APC's footprint in Bonny Island Rivers State.
For the first time in history, there is a road to Bonny Island which hitherto was only accessible by air and water transportation.
Now, Rivers mainland and island are connected in 39 km, with 11 bridges.
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I applied for a prepaid meter last year from @EKEDP@EKOELECTRICITY with reference 54AJA240318 .After series of emails and dm' s all they keep writing is that the matter has been 'escalated'. Fast forward to July 2nd (Three weeks ago) a friend applied for same prepaid meter through @IkejaElectric for a house in Epe. Someone just called my friend now to inform him that they are coming to install the meter on Monday. In this same Lagos State. @EKEDP@EKOELECTRICITY what is happening????
I have read of testimonies about Obi being a dogged fighter. based on what I hear, I do my research.
Now, I am interested in his court case that gave him victory at the Supreme court over Ngige, the then sitting governor.
Today, Obi and his supporters are complaining that the Judiciary which gave him victory in year 2006 is compromised when in 2023 the same Judiciary did not give him victory.
Why is Obi accusing the Judiciary now?
If he didn't bribe the Judiciary to get his justice or the power at the top then, under Obasanjo didn't influence Obi's victory at the Judiciary then, what is making Obi think the power that be now influenced the Tribunal judgment today?
Now, let's walk down memory lane a little.
Like Garba Shehu once described it, Obasanjo’s tenure, 1999-2007, represented the dark days of Nigeria’s democracy due to a slew of assaults on the constitution.
The then President Obasanjo allegedly used federal machinery to remove ex-governors Joshua Dariye, Rashidi Ladoja, Chris Ngige and Ayo Fayose from office. The politicians were governors of Plateau, Oyo, Anambra, Anambra and Ekiti, respectively.
Did you say Peter Obi won the Supreme court Judgment in 2006 and became the Governor? So many of you don't read. This case was very popular in Nigeria back then and I read it from various daily and weekly newspapers. The news were detailed and interesting.
How Chris Uba whose brother, Senator Andy Uba (then a Senior Personal aide to the then President, Obasanjo) became the godfather of Chris Ngige.
The relationship between Andy Uba and Obasanjo was such that he was reportedly among the first to see Obasanjo at dawn and among the last to see him before the president went to bed.
Somewhere along the line, relationship broke between the then Governor Ngige and his godfather & other sponsors (Andy Uba & President Obasanjo). His government became characterized by lot of controversies with the then FG.
Thursday, July 10, 2003 the then sitting governor of the State, Chris Ngige was kidnapped by a host of federal forces led by Police AIG Ralph Ige and, of course, Chief Chris Uba. It was only Ngige’s miraculous phone call to then Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that spawned a chain reaction that restored him to power. This treasonable act was dismissed as ‘a family affair’ by Obasanjo.
The abductors of Ngige claimed that he had resigned his office at gunpoint in a nondescript toilet! It was also revealed that the haunted governor swore to an oath of loyalty to Chris Uba at the dreaded Okija shrine. Ngige on his part stated that he played along by going to the shrine with his Bible! According to Ngige, ‘I never did resign. They forged my signature and whatever they are taunting about. If I am going to sign such a letter, I will ask my party. I have not done so.’
Nigerian family. Eniola Bello of THISDAY posed this ominous question in his column of Sunday, November 14, 2004: “Could Obasanjo have been taken to the Okija shrine before the 2003 presidential election?”
Due to Chris Uba’s unfathomable influence on Obasanjo, the Nigerian Tribune coined the unflattering acronym: President UBASANJO!
It's a very long and interesting story many of you should google to know the Politics that took place in Anambra state between 2003 and 2007 which led to the sack of the then Governor Chris Ngige from office.
At a time, Justice Egbo-Egbo gave a ruling that Ngige actually resigned. Egbo-Egbo had to quit the judiciary in disgrace. AIG Ige who led the abduction team died mysteriously.
Judge Stanley Nnaji of the Enugu High Court, claiming he had powers to oust a sitting governor from another state, gave the order ousting Ngige, whereupon Obasanjo’s federal regime promptly withdrew Governor Ngige’s security details.
Anambra Government House was denied police guard for months. People’s power kept Ngige in office as thousands of Anambra men, women and children kept vigil at the Government House.
Then, at about 4 a.m on November 10, 2004 some hoodlums brought into the state in 40-odd buses burnt every building of government business and the broadcasting houses while the Nigeria police stood idly by, obeying ‘orders from above’. The mayhem lasted all of three days with the law enforcement agents of Nigeria in support of the state-sponsored terrorism.
Obasanjo received a direct slap in the face when the oracular Chinua Achebe turned down his offer of the national award, CFR
Just go and do thorough research and read from various sources on how the then Governor of Anambra state was fought by godfathers headed by the then President Obasanjo and how they finally removed Ngige from office through the Judiciary.
Obi won the case in court because he had the backing of the then FG. The FG led by Obasanjo wanted Ngige out by every means possible and he fought him both tooth and nail.
That Obi won the Supreme court then with the backing of the godfathers of Anambra state Politics and the Obasanjo-led FG shouldn't give you guys hope now that he would win this case at the Supreme court.
This time around, the odds did not favor him.
The case is clear for every reasonable citizen to see, the 1999 constitution, the Electoral Act, 2022, the Evidence Act, 2011 and the court proceedings so far did not favor him.
The Judiciary has made a very fine and sound judgment which is reasonable and backed with logic.
Obi can not use unreas0nable and illogical claims to come prove any point.
Also, we are talking about the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria now, not the then governor, Chris Ngige who was facing hell from the then President.
This present case is a very different case.
The laws of our land did not favor Obi and the Federal might would not give him any breathing space.
Obi's Lawyers are out to make money and they would keep deceiving him with beautiful lies.
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