₦airaland Forum

In his ruling, Justice Buba held that FAAN failed
to comply with the condition that dispute between
it and Bi-Courtney must be referred to the Co-
ordinating Committee before commencing the suit
The application by the Federal Airports Authority
of Nigeria, FAAN, seeking to stop Bi-Courtney
Group from taking over the General Aviation
Terminal, GAT, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport
Terminal 2, MMA2, Lagos, suffered a setback, as
the Federal High Court, Lagos, ruled in favour of
the firm.
Justice I.N. Buba struck out FAAN’s application
seeking to restrain Bi-Courtney from taking
possession of the GAT, despite the Appeal Court
judgment, which affirmed Bi-Courtney’s ownership
of the terminal.
FAAN had filed the application on December 5,
2011, seeking several reliefs against Bi-Courtney
in respect of the use and operation of the airpot
terminal based on a concession agreement
executed between it and the Federal Government.
Although FAAN’s ex parte application to restrain
Bi-Courtney was granted by the court on
December 6, 2011, an application by the
concessionnaire seeking an order of court to set
aside the order was granted in a ruling delivered
on February 27, 2012.
Consequently, Bi-Courtney, in a Notice of
Preliminary Objection dated April 10, 2012, had
asked that the order of court be struck out for
failure to fulfil certain conditions contained in the
concession agreement between the parties, or the
suit be dismissed for being an abuse of court
process.
Bi-Courtney had argued that FAAN instituted the
action without consideration to the dispute
resolution mechanism provided for in the
concession, which demands that disputes arising
from the agreement must first be referred to the
Co-ordinating Committee for resolution.
Bi-Courtney also alleged that the suit was an
abuse of court process, as reliefs sought were
substantially the same as those already
determined by the Federal High Court and the
Court of Appeal.
In his ruling, Justice Buba held that FAAN failed
to comply with the condition that the dispute
must be referred to the Co-ordinating Committee
before commencing the suit in accordance with
the terms of the Concession Agreement.
The court, however, refused the relief sought to
dismiss the suit on the ground that it was already
declared incompetent.
The issue of the ownership of the GAT has been a
subject of numerous litigations, including five
appeals, all of which have been decided in favour
of Bi-Courtney, the most recent being the ruling
of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which affirmed the
company’s ownership of the disputed terminal.

dis man is funny oooooo, he is saying he supports state police n on d floor of d house he is rejecting it cos d majority is doing so, oga ooooooooo n dis man is also saying we should let all dis governors continue till 2017 including dos in their second term,who has stopped introducing any new projects, so we should give see den more opportunity to loot us

I have interacted with many Christians and many Muslims and I found that most of them don't really know why they are doing the religion they do,and I found out that some are just doing it because of their parents..... ....so fellow nairalanders,I want to know why you chose your religion..

All I can say is dat Jesus is d saviour, he came to save d world in general,he came b4 Islam n Christianity........... xtrians only arise after Jesus n den came Islam aswell, d major reason why we fight over religion is dat all dis religion were started by men......God did not specify to us d religion we should do cos it is not a basis of our making heaven...................

Bishop Magic: [size=18pt]see title:

Could this be the man Tinubu wants to replace ....[/size]

After nah go talk say APC is a democracy

my friend he is d pioneer of d party n he will always have a say on who to be presented,it happens even in civilized world..... bill gates remains d godfather of d Democrats n George bush is even pushing for his brother to be d candidate of Republican in 2016

we don't need saints or religious bigots to lead us in our states n d country, wat we need is patriotism n performance, we need patriots n people who can performed well without sentiment, people who will serve every citizen, be u xtrian, pagan or muslim ....

