Profile Of Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, EFCC Chairman

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As far as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the war against economic crime and corruption in Nigeria is concerned, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde remains an iconic figure. At every turn in the short history of the agency, his name crops up. In the formative years of the Commission, he was the valiant “heart” of the Commission and the rallying point in the partnership between the EFCC and its strategic allies. He is the only one to have twice served as Director of Operations and Acting Chairman of the agency. A member of the pioneer officers drafted from the Nigeria Police that midwife the EFCC in 2003 under the leadership of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Lamorde is a thorough bred professional with vast experience in fraud investigation spanning more than two decades. He is an epitome of discipline, hard work, and greatly admired by many for his warmth and geniality. Born on the 20th of December, 1962 in Mubi, Adamawa State of Nigeria, Mr. Lamorde took an honours degree from the Ahmadu Bello University in 1984. He did his mandatory National Youth Service (N.Y.S.C) 1984 – 1985, and enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Officer on 1st January, 1986.  After the successful completion of cadet officers training, he passed out as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in July 1987. He did a one year probation period, after which he was confirmed as a substantive Assistant Superintendent of Police.  He served as a Divisional Crime Officer 1988 – 1989 and later as a Police Public Relations Officer from 1989 to 1993.  In 1993, the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force was created and he was drafted as one of the pioneer officers.  He served in the SFU from 1993 to 2002.
While he was with the SFU, he was drafted to serve with the United Nations Civilian Police in East Timor from March 2000 to March 2001.  He served as the Chief Investigation Officer of Ermera District of East Timor. In September 2002, he was transferred to Oyo State of Nigeria, where he served as Divisional Police Officer, until April 2003.  On the creation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), he was seconded to serve as the Director of Operations from April 2003 to December, 2007. He was appointed the Ag. Chairman of the EFCC in January, 2008 to May, 2008. He was recalled back to the Nigeria Police and posted to the Area Command in Ningi, Bauchi State as the Area Commander from June, 2008 to November 2008. He was later redeployed to the Bauchi State Police Command, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as the Officer -in -Charge. In December 2010, he earned a recall to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as Director of Operations. He held that position until his appointment as the Ag. Chairman of the EFCC on Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Mr. Lamorde has worked closely with other government law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Metropolitan Police, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), United States Secret Service, Internet Crime Complaints Centre (IC3), Dutch Police, German Police, South African Police, etc. He has supervised the prosecution of 522 Advance Fee Fraud related cases at various High Courts all over Nigeria between April 2003 and June 2008. 253 of the cases were successfully prosecuted and convictions secured, including the extradition of 3 fugitives to the United States.  Mr. Lamorde being the pioneer Director of Operations of EFCC has greatly helped to change public perception of law enforcement, locally and internationally. He has also helped in fostering international law enforcement cooperation in the country. He has attended several courses, seminars and workshops on corruption, Advance Fee Fraud and other economic and financial crimes in the UK, USA, Germany, France, South Africa, Singapore, etc. In 2005, he attended a course on law enforcement at Harvard University. Mr. Lamorde holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Masters Degree in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice from the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. He also holds a membership of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, and the Nigerian Institute of Management.
Mr. Lamorde is presently an Assistant Commissioner of Police and is married with children.

