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Treason trial: Kanu should not be expected in court until hearings conducted —Counsel

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Treason trial: Kanu should not be expected in court until hearings conducted —Counsel

Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that nobody should expect him to be in court for the continuation of his ongoing treason trial, until a hearing is conducted on why the military invaded his home in 2017. The counsel, Mr. Alloy Ejimako, disclosed this in a statement he issued which was made available to Vanguard by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful.

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Mr. Ejimako therefore, advised the Nigerian judicial system to do the needful by determining why the Nigerian Army invaded Kanu’s home in 2017 and killed 28 persons in the process. Ejimako’s statement read: “Until a hearing is conducted on why the military invaded Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s home in 2017, he should not be expected to appear in court for the treason trials. “Nnamdi Kanu didn’t appear because he is not in Nigeria. And his trial in absentia is open to question.

It shouldn’t happen. Our position is that the court should have conducted a hearing as to why Nnamdi Kanu has repeatedly failed to appear in court. If that enquiry is conducted, it will bring to the fore what happened in September 2017. And it will give an opportunity to introduce evidence in the proceedings to demonstrate why nobody under such circumstances should be expected to appear in court because the Army went in there to kill him. I don’t know what the court expected him to do; to stay here and be killed and be brought to court, or what? “If someone is on bail, such a person is under the protection of the court.

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And now, an agency of the same government that is prosecuting this man sent its armed forces to this man to kill him. And 28 men were killed. “The court is not making an enquiry into that and they are solely concerned about proceeding with his trial in absentia. It shouldn’t happen in a well-ordered system. We just have to get to the root: why did he not appear in court? That is the question. “Then, they can tell Mr Kanu to come and face your trial in court because the court will give you protection. When that is done, he will come. I guarantee he will come. Once the court makes a pronouncement on why he is not there and makes a ruling, then he will appear. But this court is not doing that. If they proceed with absentia trial, the international community will see it as kangaroo.

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“If it is settled, it will be determined whether he jumped bail of which no conclusion like that will ever be reached. If the court makes such inquiry, it will also give the court an opportunity to determine what happened in 2017.” On the fate of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who is one of Kanu’s sureties,Mr. Ejimako said: “I am representing the Jewish Rabbi, Immanuel Shalom, the co-surety for Nnamdi Kanu. Abaribe was not the only surety.The other one is Mr Tochukwu Uchendu, an accountant. They are of the equal footing with N100m each, totalling N300m. That is what they stand to loose if Nnamdi Kanu is determined to have jumped bail. Abaribe’s case is the same as my client’s case.

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“The sureties cannot be said to have breached their bonds in circumstances such as Nnamdi Kanu’s situation where 28 persons were killed in his house. Do they want him produced in court dead? It can’t happen. The bond subsists and no one is going to lose any money. Nobody is going to jail for a bail bond that was not breached but by the Nigerian Army. “We have the case in court that the bail bond cannot be revoked without conducting a hearing on why the person that was given the bail did not appear in court.”

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It should be recalled that the leader of IPOB did not appear in court Thursday when his treason trial commenced but the court said he would be tried in absentia. His lawyer, who was represented in court by another lawyer, claimed the court notice was very short. He told newsmen that Kanu was absent because he needed to be assured of his security. Meantime, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, alleged that outlandish concoctions and outright lies were used against IPOB to justify the Obigbo massacre.

Mazi Kanu also alleged that the Nigerian Army Defense Headquarters is obstructing independent investigations into the #ObigboMassacre, adding that the Federal Government of Nigeria, Rivers State Government and the Nigerian Army have always used lies to vilify IPOB, while using kid gloves for terror franchise groups like Boko Haram, ISWAP and herdsmen who have continued killing innocent people.

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Mazi Kanu, in a statement through IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful, said that he has challenged the Nigerian Army Defense Headquarters to allow independent investigation into the #ObigboMassacre if they know that Army is not lying against IPOB. His statement read: “If all the outlandish concoctions and outright lies against IPOB used to justify ObigboMassacre were true, why is the Nigerian Army Defense Headquarters obstructing independent investigations? Governor Nyesom Wike demonized Obigbo people just to kill them and sadly, the killings are still ongoing but no action was taken by International Criminal Court – ICC, US Ambassador to Nigeria, UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, EU Mission to Nigeria, etc. “It is now clear the international community no longer cares about victims of state orchestrated mass murder like what obtained in Obigbo. Appealing to the moral sense of responsibility of conscientious civilised nations no longer work. Perhaps, they want survivors of these brutal massacres all over Nigeria to go into armed resistance.

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“Meanwhile, the much ‘respected’ terror franchise like Boko Haram, ISWAP, herdsmen and bandits are busy chopping off the heads of rice farmers in Borno. The cowardly bunch of murderers in uniform only have power over unarmed citizens. “Countries like the United States of America, especially those apologists for impunity in Nigeria at the US State Department, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Turkey and European Union that supply arms to Nigeria are equally culpable in the murder of innocent people at Obigbo in Rivers State and Lekki toll gate in Lagos State.” Ikpeazu applauds Orji on high legislative productivity Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has applauded the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator T A Orji, over the recent report from the National Assembly that confirmed that he is the most productive among former governors at the National Assembly. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Umuahia by the state Commisioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu,

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“The Government of Abia State led by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is proud of the strong legislative exploits of the former Governor of the state and Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly which has seen him sponsor seven bills including the NCDC Bill, and wish to put on record that such performance can only come from a Senator that is conscious of the reason the people trooped out en masse to vote for him”. He also extolled the legislative intervention of the Senator that ensured that the federal government awarded the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal highway project as well as his other constituency interventions such as award of scholarships to indigent persons and free medicare program and called on him to continue to be a shining example for others to follow in the state. The governor called for continuing synergy, dedication to work and support from the state contingent at the National Assembly to ensure that the people of the state receive more dividends of democracy from those they elected to represent them at all levels.

