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Politics / Wife Of DG SSS Orders Arrest Of Kano NNPP Guber Candidate, Directs Personnel To by abdulmumini60(f): 10:14am On Jan 09, 2023 |
Aisha Bichi, the wife of the director-general of the State Security Service, SSS, Yusuf Bichi, has ordered the arrest of the Kano governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Abba Yusuf, and barred him from boarding a Air Peace flight from Kano to Abuja on Sunday night. DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that the crisis began at the gate of the VIP lounge of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano when the motorcade of the politician caused traffic holdup, briefly delaying Mrs Bichi’s convoy from gaining swift passage into the controlled area. Sources said the situation angered Mrs Bichi as her security guards started beating up people and hitting vehicles for “disrespecting Madam”Witnesses said as the dust began to settle, the NNPP candidate went into the lounge to meet her, being his wife’s friend, and complain about the personel’s untoward behaviour. “No sooner had Abba approached her than she began raining insults on him. Although the state director of service attempted to calm her down, she continued pouring the expletives, saying she would not allow him to be a governor,” an eyewitness told this newspaper. DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that the situation worsened when she sighted a member of the politician’s entourage, Garba Kilo, filming the altercation with his phone. “As she saw Kilo taking a video, she immediately ordered the personnel to kill him, saying ‘kill him, and nothing will happen’.She further vowed that she would not allow Abba to board same flight with her tonight. As she continued shouting, the state director of DSS pleaded with Abba to cancel his trip and go back home. “As Abba insisted on boarding the flight, a reinforcement of DSS personnel shortly arrived at the airport and cordoned off the lounge building. Some hefty-looking operatives then stormed into the lounge and told Abba that he was under arrest,” said the source. Sources further told DAILY NIGERIAN that the police DPO in charge of the airport later arrived in company of his subordinates to investigate the incident and take statements from the parties involved in the clash. “After Abba gave a statement, the DPO went to the left wing of the lounge to take her statement, but she declined, asking ‘do you know who I am? Who are you to even confront me to write a statement? “The DPO later eft without taking her statement,” said the source. DAILY NIGERIAN learnt that the SSS operatives later released Mr Yusuf after the flight took off with the DG’s wife. Spokesman for the SSS, Peter Afunanya, did not respond to DAILY NIGERIAN inquiry on the matter at the time of filing this report, just as spokesman for the NNPP candidate, Sanusi Dawakintofa, could not be reached for comment on the matter. Mrs Bichi, believed by insiders to be meddling with the service affairs, had recently ordered SSS operatives to beat up her tailor in Abuja for failure to sew her cloths on time. The stormy petrel had also ordered the removal of the service director at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for allegedly refusing to welcome her last year.
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Politics / Yahaya Bello Fills Nomination Form As APC Candidate For Kogi Poll by abdulmumini60(f): 7:37am On Nov 30, 2015 |
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has given
its Kogi State governorship nomination form to
its new candidate, Mr. Yahaya Bello, to fill.
The development may have foreclosed the
consideration of any other candidate as the
party’s standard bearer.
Bello filled the form, which was signed by a
Commissioner of Oath. It was returned to the
APC National Secretariat.
It was learnt that the form was attached to the
letter of nomination, which the National
Chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,
sent to INEC on Friday.
The party retained Hon. James Abiodun Faleke
as running mate – a position Faleke rejected,
insisting on the mandate the people gave the
late Abubakar Audu/Faleke ticket.
A top officer of the party said: “We are in
receipt of many petitions but it is already late
for anybody because we have nominated
Yahaya Bello as the party’s substitute for
Prince Abubakar Audu.
“Of course, we have automatically retained Hon.
James Abiodun Faleke as our deputy
governorship candidate.
“As a matter of fact, we gave the nomination
form to Bello to fill on Friday and we have duly
submitted all relevant documents to INEC.
“You can direct further enquiries to INEC and
Bello, who is now our candidate.”
It was gathered that APC rushed to give the
form to Bello, despite the fact that it has up till
December 1, to pre-empt legal action especially
court injunction.
A member of the NWC said: “We hastily
concluded the nomination process to stave off
any court injunction which may hinder the
party’s chances for the supplementary poll on
December 5.
“We took advantage of Friday to seal the
process because any of the aggrieved parties
could rush to court before Tuesday and allow
the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to emerge
winner of the Kogi Governorship Election on a
platter of gold.
“If we do not check the dirty war over the
substitution of our candidate, APC may be the
ultimate loser.”
When contacted, a media aide to Bello said: “It
is true that our principal has filled the
governorship nomination form as presented to
him by APC and we are aware that the form has
been submitted.”
