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Rema is signed to Mavins Records and Jonzing World . Both labels manage him.Rema’s deal with the both labels is 15 years...
21/01/2024

Rema is signed to Mavins Records and Jonzing World . Both labels manage him.

Rema’s deal with the both labels is 15 years and he gets 30% of everything he makes .

If Rema makes 100 million today , he gets just 30 million and Mavins and Jonzing world take 70 million .

Do you think Rema will love to renew this contract when it expires ?

07/12/2023
Deji is married
07/12/2023

Deji is married

PHOTOS: Tinubu performs lesser hajj in Mecca
13/11/2023

PHOTOS: Tinubu performs lesser hajj in Mecca

Meet the CEO of Green Africa airline Babawande Afolabi, an American returnee who launched a new airline in Ibadan and ta...
13/11/2023

Meet the CEO of Green Africa airline Babawande Afolabi, an American returnee who launched a new airline in Ibadan and taken delivery of new airplanes in Lagos.

Babawande who is in his 30s, was an investment banker in the United States.

The airline is based in Lagos state, has begum affordable air transportation to Abuja (ABJ), Akure (AKR), Enugu (ENU), Ilorin (ILR), Owerri.

The Airline was the cheapest in the country when they took off their operations. Ibadan to Lagos was N6,500 ($6) while Lagos to Abuja was N27,500 ($27). Portharcourt was also N27,500 ($27).

Did Tinubu forge CSU certificate?Can anyone forge a certificate of a school he attended and graduated?CSU said he attend...
11/10/2023

Did Tinubu forge CSU certificate?
Can anyone forge a certificate of a school he attended and graduated?
CSU said he attended their school and graduated.
CSU says their students have permission to print out diplomas (certificates) from outside vendors, as they do not care because the diploma is only ceremonial.
CSU says the transcript of their students is what is very important to them and Tinubu transcripts are with the school.
Read for yourselves

The complete Chicago State University deposition papers..
11/10/2023

The complete Chicago State University deposition papers..

31/07/2023

5 Hectares of Prime Land for sale.
Location: Along Lagos New Airport road, Ibeju-Lekki.
Land title: Governors Consent
Price: N1b

28/07/2023

Liars and cheats

As Chairperson of ECOWAS, I had separate productive calls with the UN Secretary-General , and US Vice President Kamala H...
28/07/2023

As Chairperson of ECOWAS, I had separate productive calls with the UN Secretary-General , and US Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday, reaffirming our shared commitment to defending democracy in the region.

Nigeria, with the support of partners such as the UN and USA, remains dedicated to championing peace, digital inclusion, economic growth, and prosperity for all in Africa.

I also re-emphasized Nigeria’s and Africa's proactive leadership role on the global stage.
-President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

06/10/2022
The United States is glad to be a significant part of Nigeria’s rich musical industry.Happy to meet Afrobeat superstar D...
06/10/2022

The United States is glad to be a significant part of Nigeria’s rich musical industry.
Happy to meet Afrobeat superstar Davido earlier today as we talked about Nigeria’s fast growing entertainment industry and how it's a strong pillar of support for the U.S.-Nigeria partnership.

Another Bad EggSoldier attached to the Muhamadu Buhari cantonment in Tungan Maje in the FCT has been arrested by operati...
06/10/2022

Another Bad Egg

Soldier attached to the Muhamadu Buhari cantonment in Tungan Maje in the FCT has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers.

He was arrested last week around Dankogi Park in Zuba in collaboration with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in the area.

Reports say the soldier hired a gun to the kidnappers for 300,000 in one of the operations and in another instance, he recieved 200,000 for one gun.

Unfortunately for the soldier, the kidnappers were arrested and they mentioned him as their gunrunner.

They contacted him for another deal to supply them with AK 47 rifles to buy at three million naira and he fell for it.

They went to the agreed site in Zuba and took position.

He arrived in his car to present the arm and the security men swoop on him.

An AK 47 rifle as well as a fully loaded magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition was found in his car.

Bayelsa Based Kidnap Kingpin Mr John Lyon Nabbed In Abuja After a 70million Naira Ransom Was Traced in His Account.Notor...
25/09/2022

Bayelsa Based Kidnap Kingpin Mr John Lyon Nabbed In Abuja After a 70million Naira Ransom Was Traced in His Account.

Notorious Kidnapper known as John Lyon terrorising Bayelsa State who lives large and spends heavy money in clubs and ladies pleaded forgiveness after he was tracked and arrested in Abuja by the Nigerian Police.

