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Presidential Election Petition: Details of what transpired at Tribunal today, July 5

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Below are some details of what transpired at the Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday, June 23, 2023, as documented by “General” Oluchi via Twitter.

And it goes like this…

Tinubu & Shettima’s lawyers will soon open their case today. If they plan to call witnesses, they will all testify that Tinubu DID NOT win the election and shouldn’t have been on the ballot to begin with. You will see.

The judges arrived at 9:23 am and began taking attendance of lawyers for each party. After that, Tinubu’s lead counsel Olanipekun SAN is expected to announce their activities for the day.

After the letter was accepted by the judges, Olanipekun moved on to Item 3 on his list. He said he would like to tender 12 documents concerning Tinubu’s academic background from Chicago State University, signed by Jamal T. Orr. Again, Dr. Uzoukwu objected to the admissibility of the documents while the other respondents didn’t object to it.

After the judges accepted the 12 documents, Olanipekun moved on to items 4 and 5 on his list. He said he would like to tender a copy of Tinubu’s Nigerian passport data page issued on November 2019.

Wole Olanipekun SAN (Tinubu & Shettima) informed the court that they are ready to proceed but would like to tender some documents from the bar and have served the respective parties. He said he will tender 18 documents in total today before calling the witness. The first document he tendered was a letter from the Nigerian Police to the US Embassy dated February 4, 2003, asking them to verify Tinubu’s criminal background in the US.

Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (LP) “vehemently opposed” the documents and will give reasons at the final address. “We do not consent,” he said. The other respondents did not object to the admissibility of the documents.

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As a side note, this letter did not ask if Tinubu forfeited money or was charged to court. Balogun asked questions that weren’t applicable to Tinubu’s case and therefore got irrelevant answers. Read it carefully

Samuel Ugoh, @eaglesamc, notes:

This document made no sense at all, the question asked was totally different from what it should be.. Arrest is very different from forfeiture. Technicality is what these people are looking at.

After the court accepted the passport data page as evidence, Olanipekun announced that he would like to tender a copy of Tinubu’s US visa page issued on February 2011, July 12th, 2017, July, 25th, 2019, and November 18th, 2021. Again, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu objected while the other respondents did not object to the admissibility of the documents.

Jeremy Whyte, @loveshare73, reacts:

A life built on forgery and lies is a sad tapestry, woven with the threads of deception and destined to collapse under the weight of his deceit. Tinubu can never be respectfully accepted as the president. He did not win the election; inec is unable to show us.

The court accepted the documents, and Olanipekun also tendered a Certified true Copt of the Report of the Committee of the Location of the Federal Capital of Nigeria. The petitioners objected while the respondents did not object. The document was also accepted by the court.

Olanipekun also tendered Certified True Copies of form EC8D for Kano state and EC8DA for the 2023 Presidential election. The petitioners and the respondents did not object. The judges accepted the documents.

Olanipekun corrected that the copy of Tinubu’s candidacy previously tendered is dated July 6th, 2022, and not 6th July 2023. He also tendered a copy of an Acknowledgment Notice for Shettima’s Voluntary Withdrawal of Candidacy from Borno Central Senatorial District. There were no objections.

After the previous documents were accepted, Olanipekun tendered the Supreme Court Judgment between PDP & INEC challenging Shettima’s double nomination, which was delivered on May 26th, 2023. There were no objections. The document was accepted.

Side note: the judgment between PDP & INEC was because PDP filed this case before the ELECTION. This is completely different from Peter Obi’s case, which was filed after the election. You can read the full judgment online.

The next document Olanipekun tendered was a copy of Nigerian Tribune Newspaper page 27, published on February 24th, 2023, and page 28 of the same newspaper published on February 23rd, 2023. The petitioners objected but the respondents did not object. The court accepted the documents.

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Tinubu’s lawyer announced that they would like to call their witness Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele. The witness identified as a Christian and would like to swear with the holy bible. After swearing an oath, the cross-examination began.

The witness, Opeyemi Bamidele stated that he’s a legislator and a lawyer. He got his BA at the University of Ife; LLB at Uniben; LLM at the University of New Hampshire, and a BL from the Nigerian law School. He said he is also a licensed Attorney at Law in the NY Bar since 1999. He provided his resume to Olanipekun and confirmed that he signed his own resume. The resume was tendered as evidence and there were no objections.

