The Labour Party [LP] has accused the All Progressives Congress [APC] of plotting to destabilise Nigeria during the 2015 general elections.
The party’s National Secretary, Olukayode Ajulo, made this known in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday.

Going by what he described as “unguarded utterances and inciting statements,” Mr. Ajulo said it is evident the APC is interested in causing chaos rather than to win the 2015 polls.

bigFOOTcaveMAN:
We are watching them closely like vulture watching and waiting for dead meat to rot well. Good news is that we all bleed and breath the same air, so no one is safe when its time to rock 'n' roll.
They spill blood, we make their's flow like river. Guns dont know the handlers, meaning no one or group has monopoly of evil and violence

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chinchong:
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The truth is that Nigeria is still far from ready for a true issues-based campaign. Here are reasons why:

1.Nigeria is still largely an illiterate nation: Literacy rate (the ability to read and write), which is the most basic parameter of measuring how educated an area is, is still low in Nigeria. Only 68% of Nigerians can read and write, and only 51.1% of adults in Nigeria, those eligible to vote, can read and write. This is not to make mention of the level and quality of education of the lucky ones who can read and write. Thus, more than half of the voting population will struggle to even understand the debates around issues by politicians. A snapshot of this can be viewed by listening to a group of average Nigerians debate – there is a tendency to lean on simplistic lines of thought, unsubstantiated arguments and unproven facts. This is because this is what their minds can grasp.

2.The way to win a Nigerian’s heart and mind is by appealing to his sentiments: This is quite self-explanatory. Appealing to a Nigerian’s ethnicity, or religious faith or place of origin wins him over way faster than trying to explain how you will guarantee food security for him as his president or ensure his children attend better public schools as his governor. We are a much divided nation where there is not only mutual suspicion of each other between religious faiths, ethnic groups and people of different geographic zones, but also where one group is always trying to have a position of supremacy over another group. This mindset is also prevalent even among some of the most educated and widely-traveled people in our society, those one will expect to have risen above such sentiments. Our politicians, knowing this, are only too eager to exploit these fissures amongst us.

From: Nigeria: We Are Not Ready For Intellectual Politics

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