[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ll Progressive Congress (APC) ,Aniocha North chapter , has passed a vote of no confidence on its LGA Chairman, Hon. Matthew Chinye leading to his indefinite suspension from the party.

The suspension of the embattled party Chairman was contained in a letter titled, ‘Notification of Indefinite Suspension’, dated 15th February, 2022, and signed by 20 members of the party’s executive in the LGA, which was addressed to the Delta State APC Chairman, Olorogun Omeni Sobotie.

According to the letter made available to Journalists in Asaba, by the LGA Party Publicity Secretary, Hon. Morrence Emefiene, “the suspension of Hon. Matthew Chinye which takes effect from Monday, February 14, 2022, became necessary for reasons related to Gross Misconduct, Anti-Party Activities and several Breaches of the provisions of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Constitution which had adversely affected the growth and development of the party in the Party in the Local Government Chapter.

“Sir, While a 7 (seven) man Committee has been set up to examine the various allegations leveled against Hon. Matthew Chinye in line with APC’s Constitution, the Executive Committee of the Party in Aniocha North LGA resolved in the said meeting, to place Hon. Matthew Chinye on an indefinite suspension pending the submission of the report of the 7 (seven) Man fact finding/disciplinary committee set up by the Party with respect to the said allegations leveled against him”.

The letter also disclosed that the Party’s Vice-Chairman in the LGA, Chief Mrs. Mary Ebeigbe, has been appointed as the acting Chairman pending the final resolution of the suspension of Hon. Chinye.

“We therefore wish to bring this development to your attention as well as solicit for the cooperation of your office in this effort to save the party in Aniocha North LGA from total destruction and collapse”. The letter added.

In a chat with an obviously disenchanted APC Executive member in the Local Government Area (name withheld), he expressed his disappointment with the suspended chairman saying; “Matthew Chinye sidelined critical EXCO Members and leaders of our party in the running of the affairs of our party in Aniocha North.

“He created another group for himself and runs the party as his personal entity. The situation displeased majority of APC members and leaders who felt that the chairman’s action and attitude is unreasonable and unfair to the generality of members.”

Sources also hinted that effort by an APC leader, and former State legal adviser of the party, Barrister Cyprian Ashibuogwu who called a meeting where he tried to prevail against the resolution suspending the embattled chairman was rebuffed.

Many faulted Ashibuogwu’s moves for being devoid of the statutory stipulations of the APC constitution, and insisted that the action suspending Mr. Matthew Chinye as LGA chairman was legal as it was in line with the stipulations of the party’s constitution.

The sources revealed that Party leaders in the area such as Dr. Iyke Odikpo, Chief Jerry Nkeweshe, Chief Bazim Bioseh, Chief Mrs Mary Ebeigbe, Chief Bolum Okwuchi amongst others were not at the meeting called by Barrister Ashibuogu and said he do not have the locus and the mandate of the Leaders to discredit the suspension of the embattled Party Chairman in the area.

[dropcap] M[/dropcap]r. Reginald Bayoko,the Delta State Head of Service, has challenged employees both in the public and private sector on the need for continuous  personal and professional development pursuit saying that there was end to learning.

The Head of Service stated this on Sunday at Orchid Hotel, Asaba, while declaring open a Special Training Workshop organized by Lafenax Nigeria Limited for its employees.

Mr. Bayoko who was a Special Guest of Honour at the event in his remarks, said that he sacrificed his Sunday to honour the invitation by the private company because of the importance he placed on manpower development in an organization.

He noted that as the Head of Service of Delta State, one of his major duties was Human Resource Management, adding that training was a branch of that responsibility.

While charging the staff of the building material company to take the exercise very seriously in improving their productivity, the HOS who disclosed that he was billed to deliver a paper on Communication, Leadership and Motivation, said he was highly impressed by the manner of facilitation.

He commended the staff of the company for the high level of enthusiasm and concentration shown during lectures even as the HOS lauded the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lafenax Nigeria Limited, Mr. Lawrence Onyemelukwe for the initiative.

He maintained that training was key in stimulating an exceptionlly progressive and productive workforce and charged the about 70 staff of the firm who were participants at the one day training to reciprocate the gesture by putting all they learnt in practice.

