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The 2023 election is not just like the usual elections; it is a referendum to decide whether we want greatness or continuous destruction. It is a choice between two paths: the path of unity and progress or the path of division and backwardness.
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Our economic growth and development agenda seeks primarily to stimulate the growth of the economy. It envisions an economy that is modern, dynamic, and competitive, capable of taking its rightful place among the top 20 economies of the world. #AtikuOkowa2023
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SUPPORT GROUP PLEDGE’S SUPPORT FOR ATIKU ABUBAKAR.
The Amalgamation National Coordinators of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku/Okowa of Volunteer Support Groups paid a courtesy call to the Director of Support Group Dr Baraka Sani at her office today.
Leader of the group, Alhaji Nurudeen Idris gave the welcoming address pledging their unflinching support for her office as the race for 2023 elections picks up. “Our Vision, is to secure victory for Atiku Abubakar and all other PDP candidates “ . They promise to galvanize and mobilizes fifteen million votes for the presidential elections across all the wards in the 774 local government council in Nigeria.
The Amalgamated National Coordinators of PDP and Atiku/Okowa are working audaciously to ensure that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is butted out of power come 2023.
One of the coordinator Hajia Alkhari Lawal commended Dr Baraka Sani said the group is counting on her ability to carry every group along as women have a role to play in politics while commending the verification process undertaken by the directorate of support group.
Director of Support group highlighting line up of programme earmarked for the directorate some of the program included Village Caravan, Street Vendor and Town Hall meeting among others .
Atiku Abubakar has a reward system put in place she said.

Atiku Abubakar understands the youths, throughout his career Atiku has always created an enabling environment for the youth to grow and strive.
He believes in the Nigeria youth.

ATIKU YOUTH WING PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 12, 2022

IYD 2022: “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages”


The theme for this year's International Youth Day (IYD) 2022 couldn't have been more succinct, especially at this time in Nigeria where the clamour for change and inclusivity echoes across all strata of the Nigerian populace.

Also, it is an obvious reality that the issue of ageism and intergenerational conflicts has become a major and hard to ignore phenomenon. Thus, it is pertinent that rather than fold our hands and watch as the gulf widens, we should rather begin to see how we can address these issues and make the most of it for the growth and upliftment of all Nigerians.

The ATIKU YOUTH WING marks this year's International Youth day by calling on all and sundry to synergize both human and material resources towards delivering a change in governance and systemic administration which will catapult our nation Nigeria back to her pride of place in not just Africa, but the world at large.

Through the aspiration of our principal, His Excellency Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, we are reminded of the symbiosis that is very important between generations as we have never had a candidate of his generation whose aspiration is solely based on tapping the energetic and youthful human resource of the younger generation and personally sees to the mentoring and preparation of the youth population towards effective leadership and governance of the nation.

His promise of a 40% youth inclusion in all aspect of governance and decision making has been proven to not just be a Trojan promise, but a promise well built into concrete plans and proposed initiatives to ensure a 100% delivery. This goes further to prove that an Atiku Abubakar presidency will not just play lip service to the issues of youth inclusion, growth and advancement, it will make it a reality rather than a farce as we have hitherto had it with current and previous administrations.

Indeed, the agitation for a more youthful presidency and governance is very germane to the healthy and developmental well being of Nigeria given the present realities. However, a synergy between the older, yet competent and sharp minded generation as represented by Atiku Abubakar is a very much needed course to embark in order to actualize the vision of a youthful presidency and youth centric economic and social policies.

The ATIKU YOUTH WING calls on all well meaning Nigerians today, to think more on collaboration and solidarity amongst generations towards a Unified, Secure and Prosperous Nigeria by entrenching systems and policies that not only listen to young people, but also integrate and put mechanisms in place to ensure their full involvement in the decision making for the growth and advancement of our dear country Nigeria.

Also, we urge that systems be put in place that ensure social protection and opportunities for the older generation which enable them give back to our society through their long accumulated wealth of experience in nation building.

The world and our country Nigeria is currently faced with myriads of socioeconomic challenges, at this point in our existence; both as young and old, all hands need to work together and map out a path towards overcoming these daunting challenges and put us on a course of socioeconomic revitalization. We cannot afford to leave anyone behind at this time. We must all work together across generational barriers to achieve a world that is JUST, EQUITABLE and INCLUSIVE for all.

Happy International Youth Day 2022!

