The Senator Andy Uba Campaign Organization has rejected the outcome of the just-concluded Anambra state governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The campaign group appealed to the APC supporters to remain peaceful and calm, saying “we will not relent in pursuing our stolen electoral mandate to the limit of the law through all the constitutional means available as the facts on ground did not in any way reflect the outcome of the elections as announced by the obviously compromised INEC.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria is on the right path to achieving multi-sectoral progress, saying he has revitalised Nigeria’s economy, built massive infrastructure, uplifted the living standards of Nigerians. The President gave the assurance on Wednesday in Paris at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum (NIPF), a high-level event on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum.
The president said the administration had revitalised the economy by increasing investments in capacity building, health, infrastructure, women’s empowerment, climate change and food security.
“Today, these actions are yielding self-employment, expanding our human resource pool and strengthening our national productivity for sustainable development.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said many Nigerian presidents are not loved by the citizens until they are dead.
Fashola blamed this on the poor understanding of the powers of a president.
He also said lack of proper interaction between the president and the citizens was responsible for Nigerians not loving their presidents while alive.
The former Governor of Lagos State spoke as a guest speaker at the Yoruba Tennis Club public lecture, with the theme, ‘What can the President do for me?’
“Of all the Presidents we have had, Nigerians never loved any one of them while in office; we seem to love them after they have left or died. Why is that so? To me, the answer is lack of depth in interaction.
“Nigerians are not sufficiently familiar with the constitution and the role of which offices are expected to play. It seems to me that we are expecting the right thing from the wrong place. I can’t ask the chairman of the Yoruba Tennis Club to do for me the responsibility of the secretary of the club.
Okorocha’s son in law and 2019 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, said that the ruling party was the cause of its poor outing in the Anambra State governorship election which was held on Saturday.
Nwosu said that the party’s woeful outing in the Anambra State governorship election which saw it not even winning any local government area in the 20 LGAs the Independent National Electoral Commission had collated results, was “self-inflicted.”
Nwosu accused the APC of not having respect for the founding chieftains and members of the party in the South East zone.
Nwosu said, “What is happening to the APC in the South-East is a result of a poor reward system.
“The APC undermined those who worked so hard to plant the party in the zone and instead embraced newcomers who do not have what it takes to endear the party to the people,” he said.
The APC chieftain maintained, “If the founding fathers of the party are not appeased and handed back the reins of the APC, its fortune will continue to go down.”
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami Monday says the ministry of justice should be “allocated” funds from recovered loot to finance “recovery operations” of the ministry.
“Presently, we are making efforts to ensure that we are allocated some cost of collection from recovered funds to finance our recovery operations,” Mr Malami said.
More funding will enable recovery of “large sums of illicit money stashed abroad,” Mr Malami told House of Representatives Committee on Justice, while defending his ministry’s proposed 2022 budget on Monday.
He further said “The justice sector as presently constituted is bedevilled by funding inadequacies, too much for our comfort.
“Lamentably, however, practically all the parastatals under the purview of the federal ministry of justice are in dire need of funding.
“For me, this is as dangerous as it is disturbing because funding gaps in the face of competing challenges could endanger the effective administration of justice, and cause an unwarranted travesty of justice,” he added.
Mr Malami’s request for allocation of fund from recovered loot comes amid calls for accountability and transparency in the management of recovered loots and assets.
In August, 36 state governments sued the federal government for illegal diversion of over N1.8 trillion recovered loot, also alleging the diversion of N450 billion worth of non-cash assets by the federal government
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, expressed uncertainty about the future existence of Nigeria and elections in 2023.
Adeboye, while wondering why politicians have started making preparations, noted that no one should be certain about the future, stressing that the future belonged to God.
The Overseer made this disclosure during the church monthly first Sunday telecast monitored by our correspondent. He was speaking on the topic ‘The Great Expectations’. According to Adeboye, it was unsafe for anyone to say his ambition is to become president when the individual is unsure about tomorrow or the existence of the country.
Adeboye said, “This is 2021 some people are already getting ready to kill themselves over 2023. They don’t even know whether there will be 2023, they don’t even know whether they will still be around. There is nobody here who can say for sure that he will still be around by tomorrow. It is God who determines who will still be around by 2023.” “Someone said to me sir, who do you think will be president in 2023, I said the president of where? He said the president of Nigeria. How are you sure there will be Nigeria in 2023? how are you sure? can you swear? I pray there will be Nigeria, so you don’t misquote me. But are you sure?” he added.
While commenting on his expectation, the preacher said it is to see his members in great number in heaven, expressing confidence that they would be many, adding that a section would be earmarked for them. He said, “My greatest expectation is that I will see you in heaven. The members of Redeemed will occupy a particular section that the angel will say you tried. Without holiness, there is no Heaven. Which Heaven are you going to?”
Adeboye, speaking about consolation of those mourning, noted that it is easy for others to console the bereaved without feeling the impact. The 79-year old preacher stressed that having lost a family member, he has a clearer picture of what it is to mourn. “It is easy to say you will see the person again because I have tasted it. I have the experience,” he added. Recall that the respected clergy lost his second son Dare to death on May 4, 2021.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Anambra State, Mr. Basil Ejidike, has called for the cancelation of the yet-to-be-concluded governorship election in the state.
Ejidike, in a statement Sunday night in Awka, accused the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), of rigging the election, in connivance with “corrupt-minded INEC officials”.
He said: “What is happening in Anambra is never an election but big time electoral fraud and malpractice.
“We want the whole world to hear our voice that we will never accept the outcome of the Anambra gubernatorial election.
