How police rescued two stolen children in Abia Pg. 7 @newsechonigeria @newsechonigeria @newsechonigeria ...Strong voice echoes the truth ISSN: 2736-0512 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2020 VOL. 1 NO. 49 N150 Kidnapped Katsina students: Declare emergency Pg. 2 in North now – Air Cdr. Ochulor (rtd) Umahi budgets N123bn for 2021 fiscal year Pg. 13 The kidnap suspects Katsina abduction: Does Nigeria still have a president? Nigerians knock Buhari for preferring cows to human lives Pg. 3 Buhari Palliative: 8 die in Rivers stampede Pg. 7 Obiano flags off campaign to end Pg. 10 open defecation Wike Brace up for second wave of COVID-19, Enugu gov. charges NANTMP vows to fight fake herbalists in Imo Pg. 11 Pg. 11 Wednesday, December 16, 2020 the violence and killing, he Nigeria should have allies to said it is in the emergency support it to clear the Kidnapped Katsina students: Declare mass mobilization of able challenge and not enough to bodied men. It is not that the just procure military aircraft soldiers we have to call a spade or hard ware from America or emergency in North now - Ochulor by its name. Russia citing the manner By Afam Echi “The inability of Nigeria to spite of the huge budget are playing politics with In response to a question Americans came here through know their foreign allies expenditure on security. people's lives. I insist that there on the effectiveness of the new a neighboring state to rescue he former military outside Africa makes it more In his words, 'I don't should be mass mobilization strategy of mass mobilization its citizen quietly and without administrator of Delta difficult. I must acknowledge believe it, Nigerians are of Nigeria's able bodied men when the people are not issue. He took a swipe on experts in other people's S t a t e , A i r that the Nigerian military are and fight them up to the Niger. trained, he said that they t h o s e m a n a g i n g t h e T business, I don't believe in would be trained; they are not Commodore Luke Ochulor trying but it is worrisome He said that he suspects that president's media and advised speculations. The problem is the ones leading the fight. has proffered solution on how when the invaders are the people we call bandits are them to stop attacking that we have not realized the Said he, “If you have group the federal government can attacking with sophisticated Boko Haram. According to criticisms. import of the activities of of soldiers who cover every In his words, “those tackle the insecurity in the weapons and in all boldness him, BH is members of ISIS terrorists, the bandits. Look at and ISWAP.'' inch of that area it would be h a n d l i n g p r e s i d e n t ' s north of Nigeria, because they don't care. our rating as the third most He dismissed those in other impossible for BH to fight. information are not properly The Mbaise chief made the “I suggest and I have said terrorized country in the regions who do not show Look at the world war, no trained to do so, the way they so before that Nigeria should views known in a telephone world. Look at our population c o n c e r n ove r w h a t i s amount of bombing can win talk doesn't show that they declare emergency in the chat with News Echo Tuesday of over 200 million people. We happening in the north the war. Physical presence of know their job, every time they whole of North East and while expressing concern on cannot afford to joke with the because according to him the army is required to win the are answering off the shelf. North West. We should do the kidnaped students of a lives of Nigerians. So I state following modern military war. We do not have yet the When Nigerians are talking mass recruitment and fight secondary school in Katsina, again that the best is to declare operation, the distance from c a p a b i l i t y t o b o m b they should listen and analyse this war to end it once and for which number has been emergency in the North East, there to any other part is not everywhere minute by minute the situation and take all. Even if it means using a variedly put at 333. He reacted North West, bring in military far. till everything is turned into appropriate action. It is about beehive (swarm on them), officers to command those On what needs to be done ruins.'' the security of Nigeria and not thus: possibly evacuate the villages “The federal government areas for the time being, after in stemming further spread of He expressed the view that political party''. at the immediate border, take the war the politicians can has allowed Boko Haram to control of the place. This may continue their business.'' take control of the North. The Imo North by-election: We were sabotaged – AA take six months but that is the On the reported lack of people fighting there are not only way out. There is no need concern of President Buhari ction Alliance (AA), was no way the party would thoroughly cleansed. small groups. There is the pretending about anything.'' who visited his cows rather Imo State has blamed have posted such poor outing "The chairman of the Islamic State of West Africa Ochulor dismissed any than commiserate with the Ai t s a b y s m a l if there was no conspiracy. panel, Dr. Stephen Anyamele (ISWA), the Boko Haram- allegation of complicity on the situation, he indicated that performance in the Imo North "The result of the election who is the party's State initiators of the violence, the side of government on Nigerians don't face reality, by-election, on sabotage by did not reflect the popularity Publicity Secretary, is a dreaded ISIS which only the religious ground following the “even if the president goes principle officers of the party. of the party in the grassroots. thorough bred educationist United State could dislodge inability of government to there is he the one going to The party has therefore There are allegations of and a retired university from Iran at a time root out the invading forces in fight the bandits? Nigerians constituted a five-man panel compromise against some of lecturer. He is not a greenhorn to investigate the actual cause our principal officers, hence in the politics of this clime. I of its woeful outing. the constitution of the am very sure, with him at the Buhari, Sylva should explain how petroleum The panel followed a investigation panel. And any head, the panel will deliver. petition presented by the Isiala officer found wanting will "I am yet to come to terms ministry spent N116m on pens - SERAP Mbano branch of the party at never go scot free. with a development where our "We are working towards party's polling booth agents ocio-Economic Rights the party's State Executive had last Thursday before the C o n v e n t i o n a g a i n s t taking over governance in Imo were not seen at their duty and Accountability Council meeting, weekend, Senate Public Accounts Corruption and African alleging compromise and State come 2023, and must not p o s t s w h e n a d e q u a t e Project (SERAP) has S Committee revealed that U n i o n C o nve n t i o n o n sabotage during the election. harbour moles in our midst. arrangement was perfected to urged President Muhammadu officials of the Federal Preventing and Combating The panel which is headed No amount of rigging or that effect. The officer of the Buhari and Minister of State Ministr y of Petroleum Corr uption require the by the party's state Publicity paucity of funds would have party in charge of that for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Resources spent N116m to government to ensure that Secretar y, Dr. Stephen brought the party so low in the a s s i g n m e n t mu s t g i ve Nigeria's resources are used Timipre Sylva to urgently buy biros, letterhead and Anyamele and Hon. Shedrack election, because I was explanation on that ugly effectively and efficiently, and probe how N116 million was toners in one year, and alleged Anunihu as the secretary, has comfortable with the work development. spent by the ministry to buy in a manner consistent with two weeks to submit its report. done before the election "The principal officers of “contravention of the Public the public interest.” biros, letterhead and toners in In his remarks, the state proper. the party who wore the Procurement Act 2017 by the SERAP said: “An effective chairman of the party, "Personally, I suspect high deceitful cloak of angels to 2015. Permanent Secretary.” and efficient ministry ought to Comrade Ifeanyi Okponwa- level internal conspiracy shortchange the party, might The group also called for In the letter dated 12th keep careful track of how it Eze, urged the panel to do a against the party, and that will have hinged their actions on the disclosure of the amount December, 2020 and signed by spends public money, and put thorough job and unmask never thrive under my watch.