The Inspector-General of Police , Mr Solomon Arase, has approved the redeployment of four Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs)

This is contained in a statement issued by CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, in Abuja on Monday.

The affected officers are; DIGs Dan’Azumi Doma, formerly in charge of Force Criminal Investigations department, now heads the Department of Finance and Administration.

Others are; Kakwe Katso, formerly in charge of Research and Planning, now in charge of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department, Abuja.

Mrs Chintua Amajor-Onu, formerly AIG in charge of Force Investments, now DIG in charge of Department of Information and Communications Technology, Abuja.

Mr Jubril Adeniji is the new DIG in charge of Department of Research and Planning, Abuja.

The statement said that the redeployment is with immediate effect.

It noted that DIGs Mamman Tsafe, in-charge of Department of Logistics and Supply, Abuja, and Saliu Hashimu, in-charge of Department of Training and Development, Abuja, are to maintain their duty posts.

DIG Sotonye Wakama, of Department of Operations, Abuja, is also to maintain his duty post.

IN THE LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION

HOLDEN AT LAGOS

                                                    SUIT NO: …………………..

BETWEEN: 

EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, ESQ.                                                            )        APPLICANT

AND

1.         PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI                                          )

2.         ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION                       )    RESPONDENTS           

3.         ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (AMCON)

4.         KOLA AYEYE                                                                                  )

5.         EBERECHUKWU UNEZE                                                              )

6.         AMINU ISMAIL                                                                                 )

ORIGINATING SUMMONS

BROUGHT PURSUANT TO

1.        SECTIONS 10 (1)c OF THE ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION  OF NIGERIA ACT 2010

2.        AND UNDER THE INHERENT JURISIDICTION OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT. 

LET MAJ-GEN MUHAMMADU BUHARI, RETD; ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION; ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (AMCON); KOLA AYEYE; EBERECHUKWU UNEZE; AMINU ISMAIL, within thirty days after service of this summons on them, inclusive of the day of such service, cause an appearance to be entered for them to this summons which is issued upon the application of Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Esq., of ‘Kogun Chambers, Jesus Arena, Itedo road, Off Admiralty Way, Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, Lekki, Lagos who claims to be aggrieved and concerned with the appointment of the 4^th, 5^th and 6^threspondents as Executive Directors  of the 3^rd respondent, by the 1^strespondent ,  the said appointment having contravened the provisions of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010, for the determination of the following questions;                    

ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION:

1.     Whether the appointment of the 4^th-6^th respondents as Executive Directors of the 3^rdrespondent by the 1^strespondent is done in accordance with the provisions of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010?

2.     Whether the appointment of the 4^th-6^th respondents as Executive Directors of the 3^rdrespondent by the 1^strespondent is lawful and valid?

WHEREFORE the applicant seeks the following reliefs against the respondents:

5.     A DECLARATION that the 1^strespondent cannot appoint anyone, including the 4^th-6^th respondents, as Executive Directors of the 3^rdrespondent, without complying with Section 10(1)C of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act, 2010.

6.      A DECLARATION that the 1^strespondent cannot appoint the 4^th-6^threspondents as Executive Directors of the 3^rd respondent, without complying with section 10(1) C of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010.

7.     A DECLARATION that the appointments of the 4^th-6^threspondents as Executive Directors of the 3^rd respondent,  having been made without complying with section 10(1)c of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010, are illegal, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.

8.     AN ORDER, forthwith nullifying, annulling, voiding, cancelling and invalidating the appointments of the 4^th-6^th respondents as Executive Directors of the 3^rd respondent, having been made without complying with section 10(1)c of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010.

9.     A PERPETUAL INJUNCTIONrestraining the 4^th-6^th respondents from functioning as or further functioning as, from acting as or from further acting as, from parading or holding out themselves or further parading or holding out themselves as Executive Directors of the 3^rd respondent in gross violation of 10(1)C of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010.

