I didn’t hide that I was rigging election as chief of staff to former Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi, I should be paid as a whistleblower - Rivers APC chairman Tony Okocha

 

Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, has made startling revelations about his involvement in rigging local council elections during the tenure of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi. 

Okocha, who served as Amaechi’s Chief of Staff from 2007 to 2015, made the admission during an interview on Channels TV, adding that the reinstated Rivers APC chairman, Chief Emeka Beke, was allegedly also involved.

Okocha, who was recently removed as Rivers APC Caretaker Committee chairman by a Port Harcourt High Court and replaced by Beke, did not shy away from addressing his role in election rigging. He claimed he should be seen as a "whistleblower" for coming forward.

"On the issue of whether I rigged the election, I did not hide it. I should be paid as a whistleblower," Okocha stated before being interrupted by the interviewer, who remarked that election riggers should be in jail. 

Okocha responded, "No. If you were an armed robber yesterday, and today you came to confess that you stole something somewhere yesterday. Are you saying that the law will now take a retroactive effect? The answer is No."

Okocha further explained that his public statements were meant to prevent others from using the same tactics he once employed. "When you have an idea of a thing and you see the other person also wants to use the tactics that you already know. You will shout. That is the reason why we went to court."

When pressed on who was behind the election rigging orders, Okocha directly implicated Beke, saying, "Yes, all of us were together including Emeka Beke."

Beke, who appeared alongside Okocha during the interview, immediately rejected the accusations and warned that the police would arrest Okocha for his admission of rigging. "During the election, was I part of it? Have you ever heard me say rig election?" Beke asked before Okocha countered, "Are you saying that under the Amaechi government, you never participated?"

Beke responded firmly, “I did not follow you to the election. I did not partake in any election whatsoever. When you wake up and confess and you want to put me there. I am not part of that. You rigged the election and we are going to ask the police to arrest you that you rigged the election.”

Culled from Linda Ikeji

Here's a clip from the interview………………

Friend mourns lawyer who d!ed in Anambra road crash after depositing his mother’s body in mortuary

A Facebook user, Sylvia Ngozi has mourned a lawyer, Okechukwu Ututu, who d!ed in a road crash in Anambra State.

 

 

According to reports, the lawyer had just deposited the corpse of his late mother in a morgue before his tragic d3ath.

 

 

The accident occurred along the Awka axis of the Awka-Enugu Expressway on Sunday night, September 29, 2024. 

 

 

It was gathered that his vehicle hit an abandoned stationary articulated truck on the road and somersaulted into a nearby drainage.

 

 

Five days ago, he posted the invite to his mother's burial slated for October 12, 2024. 

 

“I just woke up about 20 minutes ago just to ease myself then I opened my Facebook. The first thing I saw was my best friend's photo,”  Sylvia wrote.

 

So went through the write up I can't imagine what I heard that Okechukwu Ututu is gone. How can I believe this, how can I type Rip how, how can I call his family to asked them about this how.

 

He just sent me an IV that he's mother's burial is coming up on 24th of this month which I sympathize coz I wasn't aware he Lost his mum.

 

My Barr, okay ututu, (You Sabi the guy wey him hand dey painam so) as we fondly call each other whenever we see each other or talk on phone why?

 

You just got married on the 5th of January 2024 and that was the last time we saw each other, my friend why  we met in Edo state during my waec you fought for me all through the Exam to make sure I make all my papers which I did and you became a friend and also a brother all through my admission process your there for me you protected me in All angles despite where are not in the same school, but you will travel all the way from Akwa to Enugu at times my parents will give you money and food to bring for me.

 

I know how passionately your to became barrister which you succeed today you became one which you have assisted my me with your good office, we still have a lot of business proposal to carry on with but today your gone

 

Why did you allow this?

Who did you leave your beautiful Wife and daughter for?

Who will I call when I needed your advice in your filled work?

 

Who will I Bost of as my Barr?

Egbengwu youth and Nimo in general lost a good guy, warrior and intelligent person chai!! Nnukwute ihe Maru anyi

I don't know how to bear this but God knows everything

 

But if someone hand is upon this your death may that person no know peace

Good night my best friend may God accept your soul. 

 

Former Bad Boy exec gives shocking insight into Diddy's infamous parties

A former executive at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' record label has given insight into the rapper's infamous parties as part of a documentary.

LaJoyce Brookshire is the latest person who worked in Diddy's inner circle to speak out as the rapper faces a slew of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.

Brookshire, a former publicity director who worked with Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment revealed how she could see things were getting out of hand. 

