Members Of PDP SWC, LG Party Chairmen Hails And Passes Votes Of Confidence On Ekiti PDP Chairman. 

The PDP local government party chairmen in Ekiti has considered the purported vote of no confidence or suspension of the State party chairman of the party in Ekiti state as mere child play and just a day dream that can't not stand the test of time.

 Firstly the position of state party Chairman of the party transient the ward,the state party chairman of any party is not responsive to the ward,is answerable to national executive of the party and state working committee members and members of state executive committee.

 The constitution of our party has spelled out the limitation and function of every organs of the party,

Meanwhile, In a reaction to the purported suspension of Barrister Gboyega Oguntuase, Ekiti State PDP Party Chairman, by  Ikole local government chapter of PDP.
 Eleven State assistant officers, in a meeting held today 30th of January, 2020 at state PDP Secretariat, hereby reject the said suspension. Their action is in total violation of PDP constitution.
We here by condemned their action and pass a vote of absolute confidence on our able Cultured Chairman, Barrister Gboyega Oguntuase.

 The LG Party Chairmen quoted, In Chapter 2 part 111 of our constitution stated clearly the function of wards and ward executives of the party,to receive reports of the ward,receive audit reports,elect member of ward executive, elect ward delegates. So suspension or passing votes of no confidence on any state executive is beyond their jurisdiction and that decision is an abused of power.

No single state executive is answerable to any ward so no wards executive or members can declared state executive member(s) suspended.

 In furtherance to Chapter 10  section 57 subsection 1,2,3,4. Says any decision taking against the consent of any member is null and void and subsection 7 of the same constitution says only National executive of the party can't entertained any query against the state chairman of the party because by constitution of the party is vice to national chairman of the party, also section 59 subsections 2,3, and 4 stated the limitation of every organs of the party in query or discipline any members of the party.

 By our party constitution only members of state executives of the party can past votes of confidence on the state chairman of the party in which all the local government party chairmen are members and by so doing at our joint meeting today after critical examining the activities of the party in recent days The forum of local government party chairmen has passed votes of confidence on the state chairman of the party Bar Gboyega Oguntuwase and his state working committee. And further declared the action of a ward in Ikole local government null and void. Also said such pronouncement is illegal and abused of power and such action should be investigated, queried to enforce discipline in this party.

Obaseki Goes Tough On Adam's Allies, Says Oshiomhole Risks Expulsion From APC

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has warned leaders and members of the proscribed Edo Peoples Movement (EPM), to desist from activities and statements that could lead to a breakdown of law and order in the state.

At a meeting with chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, the governor said anti-party activities carried out either by the suspended National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole or his allies in the EPM would be dealt with.

“The party does not belong to him (Oshiomhole); it belongs to all of us. It is the members that make the party supreme and not one individual,” he said.

The governor warned Oshiomhole to desist from his provocative activities or he may be forced, as governor, to invoke his powers to deal with him, noting, “We are warning the suspended national chairman that if he continues with his activities in the state, I will show him that I am the governor of the state. When he was governor, he would not tolerate the misbehavior he is exhibiting today.

“I have decided that if Oshiomhole comes to our state to disrupt activities of the state and party, we will deal with him. He stands suspended and in due course we will take appropriate action to expel him if he doesn't behave well.”

Obaseki accused Oshiomhole of not supporting the APC while he was governor of the state, noting that “If there was any regret, it would be the elevation of Oshiomhole to the position of national chairman. My predecessor did not build the party in the state. With all the resources he had, he could not support the party.

“How can we be in power for 10 years in the state and do not have our own party building. As I speak, we are looking for our own land so that we will build our secretariat,” he added.

“I have authorised you to deal with anybody who wants to do anything contrary to the APC constitution. We will not allow destructive elements destroy our party.

"The president has urged us to build the party from the base, so anyone who cannot comply with the party structure should leave the party,” he added.

Obaseki while commending the party’s mobilisation committee for working hard to swell the ranks of the party, assured the APC LGA chairmen of his continued support.

