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NLC Warns BPE Against Further Sale Of Public Properties

Posted: Mar, 30 2014, 4:03PM

NLC President, Omar

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to halt the proposed sale of more public enterprises, and on the National Assembly to probe all previous sales and retrieve public properties that may have been sold to private interests.
In a statement signed by its president, Abdulwahed Omar, the Congress said it was disturbed by a statement by the Director General of the BPE, Benjamin Dikki.
Mr. Dikki was reported to have announced that plans have been concluded to privatise refineries as well as commercialise the Nigerian Television Authority, the Federal Radio Corporation, the News Agency of Nigeria, Nigeria Films Corporation, Skypower Catering and Hotels Services and the Commodities and Exchange Commission, the partial privatisation of Bank of Agriculture and the Bank of Industries, and the commercialization of National Parks.
“The haste with which government seemed determined to sell off public properties to members of the ruling class and their cronies under the guise of making them more efficient is alarming,” the statement said. “There is the need  for  caution  because these properties belong to the Nigerian people as a collective wealth and the people have never been consulted and their interests considered before the sales.”
NLC said it was scandalous that the same government which has always promised to use the gains from petroleum price increases it has received over the years to reactivate existing refineries and build additional ones can turn around to announce the privatization of refineries.
“This is clearly unacceptable, and the public have strongly opposed this attempt several times in the past, even on the floor of the National Assembly,” it warned.
The Congress said there was no evidence that previous privatization exercises have succeeded.  “The major privatisation exercise that was implemented against public interest recently is electricity and ever since that exercise, electricity supply have worsened, while consumers pay higher even as the lights have gone off under excuses that questions the competence of the new electricity companies.”
It said government should not abdicate its social responsibilities by selling off everything that delivers services to the people, especially in a country where poverty and unemployment has become endemic, coupled with the collapse of industries.
“What we need in Nigeria is not a blind adoption of neo-liberal policies that mortgage the interests and future of our people,” the statement stressed.
“Our national economy depends largely on the oil industry and if we allow the industry to be handed over to private individuals, it would then mean the entire economy would become private property run by private individuals, mostly cronies of those in government, against our collective interests.”
Stressing that Nigerians must not allow the continuation of the robbery of their collective interests, NLC said that private individuals can build their refineries, but government must reactivate, maintain and take full charge of existing public refineries and also build new ones.

This National Conference Is Waste Of Time – Prof. Nwabueze

VANGUARD Newspaper Interview : This National Conference Is Waste Of Time – Prof. Nwabueze

Posted: Mar, 30 2014, 1:03PM

Prof Ben Nwabueze

By Clifford Ndujihe & Ikenna Asomba

We are in the process of another constitution making.  If you agree, what’s your take on the arrangement?
Let me correct the impression that we are in the process of another constitution making. The National Conference, as constituted by the President, lacks the capacity to draft a constitution to be submitted to the people for approval through a referendum. It doesn’t have the capacity, so it does not entail a constitution making at all. That is something we have to realize, arising from the nature and type of the conference as constituted or established by the President.
The reason for this is that the conference is not established by virtue of any law enacted by the National Assembly. The convocation, its composition, its functions, its modus operandi are not catered for by  law. It is established entirely by virtue of the inherent powers of the President under Section 5 of the constitution. With its limited functions, its establishment is within the immediate powers of the President. The conference not established  under a law enacted by the legislative authorities of the country cannot adopt a constitution. It lacks the capacity to draft a constitution that will be binding on everybody as law.
At best,  what do you think would come out of this exercise?
Nothing, it’s just a talk-shop. We must realize that it’s a talk-shop. It’s functions are merely deliberative and advisory. So, there is no harm in talking. If they talk for three months, something good may come out of it but, certainly, not the adoption of a new constitution.
As it is, how can we make the best out of the present arrangement for the good of the country?
We have to decide first: what do you want as a country? What we want is a new, better and united Nigeria. That is what we want. There is no way you can get it from this conference. Even if you talk for one year, there is no way you can get it in this conference, we must all realize this. You can get something, but not a new and united Nigeria. You can’t because of the limitations of this conference. It has no powers, it has only functions.
There is a difference in law between powers and functions. This conference doesn’t have the powers to bind you and me, to affect the legal relations of you and me, or the legal rights of you and me. It doesn’t have the powers, that is what powers entail. It has only functions, deliberations, talking. You can talk for one year but what can come out of the talking is another matter.
You are one of those who convinced President Jonathan to go for National Conference.  But the way you sound, it’s as if you are disappointed with the turn of things…
That is correct. I led the delegation of The Patriots to the President on August 29, 2013, and I think we were able to persuade him. The so-called u-turn made by the President is as a result of that meeting. But the conference we asked him to convene is totally different from what he has now established. There are totally two different things.
We were looking for a conference that will have the power to adopt a new constitution for Nigeria, that will be submitted to the people at a referendum for approval. That was what we were asking for, and we were asking for a conference of ethnic nationalities. I will come to that later.
On the first aspect, what we have now that the President has given us is a conference that lacks power to adopt a new constitution that will be submitted to the people at a referendum for approval. What the President said, in his speech at the inauguration about referendum is so confusing. I don’t know what the President means.
He said:  “Let me, at this point, thank the National Assembly for introducing the provision for a referendum in the proposed amendment of the constitution. This should be relevant for the conference if, at the end of the deliberations, the need for a referendum arises. I therefore urge the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly to speed up the constitutional amendment process especially with regard to the subject of referendum.”
What does this mean? How can the need for a referendum arise when the conference does not have as its purpose the adoption of a constitution? So, what are you subjecting to a referendum? When we talk about referendum, it’s in relation to a constitution. So, how can the need arise when the purpose of the conference is not the adoption of a constitution and when the conference lacks competence to adopt a constitution?
The President, at a time, was talking about subjecting the outcome of the conference to the consideration of the National Assembly…
You mean for the National Assembly to subject it to a referendum? No, that’s not what this conference states. When you critically examine that statement by the President, it is deliberately intended to confuse.
Some people have said that the President based the conference on modalities or template established by the Senator Femi Okuronmu Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference.  Do you agree?
Yes, to a large extent. If you read the report, it was the Okuronmu committee that recommended that there are two alternatives that the conference should be based on. One, is to establish a conference that will be authorized by an enabling law of the National Assembly and that the alternative is to establish a conference by virtue of the President’s inherent powers. But the President went for the alternative to constitute a conference based on his inherent powers. On this regard, The Patriots had written a letter to him to say ‘please, don’t go for this inherent powers because that will not meet the demands of the country.’
Our demand is for a conference that has the capacity to adopt a constitution. But the President went for the alternative put to him by the Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC). So, to some extent,  PAC is responsible for this because they put the alternative to him and he grabbed it and landed us in this situation that we are now.

