In a statement by Famodun, the 3-day fasting and praying session will
commence tomorrow, January 6 to Friday January 8, 2016. The prayers
will be geared towards seeking divine intervention “so that our last year losses may be restored.”
He also asked that the state residents pray for God’s favour so that
2016 will reverse the unpleasant fortunes of last year, and bring
prosperity and blessings instead.
Just days ago, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state inaugurated a
nine-member governing board to oversee the running policy of the Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH) in Osogbo
and create a miracle centre where those expected to die would live.
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
“All Hell will Break Loose” if Nnamdi Kanu Dies in Detention, Nig Ex-Minister Warns Buhari
A former Nigerian minister has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that
“all hell will break loose” if the three prominent prisoners currently
being detained by the state are harmed in any way, Nigerian newspaper
Premium Times reported.
Femi Fani-Kayode, who served as minister of culture and tourism and then minister of aviation under former president Olusegun Obasanjo, posted messages about the detention of Nigeria’s former national security advisor Sambo Dasuki, pro-Biafran activist Nnamdi Kanu and Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Dasuki is facing trial for allegedly stealing $2 billion of government funds earmarked for arms to be used in fighting the militant group Boko Haram. He was re-arrested on Wednesday by the Department of State Services (DSS, also known as the State Security Service or SSS) despite being granted bail by three different courts, according to Premium Times.
In October, the DSS arrested Kanu, who leads the secessionist group Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and runs London-based Radio Biafra, on charges including ethnic incitement and treason. Kanu was granted bail on December 17, but Mohammed Bello Adoke, the Nigerian attorney general and minister of justice, filed fresh charges against the activist on December 18 and he remains in custody.
The Nigerian military detained Sheikh Zakzaky, leader of the mainly Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), during clashes between Shiites and soldiers in the northern city of Zaria that lasted from December 12-14, 2015. Human Rights Watch reported that at least 300 IMN members were killed in the clashes.
Fani-Kayode, who was a member of Buhari’s All Progressive Congress between February 2014 and June 2014 before returning to the Peoples Democratic Party, posted the messages on Twitter on Saturday:
“Buhari is not God and we will not worship him”-Olisa Metuh. Woe to those who worship men and who bow before Baal,the Lord of the Flies.
Femi Fani-Kayode, who served as minister of culture and tourism and then minister of aviation under former president Olusegun Obasanjo, posted messages about the detention of Nigeria’s former national security advisor Sambo Dasuki, pro-Biafran activist Nnamdi Kanu and Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Dasuki is facing trial for allegedly stealing $2 billion of government funds earmarked for arms to be used in fighting the militant group Boko Haram. He was re-arrested on Wednesday by the Department of State Services (DSS, also known as the State Security Service or SSS) despite being granted bail by three different courts, according to Premium Times.
In October, the DSS arrested Kanu, who leads the secessionist group Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and runs London-based Radio Biafra, on charges including ethnic incitement and treason. Kanu was granted bail on December 17, but Mohammed Bello Adoke, the Nigerian attorney general and minister of justice, filed fresh charges against the activist on December 18 and he remains in custody.
The Nigerian military detained Sheikh Zakzaky, leader of the mainly Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), during clashes between Shiites and soldiers in the northern city of Zaria that lasted from December 12-14, 2015. Human Rights Watch reported that at least 300 IMN members were killed in the clashes.
Fani-Kayode, who was a member of Buhari’s All Progressive Congress between February 2014 and June 2014 before returning to the Peoples Democratic Party, posted the messages on Twitter on Saturday:
“Buhari is not God and we will not worship him”-Olisa Metuh. Woe to those who worship men and who bow before Baal,the Lord of the Flies.
Buhari Is An Agent Of Destabilization – Tinubu
A statement made by the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu back in 2003
about the presidential candidate of the party, General Muhammadu Buhari has resurfaced.
