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Petrol Price Likely To Drop- UN

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The price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol will decline this year, according to the United Nations.

The global body prediction was contained in the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects, WESP, report for 2024.

According to the UN, the price cut would come as a result of domestic refining of the product by some local refineries.

“Efforts to increase in-country oil refining capacity would likely reduce domestic fuel costs in 2024 and beyond,” the report said.a

Recall that Dangote Refineries has promised to start refining petrochemical products at its multi-billion naira refinery in Lagos, after receiving 6 million barrel of crude oil from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.

The sixth tranche of crude was delivered to the refinery on Monday.

Akin Omole, the Managing Director of Dangote Ports Operations, had told journalists at the Dangote Quay, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos that the Refinery was ready to take of once the 6 million barrels of crude is delivered.

He said, “Once the 6 million barrels are fully delivered, it will facilitate the initial run of the refinery as well as kick-start the production of diesel, aviation fuel, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) before subsequently progressing to the production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).”

Petrol is currently sold in the country for N600 or more per litre, and marketers of the product recently suggested that the price should move up to N1200 per litre due to the foreign exchange scarcity.

Edugate: Interior Minister, Tunji-Ojo Under Fire

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Olubunmi Tunji Ojo

The fate of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is hanging as a member of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, following the suspension of Beta Edu by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over an alleged N585 million fraud.

Edu was suspended on Monday by the president after Nigerians demanded her removal from office after a viral memo revealed that she advised the Accountant General of the Federation to pay the whopping sum to a private account.

Her action, according to analyst contradicts the country’s extant financial laws.

Following her suspension, Nigerians have demanded that other persons involved in the alleged scam be also dealt with.

It was on this basis that President Tinubu summoned Tunji-Ojo on Tuesday to Aso Rock, after the firm he co-owned with his wife was mentioned among other companies which allegedly received money from the embattled ministry.

The former lawmaker has exonerated himself from the scandal, insisting that he has resigned from the company, and no longer a director as being claimed in some quarters.

According to him, ”I am not a signatory to the company.

“And actually, I was shocked because the company in question was a company where I was a director. About five years ago, I had resigned from my directorship.

“Of course, to the best of my knowledge, public service rules do not prohibit public officers from being shareholders. What public service rules say is that you cannot be a director of which I had resigned about five years ago.”

The worry among those watching the development, is that the minister, one of the poster boys of the Tinubu’s administration could also be in the firing line as a result of the scam.

The question is: will the former House of Representative member from Ondo state be the next casualty of the Edugate?

Following his appointment by President Tinubu last August, the minister has embarked on what, some people described as cleaning the Augean stable of the Passport Office in the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS. To the credit of the minister, Nigerians no longer have to wait for months to obtain their international Passports.

Meanwhile, Edu was grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday to ascertain her role in the financial scandal.

Obi Faults Neglect Of Human Capital In 2024 Budget, Decries N6b for Legislators Car Park Over N5b Students Loan

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Peter Obi

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Election, Peter Obi, has again decried the apparent neglect of human capital in the 2024 national budget just signed into law by President Bola Ahmad Tinubu.

Obi lampooned the inhumane of a budget that has N6b to construct a car park, a billion naira higher than the N5b loan budgeted for the entire Nigerian students in tertiary institutions.

The LP standard beer noted that this notwithstanding that the legislators had recently used 12 times the number of student loans to buy their cars.

Obi writing in his X handle on Monday said

“Today, in this country, the inadequate attention being given to human capital development is at the root of most investment challenges in our clime.

“This malaise has become a recurring decimal in our political life due to poor governance and persistent leadership failure in the country.

“This has become a critical thing that is affecting the overall development, especially its HDI rating. Nigeria currently ranks 163 out of 191 countries measured and remained within the low category when our contemporaries have all moved on to medium and high categories.

“It is therefore shocking that our budget was signed and released to the world without prioritizing the critical areas of investment for the people. A sum of N5 billion was budgeted for student loans, while a larger sum of N6 billion was budgeted to build a car park for the legislators, who recently used 12 times the amount of student loans to buy their cars. Now we are using an amount more than was budgeted for student loans, to provide them with car parks.

