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  • Wife of Ayade’s Ex-Aide Seeks IGP’s Intervention Over Alleged Detention of Hubby By Gov Otu’s Security Adviser

    Wife of Ayade’s Ex-Aide Seeks IGP’s Intervention Over Alleged Detention of Hubby By Gov Otu’s Security Adviser

    Culled From Paradise News

    Wife of ex- Special Adviser to the Cross River State governor on Cocoa Development and Control, Mrs. Joy Ofuka, has charged the Inspector- General of Police, IGP, Kayoede Egbetokun, to wade into what she described as unlawful arrest and detention of her husband, Dr. Oscar Ofuka, by Gov. Otu’s State Security Adviser (SSA) Rtd. Maj. Gen. Okoi Obono.

    Ofuka’s wife gave the charge while reacting to detention of her husband, by the State Security Adviser to governor Otu in Calabar on Wednesday.

    Speaking in a telephone conversation with our Correspondent, Ofuka ‘s wife disappointment over what she described as use of political power to intimidate and oppress former aide to Gov. Ayade, stressing that no political office is occupied forever but as all would fade a way with passage of time.

    In her words, Ofuka’s wife said, “I still do not understand the gang up against my husband despite the effort which he sank to ensure that money owed cocoa landlords communities for sixteen years were paid.

    “I see this detention as a strategy to distract the ongoing court process to intimidate my husband so that allottees whose monies were used by the state government to defray the debt burden that was hanging on the government’s neck would come after my husband.

    “Let me state categorically clear that there was no dime paid into my husband’s private pocket instead all the money used by the state government to settle the cocoa landlords communities passed through the state government account through the smart gov. platform as authorized by the court’s consent judgment.

    “This is why I am calling on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, PhD whom I am quite sure hates oppression, not to allow this evil perpetrated against my husband to continue.

    “Even though am not a lawyer, I know too well that once a matter is in court, no one is allowed to arrest someone, unfortunately, the reverse.

    “The harassment and intimidation by the State Security Adviser who is out to see my husband dead is unacceptable.

    “He cannot use his position to oppress my husband like that. What crime or treason did my commit, that you took him to Afi Army Barracks at Ikom local government area, whisked him to Akim Barracks and finally to Federal Housing police station and to Zone 6 Police Commands Calabar in less than 48 hours?

    “Is he a terrorist to be treated the way he was being mal-treated? These are questions that State Security Adviser needs to answer.

    “His kids and I are really traumatized. The entire family have been in serious pain since all these started.

    “We have not been able to sleep in the last three days. We are indeed so emotionally drained.

    “My husband has not siphon any money belonging to the state government, all the cash that accrued from lease of government cocoa farms were paid into Cross River State government’s account and not to his private pocket. So why the oppression and harassment?

    “Government they say is a continuum, what is the rational behind this arrest and detention?

    “Is it because they tried to evict the allottees that got farms through my husband and legitimately paid money into the coffers of the state government and at the same time and the plot by certain individuals to evict the allottees out from the farms failed following court injunction order?

    “I called on Cross Riverians, well-meaning Nigerians that my husband did no wrong, except for the fact that he was only an agent to the immediate past administration led by Prof. Ben Ayade.

    “To the best of my knowledge, money realized from lease of farms were money used by the immediate past administration to defray 16-years old debt that previous administrations owed the cocoa landlord communities as royalties for the land that the communities donated to state government to cultivate its cocoa estate.

    “First they interrupted the court processes, secondly they alleged that a worker who died in the estate was masterminded by Ofuka, the question how?

    “Why not allow the police to carry out a thorough and independent investigation? From what we gathered the deceased died in plot 59/64 which is a bid far away from the cocoa plot that concerned my husband.

    “Besides that, the master of the deceased can attest to the fact that my family do not have any problem with him, the cocoa plot which the master of the deceased work is not even in contention with my husband.

    “I urged the State Security Adviser whom I know has integrity not to hinder the ongoing investigation, but to allow the police to do their job by carrying out a thorough investigation without prejudice, rather than resorting to intimidate our family members.

    “What they are doing is a ploy to distract and scare off beneficiaries allottees that genuinely paid for farms so that they will be afraid to access the farms.

