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NHRC, CSOs set-up advocacy team to promote Police accountability in FCT

Rebecca Akinremi
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NHRC, CSOs set-up advocacy team to promote Police accountability in FCT

THE Nigeria Policing Programme (NPP) in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) have inaugurated an advocacy team to promote police accountability and combat human rights violations that exist within the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

The team, restricting its activities to the Federal  Capital Territory, was a product of a two-day roundtable that held between Tuesday and Wednesday in Abuja which focused on strengthening accountability in the Nigeria Police Force and other law enforcement agencies.

Highlighting what the police should be accountable for, Okechuwkwu Nwanguma, Executive Director of Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), said it is important the security agency account for its conducts, crime, and cost, as well as to be accountable to the law and the people.

Nwanguma said the advocacy team set-up today would serve as a police external accountability mechanism that craves for better policing and combats human rights violation in Abuja.

He urged the members to follow ethics when advocating or reporting on human right. He said it is supposed to be an evidence-based advocacy team.

Accuracy, confidentiality, impartiality and gender sensitivity were the four ethics area the group was urged to incorporate.

“Make a clear distinction between hearsay and fact. Access the original source of information, and do not take sides on conflict” Nwanguma noted.

“A female victim that was raped should not be interviewed by a man,” he added.

Eleanor Nwadinobi, an expert on Gender and Human rights who led the discussion on Police accountability and how it affects Women Peace and Security (WPS) said though there is a national action plan (NAP) on WPS in Nigeria, there are huge gaps in the implementation.

Nwadinobi also complained lack of provision for a national constitution on the issue of women’s right. She said the  Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) ACT (VAPP) that was passed by the National Assembly in 2015 is only applicable to FCT.

But she informed that 11 states have developed legislation that addressed several issues affecting women and girls within their jurisdiction. They include Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Rivers, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, and Plateau states.

The chairman of the advisory team set-up today is Folarin Aluko, a barrister and chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Abuja Chapter.

Other members in the team include representatives from Lawyers Alert, CLEEN Foundation, International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), PWAN, NHRC, Nigeria Policing Programme, Keen and Care Initiative and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

Senate proposes 14-year jail term, exempt fine for sexual predators in tertiary institution

Nneoma BENSON
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Senate proposes 14-year jail term, exempt fine for sexual predators in tertiary institution

ON Tuesday, the Senate proposed a 14-year jail term with a minimum of five years without an option of fine for any educator who commits sexual offences in tertiary institutions.

The proposed bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to Prevent, Prohibit and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions and for other matters connected therewith 2019”, was proposed by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege.

According to a statement signed by the Special Assistant (Press) to a President, Ezrel Tabiowo, the proposed legislation had scaled the second reading on the floor of the senate.

The 27-clause proposed bill defined sexual offences as including “sexual intercourse with a student or demands for sex from a student or a prospective student or intimidating or creating a hostile or offensive environment for the student by soliciting for sex or making sexual advances”.

The bill also identified other forms of sexual harassment to include; “grabbing, hugging, kissing, rubbing, stroking, touching, pinching the breasts or hair or lips or hips or buttocks or any other sensual part of the body of a student;

“…or sent by hand or courier or electronic or any other means naked or sexually explicit pictures or videos or sex-related objects to a student, and whistling or winking at a student or screaming, exclaiming, joking or making sexually complimentary or uncomplimentary remarks about a student’s physique or stalking a student”.

He noted that the most effective way to deal with the offence of sexual harassment in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions is “to penalise the very impropriety of the act, with or without consent”.

Sexual harassment, according to him in tertiary institutions should be regarded as statutory rape with strict liability for offenders to be prosecuted easily.

Also, he said extending the bill to primary, secondary schools, worship centres and workplace, would not be necessary because of the Criminal and Penal codes adequately dealt with these categories with sufficient clarity.

However, the Deputy Senate President said the bill prescribes expulsion for students who falsely accuse educators of sexual harassment.

