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Murdered Soldier-couple: Buhari Orders Military To Arrest Perpetrators

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Solidiers Killed in Imo State - Couple

By Gideon Njoku

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted in shock to the blood-cuddling murder of a couple, both of the Nigerian Army, in Imo State. The couple was murdered on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

Describing the act as barbaric and sacrilegious, Buhari ordered the Military to quickly do everything possible to fish out the perpetrators of the abominable act.

Master Warrant Officer Audu Linus, was getting married to his junior colleague, an Imo daughter, Private Gloria Matthew, and the couple were on their way to perform the Traditional Marriage ceremony when they were ambushed and murdered in a most horrendous manner.

Private Matthew was brutally raped before her man, both of them were then shot dead,  their bodies desecrated, and finally beheaded. Their heads were placed on their badly tortured bodies. The whole sickening incident was videod and posted on social media platforms.

In a recorded voice discussion between one of the killers and a sister of Private Mathew, he gleefully told the lady they had killed the couple because soldiers were killing Igbo youths. They apparently called Matthew’s family using her phone.

Mourning the couple, the President in a statement signed on his behalf by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, expressed deep shock, and said that he joined Nigerians in mourning the couple and in strongly condemning the abominable act.

The President condemned the barbarism of the perpetrators of the incident and “similar acts of violence against law enforcement agents, described it as alien to all cultures and civilizations.”

Said the Statement: “The President has directed the Military authorities and other Security Agencies to do their utmost in apprehending the perpetrators of the barbaric  act.

He also called on community and regional leaders to “speak with one voice, to show that the entire country is one against this cruel and barbaric act of violence. This is unacceptable.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of this sad and tragic incident”.

In Igboland, it is an abomination to kill one’s in-law.

In a statement mourning the couple, the Army Spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu lamented that the terrorists, masquerading as unknown gunmen, could not even spare their own daughter. He put the blame on the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network, ESN.

But a statement signed on behalf of IPOB by its Spokesperson, Emma Powerful, distanced IPOB/ESN from the barbaric act. Saying it cannot kill its own daughter, it put blame at the feet of State actors.

Private Mathews was from Nkwerre, Imo State. Neither the Imo Police Command, nor the State Government has issued a statement on the sacrilegious incident.

PDP Governorship Primaries Hold May 23, 2022

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Debo Ologunagba - PDP Publicity Secretary

By Adesina Soyooye

The Governorship Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will hold on May 23, 2022.

In an updated timetable released by the Party, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP also said that the Primaries for the House of Representatives candidates will hold on Friday, May 20, 2022, while that of the Senate will hold the next day, May 21, 2022. That of the State House of Assembly has been fixed against May 18.

No mention was, however, made of the Presidential Primary in the updated timetable.

The Party is still grappling with where to zone the office of the President. It is same with the All Progressives Congress, APC, where its Chairman, Senator Adamu Abdullahi, put a spanner in the works by giving the impression that zoning has been abdicated when everybody thought the office has been zoned to the South.

Following is the PDP Press Release.

2023: PDP Updates Timetable and Schedule of Activities

…Shifts Dates for LG Congress, SHOA, NASS, Governorship Primaries

“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the update of the Party’s Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 general elections as follows:

“1.       Local Government Area (LGA) Congress to elect one National Delegate per LGA and one Person living with disability in the 774 Local Government Areas: Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

“2.       State House of Assembly (State Constituency Congress): Wednesday, May 18, 2022

“3.       House of Representatives Primaries:      Friday, May 20, 2022

“4.       Senatorial District Primaries:                     Saturday, May 21, 2022

“5.       Governorship Primaries:                             Monday, May 23, 2022

“All aspirants to various positions, critical stakeholders, members of our Party across the country as well as relevant agencies of government should please take note.”

2023: It’s Embarrassing Campaigning With Students At Home – Obi; Wishes Funds From Presidential Aspirants Channeled To ASUU

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Frontline Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Mr Peter Obi has lamented, and expressed regret that we are campaigning for 2023 with Nigerian our children who should be in school whiling away time at home.

Obi said this on Wednesday while responding to a question from a Nigerian student when he appeared at a popular Abuja based human rights Radio and Television station more known as berekete family in Abuja.