    “When a matter is in court, as law abiding citizen, we allow justice to take its course. It’s barbaric for anyone to begin to harass and intimidate one whom they are in court with.”

    However, the State Security Adviser, Rtd. Maj. Gen. Okoi Obono, who reacted to the allegations during a telephone call with our Correspondent, denied issuing any order for the arrest and detention of Ayade’s ex-aide Ofuka, stressing that the allegations were not true but lies.

    “I am not responsible for his arrest and detention,” he said.

  • Court Of Appeal Affirms Sen Jarigbe’s Election Dismisses Ayade’s petition

    Court Of Appeal Affirms Sen Jarigbe’s Election Dismisses Ayade’s petition

     

    In what could be best described as ‘end of the road’ for former Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, on Saturday November 4th 2023, affirmed the election of Distinguished Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, DSSRS, as duly elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    The Appeal Court upheld the victory of Senator Jarigbe in the February 25th 2023 National Assembly election, affirming the judgement of the Tribunal Panel. While dismissing the Petition filed by the Appellants for lacking in merit, the Court also fined Ayade the sun of five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000).

    Reacting to the judgement, Senator Jarigbe dedicated his victory to God Almighty for staying true to His words In the book of Lamentations 3:36 & 37. He appreciated his constituents for their commitment and support throughout the electioneering and litigation period, while applauding the Judges for remaining firm, brave and courageous in their decisions.

    Senator Jarigbe stated that, as ever before, he will remain committed to delivering on his infrastructural and human-capital development objectives by the grace of God.

    TEAM JARI MEDIA

  • Ayade Appeals Tribunal Judgement Against Sen Jarigbe Agom

    Ayade Appeals Tribunal Judgement Against Sen Jarigbe Agom

     

    The immediate past governor of Cross River State, Sen Ben Ayade has appealed the Tribunal Judgement which upheld the election victory of Distinguished Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, DSSRS, as Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District

    The Tribunal in a unanimous decision, on September 9th upheld the victory of Senator Jarigbe Agom thereby throwing out the petition of the former governor who challenged the election victory, alleging that the election was marred by irregularities.

    Following the directive of the Court, the appeal will now be heard in the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on a date that will be communicated by the Court.

     

  • The Travails Of Ben Ayade BY PHYLO MODLIN ODU

    The Travails Of Ben Ayade BY PHYLO MODLIN ODU

    The Travails Of Ben Ayade

    Upon the release of the ministerial list, many Cross Riverians were ecstatic not so much at who was appointed, but at who was not appointed. The jubilation at the absence of Ben Ayade’s name on the list has not been so subtle. People are happy that Ayade did not make the list. His demagoguery only held sway in Cross River, he couldn’t cry his way to the ministerial list. Reality should have dawned on him, for a man who left office as governor just yesterday to have earned such disdain and ignominy with which he is being held today.

    His administration was a catastrophic disaster, characterized by dubious incompetence and greed that will take several years of deliberate governance to recover from. It is not that people hate Ayade but if they do, he earned it like a medal in Olympics. For 8 years, he abused the sensibilities of the people. Given an opportunity to be governor virtually on a platter, he blew it in a frenzy of high grammar, ridiculous budget nomenclature, bogus and dubious projects that were never completed. They were not aligned with the immediate priorities of the people, even if completed.

    He must be a sad man if he has a sense of introspection. He didn’t know that all through the 8 years he held sway and surrounded himself with cheerers and aiders of ineptitude, the real people saw through his sophistry. I hope he gets to now see clearly the condition of the State’s capital, the Ranch, Tinapa, the State’s library, the charade of an Airport in Obudu of which he snatched farm lands, demolished houses and rendered hapless villagers homeless without any means of livelihood and ended up doing nothing. He should introspect on these and all others that he brought to ruin in 8 years and see for himself that, he doesn’t deserve to get any position of service in the name of the State.

    Ayade only realized on the morning of his handing over that, his two wasteful terms as Governor had ended. It triggered a vibrating laughter when during his speech, he asked the sworn governor to escort him for commissioning of projects the next day, what he never did in 8 years. Completely hilarious!. Ayade displayed reluctance in the handing over process to Prince Otu; he seemed to have been hustled out of office in the end. If Prince Otu wasn’t pauciloquent, he would have said plenty by now. Even at that, there is little or nothing to be said about Ayade’s prima-donna government that the people of Cross River State do not already know.

