Photos: Pres. Jonathan & Buhari Hug As They Sign Peace Accord This Morning

Here's a photo of president Jonathan and APC presidential candidate Gen. Buhari at a peace accord signing in Abuja this morning ahead of Saturday's election. The meeting was put together by the national peace committee chaired by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar.

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Revealed: Why Buhari Openly Cried For Nigeria

The former national vice-chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Alhaji Razaq Muse has talked about the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. 

Alhaji Razaq Muse in a new interview with Punch talked about the coming Saturday elections and why Buhari, who was the CPC's presidential candidate in the 2011 election, wept openly after his loss. 

PDP says Buhari will Islamise Nigeria. What can you say about that?

This is not possible because even during his time as the military Head of State, the Supreme Military Council was made up of Christians and Muslims. Now we are in a democratic system and have both federal and state legislative bodies. And you know, for you to Islamise Nigeria, they must get two thirds of the National Assembly and state houses of assembly to agree to it so how can he Islamise Nigeria? It is all cock and bull story.

Buhari, I can tell you without mincing words, vowed in 2011 that he would not contest again. I was there beside him when he shed tears. He did that because he felt that despite his desire to bring about change in this country, people could not see it. At that time, he was trying to have an alliance with the then Action Congress of Nigeria but that alliance collapsed three days before the elections. But today, it was the people that called him saying, “General, you are still alive and healthy, come on board.”

It is only him that does not have any skeleton in his cupboard. He is ready to lead by example and can deliver votes. I was the National Vice Chairman of the CPC and he was able to deliver over 12 million votes despite the late registration of the party. So, someone like that, who is still relevant in the North, will deliver more votes. So, I don’t see how he will lose, especially with the collaboration of the South-West. I don’t see how Jonathan can win without rigging the elections.

Since your party merged with other parties to form the All Progressives Congress, how have things been?

I was involved in the merger and I had to make some sacrifices. The Peoples Democratic Party thought it would not work but because there is a need for change and God was in charge, to their disappointment, everything went smoothly. Even when they thought the APC presidential primary would degenerate into crisis, they were proved wrong again and Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) won.

President Goodluck Jonathan has been visiting Lagos in recent times. Don’t you think all the endorsements he has been getting can give him the upper hand?

You see, ironically, I think the PDP and the presidency are worsening their own chances and increasing the people’s resolve for change. No matter the amount of lobbying and money being given, people have made up their minds that they want a change.

The PDP-led Federal Government has failed. Look at power for instance; they keep shifting the targets. They will tell you that by December, we shall have 10,000 megawatts of electricity and then by December, they will shift the target again. Now, they are saying in another two years, we will have constant power supply. Look at the oil sector; is it not an absurdity that up till now, we cannot boast of refining crude oil let alone exporting it? It is a shame. We need a good leader that will lead by example, a leader that can face corruption. Once that is done, there will be more jobs and a lower level of insecurity.

Another thing you should know about the South-West is that we vote based on performance. The likes of Femi Fani-Kayode and Governor Ayodele Fayose are just distractions. I feel most of them are scared. Fayose, even as a governor, still has a case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission but because he is a governor, he has immunity. Such a person can never want Buhari to become President because Buhari is the kind of person that can push for the removal of immunity and of course, you know what that means.

Fani-Kayode was still in court just about two weeks ago. So, Jonathan’s visits to the South-West are of no consequence. Who are the people that will vote for Jonathan? Is it the barber that has to buy fuel into his generator to work that will vote continuation for another four years of hopelessness?

In Lagos State, which has the highest number of registered voters, the PDP seems united for the first time. Don’t you think the APC can lose its grip on the state?

Alhaji Razaq Muse.

The PDP is only united when it is time to share money. It is not only in Lagos. Most of the PDP people in Lagos know that they cannot deliver for Jonathan but are only trying to deceive him. Our governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, is a tested member of the party and he is an all-rounder.

He graduated at the age of 21 and then became a chartered accountant at the age of 24. He has a Master’s degree and served Lagos in various capacities for 27 years. Some say he had a problem with Governor Babatunde Fashola but this is not true because he has a letter of commendation from Fashola. He helped Lagos to survive when former President Olusegun Obasanjo seized Lagos funds. If not for him and his experience in accounting and his ability to devise ways to increase the state’s income and make Lagos virtually self-sufficient, Lagos would have been crippled. Under him Lagos will excel and he will be able to consolidate the achievements of Fashola.

