Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Donnette Skellington put up a photo of her breastfeeding
her baby and it was reported by some Facebook users to Facebook. She fired back at
those who reported the photo by putting up yet another breastfeeding
photo and captioned the photo
"To the losers who reported my breastfeeding photo,It's not coming down. Since you cannot mind your own, I'll be posting many more. Oh and good luck getting them all down!" #Normalizebreastfeeding"
Ijaw people slam Buhari over freezing of Tompolo’s accounts
The Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, a non-governmental organization in Delta State, has slammed President Muhammadu Bihari over the freezing of accounts of two companies allegedly owned by ex-Niger militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, otherwise known as Tompolo.
The group described the development as an act of lawlessness.
IPDI in a statement by the national president, Mr. Austin Ozobo, argued that the federal government duly awarded contracts to the companies and Tompolo neither breached the contracts nor abandoned them to warrant freezing of the accounts.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had reportedly frozen the accounts of Mieka Divers Limited and Global West Vessels Limited, purportedly linked with fraudulent activity in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, under its ex-director general, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi.
The group, however, stated, “The freezing of Tompolo’s accounts by the federal government is barbaric, unlawful and obnoxious because Tompolo is not under any investigation. As a matter of fact, Tompolo is not under any investigation; therefore, there is no reason for his accounts to be frozen.
“Tompolo was just a contractor and the said contracts are ongoing, there was no case of abandonment of the said contracts. The contracts were legally awarded, there was no case of breach, the point is that Buhari should have respect for the law, he should maintain decorum,” it added.
IPDI said, “What is within the purview of the law is either execution or revocation of the contract and not freezing of the contractor’s account. Even in the case of contravention, the contractor has nothing to answer, except the institution that awarded the contract, what Buhari is doing is a witch hunt and declaration of war against the Niger-Delta people.”
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