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Showing posts with label apc. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Kidnapped APC registeration officers regains freedom
The two registration officers of the All Progressives Congress(APC) who were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ebonyi state last Sunday have regained their freedom.
Mr Donatus Omenyi while Speaking to news men after their release, said that gunmen numbering about six came to his house around 2am fully armed and ordered him out of his house and took him away in a vehicle suspected to belong to the Ezza North Local government area.
According to him,he was ordered to follow them and threatened to shoot if he attempted to raise alarm or resist following them. They requested that he give them all APC registration materials in his possession. He was also asked to surrender the camera being used for the party registration exercise as well as the camera,which happened to be with his assistant, Mr Samuel Aligwe who escaped before the gunmen could get to his house.
After been beaten and tortured,they were asked to call their relatives to pay the ransom of N3million before they could be released.
They were however released after been threatened to be eliminated if they remain APC members ,that PDP must be allowed to take over the Ezza North council area and that every presence of the APC in the council area must be laid to rest.
Source: NAN
Mr Donatus Omenyi while Speaking to news men after their release, said that gunmen numbering about six came to his house around 2am fully armed and ordered him out of his house and took him away in a vehicle suspected to belong to the Ezza North Local government area.
According to him,he was ordered to follow them and threatened to shoot if he attempted to raise alarm or resist following them. They requested that he give them all APC registration materials in his possession. He was also asked to surrender the camera being used for the party registration exercise as well as the camera,which happened to be with his assistant, Mr Samuel Aligwe who escaped before the gunmen could get to his house.
After been beaten and tortured,they were asked to call their relatives to pay the ransom of N3million before they could be released.
They were however released after been threatened to be eliminated if they remain APC members ,that PDP must be allowed to take over the Ezza North council area and that every presence of the APC in the council area must be laid to rest.
Source: NAN
Friday, February 7, 2014
President Jonathan in a reconcilatory move to make peace with Ameachi
According to reports by PUNCH, President Goodluck Jonathan may meet the Governor of Rivers State Mr. Rotimi Amaechi soon.
According to the report, a source at the Presidential villa disclosed this on Tuesday night after the President met with governors who were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic.
Going by the tune of the meeting, the source said the President might initiate a meeting with Amaechi soon.
The source, who is close to the President explained that the President was asked to make peace with anyone capable of helping him to win the 2015 presidential election.
This, he said, was one of the decisions reached at the meeting between the PDP governors and the President.
Punch Reports:
The source, who was one of the governors at the meeting, told our correspondent that the expected meeting with Amaechi might start with the leadership of the party.
“The President, at the meeting, was made to know that there is crisis in the party and that we need to work harder if we are dreaming of winning the 2015 elections,” the governor added.
Meanwhile, there were indications that governors elected on the platform of the PDP aided the removal of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Rivers State, Mr. Joseph Mbu.
Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja showed that the governors at their meeting with Jonathan on Tuesday night, advised the President to give approval for the redeployment of the controversial CP.
The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa.
Culled from THE PUNCH
According to the report, a source at the Presidential villa disclosed this on Tuesday night after the President met with governors who were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic.
Going by the tune of the meeting, the source said the President might initiate a meeting with Amaechi soon.
The source, who is close to the President explained that the President was asked to make peace with anyone capable of helping him to win the 2015 presidential election.
This, he said, was one of the decisions reached at the meeting between the PDP governors and the President.
Punch Reports:
The source, who was one of the governors at the meeting, told our correspondent that the expected meeting with Amaechi might start with the leadership of the party.
“The President, at the meeting, was made to know that there is crisis in the party and that we need to work harder if we are dreaming of winning the 2015 elections,” the governor added.
Meanwhile, there were indications that governors elected on the platform of the PDP aided the removal of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Rivers State, Mr. Joseph Mbu.
Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja showed that the governors at their meeting with Jonathan on Tuesday night, advised the President to give approval for the redeployment of the controversial CP.
The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa.
Culled from THE PUNCH
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Breaking News: SSS arrests Asari Dokubo
President of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been arrested by the men of the Department of State Security, DSS for making inciting comments on the 2015 election.
The former Niger Delta militant was arrested this morning, less than 24 hours after Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, called on security agents to arrest and caution him for repeatedly making inciting comments. He is currently being interrogated by SSS operatives.
Replying to comments made by former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday Feb 4th Asari Dokubo said that he would make Nigeria ungovernable unless Pres. Jonathan wins a second term ticket in the 2015 presidential election. He also asked Northern politicians to stay away
"If they say the blood of the dogs and the baboon will be soaked in water on the street, in blood on the street, in salt water on the street, we will help them soak them in blood”.
Security operatives believe such a comment is capable of causing chaos in Nigeria.
The former Niger Delta militant was arrested this morning, less than 24 hours after Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, called on security agents to arrest and caution him for repeatedly making inciting comments. He is currently being interrogated by SSS operatives.
Replying to comments made by former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday Feb 4th Asari Dokubo said that he would make Nigeria ungovernable unless Pres. Jonathan wins a second term ticket in the 2015 presidential election. He also asked Northern politicians to stay away
"If they say the blood of the dogs and the baboon will be soaked in water on the street, in blood on the street, in salt water on the street, we will help them soak them in blood”.
Security operatives believe such a comment is capable of causing chaos in Nigeria.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Asari Dokubo's wife replies critics;calls them insane and jobless.
Mujahidat Daba Asari-Dokubo, wife of former Niger Delta militant, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has described those criticizing her husband and other militant leaders as insane and jobless.
Mrs. Dokubo also accused northern leaders of unnecessarily criticizing President Jonathan and trying to box him into a corner through attacks by cabals and Boko Haram sect.
She described Mr. Jonathan as an intelligent and sincere leader who is determined to make Nigeria better. She said her family had been close to the president since his days as governor of Bayelsa State.
Mrs. Dokubo took to her Facebook wall to express her grievance.
Below is her post raw and uncut:
“I want to clear the mind of some of these northerners who never see anything good in Mr president please stop boxing Mr. President to a corner so that he will be at the beck and call of the north and forget that the Niger Delta region has to be developed where the proceed of the resources used in running the 37 states including Abuja is gotten from. At the end of his tenure it is the same people who will come out and say your brother was there and he couldn’t do anything for the people of the Niger Delta region.
