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  • Asari Dokubo felicitates Lulu-Briggs at 60

    Asari Dokubo felicitates Lulu-Briggs at 60

    Former Niger Delta militant leader, Muhajid Alhaji Abubakr Dokubo-Asari, has extended warm felicitations to Alabo, Dumo lulu-Briggs, head of the Oruwari Briggs Group of War Canoe and Chieftaincy Houses of Abonnema on his 60th birthday.

    In a heartfelt message, Dokubo-Asari praised Alabo Dumo lulu-Briggs for his remarkable journey, marked by unwavering dedication to politics without bitterness, and his tireless efforts to promote peace and brotherliness throughout his life.

    “I salute his penchant for politics without bitterness, promoting peace and brotherliness,” Dokubo-Asari said, highlighting Alabo Dumo lulu-Briggs’s remarkable ability to navigate the complexities of politics with grace and humility.

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    Dokubo-Asari also commended Alabo Dumo lulu-Briggs for his outstanding philanthropic endeavors, particularly in Abonema, where he has made a profound impact on the lives of youths, the aged, and women through various outreach programmes.

    “Alabo Dumo lulu-Briggs has been outstanding in his philanthropic endeavors to touch and change the lives of youths, the aged and women in Kalabari kingdom providing succor and support to the weak and hopeless through various  outreach programmes,” Dokubo-Asari emphasised.

    The paramount ruler of Edi Abali Group of War Canoe Houses of Kalabari kingdom also praised Alabo Dumo lulu-Briggs for his selfless life, which exemplifies love for humanity and service. “Dumo’s selfless life exemplifies love for humanity and service,” Dokubo-Asari said, acknowledging Alabo Dumo lulu-Briggs’ enduring legacy.

  • Appeal Court affirms Lulu-Briggs as Accord Rivers candidate

    The Court of Appeal in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has granted the application for a stay of execution on the judgment of Justice Obili of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, which ruled that Precious Baridoo and not Dumo Lulu-Briggs was the Rivers State governorship candidate of Accord.

    A statement by the Director of Communications, Dumo Lulu-Briggs Campaign Organisation, Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo, said Justice A. Lamido delivered his ruling yesterday.

    The statement added that the ruling was in respect of an application by Wilcox Abereton (SAN), Lulu-Brigg’s lead lawyer.

    It said the judge granted the application for stay of execution and further granted an injunction restraining Precious Baridoo from parading himself as the Rivers Accord governorship candidate.

    The statement reads: “By this ruling, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs remains the INEC recognised Rivers State governorship candidate of Accord, and the person whose name was legally submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the party’s National Working Committee.”

    The Accord in Rivers State has been in crisis over the party’s candidate, resulting in the former Chairman, Precious Barido, approaching a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to challenge the candidature of Dumo Lulu-Briggs.

    The Federal High Court ruled in Barido’s favour few days to the governorship election, but Lulu-Briggs and the party filed an appeal.

    While the case lasted in the Appeal Court, the party’s national leadership said Lulu-Briggs remains the Rivers State governorship candidate as only his credentials were submitted to INEC.

    The National Chairman, Muhammad Lawal Nalado, described Precious Barido as an impostor, noting that at no time before, during and after his tenure as the state chairman did he notify the national leadership of his interest in the governorship polls.

    According to him, Barido didn’t buy any form from Accord to contest the governorship, and was never the party’s candidate.

  • Appeal Court affirms Lulu-Briggs as Accord gov candidate in Rivers

    The Court of Appeal sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, has granted the application for stay of execution on the judgment of Justice Obili of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt which ruled recently that Precious Baridoo and not Dumo Lulu-Briggs was the Rivers State governorship candidate of Accord.

    A statement by the Director of Communications, Dumo Lulu-Briggs Campaign Organisation, Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo, said Justice A. Lamido of the Court of Appeal, Yenagoa, delivered his ruling on the matter on Friday.

    The Lulu-Briggs Campaign Organisation said in the statement that the Appeal Court ruling was in respect of an application brought before it by Wilcox Abereton (SAN), the lead counsel to Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs.