In a document released by Wikileaks, Tinubu was against Buhari becoming the president of Nigeria because he believed the former Head of State and his irks were agents of destabilization and electing Buhari will spread Sharia to all parts of Nigeria.Read the Wikileaks document below:
In a document released by Wikileaks, Tinubu was against Buhari becoming the president of Nigeria because he believed the former Head of State and his irks were agents of destabilization and electing Buhari will spread Sharia to all parts of Nigeria.Read the Wikileaks document below:
SENATOR ENYINNAYA ABARIBE AIDED THE TRANSFER OF THE ALLEGED GUNS STOCKPILED IN HON. UBANI’S HOUSE TO PORT HARCOURT BEFORE DSS ARRIVAL
Sir, Thank you for publishing the information I gave
to you concerning the weapon stockpiled in the House of Commissioner
Eziuche Ubani but the police officers and army went there very late. I
specified in the message that they should go before 11 PM but when their
agents read the news, they ordered that we should relocate the guns to
another location; Bus came and carried the guns by 9 pm immediatelyEziuche
Ubani rushed home after getting information. The guns were immediately
loaded in a Bus and drove to Abia Palm plantation in Ohambele,
Ukwa-East. They just packed the bus there with the driver until about 5
am when Senator Abaribe sent someone and ask Ejike the driver of the bus
and 2 security men to take the bus to Port Harcourt around that
5-5:30am. Probably somebody gave them information that police will raid
the commissioner Ubani House because Commissioner Ubani has to rush home
with unusual speed. So they have already ordered the guns out before
police arrival and now transferred to Port Harcourt but I do not know
the address in Port Harcourt but the driver’s name that drove the bus to
Port Harcourt is called Ejike and with 2 security men, one of the
security men is called Iron, As I am talking to you now Ejike has not
returned from Port Harcourt. You will remember that I also told you
people that Senator Abaribe (Otu Onu) promised to support our guys with
200 Million for them to claim as IPO Biafra member and continue with the
protesting in the name of Biafra. I have told my guys that United
Nation and Director Nnamdi will not be happy if we should spoil the name
of IPO Biafra because of money but they insisted that they must
continue. I just want to inform you again that those boys will be having
meeting tomorrow by 8 PM Wednesday and Senator Abaribe (otu onu) will
be there to address them and give them mobilization fee. They will be
meeting at Abia Palm Estate in Ohambele, Ukwa-East Local Government
Area. I think they have an insider who is telling them everything so
they decided that we shall be meeting in the Bush inside Abia Palm
Plantation where no one will ever think of. Senator Otu Onu will be
there to talk to us except if he sends another person. Please tell the
police and Alex Otti to monitor Senator Abaribe, my concern is that I do
not want him to spoil the name of IPO Biafra, though he has been
encouraging IPO Biafra but he should not use because of that and send us
to cause problem in Abia State because of Alex Otti and Okezie Ikpeazu
problem even though Senator Otu Onu and Wagbara have said that they will
make Abia state hot for Alex Otti if they swear him in. They even said
that Otti is working with APC and plan to use IPO Biafra to destabilize
the state. I will keep giving you information even though they said all
my guys will take oat (Mmuo) never to call their name if Police catches
any of them.
Buhari Was Stoned In Bayelsa, Says Governor Dickson
Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa state, on Monday said President
Muhammadu Buhari was stoned in 2011 when he visited the state as the
presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
Incidentally, Timipre Sylva, Dickson’s rival and candidate of the APC in the state governorship election, was the governor of Bayelsa at the time.
Addressing a press conference in Yenagoa, capital of the state, Dickson said he ensured that Buhari was secure during his visit to Bayelsa as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “President Buhari, when he came to campaign as CPC candidate, was stoned,” he said. “But I granted state stadium to president Buhari, and made adequate security for his safety when he came to campaign again, because I knew that these people could harm him or people in his entourage and I didn’t want that to happen.”
Dickson also accused one of Buhari’s ministers, apparently Heineken Lokpobiri, of “terrorising” people of the state ahead of Saturday rerun election. The election, which held across the state on December 8, was rescheduled to January 9 in Southern Ijaw local government area and over 100 polling units in other local government areas, as a result of violence.
