Gov. Orji who is invoking his powers as Visitor to the university is
said to be behind a move compelling the varsity authorities to consider
the recommendations of a kangaroo investigative panel that allegedly
looked into a spurious petition lodged against the award of the degree
to Kalu by the university several years ago. Kalu who had abandoned his
degree programmme at the University of Maiduguri had his transcript
records and other details transferred to ABSU while he was serving as governor and eventually completed the programme some eleven years ago.In fact, photos of the then Governor Kalu sitting among other students to write his semester exams made interesting news for several newspaper houses then, as they lavishly splashed them in their publications. Eleven years down the line, however, Gov. T. A. Orji is said to be desperate to withdraw the degree to score a political point against Kalu whose return to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sent cold shivers down the spine of the governor and his allies.
Daily Sun gathered that the Senate of the University met last Tuesday to consider the report of the investigative panel hurriedly set up to look into the curious petition filed by a yet to be unmasked petitioner. The panel alleged, in an excerpt of its report obtained by Daily Sun, that although there indeed 'was a student by name Kalu, O.U. with Matriculation Number 00/42226, who supposedly transferred to Abia State University,' the process of the transfer and the documentation was incomplete and that 'In effect, the said transfer of Kalu, Orji U. into Abia State University was irregular ab initio.'
The Senate was, however, said to have dismissed the report and recommendations of the panel, saying it was hurriedly put together and did not follow due process. Apart from the fact that the report was hurriedly done, the Senate also noted that the Vice Chancellor as at the time of the report, was never invited to give evidence during the so-called investigation. Similarly, the Senate noted, neither Kalu who is a central figure to the petition nor any other key figure to the matter was invited to testify.
Not satisfied, however, those believed to be bent on scoring cheap political point with the matter are said to have mounted pressure on most members of the Senate to re-visit the matter. Consequently, an emergency meeting at the university Senate has been convened tomorrow with Kalu's degree as the only item on the agenda. A member of the Senate who spoke to Daily Sun last night on the condition of anonymity said the development is dangerous. 'They should not bring politics into academics because it will destroy the institution,' he said.
Confirming that some members of the university Senate have been under pressure since Tuesday, the source said: 'Yes, offers have been made to some members after majority of us rejected the bid on Tuesday. With the way things are now, I doubt whether we will have quorum on Friday.' Reacting to the move yesterday, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu who is abroad said that the Abia State government's latest move has shown the level of desperation of the government. Kalu who spoke through his aide, Kunle Oyewunmi, said that 'it is obvious that this shameless desperation was provoked by my return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
If the governor is popular as he claims, why is he jittery and desperate that one man is re-joining a party he co-founded.' Kalu called on well-meaning Abians and Nigerians to call Gov. T.A. Orji to order, adding that Abians are yearning for dividends of democracy and the governor has the responsibility to provide them. Sounding philosophical, Kalu said that he is confident that this 'move will also come to pass because no human being except God has the power to determine any other person's destiny.' The Sun
The
country lost $50bn (N8tn) in the last two years to neighbouring
countries as a result of illegal mining and exportation of unprocessed
gold.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Linus Awute, said this on Wednesday
during an interview on the sidelines of the Nigerian-Brazil Investment
Forum in Abuja.
He described the loss as monumental, adding that the activities of illegal gold miners were far beyond control.
Awute, however, added that the Federal Government had put in place mechanism to address the problem.
He said, “What the country loses to
illegal mining is tremendous; but the truth is that the amount of gold
that left this country because of the illegal mining activities was more
than $50bn in the last two years.
“The amount of unprocessed gold that has
left this country through the neighbouring countries, Ghana in
particular, and being processed in Ashanti, is enormous.”
Awute, however, said the Federal
Government had begun the process of formalising the operations of
illegal miners in the country, adding that such a move would help to
generate revenue in the form of royalties to the government.
He said, “The solution to informal
mining or illegal mining is to get them formalised and that is what we
are doing right now. We have over 600 groups that formed themselves into
cooperative societies.
“The most exciting thing is that there
is tremendous increase in the percentage of accruable royalties to the
government through the regularisation of their activities.’’
