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Malami embarrassed Ndigbo with threat to impose state of emergency on Anambra -Ohanaeze

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has said that nobody can declare a state of emergency in Anambra because of the recent insecurity in the state.

Spokesman of the organisation, Alex Ogbonnia, stated this on response to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami’s insinuation that the Federal Government will declare a state of emergency in Anambra State because of recent killings.

Ogbonnia said what is happening in northern states was much more and the Federal Government had not declared a state of emergency there.

Ohanaeze said though there was crisis of insecurity in the South East, instead of the Justice Minister to proffer how the security operatives could counter it and stop the situation, he was contemplating state of emergency, describing it as “funny and embarrassing to Ndigbo.”

“Looking at it from genuine point of view, you will see that we have had more killings in Borno, Yobe, Plateau, Benue, Katsina, Niger and even in Kaduna State. He will be there they count their killings in scores and in hundreds, this one in Anambra is just a few persons and somebody is contemplating state of emergency. When they were being killed in hundreds yet elections were held in all those states and now we have a few killings you are contemplating state of emergency.

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“Dr. Akunyili was killed about five days ago and as first step you are talking of an emergency. This one, instead of thinking of how to contain and counter such gruesome killings, the first suggestion that come from an Attorney General is State of emergency. Above all Ohanaeze had already known even before now that we are in doubt if some of the crimes being committed here, is our boys really have the strategic capacity to commit them.

“Like going to police station discharge all the people in the station and burn it, going to prison yard discharge over 1,000 inmates and no persons caught. Some of these things we begin to wonder whether our people have the strategic capacity to commit these crimes and go undetected.

“So this development is very strange and is coming at a point where every person is thinking that is time for Igbo to produce president of Nigeria. We are looking at that people are trying to disarticulate the South East, create a false impression that they are not in unity, they are ungovernable, they are in crisis and to that extent they cannot produce a president for Nigeria. All these things we are thinking about but we will disappoint them,” Ogbonnia said.

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Ohanaeze spokesman disclosed that the South East leaders had devised means to counter the impression, adding, “We have appealed to our Archbishops and Bishops and traditional rulers, and Town Union President Generals to start engaging the youth so that we will disappoint them by making sure that Anambra and other states become calm. And being calm, we will disappoint them by holding election peacefully in Anambra.”

So those who say that they want to make South East ungovernable will soon be disappointed, “because we are wiser.”

He revealed that some arrests that have been made on the killings in the region, revealed that “some of them are not from Igbo land, some came from Igala, some came from Edo, they were hired people. So we cannot allow state of emergency in Anambra because Onitsha is the economic hub of Igbo land, in fact whoever is thinking of state of emergency in Anambra should go and have a rethink because it is not possible and we can’t allow it.”

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Police interrogates Mohbad’s PA, Darosha over singer’s death

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Boluwatife Adeyemo, also known as Darosha, who was the Personal Assistant to the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, has been interrogated by the Nigeria Police Force.

According to reports, Darosha visited the Zone 2 Command headquarters on Thursday following a police invitation.

Also present at the meeting were Mohbad’s mother, Abosede and his father, Joseph.

 

The lawyer of Aloba’s family, Monisola Odumosu, who disclosed this on Saturday, said Darosha was invited to name those who instructed him to embalm the late singer in his home when he died on September 12, 2023.

Odumosu said, “The police invited Darosha and interrogated him based on a petition written and signed by Emmanuel Oroko of the Hillceetee Partners on the instruction of Mohbad’s father.

 

“He had visited alone earlier in the week, but was asked to return on Thursday when Mohbad’s father and mother would be present, which he did.”

Odumosu disclosed further that a statement was taken from Darosha in which he mentioned those who were present when the deceased was embalmed.

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The lawyer added that the police had invited those mentioned in the statement.

“Those present at the residence of the late Ilerioluwa Aloba when the embalmment was done will appear before the investigation panel of the police.

