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Five PDP members of the House of Representatives defects to APC.
They announced their
defection from the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to the All
Progressives Congress
(APC). The federal
lawmakers who
defected to the
opposition include;
Isiaka Mohammed,
Ibrahim El-sudi (Taraba), Adams
Jagaba (Kaduna) ,
Hambe Herman
(Benue) and Ahmed
Aisha Dahiru
(Adamawa). The House members’
defection is believed
not to be
unconnected with the
manner their hitherto
party’s primaries were conducted
which led
to their failure to
secure a return ticket. Previously, the
PDP
had 189 members as
against the 159 seats
occupied by the APC
members in the lower
chamber. With Tuesday’s defection,
PDP’s number has
now dropped to 184
while that of the APC
grows to 164. The
remaining 12 seats are in the kitty of
smaller parties. This loss of five
members by the
ruling party further
forecloses the
possibility of securing
the consent of 240 of the 360-man
chamber
needed to impeach
Speaker, Aminu
Tambuwal.

The Peoples Democratic Party and
the All Progressives congress will
definitely be at each other’s neck in
what promises to be a tight
electioneering year.
LEADERSHIP correspondents
explore the strengths and
weaknesses of candidates across
the geo-political regions of Nigeria
and below are their findings:
North East Region
BAUCHI
In Bauchi, the contest for the state’s
number one seat is between
Barrister Muhammed Abubakar , a
former attorney general and
commissioner for justice and Hon.
Muhammed Awwal Jatau, a serving
House of Representatives member.
Barrister Abubakar is the candidate
of the opposition APC, while Hon
Jato is the ruling PDP candidate,
propped up by Governor Yuguda as
the last minute ‘dark horse’.
Political analysts say that the battle
is, for now, too close to call because
the two opposing candidates have
their mutual strengths and
weaknesses, even though
unconfirmed rumours have it that
they both share a common
godfather in Governor Yuguda.
YOBE
The battle for the soul of
Government House Damaturu is
between the incumbent Governor
Ibrahim Gaidam of the ruling APC
and the PDP’s former minister of
police affairs, Alhaji Adamu Maina
Waziri.
The chances for Governor Gaidam
are brighter in the sense that he is
an incumbent and from the APC.
The APC metamorphosed from the
defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party
(ANPP) and is well rooted and a
household political party in the
state. Aside his incumbency factor
which would obviously play a
greater role in his expected victory,
Gaidam’s supporters say they are
feeling very comfortable with the
controversy rocking the emergence
of Adamu Waziri as the party’s flag
bearer, because the then ANPP had
always recorded victories against
him each time he got the party’s
ticket.
TARABA
Mr Darius Ishaku, a former minister
for Niger-Delta ministry, will be
slugging it out as PDP’s anointed
candidate with Senator Aisha
Jummai Alhassan, a female
candidate of the opposition APC.
Senator Alhassan, an astute
grassroots politician and respected
mobilizer got the APC ticket to be
the first woman that would ever
aspire to lead the state as governor.
Those who know her very well say
she has both the public goodwill
and the financial war-chest to
challenge the PDP incumbency to a
stand-still. In fact, her chance is
even brighter with the ongoing
internal crisis heralding the ruling
PDP, especially over the selection of
candidates to field various elective
offices.
Her undoing is that she may face
challenges of the people’s
reservation on making a female the
governor of a state in a northern
state like Taraba. She also may
have to contend with the issue of
religious politics that is deeply
rooted in Taraba – a state where
only the majority Christians have
ruled since its creation more than
two decades ago. But analys feel
that if she could key into the
ongoing discontent that is rocking
the PDP in the state, and play her
cards well, she could pull a surprise
to win the governorship.
For Darius Ishaku, his strength is
the backing of the Taraba
kingmaker and money bag, General
Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, who,
since the inception of the state, has
been credited for deciding who
becomes what politically in Taraba.
ADAMAWA
The race for the Dougirei
Government House Yola ahead of
the 2015 general elections promises
to be interesting as it a battle
between two giants, namely
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu who emerged
the standard flagbearer of the
Peoples Democratic Party and
Senator Muhammadu Umaru
Jibrilla Bindow, the candidate of the
APC.
The race will be a tug of war
between a party with the power of
incumbency at its beck and call and
an unassuming opposition political
party that seems set to capitalise
on some of the pitfalls of the ruling
party to wrest power from it.
The standard bearer of the PDP,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu a retired AIG
in the Nigeria Police and a lawyer,
who was the former anti corruption
czar is a man that has cut a niche
for himself especially when he
superintended the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) during Obasanjo’s era.
BORNO
In Borno State, incumbent Governor
Kashim Shettima, who emerged as
the sole candidate of the party will
be facing PDP’s candidate, Alhaji
Gambo Lawan, a one-time
chairman of Warri Refinery and
founding member of PDP in Borno
State.
Governor Shettima has two things
that may turn out to favour his
chance in the coming election –
sympathy from the citizenry who
appreciate his conduct and kind
disposition throughout the three
years of Boko Haram insurgency;
and his strong presence as an
incumbent. Shettima also has the
financial war-chest to prosecute his
continuation of stay in the
Government House, Maiduguri, in
spite the concerns that the federal
government might deploy its might
to fight him.
His increasing sense of generosity
to groups, individuals and
associations flocking around him
especially in recent time also
double his chances.
South East Region
ENUGU
The PDP Enugu State gubernatorial
primaries held on December 8,
2014, produced four candidates.
They are Senator Ayogu Eze, Hon.
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Dr. Samuel
Maduka Onyishi, and Prof. Onyeke
Onyeke.
Given the fact that Ugwuanyi had
prior to the primaries being
endorsed by the state chapter of the
party as well as the state
government, he is very likely to fly
the party’s flag in the state at the
end of the day.
He hails from Enugu north
senatorial district. The party had
earlier zoned the PDP gubernatorial
ticket to this senatorial district. The
other three contenders to the
governorship seat , also come from
the same senatorial zone.
Ugwuanyi’s strength stems from
the fact that he is being sponsored
by the incumbent government of
Sullivan Chime. Beyond that he is
said to be generous and his
acceptance cuts across the three
senatorial districts of the state. He
may likely win the next
governorship election if he finally
gets the nod of the party’s national
secretariat to fly the party’s flag.
He is, however, said to be weak in
firmness and there is ample fear
that some political stakeholders
may take advantage of his soft
disposition to cage him if elected
governor,
His opponent in the APC, Barrister
Okey Ezea hails from the same
Nsukka senatorial zone. He is a
shipping magnet and therefore has
the wherewithal to prosecute his
electioneering campaign. He has
strength of character and very
focused.
EBONYI
With the emergence of Ebonyi State
deputy governor and former
chairman of the PDP in the state,
Chief Dave Umahi, as the candidate
of the PDP and the election of the
pioneer speaker of Ebonyi State
House of Assembly and the senator
that represented Ebonyi Central
Senatorial zone, Chief Juluis Ali
Ucha, as the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress in the state,
the stage is now set for the all
expected battle of who occupies the
Ebonyi State government house and
drive the ship of the state for the
next 4 years. Some political
analysts have opined that the race
to the government house would not
be business as usual as the three
major contenders all come from the
different senatorial zones of the
state.
Aside Senator Ucha and Chief Dave
Umahi, business mogul and major
financier of the PDP before his
defection to the Labour Party with
the support of the state government
apparatus, Chief Edward Nkwegu is
another major contender to the
race. While Senator Ucha is from
the Ebonyi central zone, the same
zone with Governor Martin Elechi,
Chief Edward Nkwegu is from
Ebonyi north zone while Chief
Umahi is from Ebonyi south zone.
Nevertheless, the thinking is that
the ruling PDP at the federal level
might use unconventional means to
make Umahi governor. But if the
votes were to count, he might not
make it to the Government House.
On his part, Senator Ucha of the
APC is loved, adored and
worshipped by his people,
especially those from the Ezza
nation. His chances are very bright.
However, it would be a miracle if he
makes it to the Government House
through the APC – a party known to
be very obscure in the state.
IMO
Hon. Emeka Ihedioha is the PDP
governorship candidate in Imo
state. He hails from Owerri
senatorial zone which by the last
census figure has the highest
population when compared with the
remaining two senatorial zones –
Orlu and Okigwe.
Interestingly, his supporters cut
across the three senatorial zones,
and they are expected to vote
massively for him in the next
general election with his
empowerment of over 30 persons in
the state with appointments as
board chairmen of federal
government agencies.
The APC is not wholly accepted in
Imo State but Governor Okorocha is
a powerful force. The All
Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA), that would have challenged
PDP has a lot of litigations in court
over its leadership. This has been
so since the incumbent governor,
Rochas Okorocha defected from
APGA to APC.
South South Region
DELTA
With the emergence of Senator
Ifeanyi Okowa, a serving senator
representing Delta North senatorial
district as the flag bearer of the
PDP, after a fierce governorship
primaries held recently in Asaba, in
spite of high wired political gang up
and manoeuvres by the incumbent
