Anarchy threat: Obi replies Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, election and first petitioner in the ongoing case at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Mr Peter Obi, has replied to the threat of anarchy claimed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the second and third respondents in the petition, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shetimma, who argued that if the court interprets the Electoral Act, Section 134 against them it might lead to breakdown of law and order.
It would be recalled that President Tinubu’s legal team led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN) had in their final address to the court at the weekend threatened that “any other interpretation different from theirs will lead to absurdity, chaos, anarchy and alteration of the very intention of the legislature.”
But Peter Obi’s lawyers led by Dr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) and Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) disagreed with them, saying that what would rather lead to anarchy is where the rule of law is trampled upon or truncated, pointing out that in such situations anarchy reigns supreme.
According to Obi’s legal team: “A sentence in the 2nd-3rd respondents’ address alarmed the petitioners and millions of Nigerians. The 2nd-3rd respondents went too low and abandoned discretion when they claimed as follows: ‘Our submission is that the petitioners are inviting anarchy by their ventilation of this issue of non-transmission of results electronically by INEC.’”
Nigerians suffering from self-inflicted challenges –Ojikutu
First female elected Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has posited that various challenges confronting Nigeria were self-inflicted.
Ojikutu in a statement she issued and made available to journalists in Lagos, attributed Nigeria’s problem to God’s anger, lawlessness, corruption and human wickedness to one another.
She, therefore, advised Nigerians, particularly political leaders to turn to God and not enact laws and attitudes that are anti-people, noting that the unbearable policies by some of the public office holders are the cause of hardship and criminal activities in the country.
The statement read in part: “God is angry because we (Nigerians) see the truth and we decide to follow falsehood and we are worshipping too many deities that are not for God. There is only one God and we worship Him in many ways. But people are not worshipping God sincerely. We should use our ways, words, deeds and actions to worship God. You cannot worship God and hurt your neighbour. There is no way you will hurt your neighbour and make someone sad and you will expect God to listen to you when you pray. You cannot see God physically; it is through the person you see physically that you will worship God.
“We are wicked to one another. People owe you; they have the money and they refuse to pay. The government owes workers; the government has the money and it refuses to pay the workers and they say they should not steal. People are using human parts for money rituals to match the status of people who have stolen from the treasury. Our priorities are wrong. We have gone to the dog with our morals. We should turn to God sincerely and ask for forgiveness. People should turn to God for mercy and He will have mercy on Nigeria and give us rulers that will not punish us. God should give us leaders that have our interests at heart.
Akpabio to unveil ministerial-nominees list this week
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Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, will likely unveil the names of the ministerial nominees at plenary this week.
Plenaries at both chambers of the National Assembly are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
There has been serious agitation over the delay of President Bola Tinubu in constituting his cabinet two months after his inauguration.
According to a new amendment to the 1999 Constitution, the President and governors must submit the names of persons nominated as ministers or commissioners within 60 days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or the respective state Houses of Assembly.
Gunmen Abduct Nine Travellers In Edo
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Suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped nine travellers in Oben, a border town between Edo and Delta states.
Sunday PUNCH learnt that the incident happened along Jesse-Oben Road on Friday night and had caused panic in the community.
A hunter, Mr Obehe Adika, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, said he heard gunshots and tyre-screeching sounds from the bush where he was hunting around 9pm.
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