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Uzodinma Vs IVM: How Have Innoson Vehicles Been Surviving Under Our Harsh Economic Conditions And Heavy Debts Being Owed To The Company - Cornel Osigwe Raises Alarm
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Uzodinma Vs IVM: How Have Innoson Vehicles Been Surviving Under Our Harsh Economic Conditions And Heavy Debts Being Owed To The Company – Cornel Osigwe Raises Alarm

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited (IVM), is warning of impending danger due to Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma’s non-payment of a large debt.

The matter concerns 150 automobiles that IVM provided to the state government, which were valued at more than $7 million when they were delivered. However, due to swings in exchange rates, if the payment is made today, the amount would be comparable to $1.5 million, Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications and Affairs of Innoson Group, stated on Tuesday.

Osigwe took to Facebook to share the company’s worries.

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Osigwe says the discussion should turn to how Innoson Vehicles has survived in spite of the difficult economic conditions in Nigeria and the substantial debts that the company has.

He said, “Lest we forget, about 150 vehicles supplied to the Imo State Government under the leadership of Hope Uzodinma valued at over $7,000,000 remained unpaid.

“Based on the devaluation of our Naira, if the money is paid today, it will now be worth $1.5M.

“The conversation should be how have Innoson Vehicles been surviving under our harsh economic conditions and heavy debts being owed to the company.”

According to a report published by Anaedoonline.ng in August 2022, the corporation stated in a statement released by Osigwe that the Imo State Government owed it N2.5 billion for the vehicles it had provided to the government.

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Due to the outstanding debt, the corporation had already launched a lawsuit against the state government in an Anambra State High Court.

According to the business, the case was brought about by the state government’s inability to settle or pay off a debt totalling more than N2.5 billion that was incurred when buying cars and their parts.

The Imo State government, however, referred to the car company’s stance as cheap and disgusting extortion.

The government labelled the company’s statements as partial truths meant to cast doubt on its credibility for nefarious purposes.

According to the state government, it has paid Innoson Motors N3.5 billion in automobiles valued at over N5 billion.

 

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Imo Govt React Over Alleged Lock of Labour Party Secretariat
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Imo Govt React Over Alleged Lock of Labour Party Secretariat

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 3 minutes read

The state government has condemned the Imo State chapter of the Labour Party for accusing the governor, Hope Uzodimma, of schemes to hijack the party in the state.

The governor is not a member of the Labour Party, according to the Imo government, so what motivation would he have to hijack the party in the state?

According to reports, the Imo State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, responded on Tuesday to the charge that Uzodimma was behind the state Labour Party’s present issue.

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His statement follows Umar Farouk, the Labour Party’s National Secretary, alleging that Uzodimma was attempting to seize the party following the security services’ raid of its Owerri headquarters.

Farouk asserted that the state government was to blame for the current problem.

But, the state government reacted by claiming it had washed its hands of the self-inflicted troubles plaguing the state’s Labour Party (LP).

Emelumba dismissed the charges as “mischievous and devilish,” claiming that the invasion was the product of infighting inside the state’s ruling party.

He contended that the governor has no need to be concerned about the Labour Party’s internal crisis because he is preoccupied with state matters.

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He said that one part of the Labour Party obtained a court order against the establishment of a caretaker committee by another section, necessitating the order’s posting at the state secretariat of the Labour Party.

As a result, the presence of security services on the premises was to ensure that the court order was pasted at the Labour Party Secretariat as mandated by the court.

Emelumba also said that the conflict in the state’s Labour Party began a long time ago, resulting in the state chapter preparing two distinct sites when presidential candidate Peter Obi visited Imo for campaigning.

“It is common knowledge that the Labour Party in IMO STATE has been engulfed in a leadership crisis even before the election. So, it is mischievous and even satanic for the national secretary to accuse the governor of trying to hijack the party.

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“Uzodimma is not a member of LP. He is not among those who went to court. He is not threatened by the activities of the party, so why drag his name into their crisis?” Emelumba said.

He, therefore, accused the national secretary of the Labour Party of “misinforming” Nigerians as to the real reasons the police visited their secretariat, noting that “Everybody in Imo State knows that the police were there to enforce a court order and save some rascals from themselves. Imo State Government has absolutely nothing to do with that.”

 

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Imo Government To Combat Unemployment Using Family Businesses

by Echezona obinna
written by Echezona obinna 3 minutes read

With their kindred model effort, the Imo State Government has provided additional information about how it intends to empower local families.

Speaking on Sunday during a virtual programme titled “The Potential of One Kindred, One Business Initiative in Imo State,” the state government’s chief economic adviser, Professor Kenneth Amaeshi, mentioned the government’s plans to empower families by ensuring that some chosen families can manage one or both businesses, allowing them to generate income and subsequently contribute to the state economy.

