The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed INEC for acting too little, too late by issuing a warning on illegal public political broadcast and campaign, saying INEC’s belated action is highly suspicious.
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Ahead of Adamawa governorship bye-election scheduled for October 11, seven political parties and their candidates have been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has uncovered clandestine plan by some officers of the state police command to start arresting some leaders of the party on the trumped-up charge of being the mastermind of the current political logjam in the state.
A member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Sam Nkire has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s method of giving out the National Awards as reckless and partisan.
Ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), supporters of a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the South East and South South have expressed their backing for his presidential aspiration.
Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is importing thugs to the state from Lagos to cause mayhem in the state under the guise that they are PDP supporters.
On October 26, 2010, exactly ten days after Governor Kayode Fayemi assumed office as the governor of Ekiti State based on what is now known as the ‘Salamic’ judgment, I wrote an article titled; “Ekiti: Between men and God.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Jonathan Administration of seeking to negotiate the timing of the release of the Chibok girls to create a maximum public relations boost for itself, rather than out of a genuine concern for the girls who are now in their sixth month in captivity.
Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the call by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that he be arrested over recent political developments in the state was baseless, spurious and came from an ignorant mind.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has told Nigerians to hold Mr. Ayo Fayose, the State Governor-elect, liable for the current crisis in the State; saying that the State has been relatively peaceful until Fayose’s attack on judges and disruption of court proceedings during the week.
He said: “He is giving himself an undue importance, which he does not deserve, because he is insulting all the leaders of the party saying that he is the only sensible person in the party
In a press statement issued by his media office in Abuja, the former Vice President said the modified direct primary is the best under the circumstances and nearest to the best under ideal democratic setting
“It is also as clear as daylight that the kind of money being dangled at the lawmakers to impeach Gov. Al-Makura at all costs could only have come from a deep purse or a war chest. With almost 30 million Naira and other perks being reportedly offered to each lawmaker just to take out an opposition Governor, it is clear in whose interest and at whose behest such is being done
The party said the commission would not make any difference in a free, fair and credible election, describing the October 25 date for the local government poll in the state as a day for the defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
In a statement issued in Benin, Edo State on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said INEC has resorted to asking those who daily throng its offices in Osun State which party they belonged to and that almost all those who have identified themselves as APC members have been told their PVCs were not ready
This APC said this is with a view to ending, once and for all, the debate over who is behind the insurgency and also to facilitate efforts to tackle it decisively
“INEC has been painfully slow in processing the permanent voters cards, and one can only hope that the electoral body is not doing this deliberately to disenfranchise voters, especially in opposition strongholds,” the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
A press statement from the media office of the former Vice President noted that the action of the PDP-led federal government in stopping the governors of Kano, Rivers and Edo from attending the APC governorship campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, in a Gestapo-like manner is capable of turning Nigeria into a Banana Republic where fundamental rights of citizens are trampled upon with impunity
It will be recalled that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, had earlier directed that all entry points to Ekiti State be closed 48 hours to the governorship election holding on Saturday
In the statement signed by the party’s Director of Publicity and Media, Segun Dipe, APC alleged that it gleaned from a meeting held at Spotless Hotel owned by the PDP governorship candidate, Ayo Fayose the plan to use the PDP thugs to disrupt the APC rally, which is the final Mega Rally to be held by the ruling party before the
Saturday June 21 election and turn round to accuse APC of carrying out a reprisal action over the Sunday June 8 shooting and tear-gassing by the policemen, which culminated in the PDP thugs taking advantage to overrun the APC procession