THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.

     For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. (1 Corinthians 15:9-11)

    And now, I'm sure that in this we have found lots of impersonations. And an impersonation, friend... A person that would impersonate something is the most miserable person that I would know of. Isn't it much better just to be yourself? As Congressman Upshaw used to say, "Don't try to be nothing that you hain't." Well, that's pretty good. Don't try to be nothing that you are not. Just be yourself. And then, if you want to be a Christian, just ask Christ. He will take your old nature out, put a new nature in; then you don't have to impersonate anything; it's just your normal life that you're living.

    And as long as you got malice, envy, strife, all these things of the world, then you know Christ isn't in there. The Bible said, "If you love the world, or the things of the world, the love of God's not even in you." See, 'cause the Life of God isn't in you. The Life is in there, it just produces itself; it just lives its way out. Don't try to say, "I'm a Christian because I joined church." That's one way. "I'm a Christian because I sing in the choir." That's something else. "I'm a Christian because I preach the Gospel." That doesn't make you a Christian. "I'm a Christian because I spoke with tongues." That don't make you a Christian. "I'm a Christian because I danced in the Spirit." That don't make you a Christian. "I'm a Christian because I shouted." That don't make you a Christian. "I'm a Christian because that I quit smoking; I quit drinking." If you did it within yourself, there's something wrong yet. That's right. We mustn't do these things in ourself. If there's something in us that just simply takes the world out of us, then it begins to bear fruit of itself.

     And now, the fruit of the Spirit is not joining church. The fruit of the Spirit is not quit smoking cigarettes. The fruit of the Spirit is not to speak with tongues. The fruit of the Spirit is not to pray for the sick and they be healed. The fruit of the Spirit is not to prophesy or preach. But the fruit of the Spirit is found in Galatians 5:22: Love, joy, peace, goodness, longsuffering, faith, meekness, gentleness, that's the fruit of the Spirit.

      Now, no matter how much you preach, you got a real ill-temper, don't do you much good to preach. See? No matter how much you join church and try to impersonate, if you're crabbing and nasty with your neighbor, you'll never win him to Christ then. See? It's the fruit of the Spirit. As my wife used to tell me, "Actions speak louder than words." That's right. Live me a sermon instead of preaching me one; that's a good thing; live me a sermon.

OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD.

The lord we are serving is a faithful God. He protects his children from harm, the only thing we owe him is to trust in him with all our heart. He loves to protect his children, just like the promises he gave to us in Psalm 91. He always keep watch over us, he neither sleep nor slumber. We don't need to be fearful knowing fully well that he is with us. 

Mark 4 v 38-40. When we are fearful it affects our action, attitude,even the tone of our voice and our decisions. Fear drowned the faith of the disciples. They saw the raging storm but could not see the reigning Christ👑 with them. 

There is difference between praying in faith and praying in fear. There is also difference between praying looking at God and praying looking at the enemy. Although they cried unto God but  they cried in fear 😱

In them was no understanding of what God can do.  You are bound to forget all the promises of God and the past testimonies of your life when you give in to fear. 

House Wife Poured Hot Water On Her Husband for denying her sex ( Graphic Photo )

     An aggrieved housewife, Awele Nwani, 35, allegedly bathed her husband, Frank Nwani, with hot water, claiming that her hubby denied her sex for three weeks. 
The incident happened in Ibusa, Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State.


The mother of six children, now on the run, also alleged that her husband had been having sexual affairs outside and threatened to make life unbearable for him.

But the victim (husband) dismissed her wife’s claim as untrue, saying his wife had been sleeping around. He said:

 “My wife has been sleeping around, hence I stopped sleeping with her for three weeks. It is a taboo in my tribe and she violates the laws.”

Frank stressed that his attempts to stop her illicit affairs outside proved abortive when he took the decision to starve her of sex.

Trouble started last Thursday when the victim returned from a visit to a friend’s house during nightfall and in his usual jokes, called his wife a lazy woman, leaving her in wide anger as she fired back to call the husband a wizard.

Sources said while their quarrel lasted, the woman disguised to have put the quarrel behind her, dashed to the kitchen where she allegedly boiled water and unknown to the husband who was relaxing in the parlour, bathed him with the water and disappeared.

Police officers at the Ibusa Police Division, who did not want their names in the print, confirmed that the woman disappeared with the sum of N200,000 being daily contributions the husband received and kept in her custody.

The police said they were on the trail of the suspect while the victim is said to be receiving treatment in a private hospital.

A better whip to beat your wife.

    WHEN some men clear their throats, their wives develop symptoms of tuberculosis. Those are men who are neither bullies nor mad dogs. They do not get a kick from kicking their wives around the house. They do not beat their women just to prove they are men. And their women know when to pull the brakes. So, there are men and there are men. Mad men, wife beaters and men who know how to enforce discipline in their homes.

    We’ve heard enough of men who kick their women in the tummy when they are pregnant and those who cause their women to wear D&G ‘bones’ to cover up dark patches on their faces after slapping sessions. We have also heard enough of women who make their husbands so miserable, the poor men lose it and go berserk. In other words, there are wife beaters, women batterers all over the place and women with vile mouths who don’t know when to duck when they see a flying punch. So, there is no point belabouring the violent point. It is bad to be foul-mouthed and worse to be a wife or woman beater. Is there then a middle road? Of course. Only dumb men don’t know how to discipline their women without raising a fist. Wife beaters should learn from their women. We, the daughters of Eve do not beat men and yet smart men don’t toy with us.

    We do not give our men black and blue faces to get them to buy us gold, diamonds, the latest SUV and build us houses. They do all those things nice and easy and we know how to express our gratitude. But men who insist this is a man’s world don’t know jack about making their women do what they want. All brawns, no strategy. A woman will tell a man to go to hell and the dude is actually going to look forward to the trip. Well, it’s absolutely a woman thing. We were designed by God with that particular element. Poor men, what do they know?

   But wait, I found men who know how to get their women to fear and revere them. Their women confessed so. Some men told me how they do it. The lesson in all I learnt is unless you escaped from a psychiatric hospital, there is no reason to beat the woman in your life.

   Bimpe is 40 and said her husband simply shuts down all activities at her oil installation.Alfred does not actually freeze his wife’s account when she errs, he simply insists on a proposal and due process for every expense. Like Cross River State Senators, Bayo deploys the hunger strike strategy and Nath makes Bo- la Ige proud with his siddon look approach. Let’s take them one by one.