Your critics say that you are responsible for all these problems we have.
What problems?
They said the President acknowledged your immense capacity to turn things around and nominated you into the Okuronmu committee but you didn’t take up the appointment. They said that if you had taken up the appointment, your input would have helped to make the modalities better. How do you react to this?
That position is misconceived as I said in my press statement on this issue of my appointment. At the time we met with the President, he promised he was going to do something. I never anticipated that I will be made a member of the committee, not to talk of being the Chairman.
And the reason I gave was that, one, I am 83, and in very bad health and cannot go across the country. I have prostrate cancer, which I have been fighting for the past couple of years. Every year, I go to Britain twice to consult with my oncologist. As you are aware, cancer is stubborn. So, I am surviving on injections. I said I couldn’t, given my age and my state of health.
I explained that I couldn’t afford to go round the country with the committee. From Bayelsa to Sokoto, Sokoto to Maiduguri,  Maiduguri to Enugu, Enugu to Benin,  Benin to Lagos… I said I couldn’t. I gave that as a reason, that in any case, I think there is an option for a younger person. These are the reasons I gave and I then nominated Chief Solomon Asemota (SAN). They initially rejected him but eventually appointed him.
They have a reason for choosing Okuronmu. They wanted the type of conference that they have now established. They were looking for somebody who will go along with them. Then Okuronmu was good choice for them. Asemota refused to go along with their plan. That is what I would have done if I were there. He submitted a minority report which was suppressed. Asemota was denied the right to present the minority report.
The fact that Asemota submitted a minority report was acknowledged by the appropriate authorities. And the Asemota minority report contains exactly what I wanted, what The Patriots wanted. And attached to it is a bill- The National Conference and Referendum Bill – prepared by The Patriots and submitted to the presidency, two years ago, but they refused to look at it. Instead, they have continued to deny that there was a minority report, when the fact is, there was. So, you can see, it’s not my fault.
I couldn’t serve, and I nominated somebody to be there, who presented the views that I would have presented if I was there but they suppressed it. They denied Asemota the right to present it, which is a terrible thing. That is a sign that would have destroyed the whole thing if we had wanted to press on with it. A minority report submitted, you acknowledged receipt of it and you came out publicly that it never existed, that it was not submitted.
Everyone denied it; from Okuronmu to Reuben Abati presidential spokesman. They castigated the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for saying that there was a minority report. They said there was none. So, anybody who is blaming me for that is being unfair.
Nigerians were aware you traveled to London for medication but after you came back you appeared very  strong, holding meetings with Igbo Leaders of Thought. So the impression was that you are strong, that, at least, you could have managed to serve, that if you presented the issue instead of Asemota, it would have carried more weight.
When government had already made up its mind on what it wanted? It would amount to fighting in vain. You see, government had already made up its mind on what it wanted. It was just looking for somebody who would go along with it. They found that man in Okuronmu. Why didn’t they make me Chairman? Although, I would also have refused, why didn’t they make me Chairman?
They knew that I wouldn’t have gone along with the plan. I would have said, no, that’s not the kind of national conference that will thrust this country forward. It’s even obvious from the terms of reference what they wanted.
You seem to be calling for conference of ethnic nationalities. Don’t you think it is cumbersome? How do you think what you are advocating for would go without causing problem in the country?
Without causing problem? That’s where we run away from our problems. We are always running away from our problems. When we talk about unity, why is unity a predominating and hunting problem in Nigeria? Why is it, when it is not? In a place like England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and even in the United States, why is it not a problem there? Would it have been a problem, if Nigeria is a country composed of one people like say the Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Ijaw, instead of a country composed of over 380 ethnic nations? Is that not the crux of the problem? Why do you want to run away from that fact?
You know as a fact that Nigeria is not one nation. It hasn’t become a nation even though that is the hope of all of us. When it will become a nation we don’t know. We are pretending that Nigeria is a nation. You read the President’s speech at the inauguration, he was running right through that Nigeria is a nation. Nigeria is not a nation yet. Chief Obafemi Awolowo described Nigeria in 1947, in his book, ‘The Path to Nigeria’s Freedom that “Nigeria is a mere geographical expression.” Yes, that was what it was, and that  is what it is up till today.
So, the President saying that Nigeria is a nation from the time of its birth in 1914, by the amalgamation of two colonial entities into one big colonial entity called the colony and protectorate of Nigeria, means he has no idea at all of what a nation means. This is not a nation. But the reason the quest of making it a nation is a problem is because it is not composed of one people.
If it had been only made up of the Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Efik, Ijaw, we won’t have these problems. Because these are already nations. They are made up of one people. So, you see, we have in Nigeria over 350 nations, and the problem is to coalesce them into one; and you don’t want to agree to that, you think you can get over it by calling Nigeria a nation, when it is not.
The fact remains that Nigeria’s problem has been to coalesce the over 380 nations into one. It’s not an easy problem. It has a number of problems, difficulties. One is the uncertainty about the character, number and identity of the people in the country. Two is the difficulty of devising a way to demand the equality of representations. How can you say that an ethnic nation comprising of 10,000 people should have equal representation with an ethnic nation comprising of 40 million people? It’s not equitable.
Then you have the problem of rancor. The fact is that if you conceive the conference on the basis of ethnic nationalities, that will throw up the number of delegates to maybe 1,000 or more. There is also the problem of the rancorous conflict among the ethnic nations, between the  small and big ones. And there is another problem harped on by the President, an issue-based representation at the conference by the ethnic nationalities.
You run the risk, that the country might break up, that it might splinter into all the various ethnic nations. I don’t think that fear is founded because the problem of unity in Nigeria is not insoluble. If not attended to, it’s insoluble because the problem will be there. And the fear that this problem if attended to will make the country disintegrate is not enough. Then what we are saying is that the problem is insoluble.
So, these are the main problems. And I don’t think that these problems are not amenable to rational solutions. Come to terms with it, you will find out that there is no problem in this world that is insoluble. There is none. So, there is no reason running away from the problems. Come to terms with it, apply your mind to it, this has always been my philosophy. There must be an answer to every problem.
The more problems you have, the more it challenges you, your mind, your intellect. Apply your mind, apply your intellect and you will find the answer. Therefore, Nigeria must come to terms with how to coalesce the over 380 ethnic nations into one. We must have to, not by running away.
So, how do we coalesce the ethnic nations into one nation?
By recognizing the existence of these ethnic nations and bringing them together, and trying to foster mutual understanding and mutual cooperation among them. That is something that is beyond the resources of private individuals. The Ethnic Nationalities Movement and The Patriots have tried to organize the ethnic nationalities conference, which was held February on 11 and 12, 2014 in Abuja.
We tried bringing all the ethnic nationalities together but the cost involved was beyond our resources. We needed a lot of money to bring together 387 ethnic nationalities. That is a job for government, if it believes there lies the key to the problems of this country. So, there is no need pretending. Why are we running away?
You played an active role in the drafting of the 1979 Constitution that entrenched the present unitary system of government which destroyed the 1960 and 1963 Constitutions. So, why did your team supplant true federalism with the unitary system of government, which many Nigerians now see as the problem of the country?
I have explained this several times at public fora that we went for the unitary system of government at that time, largely because the federal system presupposes separate constitutions for the federal and the  constituent governments. That’s the idea of federalism which was observed in the 1960 and 1963 constitutions. We abandoned it in 1979 and went for a unitary constitution, one constitution for the Federal Government and none for the  state governments. That was a fundamental departure from the principles of federalism.
It is a unitary constitution more or less in the devolution of powers. The Federal Government is all powerful. Its powers are all-encompassing. We took 50 per cent from the concurrent list of matters and merged them to the exclusive list. We also went to residual matters, took almost 50 per cent and put it in the exclusive list. We took so many other things.
And why did we do that? We must take into consideration the circumstances in the country at that time. In 1976, ’77, ’78, everybody was talking about unity. So, we thought the best way to achieve that unity was to create a powerful centre, and we thought that once you have a powerful centre with so much power, you will achieve unity. That was the situation at the time. You don’t blame us because you must take into account the circumstances at that time.
