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Two weeks after he and his father, former Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako were declared wanted by the EFCC for financial impropriety while in government, the operatives of the EFCC this morning arrested Abdul-Aziz Nyako, the son of Gov Nyako in Gombe state. His arrest comes after N15 billion meant for the state was found in accounts of 5 companies owned by him.
Read the EFCC press statement on his arrest below after the cut...
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
13th February, 2015
Two weeks after he and his father, former Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako were declared wanted by the EFCC for financial impropriety while in government, the operatives of the EFCC this morning arrested Abdul-Aziz Nyako, the son of Gov Nyako in Gombe state. His arrest comes after N15 billion meant for the state was found in accounts of 5 companies owned by him.
Read the EFCC press statement on his arrest below after the cut...
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two weeks after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
declared former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako and his son,
Abdul-Aziz, wanted, operatives of the anti- graft agency, this morning
arrested the younger Nyako in Gombe, Gombe State. He was immediately
flown to Abuja where he is currently being grilled by a crack team of
detectives who had been working on the Adamawa investigation for several
months.
Abdul-Aziz, who was declared wanted by the EFCC in the case of stealing, abuse of office and money laundering, is currently telling investigators all he knows about illicit funds traced to companies where he has interest.
Specifically, he will have to explain how over N15billion funds belonging to Adamawa State was laundered into the accounts of five companies owned by him- Blue Opal Nigeria limited, Crust Energy Nigeria Limited, Blue Ribbon Multilinks Limited, Tower Assets Management Limited and Blue Ribbon Bureau De Change.
The funds was funned into the accounts of the companies from Adamawa State accounts domiciled in a new generation bank by the account officer who incidentally is the manager and an in-law to ex-governor Nyako.
The manager claimed he transferred the funds through verbal instruction from the former governor for purposes which are not stated.
Investigations revealed that from 2007 to 2011 within Nyako’s tenure in office, before he was impeached in 2014, he had directed that all of the state owned accounts domiciled in various banks be transferred to the new generation bank .
Abdul-Aziz’s company, Blue Opal, is said to own, among other investments in Nigeria, an estate in Abuja, while his father’s account officer owns several properties and investments scattered around Abuja, Yola and Kano.
Former governor Nyako is still on the run.
Abdul-Aziz, who was declared wanted by the EFCC in the case of stealing, abuse of office and money laundering, is currently telling investigators all he knows about illicit funds traced to companies where he has interest.
Specifically, he will have to explain how over N15billion funds belonging to Adamawa State was laundered into the accounts of five companies owned by him- Blue Opal Nigeria limited, Crust Energy Nigeria Limited, Blue Ribbon Multilinks Limited, Tower Assets Management Limited and Blue Ribbon Bureau De Change.
The funds was funned into the accounts of the companies from Adamawa State accounts domiciled in a new generation bank by the account officer who incidentally is the manager and an in-law to ex-governor Nyako.
The manager claimed he transferred the funds through verbal instruction from the former governor for purposes which are not stated.
Investigations revealed that from 2007 to 2011 within Nyako’s tenure in office, before he was impeached in 2014, he had directed that all of the state owned accounts domiciled in various banks be transferred to the new generation bank .
Abdul-Aziz’s company, Blue Opal, is said to own, among other investments in Nigeria, an estate in Abuja, while his father’s account officer owns several properties and investments scattered around Abuja, Yola and Kano.
Former governor Nyako is still on the run.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
13th February, 2015
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Conspiracy theories are often baseless and almost certainly nonsense. But at this point where all kinds of reports are flying around and nobody’s sure what’s coming up, people are really taking some of these theories seriously.
One of the theories that was in the media before the election was postponed last week was that the government was plotting to postpone the election. And the election was eventually postponed. So it looks like the conspiracy theories aren’t so ludicrous after all if you look at the current political situation.
On that note lets discuss five things that might happen before March 28 based on the conspiracy theories spreading right now.
1. The election will be shifted again.
INEC said it postponed the elections to avert potential insecurity, but most people think this is a ploy by the president and his team to buy themselves some more time so they can work out some strategy.
Now some people suspect the election will be shifted again because there’s been no clear assurance that the security people won’t push for another extension.
So are we going to have another extension to give the army and its foreign allies some more time to fight the insurgency in the northeast? That’s the next statement some people are expecting from the government or Jega.