But Dickson placed the disturbances at the doorstep of his opponents, saying he remains a man of peace. He alleged that there were plans to rig Saturday election in favour of Sylva and called on the people to defend their votes. Dickson accused Sylva of using his influence to change the head of security agencies in the state in order to perfect his plot. “I’m the proponent of political tolerance in this state,” he said. “I don’t need anybody to kill and maim for me, I’m a man of peace and everybody knows. What we have seen is a subversion of our national security agencies. “The minister sent thugs to attack the collation centre, put off the community generator, storm the collation centre, took away the original ward result sheets, and also prevented the collation officers from completing their collations.
Incidentally, Timipre Sylva, Dickson’s rival and candidate of the APC in the state governorship election, was the governor of Bayelsa at the time.
Addressing a press conference in Yenagoa, capital of the state, Dickson said he ensured that Buhari was secure during his visit to Bayelsa as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “President Buhari, when he came to campaign as CPC candidate, was stoned,” he said. “But I granted state stadium to president Buhari, and made adequate security for his safety when he came to campaign again, because I knew that these people could harm him or people in his entourage and I didn’t want that to happen.”
Dickson also accused one of Buhari’s ministers, apparently Heineken Lokpobiri, of “terrorising” people of the state ahead of Saturday rerun election. The election, which held across the state on December 8, was rescheduled to January 9 in Southern Ijaw local government area and over 100 polling units in other local government areas, as a result of violence.
But Dickson placed the disturbances at the doorstep of his opponents, saying he remains a man of peace. He alleged that there were plans to rig Saturday election in favour of Sylva and called on the people to defend their votes. Dickson accused Sylva of using his influence to change the head of security agencies in the state in order to perfect his plot. “I’m the proponent of political tolerance in this state,” he said. “I don’t need anybody to kill and maim for me, I’m a man of peace and everybody knows. What we have seen is a subversion of our national security agencies. “The minister sent thugs to attack the collation centre, put off the community generator, storm the collation centre, took away the original ward result sheets, and also prevented the collation officers from completing their collations.
UN Secretary-General’s envoy to visit Saudi Arabia, Iran
The United Nations spokesman, Steplane DuJarrick, has said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is visiting Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mr. DuJarrick told reporters on Monday in New York that de Mistura would also visit Iran later in the week.
He said during the visits, the Special Envoy would assess the implications of the recent developments between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the momentum of the Vienna process for Syria.
The spokesman said de Mistura believed the crisis in Saudi-Iranian relations ”is a very worrisome development”.
Mr. DuJarrick told reporters that the envoy stressed the need to ensure that the development did not cause a chain of adverse consequences in the region.
Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Sunday, following the execution of Sheikh al-Nimr and 46 other prisoners by Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
The Saudi authorities gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country as the kingdom’s execution of the cleric inflamed sectarian tensions.
In another development, Mr. DuJarrick said the UN Mission in the Central African Republic reported that the National Elections Authority had released partial provisional results.
He said that the results were based on votes cast in eight prefectures and 15 per cent of votes cast outside of the country.
The spokesman said the election authority ”is expected to announce the final results by the end of this week and the Constitutional Court is due to confirm the results on Jan.15”.
He said that the Mission reported that 95 per cent of the polling stations were open on election day.
Mr. DuJarrick said the mission confirmed that the participation of voters in the prefectures was estimated to have reached 75 per cent.
(NAN)
Why I called Nigeria a zoo, threatened war – Kanu
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, described Nigeria as a zoo and accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of Islamising Imo State in an interview he granted an online medium, Sahara Reporters.
He, however, said in one of the statements he made to the Department of State Services after he was arrested at a Lagos hotel on October 14, 2015 that he made the said comments in order to facilitate societal change.
Kanu and two others have been charged with treason and other related offences on account of his agitation for the secession of the South-East and other areas of the country to form a sovereign state of Biafra.
He confirmed in the statement, dated October 24, 2015, that he made the comments, calling Nigeria a zoo to justify his belief that the only language its people understood was violence in the interview with Sahara Reporters.
He said he also accused Okorocha of Islamising Imo State in the said interview.
Kanu stated, “A Sahara Reporters’ interview was played by officers of the DSS on October 24, 2015, as part of my interrogation and I acknowledged that it was me that gave the interview and the answers I provided were done by me.
