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OrlandoOwoh:
I watched the interview. When the lawyer was told that the Constitution say the candidate should have been educated up to at least school certificate level, and supersedes all other laws, he could not give a convincing argument.

i felt like breaking the screen of the tv when the foolish lawyer said electoral act is the ground norm of the nigerian constitution

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation
has asked Nigerians to ignore the “utterly silly
and reckless statement” credited to the over-
exuberant Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele
Fayose to the effect that General Muhammadu
Buhari does not enjoy good health.


In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the
Campaign Organisation dismissed as
“unsolicited, reckless and silly” the allegation
that former President Obasanjo was planning
an imposition of General Buhari on Nigeria as
he allegedly did the late President Yar’Adua
while ignoring their health conditions.
“GMB is fit as a fiddle,” said Garba Shehu, the
Spokesman of the organisation.
“He has no known ailment and is in excellent
condition to pilot the affairs of the country.”

The statement added that Buhari is “almost a
health freak,” who exercises regularly and
undergoes medical examinations at regular
intervals.
“On each occasion, the outcomes of those
medicals have been favourable. The recent
medicals he did gave him a clean bill of
health,” Garba said.

Garba joked that “GMB is not given to curses
otherwise he would have done as the late
President Nnamdi Azikiwe did when a similar
mischief played out over his health. Zik swore
that whoever did this to him will expire
before him, and they all did.”

Redoil:
A weedian føotsoldier campagning for a weedian general

the weed he smoke can buy the whole of your generation from you till the end of the word,,,

6. BREAKING OF THE DECEASED'S BED ROOM
DOOR:
Odudu did not break any door. The said door
was broken by a carpenter on the 13th
March, 2014 (a day after the incident) at
about 4pm after returning from Romaco
Funeral home with the sister and other
relatives. Odudu’s aunts advised that
important documents be retrieved since the
house would not be occupied for a while.
This took place in the presence of many
people, including neighbors. The carpenter
and his sister made a statement to the police
affirming this fact which they also discarded,
all in a desperate attempt to cover the truth.



7. OTHER CASES OF CHILDREN KILLING THEIR
PARENTS:
On the 6th January, 2015, the Commissioner
of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Gabriel
Achong, put a call to the Convener of the
Coalition of Human Rights Defenders
( COHRD ), Comrade Inibehe Effiong, and
requested for a meeting with the leaders of
COHRD. At the meeting which had in
attendance two daughters of the slain
politician, the Police Commissioner who
spoke more like a Chief Press Secretary to the
governor brandished a document which he
had prepared purportedly showing list of
cases of persons who were murdered by
their children, wives, husbands and other
close relatives.
We now see what that comical display was all
about; a desperate attempt to show that the
charge against Odudu is not peculiar.
However, just as we told the COP, we wish to
restate that every case should be treated on
its merits. However, we are sensitive enough
to know that there is a close link between
crime rate and bad governance. Is such a
trend not an indictment on the Chief Security
Officer of the state?
Again, why did the governor not mention the
many documented cases of politically
motivated killings in the state since 2007. If
governor Akpabio believes that Odudu killed
his father, does he also believe that Edidem
Robert Obot (a paramount), Mrs Udonwa (the
mother of a governorship aspirant), the
Ekpenyong brothers, Obong Paul Usoro (a
former Vice Chairman South South, of PDP),
and many other victims of assassination were
murdered by their children? Is it not true that
the deceased just like the other victims, held
strong dissenting views particularly
pertaining to the 2015 elections in the state?



8. WISHING DEATH FOR THOSE DEMANDING THE
RELEASE OF ODUDU
If actually governor Akpabio placed a curse of
death on those demanding that Odudu be
released should it be that Odudu is culpable,
then it is most unfortunate. While we
continue to insist that Odudu is innocent, we
are not only embarrassed that such
intemperate and threatening utterance is
being attributed to a state governor; such a
shame. We are also very concerned about our
lives. We therefore appeal to Nigerians to take
note of this.