Bimpe’s story

‘Babe, you know I married in my old age. At 37, I had been around and I do not joke with my sex life. I knew if I was going to keep my pants on, I must marry a man who can hold them in place. My husband may be guilty of all sins and inadequacies but he is all the man I want in bed. The thought of him gets me through a bad day, believe me. He is a long distance runner who is skilful every step of the way. He knows my weakness and he exploits it to the hilt. If I step out of line, he wears a belt with his pyjamas.

He’s got plenty of self-control anyway, so he’s difficult to seduce. When I’m serving penance, that’s when my husband wears what advertises his ‘goods’ in the house- great biceps, firm thighs. He would give me long lingering kisses and that’s it. He’s very fashion conscious and when he’s punishing me, he wears all those things that keep the women ogling him. The total torture is lethal, more lethal than I can put into words. I love him to bits and so, of course, I can’t stand the punishment for more than three days. After that I beg and make sure I do exactly as he pleased. It’s working for our marriage.

Afred’s story

My wife knows I’m generous and that is also the weapon I use to whip her in line. Once I start asking for explanation on how the house-keeping allowance is spent, why she can’t travel for summer or why they all have to go to Gambia instead of Spain, she knows it’s not because I’m broke. I refuse to talk about her demands for anything that has to do with money. All aso-ebi for parties are rejected. I ask for special dishes, soups. But no extra kobo comes out of anywhere. We do not run generator all night. The big cars stay in the house because their keys stay in my locked-up wardrobe. Even the children know when things are not right. My attitude is if I’m not happy in my home, everybody joins the unhappy train. Period. It works for me.

Bayo’s story

If my wife offends me, I refuse her food. I eat outside until she apologises and stops whatever it is that has rubbed me up the wrong way. Sometimes she is angry too and ignores me and my hunger strike. When she does that I step up the strategy by bringing food home, warm it in her microwave while whistling and I eat it on the dining table. That leaves her wondering where the food came from. Oh, to make that angle effective, I do not bring anything that looks like it is from a fast food eatery. I bring real native food like pounded yam and vegetable packed in a beautiful food flask complete with hand towel and bottled water and wine, all in a nice basket. And no matter how tired I am when I get home, I eat my ‘food from outside’ and tell the house help to put the flask back in the car.

Nath’s story

I go out a lot when my wife offends me until she returns to her senses. If she calls me while I’m out, I tell her I’d call back later. I never do. If she greets me, I grumble. I stay in my room when I’m in the house. If she feigns illness to get my attention, I call the doctor to come to the house but I make sure I leave before he arrives. I know what hurts her and the silent treatment is the most potent. I’m ordinarily a jovial person. We talk a lot. We are each other’s best friends. We even gossip like two girls. We drink wine on the balcony and swap jokes but when she offends me, I withdraw all that. She is a banker and likes to return home where she can relax. Instead of beating her or shouting, I simply listen to my old school blues and watch wrestling. Otherwise, I’m out with the boys and I let her know.

So, what did we learn folks? There are many ways to kill a cat. Find another whip to beat your wife otherwise you are a certified psycho.

The alert on Zika virus.

THE world was justly alarmed last week when the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection, has been reported in 21 countries in South America and the Caribbeans. The WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, observed that the virus was spreading explosively in the world and that its threat has grown from mild to alarming, necessitating the convening of experts to do a world-wide assessment.

The Federal Government has, in a quick response, instituted travel restrictions to Latin American countries by pregnant women until the situation improves. The virus has been linked to cases of microcephaly, the birth of babies with underdeveloped brains. More than 4,000 such babies have been born in Brazil since May last year, forcing the country, which is to host the 2016 Olympics Games, to repeatedly assure the world that it is on top of the situation and that athletes and fans need not fear for their health during the Games.

The Zika virus, on face value, seems a fairly innocuous infection. It is neither infectious nor contagious, although there has been an unconfirmed report of a transmission through sex. Only 20 per cent of those infected become ill and the symptoms are the fairly familiar symptoms of other tropical maladies – fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis (red eyes) — which set off no alarm bells. The illness is usually mild and the symptoms last for several days to a week and rarely require hospitalisation and no death has been directly reported as arising from them.

But, the effects rise to stratospheric heights when the virus attacks pregnant women. Birth abnormalities are a mother’s nightmare, and Zika has been held responsible for children born with abnormally small craniums and brain deficiencies. At least four countries – Brazil, El Salvador, Colombia and Ecuador – have advised their women to abstain from getting pregnant for at least two years. The hope is that within that period, the world would have found a way round the Zika virus. Such optimism is supported by a report that Biotech International Limited, an Indian company, has developed the world’s first vaccine against the Zika virus, and had filed a vaccine patent about nine months ago.

The vector for this scary virus is the aedes mosquito family which is also the carrier for dengue fever and yellow fever. There are fears that the virus could be brought into the country through importation of used tyres from Latin American countries. Since there has been no known case of the Zika virus in Nigeria, the Federal Government must mobilise all state governments and health facilities to be on emergency footing in terms of information dissemination and in monitoring of any symptoms that may have any similarities to those of the Zika infection.

It may be necessary for Nigeria to restrict the importation of goods from the affected countries. Otherwise, we must ensure a pre-embarkation inspection of all such imports and the fumigation of the containers that carry them into the country. We need hardly say that aircraft flying in from Brazil and other South American countries must be fumigated immediately on arrival.

We think it was most thoughtful for the Federal Government to impose travel restrictions on pregnant women. Microcephaly is a dreadful disease which not only impairs the speech of the afflicted child but also blocks its mental development. Because of the newness of this disease, it is not yet known the extent of the damage and whether the symptoms are reversible with time and therapy. All hands must be on deck, therefore, to forestall its entrance into the country. It is our hope that given the world’s attention and determination to seek a solution for it, it will not be long before some answers are found.

The advent of the Zika virus underscores our inability to win the war against mosquitoes. Malaria continues to be one of the major causes of death of Nigerians and a great reminder of how much more we need to do in the fight against mosquitoes. We urge the Federal Ministry of Health to return to the Ebola playbook, and once more lead the charge in the campaign for cleanliness and environmental sanitation. We need to deny mosquitoes any breeding place in this country. Our scientists should also join in the quest to counter the Zika virus.