The lawyer asked Bamidele about Paragraphs 31, 32, 42, 49, 51, 101, 114, and 119 of his witness statement where he referred to several documents labeled RA8-RA9, RA10…RA85 and the witness confirmed it. The lawyer also showed him a document where he said there was a 10,929 shortfall of votes in Kano for Tinubu. He was asked about paragraph 114 on his WS where he talked about International Observers. He was asked if he can identify one of those reports if he sees it and the witness said yes.

While tendering the documents as evidence, the petitioners objected, but the respondents did not object.

After the judges admitted the documents, the lawyer continued his questions. He asked Bamidele about paragraphs 19 & 114 of his WS where he referred to a letter from LP forwarding the membership of INEC and a List of Membership Register of Anambra state on April 25th, 2022, and the witness confirmed them. AB Mahmood (INEC) had no questions for the witness.

APC’s lawyer began interrogating the witness. He told the witness he was a former chairman of the senate committee on judiciary and now the majority leader and the witness confirmed it. The lawyer asked the witness if the document that was submitted mentioned Peter Obi as a member of LP and the witness said no. The lawyer asked the witness if it was possible to have a conviction without a charge or an indictment, and the witness said yes.

APC’s lawyer asked the witness about another document in his WS saying that Tinubu has no criminal conviction and the witness confirmed it. The lawyer asked if the document contains conviction or sentencing, and the witness said it does not. The lawyer asked him if he has his NY Bar Association membership and the witness said yes.

Fagbemi SAN (APC) tendered the documents as evidence. While verifying the documents, a judge spotted a business card in the midst and asked Fagbemi if they are tendering the Witness’ business card, but Fagbemi told the judge to disregard it. The judge informed him that they are having difficulties understanding these documents after they brought two exact same ID cards, but the witness stated that he gets his membership card every year, so he included copies of both the new and old cards. The judge asked which is the most recent ID card and he brought it out. The judges are still verifying the documents…

After the judges admitted the documents tendered by APC’s lawyer, Fagbemi, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (LP) began interrogating the witness.

The lawyer asked Bamidele about paragraphs 136 and 56 in his WS where he said he will rely on reports from local and international reports and the witness said yes. Dr. Livy Uzoukwu showed him the 2023 European Union Observers Report and then tendered it as evidence, but the respondents quickly objected to it.

After the judges accepted the European Union documents, Dr. Uzoukwu read to the court paragraph 6 of page 60 of the 2023 European Union Election Observers Report where it stated that many election results on the IREV were unreadable. He then asked the witness to read paragraph 17 from the ECOWAS Election Observers Report he tendered as evidence, and the witness read it out and then said he does not agree with what was written on it, but Dr. Livy reminded him that he tendered this same document as evidence so why does he not agree with what he just read. The witness replied that he only agrees with the conclusion but not the statement he read.

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Dr. Livy went for the jugular by asking the witness if he has a license to practice law in the state of Illinois. The witness said he has a license to practice federal law in the US, but the lawyer fired back asking him to answer the question and not waste his time.
The lawyer talked about the 460k forfeiture and how the court claimed that the money was proceeds from narcotics trafficking. He asked the witness if it was true, and the witness said it was a civil forfeiture and not a criminal forfeiture. The lawyer asked him to answer his questions, but the witness repeated that it was a civil forfeiture.

Dr. Livy asked the witness if he was an IT expert and he said no. The lawyer asked him if he presented any license to practice law in the state of New York and the witness said he didn’t. The lawyer asked him if he knows what IREV is, and the witness said yes. The lawyer asked him if he had access to the IREV throughout the presidential election and the witness said he didn’t. The lawyer informed him that if he doesn’t have access to the portal, then he cannot say whether the results are readable or not, and the witness confirmed he was right. Dr. Livy asked him if he read the order from the Court in Chicago and the witness said yes.

The lawyer informed him that the court granted that order in reference to money laundering, but the witness said it wasn’t in the Chicago court petition. The lawyer asked if he saw the letter from the Nigerian Police and the witness said he saw it. The lawyer asked if he has it with him and the witness said no that the letter which he brought as evidence is a reply to it. The lawyer asked him if the letter mentioned the case in Chicago and the lawyer said yes, that it talked about all criminal records.

