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Kogi State Government Hands Over 9 Roads Construction Sites to Contractor

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The Kogi State Government led by Governor Yahaya Bello has handed over 9 roads in the State Capital, Lokoja metropolis to Contractor, TEC Engineering for immediate construction, with a charge for speedy completion.

The Commissioner for Works and Housing, Engr. Abubakar Ohere, gave the charge after taking the Contractor round the roads.

The roads inspected and handed over include:

  1. Bishop court – Kasuwa Hotel-Ganaja Junction Road
  2. Adankolo Cementry- Zenith Bank Road
  3. Dunamis Junction- Federal University Road
  4. UBA Adankolo- Housing Estate Road
  5. Cemetery Baptist Church Road
  6. Kewon Hotel – Lokoja LGA/Federal Road safety road.
  7. Sardauna Junction – Cemetery /Maigari palace Road.
  8. Ashfat overlay of Paparanda Square- Nataco Junction Dual Carriage Way.

Similarly, the State Government handed over the site for the construction of Grade Separation Intersection (Flyover Bridge) Ganaja Junction with a charge to the contractor to ensure standards and high level of quality of work.

While pointing out that TEC Engineering Construction Company has made name in the areas of road construction, Engr Ohere, charged the contractor to justify the confidence reposed on them by delivering the work to specification and timely completion of the projects.

Speaking, the Chief Engineer TEC Engineering Construction Company, Bing Jin, assured that the Company would deliver the jobs according to specification.

He assured that TEC ENGINEERING has Built it name over the years, promising to justify the confidence reposed on them by the State Government, by ensuring standard and delivering the projects within the timeline.

After the site inspection and handing over, the Commissioner for Works and Housing Engr Abubakar Ohere and the Contracting Company, TEC Engineering Construction Company, paid a visit to the Maigari of Lokoja Alhaji Mohammed Kabiru Maikarfi 111 to brief him of the efforts of the State Government to begin massive road construction in the state capital and the construction of the Ultramodern Interchange at Ganaja Junction.

The Traditional Ruler, Alhaji Mohammed Kabiru Maikarfi expressed satisfaction with the State Government efforts, describing it as coming at a better time.

The Maigari of Lokoja assured of the continued support of the people of Lokoja to the administration of Gov. Yahaya Bello, thanked him for his love for the people of Lokoja LGA.

Credit: Abah Benjamin Eneojoh

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Organ Trafficking: Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Sentenced To Various Prison Terms

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The duo of Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and Doctor Obinna Obeta has been senenced to various jail terms for bringing a 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.

A judge at The Central Criminal Court, [ Old Bailey], announced the sentence friday.

At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term.

The sentencing follows their conviction in March for organ trafficking, The Ekweremadus’sick daughter, Sonia was cleared of any wrongdoing.

1rem;">The three were found guilty after arranging or facilitating a young Nigerian man’s travel into the United Kingdom in a bid to obtain his kidney on behalf of Sonia.
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The jury said Ekweremadu, his wife and their doctor criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney.

The conviction is the first under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015.

The sentencing comes after pleas from multiple prominent personalities and institutions, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

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Other petitioners included both chambers of the National Assembly, the Chairman/CEO, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Erewa Dabiri, and the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC).

The charges were preferred on the Ekweremadus on June 23, 2022, when their arrest was announced. Obeta was later arraigned on July 13, 2022. While his wife was granted bail, the senator was refused.

After months of a pre-trial, the trial commenced on January 31, 2023 and lasted about six weeks, culminating in a guilty verdict against Ekweremadu, Beatrice, and Obeta.

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Reps Seek UK Government Clemency for Ekweremadu

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The House of Representatives  has write to the government of the United Kingdom seeking mercy in sentencing the embattled Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.

This is contained in a resolution reached following a motion moved by Toby Okechukwu, a lawmaker from Enugu State.

A UK court found the duo guilty of conspiracy of organ harvesting of another Nigerian. The Ekweremadu couple will be sentenced in the coming days.

Moving the motion, Okechukwu said diplomatic intervention in this kind of case is normal.

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“It is a common practice in international relations for nations, including the UK, to seek relief for their citizens involved in situations such as that of the Ekweremadus,” he said.

Speaking on the motion, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House, said intervention by the House is not a justification for the charges against the Ekweremadus. He urged the UK government to consider Ekweremadu’s years of public service.

Consequently, the House resolved to urge the UK government and the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing Ekweremadu, his wife and the doctor.

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Also, they urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to take all diplomatic steps and other necessary interventions regarding the travails of the Ekweremadu family.

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HYPPDEC Donates Food Stuff, Clothing to Locals in Kogi to Tackle Cashless Policy Effect

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By Joseph Amedu, Lokoja

The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPDEC), on Tuesday, donated 400 bags of rice, 250 gallons of vegetable oil and some packaged women rappers to ten Local Government Areas in Kogi State under the agency to cushion the effect associated with the new cashless policy.

Making the presentation to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State at the Lugard House, Lokoja on Tuesday, a Board Member of HYPPDEC, Alhaji Isah Ozi Salami, said that the gesture is part of the agency’s intervention in times of natural disaster or any hardship situation on citizens.

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Salami expressed the commitment of HYPPDEC in tackling the prevailing economic hardship on Nigerians as a result of the Cashless Policy.

“We owe it as a duty to take adquate care of the people in the 10 Local Government Areas belonging to HYPPDEC communities in Kogi

“Our concern under the present economic hardship is to alleviate the sufferings of the people within HYPPDEC communities in Kogi” Ozi Salami told Governor Bello.

He commended Governor Yahaya Bello for the provision of logistic supports that have facilitated smooth operation of the agency in Kogi.

He also told the Governor that HYPPDEC will soon begin the construction of 50 housing units in Kogi for resettlement of last year’s flood victims in riverine communities.

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“I appreciate Governor Bello’s magnanimity in providing land for the housing project. The Governor is expected to perform the foundation laying ceremony of the project” Ozi Salami disclosed.

The Chief of Staff to Governor Bello, Jamiu Asuku who received the food stuff on behalf of his boss, hinted that Kogi will key into HYPPDEC’s intervention initiative in the areas of provision of food and security of lives and property for citizens.

Governor Yahaya Bello appealed to HYPPDEC to focus more on Ibaji Local Government Area in its intervention programme as a result of the bad terrain of the area.

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