 

The former Anambra state Governor said that he finds it disheartening that the noise of 2023 is dominating the space rather than the plight of Nigerian students wasting at home and being exposed to all kinds of danger and degradations.

Enough to settle the demands of the

Obi said that the N40m and N100m being collected for form from Presidential aspirants from the two leading political parties is enough to meet some demands of ASUU

He noted that the genesis of the ASUU strike is in the inability of government to keep agreements and that stems from the value we place in  Education which should be the biggest investment.

Obi said that if he is elected President of this country, he will make Nigeria a producing nation because that is the only way to have a strong and viable economy.

He remarked that Nigeria economy is down because the operating system is in sharing rather than producing.

When asked how he intend to create a viable economy if elected he said he would start by cutting off excess wastages that is prevalent in our system. He gave graphic account of how he did same as Governor of Anambra state and was able to achieve much without owing and having more to invest.

Obi also spoke extensively on how his Presidency will tackle the nation’s persisting problems especially cohesion, insecurity and power generation and among others.

On security he noted that most of the bandits and gunmen could not have been in the crime if the government had provided for them by doing the needful.

The Presidential aspirant told a Nigerian trained doctor who called from Saudi Arabia and wanting to know what Obi can do if elected to stop the doctor’s flight, but rather Obi said he will encourage the training of more doctors and other professionals  for exports. He noted that in the year 2030 there will be scarcity of critical professions like Computer engineers and Nurses and nations who plan well can leverage on it and make money exporting them.

The audience of the popular media station across the globe, Italy, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Senegal among others called in to either ask question or to wish Obi well in the Presidential race.

Members of the comic station berekete family also expressed satisfaction with Obi’s response to issues.

2023: No PDP Southern Candidate Can Win; Political Realities That Annoy And Heal

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Reno Omokri

By Reno Omokri

“I have a lot of personal disdain for Bola Tinubu who I believe lacks personal hygiene and morals. I also have reasons to believe that he is corrupt and grossly so. But despite my misgivings he is acting more sensibly than other Southern aspirants in courting the North”

As the party primaries draw near, it is sad to see many people still playing the same old sentimental politics which has left them perpetually on the back burner. Why do they do it? Is it that they are unteachable, or unreachable, or that they lack the ability to suppress their sentiments in favour of cold hard facts?

Political realities will always overcome political sentiments. That is a fact of life. So, in order to win, you do not cry over the realities, or argue about them. You simply understand these natural principles and then harness them.

One political reality is that the ONLY Southern candidates with name recognition in Northern Nigeria, and especially the Northwest and Northeast, are Bola Tinubu and Yemi Osinbajo. Even Rotimi Amaechi does not have it. I know some people will not like to hear this, but the truth is bitter and better!

And amongst these Southern candidates, only Bola Tinubu stands a chance in the Northwest and Northeast, for almost the same reasons that Abiola stood a chance. Even Buhari, with his real or imaginary Northern-cult following, can’t persuade the core North to vote for a Christian pastor.

Another bitter, but better truth.

Although people will like to hear butter lies.

Asking core Northerners to vote for Pastor Yemi Osinbajo, who, rightly or wrongly, is seen in the core North as a Christian fanatic, who carefully put members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in key positions, is like asking Southerners to vote Isa Pantami, who was caught on tape expressing his delight at the death of non-Muslims!

Any sensible aspirant should cultivate the Northwest and Northeast. You can win the Presidency without the votes of one particular region I will not name because of their ability to insult more than their ability to vote. But you can’t win without the Northwest and the Northeast.

Alas, with the comments of many Southern aspirants, you would think that they can win the election based on bravado alone. Even the British tried to win the heart of the North, though they were colonial masters. It is a reality we must face as long as Nigeria remains one country.

I have a lot of personal disdain for Bola Tinubu, who I believe lacks personal hygiene and morals. I also have reasons to believe that he is corrupt and grossly so. But despite my misgivings, he is acting more sensibly than other Southern aspirants in courting the North.

Osinbajo is just delusional. He thinks he can win the APC primaries by speaking English. Even Buhari does not command the delegate votes to make him win. Yes, he has name recognition. But his name recognition in the North is like beer. Northerners know it, but reject it!

