Sahara Reporters Latest News Today Sunday 12th June 2022
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Nigerian Police Arrest 50 Motorcyclists, Others In Enforcement Of Ban In Lagos
The Lagos State command of the Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of 50 criminal suspects in the Ikorodu area of the state as it continues to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles.SaharaReporters had reported that the Lagos government restricted commercial motorcycles popularly known as “okada” from operating on highways and in six local government areas.
The affected council areas are; Apapa, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Surulere, and Lagos Mainland.Briefing journalists on Saturday, the command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the operatives of the command who were performing their lawful duties were attacked in Ikorodu, on Friday night.Hundeyin said the operatives were fought by hoodlums and riders who tried to stop them from carrying out raid in the area after receiving reports about motorcyclists operates at night.“We reviewed our strategy and stormed Ikorodu last night (existing ban on all highways).“The riders and hoodlums attacked the police. We activated our standby backup. 50 arrested, 14 motorcycles impounded,” he said.The command’s spokesman said that the seized bikes would be crushed as the next action.
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E2%80%93-nova-bank Why Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Visited Our Head Office In Lagos – NOVA Bank
The management of NOVA Merchant Bank Limited has explained why operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were at the bank’s head office in Lagos State on Friday.SaharaReporters had reported that EFCC operatives stormed the company at 23, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island office of the financial institution to arrest its Chairman, Phillips Oduoza and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nath Ude.
Reacting in a statement, the bank said the duo had been released.It added that Oduoza and Ude were initially arrested over a petition signed by a former staff of the bank.The statement read, “On Friday 10 June 2022, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) visited our Bank’s headquarters. The operatives claimed the visit was as a result of a petition signed by a former staff of the bank.“The Board and management of NOVA Merchant Bank want to assure all our esteemed customers and other principal stakeholders that the board and management led by its Chairman, Mr Phillips Oduoza and Managing Director, Nath Ude, honoured the invitation by the agency as we are convinced that the Bank’s operations have been without ethical blemish and are in strict compliance with all Banking rules and regulations.“The Bank wishes to state that the complainant was a former staff of the Bank, and has been in discussion with the Management of the Bank on the various infractions.“It is pertinent to mention that the Bank had previously reported the complainant to EFCC and is currently undergoing investigation by the Commission before the counter petition on which yesterday’s invitation was effected.“Having made appearances at the Lagos Office of the Agency, the officers of the Bank have since been released. Again, our Bank, being a technology driven financial institution, would like to reassure our stakeholders including our valued customers that its operations are not in any way disrupted or affected as NOVA Merchant Bank is committed to providing value driven merchant banking services to our customers.”
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E2%80%99-union-asuu-distances-self-crowdfunding-radio-host-ahmed-isah-over Nigerian Lecturers’ Union, ASUU Distances Self From Crowdfunding By Radio Host, Ahmed Isah Over Prolonged Strike
Ahmed Isah, the host of a popular radio show, Brekete Family, has suspended the crowdfunding campaign to end the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), after the union distanced itself from the funds.Isah disclosed this on Saturday while hosting the president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, and his entourage.
He said the accounts would be closed and the money returned to those who donated.ASUU had been on strike since February 14 over the Nigerian government’s inability to honour the 2009 agreement.The industrial action has crippled academic activities in government universities across the country.In an effort to salvage the situation, Isah, popularly known as Ordinary President, had created a bank account for the crowdfunding, aimed at raising the N18billion demanded by the university lecturers’ union to end the strike.Publishing the account details on his Twitter handle, the radio host had called on Nigerians to “make a difference” by donating to end the ASUU strike.However, ASUU President who was in the studio of the radio station on Saturday distanced the union from the campaign and that its name should be removed
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Gunmen Strike Imo State Radio Station, Abduct Popular On-Air Personality
Some gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Prof Jachimike Adiele, an On-Air Personality (OAP) with Boss Radio 98.9FM, Owerri, Imo State.He was said to have been kidnapped on Saturday morning from the radio station after anchoring a programme.
Co-host, Harriet Ijeomah, made the announcement via her known Facebook page.“This is to inform the members of the public and peace-loving people of Imo State that after the Program “THE FORUM” some unidentified armed men stormed the premises of Boss Radio, Owerri, and abducted my Co-Host of the forum, Prof. Jachimike Adiele to an undisclosed location.“We cannot confirm his whereabouts or his present state. I was just lucky,” Ijeomah wrote.Meanwhile, efforts to get the reaction of the Imo State Police Command were unsuccessful.The Command’s spokesman, Mike Abattam could not be reached when contacted on telephone as his didn’t pick his calls.
