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AHEAD OF IMO GUBER OHA NA EZE YOUTHS COUNCIL MAKES DEMANDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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COMMUNIQUE OF THE OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL (OYC) AT THE END OF HER EXPANDED NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN OWERRI THIS 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 FOR CRITICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEMBER 11TH GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN IMO STATE.

THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT ALL PERCEIVED CONSPIRACY BY INEC REC MRS. SYLVIA AGU WITH HOPE UZODINMA TO RIG THE GUBER ELECTION WILL HIT BRICK ROCK.

AS OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE EXECUTIVE DISBANDMENT OF EBUBE AGU BY PRESIDENT AHMED BOLA TINUBU.

URGED NDI IMO TO REJECT GOV. HOPE UZODINMA RE-ELECTION; CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE REDEPLOYMENT OF ALL SECURITY CHIEFS IN IMO & INEC REC MRS. SYLVIA AGU.

The Communique reads:

1. In view of the current conspiracy and political permutations of Gov. Hope Uzodinma with one Mrs. Sylvia Agu Imo State Resident Election Commissioner (REC), the apex Igbo youth organization world wide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) hereby issues stringent warning to Gov. Hope Uzodinma of All Progressive Congress (APC ) as well as his stooge, Mrs. Sylvia Agu, the Resident Election Commissioner(REC) to jettison any plan or attempt to rig Imo guber election. The Ohanaeze youth reaffirms that all plans made by Mrs. Sylvia Agu and Gov. Hope Uzodinma to rig the said election has been uncovered by intelligence desk of Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC)

2. To restore peace in Imo State, we call on Mr. President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Inspector General of Police and Chief of army staff for immediate redeployment of the INEC resident Commissioner, Mrs. Sylvia Agu, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Barde, Civil Defense Commander and all the heads of security operatives in Imo State as they have compromised on the tenets of democracy and rule of law in the upcoming Imo governorship election.

3. Our thorough investigation revealed that Imo State has been in politico-economic servitude, perpetual fiefdom and sufferings since forty six (46) months now of Gov. Hope Uzodinma political administration in Imo State with its attendant lawlessness, executive impunity, political kill!ngs, destructi@ns of lives and property, hellish conditions of excess governmentalisation of both public and private lives as well as ruthless socio-political balk@nisation geared towards the d£struction of families ag@inst Imo people.

4. It not unconnected with the truth that Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s tyrann!cal, ruthl£ss, nepotic and bl00dth!rsty administration has subjected Imo citizen and others to untold terror, tortur£, dehumanisation, intimidations, threats of unnatural d£Athan, abus£ of human rights with Nigeria police force and clandestine personal foreign security agents such for example like Ebube Agu unknown to the Nigerian people and/or government.

5. An SOS call is hereby made to Mr. President, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to immediately ban the operation of the said Ebube Agu being a deadlier militia group of Gov. Hope Uzodinma as the past experiences of the activities of Ebube Agu and its current operational activities in Imo State indicate strong ties with Gov. Hope Uzodinma using Ebube Agu as a ki!ler squad against his political opponents in the upcoming guber election on the 11th day of November, 2023.

6.It’s no longer a story akin to that of fairytales and/or of a rocket science that Gov. Hope Uzodinma, out of undue political desperations and latent wickedness as well as ruthlessness, has ushered untold hardship, penury and killing of vibrant young Nigerian youths and others with his said Ebube Agu militia group. We call on the Imolites and Ndigbo to reject Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s re-election bid while it is our warning to Ndi Imo and/or Ndi Igbo that the second tenure of Gov. Hope Uzodinma, if allowed, would make Imo State to be like Somalia where human lives mean to nothing.

7. We acknowledged that Gov. Hope Uzodinma and the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, have tangled in inseparable corruption deals and this accounts for the lone reason why Gov. Hope Uzodinma made a heavy bribe and defied the transfer of Mohammed Barde with Commissioner of Police, Stephen Olarewaju, even since May, 2023 against the release for changes and/or reshuffling of Commissioners of Police made by the Police Service Commission across some States.