Pastor TB Joshua has finally lent his voice on the
much-talked-about Jim Iyke deliverance that held
in his church months ago.
In a recent interview with Punch, TB Joshua of
SCOAN – Synagogue Church Of All Nation –
cleared the air on Jim Iyke’s deliverance and
other allegations that he pays people to come
and fake miracles.
On Jim Iyke
Oh please, don’t drag me into that. All I
can say is that if a person needs to see a
doctor, he should be free to do so. I like
the young man. He has been defending
himself on the internet. Is he not enjoying
a better life now? Are things not working
for him?
On allegations he pays people to fake
miracles
How much will I give to the president of
a nation to come here? Even when they
come, I don’t get any financial gain but I
incur cost because I want to ensure that
they are well cared for. That is all; I even
prefer to spend my time with the poor
than to be with the presidents.
If a
president
visits this
place today, the whole of the day will be
devoted to that visit, I would have lesser
time for the poor people, who need my
attention. God has been warning me over
this trend so much that when some
presidents said that they wanted to visit
me, I said no.
I said it would be better for me to visit
them in their countries. Each time they
visit this place, I receive query from God
because of my time that should have
been used to attend to the poor and the
needy that are waiting for me.
One soul is not superior to the other, why
should I continue to receive query? Really
out of three presidents that may visit,
there will hardly be one that will show
good example of the counsel that they
received from me. If the needy are more
receptive to God, it is better to give them
more of my time.

inec has only given d losers a good case to present in court, which may lead to re-election n thereby leading to a waste of public funds n resources n also it will reduce their time of preparation for d next election......

like he truly feels their pain

am sure dis man must be in his late 50s,I wonder wat he is still looking for moreso, wat is an executive looking for in d legislative chamber,he should either be nursing a presidential or vice presidential ambition or better still lobby to be an ambassador,, it is good u start as a legislator n become an executive, dan starting from executive to being a legislator......anyways goodluck to him

who is he,what position is he holding presently,and what track record as he got?

The Court of Appeal, Lagos, on Friday,
struck out an application by the Lagos
State Government, seeking leave to
appeal the verdict which acquitted Major
Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef
Shofolahan.
Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security
Officer to late General Sanni Abacha,
and Shofolahan, former aide to late
Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, were sentenced to
death on January 30 last year, by Justice
Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court,
Ikeja.
However, the Appeal Court on July 12
upturned the lower court’s judgment,
insisting that the prosecution failed to
establish a charge of murder against the
appellants.
Dissatisfied by the judgment, the state
government indicated its readiness to
appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court.
At the resumed hearing on Friday, the
Assistant Chief State Counsel, Femi
Adamson, in an oral submission, prayed
the court to strike out the application,
same having been withdrawn by the
respondents, due to effluxion of time.
He noted that by the provisions of the
rules of court, such application, seeking
leave of appeal, ought to have been filed
before the expiration of the stipulated 30
days after the judgment.
“My lord we have an application before
this court, dated August 12 and filed on
the same date, for leave to appeal the
order of this court delivered on July 12.
“This application has however been
overtaken by time, and so, this court
lacks jurisdiction to entertain same.
“We hereby withdraw this application
before your lordship, and we shall
ensure that we file all necessary
processes before the Supreme Court,”
Adamson said.
The application for withdrawal was not
objected by Counsels to the appellants,
Adedayo Adedeji and Olalekan Ojo.
The appeal panel headed by Justice
Shagbaor Ikyegh, in a short ruling, struck
out the application.
“This application having been
withdrawn is accordingly struck out,” he
ruled.

