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O boy fact: 40+ gold medals won during the last olympics won by nigerians who competed under d british, were refered to as "British" atheletes...some clown born n raised in d UK,neva been 2 9ja in his entire life,only bears a 9ja name, pulled dat crap yest n he's called a nigerian!!! C d double standard? Guy, dat chap is a British citizen n learnt all dat terrorist crap ova there o...nonsense!!

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Details have begun to emerge about the two men suspected of brutally murdering a serving soldier in a street in Woolwich, south-east London.

Sources have confirmed to the BBC both were known to the security services prior to the attack.

Police have yet to release the names of the two suspects, who are both under arrest but currently receiving treatment for injures after being shot by armed police.

But according to BBC sources, one of the men is 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo, from Romford in Essex.

He is believed to be the man filmed in a black hat in footage obtained by ITV News.

In it he said as long as British troops were in Muslim countries "you people will never be safe".

"Remove your governments, they don't care about you."

In the footage the victim can clearly be seen in the background, while the attacker talks to the camera in a London accent.

His hands bloodstained and holding a knife and machete, he said: "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.

"We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

'Not a lunatic'
Sources told the BBC Mr Adebolajo left school 2001, where he was described as bright and witty.

A spokeswoman for Havering Sixth Form College in Hornchurch, Essex, told the BBC a student named Michael Adebolajo studied for A-levels there between 2001-2003.

He is understood to come from a devout Christian family but converted to Islam after college.

A member of the public who wished to remain anonymous told the BBC she often saw Mr Adebolajo handing out leaflets and preaching in Powis Street in Woolwich, which is a main shopping street.

Mizanur Rahman, who was convicted of terror offences, told the BBC he was sure the police would know who Mr Adebolajo is.


Michael Adebolajo was filmed by the BBC at a protest in 2007
"It certainly doesn't seem like he is somebody completely who came out of nowhere, he's certainly not a lunatic who's hiding his beliefs. He's been very outspoken about his concerns and grievances before and he has been arrested for those beliefs as well."

The BBC has uncovered its own footage of Mr Adebolajo taking part in an Islamist demonstration in April 2007 against the arrest of a man from Luton.

Mr Adebolajo can be seen standing in a crowd of men outside Paddington Green police station, holding a placard reading "Crusade Against Muslims".

The name of the second suspect is not yet known.

Earlier officers raided a flat believed to belong to one of the attackers on a Greenwich housing estate.

Neighbours said two sisters in their 30s, an older woman and a teenage boy were taken away in a police van.

An address in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, is also being searched in connection with the attack.

BBC correspondent Jeremy Ball spoke to people in Saxilby who said Mr Adebolajo had spent some years in the village.

The house is believed to have been where Michael, his parents, and his younger brother and sister lived, according to local people, although it appears Michael may have moved away some time ago.

Before armed police arrived to the scene of Wednesday's attack, some members of the public spoke to the suspects.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, a cub scout leader, who had been on a bus, got off and confronted them.


The suspects spoke to members of the public following the attack
She told The Daily Telegraph: "I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British soldier' and I said, 'Really' and he said. 'I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan'.

"He was not high, he was not on drugs, he was not an alcoholic or drunk, he was just distressed, upset. He was in full control of his decisions and ready to do everything he wanted to do.

"I said, 'Right now it is only you versus many people, you are going to lose, what would you like to do?' and he said, 'I would like to stay and fight'."

Ms Loyau-Kennett then spoke to the second suspect, who she said was much more shy than the other.

Another eyewitness, Joe Tallant, said the two suspects asked people in the street to call the police.

"They could have just walked off and gone about their business and got caught later, but they were just walking around the body like they wanted the police to come and get them," he said.

"I was thinking, 'You're a madman. Why are you doing that for?'"


Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22636624

Details have begun to emerge about the two men suspected of brutally murdering a serving soldier in a street in Woolwich, south-east London.

Sources have confirmed to the BBC both were known to the security services prior to the attack.

Police have yet to release the names of the two suspects, who are both under arrest but currently receiving treatment for injures after being shot by armed police.

But according to BBC sources, one of the men is 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo, from Romford in Essex.

He is believed to be the man filmed in a black hat in footage obtained by ITV News.

