Traditional ruler in Oyo state has threatened to file a lawsuit against senator Dino Melaye

A traditional ruler in Oyo state, the Atapa of Itapa Ijesa, Dr. Olapade Agoro, has threatened to file a lawsuit against Senator Dino Melaye over his verbal attack on Senator Remi Tinubu during the senate plenary early this month. Speaking to the Nation at his palace yesterday, Agoro who is a politician and religious leader said

    “No wonder, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, without mincing words, told the whole world that the National Assembly is full of corrupt legislators. That was a weighty statement. When you say corruption, you are not limiting it to taking bribe.It could be immoral. By what he did on the floor of the Senate, I will say Melaye has committed immorality. For this young man to have lost morality and commonsense on the floor of the hallowed chamber, to have threatened to beat up a woman, that was too much. You don’t say you want to beat up another man’s wife on the hallowed chamber; forget who the husband is. That issue is beyond political scene. It raises the question of morality. When a man says he will beat up another man’s wife and even impregnate her, it means the man has admitted to be a rapist. By now, the police should have stepped in. It’s a reckless and senseless vituperation that should be taken beyond the floor of the Senate. The young man has been so reckless ever since he became a senator. It shows how corrupt he is. I don’t know why that type of character should be allowed to continue staying in the Senate. The APC should have by now sanctioned him to protect the name of the party, not demanding an apology from him. I could have taken him court, if not for anything, because we don’t expect characters like him in the Senate. He should be made to face the music”

Remi Tinubu released 75million to sponsor protest against Senator Dino Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye has alleged that Senator Remi Tinubu has released N75 million to sponsor a protest against him. He made the allegation in a post on his Facebook wall this evening. He wrote;

    A civil rights movement, Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights, has uncovered a plan by the wife of a former governor of Lagos State and chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu to sponsor a protest against Senator Dino Melaye this coming Wednesday in Abuja.
The organisation said she has released N75 million to Lagos State APC Woman Leader, Mrs. Kemi Nelson through one of her sisters simply identified as Funlola. The National President of CDWR, Prof. Taibat Majekodunmi, made the revelation in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Already, the protesters have stormed Abuja and have booked for 300 rooms in many Hotels in hotels in Abuja. She said,
 “We have it on good authority that N75 million has been released by Senator Okuremi Tinubu to Mrs. Kemi Nelson through Mrs. Tinubu’s sister called Funlola.
The money is to organise a protest in Abuja on Wednesday against the chairman, Denate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dino Melaye, with 1,000 protesters from Lagos. “The protesters have booked for 300 rooms in some hotels in Abuja. Why did she not organise a protest against the hardship of Nigerian women and widows.

Governor Ayodele Fayose threatened former President Goodluck Jonathan before the 2014 governorship election in the state.

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) former secretary in Ekiti State, Tope Aluko, has alleged that Governor Ayodele Fayose threatened former President Goodluck Jonathan before the 2014 governorship election in the state.
Aluko, who previously revealed the shocking rigging details of the election on national TV, Fayose demanded the support of Jonathan for his governorship bid if ex-president wanted to win the south-west in the 2015 election. according to The Nation,Aluko  disclosed this in an interview programme on ADABA 88.9 FM, Akure, Ondo State capital.

He said Jonathan released huge funds for the controversial June 21, 2014, governorship election, the money which, according to him, led to a clash between Fayose and Musiliu Obanikoro.
“Fayose was threatening former President Goodluck Jonathan that he (Fayose) must deliver so that Jonathan will win in south-west. All the PDP elders were kept out of picture on the transactions and cash and some of the cash deployed did not get to their destinations,” he said.
“The presidency gave us security and money, the money was sent from a Diamond Bank branch through an account run by Sylvan MacNamara, a company owned by Obanikoro.
“My boss said he wanted to get his own in cash and that was why arrangement was made to get his own in cash and that was why such a huge amount (N2.1 billion) was ferried by plane. Obanikoro cannot claim not to have brought the money.
“He (Fayose) chose his man, Abiodun Agbele, to keep the money in a Zenith Bank account and the money was lodged at Zenith Bank, Alagbaka Branch in Akure. The transaction was not recorded and it got to a stage when it was discovered that the money was short by N80 million.
“This caused a crisis between Fayose and Obanikoro who brought money thrice from Abuja. He (Obanikoro) brought other things apart from money which I won’t disclose now and it was from it that N1 billion was released to INEC officials to manipulate Ekiti and Osun polls,” Aluko revealed.
He further stated that prior to the the governorship election in 2014, Fayose did not have up to N10 million in his personal account, adding that the Governor's primary election was sponsored by Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Aluko alleged that after Fayose had won the primary, his election campaign was funded by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), which was headed by Sambo Dasuki.
According to him, oil contractors also co-funded the election campaign.
He said Zenith Bank and other corporate organizations came with business proposals after Fayose had won the election, insisting that the governor’s claim that his campaign was sponsored by Zenith Bank was a “blatant lie”.
“The cash carried on the plane was not entered into the plane manifest, the N2.1 billion was delivered to a bank at 4:30am in Ekiti. The N2.3 billion remaining from the total cash received for the election was used to buy house in Abuja and the house belongs to Fayose," he alleged.

