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Crisis Rocks Lagos APC, as Parallel Congresses hold

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The erstwhile camaraderie within the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been broken with news reaching us that a parallel congress of the party held today at the Airport Hotel Lagos.

In a letter signed by Fouad Oki, who claims to be the State Chairman, he invited journalists to attend the congress and we were told that a representative of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also there.

We gathered that the Congress was held by members who had cried that they wanted election and not selection.

Meanwhile at the other congress, Alhaji Tunde  Balogun had emerged as Chairman.

The officers are:

  • Tunde Balogun, state chairman
  • Sunday Ajose, deputy chairman
  • Funsho Olugunde, vice-chairman (west)
  • Ashipa Olusanya, vice-chairman (east)
  • Akeem Bangbola, vice-chairman (central)
  • Wale Ahmed, state secretary
  • Femi Saheed, deputy state secretary
  • Olasunbo Ajose, state treasurer
  • Joanna Asebobuyi, deputy state treasurer
  • Oluyinka Osinubi, financial secretary
  • Bola Olajubi, assistant financial secretary
  • Joe Igbokwe, publicity secretary
  • Abiodun Salami, assistant publicity secretary
  • Ademola Sadiq, legal adviser
  • Toke Benson, assistant legal adviser
  • Ramota Bankole, welfare secretary
  • R. O Olorunfemi, assistant welfare secretary
  • Abdullahi Enilolobo, organising secretary
  • Muftai Kadiku, assistant organising secretary
  • Wale Aribiyi, auditor
  • Ismaila Azeez, assistant auditor
  • Jumoke Okoya Thomas, women leader
  • Kehinde Babalola, assistant women leader
  • Kofoworola Ajayi, senatorial women leader (west)
  • Yeye Gbadebo, senatorial women leader (east)
  • Fadekemi Otitonaye, senatorial women leader (central)
  • Tayo Sanya-Olu, youth leader
  • Busola Akeredolu, assistant youth leader
  • Lukmon Jimoh, senatorial youth leader (west)
  • Bashiru Adekoya, senatorial youth leader (east)
  • Hameed Olanrewaju, senatorial youth leader (central)
  • Abu Akilapa, ex-officio I
  • Obiangeli Onu, ex-officio II
  • Ibrahim Patako, ex-officio III
  • Bode Oyedele, ex-officio IV
  • Israel Akiode, physically-challenged

We will keep you posted on developments.

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UK Court Acquittal: Diezani Goes Spiritual, Says God Will Always Be God

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Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has reacted to her acquittal by a London court after bribery charges brought against her were dismissed.

The Southwark Crown Court in London, United Kingdom, on Wednesday acquitted the former minister of all charges, including five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Reacting to the judgment, Alison-Madueke expressed relief and said she and her family had endured years of emotional distress over the case.

Speaking to News Central, she said she has remained in the United Kingdom since the legal proceedings began 11 years ago.

She said: “I’m just thankful to God, it’s been arduous, almost 11 years. It’s been traumatic not just for me but for my family, friends, my 93-year-old mother in Port Harcourt and for my son.

“It has been a hard journey, but I tell you this, God will always do as He will. God will be God and God is not a man that He should lie; when He promises you something, He will see it through.

“For almost 11 years I have been here. I did my job to the best of my ability.”

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I Never Saw Report that Led to Natasha’s Suspension, Says Ireti Kingibe

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The lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at the Senate, Ireti Kingibe, says she did not see any report that led to the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha  Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Kingibe made this disclosure on Wednesday when she featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

She said she was at a retreat with Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, when she heard about the report.

“I never saw the report that led to Natasha’s suspension. I was at a retreat. I had earlier stated that I was there with three or four other senators who are members of the committee.

“We attended the Committee on Petitions and Public Complaints, signed the attendance register, and I later left for the tax reform retreat, which I considered more important at the time.

“It affects my constituents much more than disciplining a senator, and I figured that the other people who were not part of that committee would take care of it.

“I even complained to other Senators, specifically to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. I complained to him very bitterly that I had not seen that report. I didn’t see it then. I have not seen it till now,” she said.

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UK Court Clears Ex-Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke of All Corruption Charges

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Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was on Wednesday found not guilty ​by a London jury of six bribery charges, after ‌a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official.
Alison-Madueke, minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan, stood trial ​charged with five counts of accepting bribes and a ​charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, which she denied.
Prosecutors ⁠alleged Alison-Madueke, 65, was given “a life of luxury” in London ​from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria, ​which has long grappled with mismanagement and corruption.
But the former minister, who was also briefly president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, ​said she never took any bribes and had no real ​influence over the awarding of lucrative government contracts.
After a trial at London’s Southwark ‌Crown ⁠Court, Alison-Madueke was acquitted by a jury of all six charges she faced after more than 46 hours of deliberation.
The not guilty verdicts are a major blow to British authorities, which began their ​investigation into corruption ​allegations against Alison-Madueke ⁠more than a decade ago.
Alison-Madueke stood trial alongside oil industry executive Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, who was ​charged with one count of bribery relating to ​Alison-Madueke ⁠and a separate count of bribery of a foreign public official.
Alison-Madueke’s brother Doye Agama, 69, was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery ⁠with ​his sister relating to payments made to ​Agama’s church.
Both Ayinde and Agama denied the charges against them and were also ​acquitted by the jury.

Source: Reuters

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