Presidency angry with Akpabio, others

There were indications on Saturday that the Presidency was not happy with the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, because of the outcome of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum election, which returned the incumbent, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, to office for the next two years.

A presidential source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the Presidency felt betrayed that the election was allowed to hold in the first place. www.uwillcgossip.com

The source said Akpabio had informed the Presidency that he had the majority of the governors with him.

According to the source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, the plan was to go the venue of the election with the endorsements by the northern governors and the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, that Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, was their candidate.

In the endorsements, the two bodies had said they were supporting Jang, which made the duo of Ibrahim Shema and Isa Yuguda step down.

But unknown to the Akpabio group, the dummy to put Jang’s candidacy forward was meant to weaken the group.

“What we said was that they should not allow election to hold. We asked them to go with the resolutions of the governors of the PDP and that of the northern states.

“We knew that some of the governors could not be trusted if they are allowed to vote. They have grudges against the party and the Presidency.

“That was why we wanted them to stick by the earlier endorsements. But they allowed the opposition to overwhelm them with their arguments and see the mess we found ourselves.”

At the end of the election, Jang was defeated by the Governor of Rivers State, who is also the incumbent chairman of the Forum.

Members of the Akpabio group later met in Abuja on Saturday at the Benue State Governors’s Lodge in Abuja, where they held their maiden meeting.

At the end of the meeting, the group decided to visit the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Tony Anenih and Vice-President Namadi Sambo to explain their side of the story.

The meeting with Anenih was held behind closed doors at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja.

Among those who were at the meeting included Jang, Akpabio and the acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar.

As soon as the meeting ended, the team moved to the Presidential Villa to brief the vice-president.

Those whose names were on the list of the governors at the meeting were Jang, Idris Wada(Kogi), Suswam, Sullivian Chime(Enugu), Martin Elechi(Ebonyi), Yuguda, Theodore Orji(Abia), Mimiko, Shema, Ralman Yero(Kaduna) and Emmanuel Uduaghan(Delta).

Others were Obi, Garba Umar(Taraba), Imoke, Akpabio, Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and the deputy governor of Gombe State,  Thannod Rubainu.

However, both Chime and Elechi were not seen at the meeting even though their signatures appeared on the list.

Bayern Munich Beats Borrusia Dortmund 2 -1 To Lift The UCL Trophy

Arjen Robben scored in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over German rival Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final, ending four years of frustration for his team in Europe’s biggest tournament.

Robben ran on to Franck Ribery’s backheeled flick-on in the area and calmly slotted the ball past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller who had been spectacular in the game, to give Bayern its first Champions League victory since 2001. The German team had lost two of the last three finals.

Mario Mandzukic put Bayern ahead in the 60th minute at Wembley Stadium before Ilkay Gundogan leveled from the penalty spot eight minutes later, after defender Dante fouled Marco Reus in the area.

It’s been frustrating for Robben whose missed chances over the years has been costing Bayern major honours. It looked like it was going to happen again, as the goalkeeper denied him a couple of times in the game, but his glorious moment was the 89th minute when he scored the winning goal to end a fantastic treble-winning season for Bayern Munich, and give departing coach Jupp Heckynes who played his last match as coach of Bayern Munich a befitting parting gift.

Fame Took My Marriage - Actress, Bukky Wright

A lot has been said and written about this beautiful Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright. From her controversial love life to one scandal to another, yet this star actress has never wavered but continued to thrill her fans.

Undoubtedly one of the most talented and beautiful actresses in the Nigerian film industry, Bukky Wright cuts the image of your ideal sexy figure with the right curve at the right places, despite her age (She was 45, March 2012). Bukky is very much at home with any given role. This mother of two whose full names are-Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright bares it all in an interview. www.uwillcgossip.com
Excerpts:

Many negative stories have been written about you in the past, how do you react?
Yes, as a human being, having blood running in my veins, I feel bad. But usually, I just think about it for a few minutes and I move on.

At what point in your life did you resolve not to be bothered about such stories, especially on the current marriage controversy?
When some stories are written about you so many times, it gets to a point that you won't be bothered about them again. I just feel perhaps, they want to sell their newspaper.