Mothers Watch Your Kids; Baby Swallows Mum's Wedding Ring

Babies put all kinds of things in their mouth, if
you have a baby please be careful and
watchful...
According to a Reddit user, his wife lost her ring
and searched everywhere, but couldn't find it.
She came to the conclusion to take their toddler
to her GP ‘just in case’.
The GP X-rayed the child, and as you can see
the lost wedding ring is clearly visible.
The father said, "The reason the pediatrician
suggested the x-ray was to ensure it wasn’t
getting stuck anywhere it shouldn’t. Retrieving
the ring wasn’t the concern.
"He’s actually shown no signs of discomfort at
all. I’m certain his older brothers will be telling
him about this for the rest of his life. Now we
dissect each diaper like 5th grade science class."
Anyway they got lucky, the father revealed that
the ring later came out after his son pooped
without any prompting needed.
"We can’t believe how quickly it passed, and it
didn’t seem to cause him any pain on the way
out..."

Nigerian Man,Pregnant Wife & 2 Children Die In House Fire In West Monroe Louisiana

26-year-old Ojowori Jeremiah, his pregnant
wife, 24-year-old Ashley Owojori, their first
son, Halley,and 7-month-old baby are the
casualties of the latest tragedy that claimed
another Nigerian family in the United States of
America.
The incident happened at the young couple’s
houese at 201 Coleman Street in West Monroe,
Louisiana around 7:30am this past Sunday.
A neighbor who escaped unharmed, informed
investigators that the structure lost electrical
power at approximately 3:30 a.m. His account
also reveals that Jeremiah Owojori had notified
a duplex maintenance worker about 6:30 a.m.
of a strange loss of electricity in his apartment.
But the neighbour who chose to be anonymous
was uncertain whether the family returned to
sleep before being discovered by firefighters.
Police investigation revealed that faulty wiring
caused the fire that wiped out the entire family.
Last week Tuesday, a Nigerian footballer
Emmanuel Omogbo lost his Nigerian parents to
an inferno in Chillum Maryland.

Housewife found dead in kidnapper’s home. I didn’t plan to kill her -Suspect

DETECTIVES attached to the Criminals
Investigation Department (CID) of the
Lagos Police Command are probing the
circumstances surrounding the death of a
40-year-old housewife, Helen Peters,
whose lifeless body was found in the house
of a young man identified as Henry
Uwadiegwu on January 19, 2015.
The victim was allegedly lured by Henry to
his house on number 36, Fashola Street,
Agege, with the intention of abducting her
for ransom. To perfect his plans, Henry
allegedly hired some thugs to tie her up on
the excuse that she was insane. He also
contacted a nurse who injected her with an
unidentified drug to sedate her for 8 hours.
But the drug ended up killing her.
The suspicious activities going on in his flat
drew the attention of his landlady who
stopped him from fleeing when he
discovered that Helen was no longer
breathing.
On his arrest, a police source told Saturday
Sun that they got were alerted by a source
at the General Hospital, Ipaja that a young
man brought in a dead woman without
valid explanation. Henry was within the
hospital vicinity when the Police arrived
there and arrested him.
During interrogation, Henry, 25, told the
Police that the deceased was his sugar
mummy for many years. Hear the Police
source: “Henry hatched a plan to extort
money from her family and executed the
plan. He deceived neighbours and a nurse
to tie Helen up and inject her with drug that
could sedate her for several hours. When
they discovered that she was no longer
moving her body, they rushed her to the
hospital where she was confirmed dead.
“To cover his tracks,Henry registered the
deceased with a fake name and address.
Also in order to confirm that he and Helen
were lovers, Henry took us to a hotel where
he claimed they normally hanged out
although investigation revealed that he
worked in the hotel as a security man. He
also took us to a bar and we discovered
that the place is very close to the deceased
in-law’s house and few meters to her family
house. This made it impossible for anyone
to believe that story. Meanwhile in­
vestigation is ongoing,” the source told
Saturday Sun.
Police investigation further revealed that
before the incident, a school proprietress
had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by
Henry sometime ago. It was alleged that he
invited the woman from her school at
Gowon Estate, Ipaja to his house at Agege
to discuss the modalities for enrolling two
of his children in her school. But as God
would have it, the woman failed to show
up.
My wife only wanted to help him -
Husband
When Saturday Sun’s correspondents
visited the deceased home at Gowon
Estate, where friends and sympathisers
were trooping in to console Helen’s
husband, Emmanuel and the immediate
family, the bereaved husband who is also a
Zonal Pastor at the Winners Chapel,
explained that his wife was deceived by the
suspect into believing that he was in need.
“My wife was a good woman and her major
weak point was her generosity. Henry was
once a security man in the estate and he
was well known to the residents including
my family members. Few weeks before the
incident, my wife informed me about her
encounter with Henry. She explained that
Henry impregnated a woman and the
woman’s family insisted that he must marry
her.
“She said that Henry came to her shop at
Gowon Estate and knelt down begging for
assistance and since she was a woman
leader in the church, she wanted to encour­
age him by supporting the marriage. I was
not comfortable with that story but my wife
ensured that I was okay with the story.
Anytime the guy visited her shop, she
would tell me.
“Few days to the day of the incident, my
wife came back and in her usual way of
keeping me updated, said that Henry had
secured a venue for wedding. She told me
that as soon as they agreed on a date; she
would like to go and see the hall to be sure
that the rent was not high. On January 19,
she told me that she would go and inspect
the house.
“They agreed to meet at an eatery in Ipaja,
and take off from there. My wife was at the
eatery and called me. She told me that she
was waiting for Henry and also used the
opportunity to alert me that her car was
faulty. I volunteered to come with another
car if that one could not be managed but
she said she would manage it. That was the
last time I heard from her.
“ Thereafter, her phones were switched off.
I assumed that her phone battery was
down. But when I waited and did not hear
from her, I became alarmed. It was then it
occurred to me that the children were still
in school and if they had not returned, then
their mother had not gone to pick them. I
rushed out and brought my kids home. I
also called my in-laws and they said that