Subsidy Protest: Yoruba Youth Group Slams Falana, Bakare, Kwami, Others Over

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A Yoruba youth group, the Yoruba Youths Consultative Forum (YYCF) has
described the involvement of people like Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi
Falana, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Vice Presidential
candidate in the last April election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, CPC
Spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, Prof Itse Sagay, King Wasiu Ayinde
Mashall (KWAM1) and other rights activists in the ongoing protest
against the removal of oil subsidy, describing them as “bunch of
hypocrites.”
The group also called on President Goodluck Jonathan to listen to the
voice of the people, who elected them, saying; “If the people was
right in electing him, they can’t now be wrong in telling him that
they don’t want to be inflicted with additional hardships, which the
removal of oil subsidy has brought on them since January 1.
YYCF, in a statement signed by its Director of Communications, Mr. Ayo
Olorunsola said it was an insult on the collective intellects of
Nigerians that people, who Nigerians should be protesting against are
the ones presenting themselves as friends of the masses.
The group said those seeking to make political capital out of the
protest are the real enemies of Nigeria, adding that; “President
Goodluck Jonathan and all the 36 States governors are responsible for
the pain inflicted on Nigerians with the oil subsidy removal, hence no
political party should play saint on the matter.”
“It is our position that on this Oil Subsidy issue, Nigerians are
being deceived and taken for a ride again.
“The deceivers are those we saw on the podium, addressing protesters
in Lagos yesterday and today, pretending to be friends of the masses.
Those who lost elections and are in search of political leverage in
preparation for 2015 elections cannot be through friends of the masses
on this issue of fuel subsidy.
“People like Falana, Bakare, Odumakin, Sagay, Bola Tinubu, KWAM1 etc,
who kept criminal silent when Lagosians were protesting against the
Lekki Toll Gate, 700 percent increment of Lagos State University
(LASU) fees, daylight rigging of Lagos Local Government elections etc
do not have any moral rights to be leading protest against removal of
oil subsidy.
“In actual fact, these people should be among the people Nigerians
should be protesting against because they are bunch hypocrites,” the
group said.

 

Fuel Subsidy Removal: PHCCIMA Welcomes Private Sector Participation In The Downstream Deregulation Of Petroleum Resources

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Following the controversy that has greeted the recent removal of fuel subsidy, the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA) has said its position on the lingering issue is purely based on its effects on the Organized Private Sector (OPS).

In a joint statement issued by the President of PHCCIMA, Dr. (Engr.) Vincent Adonye Kingston Furo and Chairman of PHCCIMA Oil and Gas Trade Group, Chief Franklin Dandison Gbupo it states;

“We are of the view that any sector of the economy, like the downstream of Petroleum
Resources whose conditions do not promote Private Sector Participation does not represent a
good economic decision. This is drawn from the fact that Government alone cannot succesfully drive that sector. The Organized
Private Sector (OPS) must be given the right incentive and environment to
operate so that one of the advantages of competitive production can play
itself out in determining the price of the products in a medium and long term run.

An analogy of this position can be seen with the liberalization of the
telecommunication sector, where the early private sector players in the
Industry like MTN and ECONET started and traded their SIM Cards for as high N16,000 and
more. However, today with other players (on term) like GLOBACOM and ETISALAT allowed entry, SIM Card price go now for as low as N100 and is enjoyed by the masses who are benefitting from the boom. This is possibly attainable in the downstream petroleum sector if well
harnessed.

A good number of Private Refineries approved by the Federal Government have not been able to
take off because of the burden of subsidy on the sector. Removal of
these impediments by Government is the rational thing to do to open up the sector to growth,
employment opportunities and wealth creation for the smaller businesses.

Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce is not unaware of the temporary pains of the short term effects, but this will
time out with the medium and long term advantages. We call on the Federal Government
to implement programmes that will cushion the short term effects on the masses
with its Reinvestment and Empowerment Programmes, and to also endeavour to build trust and
confidence to show it means well for the people. We also use this medium to appeal
to the masses, labour leaders, civil liberty organizations and opinion leaders
who have voiced their opposition to the programme to give Government one more
opportunity to prove its worth.

As a Chamber we believe that as much as Government is of the view that subsidy poses large
financial burden on it, the confidence of the people must be gained by fighting
corruption, reducing high costs of governance and adequate delivery of their
promises to the people.

Therefore, people of high values and integrity should be appointed to manage and implement the
economic stimulus on the key areas of intervention as Agriculture, Power,
Education, Health, ICT, Water Supply, Roads, Rail Transportation, Public Works
and Youth Empowerment.

In conclusion we must emphasize that the accrued funds from the subsidy burden is not only on the Federal Government alone,
State Governments, and the Local Government should articulate programmes from
the subsidy savings to impact on their people.