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According to a document, Report Card of the 9th Senate Volume One, Number One (June 2019 – May 2020) titled “How Former Governors Stand in Bills Chart of the 9th Senate”, Senator Orji was credited with a total of seven Bills, saying that he is the “Highest in Legislative Productivity”. Some of the Bills sponsored by the Senator and already signed into law include: Food and Security Bill, and the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC Amendment Bill. The document also named former governor of Nassarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, (Nasarawa West, APC), as also producing seven bills. The Report also named Senator Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto North), Senator Gabriel Suswam, (Benue North East), and Senator Ibikunle Amosun, (Ogun Central) as having four Bills to their names respectively.

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Senate On Fire, As Senators Debate On Security, Ask Buhari To Sack Security Chiefs

A debate on the worsening security situation in the country sparked fireworks in the Senate on Wednesday. The session became rowdy following a call by the minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign for his failure to protect the lives and property of Nigerians since 2015. Senators, however, were divided on the need to adopt a model of state police in the country. However, they were unanimous on the urgency for the president to dismiss the current heads of service. Abaribe insisted that Buhari and the All Progressive Congress (APC) had told Nigerians during their election campaigns to stone them if they did not succeed. He said: “it is now time to pick stones to stone them” in view of their obvious failure. Senate President Ahmad Lawan however interrupted Abaribe. He called on him and all those who were going to contribute to the debate to be apolitical. He said that bandits and Boko Haram insurgents do not operate on partisan grounds when they kill citizens. Abaribe said: “When I was coming this morning, I saw a newspaper headline of THISDAY, which said: the ‘Commander-In-Chief expresses shock at the level of violent crimes’ in the country. “In other words, Mr President was expressing surprise but in accordance to our rules in Order 53 (13), I will not go into that but I can only say in pidgin English ‘this surprise, surprise me.’ “Mr. President, you have told us that on this solemn day and in discussing this matter, that we may not at any point be partisan. “I want to say Mr. President, if you didn’t insist that we will not be partisan, I would have called out the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, who when the CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria) leaders complained about the killing of a priest, he turned around and said CAN was acting like a political party. “Now that we are talking about it here, let me hear him say that all of us are acting like a political party when many are complaining about these incessant deaths in this country. “Because we have to get to the root of this matter, I can only say one thing: those who live by propaganda will die by propaganda. “This is a matter of life and death and I was building up to something and I will say what I was building up to simply. “Boko Haram has been defeated, Nigeria is now safer, everything that was being done to make sure that the hard work that was supposed to be done in securing Nigeria was not done because certain people did not do their work but preferred to cover the eyes of Nigerians with propaganda and trying to find all these excuses for non-performance have now come to stare us in the face. “Mr President, Nigerians did not elect the Inspector General of Police, we did not elect the Chief of Staff, we did not elect the Joint Chiefs or the National Security Adviser. “We elected the government of APC in 2015 and re-elected them in 2019. The reason we re-elected them is that they continued to tell us that they had the key to security. “When you want to deal with a matter, you go to the head, so we will go to government and ask this government to resign because they can no longer do anything.” At this point Lawan intervened and cautioned Abaribe not to be partisan in his contribution. “Let me remind you once again that Nigerians voted for APC in 2015 and because they saw improvement in their lives they voted APC again in 2019. I don’t want to be partisan and I would advise against hate speech,” Lawan said. On his part, Abaribe added: “In conclusion, I want to say that Nigerians voted a government into power and that government even said ‘if we don’t perform stone us’ we are going with the stones to stone them now…” Again Lawan cut Abaribe shot, and said he has exhausted the allotted time to make his contribution. Lawan added: “The situation in this country is such a serious situation that our debate should be towards ensuring that we are able to get solutions.” In his contribution, Senator Abudullahi Adamu took exception to Abaribe’s call on President Buhari to resign. Adamu insisted that the Senate President ought to have ruled that Abaribe should withdraw his submissions. Adamu said: “There is no doubting the fact that we do face security challenges in this country. “Anybody who says otherwise is only pretending but the fact that we have security challenges and the fact that we are in a democratic dispensation, and the fact that in the National Assembly, on the floor of this hallowed chamber, we enjoy some immunity. “Mr President, if we do not approach this debate with the level of sensibility that it demands, we shall be doing more harm than good to this issue of national security. “If we all stand up and talk about campaign pronouncements, manifestos presented by different parties, those accepted and those rejected, we will not have time to discuss what we are here to discuss. “But for us to talk as if nothing is happening, it does not help the situation we are in. I believe that if government agencies have not been able to get us to the promised land, we should try to go into the nitty gritty of what their problems are. “How do we help resolve what we have instead of outright condemnation and seeing nothing good and throwing the baby away with the bath water? “The opening salvo by the Minority Leader where he landed and crash landed by saying he is going with stones. “Stone in the spirit in which he made that contribution is a weapon. We cannot sit here as elder statesmen and be adding salt to injury. “It is not within our duty to do so. I would have wished the Senate President did not to only tell the minority leader that the time allotted for the discussion was up but should have told him to withdraw the statement as a respect and that he is a man of honour to stand by the oath of office he took.” Lawan had on Tuesday promised that the Senate would dedicate its plenary of yesterday (Wednesday) to debate the worsening security situation in the country and to proffer a way forward. President Buhari had also on Tuesday expressed surprise about the growing violent crimes in the country and promised that his government would henceforth be harder on bandits. Lawan had also said that the security architecture of the country is ineffective and fast deteriorating. Senate Majority Leader, Senator Yahaya Abudullahi sponsored the motion titled: “Nigerian security challenges: Urgent need to restructure, review and reorganize the current security architecture.” The motion was co-sponsored by 105 other Senators. Abdullahi, in his lead debate, called on his colleagues to note the recent upsurge of security related challenges and “the devastating loss of lives, limbs and properties that it unleashed on the nation.” He further urged the Senate to note the comprehensive new National Security Strategy that the government unfolded in December, 2019, “with its very clear statement of goals, objectives and challenges that faced the nation particularly those challenges whose recent upsurge have a direct and devastating impact on the lives and safety of the people.” The security challenges according to him, include: Terrorism and violent extremism, armed banditry, kidnapping, militancy and separatist agitation. Others are Pastoralists/farmer clashes and cattle rustling; organized crime; piracy and sea robbery; and cross border crimes of smuggling and illegal drugs and fire arms trafficking. He insisted that even though the Senate appreciates the recent effort to redefine the nation’s approaches to the security challenges, the “implementation strategy must be operationalized in a manner that takes a critical and intrusive review of the nature, structure and disposition of the security institutions, particularly the Police, Civil Defence, Intelligence, Customs, Immigrations, etc.” Abdullahi added: “Further notes that the various local, state and regional responses to these security challenges by way of selfhelp initiative such as Civilian JTF, Hisbah, Yausakai, Yanbanga and more recently Amotekun which are mainly expression of peoples desperation and disappointment with the failure of the state security architecture to protect them; “Opines that the current structure, operational strategies, Personnel training and disposition of these critical institutions has been outgrown by our contemporary security challenges. “This is because, in the current challenging dispensation, we must prioritize the restructuring and the reorganizing those security apparatuses that shoulder the direct responsibilities of protecting the Nigerian people and their urban and rural space. “This is with a view to making them more effective, responsive community integrated and people friendly. “Far reaching measures and structural reforms are necessary in order to arrest the rapidly deteriorating internal security environment. “The current challenges seem to have overwhelmed our security Institutions.” The Senate, after five hours of debate, set up a 17-member Committee to interface with all heads of security agencies for a way out of the deteriorating security situation in the country and to report back in two weeks. The ad hoc Committee is to be chaired by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi. Members include Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe, Aliyu Sabi Abudullahi, Ali Ndume, Abba Moro, Yusuf Yusuf, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, Stella Oduah, Ibikunle Amosun, Ibrahim Gobir, George Sekibo, Sulaiman Kwari, Aliyu Wamakko and Haliru Dauda Jika among others. The committee is also to engage the National Security Adviser on the implementation modalities of the December 2019 national security strategies. The panel is also to engage the national security institution to discuss their operational structures, funding, equipment and staff disposition with a view to reviewing the national security architecture to make it more responsive in tackling the myriad security challenges facing the nation and the people. Besides, it is to produce a draft implementation modality/blueprint on the ways and means of tackling the current security challenges for the consideration of the Senate. The Senate also summoned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to brief it at plenary on the modus operandi of state policing in the country on Wednesday. The upper chamber also called on Buhari to declare a national security emergency in the country. Lawan in his contribution said the legislature must not shy away from what affect the people. He said: “This is not something we can do alone, we must work with the executive to achieve these. “The President himself has been working hard with security agencies to ensure that we protect the lives and property of our people but we have come to a point where the legislators will also intervene or we give the necessary legislation and support to the executive arm of Government. “So what we have done is the first thing, I think the most difficult step is the next step and that is, we have passed resolution now, the list of the adhoc committee members. “They will be charged to work assiduously to ensure that they finish their work in two weeks but that is the second step, the third step will be the implementation of whatever we are able to adopt from the ad-hoc committee support, in that case we have to work much more closely to ensure the implementation on those things we resolved on. “We should prepare our minds that not all what we have resolved on would be implemented, we pray that whatever we resolve that will bring solution the executive may have their own solution on the way forward so there would be need for us to join and marry the two efforts to ensure that the lives and property of Nigerians are protected.” In their contributions, Senators raised the issue of community policing and the over stay in office of the present Service Chiefs. However, while senators where divided on the desirability of state police, those who spoke were unanimous on the need for the current Service Chiefs to be asked to proceed on their overdue retirement. While the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege opposed state police, Senators Oluremi Tinubu, Solomon Adeola, Danjuma Goje, Adamu Aliero, Olubunmi Adetunmbi and Opeyemi Bamidele, among others, supported the creation of state police. Omo-Agege said: “The current personnel strength of 300,000 to police about 200 million people and the constitutional structure of the Police Force, there is no way they can do this job. “Assuming we decide to go the route of state police, we don’t want to create a Nigerian police and give it another name. “If we create state police today, what are the challenges the police is facing that will not be faced by the community police. “Now, we have State Governments who want to create State police. These are the same state government that are not able to pay salaries of workers. “If we create the state police, we will go back to the Nigerian police and have the same challenges if not worse. “We also have the misuse to which the state police could be deployed. All politics is local as we are told. “There are some states where those challenges will not be present but there are also states where state police will be abused by the state governments and by the state Governors.” Senator Adamu Aliero urged the Senate to revisit the report of its security summit during the eight Senate. Aliero said: “If you recall, in the 8th Senate, we had one whole week where we had security summit. “In that summit, we invited everybody that is supposed to be invited from service chiefs to traditional institutions. “We came up with every good recommendations, I don’t know what happened to those recommendations. “We should go back, adjust it and then send to the executive. All that is supposed to be said has been said at that seminar. “On the issue of state police, we are putting the cart before the horse. For us to have state police, we have to amend the relevant sections in our constitution.” On the other hand Senators Adeola, Elisha Abbo, Betty Apiafi, Matthew Urhoghide, among others called for the sack of the Service Chiefs. Adeola said: “The Service Chiefs have done well. We thank them for what they have done. It is time for them to go.” Senator Apiafi said: “Most of us we will agree that by the time they came into position, things were not really bad. They have done their bits and their tenure has expired. They are illegally occupying the seat. It will be good for the government to allow the security chiefs go and bring in new people to add vigour to the fight against insecurity.” On his part, Senator Urhoghide said: “These service chiefs have overstayed. If it is true that these service chiefs after we confirmed them over five years ago, they are still on the saddle, I have no apologies, they have done very well. They have overstayed their welcome and they are bereft of ideas. Others should come in. The Service Chiefs include Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas and Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar Earlier, we reported how the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom narrowly escaped death after he was shot at by herdsmen, a consequence of the present state of insecurity in the country.

