247ureports has just confirmed the manifest list of the ill-fated DANA plane that crashed in Lagos, prominent among them includes the spokesperson for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Livi Ajuonuma, others are , Amina Bugaje, son of late Chief of General Staff under Ibrahim Babangida, Ehime Akhigbe; and a businessman, from Biu Alhaji Ibrahim Damcida. others are five staff of the National University Commission(NUC).
The full list
ONITA JENNIFER, IKE OCHONOGO, JOHN AHMADU, ONYEKA AYENE, HURRIYA LAWAL, BERKISUM YINDADI, EBUKA ENUMA, OLUCHI ÖNYENYIRI, SUNDAY ENUMA, GEORGE MOSES, NOAH ANYENE, KAMSI ANYENE, STAMFORD OBRUSTE, KAYINENTOCHI ANYENE, OKEKE HOPE, REV AYODEJI, NGOZI COLE, AILENDE EHI, OLUWASEGUN FUNMI ABIODUN, SHEHU USMAN, ALADE MARTINS, ONITA JOSEPHINE, IKE OCHONOGO, JOHN AMADU,AQUADE ROGER, OSUNBADE ADEROJU, FATOKUN ANJOLA, FATOKUN OLAOLUWA, AJANI ADENIKE, IKE ABUGU, ADIJOLOLA ABRAHAM, OTEGBEYE ADIZA, EHIOGHAE SONNY, ABIKALE OTATORI, NTOKU CHARLES, ANIBABA TOSIN, SHOBOWALE FEMI,SOMOLU aXTOPHER, MUTI, YUSUF ALI, LT COL CHUMBO OCHIGBO, D AWANI, O AWANI, N CHIDIAC, LI HUIZHU, KANG YI, INUZA AHMED, FAYZAL, MOJEKWU ADEOBI, IBRAHIM D, PETER NOSIKE, MAHMUD ALIYU, NNADI JOHN, AKWEZI ELIZABETH, ADEDUNNI DOROTHY, MARIA OKULEHI, JENNIFER IBE, MTSHELIA SARAH,oNYEAGOCHA CHIDINMA, IKE OKOYE, AMAKA RAPHAEL, GARBA ABDU, ABDU AISHA, BENSON OLUWAYEMI, TAIWO LAMIDI, AWODOGAN OLUWASANMI, MAJOR IG MOHAMMED, ATTAH ANTONIA, LI RIU, IFEANYI ORAKWE, OBINA AKABUEZE, CHUKWUEMEKA OKERE, ADEKUNBI ADEBIYI, WASA RUTH, NABIL GARBA, IBRAHIM JANGANA, OKIKIOLU OLUKAYODE, KOMOLAFE OLUGBENGA, DIKE CHINWE, OLUSOLA AROKOYA, OLUKOYA BANJI, SAKA OTARU, YUSUF IBRAHIM, IKPOKI ABIOLA, LEVI AJUONUMA, MBANG
Less than five minutes away to land, a flight 9J-996 Lagos bound flight from Abuja belonging to Dana Airline with a total of 153 passengers on board crashed into a building in Alagbado area of Lagos state. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) confirmed that there are no survivors. The plane was said to have crashed at Toyin Bus stop in Lagos. A resident of the area said the aircraft exploded as soon as it crashed, affecting three houses in the area. Officials of the Lagos Fire Service and other rescue workers are said to have arrive the scene and are evacuating victims. The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the incident, saying it has mobilised rescue workers to the scene. As gathered by 247ureports rescue operations has been hindered at crash sites, as fire fighters are battling inferno.
It will be recalled that yesterday night, an allied Cargo air plane coming from Lagos to Accra crashed with a bus at Accra at Kotoka international airport, the capital of Ghana killing 10 persons.
Information available to 247ureports.com through a source close to the activities of the Yuguda administration reveals that a bomb exploded at one of the churches [Winners Chapel] located in the suburbs of Bauchi and another church located near the Abubakar Tafawa. According to an eyewitness, the bomb exploded at 10:15am as the church goers settled in for Sunday service.
As gathered, the Church was hit by a car loaded with improvised explosive device [IED]. But the eyewitness accounts differ over the incident.