Tinubu, Ojudu, Omoworare, two others escape assasin’s bullets in Ibadan

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Oluremi Tinubu, a senator and wife of leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria,Bola Tinubu, and four other senators escaped death by the whiskers in Ibadan on Wednesday after angry mob attacked their convoy

The senators were travelling by road, led by police escorts, following the grounding of flights in airports across the country  as a result of the strike declared by labour unions to protest government’s cut of subsidy on fuel.  According to an eyewitness, the mob damaged five cars belonging to the senators, including police escort vans leading the convoy.

“The cars’ windscreens and windows were shattered and the senators’ valuable belongings were stolen by the mob,” an eyewitness said.  Mrs. Tinubu was on the trip with Olugbenga Ashafa (ACN Lagos state), Babafemi Ojudu (ACN Ekiti state), Babajide Omoworare (ACN Ekiti state) and a yet to be identified senator.

They all got stranded in Lagos Airport on Tuesday, missing the senate’s first plenary for the year.  They were hoping to risk the potholes-ridden bad road to Abuja and catch up with at least one plenary for the week.  When contacted on telephone, Mr. Ojudu complained he was not in “the right frame of mind” to narrate details of the incident.  The senators escaped the attack unhurt and areheading  back to Lagos to recover from the trauma.

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Source: Naija247News

FGN Issues Another Warning To Protesters

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PRESS RELEASE BY THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE, MR. MOHAMMED BELLO ADOKE, SAN, CFR ON CERTAIN ACTS OF CRIMINALITY ARISING FROM THE ONGOING NATIONWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS
1.      It has come to the attention of the government that some persons or group of persons are perpetuating criminal activities under the guise of participating in the on-going demonstration against the subsidy removal policy of the Government.
2.      Since the demonstration began on Monday, 9th January 2012, these persons have among other things engaged in arson, wanton destruction of lives and property, as well as making unguarded statements bordering on treason with a view to overwhelming the government. As a result, several State Governors have imposed curfew in their respective States in order to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
3.      While government recognizes the right of Nigerians to peaceful demonstration, it will not fold its arms or stand idly by, while the current situation deteriorates into a state of general insecurity. Henceforth, government will not hesitate to bring to bear, the full weight of the law on erring persons or group of persons howsoever called that engage in any act that threatens the peace and stability of the country or its corporate existence.
4.      Government reiterates its earlier position that those who have genuine grievances as a result of the implementation of the fuel subsidy removal should express such grievances within the confines of the law and dispute resolution mechanisms as established by law.
MR. MOHAMMED BELLO ADOKE, SAN, CFR
Honourable Attorney General of the Federation
and Minister of Justice

Pictures: Oil Subsidy Abuja Protests Day 3

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Day 3 of the protests against the corruption and greed in the federal government was held in Abuja today. It saw the outpour off an estimated crowd of over 10,000 protesters. The energy of the crowd was determined and loud.
No incidents were reported and police presence was minimal.

Saying their prayers
Saying their prayers

Day 4 – continues tomorrow.

ACN Faults Amaechi’s Palliative Measures… Says They Lack Elements Of Functionality

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The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), says the palliative measures just announced by Governor Chibuike Amaechi are not realizable and also are contradictory both in terms in principles.

 

In a statement issued and signed by Jerry Needam, Publicity Secretary on behalf of the party notes a salient contradiction in Governor Amaechi supporting the federal government’s withdrawal of the contentious fuel subsidy and at the same time promising to put in place another form of fuel subsidy in the State as though life starts and ends in Port Harcourt for the hapless Rivers people and residents.

 

The ACN says it’s either Gov Amaechi and other proponents of the fuel subsidy removal are collaborating in this satanic policy of stratifying the country in two categories – the upper-upper class and the lower-lower class or they do not simply understand the mathematics of running a petroleum based economy in the context of International politics.

 

Expressing grave disappointment at Amaechi’s under-estimation of the bandwagon effect of the subsidy withdrawal, Jerry Needam said fixing transport fares for certain routes in Port Harcourt as though no other town exists in the State has exposed Amaechi’s vision and scope of Rivers State.

