EXCLUSIVE: Al-Mustapha's Story On Abacha's Death Exposed. Said he Would've Gunned Down Abdulsalami"

"My Boss, General Sani Muhammad Abacha, died at the early hours of Monday, 8th June, 1998. I had prepared him for a workshop organized by the Federal Ministry of Information for that day as he was expected to deliver an address as the Special Guest of Honour. His speech was drafted and fine tuned by the Chief Press Secretary, Chief David Attah who had submitted it to the Aide-De Camp for vetting and necessary amendments by the Commander-in-Chief. When I got to the bedside of the Head of State, he was already gasping. Ordinarily, I could not just touch him. It was not allowed in our job. But under the situation on ground, I knelt close to him and shouted, “General Sani Abacha, Sir, please grant me permission to touch and carry you.”


"Contrary to insinuations, speculations and sad rumours initiated by some sections of the society, I maintain that the sudden collapse of the health system of the late Head of State started previous day (Sunday, 7th June, 1998) right from the Abuja International Airport immediately after one of the white security operatives or personnel who accompanied President Yasser Arafat of Palestine shook hands with him (General Abacha) I had noticed the change in the countenance of the late Commander-in-Chief and informed the Aide-de-Camp, Lt. Col. Abdallah, accordingly. He, however, advised that we keep a close watch on the Head of State. Later in the evening of 8th June, 1998, around 6p.m; his doctor came around, administered an injection to stabilize him. He was advised to have a short rest. 

Happily, enough, by 9p.m; the Head of State was bouncing and receiving visitors until much later when General Jeremiah Timbut Useni, the then Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, came calling. He was fond of the Head of State. They were very good friends. They stayed and chatted together till about 3.35a.m. A friend of the house was with me in my office and as he was bidding me farewell, he came back to inform me that the FCT Minister, General Useni was out of the Head of State’s Guest House within the Villa."

"I then decided to inform the ADC and other security boys that I would be on my way home to prepare for the early morning event at the International Conference Centre. At about 5a.m; the security guards ran to my quarters to inform me that the Head of State was very unstable. At first, I thought it was a coup attempt. Immediately, I prepared myself fully for any eventuality. As an intelligence officer and the Chief Security Officer to the Head of State for that matter, I devised a means of diverting the attention of the security boys from my escape route by asking my wife to continue chatting with them at the door – she was in the house while the boys were outside. From there, I got to the Guest House of the Head of State before them. 

When I got to the bedside of the Head of State, he was already gasping. Ordinarily, I could not just touch him. It was not allowed in our job. But under the situation on ground, I knelt close to him and shouted, “General Sani Abacha, Sir, please grant me permission to touch and carry you.” I again knocked at the stool beside the bed and shouted in the same manner, yet he did not respond. I then realized there was a serious danger. I immediately called the Head of State’s personal physician, Dr. Wali, who arrived the place under eight minutes from his house. He immediately gave Oga – General Abacha – two doses of injection, one at the heart and another close to his neck."

"This did not work apparently as the Head of State had turned very cold. He then told me that the Head of State was dead and nothing could be done after all. I there and then asked the personal physician to remain with the dead body while I dashed home to be fully prepared for the problems that might arise from the incident. As soon as I informed my wife, she collapsed and burst into tears. I secured my house and then ran back. At that point, the Aide-de-Camp had been contacted by me and we decided that great caution must be taken in handling the grave situation. Again, I must reiterate that the issue of my Boss dying on top of women was a great lie just as the insinuation that General Sani Abacha ate and died of poisoned apples was equally a wicked lie. My question is: did Chief M.K.O Abiola die of poisoned apples or did he die on top of women? As I had stated at the Oputa Panel, their deaths were organized. Pure and simple! It was at this point that I used our special communication gadgets to diplomatically invite the Service Chiefs, Military Governors and some few elements purportedly to a meeting with the Head of State by 9a.m. at the Council Chamber. That completed, I also decided to talk to some former leaders of the nation to inform them that General Sani Abacha would like to meet them by 9a.m. Situation became charged however, when one of the Service Chiefs, Lieutenant General Ishaya Rizi Bamaiyi, who pretended to be with us, suggested he be made the new Head of State after we had quietly informed him of the death of General Sani Abacha. He even suggested we should allow him access to Chief Abiola. We smelt a rat and other heads of security agencies, on hearing this, advised I move Chief Abiola to a safer destination."
"I managed to do this in spite of the fact that I had been terribly overwhelmed with the crisis at hand. But then, when some junior officers over-heard the suggestion of one of the Service Chiefs earlier mentioned, it was suggested to me that we should finish all the members of the Provisional Ruling Council and give the general public an excuse that there was a meeting of the PRC during which a shoot-out occurred between some members of the Provisional Ruling Council and the Body Guards to the Head of State When I sensed that we would be contending with far more delicate issues than the one on ground, I talked to Generals Buba Marwa and Ibrahim Sabo who both promptly advised us – the junior officers – against any bloodshed. They advised we contact General Ibrahim Babangida (former Military President) who equally advised against any bloodshed but that we should support the most senior officer in the Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) to be the new Head of State. Since the words of our elders are words of wisdom, we agreed to support General Jeremiah Useni. Along the line, General Bamaiyi lampooned me saying, “Can’t you put two and two together to be four? Has it not occurred to you that General Useni who was the last man with the Head of State might have poisoned him, knowing full well that he was the most senior officer in the PRC?”

"Naturally, I became furious with General Useni since General Abacha’s family had earlier on complained severally about the closeness of the two Generals; at that, a decision was taken to storm General Useni’s house with almost a battalion of soldiers to effect his arrest. Again, some heads of security units and agencies, including my wife, advised against the move. The next most senior person and officer in government was General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who was then the Chief of Defence Staff. 

We rejected the other Service Chief, who, we believed, was too ambitious and destructive. We settled for General Abubakar and about six of us called him inside a room in the Head of State’s residence to break the news of the death of General Abacha to him. As a General with vast experience, Abdulsalami Abubakar, humbly requested to see and pray for the soul of General Abacha which we allowed. Do we consider this a mistake? Because right there, he – Abubakar – went and sat on the seat of the late Head of State. Again, I was very furious. Like I said at the Oputa Panel, if caution was not applied, I would have gunned him down. The revolution the boys were yearning for would have started right there. The assumption that we could not have succeeded in the revolution was a blatant lie. We were in full control of the State House and the Brigade of Guards. We had loyal troops in Keffi and in some other areas surrounding the seat of government – Abuja. But I allowed peace to reign because we believed it would create further crises in the country."

