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March 15, 2015 : Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt 7 Comments

THE Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress said it had uncovered a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to use the police to clamp down on its leaders before the forthcoming general elections.

The state APC pointed out that the plan was to keep them (APC leaders) out of circulation during the election.

State APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, raised the alarm in Port Harcourt on Sunday through his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze.

Our attention has been drawn to a sinister plot by the Rivers State PDP in conjunction with the Special Armed Robbery Squad of the State Police Command to launch what they call the mother of all operations code-named Operation Total Crippling of Rivers APC.

This is aimed at ensuring that none of our leaders walks the streets freely during the forthcoming elections. The strategy to be adopted is for the PDP leadership to come up with fabricated petition alleging that the 300 APC leaders to be arrested are cultists, kidnappers or armed robbers.

The plot is to keep at bay all the strong men behind the election of the APC candidates until after the elections of March of 28th and April 11th 2015. Should this ploy fail, both Dr. Dakuku Peterside and Hon Asita Okorie Asita, the gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidates respectively of Rivers APC, shall be arrested and kept incommunicado until after the elections, Ikanya said.

According to the Rivers APC Chairman, part of the strategy of the state PDP is to plant guns in the residences and business outfits of some of the APC leaders and use the police to search and arrest them.

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The All Progressives Congress has accused President GoodluckJonathan of taking political advantage of calamities that havebefallen Nigeria under his watch, saying giving N5m to each family that lost a relative in the Immigration recruitmentexercise after one year is not only belated but aimed at solicitingvotes.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National PublicitySecretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party wondered why it took the President one year to act on the promise he made to thefamilies, adding that but for the forthcoming elections, the Presidentwould have simply ignored the families, in his usual style.

The truth is that this President was forced to act because of theelections. Otherwise, why has it taken one year for the President toredeem his promise to the bereaved families? Why has his Administration not sanctioned those who sent innocent job seekers totheir early graves after extorting them? Why is the Interior Minister, Mr. Abba Moro, who presided over the deaths, still in office, virtuallydancing on the graves of those innocent youths?

Sunday, March 15th, will mark one year since those vibrant youthswere lured to their deaths by a callous federal government that failedthem in all ramifications, including the security of their lives andthe assurance of their welfare, the raison detre of any government. It is therefore utterly reprehensible, immoral and wicked for the sameadministration to seek to make political gains out of the needlesstragedy, it said.

APC said President Jonathan, in his desperation for re-election, hasalso sought to take political advantage of other tragedies, includingthe Buni Yadi massacre of school children and the abduction of Chibokgirls.

After refusing to even visit the families of those school childrenin Buni Yadi and Chibok, the President suddenly woke up and startedsending delegations to meet with them, all this because he needsvotes. As a parent himself, how will the President feel if he had beenso treated? Why must the President put his re-election over and aboveeverything else, including the welfare and security of Nigerians? Isthere no limit to desperation.

It said Nigerians are keenly aware of the fact that this President hassuddenly woken up from his deep slumber and become artificially hyperactive, making repeated visits to regions that he had neglectedin the past six years and doling out hard currencies even at a timethe Naira was taking a beating, all for election purposes.

No one is fooled by the antics of a desperate President, and in thefullness of time, Nigerians will show President Jonathan and hiscohorts that they are not impressed by his pretend governance, APCsaid.

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The All Progressives Congress has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to apologise to Nigerians for the embarrassment he has caused them over his phantom phone conversation with the King of Morocco.

In a statement in Lagos on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said, In our earlier statement on the issue, we gave President Jonathan the benefit of the doubt by asking him to clarify what happened, just as the Moroccan King has done.

Instead, a loquacious spokesman for the President decided to abuse us instead of addressing the issues. That tells us that, indeed, these people have something to hide over the phoney phone conversation.

APC argued that based on the antecedents of the Jonathan administration, which it said had little or no regard for the truth, it was safe to assume that the President did not hold any phone conversation with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

It added that the party would be glad if Jonathan could prove, conclusively, that he spoke with the King.

The party said, Whereas Morocco was unequivocal in denying that its King had any phone conversation with President Jonathan, saying 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, the Nigerian presidency has been less forthcoming, instead opting to engage in shadow-chasing.

Because of this unnecessary controversy over a phone discussion, Nigerians have now been branded liars. This is very serious, considering Nigerias standing in Africa. We therefore expect that any serious administration would not have hesitated to come clean on what really transpired, instead of dissipating its energy on abuses.

APC noted that while its earlier, measured statement was borne out of patriotism, rather than partisanship, the Presidents increasingly-rabid, leading attack dog frittered away the opportunity to convince Nigerians that his principal did not just conjure up the idea of speaking with the King.

It added, In the true tradition of the Jonathan administration to ignore the message and attack the messenger, those who should bury their heads in shame for dragging their nation to the realm of the abyss simply engaged in their usual pastime.

It is indeed those who have disgraced Nigeria locally and internationally that lack patriotism. The incompetent and clueless presidency has now further transformed to a lying presidency.

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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation on Thursday described the President Goodluck Jonathan administration as the most reckless and corrupt in the nations history.

It expressed regret that apart from its corruption and reckless behaviour, the Jonathan administration had achieved an unprecedented distinction in dividing Nigerians along ethno-religious lines.

The APC campaign organisation added that the Jonathans administration had destroyed international relationships that took the country many years to build.

The Director of Media and Publicity of the APCPCO, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this at a press conference in Abuja.

He explained that since President Jonathan took over power over four years ago, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had not recorded a single high profile conviction.

This, he said, was in stark contrast to the EFCCs past record, where former governors and other senior public officials accused of defrauding the Nigerian people were tried and prosecuted.

Shehu said, Thus, we can safely say that President Jonathan has muzzled the EFCC. He has turned one of our countrys most respected and revered institutions into a toothless bulldog without even as much as a bark.

It is startling to see the dexterity with which the President sacked the former chairman of the SURE-P scheme owing to his pronouncement on the desirability of change. Meanwhile, ministers and other senior members of his government who have heavy allegations of corruption hanging on their necks still comfortably retain their positions.

Not only has he bound the EFCC from doing its job, Mr. Jonathan has also reversed some previous achievements of the commission by granting state pardon to erstwhile government officials whom it had uncovered as guilty of corruption.

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