Omo-Agege Received Mamamu, two PDP Councilors, others defect to APC in WSW

Omo-Agege Received Mamamu, two PDP Councilors, others defect to APC in WSW

Francis Tayor

Asaba______ Major boost to the main opposition party over the weekend as the Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC in the forthcoming March 18, 2023 Delta State Governorship elections, His Excellency, distinguished Sen. Barr. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Obarisi of Urhobo land has received over hundred decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state.

The decampees where received by the incoming governor to be, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege through the influence of the DG APC Campaign Council, Elder Godsday Orubebe alongside Chief. Barr. Bosin Ebikeme, Director Contact and Mobilization and Chief. Austin Izagbo on Monday at the popular Grand Hotels, Asaba.

Amongst the decampees include; the Deputy Leader Warri South-West Legislative Arms, Hon. Governor Stanley Warenanawei, the Councilor representing ljansa/ljelejele Ward, Hon. Felix Yerinbowei Company, and a very influential youth leader of the PDP in Warri South-West LGA, Chief. Amb. Mamamu Bene Youkore with various youth, men and women groups numbering over hundred joined them to the main opposition party in the state.

In their brief remark, the decampees noted that the PDP led government in the state has lost focused, hence their decision to try other party in the forthcoming elections.

They noted that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege human capital empowerment Programmes across the state couple with the massive harvest of infrastructural development projects he influenced to his primary constituency Delta Central Senatorial District in the past eight years is more than that of PDP led Delta state bad government over the past twenty four years.

They added that the PDP government has destabilize and mismanaged the collective resources of the state, thereby impeding genuine progress and development of the state.

However, the newly decampees has vowed to mobilize their over two thousand followers to deliver Warri South-West LGA to the Governorship candidate of the APC, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege and other State House of Assembly candidates come this weekend Saturday, the Statement added.

PDP Ogbe-ljoh Ward 1 Refers Decampees as Cash Out Councillors

PDP Ogbe-ljoh Ward 1 Refers Decampees as Cash Out Councillors

........ Says they are situational loyalist councillors of Warri South-West LGA with no commercial value to PDP_Sylvester Tiebebedigha 

Warri _____ It is a public knowledge that, we have a few councilors whom have demonstrated in many ways that they are no longer loyal to the party. 

It will be a disservice for the party to feign ignorance of the fact that they have decided to work against the party for their personal interest. 

It is unfortunate that they have resorted to insulting the party leadership and the party faithfuls that gave them the needed support to enable them emerge as candidates. This same leadership gave them money for their tax clearance and sorted out every necessity in other for them to meet requirements to be councilors. It is shameful of some youths whom only become aware of challenges we face yesterday to now muster insults on the leaders that has be shown capacities at different levels in almost 40 years. 

It’s utterly sad, disgraceful and disrespectful that, in the whole of the state, they are the only ones who go around insulting their leaders who made them and such characters are inimical to any responsible person. 

These sets councilors with this sort of behaviour hiding under some hideous issues can only be termed cash out councilors. There’s no record of what they have personally done for the party or the community from their benefits as councilors. They have no record on personal contributions towards resolving the Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh crisis. But yet, that has become an excuse to insult our reverenced party and leaders. The leadership of the party will not tolerate and continue to associate with pretentious characters and situational loyalists, who are only loyal when the going is good for them. 

The same party that have made them to pay their bills, achieve marriages, fed their families and built houses, is what they suddenly now think does not have the interest of people because it refused to serve their personal desires. A party that have practically made them. They can quietly go to serve other parties without insulting the party and the leaders. 

Also, It is a public knowledge that they were not the most contributors to the party’s success yet they were made councilors. There were far more deserving and party faithfuls whom have served meritoriously, yet they were chosen for very peculiar reasons known to many.

However, what the party will not entertain, is the interests of an individual or group that think their personal interest supersede the interest of the party and the people. We will continue to hold dear the collective interest of the party and its people above any individual or group. 