she was not with them.
“I decided to trace Henry through the family
of the girl that he claimed he impregnated.
The family members who I saw were so
bitter and threatening to deal with Henry, if
he dared come close to their house. I was
alarmed because I nad just discovered that
there was no wedding coming up. I
managed to get his number and called him
asking how he was preparing for his
wedding. He asked me which wedding was
I referring to and switched off his phone. It
was already late in the evening. I heard my
phone rang but before I could pick, it rang
out. I was excited when I noticed that the
call was from my wife. I did not bother to
call back because I assumed that she was
then at home. I got home but discovered
that she had not returned. It was then that I
called her number and the person who
picked the call said, ‘the person wey get this
phone don die. Come to the police station
oh’.
“I was shocked but I composed myself and
called my pastors, family and close friends.
It was when we got to the police station
that it dawned on me that my wife was no
more. When I eventually saw her, she had
marks around her wrist which showed that
she was tied up. She also had bruises all
over her face.
“Henry murdered my wife for her
generosity. It was when the matter came
up, that some women in the estate
narrated their experiences. I have been
married to her for 15 years and God
blessed us with four children,” Emmanuel
said in tears.
Henry’s confession
At the police station, Henry admitted that
he hatched a plan to kidnap Helen but
insisted that the execotion of the plan was
easy because they were lovers. “Helen was
my girlfriend and she lured me into the
relationship. Her provision shop was closer
to where I was working and I used to call
her aunty. So, one day she called me and
told me that she would like us to be friends.
Initially, I was afraid to do that because she
was a married woman. But when she
started buying gifts like clothes and wrist
watches for me, I agreed. She had visited
my house three times. At a point, I decided
to kidnap her to raise about N10m to
establish a business and start a new life”,
he confessed. wrist watches for me, I
agreed. She
Determined to perfect his plot, Henry
arranged with an auxiliary nurse within the
area who could sedate Helen, so that she
would fall sleep. “So, on that day when she
told me that she would visit me, I arranged
with a nurse and told her that my brother’s
wife was insane and that I would like her to
give her sleep inducing injection, so that I
could tie her up and take her to the village.
On that fateful day, Helen drove to my
house and sat in front of my room. In the
process, I went and called four of my
neigbours to assist me tie her, so that I
could send her to the village and they did.
Thereafter, the nurse came and injected
her and she slept off. I paid her the sum of
N1,500 as agreed. After some time, she
could no longer move her body. So, we put
her in her car and drove her to the General
Hospital, Oke Odo. On getting there, they
did not want to attend to us. One of the
nurses said that the woman was already
dead. It was then I knew that I had entered
into trouble.
“One of the people that followed me to the
hospital escaped and ran to our house to
report. I think, it was they that informed the
police for fear of being arrested. Shortly,
the police came and arrested me. I had no
intention to kill her. What I needed from
her was money. My intention was to kidnap
her, so that her family would raise money
for me. It could be that the injection the
nurse gave her was overdose,” he narrated.
Pleading for mercy, Henry said he could not
explain what led him into the act. “I think
there is a bad spirit that is tormenting me.
My parents died when I was 3 and I do not
have any one to lean on. There was a
female herbalist in my village that I was
working with and before she died, she told
me to continue with the job, but I refused. I
do not know whether it was my refusal that
is working against me now. Please help me
invite a pastor to pray for me”, he pleaded.
Henry told Saturday Sun that he came to
Lagos at the age of 15 but had nowhere to
stay. So, he went straight to Iyana Ipaja
under bridge. He stayed there for two years
before he was able to get someone to
squat with. Thereafter, he left and met the
owner of his present apartment who later
moved out and left the place for him.
When asked whether his neighbours who
helped him tie his victim were members of
his gang, he denied that they had hands in
the deal; rather he deceived them that the
woman was insane and needed help to tie
her and take her to the village.
I heard someone scream, Landlady, son
recount
Expressing gratitude to God that she
noticed the situation on time, the landlady
of the house, Cibi Shittu said that they
would have been in trouble if Henry
succeeded in fleeing the compound. “Henry
is my tenant and lives at the boys’ quarters.
I do not know much about his activities as
he is a quiet tenant that only greets and
goes his way. On that fateful day, I was in
the house and heard the voice of a woman
crying for help. Although, I had waist pain, I
managed to drag myself out of the house
and walked towards his apartment. I
noticed that they were dragging someone
and I called out to Henry who we fondly
called Oyibo. He simply told me not to
worry that there was no problem, but I was
suspicious because I heard some
screaming.
“Immediately, I called my son Gafaru to
leave whatever he was doing and come to
the house and he did in less than 20
minutes. If not for God, I’m sure that the po­
lice would have detained us for days over
the incident”, she maintained.
Corroborating her mom, Gafaru said when
he heard the urgency in his mother’s voice,
he ran to their house. “That day was the
first time that I met Henry personally. I
knew we had a tenant called Henry but
since I do not live in that compound, I had
not met him personally. As soon as I got to
his room, he refused to allow me in but I
was able to observe that a hefty woman
was lying on the floor. I also noticed that he
had packed his bags as if he wanted to
travel.
“I asked him who she was and he explained
that Helen was his sister who was insane.
He claimed that he drugged her so that
they could carry her to the east where a
specialist would take care of her. I
demanded that he should take her to the
hospital. We took her to the General
Hospital and they confirmed that she was
already dead.
“I held unto him, and demanded that we
have to report the matter to the police
since the woman was dead. I searched for
him and saw the woman’s phone. I checked
her call and the most recent call was saved
as ‘My Husband’. I dialed the number and
informed the person that picked the call
that his wife was dead. We alerted the
police, who came and picked him up from
the hospital”, Gafaru narrated.

