NEXT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC **AN ECDYSIS OF GOVERNOR PETER OBI- NOW THE REAL COLOUR IS SHOWING !
At a recent seminar we were told by a top aide of the governor that the state receives a minimum monthly allocation of N2.8billion, while the 21 councils receives a minimum of N80million monthly also, excluding the internally generated revenue receipts from Nwobu Alor Motor Park L.T.D etc.
Speaker after speaker then wondered where all the funds had gone to since 2006, hence saw the apparent need and urgency for council poll now. They pointed out that Obi as well as other governorship candidates during the build up to the Feb 6, 2011 promised to organize council elections within 90 days of coming onto office. That Gov Chibike Amechi of Rivers state had just done that when he successfully organized council elections in his state barely six weeks after he was re-elected, and even before taking the oath of office. So if it was possible in Rivers state, This is the major problem between Victor Umeh and Peter Obi in Anambra state, the Home for All.
JUST COMPLETED SHOPPING COMPLEX IN KADO,
ABUJA BELONGING TO GOV PETER OBI OF ANAMBRA STATE
Side View, Peter Obi's Shopping Complex
BEFORE PICTURESOF GOV PETER OBI'S COMPLEX IN ABUJA, NIGERIA WHENHE WAS BUILDING IT .WITH L.G.A FUNDS .AND LILIACFIRE EXPOSED AS FAR BACK AS 2009 , MANY DOUBTED , NOW THEY BELIEVE
THE CONFESSION TO OWNING THE ABOVE PROPERTY TO ONLINE MEDIA
Huhuonline.com: It is alleged that you are building multi-billion naira shopping mall project located at Kado, Abuja. Is it true?
Gov. Peter Obi: A very good question you asked. Number one is no, Im not building one. I used to be Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Next International (Nigeria) Ltd.
Next is a foremost ground management company in the country. If you go to Nexts office in Apapa, they own the office since 1991. Their warehouse is bigger than anyone else. It is about 30, 000 square metres. I came in here as a Bank Chairman. I was a Director in three banks by virtue of my investments. So, I didnt come here an unknown person. Next built and owned before I came here. In the new shopping centre in the Trade Fair Centre in Lagos, Next owned a building there, containing over 120 shops. They have been put into official engagement or hiring for over 12 years.
So, it is surprising when people try to link it to me. Next is building a shopping mall in Abuja and what Next is building now is small compared to what they have been able to achieve. Actually if you go to Abuja, Next owns the big building immediately after the Federal Ministry of Transport. That is why they wanted to build a mall. The partners had advised that they cannot build a mall there and that the most important thing a mall needs is parking space. That is why they moved it from there. But of course, you know Amambra politics.
I was a bank chairman before I came here by virtue of investments. I was a Director of a bank before I came here. You can go and verify how many shares a man needs to be Director of a bank.
THE HISTORY OF THE LAND IN KADO OWNED BY GOV PETER OBI , NEXT LTD, AND NDIBE OBI
September 08, 2008 11:17am
Report from an official of Abuja Geographic Information System :
By Blessing Ogunli
Back in 2003, Dr. Jimoh Obatoyinbo, an estate developer, bought two plots of land measuring 4,000 and 4,300 square metres respectively, in 2003, from one Alhaji Aminu Gaya . The plots were allocated to Jamillaville Limited and Gyano International Limited respectively. One of the plots was designated as a petrol station, while the other was for commercial development.
