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El-Rufai, PDP supporters clash during one-million-man march

All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday in Kaduna continued his campaign with a one-million-man rally.

The one-million-man march grounded the state capital as supporters of the former minister took over the major streets in the metropolis.

But the rally later turned violent as APC supporters clashed with supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

No death was recorded but some people were reportedly injured.

The APC supporters tore posters and pulled down billboards of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan, his running mate, Namadi Sambo as well as that of Governor Mukhtar Yero.

This, according to an eyewitness was in retaliation for the posters and billboards of the APC presidential candidate, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), and that of El-Rufai that were allegedly pulled down by PDP supporters in the state capital.

Our correspondent gathered that trouble started when security operatives stopped the march, which took off from the Ahmadu Bello Stadium.

The APC supporters were asked to move from there to Kaduna International Trade Fair Complex on Kaduna Zaria Expressway.

This did not go down well with the supporters, who were chanting changi(change), changi (change) dole, venting their anger on anything in sight that had the label of the ruling party.

Things almost got out of control at the popular NEPA Roundabout when some supporters of the APC allegedly attempted to scale the fence of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign office but they were met with stiff resistance from the PDP supporters, who were on hand, leading to a free-for-all.

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Jonathan, PDP waste N1tr on hate campaigns APC

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation on Monday accused the President Goodluck Jonathan campaign organisation of frittering away N1tr of tax payers money to sponsor hate campaigns to tarnish the image of leaders of the APC.

According to the APCPCO, the money was spent on advertorials in newspapers as well as sponsorship of damaging documentaries on the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), and other party leaders.

Director of Media and Publicity of the APC campaign, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this at a press conference at the partys campaign headquarters in Abuja.

However, the Peoples Democratic Party denied the allegation and accused the APC of paranoia and desperation in its futile attempt to claim power.

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Abdullahi Jalo, said, It is now clear that the APC has nothing else to tell Nigerians, who have made up their minds to return President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP. Ask them, how much is Nigerias budget? They should talk on issues and stop this propaganda.

Shehu said, A panoramic view of how much Nigerias resources Jonathan and PDP have laboriously and wantonly spent on print, broadcast and social media campaigns just to damage the unassailable credential of Gen Buharis integrity will confound any casual observer of the polity in recent times.

An average cost of a wrap around in Tier 1 and Tier 2 newspapers in Nigeria is between N15m to N20m and the Jonathan campaign buys an average of five wrap around and front pages in a day in the last three months coupled with the hundreds of billions that have been spent on negative TV exposures on AIT, NTA and other television and radio stations across the country.

We had expected that a President that has spent about six years in office, with the revenues more than what all governments before him had received, will run on a record of performance rather than peddling lies and hate media campaigns that are accentuating ethnic and religious tensions in the country.

The APC campaign also alleged that Jonathan had been criss-crossing Nigeria giving an average of N50m each to traditional rulers, most especially in the South-West and the northern parts of Nigeria.

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PDP planning to compromise voting materials Ekiti APC

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has said it has uncovered a plot by the state leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party to compromise voting materialsin favour of President Goodluck Jonathan.

It asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, and all election monitors to put Ekiti State under special watch to forestall electoral fraud.

A statement by the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, on Sunday said the allegation could not be ignoredconsidering the latest revelations in a leaked audio file that INEC materials were allegedly compromised by PDPin June 21 Ekiti governorship poll to favour its then candidate, Ayodele Fayose.

Olatubosunsaid, Our fear is not without basis. Nigerians and indeed the whole world have heard Fayose talking on Ekitigate tape about how he collected INEC soft copies and got them printed to manipulate the poll to secure victory. They also heard how the military provided cover to subvert democracy in Fayoses favour.

We are calling on Jega that we have it on good authority that Fayose has again printed fake ballot papers as usual to exchange with INEC original ballotson Friday nightpreceding election day.

Olatubosun alleged that the plan was to exchange the ballot papers in the night ofFriday March 27just as it was done in the night ofFriday June 20, 2015.

He urged Jega, INEC officials and security agents to ensure that ballot papers were not distributed at night, pleading that the distribution be done in the morning in the presence of party agents.

He added that Jega should put his staff under intense surveillance to avoid compromise with polls riggers.

The APC also alleged that Governor Ayodele Fayose, his Ondo State ally and their agents were in possession of fake army uniforms to be worn by the thugs allegedly imported into the state three weeks ago.

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