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  • Edo: Fresh crisis looms as Obaseki conducts kangaroo LG primaries

    Edo: Fresh crisis looms as Obaseki conducts kangaroo LG primaries

    Crisis hits Edo PDP again as the Governor Godwin Obaseki led faction has been accused of conducting a kangaroo local government primaries.

    The party has declared the primary illegal and claimed to have no prior knowledge of the event as it was simply a selection process conducted in Government House Benin city.

    In a press statement issued by the PDP Publicity Secretary in Edo State, Ogie Vasco, the party declared that only authorized and supervised primaries are valid and that the participants in today’s primary have acted against the party’s rules and regulations.

    In the statement the party said” our attention has been drawn to an illegal statement purportedly issued by an Assistant Publicity Secretary, Dr. Patrick Ojebuoboh, on the conduct of Local Government Chairmanship Election Primaries.

    “Please note that this said statement should be ignored and disregarded as the constitution of our Party does not permit such illegal statements by an Assistant Publicity Secretary. I advise those behind the illegal statement to consult the relevant sections of the PDP’s constitution for proper guidance. It is also important to note that the relevant and statutory organs of the Party have not met or resolved to fix any dates for Local Government Council elections or Primaries.

    “It offends our democratic culture to issue such an illegal statement urging members to participate in an illegal exercise and giving less than 24hrs notice.

    “All Party members are hereby advised to ignore and disregard the said statement credited to Dr. Patrick Ojebuoboh”, the statement concluded.

  • Sudan crisis: 834 Nigerians arrive Abuja

    Sudan crisis: 834 Nigerians arrive Abuja

    A total of 834 Nigerians stranded in conflict-ridden Sudan, on Sunday arrived the pilgrims terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

    The airport terminal witnessed a large turnout of parents, as well as relatives of the returnees, welcoming them with happiness.

    Dr Sani Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, while receiving the returnees, said more stranded Nigerians would be back in the country in few days.

    He explained that three flights arrived the nation’s capital with a total of 834 returnees.

    “As of this morning, we received three flights, Azman Air brought in 322 persons, Max Air brought in 410 persons, while Tarco Airline from Port Sudan came in with 102 persons, making a total of 834,” he said.

    He said that the delay in the release of some of the returnees luggages in Wadi Halfa, in Sudan, had been settled and their luggages came in with them on their flights.

    He added that the sick ones among them had also been taken to the clinics for proper check-up, before releasing them to go to their respective homes.

    He added that a mop-up session had been put in place to bring back more stranded Nigerians in Sudan.

    “If you know any of your colleague that was left behind, kindly let us know,” he added.

    The returnees who were filled with joy, sang the national anthem in appreciation of the Federal Government’s efforts in bringing them back to the country.

    One of the returnees, Master Najeed Hassan, a medical student of Sudan International University, expressed appreciation to the government for their safe return.

    “I thank the Federal Government for taking care of our feeding over there and ensuring our safe return.

    “I, however, wish to return to Sudan once the war is over to complete my education, because I just have seven months to graduate,”  he said.

    Officials of the Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, NEMA, NAPTIP, NIDCOM, Refugees Commission, Port Health officials, Police, among others, were all on ground to receive the returnees.

  • Count me out of Abia Assembly crisis – Member-elect

    Count me out of Abia Assembly crisis – Member-elect

    A member-elect for Obingwa West State Constituency of Abia, Mr Uchenna Erondu (Jnr.), has dissociated himself from the crisis currently rocking the house, leading its factionalisation.

    Erondu stated this in a statement issued on Thursday and made available to newsmen in Umuahia.

    “It beats my imagination that my name could be associated with such crisis when I have yet to become a member of the house,” he stated.

    He pleaded with those spreading “the unfounded and malicious allegations to stop forthwith”, adding that it would not serve them any useful purpose.

    Recalled that 16 of the 24-member assembly had on Tuesday, impeached the Speaker, Mr Chinedum Orji, over alleged gross misconduct.

    Orji, in turn, organised an emergency plenary session attended by eight members, plus himself, where they announced the suspension of the nine members involved in his purported impeachment.

