The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, stated that leaders and members of the party are working hard in all the nooks and crannies of the country to garner the needed support
Author: Folorunso Smith
Alkali made the assertion in response to a communiqué issued by a group claiming to be speaking on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Support Groups, who are claiming they were not integrated into the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation
Fani-Kayode, in a statement in Abuja, said the report was part of the opposition’s propaganda and desperate bid to cover the wrongdoing of their presidential candidate, whose integrity they have so much flaunted
He advocated collaboration with neighbouring countries in the efforts to defeat terrorism
Jega stated these at a workshop on: “Mitigation of Violence In Election,” held in Abuja
While reacting to the issue in Abuja, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, stated that what Governor Fayose said represents his own personal opinion and not that of the party
This is even as the party said the N10 reduction in the pump price of fuel by the government neither has anything to do with politics nor the forthcoming general elections
They South South PDP leaders, said after carefully evaluating the progress and preparedness of the zone for the February 14presidential election, concluded that “all was well”
The UPP presidential candidate, Chief Chekwas Okorie, the statement said, will point the way forward for a new Nigeria
Abubakar pointedly declared that it would not join in the ‘come-and-chop’ or ‘let’s-go and-chop’ politics that is the stock-in-trade of the preponderance of politicians in the country presently, stressing that its own politics is that of a reformation
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
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