said: “Governor Emmanuel<br />
is very much <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> this<br />
project.<br />
I came with some officials from<br />
the Nigerian Maritime<br />
Adm<strong>in</strong>istration and Safety<br />
Agency, NIMASA, to see how the<br />
ruler, Chief Cous<strong>in</strong> Wongo and<br />
Chairman, Community<br />
Development Committee,<br />
Simpson Isikpi, the community<br />
noted that the spillage which<br />
polluted the entire river had<br />
negatively affected the economic<br />
life of the people as the river<br />
serves as a major source of<br />
<strong>in</strong>come to members of the<br />
community.<br />
“We cannot dr<strong>in</strong>k the water, we<br />
Omo-Agege bemoans relegation of Urhobo<br />
ethnic nationality<br />
By Festus Ahon<br />
ASABA—THE senator<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g Delta<br />
Central Senatorial District at<br />
the National Assembly,<br />
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege,<br />
has said the Urhobo ethnic<br />
nationality has been relegated<br />
to the fr<strong>in</strong>ges of politics of the<br />
state and the country, feed<strong>in</strong>g<br />
off the crumbs of other ethnic<br />
nationalities.<br />
Omo-Agege, who spoke<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the Urhobo Youths<br />
Summit, said: “We should<br />
know and never forget that we<br />
were created for greatness. By<br />
our own actions and <strong>in</strong>actions,<br />
we have brought the Urhobo<br />
nation to its knees,<br />
marg<strong>in</strong>alised and relegated to<br />
the background, denied its<br />
rightful place <strong>in</strong> the socioeconomic<br />
and political<br />
equation of our country and<br />
weakened.”<br />
cannot bathe <strong>in</strong> the river, our<br />
aquatic life such as fish and<br />
animals are dy<strong>in</strong>g. We appeal<br />
to the relevant authorities to<br />
come to our aid,” they pleaded.<br />
They also appealed for the<br />
immediate clean-up of the river<br />
to enable the people resume<br />
their fish<strong>in</strong>g activities.<br />
Also, spokesperson of the<br />
youth w<strong>in</strong>g of Ogbia<br />
Brotherhood, Lamawal Wilfred,<br />
called on operators of the<br />
affected pipel<strong>in</strong>e to send experts<br />
to ascerta<strong>in</strong> the cause of the<br />
leak.<br />
He urged NAOC to prevent<br />
further pollution of the river.<br />
When contacted as at press<br />
time, Mr Filippo Cotal<strong>in</strong>ni,<br />
Media Relations Manager, at<br />
Eni, parent company of NAOC<br />
said, “we will get back to you<br />
as soon as possible.”<br />
VISIT: From left: Ambassador-General of Keep the City Beautiful Society of Nigeria,<br />
KCBSN, Sylvanus Ebomuche and Edo State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,<br />
NUJ, Comrade Rolland Osakwe, when members of the KCBSN paid a courtesy visit to<br />
Edo NUJ leadership, yesterday.<br />
state can enjoy full operations<br />
of the agency here. This harbour<br />
will boost employment of our<br />
people <strong>in</strong> the seafar<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
stevedor<strong>in</strong>g bus<strong>in</strong>esses at the<br />
port”.<br />
Chief Maritime Labour Officer,<br />
NIMASA, Mr Lawal Abdullahi,<br />
said Akwa Ibom hav<strong>in</strong>g been<br />
blessed with vast maritime<br />
potentials and other resources<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>ed untapped.<br />
He lamented that the state had<br />
no registered and recognised<br />
jetty, po<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g out that, NIMASA<br />
was aware of some illegal jetties<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g operated by unregistered<br />
operators.<br />
While thank<strong>in</strong>g the people<br />
for the trust they bestowed on<br />
him with abid<strong>in</strong>g faith <strong>in</strong> the<br />
ideals of their forebears, and<br />
m<strong>in</strong>dful of the leadership<br />
responsibilities of Urhobo<br />
nation as the largest ethnic<br />
group <strong>in</strong> Delta State and fifth<br />
largest <strong>in</strong> Nigeria, he said:<br />
“Throughout history, nations<br />
that have come together to<br />
“The state has very vast<br />
potentials and lots of untapped<br />
maritime resources. NIMASA is<br />
<strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> expand<strong>in</strong>g its<br />
operational office here. Today’s<br />
visit is an eye opener and we<br />
have seen the illegality and<br />
revenue leakages go<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
here,” he said.<br />
work for a common goal have<br />
succeeded <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g their<br />
people and communities. In<br />
recent times Urhobos have not<br />
worked together. In the runoff<br />
to 2015 election, the<br />
leadership of the Urhobo<br />
Progress Union, UPU, the<br />
umbrella body of the Urhobo<br />
was factionalised due to<br />
disagreements."<br />
Utuama, Manager, others for<br />
Iniovosa’s Book launch Nov 6<br />
SENATOR<br />
James<br />
Manager, Professor<br />
Amos Utuama, former<br />
Deputy Governor of Delta<br />
State, Chief Dennis Omovie,<br />
Chief Steve Eruotor, and Mr<br />
Joseph Ogeh, are among<br />
dignitaries expected at the<br />
public presentation of the<br />
book, Through The Eye of An<br />
Insider.<br />
Hold<strong>in</strong>g on November 6,<br />
2016, at Best Western<br />
Wetland<br />
Hotel,<br />
Orhuwhorun, Udu Local<br />
Government Area of Delta<br />
State, the book is authored<br />
by 20 years old, Miss Rukky<br />
Iniovosa, an English and<br />
Literary Studies graduate of<br />
Benson Idahosa University.<br />
APC<br />
celebrates<br />
Oshiomhole’s<br />
achievement<br />
By Lucky Oji<br />
THE<br />
South-South<br />
zone of All<br />
Progressives Congress,<br />
APC, will on November 6,<br />
celebrate the outgo<strong>in</strong>g<br />
governor of Edo State,<br />
Comrade Adams<br />
Oshiomhole, at a colloquium<br />
and send-off d<strong>in</strong>ner <strong>in</strong><br />
honour of his remarkable<br />
achievements <strong>in</strong> office.<br />
The dual event, which is<br />
scheduled for the Best<br />
Western Home Ville Hotel <strong>in</strong><br />
Ben<strong>in</strong> City, is com<strong>in</strong>g one<br />
week to the end of the twoterm<br />
governor’s tenure.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to a statement by<br />
the organis<strong>in</strong>g committee,<br />
chaired by a former Deputy<br />
Speaker of the House of<br />
Representatives, Chibudom<br />
Nwuche, Governor<br />
Oshiomhole deserved<br />
accolades for his monumental<br />
achievements, which<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded massive<br />
construction of roads,<br />
rehabilitation and build<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
schools, provision of potable<br />
water, health facilities and<br />
employment generation.<br />
Former Central Bank of<br />
Nigeria, CBN, Governor and<br />
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu<br />
Sanusi II, will deliver the<br />
keynote address titled: “Well<br />
Done Worthy Servant.”<br />
Dignitaries expected at the<br />
event <strong>in</strong>clude President<br />
Muhammadu Buhari, Vice<br />
President Yemi Os<strong>in</strong>bajo, all<br />
state governors as well as all<br />
m<strong>in</strong>isters from the South<br />
South zone.<br />
Madam<br />
Futughe for<br />
burial<br />
MADAM<br />
Ekpeogharandure<br />
Futughe of Iweroko and<br />
Ameren families is dead,<br />
aged 81.<br />
Interment takes place<br />
November 5 at Egbe<br />
Futughe family<br />
compound, Obitie-Egbe,<br />
Koko, Delta State.<br />
She is survived by 10<br />
children, 19 grand<br />
children and five greatgrandchildren,<br />
among<br />
who is Mr Okofu Ubaka<br />
Omamuli.<br />
Late Madam Futughe<br />
C
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Cancer deaths among women to rise 60% by 2030—REPORTS<br />
By Gabriel Olawale,<br />
with agency report<br />
REPORTS from American<br />
Cancer Society and Lancet<br />
Studies have warned of an<br />
explosion <strong>in</strong> cancer deaths<br />
among women, with a toll,<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ly from breast cancer, of<br />
around 5.5 million a year by<br />
2030 —roughly the population<br />
of Denmark.<br />
This represented a near 60 per<br />
cent <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> less than two<br />
decades, states an analysis<br />
conducted by the American<br />
Cancer Society, ACS, released<br />
on Tuesday at the World Cancer<br />
Congress <strong>in</strong> Paris.<br />
As the global population<br />
grows and ages, the highest toll<br />
will be among women <strong>in</strong> poor<br />
and middle-<strong>in</strong>come countries it<br />
Ogwemoh<br />
shortlisted for<br />
Law Digest<br />
Africa awards<br />
By Bartholomew<br />
Madukwe<br />
A<br />
practitioner of<br />
Arbitration and<br />
Mediation, Mrs Priscilla<br />
Ogwemoh, has been<br />
shortlisted for this year’s<br />
Law Digest Africa Awards<br />
hold<strong>in</strong>g today <strong>in</strong> Victoria<br />
Island, Lagos.<br />
Priscilla, who for several<br />
years was Editor of the<br />
Maritime Newsletter, serves<br />
as the Director of the OA&A<br />
Arbitration and Mediation<br />
Centre and is a Fellow of<br />
the Chartered Institute of<br />
Arbitrators of Nigeria.<br />
She was shortlisted <strong>in</strong> two<br />
categories: Manag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Partner of the Year and<br />
Female Manag<strong>in</strong>g Partner<br />
of the Year.<br />
Priscilla is an active<br />
member of the International<br />
Bar Association, IBA, and<br />
a member of the Nigerian<br />
Bar Association Section on<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Law, NBA-SBL.<br />
Vanguard gathered that<br />
she was accredited as a<br />
mediator by UK Centre for<br />
Effective Dispute<br />
Resolution, CEDR-UK, and<br />
is a member of the<br />
Negotiation and Conflict<br />
Management Group,<br />
NCMG, and Legal Adviser<br />
to the Institute of Chartered<br />
Mediators and<br />
Conciliators, ICMC.<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g about Law<br />
Digest Africa Awards, a<br />
former Attorney General of<br />
the Federation, AGF, Chief<br />
Adebayo Ojo (SAN), stated<br />
that the event is a new<br />
concept <strong>in</strong> recognis<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
honour<strong>in</strong>g excellence <strong>in</strong> the<br />
African legal services<br />
market, by admitt<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
contributions of <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
lawyers, law firms and <strong>in</strong>house<br />
teams.<br />
said, with much of it from<br />
cancers which are largely<br />
preventable.<br />
The highest ratio of cancer<br />
cases per population group are<br />
still reported <strong>in</strong> high-<strong>in</strong>come<br />
countries <strong>in</strong> Europe, the<br />
Americas and Asia, but this<br />
was partly due to better access<br />
to screen<strong>in</strong>g and detection.<br />
Deaths, however, were<br />
proportionally much higher <strong>in</strong><br />
low and middle-<strong>in</strong>come<br />
countries with reduced access<br />
to diagnosis and treatment.<br />
The countries with the highest<br />
death rates were Zimbabwe,<br />
Malawi, Kenya, Mongolia and<br />
Papua New Gu<strong>in</strong>ea.<br />
Breast and lung cancer are<br />
the two most common types <strong>in</strong><br />
both rich and poor nations,<br />
with colorectal cancer the<br />
number three killer <strong>in</strong><br />
developed countries and<br />
cervical cancer <strong>in</strong> lessdeveloped<br />
ones.<br />
ETISALAT DONATES TO IDPs: Governor Muhammad B<strong>in</strong>dow of Adamawa<br />
State (left) receiv<strong>in</strong>g mattresses for <strong>in</strong>ternally-displaced persons, IDPs’ camps from Head,<br />
Government and Community Relations, Etisalat Nigeria, Muhammed Suleh-Yusuf (right), <strong>in</strong><br />
Yola, Adamawa State.<br />
HRW Report: IG raises team<br />
to probe sexual abuse of IDPs<br />
INSPECTOR General of<br />
Police, Ibrahim Idris, has<br />
set up a special <strong>in</strong>vestigation<br />
team to immediately probe all<br />
cases of alleged sexual abuses,<br />
exploitation, harassments,<br />
gender-based violence and<br />
professional misconduct on<br />
Internally Displaced Persons,<br />
IDPs, <strong>in</strong> some North-East<br />
states.<br />
Recall that a report published<br />
by Human Rights Watch<br />
alleged these offences aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
camp officials, vigilante<br />
groups, soldiers and<br />
policemen, among others.<br />
A statement from Force<br />
SOKOTO—VICE President<br />
Yemi Os<strong>in</strong>bajo has<br />
described the Sultan of Sokoto,<br />
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III as a<br />
worthy scion of his forefathers.<br />
Os<strong>in</strong>bajo’s declaration came<br />
as the Sultan advocated a<br />
national security summit of all<br />
stakeholders to bra<strong>in</strong>storm on<br />
the contemporary challenges<br />
affect<strong>in</strong>g Nigeria.<br />
Os<strong>in</strong>bajo spoke yesterday <strong>in</strong><br />
Sokoto when he declared open<br />
an International Symposium<br />
on the Sokoto Caliphate.<br />
He said: “The Sokoto<br />
Caliphate was founded over<br />
200 years ago on the sterl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of honesty, piety,<br />
good governance and<br />
truthfulness, among others.<br />
Headquarters by Force Public<br />
Relations Officer, DCP Don<br />
Awunah, said: “The IGP, who<br />
is irrevocably committed to the<br />
protection of all Nigerians,<br />
especially vulnerable group<br />
such as <strong>in</strong>ternally-displaced<br />
persons, IDPs, has expressed<br />
concern over the submissions<br />
<strong>in</strong> the report and has directed<br />
the Special Investigation Panel<br />
to carry out a discreet and<br />
unbiased <strong>in</strong>vestigation <strong>in</strong>to all<br />
the cases of abuse and<br />
misconduct alleged <strong>in</strong> the<br />
report.<br />
“However, the IGP called on<br />
Human Rights Watch officials<br />
“The <strong>in</strong>tellectual endeavours<br />
of the found<strong>in</strong>g fathers of the<br />
caliphate on theology and<br />
jurisprudence, among others,<br />
were relevant now as they<br />
were then.”<br />
The Vice President stressed<br />
the need for social justice,<br />
say<strong>in</strong>g that its absence always<br />
leads to chaos, not<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
Sultan had cont<strong>in</strong>ued <strong>in</strong> the<br />
path of his forefathers.<br />
Gov Tambuwal<br />
Governor Am<strong>in</strong>u Tambuwal<br />
of Sokoto State also described<br />
the Sultan as an <strong>in</strong>tellectuallyendowed<br />
leader, commend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the Sultan for his susta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
moral and royal support to his<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration, stat<strong>in</strong>g “you<br />
to avail the team more facts<br />
that will assist <strong>in</strong>vestigation<br />
<strong>in</strong>to the alleged 43 cases<br />
mentioned <strong>in</strong> the report.<br />
“The IGP also directed<br />
Commissioners of Police, <strong>in</strong><br />
locations where IDP camps<br />
are situated, to beef up<br />
security and ensure adequate<br />
safety of all IDPs.<br />
“The Nigeria Police Force<br />
assures Nigerians and the<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational community that<br />
it will not condone acts that<br />
violate the human dignity of<br />
IDPs by <strong>in</strong>dividuals or group<br />
of persons <strong>in</strong> the IDP camps<br />
or anywhere <strong>in</strong> the country.”<br />
Sultan, worthy scion of his forefathers— Os<strong>in</strong>bajo<br />
•...as Sultan calls for national security summit<br />
are not only a bridge builder,<br />
but the bridge itself.”<br />
The celebrant, the Sultan<br />
advocated a national security<br />
summit of all stakeholders to<br />
bra<strong>in</strong>storm on most of the<br />
contemporary challenges<br />
affect<strong>in</strong>g the country.<br />
Abubakar III, who is also the<br />
President, Jamaatul Nasril<br />
Islam, JNI, said that these<br />
press<strong>in</strong>g challenges should be<br />
discussed at the proposed<br />
summit, as they threaten the<br />
corporate existence of<br />
Nigeria.<br />
He underscored the need for<br />
Nigerians to live peacefully<br />
with one another, irrespective<br />
of religious, political and<br />
ethnic lean<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
Taraba Varsity<br />
female students<br />
robbed<br />
By John Mkom<br />
J ALINGO—FEMALE<br />
students of Taraba State<br />
University have sent an SOS<br />
message to authorities <strong>in</strong> the<br />
state over cont<strong>in</strong>ued raid of<br />
their hostels by armed<br />
robbers.<br />
The students, who spoke to<br />
Vanguard at their hostels <strong>in</strong><br />
Jal<strong>in</strong>go, said robbers <strong>in</strong>vaded<br />
their hostels and carted away<br />
over 20 handsets, laptops<br />
and over N700,000.<br />
Act<strong>in</strong>g Vice Chancellor of<br />
the university, Professor<br />
Cather<strong>in</strong>e Musa, confirmed<br />
the <strong>in</strong>cident, describ<strong>in</strong>g it as<br />
an act of theft.<br />
She said the matter was<br />
reported to her office and<br />
blamed the <strong>in</strong>security <strong>in</strong> the<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitution on the absence of<br />
perimeter fenc<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Niger govt<br />
declares state<br />
of emergency<br />
on health<br />
By Wole Mosadomi<br />
M INNA—GOVERNOR<br />
Abubakar Bello of<br />
Niger State has declared a<br />
state of emergency on health<br />
<strong>in</strong> the state, a move that<br />
followed his unscheduled<br />
visit to M<strong>in</strong>na General<br />
Hospital and other health<br />
facilities <strong>in</strong> the state recently.<br />
State Commissioner for<br />
Health and Hospital<br />
Services, Dr. Mustapha<br />
Jubril, said aside from the<br />
decision to provide modern<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure, the<br />
remuneration of the health<br />
workers would also be looked<br />
<strong>in</strong>to to allow them discharge<br />
their official duties with ease.<br />
He said the overhaul<strong>in</strong>g<br />
will cost N2 billion and the<br />
state would pay N160 million<br />
above the current salary of<br />
health workers.<br />
Passage<br />
MADAM Grace Ekefre,<br />
alias Unwa Ikpe, 85, of<br />
Ikot Akata <strong>in</strong> Mkpaten<strong>in</strong><br />
LGA, Akwa Ibom State, is<br />
dead. She died on August 1.<br />
Service of songs is at her<br />
residence <strong>in</strong> Abule Egba,<br />
Lagos. Interment is on<br />
November 11 at the Covenant<br />
Cemetery, Ogun State, after<br />
funeral service at the Youth’s<br />
Chapel, Canaan Land, Otta,<br />
Ogun State.