A source in INEC also confirmed the
submission of the form. “Yes, it has been
submitted,” he said pleading not to be quoted. |
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Politics / Fayose Embarrassing Our Family, Says Brother by abdulmumini60(f): 8:29am On Mar 24, 2015 |
Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose’s eldest brother, Segun, has appealed to the governor to stop embarrassing the family. He said their father was a gentle pastor, who built and sustained a good name for the family, before joining his ancestors. The elder Fayose spoke with our reporters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He said rather than sustain the good name which he inherited, the governor has been embarrassing other Fayoses with the way he insults elders like former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. Segun, who is a United Kingdom-based accountant, said the family cherished the name it inherited from its late patriarch. Emphasising that their father died with contentment, the elder Fayose said the family was known in Ekiti for sound character found in every omoluabi. He described Chief Obasanjo as Ayo Fayose’s benefactor. Segun said: “It is a pity Nigerians are celebrating criminals. I am angry with Nigerians for electing somebody like Ayodele as governor. My children cannot come to Nigeria because of the terrible situation of our country. “I don’t have a relationship with any of our leaders because of their criminality and anybody who says I collected money from the opposition should step forward to challenge me. Ekiti and Nigeria are bigger than Fayose’s name and both names should be protected. “I don’t want anything from anybody, but Ayo should stop insulting and abusing my father’s name. As a result of Fayose’s attitude, many people believe the Fayose family is rude but it is far from the truth. “I have spoken to him many times, but he refused to listen. Buhari and Obasanjo are old enough to be his father and I don’t know why he should be insulting them. “I am always sad with the situation of this country. Ayo’s arrogance is one of the reasons I said people should not vote for him prior to the Ekiti governorship election. If all I am saying is not true, my six children should die and I should end up in shame. “Most of us abroad are not happy with the situation of Nigeria. We are sad. When people call me from Ekiti to complain about Ayo, I tell them to forgive the family. People should not see Ayo as an ambassador of our family 1 Like |
Politics / OPC Factions Clash After Anti-jega Protest by abdulmumini60(f): 8:06am On Mar 17, 2015 |
Following Monday’s protest by the Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, factions within the group have risen up to dissociate themselves from the call for removal of Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Gani Adams’ faction of the OPC, accompanied by members of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, took to the streets in Lagos to demand the removal of the INEC boss ahead of the March 28 general elections. Mr. Adams said the rally was not partisan, but a call for Mr. Jega to be removed from office. “What we protested for was the removal of Jega over the poor distribution of PVCs in the south, registration of underage in the north and creation of additional 30,000 polling units in the north,” Mr. Adams told PREMIUM TIMES after the protest. The OPC members, armed with guns, pocket- knives, machetes, and charms marched from the Lagos-Ibadan expressway through Ikorodu road chanting anti-Jega songs. Some of protesters harassed motorists and passers-by while others vandalized campaign posters of political parties, particularly those of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Last Friday, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, held similar protests across the South Eastern states of Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi where they accused Mr. Jega of incompetence. On Sunday, the APC claimed it had uncovered a plot by the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to use ethnic militias to protest for the removal of Mr. Jega. But Mr. Adams accused the APC and Lai Mohammed, its National Publicity Secretary, of peddling falsehood, adding that Monday’s protest was peaceful. “Nobody was attacked. Lai Muhammed should stop peddling lies against our members,” Mr. Adams said. “Nobody touched their bill boards. It’s the most peaceful rally I have seen. Even they, APC, cannot hold a peaceful as successful rally as that. As a matter of fact, over 30 Nollywood stars took part in the rally including myself.” “Against Yoruba interest” Another faction of the OPC responded swiftly and angrily on Monday, accusing Mr. Adams of betraying the group and the Yoruba people. “We, the members of the National Coordinating Council of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, the highest ruling body of the organization, wish to disassociate ourselves from the shameful, destructive, violent and reactionary activities of the Gani Adam-led team which occurred in Lagos today,” the group said in a statement. “What was witnessed today in Lagos was the highest level of political violence sponsored and funded by certain elements in the Jonathan government. “Gani Adams is on his own and does not enjoy the support of a large size of our membership spread across the country. He is working for the sponsors of violence against our people who want the March 28 elections not to hold. Unleashing terror on innocent citizens and killing them is not the way of democracy. It is not our idea of a people- oriented advocacy.” In 2013, the Mr. Adams-led faction of the OPC secured a lucrative contract from the federal government to secure crude oil pipelines in the South West. At the time, Mr. Adams justified the contract by claiming that President Jonathan had also awarded similar contracts to Niger Delta militants and that the OPC deserved its share. “For a group that has been doing a lot of things for the society free of charge, it is not too much to apply for a security job,” Mr. Adams had said. Monday’s meeting of the OPC faction was attended by Shina Akinpelu, Monsuru Akande, Sunday Adebayo, Kilanko Oladipupo, Kehinde Ogunyale, and Gbenga Eegunlusi. In its statement, the faction accused Mr. Adams of being on “dubious project” and using the pipeline contract from the government as an excuse to recruit people to work for Mr. Jonathan and PDP in the South West. “Gani Adams is acting against Yoruba interest. The compromises he has made amounts to selling the Yoruba to the present government for a piece of Pipeline contract to line his pockets,” the group said. “OPC is not about pipeline contracts or any other contracts for that matter. The Yoruba interest is beyond contracts. We seek justice and fairness from the current government.” The group called on Yoruba sons and daughters to join them in condemning Mr. Adams and his “anti-democratic tendencies.” “We must renounce him and remind him he cannot sell the Yoruba race to Jonathan and PDP on the cheap. He also has no authority to speak on behalf of the Yoruba people,” they said. “We pity those who rely on him to win votes. They will be sorely disappointed. Their investment is a bad one already. We reject today and always any attempt to use our organization and its members for narrow and selfish partisan purposes. “We must remind them that the Yoruba people cannot be hoodwinked by sweeteners. No one should expect them to kow tow to an individual who is a Lilliputian in the political development and history of the Yoruba nation.” While renouncing Mr. Adams and his activities, the group also renounced other Yoruba sons and daughters who are playing roles inimical to the welfare and interest of the South West. “We call on our people to be vigilant politically at this time. Nigeria needs a new leadership, a new direction and a country that works.” source premium times 1 Like
