APC in search for Mimiko’s successor

Although Peoples Democratic Party’s Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State still has up to 2017 to occupy his plum office, Assistant Editor, Dare Odufowokan, reports that All Progressives Congress (APC) may have concluded plans to commence an early preparation and search for the right candidate to take over Mimiko’s job

Although Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State is not billed to vacate his current office until February 2017, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the sunshine state appears to have commenced the process of ensuring that it produces the next occupier of Alagbaka Government House.
We gathered that APC’s preparation for the next governorship election in the state started immediately after the last general election. Following its surprise defeat by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State Assembly elections, in spite of its earlier victory at the Presidential and National Assembly elections, leaders of the APC in Ondo State saw the need to start the race to the Government House early if it must oust Mimiko and the PDP in 2017.

It would be recalled that the APC won both the presidential election and majority of seats in the Senate and House of Representatives in Ondo State duMimikoring the last general election. Specifically, the party won three out of the three senatorial seats and five out of nine House of Representatives seats in the state.

 But the ruling PDP surprisingly recovered from the shock of its earlier defeat and beat the APC in the State Assembly elections. The APC could only manage to clinch five state constituencies while Governor Mimiko’s PDP cleared the remaining 19 seats to retain control of the 24-member Assembly.

According to Chief Collins Adebayo, the party, startled by the unexpected recovery of the ruling party, set out to find out reasons for the development and how to forestall such in future.Adebayo, a Chieftain of the APC in Akure, said finding by the committee saddled with the task of unraveling the sudden decline in the fortune of the party at the last election in the state, prompted the leadership of the party to urge its members towards an early start in the race to the 2016 gubernatorial contest.

“We realised that the Mimiko-led administration have been around for a long time and they have huge capacity to deceive the people with mind blowing propaganda. That was what happened during the last State Assembly election and we see the need to forestall a repeat.

Apart from that, two years is a very short time in politics. Before you know it, the election will happen on us and we don’t want to be caught unaware. We are resolute in our determination to free Ondo State from the shackles of this oppressive administration,” he explained.

Intensive membership drive

Consequently, the APC in Ondo State has commenced what it called the Continuous Membership Registration (CMR) exercise in all the 18 local government areas of the state. According to Adebayo, the exercise, now in its second month, is a huge success.

“If we had doubt about how ready the people of the state are for the good change they are seeing all over the country, this membership registration exercise erased such doubt. You need to see how eager the people are to join our party. With this, the PDP will soon become past tense in Ondo politics,” he said.

A statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, said “the Continuous Membership Registration (CMR) was informed by the influx and exodus of politicians and professionals from the LP, PDP, AD and other political parties to the APC. The defectors have realised that APC will offer a purposeful, peoples’ government in the state”.

“We assure all members of our party, (APC), especially intending defectors, of a level playing field and equal opportunities for all aspirants. One man will not decide all candidates for all political offices like the narrative of the embattled LP. Our party would conduct primary elections for all political offices according to the party’s guidelines.

“We are all indigenes of Ondo State, and the reality of status quo in the state has put the task on all indigenes of our dear state to salvage it from this bad and inept leadership.”

Defection galore

And it appears the party is already reaping from its early moves as hundreds of leading PDP members across the state continue to defect to the APC. Recently, scores of PDP chieftains in the oil-producing Ilaje Local Council Area joined the APC.

Led by Prince Glory Okuntade, the defectors said they were leaving PDP, which they described as Egypt because of the mismanagement that they alleged the party has subjected the country to for the past 16 years it had been in the saddle.

Aside Okuntade, other defectors included former political and party office holders, including Messrs Timi Olowofoyeku, Dele Asogbon, Ademibo Okuntade, Festus Ademuwagun, Chief Ebini Idowu and Oronla Adebanjo.

Okuntade, who spoke on behalf of others, said they have nothing to show their teeming supporters in the coastal area as evidences of the development that their membership of PDP had brought to them.

Former National Legal Adviser of the PDP and its governorship candidate in the 2012 election, Chief Olusola Oke, who earlier defected to the APC, while receiving the defectors, said the time has come for all Ilaje sons and daughters to dump the PDP which has brought untold hardship to the people in the country.

“The change that has taken over Nigeria will come to Ondo State. This is the time for change in Ondo State. It is not good for this state to be in opposition to the federal government. We must be in tandem with the government at the centre. We want to take over the government both at the state and local government levels,” he said.

