How Uduaghan Bribed Political Parties With N5Million to Endorse Delta Senatorial Bye-Election Results

Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan

As controversy trails last Saturday’s Delta Central Senatorial bye-election, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is alleged to have doled out the sum of N5million to state chairmen of moribund political parties in the state to give the election a clean bill of health at a press conference today.
About 19 chairmen converged at the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Asaba for the conference, led to the event by the Special Adviser on Inter Parties Relations, Mr. Taju Isiche and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education Monitoring, Mrs. Rhoda Ikede.
Confiding in our correspondent, one of the party chairmen said they received their 30 pieces of silver following the press conference at the office of Mr. Isiche.  Each of them received a miserly N50,000.
At the event, perhaps under promises of vaster riches if they sang very loudly, they described the election as “the most transparent, free and fair election in our recent history.”

Declaring the press briefing open, Isiche, who ordered photographers to turn off their cameras, admonished the party chairmen to comport themselves in an orderly manner and to be of good behaviour in front of the journalists.

Before Isiche’s admonition, a mild drama had ensued between the Inter Party Special Adviser and some party chairmen who insisted that the SA should take a seat with them at the high table but he vehemently resisted, stating that he was not supposed to be among them in the first place.

Addressing the press on behalf of the group, the leader of the group and state chairman of a moribund ACPN, Mr. Paul Isamade, stated that earlier in the day, the party chairman met in an emergency gathering where they decided that the election should be given a clean bill of health.

“We commend INEC for the conduct of a transparent, free and fair election in which the PDP candidate, Chief (Hon) Emmanuel Edesiri Aguariavwodo polled a total 263, 024 votes to emerge the winner of the senatorial seat.”
They also congratulated Governor Uduaghan for what they described as “his role in ensuring a safe conduct of the most transparent, free and fair election in our recent history.”

The communiqué was signed by 19 party chairmen: Oke Idawene, SDP; Joe Chukwu, ADC; Efe Tobor, MPPP; Moses Abeh, APA; Chidi Odogwu, NNPP; Ngozi Ogbogo, AD; Paul Isamade, ACPN; Victor Egwuenu, PPN; Jude Eze, KOWA; Nelly Nwaka, AA; David Ebrunu, ACD; Ashikodi David, Accord Party; Peters Emuakpoje, CPP; Oluremi Mohammed, PDC; Anyanwu Ikechukwu, NCP; John Freeman Ghiadike, NPP; Tony Eboka, APGA; and Val Chichi, UDP.
Noticeably absent were the All Progressives Congress and the DPP.  They did not append their signatures to the communique, either.

The parties present also congratulated the Nigeria Police force, State Security Service (SSS), The Nigeria Civil Defence Corp’ and the military for what they called the maintenance of security law and order before, during and after the election, and called on all parties to the election to unconditionally accept the results as already announced by the electoral commission.

Curiously, not only could the chairmen not answer several questions thrown at them by the journalists, they contradicted themselves in several ways.

Some parties whose candidates had rejected the results of the election were also in attendance.  One of them was APGA chairman Tony Eboka, whose candidate, Chief Lucky Omoru, had vowed to go to the tribunal after earlier rejecting the results.  He made himself a laughing stock as he failed to answer questions put to him to reconcile his role and involvement in endorsing the results after his candidate had called for cancellation of the election.

The last may not have been heard of the apparently rigged press conference.
Lamented one chairman who spoke to our correspondent, “Each party chairman was given N50,000 each only but we learnt what the governor made available for this deal was more than what the SA gave us because he is fond of cheating us. In his office a source confided in us that the governor released the sum of N5million and if you calculate everything given us is not even half of what was released.”
If the purchasing price of the press conference by the governor was actually N5m, it means that the double-crossed party chairmen were shortchanged by an average of over N213,000.

Nigeria's Minister of Aviation Armored BMW Car Scandal: Car Sells For Only $170K In Europe And America

Following yesterday’s revelation by SaharaReporters that a cash-strapped agency of the Ministry of Aviation purchased two armored BMW 760 Li cars for the private use of Aviation Minister Stella Oduah, several automobile sales companies have indicated that the cars were massively overpriced.
Our report yesterday disclosed that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) paid approximately $1.6 million to buy the two cars from Coscharis Motors Limited in Lagos, meaning that each car cost close to $800,000. But our investigations with car sale companies revealed that the NCAA could have got eight, not two, BMW armored cars for their money.

Lover Reveals Vava Voom of Skuki's Manhood Image....threatens to release more

Vava Voom

Got this mail from a friends, who the original mail was sent to some minutes ago.

the content of the mail reveals how two lovers Vava Voom and the sender "Sholly Berry" relationship turn sour and the later decided to reveal the artistes manhood which was sent to her.