Things To Know About Millionaire Kidnapper, John Lyon a.k.a IK- Kpai-kpai Arrested In Abuja.
Born on 22 Dec 1986.

12/09/2022

Warning: Highly sensitive video. Viewers discretion discretion adviced.

Breaking News! Senator Ifeanyi Ubah's convoy attacked at Enugu-Ukwu.
He was ambushed by heavily armed assassins who opened fire on his convoy. Some of his aides were killed including some police officers.
The senator managed to escape as his car was riddled with bullets.

The United States new Deputy Chief of Mission, David Greene, who has arrived in Abuja and assumed duties in the Embassy....
11/09/2022

The United States new Deputy Chief of Mission, David Greene, who has arrived in Abuja and assumed duties in the Embassy.

David looks forward to meeting many of you while he explores this diverse and amazing country.

His official bio shows the wide range of diplomatic experience he brings.

Four years after DeathResidents in shock as remnants of a decomposed body of a man were reportedly found in the bedroom ...
11/09/2022

Four years after Death

Residents in shock as remnants of a decomposed body of a man were reportedly found in the bedroom of his house after four years in Apete, Ibadan.

It was learnt that the deceased (unknown identity) was reportedly seen by neighbours four years ago during one of his occasional trip to Ibadan from Port Harcourt in Rivers State where he resides at the time.

As at the time of filing this report, the cause of death is yet to be ascertained.

Residents told newsmen that non of the residents in the area knew about the incident until this week when the community decided to enter into the compound to cut the overgrown grass inside his compound which has become a haven for snakes and rodents.

It was gathered that the Abokis who were contracted for the job of cutting the grass in the deceased compound were told to jump into the compound since the gate of the house were locked from behind only for them to found out that the car of the house owner is in the premises and has been covered with grass.

According to eyewitness , after managing to cut down the bush , they peeped at the window of the building and saw the skeleton of the decomposed co**se on his bed with a phone in his hand.

Officers of the Oyo state police command are currently carrying out a comprehensive investigation into the incident.

Multibillion dollar American animation company, Disney, will release their first Nigerian animation series called , Iwáj...
10/09/2022

Multibillion dollar American animation company, Disney, will release their first Nigerian animation series called , Iwájú, in 2023. It’s a animation series set in a futuristic Lagos city with dominating skyscrapers akin to the Eko Atlantic masterplan.

10/09/2022

A girl like me wasn't suppose to be up there...Michelle Obama

Elections Are Not Magic Shows  Being my acceptance speech on being chosen as the running mate of the Presidential Candid...
20/07/2022

Elections Are Not Magic Shows

Being my acceptance speech on being chosen as the running mate of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the 2023 Presidential Elections in Abuja, Nigeria, on July 12, 2022.

Protocols:

My first duty, is to first of all acknowledge the position that His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari occupies, in the remarkable history of our great party, the APC; as well as the role he has played, in the history of our dear country, Nigeria.

Secondly, I must also firmly underscore the remarkable political journey of our leader, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. His incredible vision and strength of character, have helped us to the point where our party evolved to, as the giant of the Nigerian political scene.

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, we are lucky indeed, to be standing on the shoulders of these two remarkable political titans.

There’s no weight I carry very carefully, as much as the burden of trust, and learning from public servants, who never take the expectations of the public, for granted. I’m standing here today because of the benign testaments of those who believe in me—those who crawled so that some of us could walk, and those who walked, for others to run.

The successes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the past two presidential elections, were not magic shows. They were rewards for our foresighted, and pragmatic decisions, to sacrifice our personal interests and sectional sentiments, for the overriding prospects of our Great Party. We are again on the cusp of history, and left with no option, other than collaborating assiduously again, to pursue the collective interest of APC’s stakeholders, across ethnic, religious, and regional stations.

Having led us through two successful elections, and resisted the bait to impose a successor, President Muhammadu Buhari remains the man of the season; a leader who must be remembered, for passing the torch to the choice of the party’s majority, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. My emergence as the running mate of the inimitable Jagaban Borgu, is based on the party’s very forthright assessment of the threats ahead; and I’m most honoured by the consensus of the distinguished stakeholders of our party, to trust me, with representing the nation’s interests, under the leadership of the very sage, the youths all over our country, fondly refer to as “City Boy”, in honour of his cosmopolitan profile.

