AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, GENERAL MOHAMMADU BUHARI

Mr. President-Elect,

I am delighted writing this letter to you while listening to the King of Soul-Sam Cooke’s “A change is gonna come”. Yes indeed it’s been a long, a long time coming. First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you on the just concluded general elections. The mammoth crowd which graced your campaigns as you travelled the length and breadth of Nigeria is legendary. In the face of hunger, corruption and a devastating terrorist insurgency in the North East of the country, Nigerians came out in their numbers to vote. The low turnout during the gubernatorial elections was quite surprising. This should tell you that Nigerians voted for you and not necessarily for the APC. 

Nonetheless, I intend to remind you of the plethora of promises you and your party made during your political campaigns throughout the country. The elections are now over. You must now move from criticizing the outgoing government to delivering the promise of change not a change of promises.

I don’t want you to fail as that will be counterproductive to Nigerians, however, it will be fraudulent to lower the standard, applicable to your incoming government.

1. On a live interview on ChannelsTV, when asked how you intend to manage the economy in the face of dwindling oil prices, you promised to “stabilize the oil market and run an accountable government”. While I trust you on the latter, I am still trying to understand how you intend to achieve the former.
2. You promised to provide free education to all primary and secondary school pupils. I want to believe this will apply to all 36 states and FCT and not just the APC states.
3. You equally promised to provide daily meals for all primary school pupils. I cannot understand the magical thinking that the FG will bypass state governors to provide "free meals to school kids”. First of all, the FG has no business with the running of Primary schools. This is the responsibility of States and Local Governments. However, since you pledged to provide we shall hold you accountable. 
4. You also promised to make the Naira to be equal in value to the Dollar. Although this has been misinterpreted by many to mean NGN1=$1, it won’t hurt to know that my NGN20.00 in my pocket is as valuable as $20. Chai, do this and you have my vote come 2019.
5. You promised to revamp huge coal deposits in Enugu State for generation of electricity and export and thus provide about one million jobs.
6. Apart from the one million jobs from the coal mining industry, within the same period, you promised 740, 000 direct jobs in each of the 36 states (i.e. 20,000 per state) of the federation and the FCT within one year.
7. You promised to pay direct conditional monthly cash transfers of NGN5, 000 to the 25 million poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon demonstration of children’s enrolment in school and immunization. The implication here is that the sum of N125billion (i.e. 25million * N5000) will be spent to service this policy every month, and an estimated N1.5 trillion (i.e. N125bn * 12 months) will be spent on this policy alone every year. You know it’s easy to critique the government but does Nigeria really have the money to finance this with the 40 percent drop in national income and dwindling oil price in the international market? Time will tell.
8. You also promised a guaranteed generation of 20,000 megawatts of electricity in four years. As I write this piece, Nigeria generates about 5,500MW of power. This means you have the next four years to deliver on your promise. Time is of essence, General.
9. You promised to provide allowances/stipends to discharged but unemployed Youth Corps members for 12 months while they seek jobs or acquire training and skills for job placement or entrepreneurship. In addition to this, you guaranteed that loans will be made available upon completion. What I don’t know is when this initiative will kick off and how much the said allowances will be.
10. You promised the construction of one million low-cost houses within four years for the poor. Now some people have misinterpreted this to mean free homes, maybe you will have to explain better. In addition to this, you assured that Nigerians of varying income levels can access affordable mortgages at single-digit interest rates based on federal guarantees to the mortgage lenders.
11. You promised to create additional  2 million new home owners for the middle-class in your first year in government and 1 million annually thereafter at the same single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses. The outgoing Government via the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company Plc offered mortgages at double digit rates for a period of 20years. I am hopeful your government will continue that initiative at the single-digit interest rate promised.
12. You promised to embark on a National Infrastructural Development Programme as a PPP that will ensure the (a) construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2019; this must as a matter of urgency start immediately as 2019 is around the corner.
13. Still on the PPP schemes, you assured that at least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states. This is perhaps an easy promise to deliver as there are about 26 airports in Nigeria presently.
14. You promised to speedily pass the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). This is one bill the outgoing President also promised to pass. What is going to happen now is we are back to square one in terms of the legislative process. Thankfully your party now holds majority in both houses which make up the National Assembly, so there should be no reason why this bill should not be passed in your first year.
15. You promised to establish at least six new universities of science and technology with satellite campuses in various states in addition to technical colleges and vocational centers in each state of the federation as well as six centers of excellence to address the needs of special education.
16. You promised to increase the quality of ALL federal government owned hospitals to world class standard within 5 years. Emm, your first tenure is 4 years so let’s keep this promise to 4 years, please.
17. You promised to provide free ante-natal care for pregnant women, free health care for babies and children up to school going age and for the aged and free treatment for those afflicted with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS based on a national health insurance scheme. This is a welcome development but again how would this work in Nigeria where some state Governors owe salary and health workers go on strike for months?
18. You promised to provide free tertiary education to students pursuing Science and Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
19. You promised to provide free tertiary education to education majors and stipends prior to their employment as teachers. This means that teachers who want to go to University will enjoy free education? Excellent idea, Mr. President-Elect, excellent idea.
20. In a speech at the Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International affairs in London -You promised to "lead from the front" in the fight against Boko Haram if elected. Whatever this means, Nigerians want to see Boko Haram completely annihilated.

