Sylva's reply to oshomole

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has described the reported emergence of former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, as the All Progressive Congress gubernatorial candidate in the state as a “huge joke.”

Oshiomhole who is the Chairman of an electoral committee set up by the national leadership of APC to conduct the governorship primaries in Bayelsa State says Sylva is not declared winner of the primaries, hence no Certificate of Return is issued to him.

Speaking to reporters in Benin City, Oshiomhole notes that the purported emergence of Sylva would not alter the rules of the party adding that other aspirants agreed to follow the guidelines released by the national leadership of the party, but Sylva insisted that the primaries should be conducted without accreditation.

The Edo State number one man Stress that Sylva insisted that it was wrong for the national Secretariat to conduct the primaries and that it was the function of the party leadership in the state.

Meanwhile the winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries held on Tuesday in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has dismissed claims by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, who headed the Electoral Committee, that he (Sylva) disrupted the electoral process and in fact aborted it.

Sylva in a statement says Oshiomhole was evidently biased in favour of one of the aspirants.

He alleged that it was one of the friends of the favoured aspirants that provided the helicopter that brought Oshiomhole to the venue of the primaries.

Sylva says it is unfortunate that people like Adams Oshiomhole, the governor of Edo State and former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, who pretend to be incorruptible, would conduct himself in the manner in which he did in relation to the Bayelsa State governorship primary. 

It was clear that Oshiomhole never wanted to conduct the primary as earliar scheduled. 

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Bayelsa APC primaries: Oshiomhole meets guber aspirants

Ahead today’s All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday met with the 19 gubernatorial aspirants of the party over the guidelines to be used for the conduct of the governorship primaries in the state.

Governor Oshiomhole, who led a 7-man Electoral Committee to Yenagoa into the meeting with the aspirants and other stakeholders of the APC, said the governorship primaries should be considered as a family affair, adding that the rules on the conduct of the party primaries was not different from those used in Kogi and the national primaries of the party.

According to Oshiomhole, a total of 1,508 delegates are expected to vote during the primaries, with two Board of Trustees, BoT, members, former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva and the National Deputy Publicity Secretary of the party, Timi Frank as eligible voters.

Oshiohmole also announced Samson Siasia stadium as venue for the primaries, just as he confirmed that voting will be by open ballot system with use of national identification card and voters’ card as means of identification for delegates.

The Edo State governor however, warned aspirants against involvement in issue of cloning of voters’ cards and presentation of new national identification cards as means of identification.

Wike Might be Spending His Last Days In Office As Governor

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is spending his last days in office as Governor of Rivers State.

The party was reacting to the statement credited to PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, who was quoted as saying about the failure of PDP and INEC counsels to appear before the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday, September 18: “Even if our lawyers and witnesses didn’t appear at the Rivers Tribunal today and the remaining days, it doesn’t stop us PDP from winning at the judgment. But should we fail at judgment, we shall win even above 1.5 million votes in Rivers State re-run Governorship and other elections.”

Rivers APC in a statement issued by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, dismissed Metuh’s position as mere day-dreaming. The ruling party said:

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LASTMA to start arresting traffic offenders at home

 

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has adopted a new system of booking traffic offenders rather than impounding their vehicles. 

The new system which kicked off last Friday Sept. 18th, will have LASTMA issuing tickets to defaulters and allowing them to go with their vehicles but the defaulters will be asked to pay a penalty for the offense within a stipulated time which will be stated on the ticket issued. Failure to pay up will amount to arrest of such defaulter at their homes.

The question now is, how will they know a defaulters true address? After the cut is a list of traffic offenses and their penalties as posted on LASTMA's official website...
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Ministerial list: Fashola, Fayemi, Ameachi fail security screening

As the Department of State Service, DSS, continues the screening of some ministerial nominees, indications emerged at the weekend that three immediate past governors, Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Ameachi and Kayode Fayemi, have allegedly failed to pass the President’s anti-corruption test.
The trio worked hard for the former Head of State to emerge the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential flag bearer as well as for him to get elected President and were seen as top contenders for positions in Buhari’s cabinet.

