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CLO demands state of emergency over insecurity in Anambra, mourns slain Catholic priest Okonkwo
Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, to immediately declared state of emergency on insecurity in the State.
The CLO, in a statement on Sunday, also “decried with great disdain gruesome, insensate, despicable and barbaric murder” of Pharmacist Reverend Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo by yet to be unidentified gunmen at Ihiala axis of Onitsha-Owerri expressway.
Reverend Father Okonkwo, who was a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, was the Manager/Director of Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Laboratory of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala.
They also “most passionately” appealed to the “abductors of revered Archbishop Prof. Godwin Okpala and Hon.Justus Azuka, member Anambra State House of Assembly, to unconditionally release them as a respect to God and dignity of human persons.”
The CLO, in a statement by Evangelist Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme and Comrade Chidi Mbah (Chairman and Secretary respectively) urged Governor Soludo to “declare state of emergency on insecurity in the State and devise marshal and strategic plans to tackle it.”
They also restated their earlier appeal on the Governor “to drastically overhaul security architecture of the State and discards services of sycophants that usually tells him that all is well Anambra is safe and secured.”
The CLO described the late Father Okonkwo as an “outspoken outstanding preacher of word of God, hardworking, dedicated and devoted towards propagating, preaching and spreading of gospel. Fr.Tobias was humble, selfless, humane and generous.
“We pray to God to forgives his shortcomings and accept his humble and gentle soul in paradise.
“May our merciful God give Okonkwo family, his loved ones, Ekwulumili Community and entire Catholic faithfuls the grace and fortitude to bear and endure the irreparable loss.
The human rights group appealed to the perpetrators of insecurity and killings: “Let us respect sanctity and sacredness of human persons.
“We most passionately appeals to abductors of revered Archbishop Prof. Godwin Okpala and Hon.Justus Azuka, member Anambra State House of Assembly, to unconditionally release them as a respect to God and dignity of human persons.
“We equally restate our patriotic appeal to our religious leaders in State to declare three days fasting and praying for Anambra State security crisis for God’s intervention in the unprecedented security challenges bedeviling the State.”
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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