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E2%80%99s-campaign-convoy-ekiti-suspected-ruling-apc-thugs BREAKING: Two Persons Shot In Segun Oni’s Campaign Convoy In Ekiti By Suspected Ruling APC Thugs
Thugs suspected to be members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday opened fire on the convoy of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the June 18 Ekiti governorship poll, Chief Segun Oni, injuring two of his supporters.The incident happened while Oni was on a royal visit to the palace of Onitaji of Itaji-Ekiti.
The hoodlums were said to have attacked the former governor’s convoy with guns, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons.Luck however ran out on one of the attackers, who was wearing a campaign T-shirt of the APC candidate, Biodun Oyebanji as he fell from the vehicle conveying them and he was immediately apprehended.Upon interrogation, he identified himself as Christopher, the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Ise garage, Ado Ekiti.In a video seen by SaharaReporters, he said they were sent by a popular APC chieftain in Ekiti State, Mr Mentilo.
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Protest In Nigerian Hospital, UNTH As Relatives Of Patient Brutalise Doctor On Duty
Medical doctors at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, have protested against an attack on their colleague on duty by the relatives of a patient.SaharaReporters gathered on Saturday that relatives of the patient a few days ago attacked and wounded the doctor on duty at the hospital.
The attackers were said to have fled with the patient after the assault.However, the doctors who were under the aegis of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), in a protest letter to the management of the hospital on Friday after an emergency meeting condemned the attack.While vowing that they would no longer tolerate attacks on their members on legitimate duty, the ARD urged people to report their grievances to the appropriate authorities for redress rather than resulting to self-help.In a protest letter signed by UNTH ARD President and Secretary, Dr. Jide Uzoigwe and Dr Chinazom Ekwueme, respectively, the association said it observed with dismay the recurrent cases of assault of their members while on duty inside the hospital by patients’ relatives, describing it as wrong approach to whatever grievances.The letter partly read, “The President, Dr. Jide Uzoigwe constituted a security committee with Dr. Emmanuel Ogbu as the Chairman. The Committee has been working together with the hospital management to ensure the resolutions are implemented.“So far, our demands are being attended to by the hospital management within the timeline we gave. It has commenced the fixing of appropriate locks on all call rooms within 48 hours after our emergency meeting, which was May 31, 2022.“We are also glad that the police and other security agents have launched a manhunt for the culprit who assaulted one of our members. We are hopeful he will soon be apprehended to face the full wrath of the law.”While calling for an overhaul of the hospital security in a bid to address the development, the doctors equally demanded for “provision of able bodied, educated, age-appropriate, and well-equipped security personnel at strategic points like Accident and Emergency Unit, Children’s Emergency Unit, Newborn Special Care Unit and all the major wards and clinics in the hospital.”Other demands are; Provision of emergency security hotlines for hospital staff, mounting of posters and flyers at strategic points in UNTH stating the consequences of assaulting a health worker on duty.“Comportment forms shall be provided to be signed by the patient’s relatives before admission of patients; provision of adequate lighting (solar preferable) at all corridors and corners of the hospital.”The ARD warned the general public “to desist from assaulting any doctor, health worker and in fact any staff of the hospital,” stressing that “any grievance should be channeled via the appropriate quarters.”
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E2%80%93-ohanaeze 2023 Presidency: South-East Governors Are Real Igbo Enemies, Not Party Delegates – Ohanaeze Youths
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has said the South-East Governors should be blamed for the woeful outing of presidential aspirants of Igbo extraction in the recently conducted presidential primaries of the two leading political parties.According to a statement signed by the President-General of the group, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the governors traded off the people’s pride and destiny.
He was reacting to threats by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and other groups that a war had been declared on South-East delegates to the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress for collecting money and betraying their brothers.However, Nnabuike asked MASSOB to focus their anger on the governors and not the delegates.“It is wrong for anyone to say the delegates should be punished. Nobody should touch any of the delegates to the PDP and the APC national conventions,” he said.“The real enemies of Ndigbo are the governors who ordered the delegates to vote for non-Igbos. It is a show of shame that the South-East governors could not muster votes to at least show the rest of the country that we are serious with the demand for a Nigeria President of Igbo extraction.“Instead, they traded off our pride with their selfish interest. They have by this singular act shown themselves to be the real enemies of Ndigbo. We, therefore, call on the MASSOB and ASETU to direct their anger towards the governors, who must tell us what happened to Igbo votes during the conventions. Any attempt to attack the delegates is an exercise in futility and would be resisted.”
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Akwa Ibom PDP Governorship Candidate, Umo Eno Dragged To Court Over Alleged Age Falsification, Certificate Scandal
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, is allegedly currently embroiled in a certificate forgery and impersonation scandal.Akan Okon, a PDP aspirant in the state, has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court in Uyo to disqualify Eno as he was cleared in error by the party’s screening committee to participate in the primary.
