Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention Is Humiliation Of 70 Million Igbo People — Ejimakor
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Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, one of the lawyers representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said the continued detention of the IPOB leader is akin to humiliating 70 million Igbo people in the country.
Ejimakor said this in a tweet made on Friday, in which he also noted that it would be difficult to separate Igbo people from Kanu.
He said, “If you think you can separate MAZI NNAMDI KANU from Ndigbo, think again because it’s impossible. The two are – like Siamese twins – joined together FOREVER. So, detaining #MNK amounts to virtually detaining and humiliating 70 million Igbos. That’s impolitic and dicey to boot.”
Ejimakor earlier said that the detention of the IPOB leader was not based on the law of the land but on the politics of tribe and ethnicity.
In March, Ejimakor tweeted that the detention of the separatist leader based on the politics of tribe would tear Nigeria apart sooner than later as the Nigerian government cannot have it both ways.
“A politics that’s based on tribe and ethnicity is doomed to tear a country apart” – Barack Obama.
“The continued detention of #MNK is not based on law but on the same politics of tribe that will surely tear Nigeria apart, sooner than later. You can’t have it both ways. Never!” he had said.
Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of the State Services (DSS) since June 2021 after he was arrested in Kenya and renditioned by the Nigerian government.
The Court of Appeal on October 13, 2022, in its judgment discharged and acquitted Kanu of all the charges levelled against him by the Nigerian government and ordered his immediate and unconditional release from detention. However, he has remained in detention as the government objected to the Appeal Court ruling.
Wike, Abe’s Supporters Bicker Over Rivers Ministerial Slot
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Supporters of the former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Magnus Abe, are at loggerheads over who should be appointed a minister from the state.
While Wike’s loyalist, Tony Okocha, had claimed that Wike delivered the state for President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February poll, Abe’s Kadilo Kabari, said the senator was the first to declare his support for Tinubu and worked for him.
Kabari, in a media chat with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, said it was unwise for Okocha to de-market other potential candidates because of Wike’s interest.
Kabari, who served as the Director of Election Planning and Management, Rivers State chapter of the Tinubu/ Shettima Independent Campaign Council (ICC), condemned what he called an ‘entitlement mentality’ by Okocha in justifying his call for Wike to be made a minister.
According to him, the Ikwerre people of River State have been in the corridors of power for years, while other ethnic groups have been marginalised.
He stressed he was not against anybody President Tinubu would appoint, but cautioned Okocha to desist from calling people names because of what he stands to achieve.
Kabari said he is worried over the use of falsehood, ethnocentric bias, bigotry, and greed that have characterised politics in Rivers State concerning who becomes a minister from the state.
“We condemn the entitlement mentality being canvassed in the state in justifying their call for Wike’s ministerial appointment.
“We condemn the campaign of calumny against distinguished Senator Magnus Abe and other political actors while cautioning that pursuits should be personalised with honesty, capacity, merit, truth and fairness as yardsticks,” he said.
Oluware’s Death, Huge Loss To Christendom, Oyo – Makinde
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described the death of Prophet Michael Ojo, founder of the Christ Apostolic Church, (CAC), Oke-Agbara, Asi Bodija, as a huge loss to Christendom and the entire Oyo State.
This is contained in a condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday.
Makinde expressed his condolences to the leadership of the CAC Worldwide, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo State branch and the immediate family of the deceased.
He described the late prophet, popularly called Baba Olowere, as a worthy father of faith “and one of God’s generals, who have given them all to ensure the continued prosperity of Oyo State through their prayers and other contributions”.
The governor said that the late cleric would be highly missed by his followers, admirers and the Christian faithful in the state.
Gbenga Daniel Writes Abiodun, Requests Suspension Of Retirement Allowance
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Senator Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun state and the lawmaker representing Ogun East, has written to the Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun requesting a suspension of his monthly retirement benefit.
The lawmaker in a letter acknowledged and stamped by the office of the Governor of Ogun State noted that he could not continue to collect such emolument with free conscience.
Senator Daniel also clarified that since he left office, he had not got any other form of welfare in terms of medical, furniture, or other allowances.
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