Mr. Bayoko also reiterated his counsel to workers to make good use of the internet to advance their personal and professional development, through online free courses, pointed out that even though their employer owned them an obligation, he stressed that a major onus in their training and retraining obligation lies with them.

Also speaking, the Managing Director of Lafenax Nigeria Limited, Mr. Lawrence Onyemelukwe who explained why his company invited the HOS as one of the facilitators, said that his company recognized the managerial and Administrative acumen of the HOS whom he said has being a personal friend.

Various papers on Personal Effectiveness,  Sales/Marketing, Staff Recognition (HR) For MD/Management Staff, Customer Service amongst others were delivered by Dr. John Mukoro, a seasoned coach and Facilitator.

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t was cheering news for Delta State APC and the House Assembly aspirant ,Hon. Louis Ndukwe ,the  former Executive Chairman Of Oshimili North, As former Past House leader of Oshimili North Local Government Area, Leader of Ward 2 Ebu , Rt. Hon. Kema Egenu throws his weight and support for him as the rightful man to take over come 2023.

Rt. Hon. Kema was responding to request from a delegation of the IZU-UMUNE OSHIMILI NORTH CAMPAIGN AND CONSULTATION TEAM,led by its  Director- General, Hon. Leo Nkeaka who were at Ward 2 Ebu in Oshimili North Local Government Area to seek support for  DSP Ovie Omo-Agege for Governor ,Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi for Senate and Hon. Louis Ndukwe for House of Assembly come 2023.
Hon. Kema who did not hide his admiration for Ndukwe did not mince words, but equate Ndukwe to a Self Propelled(SP) Military artillery gun, an abbreviation for two term chairman, whose credentials and personality speaks for him.

According to him, many aspirants have come and will come here. But a young man of his( Ndukwe) status who knows Oshimili North well should lead the Oshimili North local Government at the State Assembly for maximum results.

“Am glad to have found people who have defined who a true Nigerian leader should be. This definition was lacking. Am happy you have identified someone who can do the job. The narrative has to change. I know your candidate very well. I am part of him because we have both worked together.

You have zeroed on a good candidate. I call him” General of all Generals because he is a man rooted in the grassroots”. In the military artillery we have a Self Propelled gun called SP with strategic responsibility and functions. That is who he is”.

Kema commended Ndukwe’s patriotic efforts as Two Term Chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Council saying,” It was Ndukwe’s efforts that saved the council from imminent crisis that ensued. Remember if he was not able to nip the crisis, only God knows what would have happened. It was his intelligence at play that saved the council during the Covid-19. He is the best to represent us the Delta State House of Assembly come 2023.

“But a lot of work must be done to achieve this. You have identified the right person for the leadership job. We need a representative that can give us a voice and utilise our rich diversities to our advantage. We have lost our voice at the Delta State House of Assembly since 1999 and are not able to use it well to our advantage. I believe that the Ndukwe has the capacity to bring back this glory to our local government. He has my prayers, he has my absolute support and that of my entire ward”.

The leader of the large delegation, Hon. Leo Nkeaka also asked for Ward 2 Ebu,Coordinator Mr Christopher Okakwu blessings and support for Ndukwe, who is within the youthful age canvassed by Kema himself for the leadership of Nigeria.

Nkeaka said, we are here to present to our Son, Hon. Louis Ndukwe. Our local Government council has not fared well under the present representative and if nothing is done, the situation will be worst.

Our Son Hon. Louis Ndukwe has the DNA of our overall Leader, Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and he is following his beautiful footsteps and He has all that it takes to provide the kind of leadership Senator Nwaoboshi is giving the entire Delta North at the Red Chambers presently.He is intelligent, cosmopolitan, patriotic, determined, energetic and strategic to do the job”.
Nkeaka said: “When we started this long ago, it was not popular but we are happy today that Oshimili people have seen that Ndukwe is a magical man. He has done well for himself, Oshimili North and Nigeria at large.”

In the delegation were former Chairman,Hon. Louis Ndukwe, Hon. Agbamuche, APC Oshimili North

Women Leader and critical stakeholders across the Oshimili North LGA.