2. An interim government will be set up.
There were reports online recently that the president will hand over to an interim government led by Chief of Army staff, Kenneth Minimah, if Buhari wins the coming election. The reports say the interim will govern for six months and then fresh elections will be held. The army denied this of course, but some people still think it might happen.
3. Jega will be fired.
Newspapers are saying there’s an ongoing plot to sack Jega or force him to a terminal leave. His tenure ends in June, but word in the media is that there are plans to remove him before March 28. One or two people have even been tipped to replace him. The theory is the government wants to remove him for the way he’s managed the election process so far and the way he presented the postponement, which seemed to lay the blame on the government’s table.
Femi lives in Lagos. He says, “One thing that’s clear is that Jega has compromised his reputation. He’s not as credible as he was five years ago when he first took the job. But even if they fire him now, it’s too late. They should let him finish his tenure and then we can look for someone else. Jega has smeared his name already.”
4. The army will seize government.
Babangida set off a revolt in 1993 when he annulled the election and put Ernest Shonekan in charge of an interim government. In the midst of the crisis, Abacha overthrew Shonekan and seized the government. Some people say we might be going in that direction again.
Olusegun Obasanjo said in a recent interview, “I sincerely hope that the president is not going for broke and saying ‘look dammit, it’s either I have it or nobody has it.’ I hope we will not have a coup…I hope we can avoid it.”
5. The election will be suspended.
One senator named Babafemi Ojudu alleged recently that the president intends to extend his tenure by two years on grounds that Nigeria is at war — the war against Boko Haram.
He said, “If anybody thinks there’s going to be an election on March 28, the person is deceiving himself. There are conscious attempts at lobbying some of us to work against having elections. Therefore, where they’ve got to now is the preliminary stage.”
Section 135 of the Constitution says, “If the federation is at war in which the territory of Nigeria is physically involved and the president considers that it is not practicable to hold elections, the National Assembly may by resolution extend the period of four years [of the president’s tenure]; but no such extension shall exceed a period of six months at any one time.”
What this means technically is that the president can put off this election for the next six months with the support of the National Assembly and then put it off again for another six months and so on, as long as he continues to maintain that we’re in the middle of a war. That way, the president can put off the elections for an indefinite period, essentially suspending the elections.
Some of these theories are plausible while others are just plain ridiculous — or are they ? We’ll find out in the coming weeks and months.
Conspiracy theories are often baseless and almost certainly nonsense. But at this point where all kinds of reports are flying around and nobody’s sure what’s coming up, people are really taking some of these theories seriously.
One of the theories that was in the media before the election was postponed last week was that the government was plotting to postpone the election. And the election was eventually postponed. So it looks like the conspiracy theories aren’t so ludicrous after all if you look at the current political situation.
On that note lets discuss five things that might happen before March 28 based on the conspiracy theories spreading right now.
1. The election will be shifted again.
INEC said it postponed the elections to avert potential insecurity, but most people think this is a ploy by the president and his team to buy themselves some more time so they can work out some strategy.
Now some people suspect the election will be shifted again because there’s been no clear assurance that the security people won’t push for another extension.
So are we going to have another extension to give the army and its foreign allies some more time to fight the insurgency in the northeast? That’s the next statement some people are expecting from the government or Jega.
2. An interim government will be set up.
There were reports online recently that the president will hand over to an interim government led by Chief of Army staff, Kenneth Minimah, if Buhari wins the coming election. The reports say the interim will govern for six months and then fresh elections will be held. The army denied this of course, but some people still think it might happen.
3. Jega will be fired.
Newspapers are saying there’s an ongoing plot to sack Jega or force him to a terminal leave. His tenure ends in June, but word in the media is that there are plans to remove him before March 28. One or two people have even been tipped to replace him. The theory is the government wants to remove him for the way he’s managed the election process so far and the way he presented the postponement, which seemed to lay the blame on the government’s table.
Femi lives in Lagos. He says, “One thing that’s clear is that Jega has compromised his reputation. He’s not as credible as he was five years ago when he first took the job. But even if they fire him now, it’s too late. They should let him finish his tenure and then we can look for someone else. Jega has smeared his name already.”