The feeling that people had was that unity was overriding and that you could achieve it by putting so much power in the centre. We were misguided and that’s the truth.  At a number of public statements, I have frankly admitted that we were misguided, that we were guided by the feelings at the time in the country. It turned out that putting too much power at the centre was an invitation for disunity. Yes, that was what happened, disunity. Struggle for control at the centre  with all that power led to disunity, and that is what landed us to where we are today.
Over time now, there seem to be a disagreement between the Igbo Leaders of Thought which you lead and the Ohanaeze over this National Conference. What is the meat of the issue?
You must take into account how the Igbo Leaders of Thought originated. There was division within Ohanaeze following the Ohanaeze election of January 12, 2012. And the matter is still in court. When the Okuronmu committee was set-up, the Ohanaeze distributed a memo to the committee at Enugu and Umuahia, and demanded that the two people claiming to be President-General and Secretary-General on the basis of the election, that their mandate was protected.
We are saying, ‘you are not the President, we don’t accept you because we believe that the election was invalid’. And it was in that circumstance that various appeals were made to me that I should step in, that what the so-called Ohanaeze submitted to the Okuronmu committee does not represent the views of the people.
So, to step in, I wasn’t calling a meeting of the entire Igbo, I was calling a meeting of leaders of thought, the think-tanks. So, the meeting was of people who could sit together and put together the ideas of Ndigbo on a new constitution for Nigeria. And I made it very clear from the beginning, that I would like us to operate this as The Igbo Leaders of Thought under the auspices of Ohanaeze and the President-General was invited to the initial meetings of the Igbo Leaders of Thought.
Specifically, the meeting decided to write a letter to President Jonathan protesting the Okuronmu committee’s report, which had not been released at the time, but we had a copy. Asemota was not even given a copy because of his disagreement with the others over the minority report. But he managed to get a copy from one of their members. And that was how we got a copy. Immediately, The Patriots wrote a letter of protest to the President and The Igbo Leaders of Thought also decided that the letter be written to the  President, in protest of the recommendations of PAC.
So, the letter was prepared in the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo with the Park Avenue address, Enugu and the President-General was there. I invited him to my house in Enugu, we discussed, and he was also present at the meeting of The Igbo Leaders of Thought. And he suddenly said that he would not sign, because the letter was to be signed by himself and myself.
He said he won’t sign the letter written in the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. He said he would need two days to consult with his executives. We said, ‘why do you have to consult? This thing is so clear.’ But he insisted on consulting, which provoked a lot of criticisms, opposition from the meeting. After that, I said, `look, the man is asking for just two days, just give him two days. `So, he was given two days to consult.
Several days later, he came back to say he won’t sign. So, we had to change the letter from Ohanaeze Ndigbo to Ndigbo. We didn’t use the Igbo Leaders of Thought. So, that’s point number one that it was the President-General that refused to sign. I have said that what we are doing is under the auspices of the Ohanaeze and that our meeting will be transferred from Zodiac Hotel venue to Ohanaeze secretariat.
At the meeting I had with him in my house in Enugu, I said to him that it’s my intention to ask, you the  President-General to convene a peace and reconciliation meeting of Ohanaeze. I want you to bring unity to Ohanaeze, instead of all these divisions and factions’. When I put this to the notice of the Igbo Leaders of Thought, the leaders of the other factions said they will not accept such peace and reconciliation meeting, if the notice for the meeting was signed by Chief Gary Igariwey, the President-General.
Emeka Onyeso, the leader of the other faction, said the same thing, Prof. Elo Amucheazi said the same thing and the consensus was that the letter be signed by leaders of all the various factions- Igariwey, Onyeso, Amucheazi and myself. That was what was agreed. Then, when I met Igariwey in my house, initially, he objected, but later he agreed that the notice calling for the meeting should be signed by all.
I on my own eventually decided to add two people – Archbishop Obinna and Archbishop Elekwanwa. So, I prepared the notice calling for the meeting with all these signatories. When I gave it to Igariwey, he objected again. But these other people due to their magnanimity, said they didn’t mind, they didn’t want to sign anymore, but that it will be alright if the notice was signed by me and Igariwey.
So that was what was agreed and Igariwey was there. So, I passed on the notice and said ‘go and amend it’, but till today, Igariwey has not returned the letter, the meeting we have never had.
When people talk about the Igbo Leaders of Thought and the Ohanaeze, this is exactly what happened. At the meeting, the peace and reconciliation meeting was discussed, I said I didn’t want to go into the reasons for the demand for the election to be invalid, let us put it aside.
The five Eastern governors said they have set up a committee under Senator Ben Obi to look into this, and Ben Obi’s committee recommended that these two individuals, that’s the President-General and the Secretary-General should  stay in office for six months and after that election should be held. We said no, let them stay on for the two-year term prescribed by the constitution, after that, election should be held.
And at that meeting Dr. Uma Eliazu said, no, that everything should not be swept under the carpet. That a committee should probe it to find out whether the election is valid or invalid. But I said, let’s not go into all that again but they insisted that it be put to the vote. An overwhelming majority supported their view. So, that was what was decided. But like I said, the peace and reconciliation meeting was never held.
So, are you saying that the peace and reconciliation meeting should be convened as a matter of urgency?
No, that has been overtaken by events. It’s overtaken. Igariwey and his executive rejected it.
How do we make the 2015 elections free and fair?
I hope it will be. The problem about free and fair election is that in Nigeria, we attach too much importance to the stakes. National elections have become a matter of life and death, a do-or-die affair because the stakes are so much. May be if we have a new constitution that will reduce the powers of the President, it will be less a do-or-die affair.
At the moment, the stakes are too high, which makes free and fair elections almost impossible. As long as the present constitution stays, I am not optimistic that any election in this country will be free and fair. The 2011 election was said to be free and fair to some extent but the fact remains that to do away with rigging in this country is very difficult.
What do you make of the Boko Haram insurgency and the rising wave of insecurity in the country?
It’s a tragedy. I believe that Boko Haram is a subject of politics. Some northern political and religious leaders are definitely behind it. I have tried to explain in various newspaper articles the difference between militancy and insurgency. Boko Haram is a clear case of insurgency, it’s not just a militancy like the Niger Delta thing. In Niger Delta, it was a case of militancy for good reasons.
They had good reasons for their uprising because of what was done to them by the regime of President Obasanjo. They were not taking arms against their country, which is insurgency. Boko Haram is a clear case of insurgency. They said they want the Nigerian constitution based on Islamic laws. They don’t want democracy, they want theocracy, that’s what they are fighting for.
How do you think government can win the war?
My attitude is fight them and try to subdue them. I supported the emergency declared in the three North-east states as a way of subduing them. Unfortunately, it hasn’t proved successful because of the support they have. It’s an international ring or network of terrorism. That is what is happening in Nigeria today. You think you are fighting only local Boko Haram? No! There is an international network organization behind them, and, of course, with the support of local politicians and religious leaders.
The government has solicited the support of the European Union, which agreed to support with a tune of $10 billion.  How far do you think that will go?
I don’t know. I am not sure, I don’t think it’s a question of money.
What about intelligence?
Yes, intelligence is very important. You need to improve your intelligence to be able to effectively counter the sources behind them. I don’t think the intelligence we have presently in the country is enough to counter the Boko Haram insurgency. So, if the money from the EU is to boost our intelligence in the fight, then, that is good. I think the United States has also promised something.
What’s the way forward for Nigeria?
The way forward is that the new, better and united Nigeria presupposes a new constitution anchored on the people. That’s is why I don’t think the National Conference, as presently constituted, will lead us there. I say it very clearly that the way forward is to make a new beginning under a new constitution anchored on the people. That’s the way forward. We need to establish a new political order in place of the existing order.
That is the way forward. There is no other way. Not this conference, you stay there for three months talking, talking about what? About every subject under the sun? Again, the complication is unity. Why did you exclude unity?. The conference is supposed to renegotiate the terms of our unity, that is what it is, so why did you exclude unity? Again, unity has so many ramifications. Let them talk, if you want to talk, and that is what they are doing.
 

