24052018 - BUHARI-OBASANJO FACEOFF : Crossfire, as supporters bombard each other

10—Vanguard, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
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Crisis looms at Global West
By Godwin Oritse
CRISIS is brewing at
Global West Specialist
Vessels as the family of the
late Captain Romeo Itima
has dragged the
Managing Director Mr.
Winfred Itima, to court
over the ownership of the
company
The Managing
Director is a younger
brother to Captain
Romeo.
The late Captain Itima
died on August 7, 2012
in Escravos, where he
was reported to have
fallen off a boat and
drowned.
His younger brother,
Great Covenant holds
maiden inter-house sports
By Tope Adegbola
GREAT Covenant
Vision School
Ikorodu organised its
maiden edition of its interhouse
sports competition
at De Fun Park, Ikorodu.
According to Mr.
Olawuyi Abayomi,
Chairman of the event, “a
child is not complete
without sports as it is the
basis of total education in
schools.”
He went on a historical
journey, citing some
notable achievements of
Nigerian students in
sports over the years and
how it has contributed to
national unity and
development.
Olawuyi further
highlighted the
necessity of sports as
that which is needed to
build the generality of
Captain Winifred Itima is
being sued alongside
other directors of the
company—former
President Goodluck
Jonathan’s Special
Adviser on Maritime,
Mr. Oluwagbenga
Oyewole and Mr. Olabisi
Afolabi.
The suit was filed by the
wife of Captain Romeo
Itima, Helen, and two of
her children— Zion Itima
and Kevin Itima.
The suit was filed before
Justice Babs Kuemi of the
Federal High Court,
Lagos and preliminary
hearing took place on
May 16 and adjourned to
June 26.
Ex-NITEL workers raise
alarm over landgrabbers
By Esther
Onyegbula
FORMER workers of
N i g e r i a n
Telecommunication
Company, NITEL,
resident in Ikorodu area of
Lagos, have raised alarm
over unwholesome
activities of land grabbers,
saying the land grabbers
are endangering their
lives and property.
Speaking with
Vanguard, some
representatives of the
embattled community
under the aegis of NITEL/
MTEL Landlords
Association, Ikorodu,
recounted their ordeals in
the hands of hoodlums
working with land
grabbers and their alleged
sponsors within the
community.
According to the
Chairman of NITEL/
MTEL Landlords
Association, Ikorodu,
Mr. Emem, “we decided
to cry out to the public to
seek protection for our
personal safety, security
and property being
endangered by the
hoodlums and their
paymasters.”
Mr. Emem recalled that
trouble began for the
over 300 families and
residents in the
neighbourhood when
some land speculators
encroached on their
property few years ago
under the guise of acting
on the instructions of
some so-called
landowners.
He said they sold
some of the undeveloped
plots of the over 67
hectares of land within
the vicinity of the estate.
every human.
This year’s competition,
which comprised both
parents and children’s
participation, was with a
difference.
There was so much
enthusiasm in the air as
parents in different
houses planned so much
for the success of their
houses.
With a total of eight
gold medals, Red House
emerged top of the
medals table and carting
away the chairman’s
coveted trophy for 2018.
The second position
was taken up by Yellow
House and which calmly
and without much fanfare
surprised all present with
their sheer athletes.
Third and fourth
positions were taken by
Blue House and Green
House, respectively.
Commotion as EFCC detains
ex-governor Shekarau
THERE was commotion
at the Kano State office
of the Economic and
Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, as
supporters of a former Kano
state governor Ibrahim
Shekarau attempted to
block his rescheduled visit
to the office.
A witness said hundreds
of supporters of the former
Education Minister
thronged the Hajj Camp
Road office of the anti-graft
agency to protest what they
called “persecution” by the
agency.
Mr. Shekarau arrived the
area around 4p.m, as
scheduled, but was
however blocked from
gaining entrance into the
commission’s premises.
The overwhelming crowd
almost overpowered
security personnel on duty,
who had to call for
reinforcement from sister
security organisations.