4. The army will seize government.
Babangida set off a revolt in 1993 when he annulled the election and put Ernest Shonekan in charge of an interim government. In the midst of the crisis, Abacha overthrew Shonekan and seized the government. Some people say we might be going in that direction again.
Olusegun Obasanjo said in a recent interview, “I sincerely hope that the president is not going for broke and saying ‘look dammit, it’s either I have it or nobody has it.’ I hope we will not have a coup…I hope we can avoid it.”
5. The election will be suspended.
One senator named Babafemi Ojudu alleged recently that the president intends to extend his tenure by two years on grounds that Nigeria is at war — the war against Boko Haram.
He said, “If anybody thinks there’s going to be an election on March 28, the person is deceiving himself. There are conscious attempts at lobbying some of us to work against having elections. Therefore, where they’ve got to now is the preliminary stage.”
Section 135 of the Constitution says, “If the federation is at war in which the territory of Nigeria is physically involved and the president considers that it is not practicable to hold elections, the National Assembly may by resolution extend the period of four years [of the president’s tenure]; but no such extension shall exceed a period of six months at any one time.”
What this means technically is that the president can put off this election for the next six months with the support of the National Assembly and then put it off again for another six months and so on, as long as he continues to maintain that we’re in the middle of a war. That way, the president can put off the elections for an indefinite period, essentially suspending the elections.
Some of these theories are plausible while others are just plain ridiculous — or are they ? We’ll find out in the coming weeks and months.
| Topic: TY Bello’s Story On All She Did To Get Pregnant After 9 Years Of Marriage (Read 6273 times) | |
 After 9years of wait, pressure and tribulations from different concerned friends and worried members of the family, celebrity photographer and singer, TY Bello welcomed a set of twin boys in October 2014. Although she’s still savouring the immeasurable joy of motherhood, but TY Bello had to endure struggle with Endometriosis, IVF and ceaseless pressure from friends and family before she finally became a proud mother. In a recent interview, TY, who revealed she went through IVF to conceive her boys, said the journey to pregnancy was a very intense one for her, as she also cleared the rumours that she employed the services of a surrogate mother to carry the twins for her. “My journey to pregnancy was a very intense one. I had just been through the toughest nine years of trying to get pregnant, being confident that it would be a breeze since I had always known that I would make a great mother. It was quite humbling when it didn’t happen as I had envisioned it. It was grueling actually,”she said She also hinted that she had always joked about having twin boys to make up for the lost time of motherhood and that she never knew God was listening to her. “At first we didn’t know I was carrying twins. When I was going for my test, I didn’t feel pregnant. Before I went, I heard in my spirit, ‘Wear something nice’. I questioned the voice and wondered if it was nice to dress so nicely and get disappointed, setting myself for a heartbreak. In the end, I obeyed. I decided in my mind that whether I was pregnant or not, I was not going to stop believing. My doctor was very dramatic about the announcement too. She screamed so much we couldn’t even decipher her words. I had a delayed reaction as her words wouldn’t sink in. It was overwhelming, We were truly happy and couldn’t stop crying. I remember two people, Pastors Obi Pax Harry and Angela Ashong telling me matter-of-factly that I was going to have twins. It happened to the detail. My friends know how I have always made it a joke about having twin boys to make up for lost time. I wanted boys because I joked that I was an eternal fourteen year old lanky boy myself and so we would all get along. I can’t believe God was listening. It was few months before we could confirm that we were having boys.” The ‘Land is green’ crooner also said she discovered that a long standing undiagnosed battle with Endometriosis was responsible for her delay in pregnancy “In perfect timing though, two older friends of mine, Dr Odaga and Mrs Morin Desalu came into our lives and helped us be more proactive in our journey to becoming parents. What started with dark clouds took a turn. For instance when Aunty Morin whisked my husband and I to see her doctor at George’s hospital. We discovered that a long standing yet undiagnosed battle with Endometriosis was responsible and I just assumed I had the worst period pains. Shortly after that, through Dupe Kupoluyi, we met a fantastic doctor named Yemisi Bero at the Arc Clinic who became our fertility doctor. I went through my IVF cycle with her, probably in the middle of the busiest seasons in my career. I remember jabbing myself at airports sometimes just to keep with the schedule as I worked like crazy. Sometimes I think I stayed so ridiculously busy just to keep my mind off the difficult process. To the glory of God, that cycle was successful and everything inside of me screamed for me to slow downed but I didn’t just know how. I decided to start a pregnancy journal and instinctively titled it “Quiet Streams” Immediately I knew then that everything was going to change and it did. It was like a switch was flipped and my body went rest mood.”  