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  • Constituents blast Natasha over alleged sexual harassment

    Constituents blast Natasha over alleged sexual harassment

    Constituents of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in Kogi Central have passed a vote of no confidence in her. 

    They accused her of always using sexual harassment as a favorite card, saying she is a serial blackmailer. 

    In a statement on Wednesday, indigenes of Kogi Central under the aegis of the Ebira Youth Leaders Forum (EYLF) said they are disgusted and disappointed that their representatives has refused to be a good ambassador of Ebira people, projecting good upbringing that reflects in the conduct of Ebira people. 

    The group in the statement by its General Secretary, Dr. Adoza Dahiru, wondered why the sexual allegation against the Senate President only emerged after she was removed from the Senate Committee on Local Content and later an internal rearrangement that saw her seat changed. 

    They accused her of deliberately attempting to drag the reputation of Akpabio and the exalted office of the Senate President to the mud with nefarious intents.

    “The events panning out in the Senate in recent times, with our own representative at the centre stage is very disgraceful and generally casts we the cultured and mannered people of Ebira ethnic nationality in a bad light. 

    “This is a woman who just through the intervention of the judiciary found herself in the Senate but instead of drawing an agenda rooted on effective representation of the people, she has found a trade in demeaning the revered office of the number three citizen of our dear country. 

    “It is on record that her series of sexual harassment blackmail against top figures in the psst have all ended up unproven. A former presidential aide Reno Omokri; former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye, former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello and several others are some of her victims of blackmail which were never proved. 

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    “We hereby pass a vote of no confidence on her for not only projecting us in a bad light but for performing extremely poorly as a representative of the people. 

    “Apart from solar street lighting and establishment of five Mini Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants in Ajaokuta Local Government, Kogi which we know to be an initiative of President Bola Tinubu in her constituency, no significant project is traceable to her. The Senate is not a place for those who only want play to gallery in front of the cameras,” the group said. 

    The Ebira youth leaders said her conduct is primarily the reason women Senators are not standing with her. 

    They urged her to face the suspension and use the opportunity to study Senate rule and stop scavenging for solutions where none exist, saying the people of Kogi Central will take a decision on her after the completion of her suspension.

  • Kogi central concerned stakeholders distance district from Senator Natasha’s actions

    Kogi central concerned stakeholders distance district from Senator Natasha’s actions

    The Kogi Central Concerned Stakeholders have distanced the district from the unfolding events between Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

    The group also regretted that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan failed to abide by the standing rules of the senate.

    The group in a statement by its convener, AbdulRaheem  Adeku also threatened a recall of the senator should the brickbats continue.

    The statement reads in parts: “As a revered institution of government, there is no gain saying that the National assembly has standing rules that must be obeyed as an integral part of keeping the order but we regret to note in absolute terms that a matter that has to do with a simple compliance to rules has degenerated to a vitreous attack on the personality of the distinguished senate president, Godswill Akpabio.

    “Having acknowledged the overarching support she has enjoyed over the past few months from the leadership of the senate, we would like to categorically dissociate and distance ourselves from the uncanny and inappropriate behavior of Senator Natasha.

    “We expect Senator Natasha to recognise her strength as an equal to other members of the red chamber, act as a distinguished member of the red chamber, concentrate on the mandate given to her by her people to protect our overall interest and desist from distracting everyone towards events that yield no common good.

    “As a people we are known for showing gratitude, loyalty and fidelity to friendship. 

    “We therefore condemn the actions, utterances and smear campaign of our daughter against distinguished senate president, Godswill Akpabio. 

    “This is not in our character, hence, we the Kogi Central Concerned Stakeholders may be compelled by any further stretch of the ongoing public  abuse of privilege of representation at the senate,  to commence the process of recall.

    “While pledging total support and loyalty to the senate president and entire members of the red chamber, we call on the senate to proceed with the laid down disciplinary measure, take the necessary and appropriate action to serve as a deterrent to other serving senators.”

  • Kogi Senator survives auto crash

    The Senator representing Kogi Central,,Mr. Ahmed Ogembe, yesterday  survived an auto crash along the Abuja-Lokoja road on his way to Okene for today’s elections.

    The senator’s spokesman, Mr. Duke Opeyemi, told  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that the accident occurred at Gegu community in the Kotonkarfe LGA of Kogi State  at about 9am.

    Ogembe is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly election.

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    According to Opeyemi, his bulletproof car somersaulted several times, but the senator and other occupants of the vehicle came out alive and unhurt.

    The senator expressed gratitude to God for saving his life and that of the people with him.

    He prayed for more of God’s protection over his life, his family and the entire people of his constituents and Kogi State at large.

  • 2019: Group seek support for Buhari

    The Kogi State chapter of the Bus Conductors’ Association of Nigeria (BCAN) of the Buhari Campaign Organization (BCO), was on Friday, inaugurated by the national leadership of the group.

    The event which took place in Okene, Kogi Central, witnessed a large turnout of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters from across Kogi State.

    The National Liaison Officer, BCAN-BCO, Prince Israel Adeshola, while inaugurating the Kogi Liaison officers, said that President Buhari remains committed to quality life for Nigerians.

