biafra : Angry youths block Uyo PHEDC office with coffin over irregular power supply, over-billing

Sources from the PHED Uyo, said the total blackout witnessed in Uyo was as a result of the protest since the company was forcefully shut down.

According to the youth leader of Itu, Ubong Akpan, who led the protest “We are against estimated bills and we want them to restore the light to what it used to be before now.     Youths of Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday barricaded the offices of Portharcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) in Uyo with a mock coffin over alleged epileptic power supply and high tariff.     “We can’t imagine how we can have two power stations in Itu local government area, and we have not been having light for months.

“PHED has not been treating us well, even when we pay our bills regularly. We need prepaid metres, so that we can also enjoy like customers in other cities. The government should look into the activities of PHEDC in Akwa Ibom State.”

Another youth leader, Idongesit Okon said, “We are giving them three days, and if they don’t restore our light, we will protest till they bring us light. We have suffered enough in their hands.

“There’s enough energy in the system, so they should not say it was lack of energy. We have enough energy, they have been taking our energy to go and sell to other places.”

In a swift reaction, the manager corporate communication of PHED, John Onyi said the state had been thrown into unwarranted darkness due to the activities of Itam Youth Forum.

The statement he sent to journalists in Uyo reads in parts, “The forced outage is sequel to the action of the Youth Development Forum under the leadership of Obong Ubong Akpan, who early this morning barricaded the Transmission Station, located at Itu close to the state capital, thereby forcing the station to shut down supply forcefully.

“In addition, the same group later moved to PHED office at 4-Lane with a coffin, a show of shame championed by its leader, dropped the said coffin at the entrance of the office, scared customers away, thereby leading to operations blockade of the company.

“The action of the Youth has therefore, led to inability of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to wheel out power to Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company for onward distribution to its valued customers in Akwa Ibom state.

“Also, the economic activities of the entire state have been brought to a halt as a result of the sacking of TCN’s officials on duty by the irate youth.”

Onyii alleged that the protest was selfishly and secretly sponsored by Ubong Akpan whose repeated demand to carry out an enumeration contract worth N6, 660,000.00 on behalf of PHED in his community, Itu, comprising 79 villages was not honoured.

“Of course the management did not succumb to his hate speech and blackmail, hence, he now organized and misled unsuspecting members of his group in order to achieve his self-aggrandizement which he purportedly hinged on poor supply to his community-Itu.

“He also submitted a proposal to PHED for sensitization in his community amounting to N731, 200.00 which was declined for lack of merit since there is an in-house department responsible for publicity,” he said.

He further said, “PHED cannot be intimidated or coerced into doing the biddings of “A self-acclaimed-messiah” as we have the mandate of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to distribute power supply to our customers including Itu community in our franchise area.

“We, therefore, call on the relevant government functionaries especially the security agencies to step in and advise Ubong Akpan and his group to vacate the premises of the TCN and remove their coffin from PHED’s office in Uyo with a view to wheeling out supply to PHED customers.”

BIAFRANS : Police arrest suspected murders of Enugu Catholic Priest

reports that this was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, CP Suleiman Balarabe during a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters. 

     Suspected killers of a Catholic Church Priest, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu have been arrested, 

Enugu State Police command confirmed on Friday.  

    Offu was murdered early this month at Awgu Area of the State, a development that sparked outrage.

The police paraded 30 suspects, including killers of Fr. Offu, the parish priest of St James Catholic Church, Ugboka, and the kidnappers of the traditional ruler of Obum-Agbogwuwu,   

His Royal Highness, Igwe Sunday Orji and his wife, along Agbogwugwu-Ihe junction on the 4th of August, 2019.

Paraded as suspects are Ibrahim Adamu, 25 years from Taraba State and Idris, 28 years, and three others still at large.

Speaking to journalists, one of the suspects, Ibrahim Adamu said, he came to Enugu to learn the skill of cow rearing but that from there, he joined the gang.

He also confessed that his gang member arrested with him, Idris supplies them with food stuff.

Meanwhile, the police also paraded the gang responsible for the murder Rev. Fr. Clement Rapuluchukwu, the parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Obunofia Ndiuno in Ezeagu LGA on the 14th of March, 2019.

The suspects Sunday Chibuko, 32 years, from Ezeagu LGA, Benjamin Osondu,28 years, from Udenu LGA and Wasiu Ajomale from Ogun State were arrested at Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states respectively. The 4th suspect, kelechi, from Oji-River is still at large.

The suspects confessed to killing the cleric after pursuing him into a building he ran into for cover.

Before killing the priest, they took him to an ATM, withdrew cash from his account and bought malt for him to drink before giving up the ghost as a result of the gunshots on his leg.

