₦airaland Forum

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is being forced
to put on hold its membership registration following the
ransacking of its main data office in Lagos by officials of the
Department of State Security (DSS) and OP-MESA.
DSS, in a statement Sunday, claimed it had invaded APC’s
office on Saturday following a petition that it was being used to
clone Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
permanent voters’ cards (PVCs) for the purpose of hacking into
the commission’s data base in order to corrupt and manipulate
it.
However, APC at a press conference held in Lagos by its
National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, described as
plainly implausible and a witless afterthought the reason given
by the DSS for invading the data centre of the party in Lagos at
the weekend, calling the security service a shameless apologist
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
But as the main opposition party denounced the charge against
it, the Lagos Police Command announced yesterday that it
recovered about 1,700 voters’ cards from a bush at the Seme
border at the weekend.
Speaking on the invasion of APC’s office, Mohammed wondered
why any self-respecting intelligence-gathering agency would
rely on beer parlour gossip in carrying out its onerous
responsibility, “especially in a politically-charged environment
like what prevails in the country at present”.
He said: “The spokesperson for the DSS said the organisation
had put the building housing the data centre under surveillance,
and that it only acted after it was convinced that ‘unwholesome
activities’ were taking place. What hogwash!
“If indeed they put the place under surveillance, would they not
have been able to establish that it is an APC data centre? Even
if they were not sure, what prevented them from obtaining a
court order permitting them to enter and search the building
instead of carrying out a Gestapo-like operation? Are security
agencies above the law?
“To highlight their crudity and lack of professionalism, they had
to go and arrest one of the staffers who was not on duty just to
get the password to the servers they vandalised and took away.
This speaks volumes about the limitation of the DSS’
intelligence-gathering ability.
“If they had broken into the Boko Haram computer, would they
have gone to arrest Abubakar Shekau or any of his commanders
to give them the password to it?
“Nigerians can now see why no progress has been made in
using intelligence gathering to root out the evil Boko Haram.”
APC said far from the lies concocted by the DSS, which has now
become one of the enforcement arms of the PDP, the real reason
the service broke into the offices of the party was to deprive it of
its membership data base so it could no longer contact its
members, and also to aid and abet the rigging of the 2015
elections by the PDP.
“With the membership data base now in their possession, it has
become easy for them to collude with INEC to know in which
areas we are strong so they can scuttle the distribution of the
permanent voters’ cards there and, during the elections, to also
deprive such areas of voting materials,” the party alleged.
Owing to the invasion of its data centre, APC said it had been
forced to suspend its membership registration following the
damage done to the equipment in Lagos by the invading force of
the DSS and Nigerian Navy.
“'The viciousness and barbarism of the attack on the data
centre and the arrest of 26 innocent workers, which put a lie to
the DSS claim, have disrupted and corrupted the continuous
offline and online membership registration across the country.
'”The over 50 security men who invaded our offices not only
vandalised the offices, they pulled out and carted away the
server and computer systems. Their activities have therefore
affected the process of online/offline registration and data
capture of APC members across the country, hence we are left
with no choice than to suspend the process,” the party said.
It reiterated its earlier call for an independent inquiry into the
invasion, which it said had “taken the impunity of the Jonathan
administration to its worst level yet”, with a view to determining
the identity of those who sent the invading force and meting out
the necessary punishment to them, irrespective of their political
status.
“It is important to get to the bottom of this unprecedented action
in the political history of our nation, especially because it may
have compromised the 2015 general election,” APC said, calling
on all Nigerians as well as the country’s international partners
to condemn the primitive action.
But as APC decried the invasion of its Lagos data centre, the
ruling PDP yesterday alleged that the cloning of PVCs by the
main opposition party was an attempt by the APC to truncate
democracy in Nigeria and vowed to resist it.
The party said the weekend’s discovery by the DSS was
shocking to the effect that the opposition APC had engaged in
the cloning of PVCs and using cloners to hack into INEC’s data
base to compromise the 2015 general election.
PDP said in a statement signed by its National Publicity
Secretary Olisa Metuh that this discovery at the APC office in
Lagos was a clear confirmation of its stand and fears expressed
by well-meaning Nigerians of APC’s criminal desperation, lust
for power, plot to cause confusion and truncate democracy in
Nigeria.
“Indeed, Nigerians now know on what strength the APC, a party
that clearly lacks genuine followership among the citizens, has
been boasting that they will emerge victorious in the 2015
general election and has been threatening to form a parallel
government if they lose.
“Since its formation, the APC has been accusing everyone
including INEC and security agencies of working to rig the 2015
elections in favour of the PDP. Little did Nigerians realise that
such were smoke screens designed to divert attention from their
heinous and unpatriotic plots.
“We believe that the APC, in its desperate attempt to grab power
by all means, has already established cloning and hacking
centres in all the 36 states of the federation to actualise their
dubious machination to subvert the will of the people.
“We insist that the cloning of INEC PVCs is criminal and strikes
at the very heart of our electoral process. We share the fear of a
majority of Nigerians that the APC may have already started
cloning ballot papers and other election documents.
“It is in this regard that we call on all Nigerians and lovers of
democracy across the world to note the desperation of the APC.
Our citizens must therefore remain vigilant and resist any
attempt by the APC to steal their mandate.
“We also call on security agencies to fully investigate this
atrocious cloning and ensure that whoever is found culpable
faces the full weight of the law,” the PDP stated.
It said this development also placed an additional burden on
INEC, which must now work to prove that it is not complicit in
this heinous crime against the Nigerian state and its people.
PDP stressed that Nigerians had made huge sacrifices for the
“democracy we enjoy today and Nigerians cannot afford to
surrender it on the altar of blind ambition and the narrow
interest of the APC”.
In another incident, the Area K of the Lagos State Police
Command said yesterday it recovered about 1,700 PVCs from a
bush at the Seme area at the weekend.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Kenneth
Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the PVCs had
been abandoned.
He said: “Policemen attached to Area K Command Morogbo,
recovered about 1,700 permanent voters’ cards abandoned by
unknown persons in a bush at Seme Area.
“The PVCs were suspected to have been stolen from members
of staff of INEC at the Ajeromi area of Lagos.”
Already, he said investigations were ongoing by the personnel of
the Area K Command to unravel the culprits behind the act.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/apc-accuses-dss-of-stalling-membership-drive-as-police-recover-1-700-pvcs-at-seme/195017/

