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09/10/20

Major General John Enenche

The Nigerian military has said it would not join issues with the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, and a former governor of the state, Gabriel Suswan, over the killing of the most wanted criminal and militia leader in Benue, Terwase Agwaza aka Gana.

Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this on Thursday.

Agwaza, who had been on the wanted list of the government for about four years, gave himself up on Tuesday preparatory to be granted an amnesty alongside his gang members by Governor Ortom and the State Security Council.

Major General John Enenche

Commander of Operation Ayem AKpatuma, Major General Ali Gadzama, claimed he was killed in a gun battle with soldiers.

But responding to further questions on the incident during the weekly briefing on military operations in Abuja on Thursday, Enenche said he would not be drawn into any controversy on the killing of the gang leader.

He said, “It is not proper for us or I as the Coordinator of DMO to join issues with the governor of the state and the senator.

“I am not permitted by ethical standards to join issues with what my political masters have said or done. By Section 217 of the constitution, we are subordinated to our political masters.

“I want to appeal to you that every issue that has been taking up before now, I should be left out of it. I’m aware that the governor made a statement and one of the senators also made a statement and like I told you during time of Borno State, when Senator Ndume spoke and another of one spoke, I said that it is not proper to join issues with the top.

“If there was no reaction from there, I could have answered you but my political masters have taken up and have spoken."

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BREAKING: Fire Guts INEC Office In Ondo

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Akure, Ondo State, was on Thursday gutted by fire.

A source told SaharaReporters that the outbreak led to the destruction of smart card readers.

Chief Fire Officer in the state, Mr Adanalwo Philips, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters, said the situation was currently being put under control.

He said, "The fire only gut a container in a confined section, which is very close to the office the commission.

"It was about spreading inside the offices when we raced to the venue but we have been able to put the situation under control. It is not what we should be worried about."

The governorship election in the state has been scheduled for October 10.

Although there are 17 candidates in the election, political pundits have said the race is among Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party and Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party.

There have been cases of fire outbreaks at government offices lately.

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Oluwarotimi Akeredolu And His Carrot And Stick Approach By Tunde Akingbondere

Rotimi Akeredolu

Calamity rocked the earth as thunder, the mountains have tumbled, birds chirped in mockery as they all scamper into the refuge of their nests. They have hustled and grumbled, they wallowed in Fela's world of "shuffering and shmiling," for they have been derobed in a broad day light. Oh! goddamn! They have been deprived of their nectars as blossoming flowers, how shall they thrive in their prime?

Gallons of ink have gone into the travails of the state: ink in its different forms of white, blue, red and yellow. Historians have written a critical theory this, successfully navigated the length, breadth, corners of our subsequent stories. They became prophets who cursed with wizardry, just like Chinua Achebe surmised and having diagnosed Nigeria with the lens of some old man. He emerged from the laboratory, just with a touching one as story, how I wish he would paint us in the colour of the kings, or call us the GIANT OF AFRIKA. He could have been the good man if he has not written that blockbuster, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, or maybe fathom the issue with Nigeria. He struck it by seeking astute Leadership, not when he also predicted the eventual war of 1967-1970.

1966, a year before, was an epoch of the military, a platform held to ransom by a league of impostors who forcefully masqueraded as the agents of change. They ushered in the first revolution immediately after a period of warm conversion, from the hood of the thieves(Colonialists), to the place of some borne again AJELEs(typical African Chieftains). The Prime Minister is the stooge Chieftain, the 7-Member delegation to Britain have deputized the whore, who had begged for his head. No wonder we have been visited with complaints: that our constitution is less authochtonous, that our mothers too have been marginalized.

Rotimi Akeredolu

The latest of calamities just rocked Ondo state, Alas!

A groping leopard, reared and bred in the tentacles of nonconformism, thereby tampering the sacred principles of Democracy. I later heard his fathers were not the ancestors, nor the leading lights, they used to be the IWAREFAs, the OJELUs.

He is unrepentant, desperate and callous. He harbours the evil spirit, such like the ones who visited biblical Saul for destruction and had necessitated the need for David. Nepotism is his forte, what an ideology and which replicated itself in a spirit called Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu?

AKETI as he is fondly called by friends and foes alike had enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom, he studied and donned SAN, clinched a degree during the age I have called the "AGE OF INNOVATION." The same man proceeded to the peak of his career as the President of the NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, not without some touching stories of misappropriated funds though.

The interpretation that trailed his triumphant entry into politics could be so funny, in the mist of the so-called fun is some modicum of truth and that had assisted research in no small measure. Aketi was interpreted by the old men as "ASETI," this, I must come to reiterate as realistic, not when he had failed in all. The grain of sand he dropped as hope is in the area of infrastructure, just a sprinkle shrouded in fraud, betrayal and failure!

This monumental failure as camouflage had been overrated by the media, the clown governor even wrote KONGI(Prof. Wole Soyinka), canvassing his coming to see for himself the transformation shooting in Ondo. Kongi, garbed in his Regalia of Critical thinking must have come to realize too: that he came to adorn failure, or that he must come to batter Akeredolu with curses, not when he troubled a man who is old enough to be his father with a rue.