C<br />
M<br />
YK<br />
VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 35
36—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
DAIRY FOR DEVT: From left— Director, Animal Production and<br />
Husbandry Services, M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Egejuru<br />
Eze; Programme Coord<strong>in</strong>ator, Care Denmark, Rolf Hernoe; Senior Consultant,<br />
Danish Agriculture and Food Council, Anne Sofie Munk Kruse, and Vice<br />
Chairman, Arla Foods, Jan Toft Noergaard, at the Milky Way to Development<br />
roundtable on dairy value cha<strong>in</strong> development <strong>in</strong> West Africa, <strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
VISIT: M<strong>in</strong>ister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed (right)<br />
receiv<strong>in</strong>g a collection of v<strong>in</strong>tage music s<strong>in</strong>ce 1914 from Chairman of Evergreen<br />
Music Ltd., Chief Femi Esho, dur<strong>in</strong>g a courtesy call on the m<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>in</strong> Abuja.<br />
NCC/ NFVCB: From left— Director Operations, National Film & Video<br />
Censors Board, NFVCB, Mr. Cornel Agim; Director General, NFVCB, Ms.<br />
Patricia Bala; Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications<br />
Commission, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, and his Chief of Staff, Mr.<br />
Usman Mallah, dur<strong>in</strong>g a visit to the NCC.<br />
IN HONOUR OF BRUME: Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (3rd right);<br />
late Senator Fred Brume's first child, Mrs Blessyn Brume-Ataguba (right); Ovie<br />
of Udu K<strong>in</strong>gdom, HRM Owhorhu I (middle) and other guests at Brume's fifth<br />
memorial and commission<strong>in</strong>g of the Brume Memorial Science Laboratory<br />
donated by the family to Ubogo Secondary School, Udu LGA, Delta State.<br />
WORLD SAVINGS DAY: From left—Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal, Mrs. Olufunmilayo<br />
Okeowo; Senior Prefect, Oluwaseun Omotayo; Assistant Senior Prefect, Mary<br />
Aigboje, all of New Era Girls Secondary, Surulere, and CFO, Rand Merchant<br />
Bank Nigeria, Adebayo Ajayi, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2016 World Sav<strong>in</strong>gs Day campaign<br />
organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.<br />
DUFIL SCHOLARSHIP: From left—Coord<strong>in</strong>ator, Dufil M.SC<br />
Nutrition Scholarship, Professor Babatunde Oguntona; Group Public Relations<br />
and Event Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Mr. Tope Ashiwaju; FUNAAB student,<br />
John Ebenezer, and Indomie Brand Manager, Amber Yadav, dur<strong>in</strong>g the cheque<br />
presentation to scholarship awardees <strong>in</strong> Lagos. PHOTO: Akeem Salau.<br />
BUILDING MART: From left— Director-General, Land and Lands,<br />
Imo State, Chief Basil Ugwunga; Branch Manager, Universal Insurance, Mr.<br />
David Okolie, and Head, Technical Universal Insurance, Mr. Ben Ujoatuonu, at<br />
the launch of ALM Buildmart’s Eastern Properties website <strong>in</strong> Owerri.<br />
EMZOR PARA: From left— Chief Michael Odogwu; Mr. Ukah Johnson<br />
of Ikon Pharmaceutical Nig. Ltd.; Mr. & Mrs Ar<strong>in</strong>ze Ezeobi of Ar<strong>in</strong>izeson<br />
Pharmaceutical Ltd., and GMD/ CEO, Emzor Pharmaceutical Ltd., Dr. Stella<br />
Okoli, dur<strong>in</strong>g the unveill<strong>in</strong>g of Emzor Para 1000 <strong>in</strong> Lagos. PHOTO: Diran Oshe.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016—37<br />
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Oluwatunm<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>u, now<br />
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Juliet, now wish to be<br />
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OKONKW<br />
ONKWO<br />
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Okonkwo Nkechi<br />
Cynthia now wish to<br />
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EZE<br />
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Eze Ifey<strong>in</strong>wa Rachel,<br />
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Eze Ifey<strong>in</strong>wa Rachel.<br />
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EMMANUEL<br />
Addition of Name<br />
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Emmanuel Bernard,<br />
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Chibiko Henry, now<br />
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A<strong>in</strong>a Omolara<br />
Hannah, now wish to<br />
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Favour. All former<br />
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Nnadi Francesca<br />
Chid<strong>in</strong>ma, now wish to<br />
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ANN<br />
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Ann, now wish to be<br />
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Ann Oveya. All former<br />
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SUSSANA<br />
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addressed as Miss<br />
Ugbozighe Sussana<br />
Uzazomiaro, now wish<br />
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Edherue Sussana<br />
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OMOVIYE<br />
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Janet Idoloigho<br />
Omoviye, now wish to<br />
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OKOR<br />
ORO<br />
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Okoro Precious<br />
Omenogor, now wish<br />
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Awuje Precious<br />
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OKEZIE<br />
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Okezie Ch<strong>in</strong>onso<br />
Lucy, now wish to be<br />
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Anyikwa Ch<strong>in</strong>onso<br />
Lucy. All document<br />
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MOGAHA<br />
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Mogaha Stella Ekwi,<br />
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SHOBOWALE<br />
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Abimbola Shobowale,<br />
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and addressed as Mrs.<br />
Victoria Abimbola<br />
Atunrase. All former<br />
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OK<br />
OVUERHI<br />
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Ovuerhi Yellow, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
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ATAND<br />
ANDA<br />
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addressed as<br />
Oresanya Mojeed<br />
Atanda, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Oresanya Mojeed<br />
Jimoh. All former<br />
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ADENUGA<br />
Confirmation of Name<br />
This is to confirm that the<br />
name Obisanya Adenuga,<br />
Obisanya Adenuga<br />
Samuel and Obisanya<br />
Damilare Samuel refer to<br />
one and same person,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as<br />
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BADEMOSI<br />
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Bademosi Folake, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
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SADO<br />
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Sado Mariam<br />
Ekemeiren, now wish<br />
to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Nwoko Mariam<br />
Ekemeiren. All former<br />
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GLORIA<br />
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Gloria Chioma<br />
Umeafulike, now wish<br />
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addressed as Mrs.<br />
Gloria Chioma<br />
Ikechukwu Egbuna.<br />
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ADEFEMI<br />
I, formerly known as<br />
Adefemi Abimbola<br />
Atilade now wish to be<br />
known and addressed as<br />
Mrs Adefemi Abimbola<br />
Ola. All former documents<br />
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BUSARI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Busari<br />
Mariam Feyishike,<br />
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Afolabi Mariam<br />
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ONYEBUCHI<br />
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Okoh Moses<br />
Onyebuchi, now wish<br />
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addressed as Mr.<br />
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OGUNBAJO<br />
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Ogunbajo Oluwatos<strong>in</strong><br />
Adenike, now wish to<br />
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addressed as Mrs.<br />
Awodani Oluwatos<strong>in</strong><br />
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FAJENY<br />
AJENYO<br />
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Fajenyo Abiola<br />
Rebecca, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Ak<strong>in</strong>tayo A. S.<br />
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OSAYANDE<br />
ANDE<br />
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addressed as Miss<br />
Osayande Mercy, now<br />
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former documents<br />
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NWANKUDU<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Nwankudu Uzoamaka<br />
Joy, now wish to be<br />
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as Mrs. Ojumah<br />
Uzoamaka Joy. All<br />
former documents<br />
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EYEOWA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Eyeowa Abisola Peace,<br />
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Obasa Abisola Peace.<br />
All former documents<br />
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OLUW<br />
UWAYEMI<br />
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O d u g b e s a n<br />
O l u w a t o y i n<br />
Oluwayemi, now wish<br />
to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
John Oduyemi<br />
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IKPEKA<br />
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Amarachi. All former<br />
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OKONKW<br />
ONKWO<br />
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Okonkwo Ch<strong>in</strong>yere<br />
Anthonia, now wish to<br />
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REMIGIUS<br />
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Onyedika, now wish to<br />
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Remigius. All former<br />
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38—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
ADISHI<br />
I, formerly known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Miss Adishi<br />
Nkemjika, now wish to<br />
be known called and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Omayeka Nkemjika.<br />
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OLUFEMI<br />
I, formerly Miss Bunmi<br />
Carol<strong>in</strong>e Olufemi, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs Bunmi<br />
Carol<strong>in</strong>e Ogunjobi. All<br />
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Authority and the general<br />
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AMOSUN<br />
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addressed as<br />
Oluwatoy<strong>in</strong> Amosun,<br />
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Oluwatoy<strong>in</strong> Oladiran.<br />
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OGOLO<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Elekima Monday<br />
Ogolo, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Mrs. Elekima<br />
Alfred Imoni. All<br />
former documents<br />
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OKORIE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss Okorie<br />
Ez<strong>in</strong>ne Peace, now wish to<br />
be known and addressed<br />
as Dr. (Mrs) Chika Ez<strong>in</strong>ne<br />
Peace. All former<br />
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Dental Council, NYSC and<br />
general public please take<br />
note.<br />
UKWAYA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Mercy Ukwaya, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Mercy Akpofure. All<br />
former documents<br />
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MUSA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Musa O.<br />
Sule, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Musa Sule. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid, UBA and<br />
the general public to<br />
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UTIEYIN<br />
I, formerly known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Miss Utiey<strong>in</strong> Anita<br />
Eyela, now wish to be<br />
known called and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Nemi Anita Eyela. All<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
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OBIENE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Obiene<br />
Victory, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Obiene Victory<br />
Alamu.<br />
All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. FCMB,<br />
First bank and general<br />
public please take note.<br />
OKONMAH<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Okonmah Bridget,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Mrs<br />
Obonodi Bridget<br />
Nwakego. All former<br />
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OJI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Mrs. Oji<br />
Ochuko, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Timothy Ochuko. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
JOHN<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Obaka<br />
Samson John, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Obaka<br />
Samson Ekugbe. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
OSAZUWA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Osazuwa John<br />
Onyemaechi, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Osazuwa John<br />
Abraham. All<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. Eco Bank, and<br />
the General public<br />
please take note.<br />
CHANGE OF NAME<br />
LADAN ONOME EZEKWUBE OLUWASEGUN<br />
I, formerly known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Miss Rakiya Ladan,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Mrs Rakiya Zango.<br />
All documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Miss Imonijevwe<br />
Nancy Onome, now<br />
wish to be known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Mrs Anuna Nancy<br />
Onome.All documents<br />
bear<strong>in</strong>g my former<br />
name rema<strong>in</strong> valid.<br />
General public please<br />
take note.<br />
I, formerly known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Miss Ezekwube<br />
Valent<strong>in</strong>a Ifeoma, now<br />
wish to be known<br />
called and addressed<br />
as Mrs Okpeki<br />
Valent<strong>in</strong>a Ifeoma.All<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Oluwasegun Idowu<br />
Victor, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Idowu Olusegun<br />
Victor. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
BABATUNDE SELEPERE OBIANUJU IJE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Faith<br />
Babatunde, now wish<br />
to be known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Eneware, Oy<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>epre<br />
Faith. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
vaild. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Selepere<br />
Ebimi, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Peter Ebimi. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> vaild. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Akpudiogwu Obianuju<br />
Patricia, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Mrs. Aguwa<br />
Obianuju Patricia. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> vaild. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss Ije<br />
Chimeruo Mercy, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Njoku Mercy<br />
Chimeruo. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
vaild. NYSC and<br />
general public please<br />
take note.<br />
KARO OGOM URUDE PAMOSOO<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Onoyivweta Rosel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Karo, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Mrs Agas Rosel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Oghenekaro. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take<br />
note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Ogom Ambrose<br />
Eziudo Peace, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Okechukwu Eziudo<br />
Peace. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known,<br />
addressed and called<br />
as Miss Ewomaz<strong>in</strong>o<br />
Gloria Urude, now<br />
wish to be known,<br />
addressed and called<br />
as Mrs Ewomaz<strong>in</strong>o<br />
Gloria Odio. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Bumiegha Pamosoo,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Mrs.<br />
Bumiegha Kenneth<br />
Enienghan. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. Bayelsa State<br />
Civil Service<br />
Commission and<br />
general public please<br />
take note.<br />
PETER PHILIPSON OKI COLLINS<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Peter Funmilayo<br />
Patience, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Olausi Patience<br />
Funmilayo. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Glory<br />
Lauretta Philipson,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Glory<br />
Lauretta Oluwash<strong>in</strong>a.<br />
All former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss Oki<br />
Enajite Bridget and Miss<br />
Oki Enajite, now wish to<br />
be known and addressed<br />
as Mrs. Ofuoma Enajite<br />
Bridget. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong> valid.<br />
General public please take<br />
note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Coll<strong>in</strong>s<br />
O m o n i g h o<br />
Akpodiogaga, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Coll<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Omonigho Agbosa. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
YAWOTU JONATHAN OYEM EJEH<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Yawotu<br />
Samuel, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Amalonye Samuel. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Jonathan<br />
Ometan, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Jacob<br />
Ometan. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>edu Oyem, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>edu Vivian<br />
Ochonogor. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Helen Ejeh Ugboga,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Mrs.<br />
Helen Ugboga Orih<br />
Godw<strong>in</strong>. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
OMORERE IBHAFE ORIALA ONONUGBO<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Esther Oghenetega<br />
Omorere, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Esther Oghenetega<br />
Amreich. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Miss Comfort Ibhafe<br />
Inegbenebor, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
C o m f o r t<br />
Ibhafe Igb<strong>in</strong>osa. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Gloria Chika Oriala,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as<br />
Mrs. Gloria Chika<br />
Chikezie. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Ononugbo Ch<strong>in</strong>we<br />
Calista (Nee Okwu),<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Mrs.<br />
Kenneth Adonu<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>we Calista. All<br />
documents carry<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the former name<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take<br />
note.<br />
OGWU AKPOBAJE EGBOJE AGBROKO EKI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Ogwu Ifeanyi Franca,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Mrs.<br />
Franca Ifeanyi Anowa.<br />
All former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid, authority<br />
and the general public<br />
to take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
A k p o b a y e<br />
Ogheneobruche Comfort,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Mrs.<br />
Jem<strong>in</strong>e Kimipriebi<br />
Comfort. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong> valid,<br />
any authority and the<br />
general public to take<br />
note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Afure Annette<br />
Egbodje, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Afure Annette Adigwe.<br />
All former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid, any<br />
authority and the<br />
general public to take<br />
note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Ebruphiyo Steadfast<br />
Agbroko, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Onoabedje Steadfast<br />
Ebruphiyo. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Eki<br />
Ruth, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Eki Ruth<br />
Oroweriodia. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid, any<br />
authority and the<br />
general public to take<br />
note.