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON) Media Team and Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) have noted yet with concern the tales and ramblings issued by PDP as a press release; which to all discerning members of the public is full of sounds and fury, signifying nothing. It is our belief that Deltans should be spared the trauma of a reminder of the disaster of PDP’s 16 YEARS OF MISADVENTURE in government. It should allow Deltans forgive it for the numerous transgressions and agony it had put Deltans through many years of misrule which their National Chairman had rightly publicly apologised to Nigerians.

The attention of the Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(SPON), representing Delta North Senatorial District, and Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta affairs, has been drawn to a recent, press release signed by the Delta State PDP Publicity Secretary, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza. The press release is most uncharitable, childish,very uncultured, and a most harangue that can only emanate from a demented political vagabond.

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Delta State recently inaugurated it’s state executives at it’s Secretariat Asaba the Delta State capital. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi while addressing members of the APC Delta State present, said that APC Delta State will defeat PDP in Delta State come 2023 General elections because there’s no rigging plans that PDP in Delta State will spring up with, that APC will not foil. According to the Senator, the battle has started. It’s total political battle. Not the battle involving the use of guns and explosives, PDP will have themselves to blame should they try to instigate or initiate violence during the elections.

I personally do not see any form of threat or ambiguity in Senator Nwaoboshi’s statement . And I found the attack by PDP through Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza on his press release so disgusting and a confirmation that Delta State PDP is afraid of Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(SPON) and his defection to APC last year has caused a lot of political brouhaha to the PDP in the state and Nigeria in general.
As a matter of fact, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi who is now the leader of APC in Delta North was only encouraging APC faithful to take the coming election seriously to win more members into APC and to rescue Delta State from the strong grip and unproductive rule of PDP and poor leadership in running the affairs of the state in terms of providing good governance in the state.

Dr Osuoza misfired in his press release because there was nothing said by our Senator to warrant a negative press release judging by the clear statement made by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi- asking the new State APC Exco and members to gear up for the forthcoming General elections as a political battle is figuratively asking APC to get prepared in all forms. Delta State PDP should know that Senator Peter Nwaoboshi is not only speaking from his indebt knowledge of PDP’s operational mechanisms but as a political master strategist, Political oracle and a game changer in Delta State Polities.

it becomes petinent to reassert, briefly Nwaoboshi’s very distinguished and incontestable contributions to PDP. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi was the states pioneer founding Party Secretary. The Party’s first office at the State capital, Asaba was hosted by Nwaoboshi in his legal chambers from where the Ibori led government was elected; Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(SPON) defended the Delta State structure of PDP severally against the ‘political ambush’ from others so much that under his instr-instructive eight years tenure-ship as State Chairman PDP, this structure became the vehicle through which Governor Okowa and many others were elected into office; Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON) hosted a meeting of Delta North political stakeholders after Governor Okowa ‘cried to him desperately with other Anioma leaders of thought, etc, to assist him secure the 2015 gubernatorial ticket, a feat SPON and others accomplished.

Senator Nwaoboshi cannot be a liability to any political party formation as stated by Dr Osuoza rather he is a plus to APC because he is highly rooted in the grassroots .

Senator Nwaoboshi remains the Apostle of EQUITY and the actualization of Anioma Governor Agenda which the incumbent Governor Okowa is a beneficiary today. And such a skillful and diligent political personality should be an asset to APC. Besides, there is no case of anti party charges press against him while in PDP because he maintains limits.
On the issue of indictment from the NDDC audit report, PDP is not vested with any prosecuting roles. So, they should leave that to the authority in charge to implement the audit report and let’s see.

To set the records straight, Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON) posits emphatically that there is no criminal corruption case subsisting against him. The only criminal case which they instigated from their stable was the money laundering case which he won last year at a Lagos high court.
Senator Nwaoboshi hereby challenges the Delta PDP to furnish the world with any information linking him with any criminal corruption charge in any court as the Party fraudulently reported Politics in Nigeria has gone dynamic and it will be foolhardy for PDP to believe that they must remain in Delta State Government House beyond 2023.

