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Port Harcourt residents groan as PDP crisis paralyses business activities
A middle-aged lady, Uche Okechukwu, sells recharge cards near the yet-to-be-rebuilt secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, whose roof was destroyed by storm about two years ago and later demolished when it became an eyesore.
The NUJ secretariat, named Ernest Ikoli Press Centre, to honour a renowned journalist, is adjacent the Rivers State House of Assembly, which has now been turned to a theatre of war.
Another petty trader, Joy Kalu, also sells biscuits, sachet and bottled water as well as writing materials and other items near the zonal office of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Moscow Road and she is not currently happy.
A seller of roast plantain, yam and fish, beside the Alfred Diete-Spiff Civic Centre, also on Moscow Road, Madam Ekaette from Calabar in Cross Rivers State, wondered why the 32 members of the Rivers House of Assembly could not resolve their differences and have to cause untold hardship for her and her family.
Youthful vulcaniser, Nnamdi, who operates near the Rivers State secretariat, overlooking Moscow Road and back gate of the Government House, Port Harcourt, also expressed displeasure over the face-off among politicians in the crude oil and gas-rich state.
A senior member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, who preferred to simply be identified as Barr. Ben, said the Rivers political crisis was taking a toll on his cases in courts near the House of Assembly (Court of Appeal and Rivers High Courts).
Customers of some commercial banks near the Rivers House of Assembly, while responding, lamented that the deepening crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was greatly affecting them as banks are always shut whenever supporters of political leaders are protesting.
Persons with offices and business outfits on Moscow Road and adjourning areas are also not left out of the groaning as a result of low patronage, considering the incessant violent protests by politicians and use of teargas by soldiers and policemen, thereby causing stampede, health hazards and confusion.
Residents of Moscow Road, workers at the Rivers State secretariat and occupants of the nearby Government House, Port Harcourt, are also not finding the heavy dose of teargas and political crisis easy, with tension heightened in the hitherto peaceful state.
A senior Rivers civil servant, Mr. LongJohn, from Bonny Island, but declined to give his first name, was at a loss over the siege in the state and why politicians were becoming very desperate for power and political offices, especially as we move towards 2015.
LongJohn wondered why President Goodluck Jonathan from Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State; his wife, Dame Patience, who hails from Okrika, the headquarters of Okrika LGA of Rivers State and the Rivers Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, an indigene of Cross Rivers State, could take sides in the crisis.
The president has, however, continued to deny his alleged involvement in the crisis over which Governor Amaechi has already written Mr. President, the Police Service Commission and others.
In order not to take chances, the Rivers Police Headquarters, which is adjacent the Rivers House of Assembly, is now being highly fortified, especially with Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s supporters deeply angry with Mbu, for allegedly turning to a politician, which he keeps denying, while insisting that he remains a professional police officer.
Prior to the March this year’s posting of Mbu, an alumnus of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), from Oyo State Police Command to Rivers State and when his predecessor, Mohammed Indabawa, who swapped with him and now in Oyo Command, was Rivers police chief, security at Rivers police headquarters was not so tight.
Preparing for what might happen some weeks after resumption, Mbu ensured that his office was highly fortified with many battle-ready riot policemen on standby with sophisticated arms and the renovated buildings heavily protected, in case of any eventuality and visitors well frisked.
The Rivers police commissioner later described Amaechi as a tyrant and a dictator, while the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) insists that Mbu is regularly holding meetings with his political backers and acting unprofessionally.
The attendants working at a filling station directly opposite the Rivers House of Assembly have tales of woe to tell, especially with the baptism of fire from thugs, supporters of politicians and security operatives who regularly harass them, losing valuable property in the process.
Drivers of taxis and intra-city buses who load from Abali Park and in front of Isaac Boro Park in Mile One or Mile Three, Port Harcourt, moving to William Jumbo Street near Government House; Moscow Road and the old Port Harcourt Township, popularly called Town, have been having it rough.
A taxi driver, Sam Chukwu, who regularly plies Mile One/Moscow Road/Town, complained of low patronage and disruption of business on the route, considering the activities of politicians and security personnel, while urging the stakeholders to quickly resolve their differences.
Port Harcourt-based lawyer, Richard Anthony, stated that the Rivers political crisis was capable of discouraging investors from moving into the state, stressing that no right hinking person would want to invest in a volatile area.