8.It’s shocking that under his careless administration, first in the history of Imo State, Eight (8) traditional rulers have lost their lives in the hands of the complained agents of deaths of both non-State actors, foreign security agents of the repressive and despotic Gov. Hope Uzodinma. It’s on record that around July, 2022, Imo State caught fire and was plunged into a historic bloodbath by the bloodthirsty government of Gov. Hope Uzodinma and fourteen (14) innocent Imo youths were gruesomely but extra-judicially murdered in Otulu, Oru West LGA after returning from a traditional wedding. They were killed in horrific, gory and barbaric manner by the Ebube Agu milit!a Group employed and being under the bankrolling of Gov. Hope Uzodinma which death sellers of security terrorism is unknown to the Nigerian government. The details of this fact are published in both local tabloids and national dailies.

9.We wept at the horr0r  report of the International Society For Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) by a renowned, respected criminologist, Comrade Emeka Umeagbalasi which revealed that “in 29 Months (from Jan., 2021- May, 2023), under Gov. Hope Uzodinma in Imo State, Nigeria: security forces (the Tiger Base) and the allied milit!as k!lled 900 un@rmed citizens, wounded 700, arbitrarily arrested and detained 3500, extorted 1,400, disappeared 300, burn£d down 1,200 civilian houses, displaced their 30,000 owners and forced 500,000 citizens in active age-brackets to flee to escape being shot and k!lled or abduct£d and disappeared in security custody as armed non-State actors, counterfeit agitators, death squads, street vi0lent  crim!nal entities, etc, k!lled 700 (400 in Captivity and 300 in open sho0tings) and abduct£d 900.

10. We condemn in its entirety the executive rascality and impunity of the tyr@nt  governor, Hope Uzodinma, on the attempted murder of Comrade Joe Ajaero, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President by Gov. Hope Uzodinma and his killers aids squad and urged every Labour Union members to mobilise voters against Gov. Hope Uzodinma on 11th day of November governorship election.

11. We urged Imolites and all the respecters of humans lives to come out em mass and collect every dollar and Naira the Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s bl00dth!rsty, ruthl£ss and tyrannic@l government will share on the election day but ensure and avoid generational curses, we charge the Imolites to dedicate such money from Gov. Hope Uzodinma to God before using it as such money has been cast with spell. Such money is from Imo allocation but dedicated to devil Altar. We implore Ndi Imo to collect the money and vote against Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s ev!l, w!cked, insecur!ty and bl00dth sucking government.

12. Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), on behalf of Igbo youths world wide, observed one minute silence in the honour of the Igbo youths whose lives were cut off in their prime, our Imo/Igbo future leaders who d!ed at their pools of blood under Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s tyrannic@l, ruthl£ss, bl00d suck!ng government. May their souls rest in perfect peace, amen!

Signed:
Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka
National President General Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC)

Comrade Ifeanyi Cedric Nweke
Secretary General Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC)
4th November, 2023.

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Democracy Day: ‘Nigeria is not where it should be’ – Niger Gov, Bago

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Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has expressed concern that despite over two decades of uninterrupted democratic rule, Nigeria still falls short of its potential.

The governor spoke in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day.

Bago stressed that more needs to be done to translate democratic rule into tangible development.

“It is worrisome that despite the uninterrupted democratic rule that Nigeria has been having from 1999, the Nation is still not where it should be. More needs to be done,” Bago said.

He called for electoral reforms and enhanced civic participation for inclusive governance and strong democratic institutions that protect the vulnerable, ensure justice and provide equal opportunities for all, thereby, advancing democracy in Nigeria.

Bago also called on Nigerians to reflect deeply on progress made, renew their commitments in the democratic process and uphold the principles of democracy.

According to him, “Democracy symbolises the victory of the collective will of the people, over dictatorship. It also reminds every patriotic Nigerian of the struggles, sacrifices, aspirations, and resilience of our past heroes and heroines.”

He also stated that semocracy has brought about transparency and accountability in governance, vibrant political competition, expression of diverse viewpoints and increased civic engagement, among others.

