GOSSIP
Kogi 2023: Sen Smart Tags Jamiu Asuku and Edward Onoja as Enemy Of The State
By Oba Bolu on October 17, 2021
Kogi 2023: Sen Smart Tags Jamiu Asuku and Edward Onoja as Enemy Of The State
Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC – Kogi West) has said that it is ill time for anyone to speak or start working towards succeeding governor Bello in January 2024.
Senator Adeyemi who stated this on Saturday at his country home Iyara while speaking at the sideline of the Iyara – Day celebration, also said any appointees who by now is planning how to succeed the governor is not only inconsiderate to the governor’s presidential ambition, but should be seen as an enemy of the governor.
He equally said it is not expedient to speak about power shift in the state.
He said what is expedient for political actors in the APC is to first unite behind Governor Bello to achieve his presidential ambition; as the guber race is still afar off.
“As for me, I believe for now, nobody should talk about Governorship ambition or power shift. Nobody should be doing one program or another to curry favour for the guber ticket; weather school competition, debate or whatever disguised programs, because the presidential ambition of the governor should be the paramount.
“Any appointees or political players that is doing such is an enemy of the governor. Such person does not love the governor because it shows inconsideration to the governor’s ambition.
“If the governor became President, that is like getting the ‘elephant heads’; why should we then be preoccupied with small fries when we are targeting the ‘elephant heads’.”
Adeyemi said he has long keyed behind Governor Yahaya Bello ambition because he (Bello) remains the best presidential hopeful that can turn around the fortunes of Nigeria and make it one of the strongest economies in the world.
“Yahaya Bello is a youthful governor with so much energy, intellectual capacity and administrative acumen with an enviable record, who possessed what it takes to take the country to enviable heights.
“The governor has handled a tripartite state like Kogi with a detribalised mind, devoid of ethnic and religious sentiments, and he can reciprocate the leadership acumen at the higher stage.”
The senator said though it is not out of place for Kogi West to agitate for power shift for the zone, but it’s not needed, “The people of Kogi West should believe the governor for his promise to be fair, just and equitable to all the Senatorial district.
The governor still repeated it today (Saturday), and that is the most important thing about leadership…justice fairness and equity.”
The senator who begged that nobody should link him to any guber ambition, however reel out projects and program for the Senatorial district before the end of the year,
1.Our bursary scheme will start by next month from Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, and we are targeting 500 students for the first phase, and 1000 students for the next phase.
2. We are also starting our Health Insurance scheme for aged people in the Senatorial district from 70 years and above. We are doing this because we want to compliment the governor’s efforts in the health sector.”.
GOSSIP
How Ovaioza Farm Investment Crashed
ABOUT OVAIOZA
First things first, my cumulative money on the dashboard is above 27.9million naira. I am a partner in both corn and plantain, at the moment. This is not just my money but that of people under me. My family, my friends, and even some of the people I work with. So, I am not just speaking as a supposed friend now, but as a partner too.
Since all of this started, we as Ovaioza’s friends have held hope. We have believed her because, we saw her going to markets, storage facilities, milling factory, etc. Heck, my firm has drafted a lot of her business proposals, so, I’m very sure there is a business.
However, with everything that has recently come to light, with our own monies hanging in the balance, we all became critical and came together to make our own findings. We got a hold of her account statements from her auditors and fact checked a lot of her financial transactions.
Last night, myself, Chykah Bro, Ikechukwu Iyke, Kelechi Ejikeme and others went to her house to confront her with our findings and ask the hard questions. Not just as friends but as partners too. We needed clarity! Her husband and mother were present at this meeting too.
We had a meeting with her from 8pm to 3am. We were at hers till 3am. For over 7hours! We refused to go until she clarified everything we needed to know. 
We wanted the truth! I mean, common, we have hitherto left you to run your business because it is yours but with allegations of fraud, not only is our own money hanging in the balance but also our reputations as your friends. We trusted you with huge sums of our money, for trade!
Here are some established facts from our meeting last night:
1. At no point in time has Ovaioza ever told me the exact number of partners she has. Yes, I knew she had a lot but when one of us asked her a while ago, she lied that it was just over a thousand. I had no idea of the exact amount of money she was trading with and that it was this big. She had repeatedly been advised not to take on more than she can handle with sales.
2. From the documents we got from auditors, the account statements show that the money inflow did not correspond with what market people remitted. About 80% of the money coming into her account was from partners. If she actually traded with that amount, there will be money from market people showing more than this amount, right? I mean, if I get 5billion from partners and buy goods to sell for profit, I should get back more than 5billion after sales, to show that I made profit. At no point in time did any money from the market match the money collected from partners. Over 80% of money she receives came from partners and not the market. So, where have you been paying profit from?
So, while there was a good business which I saw and even helped out with occasionally when my services or help was needed, the business was not as big as she claimed. She did not trade to the tune of the amount she collected from partners. That much is certain now and she could not deny it.
3. At the meeting, some of those present were those who have worked with. It was confirmed that her books were not open even to them. She was not upfront with everyone. She will give you only what she wants you to work on. As much as I was her friend and didn’t run the business with her, I saw what she wanted me to see, but not the full picture. I mean, I have even gone to Kano with her, for market runs.