Dated this …………………….day of …………………………..2015

GRACE OMOTOSHO (MRS)

                                    ADEGBORUWA & COMPANY, 

                  APPLICANT’S SOLICITORS,

‘KOGUN’ CHAMBERS, JESUS ARENA,

ITEDO ROAD, OFF ADMIRALTY WAY,

LEKKI PENINSULA SCHMEME 1,

LEKKI, LAGOS, NIGERIA

07028063198, 08033016673

                                          Ebun_olu@yahoo.com

IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT

IN THE LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION

HOLDEN AT LAGOS

                                                    SUIT NO: …………………..

BETWEEN: 

EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, ESQ.                                                            )   APPLICANT

AND

1.         MAJ-GEN MUHAMMADU BUHARI, RETD                                  )

2.         ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION                  )    RESPONDENTS

3.         ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (AMCON)

4.         KOLA AYEYE                                                                                  )

5.         EBERECHUKWU UNEZE                                                              )

6.         AMINU ISMAIL                                                                                 )

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF ORIGINATING SUMMONS

I, EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, Legal practitioner, Human Rights and pro-democracy activist, community leader and public defender of Lekki, Lagos, do hereby make oath and state as follows:

1.       That I am the Applicant in this suit by virtue of which I am conversant with the facts deposed to in this Affidavit. Those facts I depose to in this affidavit are from my personal knowledge and as I am informed from other sources stated herein.

2.       I am a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a registered Legal Practitioner.

3.       I am a Legal Practitioner resident and carrying on legal practice in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria. I am bound by the laws of Lagos State and of other parts of Nigeria and interested in the running of the affairs, administration and government of Federal Republic of Nigeria.

4.       I contribute to the economic prosperity of Lagos State and of Nigeria; I pay my tax and partake in other various ways in the development and progress of Lagos State and of Nigeria. I am also an employer of labour in Lagos State and other parts of Nigeria whose income can be and indeed will be affected in one way or the other by the running of the administration and government of Nigeria.

5.       I am permanently resident in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria and I am daily affected by the economic, political and other policies and programmes of the government of Nigeria.

6.       My law office and library are based in Lekki, Lagos State.

7.       I am a leader in my church and in my community where I reside in Lagos. I am listed in Nigeria’s who is who and I have a great stake in the outcome of the leadership and administration of Nigeria.

8.       I have been an activist for most part of my life defending the rights of the masses. I was Public Relations Officer of the Student’s Union of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and later President of the same union. I was a member of the senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). I am a member of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), Campaign for Democracy (CD), President, GSM Subscribers and other Phone users Association of Nigeria and founder of Law and Justice Forum and Millennium Legal Support Services.

9.       I have been involved in the struggle for the emancipation of the masses of the people of Nigeria whilst in school and after school, leading to my appointment as Secretary of Joint Action Committee of NADECO in 1997. I have been arrested, detained and maliciously prosecuted in the course of defending the rights of the people of Nigeria, leading to my arrest and detention in Enugu, in various police stations in Lagos during the struggle for the actualization of the June, 12 1993 election and at the Directorate of Military Intelligence for more than six months.

10.     I am interested in and have a stake in the way and manner Nigeria and other States are governed having suffered and sacrificed for the enthronement of democratic rule in Nigeria.

11.     On several occasion, I have applied as a Legal Practitioner on behalf of my numerous clients to defend the cause of the masses and fight against injustice to the lives and property of the citizens of Nigeria.

12.     In my capacity as a stake holder in this country, I have at every point campaigned vigorously for good governance, rule of law, enthronement of democratic culture in Nigeria and Diaspora.

13.     I also on a number of occasion mobilized people to take part in democratic activities.

14.     Thus, matters, issues and disputes concerning the office of the Respondents are of tremendous concern to me considering the role the occupants of such office play in the destiny of this nation.

15.     As a responsible citizen of Nigeria, I duly registered as a voter to perform my civic duty as expected of me as a good and law abiding citizen of this great country in the last national election that produced the 1^st Respondent. Attached herewith and marked Exhibit A is the copy of my Permanent Voter’s card.

16.     That since May 29 when the 1^st respondent was sworn in as Presidnet of Nigeria, he has not appointed Ministers as required by the Constitution.