Bago reassured the people of Niger State that through responsible leadership and inclusive governance for a sustainable development, more dividends of democracy will be provided.

He also called for continuous prayers, support and understanding, while reiterating his firm resolve in the task of building a more secure, transformed and prosperous state under his New Niger Agenda.

“I urge you all to continue to pray for leaders at all levels for a purposeful leadership. I reaffirm my commitment to the New Niger project, which is a possibility,” the governor stated.

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PDP condemns marking of Reps, LG chairman’s houses for demolition over alleged cultism

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has condemned the marking for demolition of the residence of Marcus Onobun, a member of the House of Representatives, for alleged connection to, cultism by the state government.

Ekwutosblog reports that Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, Chairman, Edo PDP Caretaker Committee made the condemnation in a statement made available to newsmen Wednesday in Benin City.

In the statement, Aziegbemi disclosed that houses belonging to Marcus Onobun, representing Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben Federal Constituency in the National Assembly and the illegally impeached elected chairman of Esan West Local Government Area, Collins Aigbogun have been marked for demolition by the state government.

 

The statement dated June 11, 2025, is titled, “unwarranted demolition threat against Marcus Onobun and Hon Collins Aigbogun, a clear case of political victimization”.

He said the two chieftains of the party’s property in their various hometowns were jointly marked for arbitrary demolition.

He alleged that the perpetual resort to political harassment and witch-hunt is a desperate attempt to intimidate, silence and cripple the opposition in the state.

The PDP caretaker committee chairman, also alleged that the brazen move by the State government represents a disturbing abuse of power and a misuse of legislation to target political opponents.

He, however, demanded an immediate halt to the planned demolitions, just as he also called on the State Government to retrace its steps and respect the legal rights and fundamental freedoms of Onobun, Aigbogun, and all citizens, regardless of their political affiliation.

“The Anti-Cultism Law, as passed, clearly stipulates that property can only be subject to forfeiture or demolition “after a valid conviction by a competent court of law.

“At present, there is no such conviction against Hon Onobun and Hon Aigbogun but only baseless allegations. This is not law enforcement; it is a “political witch-hunt.

“We wish to remind the Edo State Government that Nigeria is governed by law, not by executive fiat. The weaponisation of laws to stifle opposition voices and intimidate perceived political rivals is not only a threat to democracy in Edo State but a dangerous precedent for the rest of the country”, he said.

He, however, described the marking as vindictive action and called on all well-meaning citizens, civil society organisations, and the international community to speak out against the injustice.

Aziegbemi, however, put the policemen, bulldozer drivers, as well as owners of the bulldozers, on notice that they will be held liable if, for any reason, they participate in the supervision, destruction, or demolition of any building or property without a valid court order.

He opined that the policemen, bulldozer drivers, as well as owners of the bulldozers, do not enjoy the immunity that the governor enjoys, and the law frowns at the execution of unlawful orders!

“At this juncture, we call on Senator Okpebholo and the Edo State Government to cease this intolerance for dissenting voices and vindictive demolition in various guises and redirect their efforts towards delivering transparent, inclusive, and effective governance that truly serves the interests of the Edo people. This political victimisation must stop”, he added.

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Nigerians Will Hold Atiku and Obi responsible If Tinubu Wins Again in 2027– League of Northern Democrats

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‎According to a report from Leadership Newspaper on Wednesday, June 11, The League of Northern Democrats (LND) has issued a stern warning to key opposition figures, including Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, stating that Nigerians will blame them if their failure to unite leads to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

‎Dr. Ladan Salihu who is the National Publicity Secretary, accused opposition leaders of prioritizing personal ambitions over the collective mission to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In an interview, he stated:

‎”If Tinubu wins again in 2027, Nigerians will hold the opposition coalition fully responsible. The 2023 election results showed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) collectively secured 63% of the votes. If they fail to unite now, it will be a betrayal of the people’s trust.”

‎Salihu stated that Nigerians are watching closely and will either celebrate the coalition’s success or condemn its failure.

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