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Ohanaeze Crisis: ‘How I Escaped Assassination’ – Factional Secretary-General

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April 29, 2023

Ohanaeze Ndigbo factional Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro has claimed that he escaped an assassination attempt.

Isiguzoro, who belongs to a faction of the organisation, said the incident happened along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway on Friday evening.

The Ohanaeze Secretary-General disclosed that while travelling for the funeral of the late Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Abia State, Uche Ikonne, the assassins accosted his vehicle and were shooting at it.

Isiguzoro claimed the unknown gunmen, however, stopped on approaching a military checkpoint around Isiaku junction.

He urged those behind the attempt on his life to desist.

He told DAILY POST: “I was travelling for the funeral of the late PDP governorship candidate in Abia State, Ikonne; I was travelling from Ebonyi to Abia and around a place called Isiagu, a Camry car was chasing my vehicle, but my driver sped off.

“On the course of the chase, my car was shot at around Isiagu junction along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway; we ran into a military checkpoint consisting of a joint team; they were alerted, and the Camry swerved and returned to the local route. We reported the incident to the security agents and continued our movement to Abia State.

“The attempted attack sent a lot of panic into my being; I don’t know who they were or why they were after me – irrespective of the panic they created, I have no fear because I believe in God.

“The world should know that I escaped an attempted assassination and I don’t have any personal quarrel with anybody. What we are doing is to continue telling the Igbo the truth, saying things that would ensure our people are not politically or economically cut off from Nigeria.

“We will continue to shout when things are against the Igbo nation, and those not comfortable with it should not resort to gangsterism, kidnapping or shooting of people or trying to assassinate the known voice of the Igbo nation.”

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Delta Gov., Oborevwori, Appoints SSG

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May 31, 2023

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Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has approved the appointment of Dr. Kingsley Emu as the Secretary to the State Government.

A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Festus Ahon in Asaba said the governor also approved the appointment of Hon. Johnson Erijo as Chief of Staff to the Governor, Senator Emmanuel Aguariavwodo as Senior Political Adviser and Barr. (Mrs) Lyna Aliya-Ochulor as Principal Secretary to the Governor.

Ahon said the approval for the appointments was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Government House Administration, Sir Eddy Ogidi-Gbegbaje on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the appointments take immediate effect.

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Police Dismiss Sergeant Over N98,000 Extortion

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May 31, 2023

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The Police Command in Lagos State has announced the dismissal of Sgt. Ekpo Shimuyere was attached to Sogunle Division for extorting a young man of N98,000.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin told newsmen on Wednesday that the Provost Department of the command had already disrobed the dismissed sergeant.

According to him, the dismissed sergeant collected the phone of his victim and used a POS operator to transfer N98,000 out of the N100,000 in the young man’s bank account.

Hundeyin said that the action of the policeman was contrary to the ethics of the profession.

“Police got the complaint from the victim and the officer denied the crime when he was contacted. The command placed him under detention so that he will not tamper with the evidence.

“We wrote to his bank and obtained his statement of account. We were able to trace the money to where the POS operator transferred it to before transferring the money to the officer’s account.

“We followed due process to get his account. The victim was invited in the course of the investigation, and he testified.

“The POS operator was also invited, and he said the officer requested him to transfer the money from the victim’s account to another one,” Hudenyi added.

He said that the Sergeant was consequently subjected to an Orderly Room trial in line with extant laws.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, have reviewed the orderly room procedure of the officer with Force No. 461654, attached to Sogunle Police Division and has approved the punishment of dismissal from the Force,” he said.

Hundeyin said that the commissioner warned officers and men against any form of corruption, stressing that the dismissal was to serve as a deterrent to others.

He further warned that the command would continue to punish any police officer found to have engaged in unprofessional conduct.

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VIDEO: Dismantle EFCC, Sack Bawa For Successful Anti-corruption War – Agbakoba

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May 31, 2023

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Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has asked President Bola Tinubu to dismantle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in his bid to have a successful anti-corruption war.

Agbakoba stated this while speaking in an interview on The Morning Show of Arise Television on Wednesday.

The legal luminary also urged the President to relieve the EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa of his job, in order to have a fresh leadership for the agency in the new administration.

He said, “We need to talk about anti-corruption. The anti-corruption process is not working. I have challenged the constitutionality of the EFCC. The EFCC is a behemoth and it needs to be dismantled.

“Mr. Bawa needs to go because what he’s doing is not attracting people’s confidence. He needs to go. He’s always in battles with everybody. Now, he’s battling Metawalle. That’s not the way to fight corruption.

“We need to see Mr. Bawa step aside honourably so that the anti-corruption process can be seen to be genuinely fought by the President without any equivocation,” he said.

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