With a few days to Nigeria’s presidential
polls, an online news agency, Empowered
Newswire, is reporting that the Federal
Government may be on the cusp of
announcing the release of 219 Chibok
schoolgirls abducted April 14, 2014 in a
final dramatic push to sway voters to
support incumbent President Goodluck
Jonathan. The newswire service reported that its sources in
Abuja disclosed that the surprise rescue of the
schoolgirls, whose abduction a year ago sparked
global outrage, “is meant to swing the
electioneering tide of things in favor of PDP’s
presidential candidate and incumbent President
Goodluck Jonathan who faces a stiff opposition
in Saturday’s election against his APC contender,
General Muhammadu Buhari.” Newswire stated
that the “pre-arranged” release of the kidnapped
schoolgirls was seen as a winner.
Empowered Newswire stated that the Jonathan
administration and PDP had been considering a
variety of strategies to ensure that Mr. Jonathan
is reelected, or at least to thwart the electoral
triumph of Mr. Buhari. According to the site, one
option the president and his party have
considered is “the idea of an Interim National
Government.”
Citing sources close to the military, Newswire
reported that “there is a buzz in military circles
that sometimes during the week, the military
may announce the release of the girls.”
The newswire added that the leaders of the
BringBackOurGirls campaign were aware of the
development “as they confirm[ed] that words
have been sent to the parents of the girls located
in Borno, Kano and Kaduna states that they
should be prepared to identify their children and
wards sometimes this week. It is in fact believed
that the parents might be asked to report in
Abuja to facilitate the identification of the girls.”
According to Empowered newswire, some of the
leaders of the movement for the girls’ rescue
said they would rejoice if the girls return, but
added that such suspicious timing of the girls’
release would indicate “the wickedness of our
government.”
The news service quoted some political observers
as questioning the government’s reported plan
to use the fate of the girls for political
advantage.
“The argument is that if the release of the girls
is being planned that might suggest foul play
somewhere,” stated the website, adding that its
US sources were skeptical about the speculated
plan.
Even so, Newswire quoted a BringBackOurGirls
official as declaring that, if the government
planned to announce the release of the girls in
order to bolster the president’s electoral
prospects, “that would amount to… the worst
form of aggrandizement. And it is God Himself
that will punish such wickedness on the part of
some of our government officials.”
The website added that there were also
unconfirmed claims that the Federal Government
would announce a salary increase sometime this
week as another measure to build a political
momentum for the PDP in the presidential and
national polls. Newswire noted that several
Federal Government agencies were already
behind in the payment of workers’ salaries.
Newswire reported that President Jonathan’s
threat late last week to arrest those talking
about an interim government seemed to put the
final lid on that idea. It noted the president’s
spokesman, Reuben Abati, had mentioned the
idea in a public statement where he claimed that
former President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to
be the head of an interim government.
Newswire reported that President Jonathan, the
PDP and their political allies were “yet to
perceive a water-tight strategy to win Saturday’s
election regardless of some of the public show of
bravery.” It added: “Besides, even the party
Chairman last week ruled out a landslide, in
what observers say is a revelation of real fears
and worry within the ruling party circles and Aso
Rock.”
In the report, Empowered Newswire linked last
week’s violent protests in Lagos by the Odua
Peoples Congress (OPC) demanding the removal
of Attahiru Jega, the chairman of Nigeria’s
electoral commission, as “indicative of the fact
that PDP is still very unsure how the elections
would end up on Saturday. It is believed that
PDP and friends of the president are behind
those OPC protests in Lagos where the
protesters were displaying different weapons.”
Newswire reported that international sources
were confident that Mr. Jonathan would respect
the results of the election, adding, however,
“many hawks around the president have been
identified as those responsible for developing
ideas on how to ensure a decent way to rig the
election or just prevent Buhari from becoming
president.”

source http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/24/pdp-fine-tunes-strategy-win-polls-fg-may-soon-announce-rescue-chibok-girls-empowered

Good news

Awon PDP, Awon smelo

Mtcheew

Arranged or not, can we just have the girls released? Can't you guys just leave out politics think about the pain of the loss.

if that happens then I will HV no doubt DAT PDP is behind everything

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jamex93:
if that happens then I will HV no doubt DAT PDP is behind everything

PDP is reading this post please. don't make dem change their mind please. make we see the girls first

Xavier9ja:
PDP is reading this post please. don't make dem change their mind please. make we see the girls first

lolx...OK make we see dem first

jamex93:


lolx...OK make we see dem first

jamex93:


lolx...OK make we see dem first