But there is still this controversy over the use of card readers….

By the Federal Government’s procurement of card readers, the nation has spent so much money to block one of the areas of rigging elections which is the accreditation stage where ghost voters come and then ballot boxes are stuffed. So, for the PDP to oppose it means there is an ulterior motive. I think the Independent National Electoral Commission is on track and it will produce the desired result.

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Anxiety As Judge Adjourns Suit To Stop Buhari Till Today

There was anxiety in the camp of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday as a Federal High Court in Abuja fixed Wednesday (today) for further proceedings in one of the suits challenging the eligibility of the presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, to contest in Saturday’s presidential election. Justice Adeniyi Ademola is to rule on fresh applications by intended parties seeking to join the suits as defendants.

The judge fixed Wednesday for the ruling after hearing the intended parties’ applications on Tuesday.

Those whose applications for joining the suit as defendants were heard on Tuesday are:
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Chukwuma Ochu, Sunusi Musa, Ahmed Maitarki and the Fiscal and Civil Rights Enlightenment Foundation.

The suit was filed on January 26, 2015 by a lawyer, Chukwunweike Okafor, asking the court to declare Buhari ineligible to contest the presidential election slated for Saturday over his (Buhari’s) alleged failure to submit his school certificate along with his Form CF001 to INEC.

The Plaintiff’s counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had in his objection to the applications of the intended defendants, described the applicants as interlopers.

The existing defendants in the suit are INEC, Buhari and the APC.

Earlier on Tuesday, the judge ruled that he would hear both the main suit and Buhari’s preliminary applications challenging the court’s jurisdiction together.

The plaintiff, through his counsel, Ozekhome, insisted that both the main suit and the preliminary applications should be heard together.

But Buhari and the APC had urged the court to hear and determine their preliminary applications which bordered on the court’s jurisdiction first before entertaining the main suit.

The court agreed with the plaintiff and ruled that he would entertain the preliminary applications and the main suit together.

But when the suit will be heard depends on the outcome of the court’s ruling on the applications of intended parties in the suit.

Buhari and the APC had challenged the mode of service of the plaintiff’s originating summons on them, insisting that the issue bordered on the jurisdiction of the court.

Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), who is representing Buhari and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), counsel for the APC, had while opposing the plaintiff’s prayer to quickly hear the suit, argued that there was no law stipulating that pre-election cases must be heard before the conduct of the elections.

APC warns against disqualifying Buhari
Before the court’s sitting, the APC warned against any orchestrated and last-minute disqualification of Buhari in order to pave the way for an easy victory for President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP.
"If it is true, as it is being widely speculated across the country, that the Jonathan administration has procured a judgment to disqualify the APC presidential candidate on Wednesday(today), when the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected to rule on the issue, then it portends a great danger for the nation.”

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Why is Tinubu, Buhari scared of EFCC if they are clean?- Fani Kayode

Fani Kayode has reacted to APC's claims that President Jonathan plans to use EFCC to arrest Bola Tinubu.In a statement released last night, Kayode wondered why the APC are scared of EFCC. According to Fani-Kayode,

“We have said it before and we shall say it again: the APC are not only delusional but they are suffering from chronic paranoia. Why should Tinubu be scared of arrest if he has done nothing wrong. Why should Buhari be scared of EFCC if he is clean?

“They should stop raising all these false alarms and they
should just grow up.

“We are far too busy and focused on winning an election than on planning any witch hunt. Those that have a case to answer know who they are and eventually they will be made to answer that case. Whether it be for murder, theft or graft they will surely answer that case sooner than later. God will see to that.

“The radio station that they set up to throw Nigeria into chaos woth after they lose the election has been exposed and we are waiting for them to begin their incitement. When that happens every single one of them will be arrested, rounded up and made to face the full wrath of the law.

“Defeat is staring them in the face and they are having sleepless nights. That is what has informed all this rubbish that they keep peddling out on a daily basis.