LUKE<br />
IKENNA<br />
OJONE<br />
AKA<br />
OBAYI<br />
MAUREEN<br />
CHANGE OF NAME<br />
FATOYINBO<br />
We, formerly known and addressed as Fatoy<strong>in</strong>bo<br />
Oluwafemi Philip, Fatoy<strong>in</strong>bo Omolola Rachel,<br />
Fatoy<strong>in</strong>bo Oluwatobi Samuel, Fatoy<strong>in</strong>bo Inioluwa<br />
Peace, now wish to be known and addressed as<br />
Oluwagbemiro Oluwafemi Philip, Oluwagbemiro<br />
Omolola Rachel, Oluwagbemiro Oluwatobi<br />
Samuel, Oluwagbemiro Inioluwa Peace. All<br />
former documents rema<strong>in</strong> valid, any authority it<br />
may concern and the general public to take note.<br />
Reconciliation of Name<br />
This is to confirm that the<br />
names Luke Othman<br />
Chukwuka and Luke<br />
Othman Mornu refer to<br />
one and the same person,<br />
but now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as Luke<br />
Othman Chukwuka. All<br />
former documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Ikenna<br />
Stanley Onyemaechi,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and address as<br />
Ikechukwu Israel<br />
Onyemaechi. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should<br />
please take note.<br />
Confirmation of Name<br />
This is to confirm that the<br />
name Elizabeth Ojone<br />
Idoko, Elizabeth Ojone<br />
Oddy and Pr<strong>in</strong>cess Liz<br />
Ojone Oddy refer to one<br />
and same person, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Pr<strong>in</strong>cess Liz<br />
Ojone Oddy. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong> valid.<br />
General public please take<br />
note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Chioma<br />
Aka, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Chioma Reg<strong>in</strong>a<br />
Onweaka. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Obayi Marth<strong>in</strong>a<br />
Nkechi, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Asogwa Marth<strong>in</strong>a<br />
Nkechi. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. New Capital<br />
School Asokoro Abuja<br />
and the general public<br />
please take note.<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Eterivwirhe Maureen<br />
Ogagaoghene now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Eterivwirhe Joy<br />
Ogagaoghen. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
NDAK<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Obimokum Ndak<br />
Belisa, now wish to be<br />
known and address as<br />
Mrs. Oare Ndak<br />
Belisa. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. The general<br />
public should please<br />
take note.<br />
ODUVWU<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Oduvwu<br />
Priscilla, now wish to<br />
be known and address<br />
as Mrs. Priscilla<br />
Esesiobe. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. The general<br />
public should please<br />
take note.<br />
OMEJE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Obidike-<br />
Ugwu, Evelyn Omelebere<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Omeje,<br />
Evelyn Omelebere. All<br />
former documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. University of<br />
Nigeria Nsukka, Ahmedu<br />
Bello University, Zaria,<br />
Forest Research Institute<br />
of Nigeria, F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Institutions and the<br />
general Public please take<br />
note.<br />
OBI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Cynthia Ifeatu<br />
Chikaodili Obi, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Cynthia Ifeatu<br />
Chikaodili El<strong>in</strong>wa. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take<br />
note.<br />
OSEGBE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Osegbe Florence<br />
Abosede, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Solomon-Eruata<br />
Florence Abosede, am<br />
also known as Solomon<br />
Florence Abosede. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
UYOH<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Uyoh Sandra<br />
Agoghene, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Edoja Sandra<br />
Agoghene. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
FAITH<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Faith Osariemen<br />
Osazemw<strong>in</strong>de, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Faith Osariemen<br />
Enekorogha. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
DAGB<br />
GBA<br />
Confirmation of Names<br />
This is to confirm that all the names,<br />
Dagba Oritsewey<strong>in</strong>mi Lucky,<br />
Lucky Ogheneochuko Edjeresan,<br />
Edjeresan Dagba Lucky .O. Dudu<br />
Lucky Edjeresan And Dagba<br />
Oritesanoma Lucky as they appear<br />
<strong>in</strong> my various documents belong to<br />
one and the same person, now wish<br />
to be known and address as Dagba<br />
Oritsewey<strong>in</strong>mi Lucky. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should please take<br />
note.<br />
ALOSIBA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Glory Alosiba Ch<strong>in</strong>asa,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and address as Mrs.<br />
Glory Ch<strong>in</strong>asa<br />
Oghenero. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. The general<br />
public should please<br />
take note.<br />
EDEMAYIBO<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Edemayibo Victor<br />
Oritsejolomisan, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
address<br />
as<br />
Odounoghanro Victor<br />
Oritsejolomisan. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should<br />
please take note.<br />
NWANKA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Nwanka Eunice<br />
Nwaugo, now wish to<br />
be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs<br />
Eunice Nwaugo<br />
Onyejieme. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
OLOWU<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Olowu<br />
Rita, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Onome Rita. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public to please take<br />
note.<br />
ANITA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Adarighofua Anita<br />
Ifeanyi, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Mrs. Osafiele Anita<br />
Ifeanyi. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
CHIAKA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Onukwugha Cynthia<br />
Chiaka, now wish to be<br />
known and address as<br />
Mrs. Jeff Cynthia<br />
Chiaka. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. The general<br />
public should please<br />
take note.<br />
AWHI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Awhi Oghenetekevwe,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and address as Mrs.<br />
I v o n g e<br />
Oghenetekevwe. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should<br />
please take note.<br />
CHINEDU<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Ndidi<br />
Samuel Ch<strong>in</strong>edu, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
address as Ndidi<br />
Samuel. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. The general<br />
public should please<br />
take note.<br />
HANYA<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as<br />
Cather<strong>in</strong>e Stephen<br />
Hanya, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Hanya Cather<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
All former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. Eco Bank<br />
and the general public<br />
please take note.<br />
EDAFEH<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Edafeh<br />
Ernest Akporobaro<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as<br />
Edafeh Ernest. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid, Keystone<br />
bank and the general<br />
public to take note.<br />
JONES<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Jones Faith, now wish<br />
to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Odoh Faith. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
SAGE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Robert<br />
Monday Ak<strong>in</strong>ka Sage,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and address as Patricia<br />
Alero Akiaka. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should<br />
please take note.<br />
BOTIROMI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Botiromi Mary Kemi,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and address as Mrs<br />
Hassan Mary Kemi.<br />
All former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should<br />
please take note.<br />
OLUWAREMI<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Abiodun<br />
August<strong>in</strong>e Oluwaremi,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and addressed as<br />
Abiodun August<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Oluwakemi. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong> valid.<br />
General public please take<br />
note.<br />
PREYE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Preye<br />
Richie Ogolo, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Richie<br />
Manfred Ogolo. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
EBEKAN<br />
Correction of Name<br />
This is to certify that<br />
Ebekan Isaac Odey<br />
and Isaac Ebekan<br />
Odey is one and same<br />
person, now wish to be<br />
known and addressed<br />
as Ebekan Isaac Odey.<br />
All former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. General<br />
public please take note.<br />
SPACE<br />
FOR SALE<br />
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016—39<br />
IZU<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss Izu<br />
Akpojhe Nora, now<br />
wish to be known and<br />
addressed as Mrs.<br />
Iwhiwhu Akpojhe<br />
Nora. All former<br />
documents rema<strong>in</strong><br />
valid. General public<br />
please take note.<br />
ABIWAYE<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
Abiwaye Elohor Joy,<br />
now wish to be known<br />
and address as Mrs.<br />
Jitoma Elohor Joy. All<br />
former documents<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> valid. The<br />
general public should<br />
please take note.<br />
AZUGO<br />
I, formerly known and<br />
addressed as Miss<br />
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known and addressed<br />
as Mrs Treasure<br />
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and Ogodo Anita<br />
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addressed as Miss<br />
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Margaret, now wish to<br />
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addressed as Mrs<br />
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Obogheneakpoephan is<br />
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40—Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 41<br />
Nearly 90% of black voters favour Cl<strong>in</strong>ton over<br />
Trump — National Black Voter Poll<br />
THE National News<br />
paper Publishers<br />
Association (NNPA) and<br />
Howard University, announced<br />
the results of<br />
the 2016 Howard University/NNPA<br />
National<br />
Black Voter Poll. Nearly<br />
90 percent of Black voters<br />
plan to cast ballots for<br />
Hillary Cl<strong>in</strong>ton and two<br />
percent plan to vote for<br />
Donald Trump, accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the poll.<br />
The HU/NNPA national<br />
poll<strong>in</strong>g center, located on<br />
the campus of Howard<br />
University, made over<br />
21,200 telephone calls<br />
across the United States<br />
from October 23, 2016 to<br />
October 30, 2016.<br />
The HU/NNPA National<br />
Black Voter Poll<br />
revealed that the top issues<br />
<strong>in</strong>fluenc<strong>in</strong>g Black<br />
voters <strong>in</strong>cluded the<br />
economy and jobs, <strong>in</strong>come<br />
<strong>in</strong>equality, race and<br />
race relations, college<br />
affordability and high<br />
quality education <strong>in</strong> prek<strong>in</strong>dergarten.<br />
Presidents HW Bush, W Bush to vote for Cl<strong>in</strong>ton<br />
JUST when you<br />
thought this<br />
election could not get<br />
any stranger comes the<br />
news that Presidents<br />
George W Bush and<br />
Hubert Walker Bush<br />
could be vot<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
Hillary Cl<strong>in</strong>ton.<br />
The revelation came<br />
from Texas land<br />
commissioner and Trump<br />
supporter George P Bush<br />
who suggested at a small<br />
Republican gather<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that his grandfather<br />
George HW and uncle<br />
George W could both be<br />
cast<strong>in</strong>g ballots for Hillary<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ton.<br />
Rumours that Bush<br />
Senior was a secret<br />
supporter of the wife of<br />
the man who beat him <strong>in</strong><br />
1992 have been<br />
circulat<strong>in</strong>g for a few<br />
weeks, after he<br />
reportedly spilled the<br />
beans to a member of the<br />
Kennedy clan. The 92-<br />
year-old was apparently<br />
not impressed by Trump’s<br />
mockery of his son Jeb <strong>in</strong><br />
the primaries.<br />
But this is the first time<br />
we’ve heard that George<br />
W Bush might back<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ton too - like father,<br />
like son, it now appears.<br />
When Jeb Bush was<br />
asked about his brother’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>tentions, he simply<br />
said: “Secret ballot.”<br />
Trump, Cl<strong>in</strong>ton to leave bus<strong>in</strong>esses for daughters<br />
DESPITE the pressure<br />
that the US<br />
presidential election<br />
campaign has placed on<br />
their parents, Chelsea<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ton and Ivanka Trump<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> that they are good<br />
friends.<br />
But depend<strong>in</strong>g on the<br />
outcome of the vote on 8<br />
November, one of the two can<br />
If Trump w<strong>in</strong>s, I’ll destroy my<br />
American green card—Soy<strong>in</strong>ka<br />
WOLE Soy<strong>in</strong>ka,<br />
Nobel laureate,<br />
has said he would<br />
destroy his green card<br />
if Donald Trump<br />
becomes president of<br />
the United States.<br />
Soy<strong>in</strong>ka said this<br />
while giv<strong>in</strong>g a speech to<br />
students of Oxford<br />
University, England,<br />
reports the Guardian<br />
UK.<br />
His words: “If <strong>in</strong> the<br />
unlikely event he does<br />
w<strong>in</strong>, the first th<strong>in</strong>g he’ll<br />
do is to say [that] all<br />
green-card holders must<br />
reapply to come back<br />
<strong>in</strong>to the US. Well, I’m<br />
not wait<strong>in</strong>g for that.<br />
“The moment they<br />
announce his victory, I<br />
will cut my green card<br />
myself and start pack<strong>in</strong>g<br />
up,” said Soy<strong>in</strong>ka, who<br />
is scholar-<strong>in</strong>-residence<br />
at New York<br />
University’s Institute of<br />
African American<br />
Affairs.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>ternationallyacclaimed<br />
playwright<br />
and poet described<br />
Brita<strong>in</strong>’s decision to exit<br />
the European Union as<br />
a “ridiculous decision”.<br />
expect to be thrust <strong>in</strong>to a<br />
major f<strong>in</strong>ancial role.<br />
Donald Trump has said<br />
that if he becomes president,<br />
he will hand control of his<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess empire to Ivanka<br />
and her brothers, Don and<br />
Eric. If Hillary Cl<strong>in</strong>ton w<strong>in</strong>s<br />
the race for the White House,<br />
the <strong>in</strong>tention is for her and<br />
husband Bill to step down<br />
from the board of the Cl<strong>in</strong>ton<br />
Foundation and for Chelsea,<br />
currently its vice-chair, to take<br />
over its day-to-day<br />
operations.<br />
Both candidates’ plans<br />
have come under fierce<br />
scrut<strong>in</strong>y from critics, who say<br />
they <strong>in</strong>volve big conflicts of<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
So what are the risks and<br />
why should they be allowed<br />
to get away with such<br />
arrangements?<br />
Nigerians <strong>in</strong> Texas, Chicago differ on choice of candidate<br />
BY GBENGA OKE,<br />
who is <strong>in</strong> Houston<br />
Texas<br />
FOR most Africans,<br />
Mexicans,<br />
Hispanics, Lat<strong>in</strong>os,<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ton is the way to go.<br />
Specifically, some<br />
Nigerians resident <strong>in</strong> the<br />
country <strong>in</strong> their<br />
Former US Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush who<br />
were reported to have concluded plans to vote for Hillary Cl<strong>in</strong>ton are<br />
seen here at a recent function.<br />
conversation with<br />
Vanguard <strong>in</strong> Huston Texas<br />
were optimistic about a<br />
Trump presidency while<br />
others were confident that<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ton would emerge<br />
victorious.<br />
A Chicago-based<br />
Nigerian, Prof Chalokwu,<br />
who identified himself as<br />
a supporter of the<br />
Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Cl<strong>in</strong>ton attend<br />
the 2014 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards<br />
at Carnegie Hall on November 10, 2014, <strong>in</strong><br />
New York City.<br />
Republican Party, said<br />
African Americans, who<br />
were support<strong>in</strong>g Trump<br />
would have noth<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
lose.<br />
He said: “Even though<br />
am not happy with the<br />
locker room talk of Trump,<br />
I believe that the latest<br />
probe by the FBI on<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ton’s email will affect<br />
her chances very<br />
seriously. I might not<br />
agree fully with all what<br />
Trump says but I believe<br />
he will emerge the next<br />
President of the United<br />
States. And just like<br />
Trump said, I believe<br />
strongly that African<br />
Americans have got<br />
noth<strong>in</strong>g to lose by<br />
support<strong>in</strong>g Trump.’’<br />
Brexit suffers setback as court<br />
says govt can’t commence exit<br />
BRITAIN’s plans to<br />
