Female corps member drowns in Enugu swimming pool

Tragedy hit the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Enugu State over the weekend following the drowning of a female corps members at a hotel swimming pool.

The yet to be identified corps member allegedly drowned on Saturday at a hotel swimming pool at Ugwuoba community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The Enugu State Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Ebere Amaraizu, (SP), who confirmed this in a statement on made available to DAILY POST on Sunday, disclosed that the Command had arrested two persons in connection with the incident.

According to Amaraizu, “a group of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members had gone to a hotel at Ugwuoba in Enugu State identified as Hotel De Oranzi Resort, Agungwu Ugwuoba for swimming.

“In the ensuing swimming rendezvous amongst the celebrating corps members, one of them whose name is yet to be established allegedly got drowned.

“She was later rescued and rushed to General Hospital, Amaku in Awka, Anambra State, (since Oji River Local Government Area shares boundary with Awka) for medical attention but was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.”

“The two persons nabbed in connection with the incident are helping the police operatives in their investigation,’’ he saidAmaraizu said that the body of the deceased corps member had been deposited at the hospital morgue, adding that the police had intensified efforts to establish the full identity of the deceased corps member.

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Seven fulani herdsmen sentence to Life in imprisonment for kidnapping

Seven Fulani herdsmen who were involved in the kidnap of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Olu Falae, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ondo State High Court.

Justice Williams Olamide, on Monday found the Fulani herdsmen guilty of kidnapping Falae from his farm in Ilado Village, Akure North Local Government Area of the state in September, 2015.

Those convicted include, Abubakar Auta, Bello Jannu, Umaru Ibarahim, Masahudu Muhammed, Idris Lawal, Abdulkadir Umar and Babawo Kato.

All convict were arraigned on five counts of kidnapping, abduction, aiding and abetting, kidnapping, conspiracy and armed robbery.

Their offences, according to the Ondo State Government contravened Section 2 of the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Law, 5(1) (a) of the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Laws, Section 3(11)(b) of the Anti-Kidnapping and Abduction Law, Section 6(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act, Cap R11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and Section 1(2)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Vol. 14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The judge held that the “recovered ransom, call logs, and identification of the suspects by Falae himself indicted the convicts of complicity” in the crime.

Against this backdrop, Justice Olamide subsequently sentenced the convicts to Olokuta prison, Akure for life, without an option of fine.

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Fayose planning to destroy PDP before leaving to another party – Sen Kashamu

Senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu, has described the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose as an “agent of destabilisation”, who is out to destroy the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before defecting from the party.

Addressing newsmen on Sunday, Kashamu said he once alerted leaders of the party of Fayose’s inordinate ambition to destroy the party.

Kashamu also likened the party to a barracks “where soldiers come and go, and the barracks remains.”

According to the lawmaker, “I had always known that Fayose has an agenda and alerted our leaders and elders to his agenda of either having his way or destroying the PDP before he leaves for God knows where.

“Now that he is letting the cat out of the bag, I can only say that Fayose has exposed himself.

“He has shown that he is the real agent of destabilisation. He is one of those who want to kill the PDP before he defects. However, it should be clearly pointed out that PDP was not founded because of Fayose or any of us. Whether anyone leaves or not, the party will remain. It will not die.

“The truth of the matter is that the leadership crisis in the PDP was designed and orchestrated because of the inordinate ambition of some people, especially those who are exiting office next year.”

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Nigeria will soon be a history if not restructured – Obong Victor Attah

A Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has stated that unless Nigeria is restructured, the country will break up.

The former governor joins other prominent citizens, groups who are calling for a change in governing structure.

Recall that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nnia Nwodo, had maintained that the issue of restructuring of the country was more important than the agitation for Igbo Presidency. 

Also, a South-East pressure group, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, recently called on the Nigerian government to restructure the country. 

A former Vice-president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is also among Nigerians saying that the country is in dare need of total restructuring and reform to correct its porous system. 

However, the former governor has noted that fiscal federalism was the agreement of Nigeria staying together, adding that if overlooked, the country will break.

Speaking to Vanguard Attah said, “I led the movement because I was convinced of the need for it and, today it is taking a new dimension called restructuring.

“People are now talking about accepting the need for fiscal federalism and marrying it with the idea of restructuring and so on.

“So, thank God we have moved from one point and, we will soon get to another and I agree with those people who say that, unless we go back to fiscal federalism, Nigeria will break.

“You know there is a formula but the important thing is to create the situation that we always had before.

“Contribute 50 percent of what you have to the center and use the remaining 50 percent to &develop yourself; even what you contribute to the center, some of it is coming back to you.

“That was the basis of the agreement for staying together and forming Nigeria. So, if we destroy the basis of our agreement, then the consequence of what we agreed should also disappear.

“That is Nigeria and, unfortunately, I am speaking like this because I believe passionately in the need and I believe that eventually all the government that should make it happens will make it happen; that there would be fiscal federalism. We should return to true federal democratic principle.”

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