Abia rerun: My expectation from supreme court- Otti.

Recently, the Court of Appeal sitting in
Owerri, Imo State declared Dr Alex Otti of
the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),
the winner of the April 2015 governorship
election in Abia State. However, Governor
Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) who was declared winner by
the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC filed the case at the
Supreme Court. In this interview, he speaks
on various issues including his expectations
from the Supreme Court and blueprint for
governing Imo State. Excerpts:
Your victory at the Court of Appeal has
been trailed by mixed reactions from
lawyers; now that the case has been
further taken to the Supreme Court,
what are your expectations?
The Appeal Court judgment was greeted
with wide jubilation in the length and
breadth of Abia State. I was in Abia and
there was tumultuous celebration. It is
understood why there would be that kind of
celebration. Abia State indigenes and those
who live in Abia voted for me. I have
received a lot of text messages, E-mails and
one thing that underscored those text
messages particularly from Abia people
was ‘we know who we voted for’. Everybody
knows that I won that election. So, people
were very happy with the verdict. But as an
afterthought, 48 hours later, the
government of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) first held a meeting and
decided that they were going to protest the
judgment. There was no less a person to
lead the protest that the former Senate
President, Adolphus Wabara. The only thing
I want to say is that senior citizens should
live in a way that people should like to
emulate them. But understandably,
Wabara has no job and has not been doing
anything in the last couple of years.
Understandably, he was protesting to
ensure that he secured his source of
livelihood. It was an arranged protest. You
may have also watched a few lawyers that
have been recruited to dominate the
airwaves. But the people that cast their
votes know who they voted for. I can tell
you without fear of contradiction that Abia
people voted for me and they are waiting
for a time that I will take over the
leadership of the state and begin to
develop the state as I promised them. I do
not see that the Supreme Court would not
uphold the decision of the Court of Appeal
because it was a well grounded judgment
that they gave. The major issues are very
clear. If you go by the registered voters,
there are about 1.3 million of them in Abia
State in 17 local governments. The PDP
knew they were not going to win that
election.
All they did was to isolate three local
governments that they used to perpetrate
fraud, Osisioma, Obingwa and Isiala Ngwa
North. On the day of the election, they
removed the original result sheets for ward
and local government collation for the
three local governments. We have this on
good authority. All what they did was that
on the day of the election, they ensured
that there was maximum violence in those
three local governments. They would come
to the polling unit, shoot in the air, people
would run away and they would carry all
the materials and take off and wait for the
collation to start. In the 14th local
government, I was leading with about
60,500 and they quickly filled those original
result sheets and forced them into the
collation centres. That was what happened.
When you say that there is going to be an
election, it is for people to exercise their
will and when you do not win an election,
the best thing to do is to concede to the
man that won. Having done all what they
did and declared the result, what did I do? I
went to court which was the right thing to
do and the judges at the tribunal
misunderstood the case and gave a
judgment in their favour. We did not call
people to the streets. We have more
people than the PDP in Abia State. Eighty
percent of the people in Abia State are with
us, forget all the things that we hear.
People wanted to protest and I said no,
nobody should protest.
There is this allegation that the
composition of the judges of the Court
of Appeal that delivered the judgment
in your favour was wrong. The
allegation is that all the judges were of
Lagos division and that you, being
more or less a Lagos person could have
benefitted from the composition. What
is your take on that?
I saw a petition that they wrote which came
barely 24 hours before the panel sat. Quite
frankly, I do not know what to react on your
question. I do not know how panels are set
up. But I understand it is the President of
the Court of Appeal that sets up such
panels. The reality is that the Court of
Appeal is Court of Appeal. If you followed a
case that Nyesom Wike filed that went up
to the Supreme Court, I believe when that
case was decided, the Supreme Court said
the Court of Appeal was Court of Appeal in
spite of where you sit. If they decided to sit
in Abuja, Port Harcourt or anywhere, the
prerogative is that of the Court of Appeal.
My reaction would be that the PDP
unfortunately is not in a position to
determine the membership of the panel,
neither am I in a position to do that. They
know that the mandate they are exercising,
they stole it. They found that they may not
be able to do the wrong thing with the
panel and that is why they started doing all
sorts of things.
Many argue that this is not the best
time to be a governor in Nigeria
considering the downturn in the
nation’s economy. What is driving your
enthusiasm? Do you know the enormity
of the challenges in the position you
are aspiring for?
This is the time for uncommon people to
come into government; people who have
things to deliver. It is not going to be a tea
party and I know that and I have come to
face the challenges. I was reading an article
and somebody said he was supporting me
because I can read a balance sheet. It is
true. People who cannot read a balance
sheet should not aspire to lead a state or
even any position of leadership because
this is a challenging time. This is a time for
creative people, people who have
something to offer; people who have skills
and know what to do without necessarily
going to Abuja with cap in hand for the
federal allocation. This is the time for
people like us to come in. I am aware of
the enormous challenges; I did a study with
the consultant that I hired on Abia State.
When the result came out, I was shocked
with the level of rot, infrastructural decay
and lack of direction. Aba is finished,
Umuahia is a glorified village. This is the
time for people who have something to
offer to come in. If you know a little bit
about me, you will know that I thrive in
circumstances like this. I am blessed to
create something out of nothing.
Abia was known sometime for
kidnapping; could you let us in into
your blueprint on how to provide
security and power in your state?
A lot of companies relocated because they
could not operate because of insecurity.
Tackling the problem of insecurity has to be
done from the roots. A lot of people who
get into criminal activities could be
reoriented particularly if they have skills
and things to channel their energy and
most importantly, if you have jobs for them.
So, job creation is key to eradicating
insecurity. And unfortunately, it is a vicious
circle. By the time you have insecurity, it
leads to more insecurity. Because of
insecurity, a lot of the companies would
relocate and unemployment becomes the
order of the day which now gives rise to a
reserved army that could be used to
reinforce insecurity. You need to break that
chain at some point. What we need to do
first is to ensure that people get something
they are able to do. That population that
you have taken off the streets and given a
source of livelihood would not be available
for crime and criminality. The second thing
is also to ensure that government goes into
programmes including agriculture, micro
and medium scale enterprises and all those
kinds of things that would help get people
self employed. Of course, there is little
percentage of people who are criminals by
their nature and you now deploy the power
of the state to fight them. It has been done
elsewhere.

Abacha Loots: More Billions Coming Back To Nigeria.

The Nigerian Attorney General and Minister of
Justice, Abubakar Malami, during an interactive
session with the House of Reps Committee on
Justice, revealed that the Nigerian government
will repatriate more of the infamous loot held
in foreign accounts by the late General Sani
Abacha.
The amount to be received, the minister
revealed, is $750 million (approximately
N150bn). Another N2bn stolen by convicted
criminal, ex-Gov of Delta State, James Ibori, is
expected to be returned too.
The minister stated that: “In respect of the
recovery of looted assets, the ministry will
engage in an agreement waive policy of using
mutual legal assistance agreements or other
bilateral and multilateral instruments to seek
cooperation with other jurisdictions to ensure
the repatriation of illicitly-acquired assets in
foreign jurisdictions.
“The collaboration will equally involve the
engagement if foreign based counsel will
attend to matters on behalf of the federal
government. Low- hanging fruits being targeted
in this initiative include $750 million Abacha
loot as well as the £6.9 million of the Ibori loot.
“In the long run, the ministry will be in a
position to coordinate the recovery of billions of
dollars in foreign jurisdictions, based on current
estimations.” I hope the government will make good use of the money.

» How to Prevent Lassa Fever Infection.