Discussing the feasibility and sustainability of the programme, Amaeshi lamented the unemployment rate in the country, saying “unemployment is a global problem and also an African problem. The World Bank data has it that about 60% of African youths are unemployed.”

Noting that this was terrifying, he added that “some of the challenges (of Nigeria) from insecurity to others, can be linked to the single problem of unemployment,” hence, the necessity of the kindred initiative.
He said, “The Italian economy has a lot of family businesses, the same as the United States of America, but the family business here would be a situation whereby you have the family unit, a man, woman and the children and they have a business to themselves.”

He noted that the model had been successful in foreign countries.
Speaking on the platform, the Founder, Lift Above Poverty Organisation, Dr Godwin Ehigiamusoe, who lauded the initiative, however observed few limitations that might be a challenge in having a family engaged in the same business, as he raised concerns about the possibility of unequal commitment from the family members.

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Using the analogy of a community goat, he said, “A goat that is owned by the community obviously would be starved, and I think that is the same that businesses that are owned collectively is likely to lack individual ownership, and that can affect the viability of such businesses.”

He suggested the application of essential features of formal cooperative societies or unions to an extended family group and see how each member of that economic association could be empowered to engage in viable businesses.

When asked by our correspondent on the sustainability of businesses amid security situations in the South-East, Imo inclusive, Amaeshi maintained that the empowerment would tackle insecurity, noting that insecurity itself is largely influenced by unemployment.

Reacting to a question from our correspondent on the feasibility of the empowerment based on the literacy level of any local family, and amid the Central Bank Of Nigeria’s policy of cashless transactions, the Chief Economic Adviser, who is a Professor of Sustainable Finance and Governance, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, said, “The government can provide some training, and enhance the families who have come together in different ways. Again, I would be surprised if the entire kindred is illiterate.”

 

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Imo Govt To Give Victims Of Illegal Refinery Explosion Mass Burial
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Imo Govt To Give Victims Of Illegal Refinery Explosion Mass Burial

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

The victims of the illicit refinery fire in Abaezi, in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, will be buried in a mass grave.

According to Ifeanyi Nnaji, the Head of Operations of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Imo state, the state government would conduct the mass burial.

The state ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment will conduct the mass burial, according to Nnaji.

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It should be remembered that around 100 people died in the fire explosion at the illicit refinery site on Friday.
According to subsequent sources, the number of casualties rose to over 100.

The NEMA official has now declared that none of the victims could be identified as they were burnt beyond recognition.

He added that the bodies were already decomposing, hence the need for the mass burial.

“The state Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Environment will carry out a mass burial for the victims because their remains are already decomposing.

“It is a large market involving people from all parts of the country; and since they burnt beyond recognition, it is very difficult to identify them. A family just came and saw one body, which they said resembled one of their own and they carried it for burial according to traditional rites,” Nnaji said.

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President Muhammadu Buhari in his reaction to the incident described it as a catastrophe and national disaster.

He directed security agencies to go after the operators of such illegal refineries and such them down.

 

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LATEST: Imo Owes Me N8bn Security Votes – Okorocha Reveals

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

Presidential hopeful and All Progressives Congress chieftain, Rochas Okorocha, says being a governor of Imo State made him poorer.

The ex-governor, who is now a lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District at the red chamber, said the state government owes him N8bn security votes.

He spoke on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme.

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Okorocha, who was Imo governor from 2011 to 2019, also described fresh fraud charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as being politically motivated.

Anaedoonline.ng had reported that the anti-graft agency on Monday filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against the former governor at the Federal High Court, Abuja, hours after he formally declared his presidential ambition for 2023 but the presidential hopeful denied the allegation, describing it as “false”.

Speaking on the television programme, Okorocha said, “Those who say I am broke are liars, that is fabricated fallacy. If you talk about Nigerians blessed by God, I’ll raise my hand.

“I was richer before I became governor; in fact, (being a) governor made me poorer. If you go to (the Code of) Conduct Bureau before I became governor, my real estate alone in Abuja, I’m sure you can count one, two people who can count on it.

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“How much is Imo State government money? Imo State is even owing me because I never collected my security votes, I’m supposed to collect from Imo State now N8bn if I have to make claims for security votes that I did not collect.”

Okorocha had been grilled a few times by the anti-graft agency over alleged financial fraud and some of his property and those owned by his family members had been taken over by the government of his successor, Hope Uzodinma, but Okorocha continued to maintain that he is not guilty of any of the allegations as no court of law in the country has declared him guilty.

 

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Uche Nwosu Reveals He Has Forgiven Those Who 'Kidnapped' Him
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Imo Govt Apologises To Anglican Church Over Uche Nwosu Arrest

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

The Imo State Government on Monday apologised to the public over how Chief Uche Nwosu was arrested during a church service at the St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.