"We followed the advice of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and the wise counsel of some loyal senior officers and jointly agreed that General Abdulsalami Abubakar be installed Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces immediately after the burial of General Sani Abacha in Kano. It is an irony of history that the same Service Chief who wanted to be Head of State through bloodshed, later instigated the new members of the Provisional Ruling Council against us and branded us killers, termites and all sorts of hopeless names. They planned, arranged our arrest, intimidation and subsequent jungle trial in 1998 and 1999. These, of course, led to our terrible condition in several prisons and places of confinement."

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Oil Subsidy Fraud Suspects Funneled Nearly $1billion To Jonathan Election Campaign

Some of the high profile suspects arraigned on Wednesday for stealing $6.8 billion oil subsidy funds have sent a strong warning to President Goodluck Jonathan to desist from prosecuting them or face a full disclosure of how they funneled close to $1 billion towards his 2011 presidential campaign through the oil resources minister Diezani Allison-Madueke and the Minister for the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe.
 
SaharaReporters sources say that operators of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, whose Managing Director, Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi, was docked along with 20 others, have compiled information that was sent to President Jonathan that includes:

 
• How they specifically handed over $300 million through the Minister for Petroleum Resources, Allison-Madueke, towards the election of President Jonathan in 2011; and 
• That they bought a mansion for Mr. Orubebe in Abuja worth N600 million.
 
Saharareporters learned that the accused Ontario Oil chieftains were shocked by the public humiliation brought upon them by the EFCC. The most powerful member of the Ontario clan, Walter Wagbatsoma, reportedly left Nigeria for Paris shortly before the commencement of prosecution by the EFCC. 
 
Meanwhile, EFCC officials have confirmed to SaharaReporters that Mr. Wagbatsoma has not written any statement or appeared before the agency even though he was listed as one of those to be arraigned by the EFCC. He is believed to have the key to unlocking the involvement of Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke in the oil subsidy fraud. 
 
Specifically, Wagbatsoma is reportedly in possession of a private jet bought last year that he is holding in trust for Mrs Allison-Madueke. A source in Abuja also said that Mr. Orubebe is on the board of Ontario Oil, although he may not be publicly listed. Wagbatsoma is listed as the owner of several companies used to siphon off funds from the oil industry, they include: Ontario oil & gas Ltd., Ontario trading Ltd, Ontario storage terminals Ltd., ontario vessels Ltd., Ontario Drilling and Engineering services.
 
In Lagos today, the prosecution suffered another setback as the court adjourned following the failure of Wagbatsoma to appear  at the trial. The proceedings were equally stalled yesterday by the absence of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke.
 
Sources knowledgeable about the intrigues surrounding the trial have already predicted that due to the current threat to expose President Jonathan and some of his most powerful ministers, the case will fizzle out over time.

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Turai Yar’Adua and Patience Jonathan In A Land Dispute In Abuja

 

 

Our former first lady, Turai Yar'Adua and current first lady, Patience Jonathan took went to court over a property they are both fight  over. And to save the country from further embarrassment, the Attorney General of the Federation has asked the court handling the case to discontinue further hearing on the case.

The property in dispute is located in the central business district of Abuja and was originally allocated to a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, “The Registered Trustee of Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, WYEF”, a pet project initiated by Turai Yar’Adua.

After Turai left as First Lady, the property was revoked by the FCT minister and re-awarded to Dame Patience Jonathan for the construction of a secretariat of the “First Ladies Peace Mission.”

Turai has been promised any alternative property of her choice in the business district in the FCT as compensation.

A baby Born with 3 Legs Borno State Of Nigeria

A baby girl identified as Nafisat, born with many legs and imperforated anus in Borno State needs your help.

According to medical experts, baby Nafisat needs N1million for corrective surgery for her to remain alive.
Baby Nafisat was born to the Ahmed family in Bayo LGA of Borno state on the 18th of June, 2012.

The family’s joy quickly turned to sorrow as they witnessed many abnormalities surrounding her birth.


A surgeon at the Federal Medical Centre in Gombe states Nafisat needs intensive surgery to keep her alive.
Unfortunately, her parents have no means of paying for this expensive surgery.

They’re calling on Nigerians especially the first lady of the state to come to her rescue.
Nafisat is currently in the Special Baby Unit at Gombe Federal Medical Centre and she is struggling with imperforated anus and other abnormalities.

Dr Adamu Madugu, the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Center, Gombe, said the baby stands the risk of dying if the surgery is not carried out immediately.

“Nafisat was referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, and has been admitted in the Special Baby Care Unit with a case of imperforated anus and multiple abnormalities.”

“The patient has to undergo a series of surgery in order to correct various enormities.”

Baby Nafisat is currently living on different medical gadgets and she needs N1 million for important corrective surgery.
Madugu said with N1 million, Nafisat would be able to pay for her surgery, drugs, investigation, pints of blood, feeding and accommodation.

“Unfortunately, the parents cannot afford the money due to financial constraints,” said the Surgeon who solicited that only government can help the poor parents to save the life of the baby.

Woman Prays For A Miracle After Giving Birth To A Baby Whose Brain Is Outside The Skull

A South African baby boy, born on July 4, is not expected to survive. His anomaly? He was born with his brain exposed outside his head.
Mantwa Mokoena is praying for a miracle. Every day she is at her son’s hospital crib at the neo-natal unit of Kroonstad’s Boitumelo hospital in the Free State.

Every three hours for the past three weeks, she expresses milk into a cup to be fed to baby Sibusiso via a tube, even though every minute might be his last. Doctors say there is nothing they can do for him. His condition is officially “incompatible with life”.


Sibusiso was born on July 4 with anencephaly, a birth defect that results in a brain growing outside a head. According to his paediatrician, Dr Lizzy Tabane, the condition occurs early in the pregnancy at about four weeks after fertilisation, when the brain is still being formed. As the baby develops, the skull does not close properly and leaves a hole at the back of the child’s head.

Most of the brain grows outside the head and is covered by a very thin membrane. Infants with anencephaly usually have a brain stem, which controls reflexes like breathing, but they do not have a forebrain or cerebrum that controls thinking.

“The brain that was formed is abnormal. The brain consists of the cerebral hemispheres on the sides, the cerebellum at the back as well as the brain stem. He has no cerebrum or cerebral hemisphere, just brain tissue and a brain stem which is connected to the spinal cord and helps him to breathe. But unfortunately he won’t last long and there is nothing we can do about it. There is no quality of life without a brain. All that we can do is offer him palliative care as there is nothing curative about his case,” Tabane said.

But despite being told that her first child might die at any time, Mokoena was praying for a miracle. While she understands the seriousness of her baby’s condition, she says she is “waiting for him to get better. I have hope that he will be fine.

“I am so scared of lifting him up in case I hurt him. That part at the back containing his brain is very soft, it’s like touching a plastic with water. So I’m scared I will tear it.”

Mokoena’s partner, Sandile Sithole, has refused to accept that there was nothing that could be done for his baby boy and was searching for assistance.

