Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progreasives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank has asked the security agencies to investigate the circumstances leading to the auto crash involving the National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC), Engr. Buba Galadima and his son on Monday.

Frank also alleged that the recent development had shown that the party in power “is desperate to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ekweremadu, hence the misuse of police against the two.”

He added that as part of efforts to impeach the duo of Senate President and his deputy, armed security personnel have taken over the National Assembly as early as 6am on Tuesday morning to prevent lawmakers from doing their lawful duties.

While calling on Nigerians to join well wishers in praying for quick recovery of rAPC leader and others, Frank alleged that the accident was a handiwork of “demonic forces in their former party (APC) who wanted Buba Galadima dead.”

In a statement he signed on Tuesday in Abuja, Frank said since the rAPC, through its National Chairman Galadima made its grievances known to the ruling party and the clear indication of pulling out in few days, “the APC blood sucking demons have been deployed to fight our leaders at all cost”

While calling on Nigerian to support their leaders in prayers against what he described as “evil conspiracies,” Frank said their plan to leave APC and join forces with other parties is a struggle to rescue the nation from the current leadership failure.

According to him, “it is obvious at the moment that if anything bad happen to Buba Galadima or any other leaders of rAPC, the ruling party will be held responsible.

“We want to assure Nigerians that no form of intimidation physically or spiritually will force our leaders from withdrawing from this mission. It is a mission to save Nigeria from total collapse.”

“I will, however, call on international community and the world leaders to keep their eyes on Nigeria’s democracy from now on. We know that the ruling party will do everything possible to supress the voices of reasoning but Nigerians should be rest assured that the more they try, the more our voices will get louder until the nation is rescued,” Frank stated.

He also raised an alarm that there were alleged plans to arrest, intimidate and assasinate some of the leaders of rAPC before the 2019 general elections.

“So, we are praying that God should keep Engr. Buba Galadima alive to be among the leaders that will supervise the eviction of President Muhammadu Buhari and APC out of power in 2019 to put an end to blood shedding in the country.

“I will also call on all true religious leaders to ask God to strengthen the leaders of rAPC and the voting population in their quest to see a better country.”

http://www.vondanews.com/apc-wants-galadima-dead-plots-saraki-ekweremadus-impeachment-frank/

Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to appear at the office of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Abuja, the Federal Capital territory (FCT), over his alleged linkage to the wide-ranging robbery operation that resulted in the death of 33 people in Offa, Kwara State in April.

In a letter dated July 23 and addressed to the Senate President, Idris asked Saraki to show up at IRT’s office at 8am on Tuesday “for further investigation”.

The lawmaker was asked to appear at force headquarters for questioning, but the police eventually said Saraki should not appear in person but respond to the allegations of the suspects in writing

Details soon…

http://www.vondanews.com/breaking-igp-summons-saraki-for-further-investigation-on-offa-bank-robbery/

During a chat with newsmen at a function recently, Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, spoke on the #ENDSARS campaign. When asked to react to the clamour for the end of SARS, the spokesperson said

''You have to be careful about this clamouring. Social media is a technolgy available to thos ethat are criminally minded and we have to be careful the way we respond to some of this clamouring like you are saying''.

Watch the short clip here: http://www.vondanews.com/igp-ibrahim-idris-speaks-on-endsars-campaign-says-social-media-is-a-technology-available-to-those-that-are-criminally-minded/

Senator Ben Bruce who is a Nigerian politician and founder of the Silver Bird group has taken to his Twitter handle to blast the president saying he soruonded himself with failures.

Read his tweet below:

The people you surround yourself with reflect who you are and when I look at the people that President Buhari surrounds himself with, I see a reflection of failure! How can you be surrounded by people who are still ‘cracking their heads’ after three years of killings in Nigeria!

http://www.vondanews.com/president-buhari-surrounds-himself-with-failures-ben-bruce/

Aide to former president, Reno Omokri has taken to his twitter handle to react to the recent appointment of the ex-finance minister on the of Twitter directors.

According to him, the ministers appointed by the former president are doing so well in their various fields of endeavor, serving as directors on the boards of multinational companies even after they've left government because of their competency.