Speaking in similar veins, another PDP defector and a former commissioner in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Benson Enikuomehin, said the structures of PDP in the local government and state are collapsing as its former leaders are leaving for the APC.

A former special adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Environmental Sanitation, who is from Ondo State, Bola Illori, expressed his optimism that with its determination and preparation, the APC will win the next governorship election in the state.

Ilori confirmed that the party has started mobilising new members for the party as well as pacifying aggrieved members across the state. According to him, the APC is in a better position than before to chase Mimiko and the ruling PDP out of the Government House next year.

“I am very sure Mimiko will not produce his own successor. Anyway, there is no third time and we are set for the election. We are getting more people on our side every day; we are winning the traditional institution, winning the social institution and we are active and ready. The momentum of change is heavy in Ondo and for that we are quite sure that we are set to win. It is over for PDP in Ondo, if you look at Ondo town where the governor hails from, you will know that PDP is no more popular,” he said.

Governorship hopefuls emerging

Already, aspirants interested in vying for the governorship ticket of the party are emerging. Amongst them is the senator representing Ondo North in the National Assembly, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice. The second term senator also vied for the ticket in 2012. He is from the Akoko axis of Ondo North Senatorial District.

Close sources told that in line with the party’s preference for early preparations towards the election, Boroffice would soon announce his intention to contest the governorship seat. “He is serious and ready to go all the way with his governorship ambition,” an aide of the senator said.

Other APC chieftains allegedly interested in the governorship ticket are Mr. Isaac Kekemeke, the current State Chairman of the party, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who currently represents the Ondo Central Senatorial District and Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, who was the party’s candidate in the 2012 governorship election.

Party sources also added that more party chieftains, especially amongst the defectors, are also eyeing the ticket. Leading the pack, according to findings by The Nation, is Chief Sola Oke, the PDP governorship candidate in the 2012 gubernatorial contest.

Oke, who is from Ondo South Senatorial District is banking on the party’s promise of a level playing ground for all aspirants as he enters into the race for the ticket. “Oke is the man who can defeat Mimiko and the PDP. He is the man APC need to effect change in Ondo,” an associate of the former PDP National Legal Adviser said.


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Saraki distances self from APC

Nigerian users on Twitter, on Saturday, expressed surprise at the removal of the All Progressives Congress’ name from the official profile page of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.According to some users, the Senate President’s verified Twitter biography previously read, in part, “Member of the APC.”

However, when our correspondent visited the page, it simply read, “Senate President and Chairman of the 8th National Assembly. Committed to Transparency and Accountability.”One user, Am Human No Labels, said, “Sir, are you no longer a member of the ruling party? I can’t find APC on your bio anymore.”In the same vein, @olufemisp wrote, “I knew it was when @bukolasaraki deleted the “APC” that proudly adorned his bio. This Saraki war will consume the party.”

Another user, AS Aruwa, said, “I just noticed that @bukolasaraki has deleted ‘Member of the APC’ from his bio. Someone is about to decamp?”Maryam Abubakar also asked, “Now that the ‘APC’ on Bukola Saraki’s Twitter bio is gone, what should we expect?”

“Why is the APC on your bio gone sir?” @RichieDectector asked, while Ayokunle Odekunle wrote, “@BukolaSaraki removes the ‘APC’ from his bio. It gets more interesting.”

Afolabi Ajiboro also said, “@ogundamisi have you noticed that @bukolasaraki has removed APC from his bio on Twitter? Minutes later the PDP released statement defending him.”

The Senate President did not respond to the controversy on Twitter.

However, the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, said, “It is not a new development. The party logo was there during the elections and we took it off after the elections about a month ago.”Meanwhile, the Force Headquarters on Saturday said it was still waiting for the bench warrant issued by the Code of Conduct Tribunal for the arrest of the Senate President.The Force Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, said the police had yet to get the court order as of Saturday when our correspondent inquired about the delay in the execution of the arrest warrant.

Kolawole explained that the police cannot arrest Saraki without the court order.
“We have not received the bench warrant till now (Saturday) and until we get the court order, we cannot execute it,” she said over the phone.Justice Danladi Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal had on Friday in Abuja ordered a bench warrant against Saraki for failing to appear before the court to answer charges over alleged false declaration of assets.The judge specifically ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, or other security agencies to arrest Saraki and produce him in court on Monday to take plea in the 13-count charge slammed on him by the Federal Government.

