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The All Progressives Congress has condemned the reported conversion to Islam of the Christians among the over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram terror group four weeks ago, describing the development as totally unacceptable and downright unconstitutional.

It has also postponed its planned NEC meeting earlier scheduled for today (Tuesday).

According to a statement in Abuja, Tuesday, the party held an emergency meeting to deliberate on the Boko Haram issue.

The APC described the action of the girls abductors in forcing them to make statements against their personal convictions, as utterly barbaric.

It reminded the abductors that Nigeria was a secular state and that the countrys constitution recognizes the rights of the citizens to any religion of their choice.

The party submitted that it was patently wrong and unconscionable to force any citizen to convert from one religion to another.

This whole abduction saga has hit at the very soul of our nation. But just when we felt we had all witnessed the worst atrocity by the primitive and brutal group called Boko Haram, we are confronted with a totally repulsive scene of teenage girls, literally with guns to their heads, being forced to say they have converted to Islam.

This is appalling, distasteful and unacceptable under any circumstance and we condemn it with all the strength we can muster, APC said.

The party urged the government to critically study the latest video by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, to see what other measures can be added to the ongoing international efforts to find and rescue the girls.

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The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has indicated its interest to withdraw the suit it filed against the Peoples Democratic Party. The matter is before an Ilorin High Court presided over by Justice Sulieman Kawu.

In the suit, APC challenged the local government election held on October 26, 2013 in the state.

But the current APC Kwara State Secretary, Mr. Yemi Afolayan in a letter obtained by our correspondent in Ilorin on Tuesday stated that APC was no longer interested in the matter.

Afolayan, in the two-page letter dated May 8, 2014 which was addressed to the plaintiffs lead counsel, Mr Deji Gbadeyan, said APC was willing to discontinue with the matter.

The letter was copied to counsel to Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Adebayo Adelodun (SAN), the High Court Registrar and KWASIEC Chairman.

I wish to inform you that our party, All Progressives Congress is no longer interested in the matter, which is in the court of Hon. Justice Sulieman Kawu, Afoloyan said.

The APC had challenged the conduct of the October 26, 2013 local government election in the state.

It had with six other plaintiffs sued KWASIEC, PDP and the Labour Party.

The motion, filed by the Partys lawyer, Deji Gbadeyan, contained a 10-paragraph affidavit deposed to by one Ayodeji Kudabo from Gbadeyans Chambers.

The plaintiffs in a motion filed by Gbadeyan had averred that KWASIEC and PDP went ahead to conduct and participate in the elections on Saturday knowing well that all the parties concerned were in court over the matter.

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APC to withdraw suit challenging Kwara LG poll

Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun

The All Progressives Congress in Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to accept the negotiation terms offered by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in the efforts to obtain the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The Lagos APC Interim Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, told our correspondent in a telephone interview that hostage negotiation was not new, adding that it had executed executed in many parts of the world in the past.

He said, It (negotiation) has been done in Israel and Palestine and many other countries. In war situations, prisoner exchange is very common. It is an international convention.

The government should put those girls first because one of those girls is worth more than all of Boko Haram put together. Also, those people that are calling on the government not to negotiate are doing so because their children are not among the kidnapped girls.

In a related development, the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, told journalists at a press conference on Tuesday that the abduction of the girls showed the failure of intelligence for which the Federal Government must be blamed.

Fasehun, who is also the National Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria, said the government should see the rescue of the girls as a short term measure and separate from the long-term goal of terminating Boko Haram.

He said, When nations declare war, they still look for a means of negotiation. In the past, Boko Haram was not going to negotiate, they were just killing people. But we do not know what has come over them to initiate negotiations.

It should be a welcome move. Give us our children and we will give you your soldiers, either dead or alive. It is a good deal. There is nothing too much for Nigeria to do in exchange for those girls.

Fasehun recalled that the current insurgency began in the heat of the 2011 elections when some aggrieved politicians threatened to make the nation ungovernable if they did not have their way.

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CEDAR RAPIDS | She may be touted as the voice of a new generation, but Anesa Kajtazovic is resonating with an older generation that sees her as a new flag-bearer for their progressive values.

These are things weve wanted to get done for a long time, Janet Manatt of Cedar Rapids said after hearing Kajtazovic, 27, talk about her American Dream Agenda of education, economic security and energy security at a campaign fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Monday night.

All of the things she talks about have been important to me for a long time, added Gary Widdel of Cedar Rapids. Hes narrowed his choice to three of the five candidates running to succeed Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley whose mother has endorsed Kajtazovic.

The appeal of the new generation candidate to old generation voters like him is simple, Widdel said.

Ive got grandkids, so Im looking at what their lives are going to be like, he said. I want to make sure their lives are better.

He plans to submit his absentee ballot this week and its hers to lose, Widdel said about the second-term Iowa House member from Waterloo.

Steve Sovern of Cedar Rapids made a case for Kajtazovic, telling Widdel and more than 50 others that while everyone is talking about growing the middle class, shes addressing the barrier to making that happen.

As long as money is in charge of politics, politics will be responsive to money, he said.

Kajtazovic told her audience that the current system of financing campaigns is a huge threat to achieving their shared values and goals.

She claimed to be the only candidate talking about campaign finance reform and I wont stop because its so crucial to our future and its the right thing to do.

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Kajtazovics new voice resonates with older generation of progressives

By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette

CEDAR RAPIDS She may be touted as the voice of a new generation, but Anesa Kajtazovic is resonating with an older generation that sees her as a new flag-bearer for their progressive values.

These are things weve wanted to get done for a long time, Janet Manatt of Cedar Rapids said after hearing Kajtazovic, 27, talk about her American Dream Agenda of education, economic security and energy security at a campaign fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Monday night.

All of the things she talks about have been important to me for a long time, added Gary Widdel of Cedar Rapids. Hes narrowed his choice to three of the five candidates running to succeed Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley whose mother has endorsed Kajtazovic.

The appeal of the new generation candidate to old generation voters like him is simple, Widdel said.

Ive got grandkids, so Im looking at what their lives are going to be like, he said. I want to make sure their lives are better.

He plans to submit his absentee ballot this week and its hers to lose, Widdel said about the second-term Iowa House member from Waterloo.

Steve Sovern of Cedar Rapids made a case for Kajtazovic, telling Widdel and more than 50 others that while everyone is talking about growing the middle class, shes addressing the barrier to making that happen.

As long as money is in charge of politics, politics will be responsive to money, he said.

Kajtazovic told her audience that the current system of financing campaigns is a huge threat to achieving their shared values and goals.

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Anesa Kajtazovics new voice resonates with older generation of progressives