Read his tweet below:

GEJ’s health minister is now a Professor at DukeU. His agric minister is Present of African Devt Bank AfDB_Group. His finance minister is on the board of Twitter, Gavi, Lazard & AIIB_Official. While Buhari and his finance minister are still looking for their certificates!

http://www.vondanews.com/gejs-ministers-are-directors-of-multinational-boards-while-buhari-and-his-finance-minister-are-still-looking-for-their-certificate-reno-omokri/

Ekiti state House of Assembly adjourns sitting till October in protest of last Saturday's election

Ekiti State House of Assembly have adjourned sitting till the 8th of October, 2018 in protest of last Saturday's governorship election. The Leader of Business in the house, Honourable Akinyele Olatunji, who moved the motion for the adjournment said this became imperative due to the political harassment of members by security agents.

The lawmakers condemned and rejected the result of the governorship election in the state as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Speaking at the House plenary in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday , Hon Olatunji, described the process leading to the election and final result as unfortunate. He condemned the harassment of the State Governor, Ayo Fayose, PDP leaders across the state and members of the state assembly by security men.

The Chairman House Committee on Information, Hon (Dr) Samuel Omotoso, said the election of July 14, 2018 did not meet up with all democratic credentials.

He pointed out that the election was marred by violence, vote buying and falsification of results.

The Speaker of the Assembly, Honourable (Pastor) Kola Oluwawole, described the election as a show of shame, with thugs and security men openly working for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

The lawmakers concluded that the result of the governorship election stood rejected by the House, that the security agencies should vacate the entrance of the Government House where they were currently laying siege and also condemned the siege on the government owned radio and television outfits by armed military personnel.

http://www.vondanews.com/ekiti-state-house-of-assembly-adjourns-sitting-till-october-in-protest-of-last-saturdays-election/

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday said the confirmation of former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Musiliu Smith as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission was a step in the right direction.

According to him, Smith would bring his wealth of experience to bear in reforming the Nigeria Police to provide top-notch security for Nigerians.

Smith was confirmed by the Senate alongside six other members of the Commission on Tuesday, following the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, presented by the Chairman, Sen. Abu Ibrahim.

Governor Ambode, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, said: “Let me seize this medium to congratulate Alhaji Musiliu Smith on his recent appointment and confirmation by the Senate.

“This is a good step by President Buhari and I have no doubt in my mind that his appointment will provide the necessary leadership that will not only reposition the Police Force to provide top notch security for Nigerians but also sharpen its image,” Governor Ambode said.

Smith, 74, is a retired Inspector-General of Police who retired from service in 2002, following a police strike.

He was appointed a month ago by President Muhammadu Buhari and will take over from Mike Okiro, who is also a former IG of Police.

http://www.vondanews.com/what-ambode-said-about-smiths-confirmation-as-psc-chairman/

The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) have taken to her official twitter handle to distance herself from accusations of buying votes during elections,saying that, there is no circumstances that will push the PDP to descend to the level of buying votes in any election.

Read the tweet below:

Consequently, members of the APCNigeria who are going about media houses and claiming that their party bought votes in response to some parties that engaged in such practice are certainly not responding to the PDP.

The PDP Will Never Buy Votes: There is no circumstances that will push the PDP to descend to the level of buying votes in any election, no matter the machination of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

http://www.vondanews.com/we-will-never-buy-votes-in-any-election-pdp-to-apc/

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the National Assembly to approve the sum of N228,854,008,215 from the 2018 budget to fund the 2019 general election and other critical projects in the country.

Buhari specifically told NASS to approve the N228.9 billion from N578, 319, 951.904 billion total projects sum inserted in the budget.

This is contained in a presidential memo dated July 11, 2018 read by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday.

If approved, the request titled: “Request for virement and supplementary 2018 budget” would cut deep into the controversial constituency projects funding for 2018.


The President said the aggregate cost of the 2019 elections is N242, 445,322,600.00

From the funds, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is expected to receive N189.207 billion while the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) will get N4.2 billion.

The Department of State Services (DSS) will receive N12.213 billion while the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) will get N3.573 billion.

The Nigeria Police Force is expected to get N30.541 billion while Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will receive N2.628 billion.

The letter reads in part: “As you are aware, the 2019 general election is scheduled to be conducted early in 2019. To ensure that adequate arrangements are made for free and fair elections, it has become necessary to appropriate funds to enable the relevant agencies to commence preparations.

“INEC and security agencies have accordingly recently submitted their requests. These have been subjected to the usual budget evaluation. The aggregate cost of the elections is estimated at N242, 445,322,600.

”http://www.vondanews.com/president-mbuhari-wants-nass-to-approve-n228-9bn-for-2019-elections/

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the denial of access to some members of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, who were to fly into Benue for a restructuring summit.