According to the WHO, Lassa fever is an
acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by
Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus
family of viruses and was first described in
1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State,
Nigeria. It is transmitted to humans from
contacts with food or household items
contaminated with rodent excreta. The
disease is endemic in the rodent population
in parts of West Africa. Lassa fever
frequently infects people in West Africa
resulting in 300,000 to 500,000 cases
annually and causes about 5,000 deaths each
year.
The possibility of person-to-person
infections with about 80% of the cases being
asymptomatic and laboratory transmission
makes it a very dangerous disease,
particularly in the hospital environment in
the absence of adequate infection control
measures. Thus the marked importance of
educating the entire populace of the
presence of this awaiting time bomb present
amidst us.
SYMPTOMS OF LASSA FEVER
The signs and symptoms of Lassa fever
commonly happen 4-21 days after post
infection with the virus. For most of those
with a Lassa fever virus infection; around
80%, symptoms are mild and under-
diagnosed. Mild symptoms include:
Weakness
Headaches
Slight fever
General illness
Around 20% of infected people; however,
the disease might progress to more serious
symptoms that include haemorrhaging of the
person’s eyes, gums, or nose – repeated
vomiting, respiratory distress, pain in the
back, chest and abdomen, facial swelling
and shock. Neurological issues have also
been described in relation to Lassa fever, to
include tremors, hearing loss and
encephalitis. An infected person may die
within two weeks of their initial symptoms
because of multi-organ failure.
The most common complication of Lassa
fever is deafness. Different degrees of
deafness happen in around one-third of
those who become infected. In many cases,
the hearing loss is permanent. The severity
of the disease does not affect this particular
complication; deafness might develop in
mild as well as severe cases.
Between 15-20% of people who are
hospitalized for Lassa fever die from the
illness. Only 1% of all Lassa virus
infections; however, result in the person’s
death. The death rates for women in the third
trimester of pregnancy are exceptionally
high. Spontaneous abortion is a very serious
complication of the infection; an estimated
95% mortality rate in foetuses of infected
mothers is an alarm sounding off. Due to the
fact that the symptoms of Lassa fever are so
non-specific and varied, clinical diagnosis is
often times difficult. Lassa fever is also
associated with occasional epidemics.
During these epidemics, the fatality rate may
reach as high as 50% in people who become
hospitalized.
WAYS OF PREVENTING LASSA FEVER.
The good thing about this very disease is
that it is preventable. Prevention of Lassa
fever in the community is first about
shutting out the reservoir host. Thus, the
importance of good hygiene. Here are some
more measures to keep in place:
Avoid contact between rats and human
beings;
Keep your house and Environment clean
Cover all foods and water properly.
Cook all foods thoroughly
Store foodstuffs in rodent proof containers
Block all rat hideouts
If you suspect that rat has eaten any food,
discard it
In endemic environments the use of face
masks, hand gloves and contact with
affected persons should also be avoided.
STAY HEALTHY! !! !!!

Metuh, Before You Become Methuselah.…

Ridding a corrupt country like Nigeria of
corruption will take a little while, but it has to
start from somewhere and by someone.
Corruption is a complex social, political and
economic phenomenon that affects all
countries.
It undermines democratic institutions, slows
down economic development and contributes
to governmental instability. Corruption attacks
the foundations of democratic institutions by
distorting electoral processes and conducts,
perverting the rule of law and creating
bureaucratic quagmires whose only reason for
existing is for soliciting bribes.
Economic progress is stunted as foreign direct
investment is discouraged and small businesses
within the country often find it impossible to
overcome the “start-up costs” required because
of corruption.
Corruption threatens our national security and
gives rise to a safe haven for terrorist. This is
the scenario we find ourselves as a nation.
It was on the ground of ridding the country of
corruption that President Buhari came into
power. And since his ascension to the highest
position in the land, his greatest efforts and
strength have been channeled to defeating the
Boko Haram insurgency and fighting against
corruption.
Both efforts seem to be yielding results, as to
some extent, one can say that the Boko Haram
insurgency has been incapacitated even though
not completely defeated while the fight against
corruption is just but taking shape.
Nevertheless, corruption is a symptom of deep-
seated and fundamental economic, political
and institutional weaknesses of a country. The
fight against corruption will be effective, when
measures against it address the underlying
causes and not just the symptoms. President
Buhari must move beyond the fighting against
corruption, and build lasting institutions that will
live on after he is out of office.
Emphasis must not just be placed on fighting
corruption but also be placed on preventing
corruption by tackling the root causes that give
rise to it through undertaking economic,
political and institutional reforms. The Treasure
Single Account (TSA) is a valuable initiative, but
it is just one of the many initiatives needed to
prevent corruption.
Anti-corruption enforcement measures such as
oversight bodies, a strengthened police force,
more efficient laws and reliable law courts
amongst others, are needed to genuinely curb
and prevent corruption. This is because
corruption and institutional weaknesses are
linked together and they feed on each other.
So, getting rid of corruption helps a country to
overcome other institutional weaknesses, just
as reducing other institutional weaknesses
helps to curb corruption.
One of the fights against corruption since the
inception of this administration has been the
thorough investigation into how the funds
meant for arms procurement were spent and
those involved in the spending. Quite a number
of people have been arrested in connection to
the illegal spending of the arms procurement
fund and the “latest man” on the roll is the
spokesman of the opposition party, Chief Olisa
Metuh.
Olisa Metuh is the current spokesman of the
onetime biggest political party in Nigeria and in
Africa at large. He was not so vocal a
spokesman; he was not even vocal enough as
his counterpart, Lai Mohammed, when he was
the spokesman of the then opposition party.
Nonetheless, one thing is sure; he defended his
party to the last and spoke always positively
about his party. And to him, there was no time
his party was wrong.
Unfortunately for him, officials of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on
Tuesday, January 5, 2016, stormed his Abuja
home, took him away to their custody and since
then, his life has never remained the same.
He was remanded in Kuje Prison by an order of
a Federal High Court in Abuja with respect to
charges of money laundering involving N400m,
part of money meant for procurement of arms,
which he collected from the Office of the
National Security Adviser in November 2014.
He was later produced in court by prison
officials and was granted bail to the sum of
N400m as bail bond. Not too bad of a bail
condition!
But you see, you need not have to run when
nothing and no one is pursuing you, and fear no
guilt if your hands are clean. But for Metuh,
while in the custody of the EFCC, he was
alleged to have destroyed the evidence against
him and again, re-arraigned before a Federal
High Court in Maitama, Abuja, which ordered
that he be remanded over two counts of
destruction of evidence and mischief preferred
against him by the EFCC.
And on Friday, 22nd January, 2016, for the
second time in just two days, he was granted
bail in the sum of N300m with two sureties in
like sum. The total bail sum now N600m.
Putting the two bail conditions together, the
spokesperson of the People`s Democratic
Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, will need a total of N1
billion to secure is bail from Kuje prison while
his case continues.
Pathetically, now that the Deputy National
Publicity Secretary of his party, Alhaji Abdullahi
Jalo, had said that it would be wrong for
anyone to be expecting the party to provide
sureties for Metuh when the party did not
benefit from the money he allegedly collected
from the former National Security Adviser, Lt
Col. Sabo Dasuki (retd.). It means Olisa Metuh
is on his own and has a long way to go. But to
me, it seems his journey has not even started.
The point is, will Olisa risk getting his bail with a
bond of N1 billion when it`s not even sure of
winning the case? Would it be better he stays in
Kuje and seek for a speedy hearing of his case
so his fate can be quickly decided? Well,
whatsoever happens to Metuh, and those
involved in the arms procurement scandal
should teach the rest of us that power is
transient and the greatest gift a true leader can
give to his people is selfless leadership, that is
devoid of greed and wickedness.
Less than a month in Nigerian prison, Olisa has
grown older than what he`d be in 5 years time.
He has grown grey beards and not really
looking like the Metuh we used to know-
looking skinny and perhaps already
experiencing the other part of the world.
Before now; the evil that men do live after
them, but now the evil they do live with them.
Those that are standing with Metuh should
better stand right with him with all their might.
Else, he becomes Methuselah in Nigerian
prison.