leave the European<br />
Union hit a large speed<br />
bump Thursday, as a High<br />
Court ruled that the<br />
government can’t start exit<br />
negotiations without a vote<br />
<strong>in</strong> Parliament.<br />
The judgment deepened<br />
Brita<strong>in</strong>’s divide over<br />
Europe, rais<strong>in</strong>g hopes<br />
among pro-EU politicians<br />
that they can soften the<br />
terms of the U.K.’s<br />
withdrawal from the bloc.<br />
“Leave” campaigners say<br />
any attempt to do that<br />
would be a betrayal of<br />
voters’ decision.<br />
The government<br />
immediately said it would<br />
ask the Supreme Court to<br />
overturn the rul<strong>in</strong>g. The<br />
Court has set aside time <strong>in</strong><br />
early December to hear the<br />
case. Thursday’s rul<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Iraqi forces fight ISIS on Mosul<br />
streets<br />
IRAQI forces entered<br />
ISIS-held Mosul on<br />
Thursday for the first time<br />
<strong>in</strong> more than two years, and<br />
are <strong>in</strong> a head-to-head<br />
battle with militants on the<br />
front l<strong>in</strong>e, defense officials<br />
said.<br />
Iraqi Defense M<strong>in</strong>istry<br />
spokesman Brig. Gen.<br />
Tahs<strong>in</strong> Ibrahim told CNN<br />
that units of the 9th Armored<br />
Division had entered<br />
the key city and that troops<br />
had stormed the neighborhood<br />
of al Intisar <strong>in</strong> the east.<br />
Penetrat<strong>in</strong>g the eastern<br />
border has been the most<br />
significant breakthrough <strong>in</strong><br />
the offensive, which was<br />
launched two weeks ago to<br />
free Mosul from the militant<br />
group’s brutal rule.<br />
Officials had warned that<br />
enter<strong>in</strong>g the city would<br />
could delay government<br />
plans to start talks on<br />
Brita<strong>in</strong>’s EU exit, or Brexit,<br />
with<strong>in</strong> weeks, and opens a<br />
major constitutional battle<br />
over the balance of power<br />
between Parliament and the<br />
government.<br />
Brexit Secretary David<br />
Davis said Brita<strong>in</strong>’s June 23<br />
vote to leave the EU “must<br />
be respected.”<br />
“The people want us to<br />
get on with it, and that is<br />
what we are go<strong>in</strong>g to do,”<br />
he said.<br />
Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister Theresa<br />
May has said she will use<br />
centuries-old powers<br />
known as royal prerogative<br />
to <strong>in</strong>voke Article 50 of the<br />
EU treaty, which launches<br />
two years of exit<br />
negotiations, by the end of<br />
March.<br />
likely trigger the fiercest<br />
fight<strong>in</strong>g yet, and that the<br />
battle is expected to be<br />
fought “street to street,” or<br />
even “house to house.”<br />
Latest developments<br />
• Iraqi security forces<br />
shot dead two ISIS suicide<br />
bombers <strong>in</strong> al Intisar, the<br />
military says<br />
• Troops comb<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
neighborhood have detonated<br />
at least six car bombs<br />
• Heavy airstrikes and<br />
artillery shell<strong>in</strong>g targeted<br />
northern Mosul, witnesses<br />
say<br />
• Hundreds of civilians<br />
poured out as clashes <strong>in</strong>tensified<br />
• Coalition warplanes hit<br />
an ISIS convoy, a bridge,<br />
an IED factory and two<br />
tunnels, US members of<br />
the operation say.<br />
Nigerian Union <strong>in</strong> diaspora<br />
endorses Cl<strong>in</strong>ton for president<br />
*Says members free to vote any candidate<br />
BY CHARLES<br />
KUMOLU<br />
THE Nigerian Union<br />
Diaspora, the<br />
umbrella organization for<br />
the social, political and<br />
economic empowerment<br />
of Nigerians <strong>in</strong> the<br />
United States of America,<br />
has endorsed the<br />
presidential nom<strong>in</strong>ee of<br />
the Democratic Party,<br />
Hillary Cl<strong>in</strong>ton.<br />
A statement by its<br />
Secretary General, Mr.<br />
SKC Ogbonaya noted<br />
that the decision was<br />
<strong>in</strong>formed by the group’s<br />
conviction that a Donald<br />
Trump presidency was<br />
likely to threaten world<br />
peace.<br />
The statement<br />
reads:‘’The decision to<br />
choose Cl<strong>in</strong>ton was<br />
reached at an emergency<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g held at the<br />
union’s headquarters <strong>in</strong><br />
Houston, TX, on October<br />
29, 2016.<br />
‘’The Nigerian Union<br />
Diaspora broke its long<br />
tradition of neutrality for<br />
an obvious reason:<br />
extraord<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
circumstances call for<br />
extraord<strong>in</strong>ary measures.<br />
Trump’s litany of<br />
specters is profoundly<br />
hostile to world peace.<br />
Moreover, his cavalier<br />
attitude pales <strong>in</strong><br />
comparison to someone<br />
aspir<strong>in</strong>g to lead the free<br />
world.
42—VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
Sheriff-led PDP seeks disbandment of fresh<br />
A-Court panel<br />
*Seeks <strong>in</strong>tervention of S-Court<br />
By Ikechukwu<br />
Nnochiri<br />
ABUJA —<br />
CHIEFTAINS of the<br />
Senator Ali Modu-Sheriffled<br />
faction of the Peoples<br />
Democratic Party <strong>in</strong> the six<br />
South-West states have<br />
asked the President of the<br />
Court of Appeal, PCA,<br />
Justice Za<strong>in</strong>ab Bulkachuwa<br />
to disband the fresh panel<br />
constituted to hear cases<br />
relat<strong>in</strong>g to the Ondo<br />
governorship election.<br />
The group, led by<br />
Chairman of the PDP <strong>in</strong><br />
Ondo State, Pr<strong>in</strong>ce Biyi<br />
Boroye, <strong>in</strong> a motion they<br />
filed yesterday, queried the<br />
rationale beh<strong>in</strong>d the<br />
composition of a special<br />
panel by the PCA, to hear a<br />
pre-election matter.<br />
They further challenged<br />
moves by the new panel<br />
headed by Justice Ibrahim<br />
Salauwa, to commence<br />
hear<strong>in</strong>g on five appeals<br />
pend<strong>in</strong>g before the<br />
appellate court, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the one that was lodged by<br />
Senator Ahmed Markafi<br />
and Senator Ben Obi.<br />
Among other appeals, the<br />
group also wants the panel<br />
to hands-off the case filed by<br />
factional candidate of the<br />
PDP <strong>in</strong> Ondo state, Mr.<br />
Eyitayo Jegede, SAN.<br />
All the appeals are<br />
seek<strong>in</strong>g to vacate the<br />
judgement of Justice Okon<br />
Abang of the Federal High<br />
Court <strong>in</strong> Abuja, which<br />
directed the Independent<br />
National Electoral<br />
Commission, INEC, to<br />
recognise Mr. Jimoh<br />
Ibrahim as PDP candidate<br />
for the November 26<br />
governorship election.<br />
INEC had on the strength<br />
of the High Court verdict,<br />
substituted Mr. Eyitayo<br />
Jegede, SAN, who it <strong>in</strong>itially<br />
recognised as PDP<br />
candidate for the election,<br />
with Mr. Ibrahim.<br />
Whereas Jegede<br />
emerged from primary<br />
election that was sanctioned<br />
by the Markarfi-led faction<br />
of the PDP, Ibrahim on the<br />
other hand, secured his<br />
ticket from the Ali Modu-<br />
Sheriff- led group.<br />
Meantime, the PCA had<br />
on Wednesday, constituted<br />
a new panel to resolve<br />
dispute regard<strong>in</strong>g who<br />
should be the flag-bearer of<br />
the PDP for the impend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
poll.<br />
Aside Justice Salauwa,<br />
other members of the fresh<br />
panel are Justices Ignatius<br />
Igwe Aguba, and George<br />
Mbaba.<br />
The new panel was<br />
constituted after the <strong>in</strong>itial<br />
three-man panel led by<br />
Justice Jumai Hannatu-<br />
Sankey withdrew from the<br />
case follow<strong>in</strong>g allegation<br />
that they collected<br />
N350million bribe.<br />
The allegation was<br />
conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> a petition<br />
Poroye forwarded to the<br />
PCA.<br />
In their motion, they<br />
contended that the new<br />
panel was set up <strong>in</strong> breach<br />
of their right to fair hear<strong>in</strong>g<br />
guaranteed under Section<br />
36 of the 1999 Constitution.<br />
They therefore prayed the<br />
appellate court to “order the<br />
return of case files relat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the appeals and the<br />
application for leave to<br />
appeal as an <strong>in</strong>terested party<br />
(aga<strong>in</strong>st the decision of the<br />
Federal High Court of 14th<br />
October 2016 <strong>in</strong> suit No.<br />
FHC/ABJ/CS/395/2016) -<br />
filed by Eyitayo Jegede<br />
(factional PDP candidate of<br />
the Ondo PDP), to the<br />
Registry of the Court of<br />
Appeal to take its normal<br />
course and turn <strong>in</strong> the docket<br />
of the court.”<br />
The appeals affected by<br />
the applicant’s motion are:<br />
CA/A/551/2016 filed by<br />
Ahmed Makarfi and Ben<br />
Obi aga<strong>in</strong>st Biyi Poroye and<br />
10 others and CA/A/551A/<br />
2016 filed by Clement<br />
Faboyede and another<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st 10 others; CA/<br />
A551B/2016 filed by the PDP<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Biyi Poroye and 9<br />
others and CA/A/551C/2016<br />
filed by Eyitayo Jegede<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Pr<strong>in</strong>ce Biyi Poroye<br />
and 10 others.<br />
They argued that not only<br />
did the PCA act without<br />
hear<strong>in</strong>g from them, the said<br />
the case, be<strong>in</strong>g a preelection<br />
matter, did not<br />
warrant any urgency to<br />
require the constitution of a<br />
special panel.<br />
They added that those<br />
who filed the appeals aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
the June 29 and October 14<br />
decisions of Justice Abang<br />
were not parties <strong>in</strong> the cases<br />
lead<strong>in</strong>g to the decisions.<br />
The applicants also<br />
argued that no orders were<br />
made aga<strong>in</strong>st any of those<br />
beh<strong>in</strong>d the new appeals,<br />
and that they (the<br />
applicants), who were<br />
pla<strong>in</strong>tiffs <strong>in</strong> the suits, were<br />
not <strong>in</strong>formed when the PCA<br />
acted solely on the request<br />
by the appellants to<br />
constitute the panel on the<br />
grounds of urgency.<br />
Besides, the group also<br />
filed a motion before the<br />
Supreme Court seek<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
stay of all proceed<strong>in</strong>gs before<br />
the Court of Appeal <strong>in</strong><br />
relation to the appeals,<br />
pend<strong>in</strong>g the determ<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
of the two appeals they filed<br />
on October 31, which have<br />
been entered and given<br />
numbers: SC/914/2016 and<br />
SC/915/2016.<br />
Specifically, the motion<br />
filed by two members of the<br />
party, Benson Ak<strong>in</strong>gboye<br />
and Ehiozuwa Agbonayiwa,<br />
is seek<strong>in</strong>g for a stay of “all<br />
further proceed<strong>in</strong>gs and<br />
further hear<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> CA/ABJ/<br />
402A/2016 filed on behalf of<br />
the PDP by a lawyer<br />
engaged by the Ahmed<br />
Makarfi-led faction of the<br />
party’s leadership”.<br />
They h<strong>in</strong>ged the motion<br />
on among other th<strong>in</strong>gs, the<br />
argument that it was wrong<br />
to allow the Court of Appeal<br />
to proceed with any of the<br />
appeals, when they have<br />
valid appeals before the<br />
Supreme Court challeng<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the jurisdiction of the Court<br />
of Appeal.<br />
Meanwhile, the Supreme<br />
Court is yet to fix a date to<br />
hear the appeal the group<br />
filed through their lawyer,<br />
Mr. B.E.I. Nwofor, SAN.<br />
Markarfi faction expresses confidence <strong>in</strong><br />
new panel<br />
THE<br />
Ahmed<br />
Makarfi faction of<br />
the Peoples Democratic<br />
Party, PDP, yesterday,<br />
expressed confidence<br />
<strong>in</strong> the newly<br />
constituted panel of the<br />
Court of Appeal to hear<br />
its case.<br />
Its Publicity Secretary,<br />
Mr. Banji Okunomo,<br />
told newsmen <strong>in</strong> Akure<br />
that it was hopeful of<br />
justice at the appellate<br />
court.<br />
Okunomo said the<br />
faction’s candidate, Mr.<br />
Eyitayo Jegede, was<br />
the authentic candidate<br />
of the party.<br />
He alleged that there<br />
was <strong>in</strong>justice <strong>in</strong> the<br />
judgment of Justice<br />
Okon Abang of the<br />
Federal High Court,<br />
Abuja on October 14,<br />
2016. Okunomo said:<br />
•Sheriff<br />
•Makarfi<br />
“We believe <strong>in</strong> the law.<br />
We are protected by the<br />
law. The law is on our<br />
side to produce the<br />
candidate of our party<br />
because the only lawful<br />
PDP primary was held<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ondo. We believe<br />
that the judgment of<br />
Justice Abang would<br />
not stand <strong>in</strong> the face of<br />
the law. The same<br />
lawyer that stood for<br />
Biyi Poroye as a<br />
•Ibrahim<br />
•Jegede<br />
pla<strong>in</strong>tiff also stood for<br />
the defendant.<br />
The faction had<br />
appealed aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
rul<strong>in</strong>g of the lower court<br />
which ordered the<br />
Independent National<br />
E l e c t o r a l<br />
Commission,INEC, to<br />
recognise Mr. Jimoh<br />
Ibrahim as the<br />
authentic candidate of<br />
the party.<br />
We ‘ll resist any attempt to<br />
rig with federal might — Oke<br />
By Dayo Johnson<br />
G OVERNORSHIP<br />
candidate of<br />
Alliance<br />
for<br />
Democracy,AD, <strong>in</strong> Ondo<br />
State, Mr. Olusola Oke<br />
has warned that the era of<br />
election rigg<strong>in</strong>g and use of<br />
federal might to <strong>in</strong>fluence<br />
outcome of polls had gone,<br />
not<strong>in</strong>g that those<br />
contemplat<strong>in</strong>g such should<br />
perish the thought.<br />
Oke spoke aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
backdrop of <strong>in</strong>s<strong>in</strong>uations<br />
that the All Progressives<br />
Congress, APC, was likely<br />
to use federal might <strong>in</strong><br />
favour of its candidate.<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g through the<br />
Chairman of his Media<br />
and Publicity, Mr.<br />
Kolawole Olabisi, he said<br />
those plann<strong>in</strong>g to rig<br />
should be ready for the<br />
wrath of the people.<br />
His words: ‘’We have a<br />
President who is a<br />
democrat and a complete<br />
gentleman. He does not<br />
believe <strong>in</strong> any rigg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
plan. Those who believe <strong>in</strong><br />
snatch<strong>in</strong>g ballot boxes<br />
should know that it<br />
belongs to the past. It is<br />
now anachronistic and<br />
those, who th<strong>in</strong>k that<br />
results can be<br />
manufactured for them<br />
and be announced, should<br />
know that it is no longer<br />
fashionable.<br />
“This election is not<br />
available for rigg<strong>in</strong>g. Power<br />
now resides with the<br />
people and they will<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>e who they want.<br />
And I am rely<strong>in</strong>g on the<br />
strength of the people of<br />
Ondo State <strong>in</strong> this election.<br />
That is why till the very last<br />
day of the campaigns, I will<br />
relate with them and<br />
canvass for their votes. Let<br />
those who are boast<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
rigg<strong>in</strong>g come along and<br />
manipulate the election.’’<br />
Oke, however, promised<br />
to revamp the abandoned<br />
multi-billion Naira Okeluse<br />
cement factory and the Ifon<br />
ceramics <strong>in</strong>dustry located<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ose Local Government<br />
Area of the state,<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g:”We are go<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
turn around the fortunes of<br />
all our <strong>in</strong>dustries and make<br />
them functional.’’<br />
SDP candidate pledges<br />
to support traditional<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutions<br />
By Dayo Johnson<br />
THE<br />
Social<br />
Democratic Party,<br />
SDP, <strong>in</strong> Ondo State has<br />
promised to restore dignity<br />
to traditional <strong>in</strong>stitutions<br />
across the state with the<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduction of Palace<br />
autonomy.<br />
Its governorship<br />
candidate Dr. Olu<br />
Agunloye made the pledge<br />
at Igbo Otu, <strong>in</strong> Ese-Odo<br />
Local Government Area of<br />
the state.<br />
Agunloye said such<br />
autonomy will give royal<br />
fathers the power to<br />
demand the rights of their<br />
people at all times.<br />
He said: ‘’When the<br />
custom is respected, the<br />
government will no longer<br />
have the authority to<br />
<strong>in</strong>timidate those who are the<br />
custodians of our tradition<br />
and culture.’’<br />
He assured that his<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration will br<strong>in</strong>g<br />
development to Gbalue<br />
•Oke<br />
•Agunloye<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdom.<br />
He lamented that<br />
development had eluded<br />
the k<strong>in</strong>gdom <strong>in</strong> the past due<br />
to greed and selfishness,<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g that Arogbo<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdom shall be<br />
connected to National Grid<br />
to ensure un<strong>in</strong>terrupted<br />
power supply.<br />
Respond<strong>in</strong>g, Oba Ade<br />
Ajayi described Dr.<br />
Agunloye as a man with<br />
enviable records, cit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
his days as the Pioneer<br />
Marshal of Federal Road<br />
Safety Corps,FRSC, and as<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister of Power and Steel.
VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 43<br />
AMBASSADORIAL NOMINEE: APC, PDP<br />
<strong>in</strong> hard tackles <strong>in</strong> Taraba<br />
By John Mkom<br />
THE rul<strong>in</strong>g Peoples Dem<br />
ocratic Party, PDP and<br />
ma<strong>in</strong> opposition All Progressives<br />
Congress, APC, are at<br />
each other’s jugular <strong>in</strong> Taraba<br />
over the <strong>in</strong>clusion of the<br />
name of Mallam Mustafa Jaji<br />
on President Muhammadu<br />
Buhari’s ambassadorial nom<strong>in</strong>ees<br />
list.<br />
While the Taraba PDP celebrated<br />
and hailed the President<br />
for nom<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g the former<br />
executive secretary of TET-<br />
FUND, the APC condemned<br />
the nom<strong>in</strong>ation. It said that Jeji<br />
does not deserve the appo<strong>in</strong>tment<br />
and called on the president<br />
to reverse his nom<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />
Taraba State PDP Chairman,<br />
Mr. Victor Bala Kona, told reporters<br />
on Tuesday that the<br />
party is happy with Jaji’s<br />
nom<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
In an <strong>in</strong>terview with journalist<br />
at his residence <strong>in</strong> Jal<strong>in</strong>go,<br />
the Taraba State capital, Kona<br />
said the PDP was very happy<br />
and commended President<br />
Buhari for consider<strong>in</strong>g a worthy<br />
son of Taraba State to be<br />
on the ambassadorial list,<br />
which shows that Taraba state<br />
was also considered <strong>in</strong> the<br />
scheme of th<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> Nigeria.<br />
High<br />
profile<br />
Kona said anyone opposed<br />
to the decision of President <strong>in</strong><br />
nom<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g Jaji is aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest of Taraba State.<br />
“Mustafa that I know is well<br />
educated, he is a Nigerian, he<br />
is experienced. He has a high<br />
profile that qualifies him to<br />
represent Nigeria <strong>in</strong> any part<br />
of the world. Therefore, I don’t<br />
know why some quarters<br />
would like to associate his<br />
nom<strong>in</strong>ation with political <strong>in</strong>s<strong>in</strong>uations.<br />
“President Buhari has made<br />
a brilliant choice from Taraba<br />
State, we the PDP here are<br />
very happy with his choice<br />
and we celebrate with the<br />
nom<strong>in</strong>ee as we look forward<br />
to support him to succeed<br />
when he is f<strong>in</strong>ally appo<strong>in</strong>ted<br />
and posted to any part of the<br />
world for his assignment.”<br />
Buhari: Will he drop Jaji?<br />
Nigeria now a police state — EMEMOBONG<br />
Comrade Ini Ememobong is the Publicity Secretary<br />
of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, <strong>in</strong> Akwa Ibom<br />
State. In this <strong>in</strong>terview, he speaks on issues<br />
concern<strong>in</strong>g the PDP and ongo<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestigation of<br />
judges among others.<br />
By Henry Umoru<br />
WHAT is your take on<br />
crisis <strong>in</strong> your party?<br />
The party is undergo<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
rebirth and <strong>in</strong> every rebirth,<br />
rejuvenation and renaissance,<br />
you have to destroy someth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to rebuild. When the party came<br />
<strong>in</strong> 1998, it was an assemblage of<br />
great m<strong>in</strong>ds. This is a period of<br />
rebirth, it is a period when the<br />
party is say<strong>in</strong>g that hav<strong>in</strong>g lost<br />
power at the national level, we<br />
can re<strong>in</strong>vent ourselves. Socrates<br />
said that an unexam<strong>in</strong>ed life is<br />
not worth liv<strong>in</strong>g. So, this is the<br />
period where the party must<br />
exam<strong>in</strong>e most of the th<strong>in</strong>gs they<br />
have done before. I am sure that<br />
at the end of this phase, we are<br />
go<strong>in</strong>g to come out stronger than<br />
we were. A lot of th<strong>in</strong>gs went<br />
wrong <strong>in</strong> 2015.<br />
Dispute resolution<br />
process<br />
Even those, who played<br />
various roles that led to the<br />
situation we found ourselves<br />
today are regrett<strong>in</strong>g. The election<br />
was basically PDP aga<strong>in</strong>st PDP<br />
and each time you fight aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
yourself, the opponent w<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
However, the PDP needs to have<br />
an unbiased dispute resolution<br />
process. If we had that, a lot of<br />
the th<strong>in</strong>gs that happened would<br />
not have happened.<br />
•Ememobong: People are<br />
feel<strong>in</strong>g more <strong>in</strong>secure<br />
Gov Darius Ishaku<br />
Buhari short-changed<br />
APC members <strong>in</strong> Taraba<br />
– Jika<br />
Counter<strong>in</strong>g, the Chairman<br />
of APC <strong>in</strong> Taraba State, Mallam<br />
Ardo Jika, <strong>in</strong> a telephon<br />
chat with Vanguard, said the<br />
nom<strong>in</strong>ation of Mustafa Jeji<br />
was aga<strong>in</strong>st the promise of<br />
President Buhari to APC members<br />
not only <strong>in</strong> Taraba state<br />
but also across the country.<br />
He said the president did<br />
not consulted the state executive<br />
or representatives of the<br />
APC <strong>in</strong> Taraba state at the national<br />
level before the nom<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />
Recall<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
President had promised to reward<br />
party loyalists for their<br />
hard labour before the election,<br />
he wondered why the<br />
president would dump those<br />
who worked for him and the<br />
You said Nigeria is now a<br />
Police state, how do you<br />
mean?<br />
When the residences of judicial<br />
officers were raided, when a court<br />
will give a rul<strong>in</strong>g that an accused<br />
should be produced <strong>in</strong> court and<br />
it fails to happen, when a court<br />
would grant bail to accused<br />
persons and the persons would<br />
not be released, and when a<br />
government house is <strong>in</strong>vaded.<br />
What else def<strong>in</strong>es a police state?<br />
There is absolutely no better<br />
def<strong>in</strong>ition of a police state than<br />
what we are see<strong>in</strong>g today. People<br />
are feel<strong>in</strong>g more <strong>in</strong>secure today<br />
than they were before. For<br />
<strong>in</strong>stance, Sanusi and Soludo<br />
expressed their personal<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions <strong>in</strong> Kaduna and the next<br />
th<strong>in</strong>g people started say<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
their tenures <strong>in</strong> the CBN should<br />
be <strong>in</strong>vestigated.<br />
party to reward those who<br />
worked aga<strong>in</strong>st the party <strong>in</strong><br />
the last general elections.<br />
His words: “As far as APC is<br />
concerned <strong>in</strong> Taraba State,<br />
You are from Akwa Ibom<br />
where the DSS raided the<br />
Government House. On the<br />
heels of that was the<br />
raid<strong>in</strong>g of the residences of<br />
Supreme Court justices.<br />
What is your take on the<br />
development?<br />
When they raided Akwa Ibom<br />
State Government House, we<br />
condemned it, but most<br />
Nigerians kept quiet. Now, it is<br />
the turn of Supreme Court<br />
justices. If people keep quiet<br />
The political<br />
marriage of strange<br />
bed fellows that<br />
made the APC, has<br />
also changed<br />
now, whenever the President<br />
and his vice disagree, the office<br />
of the Vice President may be<br />
raided. I pray that one day the<br />
DSS would not raid the<br />
president’s abode. The DSS<br />
should change its name from<br />
Department of State Security<br />
which of course is unknown to<br />
the law because the act<br />
establish<strong>in</strong>g it describes it as<br />
State Security Services. I don’t<br />
know where they got department<br />
from. They should change their<br />
name to the Department for the<br />
Protection of APC <strong>in</strong>terest. When<br />
you recall a man from retirement,<br />
who evidence shows, was a<br />
member of the <strong>in</strong>telligence and<br />
security unit of the APC<br />
presidential campaign, the<br />
nobody contacted us or <strong>in</strong>formed<br />
us. Aga<strong>in</strong>, Mustafa<br />
Jeji has never, by error of commission<br />
or omission, been a<br />
member of APC <strong>in</strong> Taraba<br />
State. From his ward, everybody<br />
knows that Mustafa Jeji<br />
is a registered member of<br />
PDP”<br />
“We are repeat<strong>in</strong>g president<br />
Buhari’s statement, which he<br />
made to us that there will never<br />
be a situation where someone<br />
will be tak<strong>in</strong>g drugs on<br />
behalf of a sick person. So I<br />
believe this nom<strong>in</strong>ation did<br />
not come from Buhari, somebody<br />
might have suggested<br />
the name to him wrongly”<br />
“I believe Mr. President will<br />
reverse the name because we<br />
know him as a man of his<br />
words because he said whoever<br />
suffered for APC and voted<br />
for APC would be rewarded.<br />
That was what we heard<br />
him say<strong>in</strong>g at our last NEC<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g. All our party executives,<br />
members of our state<br />
assembly and National Assembly<br />
are not <strong>in</strong> support of<br />
the nom<strong>in</strong>ation because the<br />
nom<strong>in</strong>ation will dampen the<br />
moral of APC supporters.’’<br />
person cannot rema<strong>in</strong> neutral.<br />
When they went to National<br />
Judicial Council and couldn’t get<br />
the desired result that made them<br />
to embark on the raid.<br />
On APC government<br />
We are experienc<strong>in</strong>g change.<br />
They didn’t promise positive<br />
change, so, we are not surprised.<br />
They just said 'change.' And<br />
th<strong>in</strong>gs have changed. I’m happy<br />
that it was Sanusi, the former<br />
CBN governor, who said there<br />
is a deliberate policy to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><br />
two dollar prices.<br />
And they are busy creat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
artificial billionaires at the<br />
expense of Nigeria. Till date, the<br />
Federal Government through the<br />
Presidency has not reacted to<br />
that. Now, where is the positive<br />
change? The political marriage<br />
of strange bed fellows that made<br />
the APC, has also changed.<br />
The judges are say<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
there were attempts to bribe<br />
them to take certa<strong>in</strong> decisions<br />
<strong>in</strong> favour of certa<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>terests. In<br />
your state, a governorship<br />
candidate was f<strong>in</strong>gered <strong>in</strong> this<br />
issue. What is your take?<br />
I am happy that the name of a<br />
m<strong>in</strong>ister was mentioned.<br />
Remember that at a particular<br />
po<strong>in</strong>t, the judgment was leaked.<br />
We are not fools. We will not be<br />
quick to forget that they wrote <strong>in</strong><br />
that document that when they get<br />
to the Supreme Court, they will<br />
lead a delegation to the President<br />
and ask him to <strong>in</strong>tervene directly.<br />
Maybe they led a delegation<br />
because I believed Justice Inyang<br />
Okoro, who said that the m<strong>in</strong>ister<br />
came <strong>in</strong> the name of the President<br />
to <strong>in</strong>fluence the judgment of the<br />
court.
