Author: The Nation

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday visited some Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Bayelsa State.

Tinubu who visited with Hajiya Fatima Shettima, wife of the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, was welcomed by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and his wife, Mrs Alanyingi Sylva, to Yenagoa, the state capital.

Joined by Sylva and others, Tinubu sympathised with the affected persons with relief materials including food and medicals.

Before her arrival to the state, an advance team of medical professionals were already providing medical services at the displaced persons camp in Igbogene.

Tinubu was welcomed with cheers by thousands of IDPs at the Oxbow Lake pavilion, the biggest displaced persons camp in the State.

Speaking at Oxbow Lake camp, Senator Tinubu emphasised that her visit was strictly on humanitarian grounds to personally empathise with Bayelsans over the devastation brought by the floods and to extend a helping hand.

Apart from drugs and medical equipment, food, wrappers and other relief items, she also donated N50m to the State.

Tinubu explained that the money was for 1,000 affected individuals receiving N50,000 each as a post-flood intervention, saying that the process would be managed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva

She stated: “We have come here to empathize with you. We thank the Honourable Minister and his wife, whom we call ‘Mama Petroleum’.

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“We thank them sincerely for what they have been doing and we greet the people of Bayelsa State. We know what has come upon this land and we come with glad tidings.”
Speaking to reporters, Alanyingi Sylva described the situation as delicate and a time for the best of humanity to be exhibited.
She hailed Bayelsans for holding fort and stated that there is some solace in the fact that help is arriving and that the worst phase is behind.
Speaking at the Igbogene IDP camp, Chief Timipre Sylva commended the resilience of Bayelsans, the thoroughness of the camp coordinators and the orderliness of the people which had kept complete anarchy at bay.
Sylva thanked Senator Oluremi Tinubu and Hajiya Fatima Kashim Shettima for the visit and assured them that it was a moment Bayelsans would always affectionately remember.
In a brief visit by Senator Tinubu and others to the Obenibe of Epie Kingdom, His Royal Majesty King Malla Sasime, the monarch expressed gratitude to them for the humanitarian gesture.

Sasime said: “These acts of humanity are what it takes a society to actually grow. We appreciate you and the Honourable Minister so much for remembering our people at this critical time. Thank you and may God bless you.”

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A birghtse future awaits the Nigeria’s child if All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed wins in 2023.

National Coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Vanguard, Hon. Gbenga Saka, gave the assurance during the donation of school uniforms, sports kits and learning materials to pupils of Dawaki Primary School, Dawaki, Bwari Area Council.

The support group donated over 400 pieces of uniforms, sports wears, teaching materials, branded exercise and textbooks, to indigent pupils of the school, especially the female pupils to encourage girl-child education.

Presenting the items to the head teacher of the school, Mary Haruna, the group coordinator said BAT Vanguard was motivated to reach out to indigent primary school pupils in the rural areas in fulfilment of Tinubu’s human development programme.

He noted that the APC flag bearer has been acknowledged globally for his committed vision to human development through the promotion of qualitative and functional education.

According to him: “It is a known fact that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu believes in developing leaders, especially younger ones for future challenges, that is why the Vanguard took after him by reaching out to these young children, especially the less privileged ones by providing them with the basic needs that will assist them in actualising their academic pursuit and attaining their potentials.

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“The token of school uniforms, sports wears, exercise and textbooks being presented today, is to serve as a motivational force for these children. No child in Nigeria, especially the girl-child will be deny basic education under the presidency of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“I can guarantee Nigerian children from primary to tertiary institutions that they stand to benefit under Asiwaju Bola Tinubu if elected. This assurance is further strengthened by his recently released Action Plan document which gives renewed hope to Nigerian youth as depicted in Asiwaju’s passion for the county’s future leaders in the 80-page blueprint.

“We shall continue to reach out to our people. Our intervention will be across the six geo-political zones with attention on education and health-related issues.”

Haruna said the gesture by the support group will go a long way in assisting some indigent pupils of the school

She called on other public-spirited individuals and groups to come to the aid of the school in the area of portable water as the school borehole has since crashed.

The head teacher promised that she will ensure that all the 762 pupils benefit from the donation by the group.

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Six men have been arrested over their alleged involvement in stripping a woman in Agunese, Affam-Mmaku Autonomous Community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The woman, 57, was stripped before her husband and family members penultimate Friday and paraded round the village for daring to pick snails around a shrine in the village.

In a viral video of the woman on the social media, a mob beat her up and stripped her, tied palm fronts round her waste and neck before parading her round the village.

Her abusers, led by one Stan Okoro, 46, also forced the woman to carry the basket of the snails on her head while parading the entire community naked.

An attempt by her husband and brothers-in-law to rescue the woman attracted severe bodily injuries that forced them to stop and watch while the woman was being paraded naked.

The action generated a lot of reactions and condemnation from well meaning Nigerians and various women organisations.

However, six persons involved in the dehumanising act have been arrested by the operatives of Enugu State police command.

In a statement by the spokesman of the command, Daniel Ndukwe (DSP), the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, who condemned the act of torture, describing it as dehumanising and degrading treatments.

Ammani, who ordered the State CID Enugu to conduct a full-scale investigation into the matter, said such acts would not be tolerated by the command.

The statement reads: “The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, *CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc*, has ordered the State CID Enugu to conduct a full-scale investigation into the viral case of alleged stripping naked of a woman (names withheld) at Agunese, Afam-Mmaku in Awgu Local Government Area, by some youths of the community numbering over twenty (20), on 27/10/2022, over the allegation that she desecrated their shrine by picking snails therein.

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“Consequently, six (6) male suspects have been arrested, including one Okoro Stan aged 46, alleged to have led others in perpetrating the act of beating and parading the said victim round the community.

“Others include: Jonathan Nwangene aged 43, Maduabuchi Madueke aged 34, Obioma Nwangene aged 39, Anikene Samuel aged 24 and Chukwuebuka Agu aged 32.

“In addition, frantic investigative efforts are ongoing to arrest others at large.

“Meanwhile, ongoing investigation into the case has shown that the suspects also beat up and caused bodily injuries on the victim’s husband and brother, when they attempted to stop them from carrying out the act.

“To this end, the Commissioner, while categorically condemning the said acts of torture, dehumanization and degradation of the person of the victim in contravention of extant laws, especially those bordering on her dignity and fundamental human rights, has further directed that the investigation be concluded within the shortest possible time and the culprits arraigned accordingly.”