Our public-spirited Progressive Governors, have also demonstrated why they are the backbone of the party. There can’t be enough words to quantify their sacrifices; we acknowledge the fact, that they are responsible for this spectacular structure, that offers us a palpable electoral advantage, over our opponents. Whatever supremacy we attribute to the APC, is owed to the commitment of our Progressive Governors. Like most of us, they submitted to the supreme interests of the Party, to guarantee our success in the forthcoming elections, and the immensity of these sacrifices, calibrates their wisdom and sensitivity, to the myriad of opponents we are going to face, in 2023. I’m here today, because of their wisdom; and I'm therefore grateful, for their perception of the task ahead, as one that can only be executed, through meticulous collaboration, across board.

Today, I must also testify to the cyclical nature of history. But, like those before us, we must resist the temptation to throw a feast, over an invitation to serve the people. We must always take the past as our finest teacher, one never to be taken for granted. This would guide our staring into tomorrow. I’m not unaware of the difficult political arithmetic that produced this moment, especially the understanding of our great Party’s stakeholders and supporters, across religions, regions, and ethnicities. Their resolve to settle for this ticket, is a testament to the faith they have in us.

This ticket isn’t an imposition; it’s an outcome of democracy at its practical best, and based on the aggregation of the ideas and insights, of our great party’s stakeholders. If this were an unpopular option, as the cast of partisan provocateurs has attempted to paint, there wouldn’t have been the tonnes of goodwill messages, especially from distinguished Christians, from all over the country. This ticket is a Nigerian project, not a sectional agenda, that the frightened camps have been struggling to sensationalize.

I’m sincerely proud of the rational citizens, who view this, as nothing but a pragmatic permutation, to defeat our opponents at the polls, and based on acknowledgment and implementation of the candid perspectives of our Christian brothers and sisters in the APC, who, like us, are bound by the passion for us to retain power, in order to deepen the delivery of unifying and transformative governance, to Nigerians.

About thirty years ago, Nigerians from both sides of the Niger, came together to market the ideals of a ticket like ours. They overlooked the pedestrian attempts to politicize the religious affiliations of the presidential candidate and running mate, and yielded to the message of hope; and the manifesto of prosperity promised them. The MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe ticket, defied the stereotype of Nigerians, as hopelessly sectional, and incapable of prioritizing reason over sentiments. That ticket, even though it was opposed by the same agents that doubted its success, has remained the best moment, of our various experiments with democracy, so far.

This reincarnation of the 30-year-old hope that produced the late MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe, came at a time the country is being pushed to the edge of anarchy, by conflict entrepreneurs, in gaudy suits and babanriga. But the overwhelming endorsement of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, at the APC presidential primaries, by aspirants from the very groups predicted to reject him; and his subsequent election by delegates from the same groups, is a clear message, that Nigerians are beyond the stereotypes of those desperate to tear the people apart.

The goodwill messages that have poured in, since the announcement of my selection, as running mate, to the high-performing Jagaban Borgu, easily underscore the depth of hope that our people are investing, in the ticket. And I do not doubt that the amplitude of this love, across the country, from Abia through to Zamfara, is an assurance that Nigerians are again prepared to choose the competence of their unifying representatives, over any expression of primordial sentiments.

We all witnessed the decisive blows dealt the bigotry dispensed by a hopeless minority, ahead of the APC presidential primaries, last June. The futility of their propaganda, showed that Nigerians aren’t the unthinking robots some are quick to call them. Nigerians are rational beings, with the capability to tell an invidious agenda apart, from sincere concern for them. They are not the uncritical consumers of clickbait and falsehoods, as some of us think they are. They see through the bigots, masquerading as patriots and, very importantly, they know those who represent their interests, even in the quietest and darkest of meeting rooms.

I’m immensely grateful to our great Party, the All Progressives Congress, and it's perceptive stakeholders who consulted widely, in the painstaking bid, to choose Asiwaju’s running mate, for the 2023 elections. I’m grateful for this opportunity to be a part of this history, to deliver Nigeria to a future defined by fast-evolving technologies, that will propel us towards guaranteed national security, economic boom, youth engagement, mass employment, high-quality education, and, of course, uncompromising national cohesion.

I want to assure our teeming supporters that, in the coming days, we will be rolling out our plans for a greater Nigeria, and pointing towards the bright future that we envisage; and away from the destination of those with nothing, but mudslinging to market, as the reason they deserve to be elected. Such hollow strategies shouldn’t be the ideals of a nation, yearning for an experienced and documented visionary, like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the wheels.