'My spidey senses were always on high alert. And I know that there's no safety after a certain hour.

'When you've got drinks flowing and people behind your back doing drugs in bathrooms, and 2 or 3 people walking out of a bathroom together... 

When asked by TMZ's Harvey Levin about whether any nefarious deeds took place at the parties, she said: 'Could there potentially be?

Absolutely. Did I see it? No. I never stayed at the party late enough to see... I sensed it.'

The 54-year-old rapper has been held in a New York City jail ever since his arrest last week, deemed too much of a 'threat to the community' by authorities to be let out even after offering a $50 million bond.

The 54-year-old rapper has been held in a New York City jail ever since his arrest last week, deemed too much of a 'threat to the community' by authorities to be let out even after offering a $50 million bond.

Brookshire comments come as wholesale retail giant Costco denied selling baby oil in retort to a statement from Diddy's lawyer, who suggested the rapper had so many bottles of it at his home because he likes to buy in bulk, like any regular American.

The rapper's attorney, Marc Agnifilio, gave the bizarre explanation earlier this week as he was asked about the over 1,000 bottles of baby oil that federal agents reportedly found in Diddy's Miami home.

'I don't think it was 1,000. I think it was a lot. I mean, there is a Costco right down the street. I think Americans buy in bulk, as we know,' Agnifilo told the New York Post.

'And you know these are consensual adults doing what consensual adults do, you know, we can't get so puritanical in this country to think that somehow sex is a bad thing because if it was there would be no more people.'

But Costco, a member's only retailer, has now told TMZ on Thursday that they don't sell baby oil in any of their locations across the country. 

Diddy, real name Sean Combs, has been accused of arranging 'Freak Offs,' described as 'elaborate and produced sex performances' arranged and directed by the star while he masturbated and often recorded them.

Aside from the stockpile of baby oil, prosecutors say they also found bondage materials, sex tapes, hidden cameras, and rooms designed for sexual performances. 

The indictment stated that some 'Freak Offs' would last for days, requiring Diddy, 54, and victims to receive IV fluids to recover from the exertion and drug use.

He has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Agnifilio said his client is feeling positive about his chances in court.

'He's just laser-focused, he's engaged, he's helpful, he's confident. We're going through our defence as we do every day and his spirits are relatively good.'

Diddy Maimi bash featuring n@ked woman buffet resurfaces (Photos)

Photos from one of Diddy's 34th birthday parties have surfaced online.

The party, co-hosted by MAC, Hennessy, and Microsoft, took place in 2004, with big names like Will Smith, Diana Ross, and Owen Wilson, and many more in attendance.

The party also featured a nude woman serving as the centerpiece of a food platter.

According to TMZ, Diddy’s parties are front and center in the federal indictment for sex trafficking, kidnapping and racketeering.

Diddy was arrested at a New York City hotel on September 16 after he was indicted by a grand jury.

The music mogul pleaded not guilty and remains behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

 

The indictment alleges Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfil sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” claiming he also used his business empire to “creat[e] a criminal enterprise” in which associates engaged in or attempted to engage in “sex trafficking, forced labour, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.”

Prosecutors alleged Combs engaged in “a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse” including “verbal, emotional, sexual and physical abuse,” accusing Combs of “striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at and kicking” women and alleging his employees helped facilitate and cover up his abuse.

Combs allegedly manipulated women into engaging in “extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers” that the mogul described as “Freak Offs,” prosecutors claim in the indictment, and Combs and his associates allegedly transported sex workers across state lines which prosecutors allege constitutes sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution and allegedly drugged women to keep them “obedient and compliant.”

Akwa Ibom state governor's wife passes on

 

The Akwa Ibom state government has announced the passing of Pastor Mrs Patience Umo Eno, the wife of the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno. 

The State Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong, in a statement released this morning September 27, said late Mrs Eno d!ed following a yet undisclosed illness.

Ememobong’s statement tagged “Unexpected Sunset” reads;

“It is with heavy hearts that we (Akwa Ibom Government) announce the passing of the Wife of the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Her Excellency, Pastor Mrs Patience Umo Eno, following an illness.

She passed away peacefully at the hospital, on 26th September, 2024, in the presence of her family. The family submits to the will of the Almighty and asks for the prayers and support of kind-hearted individuals during this difficult time.

Further details will be provided by the family as necessary. In the meantime, the family kindly requests privacy as they mourn their beloved wife, mother and grandmother.

His Excellency, the Governor, Pastor Umo Eno appreciates all who have stood by the first family in this period and assures all the citizens that despite this huge personal loss, his commitment to the service of the state is unwavering''