“An educator whose character is maligned is at liberty to sue for defamation under the law of defamation which is well-settled in our jurisprudence and needs no duplication in this bill,” he said.

Recalled, the BBC in a documentary, titled ‘Sex for grades’: Undercover in West African Universities unveiled the plights female, and students, in general, go through in a bid to secure a degree, showing UNILAG and the University of Ghana as examples.

Since the documentary, there have been reports of similar cases at the various tertiary institutions, which have left accused academics relieved of their duties.

‘All warehouses along land borders must be dismantled’, FG gives conditions for reopening border

Abeeb ALAWIYE
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‘All warehouses along land borders must be dismantled’, FG gives conditions for reopening border

FOLLOWING the closure of Nigeria’s land borders to all movement of goods till January 2020, the Federal Government has listed four rules/conditions for the re-opening of goods importation from neighbouring countries.

The comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali while addressing newsmen last month said the ban from being exported or imported of goods through the land borders is to ensure total control over what comes into the country.

After closing Nigeria’s borders to imported goods in August, President Muhammadu Buhari said the time has come to end rampant smuggling across our porous frontiers.

Buhari’s administration which initiated an anti-corruption strategy campaign aimed at creating reforms that would facilitate a corruption-free society and an economic boost, listed conditions for reopening of the border through Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama in the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Temporary Partial Closure of Land Borders meeting in Abuja on Monday.

One of the conditions reported by Punchng, the Federal Government said Nigeria would not accept imported goods that were repackaged by neigbouring countries and brought to Nigeria.

Looking at the situation, Onyeama said the Nigeria committee has agreed on a set of conditions. These conditions are as follows:

“That it is an absolute requirement of the government of Nigeria that any import coming through our land borders, when those imports transit in goods, that is to say when they are coming from outside the ECOWAS region and imported into an ECOWAS member state, that those goods should retain their original packaging.

“There should be no modification whatsoever to the packaging of those goods imported into an ECOWAS member state destined for Nigeria.”

He added, “They (goods) must be escorted from the port directly to the designated entry point in Nigeria border, so presented to Nigeria customs with the packaging intact and those goods escorted.

“This is an absolute condition that will not be compromised; So any transit in goods coming into this country from transiting ECOWAS member state must ensure that.

“For goods predominantly produced in ECOWAS member states, the rules of origin must be satisfied.”

The Gainers

Rice, poultry farmers back FG on continuous border closure

The Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Oke, Lagos chapter, commended the Federal Government on the continuous closure of land borders.

NAN reports that the closure according to Oke had motivated farmers to carry out more production to meet the increasing demands, describing it as a good development.

Emefiele: Border Closure Will Reduce Kidnapping, ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said the closure of the nation’s borders is a great step that will improve the state of security.

While delivering a lecture on Friday at Edo State University, Iyamho in Edo State, he explained that most of the arms being brought into the country were smuggled in through the borders.

But ever since the borders were shut, the development has yielded good results.

The Losers

Ghana Laments Nigeria’s Border Closure seeks ECOWAS’ intervention

Ghana’s Minister of Information Oppong Nkrumah on Monday said ECOWAS must swiftly engage Nigeria on the issue of the border closure.

A Ghanaian newspaper (Ghanaweb) reported that the minister in an interview with journalists lamented that the border closure was affecting Ghanaian traders and called on the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), to engage Nigeria on the issue.

He described the situation as “a terrible one” saying a delegation has been dispatched to visit the Ghanaian traders who have had their goods locked up at the borders after Nigeria made the decision on August 21 to shut its borders.

The closure has had a devastating effect on Benin, Nigeria’s neighbour to the west, which has been a key exporter of foodstuffs to Africa’s most populous country.

It has also pushed up prices for staples such as rice at markets around Nigeria.

