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AHEAD OF IMO GUBER OHA NA EZE YOUTHS COUNCIL MAKES DEMANDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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COMMUNIQUE OF THE OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL (OYC) AT THE END OF HER EXPANDED NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN OWERRI THIS 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 FOR CRITICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEMBER 11TH GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN IMO STATE.

THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT ALL PERCEIVED CONSPIRACY BY INEC REC MRS. SYLVIA AGU WITH HOPE UZODINMA TO RIG THE GUBER ELECTION WILL HIT BRICK ROCK.

AS OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE EXECUTIVE DISBANDMENT OF EBUBE AGU BY PRESIDENT AHMED BOLA TINUBU.

URGED NDI IMO TO REJECT GOV. HOPE UZODINMA RE-ELECTION; CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE REDEPLOYMENT OF ALL SECURITY CHIEFS IN IMO & INEC REC MRS. SYLVIA AGU.

The Communique reads:

1. In view of the current conspiracy and political permutations of Gov. Hope Uzodinma with one Mrs. Sylvia Agu Imo State Resident Election Commissioner (REC), the apex Igbo youth organization world wide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) hereby issues stringent warning to Gov. Hope Uzodinma of All Progressive Congress (APC ) as well as his stooge, Mrs. Sylvia Agu, the Resident Election Commissioner(REC) to jettison any plan or attempt to rig Imo guber election. The Ohanaeze youth reaffirms that all plans made by Mrs. Sylvia Agu and Gov. Hope Uzodinma to rig the said election has been uncovered by intelligence desk of Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC)

2. To restore peace in Imo State, we call on Mr. President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Inspector General of Police and Chief of army staff for immediate redeployment of the INEC resident Commissioner, Mrs. Sylvia Agu, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Barde, Civil Defense Commander and all the heads of security operatives in Imo State as they have compromised on the tenets of democracy and rule of law in the upcoming Imo governorship election.

3. Our thorough investigation revealed that Imo State has been in politico-economic servitude, perpetual fiefdom and sufferings since forty six (46) months now of Gov. Hope Uzodinma political administration in Imo State with its attendant lawlessness, executive impunity, political kill!ngs, destructi@ns of lives and property, hellish conditions of excess governmentalisation of both public and private lives as well as ruthless socio-political balk@nisation geared towards the d£struction of families ag@inst Imo people.

4. It not unconnected with the truth that Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s tyrann!cal, ruthl£ss, nepotic and bl00dth!rsty administration has subjected Imo citizen and others to untold terror, tortur£, dehumanisation, intimidations, threats of unnatural d£Athan, abus£ of human rights with Nigeria police force and clandestine personal foreign security agents such for example like Ebube Agu unknown to the Nigerian people and/or government.

5. An SOS call is hereby made to Mr. President, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to immediately ban the operation of the said Ebube Agu being a deadlier militia group of Gov. Hope Uzodinma as the past experiences of the activities of Ebube Agu and its current operational activities in Imo State indicate strong ties with Gov. Hope Uzodinma using Ebube Agu as a ki!ler squad against his political opponents in the upcoming guber election on the 11th day of November, 2023.

6.It’s no longer a story akin to that of fairytales and/or of a rocket science that Gov. Hope Uzodinma, out of undue political desperations and latent wickedness as well as ruthlessness, has ushered untold hardship, penury and killing of vibrant young Nigerian youths and others with his said Ebube Agu militia group. We call on the Imolites and Ndigbo to reject Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s re-election bid while it is our warning to Ndi Imo and/or Ndi Igbo that the second tenure of Gov. Hope Uzodinma, if allowed, would make Imo State to be like Somalia where human lives mean to nothing.

7. We acknowledged that Gov. Hope Uzodinma and the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, have tangled in inseparable corruption deals and this accounts for the lone reason why Gov. Hope Uzodinma made a heavy bribe and defied the transfer of Mohammed Barde with Commissioner of Police, Stephen Olarewaju, even since May, 2023 against the release for changes and/or reshuffling of Commissioners of Police made by the Police Service Commission across some States.

8.It’s shocking that under his careless administration, first in the history of Imo State, Eight (8) traditional rulers have lost their lives in the hands of the complained agents of deaths of both non-State actors, foreign security agents of the repressive and despotic Gov. Hope Uzodinma. It’s on record that around July, 2022, Imo State caught fire and was plunged into a historic bloodbath by the bloodthirsty government of Gov. Hope Uzodinma and fourteen (14) innocent Imo youths were gruesomely but extra-judicially murdered in Otulu, Oru West LGA after returning from a traditional wedding. They were killed in horrific, gory and barbaric manner by the Ebube Agu milit!a Group employed and being under the bankrolling of Gov. Hope Uzodinma which death sellers of security terrorism is unknown to the Nigerian government. The details of this fact are published in both local tabloids and national dailies.

9.We wept at the horr0r  report of the International Society For Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) by a renowned, respected criminologist, Comrade Emeka Umeagbalasi which revealed that “in 29 Months (from Jan., 2021- May, 2023), under Gov. Hope Uzodinma in Imo State, Nigeria: security forces (the Tiger Base) and the allied milit!as k!lled 900 un@rmed citizens, wounded 700, arbitrarily arrested and detained 3500, extorted 1,400, disappeared 300, burn£d down 1,200 civilian houses, displaced their 30,000 owners and forced 500,000 citizens in active age-brackets to flee to escape being shot and k!lled or abduct£d and disappeared in security custody as armed non-State actors, counterfeit agitators, death squads, street vi0lent  crim!nal entities, etc, k!lled 700 (400 in Captivity and 300 in open sho0tings) and abduct£d 900.