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I Am Ready To Hand Over To Dapo Abiodun – Amosun Ogun State Governor , Sen . Ibikunle Amosun , on Monday , said he was ready to hand over to the Governor -elect , Dapo Abiodun , on May 28 . Amosun said the keys to the government House , Oke - Igbein, were ready for collection by Abiodun to move in whenever he was ready . Amosun was represented by the Secretary to the State Government , Barr . Taiwo Adeoluwa during the inauguration of a 26 -member Transition Committee ahead of the inauguration of a new government in the state on May 29 . The committee which is composed of 15 members from the team of the governor -elect , Dapo Abiodun , and 11 members from the incumbent government was inaugurated at the Governor ’s Office in Abeokuta. The outgoing Deputy Governor , Mrs . Yetunde Onanuga and the Deputy Governor -elect , Noimot Salako - Oyedele , are the co - chairmen of the committee . Amosun said his government had set up a transition committee since last year December to ensure a smooth running of the programme. He claimed that the first draft of the handover note had been ready since February , but was being rejigged till date. He pledged that a comprehensive handover note would be given to Abiodun and his team on May 28 . He said , “ We will be in position to hand over a comprehensive handover note to you on May 29 , 2019 . “ By God ’s grace, 28 th of May , 2019 , we can sit down like this and hand over to you . “ We have not been sleeping so as to have a smooth running of the transition . “ Government house , Oke - Igbein, is ready , If you want to move in tomorrow. Both the Presidential lodge and government house are ready . As soon as you tell us when you need the keys to the government house and that of the Presidential Lodge , we will make them available. ” The government , however, frowned at the allegation levelled against it that , it was not ready to hand over . The SSG described the allegation as unfair , saying that the government chose not to respond to the allegation . I https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw3Fga0AE3Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14zrck27wrgcm