ICFJ now receives entries from African journalists for 2020 Michael Elliot Award

Rebecca Akinremi
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ICFJ now receives entries from African journalists for 2020 Michael Elliot Award

AFRICAN journalists have been called to apply for the Michael Elliot Award for Excellence in storytelling that provides the winner with a $5,000 cash prize to pursue an in-depth reporting project.

The award, in its fourth year, is a collaboration between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the ONE Campaign, and the Elliott family to honour up-and-coming journalist in Africa who tells important stories through quality reporting. 

“We are seeking a wide variety of topics, not limited to health and social issues, to demonstrate the creative approaches to pressing issues in Africa,” award advert read.

The award was in honour of Michael Elliott, “an outstanding editor, philanthropist, and former ICFJ director, whose life was a testament to the power of storytelling to bear witness to and improve the human condition”.

Part of the benefits for the winner includes a two-week internship at The Economist in London, United Kingdom and spend time in United States newsrooms in Washington, D.C. and New York City to learn new skills and share knowledge.

Applicants should have no more than 10 years of journalism experience, part of the criteria read.

“The submission can be a feature story; an in-depth, investigative or explanatory piece; or a multimedia report or documentary” it added.

Entries close at midnight EST on 15 December 2019 at 11:59 pm. Interested journalists can apply here.

Pantami to NCC: Resolve issues of illegal data deduction by Nov 10

Nneoma BENSON
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Pantami to NCC: Resolve issues of illegal data deduction by Nov 10

THE Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami has criticized the illegal deduction of data encountered by consumers of network providers in the country demanding a resolve on or before November 10, 2019.

Pantami had directed the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) in a statement issued by the ministry’s spokesperson Philomena Oshodin, to ensure, that the issue of illicit deduction of data is resolved within five days.

The statement, dated November 5 noted that data pricing in the country should be downwardly reviewed, while it authorised the NCC to sanction mobile network operators who indulge in the act.

Pantami ordered a clampdown on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data deduction by network providers in the country, lamenting that the ministry was unaware that charges were procured for USSD transaction.

He enjoined the communication agency to ensure that the penetration and expansion of 3G and 4G are actualized in the country.

However, Pantami said the government is not oblivious of the issues mobile operators’ experience, especially in the area vandalism and issues of Right of Way (ROW) but the mission of the ministry is to protect the interest of customers and improve the economy of Nigeria through ICT.

“The main agenda of NCC is to protect the interest of customers and our priority is to protect Nigerians. It is our collective responsibility to make sure we give 100 per cent support to President to deliver his key mandate,” he said.

However, the Cable, a United Kingdom-based organisation that deals with broadband technology, has ranked 230 countries with her average cost of purchasing one gigabyte of mobile data.

The report titled; Worldwide mobile data pricing: The cost of one gigabyte (IGB) of mobile data in 230 countries, garnered data from 6,318 mobile data plans in 230 countries between 23rd of October and 28th of November 2018.

This report has remained a worldwide mobile data pricing league table, showing different countries’ average cost of purchasing 1GB of mobile data, rated in dollars (USD).

Among the 230 countries are the first five countries in the order of her cost of purchasing data. The first is India-$0.26; Kyrgyzstan, the 2nd -$0.27; Kazakhstan the 3rd – $0.49; Ukraine, the 4th -$0.51 and Rwanda, the 5th- $0.56 respectively.

The report ranked Nigeria 44 amongst the 230 countries with an average of $2.22 cost of data pricing. However, Zimbabwe ranked the highest with $75.2 as her average cost of 1GB data pricing worldwide, making India the country the least on the rank, as at November 2018.

Also, ranking Nigeria’s place in Africa, Nigeria emerged in the 11th place among other African countries. The data showed the first 10 countries with her average cost of purchasing data with Rwanda taking the first place as the country with the least average cost of purchasing 1GB of mobile data of $0.56.

Following is Sudan at $0.68; DR Congo at $0.88; Egypt at $1.49; Ghana at $1.56; Morocco at $1.66; Western Sahara at $1.66; Cameroon at $1.71; Guinea at $1.94, Burundi at $2 and Nigeria taking the 11th place with an average data price of $2.22 respectively.

