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Ob
am
a C
all
s fo
r P
eace
ful,
Fre
e an
d F
air
Ele
cti
on
s
24
Mar
20
15
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nt
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e: a
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Pre
sid
ent
Ba
rack
Ob
am
a
•
War
ns
Bo
ko
Har
am w
ants
to
des
tro
y N
iger
ia
Dam
ilo
la
Oyed
ele
in
Ab
uja
an
d
Zac
hea
us
So
mo
rin
in
L
ago
s R
egar
dle
ss o
f th
e o
utc
om
e o
f th
e 2
01
5 g
ener
al e
lect
ion
, it
is
the
resp
onsi
bil
ity o
f al
l N
iger
ian
s to
h
elp
kee
p t
he
pea
ce,
as v
iole
nce
sh
ou
ld h
ave
no p
lace
in
dem
ocr
acy.
Th
is w
as t
he
crux
of
the
mes
sage
by U
nit
ed S
tate
s (U
S)
Pre
sid
ent
Bar
ack
Ob
ama
as N
iger
ian
s h
ead
to
th
e p
oll
s S
atu
rday
fo
r th
e p
resi
den
tial
el
ecti
on
. In
a v
ideo
mes
sag
e re
leas
ed b
y t
he
Wh
ite
Ho
use
yes
terd
ay,
the
US
pre
sid
ent
ack
no
wle
dged
th
at
Nig
eria
had
wo
n i
ts i
ndep
end
ence
, em
erg
ed f
rom
mil
itar
y r
ule
, an
d s
tren
gth
ened
dem
ocr
atic
in
stit
uti
on
s.
“Yo
u’v
e st
riv
ed
to
ov
erco
me
div
isio
n
and
to
tu
rn
Nig
eria
’s
div
ersi
ty
into
a
sou
rce
of
stre
ngth
. Y
ou
’ve
wo
rked
har
d t
o i
mp
rov
e th
e li
ves
of
yo
ur
fam
ilie
s an
d t
o b
uil
d t
he
larg
est
eco
no
my i
n A
fric
a,”
he
said
.
In t
his
reg
ard
, O
bam
a st
ated
that
Nig
eria
ns
hav
e a
his
tori
c o
pp
ort
un
ity
to h
elp
wri
te t
he
nex
t ch
apte
r o
f th
eir
nat
ion
's p
rog
ress
, b
y v
oti
ng i
n t
he
up
com
ing e
lect
ion
s, s
tres
sin
g t
hat
Nig
eria
ns
mu
st b
e ab
le t
o c
ast
thei
r v
ote
s w
ith
ou
t in
tim
idat
ion
or
fear
, fo
r th
e el
ecti
on
s to
be
cred
ible
, fr
ee,
fair
an
d p
eace
ful.
He
call
ed o
n a
ll l
ead
ers
and
can
did
ates
to
mak
e it
cle
ar t
o t
hei
r su
pp
ort
ers
that
vio
len
ce h
as n
o
pla
ce i
n d
emo
crat
ic e
lect
ion
s, “
and
th
at t
hey
wil
l n
ot
inci
te,
sup
po
rt o
r en
gag
e in
an
y k
ind
of
vio
len
ce—
bef
ore
, d
uri
ng
, o
r af
ter
the
vo
tes
are
coun
ted
”.
“I c
all
on
all
Nig
eria
ns
to p
eace
full
y e
xp
ress
yo
ur
vie
ws
and
to r
ejec
t th
e v
oic
es o
f th
ose
wh
o
call
fo
r v
iole
nce
. A
nd
wh
en e
lect
ion
s ar
e fr
ee a
nd
fai
r, i
t is
th
e re
spo
nsi
bil
ity o
f al
l ci
tize
ns
to
hel
p k
eep
th
e p
eace
, n
o m
atte
r w
ho
win
s,”
Ob
ama
stat
ed.
He
add
ed t
hat
su
cces
sfu
l el
ecti
on
s an
d d
emo
crat
ic p
rogre
ss w
ould
hel
p N
iger
ia m
eet
the
urg
ent
chal
len
ges
th
e co
un
try f
aces
to
day
, n
oti
ng t
hat
Bo
ko
Har
am—
a b
ruta
l te
rro
rist
gro
up
th
at k
ills
in
no
cen
t m
en,
wo
men
an
d c
hil
dre
n—
mu
st b
e st
op
ped
.
“Hu
nd
red
s o
f k
idn
app
ed c
hil
dre
n d
eser
ve
to b
e re
turn
ed t
o t
hei
r fa
mil
ies.
Nig
eria
ns
wh
o h
ave
bee
n f
orc
ed t
o f
lee
des
erv
e to
ret
urn
to
th
eir
ho
mes
. B
ok
o H
aram
wan
ts t
o d
estr
oy N
iger
ia a
nd
al
l th
at y
ou
hav
e w
ork
ed t
o b
uil
d.
By c
asti
ng y
ou
r b
allo
t, y
ou c
an h
elp
sec
ure
yo
ur
nat
ion
’s
pro
gre
ss.
“I’m
to
ld t
hat
th
ere
is a
say
ing
in
yo
ur
cou
ntr
y:
‘to
kee
p N
iger
ia o
ne
is a
tas
k t
hat
mu
st b
e d
on
e.’
To
day
, I
urg
e al
l N
iger
ians—
fro
m a
ll r
elig
ion
s, a
ll e
thn
ic g
rou
ps,
an
d a
ll r
egio
ns—
to
com
e to
get
her
an
d k
eep
Nig
eria
on
e.
“An
d i
n t
his
tas
k o
f ad
van
cin
g t
he
secu
rity
, p
rosp
erit
y,
and
hu
man
rig
hts
of
all
Nig
eria
ns,
yo
u
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
hav
e a
frie
nd
an
d p
artn
er i
n t
he
Un
ited
Sta
tes
of
Am
eric
a,”
he
pro
mis
ed.
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
Co
mm
on
wea
lth
Ob
serv
er G
rou
p h
as a
lso
sai
d i
t is
cri
tica
l fo
r N
iger
ia's
gen
eral
el
ecti
on
to
be
pea
cefu
l an
d m
ust
be
in a
cco
rdan
ce w
ith
th
e ru
le o
f la
w a
nd
oth
er d
emo
crat
ic
val
ues
.
Th
e ch
airp
erso
n o
f th
e o
bse
rver
gro
up
to
N
iger
ia's
2
015
el
ecti
on
s an
d fo
rmer
P
resi
den
t o
f M
alaw
i,
Dr.
B
akil
i M
ulu
zi,
spea
kin
g
at
a p
ress
co
nfe
ren
ce
in
Ab
uja
yes
terd
ay,
add
ed
that
co
nd
uct
ing t
he
elec
tio
ns
in a
ver
y d
emo
crat
ic m
ann
er b
y p
rov
idin
g a
n e
nv
iro
nm
ent
for
cred
ible
el
ecti
on
s is
im
po
rtan
t.
“We
wil
l as
sess
wh
eth
er t
he
elec
tio
ns
are
cond
uct
ed a
cco
rdin
g t
o t
he
stan
dar
ds
for
dem
ocr
atic
el
ecti
on
s to
wh
ich
Nig
eria
has
com
mit
ted
its
elf,
incl
ud
ing t
he
con
stit
uti
on
al f
ram
ewo
rk an
d
nat
ion
al l
egis
lati
on
as
wel
l as
Co
mm
on
wea
lth
an
d o
ther
in
tern
atio
nal
co
mm
itm
ents
,” h
e sa
id.
Mu
luzi
sai
d t
hat
th
e g
rou
p h
ad a
lrea
dy m
et w
ith
th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n
(IN
EC
) C
hai
rman
, P
rof.
Att
ahir
u J
ega,
ad
din
g t
hat
th
ere
has
bee
n s
om
e im
pro
vem
ent
in t
he
lev
el
of
pre
par
edn
ess
by th
e co
mm
issi
on
fo
llo
win
g th
e p
ost
po
nem
ent
of
the
gen
eral
el
ecti
on
la
st
mo
nth
.
He
dis
clo
sed
th
at
the
gro
up,
com
pri
sing
1
0
peo
ple
, w
ou
ld
be
wo
rkin
g
wit
h
oth
er
elec
tio
n
ob
serv
ers
fro
m o
ther
org
anis
atio
ns
such
as
the
Eu
rop
ean
Un
ion
an
d E
CO
WA
S.
Da
me
Jo
na
tha
n i
n O
nit
sha
, sa
y A
PC
do
no
t
bu
ild
, b
ut
des
tro
y
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
12
:12
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By C
him
aob
i N
wai
wu
Nn
ewi
— W
ife
of
the
Pre
sid
ent,
Dam
e P
atie
nce
Jo
nat
han
, yes
terd
ay i
n O
nit
sha
des
crib
ed t
he
All
P
rogre
ssiv
es C
ong
ress
, A
PC
, as
th
e n
ame
of
an e
xp
ired
dru
g a
lrea
dy r
ejec
ted
by N
iger
ian
s.
Dam
e Jo
nat
han
sai
d t
he
trai
n s
erv
ice,
th
e an
alog
form
er P
resi
den
t an
d A
PC
pre
sid
enti
al
can
did
ate
cou
ld n
ot
repai
r w
hen
he
was
in
po
wer
was
wh
at h
er h
usb
and
has
rep
aire
d.
Des
crib
ing A
PC
as
an u
nst
ead
y p
arty
th
at w
as a
lway
s ch
angin
g f
rom
on
e n
ame
to a
noth
er,
Mrs
. Jo
nat
han
sai
d t
he
par
ty w
ou
ld d
ie i
ts f
inal
dea
th o
n M
arch
28
, 2
01
5, p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n w
hen
N
iger
ian
s w
ou
ld v
ote
her
hu
sban
d i
nto
off
ice.
“Th
ey h
ave
chan
ged
th
eir
nam
e ag
ain
, v
ery u
nst
ead
y p
arty
, th
is t
ime
it i
s A
PC
, th
e n
ame
of
an
anal
og e
xp
ired
dru
g N
iger
ian
s re
ject
ed b
ecau
se o
f it
s in
effe
ctiv
enes
s, t
hey
wil
l ch
ang
e n
ame
agai
n t
o E
bo
la a
nd
th
en,
they
wil
l d
ie t
hei
r fi
nal
dea
th,
Sat
urd
ay M
arch
28 w
ill
mar
k t
he
end
an
d
fin
al d
eath
of
AP
C b
ecau
se t
hey
wil
l b
e d
isgra
ced
ag
ain
by N
iger
ians
wh
o h
ave
alw
ays
reje
cted
th
em,”
sh
e sa
id
Ral
ly:
An
ambra
Sta
te G
over
no
r’s
wif
e, C
hie
f E
bel
ech
uk
wu
Ob
ian
o,
wel
com
ing t
he
Fir
st L
ady o
f N
iger
ia,
Dam
e P
atie
nce
Jo
nat
han
, o
n a
rriv
al f
or
the
wo
men
ral
ly,
in O
nit
sha,
yes
terd
ay.
Sh
e d
escr
ibed
th
e A
PC
pre
sid
enti
al s
tan
dar
d b
eare
r as
an
alo
g,
agai
nst
dig
ital
PD
P a
nd
urg
ed
Nig
eria
ns
no
t to
vo
te A
PC
, b
ein
g a
bac
kw
ard
par
ty t
hat
wo
uld
no
t o
ffer
th
em a
ny r
easo
nab
le
thin
g.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er, th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
wil
l in
stea
d,
des
tro
y a
ll t
he
thin
gs
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an a
nd
h
is p
red
eces
sor
had
bu
ilt.
Sh
e sa
id:
“Bef
ore
, w
e w
ere
usi
ng t
yp
ewri
ter
to t
yp
e an
d i
t to
ok a
ll o
ur
tim
e, t
od
ay w
e ar
e u
sin
g
com
pu
ter
to t
yp
e an
d i
t is
sav
ing o
ur
tim
e an
d e
ner
gy,
wh
y s
ho
uld
we
go
bac
k t
o t
yp
ewri
ter
and
le
ave
com
pu
ter,
we
mu
st m
ove
forw
ard
. W
e ca
nn
ot
leav
e d
igit
al s
tag
e o
f li
fe a
nd
go
bac
k t
o t
he
anal
ogu
e st
age,
Go
d f
orb
id.”
Sh
e re
min
ded
An
amb
ra a
nd
So
uth
Eas
t w
om
en t
hat
in
20
11
, th
ey m
ade
her
pro
ud
as
on
e o
f th
eir
ow
n,
and
told
th
em t
hat
sh
e w
as e
xp
ecti
ng m
ore
fro
m t
hem
sin
ce s
he
and
her
hu
sban
d n
ever
fo
rgot
them
aft
er t
he
elec
tio
ns.
‘’R
emem
ber
wh
at J
on
ath
an d
id f
or
us
du
rin
g t
he
bu
rial
of
late
Dim
Ch
uk
wu
emek
a O
du
meg
wu
O
juk
wu
, h
e m
ade
us
pro
ud
an
d e
nsu
red
th
at h
e w
as g
iven
a b
efit
tin
g b
uri
al a
nd
th
is i
s th
e ti
me
to
pay
him
bac
k, b
y v
oti
ng m
assi
vel
y f
or
him
to
en
sure
th
at s
om
e o
f th
e p
roje
cts
he
star
ted
in
A
nam
bra
Sta
te a
nd
in
So
uth
Eas
t in
gen
eral
, li
ke
the
seco
nd
Nig
er B
rid
ge
are
com
ple
ted
.
“If
yo
u v
ote
fo
r A
PC
all
th
e p
roje
cts
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an s
tart
ed w
ill
be
aban
do
ned
, it
is
thei
r w
ay;
they
do
no
t b
uil
d, b
ut
they
kn
ow
ho
w t
o d
estr
oy t
hat
is
wh
y t
hei
r D
epu
ty G
ov
orn
or
and
th
eir
mem
ber
s ar
e d
ecam
pin
g t
o P
DP
, yo
u h
ave
to b
e ca
refu
l w
ith
th
at p
arty
th
at i
s co
mfo
rtab
le
in j
aili
ng h
usb
and
an
d w
ife
for
no
ju
stif
iab
le o
ffen
ce,”
Mrs
. Jo
nat
han
sai
d.
Sh
e sa
id t
hat
th
e w
elfa
re o
f w
om
en a
nd
th
eir
chil
dre
n w
as u
pp
er m
ost
in
her
min
d, ad
din
g t
hat
th
e g
ov
ern
men
t o
f P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
wo
uld
fig
ht
to i
ncr
ease
aff
irm
ativ
e ac
tio
n o
f th
e P
DP
go
ver
nm
ent
to 5
0 p
er c
ent
fro
m i
ts p
rese
nt
35
per
cen
t.
Sh
e sa
id:
“Do
no
t v
ote
fo
r th
e p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
that
do
es n
ot
hav
e re
gar
ds
for
wo
men
; w
hen
h
e w
as H
ead
of
Sta
te,
he
refu
sed t
o l
et N
iger
ian
s k
now
his
wif
e un
til
rece
ntl
y w
hen
he
was
re
min
ded
by P
DP
wo
men
th
at w
om
en a
re n
o m
ore
fo
r th
e k
itch
en a
lon
e, a
nd
he
hu
rrie
dly
d
ecid
ed t
o b
rin
g h
er o
ut.
”
Als
o s
pea
kin
g,
wif
e o
f fo
rmer
gov
ern
or
of
An
amb
ra S
tate
, D
ame
Mar
gar
et P
eter
Ob
i an
d P
DP
D
irec
tor
of
Wo
men
Mo
bil
isat
ion
, M
rs.
Bek
ky I
gw
eh,
said
, D
ame
Jon
ath
an w
as n
ot
sup
po
sed t
o
cam
pai
gn
in
th
e S
ou
th E
ast
in g
ener
al b
ecau
se s
he
and
her
hu
sban
d h
ad d
on
e en
ou
gh
to
get
th
eir
vo
tes.
Sh
e u
rged
th
e w
om
en a
nd t
hei
r ch
ild
ren
to
vo
te m
assi
vel
y f
or
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an.
Co
urt
Rest
rain
s F
G f
ro
m D
eplo
yin
g M
ilit
ary
fo
r E
lect
ion
s
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Cou
rt h
am
mer
Dav
idso
n
Irie
kp
en
Wit
h
just
fo
ur
day
s to
th
e p
resi
den
tial
el
ecti
on
, a
Fed
eral
H
igh
C
ou
rt
in
Lag
os
yes
terd
ay
rest
rain
ed t
he
fed
eral
go
ver
nm
ent
fro
m d
eplo
yin
g s
old
iers
fo
r th
e g
ener
al e
lect
ion
.
Wh
ile
del
iver
ing j
ud
gm
ent
in a
su
it f
iled
by a
mem
ber
of
the
Ho
use
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es a
nd
m
emb
er o
f th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ng
ress
(A
PC
), F
emi
Gb
ajab
iam
ila,
th
e tr
ial
jud
ge,
Ju
stic
e Ib
rah
im B
ub
a, h
eld
th
at i
t w
ou
ld b
e u
nco
nst
itu
tion
al f
or
the
fed
eral
go
ver
nm
ent
to d
eplo
y t
roo
ps
for
the
sup
erv
isio
n o
f th
e el
ecti
on
wit
ho
ut
the
app
rov
al o
f th
e N
atio
nal
Ass
emb
ly.
Th
e ju
dg
e sa
id t
her
e w
as n
o p
art
of
the
19
99 C
on
stit
uti
on
th
at e
mp
ow
ers
the
Pre
sid
ent
of
the
Fed
eral
R
epu
bli
c o
f N
iger
ia
and
C
om
man
der
-in
-Ch
ief
of
the
Arm
ed
Fo
rces
to
d
eplo
y
the
mil
itar
y f
or
elec
tio
n p
urp
ose
s.
He
also
res
trai
ned
th
e fe
der
al g
ov
ern
men
t fr
om
dep
loyin
g t
roo
ps
for
elec
tio
ns
hen
cefo
rth
.
“It
is u
nco
nst
itu
tio
nal
fo
r th
e fe
der
al g
ov
ern
men
t to
dep
loy t
he
mil
itar
y f
or
the
sup
erv
isio
n o
f el
ecti
on
pu
rpo
ses
wit
ho
ut
the
app
rov
al o
f th
e N
atio
nal
Ass
embly
,” t
he
jud
ge
hel
d.
Just
ice
Bu
ba
add
ed t
hat
a c
aref
ul
per
usa
l an
d r
esea
rch i
nto
all
th
e N
iger
ian
law
s w
ou
ld r
evea
l th
at t
her
e is
no
wh
ere
it i
s st
ated
that
th
e p
resi
den
t co
uld
sin
gle
-han
ded
ly d
eplo
y t
he
mil
itar
y f
or
elec
tio
ns.
Just
ice
Bu
ba
said
he
was
bou
nd
by t
he
rece
nt
Co
urt
of
Ap
pea
l d
ecis
ion
, w
hic
h n
ull
ifie
d t
he
dep
loym
ent
of
sold
iers
fo
r el
ecti
on
s, a
dd
ing t
hat
he
was
als
o p
ersu
aded
by t
he
jud
gm
ent
of
Just
ice
Mo
ham
med
Ril
wan
of
the
Fed
eral
Hig
h C
ou
rt,
So
koto
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
jud
ge,
th
e la
w d
oes
no
t m
ake
pro
vis
ion
fo
r th
e m
ilit
ary t
o b
e in
vo
lved
in
civ
il
acti
vit
ies,
an
d
if
sold
iers
m
ust
vo
te,
it
mu
st
be
in
thei
r b
arra
cks.
“T
he
arm
ed f
orc
es/m
ilit
ary h
ave
no r
ole
in
ele
ctio
ns,
” h
e sa
id.
“Th
e ti
me
has
co
me
for
us
to e
stab
lish
th
e cu
ltu
re o
f d
emo
crat
ic r
ule
in t
he
cou
ntr
y a
nd
to
sta
rt t
o
do
th
e ri
gh
t th
ing p
arti
cula
rly w
hen
it
has
to
do
wit
h d
eali
ng w
ith
th
e el
ecto
ral
pro
cess
wh
ich
is
on
e o
f th
e pil
lars
of
dem
ocr
acy.
“In s
pit
e o
f th
e b
ehav
iou
r o
f th
e p
oli
tica
l cl
ass,
we
sho
uld
by a
ll m
ean
s tr
y t
o k
eep
arm
ed
per
son
nel
an
d m
ilit
ary f
rom
bei
ng a
par
t an
d p
arce
l o
f th
e el
ecto
ral
pro
cess
.
“Th
e st
ate
is o
bli
gat
ed t
o c
on
fine
the
mil
itar
y t
o t
hei
r v
ery d
eman
din
g a
ssig
nm
ent,
esp
ecia
lly i
n
this
tim
e o
f in
surg
enci
es b
y k
eep
ing
th
em o
ut
of
elec
tio
ns.
Th
e st
ate
is a
lso
obli
gat
ed t
o e
nsu
re
that
cit
izen
s ex
erci
se t
hei
r fr
anch
ise
free
ly a
nd
un
mo
lest
ed,”
Ju
stic
e B
ub
a sa
id.
Th
e ju
dg
e sa
id t
he
Co
urt
of
Ap
pea
l d
irec
tly i
nte
rpre
ted
th
e C
on
stit
uti
on
wh
en i
t h
eld
th
at t
he
com
bin
ed e
ffec
ts o
f S
ecti
on
21
5 a
nd
21
7 l
imit
th
e p
resi
den
t’s
po
wer
to
dep
loy s
old
iers
fo
r th
e su
pp
ress
ion
of
insu
rrec
tio
n a
nd
to
aid
th
e p
oli
ce t
o r
esto
re o
rder
wh
en i
t h
as b
rok
en d
ow
n.
“I a
m b
ou
nd
by t
he
dec
isio
n o
f th
e C
ou
rt o
f A
pp
eal
and
eq
ual
ly p
ersu
aded
by t
he
dec
isio
n o
f th
e F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
So
ko
to w
hic
h a
lso
per
suad
ed t
he
Co
urt
of
App
eal.
“It
is i
n t
his
reg
ard
th
at t
he
cou
rt w
ill
say t
hat
its
du
ty i
n i
nte
rpre
tin
g t
he
con
stit
uti
on
has
bee
n
sim
pli
fied
an
d m
ade
easy
by t
he
dec
isio
ns
I h
ave
refe
rred
to
ex
tensi
vel
y,”
th
e ju
stic
e h
eld
.
On w
het
her
Gb
ajab
iam
ila
has
locu
s st
andi,
th
e ju
dge
said
: “T
he
pla
inti
ff i
s at
lib
erty
to
ap
pro
ach
th
is c
ou
rt a
nd s
eek
rel
iefs
wh
eth
er t
hey
are
ben
efic
ial
to h
im o
r n
ot.
In
th
e in
stan
t ca
se,
the
pla
inti
ff i
s a
Nig
eria
n;
he
has
a r
igh
t o
f fr
anch
ise
so i
t w
ill
be
ben
efic
ial
to h
im.
“Th
is c
ou
rt w
ill
no
t d
abb
le i
nto
aca
dem
ic i
ssu
es.
Th
e in
stan
ce o
rigin
atin
g s
um
mo
ns
has
mer
it.
Th
e co
urt
sh
all
pro
ceed
to
an
swer
th
e q
ues
tio
ns
for
det
erm
inat
ion
in
fav
ou
r o
f th
e p
lain
tiff
th
at
the
dep
loym
ent
of
the
arm
ed f
orc
es b
y t
he
firs
t, s
econ
d,
thir
d,
fou
rth
an
d f
ifth
def
end
ants
du
rin
g
elec
tio
ns
vio
late
th
e p
rov
isio
ns
of
the
Con
stit
uti
on.
“Acc
ord
ingly
, th
e d
ecla
rato
ry r
elie
fs s
ou
gh
t ar
e gra
nte
d.
An
y m
ilit
aris
ed v
oti
ng p
atte
rn i
s an
ti-
dem
ocr
atic
and
no
t in
co
nso
nan
ce w
ith
co
nst
itu
tion
al d
emo
crac
y a
nd c
ivil
ru
le.”
Gbaj
abia
mil
a, w
ho
is
the
min
ori
ty I
ead
er i
n t
he
Ho
use
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es,
had
su
ed P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an a
nd
fiv
e o
ther
s to
ch
alle
ng
e th
e le
gal
ity o
f tr
oo
ps’
dep
loym
ent
for
elec
tio
ns.
Oth
er d
efen
dan
ts t
o t
he
suit
are
th
e C
hie
f o
f D
efen
ce S
taff
, C
hie
f o
f A
rmy S
taff
, C
hie
f o
f A
ir
Sta
ff,
Ch
ief
of
Nav
al S
taff
an
d t
he
Att
orn
ey G
ener
al o
f th
e F
eder
atio
n a
nd J
ust
ice
Min
iste
r.
In h
is a
rgu
men
ts,
the
pla
inti
ff's
law
yer
, S
eni
Ad
io,
had
mai
nta
ined
th
at t
her
e w
ere
alle
gat
ion
s an
d e
vid
ence
th
at t
he
mil
itar
y i
nhib
ited
fre
e m
ov
emen
t, f
ree
acce
ss a
nd
in
tim
idat
ed v
ote
rs i
n
stat
es l
ike
Osu
n,
Ek
iti
and
An
amb
ra w
her
e th
ey w
ere
dep
loyed
fo
r el
ecti
on
pu
rpo
ses.