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Economic diversification: Partner with Private Sector to promote investments, Senate tells FG

***Advocates tax holidays for investors in agricultural, minerals sector The Senate has called on the Federal Government to partner with States, Local Governments and the Private Sector in infrastructure development to promote private investments in Nigeria. The upper chamber also advocated tax holidays for investors in the solid minerals sector while it urged the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to formalize the operations of illegal miners so as to generate revenue through tax collection. The Senate further advised the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to collaborate with relevant agencies to push for tax holidays and zero tariffs for import on agricultural and agro-processing equipment. These formed part of the resolutions reached by the Senate on Thursday sequel to the consideration of a motion on “The need for continuous implementation of policy reforms for the diversification of the Nigerian economy through the Agricultural and Solid Minerals Sectors.” The motion was sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun Central) and co-sponsored by 59 other senators. According to Amosun, available statistics show that the contribution of crude petroleum and natural gas to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined from 14.95 percent in 2011 to 9.61 percent in 2015 while the agricultural sector contributed 23.35 and 23.11 percent, respectively, to the GDP during the periods. The lawmaker, who noted that Nigeria was endowed with a wide variety of solid minerals in almost all states of the federation, said the solid mineral sector ranked second only to the agricultural sector as a source of export earnings for the country. Amosun said, “In the last four years of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the government has introduced a number of broad and sectoral policies intended to harness Nigeria’s Agricultural and Solid Minerals potentials in a bid to diversify the economy.” He identified some of the Federal Government’s policies such as the Anchors Borrowers Programme, the Livestock Transformational Plan, Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat Production, Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, and the Solid Mineral Development Strategy. Amosun added that the laudable policy initiatives by the Federal Government to reposition the Agricultural and Solid Minerals sectors would not only diversify the Nigerian economy, but also lift one hundred million Nigerians out of poverty in the next ten years. Signed: Ezrel Tabiowo Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate Thursday, November 14, 2019 Read the full article

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Breaking: Documentation Proves that Former Governor of Ogun state, Amosun illegaly Acquired 1000 AK47 rifles, 4million bullets and armoured tank

Documents show ex-Gov. Amosun illegally imported arms, ammunition

EXCLUSIVE: Arms Scandal: Jonathan, Dasuki deny granting Amosun approval for armoury

