This is a problem that has lasted for more than 100 years in one form or the other. Buhari is from the North and he surely knows better than what is currently being paraded or trumpeted as one of his landmark achievements
Author: Folorunso Smith
The UPN, it will be recalled, has been engulfed in crisis with the National Executive Committee suspending Dr. Fasehun as chairman
“This is especially so given the fact that the same General Buhari that was so badly indicted by the report is now vying for the exalted office of President of Nigeria
The dismissed officers are: Collins Omofoma, a Level 9 officer, and Onome Avbunudiogba, a Level 7 officer
The APCPCO, in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, said President Jonathan should be challenged to explain why over N5 trillion in oil and gas revenue vanished under his supervision, through fraud and embezzlement
Prof. Jega, while addressing the media after the presentation of the voters’ register to be used for the elections to registered political parties, however, did not disclose amount voted for the elections
The APC Presidential Campaign stated that it is for reason of political exigency and to carry on with his “gentleman image” who cannot hurt a fly that Jonathan has failed continuously as a Commander-in-Chief, unable to mobilize the security forces and to provide them with the necessary leadership to accomplish their objective
Metuh stated that the allegations by the All Progressives Congress of plots by the PDP to postpone the elections was merely tactics to divert attention from the findings of the Department of State Security that it has devised means to hack into the data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission, clone the Permanent Voter Cards and ultimately compromise the outcome of the elections
The party, in a press statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, condemned the senseless killing of innocent citizens in Baga and Maiduguri, both in Borno State
A statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC presidential campaign on Saturday said that the PDP had dwelt so much on the issue of academic certificate of its candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, while there are more pressing issues for the government controlled by the party to address
Buhari, while reacting to the latest terrorist attack on Baga in Borno State in which hundreds of people (some say thousands) were killed, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, that it was high time the Federal Government reviewed its counter-terrorism strategies
The disclosure came on the heels of President Goodluck Jonathan’s directive to the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to ensure that all eligible voters get their PVCs to enable them vote in the February general election
The date, according to the National Organising Secretary of the UPN, Dr. Ola Olateju, has already been officially communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission by the party’s National Executive Committee through the National Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto
The explanation, according to Metuh, becomes necessary following the unsavoury public reactions trailing the statement by MEND backing the party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari
All Progressives Congress to compromise the electoral process, hack into the Independent National Electoral Commission’s data base and rig the February general elections
The APC, according to the DSS, intended to do this by hacking into the database of the Independent National Electoral Commission and also the use of some security operatives, who have already registered, as members of the party
The President threw the challenge at the Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja during the inauguration of members of his Presidential Campaign Organisation under the national leadership of Chief Tony Anenih
This, Anenih pointed out, was pertinent in the overall interest of the unity and stability of our dear nation
It equally assured Nigerians that elections will be held in the North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa “if the coast is clear
Mua’zu stated this in Abuja during the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Organisation