But Saraki’s lead counsel and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Joseph Daudu, said he had filed an appeal asking the court to set aside the ruling dated September 18, 2015.Daudu said the trial judge erred in law and “acted without jurisdiction by countenancing and assuming jurisdiction over the criminal trial/prosecution of the accused/appellant at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for a charge, which is being challenged at the FHC, Abuja in suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/775/2015 between Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki vs Ministry of Justice and three others and in disobedience of the order of the FHC, Abuja Division dated September 17, 2015.”

He averred that it was not necessary for his client to be present in court since the accused had filed an application challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to adjudicate on the charge brought before it.

The Federal Government had on September 11 filed 13 charges against Saraki before the CCT and the case was fixed for Friday for his arraignment, but the accused failed to appear in court.

According to the suit filed at the CCT, allegations against Saraki include failure to declare property on Plot 2A, Glover Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; failure to declare property on No 1, Tagus Street, Maitama, Abuja (Plot 2482, Cadastral Zone A06, Abuja) and failure to declare property No 3, Tagus Street, Maitama, Abuja (Plot 2481, Cadastral Properties Limited).

Buhari desperate to remove Saraki — PDP

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration of despotism and desperation to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki.

The PDP said the Buhari administration had continued to rule the country without a constitutional component of a cabinet, persistent abuse of power as well as undermining democratic institutions.

National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, who said this in a statement in Abuja, also accused the Buhari administration of intolerance, particularly over the treatment being meted out to Saraki.

According to the PDP, the administration has invaded a state Government House and personal houses and injected confusion into the judiciary.

The party expressed worry over what it called the “relentless onslaught against democratic institutions.” It said it was especially worried by “the growing tension trailing the quest to annex the National Assembly; for which the Presidency had since vowed not to recognise the current Senate leadership, in total disdain to the independence of the legislature and the principle of separation of powers.”

The PDP also described President Buhari’s condemnation of the recent coup in Burkina Faso as a mockery of reasoning.

Metuh said, “Ordinarily, the intra-party squabbles within the APC regarding leadership positions in the Senate is not necessarily our concern.

“Also, we are not interested in whether Senate President Bukola Saraki ran for the APC presidential ticket against President Muhammadu Buhari; or whether he ran for the Senate presidency against the advice of the President and his party.

“Our concerns here are the prevailing executive intolerance, the undermining of the institution of the National Assembly and the overall threat to the survival of our democracy.”

The party said it took note of the dangerous trend because the Presidency and the APC had not hidden their aversion to the election of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively.

The PDP spokesperson also said what was happening was part of a larger script to commence a major onslaught against federal lawmakers perceived to hold divergent views to those of the Presidency, irrespective of party affiliations, a situation that would ensure a subdued legislature.

The APC on its part accused the PDP of openly launching a counter-offensive against the determined efforts of the Buhari administration to rid the country of impunity and corruption, but warned that the opposition party will fail in its attempt to take Nigerians back to Egypt.

Its spokesman, Mr. Lai Mohammed, said, “With its statement that is nothing but an unabashed support for impunity and corruption, as well as its major actors, the PDP has now confirmed itself as the official ‘poster boy’ for corruption in Nigeria.”

APC said the long-winding sophistry about the rule of law, democracy and personal freedoms is aimed at couching the PDP’s abhorrence and disdain for the fight against corruption in democratic clichés, especially now that the battle is gradually hitting the PDP where it hurts.

The APC said,the persistent onslaught against the Buhari administration was neither altruistic nor informed by any belief in higher values, “because the allegations of corruption hanging on Metuh’s neck, from within his own party, is a clear indication that he is mortally afraid that the wind will soon blow hard enough to expose the fowl’s rump’’.

“Neither the PDP as a party nor its spokesman have the moral authority to condemn anyone, least of all a President that is working hard to rescue Nigeria from the abyss to which it has been plunged by the former ruling party.

“For the PDP to brush aside the latest revelation that a government it sired could not account for $700 million from the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), or the fact that the party could not account for billions of Naira in its own campaign funds, and then launch a frontal attack against a reformist government, is the height of shamelessness.

“For the ethically-challenged spokesman of the same morally-deficient party to continue to spew trash under the guise of opposition politics is totally provocative and absolutely unacceptable. Worse still, the lack of focus in the labyrinthine statements being issued by the opposition party has confirmed the prescience of the APC’s offer to the PDP’s spokesman to take a crash course in how to speak for the opposition.’’

