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  • LP finally resolves crisis in Lagos as new caretaker c’ttee emerges

    LP finally resolves crisis in Lagos as new caretaker c’ttee emerges

    The National Leadership of the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday,  inaugurated a new 25-man Caretaker Committee to steer the affairs of the party in Lagos State.

    Inaugurating the committee at the party’s secretariat in Ikeja, Mr Akingbade Oyelekan, the LP National Legal Adviser, called for unity and hardwork in the party to face the tasks and challenges ahead.

    Oyelekan said the newly inaugurated Pastor Dayo Ekong-led committee was inclusive and duly approved by the LP National Working Committee (NWC)-led by Mr Julius Abure.

    “We have a very new set of people who are vibrant and committed to taking the business of Labour Party beyond where it is now. For the first time in LP, the party is fully gender sensitive.

    “We believe in the capacity of the  Ekong-led committee.

    “I want to state that no other executive exists outside what we are inaugurating here today. The  Ekong-led executive is authentic for LP.

    “Any other acclaimed faction is illegal, we no longer have faction in Lagos state executive of our party,”  Oyelekan said.

    According to him, Lagos remains the fundamental base of LP now, hence the need for the party to put its house together in the state, project the party well in order to win the forthcoming elections.

    “The party is ready for the task ahead. Before now, the narrative was that we don’t have structure but the structure is all over the world now for those who can see,  LP has come to stay.

    “Our appeal to all our teeming supporters out there is to go and work because we want to win 100 per cent in Lagos state,” he said.

    Oyelekan, who administered Oath of Allegiance on the committee, listed other members to include Pastor Lanre Adenuga and Dr Olatunbosun Oswald (Deputy Chairmen) while the Zonal Deputy Chairmen were Mr. Igene Ayere, Pastor Funke Awolowo, Mr. Dauda Yusuf, and Mr. Tony Masha.

    Other members of the committee were Mrs. Olubunmi Odesanya (Publicity Secretary), Lady Jeniifer Ukachi (Treasurer), Lady Chinwe Chinwego (Financial Secretary), Laura Ogunsola (Organising Secretary), Ebuka Morah (Auditor) and Abass Ibrahim (Legal Adviser).

    Others were Hajia Amina Usman (Woman Leader), Abiodun Okubena (Youth Leader), Mrs. Olabisi Osungboye (Deputy Woman Leader) Mrs Toyin Shokunbi (Deputy Woman Leader), Mrs Jane Nwaoguala (Deputy Women Leader) among others.

    Oyelekan said the inauguration of the new committee became imperative after the expiration of the tenure of the former caretaker committee and the need to urgently reposition the party for effective service.

    He said that members of the committee were expected to provide effective leadership to ensure growth and development in terms of membership drive.

    The newly inaugurated LP Excos in Lagos state

    In her remarks, Ekong, who commended the LP NWC for finding her and her team worthy of the task, vowed not to let the party and its teeming supporters down.

    “I want to assure you that peace will reign in Lagos LP. We are ready to work and our work will speak for us, and this will lead us to victory for our Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and other candidates and they will be sworn in.

    “There is hope for a good tomorrow for Nigeria. The unity which was missing in LP is here and it has come to stay,” Ekong said.

    She pledged loyalty and undivided attention to assure that LP rose to be the first political party in the state.

    Ekong, who assured youths of better future with Peter Obi, said: “Obi will give you the hope that you have been long waiting for. LP will give every frustrated Nigerian hope. LP will make Nigeria work.

    “All Nigerians who have gone away to other climes will be looking forward to coming back home when Obi emerges.”

    She urged political actors and their followers in Lagos state to put a stop to all alleged harassment of LP  loyalists.

    On some acclaimed factions, she said that the committee had instituted machinery to united house and for all to work together.

    “Everything is being put in place for us to have a unified house,  we will reach out to others and settle all things in house,” she said.

  • Szczesny breaks silence as first player to speak on Juve crisis

    Szczesny breaks silence as first player to speak on Juve crisis

    Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has become the first Juventus player to speak publicly about the club’s board crisis.

    Juve president Andrea Agnelli and his board resigned on Monday.

    After playing for Poland in their World Cup defeat to Argentina, Szczesny said: “I am very sorry because president Agnelli is a great man.

