Events in my home state Lagos, last night and up until this afternoon, have left my heart heavy and my spirit disturbed.
After sixty years, our democracy should have grown beyond the point where conflicting visions of nationhood result in violence on the streets and blood on the ground.
It is unavoidably and painfully clear that there were a number of casualties as a result of gunfire at the Lekki Toll Gate.
Therefore, there needs to be a quick and thorough investigation to determine the facts of what happened last night in Lagos. Our nation urgently needs and the Nigerian people deserve an accounting of the acts that led to the events of last night.
I urge for calm whilst we get a truer picture of events.
In Lagos and everywhere else, too much blood has already been spilled in our country, let there be no more.
May God bless and keep you all. And may God bless and keep our Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Last Tuesday I issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to substantiate his allegation that over 60% (sixty per cent) of contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) went to members of the @nassnigeria
I said then that the Honourable Minister owed it to himself and the country to provide evidence to support these serious allegations. The Honourable Minister has failed to respond to my request.
Therefore, I must conclude that his statement intended solely to gaslight the nation to avoid accountability for the evident maladministration and malfeasance in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Since the public hearing on estimated Billing on June 5 2018, I have noticed a sudden and desperate barage of press interviews granted by Discos and those who are reluctant to do the right thing in the industry.
The question they refuse to address is the simple one that is it right, moral or even legal in a service industry to bill consumers for services not rendered or for power not consumed?
I have heard and read so many arguments from the Discos and remain unconvinced as none of their arguments are compelling.