Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was in Calabar and Lagos today -Thursday June 25 paying tribute to two eminent Nigerians whose lives reflect the very virtues of integrity, trustworthiness and social justice, which can lift our dear nation. The one is Late Justice P.O.E Bassey and Dr. Christopher Kolade.
He arrived Calabar at about 10:30am attending the Justice P.O.E Bassey Memorial Lecture, at the University of Calabar, and left the town about 3:30pm, heading for Lagos where he spoke at the Convention for Integrity 3rd Annual Lecture.Prof Osinbajo was well received in Calabar witnessed by the warmth shown him and his delegation by the people and government of Cross River State.
Claims that the town was in a lock down because of his visit is just another mischievous and baseless report from some of the same social media quarters that misled the nation in the past about his purported exclusion from security meetings. The Vice President did not even spend ten hours in Calabar and could not have locked down the town, as his convoy moved freely among the people in regular traffic as he normally does.
I personally observed several people go about their normal activities and businesses without any hinderance.
He has since returned to Abuja after his trip to both cities.
Signed
Laolu Akande
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I knew it was a stunt by bad belle people. Linda take note!
Yes oh. Cos I was in calabar an i didn't experience any lock down. Was thinking twas another Calabar you were about.
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Either this media people are crazy or insane.. Didnt they read that trader complain and hw bitter he was abi that man wey complain sound as if this politics of a thing concern am neh.... Dude was concern about his business and hw that lock down deprieve him of his daily bread this is what this people have to put up.... Shame on them though...
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Laolu Akande,fear God oo.you know what you just said is a lie,you knw it
Wat do we believe?
So sad that ppl are making up stories for their own selfish gains. Quit it.
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Hmnnnn! There was pic evidence na, maybe 10 hrs was exaggerated,
Whatever too!
Lies from the pit hell! Highway was blocked even tho it wasn't in the route he will follow, the entire hospital road was blocked, inside school was barricaded too by eye-service police men, etagbor was a serious traffic mess. He shouldn't come to calabar again please. We experienced traffic for the first time in our quiet lives here. Something that he would have been carried from the airport quietly without siren and we wouldn't have even noticed the VP is in calabar but no they had to use siren, block roads, harrass drivers and drive roughly to tell us that he has arrived. Useless bunch of people. See how we were trekking from dept to main gate cos the buses weren't available cos of barricades. I can't even rant enough. Nobody uses sirens here and the governor will even pass u and u won't knw but these abuja touts had to come and disrupt the peace of my calabar.
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it is well
Ok oooooo, two sides to till tale
There was a major lock down
Hiss! How come he personally observed people go abt their activities when he can not b more than one place@a time.
Biko he should park well, and I wonder who he is trying to cover up for. Nonsense!
Hiss! How come he personally observed people go abt their activities when he can not b more than one place@a time.
Biko he should park well, and I wonder who he is trying to cover up for. Nonsense!
Hiss! How come he personally observed people go abt their activities when he can not b more than one place@a time.
Biko he should park well, and I wonder who he is trying to cover up for. Nonsense!
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That's a lie because all major roads in the metropolitan city leading to unical were completely locked down. I was a victim along Ibb way to Etagbor round about if you know Calabar well
Ok. APC with liar Mohammed . Go and address the fight for power in the legistilative house before one of them will collapse
God bless u... I had to trek from mcc to rabana imagine d distance
There is a popular saying that in every rumour there is element of truth. Why should a visit of a citizen bring havoc to people
I commented on that post yesterday, the road wasn't blocked because of the Vice president or government officials.
The deserted road was because of heavy rain.
It rained heavily from morning till afternoon (1:30pm). Only those in Calabar will understand how Calabar rain disrupts movement.
I passed through the so called inter connecting blocked road(high way) from Lemna road in the morning.
My sibling went through that way to and back from school in the central area(watt market axis).
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Didnt fall for that report yestday.......
Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB......
Who is deceiving who actually??
You guys should keep lying! Nigerians are now well aware of ur antics! Stupid liars!
The business man Asuquo's complaint might have stemmed from the rain and the guy that sent Linda the story decided to blow things out of proportion to suit his secret desire.
People only go to the market under rain when people are in dire need of something; if there is no urgent need, people would stay indoors.
You knew well.
If there was a road block, it wasn't in the central area; it was in Unical area where the memorial lecture took place.
Many people didn't even know that the VP came to town.
If calabar was locked down, then the state government should be held responsible, cos they ordered the lockdown, and how will the VP know all dese happened when he was attending a function. Do not forget that last year during the campaigns when the Ex president and his wife came, calabar was locked down, so why are you people now lamenting like it's the 1st time u ve witnessed it. We Nigerians are always biased.
hmmm APC an lies... I leave close to unical an every road arud unical wz locked down
PURE LIES!!! I was a victim. Yesterday was he'll for us, we had to trek long distances just cos of Osinbajo.. else u'll be in a hold-up for several hours. Businesses around Ettagbor and edim.otop area were completely locked down cos customers couldn't find their way to d shops. Dis man shouldn't come to Cally again abeg! Nonsense
A friend of mine was just lamenting of how pedestrians were stopped on the streets of Abuja so as the president can pass. so i don't doubt if this happened. the truth is that shutting down all the streets, roads and shops when a president or vice president is visiting a state can never solve the security problem in Nigeria. it is high time Nigerians stepped up their games and think properly. when they get better thinking assassins, they are going to start thinking better than shutting down peoples business as a means of providing security. As for the people who still think that they are the "gods of Nigeria", We are watching them and God is watching us.
I never expected them to admit to it. So whatever, duuhhh.
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Alloy, Royal Madness, Adaobi the she goat, u people can go nd hug transformer as u all re feeling the pains. As VP said that his visit didn't lock down the town of the state yesterday.
Serious lies. These politicians r demonic liars. May God deal with u for d sufferings of yesterday.
Everywhere was locked down.
Liars. For osinbanjo n his people to lie like Then this man is a fraud.
Elle
Shut up! Agbaya Anon 9: 07, stop talking rubbish here, do u know what ur brother Badluck Jonathan did 2 us in benin city? Whenever he visit benin wen he was a president that day will be a bad day to the whole benin city. The last visit he visit benin my car was jamb by one barister. U re here talking nonsense! Mtcheeew!
Una get time to dey respond to bad belle PDP shameless people. Our eye don clear. Change is here. Whatever they say we won't believe. I just hope The APC doesn't misuse the confidence we have in them. I'm specifically referring to Bukola Saraki, The igbo governor, Rochas and their co Bad Eggs. I do not stand to be corrected.
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The whole town "Calabar Municipal" was in chaos ystdy. Traffic was hell, I don't see why a President or VP cannot drive along the road with other road users or tax payers with causing traffic. This I would blame on our senseless Police Officers. I was in traffic for more than one hour for a 7mins journey. Major routes in the city was on lock down.
Thank vry much @michelle, God bless u. Bad belle pple no go die well
Wat do u guys expect nd where una ddey take am personal, dis stuff happens anytime a dignitary enters a state +instead of make una happy, una dey form vex*hiss
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