Hon. Kalgo Idris Ibrahim
National Team Lead

Hon. Rowland Odih
National Secretary

Atiku Youth Wing
(Wings of The Unifier)

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If his truly corrupt and did all that has been posted then what is Efcc waiting for. You say Gov Bala is corrupted and still you lack all nessary backing to your calm. Gov Bala has zero I repeat zero tolerance for corruption and corrupt individual

madness everywhere is either this Government rigs the election to get into power or drag your mandate with you in court where they have already set their bull Dogs in place or use the media to carry out fake news, Gov Bala Mohammed if we can all recall was onces FCT Minister during his reign as the minister, abuja experienced great development . this mind set he has carried with him to Bauchi to set the peopele free from political slavery.

Gov Bala Mohammed is a man of high integrity and responsibility, he has no tolerance toward corruption and will not by any means be intimidated by any media house or group,

if we can remember during Goodluck Reign Sahara media was used to blackmail and press out fake information against the good will of his excellency Goodluck Jonathan. up until this day they is still no findings to most of the allegation being carried out

we strongly stand with the people Governor at this time, and we call on the the ruling party to stop this witch hunt

madness everywhere is either this Government rigs the election to get into power or drag your mandate with you in court where they have already set their bull Dogs in place or use the media to carry out fake news, Gov Bala Mohammed if we can all recall was onces FCT Minister during his reign as the minister, abuja experienced great development . this mind set he has carried with him to Bauchi to set the peopele free from political slavery.

Gov Bala Mohammed is a man of high integrity and responsibility, he has no tolerance toward corruption and will not by any means be intimidated by any media house or group,

if we can remember during Goodluck Reign Sahara media was used to blackmail and press out fake information against the good will of his excellency Goodluck Jonathan. up until this day they is still no findings to most of the allegation being carried out

we strongly stand with the people Governor at this time, and we call on the the ruling party to stop this witch hunt

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Ososo Carnival is a cultural event which is held annually to showcase the cultural heritage, traditions and tourism potentials of Ososo in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State. The 2019 edition of the Carnival which has as its theme, "AFEKHAFE' is a complete package of liesure events which includes street dance, arena based performances, beauty pageant [male & female], mountaineering, musical concert, bonfire, arts and fashion exhibition, visual creativity and sporting activities. These events are reminiscent of the rich culture, vast tourism potentials, hospitality and peace loving nature of the people of Ososo. Since the first edition of the cultural fiesta in 2011, Ososo community has continued to witness massive influx of visitors including indegenes in the diaspora as well as other parts of Nigeria during the yuletide season. The 2019 edition of Ososo Carnival will be a marvelous explosion of culture, colour, music and revelry. Ososo Carnival, the greatest harmattan festival will take place from December 27 -30, 2019. More details to come!

Nigerians must know this!

The legal counsel of H.E Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu SAN has proven beyond reasonable doubt, with facts as evidence at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that Atiku’s votes were deflated in many states across the north. These are the 11 focal states where APC and INEC inflated votes in favor of PMB.

This was done in collaboration with INEC and allegedly the Nigerian military under the leadership of COAS Burutai. You all saw what happened in Rivers state during the Gubernatorial election, how the so much respected military men collaborated with Amaechi/APC & invaded virtually all collation centers to rig the election at all cost for AAC against Governor Wike

*Katsina * Kaduna * Kano *Jigawa *Kebbi *Zamfara
*Gombe * Bauchi * Borno *Yobe *Niger

INEC lawyers failed woefully to address Atiku’s allegation of inflated votes in those focal states. They also abandoned their case and failed to call witnesses.

The presidential election petition tribunal is bound by law to deflate PMB votes and add them up to H.E Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or outrightly cancel them, which will still give Atiku Abubakar victory with over 222,000 votes.

Nigerians will continue to commend the legal effort so far on this case by H.E Alhaji Atiku Abubukar, and Peter Obi, the presidential candidates of the People Democratic Party (PDP), for always exhibiting professionalism and regard for rule of law as enshrined to ascertain justice.

#JusticeForAtiku #JusticeForNigerians #GiveUsOurMandate

[left]Nigerians must know this!

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, led by justice Garba Mohammed must be very much aware that elections is not just an event but a whole process, as it is the duty of INEC to verify certificate, and also ensure that the system of voting must be simple, accurate, accountable and be secured without manipulations.

It is also the duties of INEC to make sure that numbers add up the same with their server transmission even though they denied it.

INEC yearned on media, for a certain kind of election, and provisions was made available.After the election the stories of no server came up, Server shutdown, Server hacking, blah blah blah are not just right in the out come of the 2019 presidential election.

