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Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, on Friday said that he has been under intense pressure to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his supporters.

Yari, who is the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.

He also handed over the results of the primaries conducted in the state to the President after the Jumaat prayer.

He promised that despite the pressure from his people to dump the APC, he will remain with the party and fight against any injustice.

According to him, his supporters were aggrieved over the turn out of events following the party leadership’s refusal to acknowledge the primaries conducted last week in the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had also barred the APC from fielding any candidates for the 2019 poll in Zamfara for not conducting primary elections in the state.

The Presidency on Thursday released 64 achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in the agricultural sector.

Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Sixty Four Achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in Agricultural Sector’, made available on her Facebook page.

The statement read:
“1) The anti-corruption drive of Mr. President put to a halt the exogenous leakages in the Agricultural sector to encourage, empower, and enhance the locally made farm produce thereby increasing our internally generated revenue (IGR) index and foreign exchange capacity and reserve to over $45 Billion in cash and bonds.
2) President Buhari initiated the Home Grown Feeding Programme which is designed to put an end to importation and market monopoly of farm produce that can be

The Presidency on Thursday released 64 achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in the agricultural sector.


Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Sixty Four Achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in Agricultural Sector’, made available on her Facebook pagcorruption drive of Mr. President put to a halt the exogenous leakages in the Agricultural sector to encourage, empower, and enhance the locally made farm produce thereby increasing our internally generated revenue (IGR) index and foreign exchange capacity and reserve to over $45 Billion in cash and bonds.


2) President Buhari initiated the Home Grown Feeding Programme which is designed to put an end to importation and market monopoly of farm produce that can be grown here in our country which is a pilot vehicle to sustainable economic, agricultural, academic and job creation across the length and breadth of our nation.

3) Under President Buhari, the Standing Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Zero-Reject of Agricultural Commodities and Produce / Non-oil Exports in Nigeria was inaugurated.

4) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria has benefitted from 13.1billion Euros honeybee project.


5) The Buhari administration has commenced steps improving the standards of Nigeria’s agricultural exports to align with global standards due to the rejection of our produce at the EU Border Controls.

6) Under President Buhari, Standards and Quality Control measures have been developed in.

7) Under President Buhari administration at the end of 2016, agricultural goods as share of total trade got N212.73bn and 4.02 per cent and Agricultural goods exports were 2.7 per cent higher in Q4 2016 than Q3 2016.

8.) Under the Buhari-led administration, Sesame seeds contributed N6.46billion to Agricultural product exports in the fourth quarter of 2016.

9) In the fourth quarter of 2016, Frozen shrimps and prawns chipped in N4.4billion to Agricultural product exports under PMB’s administration.

10) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, Flour and meals of soya beans contributed N2.59billion to agricultural product exports

11) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, cashew nuts in shell contributed N0.95billion to Agricultural product exports with the Buhari-led administration.

12) Crude palm kernel accounted for N0.62 billion of the total Agricultural exports under the President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016.

13) Under the President Buhari administration the agricultural universities coordinating agency is being revitalised as stipulated in the enabling Act which will work closely with the Nigerian University Commission and development partners to re-focus the universities of agriculture in the country.

14) The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme was initiated by the Buhari Administration and it is aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youth, women and other vulnerable groups across the country.

15) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programme initiated by the President Buhari administration is geared towards promoting community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women in rural and suburban households.

16) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programmes under President Buhari are expected to establish 150,000 cooperatives nationwide under commodity value chain groups.

17) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari will establish and operate up to 1,000 cottage industries in the country, and ultimately engage about 1,995,500 youth and 997,500 women for enhanced productivity.

18) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari would add about 5,965,000 metric tons of foods to the national food store.

19) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme is an intervention of the Buhari administration aimed at fast-tracking access of rural farmers to finance productivity.

20) The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Buhari-led administration has made available N82billion in funding to 350,000 farmers of rice, wheat, maize, cotton, cassava, poultry, soy beans and groundnut; who have cultivated about 400,000 hectares of land.

21) The Buhari-led administration has made provision of agricultural credit for financing the production of rice, wheat, ginger, maize and soybeans in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Benue, Zamfara, Anambra and Kwara States.

22) The Anchor Borrower’s Programme (ABP) under Buhari’s administration has provided quantum of money for dry season farming in 2015, wet season rice and wheat farming in 2016 and is currently supporting the 2016 dry season farming in many states.

