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Ekiti APC lawmakers form parallel assembly

Embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin,

The 19 All Progressives Congress members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Friday formed a parallel assembly at a secret location and suspended factional Speaker Dele Olugbemi and the six lawmakers loyal to him.

The APC lawmakers accused the seven Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers of violating Section 96 (1) of the 1999 Constitution.

Those suspended apart from Olugbemi are Mrs. Abeni Olayinka , Adeyinka Adeloye, Alexander Adeojo, Mr. Olowo Ajiboye, Mr. Dele Ajibola and Mrs. Ayo Olajide-Fatunbi

Olugbemi and the six lawmakers had purportedly impeached the state House of Assembly Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, and his deputy, Taiwo Orisalade, on November 20, 2014.

At the plenary held at a secret location in Ado-Ekiti and presided over by Omirin, the APC lawmakers also nullified all legislative actions purportedly carried out by the Olugbemi-led Assembly.

The actions include the receipt and consideration of the 2015 budget; the dissolution and reconstitution of the caretaker committee members for the 16 local government areas and the confirmation of three commissioner-nominees and special advisers.

The plenary concluded that the purported impeachment of Omirin and the election of Olugbemi as House Speaker portrayed the Assembly in bad light, hence the need to suspend the seven lawmakers to save the integrity of the legislative chamber.

The Majority Leader, Churchill Adedipe, who moved the motion, claimed that the PDP lawmakers had consistently violated Section 96(1) of 1999 Constitution and House Standing Order in the last one month.

He alleged that the seven lawmakers gave false information to the public by accusing the 19 APC legislators of receiving bribes to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose.

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Udoedehe threatens to dump APC for PDP

The All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, John Udoedehe, has threatened to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party if the former fails to cancel the result of its governorship primaries in the state.

Udoedehe said he would explore options to substantiate his calls for the cancellation of the APC governorship primary, but would dump the party for the PDP if it remained unfair to him.

Addressing journalists in Uyo on Thursday, Udoedehe said the defection of the former Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Mr. Umana Umana, from PDP to APC might destroy the latter.

He added that he had to walk away from the governorship primaries because he (Udoedehe) did not want a repeat of what happened in 2011.

Udoedehe said the APC constitution did not make provision for Option A4 which was used during the primaries that made Umana to emerge as the partys governorship candidate.

He said, I will pursue all internal mechanism to resolve the problem but if the party remains adamant to corruption and fraud, I will dump it for PDP.

I am not moving to PDP for now. It is not going to be a personal decision; many of our followers will meet and decide on a way forward for the interest of our group.

The way forward will mean moving to PDP and it will also mean that we have to choose between one evil and another evil.

I believe that APC has the ability to resolve internal crisis and Akwa Ibom State cannot be an exception. If the party decides to do otherwise, then I can take a decision.

He denied that he had been paid N500m by Governor Godswill Akpabio to move from APC to PDP, describing it as a speculation aimed at denting his image.

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Osun aspirant asks APC panel to reject Omoworares candidacy

One of the senatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Osun East Senatorial District, Alhaji Sola Lawal, has petitioned the National Assembly Primaries Appeal Committee of the party, asking the panel to reject the victory of the serving Senator Babajide Omoworare.

Lawal made this request in a letter written to the panel, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Thursday.

In the alternative, the aggrieved aspirant asked the party to declare him the winner of the primary or order that a fresh primary be held to determine the winner.

Lawal, who is the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Ogun State, was said to have defeated Omowoare in the primary election held at the Government House, Osogbo, scoring 17 votes while Omoworare reportedly scored three.

According to Lawal, the same process for primary election, which produced Senator Sola Adeyeye in Osun Central and Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke in Osun West, produced him.

He said the upturning of his victory was an issue to be determined by the appeal panel.

The petition read, The supposed announcement of Senator Omoworare on the December 9, 2014 at Freedom Park, Osogbo, be nullified.

That I, Sola Lawal, should be declared as the candidate in the Osun East Senatorial District to run on the platform of APC in the 2015 general elections. Otherwise fresh constitutional primary should be held to determine who flies the flag of the party in Osun East.

I make bold to say that I am the elected candidate of the above-written senatorial district on the platform of our great party, the All Progressives Congress.