We will work with commitment for all Nigerians, especially the youths, who represent the overwhelming majority of our population today. They represent our present and future. We give a firm assurance, that no discrimination of any form will arise, from this patriotic alliance for the deepening of Nigeria's democracy.

Thank you very much for your attention.

Kashim Shettima !The Face of a TRUE CHRISTIAN. PAUL OJUKWU...."15 years ago, I went to buy electronics at Emab Plaza Abu...
20/07/2022

Kashim Shettima !
The Face of a TRUE CHRISTIAN.

PAUL OJUKWU....

"15 years ago, I went to buy electronics at Emab Plaza Abuja. I saw a young 18yrs Old boy walking on the corridor and when he walked to me and greeted me. I asked what he was doing, he said he's a salesman. I was moved by his passion. I asked for his WAEC result, when he gave me, it was better than mine. Today, he's my adopted son, I didn't ask for his origin or tribe. I sponsored his education to University level, he's now a Software Engineer, he is married to a Jukum woman, daughter of the current Attorney-General of Taraba State. He will be going to the UK for his PhD. He's Paul OJUKWU, MY ADOPTED SON from Anambra State. That is the Nigeria we are talking about....."

Kashim Shettima

Tinubu picked Shettima for our common good       The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has followed the heated debate that th...
20/07/2022

Tinubu picked Shettima for our common good


The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has followed the heated debate that the choice of our vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima has generated in the country .

The TCO restates that religion or ethnicity was far from the calculations of the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in picking his running mate.

If Asiwaju intended to cash in on ethnicity, he would have picked a running mate from the North Western part of Nigeria, which has the highest number of registered voters. If he wanted to appeal to the base instincts of religion, he would have also gone for a candidate in the Christian dominated parts of Nigeria.

But there was no such consideration. Instead he picked a tested politician and technocrat from the minority Kanuri ethnic group from the North East.

The factors at play were issues germane to confronting the multi-dimensional crisis our nation faces today: insecurity, economic problems, such as the unemployment crisis facing our youths.

Our candidate canvassed on his track record in Lagos to win the APC primary last June. As governor between 1999 and 2007, he was able to transform a decadent state into the fourth biggest economy in Africa. He believes that his feat in Lagos can be replicated all over Nigeria.

To assist him in realising this vision, he picked Kashim Shettima, who also established a track record of development in Borno State while he was governor for eight years, despite the Boko Haram crisis. Surely, only the deep knows how to call onto the deep.

Nigerians have a lot to gain in having the two tested leaders at the helm of affairs.

Naturally, some Nigerians with closet motives have failed to see the opportunities and possibilities the twin candidates present to our country at this time of difficult security, economic and political developments, preferring to fan the embers of religion and ethnic divisions among their unsuspecting and vulnerable compatriots.

The TCO hereby appeals to fellow Nigerians to embrace the best elements of our common purpose and reject the campaign and incitement against fellow citizens.

When Nigerians stand together, they have been known to achieve incredibly positive outcomes. That is the lesson from our history. To now succumb to the the base ends of identity, by further straining our already difficult ethnic and religious cleavages, is a great disservice to the country and to citizens who had no choice about their parentage, ethnicity or religion at birth.

Either as christians, muslims or traditional worshipers, as Nigerians, what should be important to us today and tomorrow is our commonwealth as citizens of this great nation.

The TCO will like to recall the statement by Asiwaju Tinubu, by way of a closing note, when he assured all Nigerians that he was not oblivious of the religious and ethnic sensitivities of the nation, and that he picked Shettima in fulfillment of the overriding interest of the country.

" I am mindful of the energetic discourse concerning the possible religion of my running mate. Just and noble people have talked to me about this. Some have counselled that I should select a Christian to please the christian community. Others said I should pick a Muslim to appeal to the Muslim community. Clearly, I cannot do both".

"Both sides of the debate have impressive reason and passionate arguments supporting their position. Both arguments have good reasons in support of their claims. But the assurances I bring is that as President, I hope to govern this country towards greatness and progress, deploying the tools of modern innovation to resolve seemingly intractable problems that have dogged our country and hindered our match toward greatness. I make this pledge on honoured promise knowing full well that some of the decision may be politically difficult.”

"May I say this to all of you, especially those disappointed in my selection based on religious considerations. I will not and cannot ignore the religious concerns and ethnic sensitivities of our people. I come from a background and orientation of pluralism that understands that the greatest gift contemporary Nigerian leadership needs today is sensitivity to the management of our complex diversity,” Tinubu said.