23) The President Buhari administration has commenced the use of National Soil Map Data, with the promotion of the use of soil-specific fertilizer formulations and application in prescribed dosages based on soil types following the conduct of soil mapping/test to enhance agricultural production and productivity.

24) Under President Buhari administration a resurrected interest in agriculture has awakened among small holder farmers.

25) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria’s fertilizer market is growing.

26) The President Buhari administration has signed an agreement with the Government of Morocco for the supply of fertilizer raw materials on concessionary terms to boost local blending to facilitate making soil and crop-specific fertilizer blends available and accessible to smallholder Nigeria farmers.

27) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari is facilitating the timely access of farmers to appropriate quality seeds.

28) The President Buhari administration has facilitated seed trading locally and internationally through the application of regionally agreed principles and rules.

29) The enabling environment for private investment in the seed industry has been created by the Buhari-led administration.

30) Under President Buhari, the National Irrigation Policy and Strategy has been developed and focuses on the need to overcome the irrigation challenges and put available irrigation facilities in the country into effective use.


31) The PMB Administration has assessed the status of infrastructure in all the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) hence, commenced immediate and effective use of the facilities for commercial farming.

32) Under President Buhari, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has been strengthened for improved delivery of services through consolidation and recapitalisation in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to ensure loan disbursement at a single digit interest regime in the agricultural sector as obtainable in developed and emerging economies.

33) The President Buhari administration has approved the restructuring, re-capitalising and repositioning of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).

34) The Buhari administration has secured the approval of a grant of $1.1 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the restructuring of the Bank of Agriculture, aimed at staff training to strengthen service delivery.

35) The President Buhari administration has embarked on the re-validation of the claims of agro- dealers and input suppliers under the 2014 wet and 2014/2015 dry seasons to ensure that genuine claims are paid by the government.

36) The President Buhari administration has facilitated the payment of the sum of N20 billion, as part of the debts owed agro-dealers while efforts are on to fully settle the outstanding liabilities.

37) The President Buhari administration has established a N50 billion mechanisation fund to facilitate the second phase of Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise (AEHE) to roll-out 6,000 tractors and 13,000 harvest and post-harvest equipment units across the country.

38) With the Buhari-led administration, Tractors and Implements were rolled out in Ilorin and Abuja on January 12, 2016, to support targeted commodity value chains.

39) The rising spate of hostilities and attendant insecurity arising from clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen has raised serious concern within the government. Accordingly, the PMB administration has commenced efforts towards resolution of pastoralists-farmers conflicts through the provision of 55,000 hectares of land by 11 states as part of the 5,000 hectares each expected from the 19 northern states for the development of pasture/paddocks grazing reserves.

40) The Buhari administration has established 40 large scale rice processing plants and 18 High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCGF) plants with a stake commitment of China EXIM (85 per cent) and Nigeria Bank of Industry (BoI) (15 per cent) through concessional credit facilities of US$383,140,375.60 for the rice mills and US$143,722,202.40 for the HQCF Plants.

41) The President Buhari administration through the Ministry of Agriculture is embarking on a programme of distribution of rice mills, of ten tons per day capacity, 20 tons a day, 40 tons a day, 50 tons and a few 100 tons. Collectively between them, the capacity for rice milling will be close to 3,000 tons a day nationwide. That is expected to close the gap between paddy availability and mills to process it.

42) The President Buhari administration has established 10 large scale rice processing plants and 6 High Quality Cassava Flour plants to be owned and operated by the private sector and would be funded by the Special Rice Processing Intervention Fund and the WB Assisted Agricultural Development Policy Operation [AgDPO] Funds.

43) Through President Buhari administration, Real GDP in agriculture grew by 4.11 per cent in the year 2016, and this growth rate was higher than that recorded in 2015 of 3.72 per cent.

44) Under Buhari’s administration as captured by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), there was a continuing strong growth in Agriculture (especially Crop Production) in the Q4 of 2016.

45) Agriculture contributed 21.26 per cent to nominal GDP in the Q4 of 2016 and the sector grew by 6.45 per cent year-on-year under President Buhari administration.

46) In the Buhari-led administration, the contribution of Agriculture to overall GDP in real terms was 25.49 per cent in the quarter under review, higher than its share of 24.18 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2015.

47) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari administration also provided 2283 bags of industrial salt to hides and skin dealers in 12 targeted states.

48) The President Buhari administration placed ban on rice importation and that has saved Nigeria an average of $5 Million daily.

49) The growing success story on agriculture in Buhari’s Administration has prompted more youths to commence full production in agriculture.