Dailypost reported that Some members of Southern and Middle Belt Forum, led by President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo and Edwin Clark were on Monday stopped at Abuja Airport from flying to Benue.

Nwodo, reacting, condemned Buhari’s government, describing it as military system.



He explaining that their chartered flight was stopped from flying to the Benue State capital under the pretence of security clearance.

However, reacting, Fani-Kayode, a stark critic of the present All Progressives Congress, APC, administration condemned Buhari for refusing to allow the Middle Belt leaders to fly into Benue.

Writing on his Twitter page, the former minister wondered why President Buhari is afraid of the unity between the South and Middle belt region.

“I condemn Buhari for refusing to allow the chartered plane that was conveying Southern leaders to the Middle Belt Summit in Makurdi today to land at the Makurdi Airforce Base.

“Consequently, they could not attend the meeting. Why are they scared of Southern and Middle Belt unity?”

http://www.vondanews.com/fani-kayode-speaks-on-stopping-nwodo-clark-from-flying-to-benue-2/

Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, has urged Northern leaders under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to pick a consensus presidential candidate in a bid to dethrone the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019.

Wike said this while playing host to PDP’s presidential aspirant and former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki, yesterday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

He noted that all Nigerians wanted the APC-led Federal Government sacked in 2019 and all PDP needed was for the North to present one candidate who will defeat the APC.

According to Wike, “My interest is for us to have a change of government at the federal level and bring a government of positive change. Nigerians are tired of the failure of the APC. We are bringing a northerner as our presidential candidate. This time religious and ethnic campaign will not work.”

He lamented the porous security under the APC Federal Government which he accused of paying lip service to the killings across the country.

“Each time hundreds of innocent Nigerians are killed, the APC Federal Government says that it will bring the killers to book. We don’t know where the book is,” he added.

http://www.vondanews.com/2019-why-northern-pdp-must-produce-one-presidential-candidate-wike/

President MBuhari will tomorrow, Sunday, July 15, 2018, depart for the Netherlands to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague.

President Buhari is the only world leader invited to deliver a keynote address during the Solemn Hearing to commemorate the anniversary at Courtroom 1 of the ICC’s Headquarters at The Hague.

In buttressing Nigeria’s commitment as a member of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, the President, as the current anti-corruption champion for the African Union, will use the global platform to reaffirm Nigeria’s support...

... to the fundamental values of the Rome Statute and to the ideals of the ICC. He will also highlight his administration’s campaign against corruption in Nigeria.

After the event at the Courtroom, the President will have a bilateral meeting with the ICC Prosecutor, Ms Fatou Bensouda. President Buhari will also attend a dinner hosted by Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, the President of the ICC who is a Nigerian.

President Buhari will also meet with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to discuss bilateral issues such as migration, peace and security, and economic cooperation.

The President and his delegation will have a separate roundtable with some Dutch Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of companies based in Nigeria with a view to urging them to expand their investments, especially in agriculture, oil and gas in Nigeria.

President Buhari will also tour the Port of Rotterdam and Shell refinery Pernis, Hoogvliet. On the margins of the President’s visit, Nigeria and the Netherlands will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral consultations.

President Buhari’s delegation to the Netherlands will include Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau State; Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami Others are the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh; Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar; Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru; and Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman.

http://www.vondanews.com/president-mbuhari-set-to-depart-tomorrow-sunday-july-15-2018-for-the-netherlands/

The peoples democratic party have taken to their twitter handle to reveal the result of the 2 hours closed door meeting the party officials had with the former president chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his hiltop residence on 14/7/2018.

This is what the party tweeted:

Led by the party’s National Chairman, UcheSecondus, the PDP leadership comprising of members of the National Working Committee and leaders of the PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) met with Chief Obasanjo in his Abeokuta Hilltop residence on Saturday.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo rose from a two hours meeting and resolved to join forces to rescue our nation from her current misrule.

http://www.vondanews.com/pdp-and-obasanjo-agree-to-join-forces-to-fight-opposition-together/

A Nigerian on Facebook shared a church budget plan and warned Nigerians on the kind of churches they attend.

This is what he wrote:

U see why u need to know the church or ministry u attend. Be in a place where u will have a say and can decide who becomes the next leader of your church, it must be people oriented and not pastors oriented. Be wise Africans.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 160 returnees from Libya.

The returnees arrived Nigeria after being stranded in the North African country following failed attempts to reach different European countries. On their arrival at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Thursday night, the returnees were received by an official of NEMA.

Segun Afolayan, representative of the Director General of the agency, Mustapha Maihajja received the returnees on behalf of the agency.

