12—Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013
Obasanjo now problem to Nigeria —N-Delta monarch BY EMMA AMAIZE
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ARRI—FORMER National President of Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, and Pere of Seimbiri Kingdom, in Delta State, HRM Charles AyemiBotu, yesterday, examined the activities of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, since he left power in 2007, and concluded that he was now a problem to Nigeria. Speaking to Vanguard on the recent suggestion by the former President that Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State was the kind of person needed to rule the country in 2015, he said that Obasanjo wanted to control and dictate to President Goodluck Jonathan, but having failed to achieve that desire, he opted to pull the house down. Ayemi-Botu, who was livid over Obasanjo’s activities, said: “This is not the first time he is talking about Sule Lamido. Some months ago, he had called on Lamido to take a shot at the Presidency in 2015. “Obasanjo does not want to let go of governance in Nigeria. He wants to be calling the shots even though he is no longer the President. He is a problem to Nigeria. Let Nigerians know that he now has to fraternise with Sule Lamido because, if by chance, Sule Lamido makes it to Aso Villa in 2015, he will be remotely controlling the governance of Nigeria. “Meanwhile, what is his intellectual capacity that makes him feel that if he is not in government or in governance of Nigeria, things will not work well? His eight years was an abysmal failure that did not bring any positive result. Take power for instance, works, the roads were not mended, he spent over N160 billion between him and Anenih and nothing came out of it. During the days of late Bola Ige, nothing happened in the power sector."
Amaechi asks court to stop impeachment moves against him BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME
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ORT HARCOURT— JUSTICE George Omereji of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has adjourned till June 18, to hear the suit by Governor Chibuike Amaechi, seeking to restrain the 32 members of the state House of Assembly from initiating impeachment proceedings against him. Meantime, the five antiGovernor Amaechi lawmakers also made an oral application before the court, seeking to have their private counsel in the issue. Their counsel, Mr. Chinwe Aguma, told the court that his clients did not share the same interest with the leadership of the House, led by the Speaker, Mr. Telemeba Amachree. The five antiAmaechi lawmakers are Evans Bipi, Kelechi Nwogu, Michael Chinda, Martin Amaewhule and Victor Ihunwo. Also, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, of a Rivers State
High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has refused an application by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Amachree, seeking to restrain the Inspector General of Police and the Assistant Inspector General of Po-
lice, zone 6 Calabar, from ordering his arrest over allegations he made that there were plans to assassinate him and Governor Amaechi. Counsel to the IG and the
FOUNDATION STONE: Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State (middle) and former Director -General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili, during the laying of the foundation stone for a drug distribution complex in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yestersday.
Delta PDP suspends Orubebe, 9 others ...It's not true —Korokorosei BY FESTUS AHON
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GHELLI—THE political fortunes of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsdey Orubebe, yesterday, suffed a set back, following his alleged suspension by a faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Burutu Local Government Area chapter, Delta State. He was said to have been suspended alongside nine others over alleged “gross misconducts likely to bring about disrepute, hatred, contempt and anti-party activities.” Meanwhile, Mr. Sagbegha Korokorosei, who said he remains the authentic Chairman of PDP Burutu council, asked the people to disregard the purported suspension of Orubebe. Factional PDP chairman in the
council, Pastor Kenneth Ogeibiri and four others, in a statement, said: “At our meeting held in Burutu town, headquarters of Burutu LGA, on June 1, members of the party received petitions from concerned PDP faithful against Elder Orubebe and nine others. “After a preliminary hearing, pursuant to section 21.4 of the PDP constitution 2009, as amended, and by the virtue of the powers conferred on us, the Working Committee of the party, via section 21.4 of the same constitution, we, hereby, place Elder Orubebe on suspension.” Also suspended, according to the statement, were: “Owotorufa Ayiba-Ebe, Arebebe Ongulu, Sagbegha Korokorosei, Timidi Agbabi, Elmina Eselemo, Roland Akemfa, Asheta Oyabebefa, Augustine Gomoromo and Ekenwa Okwagbe.” The faction added that “in the
light of the above, the affected persons are hereby, referred to PDP Disciplinary Committee, Burutu council chapter, for further investigation.” Urging the people to disregard the said suspension, Korokorosei said: “I wish to inform you that I, Mr. Korokorosei, remain the authentic Chairman of PDP Burutu council. Whosoever is impersonating and or purporting to suspend Elder Orubebe, the Minister of Niger Affairs, such an action amounts to illegality. Nobody has the power to do so, because the people purporting to be doing so are a frustrated group being used by people opposed to me. Please, ignore whatever they might have said because the man in question committed no offence.”
Uduaghan gives conditions to IPP investors road show organised by the Nipany. in N-Delta ger Delta Power Holding ComHe said: “Until a few years BY SEBASTINE OBASI
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NVESTORS in the power plants located in the Niger Delta region will have to key into the security and community development programmes of the region in order to guarantee the safety of the power plants. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State stated this yesterday at the kick off of the
AIG, Mr. Donald Demwigwe, SAN, who was represented by Mr. S. Agwu, had told the court that the IG and the AIG were law abiding citizens, who would not act outside the confines of the law.
pany Limited in collaboration with Bureau for Public Enterprises and other stakeholders. The road show was embarked upon to begin the much awaited privatisation of the 10 power plants located in different parts of the country. Uduaghan said most of the plants are located in the Niger Delta region, which is why the holding company is called Niger Delta Power Holding Com-
back, when you talked of Niger Delta, two issues came to mind; oil and insecurity. Niger Delta is now safer. Your safety in these areas is guaranteed. But as you buy these plants, ensure that you get in touch with the governors of these states as early as possible. This is because there is a security master plan that they will set down for you to work with."
Why I took over construction of federal roads in Delta —Uduaghan BY AUSTIN OGWUDA
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SABA—GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday, said that he deliberately took over the construction of some federal roads that run through the state due their economic viability to the state, but would not rule out seeking refund from the Federal Government. He, however, lamented the incessant vandalisation of some of the projects, such as schools, in some communities. Several primary and secondary schools, according to the governor, had been constructed under the special infrastructure put in place to fast track development in the state at a cost of N7 billion. The governor, who spoke through the Commissioner for Special Duties (Special Infrastructure), Mrs. Orezi Esievo, at a media parley in Asaba, said: “The 149km road, that I like calling 300 kilometre, is one of the best decisions that this governor has taken. It stretches from Ughelli to Asaba, and opens up over 70 communities."