GROUP DEMANDS DECLARATION OF ABA NORTH ASSEMBLY SEAT VACANT, THREATENS PROTEST. (PHOTO).

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 Group demands declaration of Aba North Assembly seat vacant, threatens protest A group known as the Coalition of Aba North Ethnic Youth Groups has mandated the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emereuwa to declare the Aba North seat vacant in seven days. The Aba North seat has been a subject of controversy since November 27, 2023, when the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos sacked Destiny Nwagwu of LP and declared Aaron Uzodike of the PDP, the duly elected member to represent Aba North. However, the seat has remained unoccupied since November 2023, as Uzodike of PDP has not been inaugurated by the Speaker, despite his several appeals. A fresh controversy erupted Friday, as the Coalition of Aba North Ethnic Youths Groups, asked the Speaker to declare the seat vacant within seven days or expect a city-wide protest in Aba. A protest letter signed by the leader of the group, Uka Matthew and some other members in Aba, said they have been without a representative in the Abia S

PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR OF SOUTH SUDAN,SIGNS THE PEACE DEAL TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

                        Today wednesday,South Sudan's president signed a peace deal to end a 20 month conflict with rebels but he told regional African leaders at the ceremony in Juba that he had serious reservations.President Salva Kiir,who led South Sudan since it seeded from Sudan in 2011,asked for more time for consultations last week,drawing threats of UN sanctions if he failed to sign the peace deal with a two week deadline.Kiir said ''With all those reservations that we have,we will sign this document''.His long time rival and rebel leader Riek Machar,who is expected to become the first vice president under the deal,signed the document since last week in the Ethiopian capital.The conflict erupted in December 2013 after a power struggle between Machar,an ethnic Nuer,and Kiir from the dominant Dinka group.The deal follows month of on off negotiations,hosted by Ethiopia,and several broken ceasefire agreements.Rebels said they captured a town South of Juba today wednesday after their troops were attacked,and that there had been others fighting with government forces.Kiir told the ceremony that rebels launched a raid in the north of the county earlier in the day.''Now you can see who is for peace and who is for continued war''.Machar was Kiir's deputy until he was sacked in 2013 under the deal,he is expected to become Kiir's top deputy again.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                                  

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