    It said the Presiding judge granted the application for stay of execution and further granted an injunction restraining Precious Baridoo from parading himself as the Rivers Accord governorship candidate.

    “By this ruling, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs remains the INEC recognized Rivers State governorship candidate of Accord in Rivers State and the person whose name was legally submitted to INEC by the National Working Committee of Accord,” the statement said.

    The Accord in Rivers state has been in crisis over who is the genuine candidate of the party, resulting in the former Chairman of the party in the state, Precious Barido, approaching a Federal High Court in Portharcourt to challenge the candidature of Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs.

    The Federal High Court ruled in favour of Mr. Barido, few days to the Rivers governorship election, forcing Dumo Lulu-Briggs and the Rivers chapter of Accord party filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal sitting in Yenagoa.

    While the appeal lasted in the Appeal Court, the National leadership of Accord said that Dumo Lulu-Briggs remains the governorship candidate of the party in Rivers state.

    He added the party submitted only the credentials of Dumo Lulu-Briggs as the candidate of the party.

    According to the national chairman of Accord, Muhammad Lawal Nalado, Precious Barido, is an impostor, pointing out that at no time before, during and after his tenure as the state chairman of Accord in Rivers, did he notify the national leadership of Accord of his interest in the Rivers governorship polls.

    He said Barido never bought any form from Accord to contest the governorship election in Rivers and was never at any time the candidate of the party in Rivers governorship elections.

  • Court sacks Lulu-Briggs as Accord governorship candidate

    A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has sacked Dumo Lulu-Briggs as Rivers State governorship candidate of the Accord Party.

    The court declared Precious Baridoo, who was nominated in the October 4, 2018 primaries, as the party’s authentic candidate.

    Justice Emmanuel Obile said Lulu-Briggs cannot participate in the governorship election because he is not the party’s candidate. According to him, Lulu-Briggs did not participate in the party’s October 4, 2018 governorship primary.

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    The court said the defendants failed to challenge the affidavit of the plaintiff to controvert the facts contained therein.

    Justice Obile also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enlist Precious Baridoo as the Rivers State governorship candidate of Accord Party.

    Baridoo’s lawyer, Wori Wori, described the judgment as victory for democracy. He said the rules of political engagement must be respected.

    But Lulu-Briggs’s lawyer said they will challenge the judgment at the Court of Appeal.

  • ‘Lulu-Briggs remains Accord Party’s governorship candidate in Rivers’

    …jittery Wike is behind court case

    The Director of Communication of Dumo Lulu-Briggs Campaign Organisation of the Accord Party in Rivers State, Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo, has stated that the oil magnate (Lulu-Briggs) remains the governorship candidate of the party in Rivers, despite judgment from Federal High Court, Port Harcourt.

    He also insisted that “jittery” Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was behind the court case, after causing confusion in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his (Wike’s) desperation to prevent a strong governorship contender on March 9.

    Ijuye-Dagogo, in his reaction last night, stated that Lulu-Briggs campaign organisation was not worried about the judgment, while accusing the presiding judge, Justice E.A. Obile, of bias.

    He said: “The matter before the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt was not about the Rivers State Accord Party’s eligibility to be on the ballot for the 2019 governorship election, but about who is the legitimate governorship candidate. The Rivers State Accord Party, therefore, remains on the ballot.

    “The judgment delivered by Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt did not come to us as a surprise, because the learned trial judge did not hide his bias throughout the duration of the hearing, which led to the early request for his lordship to recuse himself and the subsequent withdrawal of Wilcox Abereton SAN, counsel to Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, when his lordship decided to continue with the case.

    “A petition has since been written to the National Judicial Council against the trial judge on the matter. The entire judgment has no legal standing, because the defendants in the case were not given the opportunity for fair hearing and were not given the opportunity to replace their counsel, who withdrew from the case.