NwaOshimili:
it is time we start holding our leaders accountable. oil rich states are receiving as much some regions are receiving but we are yet to see any meaningful developmental projects in some of the states.

akwaibom governor may not be a saint but at least with all that he has stolen we can still see great works on the ground that easily give him away as the best governor around. what about my own governor uduaghan? where is our own infrastructural development like other oil rich states? is he shipping it to ibori in the prison? why is it that asaba is more or less a rural area compare to uyo of yesterday? even oshiomole is doing very well likewise dickson and imoke.

what is your take on this two states of delta and akwaibom

pix 1- uyo

pix 2- asaba

Who tell u say Oshiomole is doing well? Or its wat u read on net cos I doubt u hv visited Benin recently. He did well in his first tenure bt d opposite is wat he's doing in his second tenure. I see u re a critic of Uduaghan. Asaba aint dat bad

brownlord:
Thanks Pa Ayo, another reason for APC to call him names. The Satan of Sokoto wrote to ISIS but don't have ink to write to his foot soldiers in borno. Smh

That was referred to Emir of Kano n nt Sultan of Sokoto

TochiPhotos:
Enyimba Fc of Aba on Sunday at the Teslim Balogun stadium retained their Nigerian Federation Cup trophy by defeating Dolphins fc of Aba by 2 goals to 1 thanks to goals from high flying Mfom Udoh and Chinonso Okonkwo. It was a keenly contested match and the 2 teams put in there best, the atmosphere was electrifying, fans of the 2 teams came out enmasse to cheer the teams.

Enjoy!!!

The teams warming up...

Fans of d 2 teams came out enmasse to cheer the teams?? Hey!!! Don't just lie. We watched it n even d pics says otherwise

tochman:
It pains me that nairaland is being infiltrated by kid adults. Why can't nairalanders just make a point without insulting themselves. Its a show of lack of civilization. Is this the way we attract more members to nairaland? Sometimes i wonder how many literate we have here

Seconded

dimples2:
@Op u try!
U copied from a newspaper without the source even the same headline

This kind of mediocre journalism leads to crisis, this is not a clash but rather two leaders with different opinions!!!