Moreso, we want reiterate our confidence in our leadership as no party, kingdom nor association succeeds without a committed leadership like ours. We have resolved to continue to repose our absolute trust in the party leadership.

To the those other councilors whom are doing anti-party activities in their secrecy, we want to let you know that we are aware of your activities and we are watching keenly. 

To the general public, please, be aware that, there are those whom are not members nor have any sort associations of our party, now decamping to other parties under the false pretense of former PDP members. The results of elections will show how their noises do have zero effects on the elections.

Meanwhile, we want to urge our party faithfuls and teeming supporters and well wishers of our party not to deter in their optimism and utmost faith in the party’s victory at the polls on the March 18th governorship and house assembly elections. We know by the grace of God, we will win the elections and their Labour will not be in vane. 

Finally, we want to use this medium to wish our brothers whom have found new brides in other parties, the very best in their future endeavors.

Signed:

Chief Sylve Tiebebedigha,

PDP Secretary Ward 1,

Warri south West Local Government,

Delta state.

Wike Promises to Rebuild PDP, Vows to Chase Away Atiku, Ayu, others

Wike Promises to Rebuild PDP, Vows to Chase Away Atiku, Ayu, others 

PortHarcourt _____ Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has vowed to chase the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu and some other leaders of the party out of the PDP.

Wike made the vow at the commissioning of a road project in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday.

Wike blamed the loss of the PDP in the just-concluded presidential election on those who he said refused to obey the Constitution of the PDP. He promised to chase them out of the party and start the process of rebuilding it.

The governor described the move as the “second phase of the war.”

According to him: “These people left our party in 2014-2015, our party lost; again they came back, our party has lost again.

“They have destroyed our party. We are going to chase them away from our party. They have no role to play for our party.”

Wike also slammed the leadership of the PDP for accusing the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission of not following election guidelines when they (PDP) allegedly refused to follow the party’s constitution.

He further mocked the PDP leaders for staging the protest against INEC describing the party leaders as “students unions.”

Amnesty Program has Succeeded in Restoring Peace in N'Delta_Ndiomu

Amnesty Program has Succeeded in Restoring Peace in N'Delta_Ndiomu

Abuja ______ The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd) has affirmed that the Programme remains a critical tool to mitigate conflicts in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. 

The PAP as initiated and signed into law by late former President Umaru Yar'Adua on June 25, 2009, was conceived as a special intervention programme of the Federal Government to disarm, demobilze and reintegrate ex-agitators who responded to calls to lay down their arms.

While delivering a lecture on Friday at the National Defence College Abuja, General Ndiomu recalled that 13 years down the line, the PAP has played a more critical role in stemming agitations, compared to the efforts of other intervention modules in the past.

In a lecture entitled 'Concepts of War and Theories of Peace in Conflict Management: Niger Delta Post - Amnesty Programmes in Perspective', to mark the Module 7 of the lecture series of the College, Gen. Ndiomu listed corruption, inadequate funding, lack of political will and other factors, as responsible for the failure of various intervention agencies in the region. 

Ndiomu who was represented by Flight Lieutenant Terry Ajogbena (rtd), his Technical Assistant explained that the PAP has since embarked on its "3 Prong Model" - Robust Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic & Targeted Communication and Community Outreach, Peace Building & Reconciliation to manage conflicts in the Niger Delta.

He stated that the PAP is only a comprehensive arm of the Niger Delta Recovery Plan (NDRP), which also has the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Ministry of Environment. "The PAP is essentially a capacity building Programme," he said.

While responding to questions on environmental remediation from participants at the Lecture, the PAP boss hinted that the Amnesty Programme has trained ex-agitators in environmental cleaning as well as remediation and made reference to Government Ekpomoplo aka Tomplo's whose Tantita Security Services Limited is executing a Pipeline Surveillance Contract for the Federal Government. 

He added that the region has enjoyed relative peace, with no reports of blowing up of pipelines and an increase in crude oil production. 

In a remark, Deputy Commandant of the National Defence College, Major General Lawrence Fejokwu noted that since 1958 till date, various intervention agencies have struggled to address agitations in the region.