governor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan
to change the tide against the
former secretary to the Delta state
government, he proved his mettle
as a political giant to defeat other
aspirants. In the 2006 governorship
primaries he was said to be
coasting home to victory but was
prevailed upon by Ibori’s political
forces to allow the present governor
(Uduaghan) to contest the
governorship then. Ibori and
Uduaghan are said to be cousins.
Unconfirmed reports have it that the
former governor of Delta State,
James Ibori, who is serving a jail
sentence over corruption charges in
a UK prison may have given
directives to his loyalists to work for
the emergence of Okowa.
For APC, and its candidate,
Olorogun Emerhor, it is going to be
a hard battle against the PDP’s
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, owing to a
combination of key factors.
But Olorogun is from the Urhobo, an
ethnic group which unarguably
controls the largest population in
Delta Central.
RIVERS
It was no surprise that the former
minister of Education, Chief
Nyesom Wike emerged as the
governorship candidate of the PDP
in Rivers state amid huge protest
from other contenders.
However, Amaechi’s defection has
dealt a fatal blow to the PDP in the
state, with many pitching tent with
the APC. Even alleged attempt, by
the presidency to impeach the
governor with the anti-Amaechi
lawmakers, failed. It remains a
herculean task for Wike to win the
Rivers governorship election in 2015
owing to the fact that he hails from
the same ethnic extraction with
Amaechi.
Peterside Dakuku is the
governorship candidate of the APC
in Rivers State and a trusted ally of
Amaechi. Dakuku’s emergence is
said to have been hailed by the
minority tribe who in the last 16
years have not had the opportunity
to produce a governor for the state.
South West
LAGOS
Lagos State politics over the years
is reputed for its eccentric nature,
especially now that the
governorship race which is hugely
between the candidate of the APC,
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and the
PDP’s candidate, Mr. Jimi , are both
fresh contestants for the position.
Ambode, apart from contesting
under the platform of the ruling
party, has the backing and
endorsements of the main
stakeholders in the Lagos project.
Even before he emerged as APC
candidate in the state , the Oba of
Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, endorse
Ambode’s candidature to contest
the governorship seat of the state.
At another public function, he stated
it is the prayer of everyone that PDP
should not rule the state.
Agbaje’s choice as PDP candidate
is not a fluke but an outcome of an
independent survey carried out by
both the national and state
leadership of the party. He was not
only widely adjudged as the best
man for the job but someone
charismatic enough to give the
ruling party in the state a good
fight.
OYO
Following the gubernatorial
primaries of both the APC and the
PDP the incumbent Oyo State
governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi
and former Senate Leader, Senator
Teslim Folarin have emerged as
flag bearers of their respective
parties for the 2015 governorship
election in the state.
Apart from the power of
incumbency, Ajimobi would be
relying so much on the
achievements recorded by his
administration in the last three and
half years which cut across all
sectors.
His greatest achievement can be
seen in the area of security and
clean environment which have
endeared the people of the state to
his administration.
Before the advent of his
administration, hardly could
resident of the state sleep with their
two eyes closed.
North Central
KWARA
In Kwara state, the incumbent
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed is the
standard flagbearer of the APC
while Senator Simeon Ajibola will
flag the banner of the PDP in next
year’s governorship election in the
state.
Interestingly, the two candidates are
from Kwara south district. While
Ahmed is of the most populous
Igbomina stock, Ajibola is of Ekiti
stock.
The chances of Ahmed winning the
election are very high. As the sitting
governor, he has the natural
advantage of incumbency with the
machinery of government at his
disposal. He definitely has the
capacity to deploy the required
resources apart from having a
formidable structure under which he
is contesting.
NASARAWA
In Nasarawa State, the contest
between Governor Umaru Tanko
Almakura of the APC and his
opponent of the Peoples PDP , Dr.
Yusuf Agabi is as unpredictable as
it is intriguing.
Governor Almakura’s strength
derives primarily from the fact that
he is widely popular with the
electorate who have come to
identify him as the change factor
given the 12 wasteful years of the
PDP in the state which resulted in
protest votes that saw their ouster
in 2011.
Almakura’s accomplishments are
also a huge boost to his popularity
because it is on record that within
the past three and a half years of
his administration Nasarawa state
has witnessed development
surpassing all the administrations
since the state was created in 1996.
The failed impeachment attempt by
the PDP dominated state Assembly
has also aroused sympathy for
Almakura who is now widely
regarded as the martyr for the
socio-political emancipation of the
people of the state whose apathy for
the PDP increases as his
achievements redoubles.
PLATEAU
Senator Gyang Pwajok has been
elected as the governorship
candidate of PDP in Plateau state.
He won the PDP ticket despite
opposition to his aspiration over
zoning issues.
Having declared, however, Pwajok’s
chances of winning the election
may be dimmed because 12 of the
16 governorship aspirants that
contested and lost the in the PDP
primaries may work against his
interest.
On his part, APC’s governorship
aspirant, Simon Lalong who was a
former speaker of the Plateau State
House of Assembly, will need more
than the rejection of PDP stalwarts
to win Plateau State which had
never left the PDP since its grip
since 1999.
BENUE
The gubernatorial flag bearer of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is
Mr. Terhemen Tarzoor while the
APC) is yet to elect a governorship
candidate at the time of filing this
report.
Tarzoor, a former speaker of the
Benue State House of Assembly is a
consumate politician, a bridge
builder, someone who is friendly
and one who has the interest of the
people at heart.
He is a team player, very
hardworking, transparent and
innovative.
On the side of the APC, a
governorship candidate has not
emerged yet but the battle is
between Emmanuel Jime, a
member of the House of
Representatives and former
minister of Trade and Investment,
Samuel Ortom who just dumped the
PDP.
NIGER
The APC candidates, Mallam Abu
Sanni Bello and that of the PDP,
Alhaji Umar Mohammed Nasko are
both sons of top retired Military
officers.
The APC candidate is the son of the
former Military governor of old Kano
state while Umar is the son of the
former Minister of Federal Capital
Territory, General Mohammed Gado
Nasko.
Therefore, one can not easily say
where the support of the top former
Military leaders and officers in the
state will go. The top retired
Military officers are often regarded
as people who determine those who
would govern the state.
The situation now permits that the
influence of their fathers may be an
intervening variables to ensure the
success of their children.
North West
KANO
Nothing could have been more
strategic for the APC than the
nomination of Dr. Abdullahin Umar
Ganjuje as its governorship
candidate. A seasoned
administrator and politician,
Ganguje has paid his dues in the
politics of Kano State, having being
in its thick and know for more than
30 years.
The deputy governor is known to
command the followership of the
Kwankwasiya political group.
As an incumbent, it is thought that
the incumbency factor will also play
in his favour just as the financial
war chest to prosecute the elections
may not be of immense challenge to
him. The political structure
established by Kwankwaso remains
a huge asset to him.
For the PDP, Salihu Sagir Takai will
bank on his political and grassroots
support and clout across the state.
His expansive political structure is
also a plus for him, just as he has
maintained his structure since
losing the 2011 governorship
election to the incumbent
Kwankwaso.
KADUNA
Another keen battle ground state in
2015 will be Kaduna where
incumbent Governor Ramallan Yero
of the PDP would be up against
former minister of the federal
capital territory, Mallam Nasir el-
Rufai of the APC.
Both sons of Kaduna hail from Zaria
in Kaduna State and would be in a
neck to neck race.
For APC’s el-Rufai, his experience
in public administration is known to
be huge. This is just as his
alienation with General Muhamadu
Buhari remains a huge political
asset to him.
SOKOTO
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal would be
riding on the popularity crest of
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of the APC
and hope to win the election.
Needless to state that the influence
of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will
also rub off on his prospects.
Also, the relative peace in the APC
in Sokoto remains a worthwhile
asset to him as while formidable
parties in the state are at
loggerheads over their primaries
and relevance in the state.
For the PDP in Sokoto state,
Senator Abdallah Wali Might have
emerged the candidate, but the
contentions still within the PDP
suggests that that it isn’t eureka for
the PDP’s candidate. Though a
known political fighter with
appreciable grassroots support, he
is also said to be on the elitist side.
KATSINA
Aminu Bello Masari of the APC hails
from Funtua zone which has the
largest percentage of voters in the
state, so that will be a factor.
His vast political experience and
connections across political divides
is also an asset that could swing
the poll in his favour.
But he is seen as not having large
pocket to effectively prosecute the
campaigns and prospects of other
APC big wigs from the state
supporting him financially is too
slim.
Nashuni Musa of the PDP has his
biggest strength in the fact that he
is government’s candidate and so
will have the resources of the state
at his disposal to prosecute his
campaigns.
Come February 2015, the picture
will be clearer and we will know
those who will take over on May
29.