Mokoena said: “He is hurting. This is his first child and it is difficult for him to accept what happened.” Tabane said they had already counselled the couple and told them that they must “let nature take its course”.

In the meantime, she said, all they were doing was keeping the baby comfortable. In her 17 years of being a doctor, Tabane said, Sibusiso was the third case of anencephaly she had seen. The first child, she said, had died after a week and the second one after four weeks.According to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the prognosis for patients is death.

Most anencephalic foetuses do not survive birth, and account for 55 percent of non-aborted cases. If the infant is not stillborn, then he or she will usually die within a few hours or days after birth from cardio-respiratory arrest.

There have been three recorded cases of children who have lived longer. Stephanie Keene, of Virginia, US, lived for two years and 174 days, and Nicholas Coke, of Pueblo, Colorado, is still alive after three and a half years, and Vitoria de Cristo, born in January 2010, is also still alive. Anencephaly occurs in about four out of 10 000 births. Having one infant with this condition increases the risk of having another child with neural tube defects.
WHAT IS ANENCEPHALY?

• One of the most common neural tube defects.
• Neural tube defects are birth defects that affect the tissue that grows into the spinal cord and brain.
• Anencephaly occurs early in the development of an unborn baby.
• It results when the upper part of the neural tube fails to close.
• Possible causes include environmental toxins, drink and drugs, and a low intake of folic acid during pregnancy.
• Folic acid could help reduce the risk of certain birth defects, including anencephaly.

FUEL SUBSIDY SCAM: Bamanga Tukur’s Son, 11 Others Charged

The law bared its fangs, yesterday, as the Ikeja and Lagos judicial divisions will try 7 oil companies and 12 directors charged before them.

They face between 7 years and 20 years imprisonment and to refund N304bn which was alleged to have been illegally taken from the Federal Government coffers.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, filed charges against the first batch of 18 suspects comprising six oil companies and 12 individuals implicated in the oil subsidy fraud. The companies are: Nasaman Oil Services; Eterna Oil and Gas Plc; Contario Oil & Gas Plc; Nadabo Energy Limited; Pacific Silver Line Limited, Axenergy Limited and Fago Petroleum and Gas Limited.


The 12 individuals involved in the scam are: Mamman Nasir Ali; Christian Taylor; Mahmud Tukur; Ochonogor Alex; Walter Agbasoma; Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi; Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer; Ezekiel Olaleye Ejidele; Abubakar Ali Peters; Jude Agube Abalaka, Abdulahi Alao and Oluwaseun Ogunbanbo.

Ezekiel Olaleye Ejidele is director of the accounting firm of Akintola Williams Deloitte while Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer is a staff of the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulating Agency, PPPRA.
At Ikeja High Court, Justices Habeeb Abiru and Adeniyi Onigbanjo have been assigned to entertain some of the charges while Justices Samuel Candide-Johnson, Lawal Akapo and Dotun Adefope-Okojie of Lagos High Court will try the other charges in Lagos.

Justices Abiru and Onigbanjo who are presently on annual court vacation couldn’t come for the formal arraignment of the oil marketers yesterday. It was gathered that the Judges will sit today (Wednesday) for their arraignment.

In Justice Onigbanjo’s court, Mahmud Tukur, son of the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur; Ochonogor Alex, Abdulahi Alao and Eterna Oil & Gas Ltd are defendants in a nine-count charge of  alleged conspiracy, forgery, and obtaining N676.9 million under false pretence.

The EFCC alleged that the suspects on April 28, 2011 in Lagos, fraudulently obtained a total sum of N676.9 million from the Federal Government purporting same to be payment accruing to Eterna Oil under the Petroleum Support Fund.

They are also accused of falsifying claims of having “purchased 33,288,388 litres of Premium Motoring Spirits (PMS) from Mercury Energy Trading AS and imported to Nigeria through Ex-MT Fulmer, Ex-MT Emirates Star and Ex-MT Panther.”

The case preferred against the defendants before Justice Abiru bordered on “conspiracy to obtain N1.9 billion under false pretence contrary to Section 8, punishable under Section 107 of Advance Fee Fraud & other Related offences.”

The charge against Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer and Ezekiel Olajide Ejide stated that they “conspired to obtain property by false pretence contrary to Section 8 punishable under Section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences on July 7, 2010, within the jurisdiction of this court.

“Conspired to commit an offence to wit: Obtaining the sum of N340, 178, 111.231 from the Federal Government of Nigeria, purporting to be Payment Support Fund, which sum was in excess of the actual value of the product imported into Nigeria.”

They were also said to have collected the sum of N340, 015,198, being “Excess of the value of the actual product (12,070,706 litres) delivered by MT. Union Brave to Integrated Oil & Gas Ltd on your behalf as against 19,681, 731 litres you falsely claimed to have discharged.”

The defendants were also accused by the government of “altering and forging documents contrary to Section 468 and 467 of the Criminal Code Cap. C17, Vol. 2, Laws of Lagos of State of Nigeria, 2006” respectively. The offences were said “to contradict Section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences.

“The charge further said: “On July 7, 2010, within the jurisdiction of the court, you conspired to commit an offence to wit: Obtaining the sum of N340, 178, 111.231 from the Federal Government of Nigeria Support Fund, which sum was in excess of the actual value of the product imported into Nigeria.”

Abdulahi Alao will also face another 7-count charge bothering on obtaining by false pretence, forgery and use of false documents before Abiru.

He is accused of “fraudulently obtaining N2.5 billion in December 2010 from the Federal Government as subsidy payments for supplying 13,364,284 and 20,014,627 litres of PMS from Ex- MT Gavros and Ex-MT Nippon Princess.”

In same vein, two directors of other oil companies who were charged  before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere will be arraigned on Thursday (tomorrow) for their alleged complicity in the fuel subsidy fraud of N2.153 billion, for the importation of 36.654 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country.

In a charge No. ID/117C/2012, Integrated Resources Limited, Durosola Omogbemigun, Pinnacle Oil & Gas and Peter Mba who are defendants were accused of having between 2010 and 2011conspired to defraud the Federal Republic of Nigeria by collecting the said money from the Petroleum Support Fund, in respect of purported importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from Europe to Nigeria.

The charge read: 
“You Integrated Resources Limited, Durosola Omogbemigun, Pinnacle Oil & Gas and Peter Mba, on or about February 4, 2011 within the jurisdiction of this Court, by false pretence and intention to defraud obtained from the Federal Republic of Nigeria the sum N986.154 million, requested the said money to be subsidy payment payable to the Integrated Resources Limited, by the Federal Government, under the Petroleum Support Fund, in respect of 19.347 million litres of PMS, which you falsely claimed to have purchased from Guinness Petroleum Limited.”

