The remains of former federal minister, Umaru Shinkafi who died in a London hospital on Wednesday were buried on Friday in Sokoto.
The Federal Government delegation was led by the Minister of Interior, Dambazau.
Friday, 8 July 2016
Relations of the six people who were electrocuted due to a transformer explosion at Tundunwada area of Lugbe, Abuja are demanding a settlement of N20m for each of the fatalities from the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC.
They are also demanding N5m in damages for each of the four persons who sustained injuries from the explosion.
An AEDC power transformer had exploded in the area on Saturday, causing the electrocution of six persons including a pregnant woman.
Ikenna Olelewe who lost his 28 years old brother, James in the incident told The Punch that the families of the victims have been discussing the issue of compensation by AEDC with leaders of the community.
“The community chief pleaded with us to resolve the matter amicably with the AEDC officials, but the resolution depends on how cooperative the power firm is. The affected families have resolved to demand N20 million for each life lost and N5 million each for those injured; we have instructed our lawyer to write to the company and make our demands known,” he said.
A community leader, James Omeje blamed the AEDC for the tragic incident which he attributed to wrong connection.
However the Head, Corporate Communications and Community Relations of AEDC, Oyebode Fadipe said he would not comment on the incident till ongoing investigations were concluded.
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday declined to hear the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu’s application for stay of execution of his June 27 judgment of the court nullifying his election.
Abang however directed that both Okezie Ikpeazu and Uche Ogah, who are claiming legitimacy as the Governor of Abia State should go before the Court of Appeal to resolve the stalemate.
He also ordered that both parties should approach the Court of Appeal to argue the motion for stay of execution since the counsels to both men (Ikpeazu and Ogah) had argued that he, Justice Abang no longer had jurisdiction over their matter.
A suicide bomber has killed six worshippers in an attack on a mosque in Damboa, Northeast of Nigeria, according to Army authorities.
The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Kukasheka Usman said that two suicide bombers came for the attack, but one bomber was thwarted at the Damboa Central Mosque while the other "gained entry into another smaller mosque and detonated the bomb, killing himself and six other worshippers."
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has petitioned International Criminal Court, ICC, alleging crimes against humanity against state governments owing workers arrears of salaries.
In a petition dated July 7 and signed by its Executive Director, Tokunbo Mumuni, SERAP urged ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to investigate what it described as collective punishment and crimes against humanity on workers owed salaries.
“We are seriously concerned that non-payment of workers’ salaries by several state governments in Nigeria has made life impossible to live for the workers and their families.
“We also urge you to bring to justice anyone who is responsible for the inhumane acts committed against Nigerian workers and prohibited under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to which Nigeria is a state party.”
SERAP observed that due to unpaid salaries, Nigerian workers have been subjected to “severe deprivation, mental and physical health challenges. This means that individual liability may attach to governors who continue to hide under the excuse of ‘limited allocations from Abuja’ to deny these workers the fruit of their labour.”
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