He
furt
her
arg
ued
th
at i
t w
as n
ot
idea
l to
dep
loy m
ilit
ary f
or
the
sup
erv
isio
n o
f el
ecti
on
s in
a
dem
ocr
atic
set
tin
g.
Adio
ad
ded
th
at t
he
Arm
ed F
orc
es A
ct,
wh
ich
em
po
wer
s th
e P
resi
den
t as
th
e C
om
man
der
-in
-C
hie
f o
f th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
to
dep
loy t
roo
ps,
was
sub
ord
inat
e to
th
e C
on
stit
uti
on
of
the
Fed
eral
R
epub
lic
of
Nig
eria
.
He
con
seq
uen
tly u
rged
th
e co
urt
to
res
trai
n t
he
def
endan
ts f
rom
usi
ng
mil
itar
y i
n t
he
com
ing
gen
eral
ele
ctio
n.
Res
po
ndin
g,
law
yer
to
th
e d
efen
dan
ts,
Del
e A
des
ina
(SA
N),
arg
ued
th
at t
he
pre
sid
ent,
bei
ng
th
e C
om
man
der
-in
- C
hie
f o
f th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
is
emp
ow
ered
un
der
Arm
ed F
orc
es A
ct t
o d
eplo
y t
he
mil
itar
y t
o m
ain
tain
law
an
d o
rder
.
Th
e d
eplo
ym
ent
of
tro
op
s, a
cco
rdin
g to
Ad
esin
a, w
as la
rgel
y d
ue
to th
e pec
uli
ar n
ature
of
elec
tio
ns
and
ele
ctio
nee
rin
g i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y.
To
rev
erse
do
wn
wa
rd s
lid
e o
f ec
on
om
y, s
hu
n
Jo
na
tha
n,
Bu
ha
ri t
ells
ele
ctora
te
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
7:0
3 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By C
hid
i N
kw
op
ara
OW
ER
RI
— P
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
of
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
Gen
eral
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari,
yes
terd
ay,
in O
wer
ri r
evie
wed
th
e d
ow
nw
ard
sli
de
of
the
nat
ion
’s e
con
om
y a
nd
cal
led
on
Nig
eria
to
ris
e an
d s
ay b
ye
to t
he
go
ver
nm
ent
of
Pre
sid
ent
Go
odlu
ck J
on
ath
an.
Bu
har
i, w
ho
sp
ok
e as
ch
ieft
ain
s o
f th
e p
arty
an
d m
emb
ers
of
the
AP
C G
ov
ern
ors
’ F
oru
m,
sto
rmed
Ow
erri
, Im
o S
tate
cap
ital
fo
r a
mee
tin
g,
in t
hei
r la
st m
inu
te c
amp
aign
, sa
id N
iger
ia w
ou
ld w
itn
ess
un
mit
igat
ed d
isas
ter,
if
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an w
as r
e-el
ecte
d.
Wh
ile
the
AP
C G
ov
ern
ors
’ m
eeti
ng w
as t
he
firs
t in
th
e yea
r, w
hic
h t
hey
als
o t
agg
ed “
Mar
ch f
or
a N
ew N
iger
ia”,
Gen
. B
uh
ari
use
d t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o p
lead
wit
h N
iger
ian
s to
sh
un
eth
nic
tri
bal
an
d c
lann
ish
sen
tim
ent
in e
lect
ing a
new
pre
sid
ent
for
the
cou
ntr
y.
Aft
er t
akin
g a
cri
tica
l lo
ok
at
the
per
form
ance
of
the
nat
ion
’s e
con
om
y i
n t
he
last
16
yea
rs,
Gen
. B
uh
ari
said
: “W
e
sho
uld
all
ris
e an
d s
ay g
oo
db
ye
to
PD
P b
ecau
se
no
am
ou
nt
o
f se
nti
men
t w
ill
just
ify
vo
tin
g f
or
the
PD
P a
gai
n.”
Th
e fo
rmer
hea
d o
f st
ate
no
ted
th
at w
hil
e th
e v
alu
e o
f th
e N
aira
had
plu
mm
eted
bey
on
d
imag
inat
ion
, p
rice
s of
oil
had
als
o d
win
dle
d,
add
ing t
hat
in
secu
rity
, u
nem
plo
ym
ent
and
co
rru
pti
on
h
ad b
eco
me
th
e o
rder
o
f th
e d
ay.
Aft
er c
hro
nic
lin
g h
is r
eco
rd o
f se
rvic
e w
hil
e in
go
ver
nm
ent,
Bu
har
i sa
id t
hat
as
seri
ou
s cr
usa
der
ag
ainst
co
rru
pti
on
, h
e w
ou
ld s
anit
ize
the
cou
ntr
y, if
giv
en t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o s
erv
e as
pre
sid
ent
of
Nig
eria
.
Wel
com
ing h
is g
ues
ts e
arli
er,
Go
ver
no
r R
och
as
Ok
oro
cha
of
Imo
Sta
te,
exp
lain
ed t
hat
t
he
AP
C G
ov
ern
ors
’ F
oru
m w
as m
ean
t to
bu
ild
a b
rid
ge
of
frie
nd
ship
th
at w
ou
ld
tra
ver
se a
ll
no
ok
s
and
cra
nn
ies
of
the
cou
ntr
y.
Wh
ile
stre
ssin
g t
hat
Ig
bo
are
f
ou
nd
in a
ll p
arts
o
f th
e co
un
try,
Ok
oro
cha
also
op
ined
th
at t
his
si
ng
ula
r ac
t h
elp
ed i
n b
uil
din
g
bri
dges
of
unit
y a
nd
co
ntr
ibu
tin
g t
o t
he
eco
nom
ic
dev
elo
pm
ent
o
f th
e n
atio
n.
Ma
rk
Ex
cite
d b
y A
pp
rov
al
of
Na
tion
al
Co
nfe
ren
ce
Rep
ort
by
FE
C
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Sen
ate
P
resi
den
t,
Da
vid
Mark
O
mo
lolu
O
gu
nm
adeâ
۬
In w
hat
ap
pea
rs t
o b
e an
in
dic
atio
n o
f th
e p
repar
edn
ess
of
the
Nat
ion
al A
ssem
bly
to
en
do
rse
the
Nat
ion
al C
on
fere
nce
rep
ort
, S
enat
e P
resi
den
t, D
avid
Mar
k,
on
Mo
nd
ay s
aid t
he
app
rov
al o
f th
e re
po
rt b
y t
he
Fed
eral
Ex
ecu
tiv
e C
ou
nci
l (F
EC
) la
st w
eek
wo
uld
fac
ilit
ate
the
crea
tio
n o
f m
ore
st
ates
by t
he
Nat
ion
al A
ssem
bly
.
Th
e co
nfe
ren
ce,
it w
as le
arn
t, h
ad re
com
men
ded
th
e cr
eati
on
of
19
m
ore
st
ates
ac
ross
th
e co
un
try.
If i
mp
lem
ente
d,
it w
ill
bri
ng t
he
num
ber
of
exis
tin
g s
tate
s in
Nig
eria
to
55
.
Acc
ord
ing to
a
stat
emen
t, M
ark
sa
id st
ate
crea
tio
n re
mai
ned
a
top
p
rio
rity
o
f th
e N
atio
nal
A
ssem
bly
bec
ause
it
was
a r
efle
ctio
n o
f th
e w
ish
es a
nd
asp
irat
ions
of
the
maj
ori
ty o
f N
iger
ian
s.
Mar
k,
the
stat
emen
t ad
ded
, gav
e th
e as
sura
nce
wh
ile
add
ress
ing
his
co
nst
itu
ents
in
Og
bad
ibo
L
oca
l G
ov
ern
men
t A
rea
of
Ben
ue
Sta
te a
hea
d o
f n
ext
Sat
urd
ay’s
gen
eral
ele
ctio
n.
He
insi
sted
th
at s
tate
cre
atio
n w
as d
esir
able
bec
ause
it
wo
uld
bri
ng g
ov
ern
ance
clo
ser
to t
he
peo
ple
an
d u
ltim
atel
y a
dd
ress
th
e im
bal
ance
s in
her
ent
in t
he
syst
em.
He
urg
ed t
he
peo
ple
to
rem
ain
ste
adfa
st w
ith
th
e p
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
bec
ause
“th
e p
arty
’s p
rogra
mm
es a
re p
eop
le-o
rien
ted
an
d d
ivid
end
s o
f d
emo
crac
y a
ssu
red
.”
He
list
ed p
roje
cts
faci
lita
ted
by t
he
curr
ent
adm
inis
trat
ion
to
Ben
ue
Sta
te t
o i
ncl
ud
e th
e ap
pro
val
o
f th
e S
cho
ol
of
Hea
lth
an
d
Med
ical
S
cien
ces
of
the
Un
iver
sity
o
f A
gri
cult
ure
, M
aku
rdi,
d
iscl
osi
ng t
hat
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
wil
l p
erfo
rm t
he
gro
un
d b
reak
ing
cer
emo
ny o
f th
e in
stit
uti
on
on
Wed
nes
day
in
Otu
kp
o.
Mar
k f
urt
her
sai
d t
he
mu
lti-
bil
lio
n n
aira
O
tob
i M
ult
iple
-purp
ose
Dam
th
at i
s u
nd
er c
on
stru
ctio
n
in t
he
stat
e w
ou
ld a
dd
ress
wat
er p
rob
lem
in
th
e st
ate
and
its
env
iro
ns
bes
ides
the
emp
loym
ent
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
it
wo
uld
cr
eate
fo
r th
e p
eop
le.
He
ple
dg
ed t
o a
ttra
ct m
ore
div
iden
ds
of
dem
ocr
acy t
o t
he
stat
e if
re-
elec
ted
so
th
at t
he
futu
re o
f th
e you
ths
cou
ld b
e m
uch
mo
re a
ssu
red
EF
CC
cle
ars
So
lud
o o
f p
oly
mer
brib
ery
sca
nd
al
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
5:1
7 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By S
on
i D
anie
l, R
egio
nal
Ed
ito
r, N
ort
h
Ab
uja
—T
he
Ch
airm
an o
f th
e E
con
om
ic a
nd
Fin
anci
al C
rim
es C
om
mis
sion
(E
FC
C),
Mr.
Ib
rah
im L
amo
rde,
yes
terd
ay a
bso
lved
th
e fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r o
f C
entr
al B
ank
of
Nig
eria
, C
BN
, P
rofe
sso
r C
har
les
So
lud
o o
f an
y w
ron
g d
oin
g i
n t
he
alle
ged
Poly
mer
bri
ber
y s
can
dal
.
*P
rof.
Ch
uk
wu
ma
Ch
arle
s S
olu
do
Th
e ch
airm
an,
wh
o s
po
ke
at a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
yes
terd
ay i
n A
buja
als
o u
sed
th
e ev
ent
to a
sser
t th
at t
he
com
mis
sio
n h
ad n
ot
bee
n g
iven
an
y p
resi
den
tial
dir
ecti
ve
to m
ov
e ag
ainst
key
fig
ure
s o
f th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss,
AP
C.
Acc
ord
ing t
o L
amo
rde,
aft
er i
nv
esti
gat
ing S
olu
do
, th
e co
mm
issi
on
did
no
t fi
nd
him
in
crim
inat
ed
in a
ny w
ay a
nd
had
to
cle
ar h
im o
f an
y w
ron
gd
oin
g.
Lam
ord
e sa
id:
“We
invit
ed C
har
les
So
ludo
in
res
pec
t o
f th
e p
rin
tin
g o
f cu
rren
cy n
ote
s. F
rom
th
e in
ves
tigat
ion
co
nd
uct
ed,
we
did
no
t fi
nd
an
yth
ing S
olu
do
was
in
vo
lved
in
. O
ur
par
tner
s fr
om
UK
w
ante
d c
erta
in i
nfo
rmat
ion
. S
o,
So
lud
o h
as b
een
ex
on
erat
ed.”
Th
e o
pen
dec
lara
tio
n w
as m
ade
at a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
to
fo
rmal
ly l
aun
ch a
new
han
db
oo
k t
agg
ed
“Ale
rt o
n S
cam
” b
y t
he
com
mis
sio
n i
n A
bu
ja.
On t
he
alle
ged
pre
sid
enti
al d
irec
tiv
e to
arr
est
AP
C l
ead
ers,
Lam
ord
e, w
arn
ed p
oli
tici
ans
to d
esis
t fr
om
dra
ggin
g t
he
com
mis
sio
n i
nto
po
liti
cs,
sayin
g t
hat
it
did
no
t n
eed
an
y d
irec
tiv
e to
in
ves
tigat
e an
d p
un
ish
co
rru
pt
per
son
s in
th
e co
un
try.
He
told
jo
urn
alis
ts t
hat
th
e co
mm
issi
on
had
bee
n n
eutr
al s
ince
th
e ca
mpai
gn
s b
egan
, ad
din
g t
hat
th
e E
FC
C w
ou
ld n
ot
be
dra
gged
in
to p
oli
tics
bar
ely f
ew d
ays
to t
he
po
lls.
He
said
, “T
hey
sai
d t
her
e w
as a
n o
rder
to
arr
est
the
lead
ersh
ip o
f th
e p
arty
.
”We
do
no
t w
ant
to g
et i
nv
olv
ed i
n a
ny p
oli
tica
l d
iscu
ssio
n.
We
hav
e tr
ied
to
rem
ain
neu
tral
si
nce
th
e ca
mp
aign
s st
arte
d.
Let
us
do
th
e la
st l
ap p
eace
full
y.”
“Co
rru
pti
on
has
bec
om
e an
iss
ue
in t
his
po
liti
cal
cam
pai
gn
. W
e ca
nn
ot
stop
peo
ple
fro
m t
alk
ing.
Th
e ir
on
y o
f it
is
that
, so
me
of
them
tal
kin
g a
bo
ut
corr
up
tio
n a
re s
tand
ing
tri
al.
Th
ey a
re b
usy
p
layin
g t
o t
he
gal
lery
. It
is
un
fort
un
ate.
Th
ey d
o n
ot
see
them
selv
es f
irst
.
“So
me
of
them
hav
e n
o b
usi
nes
s ta
kin
g a
bo
ut
corr
up
tio
n.
Th
ey a
re c
orr
up
tio
n p
erso
nif
ied
. W
e w
ant
to r
emin
d t
hem
th
at t
hey
sti
ll h
ave
thei
r d
ay i
n c
ou
rt.
“I l
ike
to s
ou
nd
a n
ote
of
war
nin
g h
ere
that
th
e C
om
mis
sio
n w
ill
no
lo
nger
to
lera
te p
eop
le
dro
pp
ing i
ts n
ame
to f
urt
her
th
eir
po
liti
cal
end
s.
“Th
e E
FC
C i
s n
ot
a p
oli
tica
l b
od
y a
nd w
ill
no
t al
low
its
elf
to b
e d
rag
ged
in
to p
oli
tica
l fr
ay b
y
des
per
ate
po
liti
cian
s”,
Lam
ord
e w
arn
ed.
EF
CC
cle
ars
So
lud
o o
f p
oly
mer
brib
ery
sca
nd
al
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
5:1
7 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By S
on
i D
anie
l, R
egio
nal
Ed
ito
r, N
ort
h
Ab
uja
—T
he
Ch
airm
an o
f th
e E
con
om
ic a
nd
Fin
anci
al C
rim
es C
om
mis
sion
(E
FC
C),
Mr.
Ib
rah
im L
amo
rde,
yes
terd
ay a
bso
lved
th
e fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r o
f C
entr
al B
ank
of
Nig
eria
, C
BN
, P
rofe
sso
r C
har
les
So
lud
o o
f an
y w
ron
g d
oin
g i
n t
he
alle
ged
Poly
mer
bri
ber
y s
can
dal
.
*P
rof.
Ch
uk
wu
ma
Ch
arle
s S
olu
do
Th
e ch
airm
an,
wh
o s
po
ke
at a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
yes
terd
ay i
n A
buja
als
o u
sed
th
e ev
ent
to a
sser
t th
at t
he
com
mis
sio
n h
ad n
ot
bee
n g
iven
an
y p
resi
den
tial
dir
ecti
ve
to m
ov
e ag
ainst
key
fig
ure
s o
f th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss,
AP
C.
Acc
ord
ing t
o L
amo
rde,
aft
er i
nv
esti
gat
ing S
olu
do
, th
e co
mm
issi
on
did
no
t fi
nd
him
in
crim
inat
ed
in a
ny w
ay a
nd
had
to
cle
ar h
im o
f an
y w
ron
gd
oin
g.
Lam
ord
e sa
id:
“We
invit
ed C
har
les
So
ludo
in
res
pec
t o
f th
e p
rin
tin
g o
f cu
rren
cy n
ote
s. F
rom
th
e in
ves
tigat
ion
co
nd
uct
ed,
we
did
no
t fi
nd
an
yth
ing S
olu
do
was
in
vo
lved
in
. O
ur
par
tner
s fr
om
UK
w
ante
d c
erta
in i
nfo
rmat
ion
. S
o,
So
lud
o h
as b
een
ex
on
erat
ed.”
Th
e o
pen
dec
lara
tio
n w
as m
ade
at a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
to
fo
rmal
ly l
aun
ch a
new
han
db
oo
k t
agg
ed
“Ale
rt o
n S
cam
” b
y t
he
com
mis
sio
n i
n A
bu
ja.
On t
he
alle
ged
pre
sid
enti
al d
irec
tiv
e to
arr
est
AP
C l
ead
ers,
Lam
ord
e, w
arn
ed p
oli
tici
ans
to d
esis
t fr
om
dra
ggin
g t
he
com
mis
sio
n i
nto
po
liti
cs,
sayin
g t
hat
it
did
no
t n
eed
an
y d
irec
tiv
e to
in
ves
tigat
e an
d p
un
ish
co
rru
pt
per
son
s in
th
e co
un
try.
He
told
jo
urn
alis
ts t
hat
th
e co
mm
issi
on
had
bee
n n
eutr
al s
ince
th
e ca
mpai
gn
s b
egan
, ad
din
g t
hat
th
e E
FC
C w
ou
ld n
ot
be
dra
gged
in
to p
oli
tics
bar
ely f
ew d
ays
to t
he
po
lls.
He
said
, “T
hey
sai
d t
her
e w
as a
n o
rder
to
arr
est
the
lead
ersh
ip o
f th
e p
arty
.
”We
do
no
t w
ant
to g
et i
nv
olv
ed i
n a
ny p
oli
tica
l d
iscu
ssio
n.
We
hav
e tr
ied
to
rem
ain
neu
tral
si
nce
th
e ca
mp
aign
s st
arte
d.
Let
us
do
th
e la
st l
ap p
eace
full
y.”
“Co
rru
pti
on
has
bec
om
e an
iss
ue
in t
his
po
liti
cal
cam
pai
gn
. W
e ca
nn
ot
stop
peo
ple
fro
m t
alk
ing.
Th
e ir
on
y o
f it
is
that
, so
me
of
them
tal
kin
g a
bo
ut
corr
up
tio
n a
re s
tand
ing
tri
al.
Th
ey a
re b
usy
p
layin
g t
o t
he
gal
lery
. It
is
un
fort
un
ate.
Th
ey d
o n
ot
see
them
selv
es f
irst
.
“So
me
of
them
hav
e n
o b
usi
nes
s ta
kin
g a
bo
ut
corr
up
tio
n.
Th
ey a
re c
orr
up
tio
n p
erso
nif
ied
. W
e w
ant
to r
emin
d t
hem
th
at t
hey
sti
ll h
ave
thei
r d
ay i
n c
ou
rt.
“I l
ike
to s
ou
nd
a n
ote
of
war
nin
g h
ere
that
th
e C
om
mis
sio
n w
ill
no
lo
nger
to
lera
te p
eop
le
dro
pp
ing i
ts n
ame
to f
urt
her
th
eir
po
liti
cal
end
s.
“Th
e E
FC
C i
s n
ot
a p
oli
tica
l b
od
y a
nd w
ill
no
t al
low
its
elf
to b
e d
rag
ged
in
to p
oli
tica
l fr
ay b
y
des
per
ate
po
liti
cian
s”,
Lam
ord
e w
arn
ed.
Dis
pla
ced
Per
son
s S
till
Sca
red
of
Bo
ko
Ha
ra
m V
iole
nce
as
Ele
ctio
ns
Ap
pro
ach
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
So
me
IDP
s B
ok
o H
aram
ap
pea
rs t
o h
ave
bee
n w
eak
ened
by a
su
stai
ned
reg
ion
al f
ight-
bac
k b
ut
ther
e ar
e gro
win
g f
ears
th
e gro
up
co
uld
tar
get
vu
lner
able
peo
ple
dis
pla
ced
by t
he
vio
len
ce,
as e
lect
ion
s ap
pro
ach.
Mo
re t
han
13
,000
peo
ple
hav
e b
een
kil
led
in t
he
blo
od
y s
ix-y
ear
insu
rgen
cy,
wit
h s
om
e 1
.5
mil
lio
n m
ore
fo
rced
to
fle
e th
eir
ho
mes
wit
hin
Nig
eria
an
d a
bro
ad.
Sec
uri
ty a
nal
yst
s h
ave
war
ned
th
at w
ith
th
e Is
lam
ists
hit
har
d b
y t
he
coal
itio
n o
f N
iger
ia,
Nig
er,
Cam
ero
un
an
d C
had
, th
e gro
up
wil
l re
ver
t to
gu
erri
lla
tact
ics
of
bo
mb
ings
and
su
icid
e at
tack
s.
Th
ere
has
alr
ead
y b
een
a s
pat
e o
f su
icid
e b
om
bin
gs
agai
nst
“so
ft”
targ
ets
such
as
mar
ket
s an
d
bu
s st
atio
ns
sin
ce t
he
turn
of
the
yea
r.
Now
, it
is
fear
ed t
hat
inte
rnal
ly d
isp
lace
d p
erso
ns
(ID
Ps)
co
uld
be
nex
t, a
fter
Bo
ko H
aram
lea
der
A
bu
bak
ar S
hek
au v
ow
ed t
o d
isru
pt
this
Sat
urd
ay’s
ele
ctio
ns,
whic
h t
he
gro
up
vie
ws
as “
un
-Is
lam
ic”.
“Bo
ko
Har
am a
re v
ery l
ikel
y t
o h
it b
ack
in
a w
ay t
hat
wil
l h
urt
Nig
eria
an
d I
DP
cam
ps
are
po
ssib
le t
arg
ets,
” A
bd
ull
ahi
Baw
e W
ase,
a s
ecu
rity
an
alys
t w
ho
tra
cks
the
con
flic
t, t
old
AF
P.
Sco
res
of
IDP
cam
ps
do
t M
aid
ug
uri
fo
llo
win
g a
hu
ge
infl
ux
of
peo
ple
fle
ein
g t
ow
ns
and
vil
lag
es
seiz
ed b
y B
ok
o H
aram
, d
ou
bli
ng t
he
po
pu
lati
on
of
the
Bo
rno
sta
te c
apit
al t
o a
t le
ast
two
mil
lio
n.
Las
t M
on
day
, th
e h
ead
of
Nig
eria
’s e
lect
ora
l co
mm
issi
on
IN
EC
, A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a, s
aid
20 p
erce
nt
of
the
esti
mat
ed o
ne
mil
lio
n I
DP
s w
ere
in c
amp
s an
d a
rran
gem
ents
had
bee
n m
ade
for
them
to
v
ote
.
“We
hav
e fo
un
d s
tab
le p
lace
s in
mo
st c
ases
ou
tsid
e th
e ca
mps,
ex
cep
t in
Mai
du
gu
ri,
wh
ere
in a
fe
w p
lace
s w
e h
ave
pla
ced
(p
oll
ing s
tati
ons)
in
sid
e th
e ca
mps
for
secu
rity
rea
son
s,”
he
said
.
Yet
ev
en h
ere
safe
ty i
s an
iss
ue,
wit
h t
he
dis
cover
y o
n M
arch
14
of
thre
e ex
plo
siv
e d
evic
es a
t th
e Y
erw
a P
rim
ary S
cho
ol
cam
p.
A f
ou
rth
ex
plo
sive
dev
ice
has
yet
to
be
loca
ted,
as t
he
susp
ects
fo
rgo
t w
her
e it
was
pla
nte
d,
said
A
ri
Bu
tari
, a
loca
l ci
vil
ian
v
igil
ante
in
vo
lved
in
ca
mp
se
curi
ty.
Eig
ht
peo
ple
wer
e ar
rest
ed a
nd
tw
o a
lleg
edly
co
nfe
ssed
to
pla
nti
ng t
he
dev
ices
. T
hey
wer
e li
vin
g
amo
ng t
he
IDP
s, m
any o
f w
ho
m f
led
fro
m t
he
stat
e’s
seco
nd
lar
ges
t ci
ty,
Bam
a, l
ast
Sep
tem
ber
.
“We
are
real
ly a
pp
reh
ensi
ve
abo
ut
ou
r se
curi
ty s
ince
th
e d
isco
ver
y o
f th
e ex
plo
siv
es,”
sai
d
Bab
aku
ra K
yar
imi,
wh
o l
ives
in
th
e ca
mp
.