A highly placed security source at the weekend told Nigerian Pilot Sunday that the DSS did not clear three ministerial nominees, who are former governors, based on allegations of corruption brought against them before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC.

According to the source, the security agency allegedly refused to clear the three former governors based on a series of petitions written against them over allegations bordering on money laundering, fraud and embezzlement.

The source further added that when the three affected former governors appeared before the DSS screening committee, they were confronted with the petitions and other relevant documents attached to the petitions.
The source further added that they have received instructions from the President that any of the nominees with any damaging and fraud related issues should not be cleared by the security agency.
SOURCE: NIGERIAN PILOT

Lagos ban does not affect petroleum tankers – NUPENG

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers NUPENG says petroleum tankers are not affected by the Lagos State Government daytime operational restriction.

Tokunbo Korodo, the South West Chairman of the union, told the Newsmen in Lagos that “the ban had nothing to do with petroleum tankers” stressing that the ban was to reduce incessant accident caused by articulated vehicles on Lagos State roads.

Korodo, states that petroleum tankers were not captured by the law, adding that they could deliver products to any destination any time.

You will agree with me that the state government had on September 6 restricted the movement of heavy duty vehicles within the metropolis to between 9pm and 6am adding that the government’s action followed the recent Ojuelegba trailer accident, which claimed three lives on September 3.

On his part, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Oluseyi Whenu, says the movement of articulated vehicles contravened Section 2 (i) and 2 (ii) of the Traffic Law.

Whenu states that government would henceforth impound vehicles and the owners fined whenever there was a breach of the restriction order.

FG urged to pay attention to plight of slum dwellers

The Centre for the Defence of Human Rights and Democracy in Africa CDHRDA has urged public office holders on the continent to focus on the plight of slum dwellers.

The Centre’s Secretary-General, Maurice Fangnon, told the Newsmen in Lagos that many slum dwellers faced poor living conditions and eviction from their communities.

He spoke against the backdrop of claims and counter-claims over ownership of land in Otodogbame, a coastal slum in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.

He added that the CDHRDA had petitioned relevant authorities, including security agencies, over the alleged violations.

Residents of the community had also accused members of the Elegushi family of alleged encroachment on their land, destruction of property, rape, murder, and arson.

Police deploy more officers to Falgore forest

The Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Muhammad Katsina, says he had deployed additional mobile police officers to Falgore forest along Kano-Jos road to enhance security.

Kastina states that the deployment became necessary to reduce the activities of hoodlums in the forest adding that the decision was borne out of his resolve to address the activities of armed robbers and other criminals who attack innocent motorists along Kano-Jos road.

He assured the communities living along the highway that the command had taken adequate security measures to flush out criminals from their hideouts in the area.

The commissioner, however, solicited the cooperation of people in the area particularly rural dwellers in providing the necessary information to the police to curb crime.

Top Nigerian Muslim leader kidnapped

Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, and also the Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Adam Idoko, has been kidnapped.


Enewz gathered that Idoko, a famous Islamic cleric in the South East, was abducted in the early hours of Thursday in his village, Ogrute Enugu-Ezike in Nssukka, Enugu state.

Confirming the abduction, the Chief Imam of Nagazi-Uvete Jumu’at Mosque, Okene, Kogi State, Murtada Gusau, says the Muslim community had reported the incident to the police shortly after it happened.

He adds that the police assured them of taking immediate action towards freeing the cleric from the kidnappers.

On his part, the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO of the Enugu Police Command, Amaraizu Ebere, confirmed the abduction, saying the command was investigating matter.

APC Vice Chairman resigns

Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC in Bauchi State, Musa Adamu, has resigned.

Adamu, who is the zonal vice chairman of APC for Bauchi South Senatorial District, announced his resignation at a news briefing in Bauchi.

He adds that his resignation is to protect his image, honour and dignity.

Adamu however states that he would remain a member of the APC.