Petroleum Minister Diezani Jet Scandal: APC Warns Against Federal Government Interference With House Probe

Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke

The All Progressives Congress today warned the Federal Government against any attempts to interfere with the House investigation into the Petroleum Minister's jet scandal.
The House of Representatives Committee is conducting an investigation into allegations the Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, embezzled public funds of 10 billion Naira for the use of chartered private jets.
The APC's interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said, "Scandal is the hallmark of the PDP-led Federal Government and the presidency, hence both may not feel the public anger at the report that a minister, whose most notable 'achievement' is her contribution
to Nigerians' burden with her fixation on endless fuel price increases, has been frittering away the country's resources on the altar of unprecedented profligacy."
Mohammed added, ''…Nigerians are interested in knowing the truth. …Nigerians will like to know whether or not the minister spent the huge funds on jets, who authorized the spending of such funds, whether or not the expenditure was appropriated by the National Assembly and
which laws allow a government minister to junket around the world even on private trips."
The party commended the House Committee on Public Accounts for its diligence and its willingness to be fair and to carry out a thorough investigation, and urged committee members to put the interests of Nigerians above any individual or party's interest.

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SSS Releases Asari Dokubo - PREMIUM TIMES

The President of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been released by the Department of State Security Services, SSS.
He was invited to the SSS headquarters on Thursday morning for repeatedly making inciting comments.
His personal assistant (Media), Rex Asari, confirmed the release to PREMIUM TIMES.
“Yes, he was released. We are heading home now,” Mr. Asari said.
Mr. Dokubo-Asari was quoted in several media reports on Tuesday as saying that he would make Nigeria ungovernable if President Goodluck Jonathan was not re-elected in 2015. He also asked the major political parties not to field non- South South candidates.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and an Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, had asked the SSS to arrest and question Mr. Dokubo-Asari over the statements.
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Less than 24 hours after a group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, called on security agents to arrest and caution the President of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, for repeatedly making inciting comments, the Department of State Security, DSSS, has heeded the call.
Mr. Dokubo-Asari was Thursday summoned to the DSS headquarters in Abuja, where he is being interrogated for comments believed to be capable of breaching the fragile peace the country currently enjoys.
The spokesperson of the SSS, Marilyn Ogar, was not available for comments. She did not answer or return calls.
But Mr. Dokubo-Asari younger brother, Rex Asari, who also doubles as his personal assistant on media, said the Niger Delta activist is currently being interrogated by operatives.
“It is true,” the younger Asari said in response to our reporter’s enquiry at about 12.30 p.m Thursday. “He is being interogated as we speak.”
Mr. Dokubo-Asari was quoted to have said on Tuesday that he would make Nigeria ungovernable unless President Jonathan secures a second term ticket in the 2015 presidential election.
He also reportedly asked politicians from the North to steer clear of the presidency.
Read MURIC’s full statement calling for Mr. Dokubo-Asari’s arrest below.

PRESS RELEASE:
THREAT TO MAKE NIGERIA UNGOVERNABLE: PRESIDENCY MUST CALL ASARI DOKUBO TO ORDER

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheeden Asari Dokubo, on Tuesday threatened to make Nigeria ungovernable unless President Jonathan secures a second term ticket in the 2015 presidential election. He also asked politicians from the North to steer clear of the presidency.
We are greatly perturbed that a threat of this magnitude is emanating at a time so close to the 2015 election time. As a human rights organization committed to the promotion of dialogue with its resultant peaceful environment and the avoidance of violence in all its ramifications, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) is constrained to ask President Jonathan if Asari Dokubo is speaking for the presidency or if he has the tacit approval of Mr. President. We call President Jonathan’s attention to the dangers inherent in threats issued publicly in a country as volatile as Nigeria.
While this is not the first time such a threat is issued, we are bewildered by the silence and inaction of the security agencies each time Asari Dokubo issues one of his threats. We are shocked to our marrows that Nasir El-Rufai was harassed and finally detained for hours for allegedly making a ‘provocative’ statement just a few days ago whereas nothing happens when Asari Dokubo threatens law and order. Interestingly enough, El-Rufai’s statement was on the same theme: the 2015 general election. Our security agencies must eschew double standard in order to win the confidence of the general public.
MURIC therefore appeals to President Jonathan to call Asari Dokubo to order. A statement from the presidency on this issue is of strategic importance at this material time in the history of our dear nation. Silence will tantamount to tacit approval, nay, executive impunity.
Allah commands justice and righteousness (Qur’an 16:90). Allah also says, “O you who believe, stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin…” (Qur’an 4:135).
We reiterate for the avoidance of doubt, MURIC as a human rights organization is not witch-hunting any political party or individual. We are concerned about peace and stability in our dear country. Silence over critical issues is harmful to ourselves as well as to the polity. It is the duty of religious groups to speak out in these hard times. The Qur’an already warns that homo sapiens should beware of looming troubles because such troubles may consume even the innocent (Qur’an8:25).
Past experience has shown that it is even the poor who suffer most each time this country is engulfed in crisis. Schools and markets cannot open. Workers cannot go to their places of work. Petrol stations are shut. Hunger and disease stare the poor in the face. It is like the parable of the fight between two elephants when the grass must suffer the consequences.  We want peace. We therefore appeal to all stakeholders to sheath their swords. We call on our respected elder statesmen to consult the presidency on this matter in the interest of peace and stability.