According to severally collection online, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, a former Governor of Ogun State is said to have acquired 1000 AK47 rifles, 4million bullets and armoured tank on June 25,to help secure the City of Ogun against the election coming up as of that time. The Police of Ogun allegedly received 1,000 AK-47 rifles, four million bullets, 1,000 bulletproof vests and an armoured personnel carrier on May 28 from the former Ogun state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun. Senator Ibikunle Amosun handed over the War Arms to fge police commissioner a day before he was suppose to leave his position as the Governor of Ogun state after 2 tenures as a Governor. A nationwide outrage had greeted the story from Nigerians who were alarmed by the potential danger and impropriety of a governor stockpiling arms on such a large scale. Amidst the uproar, Mr Amosun posted a lengthy denial on his Twitter page, in a desperate attempt to weaken calls for his arrest and prosecution for illegal arms possession. Our story, he said, “represented everything but the true and factual accounts” of his suspicious handover of stockpiled weapons to federal authorities. Despite its untidiness, Mr Amosun claimed the handover was “a routine exercise” that was conducted in the open and that he got necessary approvals to import the weapons. “We got all necessary approvals from the Office of the National Security Adviser to procure the 13 units of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), the 1000 units of AK 47 rifles, two million rounds of ammunition,1,000 units of bullet proof vests and 500 bulletproof helmets and other security communication gadgets. “Ogun State not only got approval to import these essential assets, the federal administration under President Goodluck Jonathan gave all requisite approvals to assist the state. “The Federal Government through the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) issued the state the End User Certificate Serial Number 000001123 dated 5th of March, 2012. “The Federal Ministry of Finance also granted Import Duty Exemption Certificate through a letter from the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy with Reference Number BO/R.10260/S.4/T.4/22 dated 10th April, 2012. Indeed the supplier was an accredited agent of the Nigeria Police Force nominated for the job by the Force who also monitored and supervised the transaction. “The security materials were cleared through the Murtala Muhammed Airport and confirmed through Nigeria Customs Memo NCS/MMAC/012/S.1,” Mr Amosun stated. Torixus looked deeply to the imformation with the specialized QRS unit. We committed substantial funds into procurement of hard and soft ware, and, myriad security assets to decisively combat our security challenges. We got all necessary approvals from the Office of the National Security Adviser to procure the 13 units of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), the 1000 units of AK 47 rifles, 2 Million rounds of ammunition,1000 units of Bullet proof vests and 500 bullet proof helmets But after an extensive investigation that lasted several months, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report that the end-user certificate and import waiver cited by Mr Amosun contained approval for importation of 13 armoured personnel carriers only. Our findings disputed Mr Amosun’s claim and highlighted the extent to which the politician was willing to go to deceive the public and federal authorities on the matter. Mr Amosun, 61, had written to President Goodluck Jonathan seeking to be exempted from paying import duty on 13 armoured vehicles he wanted to donate to the police in Ogun State. The request was made via a February 24, 2012 letter with Ogun State reference number: COS/GOV/11/VOL.II/236. In the letter titled ‘Request for Duty Waiver on Imported 13 Nos. APC/SWAT Vehicles’, Mr Amosun thanked Mr Jonathan for backing measures taken to tackle insecurity in Ogun State, a support he said would be further bolstered by the approval of his request to import armoured vehicles for the police. Amosun request for waiver Mr Jonathan subsequently directed expedited treatment of Mr Amosun’s request by the Federal Ministry of Finance. An analysis prepared by Bright Okogu, the then director-general of budget, found that the import waiver would deprive Nigeria of N209 million in potential import duty on the 13 armoured vehicles. Mr Okogu said the declared value of the 13 vehicles was $6.7 million (a little over N1 billion at the then exchange rate of N155 to a dollar) and calculated import duty of 20 per cent. Nonetheless, Mr Okogu recommended that the waiver be granted as a way of encouraging Mr Amosun’s security efforts in Ogun State, documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES showed. On March 22, 2012, the president endorsed the request for waiver. On April 10, 2012, a final import duty exemption certificate was issued to Ogun State Government for the importation of 13 armoured vehicles as requested by Mr Amosun for police use. The certificate carried reference number BO/R.10260/S.4/T.4/22, exactly what Mr Amosun quoted in his June 25 statement to the media. Duty exemption certificate Meanwhile, as Mr Amosun was seeking duty waiver for the 13 armoured vehicles, he got an approval from the Office of the National Security Adviser to bring them into the country. On March 5, 2012, an end-user certificate was issued to Alpine Armoring, an American specialised armoured vehicle manufacturer, for 13 armoured vehicles on behalf of Ogun State Government and for use by the police command in Ogun State. End-user certificate The certificate carried the same serial number Mr Amosun said was issued to him: 000001123. But, contrary to his claim, the certificate was for 13 armoured vehicles only and no mention of 1,000 AK-47 rifles, millions of bullets, hundreds of bulletproof vests and other security hardware he listed. Furthermore, in 2015, the Nigeria Customs Service confirmed in a memo that Mr Amosun imported 12 armoured vehicles between 2012 and 2013 based on the 2012 import waiver. He had written to the government seeking an extension of the waiver for him to be able to import the last one, which he said was not delivered with the rest due to logistic challenges. Customs confirmation of 12 APCs previously imported Customs confirmation of 12 APCs previously imported Mr Amosun took delivery of the first set of five vehicles as part of the order on April 19, 2012, Daily Trust reported. He confirmed in his June 25 statement that the last unit was what he handed over to the police in Abeokuta on May 28. Illegal arms stockpile Mr Amosun, a political ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, did not return multiple requests for comments on these findings from PREMIUM TIMES. For two weeks starting October 19, PREMIUM TIMES placed telephone calls, sent text messages and reached Mr Amosun by WhatsApp — all remained unanswered. The senator also did not reply to a letter that was delivered at his Senate office detailing our findings and seeking his comment before publication of this story. But he has repeatedly justified his importation of arms as a necessary measure he took to combat crimes in Ogun State in the early years of his administration. Frequent armed robbery attacks gripped Ijebu-Ode, Shagamu, Sango-Ota and other major settlements in the state at the time, forcing several banks to close their branches there.

Armed robberies reduced significantly in Mr Amosun’s first term following deployment of the APCs, but other violent crimes like political thuggery, kidnapping and cross-border smuggling lingered. Still, importing arms without requisite approvals from the Office of the National Security Adviser and other regulatory bodies could carry significant legal implications — its motives notwithstanding. In May, three Nigerians were sentenced to a combined 120 years in prison, including 20 years each for illegal possession of firearms in Ibadan. The Oyo State High Court relied on the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act to convict the trio. In March 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted security equipment (no firearms included) allegedly imported by Kogi State Government at the international airport in Abuja. Officials said an ONSA end-user certificate for the items was not immediately produced by their importer. Customs officials make regular seizures of controlled weapons imported without ONSA credentials at Nigerian land, air and sea borders. The AK-47 and its bullet specifications (7.62mm) which Mr Amosun admitted he imported were amongst the items restricted under the ONSA’s guidelines for procuring arms and ammunition in Nigeria. The ONSA is the only agency authorised to issue certification for importation of controlled equipment into Nigeria. The items were also specifically prohibited for storage by any person or organisation under Part I of the Firearms Act, except with express presidential approval, which Mr Amosun did not seek nor was he granted. Joseph Attah, the chief spokesperson for the Nigeria Customs Service, told PREMIUM TIMES no individual or organisation can legally import AK-47, its ammo and other controlled items without an end-user certificate from the ONSA.

EXCLUSIVE: Documents show ex-Gov. Amosun illegally imported arms, ammunition

How Mr Amosun imported the weapons without ONSA credentials remains unclear. But for decades, Nigerian borders remained notorious for their porousness. People bring items into the country either to circumvent duty on those items or because they do not have requisite certification to import them in the first place. And officials often lack the capacity to intercept such items or they simply look away after taking bribes. “Our port officials not only lack the capacity to intercept many illegal imports, but the nature of power in Nigeria also means that if the importer proves that he has links to the government, then whatever he is bringing in, no matter how illegal, will go through,” Cheta Nwanze, lead analyst at Lagos-based SBM Intelligence, told PREMIUM TIMES. “So it is not just a simple matter of bribes, but also of the subservience to perceived authority.” Mr Nwanze said one of the most dangerous thoughts a person can hold in a society is to feel insulated from all consequences, even in cases of unbridled lawlessness. “Call me cynical, but there would be no consequences” against Mr Amosun, he said. “And that is a very powerful incentive for other governors and politicians to abuse their positions of trust and import weapons.” Mr Nwanze said there was a direct link between illegal arms imports and election violence and general criminalities in Nigeria, a situation that has worsened consistently after each election cycle. “A chart of violence in Nigeria shows that at least since 2003, as elections approach, violence goes up. This violence is caused by politicians importing weapons and arming various groups. The problem is that after the elections, they are unable to retrieve the weapons, and the cycle of violence gets worse,” he said. Mr Amosun was locked in fierce political battle with his political rivals in the run up to the 2019 elections. There were deadly attacks involving the use of deadly arms by political thugs during the contest, Mr Nwanze said.