From what I have seen so far, 2023 will be a race between Bola Tinubu and the best Northern candidate the Peoples Democratic Party can come up with. Other than Bola Tinubu, the top three Northern PDP candidates have no match in the South. For now.

You doubt me? Okay, let me ask you this question. Who are Osinbajo’s coordinators in each of the nineteen Northern states? He either does not have such machinery in place, or where he has them, the coordinators are inconsequential people who are political lightweights that add no value to him.

Which Northern Governor is for him? With, perhaps, the exception of Nasir El-Rufai, the answer is zero. And if El-Rufai is for you, then you should consider that as a very big minus.

Contrast that with Tinubu.

Whereas Osinbajo has no foot soldiers in the North, Tinubu has foot soldiers in every Northern state. Every time he is moving in the North, you can see top-level Northern power brokers with him, from Ganduje, to Ribadu, to Shettima.

I will not even bother about candidates from the Southeast. If you critique them because you want them to be better, their followers (who are invariably mostly from the Southeast as well), will troop to your public profiles to insult you, as if they alone can make their chosen candidate the President. I wish them luck in their chosen path to ‘victory’.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Bola Tinubu will win the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress. If his challenger in the Peoples Democratic Party comes from any zone other than the Northwest or Northeast, then Tinubu will be the President of Nigeria in 2023.

This much is obvious to people who have political vision. I do not know how anybody will actually allow their ethnicity to blind them to the point where they can believe that any Southern candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party can win an election in 2023. That will just be like gifting the election to Tinubu.

I have the voter turnout numbers of every Local Government in Nigeria from 2019. So, I look at elections from a statistical and scientific point of view. The Southeast of Nigeria has the highest Twitter and online turnout in the nation, but the lowest voter turnout during voter registration and election.

There are those who are being moved by ethnic sentiments and their disillusionment will come very soon. I do not need to belabour the point. But I will say this: Even in the Southeast, Bola Tinubu is very strong. Look at the former Eagles that went to endorse him. Where are they from?

Let us learn from the Northwest and Northeast. This is Ramadan. How many of them have you seen travelling? Even during Sallah, they don’t travel. But let it be voter registration or election, they will travel. You travel for Christmas, but not for election, and you want to win election?

Refusing to work with political realities, and instead, promulgating political delusions and building castles in the air, will not get any region, or any part, or anyone, anywhere at any time. 2023 must be faced using cold hard facts. If Tinubu emerges in the All Progressives Congress, NOBODY among those who have declared so far in the South can defeat him for the Peoples Democratic Party.

In Luke 14:31, Christ asked if a king with 10,000 soldiers can defeat another with 20,000.

If the All Progressives Congress gives Bola Tinubu their ticket, the Peoples Democratic Party should be mindful of the fact that Kano alone delivered two million votes during the 2019 election, while the entire Southeast delivered 2.09 million. Do the maths and stop sniffing meth!

In every election since 2003, Buhari has always had a captive audience of 12 million Northerners, plus or minus, one million. Buhari’s political foot soldiers in the core North are united behind him. What the opposition must do is to find a way to divide them. If the Peoples Democratic Party fields a Southerner in 2023, they will unite and obey Buhari’s command to vote for Tinubu. And he will win. The only way that those foot soldiers can be divided enough not to obey Buhari’s command is if the Peoples Democratic Party fields a Northerner!

Any scenario other than the Peoples Democratic Party fielding someone from the Northwest or Northeast is an own goal. I know this will infuriate a lot of people, especially from a particular geopolitical zone, but that is what truth does. It makes you mad as hell. But it makes you heal as well.

Southerners who think Buhari is no longer popular in the North are under the mistaken belief that Northerners care about the things they care about. When terrorist kill Northerners, Northern masses do not see it as Buhari’s fault. They see such deaths as the will of God that could not be altered.

The number one factor militating against the political progress of a certain geopolitical zone is their inability to work with people they do not like. Tell them an inconvenient truth and to a large extent, they will gather to insult, abuse and attack you. Then after they have finished alienating everybody, they will believe that everybody hates them.

Northerners understand Southerners more than Southerners understand Northerners. Northerners like themselves more than Southerners like themselves. And more importantly, Northerners vote for region and religion. Southerners vote for region and competence.

Both politics and war are a game of life and death. Once you understand that, everyone in your bloc will be motivated to win.