    “But life goes on and we will still give everything for the shirt despite the chaos of these days.”

    On the defeat last night, where he denied Leo Messi from the penalty spot, Szczesny added: “It’s nice to parry the second penalty in a row, they are beautiful moments for a footballer’s career. Living moments like this is just beautiful. It also takes some luck. It is very strange when you just need a tie but you play with the strongest attackers in the world, defending deep is not enough.”

  • 2023: PDP crisis ‘ll be resolved soon – Saraki

    2023: PDP crisis ‘ll be resolved soon – Saraki

    A former president of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, says disagreement between the PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers/ the  G-5 governors will soon be resolved.

    Saraki stated this in llorin on Monday while speaking with newsmen at the 10th remembrance prayer for his late father, the second republic politician, Dr. Olusola Saraki.

    Saraki, also a former governor of Kwara said: “PDP will surprise Nigerians. We are going to work together to better the lot of Nigeria.

    “This is because we all think about the challenges of the nation and how to surmount them.”

    He said that children of the late sage ” will “sustain his legacies of making sure lives of the people are better as well as stand for the truth. Though, it is not easy to stand for the truth, but I am out to stand for a better Kwara.”

    The Friday prayer led by the Chief lmam of llorin, Alhaji Mohammed Bashir was attended by several eminent personalities from all walks of life.

  • PDP Crisis: Dele Momodu appeals to Wike’s camp

    PDP Crisis: Dele Momodu appeals to Wike’s camp

    Veteran journalist and publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, has lent his voice on the lingering crisis bedeviling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

    Recall that some chieftains of the party have pulled out of the 2023 campaign team of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the party’s presidential candidate.

    Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike and his sympathizers have announced they will not be part of the PDP campaign team ahead of the 2023 general elections.

    The development was disclosed shortly after a meeting early Wednesday morning in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

    It was gathered that members of Wike’s team, during the meeting, vowed not to play any role in Atiku’s campaign ahead of the 2023 general elections.

    They insist that the party’s National Chairman Iyiorcha Ayu should resign from his position as a condition for them to partake in its activities.

    However, in his reaction, to the development, Momodu, posited that situation will definitely calm down in the end.

    The Ovation Magazine publisher, made this known during an interview on Arise Tv Morning programme on Thursday.

    He also appealed to Wike, who he described as his friend and brother, not to destroy what he had worked so hard to build, adding that he should not carry it too far.

    “Well, I believe that things will calm down eventually. We will continue to appeal to aggrieved members of the party. As a journalist you know that no matter what happens, no news can remain permanently on the front burner and that is the reason I have been appealing to my very dear friend, my good brother, governor Nyesom Wike, that, look, don’t carry it too far.

    “It is months after the presidential primary, people are still angry, people are still aggrieved, which is very unfortunate. And it is important to know something, is it possible for Atiku to unilaterally remove Dr. Ayu? The answer is no.

    “So those who are aggrieved should continue to engage the party and should not say things that would destroy the party because every day you attack your party, what you intend to do is to weaken the party so if tomorrow we remove Ayu and the party is dead so what have you gain?

    “So for me, we must continue to engage in dialogue that is the whole basis of democracy. I think our candidate has done very well. He travelled to London to engage directly with governor Wike and his friends and his supporters and that is the right thing to do. He’s done that. And what I thought they would do was come back home to Nigeria and continue the engagement. But every day, there is a new threat against the party.

    “I am worried, especially for a man who has done enough for the party. Governor Wike has been the coastal boy of PDP. He is easily the best governor in Nigeria in terms of performance and delivery of the dividends of democracy to his people and to Nigeria. He should not destroy what he has worked so hard to build.” He said.

  • Ayu to become hero if he resigns as chairman – PDP Stakeholders

    Ayu to become hero if he resigns as chairman – PDP Stakeholders

    The South-West Forum of PDP Stakeholders for Justice says Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s National Chairman will become a hero if he voluntarily resigns in the interest of peace and electoral victory for the party.

    Reecall that the PDP was hit by crisis after Alhaji Atiku Abubakar emerged the party’s Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general elections.

    Some PDP governors and leaders, particularly from southern Nigeria were insistent that for fairness, northern Nigeria should not hold both the party’s presidential ticket and national chairmanship position.