A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said that the governor and the government of the state held the Anglican Church and the church of God in general in high esteem.

The statement disclosed that the security threats posed by the development necessitated the manner Nwosu, who is a son-in-law to a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, was arrested.

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The statement read, “The Imo State Government is aware of the futile efforts by some people to whip up public sentiments against it over the arrest in an Anglican Church of Mr Uche Nwosu. The plan is to de-emphasise the possible criminality behind his arrest by playing up the desecration of a church.

“For the avoidance of doubt, while the government believes that no stone should be spared in the effort to rid the state of criminality and banditry, it will not support any form of disrespect for a place of worship by security agencies.

“In this regard, the arrest of Mr Nwosu within the church premises could have been avoided and therefore stands condemned.

“While government regrets the manner the arrest was made, we wish to emphasise that since it was purely a security matter, the full reason why such an action was taken will eventually unfold, and perhaps guide the public better.

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“Government therefore wishes to appeal to those negatively affected by the action to bear with the security agencies.

“His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, holds the Anglican Communion in very high esteem and will never support any act that will disrespect her reverential status as a place of Divine worship.

“Government will continue to protect the interest of the citizens of the state while not impeding the work of security agencies.”

 

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Imo Govt Award Young Female Student Who Scored 9As In SSCE
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Imo Govt Award Young Female Student Who Scored 9As In SSCE

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 1 minutes read

Chinaza Nwozuzu, an Imo state indigene, who scored nine distinctions in her 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), has been awarded a scholarship by the state Governor, Hope Uzodinma.

Governor Uzodinma took to his Facebook page to share photos from the presentation, whilst encouraging other young students to apply the same dedication and resilience in their academic.

Sharing the photos, he wrote;

“We shall continue to recognize and encourage Imolites that bring honour to the State by distinguishing themselves in most remarkable ways. Confidence Chinaza Nwozuzu from Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State has indeed brought honour to the state with her outstanding performance of 9As from the 2020 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE).

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“In acknowledgement of this meritorious performance, I have directed the Honourable Commissioner for Education to forthwith ensure Imo State sponsorship of Miss Chinaza through her educational career to the desired level.

“I therefore, encourage other sons and daughters of Imo State to apply dedication and resilience in their academic pursuit for education remains the greatest empowerment for future development.

Once again, Congratulations to Miss Confidence Chinaza Nwozuzu!“

 

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Imo Govt Unseals Several Banks In Owerri After Sealing Them For Obeying IPOB Sit-At-Home Order [Photo]
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Imo Govt Unseals Several Banks In Owerri After Sealing Them For Obeying IPOB Sit-At-Home Order [Photo]

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

The Imo State Government has unsealed the banks it shut down on Monday night over alleged failure to open for business.

Recall that officials of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA) had earlier sealed all the banks located on Bank Road in Owerri, the state capital.

Recall that the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had ordered a sit-at-home every Monday in protest of the arrest and prosecution of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government.

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It, however, later cancelled the order, but some businesses in the state have continued to observe the sit-at-home order every Monday, apparently out of apprehension.

According to officials of the state government, the banks were temporarily shut down on Monday for not having ‘building approval’.

Anaedoonline.ng gathered that banks sealed off were Access Bank, Polaris, First Bank, Eco Bank, and United Bank for Africa.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the General Manager of OCDA, Innocent Ikpamezie, said the banks are now reopened temporarily for business.

Ikpamezie said officials of the banks signed an undertaking to obtain the necessary papers from the development regulatory agency within an agreed time.

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He added that the state government decided to allow the banks to reopen in the interim because they render public service.

 

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Again, Okorocha Cries Out Over Alleged Uzodinma Attack On Him
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Okorocha Drags Imo Govt To Abuja High Court, As Ex-Gov Fails To Stop Assets Forfeiture

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 3 minutes read

Vacation judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned to August 24 to hear preliminary objections challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear a motion for an interim order brought by the former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha (representing Imo West LGA) against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Imo State government and 42 others.

But the judge declined Okorocha’s request which sought an order stopping the parties from taking over his properties, adding that he will have to hear preliminary objections challenging its jurisdiction on the matter.

Recall that a State High Court in Owerri had on August 9 ordered the final forfeiture of properties listed in pages 226 to 272 of the white paper report by the state’s Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Recovery of Lands and other related matters.

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Part of the properties said to be linked Okorocha and his associates include the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, Royal Spring Palm Hotels and Apartments.

On Wednesday, his counsel, Oba Maduabuchi, prayed the presiding judge to grant an interim order stopping the defendants from acting against his interest during the court’s vacation (which elapses on September 17) pending the determination of his case.

“My lord, the matter is a for motion for an interim order to preserve the subject matter of this suit during this vacation period so that the defendant respondents do not take any action…so that at the end of the vacation, my lord will have something to still decide on. We are prepared to move,” he said.