EXCLUSIVE: Documents show ex-Gov. Amosun illegally imported arms, ammunition

During an exchange with reporters on May 28 in Abeokuta, Mr Amosun said he personally managed a manifest of distributing the weapons to security agents and would have taken personal responsibility had any of them gone missing. Yet, when Torixus Media reported that Ogun police commissioner, Bashir Makama, had informed Inspector-General Muhammad Adamu that at least 780 bullets were missing from the boxes Mr Amosun handed over to them, the former governor refused to comment or turn himself in to authorities. In the June 27 memo, Mr Makama said Mr Amosun handed over 1,201 boxes, each holding 1,200 AK 47 bullets. However, “one of the boxes was met opened and contains four hundred and twenty (420) rounds of live ammunition,” Mr Amosun said. There were no immediate indications that Mr Amosun was ever questioned by the police since we began reporting the arms scandal in June. Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State police spokesperson, told PREMIUM TIMES the command has no comments about fresh revelations that Mr Amosun did not have approval to import assault rifles and munitions. “The former governor has not only lied but also breached the processes and procedures for importation of arms and ammunition,” Okechukwu Nwanguma, a security analyst and police reform expert, said. “He has simply engaged in arms smuggling and illegal possession and proliferation of firearms.” Mr Nwanguma, who heads the Lagos-based Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), said federal authorities should not only go after Mr Amosun for possible violations of extant firearms regulations but should also investigate the movement of all arms he admitted to importing without requisite approvals. “Mr Amosun should be investigated and appropriately sanctioned as to ascertain the ends to which he has put those illegally imported arms and ammunition,” the security analyst said. “He clearly constitutes a threat to national security.” (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); via Blogger https://ift.tt/36wLpUh

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Oshiomhole Will Leave APC In Shame – Ogun Party Chairman

The Chairman of the Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to former Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Chief Derin Adebiyi, has taken a swipe on the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, saying he won’t go away his office an honorable man.

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President Muhammadu Buhari

President,

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Aso Villa, Abuja.

Dear Mr. President,

It is appropriate and proper to congratulate you and your Vice on the presidential election which you won by the lawful declaration of INEC. Victory is clearly sweet but the challenge of nursing Nigeria to greater health in all ramification can be bitter. I wish you every need required in the seriousness demanding adventure of transforming Nigeria

Mr. President, let me briefly introduce myself to you. I first met you in President Olusegun Obasanjo's House in OTA, Ogun State so many years ago. As I admired your legendary discipline which is exampled not only in your character, choices and desires but even in physical look, I demanded then to take a picture with you. You obliged. That picture which was taken long before you ventured into politics remains an important part of the record of my journey.

Again sometimes in 2012/2013 I think, I had the rare chance to interact with you at Nicon Hilton now Transcorp. Present at the meeting too, was Malam El-Rufai as he then was. I recall during that meeting that I participated in the important discussion of that moment strongly urging you to run for President as I laid out the compound challenges of corruption and insecurity facing our beloved nation. You listened with curious mind to a new uncommon voice and face around you.

In 2015 I was appointed – the only South Westerner - into the 8 member APC Presidential Screening Committee under Dr. Ogbonaya Onu (Chairman) and Ambassador Fatima Abubakar (Secretary). I had a good opportunity to tax your intellect with tough questions on the challenges of Nigeria. My strong defence of your education qualification during the unnecessary controversy promoted by opposition parties confirm my conclusion that you were fit in learning to be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

As I recall now, I had written on January 3, 2015 in Sahara Reporters "As a member of APC Screening Committee, I can affirm unequivocally that General Buhari met the education qualification prescribed by the Constitution."

My final direct meeting with you was in Akure during your visit in 2015 at the Dome. You were curious why all the Governorship Aspirants kept calling me "The Dean". I laughingly explained to you my fortune or misfortune of emerging as the only candidate that had ran for Governorship election twice in Ondo State and lost each time. You had during your impressive speech jokingly referred to yourself as a better "Dean" having lost election thrice. That occasion affirmed your sense of humour, a character often typifying strong, intelligent and confident leaders.

Mr. President, I have laid out the background of our various interactions as I desire to speak to you boldly on the House now called APC that we all struggled to build. In particular I established my past contacts with you so that you will see the need and reason to take me seriously.

Mr. President until two important Ondo State women invited me into politics in 2003, I was solely pre-occupied with law, human rights and social justice. The failure of political leaders who became the beneficiaries of our titanic struggle for democracy against the military order, to work well and effectively for the good of common man compelled the change in my path and my 2003 detour into politics. Since the 2003 entry, I have worked very hard with the energy of mind, strength of body and power of purse to promote and raise progressive politics in Ondo State. But it was always on principle of right and honor not the mad desire typifying our present politics to win at all cost regardless of the vileness and unworthiness means.

Mr President you can then appreciate why after I lost again in the third Governorship Contest in 2015 I stood by and with the winner Rotimi Akerelodu notwithstanding the unwarranted attempt to overturn his righteous victory by all sorts of shenanigan

He won as I saw it, fairly and honorably. I lost justly as I reviewed it. It follows that truth and character, principle and honor demanded that I support him. That I did and will continue to do. Yes, to stand for what is right in all circumstances dismissing benefit or detriment as condition for my standing.

Mr President your citizen Tunji Abayomi who since 2003, despite several tempting offers from sources we expected and corners least expected, stood immovably on the progressive path from AD to AC to ACN to APC writes to you as a candidate of AA (Action Alliance) in the ongoing elections. So why the detour, why the choice, why the change.

The recent suspension of Governor Ibikunle Amosun and Governor Rochas Okorocha and the querying of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu by the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC confirms clearly the tragic leadership presiding and prevailing at the moment at APC Headquarters. I speak of a leadership thạt barely reads the Constitution of APC, a leadership that fails to regard the Constitution with the required reverence or attention or respect or binding effect. I speak of a low rated leadership that prefers to deal with effect rather than cause. A leadership that prefers rulership by the force of office instead of the force of law like the tyrant who broods no contradiction regardless of how sensible the contradiction is. APC has at the present under its corrosive Chairman a fatalistic leadership that acts as it pleases and wants. No wonder there is scarcely ever a reference to the laws or the Constitution of APC.