The Gej I know is a very kind hearted man and very intelligent. He knows his onions. Please, let the cabal in the north and their agents, Boko Haram give him a chance to transform this country, their past leaders destroyed. In less than a year most you who are criticizing Gej will turn around and swallow your vomit “People who are complaining about the pipeline jobs awarded to ex freedom fighters should go and re-examine the head if they are sane.
“What concerns a stranger with what I do with my property is it because we the Niger Deltans kept quiet for a very long time after the death of Isaac Adaka Boro? In fact, all freedom fighters deserve huge oil blocks not pipeline contracts.
Do you people know how many people these freedom fighters care and feed? This pipeline job will cater for thousands of poverty-striken families in the Niger Delta.
So, those of you running your mouth should just shut your trap. Boko Haram kill their people and strangers especially Christians, they are demons so stop comparing Niger Delta freedom fighters and Hoko Haram I rest my case.”
“Psalm 27 says: As many as gathered against me they stumble and fall. That is the prophecy for GEJ. As many as gathered against GEJ for 2015, they will stumble and fall be it Atiku, Buhari, OBJ, Kwankwaso, Wamako, Ameachi, Jagaban, Babangida Aliyu, Sule Lamido and the rest of them they must stumble and fall.”
Mrs. Dokubo also accused northern leaders of unnecessarily criticizing President Jonathan and trying to box him into a corner through attacks by cabals and Boko Haram sect.
She described Mr. Jonathan as an intelligent and sincere leader who is determined to make Nigeria better. She said her family had been close to the president since his days as governor of Bayelsa State.
Mrs. Dokubo took to her Facebook wall to express her grievance.
Below is her post raw and uncut:
“I want to clear the mind of some of these northerners who never see anything good in Mr president please stop boxing Mr. President to a corner so that he will be at the beck and call of the north and forget that the Niger Delta region has to be developed where the proceed of the resources used in running the 37 states including Abuja is gotten from. At the end of his tenure it is the same people who will come out and say your brother was there and he couldn’t do anything for the people of the Niger Delta region.
The Gej I know is a very kind hearted man and very intelligent. He knows his onions. Please, let the cabal in the north and their agents, Boko Haram give him a chance to transform this country, their past leaders destroyed. In less than a year most you who are criticizing Gej will turn around and swallow your vomit “People who are complaining about the pipeline jobs awarded to ex freedom fighters should go and re-examine the head if they are sane.
“What concerns a stranger with what I do with my property is it because we the Niger Deltans kept quiet for a very long time after the death of Isaac Adaka Boro? In fact, all freedom fighters deserve huge oil blocks not pipeline contracts.
Do you people know how many people these freedom fighters care and feed? This pipeline job will cater for thousands of poverty-striken families in the Niger Delta.
So, those of you running your mouth should just shut your trap. Boko Haram kill their people and strangers especially Christians, they are demons so stop comparing Niger Delta freedom fighters and Hoko Haram I rest my case.”
“Psalm 27 says: As many as gathered against me they stumble and fall. That is the prophecy for GEJ. As many as gathered against GEJ for 2015, they will stumble and fall be it Atiku, Buhari, OBJ, Kwankwaso, Wamako, Ameachi, Jagaban, Babangida Aliyu, Sule Lamido and the rest of them they must stumble and fall.”
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Asari Dokubo threatens that Nigeria will be 'ungovernable’ if APC fails to field a South-South Candidate
The Founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Voluntary Force, Alhaji Asari Dokubo has vowed that no political candidate from the Northern part of Nigeria would win the 2015 elections or else....Ijaw militants would make Nigeria ungovernable and threaten the sovereignty of the country.
Asari Dokubo told newsmen that his boys would take control of Nigeria’s territorial waters and cripple the economy of the country. He advised the All Progressives Congress to field a candidate from the South South as the region must rule for eight years.
He said: “If it is war the North wants, we are ready for them because Jonathan must complete the mandatory constitutionally allowable two terms of eight years. “At home, we have regrouped and we have put our people at alert.
“In less than one hour, the way we would strike, the world will be shocked. If anybody does anything against Jonathan, we will retaliate. What we will do will shock the whole world. We will cripple the economy of the country not only in the creeks, but also on the nation’s territorial waters, no vessel will be allowed to enter Nigeria’s territorial waters.
“Let them not try anything. If they abuse Jonathan, there is no problem, he is their President but anything that will affect the interest of the Ijaw people and the interest of the entire people of the Niger Delta will be resisted at any cost.” Asari-Dokubo also vowed that the defeat of Jonathan in a free and fair election would trigger crisis. He said: “Jonathan cannot be defeated, they cannot defeat him, they don’t have the right, every part of the country must have equal stake in the presidency of the country.
“Let them go and sleep in their houses. If they don’t, they are looking for trouble and we are going to give it to them. “It will make better sense if APC picks its presidential candidate from the South- South. With that, there will be no battle for us to fight and it will make it easier for us. Whichever way it goes, it will enable us to continue our right of uninterrupted rule of eight years, which is the minimum constitutional requirement.
“They cannot take that from the South-South and we will not accept it because every part of the country must have equal access to the various institutions of government, especially at the federal level,” he added.
Culled from The Herald
Asari Dokubo told newsmen that his boys would take control of Nigeria’s territorial waters and cripple the economy of the country. He advised the All Progressives Congress to field a candidate from the South South as the region must rule for eight years.
He said: “If it is war the North wants, we are ready for them because Jonathan must complete the mandatory constitutionally allowable two terms of eight years. “At home, we have regrouped and we have put our people at alert.
“In less than one hour, the way we would strike, the world will be shocked. If anybody does anything against Jonathan, we will retaliate. What we will do will shock the whole world. We will cripple the economy of the country not only in the creeks, but also on the nation’s territorial waters, no vessel will be allowed to enter Nigeria’s territorial waters.