But the EFCC counsel, E.E. Iheanacho, kicked against the interim motion.

“My lord, the application is a restraining order and we have been served and we intend to respond to it.

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“We were served on the 4th of August…this court cannot grant an injunctive relief when its decision is been challenged…we are praying for time to respond to this application,” he said.

On his part, Chief Olushola O. K (2nd defendant), argued that the plaintiff’s suit was incompetent and that the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain it.

The other defendants, except Donez Global Services Limited (a party seeking to be joined in the case), asked the court to first determine whether it has jurisdiction to hear the matter before looking at Okorocha’s interim motion.

“It is our humble view that given the nature of this application, my lord will hear this application (challenging its jurisdiction) before any other since it hits the root of this sitting today,” Dr. L. Uzor-ukwu counsel for the 3-17th defendants said.

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Also, L. Anozie (counsel for the 18 to 36 defendants) additionally prayed the court to transfer the matter to the Federal High Court sitting at Owerri.

Subsequently, the court adjourned to hear the defendant’s applications which is challenging its jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff’s application during vacation.

 

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LATEST: After Losing Properties To Imo Government, Okorocha Reveals Next Move

by Victor Ndubuisi
written by Victor Ndubuisi 5 minutes read

Senator Rochas Okorocha has vowed to appeal the ruling of the final forfeiture of his properties to the Imo State Government.

Anaedoonline.ng earlier reported that an Owerri High Court had ordered the final forfeiture of some properties belonging to the former Imo governor and other members of his family.

According to the ruling by Justice Fred Njemanze, Okorocha’s counsel failed to give concrete and verifiable reasons why a final and absolute forfeiture order should not be given in favour of the state government.

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The judge, however, ruled that the Imo government can take over the properties, asking persons who might have made purchases on such properties to approach the court to prove their titles.

But in a statement signed by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha alleged that final forfeiture of his properties was acquired through “illegal means”.

The former governor also berated the presiding Judge, Justice Fred Njemanze, for doing the bidding of the Imo state government, accusing him of ‘bias’.

The statement reads “On February 24, 2021, Justice Fred Njemanze of Owerri High Court, gave Interim forfeiture order in favour of Governor Hope Uzodinma led State Government over personal properties of Senator Rochas Okorocha and his family.”

“Cases involving the properties in question or in Contention, have been going on since 2019 and 2020 in various Courts of Competent Jurisdiction, including the Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State.”

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“Following this unexpected interim forfeiture order, Okorocha’s lawyers, led by Chief Obah Maduabuchi, SAN, felt that Justice Njemanze must have been deceived into giving the Interim forfeiture Order over properties the Cases on them, have been going on in various Courts of Competent jurisdiction, since 2019 and 2020.”

“Against this backdrop, Okorocha’s lawyers filed Preliminary objection to the matter in Justice Njemanze’s Court. The essence being to draw his attention to the on going Cases on the properties he had given interim forfeiture order against.”

“On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, Justice Njemanze sat. The lawyers in the matter argued on the preliminary objection. Chief Obah, SAN, stood for Okorocha, while Chief Louis Alozie (SAN) stood for the Imo State Government. The Court sat for almost the whole day.”

“Justice Njemanze reserved ruling on the Preliminary objection and told the lawyers that they would be Communicated on the date.”

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“On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, the Court registrar sent message to the lawyers, that the Court would sit on Friday, August 6, 2021 for lawyers to adopt their processes, in lieu of the expected ruling on the Preliminary objection.”

“On the Friday, August 6, 2021, Lawyers were in Court till 3pm. Justice Njemanze did not come. He did not sit. Lawyers left and those involved left.”

“In other words, by Friday, August 6, 2021, neither the expected ruling on the Preliminary objection was given, nor the adoption of the processes as Contained in the text message of Wednesday, August 4, 2021, took place.”

“On Monday, August 9, 2021, while lawyers in the matter were expecting to hear from the Court on the next line of action, the information came that Justice Njemanze had given Judgement in the matter, not on the Preliminary objection, but on the main case and without lawyers adopting their processes.”

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“In the ruling, he gave absolute forfeiture order, on the properties in question which matters on them, have been going on and still going on in Courts of Competent Jurisdiction. And in less than 24 hours to his retirement. He is retiring on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.”

“Justice Njemanze has enrolled as “ungun Judicial known man”.

“He wanted to finish the unfortunate job he had begun on February 24, 2021 before going on retirement on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. This can not be taught to any law student. It is an invasion of Justice and stampede of judicial processes. His parting gift for the Judiciary and the Society at large, is nauseating. May God bless him as he retires from service. He would have refused to be used. That would have been more honourable.”

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“He only justified or aided the desperation of the State Government to take over personal properties of Okorocha and the family. Truth shall prevail over vendetta and envy.”

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