GROUP DEMANDS DECLARATION OF ABA NORTH ASSEMBLY SEAT VACANT, THREATENS PROTEST. (PHOTO).
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
According to sources,police has arrested the publisher of the Biafran Times Magazine,30 years old Peter Eke,at Somolu area of Lagos State.He was arrested alongside his staff of hi publishing firm-Azeez Ayoola {30},Kunle Olushola {22} and Akeem Adebakin {49}.Others are Ayodeji Gbemi {30},Akeem Bisiriyu {34} and Shakiu Folohunsho {25}.The state Commissioner of Police,Fatai Owoseni,paraded the publisher and staff of the printing company before journalists at the Command Headquarters,Ikeja yesterday.He described the publication as ''seditious'' which could bring disharmony and chaos in the state.Owoseni said the command would invoke the Law on anyone playing an ethnic tune and working against the unity of the country.But Eke said he did not know that publishing the Biafran Times magazine in the state was an offence.He said: ''I have published some sporting papers before because of low patronage,i decided to publish the Biafran Times because I knew Igbo people who reside in Lagos would buy it.I am only doing it to put food on my table.Ii love my country and I love my president.My intention is not to fight my country,I just want to pass out information to those who have no access to the Internet.I usually go on the Internet to source for information and publish.I decided to specialise on Biafra Times when I discovered it is always a sell-out.We usually sell between 6,000 and 7,000 copies weekly because of the name.Each copy,according to him,goes for N100 nationwide''.
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