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  • Pain, sorrow as commissioner buries wife

    Pain, sorrow as commissioner buries wife

    It was a very painful and emotional ceremony for Chief Cyprian Chukwu as he bid final farewell to his lovely and faithful late wife, late Mrs Kate Wigo, as her remains were lowered into the grave.

    The late Mrs Chukwua, was a legal practitioner like her husband. She died in London after a brief illness and was buried last weekend at Rumuwike community in Obio/Akpor Local government of Rivers State.

    Guests at the burial described her as a strong politician, a woman leader and said she was the first woman caretaker committee Chairperson of Obio/Akpor Local government. During her short period in office, they said she achieved more than her male counterparts who occupied officer for longer time.

    The calibre of personalities that attended her funeral was a testament of her commitment and dedication to whatever she did during her life time. The caretaker committee Chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA, Dr. Lawrence Chukwu led eminent politicians including, Hon. Dakuku Peterside of the House of Representative, the Rivers Government State Chief of Staff, Hon.Tony Okacha among others to the funeral. Her professional colleagues, members of the state Bar were also in attendance.

    Her younger sister Mrs. Susan Owhor, told Niger Delta Report that Mrs Chukwu was born on 11th April, 1973 to Late Elder Godswill Ogutum Ovunda and Mrs. Dorothy Peace Ovunda of Otogbo family in Rumuigbo Clan, Apara Kingdom in Obio/Akpor Local government area of Rivers State of Nigeria.

    She said the entire family would miss her love and companion. “We love her so much she was always there for us. She grew up with our parents at Rumuigbo, She was so close to our mother who instilled in her the discipline required of mothers. Through this discipline, she acquired valuable knowledge and experiences that shaped her life and helped her to cope with the challenges that life brings. Amongst all, she learnt tolerance, patience, endurance and easy communication with people. She was loved by all.”

    In his remark, Sir Ogundu Charles Chukwu, her brother-in-law, described the late legal practitioner as a real wife of the family would be difficult to forget. “She was a very lovely woman who contributed her own quota while alive.

    “You can see the kind of people that came to her burial that shows you the kind of woman she was. We are going to miss her forever but her memory will continue to live with us. She lived a peaceful life in the community and she was a community woman leader being the chairperson of Rumuwike Community Women Council until her demise and a member of Rumuepirikom Clan Women Council. She was an epitome of what a leader should be in her community. She was an easy-going person who was easily approachable by everyone.

    “The growth of her community was a personal challenge to her and she undertook and championed it in such a way that she was admired, believed and also trusted by her fellow women in her immediate family, the Rumuwike community and the entire Rumuepirikom clan. Based on her leadership qualities and style her fellow women and to a large extent the men of the community, believed and trusted her leadership and charismatic qualities. As a result of her demise, her fellow women are feeling her exit; amongst them are the Rumuwike Community Women Council and the entire members of Rumuepirikom Clan of Women Council.”

    Her grieving husband, who is a Commissioner in the Rivers State Local government Commission, said he almost gave up when the wife died in London. He described his late wife as “amy wife and my friend, she didn’t give me worries in life and I didn’t give her too. I told the congregation that she was my helper and everything I needed in life. She died in London Hospital on the 18th day of August 2014 it was as if I was also dead but by the grace of God I found myself in Nigeria. ”

    He said that the dreaded Ebola virus and the huge cost of transporting her remain almost derailed his plan to bring the remains of his beloved wife back to Nigeria for burial. But with the help of his family and younger brother, he said h was able to get the permit to bring her home.

    Speaking on her achievements, he noted that his brilliant wife could have achieved more than what she intend to achieve in life if death had allowed her to live more years. “I did all I could humanly possible to remove her from the wicked hands of death, but our Father Lord had decided that she would leave me at this time.”

    “I will continue where both of us stopped and promise to make more remarkable progress and achievements as if she was still by my side. It will only require me to double my efforts so that our set goals will be achieved.

    Chief Chukwu said his late wife started her political career in 1999 as a member of Alliance for Democracy (AD) “In 1999 and later in the year 2000 she joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and held the position of Ex- officio member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Obio/Akpor chapter and she was a member of Ikwerre Women Forum (IWF) which is a social political organisation in Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality. The Executive governor of Rivers state, His Excellency Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, found her worthy and credible and appointed her the chairperson, Obio/Akpor local government Council Caretaker Committee (CTC) in the year 2011.