Wole Olanipekun (Tinubu) said he didn’t hear the witness’ response to that question, and the witness replied that the report confirmed a general criminal record search and it returned with no criminal records. The lawyer (Dr. Uzoukwu) asked the witness if he knows what a foreign judgment is and the witness said yes. He asked the witness to confirm that this judgment from the US court has nothing to do with money judgment and the witness confirmed it. That ended the questions.

That was a master stroke from Dr. Uzoukwu!

Reactions and comments:

Elle, @sweetsixtien, replies to Oluchi:

Lol… Tinubu lawyer tendered ECOWAS report but are rejecting the report that they tendered with their own hands, same way INEC disowned it’s own documents in Court. It seems APC people from top to bottom don’t read. It’s a problem! We are watching the rascality in 3D.

Oluchi responds:

Despite the unusual number of noisemakers on the internet supporting Tinubu, none of them were qualified to testify in court to defend their drug master. SHAME!

When Dr. Livy said he was ready for demolition, he wasn’t joking.

Here’s what I learned from his interrogation today:

1. The Witness is not licensed to practice in the state of Illinois, therefore, can’t give a legal opinion on Tinubu’s drug money forfeiture case.

2. The witness did not read the ECOWAS Election Observers Report thoroughly, because he agreed with some statements and not all. So why did they tender it as an evidence?

3. The witness and all the respondents do not have a copy of the letter that former IG of police Tafa Balogun wrote to the US embassy to run a background check on Tinubu. What they have is a reply! Where is the original letter? Did Tafar write a letter?

4. The witness is not an IT personal and didn’t have access to IREV and therefore, cannot give a professional opinion about the platform.

Where did APC/Tinubu bring this witness from? Chei!

Success, @RIO_01_, asks:

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But ma pls , all this interrogation… are the judges recording them down either in audio or written format for later review? Having some goose bump already. We are winning. Obinwane.

Oluchi replies:

Yes the judges listen and take notes. These guys sitting in front also take notes. I believe some of them are the judge’s assistant who document as well. Then lastly, there are court typist or stenographers in court who capture dialogues and testimonies for every court sitting so that the judges or anyone can go back to it if needed. Nothing is missing.

When Tinubu’s lawyer was proudly announcing the witness’ professional background and academic achievements, I knew they’ve gotten a sketchy character. Something was off!

Meanwhile, why did Olanipekun casually insert the witness’ business card among other documents tendered as evidence? Was it for the judges to call him or what?

Make Una comot monkey hand from soup before e turn to human hand.

Tinubu’s Witness Michael Bamidele, a lawyer, looked all 5 judges at the tribunal and said Money Laundering is not a criminal offense.

Emir Sirdam LP, @EmirSirdam, noted:

Peter Obi/LP brought 13 witnesses, all professionals in their fields. Meanwhile after all the noise loud mouthed frauds like Lastus Keyamo and his fellow Batidiots spew online, in their defense, INEC brought ONLY ONE witness and closed their case. Today, APC/Tinubu legal team brought Only One Witness who testified he is a drug dealer and they have closed their case. It is safe to say PETER OBI IS COMING!!!

Oluchi stated:

This was the moment Tinubu’s witness helped Peter Obi to win his case by submitting the ECOWAS Observation Report but failed to read the part of the report that condemned the election. I told you their witness will testify that Tinubu did not win the election.

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The way one of the judges said loudly to Olanipekun, “why is there a business card in the documents tendered as evidence? Are you also tendering a business card?”

Olanipekun: “you can disregard it, my lord.”

I can’t remember who said it, but It happened when they were verifying Bamidele’s documents and the spotted the business card in the pile.

Highlights of PDP’s interrogation with Opeyemi Michael Bamidele:

The lawyer told Bamidele that according to the Location of FCT report he attached to his WS, Abuja is suppose to be a symbol of our unity, but the witness replied that the statement was subjective, and that every state has its capital city.

The lawyer asked him a trick question: “How many states do we have in Nigeria?”

And the witness replied, “36.”

The lawyer asked him to look at page 51 of that FCT report where the Committee recommended that Abuja as FCT should be specially provided for in the constitution because of its importance, and the witness read it and agreed with him.

The lawyer told him that, by that recommendation, Abuja is a special entity.

The witness replied that it was recommended that Abuja be provided for only.

The lawyer asked him to read out a statement in the report which he did, and the lawyer said: “do you now agree that Abuja is our symbol of Unity?” The witness said yes.