EroticAngelina:
REALLY?? wow! the things that God created mehn im really learning
who will help us confirm that crocodile own biko?

U can help us to confirm it...

I know 80% of people wont
believe some of these facts but
that doesnt change it from being
a FACT!!
See some below;
1.) Ostriches can run faster than
horses, and the males can roar
like lions. (dono y pipo dont ride
on ostriches rada dan horses)
2.) The leg bones of bats are so
thin that NO bat can walk.
( atleast dey can fly...das
compensating enof)
3.) Some male songbirds sing
more than 2000times a day.
(such a committed and
dedicated choristers)
4.) Human females, humpback
whales and elephants are the
only mammals that undergoes
MENOPAUSE. (tot humans were
unique with dat)
5.) Tarantula spiders can
survive up to 2years without
food!! (WHAT!! 2years!! Sounds
like ders a mistake somwer but
NO.)
6.) Cows can sleep while
standing but they can only
dream when they lie down.
(next tym u see a cow waking
up frm sleep,try ask it to tell u
its dream)
7.) A single elephant tooth
weighs as much as 9pounds.
(hope it doesnt av 2many teeth
if not how will b said that an
elephant mouth is heavier than
my whole body weigh..hmm)
8.) To escape the grip of a
crocodile jaw, just push your
fingers into his eyeballs. (who
would help us confirm this,
practically?)
9.) Flamingoes can only eat
when their head is upside down.
(such a bad eating habit)
10.) Ants NEVER sleep and they
also dont have lungs. (guess
they're suffering frm
insomnia,they did beta go 4
treatment and the 'NO LUNGS'
lets jst keep praying for them)
Re: ANIMAL FACT WEY U FIT NO
BELIEVE by psalm (m): December
13, 2014, 7:00 pm
11.) A group of owls is called a
Parliament. (Shey no b wey em
dey called Lawmakers for USA
be dat..hmm)
12.) A grasshopper can leap
20times the length of its whole
body at a go. (with dos tiny
legs??)
13.) There's a butterfly in Africa
with enof poison in its body to
kill 10 cats. (SHUU! And I dey
tink say na so so BUTTER full
butterfly body ooh!)
14.) Hipopotamus can run faster
than human. (WHAT! Wer the
hippo dey make we run)
15.) The wood pecker can pick
20times per second. (dem no
dey get headache ni?)

This lady is a die-hard fan of
Muhammadu Buhari and she
couldn't help but give him a
presidential 'kiss' after he trashed
five other aspirants to emerge the
APC candidate for the 2015 election.
Sweet!