He recalled that when the Amnesty Programme kicked off, it was so successful such that other countries facing similar challenges, came to Nigeria to understudy the Programme.

Man Raises alarm over discovery of coffin with his photo in Kenya

Man Raises alarm over discovery of coffin with his photo in Kenya 

A concrete tension loomed in Nyamwansu Tabaka ward in South Mugirango, Kisii county, Kenya, after a coffin with a picture of an alive person was dumped in the community.

Daily News Bullentin gathered that the coffin was found outside the compound of Mzee Kayusi, a respected elder in the community, who is still very much alive.

 

The incident has sparked fear and confusion among the residents, as it is believed to be a bad omen.

According to their local customs and traditions, a coffin is only supposed to contain the remains of a deceased person and the presence of a picture of a living person is considered a taboo.

The incident has attracted the attention of the media, with reporters arriving at the scene to cover the story.

The community is in a state of disbelief, with many wondering who could have placed the picture in the coffin and for what purpose.

The authorities have been called upon to investigate the matter and to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the future.

The community is also planning to hold a cleansing ceremony to ward off any bad luck that may have been brought about by the discovery.

Engr. Gbaboyor Establishes Sports Academy in Delta, Gives Scholarship to Students

Engr. Gbaboyor Establishes Sports Academy in Delta, Gives Scholarship to Students 

Warri ______ As part of efforts to identify budding talents in sports in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, President of Jude Gbaboyor Sports, Engr. Jude Gbaboyor Akpodubakaye on Wednesday announced scholarships for all prospective students from Warri South-West that gain admission into the newly established sports academy. 

Engr.  Akpodubakaye who made the commitment during the unveiling of Jude Gbaboyor Sports Academy at Isaba, explained that: "The goal of Jude Gbaboryor Sports Academy is to take youths (boys and girls) of ages 9 to 16 years with identified raw talents in sports off the streets, with a view to grooming them to be able to explore their God’s given talents to better their lives and their families.

"The academy will provide youths of Warri South-West Local Government Area and Delta State in general, an opportunity to be groomed and nurtured by professional sports administrators and coaches from  within and outside the country in different sports.

"The academy intends to offer scholarships to students of Warri South-West Local Government Area origin as our way of encouraging youths from the catchment communities to take advantage of this opportunity to benefit from the programmes of the sports academy in line with our corporate social responsibility policy", he said. 

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While presenting books to the principal of Isaba Grammar School, Mr Baro Timi, Engr. Akpodubakaye, emphasized that: "Playing sports or engaging in extracurricular activities play important part in one's character/personality development. One develops management skills, negotiation skills, communication skills, convincing skills, conflict management and confidence.

"Sport, generally helps an individual much more than in the physical aspects alone because apart from building character, it teaches and develops strategic thinking, analytical thinking, leadership skills, goal setting and risk taking, just to mention a few.

"Sport, in today’s world has become a lucrative business venture that has turned many talented youngsters into great stars and celebrities worldwide, such that some of them have become so wealthy through sports participation from sports academies like this", he said. 

He added that: "Our sports academy boasts of a cream of seasoned professional coaches and instructors, including top sports men and women from within and outside the country, who will either be on ground or will be visiting academy from time to time to add value to our training programmes here.

"To achieve our goals, the academy is partnering with foreign scouts and similar sports academies around the globe to nurture selected players from the academy, as well as identify more budding talents in the different sports. Our academy intends to start up with two sports, football and basketball, pending when we have more space and facilities to accommodate other sports", the proprietor said. 

Engr. who is sports enthusiast further explained that the academy will not only nurture and groom youths in different sports, but will also expose the students to quality education in sports administration as well, informing that there will be classroom sessions for teaching and learning alongside the practical trainings in line with the curriculum of the Delta State ministry of education.

"I like to inform you that sport is not just a good way to keep children's bodies healthy, but it also has psychological benefits that teach the children very important life skills too.