source : THE NATION NEWSPAPER

PROTESTERS disrupted a Nigerian awards
ceremony in central London last night expressing
anger at the awarding of an honour to aviation
minister Stella Oduah by the Global Peace
Movement (GPM).
At a glitzy ceremony at the Radisson Blu Portman
Hotel in London, the GPM conferred awards on
Ms Oduah, the Kaduna State governor Mukhtar
Yero and Nnamdi Udoh, the managing director of
the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency.
Halfway through the ceremony though, protests
broke out as several protesters felt it was
inappropriate to be honouring Ms Oduah.
Apart from the fact that Ms Oduah is under
investigation over the purchase two bullet-proof
BMW's valued at $1.6m, protesters said she
should also be held culpable for the recent spate
of air crashes in Nigeria. President Goodluck
Jonathan is under pressure to sack Ms Oduah
over the car purchases, which were said to have
been bought surreptitiously and she is due to face
the Senate to answer questions about air safety.
Marian Awolowo of the campaign group Nigerian
Global Awakening, one of the protesters who
disrupted the ceremony, said: "The management
of the aviation industry should be questioned
because we have had a spate of air crashes
recently and the minister is under investigation for
fraud. With thousands of people still grieving, it is
not the right time to be giving Stella Oduah a
peace award and I told Mike Uyi to postpone it.
"It is very insensitive and an abuse to all the
victims and their families of the Dana Air crash to
be giving Ms Oduah a peace award of all things.
We Nigerians are not that wicked, do not worship
money that much and are not that low."
Governor Yero was there in person to receive his
award from the GPM president Michael Uyi but
Ms Oduah and Mr Udoh sent representatives.
Victor Oche Elias, Ms Oduah's special adviser put
up a spirited defence in support of his boss,
saying she was not responsible for the accidents
as they were mainly down to pilot error and
added that the cars were bought for the safety of
visiting dignitaries.
Mr Elias added: "I am a trained aviator myself
and I can tell you that 70% of air accidents are
down to pilot error. In the case of the Dana Air
accident, the pilot knew there was a fault and
should have returned to Abuja but continued
flying on to Lagos because he wanted to catch a
flight to India for a wedding.
"As per the cars, they are not for the minister's
personal use. Recently, the head of the
International Civil Aviation Organisation visited
Nigeria and refused to step out of the plane until
a bullet proof car was provided for him."
After a series of heated exchanges, the protesters
were later removed on the instructions of the
GPM president Mr Uyi and the awards ceremony
continued. Mr Uyi said he was not bothered with
the protests as the GPM investigates whoever it
gives awards to properly and is always certain
that they are deserving of such honours.
He added: "We are never perturbed because we
always carry out a full investigation into a person
before conferring an award upon them. The GPM
is known to take risks in carrying out it
assessments and we even went to Iraq to inspect
their presidential palaces when it was claimed
there were weapons of mass destruction there."
Accepting his award, Governor Yero said he
believed it was a vindication of what his
administration is trying to achieve in Kaduna
State by restoring peace and making it an
investment destination. According to governor, his
government is also trying to empower local
people through youth and women's programmes
whereby they are given capital to start
commercial operations.
Governor Yero added: "Kaduna is now an
investment-friendly state in sectors such as
agriculture, tourism, power, mining, solid minerals,
housing and transportation. One of the things we
have done is guarantee the safety of such
investment and made the state a conducive
environment for investors."
According to the governor, he is also in London to
discuss a £500m investment programme in the
state agricultural sector by a British investor. He
added that the state is making some progress
because it is currently enjoying peace among the
disparate religious and ethnic groups that make
up its populace.

Alhaji Ahmed Barata, the senator
representing Adamawa South Senatorial
Zone has placed a curse on gifts and
donations disbursed to members of his
constituency.
The senator informed beneficiaries of his
largesse that they would be punished by
God if they refused to vote for him in the
forthcoming 2015 general election.
The senator’s statement angered some
members of his constituency who
abandoned the empowerment package and
quietly left, while others vowed to collect the
gift without voting for him.
His constituents also reversed the curse,
stating if God were to curse anybody, the
senator would be the first recipient of God’s
wrath because he had done nothing in his
constituency and was only making half-
hearted attempts because the 2015
elections were fast approaching.


oodera.com/2013/11/26/adamawa-senator-places-curse-on-gifts-to-constituents/

Ok

gratiaeo: Ogbeni Alhaji, the author of confusion, your educational policy is anarchical. You should reverse it if there is no ulterior motive. Period.
I wonder why would someone create problem and waste the state resources to solve it. Anyway, deal with them the boko haram way. Its in you.