CONCLUSION
Our position remains that Odudu Ukpanah,
an only son and a masters degree holder in
Oil and Gas Management from Coventry
University, United Kingdom, did not kill the
father. This is a young Nigerian without any
past record of criminal activity.
We once again demand the immediate and
unconditional release of Odudu. The
governor and his media aides should stop
engaging in baseless pedestrian gossips.
They should let the innocent boy go and
rather unravel the REAL KILLERS of Hon. Engr.
Albert Jimmy Ukpanah as recommended by
the IPO, Sgt. Ibediro Nnamdi in his report. We
wish to know why the Akwa Ibom State
Chapter of PDP that the deceased was an
active and leading member and also served
as an officer at a time, NEVER issued any
statement condemning the murder of their
member? Could it be because the deceased
had opposed the senatorial ambition and
succession plan of the governor?
For clarity and benefit of doubt, the opinion/
recommendation part of the Police
Investigation Report dated 25th March, 2014
and signed by the IPO, Sgt. Ibediro Nnamdi, is
reproduced verbatim as follows:
"In view of the above findings, the following
suggestions are proffered. Since investigation
into the case is still on, it is wise to nose
around for more information that may reveal
the REAL KILLERS of Hon. (Engr.), Albert
Ukpanah, AS THE KILLING MIGHT BE
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ASSASSINS.
Above report is for your consideration and
further directive, please" (emphasis ours).


Signed:
Comr. Inibehe Effiong (Convener, Coalition of
Human Rights Defenders)
inibehe.effiong @gmail.com
08065142135.



Barr. Uduak Ukpanah ( Eldest daughter of the
deceased, for the Late Engr Albert Jimmy
Ukpanah's family)
uduak.ukpanah@g mail.com
08023892633.

2. ON NOT SHOUTING FOR HELP:
Odudu raised an alarm upon coming out to
meet his dad in the pool of his blood.
Neighbors ;including the PW1 who gave
evidence in an open court on December 15,
2014 and passersby who were returning
from various viewing centers after the match
came into the compound and assisted in
taking the father to the hospital. The witness
who lives close to the deceased house said in
court that Odudu ran to his house shouting
for help; this is the first witness called by the
prosecution. So who is saying that Odudu did
not raise an alarm? We will like that "eye
witness" to enter the witness box and give
evidence for the prosecution. It is pertinent
to state that political meetings in the
deceased's house was a regular routine,
therefore it is pointless to say that Odudu
abandoned his father when the yet to be
identified visitors came to his house for a
meeting.



3. NOT MAKING A REPORT TO THE POLICE UNTIL
AFTER 4 DAYS:
The deceased was murdered on 12th March,
2014 at about 11pm, Odudu only returned
from the hospital at about 2 am of 13th
March, 2014. He reported the matter to the
Abak Divisional Police Station where the
incident took place that morning. He made a
statement there. Officers from Abak came
that morning and took pictures of the
deceased, they also carried the empty can of
stout and Remy martins which he served his
guests. The Police Investigation Report dated
25th March, 2014, and signed by the IPO Sgt.
Ibediro Nnamdi acknowledged that the case
was taken over from the Abak Division by the
State Police Command on 17th March, 2014.




4. NOT TAKING THE DECEASED TO A
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL:
We will like to know if the Cottage Hospital
Ukana in Essien Udim Local Government Area
where the deceased was rushed to and
where he was pronounced dead is a private
hospital? The deceased was moved to
Romaco Funeral home on the 13th of March
which was the following day accompanied by
his sister and relatives. Has anyone verified
with Romaco if Odudu took the deceased
there alone? Autopsy was performed on the
deceased at Romaco in the presence of the
IPO and the children of the deceased. The
autopsy report is available for all to see.