The society is agog with stories as he also gathers his cronies to celebrate his third year in office, they said he has not done well, just like his fathers who betrayed. Attesting to these statements are the bright strides of his predecessor and which he was blunt enough to commend in public gatherings. He never sustained any, not even the MOTHER AND CHILD hospitals, the COCOA FACTORY in Idanre, STREET LIGHTS. All he does is to nepotistically award #430 Million naira to his Consultant son and out of a stolen, whooping amount of money. The same son made the list of the Committee on COVID-19 as Secretary. He had even slapped at will, all at the discretion of his mindless despot as father. Then Dr. Wahab Adegbenro was noted to have been killed by the dreaded COVID-19, not when he had been forced to kneel down, requesting for funds from a bore who calls himself Jide Akeredolu. The man died of struggle.

It is understandable to say Akeredolu has betrayed trusts this, I think has projected him as the least qualified to steer the course of Ondo state for another four years. Electing Akeredolu for another four years is tantamount to clamouring unpaid salaries, another barrage of insults on our traditional institutions, a joke as government, stamped in the hands of impostors who had converted the people's house to their investment. There must be a revolution to topple the table of the Moneychangers.

It is expedient to call your attention to an update circulated in the space on the 29th day of August, 2020. It was credited to the youthful arm of the All Progressives Congress, and to another Lawal Kolade Paff of the said group. The watery letter unintelligently embellished the Greece gift endowed ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY as reduction in tuition. Apart from the fact that there was no reduction is the fact that this happened few days to the election, not when a student who cannot afford 150,000 would not afford 120,000. This, I just called a ploy by the ruling government to hoodwink Ondo people just few days to the election, it should also be identified as the CARROT AND STICK APPROACH.

Throwing a Carrot to a child brings him closer, for he wants to eat. His moving closer also warrants his being spanked with the stick. It is nonsensical for Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to increase a tuition by over Five Hundred Percent and reduce it a bit less than what the whole tuition used to be. #30,000 reduction is callous and must be treated as such, the public must also be abreast of the fact that Law students in Adekunle Ajasin University have been exempted from this scheme of fake reduction. Well meaning individuals should ask questions as to reasons why the said Carrot had been deprived of Law students Society, could it be that they all can surface from luxury, or that they have donned the prestigious course as the privileged?

Arakunrin Akeredolu is wise at his game of throwing carrot and using the stick, Ondo people must gather to outsmart him.

Tunde Akingbondere
CAMPUS COORDINATOR, TAKE IT BACK(ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY)

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Abia Local Government Election To Hold In December

The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission has scheduled to hold local government election on December 19, 2020.

This was announced by Chairman of ABSIEC, Prof Mkpa Agu Mkpa, during a meeting with leaders of registered political parties in the state.

He said interested political parties should visit the office of the commission from September 14 to pick interest forms.

He announced that the election will hold in all 17 LGAs and 292 ward's of the state for the positions of chairmen and councillors.

He said, “Political parties that interested in participating in the poll should visit the office of the commission from Monday, 14th to Friday 18th September to obtain the detailed time table while the date of collection of forms for candidates will be communicated to the parties later.

“Party leaders are to ensure that the prevailing relevant COVID-19 protocols are observed throughout the period leading to the polls and assured that the commission on it's part will ensure that the polls comply with COVID-19 safety protocols.”

Mkpa urged parties to ensure all candidates to be presented meet requirements to avoid disqualification by the commission.

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Nigerian Doctors Suspend Nationwide Strike Action

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The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its nationwide industrial action.

NARD President, Aliyu Sokomba, disclosed this on Thursday.

Sokumba said the union will review the progress made in talks with the Nigerian Government in two weeks.

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NARD had on Monday commenced a nationwide industrial strike action.

The association said the doctors decided to embark on strike due to the failure of the government to meet their requests made in June this year.

The doctors had in June adandoned their duty posts over unpaid salaries, non-payment of hazard allowance and a dearth of Personal Protective Equipment in hospitals, among several other reasons.

The one-week-long strike was suspended to give the federal and state governments time to fulfill the outstanding demands following an appeal by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi, and other stakeholders.

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Nigerian Police Release Bayelsa Governorship Candidate, Opuama, After 26-day In Illegal Detention

The candidate of the Liberation Movement in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Mr Vijah Opuama, has been released after 26 days in police custody.

His release was sequel to an order by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court.

Justice Taiwo had in a judgment on the bail application filed by his lawyer, Mr Mike Odey, held that the governorship candidate was unlawfully detained by the police.

The judge ordered the police not to detain the applicant in respect of the case, saying he should only visit the police twice a week in company with his lawyer.

Taiwo further directed the police to conclude its investigations within 14 days and file charges against Opuma if need be.

Consequently, the judge ordered officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service to release the applicant to his lawyer.

Opuama was arrested within the premises of the election petition tribunal in Abuja on August 15 by a team reportedly from the Office of the Inspector-General of Police.

He was arrested shortly after he arrived to hear the judgment of the tribunal in a case he filed seeking the disqualification of the Bayelsa deputy governor, Lawrence Ewhrujakpo, over alleged document forgery.

Though the case was dismissed by the tribunal, the candidate was forced out of his vehicle by the police, who handcuffed and whisked him away to their office in Abuja.

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