IN the last one month or thereabout, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost three high profile court cases.

Chief Arthur Okorie Okowa, the father of the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, is a retired principal. Pa Okowa, who leads Delta North Justices of Peace, JP, in this exclusive interview spoke on how his son started his political career and emerged as governor. He also spoke on the dwindling standard of education in Nigeria and the way out.

IT is none of our business whom the president of Nigeria appoints as his personal aides. If he likes, let him put his children there, or crowd himself with people from his hometown. We get interested when he picks people to act as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. At this point, we are concerned with issues of personal track record: qualification, competence and integrity. We want to know if the appointment follows due process. We check if the cabinet reflects the constitutional principle of federal character and national spread.

Lagos—Three men were yesterday arraigned before an Apapa Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly damaging and stealing vehicle parts worth N2.5million. The suspects include Mayowa Bankole, 26, Adewale Michael, 23 and Abraham Ndame, 27.

Ibadan—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains gathered in the Oyo State capital, Ibadan, yesterday with a resolve to get to the root of what actually led to its defeat in the last elections.