50) More than 7 million Nigerians are actively employed in agriculture under the Buhari Government’s diversification agenda and the Ministry of Agriculture is working to ensure that Agriculture will offer 20 million jobs in the nearest future.

51) Nigeria’s milled rice production has increased by about 60 percent, from 2.5 million MT in 2015, to 4 million MT in 2017 under the President Buhari administration.

52) The Buhari-led administration set up the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) to deliver commercially significant quantities of affordable and high quality fertilizer to the Nigerian farmer at the right time

53) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in the revitalization of 14 blending plants across the country, with a total installed capacity in excess of 2 million MT.

54) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in benefits which will include annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange, and N60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for Fertilizer subsidies.

55) Under President Buhari administration, the current cumulative in terms of IGR generated through Agriculture since the fall in price of crude globally has placed agriculture as the best alternative for creating wealth and increasing our National Foreign Reserve to an all-time high.

56) Nigeria’s economy has since bounced back after the recession of 2015/2016 and has continued to grow back as the strongest stabilizing economy in Africa under Buhari-led administration.

57) Through the Buhari-led administration, agriculture is already ripe to be the next green oil and global gold the world has ever seen and the green-rush will lead all roads to Nigeria.

58) Buhari-led Administration has revived 11 moribund plants with a combined capacity of over two million metric tonnes.

59) In 2017 under the President Buhari administration, Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) delivered 10 million 50kg bags(500,000MT) of NPK 20:10:10 fertilizer at a price of N5,500 in time for the wet season which is down from the price of N9,000 per 50kg bag in 2016, a 40% reduction in price.

60) Under President Buhari administration there is a higher patronage for the country’s rail network due to movement of raw materials and finished goods.

61) Under President Buhari administration, the bag-making sector of the economy was boosted, with over 10million packaging bags produced exclusively for Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).

62) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) has been able to create 60,000 direct jobs and even a higher number of indirect jobs under the Buhari-led administration.

63) The Buhari-led administration has cut down on imports of agricultural products in order to enable self-sufficiency in food production and consumption.

64) Under President Buhari administration, The Green Alternative (TGA) was initiated, a major policy thrust to build an agri-business economy capable of delivering sustained prosperity by meeting domestic food security goals, generate exports, support sustainable income and job.”

http://dailypost.ng/2018/10/11/presidency-lists-64-achievements-buhari/

RockHard:
The onus is on you to show that he was 'indicted' and 'convicted' as you have been claiming. If the U.S government could not indict or convict him of what you are accusing him of, then you are merely blowing hot air. The U.S has released the documents in their file against Tinubu, Sahara Reporters has made it available for everyone to scrutinize. If you have evidence of his indictment and conviction for drug running, present them here for us all to see. I repeat, Tinubu frequently visits the U.S as a free man. No indictment, no conviction (except in your mind). Can Atiku do the same? Can Atiku visit America?

RockHard:
Bro, so far you have not presented a single proof showing that he was indicted on any crime.The document you presented only showed that he forfeited money. Look, Sahara reporters did a comprehensive expose on this issue and the U.S didnt even indict him on any drug related charge because they had no evidence to do that. He only forfeited money that was suspected to have been laundered. You people are barking at the wrong tree because Buhari is the one that Atiku will be facing at the polls, not Tinubu. GEJ would have jailed Tinubu by now if he could (as much he wanted to). Tinubu can enter America anytime. Atiku should try that.

mabea:
Where is that tse-tsefly dude let him show up aready.

RockHard:
Do you even know what a conviction means? Where was he convicted of being a 'drug lord'? Your anger is really clouding your reasoning ability.

CilicMarin:
Aren't you useless for supporting criminals like Atiku, Adeleke, Fayose etc....?

RockHard:
You people are funny. Is Atiku competing against Tinubu or Buhari? Besides, in spite of the embellished stuff in the op's post, Tinubu has no case to answer in the U.S and has travelled to America severally in the past few years, can same be said for Atiku? Tinubu is not the one that will be facing Atiku at the polls o.

DrRasheed:
Yah and all i see is baseless accusation that cant stand evidence. No solid info.
So, try again

carammel:
Is Tinubu contesting for Presidency in 2019?

DrRasheed:
Have some sense.

DrRasheed:
Where's the seal of DEA..?

Tinubu cant be escobar's ally and still flies around majestically.

Tinubu was indicted for Cocaine, Herroine and Gun crimes and forfeited
$460,000.00 in the early 1990’s.