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Politics / Fayose Is An Embarrassment – Kwankwaso by abdulmumini60(f): 9:24am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Kano State governor, Dr Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso, yesterday took the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose to the cleaners over his use of vile language and verbal assaults on individuals and the Northern region, saying he has become a national embarrassment and should be taken to the psychiatric hospital. Kwankwaso who stormed Lagos to counter the effects of alleged ‘dollar rain’ in Lagos State, South West zone and to reunite the Arewa Community in the zone now divided over the sharing formula of Mr President’s largess also visited the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu with Hausa leaders to reaffirm their loyalty to the party despite the financial inducements. The governor who lamented the insults and virulent language being used to deride General Muhammadu Buhari and the Northern region in general by President Goodluck Jonathan and his campaign group said, “The North will reply them on March 28 in the presidential polls.” “When I had an opportunity to serve my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), I was sent to Ogun State to serve as a member of NYSC and has always had this belief that this part of the country parades an array of people who are well cultured, respectful people ranging from Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Ernest Shonekan, Chief Obasanjo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, MKO Abiola among numerous others |
Politics / Jonathan’s N9b Contracts ‘fuel Anti-jegaprotests’ by abdulmumini60(f): 8:30am On Mar 16, 2015 |
Those pushing for Prof. Attahiru Jega’s removal do not seem to be tired – a protest is slated for Lagos today. The Jega-must-go march is being led by an amorphous organisation – The Coalition of Concerned Nigerians – backed by the Oodua Peoples Congress (APC). The protest is coming after the weekend action against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in the Southeast. It is all at a price – N9billion – the All Progressives Congress (APC) said yesterday. The APC accused the Jonathan administration of sponsoring ethnic militias to foment trouble before, during and after the March 28 and April 11 general elections, saying the N9 billion recently paid out to some ex-militants and ethnic militias is aimed at mobilising them to scuttle the polls. In a statement issued in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the protests by MASSOB seeking the sack of the INEC Chairman were orchestrated by the administration as part of its continuing efforts to sabotage the elections. It said the next group that has been mobilised to protest against Jega and the use of card reader is the OPC, which is also a beneficiary of the N9 billion payout, ostensibly for pipeline protection, but in reality to prepare the ethnic militias for their reprehensible role in scuttling the elections. The APC said more ethnic militias are to be enlisted by the Jonathan administration to continue the protest against Jega and the card reader, in order to give the impression that Nigerians want Jega sacked and are also against the use of card reader. As from today, some companies owned by some former Niger-Delta militant leaders and prominent Nigerians are to take over pipeline protection from the police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, following President Jonathan’s approval of their contracts. They include Government Ekpemuopolo (aka Tompolo); Mujaheedin Asari Dokubo; and Chief Bibipori Ajube (aka Gen. Shoot-At- Sight). According to a source, seven companies have been allocated “regions” or operational areas as follows: Egbe Security River One (Bayelsa); Gallery Security (Mosinmi -Ore); Close Body Protection (Edo State); Adex Energy Security (Rivers); Donyx Global Concept (Lagos and Ogun); Oil Facilities Surveillance-(Delta) and New Age Global Security (Mosinmi-Ibadan). The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will coordinate the multi-billion naira deal. The APC expressed sadness that a President who inherited a united nation has done everything he can to divide the country along ethnic and religious lines, including patronising ethnic militias who serve no other purpose than to champion sectional interests at the expense of national unity. It wondered why President Jonathan would pay N9 billion to a handful of people at a time of great economic downturn and falling Naira, as well as in a situation in which many states cannot even afford to pay their workers because of dwindling allocation from the Federation Account. ‘’A profligate government that has been bribing people with dollars and ferrying huge funds around practically to buy votes has outdone itself by paying out all of N9 billion to a few Nigerians, with less than three weeks to the elections. Shortly after the payment, some self- serving groups started organising protests that, for all intents and purposes, are being orchestrated to scuttle the polls. This is a shameful show by the federal government,’’ the APC said. The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) confirmed that it will be part of today’s protest. While its founder Dr. Frederick Fasehun denied knowledge of the planned protest last night, its coordinator Chief Gani Adams said the OPC will be joining another group to stage the protest. According to him, about five million people in the Southwest have not collected their PVCs, barely two weeks to elections. “The INEC boss cannot disenfranchise our people for not just any reason. We are equally protesting because Jega created about 30,000 polling units in the North without creating any in the South. This is an indication that he has his own agenda. We cannot fold our hands when majority of our people are being denied their legitimate right.” “If Jega feels that he cannot cope with the situation on ground before the election, he should resign and let another competent man be saddled with the responsibility.” |
Politics / Ex-house Speaker, Ghalina’abba, Dumps PDP by abdulmumini60(f): 8:56pm On Mar 15, 2015 |
former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has dumped Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In his resignation letter dated March 15, Mr. Na’Abba, who led the legislative chamber during the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency, accused President Goodluck Jonathan of reducing governance to a ridiculous level and splitting the country along ethnic and religious lines. The ex-lawmaker’s letter was sent to the chairman of the PDP Sharada Ward in Kano Municipal Local Government Area and titled “Notification of Resignation from PDP, each organs and committees.” The letter was also copied to the PDP chairman in Kano, North West Zone National Vice Chairman, National Chairman, and Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees. Mr. Na’Abba blamed President Jonathan and other previous leaders of the PDP, which has ruled Nigeria since 1999, of putting the country in in a bad situation. “In the sixteen years the Party has been ruling at the center, the Party’s leadership has failed to lead by example,” he said. He, however, had the harshest criticism for the current president, saying, “No administration has used religion and ethnicity to divide Nigerians more than the current