“Nigeria remains a country without a national library. The library was awarded by Late General Abacha in 1995, and despite the billions already spent on it, it remains uncompleted today, and Nigeria’s library is operating from a rented apartment. Yet, the National Assembly budgeted N3 billion for its library.

“I consistently maintain that unless we cut the cost of governance and strictly prioritize our expenditure on areas of growth and development, we will not achieve any tangible and lasting development. PO

Utomi: Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso And I Are Discussing

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By Akinwale Kasali

Pat Utomi, former Presidential Aspirant and Professor of Political Economy, has described the Nation’s Democratic System as a non-working one.

Utomi said that the absence of real political parties is the reason why the nation’s democracy is not working.

He added that what only happens in Nigeria is the focus on elections to grab power.

Utomi said this during an appearance on Arise Television. He stressed that Nigeria is not a working democracy, and part of our efforts is to make our democracy work before people think about the next election. “Countries don’t grow by waiting for the next electoral process; countries grow through the founding of political parties.

“I can say without any feeling of wrongness that we don’t have a political party in Nigeria today. What we have been able to couple together since 1999 has been a platform for machine politics, where the game is to grab power rightly or wrongly and share spoils.”

Speaking further, he stated that he’s had conversations with the frontrunners during the 2023 general elections over a merger to make the country better.

“In the last week, I’ve had significant conversations with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso and Mr. Peter Obi. My view is clear on this matter, let’s build a great party that can make Nigeria better.

When we then build it, the people from different social movements, in addition to the political parties that come into this one party, subscribe to certain values and ideologies of how you make a nation happen, can then present those who seem interested can go forward.

“This is what Nigeria needs, and must have but shouldn’t be about some individuals advertising that they are the ones who should go forward, Nigerians will determine that.”

Imo: Police Closes In On Suspected Abductors Of Monarch, Recovers Uniform Of Kidnapped FRSC Officer

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HRH Eze Samuel Agunwa Ohiri

By Ayodele Oni

The Imo State Police Command’s efforts to free an official of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) and a Traditional Ruler abducted a few days ago are yielding results.

The Command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye, disclosed on Tuesday that it has bursted a criminal den that may lead it to apprehend those behind the kidnap.

The FRSC officer, Sabinus Ugwuebu, and HRH Eze Samuel Ohiri, the immediate past Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, were kidnapped few days ago at different locations in Imo state.

Okoye, explained that  Police operatives in collaboration with the military, made the breakthrough when they stormed a hideout suspected to be IPOB/ESN camp at Ihite Owerre, in Orlu Local Government Area of the State at about 3.30 am on January 9, after a gun duel.

He said after a protracted gunfight with the alleged IPOB/ESN members an unnamed suspect was apprehended while others escaped with gunshot injuries.

“The arrested suspect, who is believed to be a member of the ESN terrorist group may lead to where the kidnapped victims are.

“On searching the camp, we recovered road safety uniforms of the kidnapped officer, Sabinus Ugwuebu.”

He added that other items recovered include one pump action gun, two double barrel guns, two single barrel guns, 54 rounds of live cartridges, military uniforms, six motorcycles and a box containing locally made explosives.

“A concerted investigative effort is in progress to arrest the fleeing suspects and possibly rescue the kidnapped victims.”

Okoye assured that the Command would continue to work closely with the Military and other relevant security agencies towards stamping out all forms of crime and criminality in the State.

Alleged Hot Libido: Professor Ndifon, Dean Faculty of Law, UNICAL, Sent To Prison

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Professor Cyril Ndifon

By Adesina Soyooye

Away from the high profile office he occupied, Professor Cyril Ndifon, Dean Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, is cooling his feet in a prison cell.

Ndifon was, on Monday, remanded in prison custody by an Abuja Federal High Court which had the Honourable Justice James Omotosho, in charge.

Until he is granted bail, and perfects terms of the bail, the learned Professor’s new address would remain Kuje Prisons.