Saraki loyalists hire 1500 Islamic clerics

Supporters and loyalists of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki have engaged in vigil and fasting.

One of the conveners of the prayers, Mr. Kayode Yusuf, who is popularly called ‘Maja,’ in an interview with our correspondent in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Saturday, said prayer sessions were being held all over the state, especially in the Ilorin motropolis.

He said he had mobilised over 500 Muslim clerics while about 1,000, including the Chief Iman of Ilorin, Mohammad Solihu were praying in different areas in the state for Saraki’s victory.

“Yusuf, who is the convener of ‘Maja Elders Forum’, called on President Buhari to intervene and prevent the polity from being over-heated.

He expressed the hope that Saraki’s travail would soon be over.

Yusuf said, “We in Kwara are powerless. The only thing we can do is to support him (Saraki) with prayers. We have no money, soldiers, police or any other security apparatus. We are just ordinary citizens of Kwara and Nigeria. But we in Kwara, especially in Ilorin, believe in the power of prayers.

“All of us in Ilorin, including the Chief Imam of Ilorin, are involved in the prayers. Saraki is our leader. He must not come down. Within the short time that he was elevated as the Senate President, we know what we have benefited from him.

“I have mobilised more than 500 Imans and over 1,000 others are praying in different areas. They have been praying and fasting. Even the women are praying for him. Saraki is our benefactor. Even the uneducated do not want anything to happen to Bukola Saraki. They are not sleeping but are also praying. The prayers will last till Saraki’s ordeal is over.”

In a related development, a coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis of Heritage Centre and the National Association of Nigerian Students have threatened to lead mass protests to foreign embassies in Abuja to protest alleged political vendetta being carried out against the Senate President.

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APC Vice Chairman in Bauchi resigns

Malam Musa Adamu, the Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, has resigned. Adamu, who is the zonal vice chairman of APC for Bauchi South Senatorial District, announced his resignation at a news briefing on Friday in Bauchi.

He said the resignation was to protect his image, honour and dignity. Adamu said that the party lacked good leadership in the state, as such it would be unwise for him to remain in its state executive council.

According to him, most card carrying members of the party and the generality of sympathisers have also lost confidence in the state leadership of the APC. “I tender my resignation as APC Zonal Vice Chairman Bauchi South Senatorial District in view of the prevailing circumstances and political realities of present day Bauchi State APC,” he said.

He accused the party leadership of “unethical behaviours” which were in conflict with the political ideology and philosophy of the party’s apex leader President Muhammadu Buhari.

Adamu however said he would remain a member of the APC, and expressed the hope that measures would be taken to correct the anomalies within the party, so as to ensure purposeful leadership.

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Ekiti PDP tells APC —You can’t force governor to declare assets

                           

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) can’t force Governor Ayo Fayose to disclose his assets. The Ekiti APC had, on Tuesday, September, 8, 2015, dared Fayose to disclose his assets.

 The PDP however said that the APC lacks the moral justification to criticize Fayose for not making his assets public when many APC governors had failed to do so. This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday, September 9, by Ekiti PDP Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo.

 It reads in part: “The declaration made by Buhari cannot be compared to that made by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua which till date has been adjudged as a perfect declaration by any Nigerian President.” The Ekiti PDP also said that Buhari’s declaration “contained many loopholes which no sensible person should be proud of.” Buhari declared his assets publicly on September 3, and said that every governor and minister is compelled to follow suit. Fayose however criticized the president’s declaration saying that he is not as poor as he’s claiming to be.






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PDP - Nigeria Economy worse In 90 days of APC

Below is a press statement from the PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decries as alarming, the damage so far done on the nation’s economy by the President Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) since it took office at the center, three months ago. The party said the shambolic state of the nation’s economy within the period, which represents the worst in the nation’s contemporary history, is a direct fallout of uncertainty created by the inability of the Buhari-led government to chart a clear-cut economic policy, worsened by abuse of regulations, and flagrant violation of constitutional provisions.

APC Governors' Forum set up committee on job creation

APC Governors Forum on Thursday said it had constituted a committee on job creation to control the rate of unemployment in the country.

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, disclosed this to newsmen after the forum's meeting in Yola.

