Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and a
national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
lamented that Nigerians are using diversity for religion and tribal
diversity instead of using it to promote peace and unity.
He made the remark at public presentation of former governor of
Ogun state, Olusegun Osoba’s memoir, titled: “Battlelines:
Adventures in Journalism and Politics.”
The book is a 341-page autobiography of Osoba, a former governor
of Ogun State, with records of his life as a journalist and a
politician.
It was launched to mark his 80th birthday in Lagos.
Tinubu said that the APC recognised the place of unity in
diversity, which informed the ‘broom’ symbol of the party.
“When we proposed our symbol of APC as a broom, what we meant is
our unity in diversity.
“Different heights in a broom. You cannot see a single broom
tied together of the same height, unless you cut it.
“Our problem in this country is that instead of using our
diversity for prosperity, we continue to use our diversity for
division, either religion or tribe”.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured
the conviction of five internet fraudsters for offences bordering
on impersonation and cybercrime.
They were sentenced and convicted by Justice A.S. Amobeda of a
Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State on July
4, 2019.
The convicts are: Michael Edward, Ahunwan Endurance, Ahunwan
Frank, Patrick Edos and Esi Harrison.
Their journey to jail began when operatives of the EFCC Uyo
Zonal Office acted on intelligence report indicting them of their
involvement in internet fraud. The Operatives later raided their
hideout in Calabar where they were arrested on June 20, 2019.
After the conclusion of investigations, they were charged to
court on separate charges for their various involvements in
defrauding their victims who were mainly foreigners, using false
identities.
Edward disguised as “Mark James” on the internet, while
Endurance used a false identity as “Jacob Sandars”. Frank used the
pseudo-name “Williams Robert”, Edos posed as “Mack Williams”.
Harrison, a 19-year-old Secondary School Student, SS3, disguised as
“Dr. Richard Mark”.
They all pleaded “guilty” to the one-count charge, each filed
against them.
Following their guilty plea, counsel for the EFCC, J.O.
Aboderin, informed the court of the plea bargain agreement between
the prosecution and the defence, and prayed the court to convict
and sentence them accordingly.
Subsequently, Edward, Endurance, Frank, and Edos were each
convicted on the one-count charge against them, and were sentenced
to six months in prison each with an option of fine of N50,000.
Harrison, who expressed remorse for his action said he was
forced to the act in order to raise money to pay for his WAEC fees,
because his parents could not afford it. He was also convicted on
the one-count charge preferred against him, and sentenced to one
month in prison with an option of fine of N5,000.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
July 8, 2019