Just like some other women who have stayed over four years in marriage without a child, TY Bello’s friends and family pressurised her severely during the wait for her babies. “Oh you can’t even begin to imagine. Society and even your personal fears can pressure you before a desire manifests. In our society, as with most, once you hit a four year mark after your wedding, everyone around you starts to blare their alarm. Nine years? Now that was deafening. Every time I prayed, I knew everything was going to be fine and my life was in the course set for me. The pressure gets more difficult when you are trying and it isn’t happening. It was important I turn a deaf ear sometimes. It was important that I didn’t feed my doubts. Someone once said to me after the babies came, “You can’t call your experience waiting, you were living your life to the full before their arrival”. I explained that was exactly my waiting experience. I always say that Christ came to die that we may have life and have life abundantly and that I want to live life to the maximum. If you allow yourself to sustain a state of misery because you don’t have something, whether marriage, children or a dream career, then you can’t have a full life. It is in the place of living outside of the tyranny of the desire that it comes to you in its full glory. I knew for sure I was born to be a great mum. I just wasn’t sure on how it would play out but I knew it would happen nonetheless.” She also reacted to the rumors that she did not carry her boys herself, that she engaged the services of a surrogate, TY said “Funny enough I had a shoot during my pregnancy and the makeup artist who did my makeup during my maternity shoot was in a room where this was being thrown around and she couldn’t stop laughing as she spent enough time with me when I was pregnant. I was blessed to have Kelechi Amadi-Obi make the photographs and it was special as he had photographed our wedding as well. Its beautiful to have your bump photographed in appreciation but not necessarily as evidence of your being with a child. There are women who would become mothers via adoption or surrogacy. The difference is insignificant. We all carry our children” Finally, the proud mother of Chris and Chris advised other women who are waiting for a child to tap from her testimony and believe in God.  "Waiting of any kind can be very troubling. You can’t imagine what a waiting woman goes through. I have spoken to many women and they described the process as getting an endless cycle of hope and disappointment. That is what breaks the spirit coupled with the stigma, especially in this part of the world. My advice is to never let go of the desire to be parents as God himself put it there. Celebrate the fact that you are alive and never take it for granted. Give yourself permission to experience joy, to dream and fulfill purpose as you wait. It adds value to the type of parent you become. It is always worth it in the end.” Toyin (Ty) Bello (nee Sokefun) is a Nigerian musician. Her music is eclectic: urbane, groovy and soulful; and is laced with hip hop, jazz and R&B. She is a University of Lagos economics graduate. She was a member one of Nigeria’s most celebrated urban gospel band- Kush made up of her, Emem and Lara. |
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential flag bearer, General Muhammadu (rtd) in a live interview with Christiane Amanpour, on Wednesday evening said it was wrong for anyone to use what transpired during the military era to judge him in his quest to return to power under a democratic government.
He also said that he would ensure that corruption is rooted out of the system as soon as he is elected, agreeing with the statement that if ”Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”
This was as he welcomed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his candidacy.
The former head of state while speaking from his Abuja office, affirmed that the Boko Haram insurgency would be upstaged by his administration by blocking corruption and other leakages. He said that the major problem with the war against Boko Haram was that the money voted to address the menace was always not used appropriately, blaming corruption and lack of accountability as well as poor welfare of the army for the failure of the current administration to win the war against insurgency.
When asked what he thinks of Nigerians having to grapple with the difficult option of choosing from a failed president and a former military dictator with a bad human rights record, he said: “All those things you mentioned were done under military administration; if we did not suspend the constitution then, it would have been difficult for us to operate under those circumstances. So I do not think I should be judged as an individual for those things that happened then.”
He further said that the approach under a democratic government would be different from the regime where the constitution was suspended.
Welcoming the endorsement of President Obasanjo, he said: “Well it will certainly bring more supporters to us and more confidence for those who were sitting on the fence because General Obasanjo is highly respected and as far as the nation is concerned, there is no issue that can be deliberated upon without people seeking his opinion.”
