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February 2, 2015 by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti 4 Comments

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has urged Local Government workers to demand for their entitlements and salaries from Governor Ayodele Fayose.

The party said the bogus debt figures the Governor was reeling out to council workers were fabrications to create alibi for failure to pay their salaries and entitlements.

TheAPC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun,challenged the governor to defend allegations that he orderedeach of the local governments to deposit N750,000 every month in an alleged secret Sterling Bank account in which he (Fayose) is alleged to be the sole signatory.

Olatunbosun said, APC is aware of the marble supply contract worth N100m to upgrade the new Government House the governor had earlier declared as too costly.

The governor has not responded to the allegation that he sold 20 of President Goodluck Jonathans campaign buses in his care to Ekiti State and donated 19 of them to the police which he listed as one of his achievements in 100 days.

APC is also aware that a contract of N23m for the decoration of each of the 16 local governments headquarters across the state during Christmas was allegedly given to the governors brother.

This is different from the deduction of N26m from the Local Government Joint Account without the concurrence of the council chairmen for security even when the security vote for the governors personal security has doubled but refused to fund all security agencies to secure Ekiti people from criminals.

We must insist that Fayose should account for all these funds instead of creating the impression that Ekiti State is permanently broke. He cannot sacrifice Ekiti people because he wants to pay the debts he owed those who financed his election, Olatubosun added.

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APC urges LG workers to demand salary from Fayose

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose

The All Progressives Congress candidate for Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Ambassador Gbenga Olofin, has described the clampdown on opposition by Governor Ayodele Fayose as a threat to the 2015 general elections.

In a statement made on Sunday in Ado Ekiti, Olofin said the desperation of Fayose to rig in all his imposed candidates during the elections would be resisted by the people.

Four cabinet members in the administration of a former Governor Kayode Fayemi were arrested on Friday by the governments Assets Recovery Task Force for allegedly withholding government official cars.

Those arrested were Biodun Akin-Fasae, Ayodele Jinadu, Oluwole Ariyo and Dr. Bayo Orire.

The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, however, invited them to a meeting on that day, where he explained that the police had no hand in their arrest.

I only intervened by calling them for a meeting and advised them on the issue, because if not well handled, it could heat up the polity. All I want is an amicable settlement, Lakanu had told our correspondent.

The APC had described their arrest and forceful confiscation of their official cars over non-payment of the cost as a ploy by Fayose to take its leaders out of circulation ahead of the February 14 presidential election.

Olofin said it was worrisome that the governor was supervising attacks on innocent Ekiti people because of politics, tearing and destruction of posters and billboards across the state in the day light.

Everybody is now sleeping with one eye being closed in the state because of the fear of unknown and the security across the state has been deteriorating because the action of the governor has heated up the polity.

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Fayoses clampdown on opposition, threat to polls

Alhaji Lai Mohammed

The All Progressives Congress has berated the Department of State Service and the Nigeria Police Force for their silence over the threats of war by ex-militants should President Goodluck Jonathan lose next weeks election.

The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the development as an indication of double standard and lack of fairness by the security agencies.

It noted that when Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, threatened that the party would form a parallel government if the elections were rigged, the DSS condemned the statement and issued a series of warnings.

The party, however, said it was funny that the same security agencies had now lost their voices because threats were being made by those close to Jonathan.

The statement read, When Governor Amaechi said soldiers had the right to protest if their welfare was not taken care of, the DSS was at its most efficient level, with its spokesperson threatening fire and brimstone and only stopping short of arresting the governor, despite his immunity.

When the same Amaechi said the APC will form a parallel government if the February 14 and 28 elections are rigged, the same DSS and the police sought to outdo one another with threats and condemnation of what they called inciting comments, even when Amaechis warning was conditional.

Now, the ex-militants have said President Jonathan must be re-elected or they will unleash violence on the country. In other words, it is immaterial whether or not he loses in a free and fair election. There is no clearer indication of impunity than the action of the ex-militants, who issued their threats in the Bayelsa Government House, with the governor of the state in attendance.

More than a week later, the DSS has been missing in action while the police, in what can pass as a most shocking reaction, said they are still studying the ex-militants comments. Even after a former Defence Minister, Gen.Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) called for the arrest of the ex-militants for their treasonable threats, and the ex-militants had the audacity to repeat the threats, the police still continued to study the threats. This is simply unbelievable.

The APC said the implication of the conspiracy of inaction by the DSS and the police was that, under the administration of Jonathan, there are different rules for different Nigerians, wondering how the security agencies could be trusted to provide a level playing field for all political parties before, during and after the forthcoming elections.

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APC slams DSS for ignoring ex-militants threats

The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has described the jubilation by some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state after the adoption of written addresses at the Election Petitions Tribunal as a threat to the security of the state.

Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said this at a press conference in Osogbo, the state capital, on Sunday.

He said that the PDP stage-managed the jubilation that its governorship candidate, Iyiola Omisore, had been declared winner of the August 9, 2014 election in order to give their supporters false hope and to lay the foundation for complaints and chaos after the tribunals judgment.

He asked the security agencies in the state to be on the alert in order to prevent any breakdown of law and order, which could plunge the state into anarchy.

Omisore had dragged Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the APC to the tribunal, asking the court to sack the governor and declare him (Omisore) winner of the poll.

The APC spokesperson said that Argbesola did not admit that he scored less that the number of votes credited to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission as Omisores counsel said at the tribunal.

He explained that the table prepared in Aregbesolas final address stated that if the results from the disputed polling units were cancelled, he would still have won with 234,791 lawful votes as against Omisores 219,189 votes.

Oyatomi said, So it was baffling what sort of brain wave could have incited supporters and leaders of the PDP into the streets, jubilating that Omisore had won his petition at the tribunal.

The APC is not disturbed by the fallacies of the PDP, but when these lies threaten the peace as they did during the silly jubilation of the PDP on the streets of Osogbo and elsewhere, it becomes a security threat which must be nipped in the bud.

This is why we want to alert the public to be on their guard always, not to allow the PDP create mayhem by spreading falsehood, capable of disturbing the peace.

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PDP, a threat to Osun peace APC

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), on Monday said he would take practical steps to strengthen Nigerias economy if elected.

Buhari made the pledge during a meeting with members of the Organised Private Sector at the Lagos State Government House, Marina, in Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting, tagged GMD Means Business, was to articulate Buharis economic plans for the nation.

Apart from leading businessmen that were at the meeting, top APC chiefs, including the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Lagos State counterpart, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, also attended the forum.

Others were former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi.

Buhari said he would design economic policies tailored toward promoting the countrys prosperity and creating jobs.

Our economic plans will be practical and our policies for implementing our commitments will be governed by the highest consideration of how they create jobs, he said.

Giving a breakdown of his plans, the APC candidate said he would create the enabling environment for industries to thrive.

He said he would revive the textile mills and similar industries that once produced thousands of jobs for Nigerians.

Buhari added that he would invest massively in infrastructure and open up opportunities through the construction of highways linking all parts of the country.

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Buhari meets OPS, pledges to revive dying industries