    Leading in the struggle for resignation of Ayu, who is from the North Central, is Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers and other leaders of the party from southern Nigeria.

    Also, Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and some South West PDP leaders on Sept. 17, called for Ayu’s resignation at the zone’s stakeholders’ meeting with Abubakar.

    In a statement jointly signed by the Coordinators of the forum, Messrs Banji Okunomo and Gani Taofik in Lagos on Thursday, the group threw its weight behind the calls for the resignation of the party chairman.

    According to it, the resignation of the chairman is the only panacea for peace in the party.

    “We, the above-named forum of the PDP, wishes to affirm our support for the position being canvassed by Makinde, corroborated by the doggedness of the ‘Wikes’ and the wisdom of the ‘Bode Georges’, as a lasting panacea for peace and eventual victory of our party at the 2023 presidential election,” the group said.

    The forum said that Ayu should be able to sacrifice for Atiku to win the next election.

    “It is our take, that Ayu should indeed go further to logically and wisely conclude the process that will guarantee the emergence of Abubakar as the next president of Nigeria, by making other possible sacrifices necessary to achieve that goal.

    “Indeed, this is why and when Ayu himself will be more celebrated as PDP’s hero of democracy rather than clogging the party’s wheel of progress and creating avoidable crisis for the party,” the group said.

    It urged Abubakar to be wary of the ill and reactionary advice of some moles in the party.

    It said that the moles were insistent on offering opinions capable of jeopardising the chance that God had opened for the PDP in the emerging dispensation.

    “Nigerians are indeed awaiting the PDP as the actual potent alternative government, and God forbids, if this opportunity skips us, Nigerians may never again associate with the PDP.

    “We call for immediate restoration of sanity,confidence, inclusiveness and oneness in the Party as a stitch in time saves nine,” it said.

    The crisis got deeper on Wednesday, when loyalists to Wike’s caucus pulled out of the Abubakar presidential campaign council after a meeting in Portharcourt, Rivers.

    The group said they would not participate in Atiku’s campaign activities unless the party’s national chairman vacated his seat for a southerner to allow ‘balance’ in the party.

  • Just In: APC chairman officially resigns in Adamawa

    Just In: APC chairman officially resigns in Adamawa

    The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamawa chapter is finally over as Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal officially resigns as chairman.

    Bilal had in a letter dated September 13, 2022, addressed to the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, through the North East national vice chairman, informed the national secretariat of the party of his decision to step down from his position.

    The letter read in part: “I write to inform you that I am resigning from my elected position as the Adamawa state chairman of our great Party (APC) immediately.

    “While the constitution of APC requires me to occupy the office until 2026, I will be grateful if I could cease from becoming the state chairman immediately.

    “I sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this sudden news may cause. Grateful, for the fantastic opportunities you have offered me to serve this great party in Adamawa State. I wish to thank you personally for your graciousness and leadership.”

    Ahead of next general elections, Bilal assured the party faithful in the North East state of his commitment to the ideals of the party.

    Checks revealed that the national vice chairman, North-east, Mr. Salihu Mustapha, in a similar letter addressed to the APC national chairman dated September 13th said Bilal resigned his position following meetings and consultations across all levels of the party in the state.

    According to him, “Sequel to the various consultations and meetings cutting across different levels of the party, I write to inform you that the chairman Adamawa state APC chapter, Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, has tendered his immediate resignation.

    “By virtue of his resignation, Samaila Tadawus (the deputy chairman) has assumed office as the acting chairman pending ratification by the National Working Committee (SWC) of the party.”

    The Adamawa State publicity secretary, Honourable Mohammed Abdullahi, flanked by other state executive members said the state working committee has accepted the resignation of Bilal.

    Abdullahi said while Bilal resigned from the party on personal grounds, he remained a loyal, dedicated and committed stakeholder of the party and would take up a national assignment that’s in the best interest of the party and the state.

    “The SWC has substantially accepted his explanation which is hinged on the expediency of time and the need to meet datelines.”

    Abdulahi said the SWC appreciated the various roles played by the former chairman and all the stakeholders in building and promoting the party in the state.