In his remarks, Edo State Chairman of the APC, Barr Anselm Ojezua, said Governor Obaseki remains the people's choice in the Edo 2020 governorship election.

Ojezua commended the governor and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu for supporting the party in terms of resources and spending time with members, noting that the gesture was unprecedented.

The convener of the meeting and Chairman of the Edo APC LGAs chairmen, Mr. Ben Oghumu, said the forum was organised to commend the governor for his support to different levels of party and its members.

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Resign Now Or We Chase You Out, As You Can’t Secure Nigerians. - Sen Abaribe to Buhari. 

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has called on President Muhammad Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to resign as the security situation of the country continues to deteriorate.

The senator representing Abia South in the red chamber made the call while speaking on the floor of the Senate on the Motion entitled, ”Nigerian Security Challenges: Urgent need restructure, review and reorganise the current Security Architecture.”

The Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kebbi North moved the Motion and it was co- sponsored by all the Senators.

Speaking after the Senate leader who moved the motion, Abaribe warned that Nigerians are coming with stones to chase out the government since it has faiied in all its ramifications to protect lives and property against the backdrop that the government had once asked the people to stone it if it fails to perform.

In his words, Abaribe said: “We did not vote the IG of police,  we did not vote the Chief of Staff, or other security chiefs, we voted the government of APC in 2015 and re-elected them in 2019 because they told us hey have the key to security.

“Today, the APC government has failed because people are being killed anyhow. If you want to deal with a matter,  you first go to the head. We can go to the APC government and ask this government to resign.

“And we want to tell the government that if it does not resign, we shall have no option than to go with stones to pursue it.”

Adeyeye's Petition; It Can Be Described As A Millennium/Century Joke From A Day Dreamer~~ A. J Oguntuase Esq. 

This indeed can be described as a millennium/century joke from a day dreamer.

It is trite in law that a court of law be it a trial court, Supreme court or an Apex court does not Possess the Power(s) to review it's earlier decision in a particular case but has the jurisdiction to make a departure or distinction from same where and when necessary and do the needful in another case more particularly that each case differ from another and even where its on all fours, a court of law is urged to apply same principle being a judicial precedent.

Where a course of law delivered a judgment on a well considered case like ours, it can not set aside or review same  because the court has become *funtious officio* more particularly that it can not rule against itself.

On the other hand, let it be well noted that it is trite in law that a court of law lacks the jurisdiction/power to set up another panel (of judges) or assign a/another judge/judges on or to sit on, hear and determine an already decided case that was/has been judicially heard and determined which a judgment has been delivered upon after parties to the said petition/suit/case has been heard or determined. No, no way, same has no place in law as it is a settled principle in law that no CJ/CJN/PJ/J have power to rehear or re-determine or re-adjudicate over an already decided case/petition/suit in which judgment has been delivered upon same matter.

In delivering a lead judgment in *Adegoke Motors Ltd. v. Adesanya* [1989] 13 NWLR (Pt.109) 250 at page 275A *Justice Oputa * also known as the *Socrates*(as he then was) of the Supreme Court considered the powers of the Supreme Court or of an apex court (as the final Court in the land) to review its earlier decisions and said:

*We are final not because we are infallible; rather we are infallible because we are final.

It should however be reiterated that a court of law can not rule against itself neither can a court reassigned a decided matter.

The only exception to the settled rule which principle is that a person affected by the Judgment of a Court which is a nullity is entitled to have the very Court set it aside Ex debito justitiae. The Court in its inherent jurisdiction has the power to set aside its own Judgment or Order; (1). Where same was made without jurisdiction or (2). if same has been  fraudulently obtained.
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Elias v Ecobank Nigeria Plc (CA/L/873/2014)[2016] NGCA 62 ....

I must state very clearly here that the judgment of the court of appeal delivered on the 9th of September, 2019 upholding the judgment of the National and State Assembly Election Petition between Biodun Olujimi & another   VS. Adedayo Clement Adeyeye was not obtained by fraud and neither was same delivered without both the Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal having jurisdiction to adjudicate and determine same.