Big Girl Cries: I Need Husband, My younger Sisters are Married.

Love is not always fair but you should not give
up. Read this lady's story and see what to make
of it...
I have been dating this guy since April last year.
He is a good person and pampers me a lot.
Right now in my life, I'm tired of just being a
girlfriend as I am no longer a baby ( I am 32).
Two of my younger sisters are married with
kids so you may know how I feel.
I don't want to come across as desperate but I
need direction in my life. I'm looking for a man
who is ready for serious commitment. He is 34
and very comfortable and will always make me
call his mum and his sisters thereby giving me
clues but he is yet to say anything officially and
I have other men who I have kept on a long
thing because of him but my friends are telling
me that he is not serious hence his delay in
defining the relationship.
I cant keep doing this. I will clock 33 in a few
months and I don't even have a ring yet he acts
like he owns me. You need to see him raking if I
smile or receive compliment from other men. I
want a serious commitment and I dont have
time. And when I say serious, I mean marriage
and babies.
So, at what point should I ask him if he wants
the same without scaring him off? How do I
even bring it up without sounding desperate,
marriage or baby crazy? As in a subtle way or
do I go straight up?
Please help a sister out before I ruin this.

War On Corruption: “Selective Justice is Injustice,” Says BuhariCritic

Fairness is the most abused leadership
concept, especially in regions where the
judicial system is subjugated by totalitarian
headship. Martin Luther King, Jr. was
absolutely right, that injustice anywhere is
a threat to justice everywhere. But the
current approach of President
Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria in cleansing
his country of corruption makes a mockery
of his designation, and indicates a lack of
knowledge in managing moral philosophy
in the public sector.
For instance, both President Buhari’s Party,
the All Progressives Congress (APC), and
the opposition, the People’s Democratic
Party ran their respective presidential
elections with public funds, improperly
diverted and converted them to campaign
coffers. Former national security adviser,
Sambo Dasuki, allegedly diverted and
apportioned more than 2.2 billion dollars to
politicians and campaign needs. Similarly,
former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi who headed President
Buhari’s campaign fund-drive allegedly
stole millions from his state to finance
President Buhari’s Presidential race.
Surprisingly, Mr. Dasuki is currently facing
trial, whereas Mr. Amaechi is rewarded
with a ministerial position.
To make it worse, President Buhari in his
dictatorial fashion had defied court’s order
that granted bail to Mr. Dasuki, and strong-
headedly ordered his re-arrest. In his own
words, here is the reason; “If you see the
atrocities these people committed against
this country, we can’t allow them to jump
bail.” For clarity, this is the President talking
– not the prosecutor. In other words,
besides making himself the overseer of
Petroleum Resources Ministry, the Buhari
has also become the Attorney General and
Minister of Justice. At the moment, all
judges report to him, and all court rulings or
judgements are screened in Aso Rock
before delivery.
Yet we must not forget that failure of
elected officers to abide by the rule of law
is the height of indiscipline and misconduct.
So, how could President Buhari fight
corruption by abusing the judicial arm –
violating court orders, and terrorizing
judges? How does crowding jailhouses with
suspects whose rights of legal
representation are suppressed create an
effective ethical culture? How could an
executive team consisting of the most
corrupt politicians in the country influence
decency in the public service system?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with
fighting corruption in a country where
dishonesty in the system is devastating, but
hiding behind a so called “war against
indiscipline” to profile individuals in the
most tyrannical style is reprehensible.
Nigeria is a country where every single
public officer, including the President has a
looting record. Singling out individuals or
parties as scapegoats may not fix the
structure, but may amorally implant a
retaliatory culture in the governance
system.
Pragmatically, overhauling massive ethical
lapses in the public sector requires relevant
legislations to discourage corrupt attitudes
and gradually reform the system with
effective moral culture. Administration of
justice is the firmest pillar of government.
Unfortunately, a suppression of the judicial
arm in Nigeria leaves a hopelessly corrupt
leadership structure.
Take for instance, the 2010 case of a
Former United States representative,
William Jefferson of Louisiana. Rep.
Jefferson, infamous for having $90,000 in
bribe money hidden in his freezer, is
serving a 13-year prison sentence after
being convicted on a slew of federal
corruption charges. However, one of the
most puzzling and intriguing aspect of the
case is that Jefferson’s partner-in-crime,
Atiku Abubakar, the vice president of
Nigeria at the time was not prosecuted by
his country. Abubakar remained a hero in
Nigeria, still treading on public funds and
running elections to become his country’s
president.
the United States, The anti-corruption
legacy is embedded in the constitution and
enforced appropriately. Various provisions
in the Constitution deal squarely with
corruption, thereby limiting the
opportunities for self-enrichment, and
permitting impeachment of any officer of
the United States, including the President
and Vice President, for “Treason, Bribery, or
other high crimes and Misdemeanors.”
I would say again, that my criticisms of
Buhari’s fight against corruption is not an
attack on implanting moral decency in the
system, but a condemnation of tyranny,
discriminatory justice, and suppression of
the judicial process. What we have
evidenced so far is an angry leader, who in
shear execution of his animosity, is
clamping down on the opposition under the
disguise of wiping corruption in the system.
In a true democratic setting, chasing public
fund lotters with horsewhips and dictating
orders to throw individuals in jail, or
denying them bail are definitely not the
responsibility of this president. Therefore,
we must condemn President Buhari’s
prevalent approach to ethical management
as a primeval jungle justice; a totalitarian
show of senselessness and cruelty.