Cocaine, Heroine, Guns and other paraphernalia used in running the drug
business were all recovered from the Tinubu-led drug cartel in Chicago in
the early 1993.

“He is still a suspect and the case against him is not yet closed. It can
be reopened anytime even though he has forfeited proceeds from the crime,”
a U.S Security source told Pointblanknews.com
Sources said, “Even if today Tinubu decides to visit the United States
again, he would be questioned. 

“His crime is not one that
can be swept under the carpet just like that.

“The usual suspicion by the United States and other countries is that once
you have a criminal record, you must be monitored properly in order to
forestall you committing the same crime again.”

Tinubu’s drug crime life has refused to go away from the U.S authorities
even as mainstream media houses in Nigeria have been largely compromised
and would not report the atrocities and conviction of the APC leader.

The APC leader is currently joggling his political cards, seeking to
anoint a Governor in Lagos State and a Presidential flag bearer for his
party despite his indictment for drug crimes in the United States.

According to the document, signed by a former United States Government
Narcotics Attache in its embassy in Nigeria, Andre W. Kellum, Tinubu
operated an organisation that distributed cocaine.

Kellum who signed the U.S documents while serving in Nigeria, is now
Regional Director for the Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, in Bangkok,
Thailand.

Kellum said that though Tinubu was not subjected to criminal prosecution,
the fact that he acceded to forfeiting funds to the United States
Government was on its own a conviction.

Kellum’s letter was a response to a petition pertaining to Tinubu’s
suitability to stand for re-election in 2003 as the governor of Lagos
State.

The petitioner said that Tinubu, owing to his conviction in the United
States for running a drug cartel, was not suitable to stand for election
in Nigeria.

In the letter dated April 9, 2003, addressed to the former Chairman,
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Bello Lafiaji, Kellum
wrote,
“After consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of
International Affairs (OIA), this is in response to the above referenced
matter, regarding Bola Ahmed TINUBU (emphasis that of Kellum).

“Pursuant to the aforementioned request, the Lagos, Nigeria Country Office
(LNCO) of the Drug Enforcement Administration immediately contacted
DOJ/OIA officials. Copies of documents received by the LNCO from the NDLEA
were forwarded to these officials for verification.

“As such, please note that paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the complaint
indicates that persons named therein operated an organisation that
distributed heroin and the proceeds of that illegal distribution were in
the subject acounts to be forfeited. The complaint references U.S.
(criminal) money laundering and (criminal) drug statutes as the authority
under which the forfeiture occurs. Nevertheless, note that the complaint
in this civil action identifies the funds as the defendant (Tinubu), not
the account holders.

“Likewise, the Decree of Forfeiture, signed by a U.S. District Judge,
identifies the criminal statutory authority for the civil forfeiture of
the funds without regard to whether there is a corresponding criminal
prosecution.

“The facts revealed in the U.S. Investigation of the funds and their
source are detailed in the affidavit filed by the Internal Revenue
Service. 

In the letter from the NDLEA that resulted in
Kellum’s reaction, the lead anti-narcotic agency in Nigeria said that the
conclusion it could draw was that Tinubu’s drug case was yet to be closed
by the United States.

The letter, in its opinion section, noted, “Former paragraph 6 above,
Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu was involved in Money Laundering Transactions
along with Mueez Adegboya Akande and Abiodun Agbele in the United States
of America.

“Even though he was not charged to court, he had to compromise the
case. Otherwise, he would have lost the whole money.

“Arising from the case, Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu forfeited 460,000 US
dollars to the United States Government being proceeds of narcotic
trafficking or property involved in financial transactions in violation of
18 USO 1956 and 1957 and therefore was forfeitable to the United States
(emphasis that of the NDLEA).

“It is pertinent to note that the funds held by Citi bank which was
released to Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the action filed against these
funds held in the said accounts was dismissed with prejudice. This in
effect means the case has not been closed (emphasis that of NDLEA) and
could be reopened at any time by the United States Government.”

The opinion formed by the NDLEA on the issue as a result of Kellum’s
letter, arose from a petition by one of the governorship aspirants in
Lagos State in 2003, Sir Babatunde Abayomi Olowu, that Tinubu was not fit
to stand for the governorship based on his conviction on drug offences in
the United States.

The NDLEA said that though Olowu’s petition, dated January 16, 2003 raised
several grounds for Tinubu to be prevented from contesting, the agency
noted that the aspect in which it was interested was that between 1988 and
1993, the former governor was involved in narcotics trafficking and money
laundering. 