Awute pointed out that a road map for
the development of the mining sector had been produced by the ministry,
adding that the framework would help to set out vital programmes to be
implemented in the short, medium and long term.
The permanent secretary said a new
policy that would help to enhance performance and regulate the sector
adequately had been put in place.
He also said the ministry had forwarded a
draft Metallurgical Bill to the Ministry of Justice to provide a
veritable tool to regulate and monitor activities in the metal sector.
The bill, according to him, will ensure
efficient operations in the industry in line with world best practices
as well as improve the working conditions of the people.
He said, “If the sector is well
developed, it will provide alternative sources of internally generated
foreign exchange that can be used to fund critical infrastructure
projects.
“It will also aid the creation of
economic activities and organised settlements in the rural and
semi-urban centres as well as create employment opportunities.’’
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The protesters ... on Wednesday
Scores
of youths in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, rampaged through the town on
Wednesday to protest the death of six pupils in a fatal road accident.
The deceased were pupils of Kingdom Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Eket.
Eyewitnesses said the pupils, whose
identities could not be ascertained, met their untimely deaths when
their school vehicle fell into a ditch on Eket-Ibeno Road, last month.
They said before the school driver lost control of the vehicle, he tried in vain to dodge many bad spots on the road.
The eyewitnesses said apart from those
who died on the spot, other undisclosed number of pupils sustained
severe injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
It was learnt that the deaths of the
pupils sparked off Wednesday’s protest as youths felt the pupils would
have lived if the road was in good order.
One of the protesters, who craved
anonymity, said because of the dilapidation of the Eket-Ibeno road, many
road mishaps had taken place there.
He said the road had paved the way for
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies, as criminals usually
capitalised on the bad road to waylay innocent road users and residents.
He said due to the situation of the
road, youths in the area had given the relevant authorities several
ultimatums to rehabilitate the road.
He said unfortunately, their appeals and threats to the authorities and major stakeholders had always been ignored.
Youth President, Afaha Eket, Mr.
Emmanuel Sakey, lamented the poor state of the road, saying the bad
roads claimed the lives of those “innocent” children.
He said the communities had been
experiencing accidents on many roads in the areas on a daily basis,
saying that many pregnant women had had miscarriages.
“Why we are demonstrating this morning
is because of the way government is treating us. If you look between
Eket and Ibeno, you will see that we don’t have road here. For a number
of years, we have been suffering from this road and many other roads in
this area.
“We have lost many school children to
accidents apart from the six which happened recently. There have been
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies and more as the hoodlums
seize the opportunity to lie in wait for road users.
“We are aware that an oil firm had paid for the construction of the road, but it is still a deathtrap.”
Eket community leader, Mr. Nsini Eduok, said he woke up in the morning to see youths block the road.
He said he did not see anything wrong
with the youths’ action, insisting that if the right thing had been
done, the accident, which triggered their protests, would not have
occurred.
He claimed the community had complained
to state government and other bodies about the deplorable state of the
road but they had kept adamant.
He said, “I have just been informed that
the youths are protesting against the bad roads leading to where the
resources of this country come from. The condition of this road is worse
than any other roads in the country.
“The rehabilitation of the road was
given to FCC Nigeria Limited but we were told the government asked them
to stop. Why they did that, we cannot actually say.
“Since then we have not seen any sign that this road is going to be done.
Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa
Ibom Police Command, Dickson Etim, said it was only one pupil out of
eight that were in the school bus that died, against six as given by the
protesters.
He added that seven others sustained
different degrees of injuries, stressing that the accident occurred when
the children were going to school.
“When I heard of the accident, I called
the DPO in the area and he confirmed to me that it was only one person
that died against six given by the protesters,” Etim said.
The protesters ... on Wednesday
Scores
of youths in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, rampaged through the town on
Wednesday to protest the death of six pupils in a fatal road accident.
The deceased were pupils of Kingdom Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Eket.
Eyewitnesses said the pupils, whose
identities could not be ascertained, met their untimely deaths when
their school vehicle fell into a ditch on Eket-Ibeno Road, last month.
They said before the school driver lost control of the vehicle, he tried in vain to dodge many bad spots on the road.