As a human being, I always say that life and business are like a race. If you want to win a race, you don't look back or worry about what anybody is talking or writing about you.

What about the issue of your marital status, that you are now married to a man without officially being divorced your previous marriages?
I am sorry. I don t want to talk on that issue. It is one issues I don t want to speak on.

Could you recall any particular negative story that had been written about you in the past which you cannot forget inn hurry?
I don't think about my past but my present. It's just like writing a story and producing it. Once I'm through with it, I forget and begin to think about another one. Also, it is like aYoruba adage that says; "Eni to su ni o gbagbe eni to ko o ni gbagbe", meaning the man who harms may forget but the victim doesn't forget easily.

If you believe that you can spoil the reputation of anyone with impunity, then you should realise that what goes around comes around. In those stories, I will tell you that I remember one that said 'Bukky Wright is a lesbian' and 'Gbenga Daniel Beats Wife over Bukky Wright'.

If those stories did affect you psychologically, how long did it take to get over them?
It affected me psychologically for some time, but I later overcame it and moved on. Having weighed the pros and cons of it, I just concluded that after all, they didn't say I was a thief.

If you believe you are not what they claimed you are in those stories, what action did you take?
They've written worse things about others, so I always say that if they could write such things about other people, then let them go ahead and write whatever they want about me.

If you are to write your autograph, what events or incidents will occupy prominent chapters?
Okay, my parents, my children and people that I had contact with while growing up. I would also talk about people that have tried to make or break me.

You must definitely have experienced some setbacks in your career and in life; when specifically was this?
As a human being, you sometimes get yourself involved in something and feel like; oh! God, 1 shouldn't be here. At some point in life, you sit down and think of some mistakes you've made in life. But as a human being, you think over it and move on.

Earlier, you talked about your parents, your children and some other people that you've met on your way up in life, but you never mentioned the father of your children, why?
That's why I said you might have met some people that would try to make or break you.

Could you share with me some fond memories of your relationship with the father of your children?
Oh! Fantastic! It is because he gave me what a lot of people in life will not be able to get with millions of dollars, that's why he cannot be in my black book.

What was that?
I mean my two kids.

If he did that for you, why did you part ways?
It is not every relationship that you are into that will last forever.

What did you learn from that relationship while it lasted?
I learnt that whatever you do, whosoever you are and whenever you find yourself in, just thank God.

How tough was it when you had to pathways?
It was very tough, no woman in her right senses will pray for such a thing. But there are some situations you find yourself in life that you can't help. No woman would like to leave her first love for another man. A lot of women out there would have tried to make their marriage to work but when they don't work out well, what should they do?

That means they are not meant together because the will of God will always come true. If the will of God says you will remain as husband and wife forever, no one can decide otherwise, I don't blame anybody for whatever happens to him or her.

Were you heartbroken when it happened?
Oh Yeah! I was heartbroken, I know every woman out there prays to have a good home and pray to have a husband to call hers.

How many times have men broke your heart?
Many times, and it doesn't have to be through relationship alone. You could be heartbroken by some experience you suffered in the hands of some friends. As long as you live, you will be heartbroken one way or the other.

You later had another shot at marriage, were you under any pressure to go into it?
As I said, each time you fail, you keep trying your best.

Perhaps, there is something you did not do right in those two relationships as a wife?
Yeah! Probably!

What are those things?
I can't say anything because I don't know, I know I tried my best but I guess my best was not good enough. But I tell you one man's meat is another man's poison.

What was it you did wrong that you wish you could go back and correct?
No human being is perfect, but I will tell you that I have done my best in my life and in my career. No human being will tell you that he or she has made a mistake in his or her marriage. If I have to say my side of the story, it is the right one I will tell you. And if you meet the other person, he too will tell you the right thing he thinks he has done. So, what I think 'I did right might be wrong and vice versa.

Maybe your in-laws never loved you?
I'm not going to apportion blame this time around. But I will say if I was still married to the father of my children, there wouldn't-have' been that household name called 'Bukky Wright' today. This I know for sure. So, I see it as God, wanting me to go somewhere else and do something else.

