IMO BREAKING NEWS BLOG

-Congratulates Mr President On Victory @APCPrimary. 

His Excellency Rochas Okorocha has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the just concluded APC presidential primary elections across the respective INEC wards in the state today.

The Chief returning officer of the primary election in IMO state state, Prince Charles Amadi "Chavon" who declared the result Friday evening announced that, President Buhari polled about 697,532 votes to emerge victorious. Amadi who described the conduct of the election as peaceful thanked the Governor for providing security and conducive atmosphere for the elections.

While appreciating the enlarged crowds of APC party faithful and stakeholders for turning out enmass and mobilizing for the exercise, Owelle said; "In 2015, PDP manipulated the results of the South East states to portend dislike and resentment for Buhari, but unlike in 2011 where they succeeded to rig and write fictitious figures to misrepresent the facts on ground, we fought to a stand still and ensured they did not perpetuate their heinous plans of writing unrealistic results, hence the South East votes ensured an even spread for the emergence of Mr President.

Come 2019, President Muhammad Buhari shall win in the entire South East States. Besides, Imo is 100% for President Muhammadu Buhari, He concluded.

I, Akinwunmi Ambode the executive governor of Lagos state after due considerations and consultations, I have decided to suspend my campaign for second term as the executive governor of our great state.

This is done in good faith to put the interests of our great state ahead of our personal ambition and to honour the clarion call for a change of  leadership by our great party.

I am committed to the program and manifestos of our great party APC to improve the lives of the people of Lagos state and Nigeria as a whole.

In view of this, I hereby endorse Hon Jide Sanwolu to represent our party for the office of the executive governor of Lagos state.

I thank the leadership of our party at all levels for their supportive role during my term as the executive governor of Lagos state.

God bless Lagos state.

Akinwunmi Ambode.

Executive Governor Of Lagos State. 

A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of  Senator Hope Uzodinma, accused of issuing N200 million dud cheque.‎

Uzodinma, a serving senator representing Imo-West, Smiec Engineering and Chemical Construction Company, Niger Global Engineering and Technical Company, were charged with alleged issuance of N200 million dud cheque to Chitex Ventures and Chima Akuzie.

The judge, Mr Abdulwahab Mohammed, said the defendant was absent on the last adjourned date of  September 11, but his counsel, Eze Oguaju promised to make him available today, September18.

Mohammed issued a bench warrant against the defendant and entered a plea of not guilty for the other defendants, relying on Section 478 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.‎

The section provides that a court shall order a plea of not guilty ‎to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the corporation involved had duly entered a plea of not guilty.‎

The judge adjourned the matter until September 25 for hearing.‎ ‎‎Chitex Ventures Ltd and Chima Akuzie, the complainants, had made a Direct Criminal Complaint against the defendants over alleged issuance of a UBA N200 million dud cheque.

The complainant’s counsel, Oluwatosin Ojaomo, had earlier urged the court to invoke the provisions of Section 131 of the ACJA against the defendant, by issuing a warrant of arrest against the defendant.‎

He further stated that the defendants were absent in court in spite the fact that they were aware of today’s date, September 18 fixed for definite arraignment.‎

(NAN).

Sometime in 1996, Prince Eze Madumere while still based in Houston Texas, was arrested during a sting operation by Houston Law Enforcement for running an illegal theft ring/gang that specialized in stealing selling Gold and Gold related products.

He was arrested and tried in the District Court of Houston in 1996 (see attached document for the case number and other details). He was in a Houston jail for a few months and found guilty of Felony & Theft for property called >$15,000, he served some jail time and was later released and placed on a 5Yr community probation.

In his APC Governorship form he lied he had never been convicted. This is a big lie and a reason for automatic disqualification. 

You should note, this criminal conviction was one of the reasons for his impeachment, but we did not release the documents then. We saved it for now.

It is true that the destination of secrecy is exposure. He actually paid $50,000 to hide this news from the press but alas.... It has been bursted.

All these and many more are the reasons for his impeachment.

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri. 

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Monday asked his impeached deputy, Eze Madumere; a former speaker of the state House of Assembly and serving senator, Benjamin Uwajumogu; his brother-in-law, Chuks Ololo; former secretaries to the state government, Jude Ejiogu and George Eche, to apologise to him to prevent misfortune in their political careers.

Okorocha who spoke during the swearing-in of new permanent secretaries and new secretary to the state government, chief of staff, and deputy chief of staff at Government House Owerri, accused politicians of betraying him.

He also questioned how Madumere, Ejiogu, Eche and Ololo got N22.5 m each to purchase the All Progressives Congress nomination and expression of interest forms for governorship, saying that they had no money before they served under his administration.

Okorocha said “Tell Madumere, Ejiogu, Ololo and Eche to come back and apologise to me before they crash. Tell them to come back so that I may bless them. They had no dime before they came into this government. How did they get the N22.5m to buy APC governorship forms?”

Speaking on other issues, Okorocha said his administration would finish very strong. He equally disclosed that his administration had mapped out N3.5bn to rebuild all the school blocks and roads across the 27 local government areas of the state.

Okorocha said, “This administration will finish well. It is the end that matters. I urge you to support Imo government. I will work in my last seven months like I worked in the last seven years. I will rebuild all secondary schools and roads in Imo State. We are just waiting for the rains to stop.

“We will complete all the road projects. Imo has too much money. Each community in Imo State will get N4m in our community project that will commence very soon. It will gulp N3.2 bn.

“My desire is to reduce poverty in Imo state to minimal level . Petty traders need support. It is called my people , my people empowerment. The empowerment will have six thousand beneficiaries.

I have a covenant with God and that is to help poor people. Most people have misunderstood my administration. I didn’t come for the rich; my administration is for poor people."

The governor urged the opposition to apply restraint in playing politics, even as he maintained that desperate politics must not be tolerated in the state.

He said, “Imo is our home. We have no other state than this . After politics, we will still have Imo as our state. I urge desperate politicians to stop causing disaffection in the polity. Stop using pulpits to discredit my government. Let us play politics like a beautiful game. Stop heating up the polity. I am available for abuses and insults. After politics, there is still Imo.”

The operatives of the Federal Special Anti - Robbery Squad of the Imo State police command have arrested the suspected killers of Rev Fr. Jude Egbom of St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Amucha, in the Njaba Local Government Area of the state.

Egbom was on Monday night along Nkwerre - Anara Road shot dead and his vehicle stolen.

Parading the suspects, Chigozie Uzoukwu 33, and Peter Ochokwu 21, on Thursday the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said that the suspects were nabbed in Nkwerre on September 11.

The CP who decried the killing of the cleric said that no murderer will go unpunished.

Worried by the gruesome killing of the priest, Galadanchi disclosed that he activated the Tactical Units of the command to nab the fleeing criminals.

He stated that the efforts of the command paid off with the arrest of the two suspects, recovery of the priest’ s vehicle and bag.

The police boss informed that one of the suspects, Ochokwu, was an ex - convict who had spent one year in Owerri prison for alleged involvement in an armed robbery case.