“It
is a
cle
ar i
nd
icat
ion t
hat
th
ere
are
Bo
ko
Har
am e
lem
ents
in o
ur
mid
st,
whic
h i
s o
f se
rio
us
con
cern
to
us
and t
he
auth
ori
ties
.”
Th
e d
isco
ver
y b
ack
s u
p p
rev
ious
clai
ms
abo
ut
the
dan
ger
of
Bo
ko
Har
am i
nfi
ltra
tin
g t
he
cam
ps,
in
clu
din
g f
rom
th
e R
om
an C
ath
oli
c D
ioce
se o
f M
aid
ugu
ri l
ast
Au
gu
st.
In J
anu
ary,
troo
ps
det
ain
ed a
s a
pre
cau
tio
n t
ho
usa
nd
s o
f peo
ple
wh
o l
eft
the
gar
riso
n t
ow
n o
f M
on
gu
no
on
th
e o
uts
kir
ts o
f M
aid
ugu
ri t
o e
stab
lish
wh
eth
er r
ebel
fig
hte
rs w
ere
amo
ng t
hem
.
Th
e K
ano
sta
te g
ov
ern
men
t al
so s
hu
t a
cam
p i
t h
ad o
pen
ed f
or
peo
ple
dis
pla
ced
fro
m t
he
tow
n o
f M
ub
i in
Ad
amaw
a, a
fter
a B
ok
o H
aram
in
surg
ent
was
un
cov
ered
.
Po
liti
cal
mo
tives
fo
r th
e d
isco
ver
y o
f ex
plo
siv
es i
n t
he
IDP
cam
ps
can
not
be
rule
d o
ut,
wit
h
Nig
eria
’s n
ort
hea
st a
n o
pp
osi
tio
n s
tro
ngh
old
.
“On
e ca
nn
ot
dis
mis
s th
e p
oli
tica
l el
emen
t in
th
e B
ok
o H
aram
in
surg
ency
an
d t
he
pla
nti
ng
of
bo
mb
s in
an
ID
P c
amp
co
uld
be
a p
loy b
y p
oli
tici
ans
aver
se t
o h
old
ing e
lect
ion
s in
cam
ps
bec
ause
it
do
esn
’t f
avo
ur
thei
r p
oli
tica
l in
tere
st,”
sai
d W
ase.
“It
cou
ld b
e in
ten
ded
to
in
stil
fea
r in
ID
Ps
ahea
d o
f th
e el
ecti
on
s to
lea
ve
the
cam
ps,
no
w t
hat
it’
s cl
ear
elec
tio
ns
are
to b
e h
eld
in
cam
ps.
”
Deb
ate
abo
ut
wh
eth
er I
DP
s sh
ou
ld v
ote
in
cam
ps
or
retu
rn t
o t
hei
r h
om
e to
wn
s an
d v
illa
ges
has
b
een
a m
ajo
r p
oin
t of
po
liti
cal
deb
ate
bet
wee
n N
iger
ia’s
tw
o m
ain
po
liti
cal
par
ties
.
Bu
t w
ith
in
fras
tru
ctu
re n
on
-ex
iste
nt
and
co
mm
un
itie
s d
evas
tate
d b
y t
he
vio
len
ce,
the
Bo
rno
E
lder
s F
oru
m o
f re
tire
d s
enio
r ci
vil
ian
an
d m
ilit
ary o
ffic
ials
has
war
ned
ag
ain
st a
ny
pre
mat
ure
re
turn
.
Las
t w
eek
, sc
ore
s o
f B
ok
o H
aram
kil
led
11
peo
ple
in
th
e B
orn
o t
ow
n o
f G
amb
oru
aft
er C
had
ian
tr
oo
ps
wit
hd
rew
, in
a c
lear
sig
n t
hat
th
e m
ilit
ants
sti
ll h
ave
the
cap
acit
y t
o a
ttac
k.
“We
thin
k i
t is
too
ear
ly t
o e
ven
sta
rt t
alk
ing a
bo
ut
anyon
e g
oin
g b
ack
to
an
y o
f th
ese
recl
aim
ed
terr
ito
ries
,” t
he
bo
dy’s
ch
airm
an,
Usm
an G
aji
Gal
tim
ari,
sai
d i
n a
sta
tem
ent
last
wee
k.
“I t
hin
k i
t w
ill
be
irre
spo
nsi
ble
on
ou
r p
art
as a
go
ver
nm
ent
to h
urr
y o
ur
citi
zen
s b
ack
to
lib
erat
ed
com
mu
nit
ies
no
w m
ain
ly t
o g
o a
nd
vo
te,”
ad
ded
Bo
rno
sta
te g
ov
ern
or
Kas
him
Sh
etti
ma.
“We
all
kn
ow
th
at t
hes
e li
ber
ated
co
mm
un
itie
s ar
e st
ill
no
t fu
lly s
afe
and
hab
itab
le.”
Jo
na
tha
n c
on
sole
s S
ing
ap
ore
ov
er Y
ew’s
dea
th
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
12
:11
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By B
en A
gan
de
AB
UJA
— P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an h
as c
om
mis
erat
ed w
ith
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
of
Sin
gap
ore
o
n t
he
pas
sin
g a
way
of
the
fou
nd
ing f
ath
er a
nd
fo
rmer
Pri
me
Min
iste
r o
f th
e co
un
try,
Mr.
Lee
K
uan
Yew
.
Lee
Ku
an Y
ew
In a
sta
tem
ent
sign
ed b
y t
he
Sp
ecia
l A
dv
iser
to t
he
Pre
sid
ent
on
Med
ia a
nd
Pu
bli
city
, P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
ass
ure
d P
rim
e M
inis
ter
Lee
Hse
in L
oo
ng a
nd
th
e p
eop
le o
f S
ingap
ore
th
at N
iger
ia
stan
ds
in f
ull
so
lid
arit
y w
ith
th
em a
s th
ey m
ou
rn h
is l
egen
dar
y f
ath
er w
ho
tra
nsf
orm
ed S
ingap
ore
fr
om
a s
mal
l p
ort
cit
y i
nto
a h
igh
ly d
evel
op
ed a
nd
pro
sper
ou
s ce
ntr
e o
f glo
bal
en
terp
rise
.
“Th
e P
resi
den
t an
d p
eop
le o
f N
iger
ia,
for
wh
om
th
e glo
bal
ly a
ccla
imed
ach
iev
emen
ts o
f S
ingap
ore
un
der
th
e le
ader
ship
of
Lee
Ku
an Y
ew h
ave
bee
n a
gre
at s
ou
rce
of
insp
irat
ion
ov
er t
he
yea
rs,
join
his
co
mp
atri
ots
an
d m
any a
dm
irer
s ac
ross
th
e d
evel
op
ing w
orl
d i
n p
ayin
g v
ery w
ell
des
erv
ed t
rib
ute
to
th
e la
te P
rim
e M
inis
ter
wh
o m
ov
ed h
is c
ou
ntr
y “
fro
m t
he
thir
d w
orl
d t
o t
he
firs
t w
orl
d”
wit
h i
mm
ense
wis
do
m,
cou
rag
e, r
esil
ien
ce a
nd p
erse
ver
ance
.
“In d
oin
g s
o,
the
late
Lee
Ku
an Y
ew s
et a
mag
nif
icen
t an
d e
ndu
rin
g e
xam
ple
fo
r p
rese
nt
and
futu
re w
orl
d l
ead
ers
to f
oll
ow
an
d P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
bel
iev
es t
hat
the
ico
nic
lea
der
’s
acco
mp
lish
men
ts i
n t
he
serv
ice
of
his
nat
ion
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
in
spir
e p
osi
tive
dev
elo
pm
ent
acro
ss
the
wo
rld
fo
r m
any y
ears
to
co
me.
“As
they
mo
urn
th
e b
elo
ved
arc
hit
ect
of
thei
r n
atio
n’s
rap
id d
evel
op
men
t an
d p
rosp
erit
y,
the
Pre
sid
ent
urg
es t
he
peo
ple
of
Sin
gap
ore
to
tak
e so
lace
in
th
e k
no
wle
dg
e th
at L
ee K
uan
Yew
wil
l b
e re
mem
ber
ed a
nd
ho
no
ure
d f
ore
ver
as
a ce
leb
rate
d g
lob
al c
itiz
en w
ho
se l
ead
ersh
ip s
tyle
, w
riti
ngs,
sp
eech
es a
nd
glo
rio
us
exam
ple
wil
l et
ern
ally
mo
tiv
ate
lead
ers
in g
ov
ern
men
t an
d
pri
vat
e en
terp
rise
.
“Th
e P
resi
den
t p
rays
that
Go
d A
lmig
hty
wil
l g
ran
t L
ee K
uan
Yew
’s s
ou
l et
ern
al r
est
and
co
mfo
rt h
is f
amil
y,
peo
ple
of
Sin
gap
ore
an
d a
dm
irer
s in
oth
er c
oun
trie
s o
f th
e w
orl
d”
he
said
Bu
ha
ri:
I’l
l M
ak
e N
air
a E
qu
al
to t
he
Do
llar
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Mu
ha
mm
ad
u B
uh
ari
In a
cam
pai
gn
ple
dge
cert
ain
to
qu
esti
on
his
gra
sp o
f th
e N
iger
ian
eco
no
my,
the
pre
sid
enti
al
can
did
ate
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C),
Maj
or-
Gen
eral
Muh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i (r
td),
on
M
on
day
pro
mis
ed t
o e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e n
aira
wo
uld
be
equ
al t
o t
he
do
llar
in
val
ue
if v
ote
d i
nto
o
ffic
e.
Th
e N
ews
Agen
cy
of
Nig
eria
(N
AN
) re
po
rted
th
at
Bu
har
i sa
id
this
d
uri
ng
th
e so
uth
-eas
t p
resi
den
tial
ra
lly
of
the
par
ty
at
Dan
A
nyia
m
Sta
diu
m,
Ow
erri
. “I
t is
sad
th
at t
he
val
ue
of
the
nai
ra h
as d
rop
ped
to
mo
re t
han
N2
30
to
on
e d
oll
ar.
Th
is d
oes
no
t sp
eak
wel
l fo
r th
e n
atio
n’s
eco
no
my,”
he
said
wit
ho
ut
any i
nd
icat
ion
that
he
stat
ed h
ow
he
is
go
ing t
o a
chie
ve
this
nai
ra-d
oll
ar p
arit
y.
He
urg
ed t
he
peo
ple
to v
ote
fo
r A
PC
, no
tin
g t
hat
he
wo
uld
en
sure
th
at c
orr
up
tio
n w
as t
ack
led
h
ead
lon
g i
f el
ecte
d.
Ear
lier
, th
e G
ov
ern
or
of
Imo
Sta
te,
Ch
ief
Ro
chas
Ok
oro
cha,
had
urg
ed A
PC
su
pp
ort
ers
to v
ote
fo
r th
e par
ty’s
can
did
ates
at
all
lev
els,
noti
ng t
hat
a v
ote
fo
r B
uhar
i w
ith
ou
t su
pp
ort
to o
ther
s at
th
e st
ate
wo
uld
am
ou
nt
to
no
thin
g.
Oko
roch
a sa
id B
uh
ari
wo
uld
ad
dre
ss t
he
pro
ble
m o
f el
ectr
icit
y,
bri
ng
bac
k t
he
kid
nap
ped
Ch
ibo
k
gir
ls a
nd
pro
mo
te i
nd
ust
rial
gro
wth
.
He
said
th
at B
uh
ari
was
lov
ed b
y t
he
peo
ple
in
th
e re
gio
n a
nd
urg
ed t
hem
to
ele
ct h
im a
nd
oth
er
AP
C c
and
idat
es d
uri
ng t
he
Mar
ch 2
8 a
nd A
pri
l 1
1 g
ener
al e
lect
ion
.
Fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r o
f A
nam
bra
, D
r. C
hin
wo
ke
Mb
adin
uju
, a
nd
Ch
inw
e O
baj
i, f
orm
er M
inis
ter
of
Ed
uca
tion
, w
ere
form
ally
w
elco
med
to
th
e A
PC
at
th
e ra
lly.
Th
e ra
lly w
as a
tten
ded
by A
PC
su
pp
ort
ers
fro
m A
bia
, E
bo
nyi
, A
nam
bra
, E
nu
gu
an
d I
mo
Sta
tes.
Co
urt
bars
so
ldie
rs f
rom
po
llin
g s
tati
on
s
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n H
ead
lin
es,
New
s 1
2:1
3 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By I
nn
oce
nt
An
aba,
Ev
elyn
Usm
an &
Ik
enn
a A
som
ba
LA
GO
S —
A F
eder
al H
igh C
ou
rt s
itti
ng i
n L
ago
s, y
este
rday
, re
stra
ined
th
e F
eder
al G
ov
ern
men
t fr
om
dep
loyi
ng s
old
iers
for
the
gen
eral
ele
ctio
ns
beg
inn
ing
on
Sat
urd
ay w
ith
Pre
sid
enti
al a
nd
N
atio
nal
Ass
emb
ly p
oll
s.
Th
e co
urt
hel
d t
hat
th
ere
was
no
par
t o
f th
e 1
99
9 C
on
stit
uti
on
(as
am
end
ed)
wh
ich
em
po
wer
s th
e P
resi
den
t o
f th
e F
eder
al R
epu
bli
c o
f N
iger
ia a
nd
Co
mm
and
er-i
n C
hie
f of
the
Arm
ed F
orc
es t
o
dep
loy m
ilit
ary f
or
elec
tio
n p
urp
ose
s.
Tri
al j
ud
ge,
Ju
stic
e Ib
rah
im B
uba,
als
o h
eld
th
at “
it i
s u
nco
nst
itu
tio
nal
fo
r th
e F
eder
al
Gov
ern
men
t to
dep
loy m
ilit
ary f
or
the
sup
erv
isio
n o
f el
ecti
on
pu
rpo
ses
wit
ho
ut
the
app
rov
al o
f th
e N
atio
nal
Ass
emb
ly.”
Del
iver
ing a
ju
gd
men
t in
a s
uit
fil
ed b
y a
mem
ber
of
the
Ho
use
of
Rep
rese
nta
tives
an
d c
hie
ftai
n
of
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
AP
C,
Mr
Fem
i G
baj
abia
mil
a, t
he
jud
ge
dec
lare
d t
he
dep
loym
ent
of
mil
itar
y f
or
elec
tio
n a
s u
nco
nst
itu
tio
nal
.
Gbaj
abia
mil
a, l
ead
er o
f o
pp
osi
tio
n i
n t
he
Ho
use
of
Rep
rese
nta
tives
, h
ad g
on
e to
co
urt
ch
alle
ngin
g t
he
po
wer
of
the
Pre
sid
ent
to d
eplo
y s
old
iers
fo
r th
e el
ecti
on
s.
Def
end
ants
in
th
e su
it w
ere
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
, C
hie
f o
f D
efen
ce S
taff
, C
hie
f o
f A
rmy
Sta
ff,
Ch
ief
of
Air
Sta
ff,
Ch
ief
of
Nav
al S
taff
an
d t
he
Att
orn
ey G
ener
al o
f th
e F
eder
atio
n a
nd
Ju
stic
e M
inis
ter.
Th
e ju
dg
e ad
ded
th
at a
car
efu
l p
eru
sal
and
res
earc
h i
nto
all
Nig
eria
n l
aws
wo
uld
rev
eal
that
th
ere
was
no
wh
ere
wh
ere
it w
as s
tate
d t
hat
th
e P
resi
den
t co
uld
sin
gle
-han
ded
ly d
eplo
y t
he
mil
itar
y f
or
elec
tio
ns.
In h
is a
rgu
men
t, p
lain
tiff
’s l
awyer
, M
r S
eni
Ad
io h
ad c
on
ten
ded
th
at t
her
e w
ere
alle
gat
ion
s an
d
evid
ence
s th
at t
he
mil
itar
y i
nh
ibit
fre
e m
ov
emen
t, f
ree
acce
ss a
nd i
nti
mid
ated
vo
ters
in s
tate
s li
ke
Osu
n,
Ek
iti,
Ed
o a
nd
An
amb
ra s
tate
s w
her
e th
ey w
ere
dep
loyed
fo
r el
ecti
on
purp
ose
s.
He
argu
ed t
hat
it
was
no
t id
eal
to d
eplo
y t
he
mil
itar
y f
or
the
sup
erv
isio
n o
f el
ecti
ons
in a
d
emo
crat
ic s
etti
ng.
How
ever
, in
res
po
nse
, d
efen
dan
ts’
law
yer
, M
r D
ele
Ad
esin
a, S
AN
, ar
gu
ed t
hat
th
e P
resi
den
t,
bei
ng t
he
Co
mm
and
er-i
n-C
hie
f o
f th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
was
em
pow
ered
un
der
th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
A
ct t
o d
eplo
y m
ilit
ary t
o m
ain
tain
law
an
d o
rder
.
Th
e d
eplo
ymen
t of
tro
op
s, a
cco
rdin
g t
o t
he
def
end
ants
, w
as l
arg
ely d
ue
to t
he
pec
uli
ar n
atu
re o
f el
ecti
on
s an
d e
lect
ion
eeri
ng i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y.
Th
e C
ou
rt o
f A
pp
eal
in A
bu
ja h
ad r
ecen
tly m
ade
a si
mil
ar p
ron
ou
nce
men
t o
n t
he
role
of
the
mil
itar
y i
n t
he
con
du
ct o
f el
ecti
on
s, s
ayin
g t
roo
ps
ou
gh
t n
ot
to h
ave
bee
n d
eplo
yed
du
rin
g t
he
po
lls.
Th
e ap
pel
late
co
urt
had
hel
d t
hat
bas
ed o
n t
he
pro
vis
ion
s o
f th
e la
w,
the
mil
itar
y h
ad n
o r
ole
to
p
lay i
n e
lect
ora
l p
roce
ss,
addin
g t
hat
wh
oev
er d
eplo
yed
th
e m
ilit
ary d
uri
ng t
he
elec
tio
n i
n E
kit
i S
tate
had
bre
ach
ed t
he
law
.
So
ldie
rs o
n L
ag
os
stre
ets
Mea
nw
hil
e, s
tern
-lo
ok
ing a
nd
co
mb
at-r
ead
y s
old
iers
wer
e n
oti
ced y
este
rday
alo
ng t
he
Bo
un
dar
y
Mar
ket
-Mo
bil
Ro
ad,
in A
jeg
un
le,
contr
oll
ing t
raff
ic o
n t
he
axis
.
One
of
the
sold
iers
see
n c
on
tro
llin
g t
raff
ic o
n t
he
road
, w
ho
ref
use
d t
o d
iscl
ose
his
nam
e, s
aid
: “W
e ar
e h
ere
to m
ain
tain
pea
ce a
nd o
rder
lines
s b
efo
re,
du
rin
g a
nd
aft
er t
he
elec
tio
n.
Giv
en t
he
fact
th
at A
jeg
un
le i
s a
flas
hp
oin
t fo
r v
iole
nce
in
Lag
os,
we
are
no
w o
n t
he
road
s to
en
sure
th
ere
is n
o b
reak
do
wn
of
law
an
d o
rder
by c
rim
inal
ele
men
ts o
n S
atu
rday
an
d s
ub
seq
uen
tly, if
th
e ar
my a
uth
ori
ties
in
sist
, w
e st
ill
stay
aro
un
d.”
Oth
er s
po
ts i
n t
he
area
wh
ere
the
sold
iers
wer
e si
gh
ted
wer
e A
chak
po
bu
s-st
op
, O
ko
ya
bu
s-st
op
, It
ire
bu
s-st
op
, W
ilm
er b
us-
sto
p a
nd
Tolu
bu
s-st
op
. T
hes
e ar
eas
wer
e co
nsi
der
ed f
lash
po
ints
.
Aje
gu
nle
is
a gh
etto
co
mm
unit
y th
at c
ov
ers
the
Aje
rom
i-If
elod
un
Lo
cal
Go
ver
nm
ent
and
Ifel
od
un
Loca
l C
ou
nci
l D
evel
op
men
t A
reas
of
Lag
os
Sta
te w
her
e th
ree
arm
y b
arra
cks
such
as
Ara
kan
, A
shan
ti a
nd
Sig
nal
wer
e lo
cate
d.
Res
iden
ts w
ho
sp
ok
e to
Va
ngu
ard
sai
d t
he
sold
iers
had
bee
n d
eplo
yed
to
th
e ar
ea s
ince
Sat
urd
ay,
even
as
they
had
a s
ho
w-o
f-fo
rce
ph
ysi
cal
exer
cise
alo
ng t
he
road
th
at d
ay.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
hem
, si
nce
th
e so
ldie
rs a
rriv
ed t
he
area
, th
ey h
ave
tak
en o
ver
tra
ffic
co
ntr
ol.
Th
is d
evel
op
men
t, V
ang
ua
rd g
ath
ered
, h
as r
esto
red
no
rmal
cy i
n t
he
area
, ag
ain
st t
he
usu
al
chao
tic
traf
fic
jam
cau
sed
by i
ndis
crim
inat
e p
ark
ing b
y c
om
mer
cial
bu
ses
and
mo
torc
ycl
ists
(o
kad
a r
ider
s) i
n t
he
axis
, es
pec
iall
y w
hil
e tr
yin
g t
o p
ick
an
d d
rop
pas
sen
ger
s.
A r
esid
ent,
Wal
e O
ke,
sai
d:
“Sin
ce S
atu
rday
th
at t
hes
e so
ldie
rs h
ave
bee
n h
ere,
th
e ch
aoti
c tr
affi
c b
uil
d-u
p w
e h
ave
esp
ecia
lly a
lon
g t
his
Bo
un
dar
y M
ark
et r
ou
nd
abo
ut
has
bee
n c
lear
ed.
“Th
ese
no
-no
nse
nse
so
ldie
rs h
ave
clea
red
off
all
th
e da
nfo
dri
ver
s an
d t
he
Oka
da
rid
ers
wh
o
par
k i
ndis
crim
inat
ely a
lon
g t
his
ro
ad t
o p
ick
an
d d
rop p
asse
nger
s. T
his
is
a n
ice
dev
elop
men
t.”
A n
ewsp
aper
ven
do
r, w
ho
ple
aded
an
on
ym
ity,
des
crib
ed t
he
pre
sen
ce o
f th
e so
ldie
rs a
s w
elco
me
dev
elo
pm
ent,
ev
en t
ho
ug
h t
hey
(so
ldie
rs)
hav
e as
ked
th
em n
ot
to b
arri
cad
e th
e ro
ads
agai
n t
o s
ell
thei
r p
aper
s.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er, “t
his
ro
ad i
s u
sual
ly b
lock
ed d
uri
ng m
orn
ing a
nd
ev
enin
g p
eak p
erio
ds
and
m
emb
ers
of
Nat
ion
al U
nio
n o
f R
oad
Tra
nsp
ort
Wo
rker
s, N
UR
TW
, an
d t
he
Po
lice
are
no
t h
elp
ing m
atte
rs.
Th
ey p
rete
nd
as
if t
hey
are
co
ntr
oll
ing t
he
traf
fic,
bu
t lo
ok
the
oth
er w
ay a
s th
ey
(dri
ver
s) p
ark
rec
kle
ssly
alo
ng t
he
road
.
Con
firm
ing t
he
pre
sen
ce o
f so
ldie
rs,
Arm
y s
po
kes
per
son
for
81
Div
isio
n,
Co
lonel
Mu
stap
ha
Ank
a, s
aid
: “I
t is
ju
st a
ro
uti
ne
mai
nte
nan
ce o
f in
tern
al s
ecu
rity
. T
her
e is
no
cau
se f
or
alar
m a
nd
L
ago
sian
s sh
ou
ld g
o a
bo
ut
thei
r le
gal
bu
sin
esse
s w
ith
ou
t fe
ar.
Jo
na
tha
n L
au
nch
es
Dev
elo
pm
ent
Ba
nk
of
Nig
eria
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Eco
no
mic
Ad
vis
er
to t
he
Pre
sid
en
t P
rof. N
wa
nze
Okid
eg
be
, C
BN
G
ove
rno
r G
od
win
E
me
fie
le,
Min
iste
r o
f T
rad
e a
nd
In
ve
stm
en
t O
luse
gu
n A
ga
ng
a a
nd
Pre
sid
en
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an
, d
uri
ng
th
e
Offic
ial
La
un
ch
ing
o
f D
eve
lop
me
nt
Ba
nk o
f N
ige
ria
he
ld a
t th
e
Sta
te H
ou
se
Ab
uja
ye
ste
rda
y.
PH
OT
O;S
UN
DA
Y A
GH
AE
ZE
Jaiy
eola
And
rew
s in
Ab
uja
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
on
Mo
nd
ay o
ffic
iall
y l
aun
ched
th
e D
evel
op
men
t B
ank
of
Nig
eria
(D
BN
).
Th
oug
h J
on
athan
ob
serv
ed t
hat
sm
all
and
med
ium
en
terp
rise
s h
ad a
lway
s b
een
th
e b
ack
bo
ne
of
the
nat
ion
’s e
con
om
y,
he
ho
wev
er s
aid
th
e se
cto
r n
ever
had
th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity o
f ac
cess
ing c
hea
p
fun
ds
for
its
dev
elo
pm
ent.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
pre
siden
t, t
her
e ex
ists
o
ver
17
mil
lio
n M
icro
, S
mal
l an
d M
ediu
m E
nte
rpri
ses
(MS
ME
s) a
cro
ss t
he
cou
ntr
y w
hic
h e
mplo
y o
ver
32 m
illi
on
peo
ple
wh
ile
con
trib
uti
ng o
ver
45
p
er c
ent
to t
he
Gro
ss D
om
esti
c P
rod
uct
(G
DP
).