Some eyewitnesses reported that the driver of the vehicle had driven the vehicle to the church and parked it and then walked into the church. The explosion occurred minutes after the driver walked into the church service. It is uncertain if the driver made it out of the church building before the explosion.
Other eyewitness reports state that it was the handiwork of a suicide bomber who drove in a Honda Saloon laden in IED. The vehicle was rammed into the church.
The explosion was reported to be as massive as the Christmas Day church bombing at Madalla in Suleja, Niger State. Unofficial data puts the death toll at 15 but the police have remained mute over the explosion. The police indicated that he will release a statement soon –once the details of the incident become clearer.
On a puzzling note, the vehicle brand, as 247ureports.com reliably gathered from a government source who stated that it was an American model Chevrolet, – noted that the same model vehicle was recently distributed to top officials of the state civil servants and some political appointees. According to the source inside the Yuguda administration, “the vehicle used in the bombing was one of the vehicles distributed by Yuguda”. It was revealed that the Yuguda administration is presently working tirelessly to identify the owner of the vehicle. The particulars of the vehicle may have been retrieved by the police and the other security agents. This information is yet to be confirmed.
The government of Bauchi State was contacted for comment but they decided to wait for the police to comment first.
The death toll is expected to rise. Sources state that the scene is still being attended to by security officials are presently recovering bodies and the injured.
Press Release from the Kano State Government in response to 247ureports.com report on the governor’s planned trip to the USA with 50 aides.
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His Excellency, the governor of Kano state, Gov. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso is billed to travel to United States on official visit to attend the forthcoming session of the US-Nigeria Binational Commission meeting holding from the 4th and 5th of June, 2012 in Washington D.C.
The governor who is part of the Nigeria government delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb, Olugbenga Ashiru will be accompanied by the state Accountant General, Dr. Danjuma Mahmud, the Special Advisor on Economic Matters, Alhaji Aminu Mukhtar Dan’Amu, the Director of Communication, Baba Halilu Dantiye mni and his orderly, Sergeant Liti Jibril.
His Excellency also plans to visit the Texas A & M University at Houston, Texas to conclude discussion on the take off of the university’s campus in Kano.
When the German Philosopher, Arthur Schopenhaur made this famous quote, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self evident”, he probably had Andy Uba in mind. Today, Senator Andy Uba, through courage and determination, garnished with the unflinching support the people of Anambra State in particular and Nigerians in general are freely giving to him, has confirmed Arthur Schopenhaur’s quotation.
It will be recalled that in 2007, Senator Andy Uba contested the governorship election of Anambra state and won landslide. Seventeen days later, the Supreme Court in defiance of the Constitution of Nigeria, told us that a term that started in 2003 had not ended in 2007, and returned Peter Obi to office, who they said, had not completed his term. Following Schopenhauer’s quote, intellectual illiterates in legal profession, haters of truth, and all sort of negative thinkers sought to ridicule Andy Uba. In their puerile ecstasy, they revealed their actual intention; pure fixation arising from political maladjustment. This tiny set of people probably forgot that their noise could not stop a courageous and determined Andy Uba, whose current event-effective representation at the Senate, has shown, was seeking to better the lives of Anamberians.
Seeing that the ruling of the Apex Court against the mandate given to him by the good people of Anambra state will have a negative implication on Nigeria democracy if not reversed; Andy Uba headed for the Supreme Court for the reversal. This time around these tiny minds violently opposed his move. Reasons have emerged that Andy Uba and majority of Nigerians who rightly supported his move to get the Apex court to reverse itself on that decision, were right in that endeavourer. The current Justice Ayo Salami vs NJC crisis could have been avoided if the issue of Oath taking was not misinterpreted by the Apex Court in the first place. It is on record that despite the violent reaction from his tiny political haters, Senator Andy Uba approached the court four times to re-claim his mandate.
