Waching daily Jul 1 2017

Biafra agitation: Nnamdi Kanu is wasting his time - Presidency

- A presidentail aide, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has said the demand for a referendum on a separate state of Biafra is a constitutional impossibility.

- According to him, Biafra ended on the January 15, 1970 and the agitators are only wasting their time. - On the issue of restructuring, he noted that it would not solve the myriad of problems confronting the nation.

The senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has said the calls for referendum by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and others, was a waste of time as it was constitutionally impossible.

Speaking with The Sun, Obono-Obla described Kanu's demands as "a nonsensical demand". He added that restructuring would not solve the myriad of problems Nigeria is facing.

The presidential aide said: "The demand for a referendum with regards to Biafra is a constitutional impossibility. It is a legal and political impossibility.

There is no provision in the constitution of the country or any other law that provides for a part of the country to break away. It is a nonsensical demand.

Biafra ended on the January 15, 1970. I think the agitators are just expressing their rights to freedom of expression.

"The international law does not take precedence over the Nigerian constitution. If you want to ratify any treaty or international convention, the National Assembly has to approve it.

You cannot begin to use the international law to deal with municipal, local and national issues. Let them stop wasting their time.

There is nothing like that. The agitators are just wasting their time and that is why I am saying that they are just expressing their right to the freedom of expression.".

According to him, the renewed agitation for disintegration in the country was because some people are still angry that President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 presidential election and their access to making big money has been blocked.

He said these are the people who want to destabilise the country. "When Jonathan was in power, all the major positions were taken by the South East. Then, they were not talking and they were not asking for Biafra.

Why did they have to wait until Buhari came to power before the agitation. It is the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) who are sponsoring these people," he added.

Obono-Obla noted that restructuring is not a new thing as it was the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated that the party was trying to put the country together first before it would begin to look at restructuring.

The presidential aide applauded the Buhari-led government saying it has done very well considering that the country was on the brink of collapse.

NAIJ. com earlier reported that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), said it is referendum or nothing.

He said he does not believe in the restructuring of Nigeria being called by eminent Nigerians, saying that Nigerian government would not keep any agreement reached in the restructuring exercise.

Pro-Biafra groups have agreed to work together under the leadership Kanu. According to them, their aim is to achieve the quest for referendum that will lead to the formation of the Republic of Biafra.

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Monetisation of politics is eroding our political system - Bisi Akande - Duration: 3:52.

Monetisation of politics is eroding our political system - Bisi Akande

- Politics in Nigeria have had very bad perceptions from members of the public. - Some of the active participants on the political system are well aware of this fact.

- One of the them is the former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande.

Chief Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of the APC, says the development of Nigeria's political system is being curtailed by what he called monetisation of politics.

Akande, stated this in a remark on Friday, June 30 at the meeting of Osun APC Elders Forum also known as 'Agba Osun' in his country home, Ila.

According to Akande, monetisation of politics should be urgently curtailed because the practice has eroded the core values of politics in the country.

Chief Akande laments over the monetisation of politics in Nigeria. Akande, a former governor in the state, also urged the APC leadership to continue to uphold the politics of service to the people.

His words: "No matter the pressure being promoted by the general outlook of corruption that forms the foundation of the problems in the country, we must not deviate from service to the people.

"Nigerian politicians are sitting on a time bomb with the practice and growth of monetisation of politics. "If this is not curtailed urgently, it will soon kill Nigerian politicians and our political system.

In a communiqué at the end of the meeting, the APC elders also frowned at what they described as politics of stomach infrastructure being imported to the South West states.

The communiqué was signed by the chairman of the forum, Mr Sola Akinwunmi. It stated: "This type of politics is alien to us and is already eroding the core value of progressive politics to almost non-existence.

"This should be discouraged as it portends serious danger to our democracy.

Nigerians will return back to the polls in 2019 to elect new set of leaders. According to the communique, the APC will win the July 8 bye-election in the state.

The forum also called on every elected and appointed political office holders to make sure that they deliver their various constituencies.

It urged all members of the APC habouring grievances to eschew bitterness and work for the success of the party in the election. (NAN).

Meanwhile, the Adamawa state chapter of the APC has nominated one Comrade Mustapha Salihu as replacement for former SGF, Babachir David Lawal.

According to recent media reports, the party sent the name of its nominee to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party in Abuja.

The letter was said to have been co-signed by the governor of Adamawa state, Bindow Jibrilla, the state chairman of the party, Ibrahim Bilal, and the APC secretary in the state, Sa'idu Naira.