He
stre
ssed
th
at e
xis
ting
dev
elo
pm
enta
l in
stit
uti
ons
in t
he
cou
ntr
y i
ncl
ud
ed t
he
Ban
k o
f In
du
stry
(B
oI)
an
d o
ther
co
mm
erci
al b
ank
s w
hic
h c
ou
ld n
ot
sati
sfy t
he
fun
din
g n
eed
s o
f th
e M
SM
Es,
h
ence
the
esta
bli
shm
ent
of
the
DB
N.
Th
e p
resi
den
t sp
ok
e at
th
e la
un
ch
hel
d
at
the
Ban
qu
et
Hal
l,
Pre
sid
enti
al
Vil
la.
“Acc
ess
to l
on
g t
erm
fin
ance
has
bee
n a
ch
alle
nge
for
the
MS
ME
s. M
ost
MS
ME
s ca
nn
ot
get
lo
ng t
erm
fu
nd
s fr
om
ban
ks
and o
ther
fin
anci
al i
nst
itu
tio
ns,
fo
rcin
g t
hem
to
sp
end
on
per
son
al
sav
ing
s, f
rien
ds
and
fam
ily f
or
loan
s.
“Th
ese
loan
s ar
e ty
pic
ally
sh
ort
ter
m a
nd
co
me
at a
hig
h i
nte
rest
rat
e, t
her
eby s
tem
min
g t
he
gro
wth
of
thes
e b
usi
nes
ses,
” Jo
nat
han
sai
d.
Th
e p
resi
den
t,
ho
wev
er,
seiz
ed
the
op
port
un
ity
to
lau
nch
h
is
cam
pai
gn
h
and
bo
ok
ti
tled
; ‘J
on
ath
an’s
Nex
t F
ou
r Y
ears
,’ e
nca
psu
lati
ng h
is v
isio
ns
for
the
cou
ntr
y s
ho
uld
he
be
re-e
lect
ed.
Th
e C
oo
rdin
ato
r fo
r th
e E
con
om
y a
nd
Min
iste
r o
f F
inan
ce,
Dr.
Ngo
zi O
ko
njo
-Iw
eala
, ex
pla
ined
th
at t
he
esta
bli
shm
ent
of
the
ban
k w
as f
or
a ro
bu
st f
inan
ce b
ack
ing
fo
r sm
all
and
med
ium
en
terp
rise
s.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er,
the
wh
ole
sale
dev
elo
pm
enta
l in
stit
uti
on p
lan
s to
off
er l
oan
s to
at
leas
t 2
0,0
00
b
enef
icia
ries
in
th
e fi
rst
on
e yea
r o
f it
s o
per
atio
ns
and
is
bil
led
to
sta
rt b
usi
nes
s in
th
e n
ext
nin
e m
on
ths.
Th
e F
eder
al
Ex
ecu
tiv
e C
oun
cil
(FE
C)
rece
ntl
y
app
rov
ed
a m
ult
i-d
on
or
cred
its
fro
m
the
Inte
rnat
ion
al B
ank f
or
Rec
on
stru
ctio
n a
nd
Dev
elo
pm
ent
of
the
Wo
rld B
ank
, A
fric
a D
evel
op
men
t B
ank
, G
erm
any a
nd
Fre
nch
Dev
elo
pm
ent
Agen
cy i
n t
he
sum
s o
f $
50
0 m
illi
on
, $
45
0 m
illi
on
, $
20
0 m
illi
on
an
d $
13
0 m
illi
on
fo
r th
e es
tab
lish
men
t o
f th
e D
BN
.
AP
C a
ccu
ses
Jo
nath
an
of
spen
din
g N
1tr
n o
n
cam
pa
ign
s
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
7:0
0 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By L
evin
us
Nw
abu
gh
iog
u
AB
UJ
A—
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
Org
aniz
atio
n,
AP
CP
CO
, M
on
day
, ac
cuse
d P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an o
f sh
ifti
ng N
1 t
rill
ion f
rom
the
pu
bli
c co
ffer
s to
fu
nd
his
ca
mpai
gn
s o
f b
uyin
g o
ver
tra
dit
ion
al r
ule
rs a
nd
so
me
maj
or
inte
rest
gro
up
s.
Th
e A
PC
PC
O a
lso
sai
d p
art
of
the
mon
ey w
as a
lso
bei
ng
use
d i
n f
un
din
g w
hat
it
des
crib
ed a
s th
e h
ate
cam
pai
gn
lau
nch
ed a
gai
nst
th
e p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
of
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
AP
C,
Gen
eral
Mo
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari.
Th
e ac
cusa
tio
n w
as i
mm
edia
tely
reb
uff
ed b
y t
he
Jon
ath
an c
amp
aign
yes
terd
ay w
hic
h a
ccu
sed
th
e B
uh
ari
cam
pai
gn
of
bei
ng g
rip
ped
wit
h f
ear
of
losi
ng t
he
elec
tio
n.
Th
e A
PC
PC
O r
egre
tted
th
at P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
wh
o s
hou
ld e
nsu
re a
ccel
erat
ed d
evel
op
men
t o
f th
e co
un
try w
ith
its
res
ou
rces
had
go
ne
on
a w
ild
go
ose
ch
ase,
dis
par
agin
g B
uh
ari
and
sq
uan
der
ing
th
e re
sou
rces
of
the
nat
ion
in
a b
id t
o w
in t
he
elec
tio
n.
Dir
ecto
r, M
edia
an
d P
ub
lici
ty o
f th
e B
uh
ari
cam
pai
gn
, M
alla
m G
arba
Sh
ehu
wh
ile
ask
ing
Nig
eria
ns
to t
hin
k t
wic
e bef
ore
vo
tin
g t
his
Sat
urd
ay,
said
th
at J
onat
han
sh
ou
ld h
ave
reso
rted
to
sh
ow
casi
ng h
is l
egac
ies
in o
ffic
e in
stea
d o
f sh
arin
g m
oney
.
“We
wil
l li
ke
to b
rin
g t
o y
ou
r at
ten
tio
n a
nd
th
at o
f N
iger
ian
s h
ow
th
e P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck
Jon
ath
an l
ed P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty g
ov
ern
men
t is
was
tin
g o
ne
tril
lio
n N
aira
th
at b
elo
ng t
o
Nig
eria
n p
eople
in
his
sel
f-se
rvin
g a
nd
des
per
ate
bid
fo
r a
re-e
lect
ion
at
all
cost
in
th
e m
idst
of
gri
nd
ing p
ov
erty
his
par
ty a
nd
go
ver
nm
ent
has
su
bje
cted
Nig
eria
ns
to i
n t
he
last
16 y
ears
.
“It
is u
nco
nsc
ion
able
an
d h
eigh
t o
f b
etra
yal
of
pu
bli
c tr
ust
th
at a
go
ver
nm
ent
and
a P
resi
den
t w
ho
sh
ou
ld p
resi
de
ov
er t
he
hu
sban
dry
an
d j
ud
icio
us
use
of
ou
r n
atio
nal
pat
rim
on
y i
s su
per
inte
nd
ing o
ver
its
mas
siv
e sq
uan
der
in
a f
uti
le a
ttem
pt
to s
top
th
e id
ea o
f ch
ange.
Let
us
sou
nd
a n
ote
of
war
nin
g a
t th
is p
oin
t th
at n
o a
mo
un
t o
f sp
on
sore
d n
egat
ive
med
ia p
rop
agan
da
can
sto
p t
his
idea
wh
ose
tim
e h
as c
om
e.
“Th
e A
PC
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
an
d t
he
acce
pta
bil
ity o
f o
ur
can
did
ate,
Gen
eral
Mu
ham
mad
u
Bu
har
i an
d h
is V
ice
Pre
sid
enti
al C
andid
ate,
Pro
fess
or
Yem
i O
sin
baj
o h
as b
eco
me
a p
eople
s’
mo
vem
ent
and
Nig
eria
n m
asse
s w
ho
are
th
e d
riv
ers
of
chan
ge
are
the
maj
or
stak
eho
lder
s.
“A p
anora
mic
vie
w o
f ho
w m
uch
Nig
eria
’s r
eso
urc
es J
on
ath
an a
nd
PD
P h
ave
lab
ori
ousl
y a
nd
w
anto
nly
sp
ent
on
pri
nt,
bro
adca
st a
nd
so
cial
med
ia c
amp
aign
s ju
st t
o d
amag
e th
e u
nas
sail
able
cr
eden
tial
of
Gen
Bu
har
i’s
inte
gri
ty w
ill
con
fou
nd
an
y c
asu
al o
bse
rver
of
the
po
lity
in
rec
ent
tim
es.
“An
av
erag
e co
st o
f a
wra
p a
rou
nd
in
Tie
r 1
and
Tie
r 2
new
spap
ers
in N
iger
ia i
s b
etw
een
N1
5
mil
lio
n t
o N
20
mil
lio
n a
nd
th
e Jo
nat
han
cam
pai
gn
bu
ys
aver
age
of
5 w
rap
aro
un
d a
nd
fro
nt
pag
es i
n a
day
in
th
e la
st 3
mo
nth
s co
up
led
wit
h t
he
hu
nd
red
s o
f b
illi
on
s th
at h
ave
bee
n s
pen
t o
n
neg
ativ
e T
V e
xp
osu
res
on
AIT
, N
TA
an
d o
ther
tel
evis
ion
an
d r
adio
sta
tio
ns
acro
ss t
he
cou
ntr
y.
“We
had
ex
pec
ted
th
at a
Pre
sid
ent
that
has
sp
ent
abo
ut
6 y
ears
in
off
ice
wit
h t
he
reven
ues
mo
re
than
wh
at a
ll g
ov
ern
men
ts b
efo
re h
im h
ad r
ecei
ved
wil
l ru
n o
n a
rec
ord
of
per
form
ance
rat
her
th
an p
edd
lin
g l
ies
and
hat
e m
edia
cam
pai
gn
s th
at a
re a
ccen
tuat
ing e
thn
ic a
nd
rel
igio
us
ten
sio
ns
in t
he
cou
ntr
y.”
Sh
ehu
als
o s
tate
d t
hat
Jon
ath
an h
ad s
pen
t h
and
som
ely o
n t
rad
itio
nal
ru
lers
in
th
e so
uth
wes
t,
revea
lin
g t
hat
th
e p
resi
den
tial
fin
anci
al t
rain
had
no
w m
ov
ed t
o t
he
no
rth
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
the
mo
nie
s ex
pen
ded
on
PD
P c
amp
aign
s co
uld
pro
vid
e jo
bs
for
the
teem
ing
un
emp
loyed
yo
uth
s in
th
e co
un
try.
“Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an h
as b
een c
riss
-cro
ssin
g N
iger
ia g
ivin
g a
n a
ver
age
of
N5
0 m
illi
on
eac
h t
o
trad
itio
nal
ru
lers
, m
ost
esp
ecia
lly i
n t
he
So
uth
Wes
t an
d t
he
No
rth
ern
par
ts o
f N
iger
ia.
This
w
eek
, th
e P
resi
den
t’s
cam
pai
gn
mo
ney
is
bei
ng s
hip
ped
to
th
e N
ort
h.
“Yo
u
wil
l re
call
th
at a
Pas
tor
rece
ntl
y c
on
firm
ed t
hat
N7
bil
lio
n w
as g
iven
to
Pas
tors
to
sp
read
u
nfo
un
ded
all
egat
ions
of
Isla
map
ho
bia
an
d s
care
mo
nger
ing a
gai
nst
Gen
Bu
har
i an
d o
ther
AP
C
lead
ers.
“A f
ract
ion
of
the
tril
lion
nai
ra h
ate
cam
pai
gn
ex
pen
dit
ure
wil
l fu
nd
th
e A
PC
pro
gra
mm
e o
f fe
edin
g p
rim
ary s
cho
ol
pu
pil
s in
Nig
eria
on
on
e n
utr
itio
nal
mea
l a
day
, co
mfo
rtab
ly p
ay N
50
00
m
on
thly
to
25
mil
lio
n v
ery p
oo
r N
iger
ian
s fo
r a
yea
r an
d p
ay u
nem
plo
ym
ent
ben
efit
fo
r o
ne
yea
r fo
r g
rad
uat
es w
ho
can
’t f
ind
gai
nfu
l em
plo
ym
ent
on
e yea
r af
ter
NY
SC
wh
ich
are
co
re t
o t
he
soci
al w
elfa
re p
rog
ram
mes
of
the
AP
C F
eder
al g
ov
ern
men
t G
en B
uh
ari
wil
l le
ad.
Rea
ctin
g t
o t
he
alle
gat
ion
s la
st n
igh
t th
e P
DP
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
Org
anis
atio
n,
PD
PP
CO
sp
ent
ov
er o
ne
tril
lio
n n
aira
of
Nig
eria
’s t
ax p
ayer
s’ m
on
ey o
n m
edia
an
d
to b
rib
e tr
adit
ion
al
rule
rs e
spec
iall
y i
n t
he
So
uth
Wes
t, D
irec
tor,
Med
ia a
nd P
ub
lici
ty,
PD
PP
CO
, C
hie
f F
emi
Fan
i-
Kay
od
e d
escr
ibed
the
AP
C o
f b
ein
g g
rip
ped
by t
he
fear
of
losi
ng S
atu
rday
’s g
ener
al e
lect
ion
.
Fan
i-K
ayo
de
wh
o n
ote
d t
hat
v
ery l
ittl
e o
f w
hat
AP
C s
ays
wo
rrie
s th
e p
arty
, sa
id t
hat
th
e al
leg
atio
n w
as e
vid
ent
that
th
e p
arty
has
lo
st t
ouch
wit
h r
eali
ty.
He
said
, “T
hey
are
afr
aid
of
losi
ng.
Th
e p
resi
den
t o
f th
is c
ou
ntr
y d
oes
no
t g
ive
bri
be;
we
do
no
t b
elie
ve
that
tra
dit
ion
al r
ule
rs i
n t
his
co
untr
y,
esp
ecia
lly t
ho
se i
n S
ou
th W
est
are
bri
be
tak
ers.
“Th
ey a
lso
sai
d m
on
ey w
as g
iven
to
pas
tors
. T
hat
is
a li
e. N
o p
asto
r o
f th
e li
vin
g G
od
, n
o p
asto
r w
ort
h h
is s
alt
is a
bri
be
tak
er.”
PD
P,
AP
C E
xch
an
ge
Barb
s o
ver
Hate
Vid
eo
s, C
am
pa
ign
Sp
end
ing
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Fem
i F
an
i K
ayo
de
Chu
ks
Ok
och
a an
d
On
yeb
uch
i E
zigb
o
in
Ab
uja


Th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
pre
siden
tial
cam
pai
gn
org
anis
atio
n o
n M
on
day
all
eged
th
at
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C),
in
a n
ew h
ate
vid
eo,
was
in
citi
ng t
he
mil
itar
y to
tak
e o
ver
th
e af
fair
s o
f go
ver
nm
ent
and a
lso
pla
nn
ed t
o a
ssas
sin
ate
key
go
ver
nm
ent
off
icia
ls.
On t
he
oth
er h
and
, th
e A
PC
pre
sid
enti
al c
amp
aig
n h
as a
ccu
sed
th
e P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
athan
ad
min
istr
atio
n a
nd
th
e ru
lin
g p
arty
of
frit
teri
ng a
way
N1
tri
llio
n i
n t
ax p
ayer
s’ m
on
ey o
n h
ate
cam
pai
gn
s.
Th
e P
DP
furt
her
den
ied
th
at t
he
par
ty h
ad s
pen
t m
ore
th
an o
ne
tril
lio
n n
aira
as
cam
pai
gn
fu
nd
s an
d t
he
bri
bin
g o
f tr
adit
ion
al r
ule
rs t
o e
arn
th
eir
sup
port
an
d c
on
vin
ce t
hem
to
vo
te f
or
the
re-
elec
tio
n o
f P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
onat
han
.
Add
ress
ing a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
, th
e sp
ok
esm
an o
f th
e P
DP
pre
siden
tial
cam
pai
gn
tea
m,
Fem
i F
ani
Kay
ode,
sai
d t
he
AP
C i
n t
he
new
hat
e v
ideo
was
in
citi
ng N
iger
ian
s an
d t
he
mil
itar
y in
th
e ev
ent
of
the
AP
C l
osi
ng t
he
Mar
ch 2
8 p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n.
Acc
ord
ing
to
Fan
i-K
ayo
de,
“A
new
vid
eo h
as b
een
pro
du
ced
by t
he
dir
ty t
rick
s u
nit
of
the
AP
C.
Th
is v
ideo
, ac
cord
ing t
o t
hei
r p
lan
, is
sch
edu
led
to
be
rele
ased
to t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le i
n a
mat
ter
of
day
s. I
t is
ou
r si
nce
re h
op
e an
d d
esir
e th
at t
his
wil
l n
ot
be
so.
Un
fort
un
atel
y t
he
des
per
atio
n o
f th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
is
such
th
at t
hey
are
pre
par
ed t
o d
o o
r sa
y ju
st a
bo
ut
anyth
ing i
n o
rder
to
d
enig
rate
th
e p
ow
ers
that
be,
to
un
der
min
e o
ur
nat
ion
an
d t
o i
nci
te o
ur
peo
ple
and
to
bri
ng t
he
pre
sid
ent,
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
and
its
off
icia
ls t
o d
isre
pu
te.
“Th
e la
test
vid
eo,
wh
ich
was
pro
du
ced
by a
gro
up
cal
led
AP
C N
ew V
ideo
, w
as q
uie
tly p
rocu
red
an
d s
ecre
tly v
iew
ed b
y t
he
inte
llig
ence
un
it o
f th
is d
irec
tora
te.
Am
on
g o
ther
th
ing
s, t
hey
hav
e li
sted
as
to
pic
s a
num
ber
of
issu
es
and
al
leg
atio
ns
som
e o
f w
hic
h
are
list
ed
bel
ow
: “T
hat
man
y N
iger
ian
s ar
e u
sin
g p
riv
ate
jets
an
d t
hat
th
is,
in s
om
e w
ay,
ind
icat
ive
of
the
corr
up
t n
atu
re o
f th
e N
iger
ian
peo
ple
, w
hic
h o
f co
urs
e is
ab
surd
.
“Sec
on
dly
th
at i
n t
he
last
fo
ur
yea
rs,
the
go
ver
nm
ent
has
sp
ent
N4
8 b
illi
on o
n t
he
Pre
sid
enti
al
Air
fle
et,
wh
ich
is
a li
e.
“Th
ird
ly t
hey
rai
sed i
ssu
es a
bo
ut
the
kid
nap
pin
g o
f th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls,
insi
nu
atin
g t
hat
so
meh
ow
th
e g
ov
ern
men
t h
ad a
han
d i
n t
he
wh
ole
aff
air
and
th
at t
hey
are
hid
ing t
he
gir
ls.
“Fo
urt
hly
, th
ey r
aise
d i
ssu
es a
bo
ut
the
com
men
ts o
f S
tev
en D
avis
, th
e A
ust
rali
an n
ego
tiat
or
wh
o
alle
ged
th
at a
‘’f
rien
d’’
of
the
Pre
siden
t, A
li M
od
u S
her
iff,
is
spo
nso
rin
g B
ok
o H
aram
. T
hey
m
ade
all
kin
ds
of
alle
gat
ion
s in
clu
din
g t
he
alle
ged
rel
atio
nsh
ip b
etw
een
th
e P
resi
den
t o
f C
had
, th
e P
resi
den
t o
f N
iger
ia a
nd
Ali
Mo
du S
her
iff.
Nee
dle
ss t
o s
ay,
thes
e al
leg
atio
ns
are
bas
eles
s an
d
they
are
sim
ply
un
bel
iev
able
. W
e ju
st w
on
der
how
so
meb
od
y i
n h
is r
igh
t se
nse
s w
ill
com
e u
p
wit
h t
hes
e k
ind
s o
f al
leg
atio
ns.
Th
ere
are
man
y o
ther
thin
gs
they
hav
e li
sted
in
th
is v
ideo
wh
ich
la
sted
ab
ou
t n
ine
min
ute
s.”
He
alle
ged
th
at a
lo
t o
f fo
reig
n f
oo
tage
was
co
nta
ined
in
th
e v
ideo
wh
ich
su
gges
ts t
hat
th
ere
is a
n
inte
rnat
ion
al d
imen
sio
n t
o t
he
pro
du
ctio
n.
Acc
ord
ingly
, h
e ad
ded
, “T
his
co
nfi
rms
ou
r fe
ars
and
bel
ief
that
th
e A
PC
is
bei
ng
spo
nso
red
p
rim
aril
y b
y m
on
ey f
rom
fo
reig
n c
ou
ntr
ies
and
by a
gen
ts o
f fo
reig
n g
ov
ern
men
ts t
hat
are
ho
stil
e to
th
e in
tere
st o
f o
ur
bel
ov
ed n
atio
n,
Nig
eria
. W
e al
so b
elie
ve
that
so
me
shad
y g
rou
ps
in t
he
Mid
dle
Eas
t m
ay w
ell
hav
e a
han
d i
n t
he
fun
din
g o
f th
is v
ideo
pro
du
ctio
n a
nd
in
th
e co
nst
ruct
ion
an
d c
on
juri
ng u
p o
f th
ese
bas
eles
s al
legat
ion
s.
“Wo
rst
of
all,
th
e pro
du
cers
of
this
vid
eo w
ere
atte
mp
tin
g t
o i
nci
te t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le a
gai
nst
th
e N
iger
ian
go
ver
nm
ent.
Th
ey w
ent
as f
ar a
s to
su
gg
est
that
wh
en t
he
pre
sid
enti
al e
lect
ion
is
fou
gh
t an
d w
on
an
d P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
em
erges
th
e w
inn
er,
that
th
e p
eople
sh
ou
ld c
all
for
a fu
ll
scal
e m
ilit
ary i
nte
rven
tio
n r
ath
er t
han
all
ow
ing J
on
ath
an t
o c
om
e b
ack
.
“Th
ey
also
sp
ecif
ical
ly
ask
ed
for
the
targ
etin
g
and
as
sass
inat
ion
o
f k
ey
mem
ber
s o
f th
is
adm
inis
trat
ion a
nd
a n
um
ber
of
its
sup
po
rter
s in
th
e ev
ent
of
a Jo
nat
han
’s v
icto
ry i
n t
he
com
ing
el
ecti
on
s.”
Acc
ord
ingly
, F
ani-
Kay
od
e w
ho
des
crib
ed t
he
hat
e v
ideo
as
rep
reh
ensi
ble
, ir
resp
on
sib
le a
nd
u
nac
cep
table
, sa
id:
“We
wis
h to
ta
ke
this
op
po
rtu
nit
y
to le
t th
e A
PC
k
now
th
at u
nd
er n
o
circ
um
stan
ces
shal
l w
e al
low
th
em t
o r
ob u
s o
f o
ur
leg
itim
ate
man
dat
e w
hic
h,
ho
pef
ull
y,
wil
l b
e le
git
imat
ely a
nd
fre
ely g
iven
to
th
e p
resi
den
t b
y t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le o
n M
arch
28
.”
Rei
tera
tin
g t
hat
th
e P
DP
led
fed
eral
go
ver
nm
ent
wil
l n
ot
tole
rate
an
y a
cts
of
inti
mid
atio
n a
gai
nst
N
iger
ian
s, h
e sa
id.
“We
wil
l n
ot
tole
rate
an
y ac
t o
f v
iole
nce
or
any at
tem
pt
to a
ssas
sin
ate
anyb
od
y b
y t
hei
r ag
ents
in
th
e ev
ent
of
us
win
nin
g a
nd
nei
ther
wil
l th
e p
eop
le o
f th
is c
ou
ntr
y
ever
all
ow
an
oth
er m
ilit
ary i
nte
rven
tio
n.
As
a p
arty
, w
e ar
e co
mm
itte
d t
o t
he
dem
ocr
atic
pro
cess
. W
e b
elie
ve
that
th
at i
s th
e o
nly
way
fo
rwar
d.
“Th
e p
resi
den
t is
co
mm
itte
d
to
dem
ocr
acy
and
an
y
atte
mp
t to
b
rin
g
abo
ut
any
form
o
f u
nco
nst
itu
tio
nal
go
ver
nm
ent
into
th
e af
fair
s o
f o
ur
nat
ion b
y t
he
AP
C a
fter
th
ey h
ave
lost
th
is
elec
tio
n w
ill
no
t b
e su
cces
sful.
We
wil
l re
sist
it
wit
h t
he
last
dro
p o
f o
ur
blo
od
. W
e w
ill
pro
tect
th
e m
and
ate
that
wil
l b
e giv
en t
o u
s b
y t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le t
o t
he
last
man
.”
Th
e P
DP
pre
sid
enti
al c
amp
aign
s sp
okes
man
den
ied
th
at t
he
PD
P h
as s
pen
t o
ver
N1
tri
llio
n a
s ca
mpai
gn
fu
nds
as w
ell
as b
rib
ing t
rad
itio
nal
ru
lers
wit
h t
he
aim
of
con
vin
cing
th
em t
o m
ake
thei
r su
bje
cts
to v
ote
fo
r P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
.