“The local embalmment violates the Coroner’s System Law 2007: Section 48 of this law addresses the offences and penalties of tampering with a dead body contrary to Section 16.

“The police, upon interrogating Darosha, have asked all those mentioned in his statement to be brought in for further interrogation. When Mohbad died, there were allegations that he was given local embalming without authorisation from his father or a death certificate from any medical practitioner who could certify the cause of the death of the late singer,” he added.

 

Mohbad’s father had alleged that his son’s body was already embalmed and placed by the staircase when he arrived at the deceased’s home the day he died.

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He made this known while calling on the police to intensify the investigation to unravel the cause of his son’s death.

Mohbad died on September 12 at the age of 27, with the circumstances surrounding his death sparking controversies on social media.

Mohbad, a former record label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley, left the label in February 2022.

The Lagos State Police Command inaugurated on September 18, 2023, a 13-man special investigation team to probe the death.

His death also led to the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry, amongst others.

The body of Mohbad was exhumed on September 21, 2023, for an autopsy to unravel the cause of his death.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, tweeted in September 2023 that an autopsy had been concluded and the police were “awaiting results.”

The toxicology test carried out to determine the cause of death of the late music star had been concluded.

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The result had been sent to the pathologist who carried out the autopsy to analyse and interpret it.

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Oba Elegushi serenades second wife on fifth wedding anniversary

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Oba Saheed Elegushi, the 21st Elegushi of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, has displayed his romantic side by celebrating his second wife, Hadiza Yakasai, on his official social media handles.

The 48-year-old monarch married Olori Hadiza, a Kano indigene, at the Jumaat Mosque in Yankaba, Kano State, in May 2019.

 

Oba Saheed Elegushi, the 21st Elegushi of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom celebrates his second wife, Hadiza Yakasai,
Oba Saheed Elegushi, the 21st Elegushi of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom celebrates his second wife, Hadiza Yakasai,
She is the daughter of Kano political figure Tanko Yakasai and a business development manager at an oil and gas industry firm.


Five years later, Oba Elegushi, with unwavering commitment, has reflected on their love story while pledging his steadfast commitment to their union.

 

His anniversary post read: “Reaching a five-year anniversary signifies more than just half a decade together; it’s a testament to strong commitment and enduring love. Our fifth anniversary is a milestone of over 1,800 days of friendship and nonstop love. Thank you for choosing to share this amazing journey with me. Happy five-year anniversary, my Queen.”

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Olori Hadiza, who leads a private life, is inactive on social media.

He married his first wife, Olori Sekinat, in 2003. Seven years later, he ascended the throne after his father, Oba Yekini Adeniyi Elegushi, passed on.

They have three daughters.


Two years after Oba Elegushi took Hadiza as his second wife, his first wife, Olori Sekinat, shared her feelings about the situation. PREMIUM TIMES reported how she described the decision as a ‘bitter pill to swallow’.

She expressed her disbelief and initial resistance to sharing her husband with another woman. However, she eventually accepted it as part of the sacrifices and demands that come with the throne.

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Journalist hit by ‘stray bullet’ at Kano government house

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A journalist with Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV), Naziru Idris Yau, has been hit by a stray bullet inside the government house in Kano state.

It was gathered that the incident occurred around 6:30pm on Friday.

The journalist was said to have been immediately rushed to the government house clinic for treatment.

 

The medical personnel at the clinic said the journalist was lucky because the bullet was not shot at close range.

 

The journalist was subsequently discharged after the site of injury was treated.

The origin of the stray bullet is yet to be ascertained but police officers attached to the government house have commenced an investigation into the matter.

The Kano state government is yet to release an official statement regarding the incident.

 

The incident, which happened on the 2024 World Press Freedom Day, brings to the fore the threats journalists face in Nigeria.

 

Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), is currently being detained by the police over an allegation bordering on “cybercrime”.

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Ojukwu has been in police custody since May 1.

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