17.     That on the 19^th of August 2015, the 1^st respondent appointed the 4^th-6^th respondents herein as Executive Directors of the 3^rdrespondent. The appointments were widely published in both print and electronic media all over the country. A copy of the electronically printed out page of the ThisDay newspaper dated the 19th of August 2015, is hereby attached and marked Exhibit B.

18.     I know as a legal practitioner of many years standing, a pro-democracy activist of over 20 years, a human rights crusader and stakeholder in the business of Nigeria that the said appointment does not conform with the Section 10(1)c of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010.

19.     That Section 10(1)c of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010 provides for the appointment of executive Directors of the 3^rd respondents by the 1^strespondent in consultation with the Minister of Finance. Since the 1^stRespondent was sworn in on May 29, 2015, till the date of the appointment of the 4^th-6^threspondents and even up till the date of filing this suit, no person has been appointed into the office of Minister of Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

20.     I verily believe that as the position of the Minister of Finance in Nigeria has been vacant, the said appointment of the 4^th-6^threspondents could not have been made in accordance with the provisions of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act 2010, as there is no substantive minister of finance for the 1^st respondent to consult with.

21.     I verily believe that it will be in the interest of Justice if the Honourable Court declares the said appointment of the 4^th -6^threspondent being illegal, null and void.

22.     I, EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, do solemnly and conscientiously swear to this affidavit in good faith believing the contents thereof to be true and in accordance with the Oaths Act.

Sworn to at the Federal High Court Registry, Lagos,

this………day of…………………2015

BEFORE ME

…………………………………….

COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS

Adamawa State governor, Umar Jubrilla Bindow has approved plans to include religious and local non-governmental organisations to improve the state’s management of security response and rehabilitation of internally displaced people hosted by the state.

The state government recently announced the setting up of a N200m security budget, of which over N50m will form a part of the state’s internal contribution to co-funding the counter-insrugency operations, and vigilante and intelligence gathering, while about N50m will go into helping manage the internal refugee crisis. Adamawa State currently hosts Nigeria’s largest population of IDPs, who have mostly come into the state from Borno and Yobe States. A part of the funds will be directly managed by organisations which until now had been helping to manage community based restoration and rehabilitation of victims of the insurgency, independent of the government.

Speaking to the press, following a closed door meeting on security with stakeholders in the state, the governor remarked that local and religious organisations are closer to the people at the grassroots, making them valuable partners in local security response and post incident recovery.

“The country is facing a guerrilla-style insurgency, which is different from conventional warfare. We are affected, our neighbours are affected too, maybe more than we are. It is important that the state adopts a community based approach to response, both in terms of assisting the military effort, and in rehabilitation. We must also contribute to the intelligence and vigilante effort, because this is our home. Our resources may be meagre, but we must assist the Federal Government’s effort in eliminating the insurgency.”

“Contrary to press reports that the state is paying religious leaders to pray, the state governor is adopting a grassroots based model, which incorporates stakeholders with clearly defined objectives – including partnering and supporting the peace building, charity and IDP support work of the religious and non-non-governmental organisations in the state.”

The governor’s office also stated that organisations like the Adamawa Peace Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, is one of the organisations the state intends to work with, due to their history of positive results and accountability with resources.

“The API, which is an umbrella organisation, including Muslim, Christian, civil society, business and local leaders, has been active in promoting peace and mediating in conflicts within Adamawa, with very significant results. API has also been active in helping manage the IDP crisis in the state, which is significant because Adamawa is host to the largest concentration of IDPs in Nigeria.”

“Because these organisations and religious leaders have been active and accountable in the peace building, security information mobilisation, IDP charity, and rehabilitation of insurgency hit communities with very limited resources, it is only sensible that the state supports them officially.”

Thai authorities have arrested a Hong Kong-based photojournalist for carrying body armour and helmet.

Anthony Kwan travelled to Bangkok to cover the shrine bombing that killed 20 people, including two Hong Kong residents last week.

He was stopped at Suvarnabhumi International Airport while returning to Hong Kong Sunday night and charged with possession of an illegal weapon.

Kwan was arraigned in court Monday on the charge, which carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.