    He urged Nigerians not to relent in their support for the president, because of his sincerity of purpose and commitment.

    His words: “We are deeply and passionately committed to ensuring that the quality of life of Nigerians and indeed our future generation is secured and preserved. And, the only to achieve this is for us to collectively ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari returns in 2019.

    “Our task is therefore to make this possible through our votes. Your coming from far distance serves to remind us all just how desirous we are to see the return of President Muhammadu Buhari, come 2019.

    The newly inaugurated Kogi Liaison Officer of the BCAN-BCO, Mrs Felicia Unoiza Omorogbe, called on individual Nigerians, organizations, and groups, to join hands, in ensuring a second term for President Buhari.

    Those present at the well attended program included the representatives of Governor Yahaya Bello and those of the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, Dr Ado Ibrahim, party chieftains and council administrators, among others.

  • Standstill in Kogi Central as 24 hours curfew takes effect

    Standstill in Kogi Central as 24 hours curfew takes effect

    Commercial and social activities in Kogi Central have been brought to a halt following the emergency 24 hours curfew imposed by Governor Yahaya Bello, Wednesday night.

    The governor around 11pm on Wednesday imposed an emergency 24 hours curfew on five local government areas in Kogi central.

    The affected local government areas are: Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okene, Okehi and Ogori/Magongo.

    No reasons were given by the government for the imposition, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Petra Onyegbule.

    Indications have however emerged pointing that the step might not be unconnected with security issues in the affected areas.

    The statement on the curfew read: “This is a notice of a 24-hour curfew imposed on residents of the five local government areas of Central Senatorial District beginning from midnight (already commenced). This curfew will last for 24 hours and it is absolute. No movement whatsoever shall be allowed.

    “All residents of Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi, Okene, Ogori/Magongo local government areas are advised to comply by this directive as anyone who runs foul would have themselves to blame.

    “Government regrets every inconvenience this might cause and assures citizens and residents this decision has been taken in the best interest of the state”.

    Security challenges in some of the affected areas have emerged of late, including the arson on police station, the killing of three operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), close to the gates of the gates of the Federal College of Education (FCE), in Okene and last week Wednesday’s assassination of a labour leader, Abdulmumini Yakub and one on his visitors, at Okene his residence, while a community another killing had previously occurs the previous day in Adavi.

    Speaking with The Nation on the telephone, an agitated resident in Okene, expressed surprise over the development, saying it took them unawares.

    The resident, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed that the curfew took effect, saying that the “whole neighbourhood” was bereft of activities.

    His words: “We did not get the wind of this…we just woke up to it. We are all forced indoors and the whole neighbourhood remains quite.

    “Information reaching us is that the curfew was announced overnight by the government. My son told me that he saw it on the facebook”.

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  • Senator trains 200 women, youths in Kogi

    Sen. Ahmed Ogembe, representing Kogi Central, on Thursday, said he had trained to empower no fewer than 200 women and youths from five Local Governments in the Central Senatorial District of the state.

    Ogembe told newsmen in Okene that the training for empowerment was intended to reduce poverty among the people in his district.

    “It is my utmost desire to see that my people are happy and comfortable, especially in this period that our country is facing economic challenges.

    “This empowerment training is meant to make you independent, be job providers, rather than job seekers.

    “You will also be able to support your families and with this development, the recession we are currently facing will be a thing of the past,” he added.

    Ogembe, who was represented by Hon. Ismaila Amoka, assured the trainees that they would be given cash to start their businesses while some of them would get tricycles and motorcycles, grinding and sewing machines.

    He encouraged the beneficiaries to make use of the opportunity given to them by paying serious attention to the facilitators of the training, adding that the training would be a continuous one.

    One of the facilitators, Mr Jimoh Abdulahamid, told newsmen that the training would be helpful to the the beneficiaries, especially those who already had small businesses.

    A beneficiary, Mr Lawal Lamidi, thanked the senator for his gesture, describing the training as the best thing to happen at this time of the nation’s economic hardship.

    Mrs Omayoza Sariki, another beneficiary, expressed appreciation to the senator, noting that once the money was disbursed, she would use it to boost her small provision store.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training exposed the participants to the management of small and medium scale businesses.

     

  • APC in Kogi Central adopts candidate

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in Kogi Central said yesterday that it has adopted

    Alhaji Sanusi Abubakar as its candidate for the November 21 governorship election.

    Sanusi, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), was reportedly adopted at a meeting in Okene last Friday. It was presided over by Senator Mohammed Salami Ohiare.

    His adoption, members of the caucus said, was based on his grassroots mobilisation disposition and his moral and financial commitment to the APC at the zonal and state chapters.

    Members of the caucus who endorsed Sanusi included delegates from the five local governments in Kogi Central, the APC Chairman, Ibrahim Ahovi and Senator Ohize.

    They urged other aspirants from the zone to accept the verdict and support Sanusi to ensure the realisation of power shift and good governance.

    Sanusi described his adoption as a call to service. He said he would transform the state if given the mandate.