    “Within her short stay in office as the chairperson of Obio/Akpor Local government council caretaker committee (CTC), she resurfaced Ihunwo Wike Street and constructed a drainage system to ease water on the street. She did not stop at that; she donated a 500KVA transformer to the Rumuwike community immediately after her stay in office. Uptil now her programme initiatives have continued to enrich the villages, communities, and the entire Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State.”

    The late lawyer attended State School II Holy Trinity Rumuapara from 1980 to 1985 and obtained her First school leaving certificate (FSLC). She attended Community Secondary School Isiokpo from 1985 to 1987. Thereafter, she went to Archdeacon Crowder Memorial Girls’ School (ACMGS) Elelenwo, where she sat for her West African Examination Council (WAEC) and passed with credits. She obtained a certificate in French from University of Port Harcourt in 1992 and obtained a BSc degree in sociology in 1998 before obtaining bachelor of law (LL. B Hons) from Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, in 2006 -and graduated was called to the bar in 2008.

     

  • Obi’s aide, commissioner disagree on sport facilities

    Obi’s aide, commissioner disagree on sport facilities

    Mr Valentine Obienyem, the media aide to former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, has disagreed with Sports Commissioner Tony Nnaecheta that the Willie Obiano administration inherited dilapidated sporting infrastructure.

    Obienyem said the commissioner was either misquoted or was unable to convey his thoughts properly and endangered the facts.

    The former aide said Obi was the only governor who ensured the even development of all sectors in Anambra State.

    He said: “By the time he became governor, no aspect of the state was working. In sports, Anambra State lay prostrate. But today, through the efforts of Mr. Obi, the state has three mini-stadia, namely: Justice Ikpeazu Stadium, Onitsha South Stadium and Awka Stadium. Obii rehabilitated the Ime Obi and Rojenny stadia at Onitsha and Oba.

    “He re-introduced school sports. From 15th position in 2011, Anambra came fifth in 2012 and third in National Schools’ Sports in 2013. It won gold medals in the male and female National Youths Sports Federation (YSFON) in 2012. This qualified Anambra to represent Nigeria at the World Youths Sports Federation in Oslo, Norway. In May 2013, Anambra funded the state’s footballers to the world’s pre-season tournament at Antalia, Turkey, where six Anambra athletes were selected for professional careers in Europe.

    “Obi initiated the first Governor’s Unity Cup and the first Traders’ Cup in 2013. He initiated the first disabled sports competition. Obi hosted the Flying Eagles twice and placed members of old Rangers (Football Club) on monthly stipends and provided buses for them, the Ministry of Sports, the Anambra State chapter of the Nigerian National Supporters’ Club and the National Youth Council.

    “Rather than acknowledge this and build on them – and even surpass them – Nnaecheta described the state of sporting facilities as shameful. When prominent persons in the state said they voted the present governor because of Obi’s achievements, what does the commissioner think they were saying?”

    Obienyem said the Justice Ikpeazu Stadium, which prompted the commissioner’s reaction, was built over seven years ago.

    According to him, continuity means amending, expanding or even shortening parts of the stadium, where necessary.

    The former aide noted such is the practice for development everywhere, not the “ill-motivated condemnation” that could be deduced from the commissioner’s words.

    He said: “I do not think the commissioner did a background study of his ministry before taking off; this is what good administrators do. If he did, he would have known that the Onitsha Local Government headquarters was knocked down and relocated for Obi to build the stadium under reference.”

    Obienyem regretted what he called “a misleading report by a commissioner,” adding it was bad that in the midst of many false stories on Anambra on the social media.

    “Is this not the case of seeing chaos rising and adding to it?” Obienyem queried.

  • ‘Appoint police chief for Lagos’

    A Lagos-based group has called on the Acting Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba to appoint a Police Commissioner for the state, owing to the country’s security situation.

    The group, Concerned People of Lagos State, in a statement yesterday by its National President, Prince Olusegun Ologbese, said to leave the state without a police head “is a fundamental mistake that must be corrected immediately.”