Ondo NSCDC Arrests Three Men For Theft Of 10,000 Litres Of Diesel

The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested three men suspected of stealing 10,000 litres of adulterated diesel.
The State Commandant of the Corps, Alhaji Popoola Waheed Bamidele, speaking at the arrest, warned people against dealing in adulterated petroleum.  He said the arrests are to protect people from the dangerous effects of diesel on their body.
Spokesperson for the Command, Kayode Balogun, said the suspects were arrested while driving a truck in Owena village along Illesha-Akure, capital of Ondo State, when in a patrol noticed the 'waybill' covering the oil transportation was fake.
PRO Balogun said a sample of the oil was taken to Lagos for laboratory analysis, which found the diesel was adulterated.
The names of the suspects are Jimoh Salami, Anifowose Saheed and Ojuolape Afeez.
The three suspects refused to deny the allegations.
The NSCDC also impounded a car, a Nissan Primera, registration DC 704 JJJ, carrying adulterated diesel in 44 kegs of 30 litres each, and a red Wagon Golf, without a number plate, carrying adulterated diesel in 18 kegs of 30 litres each.
Both vehicles were impounded at Ore in Okitipupa area, Odigbo local government of the state.
SaharaReporters learned that suspects of both cars on sighting officers of the NSCDC ran into the bush.

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Three Killed, 16 Wounded In Plateau Church Attack - PUNCH

Posted: Jan, 02 2014, 10:01AM

The peaceful atmosphere that pervaded the Christmas celebration in Plateau State was shattered on Wednesday when two persons were reportedly killed while 16 others were wounded when a group of gunmen invaded the Church of Christ in Nations on the eve of the New Year at  Maiakworigold Maikatako village in Bokkos Local Government Council of Plateau State.
One other person was said to have been killed in Manguna area of Bokkos Local Government of the state in the early hours of Wednesday.
The gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, were said to have stormed the COCIN Church Maiakworigold Maikatako  and started shooting sporadically. The two people were killed on the spot while the 16 people sustained various degrees of injuries in the ensuing stampede.
The third victim in Manguna area of the same local council area was said to have been killed by the retreating gunmen.
One of the eyewitnesses, Mr. Augustine Bim, told newsmen that during the service to usher in the New Year, some gunmen stormed the church and started  to shoot at different directions.
He said that the casualties were recorded when the worshippers started escaping through various directions.
Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Titus Alams, who confirmed the incident, described it as unfortunate.
Alams, who is the member representing Bokkos State constituency, said that five of the victims were currently on admission  at the Plateau State Specialist Hospital.
He said they were in a stable condition while 11 people were receiving treatment at Barkin Ladi General  Hospital.
While  commending  the security operatives for their prompt response, he also urged them to do everything possible to fish out the perpetrators of this act.
He said, “This latest incident is regrettable because we have been doing a lot to sustain the current peace we are enjoying in the state. We are appealing to security agents to do everything in their power to fish out those responsible for this heinous crime against humanity.”
Alams appealed to the youths of Bokkos  to remain calm and not to take the law into their own hands. He also urged them to report any suspicious movement to law enforcement agents in their area.
While reiterating the importance of safeguarding themselves against further attacks, the Speaker urged the people to avoid making themselves vulnerable to attack by congregating in large numbers at any point at night.

How Strong Networks Create Strong Companies

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For many entrepreneurs, the first stages of founding a company can be a very lonely experience. It often involves countless solitary hours conducting research, outlining a product vision and piecing together ugly proofs of concept. But what I have discovered and rediscovered with each of the companies that I have founded is that building a company is a highly creative process. Like all creative processes, the moment of inception for any truly great idea is extremely dependent on a community of trusted people to bounce ideas off of and get feedback from.

As Steve Blank says, "No business plan survives first contact with the customer." I believe that the first iteration of an idea never survives first contact with an intelligent network of people you trust. Their feedback will help move your ugly hatchling into something viable much faster than you acting alone. Because that early feedback is so important, the networks that help in those early, creative stages of founding a company are extremely crucial. But getting fresh, quality feedback can be extremely difficult as there is often very little institutional support for those trying to start a business. Academics have universities, writers have editors and writing circles, artists have studio spaces -- where do entrepreneurs go?

Three years ago I co-founded Founders Den, a co-working space for experienced entrepreneurs, for this very reason. I was working from home on my next start-up when I realized that I wasn't getting the feedback loop that I really needed. At the end of the day there is only so much you can learn from your personal network over email or lunch. So, I started an email thread about getting some office space with several of my friends who were also working on their start-ups.

Several weeks and a few sponsorships later we were moving into a space large enough to accommodate 15 to 20 early stage companies. Since then, over 72 companies have come in and out of Founders Den. Some have since garnered $100 million valuations (Wanelo), others have been acquired by great companies such as AutoDesk (SocialCam) and Samsung (Movl).

While knowing that you have been involved in the early success of multiple start-ups is an extremely satisfying feeling, even more satisfying has been watching my current company, August, grow in this environment. We have also had the opportunity to use the products created by other Founders Den companies, such as Streak and Survata, and in turn provide them with valuable feature requests and product feedback.

Having a strong environment for your company to grow is clearly important, but so too is finding business partners that help facilitate the growth of your team members. Too often we think of business to business relationships in terms of goods delivered in a statement of work. What entrepreneurs often lose sight of is the fact that any business that your company works with has an impact on your team and their development. Business practices are contagious and a company you partner with can easily spread those contagions to your team.

When possible, businesses of the same size with the same growth trajectory should conduct business with each other. This ensures that your productivity expectations are aligned. When you need to operate with a company larger than your own, it is incredibly important that company has practices you are comfortable with, practices that you'd like to take in as your own. This way you avoid many of the operational inefficiencies that come with legacy companies.

As children, we all heard the adage "You are what you eat." As an entrepreneur, it is important to be extremely aware that your team, and in turn your company, can often become who they are surrounded by.

When it is all said and done, strong networks create strong companies. Who you do business with and who you talk about your business with matters. No founder builds a company alone, and no company becomes great without great partners. 

Nigeria Takes New UN Security Council Seat

Posted: Jan, 02 2014, 12:01PM

Nigeria on New Year’s Day returned to the United Nations Security Council, just two years after she last served as a member.

She is one of Africa’s two new members, the other being Chad. They will complete their current term on December 31, 2015. The third African member is Rwanda, which will complete her term at the end of this year.

It is not clear why Nigeria chose to seek a Security Council seat so soon after her last term, and the government has yet to clarify the priorities it will pursue during the period.
The Security Council, which has responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, comprises 15 members. Its five permanent members are China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States; of the other 10, five are elected annually for a term of two years each. They take monthly turns, in an alphabetical order in the English language, to preside over the work of the council.
Jordan has the presidency of the Council for January, and Nigeria, led by Ambassador Joy Ogwu, will preside in April. It will be her second time of leading Nigeria to the Council.
In April, President Goodluck Jonathan could preside over the Council as he seeks a boost for his 2015 presidential run.