Northerners understand this. Southerners do not. We see politics as an idealistic endeavour. Northerners see politics as a realistic venture and act accordingly.

Individually, each state in the Northwest is politically powerful, especially the KKK axis. Kano, Katsina and Kaduna. But their individual strength is not why they influence elections. The power of the Northwest is their ability to vote as a bloc. Only the Southwest is that politically disciplined in the Nigerian Project.

In politics, it is better to use your intellect and foresight than rely on stubbornness in the face of facts. Political momentum is built in the grassroots, not on social media, and that momentum is growing quietly in the North.

The great Chinese military strategist said, “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” The Peoples Democratic Party should imbibe this wisdom. Look at the voting pattern from 2019 and be guided by that, not by sentiments.

No party zones from a position of weakness. You only zone from a position of strength. As an opposition party, the preoccupation of the Peoples Democratic Party should be how to win. When they win, they can zone. But if they zone before they win, they will never win!

The Peoples Democratic Party must understand the military strategy that “the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

The All Progressives Congress is likely to present a very flawed but politically astute candidate in Tinubu. Thus, the PDP must respond by presenting a candidate who has numbers, not one who has sentiments.

It takes energy to bend the bow, but it takes strategy to know how and when to release the arrow. The Peoples Democratic Party has energy on its side. Now, all they need is strategy. Because, in Bola Tinubu, they are facing an opponent who relies on strategy, not sentiments.

This article was first published by ThisDay

Imo: Bomb Explodes At Addax Petroleum; Two Killed

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Addax Petroleum

By Charles Igbo

The insecurity in Imo continued Wednesday morning. An oil facility operated by Addax Petroleum has been bombed.

The incident happened at the facility, located  at Izombe in the Oguta Local Government Area of the State.

As at the time of writing this, two fatalities have been confirmed.

An eye witness said  the bombs were carried and detonated by two men of middle age. It is not, yet, confirmed if the carriers were the victims, or workers at the facility.

The Imo State Police Command, through its Spokesman, CSP Mike Abattam, confirmed the bomb explosion which it said happened very early in the morning of Wednesday May 4, 2022.

The Command was, however, silent on the number of the dead and the injured. It was, also, silent on how much damage the facility suffered.

Abattam said the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barda, has already sent a Police Squad from the anti-bomb unit  to the area. Other Security Operatives have, also, been deployed to the area to calm down the very panicky people and, to avoid a breakdown of the law.

This comes a couple of weeks after an explosion at an illegal petroleum refinery in the Ohaji Egbema LGA of the State, exploded and burnt to death more than 100 people.

It, also, comes a couple of days after two soldiers, male and female, who were on their way to perform their traditional wedding in the State, were beheaded by unknown gunmen, after the female soldier was brutally raped in front of her husband. Their heads were displayed on their bodies, videod, and posted on  Social Media networks.

Fayemi Promises New Dawn As He Joins Presidential Race

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By Ayodele Oni

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday formally declared his intention to contest for the office of the President in 2023 on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).

The declaration, which took place in Abuja, was witnessed by his admirers from all parts of the country.

Dr Fayemi, Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, (NGF) promised to ensure youth empowerment and retool the Armed Forces and security agencies.

He also promised decentralisation for the government to be brought closer to the people.

He assured other aspirants that “I will adhere to the highest standards of decorum and decency.”

He promised to address Nigeria’s security challenge by leading the military on the frontline against bandits and terrorists.

“I offer myself as the leadership figure who is willing and primed to work with you, beloved compatriots, to launch and drive the hard work of surmounting difficult times, fostering trust, and building bridges with a view to carrying us in unity, equity, and justice into our new dawn of progress and prosperity.

“Hope such as I offer with my candidature is premised on a shared vision on which we can all agree, and for which we collectively strive, of a nation that is more confidently and uncompromisingly at one with itself, serving as home for all of us regardless of ethnicity, class, gender, age, disability, region or religion.

“It is a vision of a nation of multiple diversities in which each and every one of us can recognise ourselves in its fabric and workings as equal stakeholders and co-constructors, comlete with all the rights, freedoms, and duties provided under the constitution for citizens.

“The idea and ideal of Nigeria as home to all of us who are its children is one which we can all rally around as a starting point for the unfinished work of national greatness that must be taken to its next phase.