Buhari also spoke on the postponement of the election dates which he described as unfortunate. According to him, “That is a disappointment because the presentation made by the INEC was that they were ready to conduct the elections on the date chosen a year ago, and for them to be forced virtually by the military that they cannot guarantee the safety of their workers and shift it by six weeks is disturbing.”
It would be recalled that INEC on Saturday night shifted the general elections earlier scheduled to hold on February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11 after the Nigerian security chiefs wrote a letter demanding for a shift in the dates, saying they could not guarantee the safety of Nigerians during and after the elections. One of the reasons given by the military was that it would commence a serious onslaught against the Boko Haram Insurgents in the northeast and cannot entertain distractions of an election during the offensive.
President Jonathan had during a media chat on Wednesday evening however debunked the position of INEC that the elections were shifted because of just security issues. He said poor distribution and collection of PVCs were chiefly responsible for the shift in dates. He said the security issues raised were related to the collection of PVCs. He said ‘’ During the Council of State meeting, the issue of security was emphasised and there is no way security chiefs would have disclosed all the details to everybody but they disclosed some things to me which they did not mention to others.
“There are two aspects to the issue of insecurity. The first is Boko Haram and the second is the threat factor in the country.
“When INEC picked the dates for elections, the threat level was not high until we started the campaign. So, it was important for the security chiefs to review the security architecture otherwise the country would have gone up in flames.
“In election, a lot of problems are involved. When the issue of PVC was being branded as a problem, INEC, from what Jega mentioned that day, clearly was not ready for the elections. They said they were ready but they were not.
“The day we held that meeting that led to this adjustment of dates, in Lagos for example, only about 38 per cent of registered voters had their PVCs. That means if we conduct elections in Lagos, 62 per cent of voters would not have been able to vote.
“Don’t you think there are security implications in that?
"Some other states had slightly above 30 per cent collection while some had 50 per cent and there were some states that had 60 to 70 per cent. The security agencies highlighted the security implications of this but ordinary people might not see it that way.”
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential flag bearer, General Muhammadu (rtd) in a live interview with Christiane Amanpour, on Wednesday evening said it was wrong for anyone to use what transpired during the military era to judge him in his quest to return to power under a democratic government.
He also said that he would ensure that corruption is rooted out of the system as soon as he is elected, agreeing with the statement that if ”Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”
This was as he welcomed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his candidacy.
The former head of state while speaking from his Abuja office, affirmed that the Boko Haram insurgency would be upstaged by his administration by blocking corruption and other leakages. He said that the major problem with the war against Boko Haram was that the money voted to address the menace was always not used appropriately, blaming corruption and lack of accountability as well as poor welfare of the army for the failure of the current administration to win the war against insurgency.
When asked what he thinks of Nigerians having to grapple with the difficult option of choosing from a failed president and a former military dictator with a bad human rights record, he said: “All those things you mentioned were done under military administration; if we did not suspend the constitution then, it would have been difficult for us to operate under those circumstances. So I do not think I should be judged as an individual for those things that happened then.”
He further said that the approach under a democratic government would be different from the regime where the constitution was suspended.
Welcoming the endorsement of President Obasanjo, he said: “Well it will certainly bring more supporters to us and more confidence for those who were sitting on the fence because General Obasanjo is highly respected and as far as the nation is concerned, there is no issue that can be deliberated upon without people seeking his opinion.”
Buhari also spoke on the postponement of the election dates which he described as unfortunate. According to him, “That is a disappointment because the presentation made by the INEC was that they were ready to conduct the elections on the date chosen a year ago, and for them to be forced virtually by the military that they cannot guarantee the safety of their workers and shift it by six weeks is disturbing.”
It would be recalled that INEC on Saturday night shifted the general elections earlier scheduled to hold on February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11 after the Nigerian security chiefs wrote a letter demanding for a shift in the dates, saying they could not guarantee the safety of Nigerians during and after the elections. One of the reasons given by the military was that it would commence a serious onslaught against the Boko Haram Insurgents in the northeast and cannot entertain distractions of an election during the offensive.
President Jonathan had during a media chat on Wednesday evening however debunked the position of INEC that the elections were shifted because of just security issues. He said poor distribution and collection of PVCs were chiefly responsible for the shift in dates. He said the security issues raised were related to the collection of PVCs. He said ‘’ During the Council of State meeting, the issue of security was emphasised and there is no way security chiefs would have disclosed all the details to everybody but they disclosed some things to me which they did not mention to others.