The charge further stated, “Omogbemigun, on November 15, 2011 defrauded the Federal Republic of Nigeria of the sum N343.182 million, money meant to be subsidy payable to the Integrated Resources Limited, by the Federal Government, under the Petroleum Support Fund, in the respect of 4.116 million litres of PMS, which he claimed to have purchased from Alkamo International Limited and allegedly imported into Nigeria.

“That Durosola Omogbemigun, on or about November 15, 2011 within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, by false pretence with intent to defraud the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the sum of N823.305 million, purported the said sum to be subsidy payable to the Integrated Resources Limited, by the Federal Government, under the Petroleum Support Fund, in respect of 9.191 million litres of PMS, which you falsely claimed to have purchased from Alkamo International Limited and alleged imported into Nigeria”

Nasaman Oil Services; Mamman Nasir and Christian Taylor are to face charges bordering on obtaining N4, 460, 130, 797. 94 (Four Billion, Four Hundred and Sixty Million, One Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven Naira, Ninety Four Kobo) from the Federal Government of Nigeria under false pretence. The sum is alleged to have been fraudulently obtained as subsidy payments from the Petroleum Support Fund for the purported importation of 30.5million litres of Premium Motor Spirit from SEATAC Petroleum Limited of British Virgin Islands.

Nadabo Energy Limited, Abubakar Ali Peters, Jude Agube Abalaka and Pacific Silver Line Limited are to be prosecuted for allegedly obtaining the sum of N1, 464, 961, 978.24 (One Billion, Four Hundred and Sixty Four Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy Eight Naira, Twenty- Four Kobo ), being payments fraudulently received from the Petroleum Support Fund for a purported importation of 19.4million litres of Premium Motor Spirit.

Walter Agbasoma; Adaoha Ugo -Ngadi; Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer; Ezekiel Olaleye Ejidele and Contario Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited will be arraigned for fraudulently obtaining the sum of N1, 959, 377, 542, .63 (One Billion, Nine Hundred and Fifty Nine Million, Three Hundred and Seventy Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Forty Two Naira, Sixty Three Kobo) from the Petroleum Support Fund for a purported importation of 39.2 litres of Premium Motor Spirit.

Fago Petroleum and Gas Limited and Oluwaseun Ogunbanbo who are also charged will be docked for fraudulently obtaining the sum of N979,653,110.20 ( Nine Hundred and Seventy Nine Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, One Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira, Twenty Eight Kobo), from the Petroleum Support Fund for a purported importation of 33, 627, 84 litres of Premium Motor Spirit.

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House of Reps Indicted Lamido Sanusi For Fraud And Forgery

The document 81-page document provides, perhaps, the most indicting revelations on the sale of three banks by the CBN last year, a move that has drawn intense criticism to the regulatory bank under Mr. Sanusi

A House of Representatives report on the near collapse of the capital market says it has found evidence of forgery and fraudulent misrepresentation involving the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and other top industry officials in the controversial nationalization of three commercial banks.

The report submitted to the House on Tuesday, says the nationalization of Afribank Plc, Spring Bank and Bank PHB, violated statutory provisions and remained a “major source” of investors’ loss of confidence in the troubled Nigerian capital market.

The document 81-page document provides, perhaps, the most indicting position on the sale of the three banks by the CBN last year, a move that has fetched the regulatory bank under Mr. Sanusi, intense criticisms and accusation of bias.

“This committee is of the view that due process was not followed, and that investors interests were not considered in nationalizing the banks,” the House capital market committee, headed by Ibrahim El-Sudi, stated.

“Public officers charged with the responsibility of protecting investors and depositors did not act in good faith, and there were evidence to suggest fraud, misrepresentations, and forgeries.”

Those cited to have been involved in the irregularities are the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, Umaru Ibrahim, Managing Director, Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), Mustafa Chike-Obi, the CBN governor, Mr. Sanusi, the Registrar of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Belo Mahmud, and the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Arunma Oteh.

The committee faulted Mr. Sanusi for a range of several other anomalies and breach of procedures, and accused the CBN boss of deliberately withholding information from the lawmakers during the investigation.

It also indicted Ms. Oteh of multiple cases of irregularities, and accused the SEC DG of fraudulent conduct.
Ms. Oteh was recalled by the federal government on Wednesday after about a month on suspension. Her recall came as the House committee tabled its report.

On the nationalization of Afribank, the committee detailed shocking highlights of the behind-the-scenes leading to the change. The committee said the bank’s name was changed to Mainstreet Bank Limited, a private company with share capital of 100,000 ordinary shares of N1 each, owned by two persons, Gideon Agbedo, a lawyer, and a certain Innocent Obi.

The committee said it found out the Articles and Memorandum of Association transferring the ownership to the individuals, was stamped and verified by the CAC authorizing them to “assume all or part only of the deposits and liabilities of Afribank” and to “purchase such assets of Afribank” as are acceptable to the board.
This meant a publicly quoted company was acquired by a private company owned by two persons, the committee said.

Further, a Certificate of Incorporation no RC 969929 dated 5th August, 2011, signed by Bello Mahmud, Registrar General-CAC , certified that Mainstreet Bank was previously called ‘SHOKO CHUKIN LIMITED’.
“This action is completely false and dubious,” the committee said.
Again, the committee said the position of AMCON, CBN, SEC etc that the nationalized banks were owned 100 per cent by AMCON, were deliberate falsehood as it was clear the two individuals owned the banks with nine other names as the Directors of the bank.

For Bank PHB, changed to Keystone bank, the committee said a similar fraud was perpetuated with share capital of 100 000 ordinary shares of N1 each were owned by one Benson Igbanoi and the same Innocent Obi of Mainstreet Bank.

The object of Keystone Bank ltd was similar to that of the Mainstreet Bank, and has a Certificate of Incorporation no RC 969956 which certifies that Keystone Bank Ltd was previously called Michi Noku Resolution limited, another alleged fraud.


Source: Premium Times

FG Recalls Suspended SEC DG, Ms. Arunma Oteh.

The Federal Government has recalled the suspended Director -General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Arunma Oteh.
Her recall was communicated to her through a circular; SGF.2/S.9/C.13/454 dated 17/ July/ 2012 and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.
 
According to him, Oteh’s recall follows the outcome of the findings of the external auditors.
It will be recalled that the Board engaged the Price Water Coopers Limited, a renowned audit firm, to examine SEC's account records.
The firm exonerated her from all accusation of fraud and criminal breaches.
She was however indicted for some administrative lapses.
 
The circular reads:
"Please refer to the decision of the Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to send you on compulsory leave in order to enable SEC's external auditors-the Price Water Coopers Limited (PWC), to examine the records of the Commission's transactions covering SEC project 50 which you supervised.
 
"I am to note that Government has studied the report submitted by the external auditors and you are neither indicted for fraud nor criminal breach in any form. However, some administrative lapses were reported, particularly, in cases where administrative procedures were not thoroughly observed.
 
