The Nigerian
PUBLISHED SINCE MAY 29, 1968 • Vol. 39 NO. 013 • MONDAY, JUNE 16, 20 14 •N 100.00 POLITICS Pg 15 Ekiti And Osun Election
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Jega On My Mind
Edo APC ’ll abide by rule of law BENIN CITY - The Edo State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Anselm U. Ojezua (Esq) has expressed gratitude to the Oba of
Benin Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolor, for his timely intervention in the ongoing crisis in Edo State House of Assembly.
In a statement issued in Benin City yesterday, Barrister Ojezua expressed the hope that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will heed the Omo N’Oba’s appeal
and prevail on its members to maintain peace, obey the Court order and allow the judicial process to take its course.
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Police uncover plot to invade Edo Assembly By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON
TRIBUTE Pg. 27 Dora Akunyili
The Exit Of An Amazon
BENIN CITY - The Edo State Police Command said it is fully aware of plans by some political thugs to invade the state House of Assembly complex today, June 16, 2014. The command has violence in the state. therefore, warned that The commissioner any person or group of however advised persons found political gladiators to formenting trouble in and follow legal process in around the Assembly complex would be dealt with accordingly. The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo stated this while commenting on the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly and the police readiness to curtail all forms of
settling their dispute. Meanwhile, the police command weekend paraded 42 criminal suspects arrested for various allegations,
ranging from murder, defilement, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping to unlawful possession of firearms. Arms, ammunition,
vehicles and dangerous weapon said to be exhibits recovered from them were also displayed. The suspects
8 persons arrested over vandalised EDSTMA truck BENIN CITY – No fewer than eight persons have been arrested in connection with the destruction of an ultramodern towing truck belonging to Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA) on Mission Road, Benin City. The truck with registration number Edo ED58-A09 was towing a vehicle along Mission Road where commercial activities were on going when some persons suspected to be traders vented their anger on staff of the Agency and Smashed the front windscreen and the side screen on both sides of the truck. Three of the EDSTMA personnel attached to the
EDSTMA vehicle were beaten to a coma and were later hospitalized. It was the quick intervention of the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force that saved the situation from degenerating. Consequently, some of the stores of traders in the vicinity of the incident were sealed up and reopened few hours later. Reacting to the incident, the Head of Operations of EDSTMA, Amadin Owas warned against manhandling staff of the Agency, destruction of public property and members of the public taking laws into their hands including traders on James Watt Street in Benin City.
TIT BIT “One easy way of recognising an unbridled ambition is the one that makes a man to start dancing before the music begins”. - Kingsley-Ogbeide-Ihama
REPATRIATION: The two celebrated Benin artefacts, Ahiamwen-Oro and the Egogo, stolen during the British invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897 billed for repatriation and formal hand-over on June 20, 2014.
included a gang of men who allegedly killed one George O. Aguebor, 28, in Egor Area of Benin on May 26, 2014. Leader of the gang who identified himself as O s a y e m w e r e Igbinomwanhia (a.k.a Labister) said they are members of Eiye confraternity. He stated that on that fateful day, his boys reported the deceased to him and he ordered them to take the boy to Egor Police outpost. He claimed that he was later informed that one of his boys stabbed the victim to death on their way to the police outpost. Other members of the gang include, Ibrahim Tahiru, Iroghama Osaro, Tyson Osemwenkhoe and Ifemenoku Ifeanyi. Exibits allegely recovered from them included one T-shirt, stained with blood, a white singlet, one Tecno and one Nokia handsets. The Commissioner of Police maintained that the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigation.
Convention: APC thanks Nigerians LAGOS - The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday thanked Nigerians for their congratulatory messages and words of encouragement, following its successful inaugural national convention. The convention, which held in Abuja from Friday to Saturday, resulted in the election of the party’s National Executive Committee led by Chief John Oyegun. ‘’We are encouraged
and gratified by the goodwill messages from a cross section of Nigerians, many of them from outside our party, especially on the openness and transparency of our convention.
‘’This massive support from Nigerians has strengthened our resolve to continue with our efforts to move our country forward,’’ the party said in a statement issued in Lagos by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The party said that in the days ahead, it would provide more details of its Road Map that would help change the face of the country for the benefit of all her people.
ADO-EKITI - The President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulwaheed Omar, weekend warned against external forces who might interfere in the June 21
governorship election in Ekiti State. Omar issued the warning in Ado Ekiti when he led members of the Central Working Committee of the
congress on a courtesy call on Governor Kayode Fayemi. He said the people of the state must be allowed to make their
It said that the agenda it had made public to showcase its determination to change the face of the country including job creation, war against corruption, free, relevant quality Continues on page 2
NLC warns against rigging in Ekiti
free choice during the election. The NLC president warned against rigging, saying the congress will continue to identify with Continues on page 2