5. WASHING OFF THE BLOOD FROM THE
DECEASED BODY:
The blood that was on the ground as a result
of the violent murder was washed-off by the
security man (a relative ) of the deceased. He
washed it off on the 13th of March 2014 at
about 7am because people who thronged
into the compound the following day
suggested he cleaned it up. Odudu never
instructed him to do so, upon returning from
the hospital at about 2am he went straight to
the neighbors place out of fear and had not
gotten into the compound yet when the
blood was washed off. Of course, the man is
an illiterate and may not have known the
evidential value of it. This man made a
statement to the police which they choose to
close their eyes to.

16 January, 2015

Press Statement


RE: DON'T POLITICISE DETENTION OF ODUDU
UKPANAH, GOVERNOR AKPABIO TELLS
ACTIVISTS




The attention of the Coalition of Human
Rights Defenders ( COHRD ) and the
immediate family of the slain outspoken
politician and chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Late Engr Albert Jimmy
Ukpanah, has been drawn to certain reports
in the media with the above or similar
caption credited to the Executive Governor of
Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Obot
Akpabio CON.

In the said reports which is being circulated
tirelessly on social media, yahoo groups and
to media houses by media aides to governor
Akpabio, the governor was extensively
quoted and reported to have made some
grave allegations, insinuations and
statements at two separate events (during
the inauguration of the PDP Gubernatorial
Campaign Council and at the swearing in of
the new Attorney General of the state) on
Tuesday 13th January, 2015 in connection
with the ongoing campaign for the release of
Mr. Odudu Ukpanah who has been
incarcerated since 27th May, 2014 ostensibly
on the orders of the Governor. In the said
reports, the following allegations,
insinuations and statements are credited to
the governor;

1. That he gave the deceased the sum of #2
million (two million naira) two days? before
he was murdered to assist him in treating his
wife of cancer;

2. That Odudu Ukpanah abandoned his father
to watch football and did not raised an alarm
after his father was murdered;


3. That Odudu did not report the incident to
the police until after 4 days;


4. That Odudu took his father's corpse to a
private morgue instead of a government
owned hospital;


5. That Odudu washed off his father's blood
which resulted from the murder from the
ground before the arrival of the police;


6. That Odudu broke the door of his father's
bed room immediately after the incident;



7. That there is escalation in cases of children
killing their parents in the state;



8. That if Odudu killed his father, God should
allow those demanding his release to also be
killed.

Ordinarily, we would have ignored these
offensive shenanigans since the matter is
before a court of competent jurisdiction but
after careful perusal of the said reports, we in
the COHRD and family of the Late Engr Albert
Jimmy Ukpanah are impelled, with the
greatest hesitation, to issue this joint press
statement so as to set the records straight for
the sake of credulous members of the public
who may be seduced by the half truths and
naked lies contained in the said reports and
also to ensure that Odudu’s fundamental
right to presumption of innocence until
proved guilty guaranteed by Section 36 ( 5 )
of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria 1999 is preserved and protected.
We
wish to restate as follows and respond to the
issues seriatim;


1. ON THE PURPORTED DONATION OF #2
MILLION TO THE DECEASED:
Firstly, we wish to note the material
contradictions in the governor's statements
on this issue. During the burial of the
deceased, the governor had said openly
during his speech that he gave the deceased
#2 million on the very day he was murdered.
However, in the statement credited to him
while inaugurating the PDP Campaign Council,
he said when the deceased came to him that
TUESDAY, 2 DAYS BEFORE he was murdered,
he gave him #2 million and asked him to
come back on Thursday so that he will
arrange for his wife to be flown abroad for
treatment. The deceased was murdered on
Wednesday 12th March, 2014, not on a
'Tuesday'. Which of the two inconsistent
statements should we take? Could such fatal
and material contradiction be inadvertent or
an indication that someone is lying?
There is no evidence that the deceased
actually received any such money on any day
as alleged by the governor. We reject this
claim in its entirety as the deceased was not
bankrupt before his death. However,
supposing without conceding that the money
was offered on the date first mentioned, we
are tempted to ask why the assassination
coincided with the donation and if the said
money has been traced to Odudu?

