Seplat Energy Drags Former Chairman, Orjiako to Court for Alleged False Representation Seeks $5bn compensation Alex Enumah in Abuja Barely few days after Seplat Energy
was in the news over alleged acts of racism involving its former Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown,
the company is again in the news over alleged false representation by its former Chairman, ABC Orjiako.
Orjiako in a suit filed by Seplat was also accused of acting unilaterally when without the consent of
the firm's Board of Directors, he communicated with the federal government over a business transac-
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At Last, Labour Party’s Otti Wins Abia, PDP’s Mbah Clinches Enugu Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia and Gideon Arinze in Enugu The controversial collations of governorship election results in Abia and Enugu states came to an interesting end last night,
with Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) emerging winner of the Abia election, while Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clinched victory in Enugu. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Otti winner of the March
18 governorship election in Abia State, after he polled 175,467 votes to defeat the candidate of the ruling PDP, Okey Ahiwe, who received 88,529 votes. In Enugu State, INEC pronounced Mbah winner of the election after he scored 160,895 votes to trump
his PDP rival, Chijioke Edeoga, who closely trailed with 157,552 votes. The final declaration of the Abia result and return of Otti as elected governor-elect marked the climax of four days of vote collation laced with Continued on page 12
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Non-compliance with Electoral Act Invalidates Tinubu’s Election, Atiku Tells Tribunal Maintains president-elect must score 25% in FCT Insists bypass, non-use of BVAS in results’ transmission affected integrity of polls Protesters storm National Assembly, call for annulment of presidential election Seek removal, arrest of INEC chairman British High Commission promises to keep an eye on legal proceedings Alex Enumah, Michael Olugbode and Udora Orizu in Abuja The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja that the non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rendered invalid the election of Bola Tinubu as president-elect. Atiku said this in a petition he filed, alongside his party, PDP, challenging the declaration of Tinubu as winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. Outside the courtroom, the finger-pointing and recrimination around the poll outcome continued yesterday, as protesters stormed the National Assembly, Abuja, to express their displeasure over the result of the presidential election. Similarly, yesterday, the British High Commission in Nigeria Continued on page 12
ELUMELU IS 60!!!... L-R: CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Somachi Chris-Asoluka; daughter of celebrant, Ms. Ego Elumelu; Founder, TEF and celebrant, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Co-Founder, TEF, Dr Awele Elumelu, and Group Managing Director/CEO, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Oliver Alawuba, during the symposium held in commemoration of Mr. Elumelu’s 60th birthday held in Lagos…yesterday