Demands For Garri Drops As Lassa Virus Disease Kills One In Lagos

The victim of the index case of Lassa fever in
Lagos State has died.
The patient admitted to LUTH In Idi Araba died
at the treatment center today.
As it stands, 3 out of the 14 suspected cases had
tested positive to the killer virus.
Investigation in markets across Lagos, showed
that a bag of garri which sold for N3,800 a week
ago now sells for N3,500 due to low demand
after LASG warns indigene to stop consuming
raw Garri and other food that attracts rodents.

Group condemns Buhari’s N4.8bn budget for clinic and website, saysits embarrasing

The President, Rights Monitoring Group and
Country Director, Centre on Convention for
Democratic Integrity, Mr. Femi Aduwo,
described the N4bn proposed for Aso Rock
clinic and N800m for a website in the 2016
budget as embarrassing and abnormal.
He said, “If N4bn is proposed for Aso Rock
clinic in a year and the facility is meant for
the Very Important People, I want to
believe that the VIPs go beyond the
President and the Vice-President. For
example, if you have an equipped clinic in
Aso Rock, all the former presidents, former
ministers and former governors can go
there for medical checkup, but as it were
today, we know that all the former
presidents and former governors don’t use
Aso Rock clinic. This is an Aso Rock clinic
that could not take care of former President
Umaru Yar’Adua when he was sick.
“So, if you propose N4bn to be spent and
there are elements of trust and
transparency in the spending, there is no
problem with that, but if you propose N10
for the project and the money is looted or
stolen, we will still go back to square one.
He also added that it was embarrassing
that N800m was being proposed for a
website in this modern era, citing that the
website of the United States President,
Barack Obama, cost less than $1m.
The activists claimed that the proposals
were the direct opposite of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s change mantra.
Another activist and lawyer, Mr. Ebun
Adegboruwa, recalled how Nigerians were
angry with former President Goodluck
Jonathan who budgeted N1bn for feeding
in 2014. He urged Buhari to be a “shining
example of a Spartan leader who is not
interested in living a life of luxury at the
expense of the people he was elected to
govern. He should let the charity begin at
home.”
“Though I accept the fact that the Office of
the President deserves all the glamour and
the state of the art equipment, the amount
budgeted for Aso Rock renovation, for
website, for Aso Rock clinic, for
maintenance of generator is becoming like
a scandal to us as a nation. This is very bad
and I urge the President to scale down the
items of luxury; the items that have no
explanation.” he said.

Nigerian Actor John Okafor Mr Ibu To Buhari: It Is Too Early To Fight Corruption

Hear what comic Nollywood actor John Okafor has to say about Buhari’s anti corruption drive in a recent interview

“It is too early to fight this. I would have preferred the government to set their house in order first. Set the administration going,make the people who voted you talk good of you as you are coming in. The corrupt people know themselves. While your good work is going on,you can then start picking them one after the other. Whoever that has offended government knows he or she has done so.

Government should set its house in order first. Let the good things about this administration flow first before the arrests. Let Nigerians talk good of you first, then you can now tell them,there are people who did this and that,that need questioning. But starting with this quarrel,fighting as a new government,I do not think it will help.

Many people are talking about hunger,no money,collapsed businesses among others. They would have first of all laid good foundation about their administration so that people will feel them first. The change should be seen in the peoples’ welfare and every other thing will follow. That’s my own idea.”

Olisa Metuh locked up with 419 Bad Boys

Olisa Metuh Locked Up With 419 Bad Boys In Prison

There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party spokesman, Olisa Metuh, is being kept in a prison cell where financial scammers and some bad boys who had committed frauds were being held.

Nigerian Prison authorities usually isolate high profile inmates from other criminals who had committed violent offences like armed robbery, murder and other heinous crimes.

The prison officers are said to be keeping a tight watch over Metuh to prevent any foul play...

It was learnt that Metuh, who was remanded at Kuje Prisons, Abuja on the order of a Federal High Court, was isolated from other awaiting trial inmates to protect him from being harmed.

It was gathered that the prison authorities were following the standard laid down protocol in Metuh’s case by shielding him from violent inmates who could attack him at night.

The source explained that Metuh had not been eating prison food, adding that he had made arrangement for his feeding, which he said was allowed.

A source said, “The prisons service has a standard procedure they follow when it comes to high profile inmates or VIP detainees as you call them. One, we don’t allow them to mix with other inmates for safety reason. Secondly, we don’t keep them in crowded cells, but they are kept with those who may have committed a similar offence or offences.

“In Metuh’s case, we are observing the same protocol; he is being held in a cell where people who had committed similar offences were being kept, that is, those who did not commit violent crimes and we are keeping a serious watch over him to prevent any foul play.”

When Punch asked if the prison service was giving Metuh special treatment, the Public Relations Officer, Francis Enobore, said all inmates were treated fairly and equally, stressing that “there is no VIP treatment for anyone in prison custody.”

EFCC arraigns Metuh, PDP’s spokesman, for allegedly destroying.

For the second time this week, the Federal Government yesterday arraigned the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, in court on fresh criminal charges.

In the two-count criminal charge, Metuh, who was again brought to court from Kuje Prisons handcuffed, was docked for allegedly attempting to destroy the evidence expected to be used in his trial in the alleged N400million fraud case at a Federal High Court in Abuja.

He was first arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a seven-count charges of corruption and money laundering. He is yet to perfect the N400million bail granted him by the court on Tuesday.

At the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where he was arraigned yesterday before the Chief Judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, Metuh was alleged to have forcefully seized the confessional statement he allegedly made to the EFCC on the alleged fraud and tore it into shreds.

Metuh docked and still wearing the grey beard, he, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts

The charges read in part: “That you, Chief Olisa Metuh, while in the custody of EFCC, destroyed evidence to prevent production in court during trial, contrary to section 1 of Penal Code, punishable under Section 326 of the Penal Code; and

•That you, Olisa Metuh, with intent to cause damage to the property of EFCC, tore into pieces the voluntary statement you made under caution punishable under Section 327 of the Penal Code.

Justice Bello asked if it was not proper to accommodate the new charge in the one pending before the Federal High Court since the alleged attempt to destroy evidence flowed directly from the case.

However, the prosecution counsel, Mr. Sylvester Tahir, said the fresh charge was on a Panel Code.

Justice Bello fixed January 25 to hear the bail application filed by Metuh’s counsel, Chief Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN).

Meanwhile, Metuh has been returned to Kuje Prisons in Abuja pending the time his application for bail would be considered and determined.

Metuh was first arraigned for allegedly collecting N400million from the $2.1billion arms deal meant to equip the military fighting Boko Haram insurgency. He insisted the money was for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election campaign.