Ipso-facto, the petition issued by Adedayo Adeyeye to the PJ Court of Appeal is a mere charade, unfounded and a chase of shadows with no root in any law, no rationale or ground. Same cannot stand because one cannot put something on nothing. Its a mere distraction and  calculated attempt enemies of PDP and our forth coming congress.

The Petition written is worthless, malicious, vexatious, gold-digging, an abuse, an insult and only trying to be smart by half. Same is null and void abinitio. "Esin to siwaju ti mu irukere lo". Well, if it were you and I, would you have done less? Ko le work.

Aanu la ri gba. It can only be God. Biodun Olujimi whom God bless and uphold, no one can curse.

Ekiti first, United we stand.
PDP, Power !!!
Olujimi, itesiwaju !!!

- A. J. Oguntuase Esq.  LL.B (OAU, Ife), LB (Abuja), LLM (OAU, Ife), Mphil (in view) - 27-01-2020.
(Former PDP House of Assembly Aspirant, Emure LG. Emure Ule Ewa)

A Bill To Eliminate All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women  By Sen. ‘Biodun C. Olujimi

On Tuesday March 15th 2016 during Nigeria’s Eighth National Assembly, I presented the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill(GEOB) on the Floor of the Senate for its Second Reading.

The  formal title for the Bill is “ A Bill for an to Incorporate and Enforce certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, the Protocol of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the rights of women in Africa, and other matters connected therewith 2016 (SB116).” 

The Bill which contains 29 Sections seeks to give proper effect to certain provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). These are Chapters II and IV of the Constitution which bothstipulate the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of Stated Policy and the Fundamental Human Rights. GEOB is alsopremised on several international and regional treaties andprotocols which Nigeria has ratified, but is yet to domesticate. These protocols include the 1979 the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which Nigeria ratified in 1985; the Protocol to the 2003 African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa also known as the Maputo Protocol; the proposed legislation will also give life to our National Gender Policywhich was birthed in 2006 to create gender-mainstreaming in the public and private sector. Nigeria also supports non-treaty agreements that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment such as the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and now its successor goals the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This piece of legislation seeks, amongst other things, to make gender mainstreaming a core value in Nigeria’s development agenda. It will “guarantee the rights of women to equal opportunities in employment, equal rights to inheritance for both male and female children, equal rights for women in marriage and divorce, and equal access to education, property/ land ownership and inheritance.” It protects widows, outlaws violence against women and prohibits gender discrimination in political and public life.

However, the Bill was received with reservations by some of my colleagues and directed to be sent back for further consultations and review on some sections.  Areas of misgivings were what were described as “contradictions to some of Nigeria’s traditional and religious practices.” Another reservation was that the provisions of the Bill were “superfluous “to the Nigerian Constitution because the latter already guarantees freedom against discrimination. In short, the argument was premised on what was seen as the Nigerian Constitution being clear on the rights of all citizens whether male or female.

My legislative team and I acquiesced and spent a further threemonths reworking some sections on which objections had been raised during the Reading, with a view to re-representing it to the satisfaction of all. Thus on 15th June 2016, the GEOB was re-introduced for renewed legislative action. The opportunity to debate the Bill came on Thursday 29th September 2016. I explained that the Bill will “prohibit discrimination against persons on the grounds of gender, age or disability by any organ of government or private institution.” I also said the Bill will “promote equality, development and advancement of all persons, especially young women and girl children through the provision that special measures that would eliminate discrimination and increase political appointment positions for women in public and private spheres. The Bill recommends that a minimum of 35 per cent of such positions should be reserved for women.” After several contributions from several of my colleagues including Senators Ike Ekweremadu, Remi Tinubu, Binta Garba Masi,further clarifications were made, and former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, ruled that the Bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matterschaired by Senator David Umaru.

Unfortunately, the legislative procedure for the GEOB was not completed before the end of the Eighth National Assembly. This implications for this is that, it did not pass through the mandatory Public Hearing before a Third Reading and eventual assent into Law by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

However, the Ninth National Assembly’s tenure which runsfrom 2019–2023, provides a golden opportunity to revive the Bill and present to the Senate and re-ignite in the public consciousness. This was done on Tuesday 26th November 2019. I urge us all to support the process once again.

