OKO-JUMBO EMERGES NEW RIVERS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, SOKARI AS LEADER. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
OKO-JUMBO EMERGES NEW RIVERS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, SOKARI AS LEADER ...Promise Transparency In Legislative Duties. The member representing Bonny State Constituency, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has emerged as the new Speaker of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly. He was elected on Wednesday at 10am during plenary, in line with the Standing Order of the House. In his acceptance speech, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, thanked the members for electing him as the new Speaker sequel to the resignation of the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenye Ehie. Speaking on the floor of the House, Oko-Jumbo said: "This is in line with Section 92(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (CFRN 1999) as Amended. "You will agree with me that after the House last sat on the 13th of December, 2023, and adjourned sine dine, there has been an avalanche of legislative rascality perpetrated by the 25 former members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly, led by the former Speaker
I just received a very shocking news that a man identified as 34 year old Okolo Kingsley Emenike was nabbed on arrival from Brazil at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport {NAIA},Abuja,by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforment Agenct {NDLEA}.A statement signed by the Spokesman of the NDLEA,Mitchel Ofoyeju,said the Enugu State indigene told operatives that the recession in the country forced him into the crime.Ofoyeju added that illicit parcels of whitish substance which tested positive for cocaine weighing 9.150kgs were discovered inside soles of female shoes.''The discovery was made in a shipment of shoes during inward screening of passengers on a Turkish airline flight from Sao Paulo,Brazil.The cocaine was industrially concealed in the soles of new foot wears.It was the last arrest of last year at the Abuja airport with an estimated value of 3.8 million pounds in Europe ''.The suspect,a businessman who deals in motorcycle parts,confessed to the crime,saying the harsh economic situation in the country made him agree to traffic the drugs.He said ''My business was failing due to the recession,so I travelled to Brazil in search of employment.Things became worse for me in Brazil because I had no money to sustain myself while my work permit was being processed.I was equally confronted with the fear of deportation.This made me become desperate in my search for quick wealth.In the process,I met my childhood friend who offered me N1 million to traffic cocaine to Nigeria.He also paid for my ticket and gave me three bags of shoes containing the cocaine.On arrival at the Abuja airport,the cocaine was detected and I was arrested.I had planned to invest the N1 million in a business in Nigeria''.The NDLEA Commander at the Abuja airport,Hamisu Lawan,said that the arrest of Emenike was made during the inward screening of passengers and luggage on a Turkish airline flight from Brazil.More photos below.
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