Today, posterity has rightly aligned itself to Senator Andy Uba’s foresighted legal struggle to restore his mandate in 2007. It is on record that after the conclusion of Uba’s case, Supreme Court induced staggered election took off. At the moment, Governorship elections in ten states take place outside election date, with the attendant economic and political implication. The staggering of elections may just continue till there is no election date again. The amendment of the Constitution of Nigeria to conform to the ruling of the Apex Court has not solved the problem of Oath Taking. President Goodluck Jonathan’s alleged second term ambition is already generating “Constitutional” controversy, no thanks to the injustice done to Senator Andy Uba in 2007. Now the provision of the Constitution is such that nobody can take Oath of office three times and if President Jonathan contests and wins in 2015, he would have taken Oath of office three times, this is against the spirit of the Constitution. Is it not because Andy Uba was involved that OATH TAKING was assigned four year term by the Supreme Court? What has four year term is MANDATE; it however, expires by 12 noon after four years, from the date a Nation elects to start its political inauguration. In case of Nigeria, it is on May 29. Once term of office has been established, it starts running irrespective of who occupies it -see Carleton v. People, 10 Mich. 259. Because of error of the Court in 2007 in Anambra State, the Oath President Goodluck Jonathan took as President to finish a term that started in 2007 will surely become an issue in 2015. The current legal tussle in Kogi State is one of the fall outs of the injustice against Uba.
SENATOR ANDY UBA POLITICAL PHENOMINOM IN ANAMBRA STATE IS NOW ACCEPTED AS SELF EVIDENT.
There is a lot of similarity between the political courage of Andy Uba and Abraham Lincoln of United States of America. Both have the belief that no matter the obstacle, the well being of the people should be paramount in the mind of politicians with conscience. The only difference is that Andy Uba has never lost a real election since 2007 when he first appeared in the political scene. He won nomination as the PDP gubernatorial candidate in 2007 election. He went ahead and won the election proper. The leadership of PDP under Vincent Ogbulafor elected to shift the goal post in the middle of the game by denying Andy Uba the his right to fly the flag of PDP as custodian of the party’s mandate, in line with the convention of the party. Uba fought the apparent injustice from Ogbulafor led PDP to which they stood their ground. Just two weeks to the governorship election, Uba decided to join Labour Party [LP] that has no single structure in Anambra State, to prove a point.
Though he took fourth position eventually, but the political statement he made by contesting against all odds left his political enemies jittery in the State because the difference in votes score between APGA, ACN, PDP and LP was too close to call. Considering that Andy Uba took fourth position despite his late entry to the political ring, under an unknown party in the State, it became obvious that in a real contest, he will get the support of the good people of Anambra State, no matter the party he pitches his tent with.
Knowing full well that the good people of Anambra State prefer him to any other candidate in any election, in the State, in 2011, he offered himself for election to represent Anambra South Senatorial zone as a senator. The people of the zone did not hesitate in giving him their mandate. He won the election effortlessly. Surprisingly, seven months into his effective representation, the Appeal court sitting in Enugu annulled his election. The reasons given by the court for the annulment belatedly came after the 60 days constitutionally allotted for that had elapsed. His challenger, Chuma Nzeribe had gone to court on the ground that there was irregularities in some wards that make up Anambra South Senatorial Zone. The court instead of restricting its judgment to what Chuma requested elected to act as Father Christmas by awarding Chuma Nzeribe what he did not ask for- the annulment of the whole election.
In line with his belief in the rule of law and due process, Andy Uba sought the Certified True Copy [CTC] of the judgment from the court to establish his position, they refused him. When his appeal for the release of the document was not heeded in view of the time constraint, he petitioned National Judicial Council [NJC] over the issue and delay. Fearing that bureaucracy could affect the petition, he went back to the court on January 29, 2012, to seek the reversal of the judgment in line with the practice of the court. These are sound legal authorities Senator Andy Uba cited in an attempt to reverse the Father Christmas ruling: The Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Akinbobola v PillsonFisko Ltd (1992), where the Hon Justice Kawu held “If a court makes an order which it has no jurisdiction to make, it has jurisdiction to set it aside.” Senator Andy Uba further reinforced his claim with Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Akpo v Hakeem-Habeeb [1992], wherein Justice Karibi White held “the court has no jurisdiction to consider a relief not claimed by either party and therefore can’t make any valid order in respect of such relief”. He went further to cite JIWUL v Dimlog 9 NWLR (part824) 145 at178, where justice of the Appeal Court, justice Nzeakor held “it is my respectful view that a court of justice can only grant relief sought or incident to relief….it has no jurisdiction to consider, not to mention, to grant a relief not sought for”.