    To Ayade’s ardent supporters who may want to contest the extent of his decadence, let me help you. Ayade himself set the yardstick or indices for the evaluation of his administration when, in his first inaugural speech, he announced the Super Highway and Deep Sea Port as his signature projects which his administration wants to be remembered for; the flagship achievement. Eight years and several billions of naira after, the Super Highway remained a fictitious project used for jokes, and the Deep Seaport swallowed all the billions allegedly poured into the Bakassi swamps without a sign of any difference from the swamp it has always been. It became tempting to commend his food on the table initiative but barely 3 months after his government and with Prince Otu’s resolve to stem the tide of adorning just anyone, the title of government official, an entitled army of people accustomed to receiving salaries for no work done have started grumbling.

    Prince Otu is taking too much time to kickstart a people-centered administration and time is of the essence considering that, it is a misfortune for anyone to have taken over from Ayade. Otu needs to show some enthusiasm in these early days. It is expected that he expeditiously sweetens the State with the common services the people have missed these past years.
    1) Waterboard should have been effectively restored and already supplying portable water to residents even if it’s within a stipulated timeframe.
    2) People should no longer have to grumble about Waste evacuation. Calabar should return to the days where it is a way of life for residents to awake to a neat environment.
    3) House of Assembly should have been sent proposals for road Reconstruction/Rehabilitation in Calabar metropolis so that this raining season can be used to evaluate and consider the proposals and by the short dry season period of Calabar, work can commence.

    If Otu prioritizes these key areas for now, the State will be bubbling with the euphoria of a new government and Cross Riverians will support the administration, not the 5 billion naira loan for the renovation of government house I heard he has submitted to House of Assembly for approval.

    I am sharing my thoughts not to castigate Ayade as I have done many times while he was still Governor; it’s not necessary, the harm’s already done. But to draw the attention of those in power now; as governor or National Assembly members to learn from Ayade’s present travails so that they understand that, four or eight years is not enough time for incompetence, this opportunity they have should not be abused. The lesson is to act now, intentionally and consistently to the end, in the interest of the people so that at a time you have an interest, the people will stand by you too.

    PHYLO MODLIN ODU, is a Cross River journalist. She also sells all kinds of foodstuffs.

  • Ayade’s Case Against Sen Jarigbe Dead On Arrival – Mba Ukweni, SAN

    Ayade’s Case Against Sen Jarigbe Dead On Arrival – Mba Ukweni, SAN

     

    The lead counsel to Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe in the Senatorial elections petition tribunal ,Mba Ukweni, SAN has stated that the case instituted against the election of Senator Jarigbe by the former governor of the state, Ben Ayade requires no opposition to fail.

    While presenting his final address to the tribunal, headed by Justice M. A Sambo, Mba Ukweni, SAN during his adumberation, told the tribunal that the grounds of the petition and the relief sought is dead on arrival.

    He argued that Ben Ayade cannot be said to have won the elections and at the same time is seeking for its nullification.

    Ukweni maintained that seeking to be returned winner of the election and at the same time saying the election is null and void is an inconsistency that is bizarre and strange.

    The Senior Advocate told the tribunal that the petitioners called 34 witnesses and complained of results in 420 poling units and even if the respondent calls no witness, the case of the petitioners fails on its own.

    According to Ukweni the evidence by the witnesses contradicts their written statement on oath and therefore cannot stand.

    He held that “The written statements on oath of the witnesses contained complaints of corrupt practices, violence, vote buying, inducement of voters and that these are serious criminal allegations but with no backing of a single report from any security agency before the court.”

    In his presentation, counsel to INEC, Habib Lawal told the tribunal to dismiss the petition in its entirety.

    He held that before an election is invalidated, it must be on the basis of substantial non compliance.

    He said in this case there is evidence that there are 874 polling units in Cross River North Senatorial District and the petitioners disputes results in 367 of them and called only 36 polling units agents which is of terrible insignificance.

    He told the tribunal that the commission did not withhold the BVAS machine and never in the pleadings of the petitioners did they list the BVAS machine as one of the evidence to be relied upon.