“Let them be clear about one thing: no matter what they say or do on March 28th this matter will be settled once and for all and they shall be utterly humiliated at the polls.

“When that happens and when the President gets a fresh and new mandate then we will revisit all the issues and very serious allegations that have been made against Buhari, Tinubu, Saraki, Amaechi, Shettima and all the other APC leaders.

“They should prepare for the very worse because nothing but humiliation, defeat, shame and dark days lie ahead of them

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PDP Asks Buhari To Clarify Role In Massacre Of 300 Igbo Soldiers, Civilians

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaigns Friday asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, to clarify his roles in the massacre of over 300 Igbo soldiers and civilians during the thirty months civil war.

This is as Buhari said that every identifiable property belonging to the Igbos living in the north were returned to its owners immediately after the civil war as a mark oneness and true reconciliation

Also the PDP Presidential Campaigns said that with the admittance of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of the existence of controversial radio Chanji, that it has been vindicated.

Briefing news men on Friday, the spokesman of the PDP Campaigns, Femi Fani Kayode asked Buhari to answer the following questions which included his roles in the massacre of Igbo soldiers and civilians.

According to Fani Kayode, "What is the true health status of General Buhari? What is the situation concerning his certificate? Does he have it or does he not have it?

"Did he perjure himself and lie under oath when he swore to an affidavit that his certificate was with the military?

"What was his role in the killings on the night of July 29, 1966 when 300 Igbo officers, one Yoruba officer and the former Head of State, General Aguiyi-Ironsi were killed in a military coup? Was he one of those who killed one or any of those people on that night and was he involved in the butchering of the primarily Igbo army officers?

"What was his role in the terrible and tragic events that took place in parts of northern Nigeria in 1966 when over 100,000 innocent Igbo civilians were slaughtered including women and children? Is it true that he was among those who supplied arms to those who slaughtered these Igbo civilians?

"What was his role in the massacre and genocide that took place in Asaba in 1969 after the Federal forces re-captured the town of Asaba from the Biafran forces and liberated it?"

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Photos: People in Buhari's village wash their roads after GEJ pays a visit

According to the instagram user who shared this collage of pictures, this is Daura, the hometown of Buhari in Katsina. Apparently, Jonathan went there to campaign for re-election and the people there hilariously began to wash their village roads after he left. Lol

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I Will Build 4 Refineries If You Vote Me As President —Buhari

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has promised that he would go all out to build four new refineries for Nigeria if elected on March 28.

Buhari, who stated this during a town hall meeting on security, in Abuja, noted that: “I have said that the APC as a party has identified three fundamental problems in this country. You cannot repeat them so often, because everybody talks about them. They are insecurity, the destruction of the economy and corruption, which has become a vicious cycle.

“The state of insecurity, as we said when the election was extended by six weeks, is that if the government and military could me not tame Boko Haram for 5 years, what will they do in 6 weeks?

“But I think that some positive moves have been made, though we are still at it. The first thing they should have done is to make sure that you have a good plan on the ground to take care of the welfare of the law enforcement agents,” he stated.

On the missing Chibok girls, he said, “it is really a great embarrassment to this country. Since Independence, I don’t think we have been reduced to such a position as a nation, imagine the disappearance of 220 girls between the ages 14 and 18 for almost a year and government could not do anything about it and this same government says it wants to remain in place?”

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Buhari’s Wife: The Masses Are My Husband's Real Supporters

Nigerian masses are the real supporters of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, his wife, Hajiya Aishat Buhari, has said.

Buhari’s wife who spoke in Ilorin during a courtesy call on Kwara State governor, AbdulFatah Ahmed at the Government House said that the bulk of her husband’s supporters are the Nigerian masses most of whom she claimed are unlettered.

Corroborating Hajiya Buhari’s assertion, Governor Ahmed asserted that Nigerians have rejected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because those in the party have moved away from the people.

Buhari’s wife who was on a two-day citizen outreach and sensitisation visit to the state said there was a great need to sensitise Nigerian women who she said constitute 55 per cent of the registered voters on the logo of the APC to enable them cast their votes rightly during the forthcoming general elections.

