De Reflector

 In the light of the recent happenings in our dear State, Akwa Ibom, particularly about the politics of the 2023 governorship and the unfortunate role of supposed stakeholders and some elder statesmen in the support of impunity and injustice, the PDP MINDERS FORUM (PMF), a conscientious group of ardent PDP faithful, wish to set some records straight by categorically stating the following: For anybody who has been a keen follower of Akwa Ibom politics since far back as 2006, 2007, the person will readily agree with the fact that former governor Victor Attah has been good at everything else except on his choices of preferred candidates for election.To put it simply, Obong Attah has never supported a governorship candidate and the person won. This unbroken record dates back to the struggle for his own successor in 2007. Recalled that in the build-up to the 2007 governorship election, Attah, who was the governor then, had, against the wish of the majority of party stakeholders and fait...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the 23 newly sworn-in Council Chairmen in the State to carry everyone along in running the administration of their respective local governments.  The Governor gave the charge on Wednesday, June 29th, 2022 while inaugurating the elected local government Chairmen at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi. He urged the Chairmen to imbibe the culture of operating an inclusive administration, pointing out that they must always involve all Council members, stakeholders as well as the local government legislative members in decision-making in order to succeed. The Governor further tasked the Chairmen to give priority to payment of primary school teachers, local government area traditional councils, stressing that "These and other statutory obligations should be put on first line charge to ensure the seamless operations of the local government councils."   He said "With your swearing-in today, you should bear in mind that the days of play...

The Ikeja Special Offences Court's administrative handling of the celebrated case against Ismail Mustapha aka Mompha, has been found operating below accepted court administrative  standards. Mompha was arrested on January 10 by the EFCC but was arraigned and granted bail. However, the defendant has failed to appear in court on two scheduled dates for his trial, leading to Justice Mojisola Dada, revoking his bail and issuing a bench warrant for his arrest, on the 22nd of June 2022. Documents sighted by our reporter has now revealed how the court actually wrongly handled the surety documents in the case. Justice Dada had in the last sitting adjourned the case until June 16, 2022, for further consideration on the bail application and ordered the defendant to be in the custody of the defense counsel. Mompha’s bail was granted to the learned silk and his counsel, Gboyega Oyewole, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). A maladministration error by the court clerk (Da Silva), left the previo...

 Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Tuesday, alongside Ahijo Bamanga, a former Federal Permanent Secretary performed the ceremony of commissioning ATV, GOTEL, AIT AND NYSC Camp Badarisa road. Alhaji Bamanga, the guest of honour, applauded Gov. Fintiri for achieving such a huge road project - among many others - despite the country's financial problems. Bamanga commended Governor Fintiri for delivering projects with direct bearing on the people, and fulfilling his campaign promises  Speaking during the official commissioning event, Governor Fintiri said that the Damare Badarisa road project will advance the socio-economic growth of the state and play a crucial part in building a new Adamawa state. Fintiri noted that his administration would not relent in the state's progress and would continue to do what is expected of his administration by ensuring the growth and development of the state. "When we launched the urban renewal campaign 2020, we were clear on what we wanted to ach...