His problems began when female Law students of UNICAL, supported by the male students, carried placards to the office of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi, in protest against Ndifon. The placards read that they were tired of servicing their Dean; they were tired of satisfying his libido; they asked for a review of the list of graduates sent to the Law School; and the sack of Ndifon. Ndifon was suspended from office.

Thereafter, the Management of UNICAL set up an Investigative Panel which indicted the Professor. Later, he was arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences, ICPC, which is now prosecuting him at the Federal High Court Abuja on sundry issues, including sexual harassment.

ICPC’s Counsel, Ebenezer Shogunle,  filed the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/511/23 on Oct. 30, 2023 against Ndifon.

Count one reads that Ndifon, between between June and September 2023, allegedly, gratified himself, using his office and position, and solicited  for nude photographs and videos from a year 2 diploma female student of the University through WhatsApp chats on his telephone number: 08037066222. This, the charge said, is contrary to, and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Count two alleged that the Professor of Law, “corruptly requested for nude photographs and videos from a 400level female student of the Faculty of Law with the plan of changing her project supervisor to himself in order to guarantee favourable grades for her and offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 8(1)(a) (il) of the agency’s Act.”

Count three said that Ndifon allegedly “corruptly requested to see photographs of a 16-year-old prospective post UTME female student, as an inducement to consider her for admission into the Faculty of Law contrary to and punishable under Section 18(d) of the Act.”

Count four  reads much the same as Professor Ndifon was accused of “causing a female student to send pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs of herself to him through Whatsapp chats on his telephone number: 08037066222 between May and September 2023, contrary to and punishable under Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition & Prevention).

He, allegedly, committed the offences while holding an office as a “public officer charged with responsibility for the certification of students as fit in learning and character as a prerequisite for the award of Bachelor’s degree in Law and admission into the Nigeria Law School.

After the charge was read to him, the embattled lecturer pleaded not guilty to the counts.”

The Professor’s Counsel, Okon Efut, SAN, presented Ndifon’s bail application dated Jan. 2 and filed Jan. 3, and appealed to the court to grant his client bail, considering, especially, his  health.

He, also, told the Court that  there were four other grounds why Ndifon should be considered for bail.

At this juncture, Ndifon spoke from the dock.

He said: “My lord, I was supposed to have an eye surgery on Glaucoma.”

His Counsel told the court that the Professor’s health condition was the reason a Magistrate Court in Calabar admitted him to bail on Oct. 27, 2023, after a 22-day detention.

But Osuobeni Akponimisingha, ICPC’s Lawyer, opposed the application for bail.

On receipt of the process, he said,  the Commission filed a counter affidavit dated and filed Jan. 5. He  alleged that one of the counsel to Ndifon threatened the Commission’s  star witness on phone. He told the Court that they are in possession of the call logs.

Akponimisingha submitted that “one of the cardinal reasons for granting bail was the assurance that a defendant would not interfer with the case.” But he  alleged that “the lawyer’s name was in the bail application filed by Efut and that he was also at the court sitting.”

Justice Omotosho asked him if he would wish to respond to the allegation by filing affidavit of facts and he responded in affirmative.

The Lawyer, Anyanwu, who did not deny that he put a call through to Tochi Kanu on phone, said the person he called is different from the names of the four witnesses in the charge and proof of evidence.

“He said: “Tochi Kanu called me. When she called me, I was at Federal High Court here and I said I will call you later through a message.

“It was much hours later I remembered somebody called me and put a call through.

“At that point, there was a network issue and I was saying hello, hello and the call was cut off.

“And that name they (ICPC) called was not in the proof of evidence. They have four witnesses,”

His interest in the matter,  he told the Judge, is that   Ndifon was his lecturer and that he came as counsel to defend him or support the defence.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Justice Omotosho  asked Akponimisingha the name of the person that was  called and he responded:

“The name is Tochi Kanu Jane.”

The judge then directed Anyanwu to file his affidavit of facts for the court to decide on the issue. Justice

Omotosho wondered why Ndifon had not gone for the surgery since Oct. 27, 2023, when the magistrate court granted him bail.

