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Messy Divorce: How Ex-Abia LG Boss Deceived, Manipulated Lady to Loot Husband’s Properties – Witness
The dust raised by the role a former Abia Local Government, LG Chairman from the Central Senatorial Zone of the State played in instigating a messy divorce between a once happy couple is yet to settle down even as more facts has emerged buttressing allegations that the randy politician practically wrote the script that tore the marriage into shreds
Out of two witnesses, a matter is established, says the Holy Book. In the matter of the messy divorce case instigated by the former LGA chairman, three witnesses have revealed that indeed the former LG Chairman was the sole author and producer of the drama that has engulfed a once happy home.
Our reporter spoke extensively with the driver of the Lady at the centre of the mess; Her biological brother and a painter that works for the family, and from their revelations, we established an intimate relationship between the former LG boss, all confirming our last report, with additional revelations
The Lady’s younger brother confirmed acquaintances with the randy politician whom he said his sister introduced to him as ‘’her godfather”.
After the introduction, he added that the former LG boss cajoled him to always be around his in-law’s house to protect his sister, that he (the Chairman) will be giving him money to do his bidding
Asked whether his brother-inlaw and his sister were having problems before he met the LG boss, he replied in the negative.
The youngman maintained that he could have been under a spell or simply deceived by the regular huge sums of money he was receiving on regular basis from the politician. He narrated how he woke up one morning to receive an alert of N100,000 from the politician who later called him and instructed him to park his brother inlaw’s properties to an address in Victoria Island
He told our reporter that, the scale fell off of his eyes, when he suspected that the “godfather” status has turned to amorous relationship and taken a dangerous dimension as he later overheard the politician instructing his sister to grab all she could from her husband’s home and flee because the husband had concluded plans to bring back his first wife, a story he found out later were all lies.
‘’In fact, that so called LG Chairman destroyed my sister’s marriage by manipulating her against her husband and I reported same to my family”, he concluded.
The driver to the Lady who has worked with the family for about 4 years said he began to notice changes in what he thought was a political relationship after the election. He explained that before then, he would drive his Madam to the ex-Chairman’s family house, somewhere in Aba and they will go inside the building – just the two of them for several hours while he would sit at the gate with the security guards.
He said he initially thought nothing about it as the ex Chairman regularly showered him with huge amounts of money during such visits and sometimes, through money transfer, but he began to get suspicious as the visits became more frequent and always with only between two of them in his matrimonial home, and maybe because, his family is said to be living outside the country. I began to wonder how a responsible man could be bringing another man’s wife to his family house ?
He added that his suspicions were further spiked by the video calls he often noticed between his Madam and the man, which often goes on for several hours when the husband is not at home
‘’Even when driving Madam, they will be talking non-stop on the phone for hours and be calling each other pet names”, the driver said. He further disclosed that the politician instructed his Madam to disconnect the car tracker, an instruction he had executed on the orders of his madam twice.
Our reporter has so far been able to corroborate the revelations with phone chats and bank transactions in our possession.
In the course of the investigations, the former Chairman was confronted with the allegations, with pieces of evidence, but he arrogantly queried why he is being called out alone. He boasted that he is only one of the many lovers of the Lady and named a former member of the House of Assembly, who was also a former Commissioner in the State who once gifted her N3m? He also mentioned another serving lawmaker, and a bigtime telephone dealer based in Lagos.
***Says, he has been vindicated
The deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shuaibu, has reacted to the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s governorship.
Speaking on Arise Television, Shuaibu said he has been vindicated with the outcome of the polls which saw the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, become the governor-elect of Edo state.
“I feel vindicated and I thank God for it. I am water, I don’t have an enemy, unfortunately, those who decided that they are enemies, I have always prayed for them to live long and see how God’s miracle continues to work in my life,” he said.
Describing himself as a team player, the deputy governor who has had a long-running battle with the incumbent governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, said he likes to deliver on his responsibilities at all times.
The deputy governor said, “I am a team player, I am somebody who likes to do my work the way it should be and if I make a mistake, it is a human mistake not out of envy or wickedness.
“Yesterday, I was so excited and happy that I was counted among the numbers that have helped APC take power in Edo state, I have also cancelled that blackmail and negative impression flying, that Philip Shuaibu does not win his ward.
“I have never lost my ward, I have never lost my unit.”
Also claiming to have garnered the highest vote from his unit, Shuaibu chided Obaseki for failing to clinch his local government area.
He said, “Even the governor couldn’t win his local government. I won my unit, ward and local government.
“Where are the governor’s results? He has never won; we always assisted him. I insist, unfortunately he got the power and he decided to start kicking us and removing the ladder.
“Hope he learns his lessons.
What is left now is for him to go back and start begging and apologising to the people of Edo and he has a lot of them that he needs to apologise to,” the deputy governor stated.
***Says, he weep for Nigeria’s democracy
By Francesca Hangeior
The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has raised serious concerns over the conduct of Saturday’s Edo election, describing it as a blatant attack on Nigeria’s democracy.
Fintiri condemned the alleged irregularities, “including vote buying, voter intimidation, and the manipulation of election results,” which he claimed “undermined the integrity of the electoral process” in a post on his X platform on Sunday.
The governor also accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of violating democratic norms, citing incidents where APC officials, including the party’s national chairman, flew into Edo on election day despite movement restrictions.
On September 22, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, victorious in the recently concluded Edo State governorship election.
Okpebholo triumphed over his main challengers, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced Okpebholo as the winner at the collation centre in Benin City, the state capital, on Sunday.
The APC candidate secured 291,667 votes, defeating Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes. Akpata of the LP finished a distant third with 22,763 votes.
Reacting to the outcome of the election, Finitiri further criticised the INEC for reportedly favouring the APC, warning that the country’s democracy was at risk if such practices continued unchecked.
The statement read, “I weep for Nigeria’s democracy after witnessing the shameful Edo Gubernatorial poll. The @OfficialAPCNg’s desperate attempts to discredit me by falsely claiming I announced results won’t distract from the real issue. I merely shared results from INEC’s Irev portal, as collated by INEC from the various Local Government Areas.
“What’s truly shameful is APC’s national chairman flying into Edo with a private jet on election day, defying movement restrictions, while their Governors used armoured escorts to intimidate voters. This blatant disregard for democratic norms is the real brigandage. Nigerians are outraged, slamming @inecnigeria for compromising and favouring APC.
“The reported vote-buying, disruption of collation processes, and suspicious results with more votes than accredited voters undermine trust in our democracy.
Democracy indeed is under attack. We must condemn this rape of democracy and demand accountability. The world is watching, and Nigeria deserves better.”
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