Thailand’s 1987 Arms Control Act prohibits the possession of military equipment, including body armour, without a licence.

The arrest raised concern over the safety of journalists covering dangerous situations.

Two foreign journalists were killed in Thailand while covering violent political clashes in Bangkok during 2010.

…as Abia, Anambra, Delta, Enugu, Ebonyi states governors’ brainstorm on security

Less than one week after he appealed to Igbo industrialists and investors in Lagos to come home to Igboland and  invest for the economic development of the South-East Region, the Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated his appeal, asking Igbo and indeed people of old Eastern Region of Nigeria to see the need of investing in the region and creating jobs as the only solution to crimes and criminality and other forms of insecurity  challenge facing the region.

Dr Ikpeazu, who said that government alone can’t provide the needed employment opportunities needed to curb insecurity in the region, also appeal for collaborative efforts of state governments in the region in the fight against insecurity.

He made the appeal at a one-day South-East/Delta states’ security conference organized by the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, in Oka, the Anambra State capital.

Speaking at the conference which has the burden of finding a lasting solution to the security challenge facing the South-East and Delta, Ikpeazu said; “I am convinced that crime and criminality is the great threat to our prosperity and progress as a people.

“Crime has really touched and affected our values. We are a hardworking people, but crimes have been imported into our lexicon, lifestyles that have derailed us and it is fast destroying our values. Not until we come together to fight crime, our hopes and aspirations as the people of old eastern region will remain a mirage.

“We must rise up to protect the value which we are known for, which is hard-work. We must do everything we can to hold down crime and criminals in our areas.

“I want to conclude by saying that I want to call on  Ndigbo, like I did in Lagos during the week, to look back home and join in our current fight gazing crimes and criminality in our region. We expect our people join in this fight by investing in the region, and help in finding solution to the problem of unemployment that has created rooms for all kinds of crimes and criminality in our region.”nikpeazu said.

The conference which has; Security, Bedrock of Governance, as it’s theme, was organized by Governor Willie Obiano,0 of Anambra State, with the Governors of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Delta State and Enugu State Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in attendance, while the Ebonyi State governor was represented by the State’s Secretary to the State Government.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arese and the Director General of Department of State Security (DSS)  Lawal Musa Daura, delivered papers on security.

With less than three months to the December 5 governorship election, major tragedy was averted on Saturday in Nembe, Bayelsa State following the sudden slump of the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

During the incident which happened at a Town Hall meeting in Nembe, tension, fear and apprehension was said to have gripped the leadership of the APC.

It was however not clear whether journalists from both print and electronic media were compromised from writing the report of a major incident that took place in public domain.

But an eyewitness at the forum who pleaded anonymity said “something funny happened and you don’t expect everything to be made public.”

Sources at the event said the programme was on-going when Inokoba suddenly collapsed and was rushed to a local hospital where he was said to be under intensive care as efforts were being made by medical personnel to stabilise his condition.

The Timipre Sylva-led APC leadership in the state was said to be uncomfortable with the situation and tried to keep the incident away from the press.

But it soon became public knowledge when relatives and associates came to the hospital where Inokoba was being treated.

Reacting to the development, the Ijaw Young Professionals called on Inokoba’s family and the general public to hold the APC  responsible should anything happened to the former PDP chairman.

Spokesman of IYP, Seighfa Tonye-Brown, in a statement in Yenagoa, berated the APC for attempting to hide the unfortunate incident.

According to him, the action of the APC leadership was suspicious and not in good faith.

He warned that should anything untoward happen to the Odi-born politician, the action of APC would be called to question.

Inokoba, who marked his 70th birthday in April, the statement claimed, had been in and out of hospital all through last year and till date.

Tonye-Brown added that all the while, his medical bills and welfare were provided by the Dickson-led PDP government.

“On several occasions, we were aware that he was flown abroad for medical treatment courtesy of the PDP-led government in the state. Even on the eve of his defection to the APC, we were privy to the fact that he was given the sum of N5 million by the Contriman governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, to proceed abroad for his usual medical check and treatment”, Tonye-Brown stated.