How
ever
, th
e A
PC
pre
sid
enti
al c
ampai
gn
h
as a
lleg
ed t
hat
Pre
sid
ent
Jonat
han
had
bee
n c
riss
-cr
oss
ing N
iger
ia g
ivin
g a
n a
ver
age
of
N50
mil
lion
eac
h t
o t
rad
itio
nal
ru
lers
, m
ost
in t
he
So
uth
-w
est
and
th
e n
ort
her
n p
arts
of
the
cou
ntr
y.
Add
ress
ing j
ou
rnal
ists
at
the
AP
C c
amp
aign
off
ice
in A
bu
ja y
este
rday
, th
e D
irec
tor
of
Med
ia
and
P
ub
lici
ty
of
AP
C
Pre
sid
enti
al
cam
pai
gn
o
rgan
isat
ion
, M
alla
m
Gar
ba
Sh
ehu
, sa
id
rath
er
them
d
eplo
y th
e re
sou
rces
in
pro
vid
ing
b
asic
am
enit
ies
and
so
cial
se
rvic
es th
at w
ill
imp
rov
e th
e st
and
ard
of
liv
ing
of
the
peo
ple
, P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
an
d P
DP
hav
e b
een
sin
kin
g
hu
nd
red
s o
f b
illi
ons
in
to b
ott
om
less
pit
of
illo
gic
al a
nd u
nre
aso
nab
le n
egat
ive
cam
pai
gn
of
calu
mn
y.
“We
wil
l li
ke
to b
rin
g t
o y
ou
r at
ten
tio
n a
nd
th
at o
f N
iger
ian
s h
ow
th
e P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
-led
P
DP
go
ver
nm
ent
is w
asti
ng
N1
tri
llio
n t
hat
bel
on
gs
to N
iger
ian
peo
ple
in
his
sel
f-se
rvin
g a
nd
d
esp
erat
e b
id
for
a re
-ele
ctio
n
at
all
cost
in
th
e m
idst
o
f gri
nd
ing
po
ver
ty
his
p
arty
an
d
go
ver
nm
ent
has
su
bje
cted
Nig
eria
ns
to i
n t
he
last
16
yea
rs,”
he
said
.
Sh
ehu
sai
d i
t w
as u
nco
nsc
ionab
le a
nd
“a
hei
ght
of
bet
rayal
of
pu
bli
c tr
ust
th
at a
gov
ern
men
t an
d
a p
resi
den
t w
ho
sh
ou
ld p
resi
de
ov
er t
he
hu
sban
dry
an
d j
ud
icio
us
use
of
ou
r n
atio
nal
pat
rim
on
y i
s su
per
inte
nd
ing o
ver
its
mas
siv
e sq
uan
der
in
a f
uti
le a
ttem
pt
to s
top
th
e id
ea o
f ch
ange.
“Let
us
sou
nd
a n
ote
of
war
nin
g a
t th
is p
oin
t th
at n
o a
mo
un
t o
f sp
on
sore
d n
egat
ive
med
ia
pro
pag
and
a ca
n s
top
th
is i
dea
wh
ose
tim
e h
as c
om
e. T
he
AP
C p
resi
den
tial
cam
pai
gn
an
d t
he
acce
pta
bil
ity
of
ou
r ca
nd
idat
e,
Gen
eral
M
uh
amm
adu
B
uh
ari
(rtd
),
and
h
is
vic
e-p
resi
den
tial
ca
nd
idat
e, P
rofe
sso
r Y
emi
Osi
nb
ajo
, h
as b
eco
me
a p
eop
les’
mo
vem
ent
and
Nig
eria
n m
asse
s w
ho
ar
e th
e d
riv
ers
of
chan
ge
are
the
maj
or
stak
eho
lder
s.
“A p
ano
ram
ic v
iew
of
ho
w m
uch
Nig
eria
’s r
eso
urc
es J
on
athan
an
d P
DP
hav
e la
bo
rio
usl
y a
nd
w
anto
nly
sp
ent
on
pri
nt,
bro
adca
st a
nd
so
cial
med
ia c
amp
aign
s ju
st t
o d
amag
e th
e u
nas
sail
able
cr
eden
tial
of
Bu
har
i’s
inte
gri
ty w
ill
con
fou
nd
an
y c
asu
al o
bse
rver
of
the
po
lity
in
rec
ent
tim
es.
“An
av
erag
e co
st o
f a
wra
p a
rou
nd
ad
ver
tism
ent
in T
ier
1 a
nd
Tie
r 2 n
ewsp
aper
s in
Nig
eria
is
bet
wee
n N
15
mil
lio
n t
o N
20
mil
lio
n a
nd
th
e Jo
nat
han
cam
pai
gn
bu
ys
aver
age
of
fiv
e w
rap
ar
ou
nd
an
d f
ron
t p
ages
in
a d
ay i
n t
he
last
th
ree
mo
nth
s co
up
led
wit
h t
he
hu
nd
red
s o
f b
illi
on
s th
at h
ave
bee
n s
pen
t o
n n
egat
ive
tele
vis
ion e
xp
osu
res
on A
IT,
NT
A a
nd
oth
er t
elev
isio
n a
nd
ra
dio
sta
tio
ns
acro
ss t
he
cou
ntr
y.
“Th
e en
tire
oil
in
du
stry
in N
iger
ia s
tin
ks
of
corr
up
tio
n,
and
rat
her
th
an t
he
go
ver
nm
ent
inv
esti
ng
it
s en
ergie
s in
to
ho
w
pet
role
um
p
rodu
cts
wil
l be
acce
ssib
le
to
Nig
eria
ns,
th
e Jo
nat
han
go
ver
nm
ent
bu
sies
it
self
b
lin
dly
sp
end
ing
mo
ney
to
co
nfu
se
Nig
eria
ns
abo
ut
the
elec
tora
l ch
oic
es t
hey
mak
e.
“Th
eref
ore
, th
is e
lect
ion
is
no
t ab
ou
t h
ow
mu
ch t
he
incu
mb
ent
pre
sid
ent
and t
he
ruli
ng p
arty
can
sp
end
to
du
bio
usl
y k
eep
its
elf
in p
ow
er.
An
d l
et t
he
PD
P m
ake
no
mis
tak
es a
bo
ut
it:
this
ele
ctio
n
is cl
earl
y a
refe
ren
du
m o
n th
e p
erfo
rman
ce o
f th
e Jo
nat
han
ad
min
istr
atio
n an
d m
illi
on
s o
f N
iger
ian
s go
ing t
o c
ast
thei
r b
allo
t in
th
is S
atu
rday
’s e
lect
ion
wil
l b
e g
oin
g t
her
e to
wri
te a
n
epit
aph
of
the
PD
P a
nd
Jo
nat
han
go
ver
nm
ent.
”
Ba
llo
t p
ap
ers
arr
ive
sta
tes
tom
orr
ow
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
6:3
3 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By J
ud
e O
par
a
AB
UJ
A—
Bal
lot
pap
ers
for
this
Sat
urd
ay’s
pre
sid
enti
al a
nd N
atio
nal
Ass
emb
ly e
lect
ion
s ar
e to
b
e m
ov
ed f
rom
Cen
tral
Ban
k o
f N
iger
ia, C
BN
vau
lts
fro
m t
om
orr
ow
, th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
, IN
EC
has
sai
d.
Mr.
Kay
od
e Id
ow
u,
chie
f p
ress
se
cret
ary t
o t
he
INE
C c
hai
rman
, to
ld V
an
gu
ard
yes
terd
ay t
hat
alr
ead
y,
all
the
no
n-s
ensi
tiv
e m
ater
ials
hav
e b
een
dis
trib
ute
d w
hil
e th
e b
allo
t p
aper
s w
her
e k
ept
in t
he
vau
lts
of
the
Cen
tral
B
ank
of
Nig
eria
(C
BN
) b
ran
ches
acr
oss
th
e co
un
try.
Mr.
Id
ow
u a
lso
dis
mis
sed
an
y e
ffec
t o
n t
he
elec
tio
n a
risi
ng f
rom
th
e th
eft
of
a ca
rd r
ead
er i
n
Zam
fara
Sta
te a
s h
e sa
id t
hat
th
e p
arti
cula
r re
ader
sto
len
had
no
t b
een
co
nfi
gu
red
an
d w
ill
be
use
less
to
th
e th
iev
es.
He
also
co
nfi
rmed
that
th
e b
allo
t p
aper
s fo
r th
e d
iffe
ren
t p
osi
tio
ns
and
lo
cati
on
s h
ad b
een
cu
stom
ised
in
su
ch a
way
th
at i
t w
ill
be
dif
ficu
lt t
o b
e fa
ked
by a
nyb
od
y.
Th
e co
mm
issi
on
he
said
, is
rea
dy w
ith t
he
logis
tics
th
at w
ill
enh
ance
a f
ree,
fai
r an
d c
red
ible
p
oll
s ac
ross
th
e co
un
try.
“Th
e n
on
-sen
siti
ve
mat
eria
ls h
ave
lon
g b
een
sen
t to
lo
cati
on
s fo
r o
nw
ard
dis
trib
uti
on
to
po
llin
g
un
its
for
the
poll
s w
hil
e th
e se
nsi
tiv
e m
ater
ials
wh
ich
are
th
e b
allo
t pap
ers
hav
e b
een
at
the
Cen
tral
Ban
k v
ault
s, a
nd
by t
his
Wed
nes
day
, th
ey w
ill
be
dis
trib
ute
d t
o t
he
stat
es.
Fro
m t
he
stat
e o
ffic
es t
hey
wil
l b
e ta
ken
to
th
e lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ent
off
ices
on
Th
urs
day
an
d f
rom
th
ere
we
dis
trib
ute
to
war
d l
evel
s on
Fri
day
. A
nd
by 5
am
on
Sat
urd
ay p
eop
le w
ill
mo
ve
them
fro
m t
he
war
ds
to t
he
po
llin
g u
nit
s,”
Mr.
Id
ow
u s
aid
.
“So
th
e co
mm
issi
on i
s re
ady f
or
the
po
lls,
we
hav
e co
ncl
ud
ed t
he
trai
nin
g o
f th
e st
aff
that
wil
l m
an t
he
var
iou
s p
oll
ing u
nit
s, s
o w
e an
tici
pat
e a
ver
y s
ucc
essf
ul
ou
tin
g t
his
wee
ken
d.”
Id
ow
u
stat
ed.
AP
C i
s a
n E
vil
Nig
eri
an
s M
ust
Fig
ht,
Sa
ys
Iku
ru
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Riv
ers
Sta
te D
eputy
Go
ver
no
r, M
r. T
ele
Iku
ru
•
P
DP
: A
mae
chi
has
on
ly f
ive
com
mis
sio
ner
s, s
even
law
mak
ers
left
•
M
ore
AP
C l
ead
ers
wil
l jo
in u
s b
efo
re S
atu
rday
, sa
ys
Pat
ien
ce J
on
athan
Ern
est
Ch
inw
o i
n P
ort
Har
cou
rt a
nd C
hri
sto
ph
er I
sigu
zo i
n E
nu
guâ€
¨
Riv
ers
Sta
te D
epu
ty
Go
ver
no
r, M
r. T
ele
Ikuru
, has
sa
id
he
was
dec
eiv
ed b
y th
e h
is b
oss
, G
ov
ern
or
Ch
ibu
ike
Am
aech
i, t
o j
oin
th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
and
cal
led
on t
he
peo
ple
of
the
stat
e to
fig
ht
the
AP
C w
hic
h h
e d
escr
ibed
as
an e
vil
at
the
gat
e.
Th
is c
ame
as t
he
stat
e C
hai
rman
of
the
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(P
DP
), M
r. F
elix
Ob
uah
, b
oas
ted
th
at
abo
ut
16
m
emb
ers
of
the
32
-mem
ber
st
ate
Ho
use
o
f A
ssem
bly
an
d
abo
ut
21
co
mm
issi
oner
s h
ad a
ban
do
ned
Am
aech
i.
Th
e d
uo
sp
ok
e yes
terd
ay i
n P
ort
Har
cou
rt a
t a
rece
pti
on
to
form
ally
rec
eiv
e th
e d
epu
ty g
ov
erno
r in
to t
he
PD
P f
oll
ow
ing h
is d
efec
tio
n f
rom
AP
C o
n S
un
day
.
Iku
ru s
aid
th
e co
nte
nt
of
the
addre
ss a
nn
ou
nci
ng h
is r
esig
nat
ion
fro
m t
he
AP
C w
as t
he
tru
th a
nd
fr
om
th
e d
epth
of
his
hea
rt,
stre
ssin
g t
hat
it
was
th
e tr
uth
, w
ith
no
io
ta o
f p
rete
nce
.
He
add
ed t
hat
he
felt
rel
iev
ed w
ith
his
def
ecti
on
as
he
has
fre
ed h
is c
on
scie
nce
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
“For
the
firs
t ti
me
in 1
8 m
onth
s, I
sle
pt
wel
l yes
terd
ay (
Su
nd
ay)
and
I w
ok
e u
p h
ale
and
hea
rty t
his
mo
rnin
g (
Mo
nd
ay).
Th
is i
s b
ecau
se I
hav
e fr
eed
my c
on
scie
nce
.
“Wh
at i
s hap
pen
ing i
n R
iver
s S
tate
to
day
wil
l h
aun
t u
s if
we
allo
w i
t to
pas
s. I
t w
ill
hau
nt
ou
r fu
ture
gen
erat
ion
if
we
allo
w i
t to
go
un
chal
len
ged
. F
or
the
sak
e o
f p
ost
erit
y,
we
must
fig
ht
the
evil
. If
it
tak
es o
ur
blo
od
, so
be
it b
ecau
se t
her
e is
an
ev
il a
t th
e gat
e.”
He
than
ked
th
e peo
ple
of
the
stat
e fo
r re
sist
ing w
hat
he
des
crib
ed a
s th
e “d
evil
ish
on
slau
gh
t,”
add
ing t
hat
it
wo
uld
hav
e b
een
dis
astr
ou
s if
th
ey h
ad f
old
ed t
hei
r ar
ms.
He
said
by h
is d
efec
tio
n,
he
and
his
su
pp
ort
ers
wer
e “u
ph
old
ing
wh
at i
s ri
gh
t an
d t
rue,
” an
d
than
ked
th
e st
ate
PD
P g
ov
erno
rsh
ip c
and
idat
e, C
hie
f N
yes
om
Wik
e, f
or
resc
uin
g t
he
PD
P f
rom
th
e “d
evil
ish
o
nsl
aug
ht.
” “H
e (W
ike)
sto
od
ag
ain
st o
pp
ress
ion
an
d s
aid
, ‘i
f I
per
ish
, I
per
ish
’. H
e st
oo
d u
p a
nd
sai
d t
he
op
pre
ssio
n a
gai
nst
Riv
ers
PD
P w
ill
no
t st
and
.
Iku
ru s
tate
d,
“I m
ust
co
nfe
ss,
I w
as d
ecei
ved
: I
was
to
ld A
PC
is
a n
ew o
rder
bu
t it
is
all
lies
. It
is
just
ab
ou
t th
e am
bit
ion o
f o
ne
man
. G
od
ble
ss N
iger
ia;
Go
d b
less
Riv
ers
Sta
te;
Go
d b
less
Wik
e.
“Let
th
e st
atem
ent
be
mad
e lo
ud
an
d c
lear
; fo
r ev
ery o
ne
vo
te t
hey
get
, w
e m
ust
hav
e 2
00
vo
tes.
C
om
e ou
t w
ith
Per
man
ent
Vo
ters
’ C
ard
s (P
VC
s).
Vote
fo
r P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an a
nd
fr
om
Sat
urd
ay,
Riv
ers
Sta
te m
ust
hav
e p
eace
. W
e ar
e w
ork
ing t
o d
eliv
er t
his
par
ty a
nd
th
e st
ate,
” h
e sa
id.
Wh
ile
rece
ivin
g I
ku
ru b
ack
to
th
e P
DP
, O
bu
ah b
oas
ted
th
at a
bo
ut
hal
f th
e n
um
ber
of
mem
ber
s o
f th
e st
ate
Ho
use
of
Ass
emb
ly a
nd
tw
o-t
hir
d o
f A
mae
chi’
s co
mm
issi
on
ers
wer
e as
go
od
as
in t
he
PD
P.
Alt
ho
ugh
Ob
uah
ref
use
d t
o g
ive
the
nam
es o
f th
e co
mm
issi
on
ers
and
mem
ber
s o
f th
e as
sem
bly
w
ho
had
def
ecte
d t
o P
DP
, h
e sa
id:
“Am
aech
i h
as o
nly
fiv
e co
mm
issi
on
ers
and
mo
re t
han
tw
o-
thir
d o
f th
e m
emb
ers
of
the
stat
e H
ou
se o
f A
ssem
bly
hav
e jo
ined
PD
P.
Th
ey a
re a
lrea
dy t
alk
ing
w
ith
me.
”
He
also
des
crib
ed t
he
def
ecti
ng d
epu
ty g
ov
ern
or
as o
ne
of
the
fou
nd
ing f
ath
ers
of
PD
P i
n t
he
stat
e, s
ayin
g:
“To
day
, w
e ar
e ce
leb
rati
ng o
ne
of
ou
r o
wn
an
d h
is t
eem
ing
su
pp
ort
ers
wh
o h
ave
seen
re
aso
n
in
wh
at
we
are
figh
tin
g
for.
” O
ffic
iall
y p
rese
nti
ng t
he
PD
P f
lag
an
d t
he
um
bre
lla
to I
kuru
, th
e P
DP
ch
airm
an s
aid
th
e ad
dre
ss
by t
he
dep
uty
go
ver
no
r o
n S
un
day
was
a m
aste
r st
rok
e, s
ayin
g,a
ll p
riv
ileg
es a
nd
ben
efit
s o
f p
arty
w
ou
ld b
e ex
ten
ded
to
him
an
d h
is s
up
po
rter
s
“If
ther
e is
an
yb
od
y I
lea
st e
xp
ecte
d t
o d
efec
t fr
om
AP
C,
it i
s Ik
uru
bec
ause
he
was
th
e st
ron
ges
t m
an i
n A
PC
. T
od
ay,
ther
e is
no
bo
dy r
emai
nin
g i
n A
PC
in
th
e st
ate.
“I a
m n
ot
read
y t
o r
ecei
ve
ever
y m
emb
er o
f A
PC
to
PD
P.
As
for
Am
aech
i, l
et h
im r
emai
n i
n
AP
C,
bu
t th
e d
epu
ty g
ov
ern
or
and h
is s
up
po
rter
s ar
e h
eart
ily w
elco
me
bac
k t
o t
hei
r h
om
e,”
he
said
.
In h
is s
pee
ch,
the
PD
P g
ov
ern
ors
hip
can
did
ate,
Wik
e, s
aid
Ik
uru
was
a P
DP
by
blo
od
, sa
yin
g h
is
retu
rn t
o P
DP
was
a p
rayer
an
swer
ed b
y G
od
.
“Wh
at I
wil
l ta
ke
ho
me
is h
is a
dd
ress
. Ik
uru
is
no
t o
nly
bac
k i
n P
DP
bu
t h
is m
essa
ge
that
by
pro
vid
ence
, a
So
uth
-so
uth
per
son
bec
ame
the
pre
sid
ent,
aft
er t
he
zon
e h
ad s
up
po
rted
oth
er p
arts
o
f th
e co
untr
y f
or
the
sam
e p
osi
tio
n.
“It
is a
bsu
rd t
hat
so
me
peo
ple
can
sit
so
mew
her
e, m
aste
rmin
ded
by
ou
r o
wn s
on
an
d b
roth
er,
to
stop
th
e S
ou
th-s
ou
th p
resi
den
cy,
all
for
a se
lfis
h a
mb
itio
n.
“Can
yo
u,
in
yo
ur
tru
e co
nsc
ien
ce,
affo
rd
no
t to
h
ave
Jon
ath
an
retu
rned
as
th
e p
resi
den
t?
Am
aech
i is
ju
st i
mp
atie
nt.
He
did
n’t
wan
t to
see
Jo
nat
han
com
ple
te h
is s
eco
nd
ter
m b
ut
he
(Jo
nat
han
) w
ill
com
ple
te i
t,”
he
said
.
He
adm
on
ish
ed p
arty
mem
ber
s to
esc
hew
th
eir
per
son
al a
ng
er a
nd
gri
evan
ces
and
wo
rk f
or
the
succ
ess
of
the
par
ty a
t th
e p
resi
den
tial
po
ll a
nd
oth
er e
lect
ion
s.
“An
yb
od
y w
ho
is
stil
l an
gry
in
PD
P t
ill
no
w i
s a
mo
le;
the
com
ing o
f Ik
uru
is
no
t a
thre
at b
ut
has
ad
ded
st
ren
gth
an
d
val
ue.
T
he
ult
imat
e ta
rget
is
th
at
AP
C
mu
st
lose
in
R
iver
s S
tate
an
d
woef
ull
y,”
he
said
.
Wik
e ad
vis
ed al
l P
DP
m
emb
ers
to le
ave
Po
rt H
arco
urt
an
d o
ther
cit
ies
and
re
turn
to
th
eir
com
mu
nit
ies
to w
ork
fo
r th
e v
icto
ry o
f P
DP
.
“Lea
ve
Po
rt
Har
cou
rt
and
A
bu
ja
alo
ne.
G
o
bac
k
to
yo
ur
com
mu
nit
ies
and
d
eliv
er
PD
P.
Rem
emb
er i
f yo
u f
ail,
yo
u w
ill
go
to
po
liti
cal
hel
l fi
re,”
he
cau
tio
ned
.
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
Fir
st L
ady,
Mrs
. P
atie
nce
Jo
nat
han
, h
as s
aid t
he
def
ecti
on
of
Ikuru
to
th
e P
DP
w
as a
cle
ar i
nd
icat
ion
th
at t
he
op
po
siti
on
was
hea
ded
fo
r a
mas
sive
def
eat
in t
he
fort
hco
min
g
elec
tio
ns.
Th
e w
ife
of
the
pre
sid
ent
also
ask
ed v
ote
rs n
ot
to l
eav
e p
oll
ing u
nit
s af
ter
cast
ing t
hei
r v
ote
s in
o
rder
to
gu
ard
agai
nst
an
y f
orm
of
rig
gin
g.
Add
ress
ing
a m
amm
oth
cr
ow
d
at
the
Mic
hae
l O
kp
ara
squ
are,
E
nu
gu
d
uri
ng
the
wo
men
p
resi
den
tial
cam
pai
gn
ral
ly,
Mrs
. Jo
nat
han
sai
d m
ore
AP
C l
ead
ers
wo
uld
lea
ve
the
par
ty b
efo
re
the
Mar
ch 2
8 p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n.
“AP
C i
s d
ead
. H
ow
can
yo
u b
e th
ere
and
yo
ur
dep
uty
th
at k
no
ws
yo
ur
secr
et l
eft
yo
u l
ess
than
o
ne
wee
k t
o t
he
elec
tio
n.
It s
ho
ws
thei
r p
arty
on
ly t
hri
ves
on
pro
pag
and
a an
d f
ille
d w
ith
co
rrup
t p
eop
le.
“Th
ey w
ill
con
tin
ue
to d
ecei
ve
them
selv
es w
hil
e m
any m
ore
peo
ple
wil
l le
ave
them
an
d j
oin
th
e ru
lin
g p
arty
. V
ery s
oo
n,
thei
r fa
ther
s an
d m
oth
ers
wil
l d
ecam
p a
nd
yet
th
ey w
ill
no
t re
ad t
he
han
d-w
riti
ng o
n t
he
wal
l,”
she
said
.
Wh
ile
urg
ing
the
peo
ple
o
f th
e st
ate
to
dem
on
stra
te
thei
r su
pp
ort
fo
r th
e P
DP
b
y
vo
tin
g
mas
siv
ely f
or
Pre
siden
t Jo
nat
han
on
Sat
urd
ay,
Mrs
. Jo
nat
han
sai
d t
he
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e o
f th
e A
PC
, G
ener
al M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i (r
td)
has
no
thin
g t
o o
ffer
Nig
eria
ns
at t
he
mo
men
t.
Sh
e sa
id w
ith
the
ach
iev
emen
ts o
f P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
in
th
e p
ast
fiv
e yea
rs e
spec
iall
y i
n t
he
edu
cati
on
, h
ealt
h,
agri
cult
ure
, tr
ansp
ort
atio
n a
nd
eco
no
my,
the
pre
sid
ent
des
erv
ed t
o b
e re
turn
ed
for
a se
con
d t
erm
as
pro
vid
ed b
y t
he
con
stit
uti
on
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er,
the
pre
sid
ent
has
em
po
wer
ed N
iger
ian
wo
men
, u
nli
ke
his
op
po
nen
t, B
uh
ari
who
sh
e ac
cuse
d t
o r
eleg
atin
g w
om
en t
o t
he
bac
kgro
un
d w
hen
he
hel
d s
way
as
the
Hea
d o
f S
tate
.