Modified primaries were held at the banquet hall of Government House on Wednesday the December 3, 2014 wherein I polled 17 votes; the incumbent, Senator Babajide Omoworare, three votes; Hon Kunle Adeniji, tw0 votes; Mrs Olusola Ibidapo-Obe, 0 vote; and Gbenga Awosode, 0 vote.

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EDITORIAL – Boycott this!

December 18th, 2014

Concordias students have voted in favor of supporting an academic and investment boycott against Israel. The so-called BDS boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. So what? you might say. Isnt this the annual hypocritical regurgitation of the so-called progressives? Yes it is. And as always, it requires a response. A response not because those involved dont realize their own complicity in lies, but for those who are not so politically involved and may actually think there is legitimacy to this act. A response not to rewrite history, but to remind those involved that the demonization of the Jews is not new and is aligned with the darkest forces of human history. These students seek to boycott Israel the only democracy from the borders of India to the Atlantic coast of the middle rim of this small planet above all other nations because of its occupation of parts of the Palestinian Authority, according to the words of its own resolution. Yet they make no mention that international legal norms allow for occupation by a nation that has been the victim of unprovoked aggression as Israel was that led to the occupation in the first place. These students would make their fellows think that this is some kind of crime against humanity when it is not even a crime against law. Yet these same students are silent on the Chinese dictatorships total abridgment of human rights and its harvesting of organs of Falun Gong practitioners; numerous Arab states subjugation of women through state sanctioned violence; Iranian and Syrian ethnocide against their minorities; the Sudanese genocide in Darfur; North Koreas murderous tyranny and Cubas continued imprisonment of its people. The pro-boycott movement refuses to talk about the fact that Arabs inside Israel have complete civil rights including the recognition of Arabic as an official language. There are Arab judges, diplomats and some 15 members of Parliament including several representing parties dedicated to the break-up of the State of Israel. Jews still cannot get visas to most Arab countries. And these progressives never acknowledge that Israel is the only society in the world where more than half the population is affiliated with unions. In most of the Middle East, union leaders are routinely harassed, beaten up and sometimes killed. The boycotters will not tell you that Israel unilaterally pulled out of Gaza only to face more than 10,000 rocket attacks from Hamas. They will not tell you that Israel has done the same in much of the West Bank, even aiding the Palestinian Authority with 150,000 weapons for its militia and police, which Chairman Abbas has refused to use against Hamas even as Hamas slaughtered his own Fatah followers. No, the boycotters will not tell you of Israels constant attempt to strengthen the Palestinians so that Israeli forces can leave knowing there is a strong partner for peace in place. The boycotters will not tell you that Palestinians living on the West Bank have enshrined in law many of the same equity rights as Israeli citizens. Yes, there are cases where rights of Palestinians have been abrogated by individual Israeli officials. But these are exceptions not the rule and are dealt with sternly by Israeli authorities. The reality is that Israel has extended full medical, educational and social services to the Palestinian population. The infant mortality rate is the lowest in the Arab world, and life expectancy the highest, almost at a par with Israels. The rate of those finishing high school in the Palestinian Authority is the highest among Arab societies in the Middle East. Some 30 percent of the student body of Hebrew University is Palestinian. And Israeli aid to Palestinian universities has resulted in Palestinians having the highest percentage of college graduates of any Arab society. These boycotters want Concordia to sever economic and academic ties with Israel. But one wonders if they are prepared to give up the Israeli products and inventions that make the boycotters self-indulgent lives possible. Well BDS supporters, we have a message for you: boycott this! The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the Israeli branch of Motorola. Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel. The Pentium microprocessor was made in Israel. Voicemail technology was developed in Israel. As were the Smart Phone, the digital printer and the flash drive. And thats just the tip of the iceberg. So our suggestion is that these progressives first cause themselves a little discomfort and refrain from using all these instruments that allow them to disseminate their disinformation and propaganda. But no, that would be too inconvenient for them. They want their cake and have someone else bake it. For the sake of the credibility of Quebecs true progressives, it is time to hear this message out in the open, clearly proclaimed and candidly defended.We do not acknowledge, we will not abide by, and we will never acquiesce in this infamous act.In Quebec today, let us resolve not to remain passive when we see the bodyguards of lies on the march.

Click here to see the full newspaper. Updated on December 17, 2014

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