The GEOB is a protector and promoter of women’s rights by addressing non-domestication of some fundamental human rights and it will be a sacred document to ensure that women no longer experience discrimination in our dear country.

One of the visions for the proposed law is to see more participation of women in elective representation and when passed into law will afford more female voices to participate in legislative debates and have better representation in leadership and governance; and that our legislative institutions at the national and sub-national levels, will reflect Nigeria’s totalpopulation. This legal framework will guarantee the rights of women in all spheres of life, and will usher in a fundamental turnaround in the gender disparities in our society.

However, before it journeys to the expected logical conclusion,all stakeholders, men and women must come on board andtogether as one united voice to ensure that all Nigerian citizensenjoy what the Bill has to offer.

• ’Biodun Christine Olujimi is a Senator in Nigeria’sNational Assembly.

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Ekiti PDP Chairman React; I'm On The Lord's Side, Perdition Awaits My Persecutors.

Reacting, Oguntuase said: “ Olowolafe is on his own. He is acting because we are about to reveal the criminality for which he and some members of the party have committed. I am not bothered about what he says. Today, we have carried out instructions in furtherance to the directive of the National Working Committee. Already, he has done a protest to the Commissioner of Police acting under instructions from his boss. I don’t want to join issues with these people. I am still the state chairman of the party; I will not join issues with them because they remain my people. If they want to repent let them repent.

“People who wage war against the holy one of Israel end up in perdition. Ten members of the SWC are with me at the rally today, but he has estranged himself not from me alone but from other members of SWC and he is doing all these things to cover up his misdeed and the misdeeds of his cohort. God is more than able to uncover their evil plot. How can a lawyer be telling lies?

“He said that we organised a protest today to remove a local government party chairman; do I need a protest to remove a chairman, something I can do by word of the mouth? But in their hazardous struggle, they keep lying all over the place. He is a young man who does not know that his profession and career deserve trust, honesty and integrity. He thinks he can rise by destroying the work of others, let him go ahead. We are more than able to destroy his evil plot and that of his master.”

While the party’s legal officer, Sunday Olowolafe has urged the National Working Committee and members of the party to urgently remove the state chairman, Barr. Gboyega Oguntuase.

It was learnt that there are two factions of the executives in the state currently: Olowolafe, and others remain a loyalist of ex-Governror Ayo Fayose , while Oguntuase and his caucus have since been romancing Senator Biodum Olujimi who is now referred to as the leader of the party in accordance with the party constitution.

 "Operation Amotekun" A Vote Of No Confidence On Government ~~ PDP 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that Amotekun and other state-sponsored security outfits in various parts of the country are direct votes of no confidence on the Buhari Presidency’s handling of security in the country.

The party’s statement is coming on the heels of reactions toward the setting up of Amotekun.

Amotekun is the security outfit launch
ed by the six states of the South-west to rising insecurity in the region.

The governors launched the security organisation on January 9, but the federal government through its attorney general, Abubakar Malami, declared it illegal and contrary to the provisions of the constitution.

PDP’s reaction

A statement signed by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbodiyan, said the government’s failure “to take a decisive step to stem the escalated wave of killings by insurgents; the refusal to rejig the security high command and a lack of commitment to track down and prosecute even confessed perpetrators of mindless killings are all pointers that the Buhari-led APC administration cannot guarantee the security of lives and property in our nation”.

“The PDP notes that the failure of the Federal Government to prosecute the war against acts of terrorism beyond lip service and condolence statements is emboldening killings, which have now degenerated to execution of compatriots, the latest being the gruesome beheading of the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Adamawa, Rev. Lawan Andimi.

“The execution of Rev. Andimi is heartrending and like other killings, remains a sad commentary of the inability of a government to stand for its citizens at very crucial moments.

“The PDP recalls that the Buhari-led Federal Government had failed to prosecute the masterminds of the mass killings in Benue, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Taraba, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ekiti and other parts of the country under the current administration,” the opposition party said.