“Th
is i
s a
man
th
at d
id n
ot
app
oin
t a
sin
gle
wo
man
in
his
cab
inet
an
d n
ow
he
wan
ts t
o c
om
e b
ack
an
d s
end
us
to t
he
kit
chen
when
we
hav
e b
een
lib
erat
ed b
y J
on
ath
an.
“Un
der
Jo
nat
han
, m
ater
nal
and
ch
ild
mo
rtal
ity
has
bee
n r
edu
ced
by
50
per
cen
t an
d w
e ar
e n
ow
en
joyin
g f
ree
mat
ern
al c
are.
Is
that
wh
at t
hey
wan
t to
ch
ange?
We
can
no
t al
low
th
em t
o t
ake
us
bac
kw
ard
s ag
ain
,” s
he
dec
lare
d.
Oth
er s
pea
ker
s at
th
e ev
ent
incl
ud
ing
Go
ver
no
r S
ull
ivan
Ch
ime
wh
o w
as r
epre
sen
ted b
y h
is
Dep
uty
, R
ev.
Ifea
nyi
Nw
oye,
Dep
uty
Sen
ate
Pre
sid
ent,
Ik
e E
kw
erem
adu
, P
DP
go
ver
no
rship
ca
nd
idat
e in
En
ugu
Sta
te,
Ifea
nyi
Ug
wu
anyi,
Nat
ion
al W
om
en L
ead
er,
Kem
a C
hik
we,
wif
e o
f th
e C
ross
Riv
er S
tate
go
ver
no
r, M
rs.
Ob
iom
a Im
ok
e, M
rs.
Mar
gar
et O
bi
and
Am
bas
sad
or
Fid
elia
N
jeze
, u
rged
th
e w
om
en o
f E
nu
gu
to
vo
te f
or
all
PD
P c
and
idat
es i
n t
he
com
ing e
lect
ion
s.
Osi
nb
an
jo u
rges
Nig
eria
ns
to v
ote
ou
t
Jo
na
tha
n i
n S
atu
rda
y’s
ele
ctio
n
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
11
:30
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By G
ben
ga
Ari
yib
i A
do
Ek
iti
Th
e ru
nn
ing m
ate
of
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
, P
rof
Yem
i O
sin
baj
o,
has
u
rged
the
elec
tora
tes
to v
ote
ou
t th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty(P
DP
)an
d i
ts p
resi
den
tial
ca
nd
idat
e ,D
r G
oo
dlu
ck j
on
ath
an i
n S
atu
rday
’s e
lect
ion
,say
ing J
on
ath
an h
as f
aile
d t
he
coun
try.
Sp
eak
ing i
n A
do
Ek
iti
yes
terd
ay ,
Osi
nb
ajo
sai
d t
he
PD
P g
ov
ern
men
t h
as l
ost
fo
cus
in t
he
last
16
yea
rs t
hat
it
has
bee
n i
n t
he
sad
dle
of
go
ver
nin
g t
he
cou
ntr
y
,say
ing
th
e p
arty
an
d i
ts p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
do
es n
ot
des
erv
ed t
o l
ead
th
e co
un
try a
gai
n
Th
e A
PC
pre
sid
enti
al r
un
nin
g m
ate
said
a v
ote
fo
r M
ajo
r G
en M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i, i
s a
vo
te f
or
del
iver
ance
fro
m t
he
shac
kle
s o
f “p
ov
erty
, u
nem
plo
ym
ent
and
co
rru
pti
on
”, w
hic
h h
e sa
id t
he
PD
P h
ad i
mp
ort
ed i
nto
the
cou
ntr
y.
Osi
nb
anjo
no
ted
th
at t
he
AP
C l
ed g
ov
ern
men
t at
th
e fe
der
al l
evel
wo
uld
fo
cus
on
ho
w t
o t
ack
le
the
un
emp
loym
ent
that
is
kil
lin
g t
he
des
tin
y o
f m
any o
f th
e N
iger
ian
yo
uth
s an
d c
orr
up
tio
n t
hat
h
ave
mad
e th
e co
un
try a
lau
gh
ing
sto
ck i
n t
he
com
ity o
f n
atio
ns
His
wo
rds
“Pre
siden
t Jo
nat
han
is
tire
d o
f g
ov
ern
ance
bec
ause
he
is o
ver
wh
elm
ed.
His
go
ver
nm
ent
has
no
fo
cus
. A
s o
f to
day
, N
iger
ia i
s th
e m
ost
co
rru
pt
in t
he
wo
rld
.“T
hat
is
wh
y
they
are
afr
aid
of
Buh
ari’
s p
resi
den
cy b
ecau
se t
hey
are
afr
aid
of
bei
ng j
aile
d .
They
kn
ow
th
ere
won
’t b
e ro
om
fo
r co
rrup
t p
ract
ices
. W
e ar
e p
rom
isin
g y
ou
th
at w
on
der
s sh
all
hap
pen
ag
ain
in
th
is c
ou
ntr
y i
f B
uh
ari
win
s th
is e
lect
ion
.
“Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an h
as f
aile
d N
iger
ian
s in
all
asp
ects
an
d d
eser
ves
to b
e re
ject
ed b
y N
iger
ians.
If
yo
u l
oo
k a
t o
ur
pro
gra
mm
e, a
ll w
e em
ph
asiz
ed i
s h
ow
to
pro
vid
e jo
bs
for
ou
r u
nem
plo
yed
yo
uth
s. W
het
her
Jo
nat
han
lik
e it
or
no
t, t
he
dre
am o
f N
iger
ia b
eco
min
g
a li
ber
ated
Sta
te s
hal
l co
me
to p
ass
on
Sat
urd
ay”,
He,
how
ever
urg
ed v
ote
rs t
o d
efy t
he
Insp
ecto
r G
ener
al o
f P
oli
ce, M
r S
ule
iman
Ab
ba’
s o
rder
th
at
they
sh
ou
ld l
eav
e th
e p
oll
ing u
nit
s af
ter
vo
tin
g,
sayin
g t
hey
sh
ou
ld v
ote
an
d p
rote
ct t
hei
r v
ote
s.
In h
is o
wn
co
ntr
ibu
tio
n,t
he
AP
C D
epu
ty C
hai
rman
, S
ou
th a
nd
fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r o
f E
kit
i S
tate
,En
gr
Seg
un
Oni,
des
crib
ed J
on
ath
an’s
ad
min
istr
atio
n a
s a
dis
gra
ce t
o t
he
cou
ntr
y,
said
N
iger
ia c
ann
ot
affo
rd a
no
ther
fo
ur
yea
rs o
f co
rru
pti
on
an
d b
ad g
ov
ern
ance
und
er t
he
PD
P r
ule
.“N
iger
ia i
s th
e on
ly c
ou
ntr
y w
her
e o
ver
40
0,
00
0 b
arre
ls o
f cr
ud
e o
il a
re b
ein
g s
tole
n d
aily
. N
iger
ia i
s th
e o
nly
co
untr
y w
her
e p
eople
are
bei
ng
kid
nap
ped
wit
ho
ut
resi
stan
ce.
Nig
eria
is
the
on
ly c
ou
ntr
y w
her
e a
Pre
sid
ent
said
ste
alin
g i
s n
o c
orr
up
tio
n.
All
th
ese
wo
uld
hav
e to
sto
p f
or
the
com
ing g
ener
atio
ns
to b
e p
rou
d o
f u
s as
lea
der
s.
Als
o ,
the
imm
edia
te p
ast
Go
ver
no
r o
f E
kit
i S
tate
, D
r. K
ayo
de
Fay
emi
urg
ed t
he
Ek
iti
po
pu
lace
to
use
th
e el
ecti
on
to
be
par
t o
f h
isto
ry a
s o
ne
of
tho
se w
ho
fo
ugh
t fo
r N
iger
ia’s
reb
irth
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
tho
se w
ho
are
afr
aid
of
bei
ng j
aile
d s
ho
uld
no
t b
e al
low
ed t
o p
erp
etu
ate
them
selv
es i
n o
ffic
e an
d c
on
tin
ue
to l
oo
t th
e co
un
try
So
me
of
the
dig
nit
arie
s P
rese
nt
at t
he
occ
asio
n i
ncl
ud
e :
Fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r N
iyi
Ad
ebay
o,
form
er
Gov
ern
or
of
the
old
On
do S
tate
, E
van
g,
Bam
idel
e O
lum
ilu
a, f
orm
er D
eputy
go
ver
no
r, P
rof
Mo
du
pe
Ad
elab
u,
Mrs
Bis
i F
ayem
i, H
on
Opey
emiB
amid
ele
amo
ng o
ther
s.
Gh
an
aia
n P
res
iden
t E
xp
res
ses
Sa
tisf
act
ion
wit
h E
lecti
on
Pla
ns
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Gh
an
aia
n P
resi
den
t, M
r. J
oh
n M
ah
am
a a
nd
th
e p
resi
den
tia
l ca
ndid
ate
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es
Con
gre
ss (
AP
C),
Gen
era
l M
uh
am
mad
u B
uh
ari
(rt
d)
Ph
oto
: S
un
da
y A
gh
aez
e
•
Bu
har
i ra
ises
co
nce
rn o
ver
fai
r co
nd
uct
of
po
lls
On
yeb
uch
i E
zigb
o i
n A
bu
ja
Th
e G
han
aian
Pre
sid
ent
and
Ch
airm
an o
f th
e E
con
om
ic C
om
mu
nit
y o
f W
est
Afr
ican
Sta
tes
(EC
OW
AS
), M
r. J
oh
n M
aham
a, h
as s
aid
th
e re
gio
nal
bo
dy i
s sa
tisf
ied
wit
h t
he
arra
ng
emen
ts f
or
the
smo
oth
co
nd
uct
of
the
pre
siden
tial
ele
ctio
n.
Mah
ama,
wh
o h
eld
a m
eeti
ng w
ith
the
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e o
f th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss
(AP
C),
Gen
eral
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari
(rtd
), o
n M
on
day
ev
enin
g a
t th
e o
ld V
IP l
ou
ng
e of
the
Nnam
di
Azi
kiw
e In
tern
atio
nal
Air
po
rt i
n A
bu
ja,
ho
wev
er s
aid
th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
can
did
ate
had
ra
ised
so
me
con
cern
s o
ver
th
e fa
ir c
on
du
ct d
uri
ng
th
e p
oll
s.
Sp
eak
ing w
ith
jo
urn
alis
ts s
ho
rtly
aft
er t
he
mee
tin
g t
hat
las
ted
30
min
ute
s, M
aham
a sa
id h
e d
iscu
ssed
al
l th
e is
sues
th
at h
ad to
d
o
wit
h th
e co
min
g el
ecti
on
s w
ith
P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck
Jon
ath
an a
nd
go
t h
is f
irm
ass
ura
nce
th
at e
ver
yth
ing w
as r
ead
y a
nd
set
fo
r S
atu
rday
’s p
oll
s.
“I b
egan
th
is m
orn
ing w
ith
a m
eeti
ng w
ith P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an a
nd
we
dis
cuss
ed a
ll
issu
es t
hat
hav
e to
do
wit
h t
he
com
ing e
lect
ion a
nd
I h
ad f
irm
ass
ura
nce
s th
at e
ver
yth
ing i
s se
t to
go
an
d o
n M
arch
28
th
is e
lect
ion
wil
l co
me
up
,” h
e sa
id.
Mah
ama
wh
o a
rriv
ed t
he
old
pre
sid
enti
al
lou
nge
at a
bo
ut
6.0
7 p
.m.
and
was
fo
llo
wed
lat
er b
y
Bu
har
i, t
old
jo
urn
alis
ts t
hat
he
also
met
wit
h o
ther
poli
tica
l st
akeh
old
ers
and
th
e ch
airm
an o
f th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n (
INE
C),
Pro
f. A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a, e
arli
er i
n t
he
day
.
He
said
fro
m w
hat
th
e IN
EC
ch
airm
an s
ho
wed
th
e E
CO
WA
S t
eam
reg
ardin
g l
og
isti
cs a
nd
d
eplo
ym
ent
for
the
elec
tio
n,
he
was
con
vin
ced
th
at t
hin
gs
wer
e in
pla
ce f
or
cred
ible
po
lls.
He
said
th
e E
CO
WA
S r
epre
sen
tati
ve,
fo
rmer
Pre
sid
ent
Joh
n K
uff
or
was
go
ing t
o a
rriv
e N
iger
ia
on
Mar
ch 2
5,
and
wo
uld
rem
ain i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y t
ill
the
end
of
the
elec
tio
ns
and
his
th
e el
ecti
on
s.
“We
are
sati
sfie
d w
ith
th
e d
eplo
ym
ent
that
th
e v
ario
us
mo
nit
ori
ng g
rou
ps
are
go
ing t
o d
o.
So
the
inte
rnat
ion
al c
om
mu
nit
y a
re g
oin
g t
o h
ave
thei
r ey
es o
n t
he
cou
ntr
y t
o w
itn
ess
ho
w t
he
elec
tion
s w
ou
ld g
o a
nd
be
able
to
mak
e d
ecis
ion
s an
d e
nd
ors
emen
ts i
f ev
eryth
ing h
as g
on
e fr
ee a
nd
fai
r.
“Fo
llo
win
g m
y m
eeti
ng
wit
h P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
, I
met
wit
h t
he
INE
C C
hai
rman
, Je
ga,
an
d h
e gav
e m
e th
e fi
gu
res
of
thei
r ro
ll-o
ut
in t
erm
s o
f lo
gis
tics
an
d d
eplo
ymen
t an
d I
bel
ieve
that
fro
m
what
he
sho
wed
th
at t
he
com
mis
sio
n h
as d
on
e sa
tisf
acto
rily
wel
l to
be
able
to
en
sure
th
at e
ver
y
Nig
eria
n c
an e
xer
cise
his
fra
nch
ise.
“Th
e w
ho
le o
f W
est
and
in
dee
d t
he
inte
rnat
ion
al c
om
mu
nit
y i
s w
atch
ing
yo
ur
cou
ntr
y b
ecau
se
we
bel
iev
e th
at t
his
ele
ctio
n i
s cr
itic
al a
nd
is
ano
ther
ste
p t
hat
wil
l c
onso
lid
ate
dem
ocr
acy i
n
Nig
eria
.
“We
exp
ect
the
elec
tio
ns
to
be
free
, tr
ansp
aren
t an
d
cred
ible
. E
CO
WA
S
is
go
ing
to
do
ev
eryth
ing
poss
ible
to
w
ork
w
ith
th
e p
oli
tica
l st
akeh
old
ers
and
the
Indep
enden
t E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n t
o m
ake
sure
that
th
e el
ecti
on
pro
cess
is
cred
ible
an
d a
ccep
tab
le t
o t
he
peo
ple
of
Nig
eria
.
“I h
ad e
nco
un
ter
foll
ow
ing m
y o
ne
day
vis
it a
s th
e ch
air
of
auth
ori
ty o
f H
ead
of
Sta
tes.
I a
rriv
ed
her
e th
is m
orn
ing
as
the
EC
OW
AS
ch
airm
an o
n b
ehal
f o
f al
l th
e P
resi
den
ts o
f co
un
trie
s o
f E
CO
WA
S t
o p
ay a
so
lid
arit
y v
isit
to
Nig
eria
an
d t
o e
xp
ress
ou
r so
lid
arit
y t
o a
ll t
he
peo
ple
of
Nig
eria
in
th
e el
ecti
on
s th
at a
re g
oin
g h
old
on
Mar
ch 2
8.
“An
d f
oll
ow
ing
th
at I
met
wit
h t
he
lead
ers
of
var
iou
s re
pre
sen
tati
ve
gro
up
s th
at i
ncl
ud
es t
he
AU
re
pre
sen
tati
ve,
the
UN
Sec
reta
ry G
ener
al’s
rep
rese
nta
tiv
e an
d t
he
rep
rese
nta
tiv
e of
the
Co
mm
on
W
ealt
h.
“My f
inal
mee
tin
g h
as b
een
wit
h B
uh
ari
and I
app
reci
ate
his
tak
ing h
is t
ime
to m
eet
wit
h
me.
W
e h
ave
hel
d d
iscu
ssio
ns
abo
ut
the
elec
tio
n a
nd
I f
eel
assu
red
th
at a
ll p
oli
tica
l le
ader
s ar
e lo
ok
ing
fo
rwar
d t
o a
fre
e an
d f
air
elec
tio
ns.
“Of
cou
rse
ther
e ar
e fe
w i
ssu
es B
uh
ari
has
bro
ugh
t o
ut
wh
ich
I w
ill
refe
r ap
pro
pri
atel
y t
o o
ur
mo
nit
ori
ng g
rou
p a
nd
I h
op
e th
at i
n t
he
dis
cuss
ion
th
at w
ill
tak
e p
lace
bef
ore
th
e el
ecti
on
so
me
of
the
issu
es t
hat
hav
e b
een
rai
sed
wil
l b
e ad
dre
ssed
. I
wan
t to
aff
irm
to
th
e peo
ple
of
Nig
eria
th
at t
he
cou
ntr
y i
s an
im
port
ant
on
e n
ot
on
ly f
or
EC
OW
AS
but
the
Afr
ican
Un
ion
.
Ear
lier
, th
e G
han
aian
Pre
sid
ent
had
des
crib
ed N
iger
ian
ele
ctio
n a
s b
ein
g o
f g
reat
im
po
rtan
ce t
o
the
Afr
ican
co
nti
nen
t b
ein
g t
he
larg
est
eco
no
my o
n t
he
conti
nen
t.
“It
is a
lso
th
e m
ost
pop
ula
ted
nat
ion
on t
his
co
nti
nen
t an
d s
afet
y o
f th
is n
atio
n i
s im
po
rtan
t to
ev
ery m
emb
er o
f th
e E
CO
WA
S r
egio
n a
nd
so
we
are
all
stak
ehold
ers
in t
his
ele
ctio
n.
It j
ust
h
app
ened
th
at w
e d
o n
ot
hav
e to
vo
te b
ut
we
hav
e an
in
tere
st i
n w
hat
hap
pen
s o
n t
he
elec
tio
n d
ay
her
e in
Nig
eria
. S
o f
or
yo
u N
iger
ian
s w
ho
to
vo
te,
I ho
pe
you
wil
l ri
se u
p t
o t
he
occ
asio
n a
nd
m
ake
all
of
us
pro
ud,”
he
add
ed.
AP
C p
lott
ing
mil
itary
ta
ke
over
aft
er M
arc
h
28
Pre
sid
enti
al
elec
tio
n,
PD
P a
lleg
es
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
11
:19
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By H
enry
Um
oru
A
BU
JA-
PE
OP
LE
S D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
, P
DP
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
Org
anis
atio
n,
PD
PP
CO
yes
terd
ay a
ccu
sed
th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
AP
C o
f co
min
g u
p w
ith
a n
ew V
ideo
des
ign
ed
to i
nci
te N
iger
ian
s to
cal
l fo
r a
full
sca
le m
ilit
ary i
nte
rven
tio
n i
nst
ead
of
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
to r
etu
rn a
s P
resi
den
t co
me
Mar
ch 2
8.
Th
e P
DP
als
o a
ccu
sed
th
e A
PC
of
plo
ts t
o u
se t
he
Vid
eo i
n i
nci
tin
g t
he
peo
ple
agai
nst
Pre
sid
ent
Goo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an l
ed F
eder
al G
ov
ern
men
t.
Add
ress
ing J
ou
rnal
ists
yes
terd
ay i
n A
bu
ja,
Dir
ecto
r, M
edia
an
d P
ub
lici
ty,
PD
PP
CO
, C
hie
f F
emi
Fan
i- K
ayo
de,
wh
o v
ow
ed t
hat
th
e P
DP
wil
l n
ot
allo
w t
he
AP
C r
ob
th
em o
f th
eir
leg
itim
ate
man
dat
e w
hic
h w
ill
be
giv
en t
o P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
Mar
ch 2
8,
stre
ssed
th
at t
he
go
ver
nm
ent
wil
l n
ot
allo
w a
ny m
ilit
ary r
egim
e in
Nig
eria
agai
n,
add
ing t
hat
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
wil
l n
ot
tole
rate
an
y
act
of
vio
len
ce o
r an
y a
lleg
ed a
ttem
pt
to a
ssas
sin
ate
anyb
od
y i
n t
he
even
t Jo
nat
han
win
s.
Acc
ord
ing t
o P
DP
, th
e V
ideo
whic
h i
s ta
gg
ed A
PC
New
Vid
eo w
as b
ein
g s
po
nso
red
pri
mar
ily
by m
on
ey f
rom
fo
reig
n c
ou
ntr
ies
and
by t
ho
se i
t te
rmed
ag
ents
of
fore
ign
go
ver
nm
ents
th
at a
re
ho
stil
e to
th
e in
tere
st o
f N
iger
ia e
spec
iall
y b
y s
om
e gro
up
s in
th
e M
idd
le E
ast.
He
said
,”W
ors
t o
f al
l, t
he
pro
du
cers
of
this
vid
eo w
ere
atte
mpti
ng t
o i
nci
te t
he
Nig
eria
n P
eop
le
agai
nst
th
e N
iger
ian
go
ver
nm
ent.
Th
ey w
ent
as f
ar a
s to
su
gg
est
that
wh
en t
he
pre
sid
enti
al
elec
tio
n i
s fo
ugh
t an
d w
on
an
d P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an e
mer
ges
as
the
win
ner
, th
at t
he
peo
ple
sh
ou
ld c
all
for
a fu
ll s
cale
mil
itar
y i
nte
rven
tio
n r
ath
er t
han
all
ow
ing J
on
ath
an t
o c
om
e b
ack
. T
hey
als
o s
pec
ific
ally
ask
ed f
or
the
targ
etti
ng
an
d a
ssas
sin
atio
n o
f k
ey m
emb
ers
of
this
adm
inis
trat
ion a
nd
a n
um
ber
of
it’s
su
pp
ort
ers
in t
he
even
t o
f a
Jon
ath
an v
icto
ry i
n t
he
com
ing
el
ecti
on
s.
Acc
ord
ing t
o F
ani-
Kay
od
e sa
id,
“It
sad
den
s u
s th
at o
nce
ag
ain
we
hav
e to
bri
ng t
o y
ou
r at
ten
tio
n y
et a
no
ther
scu
rril
ous
atte
mp
t b
y t
he
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
and t
hei
r al
lies
to
den
igra
te,
bri
ng i
nto
dis
rep
ute
and
sh
ame
the
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le,
the
Nig
eria
n g
ov
ern
men
t an
d
key
go
ver
nm
ent
off
icia
ls a
s w
e p
rep
are
for
the
pre
sid
enti
al e
lect
ion
sch
edule
d f
or
Mar
ch 2
8 o
f th
is m
on
th.
“A n
ew v
ideo
has
bee
n p
rod
uce
d b
y t
he
dir
ty t
rick
s u
nit
of
the
AP
C.
Th
is v
ideo
, ac
cord
ing t
o
thei
r p
lan
, is
sch
edu
led
to
be
rele
ased
to
th
e N
iger
ian
peo
ple
in
a m
atte
r o
f d
ays.
It
is o
ur
sin
cere
h
op
e an
d d
esir
e th
at t
his
wil
l n
ot
be
so.
Un
fort
un
atel
y t
he
des
per
atio
n o
f th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
is
such
th
at t
hey
are
pre
par
ed t
o d
o o
r sa
y j
ust
ab
ou
t an
yth
ing i
n o
rder
to
den
igra
te t
he
po
wer
s th
at
be,
to
un
der
min
e o
ur
nat
ion
an
d t
o i
nci
te o
ur
peo
ple
an
d t
o b
rin
g t
he
Pre
sid
ent,
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
and
its
off
icia
ls t
o d
isre
pute
.
“Th
e la
test
vid
eo,
wh
ich
was
pro
duce
d b
y a
gro
up
cal
led
AP
C N
ew V
ideo
, w
as q
uie
tly p
rocu
red
an
d s
ecre
tly v
iew
ed b
y t
he
inte
llig
ence
un
it o
f th
is D
irec
tora
te.
Am
on
gst
oth
er t
hin
gs,
th
ey h
ave
list
ed a
s to
pic
s a
nu
mb
er o
f is
sues
an
d a
lleg
atio
ns
som
e o
f w
hic
h a
re l
iste
d b
elo
w:
“Th
at m
any N
iger
ian
s ar
e u
sin
g p
riv
ate
jets
an
d t
hat
th
is i
n s
om
e w
ay i
s in
dic
ativ
e o
f th
e co
rru
pt
nat
ure
of
the
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le,
wh
ich
of
cou
rse
is a
bsu
rd.
“Sec
on
dly
th
at i
n t
he
last
fo
ur
yea
rs,
the
go
ver
nm
ent
has
sp
ent
N4
8 b
illi
on
on
th
e P
resi
den
tial
A
ir f
leet
, w
hic
h i
s a
lie.
“Th
ird
ly t
hey
rai
sed
iss
ues
abo
ut
the
kid
nap
pin
g o
f th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls,
insi
nu
atin
g t
hat
so
meh
ow
th
e g
ov
ern
men
t h
ad a
han
d i
n t
he
wh
ole
aff
air
and
th
at t
hey
are
hid
ing t
he
gir
ls.