Akponimisingha told the court that the medical report was served on them late and they were still verifying its genuineness.

Said NAN, “Justice Omotosho, ordered Ndifon to be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre, adjourned the matter until January 10, 2024 for hearing of the bail application and to enable Anyanwu filethe affidavit of facts.”

Computer Based Test: WAEC Says Gradual Process Will Be Adopted

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Students in Examination Hall

By Ayodele Oni

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has clarified that introduction of Computer Based Test (CBT) for the conduct of school leaving certificate examinations will be in gradual process.

Reacting to a call by a Northern Youth Forum for the rejection of the Computer Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) the council explained that private Candidates would first be used as experiment.

A statement issued by the council’s Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina reads: “The attention of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been drawn to a media report stating that a youth forum has called for the rejection of the planned Computer Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for Private Candidates – First Series, 2024.

“The said the examination to be conducted by WAEC Nigeria is scheduled to hold between January 31 and February 17, 2024.

According to spokesperson, the agitation for the rejection of the CB-WASSCE was in response to an earlier media report in which WAEC announced that it had ditched the Paper and Pencil Testing model and had adopted the Computer Based Testing model for the conduct of the School Candidates’ Examination.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the West African Examinations Council hereby states unequivocally, that it had never announced the adoption of the Computer Based Testing model for the conduct of the WASSCE for School.

“The Council is not unaware of possible challenges that may be encountered by candidates during the conduct of the examination.

“To this end, a trial test and a free mock examination have been scheduled to take place on WAEC’s designated platforms for prospective candidates, whether secondary school students or out-of-school individuals, to familiarize themselves with the testing environment, prior to the commencement of the WASSCE for Private Candidates – First Series, 2024.

“Notification for the mock examination will be sent to prospective candidates through their emails. Announcements for the scheduled mock examination will also be made through mainstream and new media.

“In addition, candidates are also advised to visit WAEC Nigeria’s website and social media spaces for relevant information and guidelines on how to navigate the CB-WASSCE platform.”

According to the spokesperson, WAEC Nigeria has engaged the services of CBT centres across the Country, to check their suitability to host candidates for the CB-WASSCE, throughout its duration.

Kogi Gov Bello Deposes Three Monarchs, Appoints New Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland

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Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Bello

By Ayodele Oni

The Kogi State Governor,  Yahaya Bello has embarked on last minute actions, just as his eight-year tenure  as Governor is winding down.

Bello on Tuesday,  deposed a first class Traditional Ruler, the Ohimege Igu, Konto-Nkarfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa Koto.

He also banished the deposed monarch to Rijau Local Government area of Niger State.

The State Governor immediately appointed Alhaji Salihu Akawu Seidu, popularly known as SAS, to replace the deposed King.

According to him, “He is to be turbaned immediately to avoid vacuum.”

The Governor, also, announced the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Anaje, who until now is the Ohi of Okenwen, as the new Ohinoyi of Ebiraland.

Announcing the developments shortly after a meeting of the State Executive Committee, Bello said, “Having followed through our Traditional and Chieftaincy Laws, Rules and Regulations and all the due processes, we have come to the following resolutions.

“His Royal Highness, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah Koto, the Ohimege-Igu Koton-Karfe, who is also the Chairman, Lokoja/ Kogi Local Government Area Traditional Council is hereby removed and to be deposed to, Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State.

“His Royal Highness, Sam Bola Ojo, the Olu Magongo of Magongo is removed and to be deposed to Salka, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State.

“His Royal Highness, Samuel Adayi Onimisi, the Obobanyi of Emani, is removed and to be deposed to Doko, Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State.

“That Similarly, on decision No. 3, the title “OBOBANYI OF IHIMA” which reads on the promotion letter, upgrading the stool to first class status, was done without cognisance to the fact that the title; is a subject of litigation and the court of law is yet to arrive at the possible final decision.

“As such, the Government has however received several petitions, calling attention to the need to revert and maintain status quo, until the court of law decides.”

