BOMBSHELL !!! ‘My Son ‘ll Rather die Than Back out of Biafra struggl, Nnamdi Kalu's father
On Monday, November 9, at about 3.45pm, this reporter's mobile
phone rang and the voice on the other end was Femi Babafemi,
Deputy Editor, Saturday Sun .
"Okey, our cover story this week is
on NK (Nnamdi Kanu). Please, trace his village and talk to his
family members…., take a picture of his father's house and
possibly his parents, submission deadline is Wednesday."
It was
an assignment like no other.
As the thought of how to go about it
was still running riot in me, another call came in. This time from
an unknown caller, "Okey, I hope you people took note of what
happened today (Monday)", referring to the pro-Biafra protest
which locked down the city earlier in the day. "We will like to read
the story in your paper tomorrow because you people always say
the truth", the caller added. On enquiry, the caller gave his name
as Comrade Chukwuemeka Mba, "an activist".
Reasoning the caller could be of help in handling the assignment,
I inquired if he knew Nnamdi Kanu and he responded positively.
I
then asked him over for a chat and Comrade Mba gladly
accepted and it was fixed for Tuesday morning.
The comrade
came as scheduled and after interviewing him, the reporter
intimated him of his plans to travel to Umuahia, to see Nnamdi's
parents and siblings.
"I was with Kanu in 2012 when we testran
the Radio Biafra and he persuaded me to go with him to his
village, but I could not because of some engagements, if I had
gone with him, it would have been very simple locating his village,
all the same I will go to Umuahia with you and we will locate the
village", he assured.
We left Aba a little past 11 in the morning on Tuesday and on
getting to Ubakala, Umuahia, some 12 kilometres from Nnamdi
Kanu's village, we stopped to see a friend, an activist in his own
right. We asked whether he knew Nnamdi and he responded, "I
don't know that chap, but I know the father closely, he is a
traditional ruler of Isiama Afara, their fence wall is backing the
Ojukwu bunker, go, people will show you the place." "Oh! Nnamdi
is a Prince was the thought that ran across my mind".
We left for Isiama Afara, the hometown of the Director of Radio
Biafra that has rattled the Nigerian government. As we journeyed,
due to the hard looks of one's physiognomy, the approach to
deploy to elicit response from the villagers became a problem
because nobody would agree to talk to us if we had said we
were looking for Nnamdi Kanu's parents as they would have
thought we were security operatives.
The thought of asking for
the palace of the traditional ruler of the place readily came to
mind and the man we asked, pointed towards the right, "go right,
you will see his signpost", he told us.
Behold, few metres away was the palace of HRM (Eze) Israel
Okwu Kanu (JP) located on HRM (Eze) Kanu Drive, GRA
Extension, Umuahia. On knocking on the gate of the main
entrance into the palace, it was opened by a boy in his tens who
was later joined by a man that was later to be the gatekeeper.
He enquired of our mission and after telling him, he said: "His
Majesty is sleeping", an answer that almost put one off balance.
But before one could mutter any word, a lady that could pass for
a half cast, in a British ascent asked, "Please, what can we do for
you?" She ushered us into the palace that has the touch of
modernity and offered us seats. After introducing herself as
Princess Kanu, the younger sister of Nnamdi, she told us the
father was not available and we pleaded with her to speak in the
monarch's stead to which agreed.
As the interview was about to start, Princess Kanu said, "please, I
hope you don't mind, let me go and bring my dad" and we gladly
agreed. After few minutes later, the monarch entered into the
waiting room at about 4.00pm and the chat began.
Early life and trait of activism
Nnamdi's father said the director of Radio Biafra was born in the
70s; he was not specific, at Isiama Afara. He attended Library
Avenue Primary School (now part of Government House), Umuahia
and went to Government College, Umuahia for his secondary
education.
After that, he gained admission to the University of
Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), where he could not finish due to incessant
strikes before he left for London to complete his university
education.
Did Nnamdi show any sign of activism when he was growing up?
"Yes", the royal father answered. "He showed signs of activism
when he was growing up. I remember when he was in secondary
school at Government College, Umuahia, he was the school
prefect and he did well in leading other students. After that, when
he gained admission to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN),
they will be in school for one month, and in the next three
months, they will be at home due to strike. One day, he called me
and said because of this thing, he would no longer go to school
in Nigeria and when I demanded to know why, he said he was
tired of the everyday strike.
What he was then doing at UNN
when school was in session was to boycott classes and stayed
on his own to study privately. After a time, he told me again that
he was wasting his time in Nigeria in his quest to have education
and that he was going abroad to study. I weighed the possibility
and I felt it was not there. He insisted and came in contact with
somebody from my place who said I had helped him sometime
ago and that he would help my son to travel to London and he
did that. That was how Nnamdi went to London to study".
Another thing the traditional ruler said made him believe his son
could do what he is doing today was that while in school, Nnamdi
was very intelligent and his teachers respected him for that and
they kept telling him that his son would be somebody in future.
Nnamdi and the Biafra struggle
HRM (Eze) Kanu stated that his son was with Ralph Uwazuruike in
the early years of the formation of MASSOB but later left and
started the struggle his own way and people started following him
because of his uprightness, which he said created a lot problems
for Nnamdi. According to him, "My son's problem started with
Ralph Uwazuruike, the MASSOB leader. After my son left him,
there was a time he (Nnamdi) went for a function at Oboro,
Ikwuano, Umuahia, Uwazuruike gathered his men and scattered
the whole place. The people of Oboro arrested some of the
people that came to disrupt the event and took them to the
police headquarters in Umuahia. The following morning, I went to
see them and admonished them to stop that type of behaviour,
that all of them are fighting the same cause of Biafra freedom.
That if my son wronged Uwazuruike, they should tell me and I will
go and beg him. At the end, I found out that Nnamdi did not do
anything but was opposed to the way MASSOB was collecting
money from the poor and they go into the pocket of one man".
Making of Radio Biafra
After the Oboro incident, as Nnamdi was going back to London,
he was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja. "When I was informed about his arrest, I rushed down to
Port Harcourt, from there, I went to Abuja. At Abuja, the men at
the DSS office treated me with respect and after explaining things
to them, they asked me to take Nnamdi home. It was when we
came back that my son told me he was going to appear in his
true colour, to make sure that Biafra was realised".
To start with,
Nnamdi left his job in Britain where he is a citizen, to be fully
involved in the struggle and built the Radio Biafra/TV which has
taken the country like a storm.
Arrest and detention
When asked how he feels about Nnamdi's arrest and detention,
he has this to say: "Nnamdi is my first son.
His arrest pains me a
lot; it is not when I start crying like a child before people will
know that his arrest is paining me to the marrow.
That chap has
no problem, he is not a noisemaker, rather he abhors injustice.
Since he was born, he had not exchanged words with we, the
parents or even the siblings, always sitting quietly when we are
having family meetings, but he always made quality inputs".
Radio Biafra and justification of Nnamdi's arrest
Nnamdi's father said he listens to his son's voice on radio and
feels happy because he believes his son always says the truth
and does not say such for his selfish interest, but for the interest
of the people. He gave thumbs down to the Federal Government
for his son's arrest stating: "It was not justified at all because he
is fighting for the freedom of the Igbo with his mouth and without
a machete or gun. It is only that mouth Nnamdi is using to
demand the freedom of the Igbo and whether the Federal
Government likes it or not, he will continue to speak just as I
used to do which made me to represent my people three times
as a local government councillor.