    Ologbese said any police commissioner to be deployed “must be equal to the security task, active, experienced and knowledgeable about the state’s security situation.”

    It decried the method of appointing IGs in the past whereby junior officers were always picked, necessitating the sudden retirements of their seniors who could have been useful one way or another to the nation.

    The group observed that such early or compulsory retirements were detrimental to the affected police officers and a big loss to the nation, considering the colossal money and materials used in training them.

    It cautioned the government against tribalising or politicising the appointments of Inspector-Generals, Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs.

    “Their appointments must always be based on merit, loyalty and seniority, to secure the absolute confidence and trust of senior military and security officers.

  • I have no plans to defect, says commissioner

    Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Hamza Mohammed, at the weekend denied the allegation that he was leading four other commissioners to resign from Governor Umar Tanko Almakura’s cabinet.

    He also said he was not planning to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for another party.

    The commissioner, in a statement made available to The Nation, alleged that the allegations were aimed at tarnishing his name and political clout.

    “The report, to say the least, is a figment of the imagination of the reporter as it concerns me and a continuation of the campaign of calumny directed at my person and the Government of Nasarawa state under the dynamic leadership of Umaru Tanko Almakura,” Mohammed stated.

    While declaring his loyalty to the governor, the commissioner stated he remained confident of his principal’s leadership attributes.

    “There is no gain saying the fact that I have gained so much from the style, character and achievements of the government and will continue to be proudly associated with its ideals and successes.”The tremendous development landmarks recorded in the short span of three years is a testimony to the prudent, accountable and visionary attribute of the Governor which I laboured to enthrone and which I will continue to support for the benefit of the people of Nasarawa State,” he said.

  • Itsekiri youths launch magazine tomorrow

    TThe National Association of Itsekiri Graduates (NAIG), under the leadership of Alero Naomi Tenumah, is set to launch a magazine known as NAIG Focus.

    The ceremony  is billed for the Alfred Ogbeyiwa Rewane Memorial Hall in Warri by 10 am. It is expected to be chaired by a former Delta State Commissioner for Works, Dr. Alex Tosan Ideh.

    According to a statement issued in Warri by Tenumah as well as the association’s National PRO/ Chairman of the Editorial/ Publicity Committee, Dennis Mene, the magazine covers education and infrastructural decay in Iwere land, special focus on Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), NIMASA Dockyard and Shipyard as well as the Gas City/EPZ project.

    The statement added that a PDP Chieftain and Delta State gubernatorial hopeful, Chief Godswill Obielum will be Special Guest of Honour, while the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II will be Royal Father of the Day, with Professor Mary Olire Edema being expected as Mother of the Day.

    It was also gathered that the member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Daniel Reyenieju, Principal Consultant to Environmental Foundation of Nigeria, ERFON, Mr. David Aboyowa Omaghomi, Chairman of the EPZ Interface Committee, Barr. Austin Oboroegbeyi, Hon. Friday Ossai Osenebi of Delta State House of Assembly and former Chairman of Warri South-West Local Government, Hon. David Tonwe will grace the magazine launch.

  • Female suicide bombers: Dealing with the emerging trend

    Female suicide bombers: Dealing with the emerging trend

    In modern history, female suicide bombers have earned dubious honour of becoming more news-worthy than their male counterparts following the widespread belief that women are naturally not wicked, non-violent, motherly and weak to take such deadly task of committing suicide bombing. However, records have revealed that the participation of women in any terrorist activity and even as suicide bombers is hardly a recent phenomenon as their debut suicide attacks have been traced to early eighties.

    Recall the 1985 incident where a 16-year old Lebanese female suicide bomber, the late Sana’a Mehaidli, a member of Syrian Social nationalist party, an affiliation of the Lebanese National Resistance Front, blew herself and a car filled with explosives in Jezzine, Lebanon. Subsequent decades witnessed the spread of female suicide bombings in other countries after late Sana’a Mehaidli’s incident.

    Another prominent example of a female suicide bomber is the 28-year old divorced and frustrated Palestinian, late WafaIdris who carried a bomb in a back-pack she wore and blew herself up during the 2002 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem, Israel.