The eyewitnesses said apart from those
who died on the spot, other undisclosed number of pupils sustained
severe injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
It was learnt that the deaths of the
pupils sparked off Wednesday’s protest as youths felt the pupils would
have lived if the road was in good order.
One of the protesters, who craved
anonymity, said because of the dilapidation of the Eket-Ibeno road, many
road mishaps had taken place there.
He said the road had paved the way for
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies, as criminals usually
capitalised on the bad road to waylay innocent road users and residents.
He said due to the situation of the
road, youths in the area had given the relevant authorities several
ultimatums to rehabilitate the road.
He said unfortunately, their appeals and threats to the authorities and major stakeholders had always been ignored.
Youth President, Afaha Eket, Mr.
Emmanuel Sakey, lamented the poor state of the road, saying the bad
roads claimed the lives of those “innocent” children.
He said the communities had been
experiencing accidents on many roads in the areas on a daily basis,
saying that many pregnant women had had miscarriages.
“Why we are demonstrating this morning
is because of the way government is treating us. If you look between
Eket and Ibeno, you will see that we don’t have road here. For a number
of years, we have been suffering from this road and many other roads in
this area.
“We have lost many school children to
accidents apart from the six which happened recently. There have been
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies and more as the hoodlums
seize the opportunity to lie in wait for road users.
“We are aware that an oil firm had paid for the construction of the road, but it is still a deathtrap.”
Eket community leader, Mr. Nsini Eduok, said he woke up in the morning to see youths block the road.
He said he did not see anything wrong
with the youths’ action, insisting that if the right thing had been
done, the accident, which triggered their protests, would not have
occurred.
He claimed the community had complained
to state government and other bodies about the deplorable state of the
road but they had kept adamant.
He said, “I have just been informed that
the youths are protesting against the bad roads leading to where the
resources of this country come from. The condition of this road is worse
than any other roads in the country.
“The rehabilitation of the road was
given to FCC Nigeria Limited but we were told the government asked them
to stop. Why they did that, we cannot actually say.
“Since then we have not seen any sign that this road is going to be done.
Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa
Ibom Police Command, Dickson Etim, said it was only one pupil out of
eight that were in the school bus that died, against six as given by the
protesters.
He added that seven others sustained
different degrees of injuries, stressing that the accident occurred when
the children were going to school.
“When I heard of the accident, I called
the DPO in the area and he confirmed to me that it was only one person
that died against six given by the protesters,” Etim said.
The protesters ... on Wednesday
Scores
of youths in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, rampaged through the town on
Wednesday to protest the death of six pupils in a fatal road accident.
The deceased were pupils of Kingdom Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Eket.
Eyewitnesses said the pupils, whose
identities could not be ascertained, met their untimely deaths when
their school vehicle fell into a ditch on Eket-Ibeno Road, last month.
They said before the school driver lost control of the vehicle, he tried in vain to dodge many bad spots on the road.
The eyewitnesses said apart from those
who died on the spot, other undisclosed number of pupils sustained
severe injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
It was learnt that the deaths of the
pupils sparked off Wednesday’s protest as youths felt the pupils would
have lived if the road was in good order.
One of the protesters, who craved
anonymity, said because of the dilapidation of the Eket-Ibeno road, many
road mishaps had taken place there.
He said the road had paved the way for
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies, as criminals usually
capitalised on the bad road to waylay innocent road users and residents.
He said due to the situation of the
road, youths in the area had given the relevant authorities several
ultimatums to rehabilitate the road.
He said unfortunately, their appeals and threats to the authorities and major stakeholders had always been ignored.
Youth President, Afaha Eket, Mr.
Emmanuel Sakey, lamented the poor state of the road, saying the bad
roads claimed the lives of those “innocent” children.
He said the communities had been
experiencing accidents on many roads in the areas on a daily basis,
saying that many pregnant women had had miscarriages.
“Why we are demonstrating this morning
is because of the way government is treating us. If you look between
Eket and Ibeno, you will see that we don’t have road here. For a number
of years, we have been suffering from this road and many other roads in
this area.
“We have lost many school children to
accidents apart from the six which happened recently. There have been
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies and more as the hoodlums
seize the opportunity to lie in wait for road users.
“We are aware that an oil firm had paid for the construction of the road, but it is still a deathtrap.”