“To give full effect to this, concrete programmes of action will be launched in priority areas that will allow for a revamping of the credibility of the Nigerian state, the promotion and fulfillment of an enhanced social contract, and the rebirth of the national identity.

“We must build on recent successes in restoring our national planning system and statistical  capacity in order to open new, forward-looking approaches to development management that is research and data driven.

“This will form an integral part of the new elan that we will be bringing to governance as a whole, driven by a philosophy of efficient service delivery, the enthronement of a civic culture, and the encouragement of an  empowered citizenry to engage with public affairs understanding that it is the repository of power.

“As part of this commitment, a holistic approach to decentralisation will be embraced and institutionalised so that government and its services are brought closer to the people.

“Our programme of decentralisation will also feed into the goals of a stronger, more united, and stable Nigeria, outcomes which are not only good for our domestic prospects but which will also benefit West Africa, the rest of the African continent, and a troubled international multilateral system.”

UN Backs Reintegration Of Boko Haram Terrorists As Good To End Terrorism

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Gov Zulum and UN scribe

By Ayodele Oni

The United Nations (UN),  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, now on an official visit to Nigeria, has promised to support the reintegration process for repentant Boko Haram fighters into the society.

A Radio Nigeria report monitored in Akure, Ondo State, stated that the Secretary-General made the promise when he paid a courtesy visit to Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House, Maiduguri.

The war against Boko Haram insurgency had in the last one year assumed a different dimension with the mass surrender of fighters and members of their family.

Report indicate that so far more than 50,000 Combatant and non-combatants have surrendered to authorities in Borno state and are currently undergoing rehabilitation.

This has attracted global attention and the UN Secretary-General is personally leading a delegation to assess the situation.

Mr Antonio Guterres  commended Borno state government for putting in place the right mechanism to fighting terrorism.

According to him, investing in livelihood of victims of insurgency and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram fighters remain the greatest way of ending the crisis.

“I was amazed to see today in a center those that have been terrorists they want to integrate into the society, want to contribute to the society and the policy that have been here is a policy of reconciliation, the policy of reintegration, is a policy aiming at a development perspective to allow for terrorism to be eliminated.”

The UN Secretary-General called on the international community to support Borno state in addressing the humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons and returnees.

He noted that humanitarian aid was not the major concern of IDPs in Borno, rather provision of favourable condition to enable them return back to the ancestral homes in safety and dignity.

Governor  Zulum appreciated the United Nations system for rendering live saving humanitarian and development assistance during the twelve years of insurgency.

He appealed the United Nations to assist in resuscitation of the Lake Chad and strategic humanitarian support to IDPs outside Maiduguri.

Governor Zulum assured that his administration would continue to partner with the United Nations to ensure victims of insurgency live in dignity and be productive members of the society.

The UN Chief scribe and members of his delegation had earlier visited Gubio road IDP camp and one of the holding facility for the repentant insurgents.

Why Nollywood Actor, David Osagie, Died Suddenly

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David Osagie

By Akinwale Kasali

The Nollywood industry has been dealt a major blow.

The make-believe industry that is still mourning the demise of young actress, Chinedu Bernard, who slumped and died at a Catholic Church in Enugu less than a week ago, has lost another of its versatile actors, David Osagie.

The late Osagie who died in the early hours of  Wednesday, May 4th 2022, was  on set on May 3, 2022.

The actor, known for playing Royal roles in movies died few hours after appearing on set, apparently of cardiac arrest.

Colleagues of Osagie who took to social media to lament his death, said the actor was on set on Tuesday May 3, only for them to learn of his death on Wednesday morning.

While details of the actor’s demise are still unclear, his family is yet to issue an official statement as of press time.

The late Osagie would be missed by his colleagues, who described him as a versatile and talent actor.

Ondo : Army, Amotekun Burst Kidnappers’ Hideouts, Arrest 37 Suspects

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Kidnappers in Ondo Forest

By Ayodele Oni

The war to rid south west of kidnappers has spread to Ondo state as a joint patrol embarked upon by the Nigerian Army and men of the Amotekun Corps with other Security agencies, led to mass arrest of suspected kidnappers.