“As I have earlier stated in past interrogation, the statements I make are purely designed to elicit reaction that will facilitate the desired change which is needed.
“In the interview, I made reference and said, ‘the zoo has come to an end, they keep killing our people…’.
“In the interview, I also said ‘the language the people hear in the zoo is violence. If they fail to give us Biafra, Somalia will be a child’s play’, yes, I stated that in the interview.
“Again, I was asked (and I said), ‘If they do not give us Biafra, there would be no one living in the zoo,’ yes, I said so.
“I was also asked did I say that Rochas had Islamised Imo State and I said yes. I was also asked to confirm that I said that I do not believe that a peaceful approach to the restoration of Biafra was viable because I am not aware of anywhere else in the world where that is the case considering the history of the countries and their approach to such issues.”
He also denied belonging to Biafra Zionist Movement but admitted he believed in the group’s cause.
“I do not belong to Biafra Zionist Movement. However, I stated my support for its action because it was a civil act designed to highlight societal injustice.
“The said act involved a group of civilians massing at the Government House at Enugu to hoist the Biafran flag,” he added.
The 48-year-old, who re-affirmed himself as the leader of IPOB, also gave an insight into the leadership structure of the group.
He stated, “I wish to state for the records that I, Nnamdi Kanu, is the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Director of Radio Biafra and is in charge of the running of the organisation. In terms of the organisational structure, I can confirm that the office of the Director sits at the apex.”
Kanu said under him was Mazi Udanna Asiegbu.
He added, “Under him (Asiegbu) is the office of the CoC, which translates into the Co-ordinator of Co-ordinators and under him comes the Continental Representatives and are as follows:
“(1) North America is represented by Mr. Nnamaram Ugochukwu; South America, by Leornard Aniemene, who is resident in Trinidad and Tobago. Mazi Asiegbu is resident in Spain and Clifford Iroanya, the Coordinator of Coordinators, is resident in Houston Texas, USA.
“Nnamaram Ugochukwu is resident in Dallas, Texas. The continent of Europe is represented by Mazi Edoziem in Switzerland; Asia continent is represented by Onyinyechi Nlebedim in Malaysia while Australia is represented by Austin Ofomah, who resides in Canberra, Australia.”
Operatives of the DSS on October 14, 2015, arrested Kanu at the Golden Tulip Airport Hotel, where he allegedly checked into using a fictitious name.
On December 23, the accused persons were scheduled for arraignment before a Federal High Court in Abuja, but Kanu refused to take his plea to the six counts of treason and other charges instituted against him and his two co-defendants due to what he called his lack of confidence in the presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed.
The judge promptly returned the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for reassignment to another judge and the three accused persons were returned to the custody of the DSS.
The Federal Government, through the Federal Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Mohammed Diri, alleged in its summary of its case in the newly filed six counts that the IPOB leader checked into the hotel using the name, Ezebuiro Nwannekaenyi, in order to conceal his identity.
Diri stated this in a document listing the proposed prosecution witnesses lined up to testify against Kanu and the two others.
Apart from Kanu, one of the two other defendants in the six counts filed by the Federal Government is a Field Maintenance Engineer, David Nwawuisi, of Ericson, who maintains MTN masts in Enugu State.
The other defendant, Benjamin Madubugwu, was said to be living in Ubilisiuzo, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, where he allegedly received custody of a container housing radio transmitters meant for Radio Biafra from Kanu.
The fresh charges were filed against the three men barely 24 hours after Justice Adeniyi Ademola, in a ruling on Kanu’s bail application on December 17, ordered his unconditional release from DSS custody having been detained for about two months without any valid charges filed against him.
No new date has been fixed for the arraignment of the accused persons.
He, however, said in one of the statements he made to the Department of State Services after he was arrested at a Lagos hotel on October 14, 2015 that he made the said comments in order to facilitate societal change.
Kanu and two others have been charged with treason and other related offences on account of his agitation for the secession of the South-East and other areas of the country to form a sovereign state of Biafra.