10. We condemn in its entirety the executive rascality and impunity of the tyr@nt  governor, Hope Uzodinma, on the attempted murder of Comrade Joe Ajaero, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President by Gov. Hope Uzodinma and his killers aids squad and urged every Labour Union members to mobilise voters against Gov. Hope Uzodinma on 11th day of November governorship election.

11. We urged Imolites and all the respecters of humans lives to come out em mass and collect every dollar and Naira the Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s bl00dth!rsty, ruthl£ss and tyrannic@l government will share on the election day but ensure and avoid generational curses, we charge the Imolites to dedicate such money from Gov. Hope Uzodinma to God before using it as such money has been cast with spell. Such money is from Imo allocation but dedicated to devil Altar. We implore Ndi Imo to collect the money and vote against Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s ev!l, w!cked, insecur!ty and bl00dth sucking government.

12. Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), on behalf of Igbo youths world wide, observed one minute silence in the honour of the Igbo youths whose lives were cut off in their prime, our Imo/Igbo future leaders who d!ed at their pools of blood under Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s tyrannic@l, ruthl£ss, bl00d suck!ng government. May their souls rest in perfect peace, amen!

Signed:
Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka
National President General Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC)

Comrade Ifeanyi Cedric Nweke
Secretary General Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC)
4th November, 2023.

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Zamfara Assembly reinstates suspended member, Basko after formal apology

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Zamfara State House of Assembly, at its plenary session on Wenesday, officially reinstated the suspended member representing Talata Mafara North Constituency, Hon. Shamsudeen Hassan Basko, following the submission and acceptance of his written letter of apology to the House.

This was contained in a statement issued by the chief press secretary of the House Speaker, Comrade Bello Madaro and made available to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital.

The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki, while reading the contents of the apology letter during plenary, sought the collective consent of the members present, who unanimously resolved in favour of lifting the suspension placed on Hon. Basko.

The Speaker emphasized that the House remains open to receiving similar expressions of contrition from the remaining seven suspended members, to facilitate their reinstatement and foster unity in the legislative arm.

Several members contributed to the debate on the floor in support of the reinstatement, including Hon. Nura Dahiru Sabon Birni Birnin Magaji, Hon. Kabiru Mikailu Dangulbi (Maru South), and Hon. Rilwanu Marafa Nagambo Anka.

They collectively welcomed Hon. Basko’s return to the House and encouraged the other suspended colleagues to emulate the gesture in the interest of legislative harmony and the socio-political development of their respective constituencies and the state at large.

In his brief remark, Hon. Shamsudeen Basko expressed gratitude to the House for the opportunity to return and pledged his commitment to the legislative ethics and discipline of the Assembly.

He further assured the Honourable members of his resolve to distance himself from any group or influence that seeks to undermine the integrity and authority of the House.

Recall that on 26th February 2024, the House, through a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Hon. Bello Mazawaje, PDP Tsafe East, suspended eight members for acts deemed to be in violation of the Standing Orders of the Assembly (Order 10, Rule 9).

The motion cited actions, including forceful entry into the offices of the Clerk and the Sergeant-at-Arms, unlawful sitting, obstruction of legislative processes, and conduct unbecoming of Honourable Members, as grounds for the disciplinary measure.

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Trump may shut down US embassies in Africa, others— Report

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The Donald Trump administration could shut down nearly 30 United States embassies and consulates across the world, including some in Africa, as part of a his reforms to cut cost and reduce the country’s diplomatic foreign presence.

A CNN report on Wednesday, citing an internal US State Department document, states that the embassies in the Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Lesotho, and South Sudan are among those proposed for closure, the Punch had reported.

A US consulate in South Africa may also be shut down.

“The document recommends closing 10 embassies and 17 consulates. Many of the posts are in Europe and Africa, though they also include locations in Asia and the Caribbean.

These include embassies in Malta, Luxembourg, Lesotho, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan.

According to the report,“The list also includes five consulates in France, two in Germany, two in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one in the United Kingdom, one in South Africa, and one in South Korea,”

The proposal is part of a broader effort by the Trump-led government, reportedly influenced by the Elon Musk-backed Department of Government Efficiency to drastically reduce the size and spending of federal agencies, including the State Department.

The internal document also suggests reducing the US presence in countries such as Somalia and Iraq, which have been central to America’s counterterrorism efforts.

There has been no official confirmation that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has approved the proposal, and a spokesperson for the department declined to comment on the leaked document.

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Otti expresses concern over stalled works on Nigeria Railways Umuahia-Enugu section

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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has expressed concerns that the progress of work has stalled on the Umuahia to Enugu section of the railway corridor.

The projects, he said, were scheduled for completion by the first quarter of last year but have remained stalled.

Otti raised the concern during a meeting with the new Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Kayode Opeifa, and the NRC team.

He expressed confidence that, under the new Managing Director, the trajectory of NRC work would bring the much-needed speed and quality to the railway projects across the nation, especially the South-East corridor.

Governor Otti, who described transportation as a key sector for economic development and national growth, reiterated his administration’s commitment to transforming the transport sector, which includes ongoing efforts to modernize the transport system in the state.

“The speed with which the other parts of the corridor were executed and the speed at which the execution is happening right now are different, but I am sure you’ll change the trajectory very soon,” Otti said.

On concerns raised about the security of NRC assets in Aba, Governor Otti assured that he would look into the issue and provide the necessary support, including logistics, emphasizing that his government does not discriminate between federal and state projects.

Speaking earlier, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, Kayode Opeifa, disclosed that the meeting was to deepen discussions and plans on how best to revive the Aba-Umuaahia rail line, adding that their mandate is to ensure that all major cities in the South-East are connected to the national rail line.

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