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It also said that in spite of its continuous dismissal of the All Progressives Congress as a group of strange bedfellows, which the ACN described a well-worn cliche that has now lost its meaning, the PDP can only underrate the merger at its own peril

It said the recognition of the losing candidate for the chairmanship of the NGF has also shown that the President’s spokesmen either do not know the thinking of their principal or have chosen to engage in downright lies in his defence

The ACN wondered why President Jonathan is suddenly irritated that Nigerians have not given his administration a pass mark, after about three years in the saddle and two years since he was elected

According to Ojo: “I Chief George Femi Ojo (JP) specifically from Ward B, Iyin, EKiti in the Central Senatorial District hereby move the motion to endorse His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi as the sole candidate for the 2014 governorship elections in the state under the flagship of the (ACN)

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the message that the Presidency, through the puppet governors, is sending to the nation is that the outcome of the 2015 elections will only be valid if a certain candidate emerges the winner

In a statement issued in Kaduna on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party quoted from the President’s speech to the nation on May 14th, thus: ”The details of this Proclamation will be transmitted to the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution

First, the democratic structures left in place are of no use in a state under martial law; Secondly, the proclamation did not give a time frame, meaning that the emergency rule is open-ended and can last as long as the President wishes. After all, the emergency rule imposed on 15 local councils in four states was never lifted

It said while the President was right in expressing outrage over the mindless killings and wanton destruction by the insurgents, he was wrong in proposing more of the same measures that have failed to yield results

It urged the Federal Government to ensure that the wives, children and other dependants of the slain security personnel are adequately catered for as a way of minimizing the impact of their bereavement
The ACN condemned the rate at which insurgents and militia groups in the country are targetting and killing security

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said if the imposition of emergency rule on the most affected states is the only viable option left for President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle the crisis, then he should step down

This was the position of the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in a statement by its Secretary, Prince Yemi Afolayan, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital

In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said while every human life is sacrosanct, it is particularly saddened by the mindless killing of security personnel in the course of carrying out their duties of ensuring the protection of life and property

Abati explained that those who own private jets are expected to limit such to private use and not turning it into ‘kabu kabu’ of a sort

The statement, by presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Mohammed was only attempting to turn the truth on its head

In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party described the PDP as a hypocrite, which should first remove the log from its own eye before removing the speck from its neighbour’s eye

In a statement in Ibadan by the Chairman of the ACN, Chief Akin Oke, the party said that Ladoja had failed woefully in this bid

In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party therefore called for an urgent and independent investigation into the incidents of April 16, 2013 in Baga to establish the truth, instead of an apparently shoddy investigation that could only have produced a convoluted report

In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the action also amounts to gross abuse of national institutions and a pointer to what lies ahead for all perceived enemies of the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration

Senator Saraki assured the ACN decampees that they would be partakers in the prosperity that the PDP government in the state offers

In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN said far beyond the justifiable call for a judicial commission of inquiry into the Baga massacre, it is time for leaders under whose watch these killings are being perpetrated, to be held to account