Okoracha, who is the chairman of the forum, said the governors were concerned with the level of poverty in the country.

Popular APC party member shot dead in Festac

A chieftain of the APC in Lagos, Mr Shalew Daramola was yesterday July 15th assassinated in Festac town. According to reports, Mr Daramola was with members of his party on 3rd Avenue K close, where they were sharing some items for the Sallah celebration when he stepped out to go check his car. He was then accosted by a man who asked him for money and when Daramola said he didn't have any money on him, the man shot him at close range. He then jumped on a waiting motorcycle and fled the scene. Mr Daramola died on his way to the hospital...

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Check Out Buhari House In Katsina

Is it not funny for this to be the abode of an incoming President. But this is so true, as this above photo is the house of Muhammad Buhari, the preside t elect of Nigeria.

We just hope he will not fall in the same categories of our past president that will not be accessible after they are sworn in.

Like I said, I hope....

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Winning Means Different Things To Different People , Actress That Lost Election

Nigerian on-screen character, Funke Adesiyan has uncovered why she held a thank you party days in the wake of losing her decision to the All Progressive Congress candidate in Ibadan, Oyo State. 

Talking on the gathering, Adesiyan said she stunned a few individuals incorporating her supporters with the thank you party on the grounds that triumphant for her is a persistent developing methodology. 

The Nollywood performer, who challenged under the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State and Desmond Elliot, who challenged and won a seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly, were the two superstars that challenged for the decisions as others didn't make the primaries.

She said, 'Held a "Thank You" prayer and party for my supporters and people within my constituency on friday. Many people were shocked that despite we didnt win, i still had the courage to throw a party. Well, winning means different things to different people.

'To me, winning is growing and progress is a continual growing process. I didnt loose anybody to politics. Infact, my pandora is filled with knowledge. Im super grateful to God for life, progress and sound health,' she noted.

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Buhari Amend Path With Tunde Thompson

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has met with two individuals he detained while he was Nigeria's military ruler. 

Buhari met with writer, Tunde Thompson, who he imprisoned in 1984, on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. 

Thompson was one of the correspondents whom the President-choose tossed behind bars for abusing Decree 4, which accommodated the discipline of writers who distributed any report which was fit for bringing the legislature into notoriety. 

Buhari likewise as of late met with previous Governor of the Old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo in Abuja. 

Nwobodo was the fourth non military personnel senator why should sentenced penitentiary for misrepresentation amid the Buhari military period.

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40% Pay Cut For Civil Servant In Kogi State

Representative choose from Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has pledged to champion a crusade for compensation cut for government legislators when the new National Assembly opens in June. Hon. Melaye, who was a previous individual from the House of Representatives, interest for a diminishment in the pay rates of Senator and individuals from the House of Representatives, saying he will by and by champion the reason. Hon. Melaye said legislators must yield their solace and permit a pay cut, to yield cash that could be utilized for formative ventures and fitting oversight part. 

Responding to the declaration by the Kogi State government this week, to pay-cut in the pay rates of open and common hirelings in the state, Hon. Melaye faulted the Kogi State pay cut for terrible Governance "The APC has a rule that controls each legislative leader of each state and I can guarantee you that the issue of income era will be dealt with by the gathering," he said. 

Likewise talking, part choose speak to Ankpa, Hassan Omale, said the laborers of his voting public had not been gathering their complete pay rates for quite a while. "In the Local governments, since the most recent three years they have not got their complete pay rates, they have been enduring there," he said. The senator, Idris Wada, had on Wednesday reported a 40%  pay-cut in the pay rates of open and common hirelings in the state as an aftereffect of waning income. 

Talking through his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Jacob Edi, the representative said the state got N2.5 billion as designation for April, while its month to month compensation bill for the month was N3.2 billion.

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APC Candidate 'Ambode' Meets With Igbos In Lagos

The Lagos State governorship applicant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akinwunmi Ambode has met with Igbo dealers in the state.

Ambode held the meeting with the Igbo pioneers on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, after against Igbo comments made by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu.

The dealers however guaranteed him of their backing in the April 11 governorship races.

Oba Akiolu had cautioned Igbos in the state to either vote in favor of Ambode or get ready to die in the Lagoon.

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Citizens You Are Better Than This - Oby Ezekwesili

Previous Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, is among a few Nigerians who have solid words for Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, over his "drain" risk against the Igbos in the event that they don't vote in favor of APC's gubernatorial applicant, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday.