Another interesting interrogation for me was when the lawyer told Bamidele that Tinubu did not score 25% in FCT, Abuja and the witness replied that he (Tinubu) didn’t need to. The lawyer informed him that Buhari and Yardua scored 25% in FCT but Tinubu did not! “I put it to you that Tinubu is the first person who never scored 25% in FCT!”

The witness replied that it wasn’t the intention of the lawmakers to make 25% mandatory.

The lawyer fired at the witness by saying, “Of all the 4 major candidates APC, PDP, LP, NNPP each of those 4 candidates won in their home state except Tinubu!”

The witness said yes. Read more.

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Nigeria is radicalizing the Igbo, one injustice at a time ~ by Abolaji Rasaq

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There’s something about persecution that does two things to a people: it either breaks them, or it makes them beasts of survival.

For centuries the Jews… they were hunted, hated, and humiliated by empires. But they didn’t vanish.

They evolved. They adapted. And today, the Jews are arguably the most powerful tribe in the world economically, intellectually, and politically. Ruthless when necessary.

They are unapologetic about their survival. Now, look at the Igbo. A tribe known for industry, resilience, and brilliance.

A people who just want to live, do business, and thrive. But Nigeria doesn’t want that. Nigeria wants control.

Nigeria wants submission. And the one thing the Igbo have never known how to do is bow. And that’s the real issue.

So what does Nigeria do? It sidelines them. Isolates them. Provokes them. Bombs their villages under the guise of security.

Locks up their agitators. Shuts down their businesses. Mocks their pain. Ignores their history. Prevent them from voting. Play politics with their education. Sponsored bigotry on them.

And then Nigeria pretends to be surprised that there’s growing radicalization in the East?

Let me be clear: The Igbo didn’t start this fire. Nigeria did.

And history, the very same history we keep refusing to learn from, has shown us that when you keep pushing a tribe that knows how to survive, they evolve into something stronger, something unstoppable.

It’s happened before. With the Jews. Europe tried to exterminate them. Instead, they became the backbone of global finance, media, tech, and diplomacy.

You don’t touch a Jew today without consequences. You don’t push them to the wall and expect them to stay quiet.

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Now Nigeria is doing the same to the Igbo, pushing, prodding, provoking.

But here’s the warning: when you push an animal to the wall, it doesn’t stay calm. It fights back. It bites. And this time, when it bites, don’t act shocked.

But this isn’t just about the Igbo solely. Nigeria has perfected the art of creating monsters, then acting surprised when they bite.

The Niger Delta? Radicalized. The region was exploited for oil, polluted beyond repair, and ignored until their youths picked up arms.

The Fulani terrorists? Radicalized. Left behind by the same government that claimed to represent them, now manipulated by religion and resentment.

The Almajiri? Radicalized. Abandoned by an elite that used their poverty as a vote bank and then left them to rot.

The Agbero? Radicalized. Uneducated, weaponized, and unleashed as tools of political chaos.

Even the middle class is slowly being radicalized, not with guns, but with hopelessness. That, too, is a ticking time bomb.

A nation cannot continue to marginalize its most brilliant tribe and expect peace.

The Igbo are not docile. They are not quiet. They are not forgetful. They are survivors, and survivors don’t beg for space forever. At some point, they take it.

The Igbo didn’t set out to be radicals. They were made into one by a country that won’t stop seeing their confidence as a threat.

You can’t keep pretending unity means silence. You can’t keep preaching peace while planting injustice.

The Igbo are not asking for too much, they just want to live, build, and grow.

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But if you insist on turning their dignity into defiance, their enterprise into enmity, and their survival into sedition, then you are creating a monster.

And if history has taught us anything, it’s this: when a persecuted people decide that survival is no longer enough, when they decide to stop running and start resisting, they don’t just fight back. They win.

Nigeria must understand this: you cannot keep pushing people into a corner and expect submission.

When you back a lion into a wall, don’t expect it to purr. It will roar. It will claw. It will tear through anything standing between it and freedom.

So here’s the final warning, for those who still care to listen: Nigeria is radicalizing the Igbo.

But worse, Nigeria is radicalizing everyone. And it won’t end well.

When the fire spreads, when the rebellion multiplies, when the beast we created begins to fight back, don’t act shocked; no tribe will be left untouched.

Don’t pretend it wasn’t preventable. We all made it happen. You don’t corner a lion and expect peace.

Abolaji Rasaq is a public affairs analyst.