4. She mismanaged funds. There was no time she separated her personal account from her business account. All the assets she bought or fixed up, running into over a billion, was paid for directly with the same accounts used for business. We asked her how sure she was that the money she used was her 30% profit and not partners money, but she couldn’t clear this.
5. This morning, we just spoke to her most fronted market distributor and he has confirmed that at no point in time did they distribute goods that big. He too, did not know this was going on. He says he only knows and account for the specific goods he distributed. It was never at the volume of the money collected from partners.
6. When we doubled down hard on her last night, asking her to tell us if the goods she has distributed right now, can pay off everyone, the truth came out. I mean, she keeps claiming our money is tied to goods. Can we see your records for distribution? Can we have a name for your distributors? Ovaioza said that she cannot account for the amount of goods distributed. She could not!
Okay, right now, can you give us an estimate of how much goods has been distributed? She said she could not, because she’s not been following up due to SEC issues and most of the distribution was to village people who cannot write any records.
This is strange because she always sounded authoritative about managing her business system perfectly. Me, Marline, I categorically put it to her that she cannot tell us that she doesn’t know how much goods have been distributed, yet, you authoritatively tell us and partners that our goods are in the market and our money will is safe?
7. When I questioned her on mismanagement of funds for personal properties, she could not deny that funds have been mismanaged, either. That 30% huge profit from everybody was not what she used. In December when she had slight issues with payments, I believed it was because market people did not all pay and I even refrained from withdrawing. I used my money to pay the people under me and even borrowed her some money to pay off a partner. This was returned.
Pheeeeeww!
At the end of this meeting and with all the facts we had established, we asked what solution can be done to salvage this, so that people will not lose their capital. All we want is just our capital. We can be last, but the public has to be paid! Heck, we don’t mind if she deducts all previous business profits paid and just pays the balance because at this point, we can see that there was no profits made to the tune of money paid to all of us partners. If you did not trade for that volume, you could not make profit at that level.
So, what are the options?
1. She has put up her plaza for sell! Yes, she owns the plaza. It is not rented. It belongs to her. Every equipment there is on sale too. Other properties too. This will be able to balance the remaining money she will get from the actual goods distributed and ensure that she pays people. This is the proposal SEC has asked her to bring.
2. Ovaioza said SEC has given her two options: Pay or go to jail! She is already drafting a payment plan, to pay back, but it’ll be spread out.
I feel betrayed, hurt and used. I feel stüpid for not knowing something was wrong. As at February, I was still topping up in millions. For myself and my friends. I was still paying in my money. I thought the challenges she had were sales related and at some point, I even advised her to sell of the garri on ground and refund everybody so that nobody will lose their capital since market was terrible. I had no idea that SEC and all these other issues were coming.
What hurts the most is not just the possible loss, but the fact that even when we found out these things and confronted her for 7hours last night, begging her to come clean to us, she still kept lying until she couldn’t deny anymore. The lies even at this point hurt more than everything else.
So, please, if you have your way to get your money, do what you can. While she might have been truthful about an intention to pay, I cannot vouch for that, at this point.
I am making this post as partner and because every other partner out there has the right to know what’s happening to their money.
I will be taking action to see if I can recover my own money too. If you deduct profits from my 27.9million, I still have plenty millions hanging in there. How on earth will I start repaying people?🤦♀️
GOSSIP
Natasha Akpoti Taunts Kogi Chief Of Staff Over His Mother’s Abduction
A former Kogi gubernatorial flagbearer in the 2019 Election Barrister Natasha Hadiza Akpoti has this morning advised the Chief of staff to Kogi State Governor, Pharm Asuku over the abduction of his mother in Adavi Local Government area of Kogi State.
The Governship aspirant who responded to update given by Channels Television said, “If such an unfortunate incident is confirmed, the Chief of Staff and Yahaya Bello should search the houses of their political thugs who they gave guns to during the 2019 elections.”
Channels Television
If such an unfortunate incident is confirmed, the Chief of Staff and Yahaya Bello should search the houses of their political thugs who they gave guns to during the 2019 elections.As a matter of fact, the then DPOs should be involved in the search because they taught the hoodlums how to operate the guns.
Everything was captured in my petition to the Nigeria Police Force which unfortunately hasn’t been attended to till today.
This is just a case of “live by the sword… die by the sword”.
The Hunter being hunted by his own very guns.
I only feel sorry for the poor innocent woman. May she return safely.
Natasha H Akpoti
GOSSIP
Natasha Akpoti Buys Car For Elderly Community Man
The Kogi Born Political Reformer, Humanitarian And Philanthropist has again bless an old man Named Uncle Sanda With a New Car.
This is uncle Sanda.
I woke up this morning and decided to get him this car as an appreciation for his honest friendship with my late father Dr. Akpoti (of blessed memory) and selflessly extending his love & care towards me and our numerous community works.
Pls join me in appreciating our caring and dedicated uncle Sanda 😁
Natasha H Akpoti
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