"The purpose of this letter is to recall you from your leave and to caution that you must henceforth endeavour to diligently observe all extant rules and administrative procedures in the conduct of all official transactions."

Source: The Nation

Hilary Clinton Gets Stoned With Tomatoes By Egyptians

Egyptians pelted Secretary of State Clinton’s motorcade with tomatoes, shoes and jeers of “Monica! Monica!” on Sunday during her first visit since last year’s dramatic revolution.

A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, but Clinton was unscathed during the brief ruckus as she was leaving the U.S. Consulate in Alexandria.

It was not clear who the protesters were, or what their political affiliation was.


On Saturday, protesters chanted anti-Islamist slogans outside Clinton’s hotel, accusing the U.S. of backing the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power.

The Islamists, on the other hand, complain that Washington spent years propping up former President Hosni Mubarak and tacitly encouraging his often brutal efforts to suppress religious militancy.
The United States provides Egypt with $1.3 billion a year in military aid.

Adams Oshiomhole Declared Winner Of Edo Governorship Election As President Jonathan Congratulated Him An UPDATE

UPDATE 2: President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Adams Oshiomhole on his victory in the election. He also wished the comrade-governor a successful second term in office.
The president commended INEC and the security agencies for the successful conduct of the elections.
Rauf Aregbsola, the governor of the state of Osun, has also congratulated Mr Oshiomhole over his victory.

There was spontaneous breakout of jubilation by the people in the streets in the state capital as details of the results filtered out.

Loud booms of gunshots and fireworks could be heard from different parts of the city, as supporters from across all political divide poured out in the streets on motor bikes in jubilation of the victory.

One of the celebrating youths, who spoke with our reporters, described Mr. Oshiomhole’s victory as a triumph of the people of the state against politics of godfatherism and patronage.

“This victory show that if one, who is in leadership position performs and delivers the dividend of democracy to the people, victory can be achieved irrespective of the political party one belongs,” the ecstatic youth said.

Below is the full statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati.

"President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan congratulates Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on his re-election yesterday for another term in office.

"President Jonathan also commends the Independent National Electoral Commission, its personnel and the nation’s security services for ensuring that the elections were free and fair in keeping with his administration’s commitment to continually strengthening democracy in Nigeria through the establishment of a more credible electoral system.

"The President  urges Governor Oshiomhole to receive the fresh mandate given to him yesterday by the people of Edo State  as an endorsement of his outstanding  performance in his first term and an expression of their desire for a continuation of his focused, purposeful and dynamic leadership.

"He expects that the Governor will work even harder in his second term to justify the confidence in his leadership clearly expressed by the Edo State electorate yesterday and assures him that the Federal Government will continue to give all possible support and assistance for development in the state.

"President Jonathan wishes the Comrade-Governor continued good health and a successful second term in the service of Edo State and Nigeria."

UPDATE 1: The agent of the PDP has congratulated Mr. Oshiomhole for the victory, and INEC, for doing a good job. Speaking shortly after the result was announced at the INEC office in Benin, he added that his party would study the result of the election and then come forward with a formal reaction.
Read our earlier post below.
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The candidate of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Adams Oshiomhole, was this morning declared winner of the gubernatorial elections held yesterday in Edo State.

In the result announced by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Osayuki Oshodin, who was the returning officer, Mr. Oshiomhole polled a total of 477,478 votes, or 73.72 per cent of 647,698 total votes cast , winning in all the 18 Local Government Areas of the state.

His closest rival, Charles Airhiarvbere of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 144,235 votes, or 22.27 per cent of total votes, while the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)candidate, Solomon Edebiri, got 3,642 votes, and Izevbuwa Roland of the Congress for Political Change (CPC), received 2,792 votes, or 0.43 per cent of the total votes,

Other  results include that of Frank Ukonga of the Social Democratic Mega party (SDMP), who got 807 votes, or 0.56 per cent of total votes; Andrew Igwemoh of the Labour Party (LP), 604, or 0.09 per cent, and Paul Orumwense of the National Conscience Party (NCP), 504 votes, or 0.08 per cent.

About 17,282 voters could not vote in eight local government areas of the state for various reasons bordering on various breaches of the Electoral Act. But, elections did not hold at Ologbo, a riverine area of the state following the dead of four officials, including three police officers and an INEC ad hoc staff, in a boat mishap as they were conveying electoral materials to the area.

Observers noted the low turn out of voters, which was 40.4 per cent of the total number of registered voters.

The PDP polling agent at the polling centre at the INEC headquarters, Dickson Ikhairhe, who accepted the outcome of the polls on behalf of his party, said the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party will deliberate on the result and issue a formal statement.

He commended NEC’s handling of the exercise, describing it as peaceful and orderly, while congratulating the winner, Adams Oshiomhole for his victory.

The CPC representative, who congratulated the ACN for emerging victorious, said “victory for ACN is victory for all progressive parties in the state.”

Mr. Oshiomhole’s ACN won at the Uzenema Primary School voting centre, where the self-acclaimed godfather of Edo politics, Tony Anenih, voted. The result at the end of voting at the centre showed that the ACN scored 3,120 votes against PDP’s 1,004 votes

The PDP candidate in the poll, Mr. Airhiavbere, and other PDP chieftains, including Gabriel Igbinedion, lost in their wards. ACN also won in Ward unit 7 where the Chief of Staff to the President, Mike Oghiadomie comes from, scoring 169 votes against PDP’s 129.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TALLY

AKOKO - ACN (),  PDP ()

EGOR -   ACN (),  PDP ()

ESAN NORTH EAST ACN - (13,068), PDP - (12, 478)

ESAN CENTRAL - ACN - (), PDP - ()

ESAN SOUTH-EAST - ACN - (), PDP- ()

ESAN WEST - ACN - (), PDP - ()

ETSAKO CENTRAL - ACN - (16, 834), PDP - (5,113)

ETSAKO EAST - ACN - (14,904), PDP - (9,634)

ETSAKO WEST - ACN - (44,962), PDP - (5,920)

IGUEBEN - ACN - (), PDP - ()

IKPOBA OKHA - ACN - (58, 809), PDP - (6,505)

OREDO - ACN - (66,552), PDP - (9,081)

ORHIONMWON - ACN -(), PDP - ()

OVIA NORTH EAST - ACN - (), PDP - ()

OVIA SOUTH WEST - ACN - (), PDP - ()

OWAN EAST - ACN - (15,150), PDP - (7,229)

OWAN WEST - ACN - (), PDP - ()

UHUNMWONDE - ACN - (17,011), PDP - (5,826)

TOTAL- ACN - () PDP - ()

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PU12/11/05/002 ACN-121, ANPP-0, CPC-0, Labour Party-0, PDP-3