 

The ACN spokesman further argued that that arrangement cannot work because what informs the rise in transport fares is not only the hike in the pump price of petrol but the total economic convulsion stirred up by the subsidy withdrawal in the markets etc.

 

On the discount markets, Jerry Needam said Gov Amaechi should not pretend not to know that the Christmas experimental exercise of the project was a woeful failure, stressing that mere mentioning of the discount markets is to further irritate the protesting poor masses.

 

The ACN wondered how a government that lacks the capacity to checkmate the excesses of commuters and touts when the price of fuel was affordable can change overnight to assume the powers it has never had.

 

“As a party concerned with the welfare and overall good of Nigerian citizens, we are aware that the claim of a tiny cabal by the ruling PDP in the country sabotaging the nation’s economy is a ruse. The only cabal mismanaging the economy and religiously trampling on the rights of frustrated Nigerian people are the PDP chieftains and their cohorts in business and the industry. As long as the PDP remains in power there is no future for this country. It’s a party that trades on lies and deception. The fuel subsidy withdrawal is just one of such political gimmicks to acquire more wealth for themselves”, the ACN regretted.

 

The ACN insists that the only way to deregulate the petroleum down stream is to resuscitate the nation’s refineries and entrusting the management of the petroleum industry in the hands of credible, knowledgeable and God-fearing Nigerians and not PDP card carrying members and contractors.

 

 

 

Jerry Needam, JP

Publicity Secretary

Action Congress of Nigeria

Rivers State

Occupy Nigeria: NLC, TUC others boo Delta SSG, shut down Asaba

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By Our Reporter, Delta State

 

For trying to sell out Delta state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan’s programmes to protesting Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and their affiliates who protested to government house Asaba, on Monday, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Comrade Ovuozorie Macaulay flanked by other government officials received a thunderous boo from the protesters.

 

The protest which lasted several hours grounded economic and government activities in Asaba, Delta state capital following the nationwide strike and protest embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and their affiliates across the country.

 

In Asaba, public and government institutions were all shut down as early as 7am when the state chapter of NLC, TUC, civil society, NBA amongst others marched through the only main road, Nnebisi road in Asaba chatting solidarity songs, warning President Goodluck Jonathan to revert the fuel subsidy removal or be faced with continued protest and shutting down of public and government institutions.

The placard carrying protesters with the inscriptions “Jonathan has disappointed Nigerians, Fight corruption GEJ, Freedom cometh by struggle, Boko Haram and corruption are the problems of Nigeria not fuel subsidy.” Lamented the posture of the President and vowed to continue with the struggle of liberating Nigerians from the shackles of what they called tyranny.

 

At the state government House, the acting chairman of NLC in the state, Comrade William Akporeha flanked by other union leaders told government that Nigerians and the masses are suffering and until the fuel subsidy removal is reversed by President Jonathan, there shall be no peace

 

Other union leaders who also spoke said there are no good roads, no electricity stressing that the subsidy removal was unacceptable to Nigeria masses and called on the Federal government to revert to the old pump price of #65 per a litre.

 

But addressing NLC and others on behalf of governor Uduaghan, Secretary to the state government, Comrade Ovuozorie Macaulay flanked by government officials got a thunderous boo when he said “Ahead of the subsidy removal, his Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Udughan has launched another Urban transit to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal.” And before he could finish the thunderous boo rented the air.”

 

He however commended labour with the matured manner they conducted themselves and promised to carry their message to the appropriate quarters.

PDP: Things Could Be Better – Says Muo Aroh

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Chief Okey Muo-Aroh, an Abuja-based legal practitioner could better be described as a political gadfly, a foundation member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who aspired and won a landslide victory to the chair of Idemili North Council in 1998-2003. He admits he knows the political terrain of Nigerian very well, as well as that of the PDP and what is required to repackage and reposition the party at a time like this.

He spoke to CHUKS COLLINS in Awka, on why he wants to lead the Publicity machinery of the party now. Excerpts:

 

 

Can you say that the management of the Boko Haram issue under the PDP watch has been so far so good?