“There are two aspects to the issue of insecurity. The first is Boko Haram and the second is the threat factor in the country.
“When INEC picked the dates for elections, the threat level was not high until we started the campaign. So, it was important for the security chiefs to review the security architecture otherwise the country would have gone up in flames.
“In election, a lot of problems are involved. When the issue of PVC was being branded as a problem, INEC, from what Jega mentioned that day, clearly was not ready for the elections. They said they were ready but they were not.
“The day we held that meeting that led to this adjustment of dates, in Lagos for example, only about 38 per cent of registered voters had their PVCs. That means if we conduct elections in Lagos, 62 per cent of voters would not have been able to vote.
“Don’t you think there are security implications in that?
"Some other states had slightly above 30 per cent collection while some had 50 per cent and there were some states that had 60 to 70 per cent. The security agencies highlighted the security implications of this but ordinary people might not see it that way.”
Topic: BREAKING NEWS! The Great Monarch Of Benin Kingdom Is Dead (Read 14210 times)
The Great Oba of Benin Reportedly joins his ancestors. His Royal Majesty Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, the monarch of Benin Kingdom has joined his ancestors. He was 92 years old.According to authoritative sources within and outside Edo State, the well-regarded king transited to the great beyond about two weeks ago.
His death is still being kept secret because by Benin tradition, the death of an Oba could only be officially announced 30 days after his transition.The Oba was said to have died in his palace. Immediately he was confirmed dead by his personal physician, a delegation of senior Benin chiefs went to the house of the heir apparent the throne, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa to inform him of the development.
Investigations by ionigeria news revealed that the Oba died about two days before the campaign rally of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Major General Mohammadu Buhari in Benin City. Buhari had his rally in Benin City on Thursday, January 29, 2015. That is why the Monarch could not receive Major General Buhari.
Similarly, when President Goodluck Jonathan visited Benin City for his campaign rally, he was only received at the palace by a team of Benin chiefs led by the Iyase, Chief Sam Igbe. Oba Erediauwa was born in 1923, son of Oba Akenzua II.
Before being crowned he was known as Prince Solomon, Aiseokhuoba, Igbinoghodua Akenzua. He attended Edo College, Benin City, Government College, Ibadan then Yaba College, before going to King’s College, Cambridge to study Law and Administration. He joined the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service in 1957 as a District Officer, later moving to the Federal Civil Service where he retired as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in 1973.
For a short period he was the regional representative of Gulf Oil. In 1975 he was appointed Commissioner for Finance in Bendel State during the Military Administration of Major-General George Agbazika Innih.Ascending to the throne as the 38th Oba of Benin on 23 March 1979.
During this period, he several times acted as a peacemaker between politicians. For example, he intervened in a dispute between Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Anenih, Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party Board of Trustees, and resolved another face-off involving Anenih and former Edo State Governor Lucky Igbinedion.
More recently, he tried to broker peace between the feuding members of Edo State House of Assembly.It would be recalled that his wife, Queen Esther died about a year ago. we made some calls to one or two family members, but they neither refuted nor confirm the story to be true or false.
We therefore believe this has a lot to do with the tradition of keeping quiet for 30 days. so we advise you handle this as speculation until the palace releases its official statement, so we do not offend the traditions of the great Bini kingdom.May his soul rest in perfect peace.
The Great Oba of Benin Reportedly joins his ancestors. His Royal Majesty Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, the monarch of Benin Kingdom has joined his ancestors. He was 92 years old.According to authoritative sources within and outside Edo State, the well-regarded king transited to the great beyond about two weeks ago.
His death is still being kept secret because by Benin tradition, the death of an Oba could only be officially announced 30 days after his transition.The Oba was said to have died in his palace. Immediately he was confirmed dead by his personal physician, a delegation of senior Benin chiefs went to the house of the heir apparent the throne, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa to inform him of the development.
Investigations by ionigeria news revealed that the Oba died about two days before the campaign rally of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Major General Mohammadu Buhari in Benin City. Buhari had his rally in Benin City on Thursday, January 29, 2015. That is why the Monarch could not receive Major General Buhari.