PU12/11/06/010 ACN-187 ANPP-2 CPC-0 PDP-13
PU12/11/O6/008 ACN-164 ANPP-2 CPC-3 PDP-17
PU12/11/06/009 ACN-206 ANPP-1 CPC-1 PDP-17

PU12/11/06/005 ACN-174 ANPP-1 CPC-0 PDP-21

PU12/11/06/006 ACN-176 ANPP-1 CPC-0 PDP-28

PU12/11/06/007 ACN-53 ANPP-2 CPC-9 PDP-2

PU12/11/06/004 ACN-230 ANPP-2 CPC-0 PDP-8

PU12/11/05/019 ACN-288 ANPP-0 CPC-4 PDP-18

PU12/11/05/023 ACN-277 ANPP-0 CPC-0 PDP-17

PU12/11/05/025 ACN-171 ANPP-7 CPC-2 PDP-23

PU12/11/06/001 ACN-184 ANPP-1 CPC-2 PDP-12

PU12/11/06/002 ACN-111 ANPP-2 CPC-0 PDP-20

PU12/11/06/003 ACN-155 ANPP-3 CPC-0 PDP-15

PU12/11/05/024 ACN-240 ANPP-1 CPC-1 PDP-2

PU12/11/05/010 ACN-201 ANPP-O CPC-0 PDP-18

Uroma Primary School, Predo LGA, Ward 2, ACN 216, ANPP 2, PDP 18

Oza Primary School, Oredo LGA, Ward 10, ACN 129, PDP 35

Oza Primary School, Oredo LGA, Ward 10, ACN 14, PDP 35

Ebidi Pri. Sch., Fugar, Etsako Central. Ward 2 , unit 7 , CPC= 0, , PDP=129 , ACN=169 

Ebidi Pri. Sch., Fugar, Etsako Central. Ward 2 , unit 8, CPC=0 , PDP=88 , ACN=141 Unit 

PU 14,GRA,Benin.PDP 32,ACN-190,CPC-3

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Wife Of The Nigerian President Mrs Patience Jonathan Speaks On Her Appointment As The Permanent Secretary

 
Patience, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, says she will not be relocating to Bayelsa state to perform the duties of a permanent secretary, in line with her new appointment. 

Mrs. Jonathan was on Wednesday appointed a Permanent Secretary in the Bayelsa state civil service by the state Governor, Seriake Dickson.  She was appointed alongside 17 other senior civil servants in the state.

But unlike the others, she will hold her office in absentia, Mrs Jonathan told PREMIUM TIMES through her spokesperson, Ayo Osinlu.

"She is on leave of absence," Mr. Osinlu said. "She is not going to function in the office of the permanent secretary in Bayelsa state."

Ms. Jonathan however, is apparently delighted at the appointment as her spokesman argued that she had no cause to publicly accept or decline the appointment.

"It is a civil service position," Mr Osinlu said. 

"She is a staff of the Bayelsa state civil service."

Ms. Jonathan will also not collect any perk for the office, Mr. Osinlu said. 

"It will be illegal for her to draw salary from the office," he said.

The president's wife, who left the Bayelsa state civil service 13 years ago after her husband became the deputy governor of the state, was elevated to the position, usually reserved for senior civil servants. 

Governor Seriake Dickson said he made the appointment in line with the constitutional powers conferred on his office. 

On behalf of Ms. Jonathan, Mr. Osinlu argued that the appointment is a routine civil service career promotion, as opposed to insinuations that it is a political appointment by the governor to curry favour from the president's wife, whom many believe was influential in the governors climb to his office.

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Edo State Governorship Election, Result from Various Sources So Far

Edo governorship results coming in so far
The dinasour failed to deliver : CHIEF ANTHONY ANENIH’s WARD RESULT: Uromi East Ward 2: ACN-3,480 PDP-1,004.

Etsako central Fugar ward 2
unit 7 PDP 169, ACN 129
Unit 8 PDP 87, ACN 141
Unit 2 PDP 96, ACN 133. This is ward of the formal Chief of staff to GEJ
From Ovia N/E ward 1 unit 3
ACN:256
PDP:62
ANPP:5
CPC:3

Ward 7,unit 7 Esan. Central. Acn 62, Pdp 43
Isiukhukhu unit in Adolor ward 3, in ovia north east LGA, ACN: 122, PDP 17
In Ayua (EWLG)


Ward 9 ACN:767 PDP 15,
Unit 13 :ACN 494, PDP:51
Ward4, unit 03 ICE RD etsako west, A.C.N 337, PDP 43,
Oredo ward4 unit 6 to 11 ACN 816 pDP 61.. ACN
Idia college AcN 7288. PDP 256
Igbirra Camp in Auchi CPC 3, ANPP 2, PDP 31, ACN 255.
Ward 3, owan east:
unit acn pdp
1. 158 54
2. 148 60
3. 120 78
4. 52 87
5. 127 65
6. 55 46
7. 100 48
8. 103 59
9. 68 77
10. 86 73
11. 101 57
Auchi Unit 5. PDP 18 and ACN 174 WARD 3
Unit 4 accredited voters 109 vote 103 invalid 1 CPC 1 PDP 9 ACN 94 Auchi Poly HOSTEL ward 3
Ward 3, owan east:
unit acn pdp
1. 158 54
2. 148 60
3. 120 78
4. 52 87
5. 127 65
6. 55 46
7. 100 48
8. 103 59
9. 68 77
10. 86 73
11. 101 57. Igueben Ward 9 unit 3 A.C.N 256. PDP:100. Oredo WARD 1,UNIT 11,OBA AKENZUA COMPLEX: ACN. 176 ,PDP.29
ELECTION RESULT! CONFIRMED
OREDO WARD 5:AT I.C.E
UNIT 1
ACN189,PDP23,ANPP22
UNIT 2
ACN244,PDP11,ANPP3
UNIT3
ACN107,PDP7,ANPP 0
OREDO WARD 5 CONTINUES;VOTING IN B.H.S
UNIT 22
ACN127,PDP 9
UNIT 23
ACN233,PDP10
UNIT 24
ACN228,PDP21
IKPOBA OKHA
WARD 5 CONTINUES:VOTING AT IHOGBE COLLEGE.
UNIT 6
ACN105,PDP 14
UNIT 7
ACN230,PDP 14
UNIT 8
ACN 239,PDP15
IKPOBA OKHA,WARD 5
UNIT 19
ACN 411,PDP 123
STAYED TUNED FOR MORE-PRINCE NOSA IKPONMWOSA
ACN wins at Iguoshodin nigbemaba unit in Ovia North East LGA: ACN 232, PDP 5,
ANPP 0
4 45pm : ACN wins at Unit 35 Ward 2, Uroma Primary Sch. GRA Oredo LGA: ACN 216,
ANPP 2, PDP 18
4: 31pm: 3 police officers, INEC official feared dead as boat capsizes
4:30pm: ACN wins at Unit 4 Ward
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Result from the 9 Units in Manpower Dev. Center, Evboriaria, Ikpoba-Okha, code-6, in Unit 39, Acn got 192, and Pdp got 15. Unit 40 Acn got 162, while Pdp 11. in Unit 41 – Acn 139, and Pdp 17. Unit 42 Acn-174, Pdp 16. Unit 43, Acn 187, Pdp 13. Unit 50 Acn 228, Pdp 20. Unit 51 – Acn- 215, Pdp 14. Unit 52 – Acn 236, Pdp – 13. Unit 53 – Acn – 231, Pdp – 19. COUNTING IS ENDED!
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Egor Ward 1, Unit 1 ACN 365, PDP 24; Ward 5, Unit 1, ACN 408, PDP 46
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Results from My Polling Station
Eresoyen Pry Sch, Oluku..
OVIA NORTH-EAST L.G.A
ACN- 1140
PDP- 36
CPC- 9
ACN leads
The Action Congress of Nigeria is leading from the early results which have come in from the party’s agents in the field.
In Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area, ACN won the results so far released. In Ward 2, Unit 7 ACN won by 169 to PDP’s 129. Ward 2 Unit 7 is the ward of Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, Chief of Staff to the President.
In Ward 2, Unit 8 in Fugar, ACN won by 141 to PDP’s 87 votes. In Ward 2, Unit 1, ACN got 133 votes while PDP got 96 votes.
In Adohan, Orhiomwon Local Government, ACN won by 259 votes to PDPs 44 votes. At Idunokhoi, also in the same Local Government, ACN won by 171 to PDP’s 39 votes.
At Orhiomwhon, Urhonigbe North, Polling Unit 7, ACN polled 116, PDP 36, at Ward 04, ACN 117, PDP 27. At Okhwae, ACN polled 221, PDP 71.
At Umuakpe in Oredo Local Government Area, ACN polled 173 to PDPs 20.
In Ozalla, Owan West Local Government Area, ACN won all the units of Ward 1 with total of 1137 for ACN and 599 for PDP. Jubilations akin to a festivity now ongoing at Ozalla.