FastShipping:
We have no choice but to break-up if Jonathan should rig this election. I have been told that rigging is normally done in the computer room where results are entered into the system. How can result entered into the system be different from the result at the polling unit?

alert

FastShipping:
That is why Jega is trying to prevent rigging that happened in the South-east and South-south in 2011 by demanding we use PVC. How Jonathan got 98% of voters turn out in some part of the East and South-south is beyond me.

true talk

FrancisTony:
Lol.. Okay Sir

yimu,,,,,

nationwide1:
Why and how did Buhari loose in 2003 and 2007 polls? I'm not saying there's no rigging in Nigeria but I can see Buhari making the eternal mentality of the Fulanis counts here. They believe they are superior to any other tribe and should not loose in such contests for any reason. One of the reasons violence is inevitable should Buhari loose on Valentine's day.

is common sense alien to you and your cohorts?

SeverusSnape:

ashiri tu

FrancisTony:
Story for another day.

I was only praising my biafran women- there's no crime in praising ones tribe.

Is there any?

praise them because they are nigerians,,,it is a nigerian event or do you see the flag of biafra there or any yellow sun,,go and read account of the civil war from nigerian angle to clear your eyes fro the lies of your propagandists,,,comment of your type start the civil war

FrancisTony:
Bigot? Define it, and tell me how I insulted any tribe.

I'm waiting.

you whip up ethnic sentiment with your comment,the women are nigerians not biafrans,,awake and liberate your self from the biafra propaganda hangover of lies ojulwu fed you with, that is the reason why igbos are still political and economic babies as at today,

ThatNova:
Everybody is using nigeria's problem to score cheap scores for theirselves.
Make I dey look them sha

how does the noise of niki laoye and genevieve affect the tears of innocent nigerians crying daily in camps of those made homeless by boko,,,hyproctites and opportunist,,na thunder go fire their slippers breast and bom bom

FrancisTony:
Nice one...

Genevieve Nnaji, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-iweala, we have a future bright prospects ahead of Biafran women.

i never knew you were an ethnic bigot

akom0908:
They shouldnt try any nonsense when Nigeria finally want to change through Buhari's reign...Abeg I want a changed nigeria not a broken nation

uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

source


http://www.newspunch.org/buhari-revealed-how-inec-rigged-him-out-in-2011-using-computers-to-cut-his-votes-by-40/

The presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the
February 14, 2015 presidential
elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd), on Wednesday opened up a can
of worms on the conduct of the 2011
elections when he revealed that he had
no chance of winning the 2011
election because the computers of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) were programmed
to cut his votes by 40 per cent.
Speaking on Wednesday at the general
election sensitisation workshop on
non-violence organised by the office of
the national security adviser to the
president and the office of the special
adviser to the president on inter-party
affairs in Abuja, he noted that the
manipulation was discovered when
agents of his party compared results
obtained on the field with what was
available on INEC computers.
“In 2011, I said that I, as presidential
candidate, would not go to court. But I
made sure my party went to court. We
spent about nine months, and again it
was the same story. There’s no way the
ruling party would lose judgment,” he
said.
“In 2011, from two states in the
northern part of the country, we were
lucky to get competent party agents.
When results started coming in from
some of the big states, we tried to get
the results that were announced, that
were physically brought to the INEC
headquarters in Abuja.
“Then we compared the results against
the INEC results, and put it in the
computer, and the adage, ‘cabbage in
cabbage out’ manifested itself. What
came out was that the presidential
candidate of that party was
programmed to lose 40% of its scores.
“When it was done in another state, it
was 60% or it was 26%. The agents
made a presentation and showed it to
them. Of course, INEC officials in charge
of the states must be computer literate;
we showed them: ‘This is what we got
from the field; we put it into your
computer, and the computer has been
programmed to discount us by 26%’.
“They said okay. They said yes; let the
party write. The party wrote, quoting
the example. We were even assured by
INEC that they would look into it. The
next thing we saw was the result being
announced that we had lost that
election.
“In 2011, some of you know that
retired Justice Salami headed the
tribunal for the presidential candidates,
which starts from the high court, and
again we made our presentation that
in a number of states the election was
not conducted according to electoral
act.
The states were mentioned, and we
demanded the register to be brought
to court to prove our case. “The panel
looked at it and they wrote INEC to
produce it. It was not produced; Justice
Salami was redeployed another justice
was brought who reversed that
decision that has become history.”
Buhari argued that before every
election, there must be an electoral act,
which was the case in 2002 for the
2003 election, in 2006 for the 2007
election, in 2010 for the 2011 election.
Last year, for a certain part of
December, I was waiting for the
electoral act for this year’s election, I
am yet to see one.”

