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IsraeliAIRFORCE:
The curses and sacrifices made under Ogbor hill bridge that no Ngwa son or daughter will rule Abia State for 50 years has just been broken.
It was this sacrifices and dedication to the river goddess that was responsible for collapse of Aba and its glamour.
This same curse was responsible for the regime of kidnapping in Aba and its environs.
More secrets are to be revealed later.
So, bros enjoy, our Aba (the Eastern Nigeria ancient and cosmopolitan city) and by extension Abia State has just been liberated

My guy, even the dead knows that Alex Otti won Ikpeazu mercilessly, but for the rigging machine of the Orji's, he even lost to Alex Otti in his kitchen, go make inquiry or even make google your friend and see all the declared results both from pooling units and wards. But the results developed wings and flew before arriving INEC state headquarters. God dey Sha

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
It is not true.
For the past 30 years, there is this popular slogan by other Igbos living in Aba and suburbs that Ngwa man can't be Abia State governor.
Those that mourn are doing so because they are ashamed to face reality that a core Ngwa man will now govern the State.
Secondly, most traders in Aba are afraid that any governor of Ngwa extraction will demolish most structures in Aba in a bid to restore the city to its original masterplan hence they are already counting their loses.

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There is alledged uncommon calm and peace as Inec declared Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of the peoples Democratic party the winner of the just concluded supplementary election in Abia.
This morning from around Umuahia metropolis, one can observe quietness as resident of the once busy state capital mourn what some declared as a total destruction for another four years, Ikpeazu who was the former ASEPA boss was said according to inhabitant of the commercial city of Aba to have failed in his responsibility of ASEPA boss to clean up Aba while he holds sware as the environmental boss, and was only known for collection tolls and levies and remitting same to his boss Chinedu Orji, the son of the Governor of the state. Dr T . A Orji.
While some argued that Ikpeazu's emergence will only consolidate the Orji's Dynasty in Abia state and a complete consolidation of the directionlessness which the T. A orji's administration was adjudged as. Their dismay and rejection of the declaration by INEC can be seen among the commercial motorcyclist, shop owners and residents, as most inhabitants of the city has resulted to God for their survival for the next four years. The case is not different from Aba and other parts of Abia as the candidate of Ikpeazu was rejected even before inception
Meanwhile few supporters of the PDP was also seen rejoicing and celebration of the emergence of their candidate as the governor elect of Abia.

Everybody trying to be relevant, that the equation suddenly changed and the APC now the ruling party doesn't change any fact that every zone, tribe and even individual have right to whom to support, Northerners supported APC Buhari wholistically without any division, the west on the nomination of prof Osinbanjo as VP candidate threw their full weight behind APC- Buhari, so what trash are you writing? Igbo this , Igbo that, in case you don't know, let me educate you, that its not all Igbos that supported PDP-GEJ, talking of endorsement almost all the politically relevant bodies in the west and North Endorsed APC buhari, coming to the South almost all did same to GEJ, there are still some that either refuted the endorsement by the factional leaders to either of the candidate, like NEF, Ohaneze, AFenifere, OPC etc or remained indifference, so what's the cry for,you people should stop all this ethnic division, GMB has been elected, come may 28th he will be sworn in God willing and it will be time to measure and score him. If he feels the South didn't support him, the let him marginalize their zone and he will be taught a good lesson, remember one of the sins of GEJ was that he allegedly marginalized the westerners, even though it wasn't intentional but he paid dearly for it. Let me also draw your attention to some facts from the last presidential election. GEJ's major failure came from the low turnout of votes from the south east, if what happened in the just concluded Governorship elections last saturday where most state only wrote their results based on the PVC collection rate in their states and not through vote casting especially in the south and North east, only the south east would have given GEJ enough votes to cancel the over 2million vote difference from GMB.imagine Abia, imo, enugu, Anambra etc with over 1million voting power giving GEJ between 500k to 600k votes, then do the calculation yourself The south west that even despises GEJ voted for him on the smell of dollar, imagine what GEJ got in Osun state where PDP has a record of failure, what of lagos etc, make your research and calculation. But the low turnout Of voters marred everything and the people thought that PDP GEJ would have done it the OBJ way unfortunately, its God at work So brother pull a seat, sit down relax and let's watch this Nollywood movie as it unfolds.