“The candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and the sitting Governor, Willie Obiano, manipulated the whole electoral system and we will stand to resist it.
“Ndi Anambra wants an APC Governor and there’s nothing anyone can do to deny them that opportunity.
“We virtually won in all the local government, but Willie Obiano and Charles Soludo, through instrumentality, corrupt-minded INEC officers, subverted the whole process in favour of APGA.
“We want INEC to cancel the election and fix a date for a fresh election devoid of manipulations and malpractices.”
The Anambra APC Chairman vowed to head to the court, should INEC insist on declaring the APGA candidate winner of the governorship election.
According to him, “But if INEC goes ahead to announce the results, we will definitely challenge the election process at the court of law, up-to Supreme Court. Nobody can intimidate us.”
Responding to the allegation, the chairman of APGA in the state, Nobert Obi, who spoke on phone, described the APC accusation as uncalled for, noting that everyone witnessed a free and fair election.
He said: “I don’t want to talk about the accusation. The accusation is uncalled for as everyone witnessed a free and fair election. I don’t know where they got such information from.”
About 11 days ago, I received a group of actors, comedians, musicians, filmmakers, under the aegis of Ambassadors of Voice for Change.
Their mission is to work for unity in the country through road shows, rallies, town hall meetings etc.
They included: Zack Orji, Ben Kure, Saheed Balogun, Gentle Jack, Mr Ibu, Chiege Alisigwe, Benedict Johnson, Andy Chukwu, and Sani Denja. On Monday, November 1, Ahmed Bala, coordinator of the group, brought in two more entrants into the group, on a courtesy visit to State House.
They are renowned actor, Harry Anyanwu, and Kannywood actress, Halima Hadi. Surely, the scope widens. National Unity is a MUST.
A construction labourer at the Ikoyi high-rising building that collapsed days ago, William Nwachukwu after surviving the incident is now faced greater challenges. William lived in the ill-fated building is homeless and faced with starvation. He has no money, cloths, no mobile phone, food and no relation living in Lagos.
He said that he was sleeping and was woken up by vibrations from the crumbling building and he jumped for safety from the 4th floor.
He confirmed that the Lagos state officials met him and asked how he was and he told them that he is fine. They promised to come to see him which they never did.
It is disheartening that the Lagos state government did not see the need to take this 19 year old to the hospital and engaging a Post-trauma expert to manage his mental health. The single thought that about 20-30 people he work with day and night are all buried in a rubble will be too hard for him to handle. Leaving him floating homeless at this time exposes the insensitivity and irresponsibility of the Lagos state Govt officials.
Instead of seeing the building collapse site as a new “Mecca”, Nigerians should channel their efforts in rehabilitating the survivors.
Sources close to the family told SaharaReporters that the wife, who had just flown in from the United States, tried gaining access to her husband’s apartment along Mosley Road, Ikoyi but she was denied access by some of Osibona’s brothers.
The relations of Femi Osibona, owner of the 21-storey building that collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, are currently in a messy fight over the personal property of the deceased, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Sources close to the family told SaharaReporters that the wife, who had just flown in from the United States, tried gaining access to her husband’s apartment along Mosley Road, Ikoyi but she was denied access by some of Osibona’s brothers.
SaharaReporters learnt that Mrs Osibona who had four children for the late Femi is presently in a fight-to-finish with the brothers who are laying claim to the deceased’s array of exotic cars, bank account details and other assets.
The family allegedly denied the wife access to the deceased’s apartment because there were bundles of money, keys to expensive vehicles and others in the house.
SaharaReporters was told that the two family factions came with Mobile Police Officers (MOPOL) after which they were all locked out by residents of the building who are neighbours of the deceased.
One of the sources said, “The brothers and wife of Femi Osibona are fighting over access to bank details of the deceased and keys to expensive vehicles. This is despite the fact that the man has a wife and four kids. The body is yet to be buried; they are already fighting over his property. His wife was at the site yesterday, shouting at his brothers. I think there are loads of cash in the house.
“Femi’s brothers have stopped his wife and daughter from getting into his apartment. It is such a mess that money has become the root of all this evil. The brother asked the wife to go and stay at the hotel and she claimed she has no money to go there.”
Another source said, “The woman came to the house with MOPOL; the family also engaged the services of MOPOL. On each side, there were about twenty people shouting on one another. When it was already midnight, we chased every one of them out of the house. They were outside till midnight shouting, swearing, boasting and threatening. Instead of mourning, these people were fighting over assets. They have also engaged popular lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, on the matter.”
SaharaReporters had during the week reported that the Chief Executive Officer of Fourscore Homes Limited, Femi Osibona, was confirmed dead and recovered from the rubble of the collapsed structure after about four days.
The body of Osibona was discovered among others during the rescue operation on Thursday.
There had been concerns over the whereabouts of Osibona, Wale Bob-Oseni, his friend, and others trapped in the building.
Bob-Oseni, who was to catch a flight to the US, briefly made a detour to see the project at the invitation of the developer but did not walk out alive.
On Monday, the building located on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos collapsed with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons still trapped beneath the rubble. The death toll currently stands at over 40 persons.
Emergency workers had evacuated more than nine persons alive from the debris of the fallen building.
According to Highbrow Living Magazine, the collapsed property, comprising four-bedroom maisonettes, flats, duplex and penthouses, was 65 per cent sold out.
The price range for the apartment is also said to be between $1.2 million and $5 million.
The structure was said to be 80 per cent completed and was billed to be concluded .
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