But to his surprise in 2007, Obatoyinbo discovered that the plots had been occupied and were being developed at the instance of a company, Next International Limited, owned by one Ndibe Obi. Obatoyinbo informed the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, of the development. This drew a stop work order and a notice of demolition, issued by the FCDA. But these were ignored by the Next International Limited. Obatoyinbo then took his case to the Police. In a petition dated 25 July 2008, Obatoyinbo alleged that the developers connived with some staff of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems, AGIS, led by one Emeka Elobi, a Deputy Director of Survey, to rob him of his property. Obatoyinbo claimed that when he challenged the illegal occupancy in court, Next International Limited produced documents showing it had been allocated Plot Sector Centre 2, with a size of 13,000 square metres, but went ahead to occupy the whole sector that was subdivided among seven allottees, measuring 33,370,053 square metres. According to documents obtained from the Police, the plot allocated to Next International measures 13,00 square metres, but the company had occupied 33,370.53 square metres. Obatoyinbo alleged that the document was forged in connivance with staff of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems, AGIS, and FCDA. Investigation of Obatoyinbo's allegations was assigned to a Police team, led by one Assistant Superintendent of Police, Yahaya Adanebi of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU. The Police invited the claimants to the property as well as Elobi and Gaya . Next International, however, failed to honour Police invitation. According to Police investigations, documents presented to the court, by Next International, were forged. In his testimony to the Police, Elobi explained that as acting director of Survey, he does not allocate plots and might not be able to state if the subdivided plot 2 has been revoked or not. He claimed that his duty is to oversee all survey works in AGIS, which include the signing of site plans and title deeds which are mostly generated by consultants. However, Gaya stated that he had been asking Elobi to issue the necessary data to enable him get the certificate for the said plot, but Elobi did not make such available. Gaya explained that he was shocked to see the data with all coordinates and benchmarks merging all four plots into one with Elobi's signature on it in custody. He claimed that he was surprised to see with the police the data he has been asking Elobi to release to him for over one year to no avail. He also said that he observed from the document he found with the police, the allocation given to Next International Limited, dated 30 September 2007, measures about 13,000 square metres, could be for plot D and not the whole 33,000 square metres as sketched in the site plan which Next International Limited is using to lay claims to the land. Gaya also said he noticed in the document that the amount paid to the AGIS as charges is for 13,000 square metres and not for the entire 33,000 square metres alleged by Next International Limited.
See below for more pictures of PETER OBI PLAZA , ABUJA , NIGERIA , THE NEXT shopping complex
THE LILIACFIRE THE HAMMER: CONGRATULATES GOV PETER OBI OF ANAMBRA STATE ON COMPLETION OF HIS N50 BILLION NAIRA SHOPPING COMPLEX IN KADO DISTRICT OF ABUJA, WE HOPE YOU WILL PROVIDE JOBS FOR UMUANAMBRA LOCATED IN ABUJA AND STOP DENYING OWNERSHIP OF THE EDIFICE
Citing strong human and civil rights violations, unchecked corruption amongst Nigerian government officials, President Barack Obama, who will make a week long trip to Africa this summer, will not visit Nigeria.
In statement issued Monday, the White House said, President Obama and his wife Michelle will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania from June 26 to July 3.
Last week, Sen. John Kerry, US Secretary of State, in a statement, had expressed concerns about credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations in North eastern Nigeria.
BOMBING OF BIAFRA: NIGERIA: TOWN Umuahia: Dead Bodies following an air raid :
Despite Nigerian assurances that Nigerian pilots were instructed to avoid civilian casualties, they deliberately continued to target civilians
BIAFRAN CASUALTIES AFTER AN AERIAL RAID BY NIGERIAN AIR FORCE
OGBUNIGWE: BIAFRAN ARMY FOUGHT AN UNTHINKABLE WAR AND HELD NIGERIA OFF FOR 3 YEARS
LOOK AT THE PLATE NO OF THAT LAND ROVER TO TELL THAT NIGERIAN ARMY HAD ITS OWN CASUALTIES
Biafran Policewoman at Ubulu near Uli Airstrip during the War, 1969 (Photo: Peter Williams)
Biafran Soldiers on the Umuahia - Aba Highway,1968 (Photo: Peter Williams
Jan 16 1970 (Part 2) - 4 days after the final fall of Owerri and therefore Biafra. Look at the relief on their faces. Col. Obasanjo and men of the Third Marine Commando can be seen as well as Biafra's Col. 'Hannibal' Achuzie's wife and their son, refugees finding their way home, a heavily camouflaged Radio Biafra, and Uli airstrip at the end. Again no audio :-(
Mr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah is a driven man. Built like a solid rock with boundless energy, he has an effortless capacity to work round the clock. His ability to take tough and far reaching business decisions sometimes 12 hours non-stop marks him out as hard-nosed entrepreneur, tactful and foresighted business mogul of the 21st Century.
He is, beyond doubt, a leader in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria today as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited. The company has, within a short period of five years, become a flagship in the industry; and is the first among many other blue chip companies of similar and diverse concerns chaired by this hardworking, focused, determined and amiable young man.