    The party spokesperson said with this development, the APC in Adamawa state remained a united family that is desirous of ensuring victory for all its candidates in the forthcoming general election under the leadership of the acting chairman, Tadawus.

  • As PDP grandpas engage grandchildren in rofo-rofo fight, hate speech, crisis looms

    As PDP grandpas engage grandchildren in rofo-rofo fight, hate speech, crisis looms

    …political hate speeches take control

    …bullion van allegations

    …court threats reign supreme

    The manifestations of political dislocations, court threats and unbridled political hate speeches in the last one week reigned supreme in Nigeria’s political landscape.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) in this news analysis will take a close look at the dangerous red signals engulfing Nigeria and how Nigeria while searching for credible leadership may end up producing a Supreme Court president in 2023.

    The signals are clear and the APC led government may properly help to fan the embers of destruction to retain power in 2023 despite the stark nakedness of poverty staring the middle class each day they woke up in the morning.

    First bus stop in this analysis is the oldest political party in Nigeria today, the PDP that has chosen to carry an elephant on its head at the same time searching for crickets to feed its grand children while great grand fathers dance ‘buga’.

    In the next 24hours Nigerians will know whether the party will even campaign as the feelers from the grandfather party are not palatable.

    THE PDP CHILDREN V THE GRANDFATHERS:

    Dr Iyorchia Ayu and his men made the greatest challenge when they tagged Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpeazu and the rest children, people even suggested that as serving governors they should be expelled from the party.

    This is happening days before NEC meeting primarily designed to help cool tempers is about to to play chess game as the aggrieved parties are still boiling after torn agreements.

    Ayu on the other hand poured kerosene, pms, aviation fuel and lit the bomb after the presidential primaries of PDP for simply hailing a serving Governor from the North West as the hero of the convention.

    Wike and the other grandchildren decided to wage a war against the grand fathers who think they own the party and grand children cannot dictate for them even if they pour faeces on their faces.

    The matter is still snowballing and it may just eventually send PDP to the graveyard.

    Feelers squeezed out from an unwilling top notcher of the party by TNG clearly point out that “even if Ayu resigns the crisis will still continue because the next person that will take over is from the north.

    “There are two deputy chairmen, one from the north and the other one is from the south and if you ask Ayu to go because from all indications is like Atiku wants him to remain, another man from the north takes over.

    “So the bottom line is that Ayu and his men should pack and go because if they continue they will conveniently midwife PDP into another failure in 2023.

    “It’s sad because Atiku is carrying an elephant on his head at the same time searching for crickets to roast to give to his children.

    “By the time the elephant falls from his head while he’s busy searching for crickets then it’s all over for PDP for good.

    COURT CASES HANGING ON PDP:

    From all indications, by the time campaigns commence and the grand fathers and the grand children start throwing tornadoes more court cases will become wrapper which the party will be adorning on a daily basis.

    “What does it take to call the children as christened by Ayu to order and they’re are not even looking at the court cases that are flying from different corners which simply connotes all is not well with PDP.

    “By tomorrow (Wednesday-Thursday) NEC will meet and if the matter is not adequately handled it will spell doom for the party.

    THE MYSTERY MAN CASE:

    The mystery man case was the first to emerge and the accusation finger was pointed at Wike who later denied speculations that he was not behind it but the presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku.

    Then suddenly from no where a Sunday Ndukwe claimed the suit was his own.

    THE SUIT:

    FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, Wike and a chieftain of the PDP, Newgent Ekamon, were listed as plaintiffs. In the originating summons, the PDP was said to be listed as the first respondent while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was the second respondent. Tambuwal and Atiku were listed as the third and fourth respondents respectively.

    Ekamon asked the court to determine eight points including whether the transfer of Tambuwal’s votes to Atiku in the primary was illegal and void.

    He said he decided to take Atiku and PDP to court for gross violation of the party’s constitution on zoning.

    The erstwhile presidential aspirant argued that PDP had over the years enshrined zoning in its constitution and observed the same for equity and justice but expressed shock that the party for no justifiable reasons decided to jettison zoning in choosing its presidential flag bearer for 2023.

    The former Chief of Staff to Abia State governor said he had before the primaries gone to court to challenge the refusal of the party to zone its presidential ticket to the South.