Nevertheless, whether the 2019 presidential election was conducted within the principle guidelines, laid down would be the watchdog of the tribunal in this legal battle. Whether there was irregularities during the conduct of the general election and their impact on the integrity of our election should be thoroughly check by the tribunal .

Two years ago, INEC announced to the entire world on media platforms, their plans to deploy E-transmission & E-collation of polling unit results in other to enhance the credibility of the forthcoming 2019 election.

The original plan by INEC was to allow political party agents have viewing access to the front end of INEC computer application at the various state collation centers but after noticing that Buhari had lost, INEC did a detour by dumping the earlier plan

Their servers were deliberately short-down, preventing agents of political parties from viewing, authenticating and re-confirming the soft copy result with the hard copy result.

The INEC chairman must have tried his best to dump the result but it was too late, a brave anonymous staff of INEC uploaded the result of the 2019 Presidential election to the server.

In fact this is the summary of how Nigerians actually voted in the 2019 presidential election as extracted from the INEC server which they alleged was shutdown:

SOUTH/WEST
3.3 million voted for Buhari (53%)
3.02 million voted for Atiku (47%)
Buhari won the s/west with a winning margin of 298,000

SOUTH/EAST
1.51 million voted for Buhari (33%)
3.23 million voted for Atiku (67%)
Atiku won the south/east with a winning margin of 1.722 million

SOUTH/SOUTH
1.22 million voted for Buhari (29%)
2.94 million voted for Atiku (71%)
Atiku won the s/south with a winning margin of 1.7 million

NORTH CENTRAL
2.34 million voted for Buhari (44%)
2.99 million voted for Atiku (56%)
Atiku won the n/central with a winning margin of 650,000

NORTH EAST
2.62 million voted for Buhari (51%)
2.55 million voted for Atiku (49%)
Buhari won the n/east with a winning margin of 70,000

NORTH WEST
5.72 million voted for Buhari (61%)
3.69 million voted for Atiku (39%)
Buhari won the n/west with a winning margin of 2.03 million

Therefore the overall result collected into the INEC Server of which they denied
*9.41 million voted in the N/west
*5.17 million voted in the N/east
*5.33 million voted in the N/central
*6.32 million voted in the S/west
*4.74 million voted in the S/east
*4.16 million voted in the S/south
(Rivers state was excluded)

15.22 million voted in the South
19.91 million voted in the North

Atiku won in the south with a margin of 3.2 million.

Buhari won in the North with a margin of 1.45 million

The winning margin for Atiku would have been more, if votes from Rivers state was available on time as recorded on the INEC server.

TOTAL RESULT
Total accreditation = 37.6 million

Total voided votes = 1.23 million

Total votes cast = 36.4 million

WINNER/ATIKU = 18.35 million

SECOND/BUHARI = 16.7 million

Other candidates = 1.3 million votes
(Rivers state is excluded)

Never the less Nigerians are hopeful because Atiku is coming.

#JusticeForAtiku #JusticeForNigeria #GiveUsOurMandate[/

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has, in what he described as a warning to both President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, said that there would be no room for rigging on February 16th especially as he said that the world is watching the developments in the country.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, in response to the Federal Government’s reaction to the US, UK and EU over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, the former Vice President warned that anyone planning to rig the 2019 election may as well be toying with the very foundation of the nation’s democracy.

According to the statement, “Buhari’s cabal is unhappy with the statements from the US, the British and the EU because they know that these world powers have agreed to re-route their latest and most technologically sophisticated spy satellites, including the NAOL-47 satellite, to provide comprehensive coverage over Nigeria on February 16. The photographs which these satellites will deliver can not only show someone reading a newspaper but also which newspaper they are reading.”
He said “the Federal Government had in statement through Garba Shehu stated that, ‘the nation’s security forces will confront any attempt to interfere with the process by elements from outside the country.’”

The PDP candidate expressed concerns over what he described as “the desperation of the APC to rig the forthcoming elections.”
He however, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the military and the police not to allow themselves to be used by those he said are interested in turning Nigeria’s democracy on its head.

According to him, “The truth is that, there is no country in the world where a president with this appalling record could ever be re-elected. Over 100 million Nigerians cannot afford even one decent meal a day, yet their president is seeking re-election.

“The world powers, as well as Nigerians, also have intelligence that Buhari will decisively lose the elections since the people are angry because they are hungry and have no jobs.
“There is no level of rigging that this vile government could ever do to overturn the millions of Nigerians who will turn up at the polls to vote him out.