Other persons suspected to be criminal elements were also rounded up during the special operation which will last for a week.

During the operations, no fewer than 37 suspected criminals were apprehended across the 18 Local Government Area of the State.

The patrol, which was held simultaneously across the state, was part of efforts put in place by the state government to ensure a crime-free Eid-El-Fitri celebration.

The Ondo State Commander of Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye made this known while parading the suspects at the corps headquarters in Akure.

According to him, the patrol which started since Friday last week, will continue till Thursday to make it a full week exercise to rid the society, Ondo and its environs of criminal elements.

“In the last five days, we have been able to harvest a number of criminals ranging from Armed robbers, suspected kidnappers, fraudsters, Yahoo yahoo boys and those that are engaged in nefarious activities.

“I want to commend men of the Nigeria Army from the 32 Artillery Brigade for their huge support likewise the Nigeria Police force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and of course, the Department of State Service (DSS) for their support towards ensuring that the holiday was crime free.

Akogun Adeleye who is also the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security matters, hinted, that during the operation, they busted a number of criminal activities such as kidnapping at the border town of Ondo state.

“As a result of the intense pressure we mounted on the Kidnappers, they were compelled to release some victims and as at now, we don’t have any kidnapped victim in the State.

“With Intelligence, we are able to follow grassroots intelligent report to clamp down on their hideouts and we will continue to do that inline with the policy of the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Akeredolu.

“You will agree with me that he places a lot of premium on the security of lives and properties of residents in the state.

“Residents, commuters and business owners in the state are testifying, that the atmosphere is clear for smooth transactions.

“And for farmers, we want you to go back to your farms and we assure you of your safety. We also enjoin you to give us timely information to work with once you see suspected movement around.

“I also want to assure members of the public that the law will take its full course on all that are found to be culpable.”

He, however, reiterated the smooth working relationship existing between the Army and the Amotekun Corps.

“I keep saying that there is no personal disagreement between the Army and members of the Ondo state security Network Agency.

“There were operational frictions which have been resolved and as you witness today, you would see that we are working closely together and we are happy working together.

“We don’t have any problem with the Army, they are playing the roles they are supposed to play in curbing crime in Ondo State and I tell you, that the Army and other security agencies have been actively involved in most of the major successful operations that are going on in the state.”

Meet Chinyere Egbujor, The Electrical Engineer, The Medical Doctor

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Chinyere Egbujor

By Charles Igbo

Her energy is amazing. And so are her infectious smiles, and disarming humility.

Meet Chinyere Egbujor, the young lady who is at home in two worlds.

Miss Egbujor is a qualified Electrical Engineer. And she is a Medical Doctor.

She is a Nigerian, born in the United States of America, USA, to Dr. Paschal Egbujor and Judy. The Egbujors are from Naze, Owerri North, Imo State, and Chinyere is the second of six children.

Her two areas of specialisation, a rare combination, are poles apart – Electrical Engineering, Medicine. Yet, she sees no difference. She is as good in one, as she is in the other.

She first read Electrical Engineering and graduated from one of the prominent Universities in the US, University of Texas, Austin (UT Austin). She worked for four years in that field, and was sent to India for a professional, specialised course. But her brilliance and competence were so glaring, and she was way above her mates and colleagues, that after a couple of months, she was told she had nothing more to prove as she, apparently, already  knew everything she came to learn.

Four years down the line, she became bored. She said she  no longer had job satisfaction as an Electrical Engineer. It was no longer challenging. She wanted more. Her work place tried to convince her otherwise, but her mind was made up.

So she opted to go back to school to read medicine. Her agitated, but proud father let her be. Nobody asked her too many questions. They let her be. If she wanted to be an Electrical Engineer as well as a Medical Doctor, good for her. She is the one reading, she is the one abandoning a financially- fulfilling job, and going back to school.

She did. She pursued her passion of being a Medical Doctor. And, in 2017, she graduated from the University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, UTSA. The young doctor specialised as an  Emergency Room Doctor.

Dr Egbujor is one of the Nigerians in the Diaspora making Nigeria proud.

Her proud father, Dr Paschal Egbujor said of her: “Dr Chinyere Egbujor is a perfect child and the wish of every Dad.”

She is plying her trade in Medicine at St Louis, Missouri, United States of America.

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