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Pat Utomi: Time to take a back seat

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2026

By Temitope Ajayi Since bursting into national consciousness, Professor Patrick Utomi has convinced himself that he is the Nigerian equivalent of Albert Einstein, Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes rolled into one. For decades, as a public intellectual/commentator on national affairs and

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Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2026

By Sunday Dare Professor Pat Utomi has once again chosen to dance naked in the public square, playing to the gallery with a familiar cocktail of grandstanding and gloom. This time, he has come to dismiss the reform programme of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as “ridiculous,” “poorly structured,” and, in a flourish of intellectual overreach, […]

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How DSS aborted Utomi’s aberrative shadow cabinet through legal process

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2025

By Ephraim Makke In most democratic states, there is always the tendency for citizens to assume, though erroneously, that the exercise of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution is absolute and without limit. Buoyed by such reasoning, some citizens are often tempted to make demands, ranging from the unusual to the absurd, believing that it […]

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Breaking! DSS Wins as Court Declares Utomi’s ‘Shadow Government’ Unconstitutional

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2025

sks him, associates to float or join political party A Federal high court sitting in Abuja on Monday declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional the bid by Prof. Pat Utomi and some of his associates to form a shadow government in the country. The court held that Utomi and his associates cannot hide behind the […]

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2023: Col Umar, Agbakoba, Falana, Ezekwesili, Utomi, Others Launch Political Movement

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2020

Prominent statesmen and civil society leaders, including former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Dangiwa Umar (rtd), Olisa Agbakoba, Femi Falana, Oby Ezekwesili, Mailafia Obadiah, among others, have launched a new political movement to save the country from its current trajectory. The new group was announced in a communique issued by the founders on Wednesday. […]