administration under the leadership of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan.” The former lawmaker did not state if he was joining any other party but told PREMIUM TIMES on phone that he was being lobbied by other parties to join them. His supporters in Kano, whose governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, also dumped the PDP for the All Progressices Congress, APC, however expect the ex- lawmaker to also join the main oppostion party. Read excerpts of his resignation letter below. “You are no doubt aware of the abysmal level to which the leadership of our great Country under President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have reduced governance to, as a result of which our great Party has been losing its sons and daughters including so many of its founding fathers and members by the day,” the Kano-born lawmaker stated. “All efforts of critical members and fathers of the Party to offer advice remain always unheeded. It pains most of us that majority of the founding fathers that had died like Chief S. M. Afolabi, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Rimi, Chief Solomon Lar, Professor Osammor, Chief S. B. Awoniyi etc all died as a result of their frustration by and with the Party. “Those living like Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Malam Adamu Chiroma, Dr Shettima Mustapha, Alhaji Asheikh Jarma Dr. Victor Odili, Mr. Isaac Shaahu and many others are equally living with such frustration. While others like Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Isyaku Ibrahim, Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, two former National Chairmen, Chief Audu Ogbe and Chief Barnabas Gemade etc had since left the Party. “The Party and the administration clearly possess neither compassion nor empathy. “The Country’s and the Party’s leadership have become cabalised to the extent that while Nigerians are aware that they have a President in the person of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, they are at the same time at a loss as to who governs their Country. Both Nigeria and the PDP are left to drift. In the sixteen years the Party has been ruling at the center, the Party’s leadership has failed to lead by example. “Instead, it has left us with the conventional wisdom that people cannot succeed in life unless they are ruthless and unprincipled. The Party has become characterized by corruption and impunity in the way and manner candidates for elective positions are being selected to the extent that in almost twenty states, crisis has engulfed the Party over the Gubernatorial primaries and the manner other candidates for other elective positions emerged. “In short, the Party and the Country’s leadership have failed to consolidate democratic gains for sister African Countries and other transition Countries to follow. Instead, under the current leadership, Nigeria is suffering from loss of esteem, as we are now most often consigned to the back seat of international relations. Most worrisome is the current anxiety of most Nigerians as the regime wobbles and tumbles toward the oncoming election. “It has today become incontrovertible that cartels and shady characters are becoming visible, important and indispensable factors in Nigeria’s governance. It appears those at the helm of affairs are more comfortable with such characters of easy virtue than with patriotic and altruistic Nigerians. No doubt, in our Country today, the quality of governance is going down by the day. “Critical National Institutions that unify and wield Nigerians together have been dragged into politics, contrary to wise counsel and political correctness. No administration has used religion and ethnicity to divide Nigerians more than the current administration under the leadership of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan. The ultimate test of any leader is looking at what has remained after he is gone. “You will agree with me that such pervasive political behavior should under no circumstances be tolerated by all who subscribe to decent and conscionable political practice. I have relentlessly pushed for reform of the internal policies of the PDP individually and collectively, without success. In fact it is common knowledge that all critical members of the Party have been made irrelevant by the Party. “Members who are pliant and who lack principle and who stand for nothing are always more trusted by the leadership to carry out Party assignments. Such members are said to be “loyal”. Such loyalty is nothing but a euphemism for people who stand for nothing. Because no one is trusted by the leadership both at governmental and party levels, only a handful of party men and women are always entrusted with such party tasks as National Conventions, fund raising. Such men and women are now fully re circled. “Their faces are today so familiar to the eyes of Nigerians.As a politician with political science background, it is obvious to me that PDP is both self-destruct and irredeemable. Coupled with the regimes divisive and unpatriotic disposition, Nigeria has become a bye-word for “touch and go”, if examples of contemporary nations are anything to go by. The challenge before Nigerians today, in order to secure a new lease of life therefore, is how to get out this inept leadership that has neither allure nor inspiration. “In its place, Nigerians deserve not just a good President, good governors , and other political office holders, but true and exemplary leaders. And within this context, leadership that is more truly both transactional and transformative and which have more competence and capacity to govern. Nigeria needs leaders with a clear vision for the future. Leaders that will lead not from the back, side or front but from within. Leaders that will provide courageous and moral leadership the dearth of which has led to the weakening of political and economic institutions throughout Nigeria. “For the above and many reasons, effective today 15th March 2015, I hereby tender my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, it’s organs including the Board of Trustees and all other committees to which I belong at National and State levels. “I pray that your mind and those of other Patriots would also be illuminated with truth so that you may also act wisely and accordingly. This comes with the renewed assurances of my highest consideration and personal respect”. 1 Like
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Politics / American Delegates, Nigerian Intelligence Chiefs Clash In Washington Over Shift by abdulmumini60(f): 11:00am On Mar 14, 2015 |