He is a religious bigot,yet he gives holiday to pagans ,wat does dat tell u.....someone d muslim community is claiming nt to be a real muslim, and u are here spitting rubbish......... o je lo gba oyes

so wat next

are all dis eleventh hour projects from d 2013 budget?..... if so, y delay dem till now?............dis should be d time for thorough implementation n supervision n preparation for d next year...... well na him sabi

The Chairman,
Independent National Electoral Commission,
Plot 436 Zambezi Crescent,
Maitama District,
FCT, Abuja,
NIGERIA
Dear Sir,
Re: ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION:
A CALL TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY.
The above subject refers. On the 16th November
2013, the good people of Anambra State woke up
with great aspiration and expectation to cast their
votes to elect a new Governor for the state.
Prior to the date for the Election, the ominous signs
of an election that was pre-determined to favour
specific interests against the run of the electorate
support were already clear.
When our great party, the All Progressives Congress
(APC) noticed these foreboding signs; we
immediately drew the attention of the electoral
umpire and the whole world to them.
The issues, which our party complained about
through official correspondences and various press
releases, are several. These include:
The unholy conspiracy between the electoral umpire
(INEC) and the presidency/PDP to rig the Elections
to rig the election in favor of APGA.
Mass disenfranchisement of voters through use of
multiple voters registers,
Deliberate delay in the distribution of electoral
materials in the opposition strongholds,
The disappearance of electoral officials and result
sheets meant for opposition strongholds,
The sudden creation of about 3,00 voting units, of
which our polling Agents did not receive Tags,
The unconstitutional 22-hour curfew, which was a
ploy to give the riggers the leeway to actualize
their rigging plans while the vigilance of the
Electorate was inhibited by the curfew already in
place.
The unlawful deployment and use of the military
during election and purely civil activities.
Our complaint about the Anambra Resident
Electoral Commissioner, Professor Chukwuemeka
Onukogu and other Federal Commissioners who
had proven to be biased through his conduct in
previous elections.
Despite INEC getting information of our complaints,
we were doubly assured that our fears were
founded.
The elections that were superintended over by your
commission was grossly below any acceptable
standard, whether local or international. The
deliberate tactic to prevent democracy and serve
the two parties’ interests, PDP and particularly
APGA in this case cannot be democratic and in the
voters’ interest.
And the only face saving decision for you and your
commission in this circumstance is to cancel the
charade, which you want to reinforce of the
electorate as a credible election.
We cannot gloat over the dangerous signs and the
gathering storms that portend a coup d’etat
against the yearnings and aspirations of our
people.
The reasons why we cannot accept this infamy of
your commission as regards the Anambra election
are as follows.
The Manipulation of the October 12th Delta Central
Senatorial District bye- election.
The refusal of INEC to conclude the election started
since July 29th 2013 in the re-run election to the
Imo State of Assembly in Oguta, in spite of the fact
that there was a clear winner.
The abnormality displayed in the State House of
Assembly by-election in Ringim Constituency of
Jigawa state.
The danger that the shenanigans, the conspiracy
and the subversion of the will of the people
signifies to our democracy.
The question our generations’ yet unborn will ask
and their judgment if we refuse to do what is right
to arrest the drift of our nation to the straits of
destruction which have dire consequence for our
people.
A flashback into our political history has revealed
that the subversion of the will of the people has
always ended in a catastrophe for our nation,
thereby drawing back our quest for development.
The collapse of the first and second republic
political experiments are pointer to the dangerous
path we are treading once again.
We, in the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot
be cowed, for this is a time that calls for all brave
men and women to rise to the desperate call of the
silent majority to rescue our nation from the
assured perdition of a PDP led government at the
Federal level.
If you recall, the 2011 National Assembly Elections
were cancelled due to the failure of your
commission to achieve the right parameters for a
credible election. Our position is that if you could
cancel an election that has already commenced and
voting was ongoing due to flaws in that electoral
process, your assertion that you do not have the
authority to cancel an election that you have
acknowledged as flawed and “messed up and
sabotaged” cannot be sustained.
The observed flaws in the election were deliberately
planned as a strategic conspiracy of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the
Anambra Governorship election in favour of their
surrogate party, the PDP faction of All Progressive
Grand Alliance (APGA).
With your acknowledgement of these far reaching
vitiating factors, your grandstanding to uphold the
outcome of the flawed election and your haste to
conduct what you call a supplementary election,
without first correcting the innate flaws in the
electoral process is unacceptable.
We have lost confidence in the ability of INEC as it
stands today to organize a free, fair and
transparent election anywhere in Nigeria if the
Anambra style is repeated.
OUR REQUEST
An outright cancellation of the Anambra Election,
having been marred by serious irregularities and
non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
INEC should discard the present fake multiple
voters register and produce one authentic voters
register that will not disenfranchise any voter and
be published 30 days before any election can take
place in Anambra state.
The suspension and prosecution of all officials of
the commission who have ever been indicted for
electoral perfidy to purge the commission of such
compromised officials.
The immediate redeployment and investigation of
the current Anambra Resident Electoral
Commissioner, Professor Chukwuemeka Onukogu.
We, as a party, we demand honesty and
transparency! If our requests above are not
acceded, it will confirm that Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) is deliberately (by
either gross incompetence or more suspicious
means) interfering in democracy.
Finally, we demand for the outright cancellation of
the manipulated November 16th Gubernatorial
election in Anambra State.
Yours Sincerely,
Chief Bisi Akande,
National Chairman,
All Progressives Congress (APC)