So, It will be right to say that you sacrificed your marriage for stardom?
I didn't purposely do that, but it has happened. And there is nothing I can do about it. That is why I keep saying that the will of God will definitely come to pass.

Sometimes, it was reported you adopted the name Wright. So, what is the real name of your biological father?
I am happy that my father was alive at the time the story came out. And he was never bothered. He told my mother that he was not bothered because she never told him she had me for another person. And my father never in his lifetime disowned me as his child.

What message do you have for your fans?
I appreciate "them all and thank them for their steadfastness despite all the bad reports. You are all great.

Friend Shot His Friend To Death 9 Days After Wedding

If 35-year-old Amaosa Otabor, alias Biggy, had known he was walking into his untimely death, he would have stayed at home last Sunday morning.

Otabor was allegedly shot dead by a childhood friend in Upper Uwa, on the out skirts of Benin City.

The incident caused pandemonium in the area after residents heard a gunshot in  the compound of the suspect and  it  became glaring that somebody may have been shot. It was learnt that the deceased, who worked with his father in their cattle farm, woke up that fateful day at about 7am and decided to visit  a nearby street. www,uwillcgossip.com

Sunday Vanguard was told that the deceased went to the compound to visit one Matthew, the suspect’s  younger brother who lost his father in-law. But when he got there, he met his  friend and two other colleagues. Vanguard learnt that as they were chatting, there was a quarrel between the suspect and one of the other friends identified as Ugbesia. While the quarrel intensified, the suspect  rushed to his car  and emerged with  a gun to the surprise of his friends.

But the deceased, who thought it was a mere threat, blocked the suspect from pointing the gun directly at Ugbesia and appealed to him to drop the gun. But rather than dropping the gun, the suspect  shot Otabor in the chest. The father of two fell. The friends took to their heels without making any effort to rush him to hospital.

It took a while before the relations of the victim heard about the incident and rushed to the scene. But by the time they rushed  him to hospital, he was  dead. Angry youths from Upper Uwa, where the deceased resided, stormed the residence of the suspect and razed the house.

It was a pitiable sight when Sunday Vanguard visited the family of the deceased as it was revealed that he wedded his wife according to customs and traditions of the  Binis only nine days before the murder  to enable him participate properly as a genuine in-law in the burial of his father in-law  scheduled for June.

Besides, Ameze, the wife of the victim, apart from their  two children,  is carrying a  pregnancy. She lamented:  “My father is in the mortuary. I have no mother. Now my husband who is all I had was killed by his friend”. She narrated her ordeal: “He woke up in the morning and said he was going to see his friend but his friend ended up killing him.

Now I have no mother, no father, no husband. If he had known that his friend  will kill him, he would not have gone there that morning. They were childhood friends and he (suspect) even knows that I lost my father and his corpse is in the mortuary yet he went to kill my husband”.

The wife went on: “Now, I am all alone with three children and  pregnant. I know the killer-friend  as a 419 person because he uses different cars and he will say he has dollars in the booth of his car. And when my husband noticed that he is into 419, he started staying away from him.

As a result, my husband became close to his junior brother called Matthew.  Matthew’s father-in-law died and it was actually Matthew my husband went to greet when this incident happened. We just did our wedding last week, the 11th May, so that my husband will participate properly in the burial of my father.

And the burial is coming up next month. I wish the police will arrest this bad friend and kill him too so that his children and wife will pass through what I am passing through now. That is all I am begging the police to do because I don’t have any where to go now. Who will train my children?”

The father of the deceased, 75-year-old Pa Otabor, said the last he heard from his son was when he  gave him some money in the morning of the day of murder. His words: “Last Sunday, the 19th of May, I met my son at about 7a.m. who gave me some money in respect of  a  meeting and he left home. I came back home at about 7pm,  undressed and prepared to go to bed. But I started hearing people shouting outside that he was dead, that one Lucky, his friend, shot him.

I asked if it was my son they were talking about or someone else. I came downstairs and I asked his brother to go to the  suspect’s  house to check.

When my boy got there, they said they had taken his body to  hospital. He ran  to the hospital and saw him on a stretcher; the hospital said they could not  treat him until they called  the police. He died and they took the corpse to the morgue. I went to the police and they said they were looking for the suspect.