U want source ba, there u hv it

The National President of the Christian Association of
Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Monday clashed on the
unabated violence being unleashed on parts of the country by
Boko Haram.
According to the Punch newspaper, the two leaders
clashed at a meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on
Monday with special advisers on religious affairs from the 36
states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
It was gathered that the meeting, organised by the Offices of
the Senior Special Assistants to the President on Islamic and
Christian matters, was declared open by Vice-President
Namadi Sambo.
While speaking at the event, Abubakar said Islamic leaders
had “tried so much” to preach against the activities of the
sect, Oritsejafor said they had not done enough in reaching
out to the insurgents and making them understand the true
teachings of Islam.
It had “Toward synergising and interfacing in the religious
sector for national development” as its theme.
Abubakar, who is also the leader of the Jama’atu Nasril
Islam, had in his remarks said there was no problem between
Islam and Christianity. He argued that if there was any
problem between Christians and Muslims, such matter should
be dealt with at that level.
He heaped the blame on what he described as lack of
education about religions which breeds lack of trust and
sincerity.
The Sultan regretted that while Islamic leaders had continued
to condemn the insurgents, they were still being accused of
not doing enough.

This, he said, was not fair to the religious leaders.
He said he had personally gone across the globe to preach
peace and uphold the fact that there was no problem between
adherents of Islam and Christianity.
In his quest for peaceful relationship between the followers of
the two religions, the Sultan said he had written two separate
lengthy letters to the Pope and the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria.
He said when people were asking Islamic leaders to sit with
insurgents and discuss, they fail to note that the current
situation could not be compared to the activities of militants
in the Niger Delta.
Abubakar said, “In a situation where Muslim leaders
condemn insurgents and they will still be told they have not
done enough. That is not fair.
“We don’t tell ourselves the truth. Followers are not telling
the leaders the truth, and the leaders will think they are doing
the right things.
“If the governor in Sokoto is told that he should sponsor four
people to Christian pilgrimage, so be it. It is government’s
fund. If a land is needed in Kano for a church, they should get
it after following the due process.
“Muslim leaders have tried so much. I have gone across the
globe to say that there is no problem between Islam and
Christianity.

“We wrote to the Pope, the document is titled the Common
World – published in 2010. He replied us and since that time,
we have been having meetings.
“We also wrote to the ISIS to tell them that they should not
continue to do what they are doing in the name of Islam. If
we read those documents we must trust what we have said.
“If we don’t trust one another, we cannot move forward. If we
say one thing here and go back to our states to do other
things, we have wasted our time and resources.”
While urging followers to stop telling their leaders what they
want to hear, the Sultan said he and Oritsejafor had, two
years ago, written a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan on
how to end the Boko Haram violence.
He said he again called the President’s attention to the letter
when they were invited recently to an expanded meeting of
the Security Council.
The monarch explained that he had told the President that
they had done their best because they could only advise the
government.
He said, “Followers should stop telling the leaders what they
want to hear. We wrote a letter to the President on what to do
to end the scourge about two years ago.”
Abubakar also noted that religious leaders under the
auspices of the Nigeria Inter Religious Council had been
meeting and going round the country to interact.
He said members of the council had not been able to meet in
the last one and a half years because of insecurity.
The Sultan alleged that while they decided to move an earlier
meeting fixed for Gombe State to Abuja, the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation failed to release funds to them.
He said like every other Nigerians, Islamic leaders also feel
the pain of insurgency because one life lost, especially to
insurgency, meant a lot to them.
Mohammed reiterated his position that the insurgents were
not committing the atrocities in the name of Islam.