They arrived on board a Libyan flight which had seven female adults and 153 male adults. Thousands of Nigerians stranded in Libya have returned home in the past few months under the assisted voluntary returnees programme, coordinated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

http://www.vondanews.com/nema-receives-another-batch-of-160-libya-returnees/

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and a former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Chief Lionel Jonathan-Omo, is dead.

Jonathan-Omo, who was the Deputy Campaign Director General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation during the 2016 governorship election, fell from the balcony of his two-storey building in his hometown in Beleu-Pogo in Ogbolomabiri, Nembe Local Government Area of the state.

The party chieftain was said to be relaxing on the balcony when he started feeling dizzy. He was trying to get up with the aid of a pillar close to him when he fell off.

The politician’s close associate revealed that the fatal fall from the balcony was discovered by his wife after she heard the sound from the kitchen.

He was immediately rushed to a hospital in the state where doctors were said to have advised that he be taken to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in Rivers State.

It was learnt that the deceased was operated upon when he was rushed to the UPTH but did not survive the operation.

Reacting to the development, APC described the death of Jonathan-Omo as an “indescribable loss” of a wonderful ally at a time his experience and energy were most needed.

In a statement in Yenagoa on Thursday by the State Publicity Secretary of the APC , Mr Doifie Buokoribo, the party said Jonathan-Omo, who died on Thursday was a forthright politician, and an illustrious son of Bayelsa State and the Ijaw nation who partook in popular activities to better the lives of his people.

Buokoribo said, “Jonathan -Omo broke his limbs in a fall and fought bravely for his life at a private hospital in Port Harcourt to recover from the injuries he sustained. He never survived them.

“The chief died on Thursday after an unsuccessful operation. All of us had hoped that Jonathan-Omo would recover from his injuries and get on with his life, particularly, at this time of intense political activities in our state and country when his experience and wisdom are seriously needed.

“Lionel Jonathan-Omo, who is from Nembe, trained as a lawyer and taught Law at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology for several years.

“He was a former commissioner in Bayelsa State.

“He was also a delegate representing the state at the 2005 National Political Reform Conference. Until his death, he was a member of the APC. During the 2015 – 2016 governorship elections, he was the Deputy Director General of the Sylva / Igiri Campaign Organisation.

“He earned his living as founder of Achievers Farm in Igbogene-Yenagoa.”

http://www.vondanews.com/apc-leader-falls-off-two-storey-building-dies/

Cristiano Ronaldo who recently secured a bumper £100million move to Juventus from Real Madrid after agreeing to a four-year deal worth an estimated £500,000 a week celebrated it in a special way.

The 33-year-old was pictured on Thursday evening enjoying dinner with family and friends to celebrate the deal.

See full photos below.

http://www.vondanews.com/cristiano-ronaldo-celebrates-100million-move-to-juventus-with-family-friends-as-they-enjoy-dinner-together-photos/

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A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was making effort to rig the 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State slated for Saturday, July 14.

In a tweet on Thursday, Fani-Kayode claimed that Buhari wanted the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the state at all cost.

He wrote, “It is clear that @MBuhari wishes to rig the governorship election in Ekiti on saturday and take it for the APC at all costs.

“I pray that he has a change of heart because if he goes ahead, the consequences will be far-reaching, devastating, catastrophic and utterly disastrous.

http://www.vondanews.com/ekiti-election-fani-kayode-speaks-on-consequences-of-buhari-rigging-poll/

According to various reports, female rappers Cardi B, and Nicki Minaj have continued to share an on-and-off again feud with each other.

But any bad blood seems to be behind the pair, with the Chun-Li singer extending quite an expensive olive branch to the new mother and perhaps even putting her hand up as Godmother.

According to The Blast, the 35-year-old has gifted the Bodak Yellow hitmaker a $5000 baby basket from exclusive Los Angeles baby boutique Petit Trésor.

‘The basket was bought minutes after the birth announcement was made,’ reported the publication according to a source.

‘The requirements for the basket were to “make it as girly as possible”, and was stuffed with some of the store’s most sought-after products including luxury seasonal clothes, an assortment of dolls and stuffed animals and, of course, a sterling silver rattle’.

They added that there were also luxury organic pampering items for Cardi as well.

According to the insider, Nicki’s basket has already been shipped express post to her fellow rapper’s Atlanta home, and should arrive by end of day.

