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Ekiti Has Seen Enough

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By Dimeji Daniels

The recent simulated political crises in Ekiti State reminds one of the build-up to the 2007 gubernatorial election, right before the ignominious impeachment of Ayo Fayose as governor and before 25 April, 2009 re-run election between Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi.

In 2006, chances of Dr. Ayo Daramola, the chairman of the state Poverty Reduction Agency, to become the governor of Ekiti State were bright. Having warmed himself into the hearts of many through the World Bank-assisted programme, he had succeeded in building lasting blocs that could have come in handy during the governorship election which he never did witness because he was murdered in cold blood in his Ijan-Ekiti country home in August of same year.

Another governorship aspirant in PDP who stood a good chance, having gained the loyalty of many party members, besides being severally harassed, was arrested for this murder, which he knew nothing about. I know this because as a Radio Nigeria reporter, I was attached to the Yinka Akerele campaign train. On several occasions, Akerele was not even allowed to hold rallies. He was, through the engagement of mobile policemen, prevented from venturing out of his house. This was why in 2006 as a popular party stalwart, Akerele could not be there to welcome President Olusegun Obasanjo during the latter’s visit to Ekiti. He probably watched the visit on TV like many Ekiti indigenes.

Before the 2009 re-run election, there was a rehash of this. The election was almost a done deal for Kayode Fayemi, but so were the several humongous harassments, amongst which one stood out, and that was the killing of Ahmed Saddiq, an AC member, who was on his way to Ikole in the company of other AC members. Thugs who were said to have come from Senator Ayo Arise’s house had allegedly swooped on the vehicle conveying the AC members, riddling the car with bullets. Ahmed Sadiq died in the process while three others were injured. As it turned out, however, AC leaders ended up being arrested for this murder while not even a pin prickled Senator Arise or any PDP member. Rather, they were given police protection in a manner that says “We are above the law!” 2014 is around the corner and the incumbent, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has done enough to win re-election. In fact, he seems to be to the PDP a realisation of their 7 and a half-year failure at governance in Ekiti. His chances are bright and the killings seem to have started again, just like before 2007 and 2009.

Recently at a PDP event in Erinjiyan, hometown of ACN State Chairman, Chief Jide Awe, a promising Ekiti indigene, Ayo Jeje, was killed. The event was supposed to have been the defection of some ACN members to the PDP, but it got out of hand and the young man, who was in fact a brother to the ACN state chairman, was killed, allegedly by opposing PDP factions, but it was the ACN state chairman who got arrested for killing his own brother, even though he was not in the town when the unfortunate incident happened. Although this is no evidence or alibi, PDP functions have more than once degenerated into this kind of orgy. During their last congress in Ekiti, a former commissioner and Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Taiwo Olatunbosun, was attacked by one of their own, so severe was the fracture he sustained that he had to wear a neck-brace. Seeing him on TV with the neck-brace on was appalling.

Whatever the PDP may be planning for the 2014 election, they should leave the peace-loving people of Ekiti out of such plans. President Jonathan and security agencies should do their job by ensuring there is no more killing in our Land of Honour. Ekiti has seen enough!

“The Lord is pleased with good people, but condemns those who plan evil”- Proverbs 12: 2 (Good News version).

•Daniels wrote from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State

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Kano Transfers Over 1,000 Almajiris To Different States Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Kano State Government on Saturday said it has transferred 1,098 ‘almajiris’ to different states of the country.

The commissioner for local government, Murtala Garo, disclosed this while presenting a report before the state’s task force on COVID-19 at the government house, Kano.

Almajiris are children who are supposed to be learning Islamic studies while living with their Islamic teachers. Majority of them, however, end up begging on the streets of Northern Nigeria. They constitute a large number of Nigeria’s over 10 million out-of-school children.

Mr Garo said the Kano government transported 419 almajiris to Katsina, 524 to Jigawa and 155 to Kaduna. He said all of them tested negative for coronavirus before leaving the Kano State.

Despite the coronavirus test done in Kano for the almajiris, the Jigawa government earlier said it would quarantine for two weeks all the almajiris that recently arrived from Kano.

Mr Garo said another 100 almajiris scheduled to be taken to Bauchi State also tested negative to COVID-19.

In a remark, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the COVID-19 situation in Kano was getting worse. He appealed for a collaborative effort to curtail the spread of the virus in the state.

Mr Ganduje, who commended residents for complying with the lockdown imposed in the state, said the decision was taken to halt the spread of the virus.

Kano State, as of Saturday night, has 77 coronavirus cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The decision to transfer the Kano almajiris is part of the agreement reached between Northern governors that almajiris in each state be transferred to their states of origin.