Ogun : governorship primaries
Gbade Ogunwale , Abuja
The leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party ( PDP ) has
cancelled the just concluded
governorship primary election
in Ogun State.
A statement on Monday by the
party ’ s National Publicity
Secretary , Chief Olisa Meuh
said the PDP did not authorise
any governorship primary in
the state.
“Consequently , any such
exercise held in Ogun state is
hereby declared null and void
and of no effect . A new date
will be communicated for the
primaries ”, the statement
added
Kaduna : Yero favoured as
delegates vote Kaduna
Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Kaduna
The Peoples Democratic Party
( PDP ) governorship primary is
on in Kaduna State, with the
incumbent Governor Mukhtar
Ramalan Yero and Vice
President Namadi Sambo
waiting to vote .
The contest is between the
incumbent Governor Mukhtar
Ramalan Yero and Senator
Zego Aziz .
Three other aspirants , Lawal
Samaila Yakawada, Air
Commodore Ajeye, Jimmy
Dung and Felix Hassan Hyat
withdrew before the
commencement of the
primaries .
Meanwhile the election
process in peaceful and
orderly . The incumbent
Governor Mukhtar Ramalan
Yero is the likely winner as
some delegates vote and
chant ‘sai Yero’ .
CROSS RIVER : GODDY JEDY
AGBA WITHDRAWS
The crisis rocking the Peoples
Democratic Party ( PDP )
governorship contest in Cross
River State, took a turn for the
worse on Monday , when a
leading contender , Prince
Goddy Jedy Agba opted out of
the primary election.
The aspirant in a statement
issued in Calabar by his
media consultant, Phrank
Shaibu said that his
withdrawal was hinged on the
grounds that the delegates’
congress list was fraught with
irregularities .
“The party has confirmed our
initial suspicion and fears that
they were desperately
committed to excluding Prince
Goddy Jedy Agba from all
democratic processes leading
up the fulfillment of his
gubernatorial ambition . ”
“From the initial proclamation
that he was not a member of
the party to the cancellation of
the November 1 st ad hoc
delegate congress , his
purported suspension from the
party and now , the mutilation
of the delegates list, it is
doubtful that the playing field
for the intended Cross River
State PDP Governorship
primaries would be
sufficiently balanced , rather it
is likely to lean in favour of the
outgoing state Governor ’s
purported choice of candidate.
“Anyone , that understands
Nigerian politics a little
should know how important it
is for an incumbent State
Governor to see that his
successor covers his tracks.
However, this should not be a
crucial role for the PDP ’s
appointed panel in redefining
how a democratic process of
electing the next governor of a
State in a civilized society
should be .
“Otherwise , if allowed, it will
amount to deprivation and
oppression of the electorate .
In turn, this may bring about
chaos and active or passive
rebellion by many people.
“Even when one does not feel
a sense of worry for the PDP if
it loses Cross River State to
another Party in the
governorship and general
elections , it is time our
political leaders learnt how to
take decisions that would
build our democracy than
destroy it. Democracy is about
more than holding elections. A
real and true democracy
should reflect the will of the
people .” Shaibu stated.
Niger : Senator Aliyu
withdraws from guber race
Jide Orintunsin , Minna
Barely three hours to the
Peoples Democratic Party’ s
governorship primary in Niger
State, a front line aspirant ,
Senator Nuhu Aliyu , has
withdrawn from the race .
He told journalists in Minna
on Monday that his decision
was borne out of lack of level
playing ground for all the
aspirants , accusing the state
governor, Dr. Mu’ azu
Babangida Aliyu and the party
of imposing a candidate on
the party .
He said , “Despite repeated
denials even when some
elders led by former Governor
A .A Kure met with him ( Gov .
Aliyu ) , the governor is still
going ahead to impose a
candidate on us. It has never
happened before. I have my
fears for our party and our
state . ”
The retired deputy inspector
general of police also faulted
the inability of the party to
give direction on who governs
the state, saying it is not
showing interest on the
calibre and competence of
who emerges as the party ’s
standard bearer.
Aliyu ’ s withdrawal now brings
the number of aspirants to
eight .
He debunked claimed that he
was forced to withdraw from
the race , saying, “it is not true
that I was boxed to
submission . I used my
judgment and withdrawn
based on my conviction that
the step taken was right .”
Ogun: Tension as party sets to
pick guber aspirant
Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta
Tension suffused at the
Secretariat of the Peoples
Democratic Party( PDP ) in
Ogun State on Monday
morning as the party prepares
to pick a candidate that
would face governor Ibikunle
Amosun of the All
Progressives Congress in the
2015 gubernatorial election in
the state.
Aside the regular armed
policemen and operative of
the Department of State
Security Service ( DSS ) , about
three dozens of fierce looking
bouncers were stationed at
the entrance of the party ’ s
secretariat on IBB boulevard
to ward off any trouble from
political thugs and
miscreants .
No fewer than nine aspirants
– including former Speaker of
the House Representatives,
Dimeji Bankole, Hon. Kayode
Amusan , Abiodun Akinlade ,
Prince Gboyega Isiaka and
former Deputy Governor of the
state , Alhaji Rafiu Ogunleye,
are vying for ticket to contest
the governorship election.
Other gubernatorial aspirants
are – Prof. David Bamgbose,
Prince Yank Lipede, Remi
Bakare and Tony Ojesina.
Delegates for the primary were
thoroughly screened at the
gate before allowed entry .
About 900 of them are
expected to vote for the
aspirants of their choice .
Rivers: Wike wins PDP ticket
Rivers State – Chief Nyesom
Wike , the former Minister of
State for Education , h as
emerged the flag bearer of the
People ’ s Democratic Party
( PDP ) at the just concluded
primary election.