“Fo
urt
hly
, th
ey r
aise
d i
ssu
es a
bou
t th
e co
mm
ents
of
Ste
ven
Dav
is,
the
Au
stra
lian
neg
oti
ato
r w
ho
al
leg
ed t
hat
a ‘
’fri
end
’’ o
f th
e P
resi
den
t, A
li M
od
u S
her
iff,
is
spo
nso
rin
g B
ok
o H
aram
. T
hey
m
ade
all
kin
ds
of
alle
gat
ion
s in
clu
din
g t
he
alle
ged
rel
atio
nsh
ip b
etw
een
th
e P
resi
den
t o
f C
had
, th
e P
resi
den
t o
f N
iger
ia a
nd
Ali
Mo
du
Sh
erif
f. N
eed
less
to
say
thes
e al
legat
ion
s ar
e b
asel
ess
and
th
ey a
re s
imp
ly u
nb
elie
vab
le.
We
just
wo
nd
er h
ow
so
meb
od
y i
n h
is r
igh
t se
nse
s w
ill
com
e u
p
wit
h t
hes
e k
ind
s o
f al
legat
ions.
Th
ere
are
man
y o
ther
th
ings
they
hav
e li
sted
in
th
is v
ideo
wh
ich
last
ed a
bo
ut
9 m
inu
tes.
“Ag
ain
, a
lot
of
fore
ign f
oo
tag
e is
co
nta
ined
in
th
e v
ideo
wh
ich
su
gges
ts t
hat
th
ere
is a
n
inte
rnat
ion
al d
imen
sio
n t
o t
he
pro
du
ctio
n.
Th
is c
on
firm
s o
ur
fear
s an
d b
elie
f th
at t
he
AP
C i
s b
ein
g s
po
nso
red
pri
mar
ily b
y m
on
ey f
rom
fo
reig
n c
ou
ntr
ies
and
by a
gen
ts o
f fo
reig
n
go
ver
nm
ents
th
at a
re h
ost
ile
to t
he
inte
rest
of
ou
r b
elo
ved
nat
ion
Nig
eria
. W
e al
so b
elie
ve
that
so
me
shad
y g
rou
ps
in t
he
Mid
dle
Eas
t m
ay w
ell
hav
e a
han
d i
n t
he
fun
din
g o
f th
is v
ideo
p
rod
uct
ion
an
d i
n t
he
con
stru
ctio
n a
nd
co
nju
rin
g u
p o
f th
ese
bas
eles
s al
legat
ion
s.
“We
say i
n c
lear
ter
ms
that
th
e v
ideo
in
qu
esti
on
an
d t
he
inte
nti
on
s o
f th
ose
beh
ind i
t is
re
pre
hen
sib
le, ir
resp
on
sib
le a
nd
it
is u
nac
cepta
ble
. W
e w
ish
to
tak
e th
is o
pp
ort
un
ity t
o l
et t
he
AP
C k
no
w t
hat
un
der
no
cir
cum
stan
ces
wil
l w
e al
low
th
em t
o r
ob u
s o
f o
ur
legit
imat
e m
and
ate
whic
h,
ho
pef
ull
y, w
ill
be
legit
imat
ely a
nd f
reel
y g
iven
to
th
e P
resi
den
t b
y t
he
Nig
eria
n P
eop
le o
n
Mar
ch 2
8th
.
“Sec
on
dly
, w
e w
ill
no
t to
lera
te a
ny a
ct o
f v
iole
nce
or
any a
ttem
pt
to a
ssas
sinat
e an
yb
od
y b
y t
hei
r ag
ents
in
th
e ev
ent
of
us
win
nin
g a
nd
nei
ther
wil
l th
e p
eop
le o
f th
is c
oun
try e
ver
all
ow
an
oth
er
mil
itar
y i
nte
rven
tio
n.
As
a p
arty
we
are
com
mit
ted
to t
he
dem
ocr
atic
pro
cess
. W
e bel
iev
e th
at
that
is
the
on
ly w
ay f
orw
ard
.
“Th
e P
resi
den
t is
co
mm
itte
d t
o d
emo
crac
y a
nd
an
y a
ttem
pt
to b
rin
g a
bo
ut
any f
orm
of
un
con
stit
uti
onal
go
ver
nm
ent
into
the
affa
irs
of
ou
r n
atio
n b
y t
he
AP
C a
fter
th
ey h
ave
lost
th
is
elec
tio
n w
ill
no
t b
e su
cces
sfu
l. W
e w
ill
resi
st i
t w
ith
th
e la
st d
rop
of
ou
r b
loo
d.
We
wil
l pro
tect
th
e m
and
ate
that
wil
l b
e giv
en t
o u
s b
y t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le t
o t
he
last
man
.
“We
at t
he
PD
P P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
Org
anis
atio
n c
all
on
the
fait
hfu
l to
sta
nd
fir
m a
nd
to
co
me
ou
t en
mas
s o
n M
arch
28
of
this
mo
nth
, re
gar
dle
ss o
f th
e th
reat
s an
d i
nti
mid
atio
n,
to c
ast
thei
r v
ote
s fo
r P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
athan
. T
ho
se o
f u
s w
ho
fea
r G
od
an
d a
re t
rue
bel
iev
ers
in
God
sh
ou
ld u
nd
erst
and
th
at w
e ar
e fi
gh
tin
g f
or
the
ver
y s
oul
of
ou
r n
atio
n.
“We
are
figh
tin
g f
or
the
surv
ival
of
ou
r nat
ion
. W
e ar
e fi
gh
tin
g f
or
the
des
tin
y o
f o
ur
chil
dre
n
and
ch
ild
ren
’s c
hil
dre
n a
nd
we
are
fig
hti
ng f
or
a g
reat
er N
iger
ia.
We
mu
st n
ot
allo
w t
he
enem
ies
of
Go
d a
nd t
he
enem
ies’
of
Nig
eria
to
pre
vai
l.
“We
mu
st n
ot
allo
w a
ny p
oli
tica
l p
arty
th
at i
s b
ein
g c
ov
ertl
y f
un
ded
an
d s
up
po
rted
by s
had
y
fore
ign
in
tere
sts
wit
h a
n a
gen
da
of
insu
rgen
cy,
bu
tch
ery,
mu
rder
, d
ivis
ion
an
d s
trif
e to
tak
e p
ow
er i
n t
his
co
un
try.
We
mu
st n
ot
allo
w a
man
lik
e G
ener
al M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i to
set
us
bac
k.
We
mu
st a
lway
s re
sist
th
eir
atte
mp
ts t
o i
nci
te p
eop
le t
o v
iole
nce
. W
e m
ust
res
ist
thei
r at
tem
pt
to
pre
par
e fo
r w
ar i
n t
he
even
t of
thei
r lo
sing
an
d w
e m
ust
res
ist
thei
r at
tem
pt
to d
emea
n a
nd
ab
use
th
e d
emo
crat
ic p
roce
ss a
nd
set
us
bac
k m
any y
ears
in
th
is c
ou
ntr
y.”
Ob
asa
njo
Ask
s C
ou
rt t
o V
aca
te O
rder
on
His
Au
tob
iog
rap
hy
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Olu
seg
un
O
ba
san
jo
To
bi
So
niy
i in
A
bu
jaâ€
¨ A
fo
rmer
pre
sid
ent,
Ch
ief
Olu
segu
n O
bas
anjo
, has
ask
ed a
n A
bu
ja
Hig
h C
ou
rt t
o v
acat
e it
s ea
rlie
r in
jun
ctio
n
rest
rain
ing
him
fr
om
fu
rth
er
pu
bli
shin
g,
pri
nti
ng
or
off
erin
g
for
sale
, h
is
auto
bio
gra
ph
y:
“My W
atch
.”
He
also
ask
ed t
he
cou
rt t
o s
et a
sid
e it
s o
rder
dir
ecti
ng t
he
Insp
ecto
r G
ener
al o
f P
oli
ce (
IG),
th
e D
irec
tor
Gen
eral
of
the
Dep
artm
ent
of
Sta
te S
erv
ices
(D
SS
) an
d t
he
Co
mp
tro
ller
Gen
eral
of
Cust
om
s (C
GC
) to
rec
ov
er t
he
pu
bli
shed
bo
ok
fro
m a
ll b
oo
k s
tan
ds,
sal
es a
gen
ts,
ven
do
rs,
the
sea
and
air
po
rts
and
dep
osi
t th
em w
ith
his
co
urt
’s r
egis
trar
pen
din
g t
he
det
erm
inat
ion
of
the
sub
stan
tiv
e su
it.
Th
e co
urt
had
gra
nte
d t
he
ord
ers
on
Dec
emb
er 1
0,
20
14
fo
llo
win
g c
om
pla
int
by t
he
pla
inti
ff,
Bu
ruji
Kas
ham
u,
to t
he
effe
ct t
hat
Ob
asan
jo b
reac
hed
an
ear
lier
ord
er o
f th
e co
urt
mad
e o
n
Dec
emb
er 5
res
trai
nin
g t
he
ex-P
resi
den
t fr
om
lau
nch
ing t
he
bo
ok
.
Kas
ham
u,
wh
o s
ued
Ob
san
jo f
or
lib
el i
n r
elat
ion
to
th
e cl
aim
s in
a l
ette
r to
Pre
sid
ent
Go
odlu
ck
Jon
ath
an t
hat
he
(Kas
ham
u)
is a
fu
git
ive
wan
ted
in
th
e U
nit
ed S
tate
s, h
ad m
ov
ed t
he
cou
rt t
o
gra
nt
the
earl
ier
rest
rain
ing o
rder
of
Dec
emb
er 5
on
th
e g
roun
d t
hat
the
sub
ject
of
the
lib
el s
uit
w
as c
on
tain
ed i
n t
he
new
bo
ok
by O
bas
anjo
.
Des
pit
e th
e o
rder
of
Dec
emb
er 5
, O
bas
anjo
pro
ceed
ed t
o l
aun
ch t
he
bo
ok o
n D
ecem
ber
9 i
n
Lag
os,
a d
evel
op
men
t th
at p
rom
pte
d t
he
cou
rt t
o m
ake
the
ord
ers
of
Dec
emb
er 1
0.
On M
on
day
, O
bas
anjo
’s l
awyer
, K
anu
Ag
abi
SA
N m
oved
th
e ap
pli
cati
on
wit
h w
hic
h h
e p
rayed
th
e co
urt
to
set
asi
de
the
Dec
emb
er 1
0 o
rder
on
th
e gro
un
d t
hat
th
e co
urt
wro
ngly
ap
pli
ed t
he
law
in
rea
chin
g i
ts d
ecis
ion
.
Agab
i ar
gu
ed t
hat
it
was
wro
ng f
or
the
cou
rt t
o g
ran
t a
rest
rain
ing
in
jun
ctio
n a
gai
nst
a p
arty
in
a
lib
el c
ase,
wh
o p
lead
ed j
ust
ific
atio
n.
He
said
th
e co
urt
sh
ou
ld h
ave
firs
t d
eter
min
e w
het
her
or
no
t th
e p
ub
lica
tion
co
mp
lain
ed a
bo
ut
was
lib
ello
us
bef
ore
res
trai
nin
g O
bas
naj
o f
rom
en
gag
ing i
n f
urt
her
pu
bli
cati
on
.
Agab
i, w
ho
cit
ed s
om
e au
tho
riti
es i
n s
up
po
rt o
f his
arg
um
ent,
co
nte
nd
ed t
hat
“th
e p
oin
t at
wh
ich
h
e ca
n b
e re
stra
ined
is
wh
en h
e is
un
able
to
pro
ve
his
ple
a o
f ju
stif
icat
ion
.”
He
said
his
cli
ent
was
wil
lin
g t
o a
ban
do
n t
he
app
eal
he
file
d a
gai
nst
th
e co
urt
’s d
ecis
ion
to
en
able
th
e tr
ial
cou
rt d
ecid
e h
is a
ppli
cati
on
.
Law
yer
to
K
ash
amu
, M
r A
lex
Iz
iyo
n
, w
hil
e ar
gu
ing
his
co
unte
r-af
fid
avit
, ob
ject
ed
to
Obas
naj
o’s
par
yer
s. H
e ar
gu
ed t
hat
it
was
wro
ng f
or
Ob
asn
ajo
to
see
k t
he
vac
atio
n o
f in
jun
ctio
ns
whic
h h
ad b
een
ex
ecu
ted
.
He
said
th
e p
lain
tiff
s h
ad
serv
ed
the
ord
er
on
al
l th
e in
stit
uti
ons,
se
curi
ty
agen
cies
an
d
ind
ivid
ual
s n
amed
in
th
e o
rder
.
He
told
th
e co
urt
th
at t
he
Nig
eria
n C
ust
om
s S
ervic
e re
cen
tly r
equ
este
d f
or
a co
py o
f th
e o
rder
w
hen
it
s m
en
inte
rcep
ted
co
nta
iner
lo
ads
of
the
bo
ok
. Ju
stic
e V
alen
tin
e A
shi
has
ad
jou
rned
to
Mar
ch 3
0 f
or
ruli
ng
.
Tel
l B
uh
ari,
AP
C t
o s
top
in
sult
ing
Jon
ath
an
,
Mu
azu
tel
ls A
bd
uls
ala
mi,
Da
ng
ote
, o
ther
s
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
11
:11
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By H
enry
Um
oru
A
BU
JA-
AH
EA
D o
f th
e P
resi
den
tial
an
d g
ener
al e
lect
ion
s h
old
ing S
atu
rday
, M
arch
28
an
d
Apri
l 1
1,
Nat
ion
al C
hai
rman
of
the
Peo
ple
s D
emocr
atic
Par
ty,
PD
P y
este
rday
ple
aded
wit
h
form
er H
ead
of
Sta
te,
Gen
eral
Ab
du
lsal
ami
Ab
ub
akar
,ret
d, fo
rmer
Ch
ief
of
Gen
eral
Sta
ff,
Com
mo
do
re E
bit
u U
kiw
e, r
etd
, C
ath
oli
c B
ish
op
of
So
ko
to D
ioce
se,
Bis
hop
Mat
thew
Has
san
K
uk
ah t
o a
sk t
he
lead
ersh
ip o
f th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
AP
C t
o s
top
in
sult
ing P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an.
Sp
eak
ing y
este
rday
at
PD
P N
atio
nal
Sec
reta
riat
, A
buja
wh
en m
emb
ers
of
Gen
. A
bd
uls
alam
i A
bu
bak
ar-l
ed N
atio
nal
Pea
ce C
om
mit
tee
on
Ele
ctio
n v
isit
ed h
im,
Mu
azu
to
ld t
he
Co
mm
itte
e m
emb
ers
that
th
e P
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
of
AP
C,
Gen
eral
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari,
ret
d a
nd
oth
er
key
sta
keh
old
ers
of
the
par
ty m
ust
sto
p p
ort
rayin
g P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
as
a b
ad p
rodu
ct.
Als
o w
ith
Uk
iwe
du
rin
g t
he
vis
it w
as t
he
Chai
rman
of
Dan
go
te g
roup
, A
lhaj
i A
lik
o D
ango
te,
amo
ng o
ther
s.
Sp
eak
ing f
urt
her
, M
uaz
u t
old
his
vis
ito
rs t
hat
rat
her
than
in
sult
and
att
empt
to r
idic
ule
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an,
the
AP
C s
ho
uld
tel
l N
iger
ian
s w
hat
they
wo
uld
do
bet
ter
wit
h t
hei
r ca
nd
idat
e, a
ddin
g
that
th
ou
gh
it
was
no
t th
e p
oli
cy o
f th
e P
DP
, b
ut
som
e yo
un
ger
mem
ber
s o
f th
e par
ty h
ad n
o
cho
ice
than
to
rea
ct i
n c
om
men
sura
te m
ann
er t
o a
ttac
ks
fro
m t
he
op
po
siti
on
as
they
wer
e p
ush
ed
to t
he
wal
l.
Mu
azu
wh
o n
ote
d t
hat
as
the
Nat
ion
al C
hai
rman
of
the
ruli
ng p
arty
, al
l h
e co
uld
do
was
to
be
a go
od
sal
esm
an o
f P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
des
igned
to
mak
e th
e el
ecto
rate
ch
eris
h h
im,
said
, “T
his
is
the
kin
d o
f co
mm
itte
e w
e n
eed
to
be
ou
r w
atch
do
g,
to b
e o
ur
pro
mp
ters
so
th
at w
e d
o w
hat
is
abso
lute
ly r
equ
ired
to
hav
e v
ery c
red
ible
, p
eace
ful
and
tra
nsp
aren
t el
ecti
on
s an
d f
or
such
a r
esu
lt
that
wo
uld
co
me
ou
t o
f th
e el
ecti
on
s fo
r u
s to
be
hap
py w
ith
.
“Mr.
Ch
airm
an,
I w
ant
to a
ssu
re y
ou
th
at t
he
Peo
ple
s D
emocr
atic
Par
ty w
ill
be
run
nin
g a
ver
y
fair
cam
pai
gn
led
by m
e. I
f yo
u w
atch
my u
tter
ance
s p
erso
nal
ly,
yo
u w
ill
fin
d t
hat
th
ere
is
no
thin
g I
do
th
an t
o b
e a
go
od
sal
esm
an o
f w
hat
I s
hou
ld b
e, f
or
my p
arty
an
d f
or
my P
resi
den
t.
“I h
ave
eno
ugh
to
say
ab
ou
t m
y P
resi
den
t th
at a
re p
osi
tiv
e to
mak
e p
eop
le a
do
re h
im a
nd
lo
ve
him
, to
vo
te f
or
him
. I
hav
e v
ery l
ittl
e to
say
ab
ou
t th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n.
“Un
fort
un
atel
y,
wh
en t
he
op
po
siti
on
go
es h
ayw
ire,
so
me
of
ou
r sm
all
bo
ys
in o
ur
ow
n p
arty
als
o
sho
ut
bac
k.
An
d t
hat
is
wh
y y
ou
hav
e so
me
of
the
un
fort
un
ate
thin
gs.
“Bel
iev
e m
e, I
alw
ays
giv
e th
em a
ver
y s
tro
ng s
ign
al t
hat
we
do
n’t
ex
pec
t th
at.
Th
at i
s w
hy i
t is
n
ot
mo
re t
han
it
has
bee
n.
It w
ou
ld h
ave
go
ne
even
mu
ch w
ors
e. I
t is
ab
solu
tely
unn
eces
sary
to
ca
ll s
om
ebo
dy’s
pro
du
ct b
ad p
rod
uct
. It
is
bet
ter
for
yo
u t
o s
ell
you
r p
rod
uct
an
d s
ho
w h
ow
go
od
o
r b
ette
r yo
ur
pro
du
ct i
s th
an t
he
oth
ers.
“Fo
r u
s, w
e d
o n
ot
hav
e an
y d
ou
bt
that
ou
r p
rod
uct
, P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck E
bel
e Jo
nat
han
has
all
w
e n
eed
to
sel
l in
a p
resi
den
t an
d t
her
efo
re w
e d
o n
ot
nee
d t
o s
pea
k i
ll a
bo
ut
oth
ers.
“Bu
t I
on
ly w
ant
to a
ssu
re y
ou
Mr.
Ch
airm
an,
that
by t
he
gra
ce o
f th
e A
lmig
hty
Go
d,
we
hav
e h
eard
yo
ur
adv
ice
and
yo
ur
wo
rds
as e
lder
s ar
e w
ord
s o
f w
isd
om
. W
e w
ill
con
tin
ue
to i
mp
rov
e an
d i
ncr
ease
in
ou
r ca
uti
on
an
d t
he
use
of
ou
r w
ord
s an
d w
hat
soev
er u
se o
f n
egat
ive
cam
pai
gn
s fo
r th
e n
ext
few
day
s u
nti
l th
e E
lect
ion
Day
.”
Ear
lier
in
his
rem
ark
s, c
hai
rman
of
the
com
mit
tee,
Gen
. A
bd
uls
alam
i A
bu
bak
ar
who
no
ted
th
at t
he
com
mit
tee
had
ob
serv
ed t
hat
so
me
of
the
utt
eran
ces
com
ing f
rom
par
ty
lead
ers
at t
he
on
go
ing c
amp
aign
did
no
t fi
t in
to t
he
rece
ntl
y s
ign
ed A
bu
ja P
eace
Acc
ord
th
at w
as
sign
ed b
y r
epre
sen
tati
ves
of
var
iou
s p
oli
tica
l p
arti
es.
Th
e fo
rmer
Hea
d o
f S
tate
wh
o w
as r
epre
sen
ted
by f
orm
er C
hie
f o
f G
ener
al S
taff
(C
GS
),
Com
mo
do
re E
bit
u U
kiw
e, r
etd
wh
o e
xp
ress
ed t
he
ho
pe
that
th
ere
wo
uld
be
a p
eace
ful
elec
tio
n t
o
ush
er i
n a
new
ad
min
istr
atio
n,
said
th
at t
he
com
mit
tee
ther
efo
re w
ould
wan
t en
cou
rag
e th
e P
DP
to
as
mu
ch a
s p
oss
ible
“g
o b
ack
” to
wh
at w
as a
gre
ed a
t th
e th
e p
eace
acc
ord
.
He
said
, go
bac
k t
o t
he
lang
uag
e th
at w
ill
unit
e ra
ther
than
div
ide
us.
We
ho
pe
the
elec
tio
n w
ill
go
on
pea
cefu
lly a
nd
th
e o
pin
ion
of
mo
st N
iger
ian
s re
spec
ted
.
“We
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
pra
y a
nd
wat
ch w
hat
is
goin
g o
n.
We
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
pra
y f
or
pea
cefu
l el
ecti
on
. L
et t
he
effo
rt f
or
pea
ce a
nd
pro
gre
ss c
on
tin
ue.
”
Ele
ctio
n U
nce
rtain
ty,
Oil
Pric
e S
tall
Co
nst
ru
cti
on
in
Nig
eri
a
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Barr
els
of
oil
P
oli
tica
l u
nce
rtai
nty
ov
er N
iger
ia’s
ele
ctio
n o
n S
atu
rday
an
d e
con
om
ic t
urm
oil
fro
m l
ow
oil
p
rice
s h
ave
del
iver
ed
a d
ou
ble
b
low
th
at
has
sl
ash
ed
rev
enu
es
and
tr
igger
ed
layo
ffs
for
bu
sin
esse
s ac
ross
Afr
ica’
s b
igg
est
eco
no
my.
Bu
t w
hil
e so
me,
su
ch a
s co
nsu
mer
goo
ds
firm
s, a
re l
ess
exp
ose
d t
o A
bu
ja’s
tro
ub
les,
oth
ers
lik
e co
nst
ruct
ion
fir
ms
hea
vil
y d
epen
den
t o
n g
ov
ern
men
t ca
sh a
re f
acin
g f
roze
n p
roje
cts,
un
pai
d b
ills
an
d m
ass
red
un
dan
cies
, p
utt
ing b
adly
nee
ded
in
fras
tru
ctu
re d
evel
op
men
t o
n i
ce,
ind
ust
ry s
ou
rces
sa
y.
“Th
e si
tuat
ion
is
te
rrib
le
and
th
ere
is
mo
re
...
to
com
e,”
on
e co
nst
ruct
ion
in
du
stry
so
urc
e to
ld R
eute
rs.
“Th
ere
is a
des
per
ate
lack
of
fun
ds.
”
Th
e fa
ll i
n w
orl
d o
il p
rice
s to
$5
5 a
bar
rel,
hal
f w
hat
th
ey w
ere
in J
un
e, c
ou
ld n
ot
hav
e co
me
at a
w
ors
e ti
me
for
Afr
ica’
s b
igg
est
pro
du
cer.
Th
e ru
n-u
p t
o a
n e
lect
ion
is
trad
itio
nal
ly w
hen
gov
ern
men
t fi
nan
ces
com
e u
nd
er h
uge
pre
ssu
re
fro
m e
lect
ion
sp
end
ing o
n a
dv
erti
sin
g a
nd
pat
ron
age.
Sta
nd
ard a
nd
Po
or’
s ra
tin
gs
agen
cy d
ow
ng
rad
ed N
iger
ia t
o B
+ f
rom
BB
- la
st w
eek
.
Th
e n
aira
h
as
fall
en
20
p
er
cent
sin
ce
bei
ng
dev
alu
ed
in
No
vem
ber
. B
ecau
se t
his
vo
te i
s ex
pec
ted
to
be
so c
lose
ly f
ou
gh
t, m
uch
mo
re m
on
ey h
as b
een
nee
ded
to
fig
ht
it.
Cap
ital
sp
endin
g i
n t
he
bu
dget
has
bee
n s
lash
ed a
nd
a s
ou
rce
in p
arli
amen
t sa
id g
ov
ern
men
t co
ntr
acts
are
mas
siv
ely i
n a
rrea
rs b
ecau
se i
t is
eas
ier
no
t to
pay
co
ntr
acto
rs t
han
to
hold
bac
k
sala
ries
.
Th
e to
p 1
0 c
on
stru
ctio
n c
om
pan
ies
in N
iger
ia a
cco
un
ted
fo
r 7
0,0
00
jo
bs
a yea
r ag
o b
ut
since
th
en t
hei
r w
ork
forc
es h
ave
bee
n c
ut
by a
th
ird
, in
du
stry
so
urc
es s
aid
.