It said that upon receipt of the petition, it
sent copies of the court that indicted Tinubu to the DEA in Nigeria for
assitance.
It said the DEA, through Kellum, replied on April 9, 2003, confirming the
existence of such proceedings.

The NDLEA said based on the report, it established that:

(a) That there was in fact a proceeding in the United States
District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division in 1993 in
which the United States of America was the Plaintiff and the funds in 10
accounts held by Governor Bola Tinubu and Compass Finance and Investment
Co. at First Heritage Bank and Citi Bank International in the United
States were the Defendants.

(b) The substance of the application filed by the United States Attorney
was “This is an in rem forfeiture case brought pursuant to 22 U.S.C.
Section 881 and 18 U.S.C. Section 981 which provides for the forfeiture of
property representing the proceeds of drug trafficking and property
involved in money laundering.”

( c ) Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu defended the said publication through his
counsel Patrick S. Coffey and there was a stipulation and compromise
settlement of claims to the funds held by Heritage Bank and Citi Bank.

(d) The United States and the Individual Claimants i.e. Governor
Ahmed Bola Tinubu and others agreed to settle and to compromise this
action upon terms previously presented to the court.

(e) The court made the following findings “The United States filed a
verified complaint for forfeitures against the funds in the above
captioned defendant accounts because there was probable cause to believe
that the property represented proceeds of narcotics traficking or was
property involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C.

In 1956 and 1957 and therefore was forfeitable to the United States
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 881 (a) 6 and 18 U.S.C. 981. The funds in
the defendant accounts were seized initially by seizure warrants.”

(f) From the findings of the court, “Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu has
admitted and acknowledged that the funds traced to his account represented
proceeds of narcotics trafficking or was property involved in financial
transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956 and 1957 and therefore was
forfeitable to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 881 (a) and
18 U.S.C. 981. The funds in the defendants acounts were seized initially
by seizure warrants.”

(g) Following from (f) above, Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu has also admitted
that he was involved in laundering proceeds of drug trafficking in the
United States of America and the proceeds of such illicit drugs or money
laundered in the sun of 460,000 US dollars be forfeited to the United
States Government.

(h) Although Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu was not charged to court for
trafficking in narcotics, he was nonetheless indicted for laundering
proceeds of drug trafficking being financial transactions forfeitable to
the United States Government.

(i) Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu opted for settlement so that he would not
forfeit the whole money. He would have forfeited the whole money if the
mater had gone through full trial.

(j) Under the Nigerian law, it is possible to forfeit property believed to
be proceeds of trafficking in narcotic drugs even if the suspect has not
been convicted and is discharged by the court on technical grounds.

(k) Such a person whose property has been forfeited on grounds of being
proceeds of drug trafficking will be classified as a baron or money
launderer and certainly will be indexed and put on watchlist.

(l) From the above, if Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu is not the incumbent
Executive Governor of Lagos State he would have been invited for interview
to shed light on the facts admitted by him in this case.

The NDLEA, in a further note, said that at the time of this transaction,
Tinubu was a staff of Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited, with a monthly take home
pays of $2,400.

The note said that despite the amount Tinubu receives, he completed a
credit application for a loan of $8,000 to buy a car on January 6, 1990.

He reportedly said in the application that his only source of income was
from his job with Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited.

The note said that on November 20, 1990, one Abiodun Agbele, whom Tinubu
said is known to him, was arrested after selling one ounce of white heroin
to an undercover agent for $7,000.

Agbele was described as an agent of Mueez A. Akande in the distribution of
heroin in the United States. 

The note added, “Interrogation
of the said Agbele and further investigations revealed the identity of the
other individuals, including relatives who have worked for Akande with
various duties in the distribution organisation. One of these individuals
has been identified by the investigation as Bola Tinubu.

“Governor Tinubu did not file any document to explain the source of
money totalling over 1.4 million dollars which was traced to his account
which was clearly above his means of income.

“Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu was in the habit of using different
residential addresses for different transactions apparently not to leave
traces.”

In its conclusion, the NDLEA said of Tinubu, “Even though he
was not charged to court, he had to compromise the case. Otherwise, he
would have lost the whole money….

“It is pertinent to note that the funds held by Citi bank which was
released to Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the action filed against these
funds held in the said accounts was dismissed with prejudice. This in
effect means the case has not been closed and could be reopened at any
time by the United States Government.”