    “The Dumo Lulu-Briggs campaign organisation is aware of the shenanigan and evil machinations of Rivers governorship candidate of PDP (Wike) to use the courts, which has been severally described as ‘Wike’s Supermarket,’ to knock out strong contenders in the governorship race.

    “Wike’s connection in this dubious act is buttressed by the fact that Mr. Precious Baridoo’s counsel, Wori N. Wori Esq, is from the law firm of Emmanuel Aguma, SAN, the deceased immediate past Attorney-General to Wike. Furthermore, Mr. Precious Baridoo got ‘elected’ as Rivers IPAC Chairman months after his purported nomination as Accord Party’s governorship candidate, a position known to be occupied only by the cronies of the governor.”

    The director of communication also reiterated that during the PDP’s presidential rally at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Baridoo did not only declare support for the defeated PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, he led 56 “so-called” governorship candidates to step down for Wike and they also endorsed him for a second term.

    He revealed: “The said Precious Baridoo, who has since been disowned by the Accord Party’s National Working Committee, was appointed into the Caretaker Committee of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State by the Wike-led PDP government.

    “Our faith in the Nigerian judiciary cannot be diminished by the obvious miscarriages of a few. We are focused and ready to not just vacate the scandalous judgement, but obtaining the mandate which Rivers people are eager to offer Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs.

    “Our legal team has filed an appeal and a stay of execution and so Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs remains the governorship candidate of Accord Party in Rivers State.

    “The aim of the sponsors of the judicial miscalculation to stop Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs and deny the Rivers electorate the much-needed quality governance that the Accord Party represents, shall be disgraced at the end.”

    Ijuye-Dagogo also called on the teeming supporters of Accord party and other good people of Rivers state to remain resolute and focused, while going about their lawful businesses, assuring that light would always triumph over darkness.

  • Lulu-Briggs: Buhari’s credibility gave him victory

    Rivers State governorship candidate of the Accord Party, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory.

    Lulu-Briggs described the victory as a statement of faith in his credibility.

    Lulu-Briggs, in a statement yesterday,  said Accord Party in Rivers, in conjunction with other stakeholders, mobilised voters for Buhari.

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    He recalled that the party had adopted Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate, saying it was not a mistake for the Accord to have sold Buhari’s person to the Rivers people, hence the victory is well deserved.

    Lulu-Brigss urged the President to continue with his good strides in infrastructural development and prudent management of the country’s resources. He reiterated that President Buhari’s government remains the best deal for Nigerians.

  • Rivers governorship: Wike, Lulu-Briggs in hot exchange of words

    THE governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Rivers State, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs and the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike who is also the standard bearer of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship election are currently engaged in hot exchange of words.

    Lulu-Briggs, an oil magnate, while addressing a ‘world press conference’ in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, berated Wike for poor performance and allegedly deceiving Rivers people with the sobriquet of “Mr. Projects,” while declaring that from May 29 this year, Rivers people would be calling him “Mr. Jobs,” promising to perform excellently and much better than the incumbent governor.

    However, Wike, on Thursday, through Rivers Commissioner for Informa tion and Communications, Emma Okah, a lawyer, who doubles as the Director of Information and Communications,  Rivers PDP Campaign Council, described Lulu-Briggs as a comedian, who knew nothing about good governance, insisting that his ‘world press conference’  was a jamboree. The Rivers State Governor also accused the governorship candidate of Accord Party of ignorantly spreading falsehood, while challenging Lulu-Briggs, whom he described as a joker, to mention anything that he had contributed to the development of Rivers state, besides telling lies and blackmailing leaders of the ruling PDP, knowing full well that he had already failed in his governorship bid, especially without having structure in any of the 23 local government areas of Rivers, but merely making noise.

    Lulu-Briggs while replying  through his campaign organisation’s Director of Media and Communications, Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo, yesterday said: “It is most disheartening that we should react to the weightless statement by the PDP campaign council. Our discomfiture stems from the realisation that such an empty statement is the product of the minds that currently govern our beloved state. “If Mr. Okah had ended his poorly-thought-out response with the usual eulogy for the mediocre achievements of the ‘workaholic governor’, then we would have ignored him as merely engaging in the trademark political narrative known to them in the PDP.