It also said, “the body language, brazen acts of nepotism as well as divisive and incendiary comments by officials in the Buhari administration have continued to fuel disunity, acts of violence and insecurity in various parts of our nation.”

“Given the failure of the Buhari administration to guarantee the essential of government which is the security of lives and property, Nigerians across board, as homes, communities, groups, towns, even states and regions are now organizing their respective security apparatuses such as Amotekun in the South West and several others in various parts of the country to guarantee their safety,” the party added.

The party said the situation would not have degenerated to this level “if the Buhari Presidency is living up to its billing on security, including listening to wise counsel by well-meaning Nigerians to rejig his security high command.”

“The PDP holds that it is clear that the security of lives and property in our nation has gone beyond what the insensitive, divisive and incompetent Buhari administration can guarantee.

“Indeed, our nation has come to a stage where any genuine assistance that can be provided by states and even communities in securing lives and property should be integrated. The situation requires the collaboration of all, including the federating states.”

The statement said “the PDP remains committed to all efforts toward national cohesion, security, peace, stability of our nation and all federating units in a manner that promotes good governance and national cohesion at all times.”

Sen. Biodun Olujimi urged Her South-West Colleagues To Support "Amotekun".

We were not part of AMOTEKUN arrangement- Sen. Prof. Ajayi Boroffice

Members of the South-West caucus in the Senate said they were not carried along by governors in the geopolitical zone before, during and after the inauguration of the zone’s security outfit, Operation Amotekun.

The senators also expressed concerns over the alleged shoddy handling of the project by the state chief executives.

They wondered why they were not consulted for their input before the governors decided to launch the initiative.

The Deputy Leader of the Senate, who is also the Chairman of the South-West caucus in the red chamber, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice, told our correspondent on Monday that his colleagues were not part of the Amotekun arrangement.

Boroffice said, “Personally, I read about it (Operation Amotekun) in the print media.

“I am also not aware that the South-West caucus of the Senate was briefed officially. I am the Chairman, Senate South-West Caucus.”

Boroffice said the South – West caucus in the National Assembly planned to carry all stakeholders along in the proposed South-West Development Commission bill, which, he said, had passed first reading in both chambers.

When asked if the issue of a joint security outfit was part of the proposals in the bill, Boroffice said details of the proposed legislation were still being fine-tuned.

“We had yet to fully discuss the details of the South-West Development Commission. We actually wanted to carry everybody along,” he said.

Another senator from the zone, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the governors should immediately return to the drawing board and do the right thing about the project.

He said, “We are all stakeholders in the South-West. The governors should not have done such a thing without carrying us along.

“The governors should be blamed if the project fails because critical stakeholders who should be part of the initiative from the formation stage were ignored.

“When we resume plenary, our colleagues from other zones would be asking us about Amotekun but we don’t know what to tell them because we were not briefed.”

A former Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, had in an interview with our correspondent last week, urged her South-West colleagues in the nation’s parliament to support Amotekun.

Olujimi, who is representing Ekiti South, called on her colleagues to forget about political party differences by rallying round the governors from the zone, to ensure the success of the security outfit.

The senator had described the initiative as the best thing that could happen to the  South-West geopolitical zone, which she noted had been under constant attacks of killer herdsmen in the last few years.

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Ekiti SDP Secretary Joins PDP, Says PDP Remains The Only Democratic Party To Be Trusted. 

The SDP Secretary in Ekiti State, Hon Obe Victor Ilesanmi popularly known as "Coach" back to his party People's Democratic Party PDP in Ekiti State, he join the PDP ward meeting in his home town Ward "A" Igede Ekiti to officially announce his coming back home to the party and to the leaders, members and Executives of the ward.

Hon. Obe a versatile and grassroot politician, left PDP in about two years ago due to an imposition which faulted his aspiration to become the Elected chairman of "Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Area".

Obe said PDP will come back as a real party after the congress, it will be the party for all, not as a One-Man-Show that led prominent people out of the party, he said many of our people are coming into the party to form a formidable opposition party who will rescue Ekiti people and Nigerians from the present evil government.