“Let them not try anything. If they abuse Jonathan, there is no problem, he is their President but anything that will affect the interest of the Ijaw people and the interest of the entire people of the Niger Delta will be resisted at any cost.” Asari-Dokubo also vowed that the defeat of Jonathan in a free and fair election would trigger crisis. He said: “Jonathan cannot be defeated, they cannot defeat him, they don’t have the right, every part of the country must have equal stake in the presidency of the country.
“Let them go and sleep in their houses. If they don’t, they are looking for trouble and we are going to give it to them. “It will make better sense if APC picks its presidential candidate from the South- South. With that, there will be no battle for us to fight and it will make it easier for us. Whichever way it goes, it will enable us to continue our right of uninterrupted rule of eight years, which is the minimum constitutional requirement.
“They cannot take that from the South-South and we will not accept it because every part of the country must have equal access to the various institutions of government, especially at the federal level,” he added.
Culled from The Herald
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Breaking news : Former VP, Atiku Abubakar Joins APC
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressive Congress (APC)! Cos according to him, PDP is bereft of ideas and is refusing to live up to the promises it made in the past.
Find below the press statement he released today:
In 2006, as a result of my firm stand in defence of our constitution and our democracy, my supporters and I were pushed out of our party, the Peoples Democratic Party, a party that we worked tirelessly with other compatriots to build as a vehicle to restore democracy to our country.
We later returned to that party in 2009 when a new leadership of the party and the country promised a new direction, a direction of inclusiveness, of internal democracy, of an end to impunity, adherence to the rule of law and respect for the dignity of members and Nigerians. Sadly, however, those promises have not been kept.
Many founding members of the PDP, I included, continue to be marginalized and excluded from
the affairs of the party. For instance as a former Vice President, I am by virtue of the PDP constitution, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees and its National Executive Committee. However, I am not invited to the meetings of those organs nor consulted on their decisions, apparently because I dared to exercise my right to contest in the party’s primary election for a chance to be its flag-bearer in the 2011 elections.
We have, therefore, concluded that that party cannot be redeemed. In short the PDP has abandoned Nigerians, the very people who gave it life and many electoral victories. Let me emphasize that this is not about me. We have to have a country before people can aspire to lead it, but as it is today we may be losing this country. That is not acceptable.
Atiku says his resignation letter as a member of the PDP will be delivered to the party tomorrow.
Find below the press statement he released today:
In 2006, as a result of my firm stand in defence of our constitution and our democracy, my supporters and I were pushed out of our party, the Peoples Democratic Party, a party that we worked tirelessly with other compatriots to build as a vehicle to restore democracy to our country.
We later returned to that party in 2009 when a new leadership of the party and the country promised a new direction, a direction of inclusiveness, of internal democracy, of an end to impunity, adherence to the rule of law and respect for the dignity of members and Nigerians. Sadly, however, those promises have not been kept.
Many founding members of the PDP, I included, continue to be marginalized and excluded from
the affairs of the party. For instance as a former Vice President, I am by virtue of the PDP constitution, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees and its National Executive Committee. However, I am not invited to the meetings of those organs nor consulted on their decisions, apparently because I dared to exercise my right to contest in the party’s primary election for a chance to be its flag-bearer in the 2011 elections.
We have, therefore, concluded that that party cannot be redeemed. In short the PDP has abandoned Nigerians, the very people who gave it life and many electoral victories. Let me emphasize that this is not about me. We have to have a country before people can aspire to lead it, but as it is today we may be losing this country. That is not acceptable.
Atiku says his resignation letter as a member of the PDP will be delivered to the party tomorrow.
Breaking news : Former VP, Atiku Abubakar Joins APC
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressive Congress (APC)! Cos according to him, PDP is bereft of ideas and is refusing to live up to the promises it made in the past.
Find below the press statement he released today:
In 2006, as a result of my firm stand in defence of our constitution and our democracy, my supporters and I were pushed out of our party, the Peoples Democratic Party, a party that we worked tirelessly with other compatriots to build as a vehicle to restore democracy to our country.
We later returned to that party in 2009 when a new leadership of the party and the country promised a new direction, a direction of inclusiveness, of internal democracy, of an end to impunity, adherence to the rule of law and respect for the dignity of members and Nigerians. Sadly, however, those promises have not been kept.
Many founding members of the PDP, I included, continue to be marginalized and excluded from
the affairs of the party. For instance as a former Vice President, I am by virtue of the PDP constitution, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees and its National Executive Committee. However, I am not invited to the meetings of those organs nor consulted on their decisions, apparently because I dared to exercise my right to contest in the party’s primary election for a chance to be its flag-bearer in the 2011 elections.
We have, therefore, concluded that that party cannot be redeemed. In short the PDP has abandoned Nigerians, the very people who gave it life and many electoral victories. Let me emphasize that this is not about me. We have to have a country before people can aspire to lead it, but as it is today we may be losing this country. That is not acceptable.
Atiku says his resignation letter as a member of the PDP will be delivered to the party tomorrow.
Find below the press statement he released today:
In 2006, as a result of my firm stand in defence of our constitution and our democracy, my supporters and I were pushed out of our party, the Peoples Democratic Party, a party that we worked tirelessly with other compatriots to build as a vehicle to restore democracy to our country.
We later returned to that party in 2009 when a new leadership of the party and the country promised a new direction, a direction of inclusiveness, of internal democracy, of an end to impunity, adherence to the rule of law and respect for the dignity of members and Nigerians. Sadly, however, those promises have not been kept.
Many founding members of the PDP, I included, continue to be marginalized and excluded from
the affairs of the party. For instance as a former Vice President, I am by virtue of the PDP constitution, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees and its National Executive Committee. However, I am not invited to the meetings of those organs nor consulted on their decisions, apparently because I dared to exercise my right to contest in the party’s primary election for a chance to be its flag-bearer in the 2011 elections.
We have, therefore, concluded that that party cannot be redeemed. In short the PDP has abandoned Nigerians, the very people who gave it life and many electoral victories. Let me emphasize that this is not about me. We have to have a country before people can aspire to lead it, but as it is today we may be losing this country. That is not acceptable.
Atiku says his resignation letter as a member of the PDP will be delivered to the party tomorrow.