Nicki’s kind gesture comes after Cardi announced on Wednesday morning that she had given birth to her daughter, naming her Kulture Kiari Cephus.

http://www.vondanews.com/nicki-minaj-gifts-cardi-b-5000-baby-basket/

Governor Nasir El-Rufai kneels to greet President Buhari at the Abuja Metro rail commissioning ceremony

The photo was taken at the commissioning of the Abuja Light rail this morning

http://www.vondanews.com/photo-governor-nasir-el-rufai-kneels-to-greet-president-buhari-at-the-abuja-metro-rail-commissioning-ceremony/

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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has described the Buhari-led government ast the most corrupt administration since 1999.

Atiku who was vice president during the Obasanjo administration, said this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital, while addressing some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the state secretariat of the party yesterday July 10th.

“What is happening today in our country is in contravention with all our provisions of our constitution. In our federation, we are supposed to have an inclusive government but you know that this federal government is not inclusive. You know that this federal government is not united; you know that this federal government is incompetent; you know that this federal government is more corrupt than any government we have come through since 1999. So, let nobody come and deceive you on corruption, they are more corrupt than any government that I know since 1999 and we shall be revealing their level of corruption. Fighting corruption alone is not the only responsibility of government.” he said

Speaking further, Atiku who is a presidential aspirant, said 

“Our unemployment is accelerated high and there have never a time we had more than 11 million people, young people, young women thrown out of job. Today, we have more than 11 million unemployed people. Today, we have witnessed much insecurity in this country. Today, we are witnessing high inflation the APC government has brought to us in this country.”


http://www.vondanews.com/buharis-government-most-corrupt-since-1999atiku-abubakar/

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has called for concerted efforts to neutralize the security challenges in Nigeria.

He said this in the ‘Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)’, presented to the UN Security Council.

Guterres said asymmetrical attacks were carried out by Boko Haram terrorists against security forces, local authorities and civilians in Nigeria and other West African state.

The UN chief said extremist armed groups continued to harass civilians, carry out targeted abductions or killings, burn down schools and threaten teaching staff.

“In Nigeria, multiple clashes between farmers and herders in the Middle Belt states, as well as in the southern states of Edo, Ebonyi and Kogi, resulted in numerous casualties, population displacement and destruction of property,” he said.

Guterres also expressed concerns on the continued protests by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria IMN) Sheikh Zakzaky, over the detention of its leader and militant groups threat to resume attacks.

Meanwhile, as the 2019 general election draws near, the UN has stated that there was the need to reactivate the National Peace Committee, which played critical roles in ensuring a peaceful 2015 presidential election.

http://www.vondanews.com/un-speaks-on-security-threats-in-nigeria/

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has officially welcomed Dino Melaye back to the opposition party, PDP. Read his welcome back letter to Dino below

Yesterday I tweeted the following:

"It is not good enough to say that you are leaving Buhari simply because he came after you. You stood with him when he murdered, detained, insulted, framed up, disgraced, demonised, humiliated and lied about others for 3 years and you cheered him on. You failed to appreciate that those who ride on the back of a tiger always end up in its stomach. Now the tiger is chewing your balls you are wailing. You did not wail when it devoured others. Instead you supported it and enthroned a monster. Kindly ask God and the people to forgive you for your self-induced delusion and folly".

Even though I did not mention his name but was in fact referring to not just him but all those that are about to decamp from the APC to join the PDP, my dear aburo Senator Dino Melaye, responded to me by tweeting as follows:

"My brother FFK and I are both returnee to PDP. He only got healed of political blindness before me. Thank God we both can now see. Once we were blind and now we can see".

When his tweet was brought to my attention I chuckled. I must confess that few have the courage and zeal of Dino and I have always loved him for that.

Not many know that we have been friends for over 20 years and till today I remember vividly the first day that I met him and who introduced us.

I am overjoyed by the notable strides that he has made in politics over the last 15 years and I am pleased about his return to the ranks and fold of the righteous over the last few days.

I am equally pleased that many of his colleagues from the RAPC will soon be joining us and we must welcome them all with open arms.

Politics is a game of numbers and this can only be a good thing. We must all join hands to remove the tyrant and the monster that has held our nation to ransom and that seeks to devour us all.

I am however constrained to say a few things in response to my aburo's jocular tweet in order to set the record straight.

The truth is that unlike him I was never "blind" but I simply let down my guard, closed my eyes for a brief moment and allowed my fleeting anger to becloud my better judgement.

Thankfully I opened those eyes relatively quickly and retraced my steps. I saw the evil and immediately I fled from it.