A mild tussle ensued on Wednesday at a special briefing in Washington DC when members of an American pre-election mission disputed claims by two Nigerian security chiefs that their delegation endorsed postponement of the elections. Giving updates on preparations for the re- scheduled elections, Ambassador Ayodele Oke, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, and Rear-Admiral Gabriel E. Okoi, Director of Defence Intelligence, said the Nigerian government has overcome most of the security and logistic problems that led to the postponement of the election. Mr. Oke said the election delay was occasioned by incidences of criminal violence, widespread tension and Boko Haram insurgency, which were occurring in tandem with considerable shortfall in the electoral calendar. “INEC was having challenges with regards to the distribution of permanent voter cards (PVCs)”, he said, “while another important tool, the card reader machine were not fully yet tested and deployed” across the country. Speaking on the insurgency, Mr. Okoi confirmed that Boko Haram effectively controlled 14 local government areas in the run-up to February 14, the day elections were scheduled to commence. The terrorists’ threat virtually preempted any form of electoral activity in the occupied areas, the intelligence chiefs said. “Consequently INEC, after robust consultation with key stakeholders, deferred the elections by six weeks in accordance with constitutional provisions” Re-emphasizing the gravity of the conditions that led to the decision to postpone the elections, Mr. Oke said that “that when the election was postponed, the NDI and IRI who are both on the ground issued a joint statement which corroborated and gave fuller explanation as to the reason why INEC took the decision it took,” adding that the statement is on their website. But speaking after the security chiefs’ presentations, representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), who were present at the event, took an exception to Nigerian officials’ representation of their statement. Former US assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, Ambassador George Moose, said “nothing in the statement justified postponement”. Mr. Moose led the eight-person joint pre- election assessment mission that visited Nigeria January 15-20, this year. He said while the delegation’s statement recounted the prevailing conditions of the electoral process and specific challenges to the polls, it did not recommend any change to the electoral calendar. On the contrary, the delegation expressed “concern that postponement would increase post-election risks”. Other members of the NDI, IRI delegation spoke in the same vein
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Politics / Awujale To Jonathan: Don’t Expect Obas To Campaign For You by abdulmumini60(f): 7:34am On Mar 13, 2015 |
THE Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, yesterday advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to expect any Oba in Ijebuland to campaign for his re-election in the rescheduled March 28 presidential election. Oba Adetona said any monarch seeking to persuade the people to vote for any politician in the general elections, which, he described, as “full of tension”, would bring “trouble” upon himself. The monarch told the president, who arrived at his palace in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State at about 11:15am to sell his achievements and programmes, that he had already told his subjects – Christians and Moslems – to act wisely and never to vote for corrupt politicians (ojelus). His words: “In Ijebu here, it is not possible for any Oba – not even in Ijebu, in Yorubaland – to go out and say vote for this, vote for that. That person is looking for trouble. But they should give them (politicians) the opportunity to present their programmes, so that the people can make up their minds on what to do. “I think this is a very sound democratic principle and that is what I have decided to do; to give you the opportunity of meeting the people. “One, they will see you as a person; how beautiful you are, whether to engage with you or not, to listen to you and see if there are areas where we can meet. As a result, everybody congregating here, they belong to different groups. “They are Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) members, All Progressives Congress’ (APC) members and from All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). They belong to various interests, and when they come, they get to the gate and shed their togas. “PDP will remove their PDP, APC will remove their own and APGA will remove their own. They are coming to the palace to meet their ruler and paramount ruler, to receive that important august visitor, who is coming to their lands and give him all honour that is entitle to him.” The monarch added: “In all our churches and mosques, after prayer, they will pray for you, the governor, for me and all their leaders as it is so required both in the Bible and in the Qur’an. Therefore, I thank you Your Excellency for having this opportunity to address our people, to listen to you and to hear your programmes and what you have in stock for them. And we shall all pray to God for guidance. Because the Muslims would say ‘guide us to the right path’. God will show us the way because He is the only one that can show the way to people. “Therefore, I thank you Your Excellency most sincerely for making this trip. God knows the best. He is the ruler of the Universe, He knows everything and He can do everything. Everything is possible in the presence of God – that is why I occasionally go to the church to put up a song. “Each time I have course to talk to our people, I have always told them in the churches and mosques that when you are going to vote, make sure you back your sons and daughter, who will give something back to you, not the ojelus (corrupt politicians). But those who will be honest with you and who knows the way of God – those are the people you should vote for. Not those who will give you two, three spoons and mortgage your future. It is not right. “I am sure over the years, there has been improvement. But this election is full of tension. I don’t know how it is so. Since 55 years, I have never seen any election that is full of tension like the one we are having now. My prayer is God should guide us and make sure that there’s peace, harmony and tranquility in the country.” Also, the Dagburewe of Idowa-Ijebu, Oba Yinusa Adekoya, who spoke on behalf of the Ijebu Traditional Council (ITC), drew the attention of Jonathan to the Mabolufon flyover that runs across the Sagamu-Ore expressway at the Ijebu-Ode stretch of it, which was constructed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun. Oba Adekoya said the Ijebus remained very grateful to Amosun for the intervention and urged the president to quickly “reimburse” the governor for the cost of building the fly-over to enable him use the money for other projects being executed in parts of the state. He also enlightened the president on the history of the Ijebu people in Ogun State, saying they have been around in their present location for more than 1,000 years with the Awujale as the supreme head. According to him, Ijebu has always been the land of peace and harmony, and made up of people reputed for commerce and industry, who have contributed immeasurably to the nation’s development. Oba Adekoya reminded Jonathan, among others, of the moribund Iwopin Paper Mill, a Federal Government project in Ogun Waterside; the almost abandoned Olokola Free Trade Zone(OKFTZ), Olokola Deep Sea Port, and the people’s clamour for an Ijebu State. But, Jonathan, who came to the palace with PDP National Chairman Adamu Mu’azu, Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Ondo State Governor Segun Mimiko, Ogun State Deputy Governor Prince Segun Adesegun, left around 12:53pm disappointed. Jonathan of the PDP is facing a stiff opposition to his re-election from the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. The president, however, told his hosts that he was in the palace to seek the monarch’s royal blessing and support for the general elections. He stressed that if elected, his administration would be able to complete some of the projects he started. He promised Oba Adetona and other Ijebu traditional rulers that the issues presented to him by Oba Adekoya would be looked into, if given the mandate.. Jonathan said: “Within the past four years, we have tried as a government; you know government cannot complete all projects within four years period. “The problem of Federal Government is that Nigeria is a very vast country and you may do much and some part of the country may not even notice what you’re doing. But we have done quite well.”