The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-
Egba, who is representing Cross
River Central Senatorial District in
this interview with SUNDAY
ABORISADE defends criticism
against the Nigerian senate and the
recent police invasion of the
National Assembly
Some Nigerians believe that the
executive has been taking the
federal parliament for a ride
because of the passive nature of the
Senate. They cite last Thursday’s
invasion of the National Assembly
by the police as a case in point.
What is your comment on this?
Let me say that the show of force in
the National Assembly by the
security agencies last Thursday was
quite unfortunate and totally
unnecessary because the precincts
of any parliament are supposed to
be sacrosanct and their action was
a violation of that. I will not be able
to go into the substantive issues on
why it happened or did not happen
because I have been told that there
are several court matters on those
issues and being a lawyer, I will not
be making any comment.
But clearly, there is a problem with
our democracy today because the
franchise is being exercised on
behalf of the people. It is as if the
people no longer matter in our
democracy. That is why the
classical definition of democracy is
government of the people by the
people for the people. That does not
appear to be happening right now.
Power has been hijacked, processes
have been hijacked, so the people
count for little or nothing. I think
this must begin to be a serious
concern to the political class. There
is need for the people to reconnect
with democracy and exercise their
franchise directly, otherwise, we will
run into a major crisis.
But is it not shameful that
lawmakers now scale fences?
The precincts of every parliament of
the world are supposed to be sacred
and I am not aware of any law that
prevents you from scaling the fence
to your own place. So, as long as
you are not trespassing, it’s in
order.
Nigerians have given up on the
senate, believing that the upper
chamber has become a rubber
stamp body for the executive. How
do you feel about this?
I don’t understand you. Can you cite
instances?
For instance, Nigerians are worried
that the senate had yet to speak out
on the billions of naira allegedly
ferried to South Africa through the
backdoor.
Well, first of all, we must have some
historical perspective to the senate
worldwide. From history, the senate
is supposed to be most sedate and
that is why even constitutionally,
the entry requirements are higher for
senators. The senate is supposed to
be a mature institution; it is
designed to stabilise the polity in
times of crisis. It is not to be part of
the problem of the polity. If you look
at the historical role of the Nigerian
senate, we have consistently played
that role of stabilising the polity. We
should not descend into the arena.
Nigerians believe that the recent
showdown the senate had with the
presidency was for selfish reasons.
What is your reaction to this?
I don’t agree with you on that.
Some people say most senators
have lost touch with their
constituencies and that’s why they
are demanding for automatic
tickets?
It is not a question of whether a
senator is popular or not. I have
talked about the people not being
able to make choices in our
democracy, but that certain
powerful people are exercising their
franchise on their behalf. So, the
negotiations the senators had with
the Presidency/Peoples Democratic
Party leadership was aimed at
cutting out those powerful people. It
is a fact that quite a number of
senators are still very popular with
their people but some forces are
saying that they don’t want them
again.
Are you saying that negotiating
automatic tickets would solve the
problem?
Yes, and if you stay connected to
your people. The decision of who
runs on a party’s ticket is the
decision of the party. So, the party
can decide through whatever means
they want to present as their
candidates.
Is it true that you are desperate to
continue in the senate and because
of that you have been all over the
place?
Let me put the issue in perspective.
What constitutes the institutional
memory in the senate is the
aggregate memory of each member.
If you have a high turnover rate of
members returning, it means you
also have a high turnover of loss of
memory. So, it is not in anybody’s
interest in every election, seeing
many senators going out of
parliament.
But this argument of loss of
institutional memory has been
faulted by some people who claim
that activities of the senate and that
of each senator are well
documented for reference for the
incoming ones.
Let me take mine for instance. How
do you document my network? You
can only see the records of the bills.
Do you know how I got those bills?
So the National Assembly all over
the world is a peculiar institution
and that is why in most presidential
constitutions, there is no time limit
because they know that high
turnover has a negative impact on
the institution.
So you mean the issue of automatic
tickets is not a selfish agenda of the
senators?
The whole idea is to sustain the
memory of the institution. I am not
desperate. In case you have
forgotten, I had a life before Senate.
I am a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, I
am not desperate. I have choices.
The important thing is for the people
themselves to make a choice. That
is the critical point. Is it the
governors that should decide for the
people the person who will represent
them or the people themselves?
A report said you sponsored an
attack against a House of
Representatives member, John
Enoh, who is representing Etung/
Obubra Federal Constituency and
vying for a senatorial seat. Is that
the case?
I am a man of peace and I don’t
believe in violence. The report is not
true.
Wouldn’t your refusal to participate
in the rescheduled ward congress in
Cross River State affect your
chances in the next National
Assembly election next year?
Well, I opted out of the election on
my own. I am a lawyer and I have
been in the bar for 36 years and 10
years as a Senior Advocate. So,
going to submit to the congress
when I know for a fact that there
was a case in court would have
been prejudicial to the proceedings
and I must, at every time show
respect to the institution of the
judiciary. So I opted out but the
judgement has now been given so
the congresses can go on. It is just
that the activity that started before
the judgement is what I am worried
about but I thought that we should
have shown more respect to the
judiciary and our judicial process.
Are you thinking of appealing the
judgement or is it in your favour?
The court failed to assume
jurisdiction on the matter but I will
not be appealing. I accept the
judgement of the court.
Why has it been so difficult for tax
payers to know how much senators
earn?
Jesus Christ !! Has a minister told
you how much he or she earns? Has
a permanent secretary told you how
much he or she earns? Has a judge
told you how much he earns? Why
is it that it is the National Assembly
members that should make public
what they earn? Anyway, details of
what we earn are in the public
domain. Our salaries are fixed by the
federal institution in charge of
wages. It is the same body that fixes
salaries for everybody. It is known to
the public. But if you are asking me
about how much it costs me to run
my office, it is a totally different
issue. Have you ever asked a
minister, a permanent secretary or
judicial officer how much it costs
them to run their offices? What I can
tell you is that in the last five or six
years, the budget of the National
Assembly has remained at N150bn
annually. That amount covers our
capital; it covers recurrent, which
includes salaries and allowances of
the senators, members of the House
of Representatives, the bureaucracy
of the entire National Assembly
from the Clerk down to the cleaner.
It also covers the legislative aides of
members of the National Assembly.
It equally covers the National
Assembly Service Commission and
the National Assembly Institute for
Legislative Studies. N150bn is a
fraction of what the country spends
on fuel subsidy. It is a fraction of
what the nation spends on waivers
being granted to businessmen and
companies. N150bn is less than
three per cent of the national
budget. So, why are Nigerians
fixated on three per cent of the
budget and they are not looking at
the 97 per cent? It’s amazing that
three per cent is getting 97 per
cent’s attention. That is what it
means.
You are a SAN, which makes you an
upholder of the law, can you tell us
how much you earn as a senator?
This is my payment details
(presents a document that shows a
net payment of N619, 000 per
month). My salaries are fixed by the
Revenue Mobilisation, Wages and
Fiscal Commission. That is the
guideline for everybody.
How much is your constituency
allowance?
There is nothing like constituency
allowance. There is no such thing. It
exists only in the imagination of the
public.
Why has the senate been silent on
an international embarrassment
involving the Federal Government
laundering money to South Africa?
What is there to talk about? There is
nothing to talk about because it is a
security issue. We should not
discuss security issues just to
grandstand.
There are some loopholes in the
constitution which lawmakers have
not thought about amending, is it
because lawmakers want to be
exploiting them?
The process of amendment is still
on course.
For instance, the Economic and
Financial Crime Commission will
need the permission of the AGF to
prosecute a lawmaker and also
some lawyers have argued for and
against Aminu Tambuwal stepping
down after his defection.
The EFCC requires the consent of the
Attorney-General in every case. It is
not peculiar to the cases involving
the lawmakers alone.
What has happened to the report of
the National Conference?
The national conference was an
initiative of Mr. President. He set up
the conference and the report was
submitted to him. It is left for Mr.
President to determine what he
does with the report.
Do you think that the state of
emergency in Borno, Yobe and
Adamawa states has been justified?
Let me put it back to you as a
Nigerian. Are you satisfied with the
security situation in the North-East?
Then if you are not satisfied with the
security situation there, then
something has to be done. Let us
not play politics with security.
Some people say that you have
reduced the dividend of democracy
and constituency projects to giving
out generators, sewing machines
and the likes, do you think that is
the best that senators can do?
Constituency projects, to my
understanding, are projects that are
secured in the federal budget for
your constituency. People out there
erroneously think that legislators are
given money to go and execute
constituency projects. There is no
such thing. You as a lawmaker
lobby and get projects that would
benefit your constituents, put into
the budget. That is what is called
constituency projects. Any project
by the president from the ministry
would definitely be in somebody’s
constituency. They are called
constituency projects because the
initiative to get them into the budget
is from the legislator. We also have
social responsibility programmes.
For instance, I have a scholarship
scheme. I have a small and
medium scale business initiative
scheme, I have a computer training
programme. Those ones are paid for
from my pocket and I can determine
how I want to spend my money. I
can determine to buy hairdressing
items for people, it is my decision; it
is my money.
After initiating projects in the
budget, how do you ensure that they
are executed?
As lawmakers, we monitor the
projects from the moment they are
accommodated in the budget. The
procurement and execution now
shift to the executive arm. They will
award the contract, they would
supervise and execute. The
lawmaker’s role is just to monitor
and make sure that the project is
completed.
But we heard of cases whereby the
executive deliberately delayed
project execution till the last quarter
of the year only for them to
approach lawmakers for
negotiations on how the amount
voted for the project could be shared
without executing the project?
I am hearing this for the first time.
But if journalists have this evidence,
they will help the society by
publishing it.
Do you think it is justified for the
senate to approve the president’s
$1bn request as a defence budget?
If I think that it is not justified, I
wouldn’t have voted for it to be
approved.
Do you think that the money would
be effectively utilised for that
purpose?
It is for the relevant committees of
the National Assembly to ensure
that.
How have lawmakers imparted on
the people in carrying out their
oversight functions?
We are doing our best but it could
be better. Legislative work requires
experience, so the issue of high
turnover also impacts on oversight.
If you have experienced legislators,
they will oversight well because
they have done it again and again.
They know how to go about it. If he
is a brand new lawmaker, it will
take him years for him to get used
to it. So that is part of the
implication of high turnover.
Is the senate not bothered about the
economy, the fall in Naira and crash
in oil price?
That is purely economics. I don’t
know anything about it.
Is the senate not bothered that we
keep spending billions of naira
annually on subsidy when we can
have efficient refineries in the
country?
First of all, I don’t believe in
subsidy. That has always been my
position.
Is the senate likely to approve the
subsidy already put in the budget
for next year?
I don’t know. I can’t say. But my
position is that I don’t believe in it.
The senate has approved some
amount of money to maintain our
refineries but they are still not
producing up to capacity, do you
think such spending has been
justified?
The relevant committees of the
senate would have answers to that.
Why do some people say you’re
arrogant even though you’re a SAN
and a former Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Human
Rights?
That I am arrogant? Can you
mention one person who had ever
told you that? I won’t know. Why
should I be arrogant? I am not the
party type. I am not the type you
will find in a crowd. If you say I am
arrogant because you will not find
me in a night club or in a party, then
so be it. I once chaired the Media
and Public Affairs committee. So if
anybody should tell me whether I
am arrogant, it should be the media
because they worked with me. So
they should tell me.
There was a report that you once
slapped a security operative for
asking you to identify yourself, do
you think you acted in line with your
position as a SAN?
Jesus Christ !!! I don’t recall ever
slapping anybody since I was born.
Young man, I have my don’ts.