John A. Nordberg of the United States District Court, Northern District of
Illinois, Eastern Division, ordered the forfeiture of the huge sums, found
in 10 of Tinubu’s accounts, believed to be proceeds of illicit drug trade.

An All Progressives Congress chieftain in Bauchi State, Nasiru Darazo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will be defeated in the 2019 election following the level of irregularities recorded throughout the federation in the party’s primary elections.


Similarly, the APC chieftain said, President Buhari and APC will surely lose Bauchi state including most States in Northern part of the country in 2019.

Darazo made the observation in an exclusive chat with DAILY POST Friday in Bauchi, saying that APC primaries were marred by imposition by State governors under APC.


He added that the politics of imposition has already created bad blood against Buhari where his acceptance and popularity is at stake.

” We had warned APC and President Buhari to ensure governor Abubakar did not use state apparatus to secure the party’s guber ticket ahead of 2019 election, yet nothing was done.

He lament that there had been no primary election in Bauchi state since the exercise commenced last week.


Darazo cautioned that other APC aggrieved members will not allow themselves to be humiliated from the 2019 election against the support of the voters.

The APC chieftain vowed that President Buhari will lose Bauchi state to the opposition, describing APC primaries as a child-play, saying no election was held to produce any candidate in whatever position.

” I want to make it clear that there was no primary election held in Bauchi APC, only those preferred by governor Abubakar were candidates of the party for various positions and is that not a strong indication that APC has lost the election in 2019?” Darazo fumed.

He alleged that several aspirants under APC were shortchanged and denied the opportunity to contest in favour of Abubakar’s candidates across the state.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/10/05/buhari-will-defeated-2019-apc-chieftain/

Activist lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has challenged the All Progressives Congress to come clean on the image and personality of one of its governorship aspirants in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Adegboruwa’s challenge followed an allegation by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, that Sanwo-Olu, who seeks to unseat him, was unfit to govern Lagos State because he had a criminal record.

Ambode had during a world press conference he addressed at the Government House in Alausa on Sunday alleged that Sanwo-Olu was once arrested and detained for months in the United States of America for spending fake dollar bills at a nightclub.

Ambode added that his challenger had also had to undergo rehabilitation at the Gbagada General Hospital and was therefore unfit for governance.

SternProphet:
LOL
This is to give hope to the hopeless maybe. The defeat of PDP next elections will be unbelievable. I think most PDP politicians already know this but the youth on social media not so sure. Buhari is President till 2023.

I am sure though he will be voted out at the 2023 elections.,

The Guardian Politics


‘Osun poll outcome indicates Buhari could lose in 2019’

A New York-based analysis firm, Teneo Intelligence, has said the outcome of the Osun governorship election is an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari could lose in 2019.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured the highest votes in the poll which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared inconclusive. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the PDP, polled 254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the All progressives Congress (APC) had 254,345 votes.

In a report by Bloomberg, the intelligence firm said if the opposition managed to unite, the February election would be a tough one for the ruling party.
“There is already a clear message sent from Osun State: provided the PDP remains united, and the vote is reasonably free and fair, Buhari and his APC are likely to lose the general election,” Malte Liewerscheidt, an analyst at Teneo, said.

Recently, HSBC Bank, a global financial organisation, in its report titled: “Nigeria: Papering Over The Cracks”, said the economy would suffer setback if Buhari should win in 2019.The institution added that the chances of Buhari winning another term were slim.

“A second term for Mr. Buhari, however, raises the risk of limited economic progress and further fiscal deterioration, prolonging the stagnation of his first term, particularly if there is no move towards completing reform of the exchange rate system or fiscal adjustments that diversify government revenues away from oil,” the report read.

“In the near term, however, the election impact is likely to be negative as increased political uncertainty precludes policy reforms, weighs on confidence, deters investment spending and restrains the growth outlook.”

But Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu refuted the report, attributing it to the fear that the current administration could sanction the bank for shielding stolen wealth of corrupt Nigerians. Shehu said the bank had soiled its hand with millions of US dollars looted by Sani Abacha, former military head of state.

Police has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP governorship candidate in the Osun election on Saturday wanted over exam malpractice.

This is coming few hours WAEC cleared him of certificate forgery.

carammel:
There is nothing honest about your question. Whenever there is a crisis,everyone prays it stops early, now it has stopped, you are asking silly question that why did it stop?
If you or your family member were involved,you won't be asking why it stopped,you will just be happy.

carammel:
Do you want them to continue? What joy do you derive from reading bad news?