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  • Why opposition parties endorsed Sanwo-Olu, by CPP

    •Flag bearer promises inclusive government

    The Coalition of Progressives Political Parties (CPPP) yesterday explained that  it endorsed the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for governor because he represents its vision and passion for the development of the Centre of Excellence.

    The coalition, which is made up of 45 parties, explained that there is no line of ideological demarcation between it and the ruling APC in Lagios State.

    Its leader, Otunba Aderemi Fatukasi, said: “The next 50 years of the state must cut a path to create a framework for leaders that are not only visionary, but also inspirational with a passion for development.”

    A chieftain of the coalition, Akinola Obadia, said: “This is historic. It has never happened before in Lagos State. forty five of 58 opposition parties in the state are supporting the APC candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The coast is clear for him to win next year’s election.”

    The opposition parties include Accord, Freedom and Justice Party, Unity Party of Nigeria, PPP, PPA,  AMPP  and GPP.

    The opposition leaders listed their demands,  including an improved environment, improved security, resolution of the traffic snarl, correction of the Lastma and BRT  deficiency, and programmes for widows and youths.

    At the endorsement ceremony, which held at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu promised to appoint a Senior Special Assistant  (SSA) to serve as a link between his government and the parties, if elected as governor.

    He was accompanied by his running mate, Dr  Obafemi  Hamzat, his campaign manager, Tayo Ayinde,  Cardinal  James Odunmbaku, Ademorin  Kuye, Abiodun  Made, Alawiye  King,  Nosiru  Musa,  Abiodun  Mafe, Bayo  Ajisebutu,  Goke  Salvador,  Hameed  Olorunoje,  Shamusideen Olaleye, Wale Adelana, Joe Igbokwe,  Sesan Daini, Remi Adikwu  Bakare, and Gboyega Akosile.

    The flag nearer promised an all-inclusive government, stressing that the initiation and implementation of developmental projects will be shaped by need analysis and people’s preference.

    The leader of the Coatition of Political Parties, Otunba Aderemi Fatukasi, said it is imperative that Lagosians should vote for Sanwo-Olu,  adding that he will build on the achievements of former Governors Bola Tonight and Babatunde Fashola (SAN), and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.

    He said the former Commissioner for Establishment and Training will defend the giant strides of the previous governments in infrastructural development, security, transportation, traffic management, education, tourism and health sector.

    Describing Sanwo-Olu as a politician endowed with vision, inspiration and passion for development,  Fatukasi said having excelled as a private sector operator, special adviser, commissioner in three ministries and Managing Director of the Lagos State Property Development Corporation, Sanwo-Olu will live up to expectation as governor.

    Sanwo-Olu promised to sustain the bond of cooperation between the APC and the opposition platforms and give them a sense of belonging.

    He said himself and his running mate will perform to expectation,  adding that they are prepared for the task ahead.

    Sanwo-Olu  described Hamzat as a strategist person and a dependable ally, recalling that he had done Lagos proud as a former Commissioner for science and technology, and works.

    Sanwo-Olu promised to tackle the challenges highlighted by the opposition leaders, urging them to cooperate with him to succeed in next year’s election.

    He said: “ I have the interest of the populace at heart. I am passionate about my people. Roads, bridges are important. But, human beings are more important. We genuinely intend to serve. We will not discriminate.”

  • LP, CPP, others get candidates

    The Ondo State governorship election holding on November 26 takes a proper shape at the weekend with some political parties announcing the names of their candidates.

    Some of the parties that named their candidates after the conclusion of their primaries are: the Labour Party (LP), Citizens Popular Party (CPP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)

    The LP elected Taye Adeuti as its governorship candidate with unanimous voice votes after the second aspirant, Gbenga Ojo, stood down.

    The CPP elected Peter Fasua as its standard-bearer.

    Fasua, a businessman and proprietor of a private college of education in the state emerged as the sole candidate presented by the party’s delegates through the option A-4 electoral system.

    The PRP picked businessman Chief Rowland Arigbede, as its candidate for the election.

    The primary election, which was held in Akure, the state capital, was contested by two aspirants.

  • Award for security expert

    A security expert, Ona Ekhomu, has been honoured by the Port Harcourt Chapter of ASIS International (American Society for Industrial Security) for his pioneering efforts in Nigeria’s security industry.

    Ekhomu was given the Security Pioneer Award at the ASIS Port Harcourt chapter’s two-day International Security Conference at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt.

    The Assistant Regional Vice President of ASIS International, Mrs. ElizabethYakubu, who chaired the conference organising committee, said Ekhomu was the first chartered security professional in West Africa, with a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) in September 2000.

    A native of Irrua, Edo State, Ekhomu got a PhD, specialising in Policy Management from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985.

    He is the author of Effective Personal and Corporate Security (2009), a seminal book in security awareness.

     

  • Family of slain CPP candidate in Delta urges IGP to expose killers

    Family of slain CPP candidate in Delta urges IGP to expose killers

    The family of the  governorship candidate of the Citizens Popular Party (CPP) in Delta State, Chief Ogbe Onokpite, who was killed in controversial circumstances a year ago, has called on the Inspector-General of  Police (IGP), Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar,  to expose and bring his killers to book.

    Onokpite  was allegedly shot on November 26, 2011 by policemen at Beeland Hotel, Warri on allegation of gun-running.

    Onokpite contested the  governorship election with the incumbent, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State in 2006.

    Speaking at a news conference in Lagos on the occasion of the one year commemoration of the death of the politician, Mr Odiana Eriata, counsel to the  family,  stated that the revelations from police investigation so far showed that a killer gang exists in the state.

    Eriata, was accompanied by the younger brother to the deceased, Dino at the news conference.

    Eriata alleged that there had been  several attempts to cover up the killing of Onokpite and some people by the Delta State Police Command.

    According to Eriata, the various attempts  by some powerful people in the state to cover up the murder of Onokpite, was what culminated in the gruesome murder of two other persons, British Egene and Orlando Owodo on July 17, 2012 .

    The counsel to the Onokpite family asked the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the role of a particular  Assistant Supretendent of Police(ASP) (names withheld) in the matter.

    He alleged that Egene and Owodo,  were the two persons suspected to have set up the late Onokpite.

    According to him,  the car in which  guns were planted against Onokpite  belong to Owodo.

    Eriata said Egene and Owodo were murdered in Bayelsa State shortly after an eyewitness in the killing of Onokpite, Mr Gbenga Onasiji, identified eight of the 11 policemen involved in the incident at an identification parade in Abuja.

    “We believe that the assassination of Egene and Owodo in Bayelsa State on July 16 could not have been a coincidence but planned to break the chain of investigation and information in order to frustrate the unraveling of the procurers of Onokpite’s murder.

    “The police must expand its investigation to the owner of the vehicle that conveyed Egene and Owodo on the day they killed them because the character was at the Beeland Hotel the day late Onokpite was killed.

    “It is also mentioned that one of the governors in the Southsouth had also harassed the police investigators who attempted to interrogate one Papa Mike (the owner of the car) wherein Orlando and Egene were killed. I think there is more to this killer squad in the Southsouth,” Eriata stated.

    He, therefore, urged  the Inspector-General of Police not to leave any stone unturned in exposing those behind several cases of assassination in Delta State.