Lagos State Commissioner For Works Femi Hamzat In N10B Bribery Scandal

Femi Hamzat

Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Femi Hamzat(pictured above) is one of the contenders for All Progressive Congress’ governorship ticket in Lagos State.

The son of a veteran politician and Ogun Monarch, the Oba of Afowowa, a sleepy little town along Abeokuta Expressway, his father is the popular Alhaji Baba Hamzat, former National Vice-Chairman of Alliance for Democracy (AD), and the current Apex Leader APC Lagos West Senatorial District.

Toni Payne Releases New Poem titled "Darkness Eludes Me"

Toni Payne

Multi-Functional Entertainment Diva, Toni Payne, who is currently in the US working on her Book of Audio Poetry has released a new poem titled "Darkness Eludes Me"

Darkness Eludes Me, is one of the poetry works that will be included in the audio book of poetry titled "I am OSHA".

Nigeria Police Stop Bamidele Opeyemi's Gubernatorial Campaign Take off In Ekiti State

Opeyemi Bamidele

Nigerian policemen in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State, South West on Thursday disrupted a rally by a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Bamidele Opeyemi, meant to declare his interest in the governorship race in the state.

Mr. Bamidele, who belongs to the same party as the state governor, Mr. Kayode Fayemi, arrived the state capital with his entourage at 12.30pm, but were prevented from carrying out what they came for as riot policemen, who had earlier taken over the entire Ado-Ekiti, fired tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd who had come to witness the event.

Meanwhile, in order to ensure that the event did not take place, members of the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) had early in the morning barricaded the road from Ajebandele in Ajilosun area up to Okeyinmi junction.

When Mr. Bamidele and his entourage got to Oke Isha area of the town, they were attacked by the riot policemen who fired tear gas canisters directly at the convoy, thereby forcing the entourage to divert to Dalemore via the Stadium.

Bamidele's initial address to his supporters billed for Rose Bud Primary School field was thwarted by the police and was later moved to his campaign office in Basire Area of Ado-Ekiti, where the police also stopped from happening.

The policemen at Bibire Coalition office at Basiri-Iyin road, shot sporadically into the air in order to disperse the people who had gathered to catch a glimpse of Mr. Bamidele and his entourage. The policemen's action led to many of the residents sustaining injuries and subsequently rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.

Members of the two unions - RTEAN and NURTW - had as early as 7am barricaded the Ado-Ekiti-Akure road as well as other roads linking the state capital ostensibly to prevent Mr. Bamidele's supporters from other local governments within the state from having access to Ado-Ekiti.

Members of the two unions were brandishing dangerous weapons such as guns and machetes to scare away passersby. School children, traders and other road users were harassed by the hoodlums.

Reacting to the action of the policemen, the state command's Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Victor Babayemi, said the rally was disrupted because it was not "yet time for political rally".

He said Mr. Bamidele and his men had violated section 99 of the Electoral Act 2011 as amended, adding that what they embarked upon was a political campaign and not a rally.

Mr. Babayemi said that before any campaign could be embarked upon, it has to be 90 days before election, which he said Bamidele had violated.

On the transport workers action, he said the police took a proactive action to prevent hoodlums from causing a breakdown of law and order in the state.

According to him, "Road transport workers had earlier in the morning staged a violent rally on the premise that government did not give them bus, we only wanted to prevent hoodlums from hijacking it."

 Since declaring his intention to run for governor, Mr. Opeyemi has been serially attacked persons suspected to be loyal to the governor of the state, Mr. Fayemi. The attacks had led to criticisms against the governor who was a former pro-democracy activist during the military era.

Late Ajanaku's Widow Evicted From Family House***Church Elders Vows to take Family to Court

Late Ajanaku and wife, Joy

Joy Ajanaku, the wife of the late spiritual leader of Christ Victory Chapel International, prophet Ireti Ajanaku, who died August 18th (or 22nd), has been forced to move out of her matrimonial home into a rented apartment after her husband’s family allegedly made life difficult for her after the prophet passed on.

Brutal Beatings Of Journalists And Ogun State Officials - Oyedepo In Fresh Storm Of Controversy

Bishop David Oyedepo

At about 8:15pm on 8 September, Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, alias Winners’ Chapel, was in Abeokuta to meet with Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State. The meeting was facilitated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, whom Oyedepo contacted to reach out to Amosun. The governor was said to be seething over the latest controversy involving Oyedepo and his church.

Two days earlier, some members of the church assaulted a team of  officials of the Ogun State Ministry Of Urban and Physical Planning, who had gone to the church’s headquarters in Ota to serve building inspection notices, as well as two journalists attached to Ogun State Television.