“We ask our dearest young population who got a job under Buhari in the last four (4)years, to vote for Buhari. But all those who lost their jobs and whose relations lost their jobs and businesses to his maladministration should please come out in large numbers to elect Atiku Abubabar who is a harbinger of job creation,” the statement said.

Spokesman Atiku , Segun Showunmi Addressing the people of Abeokuta south

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No true compatriot can afford to feel indifferent about the details in Amnesty International’s latest report titled: ‘‘Harvest of Death: Three years of bloody clashes between herders and farmers’’ and the way it reflects on the very poor quality of government leadership in Nigeria at the moment.

The report catalogued that more than 3,600 people have been killed since 2016, with 310 attacks recorded between January 2016 and October 2018 - 57 per cent of which took place in 2018 alone.

It is regrettable that on a day when Amnesty International Nigeria launched its ponderous report and at a period when many Nigerians have deep concerns about how to support and motivate our gallant security personnel to do more, a military parade was being done – in the way of blundering dictators – to mark a birthday at Aso Rock!

The Amnesty International report shows the human cost of the cycle of violence between herders and farmers in parts of Nigeria affected by the clashes which resulted in alarming death tolls, depressing displacement of thousands of Nigerians and the very sad but total disruption of livelihoods for too many men, women and innocent children.

Flipping through the report, any discerning human being easily feels depressingly impacted by the gory experiences of too many struggling Nigerians in various parts of the country.

It is extremely unbelievable that such violence can easily proliferate in a nation with a government, especially one that hoodwinked Nigerians into believing it came with a mission of 'change', bandying the word ‘security’ as a fundamental goal it aimed to achieve immediately.

Rather than make further lamentations, it is time for all men and women of goodwill to frankly assert that Nigerians will not follow them to the "Next Level" of official insensitivity and tactlessness that has facilitated the loss of too many lives, often without even mere acknowledgement from those in power today.







Indeed, under this administration, lives are wantonly lost in homes, forests and highways in ways that make even those in war-torn countries to shudder with fear but still, this government of lies and propaganda continues to point accusing fingers at everyone but itself, at a time attributing horrendous crimes to late Libyan leader, Moammer Ghadaffi.

Nigeria under HE Atiku Abubakar will look at the reports of Amnesty international with a view to ascertaining the facts, getting the root of all infractions and putting in place, safeguards to prevent future occurrences.

We will overhaul our entire policing and security architecture to reflect present and future challenges as well as ensure massive interface with our communities with a view to having a governance structure that works for all under our restructuring agenda.

We mourn our lost compatriots as we call for peace and progress for Nigeria.

His Excellency Atiku Abubakar and The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party said on Friday night that he was keenly looking forward to next month's presidential debate, moments after watching the vice-presidential debate in Abuja.
H.E Abubakar expressed satisfaction with the showing of his running mate, Peter Obi, at the vice-presidential debate at Transcorp Hilton Hotels.
"I watched with pride as Peter Obi laid out our vision to get Nigeria working again," H.E Abubakar said on Twitter, adding that he cannot "wait for the presidential debate."

Mr Obi sparred with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and three other running mates in the five-person debate last night, focused mainly on the economy for about two and a half hours. Mr Obi was widely praised for demonstrating a good grasp of statistics, and Mr Osinbajo received commendations for his ability to focus on what his government had done as against what the PDP did in its 16 years in power from 1999 to 2015.

Although the debate organizers said last week they expected President Muhammadu Buhari to participate at the presidential debate on January 19, there has been no commitment from the president. President Muhammadu Buhari (All Progressives Congress), Oby Ezekwesili (Allied Congress Party of Nigeria) Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party), Kingsley Moghalu (Young Progressives Party), Fela Durotoye (Alliance for New Nigeria)

It was gathered on Friday night that the organizers have not received indications that Mr. Buhari would take part in the debate, but said H.E Abubakar's public utterances have given them confidence that the main opposition candidate would be available
President Buhari did not honour invitations to debate while running as the main opposition candidate of the All Progressives Congress in 2015.
Concerns that president Buhari would shun debate again this cycle prompted some PDP supporters on social media to have Mr Obi boycott last night's debate. They argued that President Buhari is trying to ride on the energy of Mr Osinbajo, rather than present himself for a similar debate as the most consequential person on the ticket.

In February 2019, Nigerians will vote their next leader in the sixth presidential elections since the end of the military rule in 1999. The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress is running for a second term. His main competitor is former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People's Democratic Party.