Another pathetic soul doing what his master is well known for.

What are our men of God turning into? Shuting a prayer house because of a supposed threat to life only suggests he doesn't know the God he is serving. If a man, a lot of people looks up to build their faith is now showing a sign of faithlessness, I wonder what he expects his teaming fans to do. between if actually anybody wants to assassinate him, do you think they will come in an undisguised way as his aide described above.? Wake up nigerians. So fr mbaka is saying if election be postponed again he will continue to shut down Gods house until after the elections?




Mbaka why?

Keep dreaming, I said so because, in all your calculations you didn't include the will of God. or did you think GEJ( a minority) would have been a president on his own accord?. Let's focus 2015 for Subsequent elections will be decided majorly by God

Next time you wish to write your wicked propaganda consider your possible audience and atleast balance your sequence so as to make it sound a bit totful. Try again next time but for this you will get quater payment.

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Pure madness is when you manage to charge ur phone with ur nebo's gen and return to ur dark room to tweet PDP. I have decided to march4change.

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Stupidity is when you think that because your state Governor has failed to step down power already generated by FG using transformers hence putting you in darkness means that every single nairalander charges with Generator, for your information I don't own a GEN neither my neighbors cos we got no use for it as we enjoy at least 15hours power daily.

Congrats the incoming Governor

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and i say amen to dat and for the blast i pray God avert it in Jesus name Amen

let the will of God prevail

Why is this Buhari man looking so fake in his picture? If I can advice the publicity campaign teem of GMB, I will advice the use the party's logo instead of the picture of both GMB and his VP candidate, they look so fake and fragile. Plz don't crucify me, first look at their pictures first. Thanks.. God bless Nigeria

Am a devout catholic but Rev fr Ejike Mbaka have always disappointed me with his unguarded political statements with recourse to his personality, the same priest that turned around to say a lot of good things about former Governor Ikedi ohakim during his recent visit to his adoration ministry after the inflammatory statement he also made against him that was part of the reasons him (Ohakim) lost the Imo guber elections in 2011. The same priest who alleged that Rochas gave the catholic Archbishop of Owerri a fake 50 million cheque, which Archbishop Obinna debunked was a lie and insisted Rochas didnt give him fake cheque. Only God knows his people. Am happy he prophesied GEJ losing in 2015 so he will be disgraced after GEJ wins in Feb 14 2015.

Plz on more light , for me you have said nothing, I will implore you to give further details

Bunch of hypocrites disguised in a " change uniform" when obama was contesting for his first tenure, millions of dollars. Were donated for that course form all over the world including Nigeria and you guyz simply saw it as an act of acceptance, even when GMB campaign team flooded nairaland and other blogs with a bank account number asking for donation for GMB's election, it was termed " solidarity" now its GEJ turn its now an act of cluelessness, what do you expect from. A sitting president who have torched the lives of many, it should be a time to show appreciation by those who have in one way or the other benefited directly from his kind gestures through appointments, contracts etc. Even OBJ at the exit point of his govt raised fund for his presidential library and nothing less than this took place then. NIGERIAN WILL ONLY GET BETTER WHEN WE BEGIN TO BE OBJECTIVE IN OUR CRITICISM WITH SINCERITY, God bless Nigeria

On the score board, PDP is ontop a clear indication PDP is sure of victory

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Pope Francis: The Church is not an entrepreneur but a mother
2014-12-19 Vatican Radio


(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis said on Friday that there is much sterility within the Church and the people of God, a sterility that comes from power and egoism.  The Church, he stressed, is a mother and not an entrepreneur. His remarks came during his homily at morning Mass celebrated at the Santa Marta residence.  

The Pope’s reflections on the themes of sterility and motherhood were taken from the biblical account of two miraculous births, those of Samson and John the Baptist, both born to women who were formerly sterile. He said this symbol of sterility as recounted in the Bible is seen as the sign of a human person incapable of moving forward. Therefore the Church, he said, wants to make us reflect on the issue of human sterility. 

Sterility and new Creation

“From sterility, the Lord is able to restart a new lineage, a new life.  And that is the message of today.  When humanity is exhausted and can no longer go forward, grace comes, the Son comes and Salvation comes. And that exhausted Creation gives way to a new creation.”

Today’s message, the Pope continued, is this second Creation that comes when the earth is exhausted.  We are awaiting the newness of God and that’s what Christmas is about. He pointed out that the mothers of Samson and John the Baptist were able to give birth thanks to the action of the Spirit of the Lord and asked what is the message of these biblical accounts?  The reply, he said, is that we must open ourselves to the Spirit of God because we cannot do it by ourselves. 

Openess to the newness of God

“This too makes me think of our mother Church and of so much sterility within our Mother Church: when because of the weight of the hope in the Commandments, that pelagianism that all of us carry within our bones, she becomes sterile.  She believes she is capable of giving birth… no, she can’t!  The Church is a mother and only becomes a mother when she opens to the newness of God, to the strength of the Spirit.  When she says to herself: “I do everything, but I’ve finished, I can’t go forward!”, the Spirit comes.”

A mother and not an entrepreneur

Pope Francis then went on to reflect on the sterility within the Church and her openness to becoming a mother through her faith.

“And today is also a day to pray for our Mother Church, because of so much sterility within the people of God.  A sterility arising from egoism, from power … when the Church believes she can do everything, that she can take charge of the consciences of the people, walk along the road of the Pharisees, of the Sadducees, along the road of hypocrisy, yes, the Church is sterile. Let’s pray. That this Christmas our Church may be open to the gift of God, that she may allow herself to be surprised by the Holy Spirit and be a Church that gives birth, a mother Church. Many times I think that in some places the Church is more like an entrepreneur than a mother.”

The Pope concluded his homily by imploring the Lord for the grace of fertility and motherhood within our Church so that above all the Church is a mother, just like Mary.   

(from Vatican Radio)

Men the vex,@ op u dey too much, no dulling

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I said it earlier in a thread that Amaechi will not only be disappointed but will be disgraced by his same APC, this have proved PDP right that Tinubu controls Buhari and APC

Mark my word, Amaechi will not only be betrayed but will be disgraced! By his APCites. No be today? Let's wait for the news

Gej

I guess PDP should start packing their luggages for Aso Villa, imagine, APC have the three most popolous cities in nigeria, Kano, Lagos and now Rivers, hmmmmn!

Information reaching BlackBox Nigeria have it that Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has emerged as running mate to All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
The yet to be confirmed report said he was chosen out of three other shortlisted candidates by party chiefs who met over the issue for hours today in Victoria Island, Lagos.
P.M. News earlier placed Amaechi among the strong contender because he is a Christian from the South-south zone and also major financing and logistic supporter of Buhari during the just concluded party’s primary to pick its presidential flag bearer.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is the 15th and current Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria, since 2007. He was re-elected for a second term on 26 April 2011.
Reacting to the news of Buhari/Amaechi ticket, Peoples Democratic Party through its twitter handle @PdpNigeria,tweeted that the combination is a fatal error.
"BUHARI/AMAECHI TICKET, A FATAL ERROR!," PDP tweeted
few minutes ago.

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The Deputy speaker of the federal House of representatives Rt hon Emeka Ihedioha, on Monday 8th December, 2014 at Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri the capital of Imo state emerged the February 2015 gubernatorial candidate of the people democratic party in Imo state by polling a total vote of 346 to defeat his closest rival and a former senator of the federal republic of Nigeria Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume who polled 336 followed by a former Governor of the state Chief Dr Ikedi Ohakim. Who polled 213 In a keenly contested primary elections. Congrats to him. Source: hearthland FM Owerii

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"In a recent political poll, Nigerians rated very highly the attributes of credibility & consistency, reliability, electability, sincerity of purpose and trustworthiness(CREST) as the qualities desired most in politicians aspiring to represent them within a framework of transparent democracy. To be able to win the hearts and minds of an electorate, one is expected (in fact required) to demonstrate these politically endangered qualities, but again these are plausible within the context of transparency at the polls.
Having looked at the crowded roll call of candidates seeking the office of governorship in Imo state from the two major political parties of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) & All Progressives Congress (APC), it has become evident that one could well apply the CREST factor in the analysis of candidates, their antecedents and where they stand within the hearts and minds of those they aspire to represent. While the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to have a consensus candidate in the person of the incumbent governor, Rochas Okorocha, in the People’s Democratic Party frontier, the scene is unarguably crowded and the horizon dotted with uncertainties.
As it stands, PDP has 22 gubernatorial candidates in Imo state. In principle, every qualified Nigerian has the constitutional right to pursue his or her political ambition, but only a handful of these aspirants are considered serious contenders in spite of an acclaimed framework within PDP that every aspirant would be allowed to thrive on a level playing field. At the end of the day, only one candidate will emerge from PDP post its primaries to challenge Rochas Okorocha or whoever it may be from APC should Rochas decides against a second term. While the electorate has the final decision as to who represents them through a free and fair election, these PDP candidates are considered the serious contenders and one or none of them may emerge to challenge Rochas Okorocha. But do they have the CREST factor? The decision will be that of PDP primary election delegates and later the general Imo electorate...."

Behold the strong contenders and their political profiles enjoy

Gov. Rochas Anayo Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha is the incumbent governor of Imo state who was elected in 2011 under the umbrellaof APGA. His populist agenda and philanthropic disposition endeared him to the masses who saw in him a Biblical Joshua who would lead them out of Egypt and into the promised land. Okorocha’s victory at the 2011 polls over then governor Ikedi Ohakim transformed Imo state politics because it was the only time an incumbent governor had been unseated since the creation of the state. Prior to becoming a governor, he had made a number of previous attempts, losing to Achike Udenwa at the gubernatorial PDP primaries in 1999. He later moved to All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) and ran unsuccessfully to become their presidential candidate in 2003.
He returned to PDP after his ANPP stint and was rewarded by then President Olusegun Obasanjo who appointed him a Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs. He also notably formed the Action Alliance (AA) party in 2005 in an attempt to further his presidential ambition, but later returned to PDP in 2007 where he wanted to become PDP National Chairman. When the marriage failed again, Okorocha decamped as usual but this time to APGA where in 2011 he had the opportunity to fly the flag of the party as its gubernatorial candidate against Ohakim. Albeit controversies, reruns and recounts, he won narrowly. Following the formation of APC, Rochas on March 2, 2013 once again decided against APGA with his associates and into APC where he was later elected the Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum, a position he holds till date.
As governor, he is said to have dwindling popularity in Imo state but that can only be tested formally at the polls. Besides giving scholarship to Imo indigenes, his overall performance has, in the eyes of many, been average and to some abysmal. He notably embarks upon multiple projects at one time, most of which are left neglected or uncompleted. He is noted to have neglected state owned projects like Adapalm whose staff allege that workers’ salaries have not been paid for months. He has attempted to privatize health services, and had commenced new health centre projects across the state most of which have now been abandoned uncompleted. He initiated a number of new road expansions and improvements only to abandon most of the projects half way.
He suspended elected local government chairmen across the state because they were perceived to be PDP sympathizers. Okorocha is said to be more rhetorical than action-oriented, a man who has no respect for the rule of law and allegedly willing to award contracts to his privately owned companies without a formal bidding process. Okorocha has also essentially abandoned local government areas such as Ikeduru in terms of any infrastructure because it is considered a PDP stronghold which he lost in 2011. Most importantly, Okorocha has placed his electorate at a loss as to what cap he wants to wear come 2015. No one is sure whether he wants to be a Vice President, President or governor, which in itself is confusing at best.
Having said all these, Okorocha is still the incumbent governor of Imo state and still relatively popular in Imo state, in part because of his philanthropy as a private citizen. Historically, he has fared better than all past PDP governors whose tenures were marred by corruption, cronyism and god-fatherism. Should he decide to run for another term, he will give the PDP candidate a good run for his or her money. I suspect that if care is not taken, what happened in PDP in 2011 will repeat itself, a situation in which aggrieved losers decamp to APC to guarantee Okorocha resounding victory come 2015.
One thing is certain: PDP gubernatorial prospects are so many and so qualified that the primaries may produce a lot of surprises. However, you may be qualified by law without having the CREST factor to win the hearts and minds of the electorate come 2015 general elections. Indeed, you may see one or perhaps none of the individuals profiled here coming out victorious at the PDP primary polls.
Historically, lesser known candidates have unexpectedly emerged during PDP primaries and this time may not be any different. Who amongst the profiled prospects is CREST enough to be Imo states next governor? Time will tell.

Chief Martins Agbaso
Martin Agbaso has once again set his eyes on becoming Imo state governor, an attempt he has made a number of times. A former senator for Owerri zone and a Special Assistant to the President (Obasanjo) on Ecological Matters, he has the material resources to pursue his perennial ambition. He has been described as a “political prostitute” who jumps from one party to another in search of greener pasture. In 2003, he ran for governorship in Imo state under the umbrella of United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP) and in 2007 ran under the umbrella of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Although he was leading in the polls initially, that election was cancelled unceremoniouslyby a Maurice Iwu led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ikedi Ohakim emerged victorious, albeit controversially. Agbaso was said to have been robbed of victory by Independent National Electoral Commission then chaired by an Ohakim sympathizer, Maurice Iwu.
In 2011, Agbaso abandoned his gubernatorial ambition in favour of Rochas Okorocha who then adopted his brother as his running mate under the umbrella of APGA. The relationship soured when his brother Jude Agbaso was implicated in a multi-million Naira contract fraud and later impeached. Agbaso recently left APGA to PDP, and while he may have electoral value in his native Emekuku and possibly Owerri municipality, it is doubtful whether he has the clout to clinch the PDP primaries. He is known to be consistently inconsistent and one who has the potential to loot state coffers. His allies and cronies still believe in him, but it is dubious whether PDP believes in his brand. Is he CREST enough? Let PDP primaries and Imo people pass that judgement.

Chief Chuka Odom
Ikeduru-born Chuka Odom is an ambitious young man without excess political luggage.
Former Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development and later Minister of State for FCT, he is considered a credible prospect within PDP because he is young, articulate, versatile, and resourceful yet has the vision and experience to be a serious contender. In spite of the fact that he was a product of Orji Uzo kalu who himself no longer has electoral value in his native Abia state, Odom is a different brand and politically marketable. He was previously of PPA before decamping to PDP.
Although his ministerial appointments were short-lived, he is credited to have created numerous employment opportunities for Imo people while he served as the Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development. He also has a number of youth empowerment programs which he has initiated to help ameliorate the challenges perennially faced by Imo youth.
A believer in hard work, fairness and integrity, in a true democracy, Chuka Odom has the potential for a rise in his political stock, but again his fate lies in PDP primaries, and whether he would be deemed CREST enough to bear the flag is anyone’s guess.

Chief Ikedi Ohakim
Ikedi Ohakim was Imo state governor between 2007 and 2011.
He lost toGovernor_Ikedi_Ohakim_4 current governor, Rochas Okorocha but has launched a campaign under the umbrella of PDP to return to Douglas house with his “let’s do it one more time” slogan. Ohakim was originally of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), a platform under which he won the gubernatorial election in 2007 prior to decamping to PDP during the course of his tenure, which at the time was controversial and diminished his electoral credibility and overall CREST factor. However, it is of note that he was one of the founding members of PDP.
The Isiala Mbano-born politician undoubtedly has the financial resources and experience to return to Douglas house, but his past is drowned in controversies and his administration riddled by allegations of corruption that people generally believe he doesn’t meet the CREST factor. In June 2009, Imo state under the leadership of Ohakim issued a seven year fixed rate bond valued at N18.5 billion. At the time, the governor said that 7% of the money raised would be used for infrastructure programs such as water supplies, 20% for road construction and repairs, and the remaining 68% for the state government’s investment in Imo Wonder Lake & Conference Centre, Oguta. Ohakim is yet to account for the money raised through this state bond. While
Ikedi Ohakim may well borrow the title of one of his books, Pushing the limits, Courage to Challenge and Challenging New Frontiers as he embarks on this muddy expedition, it is widely believed that he no longer has electoral value and may indeed become a burden during the general election should he clinch the primaries. Does Ohakim possess the CREST factor? Again, PDP primaries will decide his fate, and should they put their faith in Ohakim, the Imo electorate will arbitrate.

Senator Chris N D Anyanwu
Chris Anyanwu is an Mbaise-born, award-winning journalist who in 2007 turned to politics and was elected to represent Owerri Senatorial zone under the umbrella of PDP. She has a reputation for excellence as a journalist and legislator. Between 1995 and 1998 she was a political prisoner, having been charged and convicted by Abacha administration for being an accessory to treason. She was a commissioner in Imo state under Amadi Ikwechegh- led military government and later the publisher of defunct The Sunday Magazine (TSM), a weekly publication which focused on contemporary political issues and how they impacted on the common man.
She is reputed to be a versatile legislator with a number of sponsored bills to her credit. She is also credited with initiating a number of empowerment programs for disadvantaged people within her electorate. However, it has been alleged that she uses her media house, Hot 98.3 FM as a platform to denigrate her opponents. She is also known to have decamped from PDP to All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) before reconciling with PDP. She has the experience and resources to pursue her gubernatorial agenda, but gender factor may well play against her in a patriarchal society where gender equality remains an issue of contention. Is Chris Anyanwu credible, consistent, reliable, electable, sincere and trustworthy? Let PDP primaries decide her fate.

Hon. Emeka Ihedioha
Emeka Ihedioha is the incumbent deputy speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, and by virtue of this position, the number 6 citizen of the country and the leader of PDP in Imo state. Ihedioha has the human and material resources to clinch PDP gubernatorial primaries. From the days of Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), the precursor of PDP to present, he has remained a party faithful. He has held numerous political appointments, including the role of Special Assistant on Political Matters to the then Vice President Atiku Abubakar, a position from which he contested and won to represent Aboh-Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency in 2003. His followers have described him as a savvy politician and impressive legislator who has won the hearts and minds of his electorate, but others have described him as shrewd, manipulative and selfish man with indignant reputation and unrivalled commitment to achieve victory at the polls at all cost. Does Ihedioha have the CREST factor to clinch victory at the PDP primaries? While his followers say “yes he can”, his detractors are cynical and believe otherwise. Let time be the arbiter.

Senator Ifeanyi Ararume
As the country ushered in the 4th Republic with great expectations in 1999, the political stock of certain political aspirants rose but later fell appreciably. One of those people is Ifeanyi Ararume who was elected to senate in 1999 under the umbrella of PDP to represent Okigwe Senatorial District.
He was re-elected in 2003. He was member of Senate Committees on Communications,Police Affairs, Federal Character, Finance & Appropriation, Information and Niger Delta where he was vice chairman. Ararume won the Imo PDP primaries in 2007 but his gubernatorial ambition was essentially dashed by Obasanjo who insisted on fielding a less known Engineer Charles Ugwu. Ararume reportedly made an enemy in Obasanjo while in Senate. People believe it was not unconnected to his lack of support for Obasanjo’s third term ambition while others credit this quagmire to his time in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Ararume went to court, and though he won at the Supreme Court, the party expelled him. This left the door open for little known Ikedi Ohakim of then Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) to emerge victorious and become Imo state governor. Ararume may have the experience and resources, but he is perceived to have lost his grassroot clout and have declining sympathizers within PDP.
Ararume is also perceived to be inconsistent with a dubious pre-politics past. He is known to hop from one party to another in search of greener pasture, only to leave if the party no longer serves his needs. While declaring his intention to run for governorship, Ifeanyi Ararume unambiguously stated, “If there is a free and fair election and I lose, I will support the candidate that emerges with everything I have. But, if the process is compromised and a candidate is imposed on the party, I will equally use everything I have to ensure the candidate fails. I have done it before and I will do it again.” Opponents have accused him of “do or die” politics, being politically reclusive post-election failures, and not bringing the dividends of democracy home when he represented Okigwe zone. However, his followers believe that he deserves the party ticket as a compensation for the ills done to him in 2007. Is this enough for PDP to back Ararume’s perennial desire to head to Douglas house? Does he have the CREST factor? This depends on who you ask

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has given permission to the People’s Democratic Party to apply for a mandatory order compelling either the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to declare vacant the Kebbe/Tambuwal seat being held by Aminu Tambuwal following his defection to the All Progressive Congress.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in an ex-parte ruling on Monday granted the PDP “leave to apply, by way of judicial review, for an order of mandamus compelling the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to give effect to the provisions of Section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution by declaring the Kebbe/Tambuwal federal Constituency seat vacant.”
The ruling was on one of two ex-parte motions filed by the PDP pursuant to order 34 Rule 3 of the Federal High Court (Civil procedure) Rules 2009. By the leave granted it, the PDP is now required to file a formal suit to achieve its aim.
Named as respondents in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/901/2014 are – Tambuwal and Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
On Monday, PDP’s lawyer, Mike Ahamba (SAN), while moving the motion for leave to apply for an order of mandamus, said by its action, his client only wants whoever occupies the seat of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps to perform his/her responsibility under the Constitution.
“Section 68(2) renders section 68(1) (g) non-self-operating. Where a person defects from his party, the person can defiantly stay in the House and maintain his seat until either the Speaker or the Senate President performs his responsibilities under Section 68(2).
“We are asking the Speaker to declare the seat of Kebbe/Tambuwal Constituency vacant following the defection of the 2nd respondent (Tambuwal),” Ahamba said.
He said the PDP will also apply for “an order of injunction restraining the 2nd defendant (Tambuwal) from performing or continuing to perform the functions of the 1st respondent in the House of Representatives, or sitting or continuing to sit in the House as a member consequent upon the order of mandamus.”


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Supporters to speaker ex-parte order to declare seat vacant
Barely four days to the resumption of the House of Representatives, members have uncovered a plot to have a court declare vacant Speaker Aminu Tambuwal’s seat.
The court may grant anex-parteorder asking Tambuwal to leave office pending the determination of the substantive motion.
On the basis of the judicial ambush, the police will have “alibi” to prevent the Speaker from presiding over the House when it reconvenes on December 4.
A three-time member of the House, Isiaq Abiodun Akinlade(Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency) is said to have filed anex-parteapplication seeking to stop Tambuwal from presiding over the affairs of the lower chamber because of the Speaker’s defection to the All Progressives Congress(APC).
Akinlade, who lost the governorship ticket to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, left the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP). He could not be reached for comments last night.
As at press time, Tambuwal had not been put on notice, contrary to the rules put in place by the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar.
A principal officer of the House, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have uncovered a judicial ambush to remove the Speaker on Monday. The Presidency and the PDP are sponsoring a lawmaker from Ogun State to seek an ex-parte order to sack Tambuwal.
“This is a sheer abuse of court process because a similar suit is already before the same Federal High Court.”
“What they have done is to look for a friendly judge to sack Tambuwal, not minding any pending suit.”
Another source said: “In a move, which lawyers described as abuse of court process, the PDP, through one of its members in the House of Representatives, Hon Isiaq Abiodun Akinlade, has asked the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to sack Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from his position and membership of the House.
“The case, which is expected to come up today is seeking anex parteruling to remove Tambuwal from his seat and to ask Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha, to take over as acting speaker of the Green Chamber.
“The decision to award the case for hearing has raised eyebrows in legal quarters, especially considering the fact that the Judge who is believed to have been assigned the matter, has given favourable judgments to the PDP in the past.
Some lawyers who are familiar with the matter said it was curious the judge accepted to handle the matter, considering the fact that similar issues are before another judge also in the Abuja Division of the court.
A third source said: “It is a public knowledge that Tambuwal has already filed a case in court seeking protection against moves by the PDP to declare his seat vacant.
“Already, Justice Ahmed Ramat Muhammed has ordered thatstatus quobe maintained until the determination of the suit before her. Having been named defendants in this case, the party has now instigated one of its members in the House to file another case seeking reliefs Tambuwal sought to stop in his case.
A lawyer said: “The issue of the judge giving favourable judgments to PDP is now a source of concern to many. You are aware that he gave judgment against Baraje led-New PDP by saying there was no faction in the party. This ruling was contradicted by two respected judges in Sokoto and Ilorin divisions of the Federal High Court who held that by the facts before them, there were indeed factions in the PDP.
“By his stand on the Baraje issue, his position on the availability of faction in PDP is already known. Speaker Tambuwal defected to APC because he was convinced there was faction in Sokoto PDP as par the ruling of the Sokoto division of the Federal High Court. Do you think Justice Chukwu is the right person to hear this application?”