In it he said as long as British troops were in Muslim countries "you people will never be safe".

"Remove your governments, they don't care about you."

In the footage the victim can clearly be seen in the background, while the attacker talks to the camera in a London accent.

His hands bloodstained and holding a knife and machete, he said: "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.

"We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

'Not a lunatic'
Sources told the BBC Mr Adebolajo left school 2001, where he was described as bright and witty.

A spokeswoman for Havering Sixth Form College in Hornchurch, Essex, told the BBC a student named Michael Adebolajo studied for A-levels there between 2001-2003.

He is understood to come from a devout Christian family but converted to Islam after college.

A member of the public who wished to remain anonymous told the BBC she often saw Mr Adebolajo handing out leaflets and preaching in Powis Street in Woolwich, which is a main shopping street.

Mizanur Rahman, who was convicted of terror offences, told the BBC he was sure the police would know who Mr Adebolajo is.


Michael Adebolajo was filmed by the BBC at a protest in 2007
"It certainly doesn't seem like he is somebody completely who came out of nowhere, he's certainly not a lunatic who's hiding his beliefs. He's been very outspoken about his concerns and grievances before and he has been arrested for those beliefs as well."

The BBC has uncovered its own footage of Mr Adebolajo taking part in an Islamist demonstration in April 2007 against the arrest of a man from Luton.

Mr Adebolajo can be seen standing in a crowd of men outside Paddington Green police station, holding a placard reading "Crusade Against Muslims".

The name of the second suspect is not yet known.

Earlier officers raided a flat believed to belong to one of the attackers on a Greenwich housing estate.

Neighbours said two sisters in their 30s, an older woman and a teenage boy were taken away in a police van.

An address in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, is also being searched in connection with the attack.

BBC correspondent Jeremy Ball spoke to people in Saxilby who said Mr Adebolajo had spent some years in the village.

The house is believed to have been where Michael, his parents, and his younger brother and sister lived, according to local people, although it appears Michael may have moved away some time ago.

Before armed police arrived to the scene of Wednesday's attack, some members of the public spoke to the suspects.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, a cub scout leader, who had been on a bus, got off and confronted them.


The suspects spoke to members of the public following the attack
She told The Daily Telegraph: "I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British soldier' and I said, 'Really' and he said. 'I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan'.

"He was not high, he was not on drugs, he was not an alcoholic or drunk, he was just distressed, upset. He was in full control of his decisions and ready to do everything he wanted to do.

"I said, 'Right now it is only you versus many people, you are going to lose, what would you like to do?' and he said, 'I would like to stay and fight'."

Ms Loyau-Kennett then spoke to the second suspect, who she said was much more shy than the other.

Another eyewitness, Joe Tallant, said the two suspects asked people in the street to call the police.

"They could have just walked off and gone about their business and got caught later, but they were just walking around the body like they wanted the police to come and get them," he said.

"I was thinking, 'You're a madman. Why are you doing that for?'"


Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22636624

"We're absolutely determined not to be intimated into not doing the right thing - whether it's here in this country or in Afghanistan or wherever we seek to serve the nation."

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Prime Minister David Cameron said: "We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms."
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Security at Woolwich Barracks and others in London has been increased, and Gen Richards said: "I'm confident that base security is as tight as it's every been, and necessarily so.

"It's a very difficult balancing act. We are very proud of the uniform we wear, we have huge support around the country, this is a completely isolated incident."

Shortly after the killing a man, thought to be 28-year-old Mr Adebolajo, was filmed by a passer-by, saying he carried out the attack because British soldiers killed Muslims every day.

Sources said reports the men had featured in "several investigations" in recent years - but were not deemed to be planning an attack - "were not inaccurate".

According to BBC sources, Mr Adebolajo, a Briton of Nigerian descent, comes from a devout Christian family but took up Islam after leaving college in 2001.


Michael Adebolajo was filmed at a protest
The BBC has uncovered its own footage of one of the alleged Woolwich attackers, taking part in an Islamist demonstration in April 2007 against the arrest of a man from Luton.

Mr Adebojalo can be seen standing in a crowd of men outside Paddington Green police station, holding a placard reading "Crusade Against Muslims".