    It was alleged that Erondu, who is  former aide to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, had galvanised and finanacially induced the 16 members to effect the change of speakership of the seventh assembly.

    However, Erondu said that at no time did he give money to any legislator nor engaged anyone “to obtain the buy-in of members of the assembly” on his behalf.

    “I advise the idle minds manufacturing these lies and rumours and seeking to drag my name down to look for a meaningful venture to engage their brains rather than this reckless path of character assassination,” he added.

  • Sudan crisis: Over 7,000 nationals including Nigerians stranded at Egyptian border

    Sudan crisis: Over 7,000 nationals including Nigerians stranded at Egyptian border

    The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said over 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, were not allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening from war-torn Sudan.

    Chairman, NiDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mr. Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM on Friday in Abuja.

    Dabiri-Erewa called on those concerned with passages and movement of persons and services along the borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for them to have access to their various destinations.

    The chairman also said the Nigerian mission in Egypt had been working on the issue, as the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas by Africans to transit to their countries.

    She appealed to the Egyptian authorities to kindly allow the travellers to transit to their final destinations in various countries in Africa.

    The crisis reportedly started on April 15 between the Sudanese army and paramilitary RSF, both headed by army generals.

  • Labour Party crisis deepens, suspends National Deputy Chairman

    Labour Party crisis deepens, suspends National Deputy Chairman

    The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials.

    The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement signed by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Kenedy Ahanotu Deputy National Secretary.

    They stated that the decision was taken at a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party held in Asaba and attended by members of the National Working Committee.

    Also in attendance at the Asaba meeting were states chairmen and secretaries of the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.

    The Asaba meeting was also attended by the party’s National Assembly members-elect, officials of INEC, those of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the statement read.

    It added that the NEC reaffirmed and upheld the decision of the Akure convention which expelled its former publicity secretary Mr Arabambi Abayomi.

    “NEC considered the disciplinary committee’s report which recommended the suspension of the former Youth Leader, Mr Anslem Eragbe and recommended him for expulsion at the next national convention.

    “Pending the next convention, NEC suspends Eragbe indefinitely.

    “NEC also suspended the following National Working Committee (NWC) members: Lamidi Apapa, Alhaji Salem Lawal, Favour Reuben, Gbenga Daramola, Samuel Akingbade and Mohammed Akali,’’ the statement also read.

    It added that the NEC constituted a disciplinary committee comprising the National Youth Leader, Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, and Acting National Legal Adviser, Mr Edun Kehinde, as members.

    It listed other members as the Acting Deputy National Secretary, Mr Rotimi Kehinde and the National Vice Chairman South-South MR Anthony Ezeagwu.

    The NEC also critically evaluated the 2023 general elections and noted INEC’s failure to transmit election results real-time from polling units, which it said gave room for massive manipulation of results.

    The statement condemned electoral violence and the use of security agencies to intimidate voters and perpetuate other crimes in parts of the country.

    “NEC noted the resilience, and doggedness of our presidential candidate and its resolve to legitimately reclaim its mandate in court.

    “NEC accordingly calls on the judiciary to do the right thing irrespective of whose ox is gored,’’ the statement also read.

    It stressed its implicit confidence in Mr Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC).

  • LP crisis: State chairmen insist Abure remains National chairman

    LP crisis: State chairmen insist Abure remains National chairman

    Labour Party state chairmen say they did not sack Julius Abure as Chairman of the party, insisting that he (Abure) remains the recognised National Chairman of Labour Party (LP).

    The state chairmen of the party in Abuja took back the party secretariat which was alleged to have been taken over by thugs who seized and sealed the office on April 6.

    Mr Ogbaloi Kelly, Chairman, Edo State LP, said that the National Working Committee (NWC) is a subordinate organ to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party.

    “Therefore, when a faction of it is comes to take laws into its hands, it becomes a total nullity.

    “Those who are taking this action are members of the party who have since been suspended, and as at the time they took this action, their suspension had not been lifted.

    “Therefore, we are saying here that the 36 state chairmen have come to retake their possession.

    “These miscreants who took over the office do not have the authority to control this matter, but we here have the authority and law to be in charge of the party and we affirm Abure.”