Talking runs in our blood stream
and it will be difficult for Nnamdi to stop talking".
Family support
Nnamdi, despite his present travail, enjoys the full support of his
family members in the pro-Biafra agitation.
The father
notwithstanding the fact that he had visited Nnamdi in Abuja since
his present problem which he attributed to ill-health, but he was
quick to add that he and Nnamdi's younger ones were in Abuja to
give him words of encouragement and seek his release. Driving
further home the family's support for Nnamdi, Eze Kanu has this
to say: "Even the younger ones are in support of what he is doing
and that is why the immediate younger brother and the mother
are in Abuja because of his arrest.
This shows that they have
interest in what he is doing and we are fighting for his release.
"As for my people of Isiama Afaraukwu, they are not silent over
the matter, but the only thing is that during the civil war, Biafran
army headquarters was in our place including the famous (Ojukwu
Bunker) which shares boundaries with my palace, in fact, soldiers
were living in my house and it could be that what the people saw
during the war made them to be a little docile over this matter".
Appeal to FG and Ndigbo
"I will first of all start with the Federal Government, I'm appealing
to them to release my son, he has not come to wage war against
the country and the Nigerian constitution made provision for free
dom of speech and nothing will debar him from speaking.
President Muhammadu Buhari should understand that the
agitation for Biafra did not start with Nnamdi. If Buhari has any
bad plans against Nnamdi, he should hands off because all of us
want that freedom.
As for Ndigbo , they should join Nnamdi in
seeing to the actualization of Biafra. I'm not always happy that my
son is putting his all in the struggle, the other man, Uwazuruike
will be somewhere behaving as if Nnamdi is his enemy. I'm also
not happy that since Nnamdi was arrested, no governor from this
zone or a known politician for that matter has ever asked for his
release, it is not good. I don't know whether they are afraid to
speak out", he stated.
Standing behind his son like the Rock of Gibraltar, Eze Kanu said
if his son was released today, there is no way he would advise
him to forget about Biafra, stating that Nnamdi had told him it will
be better for him to die than abandon the cause of Biafra.
On 11/12/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
> Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on
> commercial
> banks operating in the country to partner with the Federal
> Government
> to effectively tackle corruption in the system.
>
> Saraki who spoke when the management of Fidelity Bank Plc, led
> by its
> Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nnamdi
> Okonkwo,
> visited him at the National Assembly, said the banks are at a
> vantage
> position to disclose suspicious transactions to the relevant
> authorities.
>
> The Senate President, according to a statement by his Media
> Office in
> Abuja, stated that the banks have a major role to play in
> stamping out
> corruption from all aspects of the economy.
>
> Saraki said: "I think also that the area that is key is the fight
> against corruption. The banks must play a role in knowing your
> customers, not only in knowing your customers but also being
> accountable for the activities of your customers because in
> developed
> societies, banks know that if their customers are being
> questioned in
> any activity, they too are responsible for either not bringing it to
> the attention of the government because there is nothing that
> happens
> that does not go through the banking system.
>
> "So, if the banking system is tight, it will bring the greatest
> contribution in fighting corruption even more than anywhere else
> because at the end of the day, it must come through the banking
> system.
>
> "But I think when the banks turn a blind eye saying it is not our
> business, that does not help. I think we need to start looking at
> that
> in supporting the government in addressing this area."
>
> He further urged banks to ensure that they lend needed support to
> farmers in order to boost food production and stimulate the
> growth of
> agriculture in the country.
> Earlier, Okonkwo thanked the Senate President for receiving his
> team
> despite his busy schedule, saying that the visit was in line with
> the
> bank's ongoing engagement with critical stakeholders in the
> economy.
>
> He added that Fidelity Bank has been and would continue to
> provide
> support for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs),
> industries and
> telecommunication sectors in order to grow the economy.
>
>
> Signed:
> Media Office of the Senate President
>
> On 11/12/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 11:11:2015
>>
>> By our reporter
>>
>> In its bid to sensitize and bring all stakeholders on board, the
>> E4E program under the auspices of Aba Chamber of Commerce
>> on 10th November 2015, hosted Aba businessmen comprising
>> industrialists, entrepreneurs and artisans at the J. Udeagbala
>> factory premises in Aba.
>>
>> The gathering was aimed to engage the businessmen in a
>> roundtable dialogue and get their input on how the program can
>> run successfully bearing in mind the ultimate goal—to employ and
>> empower the teeming unemployed youth of Abia State.
>>
>> The president of Aba Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and
>> Agriculture (ACCIMA) Sir Emma Nwakpodolu, while delivering his
>> speech, said if this program was well embraced; it will go a long
>> way to cushion the manpower needs of the State. He therefore
>> called on his colleagues in business to support the program as it
>> is one with a difference. He thanked the coordinator Mr. Endi
>> Ezengwa for coming up with the program and prayed that God
>> will continue to lead him on.
>>
>> Responding to questions raised by some speakers at the
>> occasion, Mr. Ezengwa said the number of unemployed youth in
>> the state were actually human resources which the state can
>> harness to drive the economy of the state if this program was
>> well articulated.
>>
>> He encouraged unity among the different bodies to create the
>> synergy needed to make it happen. He told the businessmen that
>> he will do everything possible to assist all businesses that will
>> key into this project by employing E4E trainees as well as mentor
>> them to access funds from different donor and funding agencies
>> both locally and internationally to enable them to expand their
>> businesses.
>>
>> Speaking at the occasion the governor, who was represented by
>> his deputy Rt. Hon. Ude Okochukwu said there is need to partner
>> with the organized private sector to make the project to work
>> hence the stakeholders' meeting. He called for all hands to be on
>> deck and reminded the participants that's it was for the good of
>> the state since government can no longer absorb all the
>> unemployed youth in the state especially now that the state
>> allocation has dwindled.
>>
>> He thanked them for coming and pledged government assistance
>> in making the project a very successful one.
>>
>> On 11/6/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It was yet another eventful day on the 4th of November as the
>>> Abia State E4E (Education 4 Employment) facilitators met with
>>> the stakeholders in agriculture at the Aguiyi Ironsi Conference
>>> Centre in Umuahia.
>>>
>>> The stakeholders' engagement meeting was
>>> one in a series of meetings which has been going on involving all
>>> stakeholders in the E4E program in Abia State.
>>>
>>> The meeting which brought together all leading Agricultural
>>> Organizations, Agro-Allied businesses, and representatives from
>>> the Federal and State Ministries of Agriculture, small scale
>>> farmers and Kiara College – the facilitators of the meeting was
>>> coordinated by Endi Ezengwa the consultant for the State on E4E
>>> program.
>>>
>>> It will be recalled that the governor, upon taking over the realms
>>> of the state promised to train 100,000 Abia unemployed youth
>>> within 4 years.
>>>
>>> To achieve this, the E4E program was initiated
>>> having in mind the governor's vision which is hinged on 5 pillars
>>> of his economic agenda- Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Oil and
>>> Gas and Education.
