{"id":114498,"date":"2024-10-03T02:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114498"},"modified":"2024-10-03T02:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:40:23","slug":"opeyemi-bamidele-i-never-said-return-to-regional-system-would-give-easterners-biafra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/opeyemi-bamidele-i-never-said-return-to-regional-system-would-give-easterners-biafra\/","title":{"rendered":"Opeyemi Bamidele: I never said return to regional system would give Easterners Biafra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1811843540148200613\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has faulted claims that he was working against the interests of the Yoruba in the National Assembly.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe made the clarification in a statement by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs on Wednesday in Abuja while refuting claims in some media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Some media platforms had falsely attributed a statement to the Senate Leader that \u201cIf we allow the regional system in Nigeria, we would have automatically given the Easterners Biafra\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Bamidele also said that the claims \u201care baseless, false and unfounded,\u201d noting that he had been dutifully serving the interests of Ekiti Central, Ekiti State, South-west and Nigeria by extension since his election into the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He challenged any person with audio-visual and documentary evidence to come out and present such.<\/p>\n<p>Bamidele said that he never made such a statement, which he said, was an attempt to pitch him against the Yoruba and other ethnic nationalities in the federation.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he did not make any statement about the regional government in line with the 1960 and 1963 Constitution at the September 27 to 28 Senate Retreat on the Review of the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claim is far from the truth. I never spoke about the return to the regional government at any forum; neither did I make a claim that \u2018If we allow the regional system in Nigeria, we would have automatically given the Easterners Biafra\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a sheer case of misinformation and deliberate fake news which do not in any way represent my worldview about federal governance structure,\u201d Bamidele said.<\/p>\n<p>Bamidele, however, warned that he would not hesitate to legally challenge any individual or establishment fabricating and circulating fake news against his person and office.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, according to the Senate Leader, there is no proposal for the return to the regional government before the Senate Ad hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He further said: \u201cHow then can I oppose the proposal that is not currently before the Constitution Review Committee? I believe this statement is politically motivated to discredit me before Nigeria as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, the 10th Senate Constitution Review Committee has received 37 fresh constitution alteration bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee is also considering 16 constitution alteration bills inherited from the 9th National Assembly, making 53 alteration bills altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of these alteration bills proposed the return to the regional federal governance structure as practised in the First Republic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLinking me to an anti-regional government is a deliberate attempt to tarnish my image. I am not working against the interest of the Yoruba. I will never do so for any reason,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has faulted claims that he was working against the interests of the Yoruba in the National Assembly. 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