Eket community leader, Mr. Nsini Eduok, said he woke up in the morning to see youths block the road.
He said he did not see anything wrong
with the youths’ action, insisting that if the right thing had been
done, the accident, which triggered their protests, would not have
occurred.
He claimed the community had complained
to state government and other bodies about the deplorable state of the
road but they had kept adamant.
He said, “I have just been informed that
the youths are protesting against the bad roads leading to where the
resources of this country come from. The condition of this road is worse
than any other roads in the country.
“The rehabilitation of the road was
given to FCC Nigeria Limited but we were told the government asked them
to stop. Why they did that, we cannot actually say.
“Since then we have not seen any sign that this road is going to be done.
Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa
Ibom Police Command, Dickson Etim, said it was only one pupil out of
eight that were in the school bus that died, against six as given by the
protesters.
He added that seven others sustained
different degrees of injuries, stressing that the accident occurred when
the children were going to school.
“When I heard of the accident, I called
the DPO in the area and he confirmed to me that it was only one person
that died against six given by the protesters,” Etim said.
The protesters ... on Wednesday
Scores
of youths in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, rampaged through the town on
Wednesday to protest the death of six pupils in a fatal road accident.
The deceased were pupils of Kingdom Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Eket.
Eyewitnesses said the pupils, whose
identities could not be ascertained, met their untimely deaths when
their school vehicle fell into a ditch on Eket-Ibeno Road, last month.
They said before the school driver lost control of the vehicle, he tried in vain to dodge many bad spots on the road.
The eyewitnesses said apart from those
who died on the spot, other undisclosed number of pupils sustained
severe injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
It was learnt that the deaths of the
pupils sparked off Wednesday’s protest as youths felt the pupils would
have lived if the road was in good order.
One of the protesters, who craved
anonymity, said because of the dilapidation of the Eket-Ibeno road, many
road mishaps had taken place there.
He said the road had paved the way for
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies, as criminals usually
capitalised on the bad road to waylay innocent road users and residents.
He said due to the situation of the
road, youths in the area had given the relevant authorities several
ultimatums to rehabilitate the road.
He said unfortunately, their appeals and threats to the authorities and major stakeholders had always been ignored.
Youth President, Afaha Eket, Mr.
Emmanuel Sakey, lamented the poor state of the road, saying the bad
roads claimed the lives of those “innocent” children.
He said the communities had been
experiencing accidents on many roads in the areas on a daily basis,
saying that many pregnant women had had miscarriages.
“Why we are demonstrating this morning
is because of the way government is treating us. If you look between
Eket and Ibeno, you will see that we don’t have road here. For a number
of years, we have been suffering from this road and many other roads in
this area.
“We have lost many school children to
accidents apart from the six which happened recently. There have been
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies and more as the hoodlums
seize the opportunity to lie in wait for road users.
“We are aware that an oil firm had paid for the construction of the road, but it is still a deathtrap.”
Eket community leader, Mr. Nsini Eduok, said he woke up in the morning to see youths block the road.
He said he did not see anything wrong
with the youths’ action, insisting that if the right thing had been
done, the accident, which triggered their protests, would not have
occurred.
He claimed the community had complained
to state government and other bodies about the deplorable state of the
road but they had kept adamant.
He said, “I have just been informed that
the youths are protesting against the bad roads leading to where the
resources of this country come from. The condition of this road is worse
than any other roads in the country.
“The rehabilitation of the road was
given to FCC Nigeria Limited but we were told the government asked them
to stop. Why they did that, we cannot actually say.
“Since then we have not seen any sign that this road is going to be done.
Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa
Ibom Police Command, Dickson Etim, said it was only one pupil out of
eight that were in the school bus that died, against six as given by the
protesters.
He added that seven others sustained
different degrees of injuries, stressing that the accident occurred when
the children were going to school.
“When I heard of the accident, I called
the DPO in the area and he confirmed to me that it was only one person
that died against six given by the protesters,” Etim said.
The protesters ... on Wednesday
Scores
of youths in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, rampaged through the town on
Wednesday to protest the death of six pupils in a fatal road accident.
The deceased were pupils of Kingdom Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Eket.
