ANAMBRA'S FIELD OF THE HALF BAKED BY OKEY NDIBE

Anambra’s Field of the Half-Baked By Okey Ndibe

Columnist: Okey Ndibe

Last week, I had an interesting conversation with a friend who lives in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, and is a senior civil servant in the state. Midway through the conversation, I asked what he thought about the governorship race shaping up in our state. Instantly he exploded in prolonged laughter, as if my question somehow reminded him of something altogether ludicrous. When he finally calmed down, he gave an intriguing – and deeply disturbing – response to my question.

“They,” he began, “have eliminated the best candidates from the game, leaving only half-baked material. And they have said to the people of Anambra, ‘You’re free to go ahead to choose from any of these. That’s the kind of democracy we have in this country.”

He didn’t specify who he meant by “they” – and it would have been silly of me, if not downright ignorant, to ask that he spell out what or who “they” were.

PDP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE IN ANAMBRA ACCUSED OF FORGING HIS TAX CERTIFICATE

On the tax certificate issued by enugu state goverment, he claims to have been issued a tax receipt for his 2009 tax paid on sept 19, 2009 which is a lie as this date was a Saturday (non working day)

The said certificate is claimed to have been issued on june 14, 2011 and the tax for 2011 paid on same date, june 14, 2011. If this is assumed to be true, which tax certificate did mr tony nwoye present to pdp & inec in the run up to the april 2011 national assembly elections in which he participated? Could he have paid his 2011 tax after the elections had taken place & his colleagues sworn into office?

In the tax certificate issued by anambra state government, he claims that his source of income is medical practice. Unless tony nwoye is guilty of quackery which is possible and is a criminal offence, tony nwoye is not a graduate talk less of being a medical doctor.

Tony nwoye was indeed a medical student in the university of nigeria nsukka and withdrew after a year in medical school, which he should be in the best position to inform all why he withdrew. Was it personal or he failed 2nd mb or was involved in cult activities?

A look at the 2012 and 2013 tax certificates shall reveal that the taxes were not paid as at when due.

to further prove the lies he has concocted, his original tax receipts should be demanded and verified as this was the reason he has failed to show these to the screening committee rather, bringing a scanned copy on the pretext that originals are in anambra state.

Part iv 14(a) of the PDP guidelines states clearly that an aspirant shall not be qualified to be nominated or contest if he fails to have paid tax for the preceeding three years as at when due, and part iv15(2) of the same guidelines states that any aspirant who gives false information shall be disqualified.

See the documents below:

PDP FACTIONAL LEADERS ARE JUST CRIMINALS LIKE THEIR PEERS IN THE OLD PDP

Nigeria's former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and five other governors who walked out of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Convention that held in Abuja and went to form a faction of the party have been screaming that they are doing this for Democracy.The governors who aligned with Atiku are: Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger state, governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state, governor Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, and governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state. Others are Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, who were barred from attending the convention and former Kwara governor,Bukola Saraki.Abubakar Baraje was elected chairman, while former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola was elected Secretary of this new faction of PDP.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAN CAUGHT EATING INFANT DAUGHTER-VIEWER'S DISCRETION ADVISED

Police called the grisly incident that occurred on Wednesday at a settlement near Lae "an act of cannibalism". A Papua New Guinea man described as a vampire has been arrested after allegedly murdering his young daughter by biting her neck, eating her flesh and drinking her blood, a report said on Friday. The PNG Post Courier cited local councillor John Kenny, who was one of the first on the scene, as saying the 3-year-old child and her mother were visiting the father when he grabbed the girl and ran off into nearby bushes. Kenny said the man allegedly held the toddler close to him, bit deep into her neck, ate the flesh and sucked her blood. Scared Two boys who were climbing a coconut tree nearby saw him and ran quickly to raise the alarm. "He was just laughing at the boys and continued eating the flesh and sucking the blood," Kenny told the newspaper. "The boys were scared and ran quickly to alert the people." When people arrived to investigate the man reportedly dumped the body in the bushes and ran away before being caught and turned over to police. PNG is a sprawling nation where black magic, sorcery and cannibalism sometimes occur. Last year police arrested dozens of people linked to an alleged cannibal cult accused of killing at least seven people, eating their brains raw and making soup from their p*nises. There have been several other recent cases linked to cults, witchcraft and cannibalism, with a man in 2011 reportedly found eating his screaming, newborn son during a sorcery initiation ceremony. SOURCE: News 24 

SOMALIAN CAB DRIVER BARKHAD ABDI DEBUTS AS A PIRATE IN CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Somalian native Barkhad Abdi, 28, was living in Minneapolis,Minnesota as a cab driver when fate shined on him as he was chosen for a role as one of 'Muse' the pirate ringleader in the hijacking of the US cargo ship called the Maersk Alabama in 2009. 
The  open casting call in 2011  was aired on a local TV channel and according to Barkhad,he decided to give it a shot.So I go there to give it a shot, there were a lot of people there the first time," according to Abdi. "They asked me simple questions like 'what's your name?' and 'where were you born?'"

A few more rounds of auditions later and the Somali-born Abdi landed the role of "Muse," the pirate ringleader in the Tom Hanks-starring film out Friday.The Paul Greengrass-directed film is the true story of Somali pirates who hijacked the U.S. cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, and held its captain hostage in 2009.Director Paul Greengrass, Barkhad Abdi, and Tom Hanks attend the official Academy members screening of 'Captain Phillips' this week in NYC.

SUPER EAGLES DEFEAT ETHIOPIA 2-1 IN ADDIS ABABA

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Ethiopia in Addis Ababa by two goals to one.

The African Champions had a rather mediocre first half and were lucky for have a genuine Ethiopian goal

disallowed by the referee after it had crossed the Nigerian goal line.The first half ended goal less and at the 56th minute,Ethiopian player Behailu Asseffa ran towards the Nigerian half and crossed a ball that was heading towards goal but Nigerian goal keeper and Captain Vincent Enyeama poorly handled the ball leading to a freak goal. The goal seemed to have spurred the Eagles into action until Emmanuel Emenike hammered a wicked shot outside the Ethiopian box to beat the Ethiopian goalie. As both teams struggled to find a winner,Nigeria was rewarded with a 90th minute penalty when power playing striker Emmanuel Emenike was bundled down in the Ethiopian box which he calmly converted to seal the victory for Nigeria giving the Super Eagles a desired advantage. The return leg comes up in Calabar in a months time.

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SUPER EAGLES ARRIVE IN ADDIS ABABA FOR WORLD CUP SHOW DOWN

The Super Eagles arrived in Addis Ababa. See the pictures below