Mr. President the Constitution of APC mandates the people as part of their organic right to elect their representatives by open election at all levels in keeping with democratic grundnorm. In a democracy, the people are expected unalterably to govern themselves through the exercise of the right to choose.

This right to choose, by their votes, is the only equal possession the neglected, the poor, the vulnerable, the rejected, the abandoned, commonly called the Mekunnu' have in common with the rich, the influential and the pitiless powerful.

You can appreciate why the Nigeria Constitution protects the paramountcy of this right, why the APC Constitution affirms it, why the norms of democracy demand it. You further wonder why a Political Party headed by supposedly civilised men and women in APC NWC would simply disregard it.

Mr President, I say to you even if there was no Constitution an enlightened and civilised democratic leader who cares for the right of the people should promote and work to enhance the right of the people to elect or select their leaders.

Mr President with regard to the leadership of APC it simply abandoned the Constitution. It always forgets, rather distastefully, that winning is never a justification for wrong nor victory a worthy affirmation of unconstitutionality. The Constitution of APC mandates a Primary by direct or indirect means for candidates, the NWC of APC contrary to its powers under the said Constitution promoted automatic candidates in Ondo State to contest for election to the crude detriment of co competitors. The Constitution of APC requires honest service, the NWC preferred to dishonestly collect aspirants huge monies, subject them to pretended process when in fact the same NWC had intentionally and unconstitutionally defeated their hopes in competitive democracy.

Mr President, the reason for my detour to AA should now be apparent. I made the choice on principle and on protest for the right of just and fair competition and the right guaranteed to citizens under democracy to choose who they wish to represent them. It is their exclusive right NOT that of NWC.

Mr President virtually every decision of NWC that brought APC to this sorrowful state where disorder and chaos of governance prevail violated APC Constitution. They are largely inappropriate for the development of democracy. Please take your time to read APC Constitution to see how far NWC has gone into the bush of error, disorder and unconstitutionality.

Mr President you are the leader of APC, you have won the election contest largely because, in our minds, we have separated the respected Mohammadu Buhari from the reckless leadership of APC. The time has come to do something wonderful in the life of APC.

Nigerians have voted for you to lead them in honor and in value and not merely in power, as indeed you have done most of your life and for which you now reap the benefit. You need to think of the failings of APC under its current NWC. The Constitution of APC in several sections warns against imposition because in its view imposition is likely to lead to crisis. How right! How True!

Yes, you have won Mr President. Now in addition to helping Nigeria to win, assist APC to rise from the current abyss to which the NWC has pushed her. The only thing that is supreme in a democracy is the Constitution. That is why older democracies revere the Constitution. The same is true of a political party. Its Constitution is the social contract with her members and the people at large. How then can it not have binding effect if leadership is to be respected in a primary nation like Nigeria. Mr President in the same way you cling to the Nigerian Constitution, please compel the NWC to immediately cling to APC Constitution and reverse its many unconstitutional decisions that are still reversible. Compel APC NWC to respect the Constitution of APC and avoid government of 'as we want it'. It is only in this way you can guarantee peace, order and good government in APC today and tomorrow. It is only in this way we can assure the elective right of our people in this democracy or ensure the security and stability of the government by the people.

Your victory Mr President will not be celebrated effectively by the structures you build noteworthy as they may become but by laying appropriate framework for democracy especially through orderly intra party government in Nigeria. I suggest you need to exercise power strongly in APC to bring about lawful governance above and beyond unlawful powers.

One important and significant way to do so, is to worry about how political parties in this particular case APC is managed. Thank you and happy victory. Sir, Yours truly,

Olatunji O. Abayomi

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Amosun Say Tinubu, Osoba Want to force Dapo Abiodun on the people of Ogun State . . The Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has attacked the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, and a former governor of the state, Aremo Segun Oshoba, over alleged complicity in electoral fraud in the state. . Amosun accused the two party leaders of “conniving with a cabal in Lagos” to write a fake result which produced Dapo Abiodun as the party’s candidate for the 2019 governorship election. . Amosun said this in an interview shortly after swearing-in the new Chief Judge of the state, Mosunmola Dipeolu, in the Governor’s Office chamber in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Monday. . He alleged that the silence of the two party leaders, who were aware of what transpired in the state with respect to the primary, smacked of complicity. . Amosun said, “The President already knows there was no election in Ogun State. He knows that they just went to Lagos; wrote all results, and that what they did was fraud. . “If the National Working Committee or the national chairman said there was any election in Ogun State, it was all fraud. That is what I said.” . He insisted that the only primary which held in the state was the one which Adekunle Akinlade won to become the party’s governorship candidate. . The governor said, “Mr President already knows there was no election in Ogun State other than the one we held. . “The issue of Chief Osoba and Asiwaju and co, what we said was that there was a definite silence from their end, and silence means consent. You can record me and publish it in your newspapers. . . #2019elections #apc #primaries #ogun #amosun #tinubu #olusegunosoba #oshiomole #adekunleakinlade #abiodun https://www.instagram.com/p/BpRd7FiAHXx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x11i742bkhy4

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Amosun is working against Buhari in Ogun State - Ogun APC

Amosun is working against Buhari in Ogun State – Ogun APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ogun State has alleged that the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, is discreetly working to undermine the elections of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections slated for Saturday.

In a press statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta and signed by the Publicity Secretary of Ogun State APC Caretaker Committee,…

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Breaking News: Senator Saraki - Nigeria should draw lessons of love, unity from Ojude Oba

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Breaking News: Senator Saraki - Nigeria should draw lessons of love, unity from Ojude Oba

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said Nigeria as a nation, should draw lessons of love and unity exemplified by the annual Ojude Oba Festival in order for the country to progress.

Saraki, who noted that the festival, though has its origin in Islam, is non-discriminatory as it has become a rallying point for all the indigenes of Ijebuland, maintained Nigeria will witness accelerated development and growth, if there is no division along political, ethnic and religious line.

The Senate President stated these, on Wednesday, during his speech at the 2018 Ojude-Oba festival, held at The Pavilion, Ijebu Ode.