Funnily, on the February 25, 2012, a five justice panel of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, re-affirmed its order nullifying Mr. Uba’s election’ as senator and order that a fresh election be held within 90days. The court belatedly advanced reasons for its earlier ruling of December 22, 2011 nullifying Mr. Uba’s election as senator in the April 2011 elections. Just when the appeal court thought it has put its Father Christmas judgment to rest, Senator Uba came up with a joker- he put forward a petition to the fact that the reason given by the court for nullifying his election was given outside the Constitutionally stipulated period, that is 60 days, the tribunal judgment affirming his election should be sustained instead. Uba’s petition was in deference to earlier Supreme Court ruling on the same issue in Ikedi Ohakim vs Rochas Okorocha and Emmanuel Uduaghan vs Great Ogboru respectively.
Here is the report of Supreme Court ruling in Uduaghan case; Justice Tanko Mohammed gave the same reasons for upholding the election of Uduaghan. He said the Appeal Court was wrong for giving judgment and delaying its reasons beyond the 60 days stipulated in the Constitution. He said: “It is important for court to give reasons for judgment. It has no power to defer reason for judgment to a later date as judgment and reasons must be given at the same time. “There is no valid judgment worthy of appeal. I declare that the judgment of the Court of Appeal given without reasons is null and void. It amounts to a nullity. I sustain the objection of the third Respondent, the appeal is accordingly struck out.” Having nullified the Appeal Court judgment, the apex court affirmed the subsisting judgments of the State Governorship Election Tribunal which upheld the victory of the governors. Section 285(7) of the 1999 Constitution as amended states that: “An appeal from a decision of an election tribunal or Court of Appeal in an election matter shall be heard and disposed of within 60 days from the date of the delivery of judgment of the tribunal or Court of Appeal.
On March 14 2012, Justice Abdulkadir Jega ruled that the 60 days stipulated for the disposal of election petition matters in Section 285 Sub section 7 of the Constitution has elapsed. Jega said Sundays, public holidays and court vacations are included in the 60 days and no court has the power to extend the allotted time. Here is the grouse of Falana against a clear attempt by the Acting President of Court of Appeal to keep the integrity of the Appeal court intact by doing the right thing — “Last December, the Court of Appeal holden at Enugu, annulled Dr. Andy Uba’s election to the Senate and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a rerun election within 90 days. At the instance of one of the parties, the Acting President of the Court of Appeal set up another panel of the court to rehear the case. Even though the 60- day mandatory period had expired at the material time, the panel sat, suspended the order on INEC to conduct the rerun election and adjourned sine die for “judgment”. —. The question here is, has Abdulkadir Jega led Appeal Court Pyrrhic victory against Senator Andy Uba’s just quest to right the wrong, not brought it in conflict with the ruling of the Apex Court as contained above? By winning the re-run election, Uba has proved to all that he is a political asset in Anambra State.
Senator Andy Uba all along knew that the good people of Anambra South will queue behind him in the re-run election, but he elected to deepen democracy through his legal option. Before the re-run election however, the government of Anambra State, had started campaign to oust Uba in the election. They deploy both the State owned Television and Radio Stations to maximum effect. Since it is APGA State, Senator Andy Uba was denied access to campaign in these media. Because of the grass-root support Andy enjoys in the Senatorial zone, the people of the zone defied APGA led government in the State to vote Senator Andy Uba back to office. In-fact, for three months, Peter Obi virtually moved government house to Anambra South just to defeat Uba who the people of the zone had elected to cast their vote for.
As 2014 governorship approaches, only Senator Andy Uba can defeat himself by not contesting the election. If he decides to vie for the governorship election, the good people of Anambra State will surely queue behind him. In-fact, he will win the 2014 governorship election landslide should he run. The people of the State love him; they showed it in 2007, April 9, 2011 and March 21, 2012. They will repeat it in 2014.
Emeka Oraetoka
Information/Media Management Consultant & Political Researcher
A Yoruba youths group, the Yoruba Youths Congress (YYC) has accused the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) of supporting the protest that greeted the renaming of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) after the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.