    Kelly said that even the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) affirmed Abure as the chairman in their communique .

    “We have come here to tell the world that the action of this faction is a total nullity and should be disregarded because the action does not follow the content of the rules and constitution of the Labour Party.”

    Mr Cashmir Agbo, Chairman, Enugu State Labour Party, said that there was the need for party members to be guided by the rules and laws of the Constitutional provisions and the laws of the land and the party.

    “The position of the party and the mechanism in the resolution of crises are very clear. In the constitution, you have to exhaust that mechanism in court.

    “You go to court and obtain a court order and you want to enforce that order by yourself.

    “What am saying in effect is this that they mixed criminality with civil process and the court that gave them that order endangered law.”

    Agbo blamed the crisis on those that do not want LP to challenge the presidential election in court, adding “we are challenging the outcome of INEC’s result, they should allow the court process to finish.

    “What they are doing is to enforce their will and distract and force labour party nationwide to withdraw the case in court.”

    Agbo said that Abure remains the authentic Chairman of Labour Party in Nigeria and there was no body except the National Executive Committee that could remove him.”

  • Oro festival: How “big crisis” was averted in Ile-Ife

    Oro festival: How “big crisis” was averted in Ile-Ife

    The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has called for peace and orderliness in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and its environs.

    Ooni, who spoke through his Second-in-Command, Obalufe of Ifeland, Oba Idowu Adediwura, made the call in an interview on Friday in Ile-Ife.

    He said as the royal father of Christians, Muslims and traditionalists and as a leader who championed peaceful coexistence globally, there was no reason why his home should be in turmoil.

    He said that as a direct descendant of Oduduwa, the progenitor of Yoruba race who also preached peaceful coexistence, he believed there was no reason why people of different faiths should not live peacefully in tolerance.

    He noted that the two major faiths and traditional worshippers had coexisted peaceful in ages past and that there should not be hostilities between them now.

    Four persons were reportedly injured when traditional religion worshippers attacked worshippers in a mosque in Ile-Ile on Thursday.

    Traditionalists in the town had announced on Wednesday that the “Oro’’ cult would perform some rituals in some parts of Ife between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., advising residents to avoid the areas.

    According to one of those in the mosque, Mr Abdulazeez Bashir, Oro adherents broke through the fence and began flogging worshippers with canes, instructing them to leave the ablution area.

    “One of them even attacked the Imam, Alhaji Abdullateef Adesiyan while coming into the mosque. He was beaten with a cane and hit on the face with a rod.

    “When I discovered that about five persons had been injured, apart from the Imam of the mosque, I had to call the Ife Chief Imam, Alhaji AbdulSemiu AbdulHammed to intimate him with the happenings.

    “The situation could have escalated into a big crisis when other Muslims began to gather around, but the traditionalists eventually left. The victims were later taken to a hospital for treatment,’’ Bashir said.

    When contacted, Osun Police Command spokesperson SP Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident, stating that an investigation into the mosque invasion had been launched.

    Oba Ogunwusi promised to renovate the mosque that was affected as well as pay the hospital bill of the Imam of the mosque.

    The Chief Imam of Ifeland, Alhaji AbdulHammed, told NAN on Friday that the trouble had been settled.

    He confirmed that the traditional religion worshippers assaulted the Imam of Idiomo Mosque, Ilare, Alfa Adesiyan, inside the mosque.

    AbdulHammed called for maintenance of fundamental rights of religion, speech and peace among others.

    “There is no family throughout Africa that practices one religion. There should be freedom for individuals to practice whatever religion they choose without coercion,’’ he said.

    The Chief Imam appealed to indigenes to ensure that they maintained peace and orderliness during each festival in the town, stressing that there is no profit in violence.

    Ile-Ife: There’s need to end Oro procession in daylight – Ex-NLC Chairman

    Meanwhile, Mr Sakariyau Adesiyan, the Former Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Osun state has said that there’s a need to end the procession by adherents of Oro in daylight in Ile-Ife.

    Adesiyan made the call in an interview on Friday in Ile-Ife.

    “This must be the end of daylight Oro procession in Ile-Ife. This is not the first time they have been attacking Muslims and Christians in daylight.

