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The All Progressives Congress says having failed to discredit a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, through hate documentaries, which have been barred by a Lagos High Court, President Goodluck Jonathan has given money to groups to hold protests against Tinubu.

The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, said the groups are expected to carry placards calling for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to arrest Tinubu.

The APC said it was sure of the planned protests just as it had predicted the violent protests of the Odua Peoples Congress as well as the postponement of the elections.

The statement read, During the forthcoming demonstrations, the protesters have been told to carry placards asking the EFCC to probe the allegations made against Tinubu in the deceitful, ill-intentioned and irresponsible documentary that was sponsored by the same Jonathan administration.

Such is the level of President Jonathans desperation for re-election that a man who is not on the ballot in the forthcoming elections has become a target of unprecedented mudslinging by his (Presidents) administration.

It said it was ironic that the same Jonathan who said his victory at the polls was not worth the blood of any Nigerian went ahead to sponsor the OPC to wreak havoc in Lagos on Monday.

The APC said the intention of the protests backfired as all-well meaning Nigerians have since condemned it. The party added that Jonathans electoral chances were declining due to acts of desperation.

The statement added, Taking into consideration the sponsored protests by MASSOB and the OPC, the unprovoked and virulent attacks on the presidential candidate of the APC, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the sponsored documentary of lies as well as the planned demonstrations against Tinubu, and the inciting statements by First Lady Patience Jonathan, who has asked her supporters to stone APC members and supporters, there is undisputed evidence that President Jonathan himself is leading the campaign to make the elections violent and Nigeria ungovernable.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State chapter of the APC says the destruction of its outdoor adverts by OPC members on Monday must not go unpunished.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) They can drive, they can work, and now a group of San Francisco city officials, including two supervisors want 16-and 17-year-olds to be eligible to vote.

San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos will introduce a measurethe first of its kind in a major U.S. city on Tuesday to do just that.

Avalos, Supervisor Eric Mar and other supporters say it will encourage civic engagement among youths and instill lifelong voting habits.

While two small cities in Maryland already have such voting laws where the teen turnout is four times of that of adults, the measure here should make interesting fodder for talk shows and web blogs because this is San Francisco after all.

But in order to pass, the Board of Supervisors would have to approve a charter amendment which would then go on the ballot for all currently eligible voters to decide. This November would be the earliest that such vote could be decided on.

This push comes from a combination of some city teens who want to take part in the voting system and the citys progressives.

The San Francisco Youth Commission recently passed a resolution asking for the expansion of voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds. But there is also the assumption that they will make choices that will lean liberal. Thats why the measure is being pushed by the progressivesincluding Public Defender Jeff Adachiwho have lost ground in recent elections due to the growing moderate movement represented by Mayor Ed Lee.

Having teens vote is not going to move mountains and change presidential elections; however, it may have an effect on smaller local items such as school bonds in which swing votes by one or two percent could make a difference.

So where could this new dynamic lead? Could high school civics teacher become ward bosses who sit down with politicians and promise deliveries of votes?

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An All Progressives Congress candidate seeking to represent Iseyin Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Mr. Adeola Olasupo, has predicted victory for the governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, in the forthcoming governorship election.

Olasupo who is contesting for the Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency made the prediction while speaking with newsmen, in Abuja, on Tuesday.

He said from his track record of performance, it was evident that the governor is on the verge of making history as the first governor of the state to break the second term jinx in the State.

Olasupo said, I agree that there is a saying that the people of Oyo State dont serve one governor twice. But the saying arose because those who have been governing Oyo State, especially during the current republic, until Ajimobi came on board, have not been serving the people.

They have been serving themselves rather than serving the people. The reverse is the case with Ajimobi. He has been serving the people and that is why the people of Oyo State are determined to give him a second term.

The APC candidate expressed confidence that the party will win all the seats in his constituency because the partys candidates emerged through transparent processes which even those who lost congratulated the winners and pledged to work with them to ensure victory for the party.

He further explained that unlike the past when candidates were imposed, the process this time around ensured that all those who were interested were given an opportunity to stand and compete.

The candidate equally predicted a landslide victory for the presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, which he said has become the candidate for all Nigerians.

He argued that the opposition of the Peoples Democratic Party to the use of Card Readers is an indication that the party knows that it cannot win in any free and fair contest.

For the first time you see a so-called ruling party behaving like an opposition party.

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Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate, on Tuesday expressed disappointment in the comments credited to the Senate Spokesperson, Eyinnaya Abaribe, following their refusal to support the confirmation of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as Minister.

Abaribe, had, while reacting to the decision of the APC senators last week, told journalists that the lawmakers were equally guilty of the offence which they were accusing Obanikoro of committing and that some of them had pending cases with the EFCC.

The senators therefore asked Senate President, David Mark, to call the Abia-South Senatorial District senator to order in the interest of peaceful co-existence in the upper chamber.

Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Senate Minority leader, Senator George Akume, who raised a point of order shortly before the commencement of plenary, noted that Abaribes statement was capable of threatening the comradeship in the red chamber.

Akume, who cited Orders 42 and 53, sub-section 9, said Abaribe went beyond his briefs by insinuating that some members of the opposition APC in the senate who opposed Obanikoros clearance, were on the watch list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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