>>>
>>> Based on this, the meeting was held to find
>>> a way forward towards making agriculture a key contributor to the
>>> economy of the state as well as absorbing as many youth as
>>> possible who will be actually engaged in various agricultural
>>> endeavors from farming, poultry, fisheries and animal husbandry.
>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking at the occasion, the Special Adviser to the Governor on
>>> Agriculture Mr. Amanze Israel welcomed the participants and said
>>> even though he sent out the invitations; the program was actually
>>> that of E4E implored the participants to key into the program
>>> because it was a laudable one.
>>>
>>> Delivering his address, Mr. Endi Ezengwa said that the meeting
>>> was organized to harness the potentials that abound in the state
>>> and to partner with farmers in order to achieve set goals.
>>> The session was interactive and participants had the opportunity
>>> to contribute and also ask questions concerning the program.
>>> They were assured that government would do its part in
>>> enhancing those who will participate in absorbing the trainees in
>>> terms of incentives, financing and product marketing etc.
>>>
>>> On 11/4/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Citizens' Participation in formulation of Legislative Agenda for the
>>>> 8th Senate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Following requests by Nigerians on social media regarding
>>>> legislations they would want amended or introduced in the 8th
>>>> Senate, as the senate puts together the final draft of the Legislative
>>>> agenda that will guide the affairs of the red chamber during this
>>>> tenure, according to the President of the senate, Bukola Saraki who
>>>> posted this today 04th November, 2015 via his official facebook page,
>>>> they will like to
>>>> secure the input of Nigerians into the formulation of this agenda.
>>>>
>>>> He said that the contributions of all Nigerians will be crucial to
>>>> ensuring
>>>> that
>>>> bills passed into law from now till 2019 will have direct and
>>>> positive consequences on the lives of our people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> According to the senate chief, he looks forward to receiving
>>>> suggestions and comments from Nigerians
>>>> on the people oriented bills, he reiterate that our major focus in the
>>>> 8th
>>>> Assembly is to close the gap between the legislative processes
>>>> and the citizenry whose faith and trust legitimize their role as
>>>> legislators.
>>>>
>>>> "Our laws must serve, preserve and protect every
>>>> Nigerian, regardless of his station in life", he said
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He therefore urge Nigerians to forward their contributions to
>>>> spass.legal@gma
>>>> il.com including your name, phone number and location
>>>>
>>>> On 11/4/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Today the senator president , Abubakar Bukola Saraki unveiled the
>>>>> following names as the chairmen and vice chairmen of the following
>>>>> committees.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> S/N
>>>>> Committee
>>>>> CHAIR
>>>>> VICE
>>>>> 1.
>>>>> Committee on Rules & Business
>>>>> Babajide Omoworare
>>>>> Ali Ndume
>>>>> 2.
>>>>> Senate Services Committee
>>>>> Ibrahim Gobir
>>>>> Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
>>>>> 3.
>>>>> Committee on Ethics & Privileges
>>>>> Samuel Anyanwu
>>>>> Bala Ibn Na'allah
>>>>> 4.
>>>>> Committee on Public Accounts
>>>>> Andy Uba
>>>>> Gbolahan Dada
>>>>> 5.
>>>>> Committee on National Security & Intelligence
>>>>> Shaaba Lafiagi
>>>>> David Jonah Jang
>>>>> STANDING COMMITTEES
>>>>> 6.
>>>>> Committee on Agriculture
>>>>> Abdullahi Adamu
>>>>> Theodore A. Orji
>>>>> 7.
>>>>> Committee on Air Force
>>>>> Duro Samuel Faseyi
>>>>> Ali Wakili
>>>>> 8.
>>>>> Committee on Army
>>>>> George Akume
>>>>> Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
>>>>> 9.
>>>>> Committee on Anti – Corruption & Financial Crimes
>>>>> Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi
>>>>> Sani Mustapha
>>>>> 10.
>>>>> Committee on Appropriations
>>>>> Danjuma Goje
>>>>> Sunny Ogbuoji
>>>>> 11.
>>>>> Committee on Aviation
>>>>> Hope Uzodinma
>>>>> Bala Ibn Na'allah
>>>>> 12.
>>>>> Committee on Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions
>>>>> Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
>>>>> Achonu Nneji
>>>>> 13.
>>>>> Committee on Capital Market
>>>>> Isiaka Adeleke
>>>>> Ogola Foster
>>>>> 14.
>>>>> Committee on Communications
>>>>> Gilbert Nnaji
>>>>> Solomon Adeola Olamilekan
>>>>> 15.
>>>>> Committee on Cooperation & Integration in Africa & NEPAD
>>>>> Abubakar Sani Danladi
>>>>> Baba Kaka Garba
>>>>> 16.
>>>>> Committee on Culture & Tourism
>>>>> Matthew Urhoghide
>>>>> Abubakar A. M.
>>>>> 17.
>>>>> Committee on Customs, Excise & Tariff
>>>>> Adamu Aliero
>>>>> Samuel Anyanwu
>>>>> 18.
>>>>> Committee on Defence
>>>>> Ahmad Lawan
>>>>> Jeremiah Useni
>>>>> 19.
>>>>> Committee on Diaspora & Civil Societies
>>>>> Rose Oko
>>>>> 20.
>>>>> Committee on Drugs & Narcotics
>>>>> Joshua Lidani
>>>>> Phillip Gyunka
>>>>> 21.
>>>>> Committee on Downstream Petroleum
>>>>> Uche Ekwunife
>>>>> Jibrin Barau
>>>>> 22.
>>>>> Committee on Ecology & Climate Change
>>>>> Bukar Abba Ibrahim
>>>>> Achonu Nneji
>>>>> 23.
>>>>> Committee on Education (Basic & Secondary)
>>>>> Aliyu Wamakko
>>>>> Rose Oko
>>>>> 24.
>>>>> Committee on Employment, Labour & Productivity
>>>>> Suleiman Nazif
>>>>> 25.
>>>>> Committee on Environment
>>>>> Olaka Johnson Nwogu
>>>>> Oluremi Tinubu
>>>>> 26.
>>>>> Committee on Establishment & Public Service
>>>>> Emmanuel Paulker
>>>>> Suleiman Nazif
>>>>> 27.
>>>>> Committee on Committee on Federal Capital Territory
>>>>> Dino Melaye
>>>>> Mohammed Hassan
>>>>> 28.
>>>>> Committee on Federal Character & Inter Governmental Affairs
>>>>> Salihu Hussain Egye
>>>>> Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi
>>>>> 29.
>>>>> Committee on Finance
>>>>> John Owan Enoh
>>>>> Umaru Ibrahim Kurfi
>>>>> 30.
>>>>> Committee on Foreign Affairs
>>>>> Munsurat Sunmonu
>>>>> Shehu Sani
>>>>> 31.
>>>>> Committee on Gas
>>>>> Bassey Albert Akpan
>>>>> Abubakar Ahmadu Moallahyidi
>>>>> 32.
>>>>> Committee on Health
>>>>> Lanre Tejuosho
>>>>> Matthew Uroghdide
>>>>> 33.
>>>>> Committee on Housing
>>>>> Barnabas Gemade
>>>>> Francis Alimikhene
>>>>> 34.
