Kashif:


I dont understand what you mean by stalling. The engine dies? Auto transmissions do one of the following in a range - engage and stay, irrespective of load; flare (act as if in nuetral); slip (drive but with noticeable mobility loss); bind (act as if the brakes are applied). Which of the following applies?

Toyota's solenoid performance codes are not reliable. Don't change your solenoid when you see these codes, as they are the culprit only 40% of the time, or less. They are just ratio codes. When the TCM commands a shift, it is looking for a change in RPM. If this does not happen (because the shift did not occur), the solenoid performance code for the solenoid involved in the shift is set.

Problem could be stuck valve(s), solenoid, worn holding member or leaking circuit.

What was the fix for the solenoid B?

•Lagos politician’s wife speaks Divers and rescuers were still searching yesterday for the body of Mr. Mustain Alade Abaniwonda, who got drowned in the Lagos lagoon on Monday. Members of his family are yet to come to terms with the reality of his death, reports Joke Kujenya

Just how did Lagos businessman and politician Mustain Alade Abaniwonda end it?

The report that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos East senatorial candidate in the April elections jumped into the lagoon on Monday was yesterday denied by his family.

“He could not have jumped into the lagoon, he had no reason to do that,” his sobbing wife of almost 30 years Kuburat, said at their residence in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Victoria Island yesterday.

Rescuers continued the search for his remains at the spot close where he slipped into the lagoon close to the Marine Police office on the Third Mainland Bridge yesterday. Abaniwonda’s remains were yet to be found last night, more than 24 hours after he dropped into the lagoon

The deceased politician marked his wife’s 55th birthday on Sunday. As he did, little did he know that it would be his last day on earth.

He kept an early morning engagement at Apapa on Monday morning. He was returning in the afternoon when he felt pressed to ease himself. He told his driver to stop the car after which he ran towards the public toilet by the Marine Police post. What happened next was that he slipped into the lagoon, his family insisted.

Abaniwonda was a Management Consultant and Human Resource Personnel. His office was at the Bookshop House building, CMS, Lagos.

In a report that suggested suicide, Abanwonda was reported to have removed his wrist-watch, suit and shoes and jumped into the lagoon.

But his widow said: “Though, this is a very sober period for me because I can’t still believe that my husband is no more; yet, I commit the reporters of such falsehood to God. My husband had been diabetic for many years. But do we have to tell everyone that? That was our own family challenge and we bore it. He urinated a lot because he had no stamina to hold it. We were once issued ticket in the US because he could not hold himself and we packed in a wrong place.

“And why would he jump into the lagoon if I may ask you? He wasn’t owing anybody. He did not, and I repeat, borrow any money for the election. He did not fight anybody. He had no cause for such.

“Our marriage was an open relationship. I can tell you everything about my husband and he can do same for me.

“To us, it was nothing unusual that he urinated a lot. His driver was well aware of the situation too. So, if as the driver said, my husband had asked him to stop for him to urinate; it was a usual thing.

“So, as the driver told us. They were on their way from an official engagement in Apapa yesterday, Monday, when my husband in his usual manner told him to stop so he could pee. My husband got down apparently to look for where to urinate. He was said to have asked some boys around and they showed him the public toilet. We learnt that on getting to the toilets, they were locked and he couldn’t wait for the person with the key. Not knowing that the sides of the public toilets were slippery; he positioned himself to pee, but rather he slipped into the lagoon. And that’s the point at which the problem began.

“The driver said he was still waiting for him in the car when someone knocked on his car window and told him that the man he brought to the place had fallen into the water. He quickly ran out of the car towards the place.

“He said on getting there, he found his boss flapping the water while shouting “someone please help me, someone please help me”, Quickly, the driver jumped across a pile of ruined boats to the office of the Marine officers to alert them that my husband had fallen into the shallow side of the water on the other side. But instead of answering him, they started harassing him for jumping across the boat.

“The driver said when he got to the scene; the water only covered my husband to the waist. But by the time he was running helter-skelter looking for help, he had been lowered to the shoulders, then to the neck and then he could not see my husband’s head again.

“I had to order that the driver should be quickly released when I learnt that he had been locked up.

“There is no foul play in the unfortunate incident that happened to my husband. I believe he could have been rescued if the Marine Officers had responded to the cry immediately it happened. But like I said, it is the way God wanted things to go, if not, it wouldn’t have happened.

Mrs Abaniwonda said as Muslims they must accept God’s verdict no matter the circumstance.

Ms. Omoyosola Alade Abaniwonda, 27, who spoke on behalf of the children said: “My daddy had an incurable phobia for water. He never went near water and even used to scold us whenever he learnt that we went to the beach to swim. Instead of taking us to the beach, he could spend thousands of dollars on us to buy things to distract us from the waters. How could a man whose second daughter got married barely a month ago and who had already named his yet-to-be-born grandson Omobolaji commit suicide? Never! For what? He would never do such a thing! My father went out in good spirits on Monday.”

The late Abaniwonda’s son-in-law, Yomi, who said he was the first to be called by the driver said: “I was along Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, when the driver called me that daddy had fallen inside the lagoon. But because my mum was in the car with me, I just said okay, Daddy’s calling me? Tell him I’ll be there now. So, I quickly dropped my mother in my office and sped to the scene.

“On getting here, I located the driver and he recounted the incident. Immediately, I walked into the office of the Marine officers and met an officer in uniform. I identified myself as the son of the person in the water and told him that my dad fell into the water a few minutes ago. He told me that there were no divers around.

“I told him that I could swim if I can get a life jacket or vest because at that time, we could not see his body on the surface of the water again. He told me that they had no life jacket. He then pointed me to private divers and rescuers. So, I went to meet the private rescuers and they told me that I should pay N150, 000. I told them to go ahead and (pointing); they are still searching but we are yet to locate my late father-in-law’s body.”

Speaking for the deceased’ circle of friends, Mr. Wale Edun, former Commissioner for Finance, in Lagos State said: “We are saddened, shocked and mystified. He was a staunch member of our circle of like-minded friends. We often sat to discuss issues of national importance, politics and such likes with focus on how we could contribute our respective quotas. So, to hear that he is suddenly no more leaves us with more questions to ask than solutions to proffer. We heard of his death late last night and we are so keen to know the truth of the situation. We are seriously hoping-against-hope that his body would be retrieved because as we speak, there is no conclusive explanation to the search for his body. We are all just confused. For now, everything else is in the hands of the marine police.”

THEWILL can authoritatively report that Chief James Onanefe Ibori has been released by authorities in Dubai.

A source told THEWILL that though he is yet to speak to him, he was released on health grounds.

THEWILL checks however revealed that the former governor was given 'a temporary reprieve' because his health had deteriorated recently as he is known to suffer from high blood pressure.

Chief Ibori was temporarily released weekend to get some needed adequate medical care as he continues to battle his extradition to London.

Ibori's lawyers had filed bail papers not long ago according to sources familair with the matter, but the full details of his release are still being kept under wraps from THEWILL.

But a source said it is not yet uhuru for the former governor and his supporters and asked those who wish the politician well to continue to say prayers for him, not just for his tribulations but most especially, for his deteriorating health.

THEWILL's attempt to get an official statement from Chief Ibori or his associates have so far been unsuccessful.