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June 1, 2022

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 IFMUYONEWS

Nsit Ibom Stakeholders Petition APC Over Assembly Primaries

ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) NSIT IBOM CHAPTER

Afaha Offiong
Nsit Ibom Local Government Area
Akwa Ibom State
27th May, 2022.

The State Chairman
All Progressives Congress (APC)
6, Ekpo Obot Street, Uyo
Akwa Ibom State.

Sir,
PETITION ON THE DISTORTION OF ZONING/ROTATION OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SEAT IN NSIT IBOM.
PREAMBLE:
Nsit Ibom Local Government Area is made up of two Court Areas, namely Asang and Mbiaso. For peace, mutual coexistence, and oneness, our forbears decided to uphold zoning and rotation of chairmanship and House of Assembly seats between the two clans or court areas since from the beginning of the present political dispensation in 1999. This rotation principle has been respected by all the leading political parties since then.
HISTORY OF ZONING AND ROTATION PRINCIPLE IN NSIT IBOM
1. 1999 – 2003 – House of Assembly – Asang
Council Chairman – Mbiaso
2. 2003 – 2007 – House of Assembly – Mbiaso
Council Chairman – Asang
3. 2007 – 2015 (8 years) – House of Assembly – Asang
Council Chairman – Mbiaso
4. 2015 – 2023 (8 years) – House of Assembly – Mbiaso
Council Chairman – Asang
HOW PARTIES FIELDED CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SEAT IN THE PAST EIGHT (😎 YEARS
Because of the existing zoning/rotation principle in Nsit Ibom, this is how the two leading political parties, PDP and APC fielded candidates for House of Assembly seat in Nsit Ibom in the last 8 years.
1. 2015 – 2019 – APC – Mr. Ime Inyang and PDP – Mrs. Mfon Ekong – all from Mbiaso Court Area.
2. 2019 – 2023 – APC – Mr. Imaikop Enwang and PDP – Hon. Ifiok Udoh – all from Mbiaso Court Area.
It must be noted that in the above mentioned periods, no Asang Court Area person bought nomination form and stood election in both the PDP and the APC.
HOW PARTIES SHOULD FIELD CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SEAT IN 2023
In view of the zoning/rotation principle which has come to stay and which parties respect, in 2023, the reverse of what happened in 2015 – 2023 should take place. This means that all the leading political parties vis-à-vis PDP and APC should field their candidates from ASANG COURT AREA. In fact, no Mbiaso person should dare even buy form and stand nomination for House of Assembly seat this time around. SO FAR, THE PDP HAS DEMONSTRATED RESPECT AND HAS HONORED THIS ZONING PRINCIPLE AND HAS PICKED HON. ERIC AKPAN FROM ASANG COURT AREA AS HER CANDIDATE. The APC as a political party with moral and ethical principles must follow suit and pick her candidate from ASANG COURT AREA.
SUGGESTION/CONCLUSION:
In view of the above, we the under listed committed stakeholders and elders of the party in Nsit Ibom recommend that you pick MR. THOMAS EFFIONG THOMAS WHO IS FROM ASANG COURT AREA TO FLY THE PARTY FLAG IN THE FORTHCOMING 2023 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTION.
Please note that the above mentioned person has been very supportive of your leadership of the party.
Thank you.

May 30, 2022

May 30, 2022 IFMUYONEWS

EFCC Charge Rochas Okorocha and 6 Others Over N3.1bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 30, 2022, arraigned a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and six others before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on 17-count charges bordering on conspiracy, stealing, conversion of public funds and money laundering to the tune of N3,147, 000, 000( Three Billion, One hundred and Forty Seven Million Naira).

The former governor was docked alongside Anyim Nyerere (a.k.a Anyim Chinenye), Naphtali International Ltd, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Ltd, Consolid Projects Consulting Ltd, Pramif International Ltd and Legend World Concepts Ltd.

One of the counts read; “That you, Rochas Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere(a.k.a Anyim Nyerere Chinenye) and Naphtali International Ltd, on or about the 24th October, 2014, at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court converted the sum of N900,000,000 property of Imo State Government of Nigeria transferred from the Imo State Government House Account, which you all reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: stealing and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011, (as amended) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the Same Act.

Another count read: “That You, Rochas Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere(a.k.a Anyim Nyerere Chinenye), and Perfect Finish Multi Projects Ltd, on or about 28th August, 2014, at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court converted the sum of N486,000,000(Four Hundred and Eighty Six Million Naira), property of Imo State Government of Nigeria, transferred from the Imo State Joint State Local government Project Account, which you all reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: stealing and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act”.

The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges when they were read to them.

EFCC counsel, G. K. Latona prayed the court to set a trial date and to remand the defendants in a Correctional Centre. However, defence counsel, Oke Amaechi, SAN, for the first defendant and Daniel. M. Uzorumba for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th defendants informed the court that they have filed applications for bail for all the defendants dated May 25, 2022. Latona, however, informed the court that he was served with a motion on notice of bail on May 26, 2022 and “we intend to respond; there were issues raised there concerning the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, we want to respond to that.”

Justice Ekwo remanded all the defendants in EFCC’s custody and adjourned the matter for hearing on bail application to May 31, 2022.