RAW LETTER : Deposed Wife-Beating Akure Monarch's Letter Pleading For Reinstatement

DEPOSED OLUWADARE ADEPOJU ADESINA F

   TO:  THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL,
        ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT
THRO:  THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF ONDO STATE,
 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE,
    ALAGBAKA, AKURE
THRO:  THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE,
      MINISTRY OF JUSTICES,
       ALAGBAKA, AKURE

Sir,
APPEAL FOR VACATION OF ORDERS OF DEPOSITION AND BANISHMENT OF OLUWADARE ADEPOJU ADESINA FROM THE THRONE OF THE DEJI OF AKURE AND REINSTATEMENT TO THE THRONE
We have the instructions of Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina who was, on the 10th day of June 2010, deposed from his position as the Deji of Akure and subsequently banished by the Executive Council of Ondo State. The deposition and banishments are however still being contended in the court.
We have, in consonance with his instructions, reproduced herein under, the message qua passionate appeal of our client, in his words to your esteemed Council.
     “Your Excellency,
 Sir, let me begin by, from the bottom of my heart, expressing my sincere condolence to your family, your good self, your esteemed Executive Council, the people of Ondo State and all indigenes of Akure in particular the death of Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida, Afunbiowo Ii.
 My condolence to the Executive Council and your good self is by no means misplaced: whilst it is the state State Executive Council that approves the appointment of an Oba Elect, you are in fact, the father figure to all Obas in the state.
 I do honestly pray that the Almighty God will put an end to all mishaps in Ondo State, nay Nigeria.
 Beyond sentiments, I admits that it hurts me quite greatly deeply when I was deposed and banished whilst Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida was installed. I must however say that whoever had the privilege of knowing or meeting the then Prince Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida (that was who he was when I last saw him) would readily agree that he was, by all standards, a very good person who loved peace and related well with whoever came his way.
He loved Akure from his heart and always wished that there would be developments in Akure. He was also good to me and always respected me as a king even though by age, he was older than me.
May the good lord grant his soul eternal rest. Amen. I also pray that the Almighty God would grant his family his family the fortitude to bear the loss.
Sir, from my experience in this life particularly since my deposition and banishment, I have learnt a lesson that will stay with me forever: never mock a man who is down. God is the one who raises up and, if He wishes (for His own reasons), can bring down (Psalm 75 verse 7), How then can any mortal rejoice at the demise of another? No sane human should. Certainly, not me!!
I therefore do honestly pray that God will comfort his family particularly his dear olori who, by tradition, is also one of my wife.
 Sir, even thought the sudden loss of the late Oba is painful, I however that it is important that I write this letter to your Excellency at this time. I have waited till now to show utmost respect to the late Oba. I could as well have waited further but for the fact that I have, on good authority, been informed of the attempts of some other persons who had actually started jostling up for the throne even before the conclusion of deserved and necessary rites of passage for the late Oba.
 Thus, I therefore most humbly crave your understanding that this letter be allowed by you at this time as a matter of necessity.
I have, time and again, considered the tragic events that led to my exit from the throne and I have come to one conclusion: that Gorbels, not Hilter, was the reason Germany thought she was strong enough to conquer the World. Sir, I now know how important the press is. Communication and information management are issue I will never toy with again.
Why did I say Communication and information management? Because none of the things I was alleged to have done ever happened!
For the avoidance of doubt, I do not lay any blame at the door of any journalist but I admit that avoidable communication gap was the reason why the press could not even report a single account of the version of the palace at that material time. Again, a admit that this communication gap was avoidable.
May I humbly seek your indulgence to respond to some of the issues raised against my person in the media/public that ultimately led to my deposition and banishment:
Did I go to Hospital Road? Yes I did because it was a house I had rented before I mounted the throne . I kept the house and still paid for same while on the throne because some members of my family still lived there. Where then, for example did press get information that the house I went to belonged to my in-laws?
I also read in the newspaper that I poured acid on my wife: to begin with, how could someone I allegedly poured acid on in the evening of 30th day of May, 2010 now go out just a few days thereafter to plead with different Obas, Chiefs and leaders that her husband should be reinstated? It may interest you to note that she went about asking that I be reinstated whilst fully dressed as an Olori i.e without buba on top of her Iro. There were no bruises on her.
Sir, it may further interest you to know that when my late wife, who was allegedly bathed with acid got to the palace of the jegun of Ile-Oluji, the jegun said he had read about all that happened in the print media and said he hoped the Olori had fully recovered. It was at this stage that the jegun was told that the beautiful Lady dressed in Iro, with beads round her neck but without buba top and who accompanied the emissary to his palace was indeed the Olori that was allegedly bathed in acid! Thee jegun quickly drew the Olori to his side and searched for the spots where she was allegedly bathed with acid but did not find any!!
  The other Obas who saw her soon after she was allegedly bathed with acid were the Olugbo of Ugbo Land and the Olukare of Ikare. The mother to Your Excellency also saw her at Ondo town when she came to beg her to plead with Your Excellency.
  Above all, the families concerned have since reconciled their differences.
Moreover, I also read from the dailies that I fell into the gutter and had to be rescued. This was outright falsehood. Firstly, up to this point, three years after the incident, even with modern technology, phone, camera and other means of communication, is it not strange that there has not been one single documented account of this fact? Why is it that none of the media houses in this country ever showed or got this printed out! I came downstairs from the building and stayed in my car at the time my late wife was allegedly bathed with acid.
I also read it in the papers that I poured hot ashes which I brought in nylon bag on her. Sir, is it not strange that hot ashes was brought in a nylon bag? Why did the nylon not melt? Besides, is not elementary traditional science that if you pour ashes, it will undoubtedly be blown towards you (the pourer). That is why it is said in Yoruba land that “eni deeru ni eeru n to”. Why was I not affected by the ashes myself since I was the one that allegedly poured it? Why was any other person not affected since, by the media accounts, the environment was rowdy and full of people?
For the avoidance of doubt, I married my late Olori Bola Adepoju Adesida traditionally. I also needed to divorce her for reasons due largely to some serious and irreconcilable family differences. Even though it is good for the married tostay together for better or worst, it is however my believe that where certain acts of one of the spouses is consistently dangerous to the life of the other , it is betterto divorce and stay alive than to pretend to be married but in it.
Sir, you are a good man. You will kindly pardon me to respect and honour the memory of the late Olori by refusing to disclose, in details, through this medium, all that my late wife did that necessitated the divorce. Besides because of the future of my children from the late Olori, I most humbly plead that you will further pardon me from going further than this through this medium. At any rate, some of the reasons for the divorce are not unknown to Your Excellence.
 On the issue of engaging in shady land deals: I wish to place it on record that I never instructed anyone to collect “royalty” on my behalf from any land owner. No one ever came to inform me that he wanted to check if it was true that I actually sent anyone to collect “owo omo onile” from him. It is worthy of note that the only known account/record of the use of my name to collect “owo omo onile” is at the ‘A’ division in Akure where the culprit, one Mr. Gbenle Kikiowo who made an undertaking not to use my name again for such fraudulent activities when, upon a tip-off, I got him arrested and took him to ‘A’ division , Akure. Why the police never prosecuted him up till now, I do not know because I personally reported himto the police when I got information that he used my name to “owo omo onile”.