SCOAN Slams BBC Over Documentary On Late Leader, TB Joshua, Says Report Unethical, Lopsided

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By Akinwale Kasali

The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, has finally broken its silence over the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC’s, documentary reports on its late Leader, TB Joshua. The report tagged, ‘Africa Eye’, alleged a mumber of atrocities the late Founder of the Church, Temitope Balogun Joshua. They include  sexual harassment, ra*e, torture miracle manipulation and more.

The BBC also claimed that over 25 eyewitnesses from UK, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and USA provided accounts of what it was like in TB Joshua’s Compound and travails they experienced therein.

But the Church in its reaction, debunked the allegations and said  that the BBC went outside the ethics and fundamental principles of the profession in its investigation and dismissed it as an aberration.

It stated that Journalism as societal watch dog requires fairness, balancing and objectivity in order to command dignity, honour and respect as the fourth estate of the realm. It accused the BBC of a compromise of  these lofty principles by descending  into fictional narratives and  propaganda, thus turning itself into a weapon for a hatchet job as gangsters in the gab of journalism with a destructive ulterior motive for personal gains against a perceived enemy.

In a Statement signed by Dare Adejumo, its Spokesperson, SCOAN said that BBC needs to be questioned on why it deviated from true journalism and chose to be dishing junks and feeding the public with stones called bread by its offensive and disenchanted lopsided reports of disgruntled and shameless elements.

It added that it is insulting to the professional and public intelligence.

The statement titled; ‘BBC and Its Ludicrous Episodes Of Hatchet Job On TB Joshua’, stated that, “The BBC World Services investigative unit, code-named ‘Africa eye’ came out this week with weird and strange episodes of atrocities against late Prophet TBJoshua, founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN.

“To investigate and publish or broadcast reports is a central kernel in journalism  But to do this outside the ethics and fundamental principles of the profession is an aberration. Journalism as societal watch dog requires fairness, balancing and objectivity in order to command dignity honour and respect as the fourth estate of the realm. BBC has compromised these lofty principles by descending  into fictional narratives and  propaganda thus turning itself into a weapon for a hatchet job as gangsters in the gab of journalism with a destructive ulterior motive for personal gains against a perceived enemy.

“Only BBC can best explain why it woefully deviated from true journalism and chose to be dishing junks and feeding the public with stones called bread by its offensive and disenchanted lopsided reports of disgruntled and shameless elements.This to say the least is insulting to our professional and public intelligence.

“One thing is very obvious, hundreds of BBC charades cannot rubbish the indelible footprints of TBJoshua’s legacies on earth again. There are thousands of REAL human beings who had received dumbfounding miracles and tremendously benefited from the anointing and grace the Lord endued with His servant while on earth that could not be disputed that are lining up and responding angrily to this imperialist broadcasting station.

“Many of them are in the UK the home base of BBC but which its jaundiced investigative eyes could not see but only the obviously suborned narrators! Myriads of broken homes reconciled by TBJoshua are also crying foul of BBC’s broadcast of iniquity. Uncountable hopeless children drawn from different parts of the world; some brought by their parents while some were picked from drug joints or brothels who have gotten their destinies restored are also pissed off by the offensive reports.

“His ineffable love and charity works across the globe including horrible disaster spots speaks volumes in USA, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East among other continents. BBC has obviously shot itself in the foot by its compromise and roadside journalism.

“Incidentally SCOAN is not ready to belittle its honour by responding to the BBC charade. BBC would not have lost anything if it had gone to the church even to disguise as visitors in order to have direct experience of what is happening in the church instead of relying on disgruntled and manipulated  individuals some of whom are never known before in SCOAN as could be seen in the episodes. Some of those identified there are relics of homosexual and lesbian associates. My findings further show that everything the BBC put together was strange to SCOAN.