    On his part, counsel to the PDP Ruben Egwuaba told the court that all the witnesses called by the petitioners pleaded the presidential election results and not the Senatorial elections result and this makes their case Sui Generis.

    While he equally held that a party cannot plead a document and then during trial bring another document, he urged the court to dismiss the petition on all grounds the petition was predicated with substantial costs.

    Counsel to the petitioners, Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on his part, prayed the tribunal to uphold their petition and tongue lashed INEC for committing serial acts of illegalities and seeking to take benefit and advantage from it.

    He pointed out that the same INEC that gave them form EC8A is the same party arguing it should have been EC81 and that they used presidential instead of Senatorial form.

    He said the commission should be tongue lashed and whipped with judicial koboko as they are the ones who provided form EC8A.

    The tribunal after listening to the final arguments adjourned the case for judgment and said the date will be communicated to the parties.

  • Ayade Loses First Round As Tribunal Rules Against Tendering Materials, Documents Outside Original Statement Of Witnesses

    Ayade Loses First Round As Tribunal Rules Against Tendering Materials, Documents Outside Original Statement Of Witnesses

    Dominic OKOH, Calabar

    After what could be described as legal fireworks between Counsels to Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, Mba Ukweni, SAN, and former Governor Ben Ayade, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, at the ongoing National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, the chairman of the 3-man panel, Justice M. A. Sambo, ruled against witnesses’ moves to tender documents and materials that are not contained in deposed statement.

    Hearings began on Monday on the petition with Suit No. EPT/CR/SEN/02/2023 and Ayade had presented evidence from 310 polling units where he alleged there were electoral discrepancies during the February 25, 2023, election to open up his case.

    Ozekhome, the lead counsel had opened his case presenting over 700 documents and four witnesses so far. In presenting two of the principal witnesses from Bekwarra local government area, he had pleaded that they (the witnesses) be allowed to identify the Voters Register as part of the evidence to prove their case of alleged election malpractice.

    In arguing his case, the counsel to Ayade cited some authourities empowering him to present the documents and materials for identification by the witnesses to buttress their defense.

    But the counsel to Jarigbe, Mba Ukweni, objected vehemently citing some relevant authorities why the Tribunal should not allow such in judicial processes of this magnitude, saying it would amount to abuse of rules of due process.

    After listening to both parties on the matter, the chairman of the panel, Justice M. A. Sambo, ruled against witnesses’ moves to plead or identify documents not deposed in the earlier statement.

    According to him, any fact not pleaded by the witness or document not refereed to at the earlier statement, cannot also be identified or tendered by the same witness from the witness box during examination. He said the panel had not seen anything that would make them depart from the point of law. Other members of the Tribunal are C. Akabua and J. Zululu.

    Speaking to journalists after the proceedings, counsel to Ben Ayade, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said: “We have tendered INEC documents and so many voter registers that showed there were some imperfections. We have called four witnesses so far to speak to theses documents. But two of them were prevented from identifying their very polling unit result registers after the witnesses have said they are from that polling units.

    “They have also mentioned registers, BVAS and voters. The only thing they said they did not do is that they should have said voters register. And the law is that pleadings are not evidence. It is evidence that cause the flesh that energises or enables pleadings.

    “We believe the ruling was wrong and we are going to challenge it in our final written addresses because a witness of a polling unit was made not to identify the documents and the Tribunal said no you cannot identify them even when it has been tendered. We shall test that.”

    Hailing the ruling, counsel to Senator Jarigbe, Mba Ukweni, SAN, said the matter is progressing and they have called for witnesses and have finished tendering over 700 documents just as his team has cross-examined and would continue to do so till they are done.

    On the issue of Ozekhome insisting on challenging the Tribunal ruling against allowing witnesses to identify their tendered documents, he said: “We are happy for that and we even offered that he asks for stay of proceedings. We would not oppose it. We would encourage him to go on Appeal because it is by testing those decisions that we know the views of Appellate Court on those issues and it guides other lower courts.

    “The point is straight forward. The Tribunal had given it’s decision. The witnesses that were called did not refer to the documents and then the law had already stated very clearly that for you to identify a document from a witness box or tender a document from the witness box, you must have referred to it in your deposition.