General, space will not allow me to list the deluge of other promises that I have read about during the campaign period.

In case the above were just embellished words and nicely written manifesto to bamboozle Nigerians into voting for you, you have less than two months to plot a solid strategy that must be focused on delivering these promises. If you can accomplish all these promises in the next four years, then it will be certain that change has truly come; otherwise in 2019 our collective mantra will be “FLUSH”. Yes we will flush you and your team out in a single heart beat!

Dame Patience, Our President’s Darling Wife- By Reuben Abati In 2010

DEMOCRACY is readily associated with freedom: the freedom to be free in many respects and increasingly in Nigeria, many of our compatriots, particularly persons in positions of privilege and authority confuse this with the right to be disagreeable. The sober truth is that democracy is about rights and responsibilities, a democratic dispensation therefore cannot be a licence for disagreeable conduct as a norm; just as the possession of power in any form does not guarantee the right to be reckless or to ignore the etiquette required of office holders. Anyone in the corridors of power, either by chance or right, or appointment, is expected to behave decorously.

Dame Patience Jonathan, as she is now referred to, our President’s wife, failed the test this week in Okrika, Rivers State. It is trite knowledge that there is a critical difference between Yenagoa and Abuja, and a world of difference between being the wife of a Deputy Governor/Governor/Vice president and being the wife of Nigeria’s No 1 citizen. When people suddenly find themselves in such latter position, prepared or unprepared, anywhere in the world,  they are taken through a crash programme in finishing and poise and made to realize that being the wife of an important man comes with serious responsibilities lest they sabotage the same person that they should be supporting.

If Dame Patience went through such re-orientation, the course was incomplete. This week, we got a feedback drawn from her visit to Rivers state to launch her NGO  – the Women for Change Initiative, when she ended up in Okrika, her home town. This homecoming became an egoistic show-off as she openly contradicted the state Governor, offering him unsolicited lessons on how to develop the Okrika water front and school system, in addition to pointed comments on the use of the English language. The Governor had reportedly insisted that his administration must demolish some houses which adjoin the schools in Okrika in order to create a proper learning environment. Dame Patience disagreed.

She then gave an unsolicited lecture on the land tenure system telling the Governor: “I want you to get me clear. I am from here. I know the problems of my people so I know what I am talking…”   The Governor tried to explain his administration’s policy and the larger public interest. The Dame reportedly cut him short: “But what I am telling you is that you always say you must demolish; that word must you use is not good. It is by pleading. You appeal to the owners of the compound because they will not go into exile. Land is a serious issue.” Wao! “that word must..is not good.” We must all commit that to memory as we re-learn Practical English according to Patience Jonathan!

If it is in the place of the President’s wife to teach a state Governor how to run his state, it is definitely not in her place to veto a state policy (the reason the governor used the word “must”), not even her husband has such powers. It seemed as if Dame Patience Jonathan was determined to impress her kith and kin. She told them she had directed the governor not to demolish their houses. Then, she left straight for the airport  obviously having overstayed her welcome and having behaved like a bad guest.  She was scheduled to visit the prisons to grant amnesty to some inmates (is that really her duty or something that should be in her itinerary? ); she was also meant to commission some projects. The face-off between her and the governor put paid to all that.