>>>>> Committee on I.C.T & Cybercrime
>>>>> Buhari Abdulfatai
>>>>> Ogola Foster
>>>>> 35.
>>>>> Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission
>>>>> Abubakar Kyari
>>>>> Olusola Adeyeye
>>>>> 36.
>>>>> Committee on Information & National Orientation
>>>>> Enyinnaya Abaribe
>>>>> Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
>>>>> 37.
>>>>> Committee on Interior
>>>>> Georgeb Sekibo
>>>>> Bayero Usman Nafada
>>>>> 38.
>>>>> Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs
>>>>> Bayero Usman Nafada
>>>>> 39.
>>>>> Committee on Industry
>>>>> Sam Egwu
>>>>> Buhari Abdulfatai
>>>>> 40.
>>>>> Committee on Judiciary Human Rights & Legal Matters
>>>>> David Umaru
>>>>> Godswill Akpabio
>>>>> 41.
>>>>> Committee on Land Transport
>>>>> Olugbenga Ashafa
>>>>> Phillip Aduda
>>>>> 42.
>>>>> Committee on Local & Foreign Debts
>>>>> Shehu Sani
>>>>> Phillip Gyunka
>>>>> 43.
>>>>> Committee on Marine Transport
>>>>> Ahmed Rufai Sani
>>>>> Ighoyota Amori
>>>>> 44.
>>>>> Committee on Media & Public Affairs
>>>>> Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
>>>>> Murray Bruce
>>>>> 45.
>>>>> Committee on Public Procurement
>>>>> Abdulsalami Ohiare
>>>>> Joshua Dariye
>>>>> 46.
>>>>> Committee on National Identity & National Population
>>>>> Marafa Kabir
>>>>> Abubakar Sani Danladi
>>>>> 47.
>>>>> Committee on National Planning & Economic Affairs
>>>>> Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
>>>>> Yele Omogunwa
>>>>> 48.
>>>>> Committee on Navy
>>>>> Isa Hamma Misau
>>>>> Osinachukwu Ideozu
>>>>> 49.
>>>>> Committee on Niger Delta
>>>>> Peter Nwaboshi
>>>>> Abubakar Abdulrahman
>>>>> 50.
>>>>> Committee on Police Affairs
>>>>> Abu Ibrahim
>>>>> Stella Oduah
>>>>> 51.
>>>>> Committee on Power
>>>>> James Manager
>>>>> Bukar Mustapha
>>>>> 52.
>>>>> Committee on Primary Health Care & Communicable Diseases
>>>>> Mao Ohuabunwa
>>>>> Nelson Efiong
>>>>> 53.
>>>>> Committee on Privatisation
>>>>> Ben Murray Bruce
>>>>> Abdullahi Yahaya
>>>>> 54.
>>>>> Committee on Science & Technology
>>>>> Robert Ajayi Boroffice
>>>>> Marafi Bashir
>>>>> 55.
>>>>> Committee on Solid Minerals
>>>>> Joshua Dariye
>>>>> Rilwan Adesoji
>>>>> 56.
>>>>> Committee on Special Duties
>>>>> Murtala Nyako
>>>>> Sunny Ogbuoji
>>>>> 57.
>>>>> Committee on Sports
>>>>> Obinna Joseph Ogba
>>>>> Marafa Kabir
>>>>> 58.
>>>>> Committee on States & Local Government
>>>>> Abdullahi Gumel
>>>>> Kashamu Buruji
>>>>> 59.
>>>>> Committee on Tertiary Institutions & TETFUND
>>>>> Binta Masi Garba
>>>>> Tijjani Yahaya Kaura
>>>>> 60.
>>>>> Committee on Trade & Investment
>>>>> Fatimat Olufunke Raji Rasaki
>>>>> Sabo Mohammed
>>>>> 61.
>>>>> Committee on Upstream Petroleum
>>>>> Donald Omotayo Alaosaodura
>>>>> Bassey Gershom
>>>>> 62.
>>>>> Committee on Water Resources
>>>>> Mohammed Ubali Shittu
>>>>> Emmanuel Bwacha
>>>>> 63.
>>>>> Committee on Women Affairs
>>>>> Oluremi Tinubu
>>>>> Stella Oduah
>>>>> 64.
>>>>> Committee on Works
>>>>> Kabiru Gaya
>>>>> Clifford Ordia
>>>>> 65.
>>>>> Committee on Poverty Alleviation & Social Welfare
>>>>> Ali Wakili
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/31/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> It is no longer news that the founder of radio Biafra and the leader
>>>>>> of the IPOB Nnamdi Kalu, has been in detention for past weeks ago
>>>>>> till
>>>>>> date.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Though they've met his bail condition but yet to be released.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nnamdi was arrested in his Lagos hotel room by the operatives of the
>>>>>> DSS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Social commentators has it that Nnamdi since the invention of his
>>>>>> radio have been deceiving gullible youths, men and women, while some
>>>>>> opined that the pirate radio station serves as drugs that cures all
>>>>>> sorts of sickness including High Blood Pressure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some of the things people are already missing about # Radio Biafra
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> Nnamdi Kanu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "I am the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra all over this
>>>>>> very planet, I command the army of Biafra so do I also direct
>>>>>> radio Biafra. ."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The zoo will fall! A na agwo ona ere! Black man with black
>>>>>> mentality! Igbo with buying and selling mentality ndi ara..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> we are
>>>>>> formidable. Heaven is presiding over Biafra.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are whiter than white and whiter than snow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mad MAD PEOPLE! VERY SAD INDEED,WE MUST CONTIUE! THE
>>>>>> CALLER ON IMO CAN U HEAR ME?
>>>>>> # THEY CANNOT HEAR ME, # BLACK PEOPLE ARE DEMENTED,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH(CHUKWU OKIKE
>>>>>> ABIAMA),CHILDREN OF DARKNESS CANNOT RULE OVER US,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # KEEP TWITTERING,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # WHEN WE SAY 'TWEET' TWEET,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #WE ARE FORMIDABLE, THEY TRY TO COPY US BUT THEY
>>>>>> CANNOT BE LIKE US,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #RADIO BIAFRA IS TRENDING NUMBER #1 IN THE WORLD,
>>>>>> RADIO BIAFRA IS THE MOST LISTENED RADIO STATION OVER
>>>>>> THE PLANET ETC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'M NNAMDI KANU LEADER OF IPOB ALL OVER THE WORLD,
>>>>>> WHERE EVER YOU FIND THEM I LEAD THEM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Buhari, u are a terrorist, Buhari u are a child rapist, Buhari u are
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> pedophile. ndi ara, baboons and monkeys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The caller on skype can u hear me......
>>>>>> We are live and direct, this is radio Biafra and the angel is
>>>>>> presiding.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Okoroawusa agbogho awusa o dear me
>>>>>> Rochas okoroawusa is killing our people in owerri.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The caller on whatsapp can u hear me ? Can u hear me, the
>>>>>> caller from whatsapp ? NO they can't hear me, bcos they don't
>>>>>> listen, i can't stand African people with their stupidity that's why
>>>>>> they are backwards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ndi a bu ndi awusa turu ime ha site na ike nke ekwensu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are live and we are direct and chukwu okike abiama is in
>>>>>> control, the angels in heaven are listening to radio biafra.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PLEASE BUHARI SHOULD LEAVE THIS YOUNG MAN ALONE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
phone rang and the voice on the other end was Femi Babafemi,
Deputy Editor, Saturday Sun .