Bayo Onanuga
Director, Media & Communication

Awujale sues Ayefele over alleged defamationThe Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has sued Yinka Ayefele,...
20/07/2022

Awujale sues Ayefele over alleged defamation

The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has sued Yinka Ayefele, owner of internet fresh FM 105.9 radio Station at the High Court of Oyo state over alleged defamation.

He is asking for N200 billion as damages and compensation for the defamation contained In the radio programme.

The claimant said on December 22, 2019 during the course of the radio station programme, entitled, ‘Talk your own with Chikito Duru’, the defendant stored on his news server published or caused to be published by his internet website, which has the address www.facebook.comfreshfmibadanvideos from Dec 22. 2019 till Sept 4, 2020.

In a statement of claim, the counsel to the claimant, Ayanlaja Adesanya, noted that the said words referred and were understood to refer to the claimant in their natural and ordinary meaning and are calculated to disparage the claimant in his status as a person of global repute and in his office as the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland.

“The claimant has also been injured in his credit, character and reputation and has been lowered in the estimation of right thinking members of society generally and hurt in his feelings.
“The defendant published the said words concerning the claimant out of malevolence or spite to promote the defendant’s business with a view of increasing profit in terms of financial income and gain,” he maintained.

The claimant insisted that the defendant was aware that the said words were defamatory and are untrue, since it was alleged to have occurred in 1984, adding that the defendant was reckless to check whether or not the publication was true, but blinded by the prospect of the material advantage of using the person and office of the claimant to attract more listeners to it’s programmes.

In an 11 paragraph of the monarch’s witness statement, he recalled that he received various phone calls from some of his subjects in Nigeria and in Diaspora about the trending internet radio programme stored on the website of the defendant from January to September 2020.

16/07/2022

Why I didn’t anoint any presidential aspirant – Buhari

The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has opened up on why he was neutral and allowed delegates to vote for their preferred presidential candidate during the All Progressives Congress’ special convention and presidential primary.

The President opened up on what transpired during the buildup to the party’s convention on Saturday in Katsina when he paid a Sallah visit to the Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumin Usman Kabir, at his palace.

Speaking on what played out before the emergence of the party’s flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, Buhari explained that the delegates were given a free hand to pick him (Tinubu) in demonstrating the internal democracy in the party.

According to him, party leaders initially gave me a list of thirty presidential aspirants, out of which I was asked to pick a candidate of my choice.

The President said rather than pick or anoint a candidate, he allowed the delegates to pick the candidate of their choice which resulted in the emergence of Tinubu.

Buhari, who spoke in Hausa, said, “I was given a list of thirty (30) aspirants to pick from. Most of them were my ministers and governors. So, who will I choose or support?

“One of the governors even came to see me and asked who are we to choose.

“If I do that, it would affect my Vice President because he was listening to our conversation. I then told them to choose who they want.

“So, they elected Tinubu as APC presidential candidate.”

He added, “I hope the forthcoming (2023) general elections would also be peaceful just like the way APC conducted its congress where they elected the party’s National Chairman, the presidential candidate and how the presidential candidate picked his running mate.

“I hope God will help us to conduct the general elections peacefully.”

He, however, appealed to Nigerians to allow peace to reign during the 2023 general elections.

It’s mischief linking Shettima with Boko Haram – Shehu SaniAs reactions continue to trail the emergence of Senator Kashi...
12/07/2022

It’s mischief linking Shettima with Boko Haram – Shehu Sani

As reactions continue to trail the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as the 2023 presidential running mate to Bola Ahmed Bola, the former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani has said, linking Shettima with Boko Haram was mischief.

Sani on Monday reacted at the backdrop of concerns raised in some quarters about Shettima who was a two-term governor of Borno State, having to explain to Nigerians what he knows about the activities of Boko Haram.

On the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket, the human rights activist said, those who are aggrieved at the development should express objections through constitutional means.

In a statement which he sent to DAILY POST in Abuja, he said: “Those who are aggrieved over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling party have the constitutional right to express their objections.

“However, the remarks that trailed the ticket, including insinuations and allegations linking Shettima to the formation, growth and deadly destruction by the Boko Haram group is condemnable and mischievous.

Sani, who was a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kaduna State, said though, he’s not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), he witnessed the effort of Shettima at addressing insurgency when he governed Borno State.

“Shettima as the Governor of Borno State invested time, energy and the resources of Borno State in combating, containing and curtailing the activities of the terrorist group.

