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A national leader
of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has denied accusations by a
party member that he was using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to
hound Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki.
In a statement by
his media office Saturday, Tinubu said he is too busy working to get the APC
back on track, not delving into EFCC matters.
“Tinubu does not
run or dictate to the EFCC,” said the statement signed by Sunday Dare, Tinubu’s
aide.
“And like
countless others, Tinubu has also (been) investigated by the EFCC severely in
the past. Tinubu has no hand in the travails of anyone because he is right now
very busy working with others of like mind on how the APC political agenda can
set sail as quickly as possible.
National
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday took a swipe at
President Muhammadu Buhari over statements attributed to him, saying that
Nigerians who gave him 97% of their votes will be better treated than those who
gave him 5%, saying that declaration was not only vindictive, divisive, but an
attempt by the president to govern the country in a discriminatory manner.
According to PDP, the President Buhari was setting a record as no president in
the history of the country had ever made such a statement the PDP described as
biased and partisan, adding that it has become imperative for the president to
come and explain if this would form the basis of government appointments,
thereby jettisoning total adherence to merit and the principle of Federal
character as enshrined in the constitution.
Chief Austine Ndigwe was one of the founding fathers of the All Progressives
Grand Alliance (APGA) and former member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).
He was also the right hand man of former National Chairman of the party, Chief
Victor Umeh, Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo state and former Governor Peter Obi
of Anambra state. Today, things have fallen apart and the centre can no longer hold in the once
united party. Ndigwe spoke with few reporters in Anambra on the way Umeh
piloted the affairs of APGA, the problem between Umeh, Obi and Obiano, Ojukwu
and his plans to report some dealings to the EFCC, among others.
You have been in APGA and played major roles, can you tell us about the affairs
of the party as it used to be and presently?
Former President
Olusegun Obasanjo has said he maintains his view, as expressed in his
three-volume autobiography, My Watch, that Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka,
has better expertise in wine matters than in political analysis.
In the book,
Obasanjo wrote, “For Wole, no one can be good, nor can anything be spot-on
politically except that which emanates from him or is ordained by him. His
friends and loved ones will always be right and correct no matter what they do
or fail to do. He is surely a better wine connoisseur and a more successful
aparo (guinea fowl) hunter than a political critic.”
However, last
year December, shortly after the book went public, Soyinka had, in a piece
titled ‘Watch And Pray, Watch And Prey’, vehemently protested that description
of him, calling Obasanjo an expert liar, who lies to boost his ego.
Nigeria’s
wartime leader, Gen Yakubu Gowon, says “Nigeria is better off with Igbos.” He
spoke while delivering an oration at the burial service for Chief (Mrs.)
Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State;
just as the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, described the
deceased as a woman who exemplified the virtue of patience, charity and
humility. The service took place at the All Saints Anglican Cathedral,
Onitsha, Anambra State.
Gowon’s declaration was borne out of a deep appreciation of the commitment and
sacrifice of the deceased and her husband, Ajie Ukpabi Asika, to the survival
of Nigeria as one entity. The former Head of State recalled that when he
proposed the post of Sole Administrator of East Central State, Asika told me,
“I prefer to do this for the good of Igbo people.”
Confusion pervades the return of Crown Prince Ken Emeakayi unopposed
in the State Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held at Emmaus
House, Awka, Saturday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Anambra state
Chairman against the stand of stakeholders.
The victory of
the immediate past Chairman of the Anambra State PDP, Emeakayi with a total of
958 votes, was greeted with uneasiness following the non-attendance to the
State Congress by majority of the statutory delegates. Announcing the result at
the State Congress of the party, held at the Emmaus House field, Awka, the
State capital, the Returning Officer, Mr. Ike Abonyi stated that, the Emeakayi
was returned unopposed as he was the sole candidate for the post, but he has to
go through a voting process as provided in the party’s constitution..
Most times, I
wonder almost in fantasy. As if removed from this immediate world, dreaming in
my mind, how and why we still have not gotten it right.I do not really spend so
much time thinking of myself and my personal worries, I take every day as it
comes and apply my wisdom in dealing with lives' daily issues on daily basis.
I worry a lot
more about us, the Igbo nation and why we do not seem to see what is happening
to us individually and collectively. I wonder why our so called leaders have
not been able to bring us all together as to deal with our issues from position
of unity which is strength. I wonder why we have to be living in the mist of
plenty and abundance and yet very hungry, why we are living in a nation that we
are equal or better stakeholders yet we are treated worse than animals.
The acclaimed Leader of the
defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, High Chief
Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, explained, yesterday,that he summoned ameetingof the militant group inYenagoa,Bayelsa State, because ofthe overpoweringpressure mounted on him and other MEND
leaders by ex-agitators and other beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme.The meeting earlier scheduled to hold today
has been put off.
Bayelsa State
Governor, Seriake Dickson, called for the postponement of the parley, saying he
would meet with the ex-militants to discuss the burning issues affecting the
ex-agitators.
Igbo Leaders of Thought,
a body of eminent Igbo personalities, has warned that the plan to probe the
immediate past federal government should not be a ploy to humiliate political
opponents of President Muhammadu Buhari, including former President Goodluck
Jonathan.
The group, led by
constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze, also urged Buhari to immediately
restructure Nigeria without delay.
In a statement
titled “Only truth and justice endures,” which was signed by its deputy
secretary, Evangelist Elliot Uko, the group said the impending probe must be
devoid of “witch-hunting and smear agenda.”
If information gathered seems to be true and what could be as a kick-back mechanism with respect to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President of the present 8th National Assembly, and an alledged reprisal throwback was connected to the arrest of the wife of the senate President by the National leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tnubu. A frontline politician and former Vice Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum
(ACF) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator JKN Waku on
Saturday, pointedly accused a National Leader of the APC, Senator Bola Ahmed
Tinubu of being the mastermind of a petition over which the wife of the Senate
President, Mrs Toyin Saraki, has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).