    “It is similar to the rule of pleadings. If you don’t plead any fact, you cannot give evidence on it. So if a witness dis not refer to the document at the earlier statement, he cannot also identify the documents from the witness box or tender it even in normal civil procedure. That is the rule.”

  • The People Of Cross River North Are Suffering Indirectly Because Of The Distraction From Ayade – Jarigbe

    The People Of Cross River North Are Suffering Indirectly Because Of The Distraction From Ayade – Jarigbe

    Politics of Primitive Acquisition : A Man cannot have 4 years in the Senate and 8 years as Governor, without meaningful achievements and be rewarded with a Senatorial Seat or a Ministerial Position.

    I hear, about fifty (50) of my Constituents from Cross River North have been ferried to Calabar, to appear as Witnesses for Ayade, in the Petition filed by Ayade against me, over the last Cross River North Senatorial Election. I also hear there is a failed attempt at conscripting Inec to give evidence against me. I trust Inec on this and they will never act arbitrarily. The problem with people like my Opponent is that, they believe it is possible to get everything in this World if you have acquired some money. Let us not forget that when money is made, at the expense of service delivery to the common Man, it haunts you for a life time. That is the baggage my Opponent has.

    We can all see that Ayade is up against his supposed Mentee, for the Ministerial Position coming to Cross River State. His supposed Mentee is even miles ahead of him, in consideration for that Position. He is also at the Tribunal to compromise an election, I defeated him in, with about twenty thousand votes. This is a Man that I was in the forefront of making Governor in 2015, when Gov Imoke practically spoon fed him to becoming a Governor.

    Everyone knows Ayade was rejected by our People. His rejection affected even the House of Assembly Elections, where his Party only clinched one Seat out of 6 HoA Seats in Cross River North. My Party (PDP) won 4 Seats. Is this not enough evidence to show that
    he was rejected?. He came on TV to shamelessly tell lies against the Police and Military, because they refused to bully the electorates and rig the elections for him.

    The clandestine attempts at compromising Justice and the Mandate of our People will not succeed. The only issue is that, I am being distracted by AYADE’s futile attempts and I cannot concentrate to deliver on the Mandate given by our People.

    The People of Cross River North are suffering indirectly, because of the distractions from Ayade. Resources that should go to our People are being spent to secure the Mandate given to me, by our People. He doesn’t want us to attract Infrastructural Development to our deprived communities.

    Someone should advise him to apologize to our People, rather than inflict more pain. Where is the Ukelle Road he promised to do before the Elections? Why was he chasing the Contractors we sent there away? Wickedness personified. Only the Will of God prevails.

  • Ayade’s Approval: Due Process Was Rigorous, Water Tight, Egbelo Replies Ogbeche 

    Ayade’s Approval: Due Process Was Rigorous, Water Tight, Egbelo Replies Ogbeche 

    Ayade’s Approval Due Process Was Rigorous, Water Tight

    Our attention has been drawn to an online publication purportedly authored by Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, the press Secretary to Gov. Bassey Otu

    We want to state categorically that under Governor Ben Ayade, at no time was any government approval granted via whatsapp or any social media channel as opined by Mr. Ogbeche

    Appointees of the Ayade administration are still alive and can bear testimony to the rigorous procedure of securing government approvals.

    Every approval, including major land allocations, compulsorily passed through the scrutiny of the Executive Council, Due Process and Audit before getting to the final nod of Governor Ayade.

    Former Governor Ayade and Gov. Otu share a very cordial relationship that has lasted for years, dating back to their years as lawmakers in the National Assembly.

    It is important for Mr. Ogbeche and his co-travellers to note that such statement will be misinterpreted as a rift between Gov. Otu and his immediate predecessor,  His Excellency, Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade.

    We are not unaware of Mr. Ogbeche’s long standing romance with the PDP, therefore, it is now imperative to state emphatically that Mr. Ogbeche is a PDP agent sent to cause disaffection among members of the APC in Cross River State.

