JIBRIN AND KAZUARE IN TROUBLE

Thursday, 07 June 2018 08:32

The leadership of the House of Representatives has come down hard on Abdulmumuni Jibrin and referred him for investigation for allegedly misrepresenting what happened during the Joint Executive Session of yesterday.

 

The attention of the House was drawn to publications credited to Jibrin on behalf of his National Assembly Parliamentary Support Group, saying that the resolutions adopted at the Joint Session were not a true reflection of what happened.

 

In his complaint; Sunday Karimi from Kogi State urged the House to refer the comments by his counterpart from Kano State to the Ethics and Privileges Committee for investigation.

 

Sunday Karimi said the Abdulmumunin Jibrin lied when he said only PDP members of the National Assembly were allowed to speak during the session.

 

In his response; the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, decried a situation where lawmakers would not be present during sitting to get a clear picture of what is happening.

 

Dogara said the sitting of yesterday was for every lawmaker, adding that anyone who said it was for PDP should have raised his voice.

 

The Speaker subsequently referred the matter to the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate and to report back to the house.

 

With this development; Abdulmumunin Jibrin faces the risk of suspension if indicted in the report of the Ethics and Privileges Committee.

 

If that happens, it would mark the second time the Kano State lawmaker would be suspended from the House of Representatives of the Eighth National Assembly.

 

Jibrin previously bagged a suspension for one hundred and eighty legislative days in connection with the 2016 Budget padding scandal.

 

But he managed to secure a court order voiding the suspension and the release of his financial entitlement during the period of his absence.

 

In another development member of the House of Representatives; Muhammed Kazaure, has also been subjected to investigation.

 

Kazaure, who represents Kazaure-Roni-Gwiwa-Yankwashi Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, had alleged that there was a plot to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

The attention of the House was drawn to the comment by Kazaure in an interview with reporters in Abuja on Tuesday by his colleagues - Nicholas Ossai from Delta State and Kingsley Chinda from Rivers State.

 

Both lawmakers alleged that their Jigawa State counterpart accused them of gathering signatures to impeach the president, following which he was directed to appear before the House Committee on Rights and Privileges for questioning.

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FLAG-AMACHREE CALLS FOR PEACE IN APC

Thursday, 07 June 2018 08:17

 

The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree has called on aggrieved members of the party to return to the reconciliation table for the interest of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.

 

Flag-Amachree said infightings among party members will not do the party any good but instead destroy its vision come 2019 and beyond.

 

Addressing party members at the Port Harcourt International Airport on his arrival after his swearing-in in Abuja, the APC state chairman said the concern of party members should be to remove Governor NYESOM WIKE from bricks house.

 

Flag-Amachree accused Governor Wike of running Rivers State government as his private business adding that it will end after general elections.

 

Our correspondent reports that the APC state Chairman Party move to the state party secretariat to swear-in the twenty three local government chairmen of the party and state executive and instructed them to inaugurate the wards executives.

 

The State Publicity secretary, Chris Finebone and Eric Wigbani who is the chairman of APC in Khana local government who spoke on behalf of the newly inaugurated executives assured that they will comply with the directives of the party and ensure victory for the party.

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PDP BACKS NASS

Wednesday, 06 June 2018 12:29

 

The People’s Democratic Party has backed the resolution reached by the National Assembly against the Executive Arm of the Federal Government.

 

The PDP said the position of the federal lawmakers was a vindication of its stance on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

The opposition party at the national level commended the lawmakers for the courage in standing up for democracy, rule of law and national stability and cohesion.

 

The PDP recalled that it had consistently pointed out acts of misrule, constitutional violations and abuse of rights of citizens, as well as highhandedness and erosion of democratic norms under President Buhari.

 

In a statement released by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party further accused the President of foisting a siege mentality on Nigerians and well as being aloof to important issues of state, thereby resulting in the escalation of violence and killings across the country.

 

The PDP spokesman said Mr. President must be called to order through appropriate legislative instruments, and urged other democrats across board to support the National Assembly to save Nigeria’s democracy from misrule.

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The Rivers State Government has filed fresh charges against former Leader of the State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd.

 

The state government is accusing Chidi Lloyd of malicious damage of the Mace of the State Assembly and affray, which is the legal term for fighting or public disturbance

 

According to the charges filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Ministry of Justice, Ibikiri Otorobio, Chidi Lloyd is alleged to have violated sections of the State Criminal Code.

