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The All Progressives Congress has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was sympathetic to the cause of the party because of his desire for positive change in 2015. Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Lawal Shuaibu said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja, on Sunday. He noted that the former President who is still an active member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, was like most Nigerians; desirous of an end to maladministration and impunity. According to him, while it was true that Obasanjo is not a card carrying member of the APC, his interest in bringing about a change in the way things are done is glaring.

Shuaibu said, We dont have any connection with Obasanjo other than Obasanjo sympathising with anybody that could effect change in this country. He is not a member of our party mind you, he is still a PDP man but for the fact that he is a former democratic President in this country people listen to him. More often than not, some people go to seek for his advice both from PDP, APC and other parties. But he is interested in the type of change we are driving at, so he is to a certain extent sympathetic with the APC.

He noted that there was nothing wrong with the APC receiving members of the PDP who have come to realise their mistakes. The APC chieftain said the party has put in place a machinery to ensure strict adherence to its policies and programmes as contained in its manifesto. He explained that parties which came together to form the APC have all agreed to adhere strictly to the code of conduct as well as ethics enshrined in the founding principles of the new party. Shuaibu also assured Nigerians that the APC will strictly observe the provisions of its constitution and the party manifesto as well as ensure the supremacy of the party. Reacting to the over N21 billion raised by PDP to fund President Jonathans re-election, Shuaibu said his party was not worried. He, however, said that of the APC will be transparent and made public in a manner consistent with its avowed commitment to transparency.

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Obasanjos desire for change unites us -APC

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The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday said that though Nigeria is a rich nation, its people are extremely poor due to bad governance.

He also promised to involve serving and retired military generals to devise an effective strategy to crush insurgency in the country, if elected as President in 2015.

Buhari, in his Christmas goodwill message signed by the Director of Communications, Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Dele Alake, expressed displeasure at the security challenges in the country and the poor state of Nigerian roads.

He said his administration would focus on how best to "make the condition of living of the common man the index for the assessment of our policies and not the amount of billionaires our administration would have made."

Buhari felicitated with Christians in the country as they celebrated Christmas, assuring Nigerians that they would have better reasons to celebrate the festival if he is elected in 2015.

He said, "On my part, I intend to initiate consultations with serving generals and those who have served our country and distinguished themselves on the battlefield across the world to work out an alternative and effective strategy to crush this insurgency within the shortest possible time if elected president on February 14, 2015.

"I have said that I live the life of a pensioner. I share the burden and anxiety of majority of our poor, powerless people. I have offered myself on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, the party of change, because I desire to give back to a country that clothed, fed and trained me to be what I am today. Our people are poor. But our country is rich."

The former Head of State, who berated the President Goodluck Jonathan administration over rising poverty in the country, said, "In a nation where a few individuals could raise N21bn because they wanted to make their friend President, millions of citizens, who truly own the resources being accumulated by a few, are left to suffer in sorrow, tears and blood.

Buhari said while many Nigerians travelling towards the eastern part of the country would encounter "the failed promises of the Second Niger Bridge;" those travelling through the South-West would "have to bear the gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway."

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Deputy National Chairman (North), All Progressives Congress, Senator Lawali Shuaibu

The All Progressives Congress has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is sympathetic to the cause of the party because of his desire for positive change in 2015.

The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC, Lawal Shuaibu, said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja on Sunday.

Shuaibu said, We dont have any connection with Obasanjo other than Obasanjo sympathises with anybody that could effect change in this country.

He is not a member of our party mind you, he is still a Peoples Democratic Party man but for the fact that he is a former democratic President in this country people listen to him.

More often than not, some people go to seek his advice both from PDP, APC and other parties. But he is interested in the type of change we are driving on, so he is to a certain extent sympathetic to APC.

He noted that there was nothing wrong with the APC receiving members of the PDP who had realised their mistakes.

The APC chieftain said the party had put in place machinery to ensure strict adherence to its policies and programmes as contained in its manifesto.

He explained that the parties which came together to form the APC had all agreed to adhere strictly to the code of conduct as well as ethics enshrined in the founding principles of the party.

Shuaibu also assured Nigerians that the APC would strictly observe the provisions of its constitution and the party manifesto as well as ensure the supremacy of the party.

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Obasanjo has sympathy for us APC

The All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians and theinternational community that it will do all in its power to make surethat the 2015 general election is violence-free, saying the rising apprehension about the polls among the populace is inimical to the conduct of a successful election.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National PublicitySecretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party, however, said its efforts should be complemented by the PDP-led federal government, which has apropensity for using the security agencies to harass and intimidate the opposition and ordinary citizens.

It also said the FG should take all measures necessary to ensure thatthe elections are free, fair and credible, since rigging and other acts of electoral malpractices constitute the immediate trigger foranger and violence during and after elections.

We have heard from Nigerians who are so afraid about possibleviolence during the forthcoming election that they are even willing torelocate to other countries until after the elections. But, as the biggest opposition party in Nigeria and a major stakeholder in ournations democracy, we are assuring, on our part, that there will beno violence.

Though our party has no history of violence, we have commenced anationwide effort to sensitize our members and supporters to the needto eschew rancour and embrace non-violent methods, even in the face ofthe kind of provocations to which we were subjected during the Ekitiand Osun governorship elections, when our members were needlesslyharassed, arrested and detained by partisan security agencies acting under orders from the FG.

If the federal government allows a level playing field for allcontestants, if the security agencies stop acting as the armed wing ofthe ruling PDP, if the electoral umpire will carry out its duties without fear, favour or bias and if citizens are allowed to exercisetheir franchise unmolested, the stage will be set for a non-violent,free, fair and credible polls. In other words, the government has amajor role to play in making the forthcoming polls peaceful.

On our part, in addition to other efforts aimed at ensuring a peacefulelection, we pledge to accept the result of an election that is notonly free, fair, credible and transparent, but one that is also seen to be so. We hopeother partieswill make a similar pledge, APC said.

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Former Head of State, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), have declared war on corruption.

They, therefore, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to showcase his achievements on the war against corruption in the face of allegations of a missing $20bn.

Buhari said this in a statement by the Director, Communications Buhari Campaign Organisations, Mr. Dele Alake, on Sunday.

He said, In the spirit of the war against corruption, we demand the release of the audit report of the missing $20bn.

Clearly unable to oppose us with an equally clean and unassailable ticket, we can understand why our opponents are running from pillar to post digging graves in search of rumours in the impossible hope of misinforming unsuspecting voters and spinning a web of blackmail and deceit.

In this electoral contest of vision and moral stature, only the guilty needs to be afraid. Luckily, our lives are like the open book. We challenge our opponents to stake their desire to lead Nigeria again on what they have achieved with the billions of resources they received.

Buhari said if voted into office, he would implement programme which would entail a zero-tolerance for corruption.

He said his life was an open book as he had nothing to hide.

The APC presidential candidate boasted that he and his running mate lived exemplary lives and had become reference points for how to live a morally upright life.

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