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Ohanaeze Ndigbo youths appoint Okpalaezeukwu as Acting National Youth Leader

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Youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has appointed Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu as its Acting National Youth Leader.

 

The appointment is contained in a communique signed by Mazi Chika Adiele, the National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide and made available to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday.

 

Adiele said that Ohanaeze youths unanimously endorsed the appointment of Okpalaezeukwu as the Acting National Youth Leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide, pending the due process of electing a substantive National Youth Leader of Ebonyi extraction.

He said that the resolution was reached at a meeting convened by President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Wednesday, August 30, in Owerri, the Imo capital.

He added that the youths passed a vote of confidence, solidarity and support on Iwuanyanwu for the promising efforts so far and other convincing new agenda for visible and sustainable development and economic growth of the Igbo nation while pledging their absolute allegiance and fealty.

“ Rising from a crucial meeting of the National Executive Committee of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide with our President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, we have unanimously endorsed the appointment of Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu as our Acting National Youth Leader,” he said.

Adiele further reaffirmed the group’s resolve and commitment to end “sit-at-home” in the South-East, and shall not rest on its oars until Peace and Security is restored in the geopolitical zone and Nigeria at large.

He condemned in strong terms, the activities of some mischief makers whom he said parade themselves and make unfounded and unruly statements in the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.

“We admonish such peddlers of falsehood to desist forthwith as any attempt by any individual or interest group in this regard shall henceforth be appropriately sanctioned by Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“We adopt total implementations of the declared vision and mission of the Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu led Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on security, economic growth and development in Ala Igbo (Igbo land), Nigeria and Africa in general,” he said.

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Fagbemi warns against obstructing EFCC from performing its lawful duty

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The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned against obstructing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from carrying out its lawful duty .

 

Fagbemi’s warning is contained in a statement in Abuja.

 

“This is a matter of very grave concern, it is now beyond doubt that the EFCC is given power by the law to invite any person of interest to interact with them in the course of their investigations into any matter, regardless of status.

“Therefore, the least that we can all do when invited, is not to put any obstruction in the way of EFCC, but to honourably answer their invitation.

“A situation where public officials who are themselves subject of protection by law enforcement agents will set up a stratagem of obstruction to the civil and commendable efforts of the EFCC to perform its duty is to say the least, insufferably disquieting’’.

He added that running away from the law will not resolve issues at stake but only exacerbate them.

“Nigeria has a vibrant judicial system that is capable of protecting everyone who follows the rule of law in seeking protection.

“I therefore encourage anyone who has been invited by the EFCC or any other agency to immediately toe the path of decency and civility by honouring such invitation instead of embarking on a temporising self-help and escapism.

“This can only put our country in bad light before the rest of the world’’.

He said institutions of state should be allowed to function effectively and efficiently.

“I stand for the rule of law and will promptly call EFCC, and indeed any other agency to order when there is an indication of any transgressions of the fundamental rights of any Nigerian by any of the agencies’’.

NAN reports that the EFCC had on Wednesday warned members of the public that it was a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties.

Section 38(2)(a(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act makes it an offence to prevent officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties. Culprits risk a jail term of not less than five years.

The warning , the EFCC said, became necessary against the background of the increasing tendency by persons and groups under investigation by the Commission to take the laws into their hands by recruiting thugs to obstruct lawful operations of the EFCC.

On several occasions, the anti graft agency said, operatives of the Commission have had to exercise utmost restraint in the face of such provocation to avoid a breakdown of law and order.

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Unknown Gunmen Abduct Channelstv Reporter In Port-harcourt

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Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

 

Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.

 

The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.

Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.

Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.

His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.

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