Which of them is best-placed to lead Africa's biggest economy?

In a recent Interview with Hasan Mehdi on “Up Front” Aljazeera, the spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Mr. Segun Showunmi elucidated on how Atiku Abubakar will run an all-inclusive government create jobs and fight terrorism.

When asked about how Atiku Abubakar will defeat Boko Haram, he said “The first thing I want to say is that Boko Haram existed in the North Eastern region before Muhammadu Buhari became president”.
“Right now, Boko Haram and criminal activities and violence have spread to almost every part of the country; what you have seen is that because the current government’s mishandling and lack of understanding that there is a policing aspect to managing terrorism and there is a military aspect to it also”.

“For your information, Atiku spent the first 20 years of work life as a custom officer that gave him the opportunity to know how to manage the borders, to stabilize the borders and be able to reduce the inflow of criminal element and also to prevent small and light arms from coming in”.
“Over and above that, he is going to be running an inclusive country”.

When asked why Buhari travelled overseas for medical treatment without informing the Nigerian people what that treatment was for, the Buhari Presidential campaign spokesman, Festus Keyamo, says there is "no political templates and booklets" that require Buhari to disclose his medical records.

While asking the spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign same question, he said “We challenge them and if they agree and let us bring ourselves before a medical board, we will make public the totality of the state of the wellness of my candidate”

In another question, Mehdi pointed out that President Buhari has been to the United Kingdom several times for unspecified medical treatment, despite claiming during the campaign that he would end 'medical tourism' for government officials when treatment was available in Nigeria.

Keyamo said "In matters of health, you have to rebuild infrastructure. Because health is number one," "And you don't expect people to die, not only him [Buhari], any other person at all in a state of health that may be terminal."

Atiku Abubakar's spokesman Segun Showunmi was however pressed about the $40mn sent to the United States via offshore wire transfers. Showunmi says the money was an attempt "to fund an American University in Yola." "It was investigated. It was clearly shown not to be of crime," he continued. "We must be careful that we do not take small queries to mean grand larceny or grand indictment."

WATCH: Exclusive Interview On Al Jazeera With Hasan Mehdi
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Spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organization, Segun Showunmi has announced his intentions to contest for the Abeokuta South Federal Constituency Seat in the House of Representatives in 2019.


In a statement on his Social Media page, Segun Showunmi wrote;
“Dear Friends I cannot continue to sit on the fringes nudging them in the right directions, agonising at the dismal level of their performance, wondering if this is the best that nature will allow for our country Nigeria”.

“I have therefore presented myself, your friend and colleague, Segun Showunmi for House of Representatives of Abeokuta South Federal Constituency in the 2019 elections.under the PDP. Please support me”.

“Previously i always thought that the challenge in our nations strive for greatness was the executive, i have become persuaded that indeed in a democracy the legislators have a larger share of the duty to focus the nation in the right direction, for if our legislators played less politics perhaps we can experience a better oversight activities that will berth the Nigeria of our dream. Sincerely Set to Serve“.

Spokesman of Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP House of Representatives Candidate for Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, Hon Segun Showunmi has promised the Okada Riders a better welfarism and empowerment if elected as the Member House of Representatives in the forthcoming 2019 election.


Showunmi said this while attending to questions from the Association of Okada Riders AKMODE TRANSPORT NIGERIA LIMITED during a visit to their Secretariat situated at Ago ijesha, Abeokuta South Local Government.

He also restated commitment towards making their life becomes meaningful and have their own business to feed their families if elected to represent them at the house of representative.

He urged them to protect themselves as well as their votes in a way they will benefit from the Government.

The Okada Riders pledged their maximum support for his victory in the 2019 polls while urging him to pay them back when he get to the House of Representatives Chamber, Abuja.

Segun Showunmi, spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organization, says the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will restructure the country within one year, if elected.

Showunmi said this while speaking on a programme on Arise Television.
He said Nigerians would have seen practical restructured activities that government would have embarked on within one year.
Showunmi added that the Nigerian constitution was not created to be an obstacle to development and that the citizens can determine what they need to change that can give them the desired growth.

“The first thing Atiku is going to do once he sets up his government, which will take six months, is that he’s going to set up a special committee that will look at all of the reports, 1995, 2005, 2014, harmonize them, and get what is the commonalities so that we can know what is consistently being demanded, pull out all the harmonized stuff, looking at all the things Nigerians have been clamoring for, which of those things can be signed by an executive order, maybe things that are on the concurrent list,” he said.