Court adjourns ICIR’s suit against CCB on FOIA request decline

Lukman ABOLADE
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Court adjourns ICIR’s suit against CCB on FOIA request decline

FEDERAL High Court, sitting in Abuja has adjourned a case filed by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR against the Code of Conduct Bureau for declining a Freedom of Information Act request by the organisation.

The court on Thursday made this decision after the Counsel to the applicant, Gregory Okere told the court that the ex-parte motion filed by the CCB counsel contained a name which is not a party in the suit.

Okere said that the party stated in the affidavit of the ex-parte motion is International Centre for Judicial Council while the party in the case is International Centre for Investigative Reporting.

Counsel to the respondent, Ekeme Okafor said she believe that the applicant’s counsel is aware that it is an error on the respondents part and could be resolved in the court.

Sitting Judge on the case, Inyang Edem said that the respondent needs to put its house in order if it has one.

“How do you correct an error in an affidavit? This is not something that should be discussed in the 21st century,” he said.

Edem added that an error on affidavit can only be corrected by another affidavit and not corrected orally.

He, however, asked the counsels to both parties to agree on a date that will be convenient to commence hearing.

“The hearing has been adjourned to January 14th, 2020 for hearing while the respondent put its house in order if it has one,” the judge stated.

The ICIR had filed a case against the CCB over its refusal to provide details of asset declaration forms of all cabinet members of Muhammadu Buhari including the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff to the President, Head of Civil service and other ministers.

In a reply by the Bureau after 2 months of receiving the FOIA request, CCB stated that it was not in the position to disclose the information making references to the constitution and the freedom of information act.

Failure of the CCB to be represented by a legal counsel hindered the hearing of the case on June 27 which made the sitting judge on the case, Inyang Edem give the Bureau the benefit of the doubt and adjourned the case to September 27.

 

Sowore, co-defendant meet bail conditions, should be freed today, Falana discloses in court

'Kunle ADEBAJO
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Sowore, co-defendant meet bail conditions, should be freed today, Falana discloses in court

FEMI Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist, has said Omoyele Sowore, his client and publisher of Sahara Reporters, will be released from detention later on Wednesday having met the bail conditions set by the Federal High Court.

Falana said the defendants will be freed on Wednesday while asking for an adjournment of the trial.

He also accused the Department of State Service (DSS) of preventing him from adequately preparing a defence for Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, against the allegation of treasonable felony, according to Punch Newspaper.

“I have already explained to the learned prosecuting counsel that we are encumbered by the refusal of the State Security Service to allow us to prepare for the defence of the defendants,” he said.

“I had already asked my learned counsel for the prosecution, that we are confident that the defendants will be freed today [Wednesday] from the custody of the SSS having met the bail conditions imposed on them by this honourable court. Once they are liberated from the custody of the SSS, we will be in a position to take full instruction from them.”

Though the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Liman (SAN), moved against the application for adjournment, arguing that the defendants had “ample time and opportunity to prepare for their defence”, Falana observed that his team has not been served the prosecution’s video evidence.

“The judge [Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu] expressed worry why the prosecution refused to serve the defendant the statements and the proof of evidence,” Sahara Reporters reported.

“Justice Ojukwu criticised DSS’ haphazard way of carrying out its affairs through its lawyers. She asserted that the DSS was dragging the court back and ordered the prosecution to serve the defence with all statements needed to proceed with the trial.”

The Federal Government had, in September, filed a seven-count charge against Sowore that included treasonable felony, insulting the president, and money laundering. He was arrested at about 11 pm on August 2 by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and has since been in detention alongside Bakare.

In October, Justice Ojukwu granted bail to the defendants, demanding bail bonds of N100 million and N50 million respectively from Sowore and Bakare. The court also ordered them to remain in the Federal Capital Territory, drop their travel passports with the court, and that Sowore should not participate in any public demonstrations.