He vowed to join hands with the party faithfuls in Igede-Ekiti and Ekiti State at large to work assiduously in returning the party back to government in the state come 2022. He said.

"My Wife Slept With My Neighbour Because of Zee World" Man Cries Out

Man named Mr Francis Onyeka has cried out on how is neighbour slept with his wife- Mrs Gloria Onyeka.

According to Mr Francis

"My wife is so addicted to zee world that she can hardly concentrate on other things. Am a labourer, and it is so annoying that i can't afford to buy the cable that show zee world. So everyday my wife goes to my neighbour's apartment to watch a particular program they show at 8pm.

My neighbour who is still single allows my wife to enjoy the program. I felt it was just a friendly relationship between the two of them.

On a friday night, i decided to check up my wife in my neighbour's apartment when i got closer, i peep
through the window and saw my wife making love with my neighbour. I was heart broken on that very day as i didn't expect such a thing to happen. Am currently filing for a divorce because i can't stand the shame".

BREAKING: Many Injured As Truck Conveying PDP Protesters In Abuja Tumbles 

The incident occurred at the Transcorp Hilton Junction when the truck driver made a swift turn as the party faithful made their way to the Supreme Court complex to express their displeasure with the ruling of the court last Tuesday sacking Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo State.

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Amotekun: Aare Afe Babalola Tutored Malami, AjoroEkiti Calls For His Resignation. 

Amotekun: Afe Babalola Counsels Malami on Next Appropriate Action
editorJanuary 19, 2020 2:39 Pm
.Group calls for AGF’s sack

Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti


A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has counseled the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to go beyond pronouncement and take the six South-west governors to court over the constitution of the joint security outfit called Amotekun.

Babalola said it would be tantamount to illegality for Malami to constitute himself into a lawful court dishing out judgment on issues of this nature and would also constitute gross abuse of court process for the federal government to expect the South-west governors to file an action against it on the Amotekun conundrum.


Similarly, a socio-pressure group under the auspices of ‘Ajoro Ekiti’ has asked Malami to immediately resign his position as the AGF and Minister for Justice, accusing him of acting the script of an undeclared interest which constitutes a serious threat to national security and the peace of the nation.

Babalola, while speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Sunday on the highly controversial issue, said the federal government should be the one to approach the court to seek redress, since it waited until after the formation of Amotekun before making its position known.


He stated: “In my opinion, the act has been done, Amotekun had been launched, let them go on. Anybody that feels what they have done is wrong can go to court. They will meet the governors there. All the governors would have to do is to show them the law, the constitution, sections 24, 40, 45. That is it.

“What the state governors have done is legal, so why should they bother? Let the federal government try to go to court. It is a case that must fail if they go to court. They have not set up a parallel police outfit. No. the constitution says it is your duty to protect the interest of yourself and others and join together in doing so. So simple. The case will be so easy to win.


“The Amotekun outfit is a protective and supportive outfit established by the governors of the South-west. It has its roots in the 1999 Constitution and the previous constitutions before it – 1960, 1963.

“Section 24 of the constitution provides that ‘it shall be the duty of every citizen to make positive and useful contribution to the advancement, progress and well-being of the community where he resides’. Well-being means security of life and property. How many Nigerians realise that they have a duty to assist and to protect the interest of the community and themselves?


“Section 40 goes further that ‘every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular, he may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any other association for the protection of his interests’.

“When you put these two together, it shows that all of us have the duty to associate whether as Yoruba people or as state people to ensure that lives and properties are safe. The Amotekun outfit has its roots in the constitution. It is constitutional, it is legal, it is proper.”


Babalola added that if this outfit had been established about 10 years ago, the issues of killings, kidnappings and other banditry actions could have been reduced drastically.

“What I have just said is that it is to support the police, support the government in their duty to ensure that there is peace, there is safety of property, safety of lives. It is a good idea. It is belated but it is lawful and constitutional.

“All that the AGF said is that Article 45 of the constitution, second schedule gives to the federal government the exclusive power to manage the police, he did not say that sections 20, 40 and 45 are abrogated. They cannot abrogate it.