    SECOND CASE:

    Another suit by a former Rivers Commissioner, Chukwuma Chinye who was also Principal Secretary to former Chairman of PDP last week reared its head still on PDP and this time he is asking the courts through his lawyer, P .T. Akon to seek among others:

    “A declaration that the removal and replacement of Prince Uche Secondus then National Chairman and his replacement by Elder Yemi Akinwumi, was illegal and breach of all constitutional provisions of the party.

    “Deputy National Chairman and his exclusion and ousting from office for lawful reason or any just cause and without regards to the provisions of
    Constitution of the 1st Defendant is unlawful, unconstitutional and of no effect whatsoever.

    “A Declaration that in the absence and deliberate exclusion of Prince Uche
    Secondus, the then National Chairman from presiding over the conduct of holding of the National Convention and on the 30th and 31st day of October, 2021, when the National Convention was held, the said National Convention, the outcome and all matters, resolutions, decisions and steps
    including the election/adoption of the 2nd and 20th Defendants as National Chairman and Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the 1st Defendant is null and void and of no effect whatsoever by reason of it being improperly constituted.

    “An Order setting aside the proceedings of the National Convention of Defendant that held on the 30th and 31st day of October, 2021 including
    resolutions, steps taken, including the election/adoption of the 2nd Defendants as National Chairman and Members of the National Working
    Committee as same was not properly constituted and consequently null a
    and of no effect.

    The above case is fresh and is threatening the whole foundation of PDP hours to NEC that may tear apart PDP if Atiku does not drop the elephant from his head.

    To be on the safer side, PDP as a matter of urgency needs to factor a way to quickly sort out these cases because some may go to Supreme Court and this could run into the elections next year.

    SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT LOADING:

    The APC, Labour Party and the PDP so far last and this week had a field day distributing hate speeches across Nigeria from one event to the other.

    Leading the pack is the ruling APC that has a powerful and tested media men that can apply all manners of media mechanism to get desired results.

    The Labour Party was given a label of allegedly sourcing monies from abroad and the LP replied that they do not have bullion van experience with which to share money.

    The PDP from the blues hammered their presidential candidate that he was a paper weight politician after they(PDP) were declared a dead party.

    Too many unprintable graffiti that space cannot even contain to start taking all the hate speeches being disseminated in the name of politics.

    With the plethora of hate speeches on a daily basis even before campaigns formally starts and after elections next year Nigerians should not be surprised if a Supreme Court president does emerge, after all, this APC administration has produced a Supreme Court governor.

  • Plateau attacks: Irigwe, Fulani communities sign peace pact

    Plateau attacks: Irigwe, Fulani communities sign peace pact

    Irigwe and Fulani ethnic groups in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau, have signed peace pact, as part of efforts to end attacks in the area.

    The document was signed by Chairman of Irigwe/Fulani Peace Committee, Rev. John Pawa, the Co-Chairman, Alhaji Yau’u Idris, and Chairman of Bassa Local Government, Mr Stephen Igmala, at Jebbu Bassa.

    Speaking at the event, Director-General of Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), Dr Joseph Lengman, said that the document was produced by a 16-man committee, comprising the two ethnic groups.

    According to him, the groups are from Irigwe chiefdom in Miango district of Bassa council area.

    He said that the committee held series of consultations, conducted investigations on the causes of the conflicts, did impact assessment and proffered modalities for sustainable peace.

    Lengman said that the document stated that humanity should be the fulcrum for sustainable peaceful co-existence through which disputes would be resolved through dialogue and mutual respect for values, while individual beliefs would be raised above parochial interest.

    He thanked Gov. Simon Lalong for the peace initiative, aimed at ensuring peaceful co-existence between the two communities.

    The director-general also commended the ethnic groups for signing the documents, coupled with their resolve to co-exist peacefully in spite of their differences.

    In his remarks, the Mbra Ngwe Irigwe (paramount leader) of Irigwe nation, Rev. Ronku Aka, said that peace was critical to the progress of any society.

    According to him, the two ethnic groups have mutual benefits to derive from living together.

    He thanked the state government, non-government organisations and other key stakeholders for their peace efforts in the area, while calling for prayers to ensure adherence to the agreement.

