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March 13, 2015 : John Alechenu,Olusola Fabiyi Olalekan Adetayo, Adelani Adepegba, and Toluwani Eniola 23 Comments

The All Progressives Congress and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday berated each other over the diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco.

Last week, Morocco said its leader King Mohammed VI, had declined a request for a telephone conversation with President Goodluck Jonathan.

But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Monday denied the snub, saying the two leaders had spoken extensively.

It also denied that the Federal Government was using Mohammed VI to woo Muslim voters in Nigeria.

But on Wednesday, the Moroccan authorities described as a lie, the claim by the Federal Government that Jonathan had a telephone conversation with King Mohammed VI.

The North African nation also recalled its ambassador to Nigeria over what it described as the incredible twist that Nigeria introduced into the dispute.

On Thursday, the opposition APC asked the President to address Nigerians on the cause of the ongoing diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said President Jonathan must in, particular,clarify the thorny issue of whether or not he spoke with King Mohammed.

The party said until the President addressed the issue, Nigerians would remain a nation of liars.

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Akinwunmi Ambode

A support group for the All Progressives Congress Lagos governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, says the shift in the general elections from February to March 28 and April 11 is a blessing to the party and the candidate.

The group said the shift had helped the candidate and the party to reach out to more people and sort some knotty issues.

The Coordinator of the group in Oshodi -Isolo Local Government Area, Chief Jide Oni, said this on Thursday during a road-show organised in support of Ambode in the area, adding that the group was sure of victory for the party.

Some of the streets visited by the group are Ajisegiri, Oyegunwa, Makinde, Olatunki Arowojobe, Deyemi, Mukadassi, Mafoluku, Ifoshi, Ikoyun, Fadu Avenu, Ailegun, among others.

Oni stated that the group, which was formed by APC governorship aspirants, had ensured better co-ordination for door-to-door campaigns and provided assistance where needed.

He said, The massive support from the residents of the state has made us to realise that we are on the right path. We have used the postponement to achieve 100 per cent success in mobilisation. We have discovered that we have more supporters than we envisaged before the postponement. We can boast now that if the elections were held today, we would have about 90 per cent of the votes.

We are embarking on more house-to-house campaign. We are also conducting awareness programmes to sensitise the electorate. We will do this till the eve of the elections.

Oni explained that the group was put together to put all hands on deck and ensure that everybody contributed effectively to the partys victory.

He said the party had recorded high-rate performance in Lagos State, adding that it could not be said of the party at the federal level.

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March 13, 2015 : Olusola Fabiyi and Eniola Akinkuotu 474 Comments

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu | credits: File copy

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National Government.

Tinubu said in a statement by his media office on Thursday that having refused the offer, Jonathan was looking for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested based on trumped up charges.

The former governor of Lagos State said the Peoples Democratic Party had never been this rattled in its 16 years in power.

He said Jonathan blamed him for the successful merger of the APC and the momentum the APC presidential candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) was gaining.

Tinubu said with the North-West and the South-West- the two most populous geo-political zones in the hands, of the APC, it was certain that the PDP would lose.

From what can be gathered through informed sources, the PDP and Jonathan Presidency had recently tried to fracture the APC by offering Tinubu the position of vice President in an interim government if he would agree to part company with the popular Buhari. Once Tinubu rebuffed the offer to participate in the interim scheme, the presidency decided to change tactics. It would no longer try to entice Tinubu with sugar but would now move to silence and if necessary neutralise him.

The APC National leader has caused President Jonathans team countless headaches this campaign season, his declining the interim government offer is just the latest.

The former governor said the recent hate documentaries televised were part of the desperate attempt by Jonathan to discredit him.

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The All Progressives Congress has asked the President Goodluck Jonathans administration to tell Nigerians the cause of the ongoing diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco that has forced the Kingdom to recall its Ambassador to Nigeria, while portraying Nigeria as a liar.

In a statement in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Jonathan must in particular clarify the thorny issue of whether or not he spoke with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

According to published reports, the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry had said President Jonathan spoke on the telephone with the Moroccan King. But the Kingdom, in a very scathing statement, said no such conversation took place.

The statement said Morocco is surprised at the incredible twist given by Nigeria to an alleged phone conversation that never took place between HM King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President.

This is very serious because, in effect, Morocco has called Nigeria a liar. Therefore, it behoves President Jonathan to personally intervene to address such an international embarrassment.

The questions seeking answers are: Did President Jonathan speak with the Moroccan King? If not, who is responsible for this egregious misrepresentation that has embarrassed a whole country and its leader? it said.

APC said Nigeria, because of its much-acclaimed leadership role in Africa, must not allow such a diplomatic faux pas to go without being addressed, saying other countries were keenly watching the row between Nigeria and Morocco.

Before anyone accuses us of politicising this issue, we make bold to say that we, the APC, and indeed all Nigerians are stakeholders in the Nigeria project. When Morocco branded Nigeria a liar, over whether or not our President spoke with the North African nations King, it did not mention PDP or APC. It made a collective reference to Nigeria.

This is why we feel strongly that this issue must be addressed urgently. Until then, all Nigerians, irrespective of their political leanings, will remain liars in the eyes of the international community, the party said.

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