Friday, January 31, 2014
2015 Election : Local Government Chairmen and Councillors defect to APC in Kwara State
I guess we haven't heard the last of this defecting syndrome. As 2015 draws closer and campaigns kick starting soon, a lot of party members would be defecting from one party to another and probably defecting back (not a prophesy o,but the reality sha)
Well reports reaching us is that; 16 Local Govt Chairmen and 194 Councillors have defected to the ruling opposition party, the All Progressive Congress, APC. The defectees were actually elected on the platform of PDP.
Announcing their defection today, the Chairman, ALGON, Kwara State chapter (under whose aegis they announced their defection) Mr. Abdulateef Okandeji said failure of the national leaders of the PDP to listen to their grievances is the main reason for their defection.
"I recall that following the refusal and failure of the national leaders of the PDP to address the observations and complaints of its founding members especially about the lawlessness, impunity and injustice which had become the norm and which led to the factionalisation of the PDP, our leaders decided to team up in what is known as the newPDP under the national Chairmanship of our own Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje. After exhaustive consultations and deliberations by our leaders spearheaded by Senator Bukola Saraki, it was unanimously decided that the best option for us would be to merge with the newly formed APC and work together in the overall interest of the good people of this country towards the advancement of democracy,” he said.
....Meanwhile ,APC would commence its registration in a few days time,would keep you posted,incase you are interested.
Well reports reaching us is that; 16 Local Govt Chairmen and 194 Councillors have defected to the ruling opposition party, the All Progressive Congress, APC. The defectees were actually elected on the platform of PDP.
Announcing their defection today, the Chairman, ALGON, Kwara State chapter (under whose aegis they announced their defection) Mr. Abdulateef Okandeji said failure of the national leaders of the PDP to listen to their grievances is the main reason for their defection.
"I recall that following the refusal and failure of the national leaders of the PDP to address the observations and complaints of its founding members especially about the lawlessness, impunity and injustice which had become the norm and which led to the factionalisation of the PDP, our leaders decided to team up in what is known as the newPDP under the national Chairmanship of our own Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje. After exhaustive consultations and deliberations by our leaders spearheaded by Senator Bukola Saraki, it was unanimously decided that the best option for us would be to merge with the newly formed APC and work together in the overall interest of the good people of this country towards the advancement of democracy,” he said.
....Meanwhile ,APC would commence its registration in a few days time,would keep you posted,incase you are interested.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
APC senators defies party order, attend service chiefs screening
Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC)on Monday ignored directives by the party's national leadership that requires them to block all executive communications including consideration of the 2014budget. At least seven APC senators participated in the screening exercise of the screening of the Service Chiefs recently appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan whose names were sent to the senate for confirmation by the president.
Last Thursday, the leadership of the APC had through a communique directed its members in the National Assembly to block the passage of the budget, and the screening of new service chiefs and ministers.
Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa (APC, Zamafar) while speaking to Newsmen on why he attended the screening exercise, said: "I have not received any official communication from our party directing me not to participate in the debate on the budget or screening of new service chiefs and the ministers."
Other APC senators who participated in the exercise include Akin Odunsi, Kabiru Garba Marafa, Sani Saleh, Atai Aidoko, Babafemi Ojudu, Jibrilla Bindo and Robert A. Boroffice.
Those who were screened yesterday include Air Marshall Alex Baden as chief of defence staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah as chief of army staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin as chief of Naval staff and Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu as chief of air staff.
Last Thursday, the leadership of the APC had through a communique directed its members in the National Assembly to block the passage of the budget, and the screening of new service chiefs and ministers.
Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa (APC, Zamafar) while speaking to Newsmen on why he attended the screening exercise, said: "I have not received any official communication from our party directing me not to participate in the debate on the budget or screening of new service chiefs and the ministers."
Other APC senators who participated in the exercise include Akin Odunsi, Kabiru Garba Marafa, Sani Saleh, Atai Aidoko, Babafemi Ojudu, Jibrilla Bindo and Robert A. Boroffice.
Those who were screened yesterday include Air Marshall Alex Baden as chief of defence staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah as chief of army staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin as chief of Naval staff and Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu as chief of air staff.
2015 Election: 3000 APC members defects to PDP in Yobe State
According to The National Mirror;
The PDP in Yobe State has claimed that 3000 members of the ruling APC in the state have dumped the party and joined the PDP. The state chairman of the party Alhaji Lawan Gana, Karasuwa who disclosed this to newsmen in his country home in Karasuwa Gaalu noted that the defection of the APC members to the PDP was as a result of the reconciliatory approach recently adopted by the party in the state. According to the chairman, all the 3,000 that defected were from the governor’s home town in Yunusari, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam. He noted that Yobe PDP is seriously re-strategizing; adding that part of the strategy is the party’s efforts to reconcile all aggrieved members both within and outside the state. “I am happy to inform you that the party has constituted two committees to reconcile with aggrieved party members. “The two reconciliatory committees are handling reconciliation with aggrieved members outside the state and those within Yobe state and, to scout for new members. “We are happy that soon after the committees commenced work, supporters of other parties are now defecting to the PDP” he said. The Yobe PDP helmsman debunk claims by Yobe state government on lack of federal presence in the state, stressing that a total of over 56 federal projects were currently ongoing in the state under the leadership of Dr. Yerima Ngama, the minister of state for Finance. Karasuwa added that the sterling leadership of Dr. Ngama in the affairs of the party in the state has greatly increased the people’s support and confidence in Federal Government The chairman pointed out that the party will take advantage of the failures of the ruling APC government to woo more support from the people to change the government in 2015. He expressed delight with the renewed support from elders, elites, youth and women to the party, stressing that, “this has rejuvenated and strengthened our hope for the party in the state.