The Sultan advised that as the 2015 general elections
approach, politicians should carry out their campaigns
without reference to candidates’ religious or ethnic
background or colour.
Oritsejafor, in his reaction, commended Abubakar for writing
the ISIS, saying he had not heard about the letter before.
He however called on the Sultan to also write another letter
to the Boko Haram, which according to him, had killed more
people than the ISIS.
The CAN President said since Boko Haram members have
clerics they listen to, Islamic leaders must find a way of
reaching out to them and present the teachings of true Islam
to them.
Oritsejafor said the insurgents would not listen to him but
would rather kill him fast if he dared to reach out to them.
He said, “His Eminence said he wrote a letter to the ISIS. I
have to truly congratulate you for that because that was a
very good move. I didn’t know about it until now and I am so
glad it happened.
“But I want to appeal that you also write to Boko Haram
because Boko Haram is worse than the ISIS. They have killed
more people than the ISIS, they have caused more atrocities
than the ISIS, they need to be written to as well, it is very
important; it will help.
“I have made an appeal several times that there are some of
our leaders who must come together: religious, political and
traditional. They must come and discuss.
“I have been told that Boko Haram members , to a very large
extent, are very vast in scriptures. What scriptures do they
use?
“There are still religious clerics that they respect. If these
people are not presenting the right thing and are
misrepresenting Islam, which I agree it is so to a very large
extent, we agree that our brothers should reach out to them
so that the real Islam can be presented to them.
“They won’t listen to me, in fact, they will kill me faster than
anything else if I go to them, oh yes, that is the truth. I am
aware of that. In fact, as I speak, I know what is going on
around me all the time, so I know.”
According to him Oritsejafor, Muslims fall victims to the Boko
Haram sect for two reasons.
He stated that Muslims who are killed are those who
disagree with the sect’s ideology or those who refuse to work
with them by giving information.
The religious leader condemned a situation where all
churches in Mubi in Adamawa State and other places had
been levelled, adding that a situation where a state governor
would vow that he would not use government money to
sponsor adherents of a particular religion on pilgrimage is
uncalled for.
“The problem with gatherings like this is that if we are not
careful, it becomes an occasion for good photographs,
shaking of hands and talking very nicely.
“We don’t want to offend each other. Please let us offend
each other, we need to. Because if we don’t offend each
other, we will not tell each other the truth and that is part of
Nigeria’s problems.
“If you come out to say certain things, there are those who
feel you are rocking the boat but God is in the boat, the boat
will not sink.
“Let us talk to each other, let us tell the truth to each other,
let us not sweep it under the carpet.
“It is true that Islam and Christianity have no problem. I am
glad you (Sultan) said there could be problem between
Christians and Muslims.
“Why should a church in the North for the past 30 years not
get a Certificate of Occupancy? Any mosque or church in any
part of the country should be able to get C of O.
“Why is it that people will want to build a place of worship in
a particular part of the country and they will not get land?
“We must create a level playing field for everybody; we must
deal with everybody equally,’’ the CAN leader said.
Meanwhile, Sambo, who represented President Jonathan said
religion must be applied as a guiding light against the
backdrop of all the problems confronting the nation.
He added that religion must be used for conflict resolution,
sustenance of peace and the establishment of a just and
egalitarian society.
The vice-president said the activities of the insurgents would
not deter the government from positively transforming the
lives of the citizens.

http://www.naij.com/330824-sultan-oritsejafor-clash-over-boko-haram.html

BruzMoney:
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Nairaland

QMark:
RIP papa, and thank you for giving us P.Square before leaving. Most consistent Nigerian artiste since 2002.

Many fathers have flushed down their own "P.Square" in a cheap gold circle condom.