According to the court documents, Okon claimed Eno altered his date of birth resulting in three different dates of birth – 24/25 April 1964 and January 1, 1964.“The signature of Chairman of Council and the Registrar of Council on the certificate of the 2nd Defendant are all boldened but other certificates issued by the West African Examination Council for that year do not have boldened signatures of the principal officers of West African Examination Council. The implication is that the certificate of the 2nd Defendant has computer generated signatures of the Chairman and Registrar of the examining body,” court documents seen by SaharaReporters read.“When certificate presented by the 2nd Defendant to the Governorship Screening Committee of the 1st Defendant is compared with genuine certificates issued by the examining body, it will be noticed that the letter CD and PO are the only boldened items, the alphanumeric that follow are not boldened as seen on the certificate presented by the 2nd Defendant.“Photocopy of the certificate presented by the 2nd Defendant to the Screening Committee of the 1st Defendant fails to show the security background of the examining body. It only shows a white background.”Okon added that the party’s governorship candidate presented forged voter’s cards and two forged West African School Certificates of 1981 and 1983 to the screening committee.According to the documents, Eno stated in his credentials that he attended St. Francis Secondary School, Eket, Akwa Ibom State and Victory High School, Ikeja, Lagos State from 1975 to 1981 (6 years) when he obtained his Ordinary Level Certificate.However, records showed that the 6-3-3-4 system of education commenced in Nigeria in 1983 and, as stated in the writ of summons, the first set of students that wrote the examination did so in 1989.Reacting to the suit, a resident of the state, Bassey Isonguyio PhD asked the PDP to disqualify the candidate.He said, “With the seemingly endless leadership crisis that has plunged Nigeria and almost every strata of government across the country, it has become pertinent for citizens to device means of subjecting those aspiring for leadership positions to unbiased independent scrutiny to ascertain that they are duly qualified for the public office they aspire to occupy.“Clearly, the institutions saddled with such essential responsibility have all failed and with the current sad reality and its devastating negative effects, Nigerians cannot continue to risk the country, states, local government councils and other critical public offices by allowing unscrupulous people assume leadership.“The current allegations of certificate forgery, falsification of date of birth and other controversies surrounding the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, further buttresses the argument that our institutions in charge of maintaining law, order and ensuring due process are severely compromised and consequently contributing to the myriads of problems facing the country.“For instance, before the forgery allegations were brought to fore by Mr Akan Okon, one of the governorship aspirants, through his legal team, there were already rumours about it. In fact, reliable sources within the PDP confirmed that the national leadership of the Party was aware of Umo Eno’s certificate forgery issue during the screening of aspirants but was compelled to ignore it and subsequently clear Umo Eno for the party’s primary election.“Again, it is also reliably gathered that the inconsistencies in Umo Eno’s credentials were first discovered during his screening as a commissionership nominee by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. But nonetheless, the shameful discovery was overlooked and he was cleared, confirmed and subsequently appointed as a Commissioner in the State Executive Council.“The implication of this is that due to the compromise by established institutions, a man with very strong forgery allegations hanging on his neck, has not only criminally manipulated his way through public service, but will potentially be on the ballot and will be voted for by an electorate that is yearning for good and accountable governance.“Umo Eno has questions to answer over his certificates, documented multiple dates of birth among others. A copy of Umo Eno’s credentials I saw showed that Mr Eno combines two Ordinary Level Certificates (African Examinations Council General Certificate of Education of June 1981 and December 1983). Having closely studied both certificates, this writer is compelled to agree with the forgery allegations. This is so because in the process of carrying out my independent investigation, I have obtained and carefully studied different certificates issued by the same examination council to other candidates who wrote the examination the same year with Umo Eno. The difference is too obvious to be ignored.“As at the time Umo Eno claims he spent six years in secondary school, Nigeria was practicing the 6-5-4 system of education which provided six years for primary, five years for secondary and four years for tertiary schools. Umo Eno will therefore have to explain if he failed and repeated a class in secondary school, and if need be, will have to tender the result of the said failure in order to prove his case beyond every reasonable doubt.“For instance, the candidate number on Umo Eno’s certificate is 15725119 whereas, as independently verified from my observations of other certificates, the candidates who wrote West African Examination Council General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level in 1983 have 06 and not 15 as the first two digits of their number. It is a common knowledge that that in issuing numbers like this, there is ought to be a uniform serial format that will help the examination body keep track of the number of certificates it has issued.“Clearly, the 06 in the candidate number on the certificates issued in 1983 was the format which apparently the forgers of Umo Eno’s certificate were not aware of. In addition, there is a very obvious difference between the signatures of Chairman of Council and the Registrar of Council on Umo Eno’s certificate and that on the certificates of other candidates who wrote the examination the same year. This, I also verified from my investigation.“Again, a photocopy of Umo Eno’s voter’s card submitted to the PDP screening committee and obtained by me, bears 01-01-1964 as his date of birth but his curriculum vitae and credentials bear 24th April, 1964. From my investigation, Mr Eno presented the credentials with the 24th April, 1964 date of birth to the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly for screening as Commissionership nominee. It therefore means that while the government of the federal Republic of Nigeria recognises 01-01-1964 as Umo Eno’s date of birth, he is parading 24-04-1964 as his date of birth and using same to manipulate his way into public offices. Absurdly, he has provided no affidavit to clarify the issue.“In my opinion, having carefully studied the details of the writ of summons from the Federal High Court and juxtaposed it with my independent findings from the observation on Umo Eno’s credentials, I can draw some conclusions. First, Umo Eno should be worried about the allegations of certificate forgery because the evidence is very weighty. Secondly, Umo Eno is not a diligent individual otherwise many of the damaging inconsistencies in his credentials would have been avoided. Thirdly, the PDP in Akwa Ibom must have to decide early enough whether they are prepared to sink if the impending storm eventually rocks this boat or they are going to disembark while there is still time.“Recently, I was able to confirm that Umo Eno truly under-pays people (non-members of his church inclusive) who provide services for his under the pretext of tithe. This is an allegation that he and his cronies have been denying. As it stands now, the shady nature of Umo Eno’s history has raised a big question about his personality. If it is eventually proven that he lied about his certificates, the question will be “what else has he been lying about?” Could it be his Royalty Group business? Or his “barracks boy” story? Is Umo Eno the male version of “Ovaioza”? Who really is Umo Eno?”