She said, “It was shocking to hear applause by the audience at the meeting where Oba of Lagos made those statements. Kai, citizens, you’re better than this!

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Remain Calm While Jubilating, APC Warn Members

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Spotted: Actresses Patience Ozokwor & Mercy Aigbe Waiting to Vote after Accreditation

Accreditation is supposed to end by 1pm, so Mama G is patiently waiting. Actress Mercy took an election selfie. See that after the cut.

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I’m Committed to Peace accord –Buhari

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated his commitment to the Abuja peace Accord.

He said himself and President Goodluck Jonathan signed a new accord reinforcing their commitment to violent-free elections.

This, he said, was a follow- up to the Abuja Accord which they both signed, along with nine other party leaders, on January 14, 2015, to show “our commitment to free, fair and credible elections in our dear country.”

In a statement he signed in Abuja barely 24 hours to the presidential elections, Buhari said, “I take these accords very seriously, and this has reflected in the issues-based campaign which I ran all through the period of electioneering campaign, despite the provocative and sleazy campaign directed at my person and my party.”

He, however, expressed disappointment that certain happenings within the polity across the country, ahead of Saturday’s elections, run against the contents and spirit of the peace accords.

He said, for example, the ink with which the new peace accord was signed had barely dried when he started hearing reports of violence directed against members of the All Progressives Congress, as well as glaring acts of harassment and intimidation being carried out against the opposition by security agents across the country.

He said, “Shots were fired at the convoy of the Director General of my Campaign Organisation, His Excellency Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, in Rumuolumeni, Obio Akpor area of Port Harcourt, a few hours after the second peace accord was signed, leaving two persons injured.

“I do hope this is not a confirmation of the information reaching my party that some notorious security agents have been deployed to Port Harcourt to restrict the movement of Gov. Amaechi.”

Buhari also observed that in Ondo State, a serving APC member of the House of Representatives, Eniolorunda Omosule, was arrested and detained by the police for no reason other than to keep him away until after elections.


He also said there were reports of an alleged meeting in Ibadan between the Commissioners of Police in the South-west and PDP officials.


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Photo: Obasanjo Gets Accredited

The former President pictured getting accredited at his polling unit in Ogun state this morning
Unlike President Goodluck Jonathan and wife that were delayed, Obasanjo got accredited with ease.

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Photos: INEC Website Hacked

INEC's official website has been hacked. See what else the hackers posted below...

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Poll: NSCDC warns operatives against taking bribes

The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps has cautioned its agents checking the general races against taking influences from lawmakers.

State Commandant, NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, gave the notice on Friday at the order's office in Yenagoa while tending to officers of the charge in front of Saturday's (today's) presidential race.

Agu said any work force found to have been bargained amid the general races would be indicted.

The commandant said, "Don't bargain. Don't permit government officials to utilize you to control the methodology.

"Additionally, don't permit some other security orgs or your associates to impact you to gather fixes. Give me a chance to guarantee you that your stipends have been paid.

"We encourage you to go out there and behave as a security organization with honesty and demonstrable skill.

"Give me a chance to repeat here that the Commandant General of the corps, Mr. Ade Abolurin, has cautioned that no common protectors ought to trade off. Your obligations are to ensure lives, staff of Independent National Electoral Commission, specially appointed staff and nationals. Any bargain will be extremely rebuffed."

He likewise exhorted the faculty to work as a team with other security organizations drafted for the decisions to guarantee most extreme security amid the surveys in the state.

Then, Bayelsa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has instructed inhabitants regarding Bayelsa to stay far from all exercises concerning unlawful medications.

The office in an announcement on Friday said the exhortation was to guarantee that the decisions were not defaced by brutality emerging from medication incited roughness.

It said, "Officers and men of the Command have been sent and are completely on ground to guarantee that such exercises are lessened to the barest least by capturing anyone discovered included in this freak conduct.

"Folks and gatekeepers are thus educated to nearly regulate the exercises concerning their youngsters and wards in place not to fall foul of the law and casualties of the negative results of unlawful medication exchange and misuse."

Photos: Pres. Jonathan & Buhari Hug As They Sign Peace Accord

Here's a photo of president Jonathan and APC presidential candidate Gen. Buhari at a peace accord signing in Abuja this morning ahead of Saturday's election. The meeting was put together by the national peace committee chaired by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar..

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