Saraki, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the event, was accompanied by his wife, Toyin, senators Ben-Bruce, Dino Melaye, Oluyinka Olujimi, Shaba Lafiaji and the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ahmed Alli, among others.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State was, however, absent at the festival. But the state delegation, by the deputy governor, Yetunde Onanuga, also included the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Ishola Adekunbi and state commissioners.

Speaking further, Saraki, who described the festival as an ‘example of dynamism in culture’, added that it has also promoted and reinforced the culture of the Ijebu people.

He commended the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, for providing the required leadership, which according to him has enhanced unity among his people.

While calling on other parts of the country to emulate Ijebuland in creating harmony and peaceful co-existence among the people, Saraki pointed out that peaceful and united Nigeria remained a task that must be achieved.

“Ojude Oba fosters unity among all Ijebu people, and this is another way in which we as a nation could take a leaf from the festival.

“Unity is paramount, unity is key. When we are united, we achieve more. When we are united, we record monumental progress. I urge us all, therefore, to pursue more activities that will unite our various peoples.

“Our diversity is our strength. We must, therefore, continue to initiate programmes that will bring us together and further highlight the fact that we are one and the same.

“In over a century of Ojude Oba, Ijebu citizens have shown us that unity will always lead to progress, and that there is strength in unity. This is a shining example for us all,” Saraki stated.

He lauded the organising committee of the festival for putting together a colourful and unique display of traditions of the people, urging Ijebuland to continue to maintain the peace and unity.

In his remark, Oba Adetona, who reiterated that the festival remained non-political, however, threatened to invoke ancestral curses on anyone who tries to turn the event into politics arena.

The monarch, speaking against the chanting of political songs and displaying of party emblems at the festival ground by a group, noted the festival was beyond politics.

The Awujale also expressed confidence that creation of Ijebu state, would soon be actualised.

Earlier in his goodwill message, chairman of Globacom, Mike Adenuga Jnr., noted that the telecommunication company, since inception, has been in the vanguard of efforts to support, grow and nurture Nigerian culture and festivals.

Other dignitaries at the event include the former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, Senator Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka, Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, representative of Remo Federal Constituency at the House of Reps, Oladipupo Adebutu, among others.

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.Twelve years after their last gathering, Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria will on Monday converge in Lagos to deliberate on how to forge stronger ties for the three geo-political zones. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mr Tunji Bello, the meeting which will be co-hosted by the Governors of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode and Akwa Ibom, Emmanuel Udom will address issues that are germane to the development of the three contiguous zones. Bello said the meeting is in line with the realization that the different states in the South have since 2005 developed several areas of comparative advantage which could be harnessed and become mutually beneficial. According to him, the Governors would also be expected to adopt a common position on the issues of armed robbery, kidnapping, devolution of powers and issue of fiscal federalism which have all gained prominence of late. “The 2017 Lagos summit of the 17 Southern Governors representing the South South, South West and South East zones is expected to come up with a communique after the deliberation. “It is noteworthy to recall that the inaugural meeting of the Southern Governors took place in Lagos in 2001 under the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Bello said. The statement added that the predominance of views is that if the Southern States speak with one voice, they are bound to attract weighty and credible listenership. The 17 Southern States expected at the summit include Governors Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom; Ben Ayade- Cross Rivers State; Godwin Obaseki – Edo State; Nyesom Wike – Rivers State; Ifeanyi Okowa – Delta State; Seriake Dickson- Bayelsa and Rochas Okorocha- Imo State. Others are Willie Obiano – Anambra State; Okezie Ikpeazu – Abia State; David Umahi – Ebonyi State; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi -Enugu State; Rauf Aregbesola – State of Osun; Abiola Ajimobi – Oyo; Ibikunle Amosun –Ogun; Oluwarotimi Akeredolu – Ondo; Ayodele Fayose – Ekiti and Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State

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THE COLLOQUIUM OF THE YORUBA NATION: Recently as stated below, there was a Colloquium ( similar to the California Agenda in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) staged for moving the Yoruba Nation forward and onaaraTODAYnews was there and brought you this Welcome Address by the Coordinator of the convening organisation The Yoruba Patriots Movement, enjoy it: Convener The Yoruba Patriots Movement Theme Resetting The Yoruba Nation's Agenda for Rapid, Systematic & Sustainable Development: STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS Date: Saturday 21st of Jan. 2017 Venue: Felicia Hall, Jogor Center, Ring Road, Ibadan. Time: 11:00a.m. Prompt. Chairman Chief Bisi Akande former gov of Osun state. Father of the day Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR) WELCOME ADDRESS BY: HON. OLADOSU OLADAPO The National Co-ordinator Yoruba Patriots Movement, YPM On behalf of the entire members of The Yoruba Patriots Movement, YPM, I welcome the Colloquium Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, The Asiwaju of Ila Orangun and former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for finding time to attend today's Colloquium. I thank God for sparing Chief Olu Falae's life, who is here today as the Lead Presenter of the Colloquium paper, after being harassed by the Fulani herdsmen and the Kidnappers. You are welcome sir. The Host Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, you are most welcome. We also heartily welcome the Odu'a Governors from Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Ekiti State, Dr. Ayodele Fayose, Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode. We appreciate your leadership and rulership roles most especially at this low level of economic recession in Nigeria. We welcome all our royal fathers here present, ww say Kabiyesi o Ade a pw lori, bata a pe lese, irukere a dokinni. We equally welcome our eminent discussants, and all participants of this colloquium. From the theme of the colloquium, the aims and objectives of YPM can easily be deduced. YPM is out as a political movement having critically analysed the past and the present social, economic and cultural positions of the Yoruba nation within the commonwealth of Nigeria. We want to face the future...! (at Onaaratoday Hospital Services)

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Breaking: Documentation Proves that Former Governor of Ogun state, Amosun illegaly Acquired 1000 AK47 rifles, 4million bullets and armoured tank

Documents show ex-Gov. Amosun illegally imported arms, ammunition

EXCLUSIVE: Arms Scandal: Jonathan, Dasuki deny granting Amosun approval for armoury

EXCLUSIVE: Documents show ex-Gov. Amosun illegally imported arms, ammunition

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