44—VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 , 2016<br />
Ask Your Imam<br />
Safar 5, 1438 A.H.<br />
When Nigerians accumulate s<strong>in</strong>s<br />
ONE of the th<strong>in</strong>gs that<br />
h<strong>in</strong>ders progress <strong>in</strong> our<br />
lives as a nation is the rate at<br />
which we accumulate s<strong>in</strong>s. Evil<br />
deeds such as <strong>in</strong>justice, armed<br />
robberies, kill<strong>in</strong>gs, kidnapp<strong>in</strong>gs,<br />
rap<strong>in</strong>g, rituals are quick to be<br />
found every where.<br />
Recently, The former Special<br />
adviser to President Goodluck<br />
Jonathan on Media and<br />
Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>ted a surreal picture of<br />
<strong>in</strong>credible th<strong>in</strong>gs that go on<br />
beyond the glitz and glamour of<br />
the official residence and office<br />
of the President of the Federal<br />
Republic of Nigeria, popularly<br />
called the Aso Rock. He<br />
recounted strange and some<br />
times, tragic occurrences that<br />
befell people who work or live <strong>in</strong><br />
the prec<strong>in</strong>cts of the Presidential<br />
Villa. Others who have close<br />
contact with the Villa have also<br />
shared their views. Some believe<br />
the story while others described<br />
it as thrash.<br />
The fact is that we cannot deny<br />
the fact that rituals, kill<strong>in</strong>gs, and<br />
all sort of <strong>in</strong>humanity to man are<br />
prevalent <strong>in</strong> our society.<br />
The bizarre of Otokoto <strong>in</strong><br />
Owerri 1996, the Okija shr<strong>in</strong>e<br />
debacle <strong>in</strong> 2004, the forest of<br />
horror otherwise known as ritual<br />
killers’ den, <strong>in</strong> Soka forest, Ibadan<br />
a couple of years back did not<br />
serve us any lesson neither did<br />
the horror offered us a lesson to<br />
shun s<strong>in</strong>s and toe the path of<br />
righteousness.<br />
Horrific<br />
atrocities<br />
Even if we deny or consign Dr<br />
Abati's claim to garbage b<strong>in</strong>, we<br />
cannot deny the fact that horrific<br />
atrocities, ritual kill<strong>in</strong>gs and other<br />
man’s <strong>in</strong>humanity to man exist<br />
<strong>in</strong> our society. It will only take an<br />
effortless <strong>in</strong>vestigation to unravel<br />
other horrific kill<strong>in</strong>gs for rituals<br />
go<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>in</strong> different parts of the<br />
country.<br />
Incl<strong>in</strong>ation has replaced<br />
wisdom; va<strong>in</strong> desires<br />
substituted reason; bad deed <strong>in</strong><br />
place of good deed; hypocrisy<br />
has replaced devotion; illegality<br />
has taken over legality, steal<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
loot<strong>in</strong>g and treachery have come<br />
over uprightness. When we look<br />
at the clouds of evil deeds cast<strong>in</strong>g<br />
their shadows around us today,<br />
s<strong>in</strong>cere m<strong>in</strong>ds will be marveled<br />
the way we have degenerated.<br />
Evil has taken over the land, the<br />
<strong>in</strong>justices of the wicked, and evil<br />
doers go unpunished.<br />
The rich and powerful trample<br />
upon the rights of the poor, weak,<br />
orphans with impunity; caus<strong>in</strong>g<br />
bless<strong>in</strong>g to take a flight. Good<br />
deeds become less <strong>in</strong> supply, and<br />
life has become corrupted<br />
because of the wickedness of the<br />
wrong-doers.<br />
Young Efe, (not real name) who<br />
was orphaned at the age of 10<br />
eventually became a murderer.<br />
He had his father and mother<br />
wiped out by unknown gunmen.<br />
The family sought for justice, but<br />
it rema<strong>in</strong>ed elusive.<br />
It was at that po<strong>in</strong>t he vowed to<br />
avenge the death of his parents.<br />
He took to the streets, jo<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
several gangs and became<br />
notorious. Before his last breath,<br />
he confessed to have carried out<br />
several kill<strong>in</strong>gs both for the<br />
purpose of rituals and for other<br />
illicit <strong>in</strong>tents by his numerous<br />
clients.<br />
This situation is one of the<br />
orgies of wickedness go<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
cyclically <strong>in</strong> the land. By these<br />
acts and many more, <strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />
and families have been <strong>in</strong>flicted<br />
with unbearable pa<strong>in</strong>, and<br />
hardship. Evils have become the<br />
norm so much that a kid<br />
<strong>in</strong>advertently th<strong>in</strong>ks <strong>in</strong> that<br />
Incl<strong>in</strong>ation has<br />
replaced wisdom;<br />
va<strong>in</strong> desires have<br />
substituted<br />
reason; bad deed <strong>in</strong><br />
place of good<br />
deed; hypocrisy has<br />
replaced devotion;<br />
illegality has taken<br />
over legality,<br />
steal<strong>in</strong>g, loot<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and treachery have<br />
come over<br />
uprightness<br />
direction as if it was a good th<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
What have we done as country,<br />
what have the leaders done to<br />
punish offenders and that such<br />
s<strong>in</strong>s are not committed?<br />
All these s<strong>in</strong>s have undesirable<br />
impact on our daily lives as a<br />
people. Everyth<strong>in</strong>g is upside<br />
down and <strong>in</strong>side out. Problems<br />
have defied solution as we<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue to immerse deeper <strong>in</strong><br />
s<strong>in</strong>s. These s<strong>in</strong>s greatly and<br />
actively contribute to the<br />
difficulties of our daily lives.<br />
The only solution is for every<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividual to turn a new leaf,<br />
repent, seek forgiveness of s<strong>in</strong>s<br />
and lead a righteous life. Our<br />
leaders must first recognise that<br />
the burden of s<strong>in</strong>s greatly <strong>in</strong>hibits<br />
us from access<strong>in</strong>g the ultimate<br />
bless<strong>in</strong>gs of Allah and harness<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the huge natural endowment<br />
Allah has placed upon the land<br />
and its people.<br />
‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas said:<br />
“Good deeds make the face light,<br />
give light to the heart, and br<strong>in</strong>g<br />
about ample provision, physical<br />
strength and love <strong>in</strong> people’s<br />
hearts. Bad deeds make the face<br />
dark, give darkness to the heart,<br />
and br<strong>in</strong>g about physical<br />
weakness, a lack of provision and<br />
hatred <strong>in</strong> people’s hearts.”<br />
If we can move away from s<strong>in</strong>ful<br />
acts, our trials and tribulations will<br />
be over. Allah says : “Whatever<br />
of good reaches you, is from<br />
Allah, but whatever of evil befalls<br />
you, is from yourself…”<br />
(Surah al-Nisa’ 4:79)<br />
In another area, Allah said to<br />
the Prophet: (s.a.w) “Say: O My<br />
slaves who have transgressed<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st themselves (by<br />
committ<strong>in</strong>g evil deeds and s<strong>in</strong>s)!<br />
Despair not of the Mercy of Allah,<br />
verily, Allah forgives all s<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
Truly, He is Oft-Forgiv<strong>in</strong>g, Most<br />
Merciful.” (Surah Az-Zumar<br />
39:53)<br />
In Musnad Ahmad it is<br />
narrated that Thawbaan said:<br />
“The Messenger of Allah (SAWS)<br />
said: ‘A man is deprived of<br />
provision because of the s<strong>in</strong>s that<br />
he commits.’” (Narrated by Ibn<br />
Maajah, 4022, classed as hasan<br />
by al-Albaani <strong>in</strong> Saheeh Ibn<br />
Maajah)<br />
Allah is always pleased when<br />
we ask for His forgiveness for our<br />
s<strong>in</strong>s. Several portions <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Quran have re-emphasied that<br />
Allah is always look<strong>in</strong>g for ways<br />
to forgive his believ<strong>in</strong>g slaves:<br />
Inna Laha Gafurun–Raheemun.<br />
After His forgiveness, comes His<br />
bless<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
The better we understand the<br />
ghastly nature of our s<strong>in</strong>s, and<br />
make a retrieval of it, the better<br />
for the nation. May Almighty<br />
Allah forgive us and cleanse us<br />
from all acts of wickedness and<br />
man’s <strong>in</strong>humanity to man. Am<strong>in</strong>.<br />
QUESTION: As a Muslim sister at home with my brothers,<br />
(sibl<strong>in</strong>g) do I need to cover my head while recit<strong>in</strong>g the Quran<br />
even when I am alone <strong>in</strong> my room?<br />
ANSWER: We thank Al-mighty Allah on your behalf for<br />
want<strong>in</strong>g to know more about your religion.<br />
Allah says <strong>in</strong> the Quran: “And tell the believ<strong>in</strong>g women to<br />
lower their gaze (from look<strong>in</strong>g at forbidden th<strong>in</strong>gs), and<br />
protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.)<br />
and not to show off their adornment except only that which<br />
is apparent (like palms of hands or one eye or both eyes for<br />
necessity to see the way, or outer dress like veil, gloves,<br />
head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over<br />
bodies (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.) and<br />
not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands,<br />
their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their sons, their<br />
husband’s sons, their brothers or their brother’s sons, or<br />
their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters<br />
<strong>in</strong> Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands<br />
possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small<br />
children who have no sense of the shame of sex. And let<br />
them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of<br />
their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you<br />
all, O believers, that you may be successful. “(24:31)<br />
This is a commandment from Al-mighty Allah. It must be<br />
carried out when stepp<strong>in</strong>g out of your home, or when you<br />
have any visitor who is not of your closest relation to you.<br />
It is not obligatory that you cover your head when you are<br />
with your brothers. However, even when you are alone <strong>in</strong><br />
your room, it is important that you cover your head when<br />
read<strong>in</strong>g the Holy Quran.<br />
Halal & Haram<br />
Deny<strong>in</strong>g your spouse sex is haram<br />
ABUHurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported<br />
that the Prophet (peace and bless<strong>in</strong>gs of Allaah be upon<br />
him) said: “If a man calls his wife to his bed, and she refuses,<br />
and he goes to sleep angry with her, the angels will curse her<br />
until morn<strong>in</strong>g.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari; see al-Fath, 6/314).<br />
Many women are wont to deny<strong>in</strong>g their husbands sex<br />
especially when there is a m<strong>in</strong>or disagreement between them.<br />
They do this with the erroneous notion to punish their<br />
husbands . This is not acceptable <strong>in</strong> Islam. Denial of sex by<br />
any of the partner may expose the partner <strong>in</strong>to committ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
adultery.<br />
A wife should hasten to respond to her husband’s call if he<br />
wants her, <strong>in</strong> obedience to the words of the Prophet (peace<br />
and bless<strong>in</strong>gs of Allaah be upon him): “If a man calls his wife<br />
to his bed, let her respond, even if she is rid<strong>in</strong>g on the back of<br />
a camel (i.e., very busy).” (See Zawaa’id al-Bazzaar, 2/181;<br />
see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 547).<br />
Similarly, the husband must also study the emotional state<br />
of the wife and when she shows <strong>in</strong>terest, the husband must<br />
deny her.<br />
The husband must show consideration towards his wife if<br />
she is sick, pregnant or depressed, so as to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> harmony<br />
and prevent discontent or hatred. Marital sex is div<strong>in</strong>ely<br />
orda<strong>in</strong>ed and a marital duty of every spouse. It should be<br />
respected and honoured.<br />
From left: The Amir, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Dr Mashhud Fashola; General<br />
Secretary, Alhaji Abbas Irom<strong>in</strong>i; F<strong>in</strong>ance, Secretary, Alhaji Abdul Ghaniyyi Idris and<br />
Chief Imam Sapper’s Army, Barrack, Ijebu-Ode, Lt Col. Mohammed Hassan, dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
annual higher <strong>in</strong>stitution convention 2016, Symposium of Ahmadi Muslim Students,<br />
Association Nigeria <strong>in</strong> Ijebu-Ode Ogun State.
LAGOS State Muslim<br />
Pilgrims Welfare Board<br />
has concluded arrangement for<br />
the sale of 2017 Hajj Forms.<br />
The sales of the Hajj forms for<br />
the 2017 Hajj exercise will<br />
commence on 7th November,<br />
2016.<br />
Each form will attract a sum<br />
of Ten Thousand Naira and an<br />
<strong>in</strong>itial deposit of One Million<br />
Two Hundred Thousand<br />
Naira (N1.2million),<br />
irrespective of the package<br />
and scheme adopted by the<br />
<strong>in</strong>tend<strong>in</strong>g Pilgrim.<br />
Lagos State Commissioner<br />
for Home Affairs, Dr.<br />
Abdulhakeem Abdullateef<br />
disclosed this recently dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
a meet<strong>in</strong>g with the staff of<br />
Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims<br />
Welfare Board <strong>in</strong> Ikeja.<br />
Dr. Abdullateef expla<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
that the state has <strong>in</strong>troduced<br />
Safar 5, 1438 A.H.<br />
Show more commitment <strong>in</strong> fix<strong>in</strong>g<br />
economy, FOMWAN charges govt<br />
*Holds conference on peace, security<br />
FEDERATION of Muslim The conference which beg<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Women’s Association of today at the Ma<strong>in</strong> Hall of the<br />
Nigeria, FOMWAN has charged university, is themed:<br />
the President Buhari led “Development for Peace and<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration to show more Security” and will be attended by<br />
commitment <strong>in</strong> driv<strong>in</strong>g Nigeria em<strong>in</strong>ent Muslims and delegates<br />
out of the excruciat<strong>in</strong>g from all chapters of the 36 states<br />
economic condition as many of the federation and Abuja.<br />
women * who * * * * have * * * * become * * * * * * * Hajia Omoti while address<strong>in</strong>g<br />
breadw<strong>in</strong>ner of their families are<br />
liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> pa<strong>in</strong>.<br />
The association led by Hajia<br />
Am<strong>in</strong>a Omoti made this known<br />
* * * dur<strong>in</strong>g * * * * a * press * * * brief<strong>in</strong>g * * * * herald<strong>in</strong>g *<br />
the association’s 31st annual<br />
national conference held at the<br />
Mosque Hall of University of<br />
Lagos, Akoka, yesterday.<br />
newsmen said: “ FOMWAN is<br />
deeply worried about the poor<br />
state of the economy. There is a<br />
lot of hunger <strong>in</strong> the land and<br />
women, many of whom have<br />
become breadw<strong>in</strong>ners <strong>in</strong> their<br />
homes are worst hit. We call on<br />
the President and his team to fix<br />
the economy so as to ameliorate<br />
HAJJ 2017: Lagos beg<strong>in</strong>s sale of forms<br />
some reforms and schemes<br />
such as “Pay Small- Small”,<br />
Regular Standard, “Lagos<br />
International” and other<br />
<strong>in</strong>itiatives to enhance the<br />
success of Hajj exercise <strong>in</strong><br />
2017.<br />
“PAY SMALL- SMALL”<br />
This package provides an<br />
opportunity for the <strong>in</strong>tend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
pilgrims to pay <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>stallments,<br />
depend<strong>in</strong>g on the arrangement<br />
adopted by the pilgrim. “Pay a<br />
sum of fifty thousand naira<br />
only (N50, 000.00) per week<br />
for a period of six months or<br />
pay a sum of two hundred<br />
thousand naira only (N200,<br />
000.00) monthly for six<br />
months”.<br />
You would have succeeded <strong>in</strong><br />
mak<strong>in</strong>g up for the <strong>in</strong>itial deposit<br />
of One Million, two hundred<br />
thousand naira (N 1.2 Million)<br />
as <strong>in</strong>itial deposit.<br />
the plight of the masses that<br />
voted and yearn for positive<br />
change.”<br />
Expla<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the reason for the<br />
choice of the theme of the<br />
conference, Hajia Omoti<br />
lamented that pockets of<br />
agitations <strong>in</strong> the South-South<br />
and South Eastern part of the<br />
country have impeded<br />
developments, add<strong>in</strong>g that there<br />
cannot be any mean<strong>in</strong>gful<br />
development without peace.<br />
The immediate past Amirah of<br />
the association, Alhaja Lateefah<br />
Duros<strong>in</strong>mi also charged leaders<br />
at various level of governance<br />
to show more commitment <strong>in</strong><br />
manag<strong>in</strong>g Nigeria out of<br />
economic recession, add<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
empower<strong>in</strong>g women and young<br />
entrepreneurs through<br />
provision of loan and grants will<br />
cushion the effect of the<br />
recession and ultimately grow<br />
their bus<strong>in</strong>esses.<br />
Respond<strong>in</strong>g to questions from<br />
newsmen on Hijab, former<br />
Amirah and former Deputy<br />
Governor of<br />
Lagos State, Alhaja Lateefah<br />
Okunnu stated that apart from<br />
the constitutional right of every<br />