At Okada Grammar School, ACN won by 265 to PDPs 62
At Eweka primary School at Egor local Government, ACN polled 300 to PDPs 17; at the Oba Market in Oredo ACN polled 404 to PDPs 54.
At the S&T in Egor Local Government, ACN polled 200 to PDPs 25.
The Ward 6, the total sum of Units 1 to 10 in Niger College, Ikpoba Okha LG indicates that ACN won by 1575 to PDPs 54.
In Ovia North East, Ward 1, Unit 3: ACN 256, PDP 52.
Etasko east ward 10 unit 1: ACN 400, PDP 28.
Egor, Unit 11, Ward 9 ACN 75, PDP 9; Ovia North East, ACN 149, PDP 12; Gapiona Oredo Local Government, ACN 897, PDP 10.
Ugonoba Orhiomwon LG, ACN 293, PDP 82
Egor Ward 3 unit 18 ACN 367, PDP 9; Unit 19 ACN 339, PDP 14
Ayua Etsako West Ward 9, Unit 13; ACN 494, PDP 51; Unit 14 ACN 767, PDP 15
Ekpoma, Unit 7, ACN 144, PDP 122; Unit 8 ACN 118, PDP 130; Unit 9 ACN 148, PDP 142; Unit 10 ACN 147, PDP 126 total ACN 557, PDP 520
Ugonoba in Orhiomwon LG, ACN 293, PDP 82 EZOMO PRY SCH OREDO WARD 3 UNIT 8, ACN – 183, PDP – 30, CPC – 5
UNIT 9, ACN – 202, PDP – 55, CPC – 1; UNIT 10, ACN – 192, PDP – 31
Ward 4, Oredo. ACN 388, PDP 54; Oreoghene pry School, ACN 915, PDP 80.
Ovioghe pry school, PDP 19, CAN 681
Ugbiyoko pry School, ACN 429, PDP 32.
Payne Primary School, ACN 1284, PDP 172
Idia College, ACN 7923, PDP 262
Emotan College, ACN 7263, PDP 169
Egor Ward 1, Unit 1 ACN 365, PDP 24; Ward 5, Unit 1, ACN 408, PDP 46
Egor Ward 7, ACN 4799, PDP 399
Total votes OREDO WARD 4 PDP 437 Action Congress of Nigeria 4317
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ANPP- 4
SDMP- 1
Void Votes- 34
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UPDATE ON EDO STATE ELECTION
ELECTION RESULTS FROM WHERE I VOTED AND RESULTS FROM SOME CENTER NEAR WHERE I VOTED. UGBIGHIKO PRIMARY SCHOOL ALONG UPPER EKENWAN ROAD (MY CENTER): TOTAL PPLE REGISTERED=1252. TOTAL PPLE ACCREDITED=502. TOTAL NUMBER OF PAPERS USED=485. TOTAL VALID PAPER=467. RESULTS: ANC 429. ANPP 2. CPC 2. SDMP 2. PDP 32. OTHER RESULTS FROM CENTER AROUND MY LOCALITY: EVBORO ACN 150. PDP 60. AGORMWINGIE ALONG UPPER EKENWAN: CAN 230. PDP 41. EVBODIA ACN 229. PDP 26. UTAGBAN ANC 203. PDP 13. AGBODO ACN 350. PDP 15. OGHEDE ACN 351. PDP 41. UGBIGHOKO (OGBOMWAN PRIMARY SCHOOL UNIT 1. ANC 248 PDP 25. OGBOMWAN PRIMARY SCHOOL UNIT 2 ANC 344 PDP 29).
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SITUATION REPORT!
Ovbiogie Ovia NE: ACN 521, PDP 19
Jossy wisdom group of sch Egor LG: ACN 799, PDP 31
Owina Pry Sch Oredo LG: ACN 400 plus, PDP 237
Oba Akenzua Pry Sch, Oredo LG: ACN 407 PDP5 (one unit)
Evbotubu Health Cent Egor LG: ACN 300 plus, PDP 33
Uselu Town HAll Egor LG: ACN 587, PDP 70
Ososo Pry Sch Akoko Edo LG: ACN 144, PDP 44
Agbado Pry Sch, Oredo LG: ACN 1444, PDP 272
Lucky WAy, Ikpoba Okha LG: ACN 272, PDP 33
St. Saviour Ikpoba Okha LG: ACN 54, PDP 1
Iguedaeyi (My villa) Egor LG: ACN 327, PDP 50
Ogbesan Pry Sch, Ikpoba Okha LG: ACN 900 plus PDP 40 plus
Aviele, Etsako West LG: ACN 947, PDP 250
Evbotubu SEc Sch, Egor LG: ACN 571, PDP 39
Please Post your results so far.
Report reaching me shows that ACN have cleared Oia Noeth East and Ovia South West
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Oredo ward 10 asoro primary school, sokponba road— ACN-1,623; PDP—163
about an hour ago · Unlike · 2
Daniel Ogbegie Oredo ward 10, oza primary school—- ACN–1,279; PDP–380
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Ugboha results unit 1-ACN -286 PDP -113, unit 2-ACN -270 PDP-191, unit 3, ACN-244, PDP 148, unit 4- ACN -180 PDP 74, unit 5, ACN -291 PDP-191, unit 6, ACN -119, PDP -62, unit 7-ACN-155,PDP-88, unit 8- ACN-100,PDP-43.
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Below are live updates of the governorship elections in Edo state.
5:20pm:
Citizen Wolbum’s’ election results for Ward 6, Oredo LGA Sapele road, Benin. Unit 33 ACN 194; PDP 16; Unit 34: ACN, 199; PDP 13 , Unit 35 ACN 183; PDP 23 ; Unit 36: ACN 213; PDP 18 ,
Unit 37: ACN 188; PDP 11; Unit 38: ACN 139; PDP 10;
5:10pm: Tension in George Idah Primary School, Oredo LGA as youths threaten violence because of the refusal of the PDP AGENT IN Unit 4 to sign the result sheet. Meanwhile, ACN scored 388 to PDP’s 54.
Soldiers have been called in to help resolve the dispute. The PDP agent is said to be missing, but youths have mounted vigil that the PDP agent must sign to authenticate the result.
5:03pm: Another result from Oredo: Unit 05, Ward 02 Oredo LGA: ACN 282, ANPP 4, PDP 55
4:55pm: More results of Edo governorship elections:
ACN wins at Iguoshodin nigbemaba unit in Ovia North East LGA: ACN 232, PDP 5, ANPP 0
4 45pm : ACN wins at Unit 35 Ward 2, Uroma Primary Sch. GRA Oredo LGA: ACN 216, ANPP 2, PDP 18