This, according to her, became imperative in view of the fact that the APC presidential candidate had at different times been in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

“The whole issue rallies round women as you are all aware that women are the major voters. Specifically now, women constitute 55 per cent of the number of registered voters in Nigeria. And our duty is to educate the women who are the major voters. Our responsibility is to educate the women on how to vote, educate them on the party and the logo.

“A lot of people that joined the party were chanting different slogans of different political parties and the illiterate can hardly identify where they are now. So, it is important for us to educate the electorate about the broom."

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Sule Lamido is Attacking Buhari to Save His Sons from EFCC

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State is being used by President Goodluck Jonathan to attack the APC presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari because of his sons’ money laundering case pending before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Buhari campaign office said.

They asked, “When did Lamido become a spokesman for the North and what did he and other Jonathan apologists negotiate for the North as the South West has been doing with Jonathan in the last two weeks?

“Of the millions of the US Dollars that Jonathan has allegedly been sharing to traditional and religious leaders in the South-West, how much of it did Lamido negotiate and obtain on behalf of the Northern traditional and religious leaders?”

The campaign spokesperson, Garba Shehu, disclosed at a press briefing on Sunday while reacting to a radio interview granted by Lamido same day where he was expected to attack the personality of Buhari.

He said the interview which FRCN stations have been directed to link up for live coverage and its contents "as agreed with Vice President Namadi Sambo and President Jonathan are to essentially damage Buhari."

Shehu said Lamido would state at the interview that Buhari “will be a figurehead while Osinbajo will be the de-facto President. He will give examples of GMB's leadership style mentioning Idiagbon (COS-SHQ) and Salihijo (PTF).”

He added that Lamido will claim that situation “is unfair to the North as the South-West will be indirectly getting another term of office as president in addition to the Obasanjo years, so Northerners should not be deceived into voting APC.”

The Buhari campaign spokesperson said “Lamido had been pressured to do the interview because of the EFCC pressure on his sons' corruption charges.

“Lamido has never worked near or with GMB to know his leadership style. Those working closely with him in the APC know otherwise.”

Shehu also asked, “As a self- appointed Northern interest spokesman, what is his (Lamido) response to the pejorative references made by Mrs. Patience Jonathan about Northerners?”

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Imo State Gov. Okorocha Says Buhari is Nigeria’s Nelson Mandela

What an audacious comparison.

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has likened APC Presidential Candidate Muhammadu Buhari to Nelson Mandela, the late former president of South Africa who was an anti-apartheid revolutionary.

Okorocha made the statement while addressing Imo State indigenes from the Imo State Towns Development Association Lagos (ISTDAL) who held a reception for him at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, Vanguard reports.

“Buhari is the Mandela of our time. At 72, what does he want? He will do one term, fix the country and move on and then power will be come back to the South. When power rotates to the South, the South-East will have it in 2019 because the South-West has had it through Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the South-South through Dr Goodluck Jonathan,” he said

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Corrupt Leaders Will Flee Nigeria If Buhari Wins –Okorocha

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says corrupt leaders will immediately run away from Nigeria the moment the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is announced winner of the 28 March presidential election.

He also wooed the Igbo in Lagos to vote massively for the APC Governorship candidate in Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode.

Speaking at the APC Rally in Amuwo Odofin, Okorocha said: “General Muhammadu Buhari’s (GMB) victory has been sealed and delivered. Today (Monday) about seven governors who are not in APC are coming to hold a meeting with us privately.

“There is fear in the country. And the fear is that they know that GMB is a good man and he will win. And they know that once INEC announces GMB as the winner of the presidential election, all the bad people who are embezzling the country’s fund will leave the country at night.

“The fear of Buhari is the beginning of stoppage of corruption. Do you know that before in this country, Nigerians urinated on the road? But when Buhari assumed power in 1983, it all stopped. And he also stopped corruption,” he stated.

Okorocha also said the PDP is already a dead party, saying that the party died immediately APC was formed.
“We scheduled the burial of the party for February 14th but they postponed the burial to March 28. We are waiting patiently to bury the party forever. But let me tell you that you can change the date of burial but you cannot change the burial. It must take place. May the soul of PDP rest in peace,” he said.

“The worst thing that can happen to any nation is to have a bad government. And the worst thing that can happen to any family is to have a bad father. Today, it is obvious that PDP is a bad government. And we thank God that we came together to change the bad government. And the change we came together for has started.”