    In his remarks, the governor said that the signed document could be used for future interventions, either by state or non-state actors in the council area, urging the ethnic groups to enlighten their members on its content.

    “It is your document and you must ensure that you enlighten and sensitise your respective communities on the importance of respecting all the articles contained therein,” he said.

    Lalong said that his administration would support the implementation of the agreement, especially the recommendations that required appropriate policy response, to address the root causes of the inter-communal conflict.

    “Similarly, I have also directed PPBA to work in conjunction with security agencies as well as local and international partners to support the safe return and resettlement of all the victims of violent conflict in Miango and environs.

    “This also involves the provision of pyscho-social support and additional trainings to youth groups and women,” he said.

    The governor thanked members of the committee, traditional and religious leaders in the area, NGOs, security agencies and other stakeholders for their efforts at mitigating the violent clashes which had lingered in the area for more than two decades.

    “We are proud to note that there is a general decline in the spate of ethno-religious crisis and violent attacks, far lower than the scale witnessed before we came into office,” he said.

    The governor said that the agreement was the product of the voluntarily commitment between the two warring communities to finding solutions to the recurring violence, stressing that the state government only facilitated the process.

    Representatives of the two ethnic groups promised to sensitise their people on the need for peaceful co-existence and called for measures against any defaulter.

    Other signatories included: the two chairmen of Plateau State Inter-Religious Council (PSIR), Rev Pandang Yamsat and Dr Muhammadu Haruna, as well as the director-general of PPBA.

    Many NGOs, ethnic groups and religious organizations, such as CAN and JNI, attended the event.

    NAN

  • Borno PDP crisis deepens, as faction suspends legal adviser, others

    The crisis rocking the Borno chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another twist on Monday with a faction suspending the state deputy chairman, Alhaji Bunu Satomi and the legal adviser, Mr Abdu Jidda from the party.

    A faction led by Satomi had last week suspended the state chairman, Alhaji Zannah Gaddama, for anti-party activities.

    But Mr Amos Adziba, the state publicity secretary of the party, said in a statement in Maiduguri on Monday that the action was null and void.

    Adziba said that an extraordinary meeting of the party had also suspended Satomi and Jidda from the party.

    “The meeting today which was summoned by the state secretary on the directive of the state chairman and had in attendance the state chairman, secretary, members of the state working committee.

    “The meeting also had in attendance the 27 local government chairmen and other stakeholders in accordance with sections 35 and 36 of our party constitution.

    “We resolved as follows; that Satomi is hereby suspended as the state deputy chairman, Mr Peter Sabo to replace and oversee the office affairs of his office pending investigation.

    “The Jidda is hereby suspended and replace by Mr Ali Azur with effect from now and to oversee the office affairs of the legal officer pending the investigation,” Adziba said.

    He also announced the suspension of four other members of the party who took part in the meeting that suspended Gaddama from the party.

    “We urge party supporters to remain calm and be law abiding as this decision was not taken based on ignorance or prejudice but in accordance with the constitution of the party as we are bent on ensuring the party remains in good shape,” Adziba said.

  • Corruption Allegation: Senate President asks C’ttee to wade into crisis rocking Judiciary

    Corruption Allegation: Senate President asks C’ttee to wade into crisis rocking Judiciary

    President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the Judiciary.

    Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the chamber adjourned plenary.

    He said, “We may recall that there were some issues coming out of the Judiciary.

    “We must have interest in what is happening in that arm of government.

    “I believe that we owe it to Nigerians, to look into what is happening in that arm of government, with the view to bringing solutions to the problem that our Judiciary in Nigeria faces.

    “So, I’ll urge our Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to get involved with the CJN and Judiciary generally – at this level with the Supreme Court – to find out what the real issues are; and how the National Assembly can help.”

    Recently, 14 Justices of the Supreme Court leveled allegations of corruption against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed.

    The Justices, in a memo, protested the non-payment of legitimate entitlements by the CJN.

    According to them, annual foreign training, meant to enhance capacity building for the country’s judicial process, had been blocked.

    They also protested the non-replacement of poor vehicles; accommodation problem; lack of drugs at the Supreme Court clinic; epileptic electricity supply to the Supreme Court; increase in electricity tariff; no increase in the allowances for diesel; lack of internet services to residences and chambers, amongst others.