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Femi Fani-Kayode | credits: Photo file

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation on Saturday threatened to sue presidential spokesperson, Femi Fani-Kayode, for claiming that General Muhammadu Buhari is getting funding for his election campaign from terrorist groups, such as Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

The APCs threat was contained in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, in Abuja.

It accused the Director of Media of the PDPs presidential campaign of perpetuating the religious politics that his principal, President Goodluck Jonathan is well known for.He gave Fani-Kayode one week to retract his defamatory comments or face the law.

But Fani-Kayode, while reacting to the APC threat insisted that the party should answer the question posed to them on whether their presidential candidate, Buhari, can guarantee that not one dollar of Al-Qaeda, ISIS or ISIL (terrorist groups) money has been used to support his presidential campaign.

The APC statement partly read, Never before in Nigerias history has the issue of religion been applied to such sinister purposes as we have seen during the years of President Jonathans government. When all fails, they whip out the religious card.

Shehu expressed relief that Nigerians were no more being fooled by what he called this PDP game.

According to him, Buhari has transcended all the religious smears and, together with his running mate, Yemi Osinbajo, who is a respected pastor, has been able to show the Nigerian people that Nigerias growth and development is not about religion, but about a genuine desire to change the lot of the countrys citizens and move the entire nation forward.

The statement also said, A majority of the worlds Muslims, including Buhari, do not approve of the Al-Qaeda, and being Muslim does not translate into being pro-ISIS. Again and again, Buhari has shown commitment to ridding our country of these vermin who claim to be killing in the name of Allah, but who, in actual fact, are messengers of Satan.

The APC campaign gave advanced warning that when it takes the matter of Fani-Kayodes claims to the court next week, it will ask that the PDP spokespersons international passport be impounded.

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Former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala

The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has accused a former governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, of trying to re-introduce violence in the state following the political violence that occurred in Ogbomoso on Wednesday.

But the Director-General, Alao-Akala/Alli Campaign Organisation, Dr. Kola Balogun, has debunked the partys claim.

Balogun challenged APC to produce a police permit for the rally it had in the town, saying that the violence was allegedly started by APC thugs.

He said, We had the police permit to conduct our campaign and rally in some parts of Ogbomoso. We were coming from Surulere area but when we got to General Hospital area, we met a convoy of APC people on the other side of the road chanting war song directed at us. We did not respond and because we were moving slowly, APC thugs had the opportunity to assault us the more.

The last two vehicles in our convoy were attacked with our members injured seriously. One of the cars, a Toyota Highlander belonging to Mr. Akeem Ayinla, was destroyed with another Toyota Camry. They are now at the police station in Owode. How can they now claim that Labour Party attacked them when they were actually the attacker?

According to the APC, Alao-Akala allegedly made a false statement to the public in his attempt to exonerate himself from the violent incident at Ogbomoso in which some thugs working for the Labour Party attacked an APC candidate and members of his campaign team.

In a statement issued by its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Olawale Sadare, the APC described as unfortunate a situation whereby culprits of indecent acts would take delight in adding insult to injury by rushing to the press, churn out lies with a view to misleading the public and escape justice.

The statement read in part, Eyewitness accounts have it that dozens of political thugs armed with dangerous weapons waylaid the campaign train of our candidate for the Ogbomoso North/Ogbomoso South/Orire Federal Constituency, Barr. Oyewole Oyewumi, and attacked innocent members of the APC without any provocation at around General Hospital Area of Ogbomoso in broad daylight as they were coming from venue of a political meeting.

It was an apparent case of assassination attempt on the life of Barr. Oyewumi, who is a son of the incumbent Soun of Ogbomosoland. The Prince, accompanied by his supporters, was about entering his residence when known thugs of Alao-Akala emerged from nowhere and started destroying vehicles belonging to the APC. One of the thugs went for Prince Oyewumi but he was lucky to have escaped but not without sustaining injuries from machete cuts.

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Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) | credits: nairaland.com

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to respect the wishes of Nigerians for credible polls.

Buhari spoke while addressing Eze Ndigbos of the 19 Northern states and Abuja at his campaign office in Abuja on Friday.

The APC candidate said he had realised that multi-party democracy remains the best form of government since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

According to him, ordinary folks did not leave him alone to enjoy his exit from power after he was released from detention even when they knew he was not rich.

Buhari said, I was sitting at home after leaving detention; I thought people will leave me alone because they know I am not rich. I dont even have a filling station not to talk of oil blocks.

So, I thought I lost their sympathy but people kept on coming to me; there was nothing I could do. And then I speculated that maybe if I join partisan politics, I will get into a position to be heard.

He, however, said democracy as the best form of government would only make meaningful impact when the government respects the rights of citizens to elect those who govern them.

Buhari said, Let the government respect Nigerians as individuals to choose those they want to represent them and to lead them and Nigerians will be surprised to see how peaceful this country is going to be.

I think in a part of every human being, there is an element of rebellion. If you try to force a human being to do what he doesnt like, he will develop a way of resisting it but if you develop a system; you persuade him to accept the system, then justice must be done and you will be surprised how peacefully you will live.

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March 21, 2015 : Sunday Aborisade and Chukwudi Akasike 1 Comment

The Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Friday engaged in war of words over claim on abandonment of governance.

While the PDP alleged that the desperation by APC governors to win the forthcoming general elections had led to the suspension of most ongoing projects in their states, the opposition party asked the PDP to wait for the peoples verdict on the March 28 poll day.

In a statement in Abuja by Tony Amadi, the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu listed the APC states where governance was suspended to include Kano, Adamawa, Rivers, Kwara and Sokoto, whose governors defected from the PDP.

The statement read, Following the hijack of the five states, Adamawa is back but the remaining four, including Zamfara State, will return to the PDP after the April 11 elections because their governors have used up their treasury to prop the presidential bid of their party.

The governors of the five states left the PDP for over a year and seven months using the PDP manifesto to try and prop up their new allegiance to the APC.

Unfortunately for their new party and their desperation to become the ruling party, they have made little or no progress, thus leaving their states impoverished as they concentrate on spending their states meager resources to support their partys presidential election bid.

They are doing this instead of providing the dividend of democracy to the people.

In Sokoto State, no new project has been started or completed since Governor Maigatakarda Wammako switched to the APC.

His deputy, Alhaji Mukhtar Shagari, who remained in the PDP, has complained severally that the people of Sokoto are being short-changed because of lack of active governance in the state.

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March 21, 2015 : Fisayo Falodi and Tunde Ajaja 4 Comments

The ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State recently found a ground to achieve a common purpose following the destruction caused by windstorm in some streets in Agege area of the state.

It was learnt that shortly after the incident, the political parties began competing over which one between them would assist the victims of windstorm to fix their damaged property.

The two political parties, which had been throwing mud at each other in the build-up to the forthcoming general elections, it was learnt, suddenly saw the need to assist victims as one of the major steps to woo them for support.

The PUNCH had reported that no fewer than 400 buildings were destroyed by the windstorm, while thousands of residents are rendered homeless.

Some schools were also affected.

Some of the affected streets are Abibatu, Opeifa, Fabowale, Kushoro, Opeolu, Bakare and Opesha, among others.

A source, who did not want his name mentioned, said PDP made the first move to rehabilitate the damaged houses, but APC-led government stole the show from the opposition party by mobilising building materials and workers to fix the affected property.

But those who have yet to get the APC government largess as of the time our correspondents visited them said governments agents had come to the site of their damaged property to assess the level of destruction.

While some are still waiting for help, some others have received help. A resident on Abibatu Street, Akeem Abibatu, was full of praises when Saturday Punch visited the area on Wednesday.

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