“One other clearly illogical thing in the charade is the BBC  categorical statement that the man of God was involved in all the abuse for over two decades! How could that be in a nation governed by law? It shows the station’s crude disrespect and bizarre perception of Nigeria. Where were all those shameless interviewees in all the decades?  Was it when the man  passed on that they suddenly became awake or came back to their senses? Only a fool will have respect for such charlatans. This is not only shameful to hear but also insulting to see from the work of supposedly well trained reporters!

“On the tragic collapse of the church guest house, it is shocking that BBC also turned itself to building expert through its charlatans to disregard the opinion of various renowned international erudite and building experts on what it didn’t know anything about. It was all just to call the dog a bad name so that they could hang it.

“It is obvious that the sponsors of the BBC hatchet job must have been transmogrified by the continued growth of the church like the tree planted by the river side which  remains incomprehensible to those satanic agents who erroneously thought the church was finished with the passing of TBJoshua not knowing that whatever is of God cannot be uprooted by anyone.

“Thank God you exonerated his only wife of any wrong doing throughout the decades of your so-called investigated lopsided work. But did you think any wife at all could be seeing and watching all these nonsensical and annoying scenarios you painted for decades and still kept silent?  I am yet to read any literature or hear of such a woman in the universe! This is illogical, irritating, incomprehensible, unfathomable and satanically dubious and malicious.

“Persecution of divine envoys or servants of God is not new in history. For cursed and manipulated false witnesses to arise and manufacture intimidating and damaging lies has    always been and history would always repeat itself.

“ONE thing is very important and which every opinion moulder must know:  no one can run away from harvesting the consequences of whatever seed he or she has planted in Creation. As a matter of fact, it’s in God’s adamantine will that such a planter either through his words, deeds, writings or actions will never be free not until those people he or she had misled are free.

“This is why we must not allow ourselves to be carried away by any situation no matter the immediate benefits because the consequences coulf be fatal. BBC investigative reporters in this case on their so-called episodes on TB Joshua should bow down their heads in shame as journalists in their fictional voyage of the theatre of the absurd”, the statement reads.

Anambra: Soludo Suspends Monarch For Honouring Political Opponent With Chieftaincy Title

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Igwe Damian Ezeani

By Ayodele Oni

In what is perceived as politics taken too far, Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has suspended a Monarch, allegedly, for conferring chieftaincy title on his political opponent.

The Traditional Ruler of Neni community, Igwe Damian  Ezeani, was punished by the Governor for alleged breach of Code of Conduct for Traditional Rulers.

The suspension came few hours after the Traditional Ruler conferred a chieftaincy title on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who recently joined the All Progressives Congress, (APC), a step perceived as preparation to challenge Soludo in the upcoming election.

The suspension was announced by the State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Community Affairs, Mr. Tony Collins Nwabunwanne.

The Traditional Ruler is conferred the chieftaincy title on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah without adhering to the established Code of Conduct for Traditional Rulers in Anambra.

The code was issued by the Traditional Rulers, and mandates them to obtain permission from the Traditional Ruler of the recipient’s community and clearance from the Ministry.

According to the letter “We have received confirmed reports that you, as Traditional Ruler of Neni, conferred such a phantom Chieftaincy title on one Senator Ifeanyi Ubah in violation of the Code of Conduct and without clearance from the Ministry.

“Whether or not your action was for pecuniary reasons as being insinuated in many quarters is irrelevant. What is important is that your action is an affront to order and good governance.

“In the light of the above, and for order and good governance, I am directed to inform you that Mr. Governor has, in the exercise of his powers under Section 2 (C) of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers (Amendment) Law,2020, suspended your recognition as Traditional Ruler of Neni untill further notice.

“You are also by this letter, required to show cause why your Certificate of Recognition should not be withdrawn in line with the Traditional Rulers Law.

“In the meantime, you are advised in your own interest, to stop parading yourself forthwith, as the Traditional Ruler of Neni community.

“This regulation aims to prevent the misuse of such titles and to ensure the dignity of the traditional institutions is maintained.”

The Commissioner further stated that it has been observed that a minority of Traditional Rulers have engaged in the practice of trading chieftaincy titles for monetary gains, an act that has brought embarrassment and disrepute to the esteemed traditional institution.