    Today, the Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria has joined the trend of using innocent young girls as suicide bombers to unleash their terror on innocent citizens. This new trend in Nigeria started in Gombe State where yet to be identified middle-aged woman wrapped an explosive round her body and headed towards the Quarter Guard of the 301 Nigerian Army base in Gombe. While she was being stopped for a search, the bomb suddenly went off.

    In a similar vein, four (4) unidentified female suicide attackers heavily strapped with IEDs have at different locations; different days but almost same week of the month of July, 2014 blew themselves up while the security personnel on duty were trying to stop them from accessing their target areas in Kano State. Worried about this curious phenomenon, some Nigerians have already concluded that the Boko Haram insurgents have indoctrinated and prepared the abducted Chibok school girls for suicide missions across the country. Although the above hypothesis sounds plausible, there is no empirical evidence to support the view. The recent interception and subsequent arrest of two teenage girls by Policemen at Katsina State casts a huge doubt on the veracity of this claim as none of the two girls already strapped with explosives and prepared for suicide mission was among the abducted Chibok girls.

    As can be seen from the level of damage and horror associated with female bombing, it has become paramount for law enforcement to deal with the emerging trend before it gets out of control. It is on this note that this piece will examine the choice of female suicide bombers by the terrorist groups in carrying out their attacks and the possible ways of nipping in bud or preventing this evil trend.

     

    Why terrorist groups use female suicide bombers

    Generally, suicide bombing notoriety and the use of women to perpetrate suicide attacks are totally strange to Nigerians. The Boko Haram terrorist group sees this new trend as an effective strategy of drawing more attention of the general public and getting relevant supports from their sympathizers as they continue their criminal and violent campaign across the nation.

    Terrorist organisations believe that if a woman commits a crime such as suicide attack that is deemed non-feminine, the media coverage will be extensive. This fits into the communication and strategic objectives of terror organizations in seeking massive media attention, thereby mindlessly spreading fears among the citizens, presenting government in bad light and unleashing psychological torture on innocent victims.

    Another reason that account for why terrorist groups adopt this trend is that women are generally known to be more emotional, perceived to be weak and non-violent in nature. They are therefore least suspected to be the source of any security threat. For this reason, they find it easy to slip through security checks, especially those manned by male officers since they are usually not subjected to the same level of suspicion and scrutiny as their male counterparts. However, this does not amount to negligence or inefficiency on the part of the security agents but arises from the operational and professional standards of law enforcement which forbids male officers from conducting search on the body of women.

    In addition, it is also easier for women to be indoctrinated especially when they are intellectually immature, uneducated and perhaps from very poor and deprived backgrounds. Remember that the innocent two sisters of about 16 and 11 years old respectively, strapped with explosive vests and arrested by the Police in Katsina were not even aware they were carrying bombs. Further investigation also revealed that both of them were orphans and thus economically and socially disadvantaged.

    Lastly, apart from the perceived personal and lifetime rewards, some female suicide bombers want to be worldly known as ‘heroines’ with their terror organizations, affiliates and sympathizers. A classic example is the late Sana’a Mehaidli who was believed to have been the first female suicide bomber in Lebanon, earned in death the title of “the Bride of the South”.

    Preventing female suicide bombers from carrying out attack

    Once a female suicide bomber begins to move towards a target, it is extremely hard to stop her from executing her wicked act of causing mass destruction. However, the most helpful way of nipping the planned attack in the bud is to take deliberate and effective measures aimed at isolating and frustrating her from getting to her target area. Some of such measures include:

    Firstly, experienced, well-trained and well-equipped women security personnel should be part of stop and search operations to properly carry out search on females before they gain their entrance into restricted areas. In doing this, there should be no preferential treatment for any woman irrespective of her social status and age.

    Secondly, there must be proactive operational action by law enforcement agents, acting intelligently, timely and systematically to neutralize suspected suicide threats. For instance, the successful arrest that took place on the29th July, 2014 in Katsina State where a 47-year old Boko Haram operative, DahiruIliya with two teenage female suicide attackers of about 16 and11 years old was as a result of the timely intervention of the Police with the full co-operation of the local security in the State. Before the arrest of the suspects, intelligence report had already revealed that the Boko Haram terrorists have concluded plans to unleash mayhem using female suicide attackers during the Ramadan fasting period. The two female suicide bombers who were of the same parent were already strapped with suicide vests unknowingly to them in a Honda CRV car at Tudun Wada where the Police patrol team arrested them.