FreeGlobe: coming from someone who lacks intelligence. Apparently you don't know there is FOI which opon imo thugs like you can use to access info on how Fashola ordered 2 N600 million suvs to celebrate Tinubu's birthday

where u dey live sef?

h

[quote .

INEC prepared three
different voters registers for the November 16,
2013 governorship election in Anambra State.
Local Government Electoral Officers had voters
registers quite different from the voters registers
given to the Collation Officers for the said election
and evidences of the use of double voters
registers were the reason why both the LG
Electoral Officers and LG Collation Officers sharply
disagreed in the course of submitting and
declaring results local government by local
government (see live video/television coverage
footages)
Again, another evidence of use of the two
different voters registers manifested when the
total number of registered voters 1,770,125 million
voters in one register cou;d not balance with the
votes allotted until the total number of registered
voters 1,763,751 million voters in another voters
registers was alternatively used
Going by the adopted figures of voters finally
used by INEC at the venue of announcement of
results of the election, the total number of
registered voters is 1,763,751 million, the total
number of accredited voters is 451,826 ,total
numbr of votes cast is 429,549 votes, the total
number of valid votes is 413,005, the total
number of invalid or rejected votes is 16,544 and
the total number of nullified or cancelled votes is
113,113.
From the results announced by INEC, the
breakdown of individual scores recorded for the
parties are as follows: AA – 236; Accord – 181;
ACD – 471;ACPN – 552; AD – 171; ADC – 642;
APA – 1521; APC – 92,300; APGA – 174,710;
CPP – 853;DPP – 607; ID – 203; KOWA – 313;
LP – 37,446; MPPP – 151; NCP – 254; NNPP –
670; PDP – 94,956;PPA – 5056; PPN – 323;SDP
– 231; UDP – 153, and UPP – 621.
The top four parties viz APC scored 92,300 votes;
APGA got 174,710 votes; PDP scored 94,956
votes and LP got 37,446 votes totaling 399,406
votes. The other parties scored a total of 13,209
votes
When the total score of 399,406 votes for the top
four parties (APC+APGA+PDP+LP) is added to the
total score of 13,209 for the remaining parties, the
sum total is 413,613 votes.
Therefore, all the participating political parties
scored a total of 413,613 votes as against
413,005 allocated to the parties by INEC, showing
a difference of 390 votes.. Sources are of the
opinion that of the 113,113 cancelled votes,
89,997 votes are from Idemili North LGA, APC
candidate, Ngige’s major stronghold and highest
in voter strength among LGAs. It is believed that
the 89,997 cancelled votes belong to Ngige’s APC
but cancelled to whittled down his scores.
Observers are of the opinion that if the 89,997
cancelled votes are added to the 92,300 votes
Ngige got, he will lead the pack and be
announced as the winner and issued with
Certificate of Return by INEC as the governor-
elect.
The total number of votes cast is 429,549 and
when subtracted from the so-called cancelled
votes of 113,113, a total of 316,436 votes is got,
which is less than 399,406 votes polled by a
combination of just four top runners (APC+APGA
+PDP+LP), or even the total of 412,615 votes
allocated to all the parties in the election.. What
this means is that the number of votes for the
four top candidates is higher than the total
number of valid votes cast in the election.
Again, if, according to INEC’s allocated figures of
429,549 is the total number of votes cast, it
means that 316,346 votes were recorded after
subtracting the cancelled 113,113 votes.
APGA’s candidate, Wille Obiano should have
91,740 votes but INEC went ahead to allocate an
additional 82,970 votes in order to push his figure
up. If Obiabo is given his due votes of 91,740
votes, he will place third leaving Ngige with the
chances f taking the first position while Nwoye
will place second.
Mathematically
or statistically, the number of votes allocated to
the candidates by INEC is spurious and
fraudulent. Even more fraudulent and inexplicable
are the high percentage of polling units and areas
in Ngige’s domain which are substantially enough
to determine who wins the election if conducted
freely, fairly and credibly.