“The police had to use
teargas and fired some
shots in the air to disperse
the crowd,” a witness,
Abba Yunusa, said.
At press time, Mr.
Shekarau was still being
detained at the
commission’s offices.
The former governor
and the co-defendants are
expected to be arraigned
on Thursday before the
federal high court in Kano
on charges of money
laundering.
Yesterday, Mr.
Shekarau’s media
assistant, Sule Sule,
alleged that the former
governor was being
persecuted by the agency
for his criticism of the
administration of
President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The EFCC, in a
statement yesterday, said
it had concluded
arrangement to arraign
Mr. Shekarau alongside
three others before a
Federal High Court in
Kano today.
Shekarau will be
charged alongside,
Aminu Wali and Mansur
Ahmed for allegedly
conniving to collect N950
million part of the $115
million allegedly
distributed by a former
Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Diezani
Madueke, ahead of the
2015 general election,
EFCC spokesman,
Wilson Uwujaren, said in
the statement.
“It is further alleged that
the defendants distributed
the money without going
through a financial
institution in clear
violation of provisions of
the Money Laundering
Prohibition Act.
“They are being detained
at the Commission‘s Kano
Zonal Office awaiting
their arraignment
tomorrow,” he said.
INSPECTION: Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (right) being briefed by the
Project Manager of Reynolds Construction Company, Mr. Harel Vaknin (left) during the inspection of
ongoing work on Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso-Ilorin Road, Tuesday.
Amnesty Report: DHQ alleges plot to
destabilise Nigeria
By Ikechukwu
Nnochiri,
Johnbosco
Agbakwuru &
Joseph Erunke
ABUJA— THE Defence
Headquarters, DHQ,
yesterday accused the
Amnesty International, AI,
of planning to destabilize
Nigeria, saying credible
information at its disposal
showed that the group had
concluded plans to destroy
the country.
DHQ said it had received
credible intelligence report
of a plan by AI to release a
false report on fictitious
rape incidents in IDP
camps in the North East
region of Nigeria.
This came as the
Presidency faulted the
report AL plans to release
alleging human rights
violation by Nigerian
security agencies,
describing it as a wild goose
chase without any
substance.
The presidency in a
statement signed by the
Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media
and Publicity, Malam
Nigeria heading for collapse except...—NIGN
N ATIONAL
Intervention
Group of Nigeria, NIGN,
has warned that Nigeria
may be heading to
imminent division and
eventual collapse if urgent
steps are not taken to arrest
the killings and wanton
destruction of properties
across the country by
rampaging herdsmen.
Convener of NIGN, Mr.
Segun Akinloye, at a
briefing in Abuja, lamented
that Nigerians were being
slaughtered while asleep,
in their homes, on their
Garba Shehu in Abuja,
said the AI report lacked
credibility.
The Presidency said:
“The recent report by
Amnesty International
alleging human rights
violation by Nigerian
security agencies is
inherently battling with
credibility falling short of
farms, in churches and
mosques on highways by
people branded as
invading bandits among
other titles.
According to him, “it is no
more news to us all that
Southern Kaduna is no
more safe for its people, it
is no more news that certain
parts of Benue, Taraba,
Kogi, Plateau and Kaduna
are being soaked in the
blood of their own people.
Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna
State and some villages in
Maru Local Government of
Zamfara State are being
evidential narration
“It is short on credibility
because it does not
contain factual leads that
could have laid the
foundation for
investigative actions.
“Findings are attributed
to people, but proper
description of such people
is not provided.”
terrorised daily and their
people being killed and
animals and other property
carted away unchecked by
our governments, Local,
State, and Federal.
“We cannot also forget the
Dapchi girls kidnap and all
drama that surrounded it;
some of those girls have
since been returned in
rather controversial turn of
events and manner, but till
today the whole nation still
awaits the rescue or return
of Leah Sharibu, who is
alledged to still be in
custody of the abductors.”