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Crisis hits Nnewi over Uruagu PG election, as BoT members protest, resign

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Palpable crisis is brewing in Nnewi over the election of the President General of Uruagu Community in the industrial town of Anambra State, with a business mogul and owner of Organiser Plc., Chief Innocent Okoli, accused of upsetting the apple cart.

The crisis has led to protests and resignation of members of the Board of Trustees (BoT).

One of the resignation letters sighted by News Band was from a legal practitioner, J. N. Obi, Esq.

Barrister Obi, until his resignation served as the Secretary of the Executive Committee and member, Uruagu Board of Trustees.

Tendering his resignation letter, Obi cited brazen violation of the Constitution of Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union.

The letter was referenced OB/03 /296/2025, dated May 8, 2025, and addressed to His Highness. Obi A. C. Obi (Ogidi IV).

In the letter entitled “Letter of resignation as member, Board of Trustees (B.O. T) Uruagu Nnewi. Obi announced his resignation based on the following reasons:

  1. Article 8. 9 (a) of the Constitution of Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union. 2022 (As Amended) states and I quote:
    “The Board shall “Ensure the observance of this Constitution”. 
  2. Article 14.4 of the Constitution of Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union 2022 (As Amended) states and I quote:
    “Each ward shall submit a list of the Electors In writing to the Secretary General of the Union, one month before any election.
    “The submission of the list of the Electors shall be done by the Ward Chairman In consultation with the Ward’s Obi.”
  3. “The election sought to be conducted on Saturday, 10th day of May 2025, did not comply with the above provisious as it was on the Union’s general meeting of the I3th day of April 2025 that the expiration of the tenure of the Executives was announced.”

The legal pratictioner, however, noted that the election to be held on May 10 will not be up to one month.

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He, therefore, resigned his membership of B. 0. T for failure to abide by the above provisions of the Constitution as stated above.

On his part, the former President General of Uruagu Nnewi, Chief Ambassador Charles Nwonye, decried series of illegalities in the proposed election championed by Chief Okoli.

He recalled the efforts of past and present stakeholders to ensure that Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union is recognised as a legal and responsible entity in the state.

He, however, speaking in a voice note obtained by Diaspora Digital Media (DDM), regretted:

“It’s very, very unfortunate that those counsels that instituted Uruagu Development Union are no longer alive.

“They were the ones who were known for speaking out the truth. But at the same time, we will not all keep quiet.

“I, hereby, wish to bring the following to the attention of all Uruagu indigenes, scattered all over Nigeria and in the diaspora that four years ago, a similar thing happened.

“Uruagu Nnewi Constitution was also flagrantly violated four years ago.

“At the end, a lot of stakeholders asked the former Executive Committee to resign and leave en masse.

“The Constitution, however, allowed them to recontest.

“The Executive Committee then honourably resigned and no one of us recontested, ushering in a new Executive Committee.

“They argued that following the election, the Constitution will be amended to correct all the flaws and ensure no such flagrant abused repeats itself.

“They went for the election and what happened there was the same illegality we’re talking about.

“Some of our youths went and connived with mischief makers, disrupted the election and declared the present Executive Committee members winners.

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“The youths stood by them in their misguided thoughts that the Executive Committee members enjoy special gains in the office.

“They disrupted the election and ensured that the present crop of Executive Committee members was ushered in.

“The election was heavily flawed and rigged in favour of Eloka Ike and Innocent Okoli, but we let go and left peacefully.

“The new Executive Committee promised to preside for only four years and leave, but we are currently seeing the same illegalities.

“I dare ask: Should Uruagu be known only for illegalities? I thought Ndi Uruagu are smart people?

“I have observed that there are certain individuals who are hell-bent on ensuring that the Uruagu leadership fails.

“They seem bent on destroying all our efforts, acting as agents of chaos and destruction.

“How can one man gather a bunch of Umuezeagu indigenes and take them to the court, claiming that they sued the union to court?

“They deceived the High Court and got a frivolous injunction against Uruagu people, all in the name of election!

“When I got this information, I knew that something was wrong.

“How can someone, after serving a tenure fraught with irregularities, fight his way to a second tenure against the people’s wish?

“I want to make it clear to all the delegates in the so-called election that it will not be possible to make an illegality legal.

“Anyone who casts a vote in that sham election is an agent provocateur, as well as a villain.

“Let it be on record that I denounced the so-called election founded on illegality and fraud and all participants, be it a delegate or participant in any manner is an enemy of the people.”