All Kano State Polytechnic students and aspirants lets meet here and discuss issues affecting us and how we can move the institution forward...



Up KSP

Democracy is turning upside down
in Nigeria, and almost everyone has
adopted "sidon look" posture.
As you read this, the Speaker of
Kebbi House of Assembly, Hon.
Habib Musa Jega has been
impeached. And a man, Hon.
Mohammed Shalla Gwandu has
been sworn-in by the clerk of the
House, Shehu Usman Randali, as
the new Speaker.
The impeachment, which took place
around 10:25pm at the House of
Assembly in Birnin Kebbi was
signed by 16 members out of 24
members of the House.
The impeachment is coming
barely two days after news
came out that 17 members of
House are planning to dump
the PDP and join the APC.
Shortly after the swearing of the
new speaker, Hon Mohammed
Shalla Gwandu thanked the House
for the trust they had in him and
promised to work harmoniously
with all members and the state
government.
“I thank all the members for the
confidence they have in me and
promise to wok harmoniously with
both the state government and
members of the House so that our
people will reap dividends of
democracy,” he said.
Hon Abdullahi Garba Fana
representing Dandi constituency
told news men that the House sat
and reviewed the performance of the
former leader and concluded that
the impeached speaker was
incompetent to continue as their
leader.
When asked to mention the
impeachable offences committed
by the ex-speaker, he said “The
reason is just incompetence and
members have no confidence in
him any longer.”
Impeachment close to mid-night?
Nigeria nawao!

Obj and GEJ

Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has again torn at
President Goodluck Jonathan,
saying Nigerian democracy
remained at risk due to the
action of the present
administration.
Speaking at a book Launch in
honour of the pioneer chairman
of the Independent Corrupt
Practices Commission, ICPC,
Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja, Mr.
Obasanjo, who is the Chairman
of the occasion, said the
president should stop
encouraging ‘verbal violence
which may not physically hurt
but has ways of degenerating
into physical violence’.
Mr. Obasanjo said the greatest
indictment against any
administration is to be seen
trying to destroy opposition of
all sorts which invariably mean
destroying democracy.
“Management of democracy
without resorting to brute force
and dictatorial tendencies must
be cultivated,” the former
President said.
“As a leader, you must not
deliberately do evil or condone
evil. You should know that you
will one day give account to
God, you may cover up here, but
before God, there is no cover
up.”
The former president also spoke
at length on the President’s
handling of the Boko Haram
insurgency, corruption, the
economy and youth
unemployment.
On insecurity, Mr. Obasanjo said
Boko Haram is not out to
“frustrate anyone’s political
efforts” and lamented that it
took Mr. Jonathan the years
to fully understand the menace.
On corruption, Mr. Obasanjo
said, “when the head is rotten,
the whole body is useless”
On the economy, he said Nigeria
would continue to sink deeper
and that what Nigerians are told
about the state of the economy
“is not truly what the economy
is”.
“The economy is in doldrums, if
not in reverse,” he said.
Mr. Obasanjo’s latest attack on
the President is coming seven
days after he rated Mr.
Jonathan’s performance as
below average.

Mavin Records boss, Michael
Collins popularly known as Don
Jazzy turns a year older today
and in appreciation shared a
heartfelt post with his fans
where he also jokingly expressed
his wish to run for the post of
President in the upcoming
elections. Trust Don Jazzy to
always joke about almost
anything…. Happy Birthday to
him

The special taskforce set up by the
Federal Capital Territory to clean up
Abuja has secured the conviction
and sentencing of 25 operators of
“Okada” motorcycles to jail without
the option of fines.
FCT Minister Bala Mohammed
made this disclosure on Monday
during a briefing in Gwarimpa I
District (Life-Camp),
Abuja. Mohammed revealed that
the taskforce to date had
prosecuted 41 offenders at the
mobile courts, culminating in the
conviction and sentencing of 25
Okada riders to jail.
Mr. Mohammed disclosed that the
taskforce had also arrested 492
commercial sex workers in the city.

An aerial view of the nearly completed fly-over bridge at Gidan Murtala under the administration of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State.It is expected to be opened/commissioned anytime soon.

See how Chicken Republic diss Nigerian politicians (see photo)

Bukky Wright, has joined the league
of Nigerian entertainers, come 2015.
She is contesting as a member of
the House of Representatives at the
the Abeokuta South Federal
Constituency, under the Social
Democratic Party.