“Then, he will look at the ones that require him to work with the legislature and stakeholders in the country, and say look Nigerians, our constitution was not created to be an obstacle to development. We have the power, as Nigerians, to determine what we need to change that can give us the growth we need, giving that he’s very good at building consensus and pulling people together.
“But one thing you can be sure of is that, within 6 to 8 months, maximum of one year, Nigerians would have seen practical restructured activities that government would have embarked on.

“You know why? It’s because you are going to have in the office of the president an Atiku Abubakar, not someone who is paying lip service to restructuring, somebody who has been standing on restructuring for such a long time, who has written on restructuring and who has advocated for restructuring?”

On whether Atiku will spend one term as he promised, Showunmi said, “When we get to that bridge, we will certainly cross it. But what I will say to you is this. Atiku Abubakar keeps his words and his obligations. What he says or signs up to, you can be rest assured that he will do it. He’s not a flippant fellow and he doesn’t play to the gallery.”

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, will bring grace and dignity to any assignment he is given.

Obasanjo said this on Saturday during the turning of Abubakar as the seventh Waziri Adamawa by His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Muhammadu Aliyu Barkindo Mustapha, the Lamido of Adamawa. He said: “When we were in Abuja and dealing with the affairs of governance, you did not take lightly cultural affairs back home.

“By every standard, you are a cultured and a cultural person.
“Whatever responsibility you have at the national and international level, I know you will carry this new office with respect and dignity.”

Abubakar vowed to ensure the relevance of traditional institutions in the country by promoting their values and principles to the rest of the world. He said he would not relent in promoting and advancing the cause and principles of Adamawa Emirate and traditional institutions in general in the country.

Referring to Obasanjo as his boss, the former vice president thanked him his contributions to his mentoring. He added: “Your royal highness has now given me the highest honour available to anyone from a modest background and achievement.“The late Lamido, HRH Aliyu Mustapha, may his soul rest in peace, appointed me Turakin Adamawa at the age of 35, making me a confidant and council member of the emirate.

“As his successor, you have accorded me the second highest position, which I am receiving with profound humility with my turbaning as Wazirin.”
Mustapha said Abubakar was honoured because of his contributions to the development of Nigeria in general and Adamawa State in particular.

He said: “Atiku has also contributed greatly to unifying the people of Adamawa and providing useful advice to the emirate.
“The position of Wazirin, which is the highest in the council, puts him in charge of administration of the emirate and is given to people who are educated, honest and God fearing.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, to seek his understanding over the choice of Mr Peter Obi as his running mate.

On the entourage of Atiku were the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, who is also the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki;

National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus; and the National Organizing Secretary of the party, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd.).
It was learnt that the visit was meant to appease Ekweremadu, who had hoped that he would be the natural choice for the position.

It was gathered that the visitors asked for Ekweremadu’s support and explained to him that Obi was picked in the interest of the zone in particular and the nation in general.

A source said, “He was told that Obi does not have any corruption case against him and that he does not belong to any faction of the party.
“He was also told that Obi’s emergence has further raised the acceptability level of the PDP across the country.”
Meanwhile, the party has scheduled its National Executive Committee meeting for Thursday in Abuja.

Our correspondent gathered that the meeting would approve the full composition of the council and also vet its budget for the campaigns.
Secondus confirmed the inauguration of the campaign council to our correspondent on the telephone.

“Yes, we are meeting on Thursday and the campaign will be inaugurated same day,” he said.

As a run up to the 2019 general election, a group under the aegis of “Women Arise Group” has lend its support to the presidency of H.E Atiku Abubakar and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Speaking at their programme held at the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization's office, the leader of the group, said the choice was made after due consultations and considerations regarding the issue of nation building, restructuring, revamping the economy and dealing with the ills of unemployment in the country, the group has decided to throw its weight behind H.E Atiku Abubakar.

The group was received by the Spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO), Mr. Segun Showunmi at his office on Monday. The Spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization, Mr. Segun Showunmi commended the group for their unrelenting support to ensuring the victory of H.E Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general election.

According to him, “Your support group is doubtlessly vibrant and committed to the anticipated actualization of the Presidential ambition of His Excellency, Atiku Abubabkar”. In his remark, Mr. Segun Showunmi made it clear that he is convinced now than ever that women will indeed play a vital role in ensuring we elect a government that will truly get Nigeria working again.

Former Vice President and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has been turbaned the 7th Waziri of Adamawa Emirate.
The position of Waziri makes the former Vice President next to the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo, in the emirate.

