ZION B-BC
NEWSLETTER.
A Publication of the Zion Faith
Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.
{Vol. 14. NO 617
17th August 2025} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).
PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!
TINUBU REPLICATES OBASANJO’S RASCALITY ON STATE
ALLOCATION SEIZURE!
On Friday, December 20,
2004, the Supreme Court of Nigeria which is the Apex Court in this country and
which also has original jurisdiction to adjudicate on all matters between the
Federal Government and any of the state governments and vice versa, delivered a
judgment in favour of the Lagos State government in Suit No. SC. 70/2004
between the Attorney-General of Lagos State and Attorney-General of the
Federation.
It was a full panel of
the Apex Court, presided over by no less an outstanding jurist than the
Honourable Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Lagos State government
with Governor Alhaji Bola Tinubu at the helm of affairs briefed a team of
lawyers under the leadership of the late legal icon, Chief F.R.A. Williams,
SAN, the Attorney-General of Lagos State and challenge the action of the
Federal Government at the Supreme Court.
Each of the Justices of the Supreme Court
unequivocally held that the President does not have the power or vested with
the jurisdiction to order the withholding or suspension of any payment of
allocation from the Federation Accounts to local governments councils or to
state governments on behalf of the local government councils as provided by
section 162 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.
EXCEPTS OF JUDGMENT AS
REPORTED IN (2004) 18 NWLR (PT. 904) 1.
At page 91, paragraphs
E – H to page 92, paragraphs A – B of the report, the Chief Justice of Nigeria
enthused in a very clear and lucid manner that: “Mr. President does not have
the power which he claimed to have exercised in his letter to the Finance Minister.”
At page 99 paragraphs
(C – D), Kutigi, JSC. opined thus:
“It appears to me that
nowhere in the Constitution is the President expressly or impliedly authorized
to suspend or withhold the statutory allocation payable to Lagos State pursuant
to section 162(5) of the constitution on the ground of the complaints made by
the Federal Government in this action or any ground at all.
“If the President has
any grievance with any tier of government, he should go to court. He cannot
kill them by withholding their statutory allocations. That will be brutal
indeed.”
At pages 110 -11
paragraphs G – Uwaifo, J.S.C., held that: “It does not appear to me that there
is any power conferred on the President to decide to withhold any allocation on
the basis of a conceived breach of the constitution by any of the three tiers.
“It seems to me also
that the allocation principle of funds to local government councils in each
state is such that the amount payable does not increase simply because a House
of Assembly has created more local government areas in the state. To take that
into account will simply encourage the proliferation of local government areas
for the main aim of earning more revenue. That cannot be right or equitable.”
WHY HAS TINUBU WITHHELD
OSUN STATE REVENUE ALLOCATION?
Review of a document released by the Office of
the Accountant General shows that the total amount yet to be released to the
state government stands at ₦46.9 billion as at June 2025.
The stalemate is linked
to the controversy in Osun State over who the authentic local government
chairmen were – whether of the former APC Administration or the new PDP of
Governor Ademola Adeleke!
In March, the State was
expected to receive ₦11.9 billion; the amounts for April, May, and June were
₦11.2 billion, ₦11.7 billion, and ₦12.1 billion, respectively.
BU reports have it that
the Federal Government had withheld Osun State’s local government allocations
since March 2025 due to the Tinubu administration’s insistence that only
APC-recognized local government chairmen be acknowledged in the state.
It was gathered that
following the alleged “controversial” local government election conducted by
the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration—which displeased the Federal
Government - the allocations meant for the state’s LGAs were subsequently suspended
by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Reports revealed that
during the Presidential intervention, the APC-recognized chairmen, with support
from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Osogbo, attempted to open LGA
Accounts without the State Government’s input but was blocked by the Osun State
government.
A Local Government
source has disclosed that their allocations in the state had been withheld for
four months as at June 2025. Tinubu is aware that he has neither moral or
constitutional justification to withhold any State’s fiscal Allocations because
he fought against the anomaly in 2004 and WON AT THE SUPREME COURT
TINUBU’S BRAGADDO
DURING 2023 ELECTION CAMPAIGNS!
THE presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu in Benin City, Edo
State said the seizure of the revenue of Lagos State by former president,
Olusegun Obasanjo triggered his intellectual capacity and those of his
lieutenants to make Lagos what it is today and therefore, appealed to Nigerians
to vote for him, assuring that he will bring prosperity, create jobs and secure
Nigerians if elected. (6th January 2023).
“Trust me, I am an expert in finding the way
where there is no way. I found a way to tame the Atlantic ocean and turned it
into a money-making machine. I found a way to stop the killing drainages to
channelization and prosperity. I have done many things. I have the power of
thinking and doing.”
“Obasanjo seized our
salaries, local government monies. Do you call that person a good or a wicked
man? So, if he says he endorsed somebody, is it not poison that he is giving to
you? One who doesn’t know the way cannot show the way. He is endorsing Obi (Peter)
but he doesn’t know the road,” he said.
ADELEKE’S DYNASTY NOW
PAYS OSUN STATE WORKERS!
A Chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has revealed that Osun
State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and his family, including music star
David Adeleke (popularly known as Davido), personally funded the payment of
workers’ salaries in the state for several months due to withheld local
government allocations.
George made the
disclosure during an interview on Nigeria FM Info on Saturday, August 16, 2025,
while addressing speculations about Governor Adeleke’s alleged plans to defect
to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
When asked about the
governor’s political direction, George said: “I had had an in-depth discussion
with him, and the first time we spoke, he called me and informed me that he
would be leaving the party. I was hell-shocked, and I said to him, Your Excellency,
please think very carefully. And deeply, too.
Pressed further on
whether the governor and his family truly paid workers from their personal
resources, George replied: “Yeah. For the last five, six months. They haven’t
received a single drop although the Court ruled in their favor”!
George revealed that
during the last National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP, Governor
Adeleke reaffirmed his loyalty to the party.
“And he came to me. He
said, Baba, thank you, sir. I am not leaving this party. So I held him,” George
recounted.
TINUBU MUST BACK-PEDAL
NOW AND GIVE ONTO OSUN WHAT BELONGS TO OSUN!
Eight days before he
embarked on another international jamboree to Japan and Brazil on Friday 15th
August 2025, speculation was rife that Alhaji Tinubu was indisposed and could
not attend several State functions!
But as usual, his
spokespersons dismissed the assertion and claimed that he worked from home and
it was usual to delegate his Vice to represent him when necessary.
On Friday, President
BAT emerged from his cocoon and boarded the controversial USD$100 million
dollar jet purchased amidst exceeding poverty/suffering /pain in the land and
departed into thin air!
When will he return?
Possibly when he has borrowed more money to maintain Presidential status quo!
The State House
eventually disclosed that President Bola Tinubu arrived in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER on his way to a two-nation working visit to
Japan and Brazil.
At Yokohama, Japan, he
will attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development
(TICAD9) from 20th – 22th August 2025.
The Conference themed,
“Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa,” will explore strategies to drive
Africa’s economic transformation, attract private investment, and build a
resilient and sustainable continent anchored on peace and human security.
After Japan, Tinubu
will proceed to Brazil for the second leg of his working visit.
The timeline of the
Japan holiday was unspecified!
TINUBU CAN NEVER HAVE
PEACE UNTIL HE DOES THE WILL OF GOD AND THE PEOPLE! WILLY NILLY HE MUST RELEASE
OSUN’S FUNDS AND BEGIN THE PROCESS TO A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN
NIGERIA!
[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]
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