“This presidency is definitely dazed from its own failings, the collapse of the party that sired it and the opprobrium being poured on it daily by Nigerians who are grossly disappointed at its woeful performance and clear lack of direction
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Their defection came to light on Thursday at the inauguration of the Sokoto State headquarters of the APC by Governor Aliyu Wamakko
Adeyeye said Nigerians should be reminded that it was General Muhammadu Buhari and his military junta that truncated democracy in Nigeria and disrupted the country’s development 30 years ago
The PDP leadership had said it would ask the court to declare vacant the seats of such members in the National Assembly who recently joined the rival All Progressive Congress
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Nigerians should go into the New Year with an unyielding commitment to be part of ongoing efforts to set the country on the path of growth and development, rather than get into a state of funk on the basis of the cumulative mis-governance of the past 14 years by the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government
The chairman said the electoral body did not receive any complaints from any quarters on the conduct of the election
Ribadu told newsmen that the ongoing defections to the APC was a manifestation that it would be the party to beat in 2015
The APC chieftain, who spoke against the backdrop of the leadership tussle facing the party in Adamawa, Kano and Sokoto States, said stakeholders needed to come together to face the challenge of edging out the Peoples Democratic Party
It said in other climes, the President would have simply issued a terse response to such a letter denying the allegations that border on national security, if any, as well as saying the
The members are Alhaji Mani Masamar-Mudi, representing Bukkuyum North Constituency; Alhaji Lawali Dogon-Kade of Kaura Namoda South Constituency; and Alhaji Umar Muazu, representing Maradun 2 Constituency
“No doubt, the PDP has lost so much to the APC. We have maintained some studious silence and shall react like a wounded lion beginning from early 2014,” Pwajok told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos on Monday
It said also by its unequivocal stand on the scandal, coming on the heels of the recent criticism of President Jonathan’s tepid fight against corruption by the Speaker of the House, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, the House has left no one in doubt that the legislature is taking its oversight role very seriously
Soyinka, in a statement titled: “Shipwreck ahead,” said the alliance with Obasanjo by the APC leaders could only lead to partition for the country
The party noted the various politicians and political parties in the state had been going about their political activities in very peaceful and responsible manner devoid of any allegation of molestation before Bamidele and his men started introducing violence into the politics of the state, using imported thugs from neighbouring states
Speaking after a meeting on Wednesday at the Government House in Yola, the SSG, Kobis Thimnu, who spoke on behalf of the state executive council members, said their decision to join the state Governor, Alhaji Murtala Nyako, to APC was a collective one
It was gathered that the meeting, which was conveyed at the instance of the APC leaders, was aimed at wooing Abubakar to the party
The letter to that effect was read at plenary, with the lawmakers citing “division and factionalisation” within the ruling party as the main reason for their action
He was initially a member of the Alliance for Democracy, which transformed to the Action Congress of Nigeria
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is issuing this call with a high sense of responsibility and the strong belief that the impeachment of the President is a legitimate constitutional option available to the National Assembly not only to protect the nation’s democracy but also to ensure the country’s unity
The party, in a statement by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the Senior Special Aide on Media and Public Affairs to the Interim State Chairman, said credible information at its disposal has it that the six rebel lawmakers have concluded plans to use hired hoodlums to forcefully gain entrance into the Rivers State House of Assembly for the purpose of impeaching Amaechi as directed by their sponsors in Abuja