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Politics / Jonathan Okays Oil Jobs For Tompolo, Fasehun, Others by abdulmumini60(f): 10:04am On Mar 12, 2015 |
Jonathan okays oil jobs for Tompolo, Fasehun, others March 12, 2015 Written by Yusuf Alli, John Ofikhenua, Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja and Bolaji Ogundele, Warri The Federal Government is set to execute its new plan to safeguard the waterways and oil pipelines. The Presidency is believed to have directed the Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to quit the job for some companies, which have been signed on by the government. The companies are owned by some former Niger Delta militants and prominent citizens. They include Government Tompolo; Mujaheedin Asari-Dokubo and Chief Bipobiri Ajube (aka Gen. Shoot-At-Sight). There is also founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Dr. Frederick Fasehun who said last night that his company was being considered for the multi-billion naira contract. The OPC National co-ordinator, Otunba Gani Adams, who is also said to be part of the deal, declined comments last night, saying he was at a meeting. The takeover is said to be with effect from March 16. According to a source, seven companies have been allocated “regions” or operational areas as follows: Egbe Security River One (Bayelsa); Gallery Security (Mosinmi -Ore); Close Body Protection (Edo State); Adex Energy Security (Rivers) ; Donyx Global Concept(Lagos and Ogun); Oil Facilities Surveillance-(Delta) and New Age Global Security (Mosinmi-Ibadan). The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will coordinate the jobs. Details of the deal are sketchy as only few in government are in the picture. A source said: “The so-called new deal for the protection of waterways has not been made known to members of the Federal Executive Council, unlike in the past. “Maybe this is an ad hoc arrangement to achieve a political purpose because some ex- Niger Delta militants on January 24 met at the Government House, Yenagoa and vowed to declare war if President Goodluck Jonathan does not win the March 28 election. “Asari Dokubo specifically said: “We are going to war. Every one of you should go and fortify yourself.” Responding to a question, the source added: “These former Niger Delta militants are benefiting from all manner of pipeline protection contracts. “Apart from being on retainership with NIMASA, I am aware that in 2009, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette presented a memo on December 2, 2009 to the Federal Executive Council for the award of the N1.8billion Kurutie Shoreline Protection and Reclamation contract. “A company, KFT Kpudoh, allegedly owned by Tompolo and another called Phoenica Nigeria Limited, bid for the said contract.” Based on the advice of the Bureau of Public Procurement, after a thorough technical audit, the Shoreline Protection and Reclamation Contract was awarded to Phoenica Nigeria Limited by FEC. But the award of the contract to Phoenica fetched Akaette death threats. The government later reviewed the contract.” A source in Warri, Delta State, said the contract for pipelines in Delta State would be executed by Oil Field Surveillance Limited, the same company, which had previously handled it. It is owned by Tompolo. “What I was told is that it has been awarded for Delta, Edo, Ondo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Lagos and Ogun states. Like the one of Lagos State, I learnt it’s being anchored by Dr Frederick Fasshun and that it’s going to commence on Monday,” the source said. The NSCDC Deputy Commandant General in charge of Operation, Evans Ewuurum, said the corps was yet to receive any circular on the contracts. Nigeria has been battling with huge revenue due to vandalism of oil and gas pipeline. The Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, recently disclosed that Nigeria had been losing an estimated 100,000 barrels of crude oil valued at N1.18 billion daily to oil thieves. This amounts to an annual loss of N433.62 billion. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said pipeline vandalism led to shortage of gas for firing power plants. The electricity market, which has 5,500MW installed capacity now generates an average of 3,575.85MW following paucity of gas as vandals who always strike whenever the sector is about to hit 4,500MW”.
