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It is with utmost sadness with a heavy heart that I address the tragic and senseless murder of Honourable Justice Azuka, the representative of Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. His decomposing body was discovered at the 2nd Niger Bridge, marking a devastating loss for his family, constituents, Onitsha community and all of us.
Honourable Azuka was a dedicated public servant who tirelessly championed the interests of his people. His abduction on December 24, 2024, while returning home in Onitsha, and the subsequent discovery of his lifeless body, underscores the escalating insecurity that has plagued our society.
This heinous act is not just an attack on one individual but a brutal assault on all of us and the sanctity of human life. It is a stark reminder of the urgent need to address the pervasive insecurity that threatens the fabric of our nation.
To the family, Onitsha community, and constituents of Honourable Azuka, I extend my deepest condolences. No words can adequately convey the depth of our collective grief, but please know that we stand with you in this time of profound sorrow.
May his soul rest in eternal peace, and may we find the strength to forge a safer and more just Nigeria. -PO
My chilling encounter with an elderly woman, yesterday, has left me seriously worried about the depth of insensitivity that characterises our political and institutional leadership in Nigeria.
While interacting with the management and students of Shanahan College of Nursing Sciences, Nsukka, during my official visit to the institution, I noticed this elderly woman struggling desperately to talk to me.
People around tried to push her away and shun her into silence, but I instantly requested to have a word with her and hear her story.
She introduced herself as a retired civil servant who devoted the productive years of her life working for the nation.
She lamented that for a while her pension had not been paid. What was more heartbreaking was that she had been sick and admitted to the hospital for over a week, with medical bills, but her immediate worry was that she did not even have one Naira to buy food.
I felt a surge of anger and pity. Anger at leaders like me, who out of greed and insatiable desperation for material acquisition, have made life a living hell for others, by denying them the fruits of their labour. And then pity for the poor elderly woman, and many others like her whose painful stories may never be heard.
That is the nation we live in. A nation that has lost its sense of humanity and compassion.
I have said it before, and I still maintain, that any government that withholds the pensions and gratuities of our senior citizens in their vulnerable years, is wicked. As a Governor, I inherited and paid off over N30 billion in pensions and gratuities accumulated over the years, because I understood the pain the elderly citizens were going through.
I instantly gave her my little support and promised to follow up her case with the hospital management.
However, I am more concerned with the many others like her, dying in silence in many parts of the nation, because no one can speak for them. We must fix this nation. Nigeria must work for all, and everyone will get their due rewards for their productive contributions.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
KNOW THIS BEFORE YOU MARRY
Genotype:
AA can marry AA
AA can marry AS
AA can marry OS
AA can marry SS
AS can marry AS
AS can marry OS
SS can marry OS ( if e money long)
OS can marry OS (God abeg o 🙏)
“Nigerians are not worth fighting for.” I hear that every now and then, and I’ve always disbelieved it.
Yesterday, you proved me right. You all are the reason my detention by @HQNigerianArmy lasted ‘only’ three days. I’m a free man today because of your social media engagements with #FreeFisayoNow and the publications/broadcasts by the traditional media. And I can prove it.
After my arrest at about 2am on Wednesday, I was grilled by different levels of the Army until deep into the night. I didn’t return to my cell until at least 11pm on Wednesday. My case was then forwarded to a superior office that was to interrogate me on Thursday.
Surprisingly, Thursday was uneventful; from morning until night, this office never sent for me. I soon learnt the Army would take “as long as it wanted” to conduct their “investigation” just to establish that I was indeed an investigative journalist.
To my utmost surprise, on Friday morning, at about 11am or thereabouts, I was retrieved from my cell for transfer to the Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB). It was during the transfer that someone who ran into me asked to know my name, after which they said: “You’re the one; you’re in the news.”
Without your pressure, I’d still be in that cell by now, away from civilisation and held incommunicado. So, yes, my freedom is your freedom. This victory exists because of you, you and you. Thank you!
This is not healthcare. This is butchery. In 2022, I became the only US physician to file a Supreme court lawsuit against gender affirming care in minors. Not a single doctor stood beside me as I was slandered, harassed, threatened, and silenced. I'm still here. I'm not done.