Anthony stressed that alternative dispute resolution strategies should be embraced, while also calling on elders to quickly intervene for the warriors to sheathe their swords.
The Executive Director of the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHRHL), Anyakwee Nsirimovu, said it was obvious that President Jonathan and his wife were behind the Rivers crisis, but simply pretending.
Nsirimovu declared that Amaechi was being persecuted for resisting the federal might and insisting on due process, while protecting the interests of Rivers people, especially on the issue of Kalabari oil wells being ceded to President Jonathan’s Bayelsa state.
A renowned human rights activist, Ken Atsuwete, also a lawyer, said President Jonathan, Dame Patience, Wike and other alleged enemies of progress should leave Amaechi alone and not distract him on his transformation agenda, insisting that power belongs to God and that the ‘Abuja forces’ should stop intimidating the home-based politicians.
A PDP stalwart, Collins Onunwo, who is also a loyalist of the Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the Obio/Akpor LG Chairman of the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI), which has Wike as grand patron, posited that Ameachi needed help.
Onunwo said: “As a Rivers man and a member of the PDP from Obio/Akpor LGA, let me tell the whole world that Amaechi does not take advice. We have advised him on many occasions, but he will not listen.
“Former Rivers Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, also knows that Amaechi does not take advice. He behaves as if he knows it all. Nobody is perfect.”
Militants are now letting loose in Rivers state, heightening fear that the crude oil and gas-rich state may soon become ungovernable, which may pave the way for the declaration of a state of emergency, thereby removing Amaechi through the back door.
The representative of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, who is an Ogoni from Bera in Gokana LGA, is optimistic that justice will eventually be done.
Abe, a former Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), said: “Somebody (Chief Felix Obuah, aka Go Round, being backed by Wike, also a former chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State, where the ex-governor Odili hails from) who neither picked form nor contested election, is now the chairman of PDP in Rivers State.
“Rivers people, hold your peace. Do not go for war. The Judiciary has done it before and will do it again. The will of Rivers people and the will of God will be done.”
The representative of Andoni/Opobo-Nkoro constituency of Rivers state in the National Assembly, Dakuku Adolphus Peterside, who hails from coastal Opobo, the headquarters of Opobo/Nkoro LGA of Rivers state, stresses that Amaechi is being victimised for insisting on the truth.
Peterside also asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to with immediate effect, redeploy the Rivers police commissioner from Rivers State for allegedly acting unprofessionally.
Since May 6, the Otelemaba Dan Amachree-led Rivers House of Assembly could not sit in view of the withdrawal of police protection from the lawmakers, especially the 27 pro-Amaechi legislators.
The PDP in Rivers State, however, condemned the resolution of the House of Representatives to take over the state Assembly.
Rivers factional Chairman Obuah enjoined the party’s faithful, Port Harcourt residents and other people in Rivers State to go about their normal duties without fear.
Obuah said: “Rivers PDP condemns the action of the House of Representatives in its totality. The federal lawmakers should not take over the functions of the members of the Rivers House of Assembly.
“The members of the House of Representatives accused Mbu of playing a script. Whose script are the members of the House of Representatives playing?
“The decisions of the members of the House of Representatives are not reflecting the total view of the people of Rivers State. We are law-abiding people. We are thanking the senators for the maturity displayed in handling the Rivers State crisis. We urge others to toe the line.
“The Rivers Commissioner of Police is a core professional. He refused to play their script. Since Mbu resumed in Rivers State in March, there has been peace and order in Rivers State with crime rate drastically reduced.”
While commenting on the injured anti-Amaechi lawmakers, especially Michael Okechukwu Chinda, who represents Obio/Akpor II constituency, the Rivers PDP chairman said in view of the seriousness of the injuries sustained, he might be flown abroad for further treatment.
Without formal communication, soldiers guarding the Government House, Port Harcourt and two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) have been withdrawn.
The Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha, described the development as very strange, while urging the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army not to expose Amaechi and other occupants of the Brick House (Government House) to danger.
In view of the frosty relationship with the Rivers police commissioner; he noted that withdrawing the soldiers at this crucial period was very unfortunate, in bad taste and ill-timed.
It was later discovered that the Commanding Officer of Elele Barracks in Rivers State, politely effected the withdrawal of the soldiers and APCs from the Government House, Port Harcourt, based on “order from above.”
While commenting on the “sudden” withdrawal of the soldiers and APCs, Amaechi described it as shocking, declaring that he and other Rivers people, especially his supporters, had been under siege.
The Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said: “There is no official communication from the Nigerian Army or the Federal Government on the withdrawal of the soldiers and APCs. I am with the Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG, George Feyii) and he has not been notified.”
There is an uneasy calm in Port Harcourt and other parts of Rivers State, over the deepening crisis in the PDP with the pro and anti-Amaechi lawmakers backed by Wike restrategising.
The Rivers House of Assembly remained sealed off with soldiers and policemen intensifying patrol of the major roads and streets of Port Harcourt and its environs, to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
The Public Relations Officer of the 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Bori Camp, Port Harcourt, Major Michael Etete, said he was not aware of who authorised the withdrawal of the soldiers and the APCs from the Government House, Port Harcourt.
The Chief of Staff said: “Before I left the Government House, Port Harcourt on July 10, the Commanding Officer of Elele Barracks said he was on a mission to withdraw the soldiers and the two APCs in Government House. That he was acting on superior order.
“The two APCs were in Government House, Port Harcourt, before Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi became the governor of Rivers state. Why withdrawing them now with the soldiers at a time Mbu is not relating well with us?
“Withdrawing the soldiers and APCs portends great danger. With the situation of things, the Rivers Commissioner of Police cannot be trusted with the protection of Government House and its occupants, having taken sides in the political crisis.
“The primary purpose of government is the protection of lives and property of the citizens. The Federal Government and the Nigerian Army should ensure immediate return of the soldiers and the APCs to the Government House, Port Harcourt.
“We are law-abiding citizens and the Rivers State government is made up of peace-loving people. We will not resort to self-help, but the Federal Government should do the right thing and must not play politics with the lives of the governor and other occupants of the Government House, Port Harcourt.”
The presiding judge adopted the affidavit of the Chairman of the PDP, Edo State chapter, Dan Orbih, who in his affidavit stated that the results being paraded by Ake, did not emanate from the congress that he conducted in Rivers state.
In an attempt to fight back and hit Wike, 27 of the 32 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, loyal to Amaechi, on April 22 suspended the Chairman of Obio/Akpor LG, Prince Timothy Nsirim; his deputy, Solomon Eke; and all the seventeen councillors.
The five pro-Wike lawmakers: Michael Chinda (Obio/Akpor II constituency), Kelechi Godspower Nwogu (Omuma), Evans Bipi (Ogu/Bolo), Martins Amaewhule (Obio/Akpor I) and Victor Ihunwo (Port Harcourt III), refused to support the suspension.
A seven-member caretaker committee, headed by Chikordi David Dike, was screened by members of the Rivers Assembly on April 23 and inaugurated on the same day by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), George Feyii, but could not function at the secretariat, still sealed off by the police, on order from above.
On April 29, the Obuah-led PDP suspended the 27 pro-Amaechi lawmakers from the PDP, for refusing to reinstate Nsirim and other officials of Obio/Akpor LG, but they proceeded to court and got an injunction restraining the party from taking further steps, until the determination of the substantive suit, which is still being heard.
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP decided to wield the big stick by later suspending Amaechi for anti-party activities, with the NGF chairman declaring that he might move to an unnamed political party, if the PDP leadership refused to ensure justice.
The national leadership of the ruling party wanted Amaechi to reinstate the suspended officials of the Obio/Akpor LG, but the youthful governor insisted that it was the business of the lawmakers, who were investigating them for alleged corruption and should be allowed to perform their duties.
The warring groups are jostling for Rivers state’s over two million votes, ahead of the 2015 elections, but care must be taken not to heat up the polity, while the warriors must sheathe their swords and give peace a chance, to ensure development.
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•Deploy more personnel as army chief vows to wipe out terror group
•Security beefed up at N’Assembly
Deji Elumoye and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, is under a massive security cordon following threats of attacks by insurgents and the increasing wave of banditry in the contiguous states of Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger States, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.
There has been a wave of kidnappings in the outskirts of the federal capital, notably Pegi, Tuganmaje and Kuje among others, which the police have battled in recent times.
The security situation in and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was heightened by the pronouncement of the Niger State Governor, Mr. Sani Bello, that Boko Haram fighters who he said sacked 50 villages in the state and hoisted the terror group’s flag, were about two hours drive away from the FCT.
Security has also been beefed up at the National Assembly as operatives, yesterday, thoroughly screened every vehicle approaching the National Assembly complex in Abuja.