He is standing next to Anjem Choudary, who was the leader of al-Muhajiroun, a now-banned organisation.

Mr Choudary said Mr Adebojalo was previously associated with the group, but went his own way in around 2010.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission sent 12 investigators to look at the scene and its aftermath.

They have reviewed CCTV footage from a local authority camera, and saidtwo officers fired shots and one officer discharged a Taser.

One of the shot men received first aid from the firearms officers.

The soldier killed in an attack in London has been named as Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Drummer Rigby, 25, from Manchester, leaves behind a two-year-old son.

Two suspects shot by police after Wednesday's attack in Woolwich remain under arrest. A further two people have been arrested on conspiracy to murder.

The two suspects who were shot, believed to include Michael Adebolajo, were known to security services.

Scotland Yard said the latest arrests were of a man and woman, both aged 29.

The victim's name was announced by the Ministry of Defence pending formal police identification.

"An extremely popular and witty soldier, Drummer Rigby was a larger than life personality within the Corps of Drums and was well known, liked and respected across the Second Fusiliers," the MoD statement said.

"He was a passionate and life-long Manchester United fan."

He had joined the Army in 2006, and is described as a "loving father to his son Jack" and someone who would be "sorely missed by all who knew him".

'Senseless murder'
Drummer Rigby had taken up a post with the Regimental Recruiting Team in London in 2011.

"An experienced and talented side drummer and machine gunner, he was a true warrior and served with distinction in Afghanistan, Germany and Cyprus," said 2nd Fusiliers commanding officer Lt Col Jim Taylor. "His ability, talent and personality made him a natural choice to work in the recruiting group."

Capt Alan Williamson said: "Drummer Rigby or 'Riggers' as he was known within the platoon was a cheeky and humorous man, always there with a joke to brighten the mood."

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "This was a senseless murder of a soldier who has served the Army faithfully in a variety of roles including operational tours in Afghanistan.

"Our thoughts today are with his family and loved ones who are trying to come to terms with this terrible loss."

Speaking earlier outside 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister David Cameron said the attacks were "solely and purely" the responsibility of the individuals involved.

Mr Hammond was asked if the attack showed how vulnerable soldiers were, whether they were in uniform or not.

He replied: "I think it reminds us how vulnerable we all are, but it also reminds us, by the response of the public, that we are not going to be cowed by this kind of terrorist action."

In other developments:

The Metropolitan Police said police officers arrived within nine minutes of the first 999 call and armed officers were there within 14 minutes
An increased police presence will be in Woolwich and the surrounding areas through Thursday night and "as long as needed", Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Crime and Operations Mark Rowley said
Properties in Greenwich and Saxilby, Lincolnshire, have been searched in connection with the attack
With dozens of witnesses to the killing, police are urging them to contact the Met's anti-terrorism hotline with information
Chief of Defence Staff General Sir David Richards said: "It's always a tragedy, it's particularly poignant that it happened on the streets of this capital city of ours.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22644857

Mom-to-be Karen McMartin doesn’t have to wait for asonogram to get an idea of what her child is going to look like.

The pregnant woman can see an outline of her baby on her burgeoning belly. She discovered the print on her tummy when she was just 25-weeks pregnant and some colleagues at her hair salon were making jokes about her protruding belly button.

The British citizen explained to The Sun about her unique baby bump:

“I was in the staff room on a break. We were actually having a laugh at my belly button sticking out and checking for baby movement.

“Then Karen who owns the salon came in and said, ‘Oh my God, I can see a face.’ She took a picture and we’ve been showing it to folk ever since.”

Twenty-five year old McMartin, who already has a daughter Chloe, 2, with her husband David, added: “No one can believe how clear it is. You can see a nose, mouth and eyes — even the cheeks.”

Her boss Karen Monan, 45, who is the owner of the Kazmark salon in Irvine, Ayrshire, said: “Karen was lying back and I was having a feel of her bump.

“Then she lifted her head up and all of a sudden the shape of her tummy changed — and this face just appeared.”

What everyone is seeing is not actually the face of McMartin’s unborn child, but an illusion. The Sun spoke to medical expert Dr. Carol Cooper who explained that the “face” was actually a trick that was caused by her swollen belly button, an old bellybutton piercing, veins and stretch marks.