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Terrorists Kill Plateau Secondary School Student, Injure Others
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have killed a student of the Government Science School, Kuru, Plateau State.The incident occurred at about 8pm on Friday with other students sustaining gunshot injuries.
Kuru hosts the prestigious National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) which attracts members of the Nigerian political class and foreign nationals as well.The details of the incident are still sketchy as it’s unclear where the attack occurred.While some residents said it happened inside the school, others said the gunmen stormed a petrol station opposite the institution where the students had gone to charge their phones because of the power outage, shooting sporadically.“They just attacked Science school, Kuru? God abeg!! God please ooooooooo. It happened around 7-8pm yesterday at Government Science School, Kuru, Plateau State. And we wanna give the government another chance. After another 4years we might have been dead,” a resident said.However, DSP Alabo Alfred, spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command in a statement said the incident occurred along Mararaban Jama’a, Riyom Road and not inside the school.He added that the police were after the terrorists who carried out the attack.The statement read, “The Command wishes to set the records straight that on 10/06/2022 at about 2000hrs, information was received at our end that some unknown hoodlums were firing along Mararaban Jama’a, Riyom road not Science School Kuru Jos as it is reported by cross section of the media.”Upon receipt of the report, a high powered team of policemen and other security agencies responded swiftly and mobilised to the scene of the incident but on reaching the scene, the gunmen had fled leaving behind one person dead and three others injured. The injured persons were conveyed immediately to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile the Police are still on the trail of the fleeing suspects.“The State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew N. Onyeka, advised members of the public to go about their lawful business as normalcy had already been restored in the area, assuring that his men are on ground to contain any further disruption of peace.”
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Governor Akeredolu Cancels Democracy Day Celebration To Mourn Owo Catholic Church Members
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has cancelled this year’s Democracy Day celebration in the state.Akeredolu said the cancellation was in honour of those who lost their lives during terrorist attack on worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church Owa-Iuwa, Owo, during Pentecost Sunday celebration.
The governor took to his Twitter handle @RotimiAkeredolu on Saturday to announce the cancellation of democracy day celebration in the day.He tweeted, “In honour of the victims of the terror attack at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the Ondo State Government has canceled this year’s June 12 celebration.“The cancellation is to enable the people of Ondo State mourn their loved ones who lost their lives in the horrific attack.”In honour of the victims of the terror attack at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the Ondo State Government has canceled this yearâ??s June 12 celebration.The cancelation is to enable the people of Ondo State mourn their loved ones who lost their lives in the horrific attack. pic.twitter.com/5nsyhUO1pQ— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) June 11, 2022
The state government had on Wednesday given a new casualty figure from the terrorists’ attack on worshippers at the church.The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, in a statement said as of Tuesday midnight, said the number of victims was 127 while 40 had been confirmed dead.The Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, Jude Arogundade, had earlier said the church recorded 38 deaths.“The situation report as at 12 midnight, on Tuesday 7/6/22 at St. Louis Hospital, Owo, 39 people were involved and 13 deaths (confirmed). At the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, a total number of persons involved is 84 and number of corpses in the FMC mortuary is 25; female, 17, and eight males,” Ajaka said in a statement.SaharaReporters had reported that the Federal Government had in confusion of who might behind the attack, on Thursday, said it was orchestrated by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) without evidence.The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the assertions, said the imprint of ISWAP was found on the scene of the attack, and vowed that the assailants will be brought to justice.
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