Self Acclaimed Living Master Sat Guru Maharaj Ji Dies Of Tuberculosis
The story making round on the social media is that self-acclaimed sect leader, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji aka Guru Maharaji is dead.
According to sources close to the Spiritual leader in Ibadan, he passed away yesterday evening after a long time battle with tuberculosis.
Since the news broke around 6pm on Friday, scores of people have been visiting the One Love Family cult village popularly referred to as Satguru Village on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway.
Cell phones and Cameras have been barred on the property to avoid taking photos of the self acclaimed Living Master who believes he is a creator who will live forever.
Guru was born on the 20th of December 1947 to Nigerian parents in Ghana as Mohammed Ajirobatan Ibrahim.
The self proclaimed Living Master founded the cult in 1987 based on the divine knowledge he claimed he received while studying in London in 1954.
A source whose camera was seized at the village said many of his followers still believe he will resurrect so they have refused to bury him.
Umuahia – Tragedy struck on Tuesday in Abia, when two women died in an auto crash involving the motorcade bearing the wife of Abia Governor, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu.
Nkechi Ikpeazu
One of the dead women was identified as Mrs Promise Uche-Nwamkpa, wife of a former member of the Abia state House of Assembly. The second woman was Mrs Nwamaka Maduchukwu, a senior special assistant on media to Mrs. Ikpeazu.
The accident occurred when the motorcade was returning to Umuahia from Ntigha-Uzor in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia, where Ikpeazu had attended a burial.
Witnesses said that the Hummer carrying the deceased somersaulted thrice, when the driver attempted to overtake a vehicle at Ndiolumbe around 5 p.m.
A female occupant of the vehicle, who escaped unhurt, told NAN that the driver was on high speed when the accident occurred.
“The driver was on high speed and everybody in the vehicle was asking him to slow down. Suddenly the bus started jumping up and down before it started somersaulting,” she said.
She said that the vehicle somersaulted about three times and that she only found herself seated safely on a field by the road.
The middle-aged, fair-complexioned woman, who was wearing a dress designed for the burial, was full of praises to God, saying that “I escaped death by His grace.”
The driver of the Hummer, Mr Bright Ugwubujor, blamed the accident on brake failure.
Narrating the incident to NAN at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Ugwubujor said that the accident occurred when he attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead of him.
“When I tried to overtake the vehicle, I noticed an oncoming vehicle and attempted to retreat but I encountered a bump on the road and when I tried to apply the brake it could not work.
“Immediately, the vehicle began to somersault,” he said.
A medical doctor at the unit, where all the victims were brought for medical attention, confirmed to NAN the death of the two women.
He said that other occupants of the bus, including the driver sustained bruises and minor injuries.
He further said Mrs Promise Uche-Nwamkpa, was brought in dead to the hospital.
The second woman, Mrs Nwamaka Maduchukwu, gave up while doctors were battling to resuscitate her with the aid of an oxygen, he said
Maduchukwu was a widow and mother of four children.
She was also the chairperson, State Information Chapel of the Abia Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
The Chairman of NUJ in the state, Mr John Emejor, who was at the hospital to sympathise with the victims, has expressed shock over the incident.
Also, the former lawmaker, Uche-Nwamkpa, who came to the hospital to identify the body of his wife, wept uncontrollably.
Her body was thereafter taken to the hospital morgue.
Meanwhile, members of Maduchukwu’s church and colleagues resorted to frantic prayers to revive her.
An aide to the governor’s wife, Mr Chika Ojiegbe, said the Office of the Wife of the Governor “will issue a release soon.” (NAN)
Former England, Chelsea, and Manchester United midfielder, Ray Wilkins, died on Wednesday at the age of 61, days after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Wilkins, who won 84 England caps and was one of the most technically gifted players of his generation, had been treated in a London hospital since Friday.
The hospital issued a statement on behalf of the family, thanking friends, and members of the public for the “many goodwill messages”.
Chelsea, in a Twitter post, said: “Everybody associated with Chelsea Football Club is devastated to learn of the passing of our former player, captain and assistant coach, Ray Wilkins. Rest in peace, Ray, you will be dreadfully missed.”
Wilkins, known in the game by his childhood nickname “Butch”, played for 11 clubs including AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Glasgow Rangers, and was on the coaching staff of several more.
The midfielder started his career with Chelsea and spent six years with the Blues, while also having numerous stints as assistant manager. On one occasion, he led the side on a caretaker basis.
“Without question one of Chelsea’s greatest, most famous and most admired home-grown players, Ray was a much-loved icon and ambassador. He will be dreadfully missed,” the club said on its website.
During his career as a player, Wilkins won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983, scoring a memorable goal in the first tie against Brighton at Wembley, which ended 2-2. He also won the Scottish title with Rangers in 1989.
He became the fourth player sent off while playing for England when he was dismissed during the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico in a game against Morocco.
Wilkins, who had been employed as a TV pundit, worked alongside Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge and was assistant when Carlo Ancelotti took over.
Manchester United tweeted: “The thoughts and prayers of everyone at Manchester United are with the family, friends and colleagues of our former midfielder Ray Wilkins, following his tragic passing.”
former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has formally declared for the July 14 governorship race in the state.
The current Minister of Mines and Steel Development said he was persuaded to join the race because of poverty, frustrations and misery of Ekiti people.
He made his ambition known at a news conference after hosting leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress from all the 16 Local Government Areas and the 177 wards of the state at his Isan-Ekiti country home in the Oye Local Government Area of the state.
He became the 35th aspirant to formally indicate interest in the governorship poll on the platform of the APC.
Fayemi promised to dislodge the Governor Ayodele Fayose-led Peoples Democratic Party based on his track record and “improved welfare” he provided for workers, retirees and pensioners while in office in the state.
He warned Fayose not to attempt to remove or destroy his campaign posters and billboards the way his government was doing to some opposition posters, saying doing so would be resisted by all means possible.
The ex-governor said he would formally submit his letter of intent to the state secretariat of the APC after the Independent National Electoral Commission lifted the ban on campaigns on April 15.
He said, “I am not going to jump the gun because there are rules and guidelines for electioneering. The body responsible for that has stated the obvious — when you can actually start the campaigns. The fact that people are flouting the guidelines is the fault of INEC.
“I have also been very clear that whatever it takes, constitutionally, legally and legitimately to put our party in office in October 2018, we will do as a party.”
Fayemi described other aspirants from the APC as equally good and qualified, but advised against divisive tendencies from their followers.
The ex-governor stressed that whoever that eventually emerged from the coming primary must be embraced by all since the national secretariat of the party had promised an open, free and fair exercise.
He promised to use his second-term to correct all the past mistakes and improve on the good ones, saying he had learnt his lessons since leaving office about four years ago as governor as well as garnered new experience.