"Okey, our cover story this week is
on NK (Nnamdi Kanu). Please, trace his village and talk to his
family members…., take a picture of his father's house and
possibly his parents, submission deadline is Wednesday."
It was
an assignment like no other.
As the thought of how to go about it
was still running riot in me, another call came in. This time from
an unknown caller, "Okey, I hope you people took note of what
happened today (Monday)", referring to the pro-Biafra protest
which locked down the city earlier in the day. "We will like to read
the story in your paper tomorrow because you people always say
the truth", the caller added. On enquiry, the caller gave his name
as Comrade Chukwuemeka Mba, "an activist".
Reasoning the caller could be of help in handling the assignment,
I inquired if he knew Nnamdi Kanu and he responded positively.
I
then asked him over for a chat and Comrade Mba gladly
accepted and it was fixed for Tuesday morning.
The comrade
came as scheduled and after interviewing him, the reporter
intimated him of his plans to travel to Umuahia, to see Nnamdi's
parents and siblings.
"I was with Kanu in 2012 when we testran
the Radio Biafra and he persuaded me to go with him to his
village, but I could not because of some engagements, if I had
gone with him, it would have been very simple locating his village,
all the same I will go to Umuahia with you and we will locate the
village", he assured.
We left Aba a little past 11 in the morning on Tuesday and on
getting to Ubakala, Umuahia, some 12 kilometres from Nnamdi
Kanu's village, we stopped to see a friend, an activist in his own
right. We asked whether he knew Nnamdi and he responded, "I
don't know that chap, but I know the father closely, he is a
traditional ruler of Isiama Afara, their fence wall is backing the
Ojukwu bunker, go, people will show you the place." "Oh! Nnamdi
is a Prince was the thought that ran across my mind".
We left for Isiama Afara, the hometown of the Director of Radio
Biafra that has rattled the Nigerian government. As we journeyed,
due to the hard looks of one's physiognomy, the approach to
deploy to elicit response from the villagers became a problem
because nobody would agree to talk to us if we had said we
were looking for Nnamdi Kanu's parents as they would have
thought we were security operatives.
The thought of asking for
the palace of the traditional ruler of the place readily came to
mind and the man we asked, pointed towards the right, "go right,
you will see his signpost", he told us.
Behold, few metres away was the palace of HRM (Eze) Israel
Okwu Kanu (JP) located on HRM (Eze) Kanu Drive, GRA
Extension, Umuahia. On knocking on the gate of the main
entrance into the palace, it was opened by a boy in his tens who
was later joined by a man that was later to be the gatekeeper.
He enquired of our mission and after telling him, he said: "His
Majesty is sleeping", an answer that almost put one off balance.
But before one could mutter any word, a lady that could pass for
a half cast, in a British ascent asked, "Please, what can we do for
you?" She ushered us into the palace that has the touch of
modernity and offered us seats. After introducing herself as
Princess Kanu, the younger sister of Nnamdi, she told us the
father was not available and we pleaded with her to speak in the
monarch's stead to which agreed.
As the interview was about to start, Princess Kanu said, "please, I
hope you don't mind, let me go and bring my dad" and we gladly
agreed. After few minutes later, the monarch entered into the
waiting room at about 4.00pm and the chat began.
Early life and trait of activism
Nnamdi's father said the director of Radio Biafra was born in the
70s; he was not specific, at Isiama Afara. He attended Library
Avenue Primary School (now part of Government House), Umuahia
and went to Government College, Umuahia for his secondary
education.
After that, he gained admission to the University of
Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), where he could not finish due to incessant
strikes before he left for London to complete his university
education.
Did Nnamdi show any sign of activism when he was growing up?
"Yes", the royal father answered. "He showed signs of activism
when he was growing up. I remember when he was in secondary
school at Government College, Umuahia, he was the school
prefect and he did well in leading other students. After that, when
he gained admission to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN),
they will be in school for one month, and in the next three
months, they will be at home due to strike. One day, he called me
and said because of this thing, he would no longer go to school
in Nigeria and when I demanded to know why, he said he was
tired of the everyday strike.
What he was then doing at UNN
when school was in session was to boycott classes and stayed
on his own to study privately. After a time, he told me again that
he was wasting his time in Nigeria in his quest to have education
and that he was going abroad to study. I weighed the possibility
and I felt it was not there. He insisted and came in contact with
somebody from my place who said I had helped him sometime
ago and that he would help my son to travel to London and he
did that. That was how Nnamdi went to London to study".
Another thing the traditional ruler said made him believe his son
could do what he is doing today was that while in school, Nnamdi
was very intelligent and his teachers respected him for that and
they kept telling him that his son would be somebody in future.
Nnamdi and the Biafra struggle
HRM (Eze) Kanu stated that his son was with Ralph Uwazuruike in
the early years of the formation of MASSOB but later left and
started the struggle his own way and people started following him
because of his uprightness, which he said created a lot problems
for Nnamdi. According to him, "My son's problem started with
Ralph Uwazuruike, the MASSOB leader. After my son left him,
there was a time he (Nnamdi) went for a function at Oboro,
Ikwuano, Umuahia, Uwazuruike gathered his men and scattered
the whole place. The people of Oboro arrested some of the
people that came to disrupt the event and took them to the
police headquarters in Umuahia. The following morning, I went to
see them and admonished them to stop that type of behaviour,
that all of them are fighting the same cause of Biafra freedom.
That if my son wronged Uwazuruike, they should tell me and I will
go and beg him. At the end, I found out that Nnamdi did not do
anything but was opposed to the way MASSOB was collecting
money from the poor and they go into the pocket of one man".
Making of Radio Biafra
After the Oboro incident, as Nnamdi was going back to London,
he was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja. "When I was informed about his arrest, I rushed down to
Port Harcourt, from there, I went to Abuja. At Abuja, the men at
the DSS office treated me with respect and after explaining things
to them, they asked me to take Nnamdi home. It was when we
came back that my son told me he was going to appear in his
true colour, to make sure that Biafra was realised".
To start with,
Nnamdi left his job in Britain where he is a citizen, to be fully
involved in the struggle and built the Radio Biafra/TV which has
taken the country like a storm.
Arrest and detention
When asked how he feels about Nnamdi's arrest and detention,
he has this to say: "Nnamdi is my first son.
His arrest pains me a
lot; it is not when I start crying like a child before people will
know that his arrest is paining me to the marrow.
That chap has
no problem, he is not a noisemaker, rather he abhors injustice.
Since he was born, he had not exchanged words with we, the
parents or even the siblings, always sitting quietly when we are
having family meetings, but he always made quality inputs".
Radio Biafra and justification of Nnamdi's arrest
Nnamdi's father said he listens to his son's voice on radio and
feels happy because he believes his son always says the truth
and does not say such for his selfish interest, but for the interest
of the people. He gave thumbs down to the Federal Government
for his son's arrest stating: "It was not justified at all because he
is fighting for the freedom of the Igbo with his mouth and without
a machete or gun. It is only that mouth Nnamdi is using to
demand the freedom of the Igbo and whether the Federal
Government likes it or not, he will continue to speak just as I
used to do which made me to represent my people three times
as a local government councillor.