Notable among the dignitaries who attended the ceremony are two former Presidents of Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo. Former Vice President Namadi Sambo was also at the occasion.

President of the Senate and DG of Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council, Bukola Saraki was also present at the occasion along with his House of Representatives Counterpart Hon. Yakubu Dogara

The Lamido of Adamawa said Atiku was honoured with the title of Waziri because of his immense contributions to the development of Nigeria, particularly Adamawa State, where his impact was felt in various sectors.
“Atiku has also contributed greatly to unifying the people of Adamawa and providing useful advice to the emirate.

“The position of Waziri, which is the highest in the council puts him in charge of administration of the emirate and is given to people who are educated, honest and God fearing.
“It’s not hereditary and can go to anyone who deserves it.”

While urging the new Waziri to continue to carry everyone along and unite the people of Adamawa for more development, Barkindo urged all other traditional title holders to cooperate with the new Waziri.

The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was left disgraced earlier today November 22nd,2018 at a function in Abuja .



Amaechi was a panelist at the Osasu Show Symposium which held in Abuja and he was to speak on Transportation in Nigeria and also the Buhari-led government however, just when he wanted to give his speech, the crowd at the event shut him down


Obviously uninterested in whatever the politician had to say, the massive crowd began chanting ‘sit down, sit down”.

Upon realizing that they did not want to hear him speak after several attempts, he was forced to hand over the microphone as the crowd refused to stop.

Relief came the way of thousands of the inmates in notable orphanages and foster homes in Zaria, Katsina, Taraba, Kano and Kaduna States following the donation of food and essential items valued at over N5million by the Katsina Youths Voice (North East Youth Organization).


The Director General, Farida Kabir Murnai made the donation on thursday when she led a delegation of the management staff to the orphanages, Almajiri schools and hospitals.

Presenting the items, Farida said the gesture was to cushion the hardships being faced by the orphans and almajiris.

“We know you are not here in your own making; none of you is happy to be here. “words are are not enough to comfort and soothe your pains and loss, we decided to come and identify with you.

“Nothing we give here will be enough, but the little we came with, is just to support you,” she said.



Murnai urged the orphans and almajiris to continue to pray for return of total peace in areas affected by crisis in the country.

She further promised the orphan’s a better and more secured Nigeria when Atiku Abubakar wins in the 2019 general elections.

Farida called for the total support of Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy for the 2019 presidential election. She said Nigeria is currently at a crossroad with the incessant killings going on the north and the general insecurity coupled with the gripping poverty that have enveloped the entire nation. She said more than ever before every Nigerian must come together to deliver the country from the unpleasant situation she has found ourselves, saying that the only way to do this, is to support a credible candidate that has a general appeal to every zone in the country.

“Atiku Abubakar fits that choice perfectly well and every Nigerian must therefore endeavour to support his presidential ambition come 2019. Atiku Nigeria will work again and peace and prosperity will return to the country”, she said.



Responding, Danjuma Jada, coordinator of one of the orphanages in Zaria , commended the Organization and the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the gesture and reaching out to those in the camp.

He said that the Organization came at a crucial period, when food and other essential items are needed the most in the camp.



Various items, including cartons of noodles, bottled water, bags of garri, bags of rice, bags of sugar, bags of beans and diapers, amongst others were donated to the orphanages by the Organization as well as hospital bills cleared for the very poor in the communities.

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will kick-start his campaign for the 2019 election with a special address to the Nigerian people on Facebook at 12 noon on Monday, which will also mark the launch his policy document. In the address, the PDP flag bearer will present his vision for Nigeria and his action plan to achieve it as encapsulated in his policy document. The document will promptly be uploaded on his website (www.atiku.org), (www.atikuabubakar2019.org) (presidentatikuabubakar..com) and (letsgetnigeriaworkingagain..com) for all Nigerians to access at no cost, a statement by the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization revealed yesterday.

“The decision of Atiku Abubakar to kick-start his Presidential campaign with the launch of his policy document is to reiterate his commitment to run an issue based campaign. “The intention is to take our policy directly to Nigerians and to register the belief of Atiku that it will take the collective efforts of every Nigerian to rebuild the country. That is why we want Nigerians to access the policy directly and ultimately take ownership of it. “Our campaign offers a simple message: united, the people of Nigeria can begin anew, creating a prosperous and secure future and a better life for every Nigerian.

“On the first working day of the campaign, the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar will put forward his plan to get Nigeria working again.
“We have chosen to do this by having the PDP Presidential candidate speaking directly to the Nigerian people on Facebook. This medium came about as part of the telecommunications revolution that he helped start as Vice President in 1999-2007.