Yes, things in that wise have not been as everyone would have wished. However, its’ not out of weakness, except that the challenge has been unusual and unexpected. The perpetrators have agenda other than political. Because a close study of the Boko Haram scourge which says its anti western education and modernity has not proved what they used to pretend to profess. They had never attacked any school. Their targets had been individuals, poor men and women who assemble under their various places of worship; which leaves them very vulnerable. A suicide bomber is a very difficult customer to deal with. But from every indication the way out is to massively infiltrate their ranks through high level intelligence network to upstage them and their plans. You can see that some top officials are involved. The Federal Gov’t is already doing that as could be seen from the permutations of the 2012 budget-proposals. Though from my personal perspective something is still missing – there is certain degree of tentativeness on the part of the governments, the opposition and the entire nation who see it from the actual viewpoint. Some see as very serious, while some don’t. But the real solution would emerge once everyone starts seeing it that everyone is a target; hence need to take the battle to the doorsteps of the perpetrators. If we continue to see as attacks on churches/churchgoers, or policemen, then the palpable fear and the mounting deaths would continue. And I am very afraid that soon there would be reprisals and copy-cats, especially when people see themselves as unfairly targeted and perhaps seemingly unprotected. The Boko Haram come from somewhere, funded and maintained by some persons who gain and benefit from their acts. Let’s dig into the very existence of these links and network.

 

Various reforms under the PDP:

It’s unfair to blame the PDP for not tackling Health, Roads, Electricity, Agriculture, and so on, effectively so far. We all saw the level of decay of these sectors as inherited by the PDP administration from the military. The party came in basically to fight the known evil of instability. When we founded PDP in 1998 our basic aim was to set up a mass movement that would extricate Nigeria from the stranglehold of the military and their errand boys. You realize it was not with a strict ideology, but rather an eccentric coalition of diverse interest groups, individuals and bodies whose so interest was to capture power. And when the power came in 1998, the gov’t was led by a retired army General. His administration almost went against the grain of the original concept of PDP. One cannot ignore the military background and tendencies of our former president who in his honest but sometimes mistaken zeal compromise certain democratic standards. So in effect, the society, PDP inherited was one that needed a one-on-one solution of its problems In the face of scarce resources. You will agree with me that the issue of Telecommunication is no longer a topic in this country. It was successfully tackled under the PDP watch. I believe the present arrangement in Power sector reforms will definitely transform that sector and give Nigerians steady electricity. You will realize the situation in Power and Telecommunications sectors are not the same. There is the cartel that forms the core staff of the Power Holding Company distribution of generators, whose resistance to change in the sector is now becoming legendary. Ti is clear the billion dollar generating sets import business would be dislodged if the reforms in the sector become effective. For example where I live in Abuja, I have no generating set because we have 18hours steady power. I believe with the FG reform agenda firmly taking foothold in air transport (aviation), education, agriculture, road construction and so on, good things will go round. The FG has to a large extent provided the regulatory framework for the success of the private sector and would in tandem with the prevailing global phenomenon limit itself to a manageable level and private sector, encouraged to participate very actively. It’s the private sector that drives the employment boom; then the FG being father Xmas to all will be gone. That is why till date the FG remains the largest employer of labour in Nigeria instead of the other way round.

 

PDP and the opposition; so far so good?

PDP as a party has done very well, because considering the share number of electoral success – from councilors to council chairman, to state/National assemblies, governors and the presidency. It has sustained the winning streak since 1998 till date and it will continue. For example, see in the last governorship election in Kogi, for want of better things to say one of the parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) told Nigerians on a national television that PDP has abandoned the use of Political thugs, use of Police and army to effect rigging and has gone into scientific rigging. Despite an overwhelming propaganda by the numerous opposition parties, the PDP trounced them round and square. Politics is not rocket science, and any one who knows Kogi state well in the last couple of years will attest that it came out well under PDP in the provision of infrastructures No one would open the pages of any newspaper without the Progressive exploits of Governor Godswill Akpabio, Sullivan Chime, Murtala Nyako or Patric Yakowa and so on. The snag is that the party’s central publicity machinery apparently unwittingly yielded so much space to the opposition which then made it look like the party at various levels and state are not effective or active. That is the area we want to address when we have the opportunity of the publicity position of the party’s mandate.