On the eve of her arrival, a group which calls itself “the Okrika Political Stakeholders Forum” and “the people of Kirikese” had actually placed an advert in the papers welcoming “our amiable daughter and sister…to Rivers state and your home town Okrika.” They also brought up the issue of “the land reclamation and shore protection project at Oba Ama, Okrika being undertaken by the Rivers state government.” (Daily Sun, August 23, 2010, p. 2).  Either on the strength of this advertorial or private consultations, Dame Patience must have felt compelled to be a partisan stakeholder and intercessor. She needed to put Rotimi Amaechi, the state Governor in his place and that was what did. She recommended “pleading,” – that advice is actually meant for her. A state Governor is a duly elected official; and in a Federal system, he is not answerable to the President, and nowhere is the president granted the powers of a Headmaster over state governors. In Okrika, Dame Patience behaved so impatiently and spoke to Governor Amaechi as if he is on the staff of the Presidency. It may not be  her fault though. Amaechi caused it all by bringing himself to such level by undertaking to debrief Dame Patience about his administration’s programmes and activities in the misguided hope of getting cheap political endorsement.  He should have asked his wife to attend to her. On the issue of land, Dame Patience should be reminded that the Land Use Act, Section 1 thereof, says the state Governor holds the land in trust for the people. Land matters in the state are beyond the ken of the wife of the President!

The wife of the President of Nigeria, or a state Governor, or a local council chairman, is not a state official. The same applies to husbands if the gender is reversed. He or she is unknown to the constitution or the governance structure.  Recent history has however made it a convention to have the spouses of persons in such positions under the guise of providing support, play some ceremonial roles. This has been routinely abused. Under the Jonathan presidency, Dame Patience Jonathan even got a special allocation in the original budget for the 2010 Golden jubilee anniversary whereas she has no official, financial reporting responsibilities! The international standard is that spouses in these circumstances must not only appear but be seen to be above board like Caesar’s wife. They must not misbehave like Marie Antoinette.

When Cherie Blair, wife of former British PM, Tony Blair started buying up houses, apartments and antique furniture, the public raised questions. It didn’t matter that she was a professional in her own right, a Queen’s Counsel with a traceable source of income. There were also questions about the scope of Hillary Clinton’s influence during her husband’s Presidency: Americans wanted to be sure that it was the man they elected that was in charge, not his wife. A couple of weeks ago, the American public was up in arms against Michelle Obama and her poll rating dropped drastically after a visit to Spain where she and her daughter reportedly stayed in a $7, 000 a night hotel.

Much earlier, Nancy Reagan was also the butt of public criticism, with people asking: who is she? And this is not a female thing. In Britain, Prince Phillip, the Queen’s husband, is constantly criticized for putting his foot in his mouth. He once said for example that “British women can’t cook.”  He told a visiting Nigerian President, all dressed up in babariga (name withheld): “you look like you’re ready for bed.” During a state visit to China, he told British students: “if you stay much longer, you’all be slitty-eyed.” Prince Phillip’s supporters insist that he is honest, but the majority ask: how is the Queen coping with such a man who is perpetually saying something offensive? There may be persons who defend Dame Patience’s aggressive style, but some of us ask: how is the President coping?

Since Dr Jonathan assumed office, he and his wife have been practically on the road. The Dame has travelled from one state to the other, under the auspices of the Women for Change Initiative. In every state she tells the women to vote and “make sure your vote counts if you like my husband.” Is she now a partisan politician? The Jonathans must be told that Nigeria does not have a co-Presidency. We have only one president and his name is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. And by the way, what does Dame Patience Jonathan do for a living? She obviously does not have to deal with the challenges of rotation and zoning in her home, unlike the three wives of the Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako for whom zoning and rotation have become topical subjects or the wives of South African President Jacob Zuma – that is why she can afford to be so meddlesome!