A man of humble beginning, amiable, likeable and good natured personality, he holds a B.Sc in International Relations and is married to Mrs. Uchenna Ubah, a graduate of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The marriage is blessed with five children.
The visionary Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Capital Oil & Gas Industries Limited, no doubt, is an ambitious business mogul who, from the very day he joined the oil and gas business, decided to distinguish himself and the company creditably.
Through a dint of hard work, personal conviction to succeed, visionary leadership and doggedness, he has, in a matter of six years, between 2003 and 2009, taken Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited to a vantage position of becoming a dominant leader in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
He also sits on the board of several other companies as Chairman, among them:
Knoll & Hachfer Engineering Co. Limited.
Chevron Oronite & Chemical Co. Limited.
Hero Communications Ltd.
First Nigeria Independent Oil Co. Limited.
Commodity Giants Nigeria Limited.
Capital Group Congo S.a.rl. in the Congo DR
Oil Force Nigeria Limited
He was profiled by the Oxford Brooks Magazine as one of the “Forty under Forty 2009,” that is, the top 40 young Nigerian business leaders under the age of 40. Mr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has received numerous awards and honours both in Nigeria and abroad in honour of his leadership qualities and outstanding performance in the oil and gas industry.
In recognition of his creative leadership and capabilities, he was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Critical and Creative Thinking by the prestigious Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA.
He has been actively involved in top flight business management for over two decades, with vast experience in international business; and has attended several local and international courses and seminars in leadership and business management.
Besides all these, there is a part of this able visionary leader that we cannot leave out. Mr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah is an avid philanthropist and a motivator par excellence. In his recognition of the need to serve humanity and give back to the society, he provides succor to the needy.
Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah has established Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation through which he awards university scholarship to students - the first of its kind in the South-East, particularly Nnewi; sunk boreholes for his community, installed electricity transformers, engages in constant repair/grading of community roads and has, over time, kindheartedly provided free fuel to the popular Okada riders and bus drivers every Monday in all his filling stations.
The philanthropist par excellence is fondly called Ebube Chukwu uzo, meaning “Placing God First” in all his dealings. His business interests include Oil & Gas, Jetty Development, Maritime, Bonded Terminal, Truck Park facilities, Telecommunication, Real Estate and General Merchandise. -
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, hardly needs anyone's validation. But if ever he needed one, the people of Anambra North senatorial zone provided that for him last week.
Speaking during an interview about a separate matter, Soyinka said, "Wherever you witness a case of ‘It’s MINE, and no other’s’, ‘it’s OURS, not theirs’, at various levels of vicarious ownership, such aggressive voices, ninety percent of the time, are bound to be Nigerians. It is what plagues Nigeria at the moment – it’s MY/OUR turn to rule"
Happenings all across the country, and especially in Anambra state proves Soyinka right.
The people of Anambra North senatorial zone exhibited the syndrome last week as 12 Anambra governorship aspirants from the zone met secretly.
The meeting was attended by traditional rulers in the zone and aspirants, and according to a report by The Nation newspaper, the main issue was on how to be united in their quest and reject deputy governorship slot from all quarters. They vowed not to accept anything short of the governorship slot as they will deal with whoever betrays them.
The Secretary to the State Government, Osaeloka Obaze, who attended the meeting said: “Anambra North Traditional Rulers and gubernatorial aspirants from the zone held a parley recently to strategise on 2014.
“The meeting happened behind closed doors and each aspirant was allowed to bring only two aides.
“There were no press briefings or communiques after the event. Consequently, both allies agreed that the people of Anambra North deserved to produce the next governor and therefore reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring that the next governor comes from the zone.
“They agreed to work in concert to achieve their common purpose. They welcomed the tranquil political climate in Anambra State. “They expressed thanked Governor Peter Obi and all those who steadfastly support their cause. They resolved to remain united in their aspiration.”
Peter Obi Is Sponsoring APGA's Rebellion - Victor Umeh
The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to restore recognition to me as the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) followed the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Enugu which upturned the ruling of the Enugu State High Court that sacked me as the chairman of the party. This
development, triumphs against the camp of the Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, led by Chief Maxi Okwu. Obi engineered the crisis in the party for his selfish reasons, and peace can only return to the party if Obi leaves and allows the party to decide his successor. I gave Peter Obi his political life, and the governor is fake, deceitful, despite his claims to holiness.
