The Police Service Commission has appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja in relation to the armed policemen’s invasion of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Owerri, Imo State.

Remember that on Sunday, December 26, 2021, masked gunmen stormed the church, with reports claiming that they were kidnappers who whisked Uche Nwosu, a former governorship aspirant in the state, away.

They had fired sporadically in the church during service while removing Nwosu, and the police later clarified the situation, saying they had carried out the arrest, which many saw as a kidnapping attempt.
Although Nwosu was subsequently moved to Abuja by the policemen and later released, the police are yet to explain why Nwosu, who is the son-in-law to former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, was arrested in a Gestapo style.

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And in a suit filed before the court by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA sought an order of mandamus compelling the respondent – the Police Service Commission – to probe the church invasion and the attempted kidnap of Nwosu.

The human rights advocacy group also sought “an order of mandamus compelling the PSC to investigate the shootings inside and around the church premises.

“An order to tender before this court and case also the applicant with a certified true copy of the findings and or result of the said investigations.”

The group also wants an order to prosecute, discipline and or punish any of its employee(s) who is found culpable.

Some of the grounds relied upon by HURIWA to sought the reliefs include,

“That the police officers acted without regards to innocent citizens, children, worshippers in the church premises as the shot recklessly into the influence of some drugs or alcohol.”

“That the PSC is clothed with the powers to amongst other thing dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over persons who are police officers except the inspector general of police..”

Before resolving to go to court, HURIWA’s demand for the arrest and prosecution of all culpable police officers had proved abortive.

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A viral video had shown the heavily armed police personnel invading the church all in an attempt to arrest the former governorship aspirant who was attending a programme at the church.

Edo’s governor, Godwin Obaseki, says his administration is prepared to combat the state’s growing Internet fraud problem.

The governor said the Internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Yahoo boys, must be very bright to carry out such illegal activities, speaking at a state education town hall meeting on Friday.

The government, according to Obaseki, must assist fraudsters in reorienting their thinking toward positive endeavors.

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“I’m worried.” The issues of cyber fraud and Yahoo culture are significant. “I’m requesting that everyone send as much information as possible to my office,” Obaseki said.
“On Monday, I am going to see the chairman of EFCC. I am not condemning those involved. There must be a reason why that culture has become so prolific in Edo state. We must find the root cause and address them as we did in the days of trafficking.

“Let’s see how we can correct it because these children must be very brilliant. The kind of things they do, how they hack into other people’s accounts. How do we re-direct that thinking into something more positive?”

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In January, a video of three teenagers searching for where to learn internet fraud in Edo state had surfaced online and gone viral.

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has decried the refusal of old Nigerians to step down from the political stage in favor of the youths.

Bakare blamed the country’s problems on “moneybags and bullion van politicians,” whom he accused of wanting to be in power at the expense of the younger generation.

The attitude of older Nigerian politicians, he said, who have refused to give the youth a chance in leadership positions, is a shame.

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On Saturday, the Pastor spoke at the launch of “Footsteps of a Rebel,” an autobiography written by the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo Sowunmi, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, to commemorate his 80th birthday.
While delivering a speech tagged ‘Worthy Nation Building Legacies By The Older Generation of Nigerians’, Bakare called for inter-generational re-integration between older and younger generations.

This, according to Bakare, is part of efforts to rebuild the Nigerian nation.

He maintained that, “It is a shame that while younger generations are taking over leadership in other countries, older generation refuses to leave the stage in Nigeria.”

He condemned the alleged sidestepping of the youth, saying this has hampered the development of Nigeria.

“The nation’s development has suffered because of the marginalisation of the youth and the progressives who abandoned politics,” Bakare said.

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While calling for generational reintegration from the households, the Ogun indigene called for the embracing of cultural values to foster nation building.

He also suggested mentoring and leadership development for the younger generation.

Hon. Chris Usulor, a leading gubernatorial aspirant in Ebonyi State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, took a swipe at the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, over an alleged false prophecy over the weekend.

Usulor and three (3) other governorship aspirants in Ebonyi are said to have been predicted to fail in 2023 by Primate Elijah Ayodele.

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Usulor, a third-term member of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly and a senatorial aspirant from the Ebonyi Central senatorial zone, had expressed interest in running for governor in the 2023 general election.

Chief Chris Usulor tasked the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Ayodele, to be sure of the names he saw in his prophecy and denied being among the people he saw.

Usulor said: “Our attention has been drawn to Primate Ayodele’s prophecy. The name of our aspirant is Hon Chris Usulor and not Uzulor as Primate Ayodele saw in his prophecy.

“When God ministers to his true and chosen prophets, the prophecy is always clear without any ambiguities or confusion and God is not a God of attention seeker.

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“True men of God are judged and respected by their past proven prophecy records. Hon Chris Usulor candidacy is divine as exemplified by the number of respected clergymen that are supporting him, coupled with an overwhelming support by the people of Ebonyi state.

“The second commandment states” thou shall not take the name of the Lord in vain” and the 9th commandment says” thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbour.”

“Hon Chris Usulor is ready and focused to answer the clarion call of Ebonyi people who are aiding him to lead them as their governor come 2023.

“We advise Primate Ayodele not to fall victim to desperate political contenders in the state, who might have offered him money knowing fully well, they don’t stand any chance with Hon Chris Usulor” , the statement noted.