The group said it was appalled that the same ACN government in Lagos State that was able to quell the Lekki Toll Gate protest, using armed Mobile Policemen kept mute when protesters blocked Third Mainland Bridge, making life unbearable for millions of road users.
In a statement issued today by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade Funmiso Babarinde, YYC said; “With the seeming underhand support the ACN people and their allies gave to the protest and the party’s denial of Abiola’s son the ticket to contest the House of Reps, it must now be clear to all Yoruba sons and daughters that CAN and its allies never loved Abiola genuinely.”
While commending the Federal Government for recognising Abiola’s matrydom for democracy in Nigeria, YYC urged the government to initiate all required legal steps to perfect the change of name.
The group also urged the Federal Government go a step further by releasing the results of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, at least to put the records straight.
“Before, it was clamour for MKO Abiola to be immortalised. Now that it has been done by naming a prestigious institution like the UNILAG after him, what else does these characters want?
“Why is it that these people always like to present we the Yorubas as troublemakers, who will can never be satisfied by anything?
“Or must everything be approached with intent to win cheap political points?
“Was it not from UNILAG that Abiola moved to Epetedo, Lagos for the Epetedo Declaration that led to his arrest and eventual death in detention?
“Definitely, these ACN people, who are obviously behind the protest do not mean well for MKO Abiola and the course he died for and our people should be conscious of the hypocrisy of ACN and its leaders,” YYC said.
Delta state labour party chieftain and former House of Assembly candidate, Isoko South constituency 11 in the 2011 general elections, Chief Iduh Amadhe has commended the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on his 2011 first scholarship award scheme.
Iduh who gave the commendation yesterday during an interview with our correspondent in Asaba while reacting to the governor’s gesture noted that this has no doubt gone a long way in spurring and assisting students in the tertiary institutions.
According to the one time chairman, Isoko South local government area whose son, Mr. Iduh Othuke Donald is a beneficiary of the scheme stated that “The governor kind gesture will surely encourage intellect, excellent and hard work among students especially those in the higher institution.”
The astute politician who also commended the governor for what he called springing up of modern secondary schools across the state as well as the ongoing construction of Umeh road in Isoko South council area, he appealed for the speedy completion and accreditation of the Engineering faculty of the Delta state University, Oleh campus.
Meanwhile governor Emmanuel Uduaghan while releasing the sum of N269 million as scholarship grant to 47 first class graduates in the state promised to continue to fund scholarship scheme to encourage excellence in tertiary institutions in the state, explaining that the scheme was put in place to help build human capital and instil academic discipline in higher institutions.
“We have embarked on this scheme to help develop human capital, to encourage our youths to work hard in their studies, we believe fund should not be a hindrance to the education of our youths. This is why we are committed to fund this scheme as long as I remain the governor.”
The forty-seven first class graduates were the second batch benefiting from the scheme while thirty-six graduates benefited from the first batch of 2010 academic year.
Organized labour in Imo state has suspended the strike action it
declared yesterday [Wednesday].
Dr. Reginald Anyadike, Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the
state, who addressed newsmen after a closed door meeting between
officials of the labour unions and representatives of Imo state
Government in Owerri said that labour embarked on strike following the
failure of government to sign agreement jointly reached on 12th May,
2012.
The Labour leader said that the agreement centred on Governor
Okorocha’s policies of commercialization of Ministries, Departments
and Agencies (MDAs) and on the issue of deployment of workers of the
state civil service to their communities under the Community
government.
He added that the agreement also contains the implementation of
payment of pensions and gratuities to retired workers, promotion of
workers and the restoration of study leave for serving civil servants.
Comrade Anyadike said that the NLC agreed with government that only
MDAs that are capable of generating funds would be expected to comply
with the new policy while salaries of workers would not be determined
to funds generated by MDAs.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Obinna Duruji
commended organized labour for showing understanding on the disputed
issues as regards to the policies and programmes of the state
government.
Though, he admitted that workers salaries will no longer be tied to
the commercialization policy, the Commissioner disclosed that the
organized labour has assured the commitment of workers to assist the
state government succeed in its commercialization policy on the
ministries and parastatals with commercial enterprises will help
government succeed in its revenue drive.