Most States in Nigeria that where hitherto PDP controlled States are now APC and Delta State cannot be an exception going by political dynamisms.
I wondered how anyone with a conscience would align with the position of the PDP,“It is ludicrous to listen to this kind of vituperation coming from ruling party in the state.APC has said Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)is plotting to “heighten tension, trigger crisis, instigate violence and derail democratic practice and peaceful co-existence in Delta State.”

The party also said that the PDP is plotting to “impose an official reign of terror on the state by trying to use state apparatus of power to obliterate the APC and stifle its constitutionally guaranteed rights in the state.”

it has become clear that the PDP-led Delta state government is bent at ensuring that our APC does not exist in Delta State. We have been made aware that the plot is to obliterate the APC and foist an oppressive one-party system on the state.

“The APC vehemently condemns this act of political brigandage and intolerance by the PDP in Delta state, which is obviously aimed to destabilize the state for their selfish agenda. The PDP is threatened by the soaring popularity of the APC in Delta State for which they are seeking all ways to frustrate the APC ahead of 2023 elections.

“The PDP should however know that such shenanigans cannot cow or stop the APC, which is already enjoying the support and solidarity of the majority of the people of Delta State.

“Our party cautions the PDP, Delta state government and agents of Governor Okowa to steer clear of Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON) and APC in the state.

Ike Philip Abiagom

SPON Media

A REPLY TO DELTA PDP AND HER ‘THUNDEROUSLY GR0TESQUE, AND WILLFULLY LYING/ FLIP-FLOPPING ALARMIST’ OF A PARROT.

The attention of the Most Distinguished Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, SPON, representing Delta North District, and Chairman Senate Committee on Niger Delta was drawn to the rather alarmist, ‘panicky written quackery’ and ‘pussy – footing’ lying piece of trash in the form of a press release credited to the person of the Delta State Publicity Secretary, (PDP) Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, supposedly a Doctorate degree holder, whose present ‘cunningly’ presented effort mocks his qualification.

That a ‘pretentious intellectual’ will shamefully contradict the facts he provided himself in this incredible ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ master class performance in ‘propagandist misinformation’ technique tells a lot about the extent the confused Party and its ‘alarmist toddler handlers’ will go into the ‘gutters of infamy’ to implant false consciousness on the unsuspecting Delta citizens at large.

One remarkable, yet distressing feature of this ‘thunderously grotesque’ press release that commits the highest form of intellectual fraud betraying decency, integrity, and civility – is that Osuoza contradicted his opening statement with the facts he provided, in this press release, beating about the bush incredibly, hence amazingly leaving the reading public with no doubt that he paradoxically, drips with the dropout of a nefariously unserious ‘tom and Jerry comedian’ masquerading as the image-maker of the politically tormented PDP, Delta State now gruesomely scandalized and ‘debranded’ by the nepotistic and fiscal irresponsibility with ‘ghostly budgetary figures’ of misgovernance unfortunately unleashed on Deltans under the ‘jackboot’ of Governor Okowa’s inglorious misrule. Now they have resorted to lying openly to themselves and deceiving the reading public shamelessly with reckless abandon.

Osuoza, supposedly a Ph.D. holder, was nominated for the post of State Publicity Secretary by Spon as then State Chairman after the 2015 elections. This was after the ‘physical and electoral beating’ an opposition party gave him in one of the units of his ward in his LGA where he held forth for the party as LGA Party Chairman. It smacks of lack of integrity and crass betrayal to display this ‘aberrant ungrateful behavior’ to his master regardless. He is however obviously in a ‘panic mood’ as it should be anytime the ‘sensational ‘lionic – iconic’ Ambassador, Spon sneezes. At such times ‘political midgets’ like Osuoza panics by displaying abominable unbecoming intellectual flaws in amateurish, and abysmal fashion in an attempt to misinform the Delta public and beyond thereby pleasing his new masters.

For instance, in his opening statement he posited:

“The Delta State PDP has lampooned Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, the present Senator representing Delta North Senatorial zone in the National assembly, over his boast to defeat PDP in Delta State by any means possible, including violence, in the next general election, describing it as attention-seeking rabble from a failed politician who knows he has nothing to offer”.

