Fayose: I can’t be intimidated by one million Buhari’s DSS, says; “DSS going beyond its constitutional duties”

Fayose: I can’t be intimidated by one million Buhari’s DSS, says; “DSS going beyond its constitutional duties”

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that even if the State was invaded by one million armed men of the Department of State Service (DSS) on the order of President Mohammadu Buhari, the government and the people of the State will never be intimidated to surrender governance of the State to political desperadoes, whose four years reign destroyed the economy of the State.

The governor, who said the DSS under President Buhari was operating beyond its constitutional mandate, added that “the government of Ekiti State may have to reconsider the usefulness of men of the DSS in the government house and other institutions of the State government.”

In a release issued on Sunday and signed by the Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government was pursuing a clandestine agenda of truncating democracy in Ekiti State and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled States like Rivers and Bayelsa.

He said; “If Buhari likes, let him relocate all DSS men in Nigeria with the entire ammunitions in their armoury to Ekiti, the will of Ekiti people can never be broken. They will only try, and like they have always done, they will fail because dictatorship has never triumphed over the people. Even Buhari’s dictatorship between 1984 and 1985 ended one day and Nigerians will also outlive his present dictatorship.”

The governor said the DSS under Buhari’s kinsman; Lawal Daura has abandoned its core mandate of providing intelligence for the protection of the internal security of Nigeria as provided in the Security Agencies Act Cap. N74 LFN, 2004 adding that; “Instead of assisting the Police, Military and other security agencies with classified matters, we now have a DSS that is running after perceived opponents of the president, arresting goat and fowl thieves as well as husbands who assaulted their wives.

“If the DSS was alive to its responsibilities, we won’t be having Boko Haram insurgents killing Nigerians, all these kidnappings and Fulani Herdsmen killings, raping and destroying farmlands in the South-West, South-East and North-Central zones in the country would have been nipped in the bud.”

He said the same way President Buhari used the National Security Organisation (NSO), headed by Ambassador Mohammed Lawal Rafindadi from Katsina State is the same way the President is using the DSS, headed by another of his kinsman, Lawal Daura to harass, oppress and intimidate Nigerians.
Governor Fayose said; “it is obvious that democracy in Nigeria is becoming unsafe in the hands of Buhari and his APC and those keeping silent now because of politics may also end up in the belly of this roaring lion that is threatening to consume our democracy.

“Therefore, Nigerians and the international community should take special notice of the use of the DSS and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to muscle opposition.

“As for me, I wish to say once again that I am not among those Nigerians that are afraid of harassment by any agency of the federal government.

“I make bold to state that in the overall interest of democracy and well-being of Nigerians, I will continue to speak my mind on issues bordering on governance in Nigeria. I will not be intimidated!”

Alleged DSS invasion: You can’t harass us into betraying Fayose, Ekiti lawmakers tell Buhari

Alleged DSS invasion: You can’t harass us into betraying Fayose, Ekiti lawmakers tell Buhari

The 26 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have declared that no amount of  harassment from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government would make them submit to an alleged plan to use them to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose. The lawmakers, reacting to the alleged invasion of the state Assembly by men suspected to be officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), on  Friday, which resulted in the alleged abduction of four lawmakers, raised the alarm that there is a “… clandestine plot by the Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government to destabilise the Ekiti State Government, using the Department of State Service (DSS).”


In a release  by the Speaker of the House, Rt Honourable Kolawole Oluwawole, they alleged: “More than 10 DSS men, armed to the teeth, invaded the Assembly Complex, shooting sporadically into the air, thereby causing panic among members and staff of the House of Assembly, who had to scamper to safety. “At the end of the commotion, we discovered that four of our members could not be found. “ It was only this morning that we were able to establish that Hon Afolabi Akanni, representing Efon Constituency, was abducted and taken to Abuja.

The whereabouts of three other members  remain unknown as we speak, and reasons for the invasion and abduction of our members are not known”. Alleging  that the abduction  was a script by the FG and APC to detain top functionaries of the Ekiti government  to coerce them into submission, they said: “The plot is to harass, intimidate and embarrass top officials of the Ayodele Fayose government because of the governor’s  critical stance on the Buhari’s government. We are aware that 18 of our members have been pencilled down for harassment and the game plan is to harass them to submission, with a view to coercing them into signing an already prepared notice of impeachment of the governor and his deputy.”

Biafra Rolls out Strategy to Call US, UN and EU Govts; See How they Planned it

Biafra Rolls out Strategy to Call US, UN and EU Govts; See How they Planned it

CALL ALLERT!
Biafrans, Friends, and Well Wishers,
Starting Monday March 7, through Friday February 11, 2016, we shall embark on a second round of calls to the Governments of USA,United Nation and EU about the plight of Biafrans and the inevitability of Biafra restoration and independence.
Please endeavor to make phone calls starting this Monday, from 9 am to 5pm Biafra time (9am-5pm European time) to EU leaders,UN Office At Geneva; and from 3.00PM to 11pm Biafra time (9am to 5pm US time) to US leaders and UN Office At New York. (See complete list below)

Use the following prompts when you call:
“Hello, my name is (——–); I’m calling to appeal to the President (or the relevant government official) to:

1. Condemn the ongoing massacres, mass burials, mass graves, and crimes against humanity directed at Biafran protesters by the current President of Nigeria;

2. Tell British Government to stop masterminding the killing of Biafrans and lying to the whole world about Biafra.

3. Free the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and other Biafrans abducted for exercising their United Nations rights of Indigenous peoples and self-determination.

4. Support the restoration and

Biafra: IPOB and Buhari in War of Words

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday welcomed the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari to the effect that Nigeria would not tolerate Biafra, pointing out that Biafra would also not tolerate Nigeria.

Spokespersons of IPOB, Emma Mmezu and Dr Clifford Iroanya who spoke for the organisation in a statement entitled “Response to Ohanaeze and Buhari’s disparaging remarks about Biafra on Al Jazeera,” said: “We wish to reiterate for record purposes that our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has not mandated Ohanaeze or any  youth group to negotiate for his release.

“The agitation for Biafra is a long and arduous process and the entire IPOB family all over the world understands this approach as espoused by our detained leader.

“We have not come to merely agitate, we have come to restore or die in the process. Some people think we are joking or can be easily dissuaded from this divine path that God-Chukwu Okike Abhiama has mandated us to follow.

“Any negotiation on Biafra must be led by Nnamdi Kanu and nobody else. If roads, bridges and a few junior staff at Aso Rock are our problems as Biafrans, then IPOB worldwide can fund such infrastructural development alone and very soon, we shall do it. Our quest is Biafra- nothing more, nothing less.

“On the issue of Buhari’s Aljazeera interview on Biafra, we welcome his comments because Biafra would not also tolerate Nigeria. Lord Lugard created Nigeria not Chukwu Okike Abhiama, God Almighty. So, like USSR, it will collapse. We, the IPOB Worldwide have decided not to go back on the quest for restoration of Biafra. Nigeria is not bigger than USSR just as Buhari is not stronger than Michael Gobachev. Buhari can kill Biafrans as he did during the 1967 to 1970 civil war, but this time, it will not be the same.”

IPOB, MASSOB Order Fulani Herdsmen to Vacate South South and South East

Meantime, a palpable trepidation is rife in the South-East geopolitical zone following yesterday’s warning from the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, directing all Fulani herdsmen engaged in pastoral activities to retreat to the northern part of the country as their safety can longer be guaranteed.

The pro-Biafra groups said it has become imperative for the Fulani herdsmen to leave the region as it can no longer, ”tolerate the systematic killing of our people and invasion of our land in the name of cattle grazing.”
In a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Enugu yesterday, MASSOB Leader, Uchenna Madu, revealed that it has mobilized its allies to ensure that its directive was heeded.

According to Madu, ”we can no longer tolerate the systematic killing of our people and invasion of our land in the name of cattle grazing. Seventy per cent of Fulani herdsmen in the eastern region are Northern-trained secret army assigned for devastation and secret killing of Biafrans.

“MASSOB in collaboration with IPOB and other affiliates have vowed to protect Biafra land with enthusiastic spirit and motivation  from foreign invaders in any disguise. As we have resolved to protect Biafra land, we warn Arewa secret army in disguise as Fulani herdsmen to concentrate on grazing with their cows as any further attack on our people shall be squarely returned.”

On the actualization of Biafra, MASSOB leader described President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the futility of Biafra secession from Nigeria as the,”ranting of a frustrated man who has lost major focus on international/diplomatic politics.

“The level of Biafra actualization has gone beyond Buhari’s imagination and comprehension. As long as Ndigbo and easterners in general live, Biafra can never be subdued by Nigeria. We advise the international community to ignore Buhari’s diplomatic propaganda against Biafra.