Link: http://247nigerianewsupdate.com/bizarre-unborn-baby-showing-face-outside-the-mothers-tummy-photos/

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The gay couple who tied the knot in a traditional Zulu and Tswana wedding while dressed in traditional attire say they will not be fazed by the criticism being aimed at them by social network users and Zulu culture experts.
Thoba Sithole, a Zulu from KwaDukuza, and Tshepo Modisane, a Tswana from Johannesburg, tied the knot on Saturday in KwaDukuza with about 200 people, including family, friends, onlookers and the media in attendance.
Sithole and Modisane, both 27, defended their wedding and said there was nothing evil or untraditional about it.
The Gay Couple Took a Kiss Professor Velaphi Mkhize, a Zulu traditional culture analyst and writer, said Zulu culture did not recognise homosexuality, therefore, traditionally, Modisane and Sithole’s marriage was void.
“In the olden days there were homosexuals, but when a gay child was born the family used to slaughter an animal to plead with the ancestors to intervene and take the evil spirit away from the child.”
“However, now the constitution recognises homosexuality and gay marriages and the biggest challenge we are facing is how do we continue to call something a taboo if it is recognised by the constitution.”
He said the marriage was an insult to Zulu forefathers because marriage was traditionally a way to expand the family. Wives were expected to give birth to children who would carry their families’ names forward. Homosexuality made this impossible, said Mkhize.
However, Sithole, an IT specialist based in Johannesburg, said:
“If being gay is evil, why did God create gay people? Gays are born gay and according to a Bible scripture we were all created by God, so I don’t see anything evil about being born gay because it means that God wanted you to be gay.”
Modisane said they did not need to justify their wedding to the public because it was only between them, and to make them happy.
“We decided to have a traditional wedding because we firstly wanted to show people that being homosexual can be part of an African culture.
“Secondly, we wanted to celebrate the love we have for each other and show people that we don’t feel ashamed for the choices we have made in our lives,” said Modisane, who works as a chartered accountant in Johannesburg.
The couple said the support they had received from their families made it easier for them to tie the knot.
“My family has always been there for me and had always been there for me even in my previous homosexual relationships,” said Modisane.
Sithole said his mother had always told him how she was looking forward to seeing him getting married to his partner.
They started dating in 2011 after they had been friends for some time.
Modisane said he was attracted to Sithole because he was a well-grounded man who loved God and was someone who could bring stability in his life.
Sithole said their next step after the wedding was buying a home and starting their own family. “We are fully committed to each other and we believe children form an important foundation in bringing stability in one’s life,” he said. “We will be adopting two kids – a boy and a girl – to be part of our family.”


Link: http://news.naij.com/30428.html

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Merger: Fresh Crisis Looms In APC !

A fresh crisis may soon rock the All Progressives Congress as a splinter group in the All Nigeria Peoples Party is seeking a halt to the merger and registration of the APC.

The ANPP is one of the three main opposition parties spearheading the formation of APC to defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 elections. The others are the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Congress for Progressive Change.

Until last week, the ownership of the acronym, APC, had been a subject of controversy between the All Progressives Congress, the African Peoples Congress and the All Patriotic Citizens.

The All Patriotic Citizens dropped its name, while the Independent National Electoral Commission declined to register the African Peoples Congress which hitherto insisted on its name and the acronym.

The opposition parties had separately and collectively accused the PDP of sponsoring those behind the parties contending the APC acronym.

In calling for an end to ANPP’s involvement in the merger, the splinter group alleged that all the parties to the arrangement were not being treated equally.

The group, in a letter addressed to the ANPP National Chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, therefore gave the party’s leadership three weeks to pull out of the merger to avoid committing political suicide.

The letter dated April 2 and signed by the convener of the group and the Usuma ward Chairman of the ANPP, in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, Mallam Isa Bala, was copied to INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. It is entilted, “MERGER/APC CRISIS: HOW WE HAVE BEEN FOOLED & DECEIVED BY BOLA TINUBU/ACN PARTY (THE SECRET TINUBU IS HIDING FROM US (MERGING PARTNERS).”

In the letter, the group alleged that the All progressives Congress was the brainchild of a former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, who had in 2006 formed a political group with the acronym, APC.