When she misbehaves as she did in Okrika, she creates the impression that her husband is not in control of his own home. First ladies are prominent figures but their conduct is an eternal subject of public interest. In Nigeria, there was Victoria Gowon, there was also Ajoke Muhammed: dignified and restrained.  There was Maryam Babangida – she was influential but no one could accuse her of verbal recklessness;  Mrs Abdusalami  Abubakar was a court judge, totally self-effacing, No major social party was complete without Mrs Stella Obasanjo, yet she controlled her tongue. Mrs Turai Yar’Adua was described as the power behind the throne and she proved that during the period of her husband’s illness but she was carefully reticent. At the state level, there was Remi Tinubu in Lagos state and Onari Duke in Cross River state who have both conducted themselves responsibly in and out of office. The new First Lady likes to travel, party, and talk outside the script. People are beginning to learn to read her lips in order to understand her husband. Dame Patience must not push her Goodluck.

18 lessons I’m glad life has taught me

18 lessons I’m glad life has taught me

The number 18 is an important number to me. Its significance in the Hebrew numerology is profound. For instance, the eighth letter in the Hebrew alphabet, CHET and the tenth letter--Yud, both form the word "chai" meaning "alive" or "living. I was born on the 18th of January ….
Today, I share 18 things that I have learned and know to be true. Have a great day today my family and friends.
1. God exists.
2. I am where I am today because of God.
3. Prayer change things.
4. Your gift can make room for you.
5. Be careful what you say, life and death are in the power of the tongue.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. You can experience true love more than once in a lifetime.
8. The grass is definitely greener on the other side and so is the water bill.
9. Heartbreak can make you hard! But don't let it make you bitter.
10. Don’t try to change people. They will hate you for it.
11. You don’t need an entire lifetime to fully know and understand someone.
12. Family is everything.
13. One way to tarnish a good name is serving in government.
14. No one is indispensible. No one is irreplaceable.
15. Money answers all things.
16. There are three types of people you will meet- some for a reason, some for a season, and some for a lifetime.
17. Being fit doesn't mean you're healthy.
18. If you can FORCE a horse to the river, you can equally FORCE it to drink.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CHEATED ON? HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED OR THOUGHT ABOUT IT?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CHEATED ON? HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED OR THOUGHT ABOUT IT?

I've been driving now for two months....during my driving lessons, I didnt really learn how to reverse so my reversing has been really awkward.
OK, so recently, I was trying to reverse and had an accident- I reversed into a pole. I was so upset. I drove to the Mechanic shop an the panel beater had it repaired. They tried their best to make it like new again. They fixed the damage and repainted the area where the car had been hit. But no matter how they tried to match the paint to the original color, they couldn’t. So every day after that, when I would go to the car, I would always notice that the paint didn’t match. Every time I got into the car I would see that area where the paint was different and it would always remind me of the wreck. And even though the car had been repaired it was never the same again

Later, I found out that because the car had been damaged it was worth less than it was before the damage. I thought about this the other day when I was thinking about people who cheat in relationships. When someone cheats, or you have been cheated on, the relationship is never the same. Sure, you can stay together, work on it and repair it, but every time you take a hard look at your relationship you will be reminded of it. I know many of you reading this understand what I’m talking about. The relationship was once so amazing and new and now has lost its value. You have tried to move on but it’s difficult to trust again. I get it, I SO GET IT!

Tyler Perry's new movie-TEMPTATIONS: Confessions of a Marriage counsellors talks about being tempted, how to forgive, how to move on from it, and also talk about how sometimes the decisions you make when you decide to cheat can stay with you for the rest of your life. This movie is powerful. This movie has the power to save relationships. 

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN-(unedited version)

Mr President,

On May 29th 2011, you were sworn into office as President of this great country having worn two-thirds majority in more than 28 states of the country. Today makes it exactly one year you have saddled the affairs of this country. With all sincerity, I congratulate you on this landmark achievement. Critics may argue that congratulations are not in order due to the mayhem, crisis, anarchy and misfortunes that has befallen us since the inception of your presidency. The conspiracy theorists have blamed all these chaos on the way and manner in which you were selected and elected into the exalted office, but that is a matter for another day.