“Shetima has no hand in the abduction of the Chibok girls. He has done more than anyone in contributing and supporting the operations of the Army and other security agencies in protecting the people of Borno state and by extension Nigeria.

“As a stakeholder and former Chairman Senate Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North East, I’m privy to the fact that Shettima attracted massive presence and intervention of international NGOs and donor countries to the humanitarian situation in Borno.

“I’m not a member of the ruling party, but the truth is that other than issues of religion, he is better qualified in terms of competence than many who were paraded.

“Religion is a sensitive matter in Nigeria; other than that, Nigeria’s most important challenge is security, Shetima’s experience can be useful and is very much needed.”

07/07/2022

Legal trouble looms for Peter Obi as factional LP Chairman makes case

The man, on Wednesday, said he has spent N48 million in his case challenging the legality of the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the party in Court.

Calistus Okafor, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, has claimed Peter Obi's candidacy is contentious.

Okafor, on Wednesday, said he has spent N48 million in his case challenging the legality of the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the party in Court.

He also declared that Peter Obi’s claim of being the presidential candidate, was still contentious, while reiterating the readiness of his faction’s NWC to open discussions with Obi.

Obi had emerged as the candidate of the Julius Abure-led faction of the LP.

Okafor who stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja said having sold his house in Gwarinpa, he was ready to sell another house in Wuse 2 to continue fighting.

He said, “I have read in the news media where Dr. Doyin Okupe was quoted to have said that I was demanding for N48m for the lawyers who have been representing me in court before I would withdraw my case against the Labour Party.

“I am however happy that he did not say that I have collected the said amount from anybody or group of people. I have also read the mischievous claim of a group that I had collected N15m draft to withdraw the case I instituted against the Labour Party. This is also not correct.

“I am fighting for my right, I’m fighting for justice. Peter Obi left the Peoples Democratic Party because of the injustice carried out against him there. If Peter Obi could dump the PDP for LP in order to get justice, he should consider the case of someone who is looking for justice.

“I have not been bought over by anyone. I want to let Nigerians especially the Igbo people know that I did not go to court because of Peter Obi. I instituted my case in court on December 21 2021 and 0bi joined the Labour Party on May 29.

“I was in court in January, February, March and April. It was after Obi joined in May that people started saying that I had been bought.

“Obi is fighting to become President while I am fighting to become the chairman of the LP based on the provisions of the constitution which empower me to act as chairman if the chairman is removed or died.

“Obi is an Igbo man like me. He has never offended me. I have no reason to fight him.

“When the supporters of Obi came to me and demanded settlement. I asked where we would start from? I asked them whether it’s about the N48m I had spent on the case so far that they want to pay.

“On June 30, I went to court with my lawyers including SANs. I have sold my house in Gwarinpa. I am ready to sell another house in Wuse 2 to continue fighting.

“If anyone thinks that anybody is sponsoring me, let that person have it in mind that when I started this battle, I did not see Obi in the picture.

“If Obi thinks he can come to the Labour Party and carry out injustice against me, like the way he was treated in the PDP, he is making a great mistake.

“If anyone also believes that I have collected money from Peter Obi, the person is making a mistake because I’m in court. I have no hard feelings against anybody and I will not allow anyone to intimidate me with SANS.

“My case is coming up again on July 8. I have brought in two SANs. I know that there are people benefiting from the current situation who are making Peter Obi not to see the reality of life. They didn’t allow him to come into reality that he has no ticket with which to contest next year’s election yet.

“There are people telling Obi not to mind me thinking that my case had no merit. He (Obi) is paying lawyers, hundreds of millions instead of him to resolve the crisis in the Labour Party.

“This is a man who wants to change the narratives politically, who wants to do something differently but he could not settle the crisis he met on the ground. He cannot resolve the Labour party crisis and he want to resolve the problem of Nigeria.

“If anyone wants to crucify me for fighting for my right, I’m also prepared to fight on, even to the logical end.

“This issue of Igbo man fighting another Igbo man is not correct. Nobody is sponsoring me. Instead of resolving the issue in the LP, Obi is spending millions of naira to hire senior advocates of Nigeria to intimidate me in court, he believes that his money would get him what he wants but we shall see the outcome at the end of the day.”

Okafor insisted that he had nothing against the person of Peter Obi, but maintained that the former governor was in the faction of the party whose leadership was allegedly not recognised by the LP’s constitution.

He maintained that the constitution of the party recognises him as the acting national chairman of the LP following the sacking of its late chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam.

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