The Ebonyi State Government has warned that residents of the state who comply with the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Tuesday will be severely punished.
IPOB has given a directive that there will be boycott of business activities tomorrow as its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, appears at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Reacting, the state’s Commissioner for Markets and Parks, Nwachukwu Eze, urged leaders of markets to ensure shops, stall and business centres are open and active for commercial purposes.
Eze vowed to mete out severe punishment for those who fail to open for business in Ebonyi state.
According to Eze, “All markets and parks leaderships in Ebonyi are by this announcement directed to ensure that markets are open for businesses on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
“The state is not in any way part of the sit-at-home order by IPOB. Please note that strict compliance to this directive is very important as failure to do so will attract severe punishment.”
By SaharaReporters, New York
Source;http://saharareporters.com/2022/01/17/nnamdi-kanu-ebonyi-governor-vows-punish-residents-who-obey-ipob%E2%80%99s-sit-home
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, should retire from politics because of his old age as he may not cope with the complexities and challenges of leading a country such as Nigeria.
The AYCF National leader, Yerima Shettima, stated this in an interview with SaharaReporters on Sunday.
Shettima added that Tinubu should be contented with the role of grooming young brilliant minds to take over the affairs of the country as Nigeria needed to be forward-looking, not to “recycle old hands.”
The Arewa leader said, "Well, I'm not in a position to say exactly how old Tinubu is, because his age has been the subject of controversy for many years. However, going by the latest trends on the global democratic space, I doubt if he is still young and agile enough to cope with the challenge of modern governance.
“With due respect to Asiwaju, I see no harm if he retires from politics because he was governor and a Senator many years ago. You see, I believe that Nigeria's leadership should be about mentoring young ones to take over from the old brigade and not recycling the old hands.
"Moreover, the Asiwaju is already an accomplished citizen and should be content with the position of a guardian to young generation as we've seen him do since 2015.”
When asked about the position of Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Northern Elders Forum's spokesperson said it did not matter if the next President after President Muhammadu Buhari came from the North.
He said, “We should de-emphasise geographical location and stick to majority or minority. These are the two elements, around which our analysis should revolve. I don't think democracy is about ethnicity, religion or geographical location and I believe that this is point of argument by the Northern Elders Forum. The real justice, equity and balance under the democratic system as we all know is when the majority have their way and minority have their say.
"This has been the reality is democracy was born, some 200 years ago. Without prejudice to the right of all Nigerians to contest for the presidential seat, this should not blind us to the place of majority and minority in the democratic process. I tend to agree with the position of NEF on this basis.”
On the clamour for Igbo 2023 presidency, Shettima added, “Well, my position is that the Igbos, like other Nigerians are free to contest the nation's presidency but the voters reserve the right to choose the candidate they want. However, I have the feeling that by their style of approach to present day Nigerian politics, they have plenty of avoidable mistakes.”
By SaharaReporters, New York
Source; http://saharareporters.com/2022/01/17/bola-tinubu-should-retire-politics-can%E2%80%99t-cope-nigerian-presidency-%E2%80%93-arewa-forum
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has ordered prison officials to shoot anybody attempting to attack any correctional facility in the country.
He urged security operatives at correcrional centres to make it impossible for anyone to penetrate the facility because it is a red zone.
Aregbesola gave this order while inspecting Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The minister said attacks on correctional centres must not be allowed again in the state.
He said, “The most important thing is the security impregnability of this facility. Make this facility impregnable.
“It is a red zone, dangerous zone. Whoever attempts to breach the security here is already dead. He must not live to tell the story. Other people will tell his or her story.
“Any effort to breach our facility is not acceptable. Don’t shoot to injure, shoot to kill. Don’t shoot to disable, shoot to kill.
“This is a total embodiment of the state to guarantee the security of the people.
“We will do our best regarding your welfare to ensure effective service. I must commend your work for not recording any case of COVID-19 in your facility.
“But most importantly, you must be effective in preventing the penetration of this facility. You must have the capacity to repel viciously any attempt to penetrate this facility.”
Aregbesola recently said that at least 4,860 inmates of the Nigerian correctional centres have escaped from those facilities between 2020 and 2021 alone following successful jailbreaks in Benin, Owerri, and Oyo, among others.
Only 954 of that number have been rearrested, it was revealed.
By SaharaReporters, New York
Source;http://saharareporters.com/2022/01/17/shoot-anyone-attempting-attack-correctional-centres-aregbesola-tells-prison-officials
A suspected kidnapper, Suleiman Ibrahim, has confessed to conniving with members of a group to kill his cousin, Najahid Abdullahi because the family refused to pay the required amount as ransom.
The suspect made the confession when he was paraded at the headquarters of the Plateau State Police Command, on Thursday.
The 20-year-old kidnapper, Suleiman said the victim was kidnapped on a motorcycle and taken to their hideout while they waited for the family to pay the ransom.
However, after waiting in vain for the money, they decided to kill him.
The suspect, however, said he regretted committing the crime, as he claimed that was his first time of involving in kidnapping for ransom.
“Initially, five of us planned the kidnapping but the remaining ones fled. I was the only one arrested. We asked for the ransom and the money was not given. I have never done it before. This is my first time of engaging in the business.
“The victim was my cousin and has been buried. I wasn’t in my right senses. I was drunk but I am regretting the action now. I will never do it again,” the suspect said.
By SaharaReporters, New York
Source::http://saharareporters.com/2022/01/17/20-year-old-kidnapper-kills-cousin-over-familys-failure-pay-ransom