    Thirdly, authorities in charge of potential soft targets such as worship centres, institutions of learning, markets and other critical infrastructure should take deliberate measures to strengthen the security in their premises by using crime prevention and monitoring devices such as bomb-jammers and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in addition to security agents.

    Conscious of the fact that ignorance and poverty provide fertile grounds for radicalization, it is important that governments at all levels should develop and implement holistic measures aimed at preventing the radicalization of our young girls through massive education and empowerment programmes.

    Parents, teachers and religious leaders should be engaged in positive socialization and always see themselves as structures and mechanisms of social order by assisting our children and youths in moral development, acquiring right behaviours and admirable culture of respect for our value system as well as attitudes that will form part of their daily life. The opinion leaders must not hesitate to speak out when the youths are being misled. As rightly noted recently by the Sultan of Sokoto, “nobody can bomb their way to Heaven in the name of suicide attack.”

    More so, head of security agencies and government at all levels must collaboratively work towards establishing community based law enforcement agencies that have the confidence and support of the citizens in the crucial task of securing lives and property. This will in addition, facilitate the free flow of information and strengthen intelligence-sharing culture amongst the law enforcement communities. Citizens on their part also, must acknowledge the fact that security is a collective responsibility of all.

    Finally, we must remember that the greatest success in preventing female suicide bombers from carrying out their foul acts largely depends on the willingness of the public to report all suspicious activities to the security agents. It is also very important for the governments and other relevant stake holders to support the security Forces by providing necessary working implements and improving on the welfare of Police personnel and other security agencies in the country.

     

    •Mba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police. is the Force Public Relations Officer.

  • Osun’s debt stands at N39b, says commissioner

    Osun’s debt stands at N39b, says commissioner

    Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Budget Development and Economic Planning Dr. Wale Bolorunduro has said the state’s debt stands at N39 billion.

    Bolorunduro, who spoke with journalists yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, said the Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration had paid N1.2 billion from the N4 billion pension arrears inherited from the past administration.

    He said the state debt was not as alarming as it was being claimed by the opposition parties.

    His words: “The total debt of the state is N39 billion, including the bond which has defrayed for two years now and the money owed contractors handling various ongoing projects in the state. The recent payment of salary, pension and gratuity to people was not a panic measure and not because of the coming election, but mainly on prudent management of the state’s lean resources.

    ‘’The opposition, mainly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has nothing to say than to lie about the finance of the state. The party is known for causing confusion, so the motive of its crying. The Debt Management Office is a Federal Government agency and it has come out openly to clear Osun State of having debt beyond its capacity.

    “The total debt of the state was not beyond redemption and the state is buoyant to carry out its day-to-day duties to all citizens. The philosophy of the present administration is based on the welfare and good living standard of the people and unlike in the past where the treasury of the state were looted and did not follow due process for seven years under the PDP.

    “Despite challenges posed by the dwindling revenue to the state from the Federal Government, the state government has paid a total sum of N23.5 billion to pensioners as pension and gratuity to retired workers.

    “The administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has paid to the state’s pensioners the sum of N24.3billion as pension and gratuity, while the local government staff, including teaching staff of primary schools and non-teaching staff of the local governments had received N13.6 billion.”

  • Commissioner, journalists, others attacked in Ebonyi

    Ebonyi Commissioner for Environment, Barr David Egbu, was yesterday attacked by some motor park touts and artisans at the popular Ezzamgbo junction in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the State.

    The irate mob also attacked some reporters with national and local media organisations, environmental tasks force team members and some ministry staff who joined the commissioner to monitor yesterday’s sanitation exercise.

    The touts, numbering over 50, vandalised the commissioner’s official vehicle and beat up the state correspondent of National Mirror Newspaper, Mr. Godwin Aluina as well as an official of the Elite Security Agency.