Talking runs in our blood stream
and it will be difficult for Nnamdi to stop talking".
Family support
Nnamdi, despite his present travail, enjoys the full support of his
family members in the pro-Biafra agitation.
The father
notwithstanding the fact that he had visited Nnamdi in Abuja since
his present problem which he attributed to ill-health, but he was
quick to add that he and Nnamdi's younger ones were in Abuja to
give him words of encouragement and seek his release. Driving
further home the family's support for Nnamdi, Eze Kanu has this
to say: "Even the younger ones are in support of what he is doing
and that is why the immediate younger brother and the mother
are in Abuja because of his arrest.
This shows that they have
interest in what he is doing and we are fighting for his release.
"As for my people of Isiama Afaraukwu, they are not silent over
the matter, but the only thing is that during the civil war, Biafran
army headquarters was in our place including the famous (Ojukwu
Bunker) which shares boundaries with my palace, in fact, soldiers
were living in my house and it could be that what the people saw
during the war made them to be a little docile over this matter".
Appeal to FG and Ndigbo
"I will first of all start with the Federal Government, I'm appealing
to them to release my son, he has not come to wage war against
the country and the Nigerian constitution made provision for free
dom of speech and nothing will debar him from speaking.
President Muhammadu Buhari should understand that the
agitation for Biafra did not start with Nnamdi. If Buhari has any
bad plans against Nnamdi, he should hands off because all of us
want that freedom.
As for Ndigbo , they should join Nnamdi in
seeing to the actualization of Biafra. I'm not always happy that my
son is putting his all in the struggle, the other man, Uwazuruike
will be somewhere behaving as if Nnamdi is his enemy. I'm also
not happy that since Nnamdi was arrested, no governor from this
zone or a known politician for that matter has ever asked for his
release, it is not good. I don't know whether they are afraid to
speak out", he stated.
Standing behind his son like the Rock of Gibraltar, Eze Kanu said
if his son was released today, there is no way he would advise
him to forget about Biafra, stating that Nnamdi had told him it will
be better for him to die than abandon the cause of Biafra.
On 11/12/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
> Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on
> commercial
> banks operating in the country to partner with the Federal
> Government
> to effectively tackle corruption in the system.
>
> Saraki who spoke when the management of Fidelity Bank Plc, led
> by its
> Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nnamdi
> Okonkwo,
> visited him at the National Assembly, said the banks are at a
> vantage
> position to disclose suspicious transactions to the relevant
> authorities.
>
> The Senate President, according to a statement by his Media
> Office in
> Abuja, stated that the banks have a major role to play in
> stamping out
> corruption from all aspects of the economy.
>
> Saraki said: "I think also that the area that is key is the fight
> against corruption. The banks must play a role in knowing your
> customers, not only in knowing your customers but also being
> accountable for the activities of your customers because in
> developed
> societies, banks know that if their customers are being
> questioned in
> any activity, they too are responsible for either not bringing it to
> the attention of the government because there is nothing that
> happens
> that does not go through the banking system.
>
> "So, if the banking system is tight, it will bring the greatest
> contribution in fighting corruption even more than anywhere else
> because at the end of the day, it must come through the banking
> system.
>
> "But I think when the banks turn a blind eye saying it is not our
> business, that does not help. I think we need to start looking at
> that
> in supporting the government in addressing this area."
>
> He further urged banks to ensure that they lend needed support to
> farmers in order to boost food production and stimulate the
> growth of
> agriculture in the country.
> Earlier, Okonkwo thanked the Senate President for receiving his
> team
> despite his busy schedule, saying that the visit was in line with
> the
> bank's ongoing engagement with critical stakeholders in the
> economy.
>
> He added that Fidelity Bank has been and would continue to
> provide
> support for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs),
> industries and
> telecommunication sectors in order to grow the economy.
>
>
> Signed:
> Media Office of the Senate President
>
> On 11/12/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 11:11:2015
>>
>> By our reporter
>>
>> In its bid to sensitize and bring all stakeholders on board, the
>> E4E program under the auspices of Aba Chamber of Commerce
>> on 10th November 2015, hosted Aba businessmen comprising
>> industrialists, entrepreneurs and artisans at the J. Udeagbala
>> factory premises in Aba.
>>
>> The gathering was aimed to engage the businessmen in a
>> roundtable dialogue and get their input on how the program can
>> run successfully bearing in mind the ultimate goal—to employ and
>> empower the teeming unemployed youth of Abia State.
>>
>> The president of Aba Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and
>> Agriculture (ACCIMA) Sir Emma Nwakpodolu, while delivering his
>> speech, said if this program was well embraced; it will go a long
>> way to cushion the manpower needs of the State. He therefore
>> called on his colleagues in business to support the program as it
>> is one with a difference. He thanked the coordinator Mr. Endi
>> Ezengwa for coming up with the program and prayed that God
>> will continue to lead him on.
>>
>> Responding to questions raised by some speakers at the
>> occasion, Mr. Ezengwa said the number of unemployed youth in
>> the state were actually human resources which the state can
>> harness to drive the economy of the state if this program was
>> well articulated.
>>
>> He encouraged unity among the different bodies to create the
>> synergy needed to make it happen. He told the businessmen that
>> he will do everything possible to assist all businesses that will
>> key into this project by employing E4E trainees as well as mentor
>> them to access funds from different donor and funding agencies
>> both locally and internationally to enable them to expand their
>> businesses.
>>
>> Speaking at the occasion the governor, who was represented by
>> his deputy Rt. Hon. Ude Okochukwu said there is need to partner
>> with the organized private sector to make the project to work
>> hence the stakeholders' meeting. He called for all hands to be on
>> deck and reminded the participants that's it was for the good of
>> the state since government can no longer absorb all the
>> unemployed youth in the state especially now that the state
>> allocation has dwindled.
>>
>> He thanked them for coming and pledged government assistance
>> in making the project a very successful one.
>>
>> On 11/6/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It was yet another eventful day on the 4th of November as the
>>> Abia State E4E (Education 4 Employment) facilitators met with
>>> the stakeholders in agriculture at the Aguiyi Ironsi Conference
>>> Centre in Umuahia.
>>>
>>> The stakeholders' engagement meeting was
>>> one in a series of meetings which has been going on involving all
>>> stakeholders in the E4E program in Abia State.
>>>
>>> The meeting which brought together all leading Agricultural
>>> Organizations, Agro-Allied businesses, and representatives from
>>> the Federal and State Ministries of Agriculture, small scale
>>> farmers and Kiara College – the facilitators of the meeting was
>>> coordinated by Endi Ezengwa the consultant for the State on E4E
>>> program.
>>>
>>> It will be recalled that the governor, upon taking over the realms
>>> of the state promised to train 100,000 Abia unemployed youth
>>> within 4 years.
>>>
>>> To achieve this, the E4E program was initiated
>>> having in mind the governor's vision which is hinged on 5 pillars
>>> of his economic agenda- Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Oil and
>>> Gas and Education.
>>>
>>> Based on this, the meeting was held to find
>>> a way forward towards making agriculture a key contributor to the
>>> economy of the state as well as absorbing as many youth as
>>> possible who will be actually engaged in various agricultural
>>> endeavors from farming, poultry, fisheries and animal husbandry.