 On the issue Of engaging in a public fight with Chief Jossy Abegunde, I deny firmly that I fought with him.
 Conversely, the issue between Chief Jossy Abegunde and I had to do with the ownership of a large parcel of land belonging to Akure Community which was turned to a plank market by the Police Authorities. Sir, you will agree with me that the Police Authorities to not have any constitutional or statutory responsibility tooperate plank markets. The police Plank Market beside St. Luke Anglican Church, Idi Agba, Akure is indeed the first of its kind.
Your Excellency, it is also my believe that an important function of Obaship is the protection of the common heritage of the Oba’s domain. Thus, I believe I did the right thing by instituting an action against the Police Authorities in respect of the disputed parcel of land. That was all I did. It is worthy of note that in the suit I instituted against the Police Authorities on the disputed land, it was done with the active consent and participation of Akure Council of Chiefs.
 The Chiefs were also co-plaintiffs in the said suit against the Police. The Chiefs even agreed to contribute money for the payment of our lawyer’s professional charges.
 Moreover, even the late Oba Adegboye Adesida was reputed to have continued with the litigation on the disputed land.
   At any rate, it is important to inform Your Excellency that Chief Jossy Abegunde and I have since reconciled our differences. We both later understood that both of us wanted what was in the best interest of Akure on the disputed land but our approaches were different.
On the disagreement between the Chiefs and the Palace. To begin with, I never had any disagreement with either the Akure Council of Chiefs as a whole or the Kingmakers alone. The seeming disagreement I had with the Chiefs was on the payment of “igbanujo” Your Excellency “igbanujo” is the money I was obliged togive the Chiefs as whole for their entertainment upon my emergence as an Oba elect.
 Sir, due to obvious financial constraints, as a result of the various expenses I incurred at the time of contesting the throne and thereafter, I could not immediately raise the sum of N5million meant for the “igbanujo”.
However, I later paid the “igbanujo” money after I ascended the throne.
  Thus, it is important to state categorically that the “igbanujo” money was not money collected or paid for any illegal or fraudulent purpose. All the Chiefs of Akure can attest to this fact. The payment is just a traditional way by which any Oba-elect fetes all the Chiefs. This is a tradition in Akure that I am sure that even Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida honored.
 Sir, I daresay that all the Chiefs of Akure can attest to these facts.
On the Lisa of Akure: My disagreement with High Chief Folorunso David, the then Lisa of Akure started when, after I had become the Deji of Akure, the Lisa wrote a letter to the Ondo State Government on his own letter headed paper requesting that the Olu of Ala  be made an Oba.
The then Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru sent a copy of the letter to me after which I invited Akure Council of Chiefs and the Lisa himself to the Palace on the issue.
On the advice of the Council of Chiefs, I set up a committee which investigated the circumstances warranting the letter by the Lisa to State Government. Even though I was not opposed to the upgrading of any person to the status of an Oba where deserving, the councils of Chiefs, and the committee set up found the Lisa’s conduct to be capable of understanding the throne of the Deji fo Akure indigenes, Thus, the committee recommended that the Lisa be suspended for six months. The Lisa was thus suspended on the recommendation of the significance of his Chieftaincy title amongst the Chiefs, his suspension was subsequently lifted. It is noteworthy that recommended the suspension mianly compromised Akure Chiefs.
  The second cause of the disagreement I had with the then Lisa also occurred when the Lisa, wrote a petitioned against me to our respected Akure and Yoruba leader, Chief Fashoranti. The  Lisa wrongly alleged that I supported memebrs of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) who were pro- Labour Party against those who were  pro- PDP. He further alleged that I went toErekesan came to inspect the market for possible reconstruction. There were about twenty other false allegations in the said petitioned to Chief Fashoranti.
 I also got a copy of the Petition, I also called a meeting of Councils of Chiefs where I showed the petitioned which was written on the letter headed paper of Akure Council of Chiefs. The Chiefs denied knowledge of this letter but the Lisa said the then Elemo High Chief (Barr.) Bolanle Adedipe and the Ojomo of Akure High Chief Ayo Oluyide were privies to the petition.
The Chiefs with the exception of the Lisa, Elemo and Ojomu collectively denied being parties to and/or being aware of the petition written on their behalf.
 Consequently, the Council of Chief decided that they were fed up with the handedness of the Lisa moreso since the Lisa had taken such a grave decision tothe names without actually informing them of his actions.
Thus, the chiefs recommended that High Chiefs Elemo and Ojomu should be queried. The two High Chiefs were duly queried by me but I also applied wisdom by refusing to take any further step in the matter with or without their responses tothe queries. As a matter of fact, even though the two Chiefs did not respond to the queries I never raised the issue again since, by their actions and oral explanations, they were not parties to any attempt to spite the throne of the Deji or smear my name/image.
 On the Lisa however, since there was no sense of remorse, the Chiefs went tomy secretary’s office, typed a letter of removal of the Lisa and brought it to me for signing the letter of removal of Folorunsho Davids as the Lisa of Akure.
 Thus, even though High Chief Folorunso Davids was removed by a letter signed by me his removal was however the majority decision of the members of Akure Councils of Chiefs.
Sir, my seeing refusal to reinstate High Chief Folorunso Davids was by no means an act of disrespect but I feared the serious consequences of reneging on the Oath made with the Chiefs on the issue. The breach of oaths in traditional institutions attracts dire consequences even if the ‘oath’ is a mere oral agreement.
 Your Excellency may wish to aks: Why was it that even after my deposition and banishments. The late Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida, Afunbiowo !! refuse toreinstate the said Folorunso Davids but refused to reinstate the said Folorunso Davids but chose to appoint another illustrates son of Akure in the person of High Chief (Engineer) James Raymond Olusoga as the new Lisa of Akure? The reasons that prevailed at that time were also why the late Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida could not reinstate the Lisa.
Sir, suffice it to say that notwithstanding the difference in our actions, approaches and believes, my respect and admiration for the person of the Lisa ever waned, Rather, I always respected him. He was always very bold, daring, courageous and dogged. These were the unassailable good qualities I liked in him-evidence of his distinguished career in the Nigerian Army.
 It was the extreme application of these virtues however that caused a misunderstanding between us.
Sir, even though he also partook in the process of my removal by signing petitioned against me in his capacity as the Lisa (despite his removal without a challenge in the law court) I have also completely forgiven him. I hold no grudges against him whatsoever.
Consequent upon the above, I do honestly plead with your good self and the other members of your Executive Council to kindly rescind your decision on my deposition and banishments and to reinstate me back to my position as the Deji Akure.
 Sir, I knew but I have also been further educated by my team of lawyers that legally and lawfully, your esteemed Executive Councils can still reinstate me. Some of the clarifications I got from my lawyers which make it possible for the council to reinstate me include but  are not limited to the following factors.
Sources of Deposition and Banishment: That since I was not removed by any court of law, it does not require on appeal to any Higher Court to reinstate me. Moreso, going by the principle of Federation, the Ondo State Executive Council is not subject to any other Executive Council in matters within the exclusive determination of the Ondo State Executive Council. Mine is one of such cases.
    ii.    The Deji of Akure Chieftaincy Declaration: By the Deji of Akure Chieftaincy Declaration there are two Ruling Houses which are: Ojijigogun Ruling House and the Osupa Ruling Houses. Since the late Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida was from Ojijigogun Ruling House which makes it a lot easier for me to coma back tothe throne now. Since I was deposed by the decision of the Executive Council, the same Executive Council can still reinstate me by rescinding vacating it decision.
   iii.     Cases in Court: That notwithstanding the existence of the case(s) I instituted in court, since I am the Plaintiff in those cases, the life and death of those cases depend solely on me. Thus, it means that the cases cannot constitute any legal impediment if withdrawn the cases.