According to it , the same APC, which was registered in January 2006 transformed to the ACN in August 2006 under Tinubu’s leadership .

It argued that the same people who sponsored the “failed” APC were insisting on the acronym just to expand their political empire.

A copy of the letter which was obtained by The PUNCH in Abuja reads in part, “The merger could have also provided a strong two -party system in Nigeria which will produce a virile opposition as it is obtained in advanced democracies of the world.

“The gains of the merger cannot be over-emphasised as the generality of Nigerians had anxiously waited for its realisation.

“However, to our utter bewilderment, we have discovered the unholy, inordinate, ulterior motive of a few insatiable political gluttons, who are largely obsessed with the self-driven interest of expanding their political empire to the detriment of the greater majority of Nigerians.

“We the members of ANPP Concerned Stakeholders, therefore, call upon our national leadership to henceforth suspend involvement in the merger process until this and other questions are answered.

“It has become obvious that the merger partners are not treated as equal entities in the merger project, rather it is being dominated by the Bola Tinubu- led ACN.

“The interest of our great party is evidently, not adequately protected, in the present merging arrangement. Therefore, our party cannot surrender its identity that all our founding fathers have laboured for, to satisfy the interest of an individual.

“Consequently, we give our national leadership three weeks to suspend their involvement in the merger if this anomaly is not corrected. We also urge our national leadership to start discussing the possibility of forming alliance with the Congress for Progressive Change and other political parties on basis of mutual respect and equality for one another in the 2015 general elections .

“On this note, we encourage the CPC led by General (Muhammadu) Buhari to also review its stance and stake in the merger arrangement, as it is a hoax that can yield no political or democratic dividend.

“As earlier advocated, an alliance with CPC and other political parties where Gen. Buhari, a time-tested leader is presented as a presidential candidate, will garner an overwhelming acceptance from Nigerians.”

But the National Publicity Secretary of the ANPP, Chief Emma Eneuku, dismissed members of the group as impostors who were being used to distract the merger.

He said, “He (Bala) is not a member of our party. He is just one of those people they are using to distract what we are doing. A member of my party cannot just write INEC, we have a NEC (National Executive Committee) meeting on the 11th of this month, where everybody will come. Anyone who does not like what we are doing can approach the party. When somebody is working like this, you know he is not working for our party.”

Also, the National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, recalled that Nigerians had been previously informed that the PDP would stop at nothing to frustrate the merger.

He said, “The ANPP has disowned the man. It is part of the antics to distract us from what we are doing. The ANPP says they don’t know him; he is an agent being used by the PDP to derail the process.

“The name APC did not even come from the ACN. If I can remember very well, it was the ANPP that even came with the name not us, what is his grouse? What has INEC got to do with this? I think he is just one who is seeking attention. We told Nigerians a few days ago that the Presidency will do everything to derail the merger; this is one of it.”

The CPC said the whole affair was part of the same script which showed the level of desperation of opponents of the merger.

“Their plan failed. It is not surprising that the PDP is making another failed attempt at scuttling the merger by using a political neophyte who is unaware of the legitimacy in our political system. Such is the confusion of the PDP company,” its National Publicity Secretary, Rotimi Fashakin, said.

When contacted, INEC Director of Information, Mr. Emmanuel Umenger, said he was in a meeting and as such unavailable for comments.

Link: A fresh crisis may soon rock the All Progressives Congress as a splinter group in the All Nigeria Peoples Party is seeking a halt to the merger and registration of the APC.

The ANPP is one of the three main opposition parties spearheading the formation of APC to defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 elections. The others are the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Congress for Progressive Change.

Until last week, the ownership of the acronym, APC, had been a subject of controversy between the All Progressives Congress, the African Peoples Congress and the All Patriotic Citizens.

The All Patriotic Citizens dropped its name, while the Independent National Electoral Commission declined to register the African Peoples Congress which hitherto insisted on its name and the acronym.

The opposition parties had separately and collectively accused the PDP of sponsoring those behind the parties contending the APC acronym.

In calling for an end to ANPP’s involvement in the merger, the splinter group alleged that all the parties to the arrangement were not being treated equally.