Within a short period of time such was the power of the stench of the group of people that I had erroneously aligned myself with for a few months in 2013 that I was compelled to open my eyes and flee the scene.

Dino detected the same stench very early on but not only did he choose to hold his nose and stay in that filthy setting but he also opted to assist in putting it in power and enthroning it.

The difference between me and him is that I joined the then opposition party in 2013 and stayed there for only 9 months. I left long before it was recognised as a political party by INEC, long before it was named "APC" and long before Buhari became its presidential candidate.

Unlike Dino I recognised the evil in them and left them long before they came to power in 2015. Unlike Dino I raised the alarm about their genocidal tendencies, their fascistic disposition, their secret desire to field a Muslim/Muslim ticket and their jihadist agenda. Unlike Dino I fought them to a standstill in the 2015 presidential election by boldly speaking for the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan.

To add to that I have opposed their evil ways and demonic agenda consistently without fear or favour for the last 3 years and my family and I have paid a heavy price for doing so.

For the last 3 years I have been one of the leading voices of the opposition in the country so I have paid my dues. It is time for Dino and co. to pay theirs. I acknowledge that Dino and some of the others have suffered in the last few months and shown immense courage by leaving the APC.

In many ways they are heroes but they still have to do a lot more and they must show some contrition for enthroning Buhari in 2015 and opposing Jonathan. The truth is that they put us in this mess and an apology for that would go a long way.

The biblical prodigal son showed and exhibited some level of contrition and repentance on returning to his fathers house and such a display of such contrition would help in this case.

Unlike Dino I told the world that we must stop the APC at all costs from getting power because from what I had seen during my short time with them they would kill people, lock them up, terrorise the nation and abuse that power if they ever got it.

I was proved right. Dino and co. saw the evil in the APC and instead of following my lead they stayed there, pitched their tent with them, fought for them, spoke for them, campaigned for them, ensured that they won power and openly supported the evil that they subjected Nigerians to for the last 3 years.

In those 3 years many of our people were murdered, demonised, locked up, humiliated, detained, subjected to trumped-up and politically-motivated criminal charges and brutal witchunts, criminalised, misreprsented, threatened, intimidated and demonised. Many were totally destroyed and may never recover.

Unlike Dino and those that supported Buhari, brought him to power and have clapped for him for the last 3 years, I do not have blood on my hands and neither can I be blamed for any of the atrocities that he has committed because I opposed him, stood up to him, resisted him and fought him every day for the last 3 years.

I cannot say the same for my brother Dino and co. who have only just seen the light because they stayed with the evil called Buhari and supported and applauded him for those 3 horrendous years. They turned their back to the light and chose to espouse the darkness.

They fought PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan for that entire period and refused to acknowledge our suffering and sacrifice or condemn Buhari for his evil and homicidal ways, his sectional and divisive politics, his monumental incompetence, his massive corruption and his religious bigotry.

Thankfully today they are saying the things that we said before the 2015 election and what we have been saying consistently for the last 3 years.

I welcome that but they must never compare themselves with someone like me. We were never in the same boat. I chose the hard and difficult path whilst they did not.

I saw the light and fought the evil of Buhari long before he came to power whilst they refused to do so. God gave me the grace, fortitude, courage, wisdom, strength and insight to do so and I have opposed Buhari and his party with all my heart and soul from 2014 up until today. I am very proud of that.

Unlike them for me it was not about political expedience, political pragmatism or about simply winning elections but about principle and ideaological purity.

I could not in good conscience stay in a political party with religious bigots, homicidal maniacs and ethnic supremacists.

I do not believe there can be fellowship between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. I do not believe that there can be any friendship or any union betwen the children of God and the children of Belial.

Let God judge between those of us that stayed with the evil and those of us that opposed it. Whatever the case I congratulate Dino for seeing the light, albeit 3 years late, and for returning to the fold and the land of the living. As they say, it is better late than never!

http://www.vondanews.com/ffk-officially-welcomes-dino-melaye-back-to-pdp/

They still want to carry this one?

Aduba Daniel, a student of the Niger Delta University in Bayelsa state, died after reportedly drinking Sniper (an insecticide) upon discovering that he had about four carry overs

According to journalist Bodmas Kemepadei, Daniel was rushed to the Tantua hospital, Amassoma, where it was realised that he had drank the whole bottle. All efforts to save him proved abortive.

http://www.vondanews.com/niger-delta-university-student-commits-suicide-after-discovering-he-had-multiple-carry-overs/

Let him start calling them oo

Chai