    Very important too, Courts and Judges also support out-of-Court resolution of disputes even after the parties have already filed their cases in court.
iv.     Statutory power to act: That from the entirely of the law books and statutes, there is no law forbidding my reinstatement by your esteemed Council. The powers to approve of an appointment as an Oba, depose, banish, reinstate, reprimand and/or reward an Oba all reside in you and your Executive Council, Sir.
V. History: That there are recorded accounts of Obas that were deposed and later reinstated: a most recent one in this state was that of the revered Olowo of Owo the late Oba Olateru Olagbegi during tha administration of Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua. Your Excellency, as the then Honorable Commissioner for health, was a part of the Executive Council that reinstated the late Oba Olateru Olagbegi after his deposition and banishment for more than a decade. The Saki of Arigidi was also reinstated after having been deposed. There are other documented instances from other states.
vi.   Conspiracy of my enemies: Your Excellency, you will recall that I had, first above referred to mine as well as your enemies and political detractors. This is for real. It is not a conjecture. Or, if it were not so, why would the Police decline toprosecute someone who I personally reported as using my name to extort money from members of the public? Also, it is on record that I was deposed on 10/06/2010. It is also on record that I was, immediately after deposition, arrested and taken to the state Police Headquarters in Akure where I made statement tothe Police in the evening of 10/06/2010. Where and how then could the Police have prepared a ‘’report” dated 07/06/2010 incorporated my statement and sent same to your good self for the purpose of engineering my deposition? Why did the Police Authorities cook up a report against me three days before I was arrested before they got one single account of what happened from me? Besides, how could a “report” dated 07/06/20
Sir, it is worthy of note that even after the death of my late wife and contrary tothe clear contents of the medical reports of the cause of death of my late wife, the Police Authorities repeatedly invited members of my late wife's family and expressly persuaded them to incriminate me by saying that my wife died as a result of the alleged incident of 30/05/2010. My in-laws clearly declined toimplicate me and started clearly that medical examinations showed the true cause of her death and that I did not kill her.
 Sir, I have waited patiently for years before pointing out these despicable conducts of the Police Authorities because I always knew that the truth would prevailed someday. Moreover, I was scared that if I pointed these out I could as well be permanently silenced by my detractors. However, the general elections of 2011 swept these enemies of mine out of power and political relevance. Only truth and justice remain constant forever.
 Sir, considering the unjust, false and fabricated reports presented by the Police Authorities to your Executive Council which were instigated by these power-hungry politicians who are now men of yesterday. I humbly seek your kindheated intervention towards reserving the injustices done to me by revoking and/or vacating the orders of my deposition and banishments. I also pray that you do kindly allow me to return to the throne of my fathers as the Deji of Akure.
 Your Excellency, I do not claim to be a lawyer. I do not also claim that I was a saint. I am a new and improved person. I tasted the good side of life. I now taste the bad side of life. I had fame. I later had shame. I knew glory. I later knew fury. I knew and tasted honour. I have also been brought down to earth. I fell from graceto grass. I have cried many times. I have told myself that even though most of the things I did were good, well- intended and with the support of my chiefs, I have also known that whatever happened to me , I do not put the blame on anyone. I do accept that there are always better ways to do even the good things I did.
 Sir, I do honestly, appreciate the fact that with the attendant public perception of all the things I did not do, with the politicisation of what I did not do by my detractors and the enemies of your regime, here was no practicable way your council could delay to act without being seen as condoning what my detractors alleged that I did.
  However, I always wished that if only the council had heard the full side of my own story, then esteemed council's decision would have been different.
   Sir from the bottom of my heart, I hold no grudges against my chiefs. I forgive them. As a matter of fact throughout my travails, I appreciate all the support I got from them. I also have to be realistic that with my deposition, Akure needed tomove on. In mkoving on however, justices and truth are all I ask for. Again, I forgive all of them from the depth of my heart because without them, there cannot be a Me.
Your Excellence, even though I never had the opportunity of expressing my own side of the story to the media by virtue of my position as an Oba and further because of the prevailing circumstances at the time and, admittedly, my mishandling of the communication and information Bureau, I honestly owe the Executive Council and the entire people of Akure the duty to make them understand that I never fought with my wife, never poured acid or any other substances on her and did not at any time fight in public.
  Sir, I wish to favour in your eyes and in the eyes of all the other members of you council. I promise to work for the collective ideas of the entire people of akure andto actively mobile my people towards the maximum participation in your regime's laudable programmes.
  Sir, without engaging in undue historical renditions and rhetoric, I must passionately plead with your Excellence to remember how well I stood behind you and fought with you towards ensuring that you won the election and to ensure that you also recovered your stolen mandate.
 Sir, I stood by you through thick and thin even when most people in my position could not publicly support you. I whole heartedly supported you because I believed in you. I saw in you a man of his words who meant well for the people. I still believe in you, your Excellence. Kindly vacate my deposition and banishment orders.
  For the avoidance of doubt, in the likely event that you and your honoured Council do graciously vacate and/or rescind the orders of my deposition and banishment, I do promised you and the good people of Akure.
I. That I will not witch-hunt or persecute anyone (particularly my chiefs) for their actions or inaction at the time of my deposition and banishment;
 ii. To withdraw all suits and litigations against your esteemed self and government;
 iii. Not to institute any further action against either your good self or any of my Chiefs in respect of any matter connected or relating to the circumstances of my deposition and banishment;
  iv. To exhibit improved, matured and better approach in the discharge of my duties as the Oba of Akure;
  v. To relate more harmoniously with all Chiefs, Community leaders, indigenes and non- indigenes of Akure;
  vi. To institute a foundation in honour of my late wife, Olori Bolanle Adesina Adepoju;
  vii. The exhibit total loyalty to your regime and all other regimes that may come upon the successful completion of your well-deserved second term;
  viii. To govern my people with godliness and with total respect for the rights of all;
   ix. Above all, I forgive all.
  Your Excellence, I know that any request is huge that I equally know that same is grantable. You are a father figure. You are kindly, with your Executive Council, vacate and/or rescind the orders of my disposition and banishments and reinstate me to my position as the Deji of Akure.
    I thank you must sincerely for this privilege and I count on Excellency and  Executive Council to grant my requests by reinstating me as the Deji of Akure.
   Sir, I have instructed my lawyer to write this letter to you as evidence of my total commitment to the contents of this letter But with a clear instruction that it must be in the same and undiluted way I have written it by incorporating same in the body of his own letter".
   Your Excellency, the above represents the message from our client to you and your Executive Council in his own language.
   May it so please you, Sirs.
   We look forward to receiving a favourable response from you, Sir.
Yours truly,
1. The Deputy Governor of Ondo State,
The Deputy Governor's Office.
Alagbaka,
Akure.
2. The Right Honourable Speaker,
Ondo State House of Assembly Complex,
Alagbaka, Akure.
3. The Honourable Chief Judge,
Ondo State High Court Complex,
Akure.
4. The Hon. Commissioner,
For local government and Chieftancy Affairs
Ondo State Secretariat,
Alagbaka, Akure.
5. Akure Council of Chiefs,
c/o High Chief Lisa of Akure,
Chief Engineer James Raymond Olusoga.
6. Chief R. F Fasoranti,
Community Leader & Chairman,
Akure Community Development Forum.
Akure
7. Prince (Dr.) Ige Adedipe Ogunleye,
Chairman Osupa Ruling House,
Akure