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Saturday, 11 January 2014

Breaking News: OBJ Leaves PDP, Says He Cannot Stand a Wanted Criminal as Zonal Party Leader in the South-West

The season of letters continued on January 11, 2014, Saturday, as a new document from Olusegun Obasanjo has leaked the web.

In the new message OBJ narrates about his decision to withdraw activites in the ruling party, PDP.

The photocopy of the letter dated January 7, 2014, has been published by SaharaReporters:

See the full message below:

January 7, 2014

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,

National Chairman,

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP

National Headquarters,

Wadate House, Abuja

Dear Chairman,

While I believe that a good and truly national political party must be a microcosm of the nation in its membership made up of all sorts of characters from near-saints to near-satan, I also believe that on no account should a known habitual criminal that is wanted abroad to face criminal that is wanted abroad to face criminal charges leveled against him should be extolled as a political leader in a respectable and wholesome nation-building political party.

Buruhi Kasharnu has been so extolled in PDP in South-West geo-political zone which I personally find unsavoury. Politics played by any national political party must have morality, decency, discipline, principles and leadership examples as cardinal practices of the Party. O have attached here recent documents that clearly indicated that your extolled PDP Zonal Leader in the South-West Zone of Nigeria and in indigene of Ogun State is, to say the least, not a credit to the Party as a member let along being a zonal leader.

Since I stack in my practice of party politics to the hallowed and cherished principles enunciated above, I take this opportunity to let you know that while I continue to remain a card-carrying member of PDP, I cannot and I will not subscribe to a wanted habitual criminal being installed as my zonal leader in the Party; a criminal for who extradition has been requested by the US Government, in the meantime, I will consider withdrawing my activity with PDP at Local, State, Zonal and national levels until the anomalous and shameful situation is corrected.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Olusegun Obasanjo

Copy to: President Goodluck Jonathan

READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/56308.html

BOKO HARAM DESTROYS ANOTHER CHURCH: Church, NA Member's House In Borno State Burnt

photo - BOKO HARAM DESTROY ANOTHER CHURCH: Church, NA Member's House In Borno State Burnt

Gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamic militants, Boko Haram have burnt down a church and a house of a National Assembly member, Hon. Peter Biye.
They carried out the attack on Friday in Gwoza town of Gwoza Local Government council of Borno State.
Biye, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Damboa, Chibok and Gwoza federal constituency disclosed that a church, located close to his house was not spared by the assailants.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, the legislator said when the assailants stormed his house at Bzuba village along Gwoza Pulka road at night on Wednesday, they carted away over 70 domestic animals before setting the building on fire.
He said about three weeks before the incident, he had raised alarm on the need for military authorities to intensify security in the area but nothing was done.
"While in the house, the attackers burnt a consignment of sorghum which was meant for distribution to our people to cushion their hardships. They also burnt 30,000 pieces of exercise books, 30,000 packets of biro and 30,000 packets of chalk which I bought for distribution to schools in my constituency. When I got information from my people that the insurgents were in my village, I called the officer in charge of the area but he did not pick my call. It was the next day that he called back and told me that he was no longer in charge of the area”, he said.
There was no official statement from the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army but a senior military officer who spoke under anonymity confirmed the attack.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/56327.html

OH NO! Nollywood Actress Monalisa Chinda Dragged to Court

A former editor with Monalisa Chinda's newly-launched ‘Monalisa’ magazine, Kelvin Keshi, has dragged the Nollywood diva to court.

The plaintiff, Kelvin, who has been in a war with his former boss alleged Mona, as the sultry actress is fondly called, of slander.

He further claimed that the star actress defamed him in an interview she granted City People in 2013, by calling him a ‘half-baked journalist’.

Kelvin’s lawyers, Megafield Solicitors, frowned at Monalisa's statement in the interview and handed out a legal suit notification to the actress on behalf of their client.

According to Nigeriafilms.com, who contacted Monalisa's publicist, the actress and her team were aware of the lawsuit.

“Yes, she's been served and her lawyers are dealing with it appropriately.

“The Kelvin guy is only trying to take advantage of Lisa's (Monalisa) status and soft hearted nature because he's got nothing to lose,” the publicist said.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/56358.html