4: 31pm: 3 police officers, INEC official feared dead as boat capsizes
4:30pm: ACN wins at Unit 4 Ward 2 Oredo LGA: Result: ACN 388,ANPP 0, CPC 1, PDP 54
4:15 : Edo governorship Election results have started trickling in : Ward 2, UNIT 003 Ebenezer Primary School Ihama Road, Benin : ACN 126, ANPP 3, PDP 24
3:10pm: INEC says, a boat carrying Policemen,INEC officials and election materials was reported to have capsized at Ologbo riverine… as it seeks further information from the public on the incident.
2:45pm: In many polling centres, activists for the two major parties, ACN and PDP after casting their votes are waiting behind at the polling units, to as they claim, “Protect our votes”.
2:34pm: Citizen reporters say there is fighting in Ikoha Polling Unit in Ugbogui ward, Ovia South West Local Government Area.
1.12 pm: The strong man of Edo Chief Anthony Anenih cast his vote at about 1.12 pm at Uzenema Primary School, Uromi and described turnout as impressive. He said he would not make any comments until later.
1:00p.m., while voting had begun in some parts of the state, voters at the Oredo centre had yet to be accredited and the Resident Electoral Commissioner , Mr Kassim Gaidam, moved in to deal with the issue.
12:52 pm: Voting starts in UNIT 4 Ward 2 OREDO
12:45pm: High turnout of prospective voters in Edo central senatorial zone. At Iruekpen, Ekpoma, Irrua and Uromi, accreditation was orderly and peaceful.
12 :15 At ward 2 Unit 7 Oredo LGA with Registration of 1350, as many as 400 names cannot be found on the INEC register.
12: 10pm : Voters heave a sigh of relief as the clouds lift up and those who ran for cover take their positions on the line in the polling units at George Idah Primary School, GRA, Benin
11: 25am: Former Governor OSEHREINMEN Osunbor commends exercise, but urges that the judiciary should not truncate the mandate of the people.
11.45 a.m: Gov Adams Oshimhole was accredited at Iyamo Ward 10, in Etsako East Local Government Area and voted shortly afterwards as he expressed disappointment at the conduct of the election by INEC.
11:37 am: High turn out of voters but irregularity in the registers is disenfranchising many in Oredo LGA.
In Ward 2 Unit 07, Ebenezer Primary School, Ihama Road, GRA, Benin more than 400 names missing in the register that has 1350 names.
10:00am: Chief Tony Anenih, PDP Chieftain and former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, was accredited at Uzenama Primary School Centre, Arue, Uromi, Etsako Northwest Local Government Area.
8:00am: Accreditation of voters begins. Officials had no problems attending to the potential voters as they conducted themselves orderly by queuing up to be cleared for the exercise.
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OPERATION DECLARE YOUR RESULT FROM YOUR VOTING CENTER:
Oba Akenzua Primary school Ward 3. Oredo Local Govt.
UNIT ACN PDP ANPP CPC NCP INVALID
020 405 30 1 1 1 4
021 216 18 1 0 0
022 204 16 1 1 0
023 191 16 1 0 0
024 236 14 2 1 0
025 34 4 0
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Total ACN = 1286.
PDP = 98
ANPP = 6
CPC = 3
NCP = 1
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UPDATE 18:30
THE Resident Electoral Officer of the state a Moslem by religion says he cannot be influenced by anyone and he can lay down his life in the path of what is right.He even swore on the Koran on his integrity.
He said the turnout was good, the people were patient and there was peace throughout the process. He added that a successful election process depends on all including the voters, the politicians, the press, the security personnel.
Hopefully the election result will be what the majority of Edo people wish for as we all know no process can be perfect hence the hitches mentioned earlier.
More Results:
Oredo LGA Sapele road, Benin.
Unit 33 ACN 194; PDP 16; Unit 34: ACN, 199; PDP 13 , Unit 35 ACN 183; PDP 23 ;
Unit 36: ACN 213; PDP 18 ,
Unit 37: ACN 188; PDP 11; Unit 38: ACN 139; PDP 10;
Oredo: Unit 05, Ward 02 Oredo LGA: ACN 282, ANPP 4, PDP 55
GRA Oredo LGA: ACN 216, ANPP 2, PDP 24
Unit 4 Ward 2 Oredo LGA: Result: ACN 388,ANPP 0, CPC 1, PDP 54
Ward 2, UNIT 003 Ebenezer Primary School Ihama Road, Benin : ACN 126, ANPP 3, PDP 24

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AUDIO Part 2: The $3 million Conversation Between Farouk Lawan And Femi Otedola

                              
Channels Television has obtained an audio recording purported to be part of the conversation between Honorable Farouk Lawan and Mr Femi Otedola over the $3million bribery allegation scandal.