We patiently waited on INEC because we wrote the Commission on the April 15, notifying it of the ruling of the Court of Appeal Enugu Division that restored my leadership as national chairman of the party.
We are happy to inform you that INEC, having read the ruling of the Court of Appeal, has come out with a letter addressed to me, Chief Victor Umeh, recognising me as the national chairman of APGA. APGA does not have a factional National Chairman. APGA does not have two national chairmen. APGA has only one national chairman, recognized by the party constitution, INEC and the courts of Nigeria.
Gov. Peter Obi personally controlling traffic at Okacha Junction, Neni during the festive period
With this decision and upholding of the rule of law, we want to say that this development has reinvigorated APGA. Those who want to do business with APGA, now know the lawful authority of APGA. Anybody who is making any pretentions anywhere in Nigeria in the name of APGA, is deluding himself, and any group of persons that are holding themselves out claiming to be representing APGA or presenting themselves as members of APGA, engaging in dissident activities in the name of APGA are guilty of anti-party activities. They should stop destabilising this party. This leadership of APGA has been very responsible to the acknowledgment of Nigerians.
We want anybody who wants to be a member of APGA or who wants to do anything with APGA to subject himself or herself to this lawful leadership of APGA. We will not continue to condone this.
APGA has never had two positions on merger. From this office, I have addressed Nigerians categorically that our party has never been part of any merger discussion in Nigeria and we started sounding this since last year. That position has not changed up till this moment. APGA will never merge with any political party. But we have continued to state that our party will be available for alliance discussion with other political parties at anytime it is necessary.
I, as a person, do not support merger with APC. Even, Governor Rochas Okorocha, who has been dragging APGA’s name in this direction, cannot pretend not to be aware that I advised severally and privately against it for over three months before he went to make a public statement on that.
The people have never doubted the potential of APGA, particularly in the core areas where the party has done very well in the past. Because I am the chairman, the people have been in touch with me all through the crisis and I know they have always been praying for me not to go down. Without sounding immodest, our people have come to appreciate seriously that my heart has been open particularly on issues that affect our people. I have never relented in speaking against injustice done to our people.
This have been appreciated by many people in Nigeria, who always encourage me, by talking to me and commending my effort in the things I am doing. So, the recent development in the party will lead to a resurgence of hope among our people that this party is still in a safe hand.
Let me say here that the support APGA has been receiving has not been attributed to the quality of candidates APGA has been fielding in elections. The support the party gets is because of the passion of the people who look up to this party as a saving platform for their political advancement.
The people of the southeast, who are in the majority in supporting APGA, have always seen APGA as an indispensable platform for their political emancipation. People who have succeeded on APGA platform, have erroneously claimed that they have won through their popularity. That is not so but it is because the people have been desperate to see this party grow to a point that they can use it to actualise their political desires in Nigeria. Now that the confusion to a large extent has been stemmed, by the Court of Appeal decision and the position taken by INEC to obey the court decision, and continue to relate with me as the national chairman of APGA, the spirit of our people who have always looked up to APGA has bounced back.
Ahead of the Anambra 2014 governorship elections, people may think that it will be a tough battle, but it won’t. What our people need is some leave of peace and assurance that if they put a candidate through this party, that candidate will be accepted by INEC, and that hurdle has been crossed now. We have enough time to rebuild this party. Even in Anambra State, where regrettably, the crisis in the party is being sponsored, APGA is still the dominant party in the state.
Without also being immodest, I have been the pivot of the party in Anambra State all these years. Those who have made effort to deny this fact, have been confronted by people. Our people have confidence in my leadership of this party. Those who have succeeded in APGA in Anambra State have succeeded because people have been following what I have been doing with passion.
That support base is still there. Since the news came out that INEC has reverted back to my leadership in APGA, there has been thunderous ovation in Anambra State and we can prepare to go to the election. All other issues that may pull challenges to the party, I can assure you that we will handle it.
Why would the Obi group challenge my recognition by INEC in court? What are they going to court to do? The only thing they have in court is the propaganda that they have gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal. Their sole ground of appeal at the Supreme Court was that their man was not served process of appeal before the motion for stay of execution of the High Court ruling was heard and ruling delivered there from.