MzNelly:
She's 17.....and she claims to be a career woman.
Bros, hapu that thing!
Her infatuation over you has faded. Move on.

It's easier said than done. But, you said it yourself, she's in school.
Faaaaaaaaaar away from you.

You know what that means, don't you?

mznelly did d same thing to me back then when i was nobody those days of sharing garri ten naira with seun osewa,dats why you see her in her prof,pics supporting her cheek with her palm watching me stepping out of my ferrari today to commment on this topic,she is like,,,,,,,,,,,,,wowwwwwwww honie you are now a big man,,

kingkoboko:
Tunde, if u'r using operamini, e go hard o! 1st u need it 2change ur operamini settings from mobile view 2 full view. Den u need 2click on "add image" on ur dashboard.

But d easiest way, na if u dey use BB. Dat way u can download "Wordpress for Blackberry". Dat wan will make addin images is so so easy 4u. U go enjoy ur bloggin die.

baba mo gbadun koboko comment yin gan

DVanguard:
Your analysis on Oyo state is a far cry from reality. Ladoja is popular but would not want to trade his popularity for an unpopular candidate. Oyo state is the state PDP used the campaign of " ACN backing a northerner against a SW candidate", stating it as the reason why SW don't have a proper representative in the Top hierarchy of GEJ govt. What would PDP tell the Oyo people now when their son can be a No. 2 citizen of the country.
Down to proper analysis:
Ibadan is going to be a very good show between Ladoja and Ajimobi cos Folarin is not has strong as the two other contestant. A ladoja can never work for GEJ cos of the backlash of the Gubernatorial election.
Oke-ogun, is a good place for PDP cos of the strength of the current senator Agboola but APC would give a good fight (the deputy gov is from that area) cos the emergence of Sen. Agboola changed the game in oke ogun. Previous election, it has always been the strong hold of ACN.
Ogbomosho is the strong hold of LP (Akala). Akala is angry with PDP and he is contesting not because he would win but to destroy the chances of PDP. He see's it as a payback for Folarin (PDP candidate) because of his action 2011. APC is strong in Ogbomosho but not like Akala. in 2011, Hon. Buhari was used to check mate Akala to ensure that fictitious result was not declared from Ogbomosho like previous election. 2015, he is contesting for senate on the platform of APC. Okeogun and 3 LG in Ogbomosho share the same senatorial zone. The in fight between Akala and his former commissioner of LG Sen. Agboola, will work in favour of Hon. Buhari. Ogbomosho have always been a determinate factor in that senatorial zone. Akala feels it is a pay back time for PDP.
Oyo town is a no go area, it is strictly APC because of the strong influence of Alafin of Oyo. Nobody wants to go into a headlock fight with the monarch. His contribution won the election for ACN in 2011. His son is rewarded with federal rep ticket on APC platform.

Oyo state is a very strong political game, but PDP have a divided home. The people have already made up their mind cos of their persevered poor performance of the president. They see him as an incompetent leader cos of the subsidy fraud and the security issue.
The Yoruba's are very difficult to please but easy to work with but once you go against some of the social norms they distaste you. Since the subsidy saga GEJ have lost the love he got in 2011.
Might be wrong, but i see Buhari winning Oyo state with 70% vote.

i bow to superior analysis mo ti gba fun oga mi

Obiagelli:
On the TV?

yes,

atlwireles:
Can you explain why Osoba might not support Jonathan?

remind him osoba was at watch the watcher launch and the chairman of the occasion

Alphaoscar:
I am from the area and I am telling you the koko. I was at the rally yesterday and I can tell you that even SDP will pose more threat than PDP this time around and Presidential election is a different ball game.



APC win Ogun state fair and square and you will come back here in february.

they will win but not with wide margin as will happen in osun,,for amosun it is signed and delevered even for third term

Swizdoe:
You are very wrong dude..
First of all, Daniel is not from Yewaland but Ijebuland.. Secondly, pdp has followings in ijebu and yewa because they felt cheated by SIA for focusing his projects more on Abeokuta but the bottomline is that they don't like Jonathan either.
Using such permutations to judge the presidential elections might be wrong. Even me myself is strongly opposed to SIA 2nd term ambition but I won't be voting for gej either.
Osoba maybe anti-amosun in ogun state but he can never support gej at the national level.
Take my word

daniels boy gni is from yewa do the calculation

atlwireles:
Oyo and Ogun have small parties with lots of power. SDP in Ogun and LP&AP Oyo. They are not pro APC. That's what matters. The only in the Southwest, where the PDP machine is lacking is Osun. I expect, a 55-45 Buhari victory. All other states are leaning PDP.

the first time i will agree with you sir,to add the amall parties are doign more of grassroot campaign than apc who are concentrating more online fellows who will surely never vote

barcanista:
Oyo is a very peculiar case. What may help Oyo is that opposition will share votes among themselves. Ajimobi will be re-elected but not with a wide margin. Unlike in Ekiti, there are 3 major opposition candidates now in Oyo state. Ajimobi will get the majority votes in Ibadan, he will get a sizeable number in Oyo and Ogbomoso. I don't see Ajimobi defeated

there is nothing peculiar about oyo,oyo is just like ekiti to be gotten by the best politrickians..which i am sure ajimobi is never one of.i love the man but he is too gentimanly for oyo politics he should have finished both ladoja and akala long before now with their past fraud.ajimobi is too gentle.

Alphaoscar:
He won those areas because his party's govt candidate is from the area and he lost most of the subsequent elections the region. APC won the senatorial seat, 2 out of the 3 house of reps and the majority in the state house of Assembly.




And let me now give you the shocker, did you know that Osinbajo's mother is actually from that same Yewa region? Buhari was there later yesterday after the rally and he met the who is who in the region. He didn't invite them to the state capital o but he went their personally and Oshibajo was presented as a son of the soil.

the same gni is contesting for pdp now,so what are you talking..my brother instead of progressives like obiagelli to get deceived by what you are seeign on t.v,the politics is what i am dishing out here.apc should leave fb and twitter and troop to the street to sing buhari to the people.anything short of that the tide might turn with

barcanista:
Fayemi isn't a politician like Aregbesola or Amosun. He couldn't keep up with the thuggish campaign of Fayose. It is a pity though

same will happen to ajimobi

Alphaoscar:
You are spewing traaaaasssshhhh. Daniels only stronghold is Remo and the wind of change will blow him away . Your description of Yewa people is everything short of respect.

well i apologise,,but i urge you to google the result of 2011 election for ppn score even when the hate of daniel is still hot..forget the this online shout of change..it will be difficult to defeat a combination of federeal might,and alliance btwn the other paeties@presidential level.amosun will win no doubt but it will be a tough one btw jonah and buhari.if you doubt me add ppn's score with that that of pdp and see who wins at governorship level in 2011?