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Politics / PDP Plots To Postpone Election Again, Sack Jega – APC Vanguard by abdulmumini60(f): 5:46pm On Mar 01, 2015 |
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the relentless scheming by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to push for another postponement of the 2015 general elections, unless they can perfect a rigging plan, and called for the imposition of global sanctions on whoever scuttles the polls. In a statement , Sunday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the multi-pronged efforts to prevent the elections from holding as rescheduled include the use of some 23 portfolio political parties to seek a further shift in the election dates and the destabilization of INEC’s election plan through the orchestrated removal of its Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. It said the same 23 satellite parties of the PDP that were used to push for the six-week postponement of the elections have again started testing the waters by pushing for a further shift in the elections in the six-states of the North-east, ostensibly to allow the conclusion of the counter-insurgency battle and also to allow those displaced to return home. ”The plan is to use the same bogey of insecurity in the North-east to push for another postponement in the elections. The signs are ominous indeed. The body language of the President and his party does not support the holding of elections. They are mortally afraid of losing because the use of PVCs and Card Readers have thwarted their rigging plans,” APC said. File: Senate Questions Jega: INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega addressing pressmen shortly after interactive session with Senators at Senate Chamber at National Assembly Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan. The party said while the 23 parties are pushing for the elections to be further postponed, the Jonathan Administration and the PDP are simultaneously forging ahead with their plan to remove Prof. Jega and replace him with a malleable acting Chairman whom, they believe, will do their bidding. ”Once they remove Jega, his replacement will either seek more time to organize the polls or simply jettison the plan to use Card Readers, thereby opening the door for those who have been buying up PVCs to use them. ”Is it not interesting that the same Administration that has been flaunting free and fair elections as a key achievement has now gone for the jugular of the same man who organized those polls? Is the man they don’t want not the same person who organized the 2011 polls which the Administration has described as free, fair and credible? What has now gone wrong between them and their poster boy for successful elections? it queried. APC warned that the consequences of another postponement of the elections will be dire indeed, especially because it will create a constitutional crisis that is capable of endangering the country’s democracy and destabilizing the country in its entirety. The party called on Nigerians, especially the civil society, to be very vigilant in the days ahead, as the cloud of uncertainty becomes thicker and the vultures begin to circle. It also called on the international community to consider imposing stiff sanctions on key members of the Jonathan Administration if they force another postponement or scuttle the polls. ”We believe that Nigerians themselves bear the utmost responsibility for the success of their nation’s democracy and the survival of their country, and we commend those who have stood up to be counted in the ongoing battle to have free and fair elections. ”However, we also believe that the international community has a role to play in helping to check the desperadoes who are using the Laurent Gbagbo rule book as if it was made for them, and who will not hesitate to bring the whole system crashing down on all if that is what it will take for them to perpetuate themselves in power. ”Nigeria is too important to be toyed with or allowed to go under. For example, Nigerians make up more than 56% of the estimated ECOWAS population of 300 million. A destabilized Nigeria, therefore, is a destabilized West Africa and, indeed, a hobbled Africa! ”That is why we believe a travel ban and tough economic sanctions from the international community against these agents of destabilization will be in order. This is a patriotic call,” APC said.
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Politics / Presidency Wants To Ground Mycampaign , Backers , Says Buhari by abdulmumini60(f): 9:53am On Mar 01, 2015 |
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation ( APCPCO) yesterday alleged plan by the Presidency to ground all aircraft being used by the party’s presidential candidate , General Muhammadu Buhari , as part of a grand plot to cripple his campaign . Also being targeted for freezing by the authorities , according to APCPCO are the bank accounts of stalwarts of the party. The Director , Media and Publicity of the campaign team , Mallam Garba Shehu , said in a statement that the move to destabilise Buhari might not be unconnected with the massive global attention on the APC after Buhari ’ s sterling performance at Chatham House, London last Thursday . Shehu described the Presidency ’s alleged plot as desperate , anathema , criminal and inimical to the nation’s nascent democracy and civilised human behaviour . But he vowed that any such move “will be foiled by the citizens who have taken over the movement of change as symbolised by General Muhammadu Buhari . ” He added that the authorities plan to “ use the Aviation Ministry and the secret arm of the Security Service to hound and clampdown on members of the APC, by prospecting obnoxious means that would ground private jets belonging to senior members of our party, in order to halt and slow down Buhari ’ s world -acclaimed phenomenal popularity as President -in- waiting. Shehu added , “There is also a plot to block or freeze the bank accounts of APC chieftains like Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Rotimi Amaechi ( Director General of APC Presidential Campaign Organisation), and other prominent leaders believed to be funding the General ’s campaign ; and availing him their aircraft for electioneering purposes . ” Shehu recalled that private jets conveying APC Governors including Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State , had in the past being either prevented from taking -off or landing during crucial political occasions, particularly during the run up to the last governorship election in Ekiti State . The organisation regretted what it called PDP ’s descent into the abyss in its desperate bid to retain power , stressing that the party has become so delusional that it now fabricates outright lies to blackmail and denigrate the APC and its presidential candidate and his running mate Prof Yemi Osinbajo , all in an attempt to divert attention from the mess it has created in every facet of lives in the country . He cited how the Attorney General of the Federation ( AGF ), an appointee of the President , used his office to do a counter- affidavit and supporting written address to give tacit approval to a nocturnal group’ s