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Vision 2021: ‘I’m Committed To Serving Esan S’East’, Says Imhandegbelo

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5 years ago

November 28, 2020

One time Special Assistant to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Hon. Louis Imhandegbelo, has again re-emphasised his commitment to making life better for the people of Esan South East Local Area, if given the mantle of leadership.

He said one of his priorities as a native of the local government is to make his people enjoy social amenities as obtainable in other urban local governments.

The philanthropist who made this vows in Benin while speaking to Info Daily, said he feels the pains of his people and wish he could change the narrative over night.

Hon. Imhandegbelo, who has been offering free medical services to his people from his private purse, noted that if given the opportunity to serve in the local government as a public servant, he will do multiple of what he as being doing and leave a legacy that will be difficult to beat.

“I feel the pains of my people in Esan South East, my local government of origin. I wish I could change the narrative overnight and make life better for them over their. And this is why I am volunteering myself as a servant come 2021. I want to serve my people; I want to ameliorate some of the challenges over there if not all.

Mr. Louis Imhandegbelo aka Success

“Not pride, but by the grace of God, I have been offering free medical services to my people particularly in ward 4 in past few years. This I have been doing from my private purse. But I feel if I am given the opportunity to occupy public office in the local government, I will do more and better.

“I want to make Esan South East an enviable one. I want to make life easier for my people. I believe Esan South East should be entitled to all goodies obtainable in other urban local governments. I want to provide social amenities that are lacking in some parts of the local government.

“They should hold me to my words, and by the grace of God, I will not fail them; I will not disappoint them if given the opportunity to serve in the local government. They can trust me, and by the grace of God I will not fail,” he vows.

Mr. Success who bemoaned how some persons have misconstrued the term ‘leadership’ as a way of enriching themselves, noted that leadership is an opportunity to serve the people and making life better for them.

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BREAKING: ‎Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu To Life Imprisonment For Terrorism

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2 hours ago

November 20, 2025

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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja after being convicted on all seven counts of terrorism filed against him.

Justice James Omotosho, delivering judgment in Kanu’s trial, described him as a terrorist whose actions have led to bloodshed and destabilization in the South-East.

He said Kanu, who portrayed himself as a defender of his people, has instead endangered lives and national security.

“The court finds that the defendant, Nnamdi Kanu, is an international terrorist and must be treated accordingly,” Justice Omotosho declared.

The judge emphasized that the prosecution presented credible and sufficient evidence to prove the case against Kanu. He also noted that Kanu failed to enter a defense, choosing instead to rest his case on the prosecution’s evidence.

Justice Omotosho is still delivering the remaining part of the judgment.

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JUST IN: Nigerian Govt Demands Death Sentence On Nnamdi Kanu

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2 hours ago

November 20, 2025

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The Nigerian government has demanded the imposition of death sentence on Nnamdi Kanu following his conviction on terrorism charges.

Counsel to the Federal Government, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, informed the court that the sections of the law under which Kanu was charged and convicted carried death sentence without any option.

Addressing the court after the pronouncement, the senior lawyer said the court has no discretion to exercise than to impose maximum punishment on him in line with the dictates of the law.

Awomolo held that Kanu throughout the trial did not show remorse for the offences he committed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria but chose to be militant, arrogant and unruly in his attitude.

He also demanded that all properties seized from Kanu be forfeited to the Federal Government.

The prosecution counsel equally demanded that Kanu be taken to prison where his security will be guaranteed till when the judgment against him would be executed.

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JUST IN: Nigerian Separatist Leader Convicted On Terrorism Charges

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4 hours ago

November 20, 2025

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A court in Nigeria has found separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu guilty of terrorism 10 years after he was first arrested.

The court said it was satisfied that Kanu had made a series of broadcasts to incite violence and killings, as part of his campaign for a separate state in south-east Nigeria, known as Biafra.

Kanu has so far been convicted on six of the seven charges he faced, with the judge continuing to deliver his ruling.

A relatively obscure figure, Kanu’s popularity surged in 2009 when he started Radio Biafra, a station that called for an independent state for the Igbo people broadcast to Nigeria from London.

Though he grew up in south-eastern Nigeria, where he attended the University of Nsukka, Kanu moved to the UK before graduating and acquired British nationality.

In 2014, he set up the Indigenous People Of Biafra (Ipob), a movement demanding independence.

Ipob was banned as a terrorist organisation in 2017. Its armed wing – the Eastern Security Network – has been accused of killings and other acts of violence in recent years.

Delivering his judgement, Judge James Omotosho said: “Mr Kanu knew what he was doing, he was bent on carrying out these threats without consideration to his own people.

“From the incontroverted evidence, it is clear that the defendant carried out preparatory act of terrorism.

“He had the duty to explain himself but failed to do so.”

Ahead of the verdict, Kanu insisted that proceedings could not continue because he had not yet filed his final written address, accusing the judge of bias and not understanding the law.

The verdict was delivered after Kanu had been forcibly removed from the courtroom for unruly behaviour.

He was first arrested in October 2015 but he jumped bail in 2017 and left the country after a military raid on his home. The court later revoked his bail in March 2019 and he was re-arrested in 2021 in Kenya.

The calls for Biafran independence date back many years.

In 1967 Igbo leaders declared a Biafran state, but after a brutal civil war, which led to the deaths of up to a million people, the secessionist rebellion was defeated.