He, however directed workers in the state to return to work on
Thursday the 31st of May, 2012 and enjoined government not to effect
any penalty on any of its members for participating on the strike.
Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged Publishers of Community Newspapers to practice responsible journalism and avoid promoting ethnic conflicts to ensure peaceful co-existence in the state.
Dr. Uduaghan who gave the charge when the Association of Community Newspapers Publishers Delta State Chapter paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba said they should ensure that their news items were correct and balanced at all times.
He enjoined them to be conscious of their write ups and as social reformers help to reduce hatred between various ethnic groups in the state.
The governor who charged them to be a bridge between the government and grassroot also stressed the need for them to set agenda on inter-ethnic harmony. “Let us be conscious in our reporting because inter-ethnic hatred is building up and the magnitude is high,” he said.
Governor Uduaghan explained that community Newspapers have the leverage and the potentials to unite the people rather than fanning the embers of hatred.
He reminded them of their closeness to the grassroot explaining that as opinion leaders they should avoid yellow journalism and be true to both government and the people.
The governor therefore appealed to them to practice development journalism to enable them have mutual commitment with government towards nurturing the nascent democracy. “You are close to the grassroot and we will support you to do your job well, so that the rural populace will be adequately informed,” he said.
The governor also charged them to assist in monitoring those who encourage sharp practices in primary and post primary schools as well as in hospitals to check sabotage of the free antenatal, post natal and education programmes of the state government.
In a brief address, the Chairman of the Association Comrade Femi Odonmeta said the Association shared a mutual commitment with the Uduaghan Administration and would assist the government in protecting and nurturing the nascent democracy to greater heights.
He stated that the cardinal objective of the association was to promote love, peaceful co-existence among all ethnic nationalities in the state.
“Our effort is geared towards the development of the state and we will shun every negative tendency that will undermine these goals,” he said.
It was a bloody day in some parts of Edo state on Wednesday as some protesting youths, alleged to be members and supporters of the People Democratic Party (PDP) invaded councils in Edo Central Senatorial District in protest against alleged disobedience of court judgment, which sacked the transition committees of the various councils, set up by the by the state government of Adams Oshiomhole.
The protesters stormed council secretariats of Esan West, Esan Central and Esan North East Local Government Councils simultaneously, brandishing placards with various inscriptions, chanting songs that captured their grievance.
They arrived the council secretariats as early as 7.00am blocking the various entrances to the various council.
The protest nearly turned violence in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government as supporters of Action Congress of Nigeria youths of that local government prevented them from entering the secretariats.
the clash of the two party supporters soon turned bloody as dangerous weapons like matchets, bottles, charms etc were freely used. The Video camera of the Independent Television (ITV) was allegedly destroyed in the process, while cameraman was also reported manhandled in the course of the clash.
It took the intervention of the police in Uromi to restore normalcy in the town.
Also in Esan West, Ekpoma police made use of teargas to disperse the protesters.
However, the windscreen of hilux van belonging to the council had already been smashed before police intervened.
The leader of the protesters, Mr. Tony Okonigene said they stormed the various councils to the force the execution of the court judgment which declared the occupation of the councils of Edo State by transition chairmen as illegal.
He said though the Action Congress of Nigeria in the state claimed to have appealed the judgment, it does not translate to Stay of Execution.
However, the transition committee chairman of the Esan West Local Government, Mrs Stella Okoro condemned the actions of the protesters, saying it was not in position of the protesters to execute court judgment.
Also reacting, the transition committee chairman of Esan North East, Mr. Anslem Adima described the protesters as bunch of hooligans wanted to take laws into their hands, but enthused that they were “prevented by those who were ready to protect it”.
As at the time of filing this report, men of Nigerian Police Force and those of the Security and Civil Defence Corp were still on ground at the councils.
Meanwhile, a contempt charge against the Attorney General State, and Speaker of the State House of Assembly as been instituted by one Tony Okonigene.
The plaintiff is praying the court to commit the defendants to prison for disobeying court judgment.
Just last week an Ekpoma high court set aside the resolution of the state house of assembly and called for an election into the local government areas. This follower the decision of one Tony Okoigene that went to court to challenge the decision of the state house of assembly to extend the tenure of the caretaker local government councils.