.....I guess this coming weeks/months is going to be dramatic,because there would be a lot of "porting" that is ;movement(defection) from one party to another. #fingersXd
The PDP in Yobe State has claimed that 3000 members of the ruling APC in the state have dumped the party and joined the PDP. The state chairman of the party Alhaji Lawan Gana, Karasuwa who disclosed this to newsmen in his country home in Karasuwa Gaalu noted that the defection of the APC members to the PDP was as a result of the reconciliatory approach recently adopted by the party in the state. According to the chairman, all the 3,000 that defected were from the governor’s home town in Yunusari, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam. He noted that Yobe PDP is seriously re-strategizing; adding that part of the strategy is the party’s efforts to reconcile all aggrieved members both within and outside the state. “I am happy to inform you that the party has constituted two committees to reconcile with aggrieved party members. “The two reconciliatory committees are handling reconciliation with aggrieved members outside the state and those within Yobe state and, to scout for new members. “We are happy that soon after the committees commenced work, supporters of other parties are now defecting to the PDP” he said. The Yobe PDP helmsman debunk claims by Yobe state government on lack of federal presence in the state, stressing that a total of over 56 federal projects were currently ongoing in the state under the leadership of Dr. Yerima Ngama, the minister of state for Finance. Karasuwa added that the sterling leadership of Dr. Ngama in the affairs of the party in the state has greatly increased the people’s support and confidence in Federal Government The chairman pointed out that the party will take advantage of the failures of the ruling APC government to woo more support from the people to change the government in 2015. He expressed delight with the renewed support from elders, elites, youth and women to the party, stressing that, “this has rejuvenated and strengthened our hope for the party in the state.
.....I guess this coming weeks/months is going to be dramatic,because there would be a lot of "porting" that is ;movement(defection) from one party to another. #fingersXd
Update: Mallam Nasir El-Rufai released on bail
Mallam Nasir El Rufai has been released on bail by the State Security Service hours after he reported to the security agency to answer some questions.
According to reports, Mallam El-Rufai was released in the early hours of this morning after about 15 hours in SSS custody.
His Media advisor Muyiwa Adekeye. In his word,said...
"Mallam El-Rufai will not be silenced. He will continue to do his patriotic duty of challenging INEC and the security agencies to guarantee the climate for free and fair elections in Nigeria by desisting from partisanship and the embrace of impunity.”
According to reports, Mallam El-Rufai was released in the early hours of this morning after about 15 hours in SSS custody.
His Media advisor Muyiwa Adekeye. In his word,said...
"Mallam El-Rufai will not be silenced. He will continue to do his patriotic duty of challenging INEC and the security agencies to guarantee the climate for free and fair elections in Nigeria by desisting from partisanship and the embrace of impunity.”
Monday, January 27, 2014
Update: El-Rufia honours SSS invitation
Days after playing hide -and seek with the SSS, the former FCT minister Mallam Nasir El-Ruafi has finally honoured the invitation of the State Security Service, SSS .
In his tweets this morining,he said that he was accompanied by the Governor of Rivers' state; Rotimi Ameachi,Dr. Chris Ngige,APC National secretary,Treasurer,Hubert Shaiyan and AU Mustapha. Though they (except El-Rufia) were not allowed into the building even after they had trekked 500 meters to get to the SSS building.
In his tweets this morining,he said that he was accompanied by the Governor of Rivers' state; Rotimi Ameachi,Dr. Chris Ngige,APC National secretary,Treasurer,Hubert Shaiyan and AU Mustapha. Though they (except El-Rufia) were not allowed into the building even after they had trekked 500 meters to get to the SSS building.
Tinubu replies Clark, says his attack on Yoruba lacks wisdom
The All Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the recent attack on the Yoruba by Chief Edwin Clark as lacking in wisdom and a "near idiotic vitriolic attack on any perceived opponent of President Goodluck Jonathan".
Tinubu said Clark should be rescued before he self-destructs.
Clark last week said the Yoruba have no leader. He added that since the death of Chief Adekunle Ajasin and Chief Bola Ige, the Yoruba have been without leaders.
In a statement yesterday from Tinubu's Media Office (TMO), the opposition leader said Clark should talk less and listen more. He queried his qualification to pass judgement on the Yoruba.
"Clark should not have insulted the Yoruba and some of their leaders. He is not competent to utter such a statement," Tinubu said, adding that the Ijaw chief would be better tending to his own house instead of remarking on the quality of a home he knows nothing about.
The former Lagos State governor said the statement shows Clark is afraid of the giant strides being made by the opposition party.
"Clark is afraid that the progressive party, the APC, launched by Asiwaju Tinubu and other progressives throughout the nation which possesses the political clout to dislodge his ethnic kin from the Aso Villa. Thus, Clark hates Tinubu and all those who speak against the mis-governance taking place.
"Clark cares nothing for actual modern democratic governance that will move this nation forward, regardless of ethnic origin. He is obsessed with making sure his ethnic kin remains in the Villa by all means necessary; he cares less if the nation crumbles around him; as long as his ethnic son is on the seat, all is fine for him," Tinubu said.
The statement said Tinubu never claimed to be a Yoruba leader, but can lay claim to being a national leader because he seeks the betterment of all Nigerians. "Can Clark make the same claim about himself?" the statement added.
It also said Tinubu has engineered the rebirth of the opposition in the country by working in tandem with like- minded progressives. "From forging the first political merger in the history of Nigeria, he has remained fixed on providing a platform for progressive governance and policies to lift Nigeria from the clutches of poverty and unjust government. This is not a Yoruba dream; it is a Nigerian dream. Clark's utterances are part of our present nightmare."
Warning that with utterances like this coming from Clark, Tinubu said the nation is on a political, moral and economic slide that must be arrested. "The nation is suffering and if this is not arrested, we shall crash against the hard rock of ill-fate. The crash will not be a pretty one," Tinubu warned.
Tinubu said Clark should be rescued before he self-destructs.
Clark last week said the Yoruba have no leader. He added that since the death of Chief Adekunle Ajasin and Chief Bola Ige, the Yoruba have been without leaders.
In a statement yesterday from Tinubu's Media Office (TMO), the opposition leader said Clark should talk less and listen more. He queried his qualification to pass judgement on the Yoruba.
"Clark should not have insulted the Yoruba and some of their leaders. He is not competent to utter such a statement," Tinubu said, adding that the Ijaw chief would be better tending to his own house instead of remarking on the quality of a home he knows nothing about.
The former Lagos State governor said the statement shows Clark is afraid of the giant strides being made by the opposition party.