“The sections I have quoted are superior to the schedule he is talking about and in any event, the governors have not set up a parallel police outfit, what they have done is to set up a supportive and protective organ to assist the police and in their communiqué, they said it would report to the police.

“The law says you can join together in association to assist the police. How can the police or any government be angry about this. In fact, the federal government should really thank the governors and blame them for coming too late because if this outfit had been on in the last 10 years, we would not have had all these kidnappings, crimes. They should immediately thank these people for what they are doing,” he pointed out.

Ajoro Ekiti, in a statement made by its Convener, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, said that Malami has left no one in doubt that his controversial national security mantra was anything but the security of lives and properties of Nigerians, and a contrivance to protect a narrow interest.

“We make bold to say it is dangerous and insidious for the federation, to have as Attorney-General, a man whose actions and conducts have become a threat to section 14 (b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended: the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.

“It is highly disingenuous and very risky to know and continue to retain as the Chief Law Officer of Nigeria, a man whose popular mantra of ‘national security is above the court and law,’ was actually contrived to serve a sinister interest, and not really to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians.

“It constitutes a severe threat to the peace and stability of Nigeria, to have as the Minister of Justice, a lawyer whose conduct is more of an impediment to efforts to find additional and complementary solutions to the unabated barbaric killings undermining every part of the country, including the South-west.

“It is equally a big shame to have as Justice Minister a man who is unperturbed by the high level of insecurity ravaging the entire country, but who painfully elected to embark on a frenzy of legal dispute that seriously distracts from the genuine interventions to address an intractable problem.

“Having observed overtime, the troubling and questionable conducts and pronouncements of the AGF, regarding national security, including the security of lives and properties of Nigerians, we are left with no other option than to ask Mr. Malami to step down from his exalted position as the Justice Minister.

“Malami is no longer a fit and proper person to hold the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and as such, he should immediately quit or the president be prevailed upon to relieve him of this very sensitive position.

“Malami’s conspiracy of silence when Governor Nasiru el-Rufai of Kaduna State openly confessed to treason that he went to Mali to pay marauders some money; also his terrifying silence when former Defence Minister, Dan Ali openly defended the rights of herdsmen to carry arms and kill in retaliation; his silence over Hisbah’s actions in some states, and now his curious and provocative response to the Amotekun security initiative that it should be jettisoned; these developments definitely smack of a man who is likely serving an undeclared interest other than the general interest of the country.

“Therefore, we wish to encourage the people and governments in the South-west to continue with the remarkable efforts to secure the zone, and in addition, galvanise the Amotekun initiative with surveillance security technology for real-time monitoring, and not forgetting to consider a future activation of enabling law in support,” it said.

Prof Osinbajo Arrested And Detained Afenifere Leader For Obstructing His Convoy

 

The National Organising Secretary of Afenifere, Abagun Kole Omololu, has been arrested and detained.

According to him, he was arrested by one of the police officers on the entourage of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.

Omololu said he was arrested in Lagos State and detained at Onikan Police Station.

A message sent to The PUNCH by the Afenifere leader read, "I have just been arrested by ACP Oludotun Odubona on the entourage of the VP Osinbajo, claiming (that) I did not park well for the convoy, in front of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Ikoyi.

"Currently, I am in detention at Onikan Police Station, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos."

When contacted about 9.17 pm, Omololu told our correspondent that he had been released.

He said, “It is just an act of overzealousness. I have been released. No condition was attached to my release. Senior aides of the vice president, including the ADC and Chief Security Officer, have called me.

The Afenifere leader also said the police officer almost slapped him during the altercation.

“He accused me of struggling with the convoy, which was not the case. I was only trying to move away. He came to meet me where I parked, raining curses on me.

“He nearly slapped me. Despite all my explanations that I am an elderly man, he insisted that I was arrested and taken to the police station. I told him that I respect the VP and I won’t obstruct his convoy. He only embarrassed his boss. I know his boss will never do that.”

39 Senators Fail To Sponsor Bill In Six Months (Names)

From Tuesday June 11, 2019, when the Ninth Senate was inaugurated, to December 20, 2019, when it embarked on Christmas and New Year recess, the apex legislative chamber was able to sponsor a total of 189 bills.