On April 12th 2011 just after you worn the presidential elections, I wrote a letter to you. In that letter, I mentioned that the 2011 elections were based on sentiments, religion and ethnicity rather than ideas and party politics. The unfortunate events that have held sway for the past one year have only further buttressed that assertion.  It is instructive to note that you won that election based on your personal mien and attributes, given that the self-acclaimed biggest party in Africa has failed to deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians after 12 years in Power. Based on this backdrop, the  onus lies in your hands to salvage the country.

Mr. President, you won that election fair and square because Nigerians believed that indeed a breath of fresh hair beckoned on us all. After your victory, there were wide celebrations across the length and breadth of this country (although there were reported cases of riots and protests in few states). For the first time, Nigerians were electing a man from humble background to rule over them; for the first time, a man who only few years earlier was a university don; a man who only came to Abuja for the first time a few years earlier via night bus; a man who didn’t have the proverbial god father and so forth. The name “Goodluck” actually became a household name.  Nigerians were amazed at your elevation from a deputy governor to the Presidency within such a short period.

Mr. President, these happened a year ago.  As I write this letter today, the situation is different.  It’s painful to note that you have been tagged in Google search as the “most cursed president in the world”. The list is endless of the unprintable names out there that Nigerians have used to describe you. Indeed uneasy lies that head that wear the crown. It’s obvious that Nigerians are frustrated and the only one to vent that anger on is you, Mr. President because they trusted and voted for you to change the status quo.

Mr. President, I will also like to use this medium to remind you of the deluge of promises you made during the electioneering campaign. You barely have three years to fulfill these promises (since you equally promised to run for only one term in office) else you will be confined to the dustbin of history. Make no mistakes about it, if you fail, it is you-Goodluck Ebele Jonathan that failed and not PDP (PDP failed a long time ago).

On the other hand, if you able to fulfill all you promised, you will go down memory as one of the best President ever. Once again, I wish you Goodluck!

As Jonathan hands over to Jonathan

On Sunday May 27th 2011, President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan took the oath of office at a colourful ceremony in the Nation's capital, Abuja.  Whether the name "Azikiwe" is actually in his passport or purely used to win the South Eastern votes during the last general elections is a debate I would really like to have- but definitely not today. Albeit, his demure demeanour has become his greatest asset. GEJ, as he is now fondly referred to, began his ascension to the exalted position of President on December 11th, 2005. On this beautiful Friday, his boss and former Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, was impeached, handcuffed and flown to Abuja, thereby paving way for him constitutionally to be sworn in as Governor. While some deputy governors would have thrown parties and held thanksgiving services to celebrate this "good luck", one media house reported that Goodluck locked himself away and broke down in tears. He must have wondered how a man he had served as deputy for seven years was being whisked away while he took over his post. By February 2007, he was picked by Obasanjo to become the vice- presidential candidate to Umaru Yar'Ádua. This singular act paved his emergence as the Vice president, Acting President and thereafter President after the demise of his principal. This perhaps sums what some people have termed Goodluck's mysterious rise to become Nigeria's president.

 

The most striking aspect of Goodluck's rise to power is that of all the presidents before him, he had the modest of all backgrounds. In fact when he declared his assets in 2007, many Nigerians laughed him to scorn. This is a man who according to one "source" travelled to Abuja for the first time in his life in 1998 on a night bus! This is a man who himself acknowledged that he was not born rich. According to him when growing up, he had no shoes, no school bag; no car to take him to school; he sometimes had only one meal for days, trekked many miles to school, his family could not afford to eat rice, and even studied with lanterns as his poor parents could not afford power or generating sets . In spite of these, Goodluck was able to finish secondary school, attended the University of Port Harcourt, holds a doctorate degree from the same University and is now the president of the Nigeria. In the course of his campaigns, he was quoted as saying: "...In my youth, I never imagined that I would be where I am today, but not once did I ever give up. Not once did I imagine that a child from Otuoke, a small village in the Niger Delta, will one day rise to the position of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria..."