“The police told me they got information where he could be and the DPO stationed his men there since morning and asked them not to leave the house. The door of the house was locked, so they went for a  search warrant because they said without that they could  not force the door open”.

Asked what he heard about the murder, the father  explained: “The suspect  was his friend. I heard they were about four of them in  house and an argument ensued between Ugbesia, one of them, and the suspect. The suspect  went to bring out a gun, so my son said ‘please don’t shoot him, Ugbesia is your friend; what are you doing? Please drop the gun’.

Then he told my son to leave the road or he will shoot him instead and, before they could say Jack Robinson, he shot my son in the chest and he fell. Everybody in the house ran away.

I learnt it took some persons around time to come and take my son to hospital but it was already too late. My son worked with me at the cattle market and now, look at his wife and children (weeping). My appeal is that government should fish out the suspect. People have been trying to phone him, he replied one of them that he heard they had gone to burn down his house, that  he will fight back  and  find those who burnt his house. But I ask him to come out.”

The  Police Public Relations Officer in Edo State, DSP Moses Eguavoen, described the incident as unacceptable, saying the command was investigating the matter and on the trail of the suspect. According to him, “though we have not made any arrest, we are on the trail of the key suspect. The matter is being investigated seriously and no matter how the suspect tries to run, we will get him”.

32-Yrs-Old Lady kills fiance on her wedding day

An eastern Pennsylvania woman who fatally stabbed her fiance on their wedding day – and then apparently could not comprehend that he had died – was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday.

Jurors found Na Cola Franklin, 32, guilty after deliberating about three hours in Lehigh County Court. She could get life in prison when she is sentenced July 16. Her attorney said an appeal is likely.

Prosecutors say Franklin and 36-year-old Billy Brewster got into the deadly argument on Aug. 11 around 2 a.m. in their Whitehall Township apartment. They were scheduled to be married at 10 a.m. in neighboring Allentown.

At her arraignment that night, Franklin appeared distraught and confused to learn Brewster was dead, telling the judge, “You got to check again!”

Defense attorney John Waldron told jurors during the trial this week that Brewster had come home drunk that night after an impromptu bachelor party. Brewster attacked Franklin and then tried to leave with the couple’s 9-month-old son, Waldron said.

Waldron argued Franklin killed the groom-to-be after grabbing a knife to protect her child. He had pushed for a voluntary manslaughter conviction, which carries a lighter sentence.

But prosecutors, who said the child was not in danger, sought a first-degree murder conviction. First Assistant District Attorney Steven Luksa said Thursday that he hopes the verdict will bring some comfort to Brewster’s family, according to the Express-Times of Easton.

On the day of the planned wedding, neighbor Steve Engel said the pastor who was supposed to marry the couple came looking for them at the apartment building. Distraught people in suits and dresses – presumably ceremony guests – then began showing up throughout the day, Engel said.

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Video: A Buddhist Monk In Sri Lankan Sets self ablaze to protest killing of cattle WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk died Saturday of severe burns a day after setting himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle, an official said.

Bowatte Indaratna, 30, succumbed to his injuries at the National Hospital in Colombo where he was rushed Friday after his self-immolation bid in front of the highly venerated Temple of the Tooth in the central town of Kandy. www.uwillcgossip.com

“He died of severe burns. He had 95 percent burns and was fighting for his life,” hospital spokeswoman Pushpa Soysa told AFP.

He becomes the first Sri Lankan Buddhist monk to self-immolate.

A local television channel showed dramatic images of the monk using a cigarette lighter to set himself ablaze and bystanders, including police throwing buckets of water to put out the flames.

“This is a sacrifice of a life. This is not a suicide,” the monk told the local Swarnavahini television cameraman minutes before the self-immolation bid. “There are over 5,000 cattle slaughtered in Sri Lanka each morning and it must stop.”

In a leaflet distributed to devotees outside the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, 72 miles (115 kilometres) east of the capital Colombo, the monk said he was also against proselytising by Christian groups.