Former aviation minister,
Femi Fani Kayode has
insulted Governor Rotimi Amaechi in his post titled 'The
Pot-bellied Creek Haramite And
His Direct Threat' posted in his Facebook
page. He called him houseboy,monkey and cultist.
Here is how he wrote it on
his Facebook page.
''If the PDP rig the election in
2015 we will not go to court and
we will make the country
ungovernable. We will form a
parallel government and there
will be anarchy''- Governor
Rotimi Amaechi.
It is time for the President to
take off the kid gloves and put
this pot-bellied little monkey in
his place. Once a houseboy,
always a houseboy. Once a cult
member always a cult member.
Once a peasant, always a
peasant.
If Rotimi and his Haramite
friends are looking for trouble
then we should give it to them in
full measure. It would be a
pleasure. Anytime a cockroach
shows it's head it ought to be
crushed.
Treason is a very serious
business and the brazen attempt
to incite others to destroy our
country, make it ungovernable
and kill our people is even more
serious. Have they and their
Haramite army and secret
military wing not killed enough
people already in the last 3
years?
Whichever way they wish to
play it and whatever they want
to do we are ready for them this
time. It will not be a one way
slaughter anymore. If they kill
our people after they lose in
2015 there will be swift, decisive
and severe consequences.
Let this young man Rotimi and
those that are using him prepare
himself for the consequences of
their madness. In 2010 they told
the world that they would make
Nigeria ''ungovernable'' if they
lost the 2011 election and since
then Nigeria has not known
peace. Now they are saying it
again. This time around our
reaction will not be passive.
The only way you can fight
madness is with an equal
measure of madness. The only
way you can defeat a bully is by
mustering the resolve to face
him down. The only way you
can defeat a terrorist who
delights in shedding blood is to
visit him with a much higher
level of violence and terror.
They will not kill our people and
get away with it anymore. From
now on it will be blood for
blood. It will be an eye for an
eye and it will be a tooth for a
tooth. May God help us all.

Thank God I made front page...

I pray Almighty Allah give u a permanent healing Djdola..Insha Allah you will not die but live.

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more pictures

I took this pictures on a trip to Lagos.
Some part of Lagos is really beautiful and you wil mistaken it for London or Dubai.

(READ TWEETS)
Some folks are tweeting that
Boko Haram men invaded
Federal Poly in Mubi, Adamawa
state this morning...destroying
the school.

When the President stoop to the
level of stomach infrastructure, just
forget Transformation Agenda!!!

9ice has taken yet another major step in his
election campaign. Photo: Filed)
9ice , who is seeking a position in the House of
Representatives come 2015 to represent Ogbomosho
South/North and Orire Federal Constituency, has
taken yet another major step in his election
campaign.
The singer has shared pictures of branded buses and
soft drinks branded in his name to further aid his
campaign tour as he makes his way round
Ogbomosho seeking support.
Source: dasort.com
See the pictures below…

This is what you get in a country
where the Presidency worships
militants and gives them contracts:

Popular Lagos-based lawyer,
Festus Keyamo, has petitioned the
State Security Services and the
Nigerian Police over an alleged
threat to his life by an ex-militant
leader popularly known as
Tompolo.

In the letter dated October 29, and
also copied to the President and the
Delta State governor, Keyamo said
that Tompolo threatened to “beat
him to death” for wading into a
perceived fraud in the just
concluded Delta State local
government election.
Keyamo said: “At exactly
10:13p.m. on Tuesday,
October 28, 2014, I received a
telephone call from one Mr.
Government Ekpemupolo
(alias Tompolo)…,
“We have been acquaintances
in the past, so I know his
numbers. After reaffirming that
he is Tompolo when I picked
his call, he went straight to the
point by informing me that he
wishes to inform me that he
and his ‘boys’ will kill me by
beating me to death or
shooting me anywhere they
can find me. And that the hunt
for me is on.

“His exact words in pidgin
English was ‘we dey look for
you. Anywhere we see you,
whether for Lagos or Abuja or
Warri, we go beat you die or
we go shoot you.’

“He said he would kill me because I have decided to take up the matter
involving his blood brother, Mr.
George Ekpemupolo, who was used
to illegally substitute another
candidate, Mr. Weyinmi Omadeli
(48 hours to the election) in the
Warri South-West L.G.A elections
that were concluded last Saturday
in Delta State.”

On Tuesday, Mr. Keyamo had
petitioned Emmanuel Uduaghan,
the Delta State governor, over the
latter’s “illegal substitution” of Mr.
Omadeli, a Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, candidate for Warri
South-West at the council poll with
George Ekpemuopolo, Tompolo’s
younger brother.
“On this issue concerning Warri
South-West L.G.A, I have no choice
but to cry out, because your
decision is capable of igniting a
crisis that will affect all of us. The
decision was taken whimsically
and it is unjust, unfair, illegal, and
ungodly,” Mr. Keyamo had written
to the governor.

“Consequently, it is unacceptable
and will be challenged legally and
politically.”
Mr. Keyamo said Tompolo told him
that nobody had ever challenged
his authority in Delta State.
“I asked Tompolo five times
whether, he was, in fact, threatening
my life over an open line and he
said nobody in the country can do
anything about it by the time I am
dead,” said Mr. Keyamo.
“Co-incidentally, exactly three
minutes after Tompolo dropped his
line, His Excellency, Governor
Uduaghan called me at exactly
10.16pm, and I reported to him
what just transpired between
Tompolo and myself.
“The Governor promised to speak
with him, but that cannot be
reassuring enough, and I know the
remedy in law against an intended
murderer is not to beg him but to
ignite the criminal justice system
against him, no matter how
comatose that system is. ”
Mr. Keyamo said that Tompolo had
the “instrument to kill human
beings”.

“I know the subject of this petition,
Tompolo, is a favoured citizen of
this government, and I am not. I know Tompolo is close to those in
power at the moment, whereas I am
an ordinary citizen. I know Tompolo
has money and influence (which are
factors that are widely
acknowledged to aid a suspect
walk away with murder in Nigeria),
but I have none of these.
“In the circumstance, I am making
this petition public so that when
you refuse to attend to my
complaint and outcry, the ordinary
people of this country will, at least,
know from where my death came
and I will not join the long list of
unresolved murders. My killer,
should, at least be known.”