“We will continue to toe the line of non-violence in our pursuit for Biafra and will not lower our guard to continue to press for the release Nnamdi Kanu,Ben Onwuka and other pro-Biafra detainees in prisons scattered all over the country”.

Kalu Rejects Declaration of Ohuabunwa Winner after Returning Officer Declared Election Inconclusive

The former Governor of Abia State and PPA candidate in the last saturday’s Abia North Senatorial rerun election, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has reaction rejected INEC’s declaration of PDP’s candidate Mao Ohuabunwa as winner by INEC  5 hours after declaring the election inconclusive. In a text message to Igbere TV Orji Uzor Kalu said:

“After declaring an election inconclusive only to turn around after everybody has gone to declare the loser (PDP) winner is absurd.  I thank you all for all your prayers, support and love. It is not over, I will continue to fight until Abia North LOST GLORY is restored. Keep HOPE ALIVE!”

A replay of the April 2015 governorship result collation in which the state returning officer reversed himself after cancelling the result of three local government areas played out again yesterday in Abia State. The returning officer for the Abia North senatorial rerun election, Dr. Nduka Nwankwo-Ojike, reversed his earlier declaration of the election as inconclusive by declaring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mao Ohuabunwa, winner of the election.

Nwankwo-Ojike, the head of Department of Engineering, Michael Okpara University, Umudike, had declared the Saturday senatorial rerun inconclusive at 7a.m. on Sunday after a night long collation based on the fact that the margin of lead of 195 votes is far lower than the number that did not vote put at 62,000. He said it will not be fair to disenfranchise 62,000 voters.

Other reasons he gave for declaring the rerun inconclusive was the report of ballot box and voting materials snatching, failure of card reader and absence of result sheet in some of the polling units. He had declared from the result collated that the PDP candidate, Ohuabunwa scored 26,009 votes while the Peoples Progressive Alliance (PPA) candidate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu followed closely with 25,814 votes.

After declaring the rerun inconclusive, the returning officer was ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state to go back and declare the PDP candidate winner of the rerun. Six hours later, by 12p.m., Nwankwo-Ojike returned to Ohafia Local Government headquarters and did as he was ordered. Reacting to the reversal, the PPA agent, Chief Madukwe Ukaegbu, said he was shocked to hear that the rerun “that was declared inconclusive by 7a.m. has been reversed by 12p.m.”

He said: “Abia has turned to a place where elections are rigged and manipulated against the wishes of the people.” Ukaegbu said it was sad and disappointing that this kind of thing could happen with the active connivance of INEC.

The PPA agent said that the party had taken in good fate the declaration of the returning officer for those places with problem be done the next day. But the PDP agent, Udo Uduma, said that there is no provision for inconclusiveness in a rerun, saying that whatever the margin of lead was enough to declare the winner. Effort to get the INEC head of voter education, Mr. Edwin Enabor, to comment on the matter proved abortive as he did not pick his calls.

“I Can Turn Nigeria Around In 4 Months” Goodluck Jonathan Reportedly Says

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday made an astonishing claim during a chat with pressmen on the state of the Nations Affairs, when he said he could reverse Nigeria’s dwindling fortunes in 4 months reports say.

He made his comments after watching President Muhammadu Buhari’s interview with AL Jazeera. Jonathan said rather sadly “if I were the one who had said All these things he said, Nigerians would have eaten me raw.”

He went on to add “the APC promised Nigerians a lot and are obviously fading, but I can tell you this, me and my Friend Ifeanyi Ubah, we can reverse this mess in less than 4 months”.

When asked if that statement meant he would be running for the Presidency again in 2019, he declined to comment.

“All I know is, Nigerians should not lose hope. That’s all I can say. If your children studying abroad are
He made his comments after watching President Muhammadu Buhari’s interview with AL Jazeera. Jonathan said rather sadly “if I were the one who had said All these things he said, Nigerians would have eaten me raw.”
He went on to add “the APC promised Nigerians a lot and are obviously fading, but I can tell you this, me and my Friend Ifeanyi Ubah, we can reverse this mess in less than 4 months”.

When asked if that statement meant he would be running for the Presidency again in 2019, he declined to comment.

“All I know is, Nigerians should not lose hope. That’s all I can say. If your children studying abroad are forced to come back home, don’t lose hope. If dollar is N600, don’t lose hope. Me and ifeanyi Ubah are working on something big’.