Police search for friends of lovers found dead in car

The police in Lagos State are looking for friends of the two lovebirds found dead in a Toyota Corolla on Abisogun Leigh Street, Ogba, Lagos State.

The move, it was gathered, was to investigate what played out at a birthday party the duo attended the previous day.

PUNCH Metro had reported that a tricycle rider and a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, had discovered that the lovers, identified as Lukmon and Promise, were motionless inside the car with its headlamps on.

They alerted operatives of the Area G Police Command, who opened the car door and found them dead.

While the man was reportedly met half naked on the driver’s seat with his private parts exposed, the woman was said to be in a gown, reclining on the passenger’s seat beside him.

A brand of alcoholic drink – Best –  and their phones were allegedly recovered from the car around 9am on Sunday.

It was gathered that Lukmon, Promise and some of their friends, had attended a birthday party at Obawole, in the Iju Ishaga area the previous evening.

A credible source at the Area G Command confided in our correspondent on Tuesday that the police were looking for the friends.

“For now, investigation is not pointing to a murder case. However, the investigation is still at a preliminary stage. We are looking for the friends they (the deceased) attended the birthday party with to get information on what transpired at the event,” the source said.

Another source said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for discreet investigations.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said the command would explore all the investigative angles to the incident.

He said, “It is still a case of sudden and unnatural death. We will leave no stone unturned. The families of the deceased will be interviewed. Investigation will be thorough to know if there was a foul play.”

PDP Convention: Chief Dokpesi Have All the Qualities To Lead The Party - Sen. Emodi

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention scheduled to hold on the 9th of December, 2017, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi earlier today paid a courtesy visit to Sen. (Dr) Joy Emodi; former special Adviser to the President On National Assembly matters at her Abuja office.

During the visit, High Chief Dokpesi informed the former Senator on the need for the PDP to elect a National Chairman that is capable of reforming the Party and a man that is committed to reclaiming  power back to the people in 2019 and beyond.

High Chief Dokpesi noted that he has to come to seek the former Senator's  support which will in turn assist his campaign team in passing and spreading out the message of "hope" across the Country.

Chief Dokpesi stressed further that "there is nothing that is impossible to God, we will ensure a level playing ground and remove impunity from the activities of the party and recruit younger generations, capable of moving the party to a higher and enviable level", he said.

Responding, Senator Joy Emodi commended High Chief Dokpesi and his campaign team  for leaving no stone unturn by going round to seek the support, endorsement and prayers of party stakeholders and leaders across the Country.

Emodi described High Chief Dokpesi as a true politician who has distinguished himself from those waiting to get endorsements by political god-fathers.

I must also "thank you for recognizing the women folks in your campaign and consultation, because women and youths play key and vital roles in electioneering processes", she noted.

She urged the National Working Committee (NWC) under the able leadership of Sen. Ahmed Markafi to create room for and ensure a free, fair and credible election where any candidate that posses character, integrity coupled with fearlessness and doggedness will be emerged.

She also condemned all forms of manipulation by godfathers. “We all need to have a sober reflection of what happened in the past, so that we can have someone that will offer something to the party rather than exploiting the party.

My joy is that we have able leaders holding the positions of the National working committee who will not allow themselves to be used”

She concluded by saying that High Chief Dokpesi is a man who has all the qualities, with sincerity to lead the party to greater heights.

PDP National Convention: NPS Aspirant, Bar. Usman Kabiru fingered in misappropriation of PDP Campaign funds

A former Director of Publicity of the PDP Wada/Awoniyi campaign Organisation,  Bar. Usman Kabiru has been fingered in misappropriation of funds meant for the success of the party in the 2015 gubernatorial election

The Barrister who was in charge of publicity during the campaign was alleged to have made away with  and diverted into his personal pocket large amount of campaign funds which led to the loss of the election to the ruling party APC.

The lid on the misappropriation of the fund was blown open by a group PDP new media experts who participated in the Governorship election campaign, they narrated how the Barrister disappeared with over N3M meant for them during the campaign. We are sending warning signal to the NEC members of the party and the upcoming National Convention Committee to be careful of characters allowed to participate in the party Convention. We have also concluded plans to write the party officially on this matter.

To avoid dragging the party into another round of election defeat, proper screening of aspirants must be done to stop questionable characters like that of Bar. Usman Kabiru from plunging the party who is yet to recover from defeat hangover into another financial mess, the group said.

The Barrister is a fraudster who diverted campaign funds to himself during the Wada/Awoniyi Gubernatorial election campaign in Kogi state therefore immensely  contributed to the defeat suffered by the party in the state.
This is the same man who wants to be our party National Publicity Secretary, no way, PDP will be doing a great disservice to Nigerians if such character is allowed to run for any office at all.

The barrister has some people working with him to disburse the funds but he and some principal officers in the campaign office are alleged to have cornered a substantial part of the fund running into millions of naira which led to the defeat suffered by the party in the November 2015 gubernatorial election.

THE LOOMING DANGER: Micro Zoning!

By: Mike Odeh Akatu James.

Whilst the All Progressive Congress (APC) is busy enriching its financial war chest against the backdrop of the 2019 General Elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is bogged down in an unnecessary quagmire called Micro Zoning .