    We advise Ogbeche to thread carefully and respect the existing peace and harmony amongst members of the APC family in Cross River State

    Governor Ayade gave his all to ensure Gov. Bassey Otu emerged victorious in the last gubernatorial election, so, Mr. Ogbeche is a beneficiary of Gov. Ayade’s wise decision and shouldn’t be acting like a fifth columnist.

    The APC family in Cross River State remains one indivisible family.

    Egbelo Edward N.
    For Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade Media

  • Under Ayade, Govt Approvals Were Done Via Whatsapp – Ogbeche

    Under Ayade, Govt Approvals Were Done Via Whatsapp – Ogbeche

     

    Emmanuel Ogbeche, the spokesperson to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, said the new administration inherited a “rundown” state.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesperson stated this when he spoke with the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, in Calabar on Monday.

    Mr. Ogbeche stressed that the state was “badly rundown” and that it would require the support and collaboration of all to put things in order.

    He, however, said Governor Otu is up to the task of turning things around.

    According to him, “Otu inherited a rundown state. It was badly rundown… There is no record of anything; approvals were given on WhatsApp messages.

    “It will require a lot to turn the state around, and thank God we have a capable and listening governor ready to provide the needed leadership.”

    Speaking further, Mr. Ogbeche solicited the NUJ’s support for the governor while promising that the governor would support the union.

    He said he is ready to give his all to justify the governor’s confidence.

    “This is a job I never lobbied for or didn’t make any call nor contact anyone to secure the job.

    “The job found me with God’s grace, and I am ready to do everything to justify that confidence reposed on me by the governor.

    “As a member of the union and the immediate past chairman of Abuja council, I will ensure a robust relationship between the governor and the media practitioners in the state,” he stated.

    The Chairperson of the NUJ in the state, Nsa Gill, congratulated Mr. Ogbeche on his appointment and promised that members of the union in the state would work to ensure he succeeds in his new office.

  • Ayade vs Jarigbe – What Is The Governor Looking For In The Tribunal? BY AGBA JALINGO

    Ayade vs Jarigbe – What Is The Governor Looking For In The Tribunal? BY AGBA JALINGO

     

    In 2011, you ran for Cross River North Senatorial seat and got it on a plater of gold against more popular candidates.

    Both from your PDP primaries against more popular Paul Adah (now late), and Musa Adede, who was incumbent, as well as the opposition APP and ACN then, there were accusations of rampant rigging in your favor, yet no one took you to the tribunal.

    In 2015, the governorship ticket of your party then, PDP was taken in broad day light from Jedy Agba and handed to you in an arrangee primaries at the U.J Esuene stadium in Calabar. You didn’t even print a single billboard but you became governor. Both Jedy Agba and Odey Ochicha of the APC, said they won’t go to the tribunal since the governorship had gone to northern Cross River. Infact, Odey Ochicha was even denied several appointments by his party at the center because he refused to take you to the tribunal.

    In 2019, you ran for second term as Governor and after the election, Senator Owan Enoh, your challenger in APC went to the tribunal and later withdrew the petition and committed to supporting your government to enable you concentrate.

    In 2023, your greed wouldn’t allow you retire in peace. You sought to return to the Senate a second time as retirement. Having failed as Governor for eight years, your people rejected you abysmally in an election that has been adjudged by the people as the most peaceful, transparent and violence free, in Cross River North since 1999, and you are up and about talking about going to the tribunal with Senator Jarigbe?

    Do you really think the salt is tasty only in one side of the mouth? What do you really think you did specially do deserve all the benefits of doubt that people have been giving you? Do you really think if everyone that has a grouse with you decide to sue you after you lose your immunity in 34 days, you will have even a minute sleep in a day or even the resources to pay your lawyers?

    Even if that election is conducted ten times, Senator Jarigbe will still win you. He will also beat you in court like he did to you and your stooge, caretaker Senator. My only worry is that, the tribunal will distract his attention and make him waste money he would have used to continue penetrating our villages with projects, on paying lawyers.

    If at any point you used to be heavyweight, it was before. You are now light weight and you need to see that on time, make a retreat before you face more embarrassing moments.

    You didn’t come from heaven with a seat in government. Everyone leaves when it is time and your time is now. I am talking to my Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. A word is enough for the wise. I don’t know if you are still wise sir.

    Yours sincerely,
    Citizen Agba Jalingo.