The deteriorating security situation nationwide prompted the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, to warn that the 2023 general election may not hold, demanding the declaration of a state of emergency as well as the convocation of a national conference.
However, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, yesterday restated the Nigerian Army’s determination to annihilate Boko Haram.
But the Governor of Katsina State, Hon. Bello Masari, cautioned against declaring a state of emergency, saying doing so isn’t the solution to combat the security challenges facing the country.
The security of the nation’s airports was also in focus yesterday as the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said there was no threat to them.
THISDAY’s investigations showed increased presence of troops, police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and intelligence operatives at the three strategic entrances to the city notably, Keffi, Zuba and Gwagwalada.
More checkpoints were also mounted around Gwagwalada and Keffi.
THISDAY also observed increased intelligence deployment at the entrance and the borders of FCT with contiguous states.
Beyond the borders, there were more deployments and police patrols inside the city and increased intelligence deployments as well.
Security sources told THISDAY: “There are deployments here and there but they are routine. Alertness is key to a secure environment.”
It was also learnt that security agencies were involved in frenzied meetings throughout yesterday.
The meetings, coordinated by the office of the Chief of Defence Staff under the new joint operational strategy of the armed forces, were aimed at coordinating a joint response to possible threats of attack to the FCT.
“I understand the security teams have been meeting for some days now and if you look around you, you will notice that there are increasing patrols and numbers of security personnel. The threats are not been taken lightly,” a source said.
National Assembly workers, lawmakers and visitors also had a harrowing experience accessing the legislative complex due to heightened security in the area.
Security operatives thoroughly screened every vehicle approaching the National Assembly complex in Abuja, impeding both human and vehicular traffic.
The Sergeant-at-arm of the National Assembly and other security agencies supervised the operations, leading to huge traffic build-up inside the complex.
Legislative staff, visitors and lawmakers were seen patiently waiting for their cars to be searched so that they could go ahead with the business of the day.
Some staff and visitors at some point got tired of waiting and were seen alighting from their cars to trek from the gate to the complex.
Meanwhile, the ONSA has said there is no threat to the nation’s airports.
A statement by the Head of Strategic Communication, Mr. Zachari Usman, said the reports of threats to the airports were an internal correspondence of security threat assessment misconstrued as security threat to the airports.
PDP Demands State of Emergency
In a related development, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday demanded the declaration of a state of emergency, warning that the 2023 general election might not hold if the federal government failed to tackle insecurity.
He called on the federal government to summon a national conference to address the spike in insecurity.
Secondus added that the national caucus of the party will meet today to discuss the state of the nation.
Addressing members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja, Secondus said: “We are worried Abuja is not even safe. It is no longer politics. We got alert of plots to bomb and burn down our airports.
“We urge the federal government to declare a national state of emergency in security. There is the need to call a national conference to discuss the insecurity in the country.
“There may not be any election in 2023 in Nigeria due to insecurity. This government must listen to the people. The Buhari government should call a national confab to discuss security and state of the nation. It is no longer politics. This time we are not playing politics. Let’s keep politics aside and move the nation forward.”
He said the country had been grounded, regretting that there had been no matching response from the federal government.
Secondus said in the past, terrorism in the North was confined to the North-east, but with the report of Boko Haram occupying villages in Niger State, terrorism had spread to the North-central
“Herdsmen are also menacing in the West; gunmen causing havoc in the East; and the militants in the South; all killing, looting, raping, maiming and burning down homes. The situation is bad; Nigerians all over are living in fear,” he said.
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said the problem of Nigeria was outside of the PDP headquarters, while pledging the support of the Senate to the declaration of state of emergency in security.
Abaribe said he deliberately decided not to speak on the floor of the Senate but to allow the APC senators to speak so as to avoid being accused of giving a partisan colouration to the issue of insecurity.
He stated that only electoral reforms would give victory to the opposition party in the 2023 general election and ensure a democratic defeat of the APC-led federal government.
Also, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, commended the NEC and the PDP leadership for their collective efforts at resolving the House leadership crisis.
The NEC meeting adopted the position of Secondus, calling on the federal government to convoke a national conference to discuss the state of insecurity in the country, according to a communiqué read by the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan.
Army Chief Vows to Wipe Out Boko Haram
The army yesterday reiterated its commitment to wipe out Boko Haram.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, told reporters in Maiduguri, Borno State that Boko Haram had been defeated in many encounters and would continue to be defeated until it’s annihilated from Nigeria.