 

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The fresh matter is in connection to an incident in the State Assembly chamber on 9th of July, 2013 during which a fight broke out among some members of the legislature.

 

You will recall that Chidi Lloyd was previous accused of attempted murder over the incident of nearly five years ago, which the state government decided to discontinue last December.

 

Our correspondent Victor Ezeama reports that fifteen witnesses have been lined up to testify against Chidi Lloyd, including Michael Chinda, Martins Amaewhule, Victor Ihunwo and Kelechi Nworgu who are members of the State Assembly.

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The Senate and the House of Representatives have adjourned plenary indefinitely after making a twelve point demand from the Executive Arm of government.

 

The closed-door session was the first to be held by the two chambers of the National Assembly since the current democratic dispensation began nineteen years ago.

 

During the meeting; the federal lawmakers observed that Nigeria’s democracy was heading for imminent collapse.

 

They resolved to liaise with the ECOWAS Parliament; the United Nations, the European Union and Civil Society Organisations in a bid to save the country.

 

The National Assembly demanded that the security agencies must be given a marching order to check the spate of killings across the country and protect Nigerians

 

They also called for an end to what they called a systematic harassment, humiliation and persecution of perceived political opponents by the Executive Arm of government.

 

It is also the demand of the Federal lawmakers that the Executive must ensure strict adherence to the rule of law, and that President Muhamadu Buhari must be accountable for the actions of his appointees.

 

The National Assembly charged the Executive to show sincerity in the fight against corruption by not being selective and also prosecute government appointees with corruption cases in court.

 

The lawmakers also demanded that the sanctity of the National Assembly should be protected and preserved, and caution the Executive against interfering in the legislature.

 

They want the appropriate authorities to prosecute those who invaded the Senate and snatched its mace, which is the symbol of authority.

 

The Senators and House of Representatives members advised that democratic elections must be competitive and inclusive by removing the present reign of fear and intimidation, as the nation approaches the 2019 elections.

 

The lawmakers passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly, while maintaining their previous vote-of-no-confidence on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.

 

Speaking after the joint session, Senate President Bukola Saraki warned that it will not hesitate to invoke its constitutional powers if nothing was done to address the resolutions passed at the joint closed-door session.

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The Nigerian Army has announced the rescue of one hundred and forty-eight people who were held hostage by Boko Haram insurgents in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.

 

The breakthrough was made by troops of the Twenty-One Brigade with the support of members of the Civilian Joint Task Force.

 

The spokesman for Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu said the civilians were found at the remote villages of Modu Kimeri and Gulumba Gana during clearance operations by troops last Sunday.

 

Colonel Nwachukwu, who is a Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, disclosed in a statement that the rescued hostages comprised of fifteen men, fifty-eight women and seventy-five children.

 

He said it was also discovered that the Boko Haram terrorists had used the women in the group as sex slaves, with two of them pregnant at the time of the rescue.

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SENATOR UCHENDU BLASTS GOV. WIKE

Tuesday, 05 June 2018 07:33

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Andrew Uchendu, has asked the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop raising false alarms that could trigger instability in the country.

Senator Uchendu, in a statement urged Governor Wike  to rather engage the Federal Government with facts on behalf of Rivers people when the need arises.

 

The Rivers East Senator advised the governor to always consult with the three Senators and the thirteen Members of the Federal House of Representatives representing Rivers State in the National Assembly, to ascertain the appropriateness of the type of information that he pushes out to the public.

 

The senator urged Rivers people to discountenance an allegation by the Governor Wike  that the Federal Government was planning to deny Rivers State its balance of the Paris Club Debt refund describing it as baseless and untrue.

 

He said it is not the habit of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to deny any individual or group their constitutional entitlements.

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The Nigeria Police Force is treating the shooting of six APC members during the flag-off of the party’s governorship election campaign in Ekiti State as a case of accidental discharge.

 

The gunshot, which affected former House of Representatives member, Opeyemi

Bamidele, was fired by a policeman who was discovered to be attached to the Police Mobile Force in Lagos.

 

Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, while responding to question on a television programme monitored from Port Harcourt, said not right-thinking policeman would cock his gun and starting shooting at a crowd.

 

The policeman behind the gunshot at the APC rally in Ekiti State last Friday has since been arrested, as investigation opened into the incident.

 

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