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Bayelsa APC calls for election cancellation

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><b><br/> </b><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/19qDCZp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://ift.tt/19qDCZp" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has demanded a total cancellation of last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in the state following widespread irregularities.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The party described the elections as heavily compromised, saying they were characterised by intimidation of voters and arrests of APC members and agents; INEC collusion with PDP to massively rig the elections as well as armed youths and security forces collusion with PDP to compromise the electoral process; late arrival of electoral materials, and deliberate refusal to use the card readers.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In an online statement by the party signed by the Bayelsa State Chairman, Chief Tiwei Timipa Orunimighe, made available to PM News in Port Harcourt, said in almost all the eight local government councils, with the possible exception of Ogbia, (the local government area of President Goodluck Jonathan) electoral materials arrived at the earliest 3:00 pm on voting day. When the officials and materials arrived, they abandoned the card readers, even where there was no proof they were bad.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />APC claimed that INEC officials claimed to have received the following SMS from their headquarters: “My dear EOs, Pls you have been enjoined to use Manual Register for accreditation of voters. Be wise!” Once this message was circulated, it set the stage for PDP to manipulate the process with the collusion of INEC and the security agents.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Specifically, the party alleges that its agents were intimidated and voters scared away by gunshots fired by the armed and security forces.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Hon. Tariprebo Moses Aketi, APC candidate for KOLGA Constituency 1, and Campaign Manager, Imomoemi Odiowei, were arrested.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />APC said in Nembe Local Government Area, Mini and Ikensi Wards, soldiers using two new gunboats chased out APC agents, seized all the electoral materials and took them to the residence of a former Speaker of the Bayelsa Sate House of Assembly, Hon. Ayebaesin Edeoghotu. In the same local government, results of four units in Oluasiri Ward 13 were hijacked by men in police uniform.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Ward 17, electoral materials were taken to the houses of PDP chieftains and collated after agents of others political parties were chased away by security agents. In Brass Local government area, our party men saw one PDP agent openly thumb-printing over 100 ballot papers for his party.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />APC stated that based on these irregularities, whatever results emanate from last Saturday’s polls in Bayelsa State cannot be said to represent the will of the people of the state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The APC therefore calls on the INEC to cancel the Presidential and National Assembly polls in Bayelsa State, and reschedule same for a new date<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Meanwhile, as tension wells up Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has frowned at the deploying of force by Senator Heineken Lokpobiri to secure the PDP ticket for the Bayelsa – West Senatorial District, with misleading information and outright forgery of party documents.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Governor, who was speaking, when he visited the scene of a clash between rival supporters of the winner of the party’s primaries, Evangelist Foster Ogola and incumbent Senator, Heineken Lokpobiri, who is challenging the candidacy of Evangelist Ogola in court, warned that, the government will deal decisively with anybody or group of persons, no matter how highly placed, that takes the law into their hands.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Reports have it that, supporters of Evangelist Foster Ogola were irked, when the Judge, who had earlier been petitioned over his lob-sided handling of the matter, went ahead to fix hearing and judgement for today, without proper notification to both parties, even as the matter has been moved away from his court.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Governor Dickson, who visited the scene of the clash in the company of some heads of security agencies, condemned the action of Senator Lokpobiri for manipulating the judicial process for judgement to be passed in his favour, without the knowledge of the other party in the matter.<br/><br /><br/><br />He advised the judiciary not to allow itself to be used by desperate politicians to perpetrate injustice, capable of causing a breach of the peace, as was experienced today between the rival supporters.<br/><br /><br/><br />It will be recalled that, Senator Lokpobiri had also employed the services of thugs to disrupt the national assembly primaries of the PDP held in Sagbama on the 7th of December, 2014, but for the presence security agencies, who acted timely to stop them.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Bayelsa APC calls for election cancellation

Bayelsa APC calls for election cancellation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has demanded a total cancellation of last Saturday’s presidential and national ass...

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><p class='mobile-photo'><a href="http://ift.tt/1GI8LCX"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6121705146710099218" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6121705146710099218" src="http://ift.tt/1vTU66E"/> </a> </p><br /><br/><br />The Presidential candidate of the African People's Alliance, Alhaji Musa Ayeni, has promised to end Boko Haram insurgency and militancy in the Niger Delta, if elected on March 28.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He also promised to tackle the rot in the education sector by reviewing the 6-3-3-4 system.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Speaking with journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday, Ayeni, an ex-Deputy Governor in the Old Ondo State blamed insurgency and militancy on pervasive injustice in the country.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Lamenting that unstable policy had been the bane of Agriculture sector, he promised to set up a National Agricultural Development Agency in all the 774 Local Government in the country to harness agricultural outputs and block all leakages in that sector for more revenue earnings.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ayeni identified job creation as the most potent antidote to youths involvement in insurgency and other criminal activities in the country.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He expressed regret that the economy had become sick under the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government despite being rated as the largest economy in the continent after the rebasing of 2014.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He criticised what he called execution of bogus projects by the Federal Government all around the country which, according to him, have not added value to the lives of the ordinary Nigerians promising to enthrone "innovative governance" if elected.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ayeni who hails from Emure-Ekiti denied being a surrogate to any presidential candidate stressing that he believed that he had acquired the experience, pedigree and wisdom needed to rule a complex country like Nigeria.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