U follow for d list na

Front Page, plz

pyyxxaro:
Wahala dey o

#Running To Seme border #

Nigerian Govt (Executive, Legislature, Judiciary) are all bunch of jokers

A federal judge who on Monday struck out terrorism
charges against Aminu Oguche, the suspected mastermind
of the Nyanya bomb attack in Abuja, said his decision was
based on lack of “diligent prosecution by the state”.
In a ruling Monday in Abuja, the judge cancelled a two-
count charge instituted by the federal government over the
April 2014 attack which killed more than 70 people.
Mr. Ogwuche, a suspected Boko Haram member, was
accused by the Nigerian government of being behind the
attack.
The blast at the Nyanya Motor Park occurred during
morning peak hours as residents were hurrying to work.
The government said Mr. Ogwuche fled to Sudan after
coordinating the attack.
He was later repatriated to Nigeria to face charges.
The Nigerian police had filed a two-count charge against
Mr. Ogwuche, but the case could not proceed due to
bickering between the police and the State Security
Service, SSS.
At the resumed hearing Monday, the prosecution counsel
was absent from court.
“This criminal charge is hereby struck out for want of
diligent prosecution by the complainant, Inspector General
of Police and his prosecutor,” the judge ruled.
The judge did not however order Mr. Ogwuche’s release,
an indication the state could file fresh charges against him.
But Mr. Ogwuche has already challenged his continued
detention, asking the court to compel the SSS to release
him or charge him anew.
On Monday, the judge also granted an oral application by
his lawyer, Ahmed Raji, to allow Mr. Ogwuche’s family
members visit him.
The judge ordered that two family members, and three
attorneys from Mr. Raji’s chamber, be allowed to see the
suspected bomber.
The application was not opposed by the counsels
representing the SSS, Clifford Osagie, and the Attorney
General of the Federation, Taiwo Abidogun.
The judge also ruled that Mr. Ogwuche be given medical
care while in custody, and if need be, be referred to the
National Hospital.
The application on his continued detention will be heard
December 5.

The Independent National Electoral Commission said it would
engage the services of Nigerian Air Force, Navy and other security
agencies for adequate security during general elections in 2015.
Austin Okojie, the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner
in Taraba, disclosed this while addressing Batch B corps members
at NYSC Orientation Camp in Jalingo on Sunday.
Okojie explained that the move was necessary given the level of
insecurity in the country.
“The commission is making arrangements with the Nigerian Air
Force, Navy and other security agents to ensure safety of lives and
property during the 2015 general elections.
“We expect Nigerians to understand that the engagement of security
agents to maintain law and order is to enable us to conduct free,
fair and acceptable elections’’, he said.
Okojie advised corps members to be patriotic in the elections.
Freeman Tumba, the State Coordinator of NYSC, commended the
role of corps members in the country’s electoral process so far.
He said corps members were the best set of Nigerians to bring
credibility to the nation’s electoral process.

iyisco2001:
make i see your gf

Seconded

FROM AIT NEWS

A federal court in Abuja has
freed Aminu Oguche, the
suspected mastermind of the
Nyanya bomb attack in Abuja,
the News Agency of Nigeria
has reported.
The court struck out a two-
count terrorism charge
against Mr. Ogwuche on
Monday, after months of trial
for the April 2014 attack
which killed more than 70
people.
The court hinged its decision
on lack of diligent prosecution
by the state.
Mr. Ogwuche, a suspected
Boko Haram member, was
accused by the Nigerian
government of being behind
the attack.
The blast at the Nyanya Motor
Park occurred during morning
peak hours as residents were
hurrying to work.
The government said Mr.
Ogwuche fled to Sudan after
coordinating the attack.
He was later repatriated to
Nigeria to face charges.
Details of Monday’s ruling are
sketchy and will be brought in
our subsequent updates.

Francheezy:
When is your graduation?? Lemme cűm and pour jizz all over you.

Na dat one u go like

Francheezy:
When is your graduation?? Lemme cűm and pour jizz all over you.

Na dat one u go like

They did it to me wen I graduated. I'm not in support of it bt it has come to stay