That is the only thing they can say to the public that is not aware of the fact that the court is guided by the facts before it. The bailiff of Court of Appeal Enugu division deposed to an affidavit of service on the respondent and it was in the court file and the justices of Court of Appeal that heard the matter, had to ask the court clerk to announce whether there was proof of service and the clerk announced that the respondent was served and his counsel was also served.
The same counsel returned the process served him, including the hearing notice to the registrar of the Court of Appeal, claiming that he was no longer the lawyer to the respondent. When the Court of Appeal delivered its ruling, the same counsel returned to file a notice of appeal on behalf of the respondent. These are things that have been transmitted to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court will be bound by the record of the court. They have nothing to convince the Supreme Court that there was no fair hearing given to them. Rather, their evil plot to frustrate the hearing of the motion caught with them.
Every organisation requires peace to function. So, APGA is yearning for peace. It is absurd that it is now said that I am pitted against Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, where in fact, anybody who is objective will agree that I gave Peter Obi his political life.
I fought his opponents, both the PDP very viciously along with my colleagues in APGA and established him two times as governor of Anambra State. For him now, at the twilight of his tenure, to begin to claim that I am not a good man, he is not saying the truth, and the people have seen through his deceit. Peter Obi engineered the crisis in APGA for selfish reasons, not that I am incompetent as he and his uncle Nwobu-Alor claim.
They have tried my incompetence in this struggle and saw that I am not incompetent, because if I am incompetent, they would have swept me away. But it has not been easy for them. That was the resilience that I brought to bear in his political pursuit and he succeeded and instead of allowing the party to prepare for his successor, he decided to put his successor on his own.
Yet, we were the people that put him in the first and second time. He now grew above the party because he is controlling money belonging to Anambra State, and with that money, he decided to play Herod. All the things that we fought against that people placed in his way, he is now unleashing same on the party and myself and that is why God is intervening on this matter. God's time, divine hand is in this matter all the way.
On October 8, 2012, the Chief Judge of Enugu State granted an interlocutory injunction against me, restraining me from parading myself as the national chairman of APGA. That order subsisted. On February 8, 2013, the same chief judge of Enugu State, delivered his judgment and sacked me as the national chairman of APGA, and also sacked 28 other members of APGA NWC, along with me. I filed an appeal, and also filed a stay of execution of the order and judgment.
The Court of Appeal in Enugu on April 8 delivered its ruling and stayed his judgment and reinstated me as the national chairman of APGA. I wrote INEC on the April 15, 2012. INEC, after taken its time, on May 8 2013, wrote me informing me that they are now obeying the order made by the Court of Appeal and would continue to relate with me as the national chairman of APGA. Why is the number 8 persistent in all these journey? It is God that using the number 8 to show people pursuing me that their hands are dirty and mine is clean. That is why God is using the number 8 consistently to tell them that they are fighting Him and not Victor Umeh.
Otherwise, how are these things happening on day 8 of any month? There will be a decision. October 8, February 8, April 8 and May 8. It is a divine order and I want to use that to give Obi and his people notice that they should stop fighting God.
APGA needs peace and the only one who can give APGA peace is Peter Obi. He should leave APGA alone. We have done everything for him; he didn't reciprocate the gestures the party extended to him.
Peter Obi did not empower any APGA member, not one person and that is why the entire party is solidly behind me. All the issues that led to disagreement between me and him, were issues that were to affect the fortunes of ordinary man and not Victor Umeh. I asked him to conduct local government election so that party members can become councilors and chairmen of local governments; so they can get empowered and create a robust grassroots for the party. He refused to do it.
Instead, he started fighting me for the selfish reasons that he wants to use local government money and state money together disbursing from his desk unchallenged and he has done that for seven years now. It is not small money. For local government alone, he has spent over N300b from his desk without budgeting. He is a sole administrator and Mr. Know all. He doesn't listen to anybody. And I said; this your attitude has impoverished the party and its members and stifled democracy at the grassroots and bred corruption in the local government system.
That is why they are fighting me, and started telling story of how they were giving me billions of Naira to grow the party and I squandered it. They took me to EFCC that I embezzled N2.6b. I went to EFCC and EFCC cleared me. It was unnecessary mischief that Obi introduced and tried to destroy the party. He didn't need to go through that route at all. It was absolutely unnecessary. I was always there for him and his government, and was always also there for my party members.
