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Fear of Boko Haram attack hits conference

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by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja

The  fear of possible attack of members of the national conference by Boko  Haram enveloped the conference on Monday when a delegate, Chief Mike  Ozekhome (SAN) said he received a message on his telephone of a possible  attack by members of the sect in Abuja this week.

Raising  a matter of Public Urgency, he asked for the permission of the Chairman  of the Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi to read the message.

He was granted the permission.

The  message, which he also sent to our correspondent read, ” News got to us  that our enemy is planning something bigger than Nyayan bomb blast  between Tuesday and Wednesday in Abuja.

“Mind your movement and be careful. The date is still unknown. Please, pass it around to save loved ones.”

Some delegates later discussed the issue among themselves, wondering when the bombings would stop.

One  of the delegate, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “We are in  trouble in this country. Bombings everywhere. When will this stop?

“Even here, we don’t know what is going to happen. Things are so bad in the country. Things are so bad.”

Only  last Thursday, a delegate, Obi Onoliefo had raised the issue of safety  of delegates when, having looked at the perimeter wall of the National  Judicial Institute, observed that there were no security operatives  manning them.

He,  therefore, called for security operatives to be drafted to the  perimeter fences to forestall insurgents from breaking into the premises  and causing bloodshed.

Meanwhile, delegates began the deliberation on the report of the Political Parties and Electoral Matters, on Monday.

The  report, which was made available to our correspondent recommended that  the Independent National Electoral Commission should stop deleting  political parties.

While adding that political parties should be allowed to grow, it also said that government should not fund political parties.

Some  of the recommendations are that, “Political party leadership and  administration should be insulated from undue control and interference  from chief executives of government at all levels, so that party  independence is restored. In so doing.

“The wishes of the party members as expressed through their voted will be reflected in the party administration.”

The  committee also recommended that rather than scrapping of State  Independent Electoral Commissions, efforts should be made to strengthen  them with a view to making them more effective, as well as improving  their credibility.

It  added that provision should be made for the financial indecent of SIECs  by giving them a first line charge in the state’s budget.

That  issues relating to the composition and administration of SIECs should  be activated through a  law of the State House of Assembly.

It  added that, “State Houses of Assembly,y should legislate the details of  the composition and administration of SIECs as well as confirm their  members.

“State houses of assembly should legislate the tenure of elected local government officials.”

On  judiciary, it said that Federal High Court should be renamed and  redesigned as constitutional court of Nigeria, adding the jurisdiction  and powers of the Federal High Court should be transferred to the  National Industrial Court.

On  death or withdraw of a candidate, the committee recommended that where a  candidate dies or withdraws from the election, the political party  which nominated “that candidate shall submit to the commission the name  of the candidate who scored the second highest number if voted at the  primaries as the substitute candidate.”

It  added that where such “a dead or disqualified candidate may have  emerged by consensus, fresh primaries should be held to determine the  new representative of the party.

Biafra Galaxy

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