    In his zeal to impress, Mr. Okah went on to de scribe the contents of a well-received, factual and clearly articulated press conference of the Accord governorship candidate as ‘mere street talks.’ “Worrisome to us is the display of crass ignorance or is it a case of deliberate misrepresentation (as is their custom). Otherwise, how could a Commissioner for Information fail to understand the holistic and integrated development plan as enunciated in the Chief Lulu-Briggs’ press conference speech and the attached policy document? If the comprehension of such a lucid presentation by Dumo Lulu-Briggs is a challenge to the PDP, is it any wonder that Rivers State has been going round in circles under the watch of the Wike-led administration?”

  • Lulu-Briggs passes on at 91

    The founder of Moni-Pulo Indigenous Oil Company, High Chief Olu Lulu-Briggs, has passed on at 91.

    The philanthropist, who died yesterday, hailed from Abonnema-Kalabari, the headquarters of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

    The deceased, who was a regent of Abonnema, was the father of oil magnate, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs.

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    A female top official of Moni-Pulo Oil Firm, who would not want to be named, last night in a telephone interview, confirmed the demise of the entrepreneur, but noted that a statement would later be issued by Abonnema Council of Chiefs, since the deceased’s wife, Seinye, was too shocked to speak. Efforts to speak with the son, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs  was unsuccessful as calls to his mobile line were not answered.

  • Breaking: Lulu-Briggs passes on at 91

    The founder of Moni-Pulo indigenous oil company, High Chief Olu Lulu-Briggs, has passed on at 91.

    The philanthropist, who died Friday, hailed from Abonnema-Kalabari, the headquarters of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

    The deceased, who was a regent of Abonnema, was the father of an oil magnate, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, who is the governorship candidate of Accord Party in Rivers state.

    An indigene of Abonnema, who confirmed the death in confidence, said the official announcement would later be made by Abonnema Council of Chiefs.

    Top officials of Moni-Pulo oil firm, who were contacted for details of the death, especially if he passed on in Nigeria or overseas, declined to comment.

  • Hoodlums attack Lulu-Briggs’ convoy

    The Chairman of Monipulo Nigeria Limited, Chief Olu Benson LuLu-Briggs, was allegedly attacked in Rivers State, at the weekend.

    Sources said about 100 hoodlums stormed the venue of a peace and reconciliation meeting, which is to be chaired by Lulu-Briggs, destroying vehicles, including his bullet-proof Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).

    But no one was killed.

    The incident occurred on Saturday morning at his Abonnema hometown in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area.

    The sources said: “Some youths we do not know attempted to kill High Chief Lulu-Briggs when he came to Abonnema for a peace and reconciliation meeting. They destroyed cars in his convoy but he was rescued because his car is bullet proof; the hoodlums were shooting.

    “We do not know what their annoyance is, but we know they were hired.”

    They believe the incident may be connected with last week’s suspension of the Chairman, Abonnema Council of Chiefs,  Chief Gbobo Bob-Manuel, for alleged witchcraft.

    Lulu-Briggs was appointed regent/chairman, Abonnema Traditional Rulers’ Council, pending resolution of the matter.

    Lulu-Briggs was said to have visited the place for a reconciliation meeting between chiefs, opinion leaders and elders.

    The hoodlums, suspected to be hired by unknown persons, took over the venue immediately Lulu-Briggs arrived, throwing stones and brandishing weapons.

    Shortly after the incident, however, Chief Lulu-Briggs addressed the people, saying violence and killing would neither resolve the situation  nor develop the area.

    He spoke through Chief Ibim Iyibo Young-Briggs, noting that there is need to reconcile all factions.

    Lulu-Briggs lamented poor infrastructural development in the area.

    I want to call for dialogue  to resolve misunderstanding, acrimonies and grievances so that Abonnema will be restored to its characteristics acclamation of ‘York City’.”