Read the State House press
releases below...
President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan will tomorrow,
Thursday, October 30 pick
up the PDP nomination
form for the 2015
Presidential elections.
President Jonathan thanks
all Nigerians, members of
the PDP, friends,
associates, and all groups
who in sincere
appreciation of the
achievements of the
administration in the last
four years, have been
urging him to seek a
second term in office.
President Jonathan is greatly
encouraged by the
overwhelming outpouring of
goodwill and support, as well as
the confidence of the generality
of Nigerians in his ability to
continue to transform the
country for the good of all of its
people.
The President is also grateful to
all the persons, groups and
communities who have sent
donations, and made pledges to
assist him to pay the required
N22 million for the PDP
Presidential Nomination Fee and
Expression of Interest Form.
He acknowledges, and accepts
with immense gratitude, the
following donations and pledges
that he has received from a
broad section of Nigerians:
1. Mr. Kennedy
Ikenna Odoeme – N5,
000
2. Mr Ezemagu
Sunday Nnamdi – N10,
000
3. PDP Governors –
N22 Million
4. Transformation
Agenda of Nigeria
(TAN) – N22m
5. Ogbia LGA
Stakeholders, Bayelsa
state – N5m
6. Otuoke Community
Stakeholders – N2m
7. Brass LGA
Stakeholders, Bayelsa
state – N50, 000
8. Bayelsa State PDP
Stakeholders- N5m
9. Northern Youths
Forum – N2m
10. Central
Market Traders Union,
Kaduna State – N1m
11. PDP Stakeholders,
Zaria LGA – N500, 000
12.PDP Stakeholders,
Yobe State – N500, 000
13.PDP Stakeholders,
Kaduna State- N2m
14. Miyetti Allah Kautal
Hore – N5m
15. The Goodluck
Support Group, Gombe
State – N1m
16. Adamawa State
PDP Stakeholders –
N3m
17. Ebonyi State PDP
Stakeholders- N2m
18.Kogi State PDP
Stakeholders – N5m
19. Rivers State PDP
Stakeholders – N5m
20. The 2015
Project – N1m
21.Team Goodluck,
Ondo North Senatorial
District – N5m
22. Middle
Belt PDP Women
Support Group for GEJ
2015 – N500, 000
23. King
David Generation
Foundation, Jos –
N200, 000
24.
Behwong Weneng Yere
Duk, Jos – N200,000
25.
Redemption 3 Youth
Organization, Plateau
State – N500, 000
26. Plateau
State Indigenes
Association, Abuja –
N300,000
27. Gombe
Youth United for
Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan 2015 – N500,
000
28. Gombe
Youth Vanguard for
PDP- N500, 000
29.
Yamahu/Deba
Goodluck Support
Group – N200, 000
30. Coalition
of Gombe Support
Groups for Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan – N2m
31. Hinna Youth
Coalition for Goodluck –
N500, 000
32.
Nigerian Women Pray
for Jonathan - N1m
33.
National Association of
Widows - N100, 000
34. National
Council of Women
Societies - N500, 000
35. Female
members of the PDP
Board of Trustees -
N500,000
36. Joint
Association of Persons
with Disabilities -
N100,000
37. National
Association of Market
Women - N500, 000
38.
Community Awareness
and Development
Network – N1 m
President Jonathan assures the
donors that he will continue to
do his utmost best at all times
to fully justify the great
confidence they have placed in
his leadership.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 29, 2014

27 year old Reyhaney Jabbari was
executed on Saturday October 25th by
hanging in Iran seven years after she
killed a man that she claimed had
attempted to rape her. (read here).
Before she was killed, Reyhaney wrote
a very emotional letter to her mother,
asking that her organs be donated to
those who need them. See the full text
of the letter after the cut...
The full text of the letter was
translated by the National Council of
Resistance of Iran:
Dear Sholeh, today I learned that it is
now my turn to face Qisas (the Iranian
regime's law of retribution). I am hurt
as to why you did not let me know
yourself that I have reached the last
page of the book of my life. Don’t you
think that I should know? You know
how ashamed I am that you are sad.
Why did you not take the chance for
me to kiss your hand and that of dad?
The world allowed me to live for 19
years. That ominous night it was I
that should have been killed. My body
would have been thrown in some
corner of the city, and after a few days,
the police would have taken you to the
coroner’s office to identify my body
and there you would also learn that I
had been raped as well. The murderer
would have never been found since we
don’t have their wealth and their
power. Then you would have
continued your life suffering and
ashamed, and a few years later you
would have died of this suffering and
that would have been that.
However, with that cursed blow the
story changed. My body was not
thrown aside, but into the grave of
Evin Prison and its solitary wards, and
now the grave-like prison of Shahr-e
Ray. But give in to the fate and don’t
complain. You know better that death
is not the end of life.
You taught me that one comes to this
world to gain an experience and learn
a lesson and with each birth a
responsibility is put on one’s
shoulder. I learned that sometimes
one has to fight. I do remember when
you told me that the carriage man
protested the man who was flogging
me, but the flogger hit the lash on his
head and face that ultimately led to
his death. You told me that for
creating a value one should persevere
even if one dies.
You taught us that as we go to school
one should be a lady in face of the
quarrels and complaints. Do you
remember how much you underlined
the way we behave? Your experience
was incorrect. When this incident
happened, my teachings did not help
me. Being presented in court made me
appear as a cold-blooded murderer
and a ruthless criminal. I shed no
tears. I did not beg. I did not cry my
head off since I trusted the law.
But I was charged with being
indifferent in face of a crime. You see,
I didn’t even kill the mosquitoes and I
threw away the cockroaches by taking
them by their antennas. Now I have
become a premeditated murderer. My
treatment of the animals was
interpreted as being inclined to be a
boy and the judge didn’t even trouble
himself to look at the fact that at the
time of the incident I had long and
polished nails.
How optimistic was he who expected
justice from the judges! He never
questioned the fact that my hands are
not coarse like those of a
sportswoman, especially a boxer. And
this country that you planted its love
in me never wanted me and no one
supported me when under the blows
of the interrogator I was crying out
and I was hearing the most vulgar
terms. When I shed the last sign of
beauty from myself by shaving my
hair I was rewarded: 11 days in
solitary.
Dear Sholeh, don’t cry for what you
are hearing. On the first day that in the
police office an old unmarried agent
hurt me for my nails I understood that
beauty is not looked for in this era.
The beauty of looks, beauty of
thoughts and wishes, a beautiful
handwriting, beauty of the eyes and
vision, and even beauty of a nice
voice.
My dear mother, my ideology has
changed and you are not responsible
for it. My words are unending and I
gave it all to someone so that when I
am executed without your presence
and knowledge, it would be given to
you. I left you much handwritten
material as my heritage.
However, before my death I want
something from you, that you have to
provide for me with all your might and
in any way that you can. In fact this is
the only thing I want from this world,
this country and you. I know you need
time for this. Therefore, I am telling
you part of my will sooner. Please
don’t cry and listen. I want you to go
to the court and tell them my request.
I cannot write such a letter from
inside the prison that would be
approved by the head of prison; so
once again you have to suffer because
of me. It is the only thing that if even
you beg for it I would not become
upset although I have told you many
times not to beg to save me from
being executed.
My kind mother, dear Sholeh, the one
more dear to me than my life, I don’t
want to rot under the soil. I don’t want
my eye or my young heart to turn into
dust. Beg so that it is arranged that as
soon as I am hanged my heart, kidney,
eye, bones and anything that can be
transplanted be taken away from my
body and given to someone who
needs them as a gift. I don’t want the
recipient know my name, buy me a
bouquet, or even pray for me. I am
telling you from the bottom of my
heart that I don’t want to have a grave
for you to come and mourn there and
suffer. I don’t want you to wear black
clothing for me. Do your best to forget
my difficult days. Give me to the wind
to take away.
The world did not love us. It did not
want my fate. And now I am giving in
to it and embrace the death. Because
in the court of God I will charge the
inspectors, I will charge inspector
Shamlou, I will charge judge, and the
judges of country’s Supreme Court
that beat me up when I was awake
and did not refrain from harassing me.
In the court of the creator I will charge
Dr. Farvandi, I will charge Qassem
Shabani and all those that out of
ignorance or with their lies wronged
me and trampled on my rights and
didn’t pay heed to the fact that
sometimes what appears as reality is
different from it.
Dear soft-hearted Sholeh, in the other
world it is you and me who are the
accusers and others who are the
accused. Let’s see what God wants. I
wanted to embrace you until I die. I
love you.