“We have also chosen to have our candidate speak online as it facilitates the ability for anyone to download a copy of his policy document at no cost, as we intend this to be the policy of every Nigerian,” the statement read in part.Atiku, the statement added, will focus on creating jobs, ensuring security, growing business, developing power and water infrastructure, agriculture and education and how we will empower women.
“Our policies outline the goals and methods for developing and revitalising Nigeria as the foundation of our campaign.

“This policy document is being launched to encourage a dialogue with the people of Nigeria, inviting everyone to join us in helping to get Nigeria working again.“The PDP presidential candidate looks forward to conducting vital discussions as he travels across the length and breadth of Nigeria, meeting and talking with stakeholders: farmers, small business people, workers, students, mothers, and children,” the statement continued.While acknowledging the long route to victory, the campaign organization said it was confident of its chances nonetheless at the polls.

The Katsina Youth Voice has charged Nigerians of all walks of life to support the party ‘s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general elections. The group which stated this in Katsina at the weekend said the former Vice President has sufficient experience to turn around the fortune of the nation bringing about a robust economy if elected.

Speaking to newsmen, Farida said PDP has in its fold candidates for various offices who are capable of bringing transformation across the nation if voted into power.

“We remember how the Obasanjo/Atiku administration engineered economic development, such as the GSM revolution, payment of debts etc.
Farida Kabir Murnai mobilizing women from all the wards in Zaria “We also remember that era witnessed unity as the Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo and minority tribes were fully integrated. “We urge Nigerians to eschew politics of bitterness as the campaign is set to commence. We declare to Nigerian’s that Atiku Abubakar represents peace,” she said.

The group called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration to work towards free, fair and credible elections, noting that when the PDP lost power in 2015, it conceded defeat contrary to the expectations in some quarters.

“PDP was magnanimous in defeat and is poised to continue the economic, social and political transformation truncated in the last three years,” she added. Speaking further, Farida noted that the Katsina Youth Voice have been mobilizing door to door in Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi, Kano and Sokoto states in readiness for campaign.

She said, the organization is embarking on a one million man March for Atiku in Katsina in the coming weeks. This she said will be done in collaboration with other support groups in Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi, Katsina and Kuduna States. “Preparations are already in top gear for the event which will feature women groups, youth groups and political stakeholders in the states,” she said.

Former Nigerian vice president and the presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar said he and his staff were intimidated “by Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS)” after arriving at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.“I arrived to Abuja this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and my staff,” Abubakar tweeted on Sunday afternoon.

Abubakar arrived Abuja airport at 1 am Nigerian time from vacation in Dubai.He, however, did not state which of the “agents of state” searched him and his staff.Abubakar, formerly a member of the ruling party, is the main challenger against President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria’s next general election holding in February.

His campaign to get Nigeria “working again” has resonated with a section of Nigerians who are disenchanted by Buhari’s handling of the economy and allegations of corruption against a few of his aides.Abubakar’s claim of intimidation will be seen by many in Africa’s most populous as an attempt by the government to cow him.The alleged intimidation came a few days after the ruling All Progressives Congress called for the probation of his strategy meeting organized with some of PDP leaders in Dubai.

“There is more to the meeting that meets the eye. Nigeria has enough meeting/conference rooms, many of which meet international standards,” the deputy spokesman of APC Yekini Nabena said.“It is therefore clear that the Dubai meeting was for other sinister political purposes ahead of the 2019 general elections.”

“Our intelligence, anti-graft and security agencies must be awake to its responsibility of investigating the Dubai meeting. Cash-and-carry politicians must be prevented from moving illicit cash around to induce voters and sponsor election violence and rigging.”
However, a former All Progressives Congress spokesman Timi Frank, who also confirmed the harassment of the presidential candidate in a statement on Sunday alleged that the search squad planned to plant “bags of foreign currencies and other implicating things” in Abubakar’s aircraft on arrival in Abuja.

He, however, warned President Muhammadu Buhari to desist from his act of “intimidation” against the PDP presidential candidate.
“Due to information at our disposal, what I have been saying is that the PDP presidential candidate is not safe under this administration because the Buhari’s administration is deploying all manners of devilish strategies to nail all the opposition leaders especially, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,” Frank said.

“We are using this medium to inform the international community to also take note of how Buhari administration is intimidating the opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who has served Nigeria as Vice President for eight years,” he added.
- November 11, 2018