    “What happened yesterday (Thursday) was barbaric and satanic, because the person that was attacked was inside the mosque. Those who are praying were inside the mosque.

    “They have once attacked people. So, we are saying enough is enough. The Muslims are not happy with what they did,” Adesiyan explained.

    According to him, Oro adherents came into the mosque and attacked Muslims.

    The Ex-NLC Chairman stressed that they want the perpetrators punished, adding that the people will continue their protest if those involved are not arrested.

    Also, the Secretary, Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT), Ife Central, Mr Tajudeen Adesiyan, stated that the Muslims were about to observe Solat Asri prayer when they were attacked.

    Adesiyan said that the Oro traditional worshipers were returning from their shrine, when they forcefully entered the mosque and they were asking for Imam Lateef Adesiyan.

    “It happened inside the mosque and the mosque was destroyed. there was pool of blood of those injured. We are telling Nigerians that the constitution allows everyone to practice his religion as he likes,” he stated.

    He observed that there has never been a day when Christians would ask Muslims to stay indoors for religion event, but the traditional worshipers were intolerant of other religions.

    The Secretary emphasised that they are going to end the indiscipline act of the traditional Oro worshipers in Ile-Ife.

    According to an eye witness, Mr. Bashir AbdulAzeez, “We were about to observe our Salatul Asr on Thursday evening around 4:30 pm, when scores of Oro worshipers “attacked us as we did our ablution.

    “They attacked us and told us to move away. Before we could explain anything, they have started to beat our people.

    “They invaded the mosque and destroyed the Quran and other properties,” AbdulAzeez stated.

    According to him, the Imam and five other Muslims have been receiving treatment at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife.

    When contacted, the Chief Imam of Ifeland, Alhaji AbdulSemiu AbdulHammed, stated that the Palace had intervened in the matter.

    The Chief Imam indicated that Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ọjájá II, had called him to appeal to Muslims to be patient as the matter would be resolved amicably.

    He emphasised that the Ooni promised to bear the hospital bills of the injured persons and rehabilitate the vandalised mosque.

    He said the head of Olorisa worshipers would be arrested and brought to justice, and reaffirmed that there is fundamental human right of freedom of religion in the land.

    The Chief Imam urged Muslims to be law abiding in their protest.

    The Police Spokesperson for Osun Command, SP Opalola Yemisi Osun, said that the attack was confirmed and that the oloobatala people attacked the Muslims at their worship place.

    Opalola said that investigation is still ongoing in the case.

    There was pandemonium at Idi Omoh Mosque, Ilare, Ile Ife, on Thursday, when Oro worshipers attacked Muslims.

  • ‘We can’t allow religious crisis in Nasarawa’ – Gov Sule

    ‘We can’t allow religious crisis in Nasarawa’ – Gov Sule

    Ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has warned that the state government will not allow religious crisis in the state.

    Sule stated this on Saturday in Lafia during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and retired Justice Sidi Bage-Mohammed, the Emir of Lafia and Chairman of the state Traditional Council.

    The governor said that the meeting was necessitated due to the dangerous religious dimension of ongoing politics ahead of the March 11 elections.

    He also condemned some inciting and provocative videos that went viral on the social media promoting religious politics.

    Sule however commended religious and traditional leaders for a peaceful conduct of Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.

    He attributed the success of the last elections to the effort of all stakeholders, urging them to put all hands on deck to ensure that the upcoming election is also peaceful.

    He further said that the government cannot allow anybody to divide the people and destroy the state because of politics.

    “Nasarawa State has always been seen as a peaceful place and there are Muslims and Christians in virtually every family. So, the government cannot allow religious crisis in the state.

    “If the state is not peaceful, even those inciting people cannot have the time to send those messages, as everybody will be on the run.

    “Power comes from God and He gives it to whoever He wants at anytime, so, as politicians, we should only present ourselves to the people,” he advised.

    Sule reminded residents to learn from the recent election, where for the first time, Sen. Bola Tinubu lost election in his Lagos State, but won the presidential election.

    “Tinubu is the president-elect today, despite losing election in his state, that is how God works,” Sule added.

    He therefore appealed to religious leaders to talk to their followers to desist from any act capable of breaching the existing peace in the state.

    Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Mr. Sunday Emma, the state Chairman of CAN, commended the governor for calling the meeting to address the emerging challenges ahead of the election.

    The CAN chairman also condemned the inciting videos and said that the governor had given them assurance that security would be provided to ensure that the poll is peaceful.

    He added that they would inform their members in churches tomorrow (Sunday) to disregard any sentiment, and come out and vote for candidates of their choice on March 11.

    On his part, Imam Mohammed Ali, the state Secretary-General of JNI, also criticised the inciting videos and expressed satisfaction with the steps taken by the governor to avert any crisis.

    He therefore promised to inform all Imams in the state about the resolutions at the meeting for onward dissemination to their members during prayers in every Mosque.

  • 2023 Elections: Crisis will erupt should Obi or Tinubu lose – Primate Ayodele

    2023 Elections: Crisis will erupt should Obi or Tinubu lose – Primate Ayodele

    Ahead of the February 25 presidential elections in the country, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned of a possible crisis looming in the country.

    The cleric  said there would be a crisis if the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, loses at the polls.

    The Lagos based cleric made this known while addressing group of Journalists in the state yesterday.

    He said there will be no coup in the country but crisis will erupt if the LP or APC candidate loses in the election.

    Recall that a chieftain of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode had raised an alarm over the possibility of a coup.

    Fani-Kayode accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar of secretly meeting with serving military chiefs.

    But, the Nigerian military denied such a meeting.

    However, Ayodele said: “There will be no coup, but the point is if Obi loses this election, there will be a crisis; if Tinubu loses this election, there will be a crisis.”

    Primate Ayodele also said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will decide the future of Nigeria.

    “INEC will decide the future of Nigeria, if it messes up, they will see the anger of God. Where we think the vote will go, it may not go there,” he said.

    On the earthquake in Turkey, the clergyman said: “I want to warn the world leaders that more calamity and casualty is coming. The US, Russia, Israel, UK, and France should stop these troubles they are making, otherwise they will cause a threat to the world.

    “I see a coup in Africa, world leaders are doing divine consultation, the worst is still coming that will shake the world. The UN, AU need divine consultation.

    “The world needs to be fortified, the next that will come will shock the world and it will start from America.”

  • The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder in Nigeria – By Godwin Etakibuebu

    The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder in Nigeria – By Godwin Etakibuebu

    Last week I captured my usual Sunday broadcast as The Nigerian political atmosphere is becoming darker. And the caption of what I am presenting today is not too much different – The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder. Are the two captions not similar enough?

    Yes, they are. In fact, both would run, through whatever tunnel of interpretation, to one confluence point of decoding. 

    The point of final analysis may not be too different from what Lokoja; the Capital City of Kogi State, in North Central geopolitical Zone of Nigeria, stands for. Lokoja is that beautiful city where both the River Niger and the River Benue met. Isn’t that being why it is called a Confluence point?

    So, there is a looming darkness over the Nigerian atmospheric space. It is actually dark enough for all to see. It is not like anything not physically visible and real. Except for those who might be pretending. Or those human catalysts that pulled the darkness out of the pit of hell into covering the Nigerian territorial space. And these – that brought/or bringing the darkness over Nigeria, are powerful and strong. They are Principalities and Powers. They are Rulers of Darkness in High Places at the Special Realm of Control. 

    They know what Power meant. They speak to Powers at all the time. In fact, they have paid the prices for Power acquisitions from the Kingdom of Darkness. These people are the same people we sometimes dine and fraternise with. We can, sometimes; and almost all the time, vouch for their integrity.

    We do so because they are the outstanding benevolent of our Society. We call them the “kind and good men/women God sent to us”.  Their shoulders are always available for us to lean upon. Don’t they wipe away tears, at most times, from our eyes?

    We run to them for help whenever we are under life pressure. They present themselves as our burden bearer. Yet we don’t know them. And all of us cannot decode the ironic code of knowing them. And that is . . .

    These people are the same; as part of the Powers, they hold over those of us [who are ordinary mortals] would have others recruited for another trajectory differently. They need this different voyage to accomplish their acquired route of total conquest. Again, they are triumphantly diabolic in this assignment. Just as they are in all their other penetrations. 