He said Fayose purchased five houses in choice locations in Abuja, Banana Island and Victoria Island, Lagos, with the N2.3 billion.
Aluko added that the Governor's N3 billion Dubai property was purchased by a man identified as Bisi better known as 'Femi Abroad.'

The Niger Delta Avengers vowed to cripple Nigeria’s economy

The Niger Delta Avengers has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting the removal of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and replace him with Uche Ogah. Vanguard reports that the militants claimed Ogah is loyal to the AP even though he is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The group which has claimed responsibility for series of bombing of oil and gas pipeline in the region vow to continue its havoc until the economy collapses.
The twitter account of the militant group was suspended on Monday, July 4 but a new twitter page was opened on Tuesday, July 5. The group said it was not ready to dialogue with the federal government.

“We don’t need money from anybody for dialouge.” “The only way peace will reign in Nigeria is by referendum to determine the fate of Nigeria,”
they also accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of bribing twitter to shut down its account and vowed to continue its mission. It threatened that the federal government would regret the action and hinted that more destructive actions would be taken.

Court grants Femi Fani Kayode bail

Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode bail in the sum of N250m
Fani-Kayode is standing trial over allegations of N4.9b fraud levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Hassan also asked the former minister to keep his passport with the court, and also provide two sureties in like sum who must be owners of landed properties with the jurisdiction of the court.
The court also requested that the sureties should provide evidence of tax payment.The Minister of State for Finance, Nemandi Usman was also granted bail with the same conditions.
The EFCC prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, revealed that Fani-Kayode committed an offence under Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012, punishable  under Section 15(3)( 4) of the same Act, when he allegedly diverted the sum of N1.5b.Justice Sule Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos, ordered the imprisonment of Femi Fani-Kayode on June 28, 2016.

Federal high court has refused to review the order made against the governor of Abia state

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court has said that the court cannot review, its earlier order made against the governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu.
Abang made this known in his ruling on monday when Wole Olanipekun counsel to the embattled Abia state, prayed the court to set aside its ruling which sacked the governor last Monday. However, Abang said there would be a ruling on the application for stay of execution and an order asking the electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to Uche Ogah on Thursday, July 7. The embattled governor of Abia state, Ikpeazu had in an application urged the court for a stay of execution on Abang’s ruling on Monday, June 27, which mandated him to vacate the governorship seat for Ogah. Also, Ogah’s counsel, Alex Iziyon accused Ikpeazu of employing self help tactics by approaching another High in Abia state to get an exparte order restraining the chief justice of the state from swearing in the new governor elect. “The question that arises now bothers on sanctity and sanity of this court order, now asking for a date to respond when they have in their pocket an order which has chained the plaintiff from presenting himself for swearing in, contrary to the order of this court,” Iziyon said.
Iziyon said: “If the court will grant an adjournment on the remedy that has been gotten, our application is that your lordship undue the act because it was made when this particular application was pending.”

, Ikpeazu’s lawyer argued that the application was a harmless one. He said a counter affidavit filed by Ogah has not been served on him. The counsel also said that there is no formal application before to show proof of the order gotten from the Federal High Court in Abia state. Making his submission, counsel to INEC, Alhassan Umar confirmed that the certificate of return issued to Ogah speaks for itself. Umar said the issuance of the certificate of return is in line with order of the court. Meanwhile, the Abia state Internal Revenue Service has revealed that the tax clearance it issued to Okezie Ikpeazu was not a fake one. Ikpeazu was removed by Justice Okon Abang who also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately issue Certificate of Return to Dr Uche Ogah, who came second in the December 8, 2014 primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Vanguard reports that Udochukwu Ogbonna who is the executive chairman of the internal revenue service clarified that it issued an original tax clearance to Ikpeazu and that neither the court nor the plaintiff Dr Ogah invited the revenue board as witness to state the authenticity or otherwise of the tax papers.