However, even before the latest agreement by the governors, the Kano government had been transferring almajiris to other states and neighbouring countries after it banned street begging in the state, most populous in Northern Nigeria.

Despite the transfers, however, no concrete step has been taken to ensure such children do not return to Kano streets as there is freedom of movement across Nigeria although interstate travel was recently banned to check the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Sourced From: Premium Times Nigeria

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COVID-19: ‘Bakassi Boys’ Foil Attempt To Smuggle 24 Women Into Abia In Container

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By Ugochukwu Alaribe

Operatives of the Abia State Vigilante Service, AVS, popularly known as ‘Bakassi Boys’ have arrested 24 market women hidden in a container truck, at Ekwereazu Ngwa, the boundary community between Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

The market women, said to be  from Akwa Ibom State, were on their way to Aba, when they were arrested with the truck driver and two of his conductors for violating the lockdown order by the state government.

Driver of the truck, Moses Asuquo, claimed he was going to Aba to purchase stock fish, but decided to assist the market women, because they were stranded.

A vigilante source told Sunday Vanguard that the vehicle was impounded while the market women were sent back to Akwa Ibom State.

Commissioner for Home Land Security, Prince Dan Okoli, who confirmed the incident, said that  smuggling of people into the state poses great threat to the state government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID- 19.

 

Sourced From: Vanguard News

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Woman Kills Her Maid Over Salary Request

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Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Yaba of the Lagos State police command have arrested one Mrs Nene Steve for allegedly killing her maid, Joy Adole

The maid was allegedly beaten to death by Nene for requesting for her salary at their residence located at 18, Ogundola Street, Bariga area in Lagos.

Narrating the incident, Philips Ejeh, an elder brother to the deceased said that he was sad when they informed him that his sister was beaten to death.

He explained that the deceased was an indigene of Benue State brought to Lagos through an agent and started working with her as a maid  in January 2020.

‘’She reported that her boss refused to pay her and anytime she asked for her salary she will start beating her.

She was making an attempt to leave the place but due to the total lockdown she remained there until Sunday when her boss said she caught her stealing noodles and this led to her serious beating and death,’’ Ejeh said.

He called on Lagos State Government and well- meaning people in the country to help them in getting justice for the victim.

The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, stated that the woman and her husband came to Bariga Police  Station to a report that their house girl had committed suicide.

Detectives were said to have visited the house and suspected foul play with the position of the rope and bruises all over the body which confirmed that the girl had been tortured to death and the boss decided to hang up the girl to make it look like suicide.

He said: “The police moved on with their investigation and found a lot of sign of violence on her body that she has been tortured before a rope was put on her neck.’’

He added that the police removed the corpse and deposited it in the mortuary for autopsy to further ascertain the cause of the death.

Elkana said the matter has been transferred from Bariga police station to Panti for further investigation while the couple have been arrested and will be charged to court.

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Boko Haram Attacks: Buhari Summons Urgent Meeting Of Service Chiefs

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President Buhari and the Service Chiefs in a meeting. (File photo)

Ostensibly alarmed by the latest killings of dozens of soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents, President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an urgent meeting of Service Chiefs to find ways to stop the trend. 

He has also dispatched the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, to the neighbouring Republic of Chad for an urgent meeting with President Idris Deby and his defence counterpart. 

Knowledgeable sources said in Abuja on Friday that the president is worried by on the deterioration of security situation on the Nigeria – Chad Border that has led to the recently increased Boko Haram terrorism in the area.

The sources which did not want to be named in Abuja said: “Nigeria has a Chad  problem in the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) put together to secure the Lake Chad basin areas and repeal the Boko Haram terrorist attacks against all the countries neighbouring the Lake.”

The sources noted that Chad is believed to be having their own internal security challenges and this has reportedly led to their pulling away their own troops manning their own border around Lake Chad,  saying: “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts.  This is a clear illustration of the fact that terrorism is beyond national borders.”

When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the Defence Minister is going to Chad but said he is unaware of the purpose. 

Meanwhile, the military authorities are said to be in the process of identifying the families of the latest victims with a view to making contact with them. 

Credible sources revealed that it is the reason the president is yet to make any pronouncement on the matter. 

“The President has called an urgent meeting with the Service Chiefs, as well as the fact that families of the latest victims of the Boko Haram are being identified and contacts made before a government pronouncement on the tragic attacks. This, it is understood, is the reason for the silence of the government over the incident,” the source said. 

 

Sourced From: Tribune

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