    In the face of this assignment, what the Political Principalities and Powers of Darkness in Nigeria do is simply to recruit a few individuals; across the country’s ethnicity, tribes, cultures and religion. Having been fully assured of the recruitment, the next stage they move into is purchase of Drums. Drums painted of different bright colours and place the painted drums in the hands of the recruited performers. 

    The political demonic gods of the land would now turn the drummers loose on the people – who are their brothers and sisters, with only one instruction. Go out there and keep the drums talking as we dictate it to you. 

    Once this is accomplished, and unknown to the recruits – the drummers, mostly with their glittering drums of many colours, a siege is of terrorism would have been unleashed on Nigerians. Blame these hypnotised drummers less, please. And for a one or two reasons.

    In the first place the glittering colour and decorations of different currencies of the drums put in their hands could transfer many mortals from the land of reality to a community of Eldorado. How many of them – the drummers, would know that it was coat of many colours that put Joseph, son of Isaac, in the Bible, into greater trouble?  

    This very long preamble – you will be right to say so, brings logic to what last week’s caption [The Nigerian political atmosphere is becoming darker] and today’s [The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder] have in common.

    Metaphors of the 2023 general election is approaching faster with sound of crisis/violence on one hand and almost total darkness in the other hand. 

    Yes, Nigerians are happy with INEC’s preparation for the elections in terms of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System [BVAS] and other technological equipment for the election. That should be always seen as good news. 

    But in the other hand, let us take a cursory look at the languages and body showmanship of the politicians and subject same to full interpretation as it relates to fair, free and credible election. There is surely visible void in the horizon. And this should worry us much.

    For example, let us look at disclosures and revelations being made against each other amongst two of the four leading political parties – speaking of the APC and PDP, and their flagbearers; Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.

    What the whole international community is hearing from Nigeria within the last two weeks is nothing but total embarrassment to the Nigerian Nation. It is either APC telling PDP that its flagbearer is a big scammer/fraudster of international dimension that should rot away in prison or the PDP is telling the APC that its flagbearer is the heaviest hard-drug kingpin the world ever produced.

    And both political parties have gone to the courts for the authentication of each other allegation against the other. Isn’t shameful that these are the type of people contending for Nigeria’s presidency in a country with over Two Hundred Million people?

    Let us say, just for the purpose of this Peculiar Mess; in the language of the late Ibadan politician – Adegoke Adelabu [which Ibadan people turned to pekelemesi] that it is only APC and PDP that are contending the election, how will Nigeria and its over 200 million people be feeling now?

    It would have been a dilemma of producing one of the two alleged criminals as president. Or, are we so sure that one of them shall not even emerge, the way things are now moving? If it so happens, which of the two shall we be referring to as the deep red sea and which will be the devil?

    This is on the one hand. Yet, there are many other things to look at. 

    The long awaited elections is few days away from us, yet there are thousands of problems the Nigerian government has created, and still creating. Each of the problems is darkening the Nigerian sky more.

    The Federal Government and the Nigerian President; who is the defacto Minister of Petroleum Resources for the country, have defrauded the citizenry in all areas of petroleum product to the extent that all Nigerians are now morbid and moribund. We have become are a pitiable revelation in the study of morbid anatomy.

    What about the truth concerning the Naira redesign and distribution? All that we now know is of Nigerians languishing in abject squalor, while the same political class that have betrayed us is accusing each other over things that shall never benefit us – the down-trodden citizens.

    We have mounting debts – going up to 77 trillion; as we have been told, awaiting the unborn generations for payment.

    It has now become a situation where all Nigerians are resulting into allying their thought with that great Author – Sidney Sheldon, in that famous book – If Tomorrow Comes. Must it be so?

    Isn’t it true that the words of our own cherished Chinua Achebe – Things fall apart; the Center cannot hold, has become fulfilled in today’s Nigeria?

    This is the time that The Nigerian political atmosphere is becoming darker while The drum of crisis and violence is sounding louder. May God help us. 

    The Guru adjourns!

     

    Godwin Etakibuebu

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