"Therefore parents have key roles in developing a child's life skills through participating in sport by way of keeping the children interested and enjoy sport, making it a positive experience for them. 

"One of the benefits of this academy located in Isaba Kingdom, is that it will help to promote sport participation among the youth and showcase our rich cultural heritage and the peacefully disposition of Isaba kingdom, warri south-west and Delta State at large.

In his remark, the principal of Isaba Grammar School, Mr Baro Timi who represented the Chief Inspector of Education, Warri South-West Local Government Council, thanked Engr.Akpodubakaye for his vision in establishing the academy in Isaba, said the sports institute being the first of its kind since Isaba Grammar School was established in 1977, will serve as  stimulus to enhance academic and numerical growth of the school. 

He said education is the bedrock of development, just as he called on parents to encourage their wards to participate in the programmes of the new sports academy. 

Also speaking, Chief Coach of Warri Wolfs, Jolomi Alli commanded the proprietor of the sports academy, Engr. Akpodubakaye and promised to do his best to support the academy in the area of training and talent hunt. 

Royal Queens FC of Warri took on Olori Babes FC of Sapele in a novelty match that ended 1-0 in favour of Royal Queens FC, while Nigeria Pro FC slogged it out with Jude Gbaboyor FC which ended 1-1 draw. Other side attractions include performance by Fleta Man and O'Fresh.

The highpoint of the event was the unveiling of the academy's logo by the Vice President of Jude Gbaboyor Sports Academy, Mrs Uruopa Gbaboyor, while the prototype design of the academy's permanent campus was unveiled by the Regent of Isaba Kingdom, HRH John Ibowei Ekpenzu. Pst Maureen Atie Oruma dedicated the academy to God.

2023: Wike Mocks Atiku Over Protest At INEC Office, unfolds why he fails at the poll

2023: Wike Mocks Atiku Over Protest At INEC Office, unfolds why he fails at the poll

PortHarcourt____ Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who led leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on a demonstration at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protest the outcome of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.

Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, said he warned the leadership of the party over its insistence that northerners hold onto the presidential ticket and national chairmanship seat of the party.

“While other people are demonstrating, I am commissioning projects. I have not gone to do demonstration; my own is to commission projects and make my people happy,” Wike said.

The Rivers governor also commended the people for voting a southern President in the just-concluded elections.

According to him, Section 7(3)(c) of the PDP constitution recognised zoning and rotational presidency but the leadership of the party contravened the provisions of the party’s regulations.

“I owe nobody any apology at all. I am one of the apostles, one of those who stood firm that power must rotate to the South. This is for equity, this is for fairness and this is for justice.

“Whether you voted for Labour, I have no problem with you. Whether you voted for APC, I have no problem with you. That is what we have argued for: that the north has had it for eight years. Therefore the south must be there for eight years,” he said.

For months before the elections, Wike and four other PDP governors known as the G5 demanded the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu, saying northerners should not be the PDP national chairman and presidential candidate.

Both Atiku and Ayu called the governors’ bluff and did not succumb to their demands in the just-concluded elections.

For the presidential election, Atiku lost in all the G5 states while Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi won Enugu and Abia, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) raked in Oyo, Benue and Rivers.

INEC subsequently declared Tinubu as President-Elect after he came out tops in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and secured significant numbers in several other states to claim the highest number of votes — 8,794,726, almost two million votes more than his closest rival — Atiku.

Atiku, 76, who has now run for president six times, got 6,984,520 votes, while Obi, who, in less than a year, galvanised young voters in a manner some have described as unprecedented finished the race with 6,101,533.

Both Obi and Atiku said the election was flawed and will be challenged in court. They faulted INEC for not uploading election results from polling units electronically to the commission’s Results Viewing Portal (IReV), as stipulated by Section 60 of the Electoral Act 2022.

“The weekend election was neither free nor fair. Preliminary assessments indicate that it is the worst conducted elections since the return to democratic rule. The manipulation and fraud that attended this election were unprecedented in the history of our nation,” the former vice president said last Thursday.