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The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has berated Governor Ayodele Fayose over the clampdown on students leaders in the state.

According to the opposition party, the National Vice-President, External, National Association of Nigerian Students, Tosin Ogunkuade, was arrested on the order of the Governor for addressing the crowd during the presidential campaign of the party in the state on Saturday.

A statement by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said Ogunkuades offence was that he highlighted the challenges facing Nigerian students, saying the present efforts by the government were not capable of redressing the hardships faced by the students in accessing quality education.

He said to the applause of hundreds of students in attendance that Buhari presented a better hope for students in their educational pursuits, Olatubosun said.

Olatubosun said thugs trailed Ogunkuade to Ikogosi-Ekiti just 24 hours after he spoke, where he and other students were attacked with deep machete cuts.

After these students were attacked at Ikogosi, they ran to Efon-Alaye Police Station to report the matter. To our surprise, the police detained them before they were transferred to Aramoko-Ekiti Police Station.

To our shock again, just this morning, one of their colleagues, Damilare Bewaji, who went to visit them at the Aramoko Police Station, was also arrested and detained by the police on the order of the governor, he added.

Olatunbosun described the arrest as one in the series of other attacks on the APC sympathisers and supporters after the weekend campaign.

However, Fayose, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, announced that four APC thugs had been arrested by the police.

The thugs were arrested with guns, axes, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons while trying to escape through Efon-Alaaye at about 3am today.

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The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Monday that with God on his side, change was inevitable in the state in February.

El-Rufai stated this in Zaria as he continued his governorship campaign in the state.

The APC candidate was warmly received by thousands of supporters at the Zazzau Emirate.

El-Rufai said the significance of the crowd that ushered him into Zaria, was a proof that change was inevitable, adding that a new dawn beckoned for rapid development and purposeful leadership in the state.

According to El-Rufai, who was accompanied by hundreds of APC leaders, the move for change is also justified by the failed leadership and myriads of challenges in all parts of the state by the People Democratic Party-led government.

He urged his teeming supporters to shun political violence, noting that only God gives power to whom he wants, adding that with God, change was possible in the state.

He said, It is Almighty God that gives power and we are seeking this power from Him and the people of Kaduna State. And so, dont fight anyone, dont abuse anyone, dont blackmail or insult people because of political differences.

Dont abuse peoples parents; instead, respect them because they are also our own parents and we hold them in high esteem.

Dont return violence for violence, dont destroy peoples posters, billboards and properties because they did same.

The former minister insisted that the state was in dire need of purposeful leadership to pilot the affairs of the state.

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Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has berated Governor Ayodele Fayose for the arrest of students leaders who participated in the campaign rally of the partys presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in the state on Saturday.

According to the opposition party, the National Vice-President, External, National Association of Nigerian Students, Tosin Ogunkuade, has been arrested on the order of the governor for addressing the crowd during Buhari campaign in the state on Saturday.

A statement by the APC state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said Ogunkuades offence was that the student leader highlighted the challenges facing the Nigerian students, saying the present government was not capable of addressing the hardships being faced by the students in accessing quality education.

He said to the applause of hundreds of students in attendance that Buhari presented a better hope for students in their educational pursuits, Olatubosun said.

But Fayose said that those arrested were the APC thugs caught with dangerous weapons and recruited by one APC member in the House of Representatives to terrorise supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Erijiyan and Ikogosi-Ekiti.

Olatubosun said thugs trailed Ogunkuade to Ikogosi-Ekiti just 24 hours after he spoke, where he and other students were seriously injured after they were attacked with machet and other dangerous weapons.

After these students were attacked at Ikogosi, they ran to Efon-Alaye Police Station to report the matter. To our surprise, the police detained them before they were transferred to Aramoko-Ekiti Police Station.

To our shock again, just this morning, one of their colleagues, Damilare Bewaji, who went to visit them at the Aramoko Police Station, was also arrested and detained by the police on the order of the governor, he added.

Olatunbosun described the arrest as one in the series of other attacks on the APC sympathisers and supporters after Saturdays campaign.

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The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Monday said the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ilorin was a celebration of failure.

The states APC Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, in a statement on Monday, also called on the people of Kwara State and Nigerians to vote out President Goodluck Jonathan on February 14 in order to salvage what he called profusely bleeding Nigeria.

He stated that Jonathan had nothing more to offer in his present capacity.

Buhari said, The presidential rally of the PDP in Ilorin was a celebration of failure.

We had expected the presidential candidate of the PDP, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to tell Kwarans why he deserves re-election and also offer solutions to the challenges before Nigeria but surprisingly, President Jonathan chose to waste the ample opportunity of the rally on political commentary.

Kwarans should note that since President Goodluck Jonathan failed to tell them why he deserves re-election during his scantily-populated presidential rally in Ilorin, Kwarans have the responsibility to massively vote him out of office.

Anyone who carefully listened to Mr. Presidents speech would mistake him for an inexperienced comedian who struggled in futility to impress his audience.

He added, Despite the disbursement of millions in Naira by President Jonathans foot-soldiers and Abuja politicians to induce Kwarans to attend the rally, the scantily populated rally shows that Kwara State is a no-go area for the PDP.

It is no longer news that President Jonathan has yet to fulfil any of the electoral promises he made to Kwarans in 2011. It is also apparent that Mr. President has no achievement whatsoever in Kwara State and we do not expect Mr. President to lay claim to false assertions or take credit for non-existing projects.

However, rather than his political commentary, it would have been of interest to the people of Kwara State if Mr. President had used the avenue of his presidential rally to tell them when he will refund the over N4bn the Kwara State Government used to execute and rehabilitate the Ilesha-Baruba-Chikanda international border road and federal road projects across the state.

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The All Progressives Congress in the South-South zone has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of plans to rig the February elections using military might and violence.

The APC also said the PDP is desperate to win the election going by the continued application of violence against APC supporters in Rivers State and other states in the South-South region.

But the Cross River State Chairman of PDP, Mr. John Okon, in a swift reaction, said the party has no plans to use military in any election, challenging the APC to put structures on ground that could win elections instead of resorting to propaganda.

In a statement issued on Monday by its National Vice-Chairman, South-South, Mr. Hilliard Eta, the APC said the recent threat by ex-militants from the President Goodluck Jonathans home state of Bayelsa against opponents to his re-election bid was not to be taken lightly.

He said it was an indication that Jonathan had planned on militarising the election with a view of cancelling it or rigging it at the slightest opportunity.

Eta said, The recent deployment of soldiers to take possession of the Adokie Amasiemaka stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, for Jonathans campaign at the behest of the Presidency against the wish of Rivers people was indicative of Jonathans disregard for due process, useful advice and agreements.

Whenever the military are deployed in such capacity and orientation, it means a war situation is at hand. It shows the height of desperation that the PDP Presidency has introduced into the February election build up which may not end well.

The Rivers violence and the use of military might, in the case of the Adokie Amasiemaka stadium, are indications that same brute force would be contemplated and applied during the election in order to manipulate it in favour of the PDP especially in the south-south states.

Eta recalled that Jonathan has a penchant for failing to keep agreements and promises explaining that much as he failed to dredge the Calabar Port, implement the UNEP report on Ogoni, build roads and other infrastructure and of course pursue desperately a second term ambition against an earlier promise lends credence to our doubt for a free, fair and credible elections especially in the south-south states.

But reacting to the allegations, especially with regards to Cross River and one of the South-South states, the state chairman of PDP, Mr. John Okon, said the APC will always look for excuse to lose elections in the region because it is not firm on ground.

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