Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says Babajide, his son, worked hard during his campaign and there is nothing anyone can do if he decides to appoint him as his chief of staff.

Speaking at government house, Akure, during a dinner organised in commemoration of his third anniversary as governor, Akeredolu said his son worked harder than most members of the campaign.

The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has said it has unraveled plans by the national leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to incite the people of South East against the state governors and other political leaders through a sponsored provocative media assault.

The group was reacting to what it called vituperative rhetoric by the by the Spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo against the governors published on Saturday Sun Newspaper on 29/2/2020 titled “Ohanaeze accuses South East Governors of Frustrating it’s efforts”.

OYC in a statement signed by the President General Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and the Secretary General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said the verbal assault on the South East Governors is a Confirmation of the plot that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, gave the directives to the publicity department to grant what it called reckless and mockery statement against the South East Governors to retire huge funds mapped out by an opposition Presidential Candidate in the 2019 General Election, to further divide South East.

While accusing the national leadership of working with international collaborators, OYC said there is plot to incite Igbos against the South East Governors and sack their Government through sponsored violent protests at various States Government houses ahead of Supreme Court judgement on IMO State Governorship election to create tension in the zone.

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Press Release on 1/3/2020

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Uncover Plot to Overthrow South East Governors, attack Government Houses, Warn fifth columnists to Shelve Plans….. OYC apologize to Governors.

(1) Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide Condemned Vehemently the viteprative rethorics and Open Verbal Attack on the South East Governors forum by the Spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo published by Saturday Sun Newspaper on 29/2/2020 titled” Ohanaeze accuses South East Governors of Frustrating it’s efforts”, OYC queries why Such Provocative Media assault on the political leaders of the South East?, This Verbal Assault on the South East Governors is a Confirmation of the plot that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, gave the directives to the publicity department to grant Such reckless and mockery Statement against the South East Governors to retire huge Funds mapped out by an opposition Presidential Candidate in the 2019 General Election, to further divide South East, and We call for a truce and a cease fire.

(2) OYC queries the rationale behind the recent viteprative rethorics of the spokesman except for the unfolding senario ahead of Review of Supreme Court judgement on IMO State Governorship election, and part of the plot is to incite Igbos against the South East Governors and sack their Government through sponsored violent protests at various States Government houses ahead of Supreme Court judgement on IMO State Governorship election to create tension in the zone, those that directed the publicity department of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to attack South East Governors are working with the collaborative efforts of Some Foreign Countries and international agencies ,who are trooping to Nigeria to intimidate Supreme Court.

(3) OYC tenders Unreserved Apologies to the South East Governors on behalf of those erring Elders and Ohanaeze leaders, and Urge Governors to fortified all states with enough security agents to quell any form of rebellion, We will no longer tolerate further distraction from any Igbo leader against the South East Governors forum,who are Presently working cordially with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to attract huge projects for the zone,no form of blackmail from any quarter will derail the South East Governors, we therefore Placed Sanctions on the Igbo leaders who sponsored this verbal Assault on the Governors,as they will no longer speak for Igbo Nation until further notice, OYC ask the Governors to forgive them …as We passed Vote of Confidence on the South East Governors forum led by Gov Dave Umahi.

Mazi okechukwu isiguzoro

President General

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide

Mazi Okwu Nnabuike

Secretary General

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide

Prophet Joshua Arogun who predicted the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election has again predicted that Buhari’s successor is a former governor from the South who is in prison at the moment.

During the church service on Sunday in Lagos, the General Overseer of Light of the World International Church, said it is his primary duty tell people anything God reveals to him.

He said: “I am a prophet of God and by the grace of God, anything the Lord tells us comes to pass because we hear from Him; we don’t hear from men. We don’t rely on public opinion for prophesies.  We are not afraid of what people will say when such prophesies are given to us to tell the people. When we hear from the Lord, we tell people no matter how it is  interpreted .It is left for people to take it.

“Before the election last year, God told me that President Buhari would be re-elected; . And God told me a lot of things about Buhari. It is He that anointed him to be  the president and there is no questions about that.  No one can change it . The people can hate him: the people can reject him but God has ordained him, and there is something about God. When He says that you would be this, no man can change it. He does what pleases Him”

The religious leader told the congregation that while they were praying,  he received a clear message about 2023 election and how it would manifest.

He said: “I got a revelation about Nigeria’s political dynamics in the next general election. I saw a man in Prison and this man has been a former Governor from the South East  taking over from President Buhari . There is absolutely nothing one can do about someone’s destiny especially when sanctioned by God. Everything that happens in life is for a reason. I saw renewed alliances among the political class and across the political parties and I saw this country reuniting more than it has ever done before . God loves Nigeria so much. Nigeria is a big country, and is blessed with human and natural resources.

Pastor Arogun asked his congregation to pray more for the revelation. He also called on the congregation to pray for Nigeria at this period of pandemic disease outbreak in the world. He said prayers should be conducted on behalf of researchers to find a cure for the coronavirus before it spreads more.

Ex-First Lady Turai and late ex-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Madam Turai Musa Yar’Adua, wife of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has lamented that Nigeria is in a precarious state today because her husband’s regime was cut short by his sickness and eventual death.

She noted that Nigeria would have been much better if the late President had finished his tenure but for the lingering sickness that eventually terminated his vision-driven life.

“The situation in Nigeria would have been better had my husband, the late President, survived his ailment because he was a focused, committed and determined leader.

“Although my husband was sick for a long time, he did his very best for Nigeria. Also as governor of Katsina State, he did his best for the state; he is an honest man who believed in service,” she said.

Underscoring the humility of Musa Yar’Adua, she said he once told her that his relatives would quarrel with her after his death as they would think that he had left so much money.

The former First Lady, who spoke at a recent memorial lecture in honour of the late President in Katsina, also said: “The late Yar’Adua was not a materialist leader who believed in accumulating wealth. In fact, he shunned material things as his slogan was service to humanity.

“There was a time he said to me: ‘Turai, I pity you because when I die you will have quarrels with my relatives because they will think I have so much money in my possession’.”

Extolling his virtues as a leader, Madam Turai said the late President would not give out a contract without having the money to pay for it.

“There was a time I approached him that people are complaining that the government was slow. But he said to me, ‘people can say whatever they like but I will not give out the contract if I have no money to pay’.

“The late Umaru was a kind of leader that would go out and monitor projects. I could recall when I used to join him to supervise hospital and road projects,” she said.