SERAP threatens to sue FUNAAB if expelled student is not reinstated within 72 hours 

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SERAP threatens to sue FUNAAB if expelled student is not reinstated within 72 hours 

By Vincent Ufuoma

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has threatened to sue the management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) if it fails to reinstate Ifemosu Michael Adewale within 72 hours.

Mr. Adewale, a 200 level student of the Department of Forestry and Wild-life Management in the institution was expelled from the institution over a Facebook comment he made to draw the attention of the public to an indiscriminate arrest of his colleagues by the police and incessant robbery attacks on campus.

“Authorities of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), @unaabweb should immediately reinstate Ifemosu Adewale, expelled over a Facebook post. We’re giving FUNAAB 72 hours to reinstate Mr Adewale, failing which we’ll pursue legal action against the authorities.

“Mr Adewale drew the attention of the public to the alleged indiscriminate arrest of his colleagues by the police and incessant robbery attacks on the campus.

SERAP said expelling a student for speaking against the anomalies in his or her school violates the right to freedom of expression and academic freedom of such student. It maintained that such action will exacerbate impunity for corruption in higher institutions.

It said, “posting complaints on Facebook is NOT a crime.”

“No student should ever be expelled for exercising their right to criticize University authorities. Attacking students who dare to complain flagrantly violated their right to freedom of expression, academic freedom, and exacerbates impunity for corruption in higher institutions.

It called on Nigerian institutions of learning to stop the harassment, intimidation, and expulsion of students who exercise their human rights and academic freedom.

Why I was expelled from the university ― FUNAAB student activist

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Why I was expelled from the university ― FUNAAB student activist

A  STUDENT at the Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Ogun State, Ifemosu Micheal Adewale expelled by the university has explained the reason behind his expulsion.

Adewale was expelled by the university authorities after the institution’s disciplinary committee found him guilty of insubordination and defamation of character through the article he published.

“I wrote about the school’s transportation system and the indiscriminate arrest of students of the institution by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) within the school premises,” he said in a phone chat with The ICIR.

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He said FUNAAB Bureau of Transportation (FUNAABOT) has performed below expectations as there is unavailability of buses to convey almost 15,000 students of the institution.

He therefore demanded in his article an explanation from the school management on the causes of unavailability of buses to convey the students to school but did not query how the FUNAABOT spent the money on exotic cars as alleged by the institution.

He, however, told The ICIR that he was not expelled because of the article he wrote, saying that the article was merely used as a cover-up.

“Witch-hunting and politicking is the reason behind my expulsion by the Varsity’s management,” Adewale said.

He alleged that the management found out that he is the General Secretary of African Action Congress, Ogun state, a party registered by the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.

He said when he was interviewed by the School Disciplinary Committee, one of the members of the committee said he made research on him and knows about his alliance with Omoyele Sowore.

“I was asked at the meeting with the School Disciplinary Committee if I know the Vice-Chancellor is the Buhari of the institution?” he said.

He stated that when he asked for an explanation of the statement, he was told the Vice-Chancellor is representing the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari in the University and since his affiliation is against him then he is against the Vice-Chancellor of the school.

The ICIR contacted the FUNAAB Dean of Student Affairs, Babatunde Idowu, who said allegations made by Adewale before and after his allegations are wrong.

He said as a member of the senate committee of the institution, he was part of the meeting that decided that Adewale be expelled from the school.

According to him, he said he invited the expelled student to his office about the article and demanded that he provide evidence for alleging that the FUNAABOT mismanaged funds meant for the maintenance of the transport system.

The DSA said before he was invited to the Disciplinary Committee, he had personally called him to his office to educate and counsel him about his allegations.

He also said the committee asked Adewale to provide evidence for the allegation which he couldn’t but he was told to appeal to the institution for his management but he said No and kept ‘bragging’.