The Peoples Democratic Party may have
started offering ‘re-election tickets’ to its
members in the National Assembly as a
means of dissuading them from supporting
the reported drive by the All Progressives
Congress lawmakers to impeach President
Goodluck Jonathan.
In the House of Representatives in particular,
the bait was said to have “toned down” the
anger of some PDP members, who ordinarily
would have backed the bid to remove
Jonathan.
An influential National Assembly source said
on Sunday that “many of these lawmakers
have long fallen apart with their state
governors.
“They have been told before now that they
should forget any ambition to return in 2015.
“Attempts they made to use the Presidency
to intervene in their case also did not turn
out in their favour.
“But, with the impeachment move against
Jonathan, the party is now assuring some of
the members to keep supporting the
President as the tickets can still be theirs.”
About 113 lawmakers, largely of the APC
fold, began collecting signatures to impeach
Jonathan after the police and Department of
State Service operatives locked the gates of
the National Assembly on Thursday.
Many of them, including the Speaker, Aminu
Tambuwal, were held out for hours as a
result of the security action.
The development led to commotion as angry
members resorted to scaling the gates to
enter the National Assembly premises.
Amidst a rain of tear-gas, the enraged
lawmakers also forcibly took Tambuwal into
the chambers to preside over the day’s
proceedings.
The security action was said to be
connected with the October 28 defection of
Tambuwal from the PDP to the APC.
However, the police claimed that they acted
on a security report indicating that some
persons planned to invade the National
Assembly.
Investigations showed on Sunday that the
PDP immediately started reaching out to its
members after it turned out that the
collection of signatures was real.
The party was said to be mobilising the PDP
caucus against joining their APC colleagues
in any bid to impeach Jonathan.
A senior PDP member, Mr. Bethel Amadi,
confirmed to The PUNCH that the caucus
would be mobilised to stop any
impeachment move against Jonathan.
Amadi said, “Jonathan has not committed
any offence to the best of our knowledge.
There is no reason to drag Mr. President
into any crisis happening at the National
Assembly.
“In any case, we (PDP) are in the majority,
both in the Senate and the House. So, any
talk of impeachment can only make one
laugh.”
But, The PUNCH gathered that the PDP was
wooing Senators and House members with
the return tickets to keep them in check.
Another source said, “You know that to
impeach the President there must be a joint
effort of the Senate and the House.
“While one arm can initiate the process, it
cannot get far without two-thirds support of
both chambers.
“That is why, getting senators and House
members to stay out of the APC’s plot is
vital.”
Findings also showed that the ‘return tickets
bait’ was the reason some PDP legislators
were still not showing strong interest in the
impeachment move.
It was learnt that by the first week of
December when the picture would have
become clear on whether they would get
return tickets or not, the PDP lawmakers
“will begin to come out in their true colours.”
A third source, who spoke with our
correspondent in Abuja said, “After the
primaries, you will see surprises. Many PDP
members in the House are as angry as their
APC colleagues.
“They have only two weeks to decide on
many issues.
“By December, those saying that there will
be no two-thirds will be surprised.”
When contacted, the APC caucus told our
correspondent that its members were not
retreating on the issue.
One of the front-liners in the collection of
signatures, Mr. Ahmad Ali, claimed that
more members had signed up since the first
set of 113 began on Thursday.
Ali, who is the Chairman, House Committee
on Justice, said,”In the House, the collection
of signatures is gaining traction.
“I cannot tell you the exact number now.”
House Minority Leader, Mr. Femi
Gbajabiamila, also said that the
“impeachment is on course.”
“PDP people have plans, we have plans. We
are all planning,” he said.
Copyright PUNCH.

Princesschi:
Certificate/grades dont determine intelligence

I fully agree wiv u

Yemike:
who told u that? abeg dey plenty 4 my area, they'll be moving up and down the streets in the evening searching 4 their size. u'll be amazed that a 12yr old p*s*y is as deep as the red sea.

Dis is one of d many effects of poverty... How many rich men girls fall into dis condition? Poverty z actually a disease

ALKARULEZ615:
Never can tell if he is bisexual
You want him to rape me?

Btw, can't travel to Nigeria just to pay a visit to Pa Muse or wateva his name is. The last time I visited Nigeria was 3 years ago. Did that cos I had to congratulate my childhood friend, ur president, Jonathan on his victory.

That's by the way tho; just so you'd know, I left Malaga for California, USA six months ago. I own nine estates there; I'd need an overseer and I reckon you should apply through my Personnel Manager cos I'd leave for Nottingham, England in a few days. Just apply for the post, my good friend. Ur remuneration would be something to tell mama about.

Stop wasting ur talent here. it wud b damn useful in wooing babes cos u sabi talk n all na lies

adonbilivit:
Be my guest...cant wait

Let da tym reach

adonbilivit:
that is not my picture o. don't worry next year i will unveil myself cos i want to contest

U wud hv me to contend wic

adonbilivit:
that is not my picture o. don't worry next year i will unveil myself cos i want to contest

U wud hv me to contend wiv