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Igbo leaders demand new constitution
before 2019 elections
By Dennis Agbo
E NUGU—IGBO
Leaders of Thought,
ILT, has demanded for a
fresh Nigeria constitution
that would be adopted for
operation before the
February 2019 general
elections.
The leaders said the new
constitution before election
became paramount since
every election conducted in
Nigeria was faulty and
disputed due to the many
irregularities associated
with the military-drafted
constitution.
In a communique made
available in Enugu,
yesterday, ILT leader, Prof.
Ben Nwabueze said there
was a general rejection of
By Chidi
Nkwopara
OWERRI—AN Imo
State High Court
presided over by Justice
Benjamin C. Iheka,
yesterday ordered
substituted service on
members of the panel that
allegedly probed the “gross
misconduct” levelled
against the Deputy
Governor, Prince Eze
Madumere.
Arguing the ex-parte
matter, Madumere’s
counsel, Prince Ken C. O.
Njemanze, SAN, told the
Court that five of the sevenman
panel, set up by the
state Chief Judge, Justice
Paschal Nnadi, to probe the
alleged gross misconduct
levelled against his client
have remained elusive.
“My Lord, the third and
fourth defendants (Nze
Saba Nze and Charles
Okoro) respectively, are
lawyers. We know their
Chambers and they have
been properly served”,
Njemanze said.
While informing the
the 1999 constitution
because it was drawn by
people who were not
acceptable to the people.
Nwabueze said at the
July 27, 2018 meeting of
ILT, the group expressed
disappointment that the
issue of national question
to which it has called
attention for years since the
Goodluck Jonathan
administration has not been
attended to.
“The Igbo Leaders of
Thought, ILT, calls for
immediate setting up of a
Constituent Assembly to
prepare a new constitution
before 2019 elections,”
Nwabueze said in the
communique he signed.
The group also spoke on
the fight against corruption
which it noted was a major
programme of the
President Muhammadu
Buhari’s government,
regretting however, that
evidence available indicates
selective prosecution of
political opponents.
Nwabueze said, “The
Igbo Leaders of Thought
feels that the solution to
corruption is to resolve
political corruption which
includes nepotism,
appointment on basis of
religious faith, protection of
loyalists who are known to
be mainfestly corrupt and
expenditure of public funds
without budgeting. ILT
strongly condemns the
government's selective
approach to the fight
against corruption.”
On impunity and abuse
of power, the group said it
views with dismay, the use
of instruments of the state
to pursue ethno-religous
and political goals.
“The police, the EFCC,
etc, appear to be serving as
political thugs. This is
unacceptable and
government should call
these agencies to order.
This disobedience to the
ruling of courts which the
Attorney General and
Minister for Justice seems
to expose is not acceptable
in a democracy,” it
lampooned.
The group also called for
de-proscription of the
Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, noting that
organisations such as
herdsmen that carry arms
unlike IPOB have not
been proscribed.
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Impeachment: Court orders substituted
service dated and filed on
service on panelists August 13, 2018, the
Court that the plaintiff does
not know the other
members of the panel,
Madumere’s counsel also
disclosed that it became
very expedient for his client
to serve them through the
Chief Judge, who
appointed them.
“My Lord, we reasoned
that since the Chief Judge
appointed them, he would
also know their addresses.
However, all the court
processes we dropped in
Chief Judge’s Chamber,
were returned.
"In view of the urgency of
the matter before the court
and the need to actually
effect proper service of the
processes on the other
members of the panel
before August 20, 2018,
the next adjourned date, we
urge the Court to order for
substituted service on the
five panelists that are yet to
be served,” Njemanze
said.
Handing down the order
yesterday, Justice Iheka
said he has carefully read
through the Motion
Exparte for substituted
supporting affidavit
deposed thereto and the
written address of counsel.
“And after hearing Ken
Njemanze, SAN, with N
Chijioke Esq of counsel to
the Plaintiff/Applicant,
leave is granted to the
Applicant as Plaintiff in this
suit number HOW/565/
2018, to effect service of the
Motion on Notice dated
July 31, 2018, and filed on
August 1, 2018, on the 4th,
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th
defendants in this suit, by
substituted means,” Justice
Iheka said.
He also ordered the
publication of same in three
newspapers with wide
circulation in Imo State and
Nigeria.
“This service as herein
ordered, when duly
complied with, shall be
deemed good, proper and
effective service in this
proceedings,” Justice Iheka
said.