"Clark is afraid that the progressive party, the APC, launched by Asiwaju Tinubu and other progressives throughout the nation which possesses the political clout to dislodge his ethnic kin from the Aso Villa. Thus, Clark hates Tinubu and all those who speak against the mis-governance taking place.
"Clark cares nothing for actual modern democratic governance that will move this nation forward, regardless of ethnic origin. He is obsessed with making sure his ethnic kin remains in the Villa by all means necessary; he cares less if the nation crumbles around him; as long as his ethnic son is on the seat, all is fine for him," Tinubu said.
The statement said Tinubu never claimed to be a Yoruba leader, but can lay claim to being a national leader because he seeks the betterment of all Nigerians. "Can Clark make the same claim about himself?" the statement added.
It also said Tinubu has engineered the rebirth of the opposition in the country by working in tandem with like- minded progressives. "From forging the first political merger in the history of Nigeria, he has remained fixed on providing a platform for progressive governance and policies to lift Nigeria from the clutches of poverty and unjust government. This is not a Yoruba dream; it is a Nigerian dream. Clark's utterances are part of our present nightmare."
Warning that with utterances like this coming from Clark, Tinubu said the nation is on a political, moral and economic slide that must be arrested. "The nation is suffering and if this is not arrested, we shall crash against the hard rock of ill-fate. The crash will not be a pretty one," Tinubu warned.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
2015 Election: INEC releases timetable
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has released the timetable for next year's election, stating that the next presidential and National Assembly election, will be staged on February 14, 2015.
The electoral body, also announced that governorship and elections for state assemblies, would be conducted on February 28, 2015.
The gubernatorial polls in Ekiti and Osun, where fresh elections will be held, because of the expiration of the tenure of the current Governors, have also been scheduled for June 21 and August 9 respectively.
Meanwhile campaigns are to commence by march this year while the selling of forms would begin on the 1st of April this year also.
INEC faces a major test and unprecedented challenge in conducting next year’s general elections. The recent upheavals in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as a dramatic rise in the rhetoric of supporters and opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan have provoked speculations that a rigged election could precipitate a level of post-poll violence that has not been witnessed in Nigeria in a long time.
The electoral body, also announced that governorship and elections for state assemblies, would be conducted on February 28, 2015.
The gubernatorial polls in Ekiti and Osun, where fresh elections will be held, because of the expiration of the tenure of the current Governors, have also been scheduled for June 21 and August 9 respectively.
Meanwhile campaigns are to commence by march this year while the selling of forms would begin on the 1st of April this year also.
INEC faces a major test and unprecedented challenge in conducting next year’s general elections. The recent upheavals in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as a dramatic rise in the rhetoric of supporters and opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan have provoked speculations that a rigged election could precipitate a level of post-poll violence that has not been witnessed in Nigeria in a long time.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Breaking news:SSS secures warrant to arrest El-Rufai
The State Security Service, SSS, has finally secured a warrant of arrest for the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasir El-Rufai, and has now launched a manhunt for him, the spokesperson for the agency has said.
This is even as armed operatives of the Service again stormed a second house in Abuja believed to belong to the former minister in their desperate bid to arrest him.
They had earlier in the afternoon invaded his first house in the Maitama District of the nation’s capital, but could not find him as he had reportedly gone to pick his children from school. They were said to have tried to force their way in to arrest the former minister. Continue...
In the latest siege on another property, also in the Maitama District, the operatives were said to have beaten up some private guards for refusing them entry.
The spokesperson of the SSS, Marylyn Ogar, confirmed that the operatives visited Mr. El-Rufai’s second house to arrest him, but denied that anyone was beaten.
“I hate cheap blackmail,” Ms. Ogar told Premium Times on telephone. “We went to the first place, nobody was beaten up. How will we go to the second place and beat people up?”
She explained that the SSS got an arrest warrant demanded by Mr. El-Rufai, but could not find him to personally serve him the document.
“We extended a friendly invitation to him,” the SSS spokesperson said. “He was invited honourably to come and make some explanations about the comments attributed to him.
“He said he wanted an arrest warrant. We have now obtained that from a competent court and we are wondering why he is running.
“We want to serve it on him. Or is there any Nigerian that is above the law?
“The president has said his ambition is not worth any Nigerian’s blood. So why will anyone else be making provocative statements?”
The manhunt for the former minister followed his refusal to honour an invitation from the SSS on Thursday.
He cited his pending suit against the Service over his detention in a hotel in Awka during the Anambra State Governorship last November 16 as the reason for refusing to honour the invitation.
Mr. El-Rufai also insisted on seeing a warrant of arrest before he could go to the SSS office.
The invitation of the APC chief was in connection with his remarks at a conference in Abuja on Wednesday that there might be violence if the 2015 general elections were not credible.
Meanwhile, Mr. El-Rufai, in statement by his media advisor, Muyiwa Adekeye, on Friday, confirmed that armed SSS officials stormed his home in Abuja following his rejection of the attempt by the organization to compel him to report at their office without a valid warrant.
The statement said the former minister had on Thursday firmly told the Director General of SSS that he would be exercising his right not to go to the SSS offices except a warrant mandates him and offered to meet the SSS officials in his home or office.
“The armed invasion of his house is a clear indication that the SSS imagines itself as an agency immune from respecting fundamental rights, behaviour akin to a gathering of toughs before whom every citizen must quake,” the statement said.
“The SSS agents did not produce any warrant to back their invasion of his premises.
“The assault on El-Rufai’s house continues a sorry tradition of serial violation of his rights by the SSS which has arrested him at airports and hotels.
“The most recent was the action of the SSS in violating his right to freedom of movement in Awka during the Anambra elections. Without any just cause or formal charge, the Directorate of State Security Services (SSS) had unlawfully detained El Rufai, the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the premises of Finotel Hotel, Akwa, Anambra State, from the 15th day of November, 2013 to the 16th day of November, 2013.”
The statement said during the period, Mr. El-Rufai was not only restricted to the hotel, he was denied access to his congregational prayer as a devout Muslim, and kept incommunicado without access to anyone and or the press.