female Muslim to wear hijab, she<br />
added: “Hijab is orda<strong>in</strong>ed by<br />
Allah, although the case is <strong>in</strong><br />
court, nobody can stop the use<br />
of Hijab.”<br />
The association also<br />
commended the anticorruption<br />
stance of Buhari-led<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration urg<strong>in</strong>g that cases<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st corrupt officials should<br />
be susta<strong>in</strong>ed and concluded <strong>in</strong> a<br />
fair manner to serve as deterrent<br />
to others.<br />
From left: Hajia Lateefat Duros<strong>in</strong>mi, immediate past Amirah; Hajia Am<strong>in</strong>a<br />
Omoti, National Amirah, FOMWAN; Hajia Lateefat Okunnu, former Deputy<br />
Governor, Lagos State and former Amirah; Hajia Raliat Sanni, Member BoTand<br />
Hajia Khairat Sadeeq dur<strong>in</strong>g a press brief<strong>in</strong>g organised by FOMWAN on its 31st<br />
annual conference held <strong>in</strong> UNILAG Mosque Hall, Akoka, Lagos, yesterday.<br />
VANGUARD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016—45<br />
Barka Jumah<br />
Dialogue with Allah<br />
Ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> constant dialogue with Allah<br />
through prayers. Prayer is the real power<br />
po<strong>in</strong>t of faith. All your troubles a<strong>in</strong>’t grounds<br />
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Waste not your t<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> doubt nor fear. Pray. It<br />
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good. May you obta<strong>in</strong> Allah’s highest earthly<br />
victory and f<strong>in</strong>d eternal bliss <strong>in</strong> paradise.<br />
Happy Jumaat!<br />
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Nigeria and piracy: Advocacy<br />
for image enhancement<br />
By Ob<strong>in</strong>na Obi<br />
DURING a sem<strong>in</strong>ar <strong>in</strong> the UK<br />
attended by the author, a<br />
paper on Nigeria and piracy was<br />
presented by a DPhil researcher who<br />
had never been to Nigeria but who<br />
spoke so passionately (to a ma<strong>in</strong>ly<br />
European audience) about Nigeria’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>capacity to transform itself.<br />
Although the presentation was<br />
brilliant, it was marred by a few<br />
<strong>in</strong>accurate and somewhat<br />
exaggerated assertions and statistics;<br />
not surpris<strong>in</strong>g consider<strong>in</strong>g that the<br />
presenter carried out a three year<br />
long research exercise on Nigeria<br />
based ma<strong>in</strong>ly on secondary data.<br />
The presentation suggested that<br />
piracy <strong>in</strong> West Africa, said to be more<br />
violent than elsewhere, has been<br />
caused by factors such as military<br />
<strong>in</strong>cursion <strong>in</strong>to politics, permissive<br />
political environment, endemic<br />
corruption especially amongst the<br />
leadership cadre, weak legal<br />
jurisdiction and weak command and<br />
control structure <strong>in</strong> the Navy.<br />
However, these factors appear to be<br />
more of the symptoms than the root<br />
causes of the problem.<br />
This type of list hardly ever focuses<br />
on the obviously contentious root<br />
cause namely: the socially<br />
irresponsible behaviour of<br />
mult<strong>in</strong>ational oil companies whose<br />
activities orig<strong>in</strong>ally extensively<br />
degraded the mar<strong>in</strong>e environment<br />
and ecosystem. It has been widely<br />
acknowledged that this degradation<br />
ostensibly led to the impoverishment<br />
and social exclusion of the local fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and agrarian communities <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Niger Delta thus leav<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
communities with very few options<br />
<strong>in</strong> the survival and social equality<br />
matrix.<br />
While it is true that local factors<br />
have contributed to the exacerbation<br />
of piracy and sea robbery <strong>in</strong> our subregion,<br />
it is also very true that<br />
external <strong>in</strong>fluences helped to fuel the<br />
problem thus re<strong>in</strong>forc<strong>in</strong>g the largely<br />
negative image of Nigeria before the<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational arena. Part of the<br />
problem however, appears to be that<br />
we are yet to f<strong>in</strong>d an effective method<br />
of project<strong>in</strong>g our positive values,<br />
achievements and history <strong>in</strong> such a<br />
way that it would balance the<br />
negativity <strong>in</strong> our narrative as<br />
recounted by others.<br />
In the UK for example, the general<br />
assumption appears to be that piracy<br />
and armed robbery at sea is more<br />
concentrated <strong>in</strong> the West African subregion<br />
than elsewhere. This<br />
assumption is obviously mislead<strong>in</strong>g<br />
consider<strong>in</strong>g the 2014 and 2015 global<br />
piracy reports released by the<br />
International Maritime Bureau, IMB.<br />
The reports show that 245 and 246<br />
actual and attempted <strong>in</strong>cidents of<br />
piracy occurred globally <strong>in</strong> both years<br />
respectively and the Asia-Pacific<br />
region accounted for over 70% of this<br />
figure <strong>in</strong> the two years. Curiously,<br />
both the International and local<br />
media neither amplified nor<br />
serialised this fact.<br />
In an attempt to trace the evolution<br />
of piracy off the Nigerian coast,<br />
several presentations made by<br />
foreigners have compared piracy <strong>in</strong><br />
the greater Gulf of Aden with piracy<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Gulf of Gu<strong>in</strong>ea and ended up<br />
dwell<strong>in</strong>g extensively on the themes<br />
of endemic corruption especially<br />
amongst the civil and military<br />
leadership cadre of the Nigerian<br />
society and weak public <strong>in</strong>stitutions<br />
as two of the major causative factors.<br />
However, they usually fail to<br />
mention that a large part of the illicit<br />
funds <strong>in</strong> question end up <strong>in</strong> foreign<br />
(ma<strong>in</strong>ly European) f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutions with the back<strong>in</strong>g of their<br />
respective governments.<br />
Further, they fail to mention that<br />
the last overt military experiment<br />
Mr. Peterside Dakuku, DG<br />
NIMASA<br />
with politics <strong>in</strong> Nigeria took place<br />
almost two decades ago and not<br />
recently. Above all, they draw<br />
grossly <strong>in</strong>sufficient attention, if any,<br />
to the efforts of sub-regional<br />
organisations such as the Maritime<br />
Organisation of West and Central<br />
Africa, MOWCA, and national<br />
agencies such as the Nigerian<br />
Maritime Adm<strong>in</strong>istration and<br />
Safety Agency, NIMASA, to develop<br />
and implement effective anti-piracy<br />
<strong>in</strong>itiatives especially <strong>in</strong> the areas of<br />
<strong>in</strong>ter-agency collaboration, shar<strong>in</strong>g<br />
This is why we<br />
must <strong>in</strong>dividually<br />
and collectively tell<br />
our own story <strong>in</strong><br />
such a way that it<br />
enhances our<br />
merits and<br />
possibilities rather<br />
than our demerits<br />
and challenges on<br />
the <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
scene<br />
of <strong>in</strong>formation, human and<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructural capacity build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and fund<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Although it may be argued that<br />
the orig<strong>in</strong>al problem has cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
to expand largely as a result of<br />
deviant behaviour and crim<strong>in</strong>al acts<br />
on the part of the locals on the one<br />
hand, corruption and complicity by<br />
civil and military authorities on the<br />
other, complicity also exists from<br />
corrupt external <strong>in</strong>fluences that<br />
provide additional <strong>in</strong>centives for<br />
piracy and armed robbery at sea to<br />
flourish <strong>in</strong> our region namely: the<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational or black market where<br />
stolen crude products are sold and<br />
probably ref<strong>in</strong>ed as well as corrupt<br />
foreign government officials and<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions who receive<br />
and recycle illicit funds.<br />
Hav<strong>in</strong>g said this, it should be noted<br />
that the major challenge to engender<br />
change is our domestic and<br />
collective responsibility. This leads<br />
me to three questions namely: how<br />
has the government (at the Federal<br />
and State levels) engaged with<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational oil companies to ensure<br />
moderation of the destructive<br />
elements of their activities; is there<br />
any percentage of oil company<br />
profits required to be statutorily set<br />
aside for solid and long term<br />
corporate social responsibility,CSR,<br />
projects <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g green shipp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
and around oil produc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
communities? If so, whose<br />
responsibility is it to monitor them<br />
and what is the impact of this<br />
monitor<strong>in</strong>g on the coastal<br />
communities where the seeds of<br />
piracy and sea robbery are probably<br />
sown? The answers to these<br />
questions and many others may<br />
suggest that f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g creative<br />
solutions to the problem is a<br />
collective responsibility.<br />
Meanwhile the prospects of<br />
<strong>in</strong>creased deep sea trade and<br />
national GDP as a result of the<br />
proposed national carrier br<strong>in</strong>gs to<br />
m<strong>in</strong>d the possibility of <strong>in</strong>creased<br />
piracy and sea robbery attacks and<br />
the challenge of devis<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
‘comprehensive approach’ to secure<br />
the maritime doma<strong>in</strong>. Perhaps, a<br />
comb<strong>in</strong>ation of land-based and offshore<br />
solutions may be more<br />
effective <strong>in</strong> curtail<strong>in</strong>g the menace<br />
than the military option alone which<br />
appears to treat the symptoms of the<br />
problem rather than the root cause.<br />
The challenge is to collectively<br />
devise last<strong>in</strong>g socio-economic and<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructural solutions to the<br />
dislocations that have cont<strong>in</strong>ued to<br />
provide fuel for the problem<br />
especially <strong>in</strong> the Niger Delta and<br />
Gulf of Gu<strong>in</strong>ea region.<br />
In his acclaimed publication<br />
entitled Maritime Piracy: Return of<br />
the World’s Second-Oldest Security<br />
Problem, Chris Bellamy notes that<br />
piracy is as old as history. It dates<br />
back to Graeco-Roman times and<br />
probably even before then. Cicero<br />
(106-63 BC) called them hostis<br />
humani generis, ‘enemy of all<br />
humank<strong>in</strong>d’. Bellamy observes that<br />
the mean<strong>in</strong>g of this Lat<strong>in</strong> term was<br />
later expanded <strong>in</strong> Admiralty Law.<br />
When they became a threat to<br />
Rome’s gra<strong>in</strong> supply a few years<br />
before pirates captured Julius<br />
Caesar <strong>in</strong> 75 BC, the Roman <strong>Senate</strong><br />
appo<strong>in</strong>ted an accomplished<br />
military commander, Gnaeus<br />
Pompeius Magnus (Pompey) <strong>in</strong> 67<br />
BC and devoted half of its annual<br />
budget to tackle the problem.<br />
Pompey’s strategy was a<br />
‘comprehensive approach’ that<br />
comb<strong>in</strong>ed both military and<br />
economic solutions. He realised after<br />
catch<strong>in</strong>g them, that for every<br />
crucified pirate, ten others would<br />
appear. He proceeded to turn the<br />
pirates <strong>in</strong>to farmers, moved them<br />
away from the sea and provided<br />
them with land to cultivate. This<br />
did not totally prevent the<br />
resurgence of piracy <strong>in</strong> Europe but<br />
it made a huge difference at the<br />
time.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>equalities of globalisation<br />
analysed by Joseph Eugene Stiglitz<br />
<strong>in</strong> his sem<strong>in</strong>al works, Globalization<br />
and its Discontents and Mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Globalization Work, the expansion<br />
of vital sea l<strong>in</strong>es of communication<br />
and the lure of f<strong>in</strong>ancial ga<strong>in</strong> from<br />
<strong>in</strong>creased sea-borne and oil trade<br />
amongst other factors have<br />
unwitt<strong>in</strong>gly provided a fillip for the<br />
proliferation of piracy <strong>in</strong> modern<br />
times thus mak<strong>in</strong>g the factors<br />
fuell<strong>in</strong>g its existence today more<br />
complex than those that existed <strong>in</strong><br />
the early Graeco-Roman period. It<br />
is important for everyone <strong>in</strong> both<br />
academic and non-academic circles<br />
to understand this and to<br />
understand that it should not be<br />
described as the evolution of a<br />
complex Nigerian problem.<br />
As earlier noted, this label<br />
<strong>in</strong>advertently takes the sh<strong>in</strong>e away<br />
from the many ga<strong>in</strong>s of the antipiracy<br />
<strong>in</strong>itiatives implemented by<br />
such organi'sations as NIMASA and<br />
the Nigerian Navy despite their<br />
challenges. Hav<strong>in</strong>g been around for<br />
ages, the problem of piracy should<br />
best be described as a global<br />
occurrence with somewhat different<br />
and peculiar manifestations at<br />
different times and places. This is<br />
why we must <strong>in</strong>dividually and<br />
collectively tell our own story <strong>in</strong><br />
such a way that it enhances our<br />
merits and possibilities rather than<br />
our demerits and challenges on the<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational scene.<br />
*Mr. Obi, wrote from Nigerian<br />
Maritime Adm<strong>in</strong>istration &<br />
Safety Agency, Lagos.<br />
Work<strong>in</strong>g Man... Ogenyi Eddy Onazi scores for<br />
Trabzonspor dur<strong>in</strong>g a Turkish Spor Toto Super Lig<br />
football match between Trabszonspor and Kasimpasa.<br />
Federations Cup: Onazi bets<br />
on IfeanyUbah to lift title<br />
SUPER<br />
Eagles<br />
midfielder, Ogenyi<br />
Onazi has backed FC<br />
IfeanyiUbah to w<strong>in</strong><br />
Sunday’s Federation’s Cup<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al aga<strong>in</strong>st Nasarawa<br />
United <strong>in</strong> a game billed for<br />
the Teslim Balogun Stadium<br />
Lagos.<br />
IfeanyiUbah are gunn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for their first ever silverware;<br />
so is Nasarawa United that<br />
beat defend<strong>in</strong>g champions<br />
Enyimba. However, Onazi<br />
has tipped the Nnewi side<br />
to seize the day.<br />
The Turkey based<br />
midfielder has also promised<br />
to be at the Teslim<br />
Balogun Stadium to support<br />
Rafael Everton’s side<br />
when they take on the Lafia<br />
based side.<br />
The 23-year-old whose 11th<br />
placed team face an <strong>in</strong>-form<br />
Be_ikta_ side <strong>in</strong> the Turkish Super<br />
Lig on Saturday even<strong>in</strong>g took to<br />
twitter to post the morale-boost<strong>in</strong>g<br />
message, accompanied by a relative<br />
trailer. “Come all out to support<br />
FC Ifeanyi Ubah and Dr<br />
Ifeanyi Ubah. I will be there live to<br />
cheer them up,” he tweeted.<br />
Meanwhile Nasarawa United<br />
chairman, Barrister Isaac Danladi<br />
said his side is focused on w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the Cup not m<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g the distractions<br />
caused by players of FC<br />
Ifeanyiubah.<br />
“We are very focused on w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
this competition. For one week, we<br />
camped <strong>in</strong> Ibadan to avoid distractions,<br />
and we have confidence that<br />
we are ready to go for it on Sunday,”<br />
Danladi told thenff.com.<br />
Omagbemi frees Angels, Queens for<br />
Cup tie<br />
SUPER Falcons’<br />
Head Coach,<br />
Florence Omagbemi<br />
has elected to release<br />
players of Rivers<br />
Angels and Bayelsa<br />
Queens <strong>in</strong> the Senior<br />
Women National Team<br />
camp for Sunday’s<br />
potentially explosive<br />
women Federation Cup<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al between both<br />
teams <strong>in</strong> Lagos.<br />
The member of FIFA<br />
Technical Study said the<br />
ladies would be allowed to<br />
leave the team’s camp <strong>in</strong><br />
Abuja to travel to Lagos for the<br />
big clash, which starts at 1pm<br />
at the Teslim Balogun Stadium<br />
on Sunday.<br />
That decision has freed<br />
Angels’ half dozen of<br />
goalkeeper Ibubeleye Whyte,<br />
defenders Os<strong>in</strong>achi Ohale,<br />
Ugo Njoku and Gladys Akpa<br />
and midfielders Chioma Wogu<br />
and Glory Iroka to be part of<br />
the glamour event, to be<br />
attended by the Governors of<br />
Lagos, Anambra, Nasarawa,<br />
Bayelsa and Rivers States.<br />
Ikuesan is new Ondo Basketball<br />
Association Chairman<br />
By Chibueze<br />
Ogwurumba and<br />
John Atuke<br />
LONG<br />
stand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
basketball reporter<br />
and FIBA Africa media<br />
committee member Segun<br />
Ikuesan has been<br />
appo<strong>in</strong>ted the new<br />
Chairman of the Ondo<br />
State Basketball<br />
Association.<br />
Ikuesan who disclosed<br />
this to Sports Vanguard<br />
