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Protests In Bayelsa As Govt Relocates RDA Headquarters From Wike’s Ally’s Community
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Protests have erupted in Bayelsa State over the state government’s relocation of Kolo Creek Rural Development Authority (RDA) headquarters from Kolo community to Emeyal community, both in Ogbia Local Government Area.
Kolo community is the hometown of Mr George Turnah, a former aide of Governor Douye Diri, who switched loyalty to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, after falling out with Governor Douye Diri.
The governor and Turnah, who is the lead Convener of ‘New Associates’, a political group loyal to Wike, have been involved in heated exchange of words in the recent past over the plan to host rally in support of President Bola Tinubu and Wike in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Kolo Creek RDA was one of the unrecognised local government areas created by the former governor of the state, Chief Solomon Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, in 2000.
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However, the current controversy, which had sparked protests by the people of Kolo community, was the decision by the state government to relocate the RDA local government headquarters to Emeyal II ahead of the planned creation of more local government areas in Bayelsa State.
The people had denounced the relocation, citing the ongoing rift between Turnah and Diri as the reason for the decision.
According to the people, the decision to marginalise the people of Kolo community because of the politics of Turnah was in bad faith, according to Daily Trust.
They noted that discreet moves by the state government to approach the National Assembly to create a full-fledged local government named Ogbia North Local Government Local Area from the existing Kolo RDA and site its headquarters in Emeyal II instead of the Kolo community, which is the headquarters of Ogbia constituency III, will trigger avoidable crisis.
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Chief Solomon Ederi Aginaye, 1st Deputy Agholo, King of Kolo Kingdom, declared that the people, through protest, have expressed their grievances over the attempt to shortchange them.
According to him, the people are disturbed because their interest was not taken into consideration by those who have made up their minds to ‘’gang up against Kolo”.
He lamented that since Kolo community supported the governorship ambition of Senator Douye for his first and second term, the Kolo community has not benefitted in terms of projects and appointments.
Chief Aginaye appealed to Diri to resist the temptation to allow his interest to override the interest of the state.
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He said: “The people are calling on President Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas and Wike to stop the evil orchestration by the Diri administration against peace loving people of Kolo and reinstate Kolo as the headquarters of Kolo Creek RDA as a full-fledged local government area which has now been fraudulently renamed Ogbia North Local Government Area in the proposal submitted to the National Assembly’’
Governor Diri, had in a meeting with representatives of Kolo and Emeyal communities in Government House last weekend, disclosed that the meeting was called to ensure that there was law and order in Ogbia Constituency III following the disagreement about what he called the perceived relocation of the headquarters of Kolo Creek Local Government Area from Kolo community to Emeyal II.
Diri, who insisted that Kolo remains the headquarters of the RDA, explained that the notice for the creation of new local government areas from the Federal Government was received late, leaving the state government with a very short time to make a decision.
He emphasised that councils were yet to be created, stressing that historically, no civilian administration has been able to create local government areas.
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I Will Not Move Out Of My Husband’s House, Divorced Woman Tells Court
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June 28, 2025By
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A mother of six, Latinate Sanusi, has told a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, that she cannot leave her former husband’s house after three pronouncement of divorce.
Latinate stated this in response to Abdulrazak Yunusa’s prayer to confirm the three pronouncement of divorce he made to her and compel her to leave his house.
“My children are all girls and I intend to stay so that I can take care of them; after all he does not provide most of their needs,” she said.
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According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the complainant told the court that he takes care of his family adding that he divorced her because she was not submissive.
The judge, Malam Kabir Muhammad after listening to both parties confirmed the three pronouncement of divorce between the couple.
He explained that there was no marriage between the couple until the woman remarries.
“What is before me is a suit on confirmation of divorce; the issue of children custody can be filed as a fresh case,” he said.

An Area Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between one Mujidat Abdullahi and Muyideen Raji based on mutual agreement.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the presiding judge, Toyin Aluko, in his ruling said that the husband sent a letter to the court, saying that he has agreed to the divorce application of his wife.
Aluko said that since the two parties have agreed to divorce, there was no need to prolong the case.
He added that marriage should not be forced on anyone.
Aluko, therefore, dissolved their marriage and awarded custody of the only child of their marriage to the wife, due to the child’s young age.
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The court ordered that the woman should observe the iddah (waiting) period before she could remarry again.
It also ordered that a copy of the ruling be made available to the husband.
Raji was ordered to pay the sum of N10,000 monthly for the child’s feeding and upkeep.
He was also granted the opportunity to have unlimited access to the child, but at a reasonable time.
Earlier, the wife had told the court that she was tired of the marriage due to lack of love and care, adding that she wanted divorce.

A businessman, Abdulrazak Yunusa on Monday dragged his former wife, Latifat Sanusi, before a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, alleging that she is threatening to kill him.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the counsel to Yunusa, Faham Ahmad, told the court that she threatened to stab him.
“She sometimes threatens my client with a pestle. I am afraid she wants to kill him”, he said.
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He requested an order mandating Latifat to go back to her parent’s house pending when the case was finalised.
On her part, the accused denied the claim, saying she had no intention of killing the father of her children.
The judge, Malam Muhammad Kabir, referred the case to the police for investigation and adjourned the case.
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