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Clerics’ kidnap, killing: Omokri lambastes Adeboye, Catholic Church

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Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says the refusal of the Church to speak up against the high rate of insecurity contributed to the kidnap of five pastors with the church.

He also lambasted the Catholic Church, whose priests had protested the killing of clerics in Enugu on Friday.

Adeboye had revealed on Thursday that five pastors with the RCCG were kidnapped on their way to the ongoing ministers’ conference.

Omokri, who expressed this view separately on his verified Twitter handle @renoomokri and also on his Instagram page “renoomokri” on Friday, said it was ironic that Adeboye could lament the kidnap of RCCG pastors but keep silent over the insecurity in most parts of the nation.

Omokri in the two posts argued that, had Pastor Adeboye been vocal about the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, especially in the area of security, the five RCCG pastors would probably not have been kidnapped, as the government would have sat up much earlier.

Osinbajo is also a pastor with the RCCG and a professed son of Adeboye.

However, Omokri, who also claims to be a pastor, noted that when Jonathan was President between 2010 and 2015, Adeboye was among those who wrote a petition to the former President and even organised a one million-man march.

Omokri wrote, “Sir, if you had spoken publicly when ordinary Nigerians were being kidnapped, may be these ‘your children’ who were kidnapped would not have been abducted. Think about it sir. How many times have you spoken about Leah Sharibu?

“You have commended Buhari and Osinbajo publicly but why have you not spoken up for Leah publicly too?”

When he was tackled by some of Adeboye’s supporters on social media, Omokri responded, “Yes, RCCG and the GO, Adeboye, were publicly vocal under President Jonathan. That they have been publicly vocal under General Buhari is a blatant lie.

“They have largely kept quiet, but now it has happened to them. But if you say I am lying, please provide a link from a reliable source of an instance when Adeboye publicly spoke up against insecurity affecting ordinary Nigerians.”

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Army Buries 17 Personnel Killed in Okuama Community

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The 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have been laid to rest.

The corpses of the soldiers, which arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja at about 2:26 pm on Wednesday, were committed to mother death after burial rites were observed.

President Bola Tinubu, Service Chiefs and other dignitaries were in attendance at the burial ceremony.

DAILY POST recalls that the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace mission to Okuoma Community were ambushed and killed by some irate youths.

The incident occurred when the troops responded to a distress call following a communal crisis between Okuoma and Okoloba communities in Delta State.

The personnel comprised one Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors, one Captain and 13 soldiers.

The officers are Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt. Col. A.H Ali; Maj S.D Shafa (N/13976); Maj D.E Obi (N/14395) and Capt U Zakari (N/16348).

The soldiers are SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974); Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274); Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853); LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844); LCpl Sola Opeyemi (17NA/760719); and LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290).

They also include LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653); LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191); Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079); Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911); Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162); Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079) and Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).

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Thomas Yormah Emerges As New WAEC Chairman

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By Eric Elezuo

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has a new Chairman, he is Prof. Thomas Brima Rick Yormah, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Fourah Bay College and former Pro ViceChancellor, University of Sierra Leone as the 21st Chairman of Council.

According to a statement signed by Demianus G. Ojijeogu, the Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Headquarters, Accra, Ghana, Yormah was elected during the just concluded 72nd Annual Council Meeting of the body, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He succeeds Prof. Ato Essuman from the Republic of Ghana.

The highpoint of the week-long Council meeting was the recognition and honoring of three Ghanaian candidates with the WAEC International Excellence Award for their outstanding performance in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023. They were Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi, (1st Prize), Master Dzandu Selorm, (2nd Prize), and Master Asenso-Gyambibi Daniel (3rd Prize). The three candidates were selected from 2,327,342 who sat the examination in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

In the same vein, the Augustus Bandele Oyediran Award for the Best Candidate in West Africa, 2023 also went to Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi. In addition, two candidates from the Republic of Sierra Leone were honoured with the National Distinction, while one candidate received the National Merit Award. They were Miss. Mammah E. A. Raymonda, (1st Prize), Master Bangura Joshua, (2nd Prize), and Master Fillie Sahr Edward (Merit Award).

While the 71st edition of the Council meeting was hosted by Gambia, the next edition, which will be the 73rd in the series, will be hosted by Liberia.

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Kidnapped Edo PDP Chairman Regains Freedom

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The kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, has been released.

Dr. Aziegbemi, who was set free by his abductors in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Report has it that he got to his Benin City residence at about 3am to the waiting arms of family and close friends.

“I am back home with my family. I am fine. I am just trying to rest and will talk to you later,” he was quoted as saying.

Dr. Aziegbemi, a former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Esan North-East/Esan South-East federal constituency of Edo State, was kidnapped on Friday, March 15, 2024 when his abductors who rode in two Toyota Corolla cars, trailed him after he left a meeting.

The gunmen overtook Aziegbemi’s sports utility vehicle (SUV) at a speed break as it slowed down along Osaro Street, off Country Home Road, close to his house at about 11pm on Friday night before seizing him.

It is not clear yet if a ransom was paid for his release as the abductors had reportedly demanded a sum of N50 million before setting him free.

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