Investigation revealed that the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Ayodele had in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, stated that the politicians mentioned should not waste money on election campaigns because God has not anointed them to lead the state.

According to Ayodele: “some politicians who will not be governors of their states in 2023, despite having ambitions to succeed their governors.

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“In Ebonyi state, PDP’s Engr Fidelis Nwakwo, Mr Chris Uzulor and APC’s Edward Nkwoagu, were listed as politicians who won’t become governor in the state in 2023”, the statement noted.

Idrisu Dauda Dabban, the newly appointed Katsina State Commissioner of Police, has urged terrorists in the state’s communities to surrender their devilish acts or face the full wrath of the police.

He went on to say that he would work closely with senior police officers and other security agencies in the state to combat banditry and other criminal activities.

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Dabban, who spoke at his first press conference at the command’s headquarters in Katsina yesterday, said banditry would be eradicated with citizen cooperation.

He said: “We are all aware of the problem of this command which is mainly banditry. We will put our hands together and see how we will bring down the crime rate here, especially banditry which has become the order of the day in this state.”

While vowing to improve on the achievements recorded by his predecessor, Dabban said: “Anything that is criminal does not pay. No crime pays so the terrorists should abandon their devilish activities and surrender or we will get to them.”

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Dabban, until his recent posting, was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Communications, Department of Information and Communication Technology, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Dr. Sam Amadi, the former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has suggested that the major political parties should zone their presidency to the South-East for equity and justice.

The notion of zoning the presidency to the South, according to Amadi, who is also the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, is fraudulent and unacceptable, noting that the South has not been marginalized in the presidency as a region, but the South-East has been marginalized as a zone.
Speaking with Journalists, Dr Amadi noted that just as political elites agreed in consensus to zone presidency to South-West in 1999 as a way to respond to the 1993 crisis, the elites should also agree to micro-zone to South East in 2023 if they believe that there is a crisis in the region that needs to be addressed.

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He, however, said that if the elites felt that there was no crisis to address in the South-East, hence the decision of zoning to the region was not needed, then the 2023 presidential election should be thrown open for all qualified Nigerians to participate.

“In our conversations, we have been reviewing how the process of zoning is playing out, and we have few concerns, number one is that we just realised that this politics of zoning has taken a dangerous turn as a result of response to the last 6 or 7 years of this administration which many groups feel marginalised.

“Zoning should be properly understood, ideally, elections should be open competition. The notion of zoning grew as a response largely during the June 12 election when the election was annulled, and the political elites as a matter of consensus agreed that there was the need to deal with the crisis of confidence in the South-West.

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“Our view in Abuja school is that you don’t need to zone anything if you don’t think that there is a clear present danger. Zoning is affirmative action, if you see a crisis that you need to respond to, and then everybody can decide to agree on zoning.

“Zoning is an abstraction from normal politics which is a need to solve a problem, so our view in Abuja school is that if you want to zone, then the zoning should go to the South East straight, not South-South.

“We reject the notion of zoning to the South for the clear reason that the South has suffered no peculiar and aggravated damage in Nigeria politics in terms of representation viz-a-viz the North”.

He explained that there is no basis to zone presidency to the South because, since 1999, the South has been in power more than the north.

“Since 1999, the South has suffered no peculiar damage in terms of political representation for us to trigger zoning to the South. The only place where a national consensus for zoning is agreed is the South East. It is a place that has not held presidential power.

“Our view is that if the Nigerian elites think there is a crisis that needs affirmative action, it is South East, not South, if they don’t think there is a crisis, then it should be open competition to give all Nigerians the right to participate.

“Since 1999, the South has held office more time than the North, If President Buhari finishes his tenure that will be 10 years of Northern President, two years under PDP, eight years under APC, Obasanjo did Eight years plus Jonathan’s six years, that means the north has ten years while the South has 14 years, there is no equity or justice zoning to the South.

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“We reject a zoning campaign for the South because there is no justice for it. We are saying that what Nigeria needs now is power-sharing, an arrangement in which, just like Abacha Constitution that was cancelled, proposed where the major offices in the Federal executive are shared among all the various ethnic and socio-groups so there will be a balance.

“But if the Nigeria political elites think that because of the crisis they think the South East has not held this position and the issues of separatists then they can zone specifically to South Ea

After attending the 6th African Union-European Union Summit in Belgium, President Muhammadu Buhari flew from Brussels to Abuja.

According to presidential photographer Sunday Aghaeze, Buhari flew out of Brussels’ Abelag/Luxaviation Airport on Saturday morning.

On Tuesday, the President left Abuja for the 6th African Union-European Union Summit.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire, and Minister of State for the Environment Sharon Ikeazor accompanied him on the trip.

The entourage included the National Security Adviser, Maj.Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
A statement signed by presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu, had said the summit, which held “February 17 – 18, 2022, will have the participants deliberate on themes currently affecting the world.

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“Such areas of discussion include: Financing for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth; Climate Change and Energy Transition, Digital and Transport (Connectivity and Infrastructure); Peace, Security and Governance; and Private Sector Support and Economic Integration.

“Others are: Education, Culture and Vocational Training, Migration and Mobility; Agriculture and Sustainable Development and Health Systems and Vaccine Production.”