“I am in Lagos for one man, and that is for Ambode. He is a good man. And he will not deceive you. He has a caring heart. He loves everyone. All tribes in Lagos will be safe in his hands. And this is one man that can start and continue what Fashola started.

“Lagos today has improved and he is handing over the mantle of leadership to a man that will continue the geometric progression that has been witnessed in Lagos,” he said.

The Governor stated that Lagos remained a blessing to the Igbo nation and that the APC remains the only party of choice for all residents of the state that will ensure that all tribes are safe.

Governor Babatunde Fashola while addressing the rally, called on all residents of Lagos to reject the PDP at the polls by ensuring that they vote massively for all APC candidates on March 28 and on April 11.

He added that in the last few weeks, some political office holders had been carrying dollars around to induce people to vote for them, noting that the questions they should ask them was where they were in the last four years.

“Who built this Maternal and Child Centre MCC for you? Who is constructing this road for you? Who built the rail at Mile 2? In the last few weeks, some people are carrying dollars around, ask when they come did you see them in the last four years. We can also keep the money a few weeks to elections, come to you and say, take the money instead of the infrastructure we have provided for you.

“Projects like the MCC Festac Road, Ago Palace Way, Festac Link Road, Durbar Road, Imore Road, Tedi Link Bridge and similar projects are what we are doing with your money”, he added.

“When General Buhari was the Head of State in Nigeria, we were exporting petrol, after he left we are importing and even kerosene is a family business today. They bring it in and subsidise it but do you get it at subsidy price? No way. That is what they said but somebody is peacefully collecting the money while you are paying fully the money for kerosene.”

The APC gubernatorial candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode assured that his administration would complete the expansion of the Lagos- Badagry Express Road from Orile to Badagry and also ensure that it completes work on the light rail from Okokomaiko to CMS.

The National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was also present at the rally, urged all residents of Lagos and Nigerians not to be deceived again by the antics of President Goodluck Jonathan who painted the pitiable picture of a candidate from a modest background to deceive Nigerians during his first term in office.

He said Nigerians are tired of lack of stable electricity supply and do not want that to continue just as the present Federal Government has not been able to pay the insurance premium of the military and the police despite the dangers they are exposed to.

Tinubu urged all Nigerians to vote massively on March 28 to elect General Muhammadu Buhari and all National Assembly candidates of the APC whilst also doing the same on April 11 for Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos and all State House of Assembly and governorship candidates of the APC nationwide.

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Mark my words, Buhari will never be Nigeria president - Fayose

Press statement from Ekiti state governor's office..(Buhari pictured in London on Friday...)
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the hope of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to seize power in Nigeria, using Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) will be dashed saying; "Buhari will never be Nigeria president again."
The governor also challenged Buhari to swear by the Holy Quran that he did not visit hospital in the United Kingdom last week.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; "I wish they can see spiritually what I am talking about that Buhari,  despite the hullabaloo will never be president. I predicted my return as Ekiti State Governor and I am saying it again that Buhari will never rule Nigeria again.
"After President Goodluck Jonathan, there will be a young element in his late 50s from the North that will be Nigeria president. I want to liken this revelation to the story of Elijah and Elisha. I am the Elijah while my followers are Elisha."
While maintaining that he was not wishing Buhari dead, Governor Fayose said; "I owe it a duty to Nigeria and its people to expose the antics of the APC cabal whose only interest is to seize power to further their selfish interests.
"Without doubt, it is obvious that these cabal in the APC are trying so hard to deceive Nigerians on Buhari’s health status.  That's the reason they have been using photoshoped pictures to defend their lies on Buhari's UK trip.
"First, they used a March 5, 2013 picture, claiming that Buhari was taking a walk in London on Thursday. Later they came up with another poorly cropped picture of Buhari with former British Prime Minister,Tony Blair.
"The same people who lied in September 2012 that they received a gold card invitation to attend the Democratic National Convention in the United States of America are behind the robing of Buhari in the garment of lies and I challenge Buhari to swear by the Holy Quran that he did not visit hospital in the United Kingdom last week.
"However, I want to disappoint this selfish cabal. Buhari is only raising their hope and that hope will be dashed."

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