Eyewitnesses said the pupils, whose
identities could not be ascertained, met their untimely deaths when
their school vehicle fell into a ditch on Eket-Ibeno Road, last month.
They said before the school driver lost control of the vehicle, he tried in vain to dodge many bad spots on the road.
The eyewitnesses said apart from those
who died on the spot, other undisclosed number of pupils sustained
severe injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
It was learnt that the deaths of the
pupils sparked off Wednesday’s protest as youths felt the pupils would
have lived if the road was in good order.
One of the protesters, who craved
anonymity, said because of the dilapidation of the Eket-Ibeno road, many
road mishaps had taken place there.
He said the road had paved the way for
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies, as criminals usually
capitalised on the bad road to waylay innocent road users and residents.
He said due to the situation of the
road, youths in the area had given the relevant authorities several
ultimatums to rehabilitate the road.
He said unfortunately, their appeals and threats to the authorities and major stakeholders had always been ignored.
Youth President, Afaha Eket, Mr.
Emmanuel Sakey, lamented the poor state of the road, saying the bad
roads claimed the lives of those “innocent” children.
He said the communities had been
experiencing accidents on many roads in the areas on a daily basis,
saying that many pregnant women had had miscarriages.
“Why we are demonstrating this morning
is because of the way government is treating us. If you look between
Eket and Ibeno, you will see that we don’t have road here. For a number
of years, we have been suffering from this road and many other roads in
this area.
“We have lost many school children to
accidents apart from the six which happened recently. There have been
frequent cases of kidnapping, armed robberies and more as the hoodlums
seize the opportunity to lie in wait for road users.
“We are aware that an oil firm had paid for the construction of the road, but it is still a deathtrap.”
Eket community leader, Mr. Nsini Eduok, said he woke up in the morning to see youths block the road.
He said he did not see anything wrong
with the youths’ action, insisting that if the right thing had been
done, the accident, which triggered their protests, would not have
occurred.
He claimed the community had complained
to state government and other bodies about the deplorable state of the
road but they had kept adamant.
He said, “I have just been informed that
the youths are protesting against the bad roads leading to where the
resources of this country come from. The condition of this road is worse
than any other roads in the country.
“The rehabilitation of the road was
given to FCC Nigeria Limited but we were told the government asked them
to stop. Why they did that, we cannot actually say.
“Since then we have not seen any sign that this road is going to be done.
Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa
Ibom Police Command, Dickson Etim, said it was only one pupil out of
eight that were in the school bus that died, against six as given by the
protesters.
He added that seven others sustained
different degrees of injuries, stressing that the accident occurred when
the children were going to school.
“When I heard of the accident, I called
the DPO in the area and he confirmed to me that it was only one person
that died against six given by the protesters,” Etim said.
What’s
your BB pin?”, she asked conceitedly, raising her BlackBerry
screen-glazed eyes. Her fake Yankee accent was drowned by rancorous
voices and the din of the heavy metal music blaring from the Hi-fi
speakers of the high-end nightclub in the heart of Victoria Island,
Lagos. Even when she was just sitting across the table as we both share a
drink, I could barely hear her. Just as I could not make any sense out
of our conversation in the entire time we spent together that evening.
To add to my misery even now as I reflect on my experience that night,
it is difficult to tell if my inability to understand my young female
guest was due to her contrived foreign accent or the frequent
interruptions from her “pinging” and the instant messages that kept
coming into her BlackBerry phone.
Her obsessive romance with her phone,
which repeatedly came in the way of our acquaintance, can be likened to
having a conversation with the deaf. So, I had proceeded to ignore this
new question; one of the many she had asked, while she took intermittent
pauses, with the usual vacant look, from her dialogue with her
imaginary phone character, intent on ruining my evening. I was going to
treat her new enquiry like a rhetorical question; but leaning close to
me, she asked the question again, insisting on an answer. Her persistent
question about my BlackBerry status threw me off balance for a moment.
But when I recovered, my response was
quick and brusque, “I don’t use a BlackBerry” Her reaction was
immediate. The shock in her eyes was unmistakable. Her unspoken
expression was; how would you not have a BlackBerry in this age and
time? Then, she seemed to switch off completely. Her expression became
distant. From that moment, each time we manage to find to something to
talk about, she would look past me, as if addressing a phantom.
