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Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe

Nigerians react as police PRO flaunts car worth over N11m

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, has been the subject of online debate over his ownership of a Toyota Camry worth over N11 million. 

In a post on X on Sunday, DSP Edafe posted a picture of himself standing close to the car with an iPhone 14 and a Samsung Fold, which would both cost N1.8 million.

The post by the police PRO has since sent social media agog, with many questioning his financial ability to buy such a luxury car.

Reacting to the post by the police PRO, a social media influencer identified as Omotayo Williams stated “You and I know your salary can’t buy that car, or should I mind my business?”

Another social media user, simply identified as First Gentleman, in a comment on X, argued that even as a banker in Nigeria, he couldn’t afford such a car.

“Even as a banker back in Nigeria, it was hard for me to buy this car, Tokunbo, and I was earning N520,000 per month as of 2022,” he wrote.

Noting that the salary of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) is not up to N500,000, Henry Isidore noted that Edafe would need to save his salary for two years before he would be able to buy such a car.

“DSP doesn’t earn more than N500,000 with whole allowances in a month. That car is over 12m. He needs not to touch his salary for two years to afford that car. Disguising with the police work,” Isidore wrote.

“You cannot justify spending millions to acquire just a car. How will you defend the properties you’ve acquired if we delve deeper? The system is corrupt, and you’ve all contributed to the destruction in one way or another,” Abiola argues.

For Hope, he states, “You are very correct. I was also thinking about it. It may be a stolen vehicle that can’t be returned to the owner. He has claimed it.”

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Others accused the police officer of buying the car using earnings from bribes and other fraudulent means.

Calling for a probe of the police officer, Efengbe Innocent notes that “this was how Abba Kyari was showing off, not knowing he was doing an illegal deal. There is a need to probe some people’s sources of wealth.”

Buttressing Innocent’s point, Dozie Ebuka alleged that the policeman must have stolen the funds for the purchase of the car from internet fraudsters.

“He stole the money from Yahoo Boys; he is also a criminal; he reminds me of Abba Kyari; soon the police will investigate this crook,” Ebuka wrote.

While Ugochukwu Iwuoba alleged that “this is a cheap car for policemen with their extortions and other criminal activities,” Waxy Lex argues that “he does receive benefits from checkpoints, which the sergeants remit to them daily.”

Amid the backlash, Peter Zion noted that “it’s only in Nigeria that we view cars as luxury; the car could have been bought by him; his salary can buy him one if he saves; also, it could have been a gift or inherited.”

Malcolm Ibrahim attributes Edafe’s ability to buy such a luxury car to owning other sources of income. “So because he’s a police officer, that doesn’t stop him from having other sources of income. What if he has a business he’s doing? Let’s not always see everything black and just be happy for people sometimes.”

“He is an officer; he can be gifted or from the money he has been saving out of his salary,” Great Grace argues.

Adebayo Dipo, urged Nigerians not to “judge the book by its cover,”  adding that he “knows some who work but have inheritances where he gets money to sought out his daily expenses while the salaries are saved and there might be other businesses. You should know better.”

Nigerians react as police PRO flaunts car worth over N11m

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Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name

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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo

Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has directed the immediate freezing of all state-owned bank accounts.

In a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, the governor stated that the accounts would remain frozen until further notice.

He instructed commercial banks, ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to comply with the order immediately or face severe consequences.

The statement reads: “All state bank accounts with commercial banks have been frozen. Commercial banks must comply with this order and ensure that not a single naira is withdrawn from government coffers until further notice.

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“Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies must ensure full compliance without delay.

“Following necessary investigations and reconciliations, the governor will take appropriate action and decide on the way forward. For now, this order remains in effect.”

Okpebholo also directed relevant agencies to revert the name of the Ministry of Roads and Bridges to its previous title, the Ministry of Works, a change made during the Godwin Obaseki administration.

“It is odd to name a government institution the Ministry of Roads and Bridges, especially when not a single bridge was built by the previous administration — not even a pedestrian bridge.

“In the coming days, we will examine further actions taken by the previous administration and make decisions that serve the best interests of the state,” the statement added.

 

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Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi

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Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi

Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi has criticized the widely discussed two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict, calling it a “deception.”

His remarks followed a recent summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, where President Bola Tinubu and other leaders condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and urged an end to hostilities.

In an interview with Daily Trust at his Kaduna residence, Gumi argued, “This Two-State Solution is a deception. No Israeli will allow a Palestinian to survive, and Palestinians will never allow Israel to survive.

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The only solution is to dissolve the two states and create a democratically electable region.”

Gumi commended the OIC’s support for Palestine, noting that Muslims and Arabs worldwide increasingly see the treatment of Palestinians as “genocide” and accuse Israel of human rights abuses.

He also called for a return to the pre-1948 structure, where Palestinians, Jews, and Christians lived together, suggesting a single, inclusive state that allows peaceful coexistence.

“When I hear people talking about Two-State Solutions, I know they are just deceiving themselves,” Gumi added, advocating for a unified region where people of all faiths can live together, similar to the multi-faith coexistence seen in countries like the United States.

 

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Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll

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Olusola Ebiseni

Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll

The Labour Party candidature of Olusola Ebiseni for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State has been nullified.

The nullification follows the sacking of Ebiseni by the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday.

The governorship election of the southwest State will hold on Saturday, 16 November 2024.

The judgement disqualifying Ebiseni was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman of the panel, Justice Adebukola Banjoko.

The judgment granted the prayer of the Labour Party who preferred the case against Ebiseni.

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Justice Banjoko held that, “the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/1172/2024 brought by the Labour Party against Chief Olusola Ebiseni and two others is allowed.”

Justice Banjoko further stated that the Certified True Copy of the judgment would be provided to the parties involved in the appeal as soon as possible for their review.

Recall that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept and recognize Olusola Ebiseni and Ezekiel Awude as the Labour Party’s governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the November 16 Ondo State governorship elections.

Justice Nwite confirmed that the second primary election conducted by the Labour Party, which resulted in Ebiseni and Awude being selected as candidates, was valid and should be upheld by INEC.

However, the appellate court has now overturned the judgment of the trial court’s judgment.

 

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