    They also attempted destroying the video camera of Ebonyi State Broadcasting Corporation (EBBC).

    It was gathered that trouble started when the team arrived the Ezzamgbo junction motor park to monitor the level of compliance with the monthly exercise.

    An eyewitness said: “On getting to the junction, the Commissioner for Environment observed that people were carrying out their commercial activities unrestricted.

    “On sighting the commissioner and his team, most of them ignored him and continued their businesses.

    “The commissioner ordered that they be stopped and their equipment confiscated.”

    The security agents and the task force confiscated some vulcanising machines and took them into the Hilux van of the commissioner.

    It was learnt that immediately a man suspected to be the chairman of the park ordered his boys to bring down the confiscated machines.

    An eyewitness said: “Immediately, over 50 touts and artisans besieged the task force team and surrounded the commissioner’s vehicle and started bringing down the machines.

    “When the team attempted stopping them, the touts ran inside the park, carried stones, log of woods, axes, machetes and other dangerous weapons and attacked the team.

    “The commissioner, journalists and some task force members had to escape from the scene but the touts started throwing stones and other dangerous items at the official vehicle of the commissioner and the bus conveying reporters.

    “They also got hold of one of the security team members and beat him to a pulp while others descended on the National Mirror correspondent, Mr. Godwin Aliuna, hitting him with wood.”

    It was also gathered that all pleas made by reporters and members of the task force for the police team on duty at the junction to help rescue the journalist and the security agent proved abortive.

    The police team, it was gathered, drove out of the scene of the incident.

    In Onu-Ebonyi in Abakaliki Local Government Area, the task force team was also attacked by irate youths.

    The driver of the bus, who did not give his name, said when he alighted to urinate, over 30 youths pounced on them.

    He noted that they had to abandon their vehicle, which was later vandalised.

    The commissioner blamed the attacks on council chairmen for not sensitising their subjects on the need to comply with the sanitation exercise.

  • Borno Information Commissioner sacked

    Maiduguri – The Borno Government on Friday said it had dropped the Commissioner for Information, Mr Inuwa Bwala, from its cabinet.

    This is contained in a statement issued by Hajiya Maryam Abba-Ibrahim, Permanent Secretary (Administration) Office of the Secretary to the State Government.

    The statement reads in part, “Gov. Kashim Shettima has approved the removal of Mr Inuwa Bwala from his position as the Commissioner for Information.

    “The former commissioner has been directed to hand over government property to the permanent secretary in the ministry with immediately effect.’’

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Bwala had also served in the same portfolio under former Gov. Ali Sheriff.

  • Sacked commissioner died a sad man -family

    Sacked Taraba State Commissioner of Works, Mr. Jonah Agyo is dead. He died at Courage Clinic, Jalingo after a prolong illness.

    He would be buried in his country home Wukari, Taraba South on Saturday, the family disclosed.

    The deceased was Chairman on Due Process, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and was holding sway as Commissioner of Works before he was sacked alongside eight members of the State Executive Council by Acting Governor Garba Umar for allegedly failing to account for the N400 million Federal Government’s intervention funds for victims of flood disaster in the state.

    The sacked officials have since gone to court, claiming they were fired for opposing a proposal to impeach recuperating Governor Danbaba Suntai on health grounds.

    A family source said: “The sack broke Agyo’s heart, which may have quickened his death

    He added: “Agyo was a very sad man for what he felt tarnished the image of his brilliant career.

    “Agyo was on his sickbed in Israel when the House of Assembly panel constituted at the directive of the acting governor indicted him.

    “He was largely away throughout the period and never saw a penny of the flood fund.”

    Taraba State House of Assembly Speaker Josiah Sabo Kente has paid a condolence visit to the family announcing that he would relay the sad news of Agyo’s death to the acting governor.

    But Agyo’s family members, led by the deceased’s first son, Magai, roundly rejected the suggestion, it was learnt.

    The family reportedly said it would not want any involvement of the acting governor as the action would be “controversial.”

    Our source said Agyo’s relatives insist they would not accept any monetary donations from the acting governor apart from the deceased’s entitlements.

    “After tarnishing his (Agyo’s) image they want to come and play politics at his funeral. We won’t take that,” the source added.