nutarious: Kai see frustration...............am a well trained person and will never abuse u or anybody. I understand what frustration can make people do...............pele Ti eeeeeeee

God bless u gal....I beg I go like know u oooooooo

tpia@:
Whats with the yellow tshirt guy?

o da eyan mo, o mo badoo

haaaaaaaaa breeze don blow n we don see fowl yansh...

1. PDP will start describing APC as party
of tribal and religious bigots.
2. PDP will try to present APC as Muslim
party and PDP as the true national party
(PDP will target Northern Christians for
votes, CAN may be used again)
3. PDP will use the EFCC and Security to
harass and blackmail the G7 & potential
APC candidates.
4. PDP will use huge amount of money
to infiltrate APC and to buy support
from the North.
5. Traditional and religious leaders will
receive large amount of money to
support PDP or to keep quite.
6. APC will takeover control of the
National Assembly.
7. APC will use the media to expose
corruption & incompetence in the PDP
government.
8. APC will make an attempt to impeach
president Jonathan or frustrate his
government
9. The unrest in the Niger Delta may
resurface. Groups will emerge
demanding for Nigeria to be divided.
10. APC will shock many people by their
choice of presidential & vice presidential
candidates. Some dissatisfied members
will leave the party.
11. PDM will become strong and many
disgruntled APC & PDP members will
move to join PDM.
12. PDP & APC will try to form an
alliance with PDM.
13. 2015 elections will be massively
rigged by all the parties.
It is a familiar script. God knows better!

just saw a tweet by dino melaye that the party is going to protest the anambra election tomorrow at inec head office, which will involve party bigwigs...........

There was jubilation in Adamawa State as news
filtered in that Governor Murtala Nyako and four
other PDP governors had defected to the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Many people took to the streets in Yola, the
state capital and in the 21 local government
headquarters.
Those jubilating were chanting the names of
former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
and former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, seen as the arrowheads of the
APC.
They were saying a new dawn had been heralded
and chanting slogans like ‘’death to PDP.’’
One Governor Nyako supporter said: “With this
development, the PDP has been buried, we are
tired of impunity.’’
Also corroborating, Hajiya Larai, a woman leader
in Yola said
“ it’s well glaring that the new re-alignment has
pushed the PDP to the unfamiliar territory of
being a weaker and weakened political force in
the country,’’ she observed.
The APC National Vice Chairman, northeastern
zone, Alhaji Umar Duhu, said the two parties
agreed “to work together in order to rescue the
fledgling democracy of the nation.”
He added: “Today I’m one of the happiest
chieftains of the APC in Nigeria and in Adamawa
state in particular”
However the Bamanga Tukur faction in the state
wants Nigerians to tarry awhile to see what the
new APC merger would bring to the table.
The factional secretary Mr.A.T Shehu described
the defectors as “drowning men in a sinking
ship.’’