His unannounced protest came as the country celebrated Wesak, the commemoration of the birth, enlightenment and the death of the Buddha, in the Buddhist-majority country which marks the occasion with two days of holidays.

Eating meat is common in Buddhist Sri Lanka, although according to the religion killing animals is a sin.

Animal rights groups have tried unsuccessfully to secure a ban on meat eating in Sri Lanka.

An animal rights activist said she did not condone the monk’s action, but she added that the unprecedented move demonstrated the anger towards the inhuman treatment of animals.

The monk’s action came amid rising religious tensions after Buddhist extremists campaigned to boycott halal-slaughtered meat as well as other products that carry a halal certificate.

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Zookeeper "Sarah McClay" Attacked and Killed By Her Tiger

 A Woman zookeeper has died after being mauled by a tiger in front of visitors after entering its enclosure.

The giant beast attacked Sarah McClay, 24, sinking its huge fangs into her head and neck and sending her into cardiac arrest. Medics battling to treat her horrific injuries performed CPR and revealed they “managed to bring her back” following the attack. www.uwillcgossip.com

She was flown to hospital by helicopter but was pronounced dead on arrival.

David Gill, the owner and founder of South Lakes Wild Animal Park, said Sarah was very experienced in looking after big cats and he had no explanation as to why she had entered the enclosure.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “After investigation by the authorities here and the police, it does seem that she just basically failed to follow the correct procedures. www.uwillcgossip.com

“For some unknown reason, an inexplicable reason, because there is no reason for why she did it, she opened the door and went into the tiger’s enclosure and straight into the tigers, and now we’ll never know why.”

Wife of House of Reps member accused of torturing two women

Wife of a serving House of Representatives member was fingered yesterday in the torture, beating and alleged attempt to kidnap two ladies in Isale Eko area of Lagos.

Sources say that yesterday morning at about 7.15a.m, a Toyota Camry car which was used for the operation caused a stir in Bamgbose Street in Lagos Island at the heart of Lagos metropolis.

Like a bolt from the blue, six unidentified ladies, carrying canes came out of the unregistered grey coloured car and advanced towards No 101, Bamgbose Street.

The unmasked ladies met one Alhaja Basidat Ajadi Balogun, a business woman resident in the street and repeatedly flogged her as she wept. (The woman pictured above)

Balogun, who was shouting at the top of her voice while the beating was going on, tried without success to find out from the rampaging ladies why she was being beaten. uwillcgossip.com

According to a resident of the street, who pleaded not to be mentioned, while the severe beating was going on, Alhaja Jolaade Batola, wife of an influencial legislator, a House of Representatives member, representing Mainland federal constituency, was seen seated, inside the unregistered Toyota Camry car and giving orders to the lady on what to do to their victim.

The Nigerian Compass on Saturday, further learnt that the rampaging ladies planned to take the business woman away but for her resistance. The boot of their Camry was thrown open, while the woman in the car ordered the ladies to drag the woman and throw her into the boot.

Independent checks at the Lion Building police command however showed that the matter has been reported there even as our correspondent on Friday traced the battered business woman to the General Hospital, who was receiving treatment.

Though she was initially reluctant to speak with The Nigerian Compass on Saturday, when she opened up, she said she was standing outside her resident, talking to a tenant, when the six ladies, unknown to her, accompanied, by Mrs Batola arrived the place and began to beat her up.

She however insisted that she does not know the reason why the ladies beat the hell out of her, insisting that she was not close to the wife of the House of Representatives member. “Though Alhaja Batola owns a shop on the same Bamgbose Street, we are not really close. Though I do greet her,” said the victim.

The woman whose body was full of scares from the beating put the cost of her medical treatment as well as some of jewelries she was wearing when she was attacked at N600,000, and confirmed that but for the residents, who mobilised and confronted the ladies, she could have been kidnapped.

Inquiries at the Lion Building police station, in Lagos Island revealed to our correspondent that the case have been filed. The woman was asked to get a police report on the incident, a police source disclosed.

Attempts made to see Alhaja Owolabi Batola for her comment on the incident proved abortive as her shop located on the same Bamgbose Street was not opened yesterday.

Source: Nigerian Compass