It stated that in order to remedy the flagrant violation of his fundamental rights as enshrined in sections 35, 39, 40 and 41 of the Constitution, the former minister sued the SSS, seeking eight reliefs, including an injunction to restrain the SSS from further infringing on his fundamental rights.
Source: Premium Times
This is even as armed operatives of the Service again stormed a second house in Abuja believed to belong to the former minister in their desperate bid to arrest him.
They had earlier in the afternoon invaded his first house in the Maitama District of the nation’s capital, but could not find him as he had reportedly gone to pick his children from school. They were said to have tried to force their way in to arrest the former minister. Continue...
In the latest siege on another property, also in the Maitama District, the operatives were said to have beaten up some private guards for refusing them entry.
The spokesperson of the SSS, Marylyn Ogar, confirmed that the operatives visited Mr. El-Rufai’s second house to arrest him, but denied that anyone was beaten.
“I hate cheap blackmail,” Ms. Ogar told Premium Times on telephone. “We went to the first place, nobody was beaten up. How will we go to the second place and beat people up?”
She explained that the SSS got an arrest warrant demanded by Mr. El-Rufai, but could not find him to personally serve him the document.
“We extended a friendly invitation to him,” the SSS spokesperson said. “He was invited honourably to come and make some explanations about the comments attributed to him.
“He said he wanted an arrest warrant. We have now obtained that from a competent court and we are wondering why he is running.
“We want to serve it on him. Or is there any Nigerian that is above the law?
“The president has said his ambition is not worth any Nigerian’s blood. So why will anyone else be making provocative statements?”
The manhunt for the former minister followed his refusal to honour an invitation from the SSS on Thursday.
He cited his pending suit against the Service over his detention in a hotel in Awka during the Anambra State Governorship last November 16 as the reason for refusing to honour the invitation.
Mr. El-Rufai also insisted on seeing a warrant of arrest before he could go to the SSS office.
The invitation of the APC chief was in connection with his remarks at a conference in Abuja on Wednesday that there might be violence if the 2015 general elections were not credible.
Meanwhile, Mr. El-Rufai, in statement by his media advisor, Muyiwa Adekeye, on Friday, confirmed that armed SSS officials stormed his home in Abuja following his rejection of the attempt by the organization to compel him to report at their office without a valid warrant.
The statement said the former minister had on Thursday firmly told the Director General of SSS that he would be exercising his right not to go to the SSS offices except a warrant mandates him and offered to meet the SSS officials in his home or office.
“The armed invasion of his house is a clear indication that the SSS imagines itself as an agency immune from respecting fundamental rights, behaviour akin to a gathering of toughs before whom every citizen must quake,” the statement said.
“The SSS agents did not produce any warrant to back their invasion of his premises.
“The assault on El-Rufai’s house continues a sorry tradition of serial violation of his rights by the SSS which has arrested him at airports and hotels.
“The most recent was the action of the SSS in violating his right to freedom of movement in Awka during the Anambra elections. Without any just cause or formal charge, the Directorate of State Security Services (SSS) had unlawfully detained El Rufai, the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the premises of Finotel Hotel, Akwa, Anambra State, from the 15th day of November, 2013 to the 16th day of November, 2013.”
The statement said during the period, Mr. El-Rufai was not only restricted to the hotel, he was denied access to his congregational prayer as a devout Muslim, and kept incommunicado without access to anyone and or the press.
It stated that in order to remedy the flagrant violation of his fundamental rights as enshrined in sections 35, 39, 40 and 41 of the Constitution, the former minister sued the SSS, seeking eight reliefs, including an injunction to restrain the SSS from further infringing on his fundamental rights.
Source: Premium Times
SSS summons El- Rufai
The State Security Service (SSS) has invited the Deputy National Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Malam Nasir El-rufai, to appear at its headquarters in Abuja on Friday over a statement attributed to him in the Thursday edition of ThisDay newspapers.
The former FCT Minister was said to have been invited to clarify the statement, where he was quoted to have said, "The next election is likely to be violent and many people are likely going to die. And the only alternative left to get power is to take it by force, this is the reality on the ground."
El-Rufai had warned that the 2015 general elections would be marred by riots and other forms of violence that might lead to loss of lives and property except the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies were ready to hold free and fair elections.
He accused INEC of incompetence, arguing that if it was not able to organise credible elections in Anambra and Delta states, it would be almost impossible to expect free and fair elections from the umpire in 2015.
He said he had no confidence in the Attahiru Jega-led electoral commission and security agencies to organise impartial elections in 2015, predicting a disastrous outcome if those involved did not get their acts together early enough.
The SSS, which is uncomfortable with El-Rufai's comments, was said to have summoned him and also issued a statement warning politicians against making provocative and disruptive comments.
The Media Adviser to the APC stalwart, Muyiwa Adekeye, who confirmed the invitation via a text message, however said his principal would not honour it.
The former FCT Minister was said to have been invited to clarify the statement, where he was quoted to have said, "The next election is likely to be violent and many people are likely going to die. And the only alternative left to get power is to take it by force, this is the reality on the ground."
El-Rufai had warned that the 2015 general elections would be marred by riots and other forms of violence that might lead to loss of lives and property except the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies were ready to hold free and fair elections.
He accused INEC of incompetence, arguing that if it was not able to organise credible elections in Anambra and Delta states, it would be almost impossible to expect free and fair elections from the umpire in 2015.
He said he had no confidence in the Attahiru Jega-led electoral commission and security agencies to organise impartial elections in 2015, predicting a disastrous outcome if those involved did not get their acts together early enough.
The SSS, which is uncomfortable with El-Rufai's comments, was said to have summoned him and also issued a statement warning politicians against making provocative and disruptive comments.
The Media Adviser to the APC stalwart, Muyiwa Adekeye, who confirmed the invitation via a text message, however said his principal would not honour it.
APC directs Members to block the passage of the Budget!!!
The All Progressives Congress, APC, is set for a showdown with the Federal Government as it has directed its members in the National Assembly to block all legislative proposals, including the 2014 Appropriation Bill, until constitutionalism is restored in Rivers State, in particular and the nation in general.