I was amused by it all.
I had met the restless 20-something
university belle some hours earlier in the company of my young cousin.
And because it was a Friday night, we all ended up in one of those
nightclubs on Victoria Island where you will have to spend some nervous
moments scrutinising the menu.
I was immediately struck by my female
guest almost compulsive attraction to her BlackBerry phone. All through
our conversation that night, she stayed glued to it. Her fingers tapped
furiously at the tiny buttons on the keypad. She was a sight to behold.
Her addiction, her obsession, became a spectacle. As she tapped
frantically on the tiny keypads, she would pause occasionally, a frown
appearing on her brow. At another time, she would laugh out
hysterically, rocking back and forth on the chair with a loud yell.
People turned to look. She hardly noticed, or did not care. When the
waiter appeared to take our order, she was not listening. She was
completely oblivious of the happenings around her. As soon as she
realised I was not a BlackBerry phone user, our conversation seemed to
freeze out. I became another statistic, another face in the crowd.
But I had it coming.
Long after the BlackBerry phone made its
classy foray into the telephone consciousness of the upwardly mobile, I
had been indifferent to its ability to quickly transform one’s status
symbol; or doesn’t it? I have never taken myself seriously. For example,
many years after Nokia 3310 became embarrassingly outdated, I had
carried mine with pomp.
Recently, I walked into one of the mobile
telephone shops, just as I had done in the last few years, and each
time, I had come out with my wallet intact. I have never been able to
justify the reason why I should spend so much money on any hand-held
device. Despite the craze that followed the introduction of the
BlackBerry and the iPhones, androids and iPads of this world, I have
always considered them as passing fads for those who find them as status
symbols.
For example, a majority of young
Nigerians who carry these phones around hardly maximise the use of the
features that come with them. But I guess it is fashionable to be seen
with the most expensive phone in town. What, for example, are the unique
features of a BB, aside from instant messaging, that make them
a-must-have other than the status symbol that goes with logging it
around?
Okay, maybe it is useful for folks who
have loads of emails to answer per second. Otherwise, what is the point
of a young person barely 17, paying monthly surcharges just for
chatting, tweeting and Facebooking? Or does it have to do with the good feeling of owning a BB? Ok, you may say it’s cool to tweet, Facebook and ping
at the same time. But what makes them desirable apart from these
features? Are there no other phones performing the same functions?
My grouse with these new mobile phones is
the frequency at which new models of the same phone are released into
the mobile telephone market by the manufacturers. As soon as you buy a
new phone, at the blink of an eye, another newer model with supposedly
superior features is released into the market. In less than a month,
your new phone suddenly becomes the older version of the new one. And
the cycle continues. What phone fashionistas fail to realise is that
although the new model may appear sleekier than the ones they have, in
reality, the manufacturers have only added a feature or two to make them
the new model of the old one.
One feature of a BlackBerry phone which
makes it attractive to users, especially young people, is the instant
message feature, popularly known as “pinging”. Now that comes with its
own hazard. Recently, careless and indiscriminate pinging has become
fatal. Inside a Lagos bus, I sat with a guy who ensured that his
BlackBerry was conspicuously angled in a position where everybody could
see it. He was barely 16. My young cousin told me that in students’
parties on campus (even secondary schools), you will be “gated” without
possessing the most expensive type of BlackBerry!
Now the BlackBerry craze has claimed its first casualty.
In Ajah, Lagos, a girl chatting
passionately while crossing the road was knocked down recently. In Ogun
State, it was reported by The PUNCH recently that a youth corps member, one Egbe Ogbu, lost his life while pinging
in the middle of the road — I mean the guy simply committed suicide. In
the report, a learner driver was said to have knocked down the guy as
he crossed the road while pinging. He was chatting on his BB that he did
not realise the danger to his life. The statement by the driver was
shocking and revealing of the danger this BB crazy posed to users. She
said: “Mr. Ogbu was busy pinging on the road; I did not know when he got
in front of my car.’’
Now, who do we blame? The corps member or the driver?
- See more at: http://www.punchng.com/opinion/an-encounter-with-a-blackberry-babe/#sthash.ibQvCdf0.dpuf
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