I promise to end Boko Haram - APA presidential candidate

I promise to end Boko Haram - APA presidential candidate

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Boko Haram attacks Niger

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><p class='mobile-photo'><a href="http://ift.tt/1GI8Mqy"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6121704940611680850" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6121704940611680850" src="http://ift.tt/1vTU5Q5"/> </a> </p><br /><br/><br />Boko Haram gunmen attacked an island on the Niger side of Lake Chad, with locals reporting heavy casualties among those who fled but no official confirmation of the death toll.<br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />A private radio station in Niger said that two people died in a fire in the remote village on Sunday evening but one survivor spoken to by AFP said the death toll was higher.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />"A lot of people jumped into the lake to escape the attack. I think that a lot of people drowned, in particular women and children," said one man, who escaped with his family in a boat.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />Abubakar Gamandi, the head of the fishermen's union in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, said he received phone calls from members telling him about the attack, which happened on Sunday.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>"No one knows how many people died in the attack but many residents fell in the lake and are believed to have drowned," he said.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />The attack began at about 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Sunday the survivor and Gamandi said, both blaming the Islamist group, which has been waging an insurgency in northeast Nigeria since 2009.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />"We had just finished evening prayers when the attackers arrived in a speed boat. They started to fire on the village and throw explosives at our houses," said the man, who asked not to be named.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />Two humanitarian workers in the area confirmed the attack but did not have more details, while a local lawmaker said that the Niger army was not present in the area.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />Gamandi said many of the people on the island came from Baga and nearby Doron-Baga on the Nigerian side of Lake Chad, in the far north of Borno state.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />Boko Haram attacked the towns on January 3 and is feared to have killed hundreds, if not more, in what could be the worst massacre of the six-year conflict.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />Thousands of residents fled as the rebels torched large parts of the town. Last week, the Nigerian Army said they had recaptured Baga and President Goodluck Jonathan visited to meet troops.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />Lake Chad is a strategic area where the borders of Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and Chad meet.</p><br /><br/><br /><p><br/><br /><br/><br />All four countries are involved in a regional fight-back against the militants, which has seen the group strike out of its northeast Nigerian stronghold to attack Chad and Niger.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</p><br /><br/> </div><br /></div>

Boko Haram attacks Niger

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Youths Plan One Million-Man March For Buhari

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/174qRmT" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://ift.tt/174qRmT" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Youths in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, have concluded plans to organise a One Million-Man March in the state for the party’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the party.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />State APC Youth Leader, Mr. Effiom Otu, stated this after the youth wing of the party held a meeting where they condemned the postponement of the Februauy presidential, National Assembly, governorship and state House of Assembly elections.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Otu also said the youths would embark on a door-to-door campaign for the party in all the 2,283 polling units in the state to educate and sensitise the electorate to vote for the party’s candidates.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“We will organise a one-million youth march in the state capital soon in solidarity with our presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates to garner more support for the party ahead of the elections,” he said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />On the postponement of the elections, Otu said: “The Presidency was caught in another web of cajoling by feigning insecurity as the reason for the postponement because it could not convincingly pull through the issue of PVCs collection as initial reason for the shift.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Youths Plan One Million-Man March For Buhari

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FG forced Jega to postpone election – Group

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1z1lgV6" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://ift.tt/1z1lgV6" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A rights group known as the International Society for Social Justice and Human Rights has accused the Federal Government of arm-twisting the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, to shift the general election.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The ISSJHR Chancellor, Dr. Jackson Omenazu, described the postponement of the general election by six weeks as a colossal waste of resources and manpower, maintaining that the postponement was aimed at buying more time to corrupt the electoral system.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Omenazu, who spoke with our correspondent in Port Harcourt, also said that shift of the election was an international embarrassment to Nigeria and added that the country had failed within the international diplomatic circle.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Explaining that Nigeria has portrayed itself as a nation that cannot live by its words, Omenazu pointed out that the postponement of the general election was aimed at giving criminal advantage to one political party.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“They said the election was shifted as a result of insecurity, but it appears that they are using insecurity as a cover-up. All the Federal Government is doing is to buy more time in order to corrupt the electoral system and give criminal advantage to a particular political party.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The Federal Government arm-twisted INEC to postpone the election and this is an unacceptable interference into the duties of INEC as an umpire. The trillions of naira expended by political actors and the Federal Government and the manpower wasted are regrettable,” Omenazu emphasised.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has called on its members to remain calm, focused and committed to winning the forthcoming general elections despite the shift in dates of the polls.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Independent National Electoral Commission has on Saturday announced postponement of the 2015 general election from February 14 and 28, 2015 to March 28 and April 11 of the same year.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But the Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of the State PDP Campaign Organisation, Mr. Emma Okah, who made this call in a state on Sunday, maintained that the changes were in the interest of the nation.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Okah urged PDP members and supporters to redouble their efforts in mobilizing the people, adding that the party’s popularity was based on its strength to carry the people along.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He said, “We are proud of our members and direct them to continue to mobilize the people from person to person, room to room, house to house, family to family, compound to compound, community to community, ward to ward, LGA to LGA and throughout the State for the elections.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Okah disclosed that the entire programme and activities of the PDP, especially the ongoing campaigns at various levels from the wards to the state would run their normal course.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

FG forced Jega to postpone election – Group

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Military conniving with PDP to thwart Nigeria’s democracy - APC

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1IEzq8j" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://ift.tt/1IEzq8j" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The All Progressives Congress on Monday accused the military of conniving with the Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party to thwart Nigeria’s democracy.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun said this at a press conference in Abuja.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He noted that the unholy alliance between the ruling party and the military high command was ‎ leading Nigeria to the precipice.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Military conniving with PDP to thwart Nigeria’s democracy - APC

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