 

Crisis within the party

I don’t exactly know what you mean by crisis in PDP. Politics is a contact game and by the nature interests, opinions and ideas clash. So it is naturally laden with disagreements and controversies. But what is important is to what degree were the crisis managed and controlled. It’s only a party of PDP statute that could manage well the tense controversy surrounding its last presidential nomination. Any other party would have gone under in the process. PDP managed it well and came out stronger and saw the incumbent getting the greatest electoral margin of votes ever in this country. There are crises in some local branches of the party. Such is expected especially where every one believes that the access to the machinery of party would give him unhinged access to power. So in Anambra, Ogun and Bayelsa you can situate the disagreement on the political interest in the diverse interests in those areas/states.

 

Way out of the crisis?

Let’s hold on to constitutional democracy, avoiding impunity and ensuring it adheres to its own laid-down policies in doing its business. The greatest gift PDP would give to Nigerians is to ensure that politics is open to its widest limit through entrenchment of equity and justice among members. There should also be a level of consistency in the application of laid down agreement which may not necessarily be written but generally accepted to be the norm in the conduct of political business.

 

Zoning issues

The issue of zoning and rotation of offices must be clearly spelt out, and modalities of its application specifically defined. This is to avoid the unnecessary speculations and innuendos that attended its application in recent past. Things must be clearly spelt out to avoid any form of ambiguity.

 

Hopes for 2012:

We have big prospects, because having read through the FG and States budget proposals for the year one would decipher they are committed to touching lives of citizens better this year through better security, safer business environment, more economic progress and abundant life etc.

South East Governors’s Plot To Foil Strike Fail

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An attempt by the Anambra State Government to avert the on-going nationwide strike in the state failed as state’s civil servants, Federal Government workers, and those of the Local Government system and some private organizations such as banks, insurance companies and fuel stations effectively joined and adhered to the strike since Monday.

 

The Guardian investigation in Awka revealed that the organized labour and civil society groups’ earlier plan to carry out street protest in the state on Tuesday January 10, 2012 in Onitsha, was quickly shelved when they got security report that Government and security agencies would organize hoodlums that would have challenged them and in the process kill some people.

 

But a group under the aegis of South East Democratic Initiative (SEDI), has condemned what it described as “the plot by the South East Governors to subvert the subsidy protest in the zone.”

 

In a statement issued from its office at Arroma Junction Awka yesterday, they lambasted Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State for banning public demonstration in the state as a ploy to sabotage the workers protest.

 

The statement signed by its (SEDI) director of Campaign and Publicity, Comrade Emeka Ejiofor said that anti-democratic position of the Governors has shown why these governors have subjected their people to “poverty and suffering” since the return of democracy.

 

The group also however commended Labour leaders in the zone especially Anambra and Enugu states for their steadfastness and by defying their Governors to join other “freedom fighters” in the strike, stressing that soon the progressive forces will flush out all these autocratic rulers” in South East zone.

 

 

Also the traders in Onitsha markets and others around however failed to shut down the markets but the commercial activities there have been very low due to the absence of customers who chose to remain in their homes.

 

Their regular and usual customers from Cameroun, Delta, Edo, Kogi, Benue, Cross River, Enugu, Imo, Rivers and other states have not been coming due to the strike, saying that the closure of banks in the commercial town also contributed to lull in business activities.

 

Consequently, human and vehicular movement into and out of Onitsha have been very light, with a lot  of people preferring to stay indoor and watch events. Schools, primary, post primary and tertiary institutions in the state have been shut down due to the strike.

 

But a Government House, Awka source said that the state Governor Peter Obi influenced the market leaders in the state not to join the strike by making sure that markets are open.

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