 

When Goodluck Jonathan took the oath of office on Sunday, he has signed a path with history. Nigerians are no more interested about him not having shoes or trekking for miles. Such stories should be left to story tellers. He must hit the ground and start running. Nigerians are not interested in talks and promises. They want results. Nigerians need an improvement in the power sector. That sector should be privatised immediately.  The educational sector needs urgent overhauling. He should fix the transportation problem as well. He should leave no stone unturned from railway to road to air. He must fulfil all the promises he made during his campaigns throughout the country. Therefore, there is no time to waste in the next four years, no time for needless courtesy calls by traditional rulers and all kinds of groups that serve no purpose to the overall wellbeing of the country. No time to tour the world, no time for owanbe parties and all what not.

 

Goodluck Jonathan, the ball is in your court! Get to work!!!

 

The Many Evils Of Governor Ikedi Ohakim

On a bright Friday morning, precisely on January 21, 2010, a team of five armed policemen arrived at the residence of one Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha and escorted him into a black Toyota Prado SUV registered to the Imo State government house. His neighbours must have been green with envy thinking that Mr Iwuoha's has been given a cabinet position. Or what else could be the reason for the VIP treatment he was receiving?
Little did they know that this wasn't actually a luxury ride but one that would take Mr Iwuoha to hell. On that day, the governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, took it upon himself to personally flog the 40-year-old father of two. Right inside the governor's office, the governor, armed with a horsewhip, stripped Mr Iwuoha completely unclothed and for almost two hours flogged him like an erring donkey.
On his own account, Mr. Iwuoha had this to say:
"The governor head-butted me, punched me in the face and kicked me before returning to his table to grab a horsewhip. He ordered me to lie on the rug and he flogged me ruthlessly. While he was at it, his younger brother, Emmanuel Ohakim, who doubles as his chief of staff rushed in and shouted, ‘His excellency, his excellency!' The governor looked up and said, ‘Emma, this is Ikenna Samuelson. I will kill him today.'"
Mr Iwuoha has initiated several court cases against the governor which have ended up nowhere, due to the immunity from prosecution the governor enjoys.
It could also be recalled that on Sunday 8th of August 2010 security officials attached to Mr. Ikedi Ohakim arrested a man of God, Rev. Father Eustace Okorie for “allegedly” obstructing the convoy of the governor.
The security details accused the Catholic Priest of deliberately blocking the the governor’s convoy with his car along Orie-Akabo Ikeduru L.G.A. of the state. Rev. Father Eustace Okorie was immediately arrested, and his car impounded. The Priest was taken to the Government house. As soon as they touched down in Government house, they dragged him straight to what is fast turning into the Governor’s torture chambers. And there, his real travails began. He was stripped unclothed to his underpants, interrogated by the Chief security Officer of Governor Ohakim who took several pictures of the clergy before handing him over to the SSS office directly opposite the State House. He was then detained for more than two days alongside with a suspected student cultist when he purportedly refused to sign an implicating statement suggesting he blocked the road consciously.
Mrs Udoudo was driving to church one Sunday morning in with her two kids early February 2008 on Alfred Rewane road ,Lagos when Gov Ohakim's convoy sped down behind her. The Governors aides claimed that the woman had obstructed the convoy, thus posing security risk. The woman was repeatedly slapped, harassed and beaten by the security officers in the convoy. In addition, her car was damaged. Her frightened kids ran out of the car and could just have been run down by on coming vehicles. The most bizarre aspect of the incident was that the governor himself was seated in one of the cars, watching as a hapless woman was assaulted by his security goons. I can only imagine what was going on in the governor’s mind as this woman was brutalised on the road. What kind of a governor would take delight in such a macabre spectacle?
Space will not allow me to recount the story of Precious Efurueze, the 13-year-old boy, accused of allegedly attempting to kill Ikedi Ohakim (and former president Olusegun Obasanjo)in Owerri on 31, March,by stoning their campaign convoy with sachets of pure water! This Juvinile has been remanded in custody.
The chief magistrate explained that her reason for denying the accused bail is that they had been charged with felony which carries a punishment of life imprisonment if found guilty. She said the offence is a serious one and, therefore, should not be treated lightly.
The case was adjourned to May 30, for further hearing.
Today’s election signals the dawn of a new era in Imo state. By May 30th, Ikedi Ohakim will no longer enjoy the “immunity” he had enjoyed in the last four years.
I strongly call on all relevant bodies and associations to see that this man is tried and prosecuted and if found guilty, be sent to Jail!!!