yesterday said the 9-<br />
member Board was<br />
<strong>in</strong>augurated Wednesday by the<br />
Executive Chairman of the<br />
Ondo State Sports Council,<br />
Comrade Gbenga Jegede at<br />
the boardroom of the sports<br />
council.<br />
Other members of the newly<br />
<strong>in</strong>augurated board <strong>in</strong>clude,<br />
Ayokanmi Edu - Vice<br />
Chairman, Ishola Ak<strong>in</strong>se<strong>in</strong>de -<br />
Technical Committee chairman,<br />
Olatunde Farayibi – Member,<br />
Shola Aluko - Head Coach,<br />
Fisayo Bello - Assistant Coach,<br />
Dr. Yele Ak<strong>in</strong>bamowo – Patron,<br />
Francis Gbiri – Patron with<br />
Iyabode Ajanaku as Secretary.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 — 47<br />
Algeria’ll be tough, Bonfrere Jo<br />
warns •Says Eagles must fight and w<strong>in</strong><br />
DUTCH coach and<br />
former Super<br />
Eagles coach, Bonfrere<br />
Jo, has handed out a<br />
stern warn<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
Super Eagles, that their<br />
Russia 2018 FIFA World<br />
Cup ambition lies <strong>in</strong> the<br />
outcome of their<br />
November 12 Group B<br />
qualification clash<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the Fennecs of<br />
Algeria slated for the<br />
Godswill Akpabio<br />
International Stadium,<br />
Uyo.<br />
Bonfrere who led<br />
Nigeria’s U-23 Dream<br />
Team to w<strong>in</strong> the Atlanta<br />
1996 Olympic Games<br />
soccer gold medal<br />
spoke from his home <strong>in</strong><br />
the Netherlands<br />
Thursday.<br />
The 2000 Africa Cup of<br />
Nations silver w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Eagles manager<br />
warned that the<br />
November 12 match<br />
will be tough, <strong>in</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the Super Eagles should<br />
not handle the North<br />
Africans with kid’s<br />
gloves if they want to<br />
snatch the sole ticket <strong>in</strong><br />
the group.<br />
“Algeria will be a<br />
difficult match, yes,<br />
very difficult and the<br />
Super Eagles must be<br />
well up for it,” said the<br />
Dutch gaffer.<br />
“Algeria drew their<br />
first game at home (1-1<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Cameroon) and<br />
would want to recover<br />
the po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> Nigeria.<br />
“They have good<br />
players with most of<br />
them play<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />
French League. This is<br />
a plus for them as they<br />
have understand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
among themselves.<br />
“They are more<br />
technical as a team and<br />
as <strong>in</strong>dividual players<br />
and the match is com<strong>in</strong>g<br />
up on a natural grass<br />
which is okay for good<br />
football,” Bonfrere said.<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues from BP<br />
Algerian opponents,<br />
Desert Foxes.<br />
“The truth is that I had<br />
looked forward to be<br />
named <strong>in</strong> the first list but<br />
when it did not come<br />
through I kept faith and<br />
focus on my club career.<br />
“I should be arriv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Nigeria on Sunday or<br />
Monday as the <strong>in</strong>vitation<br />
specified to team up<br />
with teammates to<br />
prepare for the clash<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Algeria.<br />
“The match aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
He admitted the<br />
Super Eagles equally<br />
have good players but<br />
stressed that the<br />
difference between the<br />
North Africans and their<br />
West African<br />
counterparts is<br />
technique.<br />
“Yeah, the Super<br />
Eagles have quality<br />
players,” Bonfrere said.<br />
“Mikel, Musa,<br />
Iheanacho, Iwobi,<br />
Ighalo. These are all<br />
good players do<strong>in</strong>g well<br />
<strong>in</strong> the (English) Premier<br />
League. Players with<br />
Akpeyi<br />
physical attribute,<br />
strength and skill.<br />
“But technically, this<br />
is where Algeria have<br />
advantage.<br />
“The Super Eagles<br />
must work hard to w<strong>in</strong>.<br />
If they fail to w<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
(Uyo) Nigeria, it will be<br />
difficult go<strong>in</strong>g to Algeria<br />
to w<strong>in</strong>,” Bonfrere Jo<br />
warned.<br />
NIGERIA striker<br />
Odion Ighalo<br />
has given the lowdown<br />
on his Watford teammate<br />
Adlène Guedioura<br />
ahead of the World Cup<br />
qualifier aga<strong>in</strong>st Algeria<br />
and also highlighted the<br />
qualities of the<br />
midfielder.<br />
Ighalo and Guedioura<br />
will put their friendship<br />
to one side for at least<br />
one and a half hours<br />
when the Super Eagles<br />
clash with the Desert<br />
Foxes at the Akwa Ibom<br />
International Stadium on<br />
November 12.<br />
“His strength : he is<br />
strong and can shoot<br />
from any range and he<br />
is technically okay,” said<br />
Ighalo.<br />
“We always talk about<br />
the game, he told me it<br />
will be strange play<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Algeria is not go<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
be an easy task given<br />
the North Africans<br />
pedigree <strong>in</strong> the land but<br />
I’m confident we can<br />
always conquer at the<br />
end of the day to susta<strong>in</strong><br />
the momentum after the<br />
heroic performance<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Zambia <strong>in</strong><br />
Ndola.<br />
“I strongly believe that<br />
Algeria will certa<strong>in</strong>ly go<br />
the way of Zambia <strong>in</strong><br />
Uyo on November 12,”<br />
said Akpeyi to<br />
supersport.com.<br />
•Bonfrefre Jo<br />
Ighalo warns on Algerian teammate<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st me <strong>in</strong> Nigeria<br />
and he hopes to beat me.<br />
“I told him we are<br />
go<strong>in</strong>g to w<strong>in</strong> because<br />
they are com<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
Algeria<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues from BP<br />
players are two<br />
goalkeepers – Malik<br />
Asselah (JS Kabylie),<br />
Chemsedd<strong>in</strong>e Rahmani<br />
(MO Bejaia)– as well as<br />
defenders Houari<br />
Ferhani (JSK) and<br />
Mohamed Khoutir Ziti<br />
(ES Setif).<br />
lions den.”<br />
A third Watford<br />
player, Isaac Success,<br />
would have been<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the game<br />
Okala<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues from BP<br />
2-1 w<strong>in</strong> away to<br />
Zambia <strong>in</strong> Ndola on<br />
matchday one of the third<br />
round of qualifiers.<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
footballlive.ng, Okala<br />
who won the AFCON <strong>in</strong><br />
1980 ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s the form<br />
of the current Eagles is<br />
too good to ignore.<br />
He hailed the quality of<br />
the Young Nigeria team<br />
and the depth of the<br />
Coaches led by Technical<br />
Adviser, Gernot Rohr.<br />
NFF officials dispute Ikeme’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>jury, plan second check<br />
NIGERIA Football<br />
Federation,<br />
NFF officials are<br />
disput<strong>in</strong>g claims by<br />
English club<br />
Wolverhampton<br />
Wanderers that a hip<br />
<strong>in</strong>jury has ruled out<br />
No.1 goalkeeper Carl<br />
Ikeme from a must-w<strong>in</strong><br />
World Cup qualifier<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Algeria and they<br />
are now <strong>in</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g on a<br />
second op<strong>in</strong>ion.<br />
The Super Eagles<br />
welcome Algeria to Uyo<br />
on November 12 and<br />
they are leav<strong>in</strong>g noth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to chance to ensure they<br />
w<strong>in</strong> the game and<br />
consolidate their<br />
leadership of their<br />
qualify<strong>in</strong>g section for<br />
the 2018 World Cup <strong>in</strong><br />
Russia.<br />
This week, Wolves<br />
contacted the Nigeria<br />
Football Federation<br />
(NFF) to say Ikeme will<br />
not be available for the<br />
World Cup qualifier on<br />
account of <strong>in</strong>jury.<br />
Officials are still miffed<br />
between the Super<br />
Eagles and Algeria but<br />
was omitted from the<br />
roster because of<br />
<strong>in</strong>jury.<br />
•Ikeme<br />
that the Premier League<br />
clubs of Victor Moses<br />
(Chelsea) and Isaac<br />
Success (Watford)<br />
deliberately blocked the<br />
players from last<br />
month’s clash <strong>in</strong> Zambia<br />
us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>jury as an<br />
excuse.<br />
“The officials wish to<br />
ascerta<strong>in</strong> the severity of<br />
the <strong>in</strong>jury Ikeme<br />
suffered at a league<br />
game over the<br />
weekend,” disclosed a<br />
top source.<br />
“They still believe that<br />
Victor Moses and Isaac<br />
Success were stopped<br />
from the last World Cup<br />
qualifier by their<br />
English clubs.”<br />
Moses’ goal aga<strong>in</strong>st Leicester nom<strong>in</strong>ated for Chelsea<br />
goal of the month<br />
VICTOR Moses’<br />
goal aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
Leicester City has been<br />
nom<strong>in</strong>ated for Chelsea’s<br />
Goal of the Month<br />
competition alongside<br />
four other strikes.<br />
After first half strikes<br />
from Diego Costa and<br />
Eden Hazard had set the<br />
Blues on course for<br />
victory, the impressive<br />
w<strong>in</strong>ger drilled the f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
nail <strong>in</strong>to the Foxes’<br />
coff<strong>in</strong>.<br />
The former West Ham<br />
player showed play<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> a w<strong>in</strong>gback role has<br />
not affected his goal<br />
scor<strong>in</strong>g know-how after<br />
a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of bravery,<br />
poor defend<strong>in</strong>g - from<br />
Claudio Ranieri’s men<br />
- and a perfectly<br />
executed backheel by<br />
Nathaniel Chalobah saw<br />
him beat the onrush<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Kasper Schmeichel to<br />
wrap up a deserved 3-0<br />
NIGERIA’s top<br />
coaches, who<br />
have been work<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
bagg<strong>in</strong>g CAF ‘A’<br />
licenses, could not sit for<br />
their f<strong>in</strong>al exam<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
victory for Antonio<br />
Conte’s team.<br />
His strike is pitted<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Diego Costa’s<br />
wonderful efforts<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Hull City and<br />
Southampton, while<br />
Willian’s curler aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
the Tigers also made the<br />
CAF <strong>in</strong>structors go on strike at NFF’s<br />
coaches sem<strong>in</strong>ar<br />
Thursday <strong>in</strong> Abuja<br />
because the <strong>in</strong>structors<br />
embarked on a pay strike<br />
to protest non-payment<br />
of their allowances.<br />
The CAF ‘A’ license<br />
course was to have<br />
ended on Saturday and<br />
it features some of the<br />
country’s f<strong>in</strong>est coaches<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Eagles chief<br />
coach Salisu Yusuf,<br />
Samson Siasia, Manu<br />
Garba, Emmanuel<br />
Amuneke, Gbenga<br />
Ogunbote, Stanley<br />
Eguma, Henry Abiodun<br />
and Ladan Bosso.<br />
The coaches were all<br />
shocked when the<br />
<strong>in</strong>structors told them<br />
that the exam<strong>in</strong>ation has<br />
been postponed without<br />
any cogent reason.<br />
shortlist with N’Golo<br />
Kante’s solo effort<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st Manchester<br />
United capp<strong>in</strong>g it off.<br />
The w<strong>in</strong>ner will be<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ed by a vot<strong>in</strong>g<br />
system via the club’s<br />
official website.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>structors are all<br />
former national team<br />
coaches - Adegboye<br />
Onigb<strong>in</strong>de, James Peters<br />
and Kashimawo Laloko.<br />
However, a reliable<br />
source exclusively<br />
revealed<br />
to<br />
AfricanFootball.com that<br />
the <strong>in</strong>structors opted to<br />
postpone the<br />
exam<strong>in</strong>ation because<br />
they have not been paid<br />
and they wanted that to<br />
be done before the<br />
programme is rounded<br />
up to avoid “stories”<br />
thereafter.<br />
It was also gathered<br />
that the NFF received<br />
between N250,000 and<br />
N270,000 from the<br />
participants.<br />
The payments were<br />
directly <strong>in</strong>to the NFF<br />
bank account.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016<br />
2018 World Cup qualifier<br />
Akpeyi vows to<br />
stop Algeria<br />
SUPER<br />
Eagles<br />
goalkeeper, Daniel<br />
Akpeyi said he is<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ed to keep a<br />
clean sheet and justify<br />
his call up to replace<br />
<strong>in</strong>jured first choice<br />
keeper Carl Ikeme for<br />
the 2018 FIFA World Cup<br />
qualifier aga<strong>in</strong>st Algeria<br />
<strong>in</strong> Uyo.<br />
Akpeyi said he<br />
considers the late call up<br />
as a rare honour and<br />
privilege even though<br />
he was cocksure he<br />
merited the early<br />
<strong>in</strong>vitation.<br />
“Of course, I consider<br />
it always an honour and<br />
privilege to serve my<br />
fatherland, I’m happy<br />
with the call up as I’m<br />
100 percent fit and<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ed to justify my<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusion <strong>in</strong> the game<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues on Page 47<br />
TODAY'S PUZZLE<br />
Tanzania<br />
name<br />
squad<br />
for<br />
Eagles<br />
How to Play Sudoku<br />
Place a number (1-9) <strong>in</strong> each blank cell. (No l<strong>in</strong>e can<br />
have two of the same number).<br />
Each row (n<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es from left to right), column, (also<br />
n<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es from top to bottom) and 3 X 3 block with<strong>in</strong> a<br />
bold block (n<strong>in</strong>e blocks) conta<strong>in</strong>s number from 1<br />
through 9. This means that no number can appear twice<br />
<strong>in</strong> any block, column or row.<br />
No mathematics is <strong>in</strong>volved – no add<strong>in</strong>g, subtraction, division<br />
or multiplication, just pla<strong>in</strong> logic and your imag<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />
Algeria’ll be tough, Bonfrere Jo warns<br />
— Page 47<br />
Sudoku<br />
YESTERDAY'S ANSWERS<br />
Algeria replace <strong>in</strong>jured star, pick 2<br />
new foreign pros<br />
ALGERIA<br />
have<br />
replaced <strong>in</strong>jured<br />
Adam Ounas and<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded two more foreign<br />
pros as well as four<br />
players from the country’s<br />
domestic league to their<br />
squad for a crucial World<br />
READY••• Super Eagles goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi ready to stop Algeria.<br />
ACROSS<br />
1 Paradise (4)<br />
4 M<strong>in</strong>e (3)<br />
6 Insect (4)<br />
9 Fitt<strong>in</strong>g (3)<br />
10 Slaughterhouse (8)<br />
11 Dread (4)<br />
14 Plunder (3)<br />
16 Penned (5)<br />
19 Stirred (8)<br />
21 Deserve (5)<br />
23 Da<strong>in</strong>ty (8)<br />
24 Oath (5)<br />
27 Faucet (3)<br />
31 Table (4)<br />
33 Charred (8)<br />
34 Fasten (3)<br />
35 Nurse (4)<br />
36 Beam (3)<br />
37 Midday (4)<br />
Cup clash <strong>in</strong> Nigeria.<br />
Nigeria tackle Algeria<br />
on Saturday, November<br />
12, <strong>in</strong> Uyo.<br />
New coach Georges<br />
Leekens had earlier<br />
named a squad of 18<br />
foreign pros for the<br />
much-awaited clash.<br />
Latest foreign call-ups<br />
are Sofiane Hanni from<br />
Belgian club<br />
Anderlecht, who is a<br />
direct replacement for<br />
<strong>in</strong>jured Ounas and<br />
Jean Mehdi Tahrat,<br />
features for Angers <strong>in</strong><br />
the French Ligue 1.<br />
The four local league<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues on Page 47<br />
QUICK CROSSWORD<br />
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS<br />
•Ounas<br />
Okala backs Eagles to<br />
beat Algeria<br />
FORMER Nigeria<br />
International and<br />
Afcon w<strong>in</strong>ner,<br />
Emmanuel Okala is<br />
back<strong>in</strong>g the Super<br />
Eagles to prey on the<br />
Fennecs of Algeria<br />
based on the team’s<br />
current form.Nigeria<br />
and Algeria clash on<br />
November 12 <strong>in</strong> the<br />
FIFA World Cup<br />
qualifier.<br />
Gernot Rohr had led<br />
the team to an <strong>in</strong>spir<strong>in</strong>g<br />
DOWN<br />
2 Liability (4)<br />
3 Observe (4)<br />
4 Advanced (8)<br />
5 Acid (4)<br />
6 Biscuit (5)<br />
7 Imitate (3)<br />
8 Beg<strong>in</strong> (5)<br />
12 Sorcery (5)<br />
13 Jockey (5)<br />
14 Butt (3)<br />
15 Cap (5)<br />
17 Sea (5)<br />
18 Surpass (5)<br />
20 Tardy (8)<br />
22 Gratuity (3)<br />
25 Comb<strong>in</strong>e (5)<br />
26 Located (5)<br />
28 Employer (4)<br />
29 Scrut<strong>in</strong>ise (4)<br />
30 Noth<strong>in</strong>g (4)<br />
32 Transgress (3)<br />
ACROSS: 1, Create 5, Jumper 8, Educated<br />
9, Tour 10, Cow 12, Glade 15, Ill 17, Ale 18,<br />
Vim 19, Put 20, Nerve 21, Arc 22, Emu 23, Nag<br />
24, Err 26, Spent 29, Eel 33, Mute 34, Accident<br />
35, Resent 36, Entail.<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ues on Page 47<br />
•Okala<br />
Ighalo warns on<br />
Algerian teammate<br />
— Page 47<br />
DOWN: 2, Radio 3, Arch 4, Extol 5, Jaded<br />
6, Myth 7, Equal 10, Copse 11, Water 12,<br />
Genus 13, Agree 14, Event 15, Image 16,<br />
Local 25, Rouse 27, Plawt 28, Niche 30, Ennui<br />
31, Cede 32, Edit.<br />
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