He confirmed in the statement, dated October 24, 2015, that he made the comments, calling Nigeria a zoo to justify his belief that the only language its people understood was violence in the interview with Sahara Reporters.
He said he also accused Okorocha of Islamising Imo State in the said interview.
Kanu stated, “A Sahara Reporters’ interview was played by officers of the DSS on October 24, 2015, as part of my interrogation and I acknowledged that it was me that gave the interview and the answers I provided were done by me.
“As I have earlier stated in past interrogation, the statements I make are purely designed to elicit reaction that will facilitate the desired change which is needed.
“In the interview, I made reference and said, ‘the zoo has come to an end, they keep killing our people…’.
“In the interview, I also said ‘the language the people hear in the zoo is violence. If they fail to give us Biafra, Somalia will be a child’s play’, yes, I stated that in the interview.
“Again, I was asked (and I said), ‘If they do not give us Biafra, there would be no one living in the zoo,’ yes, I said so.
“I was also asked did I say that Rochas had Islamised Imo State and I said yes. I was also asked to confirm that I said that I do not believe that a peaceful approach to the restoration of Biafra was viable because I am not aware of anywhere else in the world where that is the case considering the history of the countries and their approach to such issues.”
He also denied belonging to Biafra Zionist Movement but admitted he believed in the group’s cause.
“I do not belong to Biafra Zionist Movement. However, I stated my support for its action because it was a civil act designed to highlight societal injustice.
“The said act involved a group of civilians massing at the Government House at Enugu to hoist the Biafran flag,” he added.
The 48-year-old, who re-affirmed himself as the leader of IPOB, also gave an insight into the leadership structure of the group.
He stated, “I wish to state for the records that I, Nnamdi Kanu, is the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Director of Radio Biafra and is in charge of the running of the organisation. In terms of the organisational structure, I can confirm that the office of the Director sits at the apex.”
Kanu said under him was Mazi Udanna Asiegbu.
He added, “Under him (Asiegbu) is the office of the CoC, which translates into the Co-ordinator of Co-ordinators and under him comes the Continental Representatives and are as follows:
“(1) North America is represented by Mr. Nnamaram Ugochukwu; South America, by Leornard Aniemene, who is resident in Trinidad and Tobago. Mazi Asiegbu is resident in Spain and Clifford Iroanya, the Coordinator of Coordinators, is resident in Houston Texas, USA.
“Nnamaram Ugochukwu is resident in Dallas, Texas. The continent of Europe is represented by Mazi Edoziem in Switzerland; Asia continent is represented by Onyinyechi Nlebedim in Malaysia while Australia is represented by Austin Ofomah, who resides in Canberra, Australia.”
Operatives of the DSS on October 14, 2015, arrested Kanu at the Golden Tulip Airport Hotel, where he allegedly checked into using a fictitious name.
On December 23, the accused persons were scheduled for arraignment before a Federal High Court in Abuja, but Kanu refused to take his plea to the six counts of treason and other charges instituted against him and his two co-defendants due to what he called his lack of confidence in the presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed.
The judge promptly returned the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for reassignment to another judge and the three accused persons were returned to the custody of the DSS.
The Federal Government, through the Federal Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Mohammed Diri, alleged in its summary of its case in the newly filed six counts that the IPOB leader checked into the hotel using the name, Ezebuiro Nwannekaenyi, in order to conceal his identity.
Diri stated this in a document listing the proposed prosecution witnesses lined up to testify against Kanu and the two others.
Apart from Kanu, one of the two other defendants in the six counts filed by the Federal Government is a Field Maintenance Engineer, David Nwawuisi, of Ericson, who maintains MTN masts in Enugu State.
The other defendant, Benjamin Madubugwu, was said to be living in Ubilisiuzo, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, where he allegedly received custody of a container housing radio transmitters meant for Radio Biafra from Kanu.
The fresh charges were filed against the three men barely 24 hours after Justice Adeniyi Ademola, in a ruling on Kanu’s bail application on December 17, ordered his unconditional release from DSS custody having been detained for about two months without any valid charges filed against him.
No new date has been fixed for the arraignment of the accused persons.
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