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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has described the shift in the dates of the elections as a set back for democracy.

He said in a statement that the commission claimed that it did this because the security agencies claimed that they needed time to fight the insurgency in the North-East region of the country.

He said, This is clearly a major setback for Nigerian democracy, and our party is meeting in an emergency session to study its implications and will inform Nigerians of its decisions in the next few days.

In the meantime though what has happened is highly provocative, I strongly appeal to all Nigerians to remain calm and desist from violence and any activity which will compound this unfortunate development. We must not fall into this obvious trap. Change we must. They can only delay it; No one can stop it.

I want to assure all Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress will not abandon its commitment to change and will sustain the struggle to establish a new Nigeria.

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Polls postponement, a set back -APC

The All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, have opposed the orders of a Federal High Court in Abuja, directing that they be served through substituted means in a suit challenging Buharis eligibility to stand for the March 28 poll.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola had, in two separate suits challenging Buharis eligibility to contest in the election, last week granted ex parte orders permitting the plaintiffs to serve the defendants in the suits through newspaper publications.

The court had also granted an order of abridgment of time within which the defendants must respond to the suits.

The plaintiffs in the separate suits are Chukwunweike Okafor and Max Ozoaka. They were represented in court by their lawyers on Monday.

Apart from Buhari and the APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission is a defendant in the two suits.

On Monday, Buhari and his party, through their lawyers, told the court that they would file applications challenging the competence of the suits and the entire steps taken in the suit so far, including the orders of service through substituted means.

Though, both Buhari and the APC had yet to file any papers in the suit, their lawyers Chief Wole Olanipekun and Lateef Fagbemi urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable them to file all the necessary documents.

Fagbemi also urged the court to set aside the order of abridgment of time within which the defendants must file their responses, arguing that the granting of the order hinged on urgency, had already been diminished with the postponement of the poll from February 14 to March 28.

The judge then adjourned till February 23.

There are at least three other suits seeking an order directing INEC to disqualify Buhari from participating in the poll because he among other things, failed to attach evidence of his academic qualifications to the form he submitted to the electoral body.

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Disqualification: APC, Buhari reject courts orders of service

February 8, 2015 by Sunday Aborisade, Abuja 48 Comments

The All Progressives Congress senators in the National Assembly on Sunday condemned the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the February 14 and 28 elections.

A statement by the groups spokesperson, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, who represents Ekiti Central in the upper chamber, described the postponement as a teleguided plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to derail democracy.

Ojudu said, What we are seeing is a desperate and jittery response to the imminent defeat of the PDP. The postponement has shown the helplessness of INEC in the face of a malicious cabal bent on destroying the fabric of democracy.

The group said the decision had raised a big credibility question on INEC and the forthcoming elections.

He said, This decision is borne out of fear of defeat and malice against the people of Nigeria in the face of the overwhelming support the APC command across the country.

He added that the PDP leadership in collaboration with INEC had put Nigeria in extremely bad light among the comity of nations.

The senator added that the postponement is a diversionary tactics which undermines the aspirations of Nigerians and dims the hope for change in a country that in the past has seen bitter upheavals due to similar partisan posture of the election umpire.

He alleged that the INEC had placed itself above the interest of the people, adding that the action of the electoral body, ran contrary to the decision of the Council of State.

He said, The action of the PDP will have serious negative impact on the economy. It will spur public distrust, dampen peoples morale and deplete the resources of stakeholders in the electoral process.

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Poll shift: Plot to derail democracy, says APC senators

February 8, 2015 by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado-Ekiti 84 Comments

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has urged its supporters to brace for the challenge to reclaim its stolen mandate from Governor Ayodele Fayose.

In a statement on Sunday, the state Publicity Secretary,Taiwo Olatubosun, said the party and the people in general now stand on a superior moral ground to retrieve the stolen mandate and to install a purposeful government led by (ex-Governor Kayode) Fayemi for Ekiti development.

The party stated this in a reaction to the audio tape released by SaharaReporters, an online medium, detailing how Fayose, former Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro; Senator Iyiola Omisore, Minister of Police Affairs, Mr Jelili Adesiyan, and the military allegedly rigged theJune 21 governorship poll in the state.

But the Minister of State for Works, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, has described the audio clipas a failed attempt to rewrite history.

According to him, no amount of campaign of calumny and blackmail could erase thefact that Ekiti people willingly elected Fayose.

Olatubosun said the APC had been vindicated by its claim that photochromic ballot papers were used to fix the June 21, 2014 election in the state.

He wondered how Fayose, who was facing a criminal trial over alleged stealing of N1.3bn in poultry project, instituted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, won all the 16 local governments in that election against a performing incumbent governor.

He added, It was shocking that one of the participants spoke of how he must deliver on the assignment given to him by the President. The fellow said I am not for a tea party but to deliver on the presidents assignment.

It was shocking hearing the voice of a Major General in the Army, begging Mr Governor and pledging loyalty to deliver on the assignment.

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Leaked tape: Ekiti APC vows to reclaim stolen mandate