The ICIR asked the Dean about the alleged witch-hunting and politicking of the institution because of the affiliations with Omoyele Sowore,

He said students have their various affiliations and the university is only concerned about things that have to do with the award of the university’s degree.

“They are free, they are adults and they can affiliate with any political party of their choice that is their own choice, it’s none of our business,” he said.

Concerning the mention of Buhari at the meeting, Idowu said, “the young guy is full of deceit; Nobody asked him about that, the committee only asked him about things that had to do with the article to do”.

FUNAAB Public relations Officer, Linda Onwunku, also affirmed the Dean’s statement that the institution does not have anything to do with the expelled students.

She said “As far as I know, FUNAAB does not have anything against Sowore and the institution followed the due process in the expulsion process”.

 

Edo govt demands apology over attack on Obaseki, Akiolu at Oshiomhole’s residence

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Edo govt demands apology over attack on Obaseki, Akiolu at Oshiomhole’s residence

By Vincent Ufuoma

THE Edo State Government has called on the APC National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomole to apologise for the attack on Gov. Godwin Obaseki, the Oba of Lagos, and other guests at his house last Saturday. It said the attack was premeditated and executed with the knowledge of the APC National Chairman.

Recall, it was reported that the governor of Edo State and his entourages were attacked by suspected hoodlums on a courtesy visit to the house of Mr. Oshiomole on the 2 Nov., 2019.

In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., the state government demanded that an unreserved and unconditional apology be tendered to all persons who were victims of the attacks.

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Mr. Ogie said the visit by the governor and his entourages was on a personal invitation of Mr. Oshiomole who was at the convocation ceremony of the Edo state university. He said the APC chairman who left the venue to prepare for the arrival of his guest should have been “aware of the build up of thugs within his compound in advance of the arrival of the governor” and his important guest.

He said; “On Saturday, November 2, 2019, His Excellency, the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, as Visitor of the University, attended the 1st Convocation Ceremony of the Edo University, Iyamho. The Governor was accompanied on his trip by the following persons: HRM, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos; Dr. Aderemi Makanjuola, the newly installed Chancellor of the University and his wife; Oba Otudeko, renowned businessman and philanthropist, among other dignitaries”

“Upon the conclusion of the ceremony at the university venue, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, personally invited the governor and his guests to his country home at Iyamho for lunch.

“Comrade Adams Oshiomhole went ahead of his invited guests to his residence and obviously was aware of the build up of thugs within his compound in advance of the arrival of the governor and the Very Important Persons (VIPs).”

According to him, “The Governor and his guests, which included the Oba of Lagos and the Deputy Governor of Edo State Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, then proceeded to the residence of the National Chairman to honour his invitation, only to be attacked upon arrival by the prepositioned thugs at the entrance to the residence of the National Chairman.

“The entourage suffered damage to vehicles on the convoy and had to return to the university premises from where they boarded the helicopter for the trip to Benin.”

Ogie maintained that it “is clear from the sequence of events that the attack on the governor, the Oba of Lagos and other VIPs was premeditated and could not have occurred without the active connivance or directive of the National Chairman.

“In the circumstances, the government of Edo State believes that the only option open to a host who has superintendent such misdemeanor is to tender an unreserved and unconditional apology to all persons who were victims of this sacrilegious, treasonable and extremely embarrassing event.”

He said it is not in the character of the Edo people to inflict such a barbaric and ill-treatment upon their guests. He also stressed that the government will punish those who were behind the attack.

“In the light of the seeming inability of the actual culprit to generate the required spirit to offer the necessary apologies, the government and people of Edo State apologise most sincerely to all our honoured guests, who were victims of this show of shame, the facts of which have earlier been recounted.

“We must state that it is certainly not in our character as Edo people to inflict such barbaric treatment on our guests. This is even more so in the light of the historic linkages between the Royal stool of Lagos and Edo people.”

“the government of Edo State assures all concerned and members of the general public that we shall deploy all the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the crime and their sponsors, no matter how highly placed they may be,” he said.

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