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IPOB calls for panel to
investigate killing of 38
pro-Biafra agitators
By Ugochukwu
Alaribe
ABA—THE Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB,
has called for an
international panel of
enquiry to investigate the
killings of 38 pro-Biafra
agitators by the Federal
Government.
IPOB said the call came
on the heels of its discovery
of 38 dead bodies of slain
Biafrans at Obiawom
village, Ogwe Autonomous
Community, in Asa, Ukwa
West Local Government
Area of Abia State.
In a statement signed by
the media and publicity
secretary of the group,
Comrade Emma Powerful,
IPOB explained that the
killings were the outcome
of the Operation Python
Dance carried out by the
Nigerian Army in the South
East zone.
The group further called
for the prosecution of those
who participated in its
instigation and execution of
the Operation Python
Dance such as Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, South East
governors as well as select
Igbo elders and politicians.
“If anything, this cold
blooded execution and
unceremonious dumping of
dead bodies in the forest by
soldiers at Obiawom village
in Ukwa West under the
control of Abia State
governor, Okezie Ikpeazu
is ample justification for the
recent decision of IPOB to
disengage from any further
talks with Ohanaeze
Ndigbo and South East
governors until all issues
surrounding the genocidal
Operation Python Dance is
cleared up.
“Had these number of
murder victims been
discovered in any Muslim
country, region or part of the
world, the International
Criminal Court, ICC,
United Nations, Britain,
USA and the world media
will be up in arms
demanding explanation
and holding the
perpetrators accountable.
But because these events
are happening to Biafrans
in Nigeria; where a
government, along with
her security operatives are
aiding and protecting
herdsmen and their
kinsmen in the army from
the consequences of the
worst form of ethnically
motivated genocide
currently in Africa, the
world remains deaf to the
cries of IPOB."
I'll tackle insecurity if elected
president—Makarfi
By Eric Ugbor
U MUAHIA—
FORMER
national caretaker chairman
of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Senator
Ahmed Makarfi has said
he will bring an end to the
growing insecurity
currently ravaging many
parts of the country if
elected president in 2019.
Senator Makarfi stated
this in Umuahia while
addressing the executive of
the Peoples Democratic
Party and statutory
delegates on his
presidential ambition. He
assured that there will be
peace in the land if he
becomes the president of
Woman cheats death, as fire guts
her home in Anambra
By Vincent
Ujumadu
AWKA—A middle-aged
woman on Monday
night sustained severe
burns following kerosene
explosion that engulfed her
apartment at Awada-Obosi
in Idemili North local
government area of
Anambra State.
The explosion completely
razed down an eight room
service quarters of the
apartment, located at No. 7
Dike Ezeagu street in
Ugwuagba area of Awada.
It was gathered that the
victim, Mrs. Gift Oroke,
was preparing dinner at
about 10pm, when her
stove exploded because of
alleged adulterated
kerosene.
The State Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO,
Mr. Haruna Mohammed,
who confirmed the incident,
said the victim was taken
to St. Martins Hospital,
Ugwuagba Obosi for
medical attention.
“The scene was visited by
Police detectives attached to
Awada Division and the
victim was taken to St.
Martins Hospital. Sample
of the kerosene was
obtained for analysis and
the case is under
investigation to ascertain
circumstances surrounding
the incident,” the PPRO
said.
He advised members of
the public to always take
necessary precautions
when using kerosene and
other combustible
substances in order to
prevent such ugly
incidents.
the country come 2019,
adding that Nigerians
would be better off if he
emerges as president
because of his wealth of
experience in governance.
“But like I had earlier
said, if nominated by the
party and elected by
Nigerians, my priorities
would be the issue of
insecurity and stopping the
killings in the country.
“ I will address the issue
of national unity and
promotion of what binds us
together, the issue of
unemployment and job
creation as well as
redistribution of wealth,” he
said.
Speaking further,
Makarfi said: “When you
say you have raised our
Gross Domestic Product ,
GDP, by seven per cent, yes,
it is possible but who
benefited from the increase?
That is the question!
“So, when you create
wealth, it is only
meaningful when it is
legitimately and evenly
distributed. You distribute
wealth by creating
employment, good paying
jobs, not temporary jobs that
people are paid peanuts
and you begin to wonder
whether the money being
paid is transport money or
a living wage.”