P.M.NEWS can now reveal
authoritatively the reason behind
Governor Aliyu’s cold feet about
dumping President Goodluck Jonathan’s
PDP completely for the APC.
P.M. NEWS learnt that the fear of
confiscation of his numerous landed
property assets in Abuja was the
overwhelming decider for him. Equally,
the fear of likely being dragged to the
EFCC on account of these numerous
assets weakened the resolve of Governor
of Aliyu to swim with the tide of change.
Governor Aliyu, a former permanent
secretary/Director General of the Federal
Capital Development Authority, FCDA,
from where he ran for and became Niger
Governor acquired extensive landed
properties in Abuja. Investigations also
revealed that Governor Aliyu, who
alleged to be the owner of what is
probably the best Hotel in Abuja today
by name Hawthorne Suites. The hotel by
every standard is a 5-star hotel. “It is a
massive investment”, some sources said.
With the knowledge of the way the
Jonathan government hound its
opponents which among other things
include setting EFCC on them or their
children, as in the case of Governor
Lamido or confiscating or destroying
their property in Abuja as in the case of
Governor Kwankwaso’s property now
being taken over by FCT authority,
Governor Aliyu is trying to play safe.
A member of the nPDP who pleaded to
have his name left out, said he
sympathizes with Governor Aliyu. ” He
wants the best of both worlds. He wants
to remain with PDP and also ride the
tide of change with the new PDP, now
merged with APC. Its about the courage
to let go and make sacrifices.Many of his
colleague governors have already made
sacrifices. Baraje, Governor Kwankwaso,
Saraki, Oyinlola and others and are
infact being hounded by the EFCC or the
Police. This is about Nigeria and not an
individual. As far as I know, the G-7 has
merged with APC.”
Governor Aliyu who briefly attended the
meeting on tuesday at the Kano
government lodge left after several
minutes with the excuse that he had to
travel somewhere.
Meanwhile, goodwill messages for a
successful merger and a new political
arrangement in Nigeria have continued
to pour in for the group.
The APC leadership under Buhari and
Bola Tinubu have been praised for their
commitment and boldness in seeing the
merger through.
And as Tinubu told the media, minutes
after the merger was consummated, “it is
about the commitment to change this
country.
” What has happened today is
significant. What is important is not just
the numerical strength, but the coming
together of persons of character and
commitment to change”

The former vice president describes the merger as
a positive step.
A former vice president and member of the New
Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Atiku Abubakar,
has described the news of the merger of the
splinter group of the ruling party and the
opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, as “a
positive step in both direction.”
The APC and nPDP announced their decision to
merge after a three hour meeting at the Kano
State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on
Tuesday morning.
The National Chairman of the nPDP, Kawu Baraje,
who read the communiqué of the meeting, which
he jointly signed with the APC National Chairman,
Bisi Akande, said, “After exhaustive deliberations,
the two parties agreed to merge in order to
rescue our fledgling democracy and the nation.”
In a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu,
Atiku said he believed in true democracy based on
freedom of association as guaranteed in the
Nigerian Constitution.
“I also long for a day where we celebrate a multi-
party system where political parties make
improving the lives of Nigerians their top priority,
instead of our current politics of corrupt cronyism
and personal destruction. Today’s news is a
positive step in both directions,” the former Vice-
President said.
Atiku, had joined five governors of the PDP, to
walk out of the party’s Special National
Convention held at Eagle Square, Abuja,
on August 31.
The governors were Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Sule
Lamido (Jigawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara),
Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Musa Kwankwaso
(Kano).
They were joined by Chibuike Amaechi (Rivers)
and Murtala Nyako (both were not at the
convention) and some members of the National
Assembly at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, also in
Abuja, where they addressed a press conference
announcing the birth of the nPDP.
The faction named a former acting National
Chairman of the PDP, Kawu Baraje; a former
Deputy National of the party, Sam Jaja; and its
embattled National Secretary, Olagunsoye Oyinlola
as the National Chairman, Deputy National
Chairman and National Secretary, respectively.
Although, he is believed to be a member of the
splinter group, Atiku did not play a prominent role
in its activities since that time. He did not attend
any of the meetings between governors of the
group and President Goodluck Jonathan. He was
also not at the meeting the PDP Elders, led by
former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim
Babangida, held with the faction in Abuja; thus,
inducing suspicion at the time that he had been
sidelined.