Investigations carried out by New Telegraph revealed that 70 senators, out of the 109 senators, sponsored these bills while 39 of the lawmakers could better be described as bench warmers within the six months of legislative engagements in the Senate, as they did not sponsor any bill.

Further statistical breakdown also shows that three out of the 189 legislative proposals were executive bills while 186 were private member bills.

It is also pertinent to note that the three executive bills had been considered and passed for third reading in the Senate. They have been signed into law by President Muhamnadu Buhari.
The three bills include the N10.594 trillion 2020 Appropriation Bill, the 2019 Finance Bill and the N278.355 billion 2020 Appropriation bill for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT, Abuja).

Similarly, apart from the three executive bills already considered and passed within the period under review, four out of the 186 private member bills were also passed for third reading.

One of the four bills, the Deep Off-shore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act CAP D3 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2019, has been assented to by President Buhari.

Interestingly, Senators like late Benjamin Uwajumogu (APC, Imo North), Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South) and Smart Adeyemi (APC Kogi West), who joined the 9th Senate late due to electoral litigation, were among those who sponsored the 189 bills in the last six months.

Also, it is worthy of note, that most of the 39 senators who have not sponsor any bill yet, started with the Ninth Senate during its inauguration on June 11, 2019.

Some of the senators who have not made any impact in sponsorship of bills include: Lola Ashiru (APC, Kwara South), Ishaku Elisha Cliff (PDP, Adamawa North), Stephen Ekpenyong (PDP, Akwa Ibom North West), Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (APC Bauchi, North), Diri Douye (PDP, Bayelsa Central) and Onor Sandy Ojang (PDP, Cross River Central).

Others are Senators Alkali Saidu (APC, Gombe North), Amos Bulus Kilawangs (APC, Gombe South), Hadeija Hassan Ibrahim (APC, Jigawa North East), Abdul-Kwari Suleiman (APC, Kaduna North), Abdullah Barkiya Kabir (APC, Katsina Central), Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP, Ondo South) and Lawal Hassan Anka (PDP, Zamfara West).

Also in this category are Senators Yaroe Binos Dauda (PDP, Adamawa South), Peter Nwaoboshi (PDP, Delta North ), Oseni Yakubu (APC, Kogi Central), Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo (PDP, Bayelsa West) and Degi Eremienyo (APC, Bayelsa East), who is now the Deputy Governor-elect for the state, among others.

Furthermore, available records show that a total of 40 out of the 186 private member bills sponsored in the Senate between October and December last year have scaled second reading.

Some of the bills include the controversial anti-social media bill titled: “Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019 sponsored by Senator Uba Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), the bill seeking for establishment of the National Assembly Budget and Research Office sponsored by Senator Rose Oko (PDP, Cross River North) and the bill seeking for establishment of National Rice Development Council of Nigeria sponsored by Senator Bima Mohammed Enagi (APC, Niger South).

Others are the bills seeking for an Act to prevent, prohibit and redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central); Freedom from Hunger Bill sponsored by Senator Theodore Orji (PDP, Abia Central); National Health Insurance Commission Bill 2019 sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central) and the bill seeking for an Act to provide for constituency projects in the annual budget of the federation sponsored by Senator Stella Oduah (PDP Anambra North).

Other bills that have scaled second reading in the Senate within the period under review are some of those seeking for alteration of provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

They include the one sponsored by Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue North East), which seeks for a definite and certain day for convening the first session and inauguration of elected members of National Assembly and State House of Assembly after their dissolution by the President and Governor, pursuant to sections 64(3) and 105(3) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

Most of the 186 bills are still at the first reading stage, being legislative proposals listed on the Senate’s Order Papers between 19th November and 20th December, 2019.

However, the Hate Speech Bill sponsored by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger North), which passed through first reading on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, was never listed for second reading before adjournment for Christmas and the New year.

The delay in listing this proposal for second reading may not be unconnected with the controversies it generated in public domain, after it was introduced in the apex legislative chamber for consideration.

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