The group, in a letter addressed to the ANPP National Chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, therefore gave the party’s leadership three weeks to pull out of the merger to avoid committing political suicide.

The letter dated April 2 and signed by the convener of the group and the Usuma ward Chairman of the ANPP, in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, Mallam Isa Bala, was copied to INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. It is entilted, “MERGER/APC CRISIS: HOW WE HAVE BEEN FOOLED & DECEIVED BY BOLA TINUBU/ACN PARTY (THE SECRET TINUBU IS HIDING FROM US (MERGING PARTNERS).”

In the letter, the group alleged that the All progressives Congress was the brainchild of a former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, who had in 2006 formed a political group with the acronym, APC.

According to it , the same APC, which was registered in January 2006 transformed to the ACN in August 2006 under Tinubu’s leadership .

It argued that the same people who sponsored the “failed” APC were insisting on the acronym just to expand their political empire.

A copy of the letter which was obtained by The PUNCH in Abuja reads in part, “The merger could have also provided a strong two -party system in Nigeria which will produce a virile opposition as it is obtained in advanced democracies of the world.

“The gains of the merger cannot be over-emphasised as the generality of Nigerians had anxiously waited for its realisation.

“However, to our utter bewilderment, we have discovered the unholy, inordinate, ulterior motive of a few insatiable political gluttons, who are largely obsessed with the self-driven interest of expanding their political empire to the detriment of the greater majority of Nigerians.

“We the members of ANPP Concerned Stakeholders, therefore, call upon our national leadership to henceforth suspend involvement in the merger process until this and other questions are answered.

“It has become obvious that the merger partners are not treated as equal entities in the merger project, rather it is being dominated by the Bola Tinubu- led ACN.

“The interest of our great party is evidently, not adequately protected, in the present merging arrangement. Therefore, our party cannot surrender its identity that all our founding fathers have laboured for, to satisfy the interest of an individual.

“Consequently, we give our national leadership three weeks to suspend their involvement in the merger if this anomaly is not corrected. We also urge our national leadership to start discussing the possibility of forming alliance with the Congress for Progressive Change and other political parties on basis of mutual respect and equality for one another in the 2015 general elections .

“On this note, we encourage the CPC led by General (Muhammadu) Buhari to also review its stance and stake in the merger arrangement, as it is a hoax that can yield no political or democratic dividend.

“As earlier advocated, an alliance with CPC and other political parties where Gen. Buhari, a time-tested leader is presented as a presidential candidate, will garner an overwhelming acceptance from Nigerians.”

But the National Publicity Secretary of the ANPP, Chief Emma Eneuku, dismissed members of the group as impostors who were being used to distract the merger.

He said, “He (Bala) is not a member of our party. He is just one of those people they are using to distract what we are doing. A member of my party cannot just write INEC, we have a NEC (National Executive Committee) meeting on the 11th of this month, where everybody will come. Anyone who does not like what we are doing can approach the party. When somebody is working like this, you know he is not working for our party.”

Also, the National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, recalled that Nigerians had been previously informed that the PDP would stop at nothing to frustrate the merger.

He said, “The ANPP has disowned the man. It is part of the antics to distract us from what we are doing. The ANPP says they don’t know him; he is an agent being used by the PDP to derail the process.

“The name APC did not even come from the ACN. If I can remember very well, it was the ANPP that even came with the name not us, what is his grouse? What has INEC got to do with this? I think he is just one who is seeking attention. We told Nigerians a few days ago that the Presidency will do everything to derail the merger; this is one of it.”

The CPC said the whole affair was part of the same script which showed the level of desperation of opponents of the merger.

“Their plan failed. It is not surprising that the PDP is making another failed attempt at scuttling the merger by using a political neophyte who is unaware of the legitimacy in our political system. Such is the confusion of the PDP company,” its National Publicity Secretary, Rotimi Fashakin, said.

When contacted, INEC Director of Information, Mr. Emmanuel Umenger, said he was in a meeting and as such unavailable for comments.

http://www.punchng.com/news/merger-fresh-crisis-looms-in-apc/

I thought I once read a line like ''.......I can't grant amnesty to faceless terrorists.....'' This dude has really lost it big time. Wanna use this to gain some political points? Nigeria is surely on the verge of collapse!!!