Curiously, in the third paragraph of this incredibly ridiculous and poorly crafted press release he confused the issues by completely contradicting himself when he quoted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi’s statement, to wit:

“There is no rigging plan that I don’t know. The battle has started. It is total war. Not the war involving the use of firearms; but they will have themselves to blame should they try that”.

Where in this quoted statement did Sen. Nwaoboshi say he will defeat PDP in Delta state by violence as Osuoza posited? Rather, Nwaoboshi asserted as an informed member of the Senate committee on intelligence that if PDP deploys violence ” they will have themselves to blame”.

Is it not obvious that Osuoza willfully misquoted Spon out of context, and proceed in his inglorious perfidy against objective truth shamelessly in an attempt to hide the obvious nature of a Delta PDP suffering from acute decay and decadent paralysis which the facts available to the public clearly points to.

A pointer to Spon’s proactive vision in warning the PDP on the consequences of deploying violence to prosecute the upcoming elections against their political opponents manifested glaringly when a controversial, very prominent member of the PDP, a close associate of the State Governor whose wife is not only a ranking member of the State House of assembly but one of the longest-serving members; Chief Fred Ajudua, was captured on audio allegedly asserting boastfully to the consternation of peace-loving Nigerians that he owns and controls an armory with sophisticated guns and weaponry of at least 30 AK47 – adding allegedly in the audio that the State Governor is aware of this fact. This issue is before the law enforcement agencies and the law court.

Why will the image maker of PDP lie willfully against the person of the Most Distinguished Senator, even as he provided the factual verbatim proof exonerating our Senator from violent proclivity, yet proceed willfully, obnoxiously, vexatiously, and alarming like a ‘Judas Iscariot, double-faced personality’ to accuse our Senator unjustifiably? Is this not a sign of a drowning ‘group of swimmers’ who will hold on to anything just to survive? Is this psychologically not indicative of a Delta PDP suffering from the ‘post traumatic syndrome’ of the heavy loss of our indefatigable political knowledge management guru, Spon to the now renaissance/ resurgent Delta Apc?

This pattern of misinformation pervaded most issues raised by a misguided Osuoza.

Take the issue of his claim in using the metaphor that the okro can never grow more than its owner hence alluding that Spon is a product of PDP and so he will always be put under the PDP. What can be farther from the truth than this hogwash? Here the ‘alarmist Ph.D. toddler’ completely misapplied the concept of human capital usage and application in a new knowledge economy. What a pseudo propagandist.

Is PDP the owner of the cognate skills, brainpower and experiences that Spon has garnered in politics? Did PDP as an institution withhold the political prowess, dexterity, talent, technocratic management and skills which he garnered over the years from the mentorship since the 1970s by greats like the late Sen Nosike Ikpo, Rt.Hon Osadebey, Prof Ambrose Alli, Alhaji Shehu Musa, to mention but a few, hence supposedly can prevent Spon from deploying this huge political asset in his present Party the Great APC?

We then ask, who are these so-called owners of SPON in Delta PDP that will always defeat him or teach him the rudiments of the game? Could it be Governor Okowa who Spon has so far bested in legislative representation viz bills, projects attracted, and committee chairmanship positions at the senate; or is it the State Chairman of PDP, an inexperienced political actor still at the nursery bed of learning the political ropes, or a pitiable Osuoza, the Publicity Secretary who will write a press release and contradict himself with the facts he provided himself in amateurish display?

Spon is a goldfish; a political figure of immense proportion who led other leaders from the front line first as the Pioneer State Secretary of PDP in 1998, then as PDP State Chairman; hence he knows his onions and understands fully the inner workings of the PDP so much that he is in a position to dislodge PDP in the forth – coming elections, moreso with the level of apathy, disenchantments and anguish of Deltans as a result of Governor Okowa’s nepotism.

Finally, no amount of fallacious statements unbecoming from the PDP can save its sinking ship from drowning. Osuoza, the ‘pretentious intellectual’ is advised to render apologies not only to Spon but to Deltans as a whole for willfully deluding them with fallacious alarmist tales of violence purportedly from Spon unbecoming; a fact he provided in this obnoxiously written ‘flip-flopping piece of sodom and Gomorrah’ infantile propagandist invective.

Philip Elueme

Legislative Aide to Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi