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President Goodluck Jonathan on
Thursday told a gathering of the
Peoples Democratic Party leaders in
the Presidential Villa, Abuja that he
hardly gets what he looks forward to in
life.
Jonathan, who boasted that no party
would defeat the PDP during the 2015
polls said sometimes, things that he
did not think about are the ones he
gets.
The President spoke while hosting
members of the Presidential
Declaration Committee led by a former
Minister of Defence, Dr. Haliru Bello, to
a luncheon.
The committee which he formally
dissolved during the luncheon was the
brains behind his formal declaration
on November 11 in Abuja.
Jonathan said, “In my own life, the
things I look for I hardly get. It’s what
I don’t even think about that I get
sometimes. I believe most of you will
smile. But collectively, first and
foremost, let us unite the party and
work together for our collective
victory.”
He advised PDP’s aspirants at all
levels not to see their aspirations as a
do-or-die affair because the world
does not begin or end with the offices
they are aspiring for.
The President said even if somebody
blocked them from getting to the
office, God might be preparing
something better for them.
Jonathan disclosed that he was taking
note of happenings in some states
ahead of the elections and would
compensate some aspirants.
He said, “Let me use this unique
opportunity to plead with all of us who
are aspiring for electoral offices that
the world does not begin and end with
the office you are looking for.
“Sometimes, you would be looking for
an office, you may not be able to get it
for one reason or the other. Let us say
somebody blocked you, so be it, let
somebody block you.
“But if God wants something better for
you, even after that blocking, you will
get something else.
“I plead with all of us that we should
not play the do-or-die, except I get it,
let the party sink. We are taking
inventory of all what is happening in
all the states and I promise that we
will try and use as many people as
possible.
“There are challenges in some states.
People may deliberately block you.
You may even be the best candidate in
that particular constituency, but let us
move ahead.”
Jonathan also boasted that he had yet
to see any party that would beat the
PDP in the elections.
He said while opposition parties would
continue to “make noise,” they cannot
beat the PDP, which according to
him, does things differently.
The President added, “I’m yet to see
those who can beat the PDP. They will
continue to make the noise but they
cannot beat us, because the gap
between PDP and others is very wide.
“The way we do things and the way
they do things are very different; the
way we talk and the way they talk are
very different; the way we reason and
the way they reason are very different.
“Our commitment to transform this
country and their thinking about
Nigeria are very different. And I
promise you my party men and
women and indeed all Nigerians that
with your support, collectively we
must move this country to where we
want it to be.
“Every day, every week and every
month, we must add something; we
must change and continue to change.”
Jonathan also thanked all party
faithful for their support before his
declaration, admitting that there had
never been a time in the nation’s
political history that there had been a
lot of opposition coming up every day.
He said but for their support, his
administration could not have
achieved the little it had done.
Jonathan said with his endorsement
by all organs of the party, he had
become “a privileged aspirant.”
Despite the privilege however,
Jonathan admitted that it was only
after the party’s national convention
that he could be referred to as a
candidate. www.punchng.com/news/i-hardly-get-what-i-want-in-life-says-jonathan/

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The Chris Giwa-led faction of the
Nigeria Football Federation has
overturned the decision of the body
earlier taken by the opposing faction of
Amaju Pinnick to reinstate Stephen
Keshi as the Super Eagles coach.
The Amaju-led faction replaced Keshi
with Amodu Shaibu a fortnight ago
after leading the Super Eagles to a 3-1
victory over Sudan in Abuja. The win
was the team’s first in four matches in
the qualifying series for the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations.
The Giwa faction took over the NFF
following Thursday’s ruling by a Jos
Federal High Court, which ordered the
return of the status quo in the NFF
before the September 30 election that
brought in the Amaju-led board in
Warri.
A part of the communique released on
Friday by the Giwa-led board reads,
“The NFF board reviewed and feels so
strongly to sustain the out-of-contract
assignment given to the technical
crew of the Super Eagles led by
Stephen Keshi at a very critical
moment like this. Nigerians want the
national team to play well, win and a
pride to them.”
The board also dissolved all
committees set up by the Amaju group
and constituted new ones to manage
the nation’s football.
Giwa told Sunday PUNCH on the
telephone on Saturday that he would
have no problem bringing Keshi back
to manage the Super Eagles despite
the coach saying he was prepared to
move on after the NFF failed to renew
his contract.
“I don’t have problem bringing Keshi
back; he has not told me he was not
interested. I’ve spoken with him and
there are positive signs he is ready to
lead the team to success,” Giwa said.
“I’ve never met Keshi before but I
cannot agree with the idea of replacing
the coach at a time we have crucial
matches to play and qualify for the
Nations Cup.
“Inasmuch as I don’t have anything
against Amodu, I don’t think it is the
right time to bring him on board.
Amodu has not coached any team in
that capacity for a long time, and this
is a crucial time when we need to be
on top of everything.”
The Amaju group, however, said it was
not losing sleep over the activities of
the Giwa faction.
The group confirmed on Saturday it
has filed a Stay of Execution at the
Federal High Court, Jos Judicial
Division over the court’s ruling of
Thursday.
The hearing of the case Stay of
Execution comes up on Wednesday.
“We’re not losing sleep over this, we’ll
get what we want from the court
because we’ve not done anything
wrong by conducting the NFF
elections,” a member of the Amaju-led
board said. www.punchng.com/news/nff-crisis-giwa-resumes-recalls-keshi/

The confrontation between the Ekiti
Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and the
State House of Assembly is gathering
momentum.
The Ekiti State Government on
Tuesday sealed off four filling stations
in Ado-Ekiti including T. Five
Integrated Service Filling Station
belonging to the Speaker of the State
House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale
Omirin.
According to a statement in Ado Ekiti
on Wednesday by the Chief Press
Secretary to Governor Ayodele Fayose,
Mr. Idowu Adelusi, the step was taken
to prevent unimaginable fire accident
with attendant fatalities.
“The owners of the affected petrol
stations are to report to the Ministry of
Housing, Physical Planning and Urban
Development with letters of approval,”
the statement said.
Reacting to the closure on Wednesday,
the Speaker alleged that the Governor
ordered the closure in order to
intimidate and coerce him.
Omirin, who is a member of the All
Progressives Congress, and Fayose of
the Peoples Democratic Party are
believed to be at loggerheads.
The Speaker in a statement by his
Special Adviser (Media) Wole Olujobi,
vowed not to “buckle under undue
political pressure to abandon his party
for the Peoples Democratic Party for
selfish and pecuniary motives.”
Omirin claimed he fulfilled all
necessary environmental laws in the
location of the filling station and got
necessary approval, wondering why
the governor would start victimising
those who do not share his political
belief.
The statement quoted the Speaker as
saying that another Assembly
member, Joseph Dele Olugbemi, had
told him two days after Fayose’s
inauguration that he (the governor)
had made up his mind to close his
filling station over refusal to join PDP.
Olugbemi was among the six APC
members that defected to PDP on the
day of the inauguration.
Omirin had earlier promised the
governor that the House of Assembly
would work with him in the interest of
Ekiti people, to deliver dividends of
democracy.
“I called the governor to confirm what
the honourable member told me about
the plan to close my filling station. The
governor denied any of such plan,
swearing that he would not victimise
any opponent.
“But only yesterday the governor
ordered the closure of the filling
station, citing environmental factor,”
the Speaker explained.
Omirin said he had a background of
political fidelity anchored on
progressive democratic practice and
so would not abandon principle in
pursuit of selfish agenda diametrically
opposed to the ethos of his political
belief.
According to him, the present
atmosphere in the state does not call
for high-handedness and persecution
against perceived opponents, but a
collective pursuit of common goals to
deliver good governance to Ekiti
people.
He warned that attacks on the
opponents, particularly the lawmakers,
will only smear the relationship
between the Executive and Legislature.
But Fayose’s media aide denied that
the decision to seal off the Speaker’s
filling station and others had any
political undertone.
In a telephone chat with our
correspondent, Adelusi maintained
that, “Those filling stations sealed off
by the Ministry of Physical and Urban
Planning were because they
contravened environmental laws.
“They are sited within residential
areas. They are not supposed to be
within the residential areas.
“They are not the only filling stations
in the state capital. If they didn’t
comply with the environmental laws,
the law should take its course. It has
no political undertone.
“Four filling stations were sealed off
but it is an ongoing thing. The exercise
will take place through out the state. It
is to sanitise the state and prevent fire
outbreak.”
Meanwhile, the Governor has
approved the appointment of Mr.
Samuel Adeyemi ( Shakila) as the
Chairman, Ekiti State Petroleum
Products Consumer Protection
Agency.
The appointment takes immediate
effect.
In another development, Fayose will
Thursday swear in Justice Emmanuel
Omotoso as judge of the Ekiti State
High Court. www.punchng.com/news/fayose-seals-ekiti-speakers-filling-station/

A Bill for an Act to abolish and prohibit
dichotomy and discrimination between
University’s degrees and the Higher
National Diploma in the same
profession and field, scaled the
second reading on the floor of
theSsenate on Wednesday.
The bill, sponsored by the member
representing Ondo Central Senatorial
District, Ayo Akinyelure, specifically
seeks to end the ongoing controversy
over wage disparity and gross
discrimination against HND holders in
the public and private sectors.
He said, “The aftermath of continuing
injustices, disparity and discrimination
meted to products of polytechnics in
Nigeria is threatening to derail the
nation’s core policy thrust of evolving
a technological and scientifically
based, self-reliant society in the
nearest future.
“As I speak, thousands of would-be
polytechnic and technology students
are contemplating or have decided to
opt for university education, because
of perceived and real discrimination
against HND graduates.
“If this contemplation occurs, there is
bound to be a vacuum created in our
labour market in this regard, and dire
consequences are bound to follow this
trend.
“Over the years, several entreaties
have been put forth to the Federal Civil
Service authorities to put a stop to
certain glaring wage disparities and
discrimination against the HND
holders, and all these have been to no
avail.”
He said to make matters worse,
certain federal parastatals were known
to openly discriminate against HND
holders to the extent of limiting their
progress within the hierarchy of such
government bodies.
“To all intents and purposes, a
government employment policy that
places degree holders ahead of HND
holders without recourse to skill and
ability of the HND holder thereof, does
more harm than good to the nation’s
development,” he added.
Akinyelure, who is also the Chairman,
Senate Committee on Ethics,
Privileges and Public Petitions, further
argued that empirical evidence had
shown that polytechnic graduates of
accountancy, engineering and some
other professional curses are better on
the job than their university
counterparts.
Senators, who contributed to the
debate, noted that the issue of
dichotomy between the two
certificates could only be addressed if
the curriculum of polytechnics was
improved upon and ensure that it was
rich enough to award degrees. www.punchng.com/news/degreehnd-dichotomy-bill-passes-second-reading-in-senate/

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Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on
Saturday sacked all the Caretaker
Chairmen of the 16 Local Government
Areas and the 19 newly created Local
Council Development Areas in the
state.
Also dissolved are all boards of
government corporations, agencies
and parastatals constituted by the
immediate past Governor, Dr. Kayode
Fayemi.
Fayose, in a statement by his Chief
Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi,
directed all the caretaker chairmen to
immediately hand over to the Director
of Administration of their respective
council.
“The dissolution takes immediate
effect.
“All the local government and local
council development areas’ caretaker
chairmen are to hand over to the
Directors of Administration of the
existing local government areas.
“The Directors of Administration are to
take inventory of the property handed
over to them,” the statement read.
Caretaker chairmen were in control of
the 16 constitutionally recognised
LGAs during the administration of
Fayemi.
Caretaker committees were also
appointed for the 19 LCDAs
inaugurated shortly after the June 21
governorship election.
An attempt by the Fayemi to hold
council election in the 16 councils on
February 4, 2011, was stopped by the
state High Court, following a suit filed
by the PDP in the state that some of
the members of the State Independent
Electoral Commission were members
of the then ruling party, APC.
Fayemi, who had promised to hold
council election before the end of the
year was defeated by Fayose in the
June 21 election.
Fayose had his inaugural speech on
Thursday vowed not to fund the
LCDAs with the Federal Allocations for
the 16 councils listed in the 1999
Constitution.
He said “Section 7 of the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria (as amended) clearly spells the
authorities and procedures for the
creation of local government.
“The sudden and shoddy balkanisation
of the existing 16 local government
areas by the immediate past
administration under the guise of
creating local council development
areas is being challenged in the court
of law.
“Our party considers the hurried
creation of the 19 LCDAs, after
incumbent (Fayemi) lost the June
election, as gratuitous afterthought of
a bad loser. It smacks of political
subterfuge masterminded in utmost
bad faith.
“But at the moment, the matter is sub
judice, and as law abiding citizens, our
government will not do anything that
will render the decision of the court
nugatory.
“However, pending the pronouncement
of the court, our administration shall
be guided by the provisions of Section
3, Part 1, First Schedule of 1999
Constitution on the list of local
governments in Nigeria in the
allocation of resources to that tier of
government.”
Meanwhile, Fayose, has yet to move
into the new Government House, Oke
Ayoba, Ado-Ekiti, just completed by
the immediate past Governor, Dr.
Kayode Fayemi. www.punchng.com/news/fayose-sacks-ekiti-lg-chairmen-boards-shuns-government-house/

THE Minister of Health, Prof.
Onyebuchi Chukwu on Monday said
there had been no formal request from
the United States for Nigeria’s
assistance in combating the Ebola
Virus disease.
“As at Friday really, there was no
formal request by the United States,
for assistance in the containment of
Ebola Virus Disease”, the minister,
who spoke through his Special
Assistant (Media and
Communications), Mr. Dan Nwomeh,
said during an enquiry by our
correspondent on Monday in Abuja.
The US had last week recorded its first
case of EVD in circumstances similar
to the importation of the virus to
Nigeria by the Liberian-born American
Diplomat, late Mr. Patrick Sawyer.
Thomas Duncan, the first person to
have been diagnosed with EVD in the
US, is said to be fighting for his life in
a hospital in Dallas.
Based on the feat recorded by the
Federal Government in the
containment of EVD in Lagos and Port
Harcourt, speculations had been rife
that the President Barak Obama’s
administration would seek the
intervention of Nigeria.
The EVD case in US was recorded in
Dallas, and was from a patient who
had reportedly flown in from Liberia.
A statement from the Director of
Centre for Disease Control and the
Texas Health Department, Dr. Tom
Frieden, said the patient had been
hospitalised while contact tracing had
commenced. www.punchng.com/news/ebola-us-yet-to-request-for-assistance/

If u are giving 2years American visa and after 2weeks you are called from your home town to come and be their king which one will you choose Visa to US or to become a king?

A former Managing Director of the
News Agency of Nigeria , Mrs. Remi
Oyo, died on Wednesday in the United
Kingdom, the deceased husband,
Vincent Oyo, announced in a
statement on Thursday.
She was aged 61.
“With gratitude to God for a life well
spent, I regret to announce the death
of my dear wife, Dame Felicia
Oluwaremilekun Oyo. She died
peacefully on Wednesday (October 1,
2014) in the United Kingdom where
she was receiving treatment for a
cancer-related ailment,” the statement
read.
The deceased, made a Papal Dame of
the Order of St. Gregory the Great on
January 7, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI,
was a seasoned journalist and a
former Senior Special Assistant (Media
and Publicity) to ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo between 2003 and
2007.
Oyo was also a former President of the
Nigerian Guild of Editors and a
recipient of the Officer of the Order of
the Niger.
Reacting to the news on Wednesday,
the President of the NGE, Mr. Femi
Adesina, said “Nigerian editors have
lost a pillar.”
“She was a pillar to Nigerian
journalism and the Guild. She
transformed the Guild and will always
be remembered,’’ Adesina added.
He said these were sad times for
Nigerian editors, who had lost three
key members in their ranks.
He said, “Within four weeks we have
lost Dimgba Igwe, the Vice-Chairman
of the Sun Group; we lost Mike Akpan,
Editor-in-Chief of Realnews online
magazine; and now Remi Oyo.
“It is a sad season for Nigerian
journalism and editors; we pray God to
spare us.’’
A former President of the Nigeria
Union of Journalists, Mr. Bonnie
Iwuoha, described Oyo’s death as a
sad loss to the media industry.
Iwuoha described Oyo as a “core
professional par excellence. She
settled for nothing but the best and
encouraged people to put in their
best.’’
He said that the NGE was passing
through turbulent times, considering
the death of three key members,
namely, Oyo, Igwe and Akpan.
Iwuoha prayed God to protect media
professionals in the country and to
grant the bereaved families fortitude to
bear the losses.
The Publisher of Realnews , Ms
Maureen Chigbo, described Oyo as “a
good woman and a mother.
“She uplifted NAN when she held forte
and she lived a good life. I pray God to
grant her eternal rest.’’
The President of NUJ, Malam
Mohammed Garba, described Oyo’s
death as “shocking’’ and described her
as a “very senior colleague and a
veteran,’’ who was very active in the
journalism profession.
Mohammed said Oyo “related very
well with the media even when she
was a Special Adviser on Media to
former President Olusegun Obasanjo
and as a President of the Nigerian
Guild of Editors.
“She believed in professionalism and
the ethics of the journalism profession. www.punchng.com/news/obasanjos-ex-spokeswoman-remi-oyo-dies-at-61/
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Oshiomhole’s Ebola greeting for Jonathan

Confusion in Ekiti, thugs invade court
again.
More details later. www.punchng.com/news/confusion-in-ekiti-thugs-invade-court-again/

There is something puzzling about the
character of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai
that will confound even the most
veteran of personality profiler. Who is
the man, el-Rufai–a patriotic Nigerian
or a rabble-rouser? From being a top
apparatchik in the administration of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo
to a self-styled social crusader and an
unrelenting critic of the Jonathan
administration, the man whose aliases
range from the “Giant”, to “Demolition
man” and “Mr Controversy” has defied
all explanations. His fierce and
merciless criticisms of President
Goodluck Jonathan have made him the
most “hated” Nigerian alive by the
Jonathan’s Presidency. Not that the
President has been blameless though;
his style of administration and a
catalogue of embarrassing gaffes by
his team have often exposed them to
derisive shellacking by detractors. But
el-Rufai seems to be in a class of his
own. Something tells me we have yet
to see the best or worst of the
“certified ruffler of feathers” (his own
words)
How has el-Rufai metamorphosed
from his position at the commanding
heights of decision making to the
murky waters of being a government
critic? Those who know the political
trajectory of el-Rufai know that he has
always treaded the minefield of
controversy. Indeed, he was the enfant
terrible of the Obasanjo
administration. Now, it appears he has
found his calling; for no single
individual has rattled the President
than Nasir el-Rufai. Since he began
his “one man riot-squad” against the
Jonathan administration, his vicious
criticism of the President and his
policies has been unmatched. In spite
of personal attacks, el-Rufai has
refused to back down on his frequent
stinging jibes at the administration.
Really, I get the impression that el-
Rufai is a nocturnal and daytime
stalker. He seems to constantly watch
the government to slip up. Like the
hungry crocodile that lies in wait at the
riverbank, he pounces once his prey
strays out of line. His social media
pages are his weapons of attack.
But his criticisms of Jonathan have
also come at a great personal
discomfort. The personal attacks
seem to be a fulfilment of the Yoruba
proverb that, “a child who keeps his
mother awake crying at night will also
not experience any sleep”. For his
critics, the line between destructive
and constructive criticisms is often
blurred. He has been attacked for
having a personal vendetta to settle
with the “Jonathanians”, a
contemptuous term he coined to
describe the President and his team.
He is constantly under attack by the
supporters of the President. When his
daughter and son died recently, the
losses were said to be “punishment”
for his criticisms of Jonathan! It was
that bad. While these attacks often
cross the lines of decency, they
however mirror the level criticisms and
public discourses have descended to
in our country today. Really, opinions
are divided as to the motive of el-
Rufai.
This has prompted the question: What
does el-Rufai want? Are his criticisms
borne out of love for country or is he
just a nuisance? While it may be hard
to isolate el-Rufai’s criticism of the
Jonathan Presidency in the general
context of widespread
disenchantments with this
administration, some have accused
him of sometimes being overboard in
his criticism. Recently, it was el-Rufai
who brought to the attention of
Nigerians how the findings of the
Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen
Davis, had indicted a former Chief of
Army Staff and, a former Governor of
Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, as the
sponsors of Boko Haram. The
revelation, which was first made
known on Arise TV almost went
unnoticed until el-Rufai posted it on
his Facebook page. Then, like a wild
bush fire, the report went viral. The
former Army chief in retaliation
labelled el-Rufai “a commander of
Boko Haram”. Curiously, as el-Rufai
took the beating, the author of the
report walked away unscathed. But el-
Rufai has swum in more troubled
waters. Once, he risked the ire of
some Christian leaders with a tweet
about Jesus Christ. A Fatwa was
declared on him.
El-rufai also once retweeted a tweet
deemed abusive of the President
which carried an image of Jonathan
kneeling down and praying to God to
put an end to all Nigeria’s problems.
In the image, the President was
dubbed as incompetent and clueless
for seemingly “outsourcing” his
responsibilities to God. But one
interesting feature of el-Rufai criticism
of Jonathan is that he is not always
the author of the tweets and updates
that target the President. But once
they appear on his social media
pages, they soon assume new
meanings and a life of their own. At
those times his critics who are often
self-appointed supporters of the
President will reach for his jugular. It
is what the Afro beat legend, Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti, called, “roforofo fight”.
The protagonists often fight dirty,
using unprintable words-until the next
episode.
Having broken into national limelight
as one of the top enforcers of the
Obasanjo’s government, el-Rufai
seems to have had his future role cut
out for him. He has stayed in our
national consciousness since the
years he held top government
positions first as the powerful czar of
the Bureau for Public Enterprises, an
agency responsible for privatising
moribund and big government
conglomerates, and later as the
Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory where his exploits in
enforcing the Abuja Masterplan earned
him more enemies than friends. He
also became an influential member of
Obasanjo economic management
team. After the collapse of the Third
Term agenda, he was so powerful that
he was briefly touted to succeed
Obasanjo. After Obasanjo left power,
his detractors sought to take their
pound of flesh. He was hounded by the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission. He faced a barrage of
probes from federal legislators. He
recently went underground after being
sought by the State Security.
In his controversial book, “The
Accidental Public Servant”, which
chronicles his tempestuous years in
the government of Obasanjo, he told
the story of his opposition to his
principal’s Third Term agenda. In the
book, el-Rufai narrated his opposition
to the plan and how he made both
covert and overt moves to scuttle an
agenda he considered as morally
wrong. While it has been widely
acknowledged that the Jonathan
administration has failed to live up to
the expectations of Nigerians in many
areas, many have asked if el-Rufai
has the moral high ground to criticise
a party he was a part of for eight
years. Just like el-Rufai, Nigerians
have continued to criticise the
President’s handling of corruption,
insecurity and lack of leadership at
critical moments. But does el-Rufai’s
criticisms personify this widespread
anger and discontent with the
Jonathan’s Presidency? Is he the right
person to oppose this government?
Certainly, el-Rufai is unravelling
before our eyes. Theodore Roosevelt
once said, “To announce that there
must be no criticism of the president is
morally treasonable to the American
public”. Is el-Rufai taking his own
version of criticism too far or did
Jonathan ask for it? www.punchng.com/opinion/el-rufai-patriot-or-troublemaker/

Boko Haram militants attacked a
platoon led by the son of former
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo,
shooting him today. He sustained
serious injuries to his legs and was
being transported to the hospital at the
time of this report.
Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo
Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer,
was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd
Division in Jos, Plateau State.
He and his platoon were engaged with
Boko Haram militants at Baza, which
is the village of the General Officer
Commanding (GOC) of the 3rd division
when the incident took place. The
Lieutenant Agwu of the 234 battalion,
GOC of the 3rd Division, Major Gen JS
Zaruwa and Colonel Victor Ebhaleme
who serves as the Brigade
Commander of the 23rd Army brigade
in Yola were all together advancing
towards Michika when Boko Haram
fighters unleashed the deadly attack
on the soldiers.
24 soldiers in the platoon were
reportedly killed by the militants.
Apart from the dead soldiers, the
army also lost an armored tank to the
militants. As a result of the attack, the
army has moved sensitive weapons
from mubi to the Brigade headquarters
in Yola leaving mubi vulnerable to
attack. The town of Mubi has
practically been deserted following the
closure of schools and massive retreat
of soldiers from the city.
The former president is currently
traveling in Singapore according to
family sources.
saharareporters.com/2014/09/08/former-president-obasanjos-son-shot-mubi-boko-haram

Boko Haram militants attacked a
platoon led by the son of former
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo,
shooting him today. He sustained
serious injuries to his legs and was
being transported to the hospital at the
time of this report.
Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo
Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer,
was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd
Division in Jos, Plateau State.
He and his platoon were engaged with
Boko Haram militants at Baza, which
is the village of the General Officer
Commanding (GOC) of the 3rd division
when the incident took place. The
Lieutenant Agwu of the 234 battalion,
GOC of the 3rd Division, Major Gen JS
Zaruwa and Colonel Victor Ebhaleme
who serves as the Brigade
Commander of the 23rd Army brigade
in Yola were all together advancing
towards Michika when Boko Haram
fighters unleashed the deadly attack
on the soldiers.
24 soldiers in the platoon were
reportedly killed by the militants.
Apart from the dead soldiers, the
army also lost an armored tank to the
militants. As a result of the attack, the
army has moved sensitive weapons
from mubi to the Brigade headquarters
in Yola leaving mubi vulnerable to
attack. The town of Mubi has
practically been deserted following the
closure of schools and massive retreat
of soldiers from the city.
The former president is currently
traveling in Singapore according to
family sources.
saharareporters.com/2014/09/08/former-president-obasanjos-son-shot-mubi-boko-haram

Brb

For 50million dollars, U are told to
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ur B.S.C. certificate on fire. What will
u do? pls comment.

The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Ayo
Fayose, has vowed to look into any
last minute bank transactions and
appointments made by the outgoing
governor, Kayode Fayemi.
According to Fayose, the incumbent
governor is making attempt to trap his
yet-to-be-inaugurated government
with financial burdens.
Writing on his Twitter handle on
Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic
Party chieftain also warned banks not
to engage in any illegal transactions
with the state government.
“We are aware of last minute deals by
the present government with spurious
awards of contracts and payments
made — this is unfair to our people. A
transition committee is in place to
work with the government (of Kayode
Fayemi) for a smooth handover and
also to monitor financial transactions
that involve (his) government.
“Irregular expenditure and
questionable financial transactions by
the outgoing government should find
no cooperation from commercial
banks in Ekiti. Full legal action will be
brought against bank found culpable of
fraudulent financial dealings with the
outgoing administration.
“Banks should continue to conduct
government business with sincerity of
purpose and compliance with the
highest standards of banking
integrity,” he said.
He added that the All Progressives
Congress governor had embarked on
employing people in the state without
recourse to due process, saying he will
look into the matter. According to
Fayose, the newly created local
council development areas will not be
funded by his government.
“A government that sacked workers on
spurious grounds has now turned
round to employ thousands through
the backdoor – this will be looked into.
“My position on the issue of purported
LCDA creation is explicitly stated: they
have no constitutional backing and will
not be funded. While I am mindful that
my mandate does not start until
October 16th, I am also mindful of the
potential time bombs being put in front
of me,” he stated.
Fayose however noted that he did not
consider some of his opponents as
enemies though they had unfairly
criticised him.
He said, “We can’t fail to mention
those who choose to denigrate us –we
see them not as enemies but (as
people who) spur (us) to greatness
and humility. Not all opponents are
enemies. Some are just too far from
us to understand who we really are as
humans.
“Those who however choose to
deliberately misunderstand our
position even when clearly stated are
enemies of the collective good. Let me
make this clear so that our opponents
can hear: any landmine in my path as
Gov-elect is a direct attack on our
people in Ekiti State.” www.punchng.com/news/i-will-probe-fayemi-fayose/

An unresponsive private plane has
crashed in the sea off Jamaica,
officials on the island have said.
The Jamaican Defence Force said the
plane went down about 14 miles
(22km) north-east of Port Antonio.
The US had earlier scrambled two
F-15 fighter jets when the plane failed
to respond to air traffic control.
The two people known to be on board
have been named as Larry Glazer, a
property developer from Rochester,
New York, and his wife Jane.
The couple were both licensed pilots.
The plane’s pilot had indicated there
was a problem and twice asked to
descend to a lower altitude before
permission was granted, according to
a recording of the radio conversation
with US traffic controllers.
Contact with the plane was lost a
short time later.
Maj Basil Jarrett of the Jamaican
Defence Force told reporters that an oil
slick had been spotted about 14 miles
north-east of the coastal town of Port
Antonio but there was no sign yet of
any wreckage.
He said search and rescue teams were
scouring the waters for possible
survivors.
As darkness fell, Jamaica suspended
the search until first light on Saturday.
The plane, a Socata TBM-700 built in
2014, took off from Rochester at 08:26
(12:26 GMT) en route to Naples,
Florida.
The North American Aerospace
Defence Command (Norad) was
alerted to the unresponsive plane
about an hour into its flight and sent
two fighter jets to monitor it.
A spokesman said it was not possible
for the fighter pilots to see inside the
plane as the windows were frosted or
fogged over.
A tweet from Norad suggested the
pilot or pilots could have been be
unresponsive due to “possible
hypoxia” – oxygen deprivation.
On a recording made by LiveATC – a
website that monitors air traffic control
recordings – and quoted by the
Associated Press, the pilot can be
heard saying: “We need to descend to
about (18,000 feet). We have an
indication that’s not correct in the
plane.”
A controller replies: “Stand by.” After a
pause, the controller tells the pilot to
fly at 25,000ft.
“We need to get lower,” the pilot
responded.
“Working on that,” the controller says.
Controllers then clear the plane to
descend to 20,000ft and the pilot
acknowledges the command.
Minutes later a controller asks the
plane to identify itself. There is no
response.
According to FlightAware, the plane
never carried out the last descent to
20,000ft.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
paid tribute to the couple.
“The Glazers were innovative and
generous people who were committed
to revitalising downtown Rochester,”
he said.
The couple’s three children said in a
statement they were “devastated”.
The US Federal Aviation
Administration said it co-operated
with Cuba air traffic control in
monitoring the plane, despite the
countries not having full diplomatic
relations for more than half a century.
Cuba said it had authorised the US
military to fly a C-130 cargo plane and
two fighter jets over its airspace to
investigate the incident. www.punchng.com/news/unresponsive-private-plane-crashes-off-jamaica-2/

They should just resume and let this kids go back to sch

The Federal Government on
Wednesday reversed its decision to
postpone resumption of primary and
secondary schools across the nation
till October 13.
The Minister of Health, Prof.
Onyebuchi Chukwu, who briefed state
house correspondents after the
Federal Executive Council meeting
presided by President Goodluck
Jonathan on Wednesday, indicated
that schools resumption date might be
moved back to September.
Chukwu’s Education counterpart,
Ibrahim Shekarau, had earlier on
August 26 announced the October 13
resumption date as a precautionary
step against the spread of Ebola virus
But at a briefing following the FEC
meeting on Wednesday, Chukwu said
experts’ opinion had indicated that
“students could safely resume from
mid-September.”
The minister said specific resumption
date would be announced after a
meeting between the Minister of
Education, states’ Commissioners of
Education and other stakeholders
involved in the earlier postponement of
the resumption date to October 13.
“The Minister of Education was
directed by council to convene an
emergency meeting with all states
commissioners of Education in order
to agree on when schools can resume
nationwide,” he said.
At the briefing with the Health minister
were the Ministers of Information,
Labaran Maku; Transport, Umar Idris;
National Planning, Abubakar Suleiman,
and Power (State), Mohammed Wakil.
Chukwu, who also gave a weekly
report to the Council on the Ebola
Virus Disease outbreak, said that there
were currently 296 contacts under
surveillance in the country.
The minister, who refuted insinuations
that 60 Ebola contacts were missing in
Port Harcourt, said of the 296 contacts
actually under surveillance in the entire
country, 255 of them were in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, and the
remaining 41 in Lagos State.
He explained that investigations had
proved rumoured outbreak of the
disease in Abuja and Calabar to be
negative.
He added that Enugu was completely
free from the disease, saying that the
nurse who initially escaped
surveillance in Lagos to meet her
husband in Enugu had also tested
negative to the disease.
He said the member of ECOWAS staff,
Olu-Ibukun Koye, who jumped
surveillance and took the virus to Port
Harcourt, had developed strong anti-
bodies against the virus and as such
could not infect others with it.
He said it could not yet be determined
if Koye would be prosecuted or not. www.punchng.com/news/schools-may-resume-mid-september-says-minister/

Am not the writer of this article i just share it here to seek Nairalanders opinion to this write up

Pastor Adeboye is one
"pulpitarian" that seduces my
grin. Adeboye has proven that
once you tell a story that
begins, ends and centres
around "Baba God", it can be
believed by Nigerian
Christians no matter how
senseless and untrue it is.
The RCCG Christian clan in
Nigeria is one Christian sect
that can believe any story Pastor Adeboye's voice*
"Baba God says there is
somebody that will be
overtaken by his anger after
reading this...."
The RCCG is the fastest growing
merchandise in Nigeria. Besides
potential conflict zones, the RCCG
merchandize is just about everywhere
in Nigeria including the bedroom of the
oga in Aso Rock. This is to show that
"Dia ris God oo". The God of Daddy
Adeboye is really a "Baba God". A
Baba of private jets, bank CEO clients
on EFCC lists, oil magnets patronage,
polithiefcians and most especially the
man in Aso Rock.
Pastor Adeboye
Pastor Adeboye is one "pulpitarian"
that seduces my grin. Adeboye has
proven that once you tell a story that
begins, ends and centres around
"Baba God", it can be believed by
Nigerian Christians no matter how
senseless and untrue it is. The RCCG
Christian clan in Nigeria is one
Christian sect that can believe any
story with the tag of "Baba (God)."
What is more marvelous than the fact
that adults in the 21st century can
believe a story that a man travelled
from Benin to Lagos on an empty fuel
tank? None of them saw it but
someone claimed that some sky-Baba
told him to travel that far without
looking at his fuel gauge. Boom!
Everyone believes.
Pastor Adeboye has reached the level
where he can tell adults that he went
for jogging in heaven before coming to
mount the pulpit and the religious folks
will believe. I am jealous. What can I
smoke to reach the level where I can
tell people stories and they'll believe it
to be true whether or not it is a lie?
But I do not understand why Baba God
has not told Daddy Adeboye to do a
crusade in the North in places like
Jigawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Borno? Haba!
Borno? That is too harsh now! Even
Baba does not have such imaginations
to send our Daddy to Maiduguri. Baba
God (*in Adeboye's voice*) is not
interested in winning Boko Haram
souls; he'll rather concentrate in
repeating same old message to people
who have already heard it in Lagos
and the South. Baba does not need the
souls of terrorists and almajaris, so
he'll rather concern himself in giving
his servant private jets, schools,
offerings, tithes, etc. They are more
important than the souls of Almajiris
and Boko Haramists.
Isn't it awesome that Baba could
make a car drive without fuel from
Benin to Lagos (which nobody saw
except Baba's servant), but cannot
use that same power to arrest Boko
Haramists? Is it that somebody's Baba
cannot do that or somebody has
refused to harken to that voice of Baba
or perhaps somebody is afraid to
come in contact with any incident that
will send him to his Baba God?
Hmmm, somebody is afraid to go and
meet Baba. Well, it's non of my
business before his social bodyguards
will "kee" me.
RCCG members are to Nigeria what
Ebola is to Liberia; they are an
epidemic. One thing about them; they
do not fail to announce their presence.
Their stickers always do the talking.
"Redeem family" on their door posts,
on the car, in the office and if it were
possible to tattoo it on their forehead,
they'll do just that. Even the ones that
are flying with their legs will tattoo it
on their briefcases with faith that one
day they'll paste it on their cars.
These folks can believe anything. A
typical Redeem member can believe
that he can enter Dubai and
automatically and then Baba will give
him the ability to speak Arabic
instantaneously so that a big firm will
pay him in millions of dollars to
translate Arabic to English for them
overnight. It's not their fault. When
you believe that someone drove from
Benin to Lagos on an empty fuel tank
without seeing it, then you can believe
anything.
The RCCG church service; well, I'll give
them a C. Unlike that of Christ
Embassy which full of unending drama
scenes, the RCCG service can put you
to snoring.
A mathematician will always be a
mathematician, even in the way he
talks. Is it just me that notices that
Adeboye speaks like he is trying to
solve arithmetic without a calculator?
It is good packaging though. For it is
easier to seduce people on the pulpit
when you appear and sound humble.
Talking that way will never anger you
to slap a poor woman for saying she
is "a witch for Christ". At least he is
not temperamental like his Ota
counterpart. Another good thing about
talking that way is that it makes it so
easy to go unnoticed that you are a
lazy praying man.
Adeboye simply calls-out prayer
topics and suffers the poor
congregation to pray lengthy and chew
their hearts out and after that he ends
it with a short line "my Baba says it is
done" and they shout Amen! After all,
they won't call it laziness; it is an
excuse for faith. If it was me that was
praying that way they'll say I do not
have a spiritual life, since there is no
Daddy or Papa attached to my name; I
am jealous. On the other hand, why
would you have to extend your prayers
when you already have private jets
and a Commander-in-Client? What do
you want to pray for? Leave the prayer
for the poor men to tear apart.
I want to make an appeal that the dear
Daddy should refrain from praying and
prophesying about national issues.
The first time I heard him speak about
national issue was when President
Jonathan wanted to contest in 2011.
He said Baba God will send good
leaders to Nigeria and we ended up
with President Goodluck Jonathan. If
president GEJ is what Baba intended
to send to us, all I can say is "Baba,
you can do better than this."
Few months before the subsidy
removal he prayed that Baba will work
on the country. Before we knew it, the
President removed subsidy.
Again, he prayed and cursed Boko
Haram, few weeks later Boko Haram
attacked Yobe schools and now
Baba's curse on Boko Haram has led
to thr Chibok tragedy and many more.
When news broke that American
soldeirs will be joining the Chibok
pursuit, he said that Baba will cause
the girls to be released soon. Baba
must have a special kind of soon.
Whether or not Adeboye's Baba
functions, nobody asks questions
because nobody questions Baba's
spokesman. I don't know whether
Adeboye is Baba or Baba is Adeboye.
Because if Baba cannot be questioned
and Adeboye too cannot be
questioned, it means Baba and
Adeboye are the same. Well, let me
keep quiet "Babatards" will nail me for
talking about Baba. Babacracy, you
too sweet!
Imoh "Son of David" is a Nigerian
Atheist, author, publisher and business
man and he writes from South Africa.

with the tag of "Baba (God). saharareporters.com/2014/09/03/nigerian-churches-and-their-individual-madness-part-2-redeem-christian-church-imoh-david

Mixed reactions yesterday trailed
the reintroduction of banks the
N65 charge on remote-on-us
Automated Teller Machines
(ATMs). The Central Bank had in
a circular to the banks stated
that the reintroduction of remote-
on-us ATM cash withdrawal
would now be N65 per
transaction as against the former
N100 per transaction, suspended
in December 2012.
A cross-section of banks’
customers who spoke to Daily
Sun in Lagos expressed
displeasure over the
development as some of them
have already been debited N65
today for exceeding the targeted
transactions on other banks’
ATMs.
While some customers felt that
the fees charged for the ATM
remote-on-us usage should be
further reduced to between N35
and N50, others argue that the
fees should be proportional with
the amount withdrawn by the
customer.
A customer, who preferred to be
addressed as Musa condemned
the policy, describing it as anti-
people and a demonstration of
lack of foresight.
He said, “it is not a welcome
development to the masses. I
think it is only in Nigeria that this
kind of zigzag policy is
happening. How on earth will a
CBN introduce a policy to protect
and reduce the sufferings of its
people and then later, after a
change of one person in the CBN,
the same set of people that
agreed on that policy will now
reverse the policy?
“What benefit will they get in
making people suffer and why
are our leaders not analysing
situations before they introduce
harsh economic policies that
always make people lose
confidence in them. How can the
reintroduction of that policy
strengthen our economy?”
President of National Association
of Nigeria Traders, Ken Okoaha,
in his reaction said: “As far as
traders are concerned, this is a
reverse gear on the cashless
drive of the CBN. We believe the
current situation should prevail
until such a time when we
generally embrace cashless
policy.”
Also speaking, Vincent Dauda, a
customer of one of the
commercial banks in the county,
noted that he regretted the policy
summersault of the CBN, saying,
“I used to have very high regards
for the CBN but recently I have
had reasons to suspect that they
are no longer thorough with their
fiscal policy responsibility.
“Firstly, they asked banks to
withdraw ATM from public
locations and they complied.
Shortly after, they said the banks
can now deploy, then they
stopped what we felt was an
exorbitant charge. What does
this suggest? Failure of feasibility
study by the CBN, period.”
Meanwhile, the apex bank and
the Bankers Committee stated
that the decision was in the
economic interest of the country,
as the removal of the charges
had a negative effect on the
cashless policy.
“The wear and tear as well as the
frequency of servicing the ATMs
has increased significantly.
Indeed, some customers were
beginning to abuse the use of
ATMs through countless
withdrawals. This development
has led to increase in cash
transactions, which negates the
bank’s cashless policy,” the CBN
said in a circular.
According to the CBN, if a part of
this cost goes unabated, the
banks may be forced to reject
transactions coming from their
customers at other banks’ ATMs,
thereby frustrating the inter-
operability of payment systems. sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=79844

Supporters of the All Progressives
Congress and the Peoples Democratic
Party in Oyo State clashed at the
popular Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan,
on Sunday, over drilling of a borehole
for the traders.
The market was recently gutted by fire.
The inability of the market fire station
to get water had been blamed for the
inferno that started just after 9 pm on
August 16. Apart from the state
Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, who
promised to help the traders with
financial assistance, other notable
people in the state visited the traders
and promised to help them.
One of them was the PDP
governorship aspirant, Seyi Makinde,
who said he would drill a borehole at
the market to forestall future
occurrence.
Makinde made good his promise by
starting the project. However, on
Sunday, workers at the site of the
project were allegedly attacked by
some people, who also blocked the
70-foot borehole with stones and
pebbles.
The attackers were alleged to have
been sponsored by the Chairman of
the South-West council area of the
state, Mr. Taoheed Adeleke, under
whose council the market falls.
Eyewitnesses said hoodlums came in
large number with cutlasses and other
weapons. Adeleke, however, denied. www.punchng.com/news/oyo-apc-pdp-clash/

In what has been described as an
expansion drive of the Boko Haram
caliphate, it early this morning,
launched an attack on Bama, one of
the few major towns in Borno State
still out of the control of the dreaded
Islamist sect.
It was gathered that the insurgents
stormed the town in their
hundreds, early Monday morning, but
were repelled by the military who
fought to push them back.
The soldiers attached to the Nigerian
Army barracks located in the town
were called to task and after engaging
the insurgents for over an hour of
heavy bombardment, they were able to
repel them, according to sources.
A source said the soldiers were
successful in driving the insurgents
back through the bush.
Though the actual number of
casualties could not be ascertained, it
was gathered that not less than 20
persons were killed.
It was also gathered that there is
a massive exodus of residents from
the town, which is about 64km from
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital as
residents fear the insurgents might
return back heavily armed on a
retaliatory mission.
More details later. www.punchng.com/politics/boko-haram-launches-attack-on-bama-in-borno/

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Tiwa was with him at the NEA
Awards in New York.She then took
to Instagram to flaunt him..So next
time you want to rush up to her,
watch out for him.
I always say when you are big,
you are big ...

Ten of the 14 aspirants contesting for
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
governorship ticket in the Adamawa
State governorship by-election have
come together against Mallam Nuhu
Ribadu and three others.
The others are former Lagos State
Military Administrator Gen. Buba
Marwa, ex-Universal Basic Education
Commission (UBEC) Executive Secretary
Dr. Ahmed Modibo and former
governorship candidate Marcus Gundiri.
In the gang-up are Acting Governor
Umar Fintiri, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, Awwal
Tukur, James Barka, Sen Abubakar
Girei, Dr. Idi Hong, Aliyu Kama, Umar
Ardo, Jerry Kumdisi and Dr. Andrawus
Sawa.
Eight of the aspirants stormed the party
secretariat in Yola yesterday. Finitiri and
Dr. Sawa were absent.
Spokesman of the group and former
presidential adviser Ahmed Gulak said
the 10 of them had resolved to come
together in the interest of the party and
the people.
“We are the only PDP family members;
any other person outside is not PDP.
Any other person outside the listed
persons is not PDP,” Gulak said.
Gulak said they would remain vigilant
for today’s ward congress to check any
attempt to use non party members as
delegates by any person or group.
“Tomorrow (today) is ward congress.
Anybody who brings three delegates
from the 226 wards outside the party
structure will be resisted,” Gulak
warned.
He said they would resist any imposition
of candidate from the national
leadership of the PDP and the
Presidency for the October 11 by-
election.
Gulak said they resolved not to allow a
stranger to become the standard bearer
of the party they laboured for.
Gulak said they would not recognise
Ribadu, Dr. Moddibo, Gen. Marwa and
Mr. Gundiri as bonafide members of the
party.
He insisted that the group would not
allow an outsider to rob them of their
right in the house they built.
Gulak boasted that one of the 10
aspirants will emerge as the party’s
standard bearer.
The party’s state deputy chairman,
Alhaji Jingi Rufai, praised the aspirants
for their decision to unite for a common
cause saying their action would ensure
transparency in the primary.
Rufai said party officials had met over
the ward congress and resolved that
strict compliance with the party
constitution would be observed.
Rufai said the party was aware of some
“fake registers” and membership forms
in circulation, warning that those
planning to rig the congress would be
disappointed.
But the immediate past state Secretary
of PDP and a leading campaigner for the
Ribadu candidacy, Mr Phineas Elisha,
said the action of the aspirants
amounted to indiscipline as the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP
had cleared them to contest.
Elisha said the party’s constitution
should determine who is a member and
not individuals.
“You cannot just come out because you
hate the face of a person to say he is
not a member.
“How can you say that a person that
registered, request for and was granted
waiver is not a member of a party?
People need to show respect to the
party’s constitution,” Elisha said. thenationonlineng.net/new/fintiri-nine-others-gang-up-against-ribadu-marwa/

The three major political parties in Oyo
State have started flexing muscles over
2015 general elections, with each
vowing that it would emerge victorious.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
All Progressives Congress (APC) and
Accord yesterday told The Nation in
separate interviews that nothing would
stop each of them from taking over
control of Agodi Government House in
the February the election.
Speaking for the Accord, its Publicity
Secretary, Dr. Nureni Adeniran, said the
fact that the PDP and APC won in Ekiti
and Osun states showed that voters in
Southwest place more premium on
candidates rather than parties.
Adeniran, who faulted suggestions that
only the PDP and the APC were the
main parties and that the battle looks
squarely positioned between them,
said: “PDP won in Ekiti and APC won in
Osun. Accord is going to win in Oyo
State. Those thinking that the battle is
squarely between APC and PDP should
know that Southwest is not
homogeneous as they are thinking
because it is not the same set of voters
that will vote and it is not the same
thing that is happening in all the states.
“Most of them in Ekiti knew from the
onset that Fayose was going to win in
Ekiti and I can tell you that we knew that
Aregebesola was going to win in Osun
State. So, we can say that Accord will
win in Oyo State.”
Adeniran said those who think that
Accord would be pushed to the
background were living in illusion,
pointing out that Oyo State voters are
asking its governorship hopeful, Senator
Rashidi Ladoja, to come back as
governor.
Also, a chieftain of the PDP and the
senator representing Oyo North
Senatorial District, Hosea Agbooola,
said the voters were tired of the APC
government.
He assured that the PDP would replace
the former after the next year election.
His words: “You are a living witness to
what happened in Osun State. But Oyo
State politics is different from that of
Osun State. I am assuring you that the
people of Oyo State are tired of APC
government. They are tired of taking
directives from Lagos State. So, I am
assuring you that come 2015, PDP will
emerge as the governor.”
But the state Chairman of the APC, Chief
Akin Oke, rubbished their claims.
He wondered the basis on which either
the PDP or Accord would return to
power, having squandered the state’s
resources and inflicted violence and
brigandage on residents during their
eight-year reign between 2003 and
2011.
Oke said: “PDP or Senator Ladoja
winning election in Oyo State again? On
what basis? Our government
outperformed both of them within our
three years in office when compared
with their eight years in office
combined. Is it in the area of security,
infrastructural development, urban
renewal or what? As far as we are
concerned, based on Governor Abiola
Ajimobi’s performance, Senator
Ladoja’s performance in four years was
nil. So was Otunba Alao-Akala, who
inflicted violence and gangsterism on
the state, among others, in his four-year
reign.
“I base my own position on valid
yardsticks. PDP is even worse at
federal level now so much that they
cannot go out and ask for people’s
votes based on the performance of the
party. What they are now doing is to
hide under the name of President
Goodluck Jonathan, believing that they
can get some sympathy.
“Surely by 2015, we are not just going
to contest, but we are going to win the
election.” http://thenationonlineng.net/new/apc-pdp-accord-flex-muscle-in-oyo-over-2015-poll/