Other issues pending before the National Assembly that APC wants its lawmakers to stand against are the confirmation of the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, the service chiefs and the ministerial nominees.
This directive was contained in a statement issued by the APC at the end of its 8th National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
The APC has 172 members in the House of Representatives as against the 171 by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Labour Party has eight, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, five; the Accord Party, two; and Democratic Peoples Party, one
In the Senate, the APC has 33 members while the PDP has 72. Labour Party has three and APGA has one.
The Senate is expected to begin consideration of the 2014 budget on Tuesday. Its Committee on Defence,Army,Navy and Air Force, in conjunction with that of the House of Representatives, is also to start the screening of the ministerial nominees, the CDS and the service chiefs from next week.
The APC, in the statement read to journalists by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, noted that the level of impunity by federal authorities in Rivers State, could no longer be tolerated.
The party said it might no longer restrain its members nationwide, especially in Rivers State, from taking whatever step necessary to protect themselves and their property, if the Federal Government failed to stop the growing culture of lawlessness in the state.
It observed that the manner in which the rights of citizens of the state was being breached by persons and institutions saddled with the responsibility of protecting them, was no longer acceptable.
The statement reads in part, “Following the forgoing and in view of the joint resolutions of the National Assembly on Rivers State, and other constitutional breaches by the Presidency, the APC hereby directs its members in the National Assembly, to block all “legislative proposals, including the 2014 Budget and confirmation of all nominees to military and civilian positions to public offices until the rule of law and constitutionalism are restored in Rivers State in particular, and Nigeria in general.
“The NEC of the APC has now resolved that if these acts of impunity and lawlessness continued unabated and the Police persist in being as an enforcement arm of the PDP(Peoples Democratic Party) to the detriment of our members, it will have no alternative but to ask our teeming members all over the country, and especially in Rivers State, to take whatever steps that are necessary to protect their lives and property.”
The APC said any cursory observer of events in Rivers State since February, 2013, would be left in no doubt as to the culture of impunity being promoted and supported by the Presidency, and executed by the State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu.
It accused Mbu of acting like a de facto military Governor of Rivers State and sole administrator of the PDP in the state.
The party listed the “forceful” dispersal of 13,201 newly recruited teachers in the Port Harcourt Stadium; blockading the entrance to the Government House in Port Harcourt and forcing the State governor(Rotimi Amaechi) to use another entrance, as instances of the brazen lawlessness and violations of the 1999 Constitution by agents of the Federal Government.
It also cited the blockade of a chartered aircraft by Amaechi from taking off without apology to him.
The APC also made reference to the disruption of a peaceful rally during which Senator Magnus Abe was allegedly shot with rubber bullets, the disruption of Save Rivers Group rallies, and the unlawful detention of persons perceived to be Amaechi supporters.
The party however commended Amaechi’s conduct, saying it represented its maturity and compliance with the rule of law.
“The NEC commended the courage, maturity and political sagacity of Amaechi of Rivers State even in the “face of serial unprovoked and unwarranted assaults on his person, his constitutional rights and those of the government and people of Rivers State,” the party said.
Culled from the Punch
Other issues pending before the National Assembly that APC wants its lawmakers to stand against are the confirmation of the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, the service chiefs and the ministerial nominees.
This directive was contained in a statement issued by the APC at the end of its 8th National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
The APC has 172 members in the House of Representatives as against the 171 by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Labour Party has eight, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, five; the Accord Party, two; and Democratic Peoples Party, one
In the Senate, the APC has 33 members while the PDP has 72. Labour Party has three and APGA has one.
The Senate is expected to begin consideration of the 2014 budget on Tuesday. Its Committee on Defence,Army,Navy and Air Force, in conjunction with that of the House of Representatives, is also to start the screening of the ministerial nominees, the CDS and the service chiefs from next week.
The APC, in the statement read to journalists by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, noted that the level of impunity by federal authorities in Rivers State, could no longer be tolerated.
The party said it might no longer restrain its members nationwide, especially in Rivers State, from taking whatever step necessary to protect themselves and their property, if the Federal Government failed to stop the growing culture of lawlessness in the state.
It observed that the manner in which the rights of citizens of the state was being breached by persons and institutions saddled with the responsibility of protecting them, was no longer acceptable.
The statement reads in part, “Following the forgoing and in view of the joint resolutions of the National Assembly on Rivers State, and other constitutional breaches by the Presidency, the APC hereby directs its members in the National Assembly, to block all “legislative proposals, including the 2014 Budget and confirmation of all nominees to military and civilian positions to public offices until the rule of law and constitutionalism are restored in Rivers State in particular, and Nigeria in general.
“The NEC of the APC has now resolved that if these acts of impunity and lawlessness continued unabated and the Police persist in being as an enforcement arm of the PDP(Peoples Democratic Party) to the detriment of our members, it will have no alternative but to ask our teeming members all over the country, and especially in Rivers State, to take whatever steps that are necessary to protect their lives and property.”
The APC said any cursory observer of events in Rivers State since February, 2013, would be left in no doubt as to the culture of impunity being promoted and supported by the Presidency, and executed by the State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu.
It accused Mbu of acting like a de facto military Governor of Rivers State and sole administrator of the PDP in the state.
The party listed the “forceful” dispersal of 13,201 newly recruited teachers in the Port Harcourt Stadium; blockading the entrance to the Government House in Port Harcourt and forcing the State governor(Rotimi Amaechi) to use another entrance, as instances of the brazen lawlessness and violations of the 1999 Constitution by agents of the Federal Government.
It also cited the blockade of a chartered aircraft by Amaechi from taking off without apology to him.
The APC also made reference to the disruption of a peaceful rally during which Senator Magnus Abe was allegedly shot with rubber bullets, the disruption of Save Rivers Group rallies, and the unlawful detention of persons perceived to be Amaechi supporters.
The party however commended Amaechi’s conduct, saying it represented its maturity and compliance with the rule of law.
“The NEC commended the courage, maturity and political sagacity of Amaechi of Rivers State even in the “face of serial unprovoked and unwarranted assaults on his person, his constitutional rights and those of the government and people of Rivers State,” the party said.
Culled from the Punch
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