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Chief Okoli and other responsible people of Nnewi leadership could not be reached for comment at the moment of this publication.

More details will follow…

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Late Mbaise monarch—Eze Nwabueze Ugorji to be buried May 22, 2025

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The remains of HRH Eze Stephen Nwabueze Ugorji, Orji Ukwu 1 of Lorji Nwekeukwu Autonomous Community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, will be laid to rest on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

The late Eze Ugorji will be buried in his palace at Orji Ukwu Estate, Lorji, following a Catholic funeral Mass at St. Andrews Catholic Church, Lorji.

News Band was informed that His Excellency the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Bishop Okezuo Nwobi, has been invited to officiate at the ceremony.

Bishop Nwobi, it was learnt, has also accepted the family’s invitation to officiate at the funeral rites of the late grand traditional ruler.

This information was provided to members of the press in Owerri by the Opara Eze (First Son of the Eze), former Commissioner for Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs, Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji.

His Lordship Bishop Okezuo Nwobi, the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese (Mbaise) and Eze Nwabueze Ugorji's First Son, Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji

His Lordship Bishop Okezuo Nwobi, the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese (Mbaise) and Eze Nwabueze Ugorji’s First Son, Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji

“The family is grateful to His Lordship for granting us a rare request to officiate at a funeral on a Thursday,” Dr. Ugorji said.

“Our father will feel honored and appreciated because he was not just a devoted Catholic, he shouldered the building of the St. Andrews Catholic Church at Lorji until his death,” the former commissioner added.

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Igbo Corner

EXCLUSIVE: Ngozi Orabueze dissolves Biafra Govt In Exile as Simon Ekpa may spend longer time in prison

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Mr. Simon Ekpa and Dr. Ngozi Orabueze

Dr. Ngozi Orabueze has abruptly dissolved the Biafra Government In Exile following secret information that his former boss, Simon Ekpa may not be coming out from Finnish detention in a hurry.

News Band reported that Mrs. Orabueze, a former Chief of Staff to Mr Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government In Exile, toppled his principal after he was thrown into prison for promoting violent agitation and terrorism in the Southeast of Nigeria.

Ekpa’s trial is scheduled to start in May 2025.

Ngozi, a former chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Atlanta, United States in a statement on Wednesday, announced the dissolution of Biafra Government In Exile.

She said all assets of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile and it’s affiliates shall be transferred to the secretary of the State of the United States of Biafra.

Orabueze also directed all officers of the former exile government to report to their counterpart with the United States of Biafra for reassignment.

The statement reads, “It is resolved that the Biafra Republic Government In Exile (BRGIE) is hereby dissolved as it’s reason for the existence has been superceded by the November 29, 2024 Declaration of the restoration of the Independent United States of Biafra

“All assets of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile and it’s affiliates(BRGIE corporation ID: D237527271) shall be transferred to the secretary of the State of the United States of Biafra.

“All officers of the former exile government shall report to their counterpart with the United States of Biafra for reassignment. All activities of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile shall cease as of February 15, 2025”.

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Meanwhile, an insider source in the movement reliably told News Band that Ngozi decided to dissolve BRGIE after receiving intel that Simon Ekpa might spend longer time in prison.

The source also revealed that the Nigerian government is doing everything within it’s power to nail Simon Ekpa for all his atrocious acts in the SouthEast region.

So, the only way to keep the agitation going in the absence of Ekpa is to dissolve BRGIE.

“Yes, Ngozi Orabueze dissolved the Biafra Republic Government In Exile so as to be fully in charge of the assets belonging to the movement. With the way the Nigerian government is going about the case of Simon Ekpa, he may spend longer time in prison”, the source said.

Moreover, before now, Orabueze has been at war with some arrowheads of the separatist movement who refused to acknowledge her authority.

This however, has led to series of fights, accusation and counter accusations among the agitators.

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Igbo Corner

A tribute to Mrs. Roseline Udu Eze

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We celebrate the life of Mrs. Roseline Udu Eze, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of strength.

Her unwavering love, kindness, and selflessness left an indelible mark on all who knew her.

Though we mourn her passing, we take solace in the legacy she leaves behind and the cherished memories we hold. Rest peacefully in the arms of the Lord, dear Roseline.

You will forever be missed.

May her soul rest in perfect peace.

Amen.

 

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