>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking at the occasion, the Special Adviser to the Governor on
>>> Agriculture Mr. Amanze Israel welcomed the participants and said
>>> even though he sent out the invitations; the program was actually
>>> that of E4E implored the participants to key into the program
>>> because it was a laudable one.
>>>
>>> Delivering his address, Mr. Endi Ezengwa said that the meeting
>>> was organized to harness the potentials that abound in the state
>>> and to partner with farmers in order to achieve set goals.
>>> The session was interactive and participants had the opportunity
>>> to contribute and also ask questions concerning the program.
>>> They were assured that government would do its part in
>>> enhancing those who will participate in absorbing the trainees in
>>> terms of incentives, financing and product marketing etc.
>>>
>>> On 11/4/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Citizens' Participation in formulation of Legislative Agenda for the
>>>> 8th Senate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Following requests by Nigerians on social media regarding
>>>> legislations they would want amended or introduced in the 8th
>>>> Senate, as the senate puts together the final draft of the Legislative
>>>> agenda that will guide the affairs of the red chamber during this
>>>> tenure, according to the President of the senate, Bukola Saraki who
>>>> posted this today 04th November, 2015 via his official facebook page,
>>>> they will like to
>>>> secure the input of Nigerians into the formulation of this agenda.
>>>>
>>>> He said that the contributions of all Nigerians will be crucial to
>>>> ensuring
>>>> that
>>>> bills passed into law from now till 2019 will have direct and
>>>> positive consequences on the lives of our people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> According to the senate chief, he looks forward to receiving
>>>> suggestions and comments from Nigerians
>>>> on the people oriented bills, he reiterate that our major focus in the
>>>> 8th
>>>> Assembly is to close the gap between the legislative processes
>>>> and the citizenry whose faith and trust legitimize their role as
>>>> legislators.
>>>>
>>>> "Our laws must serve, preserve and protect every
>>>> Nigerian, regardless of his station in life", he said
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He therefore urge Nigerians to forward their contributions to
>>>> spass.legal@gma
>>>> il.com including your name, phone number and location
>>>>
>>>> On 11/4/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Today the senator president , Abubakar Bukola Saraki unveiled the
>>>>> following names as the chairmen and vice chairmen of the following
>>>>> committees.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> S/N
>>>>> Committee
>>>>> CHAIR
>>>>> VICE
>>>>> 1.
>>>>> Committee on Rules & Business
>>>>> Babajide Omoworare
>>>>> Ali Ndume
>>>>> 2.
>>>>> Senate Services Committee
>>>>> Ibrahim Gobir
>>>>> Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
>>>>> 3.
>>>>> Committee on Ethics & Privileges
>>>>> Samuel Anyanwu
>>>>> Bala Ibn Na'allah
>>>>> 4.
>>>>> Committee on Public Accounts
>>>>> Andy Uba
>>>>> Gbolahan Dada
>>>>> 5.
>>>>> Committee on National Security & Intelligence
>>>>> Shaaba Lafiagi
>>>>> David Jonah Jang
>>>>> STANDING COMMITTEES
>>>>> 6.
>>>>> Committee on Agriculture
>>>>> Abdullahi Adamu
>>>>> Theodore A. Orji
>>>>> 7.
>>>>> Committee on Air Force
>>>>> Duro Samuel Faseyi
>>>>> Ali Wakili
>>>>> 8.
>>>>> Committee on Army
>>>>> George Akume
>>>>> Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
>>>>> 9.
>>>>> Committee on Anti – Corruption & Financial Crimes
>>>>> Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi
>>>>> Sani Mustapha
>>>>> 10.
>>>>> Committee on Appropriations
>>>>> Danjuma Goje
>>>>> Sunny Ogbuoji
>>>>> 11.
>>>>> Committee on Aviation
>>>>> Hope Uzodinma
>>>>> Bala Ibn Na'allah
>>>>> 12.
>>>>> Committee on Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions
>>>>> Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
>>>>> Achonu Nneji
>>>>> 13.
>>>>> Committee on Capital Market
>>>>> Isiaka Adeleke
>>>>> Ogola Foster
>>>>> 14.
>>>>> Committee on Communications
>>>>> Gilbert Nnaji
>>>>> Solomon Adeola Olamilekan
>>>>> 15.
>>>>> Committee on Cooperation & Integration in Africa & NEPAD
>>>>> Abubakar Sani Danladi
>>>>> Baba Kaka Garba
>>>>> 16.
>>>>> Committee on Culture & Tourism
>>>>> Matthew Urhoghide
>>>>> Abubakar A. M.
>>>>> 17.
>>>>> Committee on Customs, Excise & Tariff
>>>>> Adamu Aliero
>>>>> Samuel Anyanwu
>>>>> 18.
>>>>> Committee on Defence
>>>>> Ahmad Lawan
>>>>> Jeremiah Useni
>>>>> 19.
>>>>> Committee on Diaspora & Civil Societies
>>>>> Rose Oko
>>>>> 20.
>>>>> Committee on Drugs & Narcotics
>>>>> Joshua Lidani
>>>>> Phillip Gyunka
>>>>> 21.
>>>>> Committee on Downstream Petroleum
>>>>> Uche Ekwunife
>>>>> Jibrin Barau
>>>>> 22.
>>>>> Committee on Ecology & Climate Change
>>>>> Bukar Abba Ibrahim
>>>>> Achonu Nneji
>>>>> 23.
>>>>> Committee on Education (Basic & Secondary)
>>>>> Aliyu Wamakko
>>>>> Rose Oko
>>>>> 24.
>>>>> Committee on Employment, Labour & Productivity
>>>>> Suleiman Nazif
>>>>> 25.
>>>>> Committee on Environment
>>>>> Olaka Johnson Nwogu
>>>>> Oluremi Tinubu
>>>>> 26.
>>>>> Committee on Establishment & Public Service
>>>>> Emmanuel Paulker
>>>>> Suleiman Nazif
>>>>> 27.
>>>>> Committee on Committee on Federal Capital Territory
>>>>> Dino Melaye
>>>>> Mohammed Hassan
>>>>> 28.
>>>>> Committee on Federal Character & Inter Governmental Affairs
>>>>> Salihu Hussain Egye
>>>>> Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi
>>>>> 29.
>>>>> Committee on Finance
>>>>> John Owan Enoh
>>>>> Umaru Ibrahim Kurfi
>>>>> 30.
>>>>> Committee on Foreign Affairs
>>>>> Munsurat Sunmonu
>>>>> Shehu Sani
>>>>> 31.
>>>>> Committee on Gas
>>>>> Bassey Albert Akpan
>>>>> Abubakar Ahmadu Moallahyidi
>>>>> 32.
>>>>> Committee on Health
>>>>> Lanre Tejuosho
>>>>> Matthew Uroghdide
>>>>> 33.
>>>>> Committee on Housing
>>>>> Barnabas Gemade
>>>>> Francis Alimikhene
>>>>> 34.
>>>>> Committee on I.C.T & Cybercrime
>>>>> Buhari Abdulfatai
>>>>> Ogola Foster
>>>>> 35.