There is nothing that will stop peace from returning to the party. It is for Obi to shield his blunt sword. He has a blunt sword. Otherwise, he would have cut me off since the last three years he has wanted to decapitate me. He should allow divine will to prevail. Obi should allow the party breathing space to prepare for election to find a successor so that APGA will continue after him in Anambra State. That is the only sacrifice he will make. No matter what his ego is, he should allow the party to function. If Obi allows APGA, whether he supports the party or not, we are going to win the election in Anambra because the support base of the party in Anambra State is till there.
Obi is not the sole financier of APGA. He came from the blues, sermonising like a saint. I took him and put him on that support base of APGA. He was alien to the support base of APGA in Anambra State. I was in charge of that support base. I was the one that lubricated it for Obi to tap from, and that trust they have in me is still there. The people of Anambra State are still ready to support APGA.
If you go to Anambra today, you will see that Obi is a man alone. All the strata of the state have risen against him. Everybody in Anambra is against him; members of Anambra State House of Assembly are against him, the presidents of town unions, the traditional rulers in the state and all stakeholders in the state are against him.
There must be something obnoxious in him that is repelling people from him, and that I know is that the people have seen through him that he deceived them; he came with a claim to holiness that he will make the state a better place; he condemned politicians in the state without restraint. Today, all the things he accused politicians in the state of doing, he has done all times two. The people saw through that he is fake and that is why they have risen against him and he cannot give them anybody to follow and they follow the person. It is an impossible mission for him.
Chief Victor Umeh, is the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) SOME OF THE NOLLYWOOD ACTING BY GOV PETER OBI THAT IS FAKE ! WHAT IS PETER OBI'S OWN WITH LADIES WITH BULGING BELLIES ?
THE ONLY THING THAT DETERS A KILLER IS A FIGHT BACK WITH THE KILLERS MEDICINE FOR DEATH .....LiliacFire 2103
Peter Obi playing politics of selfish interest to Please Jonathan , shame on you !
NORTHERNERS IN ANAMBRA RUN TO POLICE, ARMY •Bayero: we don’t know why this is happening •ANPP urges Fed Govt to be proactive •House of Reps wants end to terrorism Following Monday’s suicide bomb attack in a Kano motor park, northerners in Awka, the Anambra State capital and Onitsha are leaving for fear of reprisal attacks. They closed their business premises to seek protection at the Artillery Regiment of the Army and Central Police Station, Onitsha. The police and army yesterday tried to douse the tension. Tensions were further heightened when members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were sighted on major roads in Onitsha and Awka. MASSOB’s leader Ralph Uwazuruike said there would be no reprisal attack. He said: “We are not known for bloodletting and Ndigbo cannot be cowed into shedding blood but we want an end to this senseless bloodletting of Igbos in the North in whatever name called.” The Chairmen of Ndigbo Unity Forum and Anambra Traders’ Forum, Augustine Cukwudum and Dede Uzor Uzor condemned the attack in Kano and described it as barbaric and a threat to the country’s unity. They lauded the prompt intervention of the Commander, 302 Army cantonment, Onitsha , Col. T Gagariga, Navy Commander A. Ahmed and the Onitsha Area Commander, Mr. Benjamin Wordu who calmed frayed nerves. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Emeka Chukwuemeka assured northerners of their safety. Chukwuemeka said anybody who insisted on going would not be prevented, adding that adequate security had been put in place. One of the Hausa leaders said they were packing because the Igbo could retaliate what happened in Kano. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Anambra State condemned the attack. The ANPP chairman, Chief Pat Orjiakor, said security must be beefed up in Kano. Orjiakor said:”Who will replace those buses and other vehicles lost in the bombing which belonged to Ndigbo; more than half of the people who lost their lives are all Igbo. “What I am saying is that PDP government, both in the state and federal levels have lost control of things in this country and they have no moral rectitude to stay in power. “We have lost this number of people because of lack of their leadership qualities. Everything is falling apart in Nigeria Because of (PDP) and yet, they want to stay in power. “We are working seriously in making sure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is well-positioned and there is no amount of underground business by PDP that can stop the moving train.” The ACN chairman, Chief Amechi Obidike, said the government should probe what led to the bombings. He said: “All these misfortunes in Nigeria today are as a result of PDP’s insensitivity to the plight of their people. If Nigerians fail to rise up against the misrule of this torn umbrella by the year 2020, there may not be anything called Nigeria again.” The ANPP urged the Federal Government to increase its intelligence gathering in order to effectively check the rate of insecurity in the country. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Emma Eneukwu, in Abuja yesterday, the party said: “The ANPP received the news of the Monday bombing of a motorpark in Sabon Gari, Kano, by unidentified terrorists which killed scores of innocent Nigerians, with deep shock and sadness. “Once again, the wicked act of a few elements of terror has further pushed our great country to a possible anarchy.” The party condemned the barbaric act, its perpetrators, sponsors, and commiserated with friends and families of the death in the dastard act and wished the injured quick recovery. According to the statement, the principal task of any government is to secure the lives and property of its citizens. “It is high time our government faced the duty it owes every Nigerian squarely.” The party called on the nation’s security agencies to leave no stone unturned in unravelling “this heinous crime against humanity”. “It is crucial that every necessary measure be taken to defuse the prevalent atmosphere of hopelessness in the nation as precipitated by terror attack in Kano. “It is now manifest that the forces of evil, nibbling at the fabrics of our corporate existence as a country, will go to any length, no matter how diabolical, to achieve their satanic objectives.” ANPP enjoined Nigerians to resist the urge to despair “in such a time like this because that is exactly what these elements want to achieve”. ANPP expressed optimism that Nigeria would soon surmount its present troubles. The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its four committees on police, public safety and national security, Army, and defence to work with the executive arm of government to end terrorism in Nigeria. The committees are expected to report back to the house within four weeks. The resolution was sequel to a motion brought to the floor of the house by Rep. Ibrahim Olaifa, (Accord Party-Oyo) which was unanimously adopted. According to Olaifa, several innocent Nigerians have been killed in the last three years due to the activities of a terrorist group. Olaifa explained that several conflicting details had been given as reasons why the group unleashed terror on establishments and innocent Nigerians. “The economy of the Northern part of Nigeria, its education and other social welfare programmes have nose dived significantly and worsening the standard of living of the people,” he said. He said the pattern of operations of the group remained mostly unpredictable, in spite of the huge investments in the nation’s security apparatus. “The stakeholders are finding it difficult to agree on how to engage this group in order to end the situation.” Olaifa suggested that all efforts must be made to bring the group to the table for final resolution of the crisis. The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, also urged the Federal Government to adopt appropriate measures to tackle the lingering insecurity challenges in the country. Bayero spoke yesterday at the scene of Monday’s explosion in Sabon Gari, Kano while on a sympathy visit. He urged Igbos and officials of transport companies affected by the incident to support the security agencies to bring about lasting peace in the state. The Emir, represented by the District Head of Fagge, Alhaji Mahmud Bayero, described the incident as “most unfortunate”. “We don’t know why this thing is happening only in Kano,” he lamented and called on the people to continue to pray for the sustenance of peace in the state and the country. He prayed to God to replenish whatever the people might have lost during the incident and for the peaceful repose of the souls of those who died.
Basically describing Peter Obi as an opportunist and a serial user ..
Son of the late leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Emeka Ojukwu, has accused Governor Peter Obi and factional National Chairman of the party, Chief Maxi Okwu, of creating the crisis in the party for selfish ends. Ojukwu, who spoke with some reporters in Awka on Friday, also said last Saturday’s memorial rally held in honour of his father, Chief Emeka Ojukwu, by Obi was politically motivated and therefore of no consequence. Commenting on the crisis in APGA, he said, “It is a manufactured crisis. Yes, there is a clash of personality, clash of ideals, a disagreement on which governorship candidates to endorse etc. “However, the issues are being camouflaged and we are being presented this manufactured crisis of leadership as the bone of contention. If there was agreement on the real issues at hand, nobody would be talking about an APGA leadership crisis. “Set aside the personalities involved and ask yourselves; Where are they planning to lead us to? What direction, that is, do they want to take us to? In truth, who represents the ideals upon which the party was founded? Whose agenda is who is running? If you answer these questions to yourselves honestly, your choice would have been made.” Ojukwu, who was recently appointed a member of Chief Victor Umeh’s faction Board of Trustees of APGA described the Enugu Court judgement that sacked Umeh as suspect.
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