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Lagos Speaker Pays N1 Billion Court Bond To Avoid Jail.

The speaker of the Lagos state House Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Sabitun Ikuforiji who is standing trial over allegedly stealing taxpayers N500million in 14 months, has just paid the required N1billion bail bond to escape jail as ordered by the Lagos High Court.

Hope For Nigeria recalls that Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji has another case with EFCC for mismanaging N7 billion running cost in 12 months which he diverted and laundered abroad through his automobile firm, Brown Motors .

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BISI AKANDE , LAI MOHAMMED OF ACN TO PERFORM SIMILAR ROLES IN APC .

chief bisi Akande, Lai Mohammed of ACN to perform similar roles in APC.
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari, and a former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, have emerged as interim national officers of the yet-to-be registered All Progressives Congress, APC, a merger of some opposition political parties.
While Mr. Masari from Katsina State will serve as Deputy National Chairman, Mr. el-Rufai, an indigene of Kaduna State, will serve as Deputy National Secretary.
The names of both chieftains of the Congress for Progressives Change, CPC, have been forwarded to the Joint Inter-Party Merger Committee, JIMC, which will submit them to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Other nominees from CPC, according to the list obtained by O'ODUA NEWS AND REPORTS are Sadiya Farouq from Zamfara State as National Treasurer; Sharoon from Anambra State as National Women Leader; A. Lado from Niger State as National Youth Leader; Aboki, a retired general from Nasarawa State as National Vice Chairman, North Central; James Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kogi State as Deputy Legal Adviser; Bala Jibrin from Bauchi State as Deputy National Auditor; and Muse from Lagos State as ex-officio member.
Already, Bisi Akande, the National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has since emerged as the National Chairman of APC with the National Secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Tijjani Tumsah, as the National Secretary.
Other slots given to the ACN, apart from the position of the National Chairman are National Legal Adviser, Deputy National Treasurer, National Publicity Secretary, Deputy National Youth Leader, two vice chairmanship seat and two ex-officio members.
Although, it could not be confirmed immediately, there are indications that the current ACN National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, has been picked to play that same role in the APC.
In a chat with journalists on Monday night in Abuja, the Chairman of the ANPP Board of Trustees and former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, confirmed that Mr. Akande had been picked as the interim national chairman of APC, saying the appointment was a consensus decision among the merging parties.
Apart from producing the National Secretary, ANPP will also produce the National Financial Secretary, Deputy National Organising Secretary, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, two vice chairmen and two ex-officio officers.
The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ANPP, at its meeting, last weekend, set up a committee to select the occupants of the positions ceded to the party by the merger committee.
Other parties in the merger, namely the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, and a section of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, were also given slots in the National Working Committee, NWC.
The positions of National Organising Secretary; Deputy National Chairman, South; Deputy National Financial Secretary, Deputy National Women Leader; one vice chairman and one-ex-officio were given to APGA.
DPP will produce the position of National Auditor.
The parties announced their plan to merge on February 6 and formally applied to INEC for registration on June 6.
The national chairmen, national secretaries and national treasurers of ACN, ANPP and CPC signed the application for registration in line with Section 84 (3) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (amended).
INEC had also directed the association to set up a national executive as part of its registration process.

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ONDO- GOVERNORSHIP TUSSLE : APPEAL MAY ORDER RE-RUN .

AKURE COURT OF APPEAL UPDATE ON ELECTION PETITION !

MAY ORDER A RE-RUN !

As the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure today rounded up its hearing and reserved judgment for a date not farther than July 3 , the petitioners were given a rekindled hope given the body language and questions from the Justices directed to the contentious and now notorious INJECTION of voters into Register of Voters despite there were no new registrations after the 2011 exercise.

The sitting presided over by five Justices ; Muhammed Lawal , Gana Mshelia , Martins Eko , Emmanuel Akomaye and Obientonbara Daniel Kalio gave a fresh hope to fairness and sound principle of laws.

The petitioners hinged their arguments on the validity of the register of voters applied for the purposes of the controversial election of Oct. 20 , 2012. Register of voters were not pasted as one of the conditions precedent for review of voters register.

 

ONDO-STATE GOVERNORSHIP APPEAL TODAY, 25-06-2013

Happening now. Court of Appeal is still in session at Akure hearing the Appeal filed by ACN and PDP against the declaration of Gov. Mimiko of LP as the elected Governor of Ondo State on October .

There are 5 wise men on board, they are; Justice(s) Mohammed Lawal, Gana Mshelia, Martins Eko, Emmanuel Akomaye and Obientonbara Daniel Kalio.

***OBJ DUMP POLITICS FOR EVANGELISM***

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo may dump politics for evangelism soon, O'odua News has learnt.
The Ota farmer, we gathered has joined other clerics in organising nationwide crusades.
The reason, it was learnt may no be unconnected to the fact that President Jonathan could not allow him to dictate how he wanted Nigeria to be governed.
In protest, Obasanjo was said to have dumped politics for evangelism, having been trained at the National Open University.
He was said to have teamed up with a royal father from his home town, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, Karounwi III, and the world-renowned evangelist, Kayode Williams whose ministry is Bishop Kayode Williams World Outreach, to hold crusades nationwide.
Sources disclosed that Obasanjo, Oba Tejuoso and Kayode Williams, an ex armed robber who repented while in the Sokoto prison, have begun a five-day crusade in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, yesterday.

Confirming the new status of Obasanjo, a cleric who is also an indigene of Ogbomoso, Pastor Kayode Alabi, said, “Yes, it is true that former President, Obasanjo, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso and Bishop Kayode Williams are coming to Ogbomoso for a five-day crusade beginning from today (yesterday).
The whole city is agog for the programme tagged ‘‘Healing Ogbomoso Land Gospel Crusade’’ holding at the Beulah Baptist Convention Ground, Ogbomoso. The programme is being hosted by Ogbomoso Christian Ministers’ Fellowship.”
According to him, Obasanjo may have resolved to spend the remaining years of his life serving God who brought him out of prison and made him president for eight years. He said: “Baba Obasanjo has many reasons for returning to God to serve him. You would recall how Gen. Abacha arrested him with others, sentenced him to death for alleged involvement in a phantom coup; he was set free after spending three years, three months and three days in prison. He was elected president and served for eight years and today he has many reasons to serve the same God. Don’t forget that he graduated as an evangelist from the National Open University. God could use anyone who is ready and willing to serve him.”

 

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POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM OGBENI TILL DAY BREAK .

On 2014 Governorship election in Osun , Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola concluded "I have no doubt in my mind that we shall enjoy the confidence of Osun poeple . We shall defeat any body that raises his head against us  "

CHIEFTAINCY CRISIS : AGGRIEVED YOUTHS CHASED OUT MONARCHY FROM PALACE .

Five person were allegedly shot and critically injured , while some houses  were set ablaze following a violence which erupted  on friday in Ilupeju-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti state over a chieftaincy tussle .
Our correspondent gathered that the Apeju of Ilupeju , Oba Olaleye Oniyelu was chased out of palace by irate youths who were against the choice of Mr Isreal Ojo, who the monarch had planned to install

 as the Olugbosun a traditional chieftaincy title in the town .
According to our source , Ojo was dancing to the palace for his inaguration on friday morning  when some of the people following him started shooting  sporadically , But another source said some hoodlums laid ambush for Ojo on his way to palace .
It was gathered that  the intervention of Police prevented the crises from causing more damages to lives and property .
 The police public relation officer in the state , Mr victor Babayemi who confirmed the crises said 22 persons have been arrested in connection with the crisis .