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Six-day biennial world statistics congress starts in KL on Sunday

This flagship event of ISI, in its 62nd edition, will see thousands of professionals and experts from the industry, academia and policy makers from around the world converge in Kuala Lumpur to exchange and explore new ideas in statistics. The organisation of this international congress in Malaysia will further strengthen the statistical ecosystem in the country and enhance its inter-linkages with the statistical systems of the world.     The congress is organised by the International Statistical Institute (ISI), in collaboration with the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia and Malaysia Institute of Statistics, supported by the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau.        PUTRAJAYA:      Malaysia will host the prestigious biennial International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC) 2019 for the first time at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from Aug 18-23, 2019.        Chief statistician Malaysia and ISI WSC 2019 chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said to date the congress has attracted over 1,500 speakers from 130 countries, with topics ranging from statistical methods and concepts, data compilation and management, technology, data science and analytics, big data and their applications across all segments of the economy and life.         Several pre-congress events, such as seminars, workshops, short courses and meetings, will be held in Sasana Kijang from August 13-17.

“We aim for it to be far reaching with a platform to create a bigger spectrum to show people that statistics matter. When everyone is efficient it benefits the world as a whole. People don’t realise that statistics are important, that it is in our everyday life, as statistics equals planning,” said Uzir.

Police arrest 15 IPOB,

The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest of 15 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.   They were arrested at a bush at Amasiri in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday by men of the Nigeria Police and other security agents while allegedly planning to hold their 2019 summit in the state.       The groups’ annual meeting, our correspondent gathered, was scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.    reports that the arrest of members of the separatist groups came 24 hours after the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, insisted that IPOB remained a proscribed organisation and warned residents of the state to shun its activities.      A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Loveth Odah, said, “The Ebonyi State Police Command, in active collaboration with other security agencies in the state, while acting on credible intelligence report that IPOB and MASSOB members would have their 2019 convention in the state, on August 13 and 14, 2019, embarked on a massive show of force covering the entire length and breadth of the state, with particular focus on identified flashpoints.

“The exercise dominated the entire state and frustrated the activities of IPOB and MASSOB members, thereby denying them the opportunity to hold their meeting in the prearranged venue.

“They were, however, traced to a hideout in the bush around the Amasiri community in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state where 15 members, led by one Rev. Ogonna Nnachi, about 70 years of age, were arrested. Items recovered from them include Biafra currency (two pounds), branded Biafra T-shirts, caps and bangles.

“Upon interrogation, their leader, Rev. Ogbonna, narrated that they were planning the burial of one of their members, who died in Lagos but was to be buried in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, and were also planning the building of a monument in honour of the late Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri, Imo State. The arrested members were handed over to the SCID for further interrogation and profiling.

“The Ebonyi State Police Command will continue to explore all crime fighting tactics by combing all the hideouts of criminals with a view to denying them the space to carry out their acts.

“The general public is, as usual, enjoined to assist the police and other security agencies by providing credible information on any suspicious activity and movement of persons or goods.

IPOB: Igbo Governors Fooling Themselves, Governor Umahi Wants To Be Tinubu's Presidential Running Mate In 2023

The group also said Igbo governors, from Nigeria's South-east, were "fooling themselves".

“Dave Umahi’s desperate attempt to turn our beloved Ebonyi State into another vassal state is dead on arrival.

“IPOB is on the ground and will never allow it. If his ‘Alice in Wonderland’ dream of becoming Bola Tinubu’s running mate in the 2023 presidential election is his motivation for coming out against IPOB at this critical moment in our history, then he is not only misguided but deluded," the secessionist organization said in a statement on Tuesday.

Its spokesman, Emma Powerful, pointed out that it was not the first time Umahi had sought to "impress his masters by making grand declarations" against IPOB.

“Sometime in mid-2017 he issued a fatwa against our leader and boasted that IPOB’s rallies would never hold in Ebonyi State,” Powerful claimed.

“How many Fulani governors have come out against herdsmen or Boko Haram? Yet Igbo governors keep on making a complete fool of themselves by attacking IPOB."  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi as deluded and misguided in proscribing the group in the hope that he will be picked as the presidential running mate of Bola Tinubu in 2023.

BIAFRA SAY You can’t suppress us, IPOB tells Umahi Published August 14, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxsT2HBO1bw

The state government on Monday banned all activities involving the separatist group in the state, insisting  IPOB was a proscribed organisation.  The Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday criticised  Ebonyi State  Governor Dave Umahi for allegedly suppressing the group.   But in a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said the state government had no capacity to suppress them.   The group alleged that Umahi was against them because the ruling All Progressives Congress had promised to make him their vice-presidential candidate for the   

2023 presidential poll.

The statement read in part, “Dave Umahi’s desperate attempt to turn our beloved Ebonyi State into another vassal state is dead on arrival.

“IPOB is on the ground and will never allow it. If his ‘Alice in Wonderland’ dream of becoming Bola Tinubu’s running mate in the 2023  presidential election is his motivation for coming out against IPOB at this critical moment in our history, then he is not only misguided but deluded.

“We note that this is not the first time Dave Umahi has sought to impress his masters by making grand declarations against IPOB.  Sometime in mid-2017 he issued a Fatwa against our leader and boasted that IPOB’s  rallies would never hold in Ebonyi State.”

The group added, “How many Fulani governors have come out against herdsmen or Boko Haram? Yet Igbo governors keep on making a complete fool of themselves by attacking IPOB.”