>>>>> Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission
>>>>> Abubakar Kyari
>>>>> Olusola Adeyeye
>>>>> 36.
>>>>> Committee on Information & National Orientation
>>>>> Enyinnaya Abaribe
>>>>> Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
>>>>> 37.
>>>>> Committee on Interior
>>>>> Georgeb Sekibo
>>>>> Bayero Usman Nafada
>>>>> 38.
>>>>> Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs
>>>>> Bayero Usman Nafada
>>>>> 39.
>>>>> Committee on Industry
>>>>> Sam Egwu
>>>>> Buhari Abdulfatai
>>>>> 40.
>>>>> Committee on Judiciary Human Rights & Legal Matters
>>>>> David Umaru
>>>>> Godswill Akpabio
>>>>> 41.
>>>>> Committee on Land Transport
>>>>> Olugbenga Ashafa
>>>>> Phillip Aduda
>>>>> 42.
>>>>> Committee on Local & Foreign Debts
>>>>> Shehu Sani
>>>>> Phillip Gyunka
>>>>> 43.
>>>>> Committee on Marine Transport
>>>>> Ahmed Rufai Sani
>>>>> Ighoyota Amori
>>>>> 44.
>>>>> Committee on Media & Public Affairs
>>>>> Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
>>>>> Murray Bruce
>>>>> 45.
>>>>> Committee on Public Procurement
>>>>> Abdulsalami Ohiare
>>>>> Joshua Dariye
>>>>> 46.
>>>>> Committee on National Identity & National Population
>>>>> Marafa Kabir
>>>>> Abubakar Sani Danladi
>>>>> 47.
>>>>> Committee on National Planning & Economic Affairs
>>>>> Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
>>>>> Yele Omogunwa
>>>>> 48.
>>>>> Committee on Navy
>>>>> Isa Hamma Misau
>>>>> Osinachukwu Ideozu
>>>>> 49.
>>>>> Committee on Niger Delta
>>>>> Peter Nwaboshi
>>>>> Abubakar Abdulrahman
>>>>> 50.
>>>>> Committee on Police Affairs
>>>>> Abu Ibrahim
>>>>> Stella Oduah
>>>>> 51.
>>>>> Committee on Power
>>>>> James Manager
>>>>> Bukar Mustapha
>>>>> 52.
>>>>> Committee on Primary Health Care & Communicable Diseases
>>>>> Mao Ohuabunwa
>>>>> Nelson Efiong
>>>>> 53.
>>>>> Committee on Privatisation
>>>>> Ben Murray Bruce
>>>>> Abdullahi Yahaya
>>>>> 54.
>>>>> Committee on Science & Technology
>>>>> Robert Ajayi Boroffice
>>>>> Marafi Bashir
>>>>> 55.
>>>>> Committee on Solid Minerals
>>>>> Joshua Dariye
>>>>> Rilwan Adesoji
>>>>> 56.
>>>>> Committee on Special Duties
>>>>> Murtala Nyako
>>>>> Sunny Ogbuoji
>>>>> 57.
>>>>> Committee on Sports
>>>>> Obinna Joseph Ogba
>>>>> Marafa Kabir
>>>>> 58.
>>>>> Committee on States & Local Government
>>>>> Abdullahi Gumel
>>>>> Kashamu Buruji
>>>>> 59.
>>>>> Committee on Tertiary Institutions & TETFUND
>>>>> Binta Masi Garba
>>>>> Tijjani Yahaya Kaura
>>>>> 60.
>>>>> Committee on Trade & Investment
>>>>> Fatimat Olufunke Raji Rasaki
>>>>> Sabo Mohammed
>>>>> 61.
>>>>> Committee on Upstream Petroleum
>>>>> Donald Omotayo Alaosaodura
>>>>> Bassey Gershom
>>>>> 62.
>>>>> Committee on Water Resources
>>>>> Mohammed Ubali Shittu
>>>>> Emmanuel Bwacha
>>>>> 63.
>>>>> Committee on Women Affairs
>>>>> Oluremi Tinubu
>>>>> Stella Oduah
>>>>> 64.
>>>>> Committee on Works
>>>>> Kabiru Gaya
>>>>> Clifford Ordia
>>>>> 65.
>>>>> Committee on Poverty Alleviation & Social Welfare
>>>>> Ali Wakili
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/31/15, People And Politics <henryorji116@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> It is no longer news that the founder of radio Biafra and the leader
>>>>>> of the IPOB Nnamdi Kalu, has been in detention for past weeks ago
>>>>>> till
>>>>>> date.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Though they've met his bail condition but yet to be released.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nnamdi was arrested in his Lagos hotel room by the operatives of the
>>>>>> DSS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Social commentators has it that Nnamdi since the invention of his
>>>>>> radio have been deceiving gullible youths, men and women, while some
>>>>>> opined that the pirate radio station serves as drugs that cures all
>>>>>> sorts of sickness including High Blood Pressure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some of the things people are already missing about # Radio Biafra
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> Nnamdi Kanu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "I am the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra all over this
>>>>>> very planet, I command the army of Biafra so do I also direct
>>>>>> radio Biafra. ."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The zoo will fall! A na agwo ona ere! Black man with black
>>>>>> mentality! Igbo with buying and selling mentality ndi ara..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> we are
>>>>>> formidable. Heaven is presiding over Biafra.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are whiter than white and whiter than snow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mad MAD PEOPLE! VERY SAD INDEED,WE MUST CONTIUE! THE
>>>>>> CALLER ON IMO CAN U HEAR ME?
>>>>>> # THEY CANNOT HEAR ME, # BLACK PEOPLE ARE DEMENTED,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH(CHUKWU OKIKE
>>>>>> ABIAMA),CHILDREN OF DARKNESS CANNOT RULE OVER US,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # KEEP TWITTERING,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # WHEN WE SAY 'TWEET' TWEET,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #WE ARE FORMIDABLE, THEY TRY TO COPY US BUT THEY
>>>>>> CANNOT BE LIKE US,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #RADIO BIAFRA IS TRENDING NUMBER #1 IN THE WORLD,
>>>>>> RADIO BIAFRA IS THE MOST LISTENED RADIO STATION OVER
>>>>>> THE PLANET ETC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'M NNAMDI KANU LEADER OF IPOB ALL OVER THE WORLD,
>>>>>> WHERE EVER YOU FIND THEM I LEAD THEM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Buhari, u are a terrorist, Buhari u are a child rapist, Buhari u are
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> pedophile. ndi ara, baboons and monkeys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The caller on skype can u hear me......
>>>>>> We are live and direct, this is radio Biafra and the angel is
>>>>>> presiding.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Okoroawusa agbogho awusa o dear me
>>>>>> Rochas okoroawusa is killing our people in owerri.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The caller on whatsapp can u hear me ? Can u hear me, the
>>>>>> caller from whatsapp ? NO they can't hear me, bcos they don't
>>>>>> listen, i can't stand African people with their stupidity that's why
>>>>>> they are backwards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ndi a bu ndi awusa turu ime ha site na ike nke ekwensu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are live and we are direct and chukwu okike abiama is in
>>>>>> control, the angels in heaven are listening to radio biafra.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PLEASE BUHARI SHOULD LEAVE THIS YOUNG MAN ALONE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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