desire to truncate the use of card reader in the coming elections . He said: “an online news blog , Sahara reporters , made copious public display of the two documents ; the AGF , in doing a volte face , denied giving authorization to the staff members of his Office in that ignoble service to the Nigerian state. “ A patriotic Nigerian soldier, Captain Sagir Koli , had done a painstaking and elaborate audio recording of the meeting in which the Presidential order for the rigging of the 22 nd June, 2014 Ekiti governorship election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) was handed down. “ Among the people present at the meeting were : Mr . Ayo Fayose, the greatest beneficiary of the nefarious rigging plot , Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro as the Minister of state for Defence , Brigadier -General Aliyu Momoh , the commander of 32 nd Artillery Brigade , Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, Minister for Police Affairs , Otunba Iyiola Omisore , PDP governorship candidate for Osun State . “ Meanwhile , Ayo Fayose, Jelili Adesiyan and Musiliu Obanikoro had variously made statements in attesting to the veracity of the nocturnal meeting ; President Goodluck Jonathan , pressured to probe the incident, peremptorily foreclosed such investigative check when he said ‘ If someone comes up with a spurious allegation that has no substance and the person disappears, of course , what do you want me to do ?’ “ Obviously, this President is not mindful of his oath of allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria! The evidence of audio recording with the available technology can be used to ascertain the truth about the plot , regardless the presence or absence of the source of it . Apparently , the President , caught in the act of ordering an electoral heist , is unwilling to initiate a probe that will indict and incriminate him . “ The Director of Communication for the PDP Presidential Campaign , Chief Femi Fani -Kayode , said with uncanny impudence that the APC Vice Presidential candidate , Professor Yemi Osinbajo , was made to agree to an oath to resign six months after and allow Senator Bola Tinubu , in the event that APC wins the Presidential election. “ Quite evidently, this piece of bunkum was meant to vitiate the integrity of our respected Vice Presidential candidate by the band of dishonourable politicians in the PDP . We state , without any iota of equivocation , that this is untrue and unfounded . “ We have shown these examples of the PDP -led Presidency’s conduct in desperately laying hold at straw despite the rejection of the Nigerian people , ahead of the general elections . The resort to deliberate falsehood and unfounded allegations represent the PDP -led Presidency’s unmistakable beclouding of the campaign issues of the forthcoming election. ” 1 Like |
Politics / I Am Underpressure To Sellmy PVC- Watervendor by abdulmumini60(f): 8:34am On Mar 01, 2015 |
Ibrahim Auwal is from Funtua in Katsina State. He is a water vendor in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. He is one among many others who have vowed not to sell their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) for monetary gains, even as he struggles to survive. OIBOH PETER writes on the optimistic vendor. As the struggle to get his daily bread continues, Auwal Ibrahim, a water vendor, who hails from Funtua in Katsina State, and lives in Nyanya, Abuja says he would not sell his voters’ card despite the hardship that he faces in Abuja. The vendor is one amongst many Nigerians who have vowed not to sell their voters’ card for any reason, even though politicians have been trying to entice them with bags of rice and cash. According to Auwal, “one fateful day, as I went out to do my business with some of my friends at the point where we fetch water, we were discussing as usual and I was asked if I would sell my PVC for N10,000. I was shocked by the statement. Since then, I have being under pressure to sell my voters’ card. I was told by my friends that a certain unnamed lady asked them to look out for people with PVCs so that she could buy them.” It is no longer news that some people are taking advantage of the extension given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the collection of PVCs to perpetuate dubious agenda. In a chat with LEADERSHIP Sunday, the water vendor said that he is confident he will vote in the election even though he is under pressure to sell his voters’ card. Auwal, who continuously expressed his optimism about voting with his PVC, added that he took the pains to travel from Abuja to Funtua, his home town, to register during the INEC registration process. He stated that the orientation he had on the forthcoming election from INEC gives him confidence to participate in the elections. The water vendor said he had been eager to get a voters’ card so that he could participate in the elections, saying that was why he made out time to travel to Funtua to collect his PVC. He reiterated that he has decided to vote for candidates of his choice no matter any amount of money anybody will give to him. Reacting to the shift of the general elections, he said he was not happy about it because he had arrived Katsina, his state of origin, for the voting before the news came to him that the elections had been postponed. According to him, the little money he gathered from the water business was spent on travelling to the village for the election. According to Musa Abu, brother to Auwal, “some crooks that want to make money from politicians and continue to increase the suffering of Nigerians have deviced means of buying voters cards from the public. One however, wonders how they want to make use of the PVCs being purchased. Investigations revealed that hawkers around town who have their voters cards are being enticed with little amounts of money to sell the card. Also, there was a speculation that some political campaigners go from house to house convincing the less privileged in the society with food items and cash to get their votes. According to Francis Momoh, one of the hawker, who has had a first hand experience, some people came to him saying they needed those that have the PVCs and that they are ready to pay any amount of money. He said he will not be a victim of crooks. Meanwhile, one of the reasons for the shift in the election dates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was for all registered voters to use the opportunity to collect their PVCs from the commission. No doubt some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are still struggling to collect their PVCs just like voters in other parts of the country. Auwal travelled on two occasions to Funtua before he got his voters card. In a city like the FCT, where the cost of living is on the high side, for someone like Auwal and others, shelter is a big challenge, what they feed on comes from their businesses every day. Ordinarily, it will be difficult to believe that the water vendor had to travel from Abuja to register and collect his PVC against the 2015 elections, but the power to make any change depends on votes. and prospective voters are not leaving any stone unturned.
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