Similarly, when President Goodluck Jonathan visited Benin City for his campaign rally, he was only received at the palace by a team of Benin chiefs led by the Iyase, Chief Sam Igbe. Oba Erediauwa was born in 1923, son of Oba Akenzua II.
Before being crowned he was known as Prince Solomon, Aiseokhuoba, Igbinoghodua Akenzua. He attended Edo College, Benin City, Government College, Ibadan then Yaba College, before going to King’s College, Cambridge to study Law and Administration. He joined the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service in 1957 as a District Officer, later moving to the Federal Civil Service where he retired as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in 1973.
For a short period he was the regional representative of Gulf Oil. In 1975 he was appointed Commissioner for Finance in Bendel State during the Military Administration of Major-General George Agbazika Innih.Ascending to the throne as the 38th Oba of Benin on 23 March 1979.
During this period, he several times acted as a peacemaker between politicians. For example, he intervened in a dispute between Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Anenih, Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party Board of Trustees, and resolved another face-off involving Anenih and former Edo State Governor Lucky Igbinedion.
More recently, he tried to broker peace between the feuding members of Edo State House of Assembly.It would be recalled that his wife, Queen Esther died about a year ago. we made some calls to one or two family members, but they neither refuted nor confirm the story to be true or false.
We therefore believe this has a lot to do with the tradition of keeping quiet for 30 days. so we advise you handle this as speculation until the palace releases its official statement, so we do not offend the traditions of the great Bini kingdom.May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Topic: I Intentionally Infect My Wife With HIV/AIDS - Nigerian Actor, Hanks Anuku (Read 21124 times)
Original Nollywood bad boy, Hank Anuku has tested positive to HIV. The born-again actor, according to pulse.com.gh, revealed in an interview that he left Nigeria on April 2011 to Zambia where he took part in various plays on teaching about HIV and AIDS without his wife and two kids for six month, and ended up sleeping with 80 women.
“Life in Zambia was heaven on earth because we could enjoy life, moving in all places but I was missing my family. During that time I had quite a number of sexual activities and I slept with different women. When I came back home I never took care of the family. I started drinking life a fish and became an irresponsible husband leaving the entire burden to my wife,” he said.
The veteran actor also revealed he affected his wife knowing well he could be HIV positive “I got tested while I was in Zambia after one of my girlfriends advised me about her pregnancy. She had gone for pregnancy tests and during that time she was tested for HIV and the results was shocking, she was positive. She forced me to get tested but I could not come to terms with the results. After I got tested I came back to Zimbabwe and I kept quiet about the issue. I never told my wife about the issue. I infected her but I regret. I later on received some counseling and it well well,” he explained
“During my peak of popularity I had sex with approximately 80 women, within Harare and Zambia. In 2002 it was so amazing to be on TV. I abused the fame. To make matters worse I lacked counseling and I failed to handle it properly, leaving me in this mud. I am now a born again Christian with UFIC under the guidance of Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa.” He continued.
Original Nollywood bad boy, Hank Anuku has tested positive to HIV. The born-again actor, according to pulse.com.gh, revealed in an interview that he left Nigeria on April 2011 to Zambia where he took part in various plays on teaching about HIV and AIDS without his wife and two kids for six month, and ended up sleeping with 80 women.
“Life in Zambia was heaven on earth because we could enjoy life, moving in all places but I was missing my family. During that time I had quite a number of sexual activities and I slept with different women. When I came back home I never took care of the family. I started drinking life a fish and became an irresponsible husband leaving the entire burden to my wife,” he said.
The veteran actor also revealed he affected his wife knowing well he could be HIV positive “I got tested while I was in Zambia after one of my girlfriends advised me about her pregnancy. She had gone for pregnancy tests and during that time she was tested for HIV and the results was shocking, she was positive. She forced me to get tested but I could not come to terms with the results. After I got tested I came back to Zimbabwe and I kept quiet about the issue. I never told my wife about the issue. I infected her but I regret. I later on received some counseling and it well well,” he explained
“During my peak of popularity I had sex with approximately 80 women, within Harare and Zambia. In 2002 it was so amazing to be on TV. I abused the fame. To make matters worse I lacked counseling and I failed to handle it properly, leaving me in this mud. I am now a born again Christian with UFIC under the guidance of Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa.” He continued.
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Lucinda Nicholas for Maxim Magazine Australia
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