After the the defeat of 2015, the PDP set up a delegation that recommended that all positions must be contested for in primary elections and that these positions be zoned between the North and the South.

Whilst the Committee bequeathed the North with the Presidency, the South got the powerful position of the Chairman of the Party.

However, many top politicians from the South are openly calling for a distortion of this zoning arrangement prelude to the 2017 PDP National Elective Convention.

Those calling for the change are advocating that the PDP further narrow its zoning arrangements to their zones, states and perhaps ward. So they are plotting to impose their own candidates hiding behind contraption they called Micro zoning.

DANGERS OF MICRO ZONING.

This micro zoning arrangement can distort the party convention and even cause an unending confusion in the party.

Thus assuming the PDP micro zoned its Chairmanship position, it risks loosing many of its supporters as the result and allowing other parties to poach on its candidates.

Secondly, Micro Zoning do not portray PDP as a party with national appeal or a party with mass followers. It rather show a party this is elitist, a party that is regionally and ethnically inclined the backlash would be that regions, tribes whose candidates were excluded using micro zoning, would simply look for another party as an option.

Furthermore, if the party allows Micro Zoning of the Chairmanship position, it should be ready to allow for a stooge as the Party’s chairman and at most a very ineffective and weak chairman.

Needless to say that an open free and fair party delegates elections would knock out the possibility of installing a weak chairman.

A cursory glance at the advocates of zoning, one would discover that their average age is between 68 and 75.That itself is a letdown on the youths who form the bulk of the party’s voting strength. It also negates the much talked about generation shift.

Finally, if the party’s zoning arrangement is distorted for a particular region, it may prove deadly and lead to another defeat in 2019.

THE LOOMING DANGER: Micro Zoning!

PDP National Convention: Why The Immediate Past NWC Should Not Contest

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PDP National Convention: Why The Immediate Past NWC Should Not ContestThe Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), the leading opposition political party in Nigeria has scheduled to hold its elective National Convention, between November and December, 2017 to elect officers that will replace the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) and pioneer the affairs of the party ahead of 2019 and beyond.

2. However, the concern in the minds of stakeholders of the party and other lovers of democracy in Nigeria is that, the PDP must surmount the various political calculations and interest within the party and in the country in order not to further destroy its fortunes.

3. Critics of the PDP are already positing that the party has not learnt from its past mistakes of imposition, lack of internal party democracy, illegal manipulation of the zoning arrangements and possible disenfranchisement of credible persons that may take the PDP out of the woods.

4. One of the issues under contention in recent times, is the influx of the immediate past National Working Committee of the Party in the race for various party positions. It has been alleged that the Immediate past national working committee of the party committed serious act of gross misconduct and looted the party with reckless abandon.

5. Nigerians may recall that, after the disappointing loss of the PDP in the 2015 General Elections, staffers of the PDP National Secretariat raised an alarm, accusing Prince Uche Secondus, the former Deputy National Chairman of the Party and other members of the then NWC of mismanagement and misappropriation of party funds.

6. The party had recorded over N12 Billion from the sale of nomination forms during the 2015 General Elections but the members of the NWC under Dr. Adamu Muazu and Prince Uche Secondus squandered the said amount before leaving office in May, 2016.

7. In one of the publications made available to newsmen by the PDP staff, it was gathered that Prince Secondus after the resignation of Adamu Muazu sat with other members of the NWC and appropriated to themselves various sums of money ranging from N30 to N100million without the approval of the National Executive Committee (NEC).

8. It was reported that the NWC in less than six months paid themselves six years housing allowances in areas, far above the stipulated four years tenure of the NWC, thereby neglecting the backlogs of the same allowances meant for the administrative staff of the party.

9. It was also gathered that, one of the share meant for Dr. Adamu Muazu was paid into Julius Berger company account, a situation that led to some Inter agency rivalry between the company and the party.

10. In order to perpetrate this nefarious act, the then National Working Committee under Prince Uche Secondus opened a pseudo or ‘All Purpose’ bank account in Zenith Bank, N0 1014041654, without the approval of NEC, in the name of ‘Morufi Nigeria Limited, where monies were diverted to serve their personal interest. The Morufi Nigeria Limited account was used, instead of the Party official account for the payment of nomination forms of delegate elections in 2015.

11. Investigations has also revealed that part of the failure of the PDP in 2015 was traced to the Immediate past National Working Committee of the party.. It was revealed that the non inclusion of some of the past NWC members in the Jonathan Campaign Organization angered most of the members, leading to infighting and anti party activities.

12. Some stakeholders are also of the opinion that the former National Chairman, Dr. Muazu, his Deputy, Prince Uche Secondus and the members of the NWC colluded and collected huge sums of money from various aspirants of the party and later denied them tickets. This also led to the mass exodus of PDP members before the general elections. It is therefore a misnomer and suicidal to allow the immediate past NWC members to administer the affairs of the PDP at this crucial times.

13. Party members are therefore worried with these embarrassing situations and believes that, returning again this same set of persons to the National Secretariat will not only spell doom for the party, but will remain an impediments to the progress and success of the PDP in the 2019 general elections.

PDP National Convention: Why The Immediate Past NWC Should Not Contest