EFCC and freezing accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) strikes yet again: this time, the target is Mr. Ayo Fayose, the irrepressible governor of Ekiti State. Reports say the commission has “frozen” his accounts. The EFCC is very fond of “freezing” the bank accounts and records of those whom it is just investigating before bringing them to court. Should the EFFC be allowed to do that by law? The recent move also throws up an important question: does the EFCC have the power to freeze the bank accounts of the governor of a state? In short, should the commission be allowed the power to compel banks to put a hold or garnish the accounts of its customers as a result of investigations, by just going secretly before a judge, and obtaining a warrant ex parte, which jeopardizes the rights of the accused and the integrity of the investigations?
Amina Ali Nkeki: Rescued but still ‘missing’ Chibok girl
Was she rescued? Was she simply found? Whatever the case, Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 219 Chibok school girls, is no longer in the terrorists’ den; she has since been ‘recovered’. But, while she is not with her parents, Nkeki is also not with #BringBackOurGirls, a group of individuals who have been advocating the release of the girls and who should know better. She is also not with her ‘Boko Haram husband,’ from whom she was ‘recovered’. Her whereabouts have remained largely unknown. Her Chibok community are at a loss as to her present location and state of being.
Assailants strangled 83-yr-old Akure chief after tying his hands and legs — Wife
THE murder of 83-year-old Chief Dada Oyateru in cold blood has sent jitters down the spines of notable personalities in Akure, Ondo State capital. Detectives are battling to unravel the mystery behind the murder of the old man weeks after he was allegedly strangled in the presence of his junior wife, Titilola. They are said to be investigating if the murder of the chief was a case of armed robbery or assassination.
You cannot maltreat our senior citizens — Alake, Oba Gbadebo
Some people may have lost their sense of responsibility and compassion towards the elderly, but the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, certainly has his intact. This, he demonstrated when a team of professionals under the aegis of Care Companion & Quality Medicare visited his Ake palace in Abeokuta last week. Sunday Vanguard was with the visitors. Later in an interview with Sunday Vanguard explained that besides efforts by extended family members, successive governments have failed Nigeria’s old citizens.
AILING HEARTS: More Nigerians may die suddenly — Experts
It is no longer news that more Nigerians are dying suddenly. Just recently, some prominent Nigerians joined the league of sudden death victims. They include two former national football coaches, Stephen Keshi, who died at 54, and Shuaibu Amodu, who passed on at 58; as well as the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu. Investigation showed unreported cases of a lot more people dying on daily basis.
Corruption, Religion and Societal Values
THIS paper is not to dwell on the purely academic, philosophical, sociological, economic, psychological aspects of the topic but it is an attempt to bring to the fore the fact that Corruption, loss of religious and societal values are symptomatic of a breakdown or putrefaction of spiritual, moral, social and reli-gious values as directed by Jehovah, the Creator and designer of the human mind. It will also point out or proffer solutions based on the present circumstan-ces of this evil world and her systems or measures and finally put it on record that the ‘desire of all nations’, the New Jerusalem, and God’s Kingdom, remain the perfect, ordained, determined, and divinely designed condition or state or place where all these will be confined to the dust bin of history.