“We will take on Boko Haram decisively, and we are committed to the focus of the operations, which is the total annihilation of Boko Haram from Nigeria,” he said.
The COAS, who was visiting the headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri for the fifth time since his appointment four months ago, said the visit was to boost the morale of the troops, reassure them and listen to any issues affecting them.
Earlier, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Farouq Yahaya, lauded the visit, which he said had continued to boost the morale of the troops.
“We are honoured, we are grateful, we are encouraged by those visits. You provided us guidance, logistics and other things we required. We are most grateful for those visits,” Yahaya said.
State of Emergency Won’t Solve Security Challenges, Says Masari
Katsina State Governor, Hon. Aminu Masari, has, however, said declaration of a state of emergency won’t solve the security challenges facing the nation.
Masari, who spoke yesterday with journalists after meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the State House, Abuja stated that he was against the recent call by the House of Representatives for the declaration of a state of emergency in the security sector as it would not solve the problem.
According to him, declaring a state of emergency will not achieve the desired effect as the security structure and personnel to be used to execute the emergency are already overstretched in a bid to safeguard lives and property.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,110. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. “55 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-21, Yobe-19, Ogun-6, Akwa Ibom-3, Kaduna-2, Plateau-2, FCT-1, Rivers-1.” YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE COVID-19: Nigeria Recorded […]
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The people of the South East region have been urged to explore the power of negotiation and mutual settlement in the face of ongoing killings and security challenges in the zone because the east can not afford another war at present.
Stakeholders from the South-East geo-political zone made the remark on Thursday, at the unveiling of the book, “Igbo, 50 years after Biafra,” written by Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage Services, Joe Igbokwe, held at Ikeja G.R.A.
Speaking at the unveiling of the book, the chairman of the occasion, Mr. Cutis Adigba,
urged the people of the South-East to learn to build bridges across the country, so that they can realise their ambition of producing the next president of Nigeria.
Adigba urged leaders from the zone to discourage the move and agitation by some youths in the South East to go to war and secede out of Nigeria.
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He said that Igbo have always found it difficult to rule Nigeria because they refused to build bridges across the six geo-political zones that made up Nigeria.
While describing the agitation as uncalled for, Adigba noted that after two decades that Nigeria returned to civil rule, the Igbo has predominantly identified with only one political party.
He maintained that remaining in one party can not advance the cause of the people of South East and cannot make them realise their objective of producing an Igbo man as president.
He maintained that the publisher of the book, Igbokwe played politics outside his state, so that the Igbo race can be integrated with one another race.
Adigba said the failure of the Igbo to reintegrate with other ethnic nationalities politically was responsible for the retrogression of the race in Nigerian politics.
Igbokwe, also addressing guests on the occasion, maintained that the Igbo are not advancing politically because they refused to be integrated into National politics, lamenting that, despite their success in business, they are not successful in playing politics at the national level.
Corroborating Dimgba, Igbokwe noted that there was the need for the Igbo people to stand up and build bridges so that their objective of producing the next president of Nigeria could be realised.
According to him: “I have decided to raise my voice, I hope my people will hear me while trying to quell the effect of the war, our people are spoiling for another war, mayhem is being unleashed in Igbo land, and there is palpable fear.
“Those who could speak have lost their voice, mindful of the consequences of their actions, I am calling on all Igbo leaders to speak up because all actions carry consequences, consequences of the silence will be too dastardly to sustain.
“Those silently supporting the wild wind should be careful or else they hand over to their children,” he said.
Igbokwe urged those spoiling for war to jettison their plan and embrace dialogue, urging them to learn from the South West region that despite the challenges faced after the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election, they did not go to war, and the region had the opportunity of producing two of her sons for presidential position in 1999.
“You have to build bridges to become president of Nigeria, but it is unfortunate the Igbo are burning bridges.”
Speaking at the event, Chief Uche Dimgba who is the coordinator of Igbo in All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos, described Igbokwe as “a Frank, fearless and reliable leader, who based his views on issues and stand by his opinions, and we the Igbo have confidence in him and believe he can lead us aright.”
“He is a leader we Igbo believe in and we will follow him. If he can serve all the governors produced in Lagos State since 1999, he is a better man to follow because he possesses all the experience that can be of benefit to Igbo both at home and in the diaspora.”
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