“Mo
st o
f th
e co
mp
anie
s ti
gh
ten
ed t
hei
r b
elts
bec
ause
o
f n
o p
aym
ents
, w
hil
e o
ver
hea
ds
are
get
tin
g
hig
her
,”
exp
atri
ate
civ
il
engin
eer
Dan
iel
Haz
im
said
. “T
hat
’s w
hy
the
maj
ori
ty o
f co
nst
ruct
ion c
om
pan
ies
are
pas
sin
g p
ink
sli
ps
to t
hei
r em
plo
yee
s ..
. ex
pat
s an
d l
oca
ls.”
Th
ousa
nd
s o
f jo
b l
oss
es a
re b
ad t
imin
g f
or
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jon
ath
an’s
re-
elec
tio
n b
id,
bu
t th
ey m
ay d
o l
ittl
e to
sw
ay a
n e
lect
ora
te d
ivid
ed a
lon
g r
egio
nal
an
d e
thn
ic l
ines
. Jo
nat
han
, a
sou
ther
n C
hri
stia
n,
face
s m
ain
op
po
siti
on
can
did
ate
Muh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i, a
fo
rmer
mil
itar
y r
ule
r an
d a
no
rther
n M
usl
im.
Yet
th
e jo
b l
oss
es a
re a
lso a
rem
ind
er t
hat
wh
oev
er l
ead
s N
iger
ia a
fter
th
e el
ecti
on
wil
l n
eed
to
en
d i
ts d
epen
den
ce o
n o
il a
s th
e m
oto
r fo
r th
e ec
on
om
y.
“We
hav
e n
egle
cted
agri
cult
ure
, so
lid
min
eral
s, w
e h
ave
neg
lect
ed h
um
an e
mp
ow
erm
ent,
we
sim
ply
sel
l o
il,”
po
liti
cal
anal
yst
and
law
yer
On
yeb
uch
i E
men
ka
told
Reu
ters
TV
yes
terd
ay.
Th
e co
un
try
nee
ds
a ca
nd
idat
e w
ho
w
ill
div
ersi
fy
the
eco
no
my,
he
said
. In
th
e m
ean
tim
e, c
on
trac
tors
are
su
ffer
ing.
A s
po
kes
man
fo
r th
e M
inis
try o
f W
ork
s sa
id i
t had
re
ceiv
ed o
nly
44
bil
lio
n n
aira
out
of
98
bil
lio
n n
aira
all
oca
ted
las
t yea
r.
Th
e m
inis
ter,
Mik
e O
no
lem
emen
, w
as q
uo
ted
in
lo
cal
new
spap
ers
as s
ayin
g t
hat
co
ntr
acto
rs
wer
e o
wed
ab
ou
t 2
30
bil
lio
n n
aira
bet
wee
n 2
01
1-2
01
4 a
nd
th
at 1
77
pro
ject
s la
cked
su
ffic
ien
t fu
nd
ing
to
mo
ve
forw
ard
.
Lea
din
g c
on
stru
ctio
n f
irm
Ju
liu
s B
erger
an
d s
ever
al o
ther
lar
ge
firm
s h
ave
all
sto
pp
ed w
ork
ing
o
n p
roje
cts
such
as
road
s an
d b
rid
ges
bec
ause
th
e g
ov
ern
men
t is
no
t pay
ing t
hem
, in
du
stry
so
urc
es s
ay.
Fir
ms
wit
h a
sm
alle
r p
rese
nce
, su
ch a
s It
aly’s
Sal
ini
Imp
regil
o,
wh
ich
is
bu
ild
ing A
bu
ja’s
gli
tzy
Mil
len
niu
m T
ow
er,
are
in s
imil
ar d
iffi
cult
ies.
Ju
liu
s B
erg
er d
ecli
ned
to
co
mm
ent
and
Sal
ini
off
icia
ls w
ere
no
t im
med
iate
ly a
vai
lab
le f
or
com
men
t.
Gov
ern
men
t in
fras
tru
ctu
re p
roje
cts
alw
ays
mo
ved
slo
wly
, b
ut
firm
s w
ere
forc
ed t
o s
cale
do
wn
to
sk
elet
on
cre
ws
last
yea
r an
d s
ever
al a
re n
ot
exp
ecti
ng t
o r
esu
me
wo
rk i
n 2
01
5 a
t al
l.
A p
roje
ct t
o r
ehab
ilit
ate
the
34
0 k
m (
20
0 m
iles
) It
akp
e-A
jao
ku
ta-W
arri
rai
lway
to t
ran
spo
rt i
ron
o
re a
nd
co
al,
cru
cial
to r
evam
pin
g a
n a
gei
ng
ste
el m
ill,
res
tart
ed w
ork
in
Au
gu
st 2
01
4 b
ut
was
sh
ut
do
wn
ag
ain
wh
en f
un
ds
dri
ed u
p,
a so
urc
e cl
ose
to
th
e p
roje
ct s
aid
.
Now
it
wil
l re
mai
n o
n h
old
un
til
the
go
ver
nm
ent
can
fu
nd
it.
Om
oju
wa
on
ch
an
ces
of
Bu
ha
ri a
nd
Jo
na
tha
n i
n 2
015
ele
ctio
n
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
11
:06
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By J
aphet
h O
mo
juw
a G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an o
r M
uh
amm
adu B
uh
ari?
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari
or
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
? B
oth
h
ave
thei
r st
ren
gth
s an
d w
eakn
esse
s.
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i is
ru
nn
ing a
s a
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e fo
r th
e 4
th t
ime
in a
ro
w.
Th
e o
nly
d
iffe
ren
ce b
etw
een
his
cu
rren
t ef
fort
an
d t
he
thre
e p
rev
iou
s o
nes
is
the
fact
that
th
is t
ime,
he
go
es
to t
he
poll
s as
a c
lear
fav
ou
rite
. S
ure
ly,
ther
e m
ust
be
a re
aso
n w
hy a
man
wh
o,
it l
oo
ked
lik
e,
nev
er h
ad a
ch
ance
in
th
e la
st 1
2 y
ears
is
no
w s
oli
dly
pla
ced
to w
in.
Th
e re
aso
n?
Tw
o w
ord
s: G
ood
luck
Jon
ath
an.
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an s
aid
he
des
erv
ed c
red
it f
or
the
AP
C b
eco
min
g w
hat
it
is t
od
ay.
Th
e p
resi
den
t is
rig
ht,
bu
t h
e m
isse
d t
he
iron
y i
n h
is o
wn
ass
erti
on
. H
e w
ants
th
e w
orl
d t
o b
elie
ve
the
AP
C
exis
ts b
ecau
se h
is g
ov
ern
men
t cr
eate
d a
n e
nab
lin
g e
nv
iro
nm
ent
for
the
op
po
siti
on
to
th
riv
e w
hen
, in
act
ual
fac
t, t
he
op
po
siti
on
ro
se o
n t
he
hil
ls o
f Jo
nat
han
’s i
nco
mp
eten
ce.
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i h
as a
lway
s b
een
a p
hen
om
eno
n i
n t
he
No
rth
– h
e st
ill
is –
bu
t th
e sa
me
cou
ld n
ot
hav
e b
een
sai
d o
f th
e S
ou
th u
nti
l th
e ru
n-u
p t
o t
he
201
5 e
lect
ion
s. W
hy i
s th
at?
Bec
ause
of
the
sam
e o
ld g
ee,
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
. N
iger
ia’s
curr
ent
pre
sid
ent
has
fai
led
so
man
y t
imes
man
y
Nig
eria
ns
are
incl
ined
to
ch
oo
se t
o v
ote
fo
r ju
st a
bo
ut
any f
orm
of
mat
ter
ov
er h
im.
Wh
ere
exac
tly h
as J
on
ath
an f
aile
d a
nd w
hy h
is f
ailu
res
sho
uld
no
t be
ov
erlo
ok
ed?
Th
e p
resi
den
t’s
mo
st t
elli
ng
fai
lure
is
his
in
abil
ity t
o a
ddre
ss t
he
insu
rgen
cy i
n t
he
No
rth
. F
or
man
y y
ears
, th
e p
resi
den
t’s
dis
po
siti
on
to
Bok
o H
aram
was
: “t
hey
are
kil
lin
g t
hem
selv
es t
o m
ake
my g
ov
ern
men
t lo
ok
bad
.” T
his
po
siti
on
was
ech
oed
by t
he
pre
sid
ent’
s m
en a
nd
all
ies.
Th
e b
elat
ed r
esp
on
se t
o t
he
kil
lin
g o
f 5
9 B
un
i Y
adi
bo
ys
in Y
ob
e, t
he
absu
rd d
elay
in
ev
en
bel
iev
ing t
he
Ch
ibo
k g
irls
wer
e tr
uly
ab
du
cted
un
til
som
e 1
8 d
ays
late
r, t
he
Kan
o r
ally
dan
ce t
hat
ca
me
24 h
ou
rs a
fter
th
e N
yan
ya
bo
mb
bla
st,
and
sev
eral
oth
er s
ho
ckin
g r
esp
on
ses
to B
ok
o
Har
am’s
act
ivit
ies
sold
th
e p
resi
den
t ou
t as
bei
ng i
nd
iffe
ren
t to
the
pai
ns
of
Nig
eria
ns
wh
o l
ive
un
der
the
con
stan
t m
enac
e o
f te
rro
r.
Mea
nw
hil
e, G
ener
al B
uh
ari’
s h
isto
ry a
s a
no
-no
nse
nse
lea
der
pro
ves
he
wil
l no
t ap
pro
ach
Bok
o
Har
am w
ith k
id g
lov
es o
r u
nd
erra
te t
he
terr
or
gro
up
, to
wh
ich
Pre
sid
ent
Jonat
han
has
co
nfe
ssed
. C
orr
up
tio
n a
nd g
ov
ern
men
t ac
cou
nta
bil
ity a
re m
ajo
r is
sues
in
th
is e
lect
ion
, an
d u
nder
stan
dab
ly
so.
A N
ov
emb
er 2
01
2 r
epo
rt s
ays
som
e N
5 t
rill
ion
was
eit
her
mis
app
rop
riat
ed o
r o
utr
igh
t st
ole
n
un
der
the
Jon
ath
an a
dm
inis
trat
ion
. A
t le
ast
N1
tri
llio
n w
as s
tole
n u
nd
er t
he
gu
ise
of
fuel
su
bsi
die
s, i
f th
e H
ou
se o
f R
epre
sen
tati
ves
’ re
port
is
corr
ect.
Th
ere
is t
he
$2
0 b
illi
on
th
e th
en-C
entr
al B
ank
go
ver
no
r an
d n
ow
Em
ir o
f K
ano
, H
RH
M
uh
amm
ed S
anu
si I
I, s
aid
was
n’t
rem
itte
d t
o t
he
Fed
erat
ion
Acc
ou
nt.
Tw
o d
ays
ago
, h
e w
as o
n
CN
N’s
Am
anp
our
insi
stin
g t
he
go
ver
nm
ent’
s ex
pla
nat
ion
fo
r th
at w
as n
ot
sati
sfac
tory
.
Ano
ther
fo
rmer
CB
N g
ov
ern
or,
Pro
f. C
har
les
So
lud
o,
insi
sted
so
me
N3
0 t
rill
ion
has
bee
n l
ost
d
ue
to t
he
curr
ent
adm
inis
trat
ion
’s m
ism
anag
emen
t. A
s th
ese
wo
rds
get
wri
tten
, th
e go
ver
nm
ent
has
no
t is
sued
a r
easo
nab
le r
esp
on
se t
o h
is c
har
ges
. T
hey
off
ered
a l
ot
of
emo
tio
nal
tan
tru
ms
thro
ug
h P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
’s c
amp
aign
an
d t
he
Min
istr
y o
f F
inan
ce.
On t
his
fro
nt,
Bu
har
i co
mes
ou
t o
n t
op a
gai
n b
ecau
se o
f h
is r
epu
tati
on
of
nev
er b
ein
g t
he
on
e ab
ou
t am
assi
ng w
ealt
h o
r u
sin
g h
is p
riv
ileg
ed p
osi
tio
n t
o l
oo
t th
e co
un
try.
He
is g
ener
ally
p
erce
ived
as
up
righ
t. H
is c
ho
ice
of
Pas
tor
Yem
i O
sin
baj
o h
elp
ed t
o c
emen
t th
at p
erce
pti
on
.
Th
e th
ird
maj
or
dec
idin
g i
ssue
for
this
ele
ctio
n i
s th
e ec
on
om
y.
Th
e N
iger
ian
eco
no
my i
s w
alk
ing o
n t
igh
tro
pes
. T
he
go
ver
nm
ent
lik
es t
o c
laim
it
has
mad
e N
iger
ia A
fric
a’s
No
.1
eco
no
my.
Th
e ec
on
om
y w
as r
ebas
ed i
n 2
01
4.
All
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
did
wit
h t
he
“reb
asin
g”
was
to
ac
cou
nt
for
the
incl
usi
on
of
new
sec
tors
lik
e th
e en
tert
ain
men
t in
du
stry
an
d t
elec
om
s in
to t
he
calc
ula
tio
n o
f th
e co
un
try’s
GD
P.
Th
is w
as a
ccu
mu
late
d o
ver
th
e p
revio
us
20
yea
rs o
r so
, b
ut
the
go
ver
nm
ent
has
so
ld t
his
as
on
e o
f it
s ac
hie
vem
ents
.
Pic
ture
s o
f C
amer
oon
wer
e p
rese
nte
d a
s co
mp
lete
d r
oad
pro
ject
s o
f th
is a
dm
inis
trat
ion
, an
d a
n
imag
e o
f a
ho
usi
ng e
stat
e in
Lek
ki
was
use
d a
s th
at o
f co
mp
lete
d h
ou
sin
g p
roje
cts
in t
he
Nort
hea
st.
Fo
ur
ou
t o
f ev
ery f
ive
Nig
eria
n g
rad
uat
es a
re o
ut
of
job
s. E
xtr
eme
pov
erty
is
un
acce
pta
bly
hig
h,
the
nai
ra i
s se
ein
g w
ors
t tr
adin
g d
ays
ever
. P
erh
aps,
th
e g
reat
est
pic
ture
of
that
rea
lity
is
Ali
ko
D
ango
te,
Afr
ica’
s ri
ches
t m
an,
losi
ng $
7 b
illi
on
in
No
vem
ber
20
14
alo
ne;
sin
ce t
hen
, h
e h
as l
ost
en
ou
gh
mo
ney
to
mak
e an
oth
er p
erso
n t
he
2n
d r
ich
est
on
th
e co
nti
nen
t.
Nig
eria
’s f
ore
ign
res
erv
es c
onti
nu
e to
tak
e a
plu
nge.
Its
deb
ts,
loca
l an
d f
ore
ign
, co
nti
nu
e to
ris
e.
It i
s al
l a
mes
s o
ut
her
e.
Th
is i
s w
hat
th
e el
ecti
on
s ar
e ab
ou
t. I
t is
a d
irec
t Y
es/N
o r
efer
end
um
on
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an.
No
t a
few
peo
ple
vo
tin
g f
or
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i w
ill
do
so
ju
st t
o v
ote
agai
nst
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an.
Voti
ng B
uhar
i is
th
e ri
gh
t th
ing i
f th
is r
eall
y i
s ab
ou
t th
e fu
ture
of
Nig
eria
. O
f th
e tw
o a
vai
lab
le
op
tion
s, P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
is
a fa
iled
pre
sid
ent.
In a
san
e w
orl
d, h
e w
ou
ld n
ot
even
dre
am t
o b
e a
can
did
ate,
let
alo
ne
bec
om
e o
ne.
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i u
sed t
o b
e a
dic
tato
r. H
e h
as s
ince
lea
rnt
dem
ocr
atic
ten
ets
hav
ing,
wit
ho
ut
reso
rtin
g t
o v
iole
nce
, tr
ust
ed t
he
cou
rts
thre
e ti
mes
aft
er l
osi
ng p
rev
ious
elec
tio
ns.
It
is o
bv
iou
s h
e is
in
th
is b
ecau
se h
e fi
rmly
bel
iev
es h
e ca
n b
e th
e w
ise
old
man
wh
o s
ets
Nig
eria
on
th
e ro
ad
to s
oci
o-p
oli
tica
l an
d e
con
om
ic r
eco
ver
y.
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i get
s m
y v
ote
. E
asil
y.
It i
s th
e m
ost
lo
gic
al d
ecis
ion
. In
a c
ou
ntr
y w
her
e m
on
ey
and
mat
eria
lism
ho
ld s
way
(in
clu
din
g i
n t
he
so-c
alle
d r
elig
iou
s h
ou
ses)
, th
ose
wh
o a
re a
ble
to
sh
are
doll
ars
wil
l ce
rtai
nly
tu
rn m
any h
ead
s. W
hat
wil
l m
atte
r in
th
e en
d i
s h
ow
mu
ch N
iger
ian
s w
ant
“ch
ange”
. A
no
ther
fo
ur
yea
rs w
ith
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
wo
uld
be
a d
isas
ter
for
Nig
eria
. It
is
tim
e fo
r B
uh
ari.
Sh
ag
ari
Ap
pea
ls t
o P
oli
tici
an
s to
Giv
e P
eace
a C
ha
nce
, S
hu
n
Vio
len
ce
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Ex-
Pre
sid
ent,
A
lha
ji
Sh
ehu
S
ha
ga
ri
Mo
ham
med
Am
inu
in
So
ko
toâ€
¨
Sec
on
d R
epu
bli
c P
resi
den
t, A
lhaj
i S
heh
u S
hag
ari,
on
Mo
nd
ay c
alle
d o
n N
iger
ian
s, e
spec
iall
y
po
liti
cian
s to
giv
e p
eace
a c
han
ce a
hea
d o
f th
is w
eek
s p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n.
Sh
agar
i sp
ok
e ag
ain
st t
he
bac
kd
rop
of
rum
ou
rs m
akin
g t
he
rou
nd
s in
th
e so
cial
med
ia t
hat
he
was
dea
d.
Sp
eak
ing
wit
h
jou
rnal
ists
at
h
is
resi
den
ce
at
Sam
a R
oad
in
S
ok
oto
, th
e fo
rmer
p
resi
den
t re
min
ded
po
liti
cian
of
the
nee
d t
o p
ut
Nig
eria
fir
st n
o m
atte
r th
eir
amb
itio
n.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
no
bo
dy s
ho
uld
sp
on
sor
or
per
pet
rate
vio
len
ce i
n t
he
nam
e o
f p
oli
tics
, as
it
is
no
t a
d-o
r-d
ie a
ffai
r.
He
emp
has
ised
th
at a
nyb
od
y
wh
o s
po
nso
rs o
r p
erp
etra
tes
vio
len
ce w
as w
ork
ing a
gai
nst
the
inte
rest
of
Nig
eria
ns.
“As
Nig
eria
ns
go
to
th
e p
oll
s o
n S
atu
rday
, it
beh
oo
ves
on
all
Nig
eria
ns
to p
ut
Nig
eria
fir
st
irre
spec
tiv
e o
f et
hn
ic a
nd
rel
igio
us
dif
fere
nce
s.
“Go
d
giv
es p
ow
er to
w
ho
ever
H
e w
ish
es
and
ta
kes
le
ader
ship
. N
ob
od
y sh
ou
ld sp
on
sor
or
per
pet
rate
vio
len
ce a
s th
e co
un
try b
elo
ngs
to a
ll o
f u
s.
“So
, p
oli
tici
ans
in t
he
cou
ntr
y s
ho
uld
str
ive
har
d f
or
a u
nit
ed N
iger
ia a
nd
ref
rain
fro
m d
oin
g
anyth
ing t
hat
wil
l d
estr
oy
the
cou
ntr
y,”
Sh
agar
i sa
id.
Th
e fo
rmer
pre
sid
ent
said
Go
d d
oes
no
t m
ake
a m
ista
ke
and
has
a r
easo
n f
or
bri
ngin
g v
ario
us
ethn
ic g
rou
ps
in t
he
coun
try.
He
app
eale
d t
o N
iger
ian
s to
liv
e in
pea
ce w
ith
an
oth
er i
rres
pec
tive
of
po
liti
cal
dif
fere
nce
fo
r p
eace
to c
on
tin
ue
to r
eig
n i
n t
he
po
lity
.
Ju
dg
e A
sks
YD
M L
ead
ers
to C
orr
ect
Mis
rep
rese
nta
tio
n o
r
Fa
ce
Ja
il
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Sym
bo
l o
f ju
stic
e
To
bi
So
niy
i in
A
bu
jaâ€
¨ Ju
stic
e A
hm
ed M
oh
amm
ed o
f th
e F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
in
Ab
uja
has
giv
en o
ffic
ials
of
the
Yo
uth
D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(Y
DP
) 2
4 h
ours
to
ad
dre
ss a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
to
co
rrec
t th
e m
isre
pre
sen
tati
on
o
f th
e ju
dgm
ent
he
del
iver
ed o
n M
arch
4,
20
15
or
risk
co
nte
mp
t.
In
the
jud
gm
ent
wh
ich
w
as m
isin
terp
rete
d b
y th
e p
arty
, th
e co
urt
o
rder
ed th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n (
INE
C)
to r
egis
ter
YD
P a
s a
po
liti
cal
par
ty b
ut
the
par
ty o
ffic
ials
w
ent
ahea
d t
o t
ell
the
pre
ss t
hat
th
e co
urt
als
o o
rder
ed t
hat
th
e p
arty
be
allo
wed
to
par
tici
pat
e in
th
e fo
rth
com
ing e
lect
ion
s o
r p
ost
po
ne
them
.
Just
ice
Mo
ham
med
, w
ho
al
so
yes
terd
ay
ord
ered
th
e p
arty
o
ffic
ials
to
fi
le
an
affi
dav
it
of
com
pli
ance
, th
reat
ened
to
jai
l th
em i
f th
ey f
aile
d t
o c
arry
ou
t h
is d
irec
tiv
es.
Th
e ju
dge
had
on
Mar
ch 1
2 s
um
mo
ned
th
e p
arty
’s o
ffic
ials
to
ap
pea
r in
co
urt
on
Mo
nd
ay t
o
exp
lain
ho
w t
hey
cam
e ab
ou
t th
e co
urt
pro
no
unce
men
t o
rder
ing t
hei
r in
clu
sio
n i
n t
he
po
lls.
Just
ice
Mo
ham
med
, in
a
ben
ch ru
lin
g af
ter
list
enin
g
to th
e par
ty’s
co
unse
l, K
elv
in N
wo
fo
(SA
N),
an
d
INE
C’s
la
wyer
, M
r.
Wo
le
Bal
og
un
,
rule
d
that
a
case
o
f co
nte
mp
t h
ad
bee
n
esta
bli
shed
agai
nst
th
e p
arty
’s o
ffic
ials
fro
m t
he
two
aff
idav
its
file
d b
y t
hem
.
He,
ho
wev
er,
hel
d t
hat
bec
ause
th
e co
urt
was
no
t o
ut
to u
nn
eces
sari
ly
join
iss
ues
wit
h a
nyb
od
y
and
th
at i
n v
iew
of
ple
a fo
r m
ercy
by t
he
par
ty’s
law
yer
, h
e w
ou
ld “
relu
ctan
tly t
emp
er j
ust
ice
wit
h m
ercy
.”
Th
e co
urt
ru
led
: “I
t is
cle
ar t
hat
th
e co
urt
did
no
t o
rder
to
in
clu
de
them
in t
he
bal
lot
pap
ers
or
to
shif
t th
e el
ecti
on
s.
”Th
e ca
se o
f co
nte
mp
t is
cle
arly
est
abli
shed
in
the
circ
um
stan
ces
of
this
cas
e an
d l
earn
ed s
enio
r co
un
sel
for
the
pla
inti
ff h
as p
lead
ed w
ith
the
cou
rt t
o t
emp
er j
ust
ice
wit
h m
ercy
an
d t
o f
org
ive
the
pla
inti
ff’s
off
icia
ls.
“Th
is c
ou
rt i
s n
ot
ou
t to
un
nec
essa
rily
jo
in i
ssu
es w
ith
an
yo
ne
leas
t o
f al
l th
e o
ffic
ials
of
the
pla
inti
ff,
YD
P.
“It
is o
n t
hat
pre
mis
e th
at I
wil
l re
luct
antl
y t
emp
er j
ust
ice
wit
h m
ercy
in
th
is m
atte
r su
bje
ct t
o t
he
foll
ow
ing c
on
dit
ion
s:
“(i)
Th
e o
ffic
ials
of
the
pla
inti
ff s
hal
l w
ith
in 2
4 h
ou
rs f
rom
no
w c
all
a n
atio
nal
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
an
d
deb
unk
o
r re
trac
t th
e m
isre
pre
sen
tati
on
m
ade
agai
nst
th
e o
rder
o
f th
is
cou
rt
that
w
as
del
iver
ed o
n M
arch
4,
20
15
.
“(ii
) T
he
off
icia
ls o
f th
e p
lain
tiff
sh
all
file
an
aff
idav
it i
n c
ou
rt f
or
com
pli
ance
wit
h p
arag
raph
(i)
o
f th
is o
rder
.
“In c
ase
of
fail
ure
to
co
mp
ly w
ith t
he
cou
rt’s
dir
ecti
ve
her
ein
, th
is c
ou
rt w
ill
no
t h
esit
ate
to
com
mit
to
pri
son
, th
e af
fect
ed o
ffic
ials
of
the
pla
inti
ff (
YD
P)
on
th
e n
ext
retu
rn d
ate
sin
ce
evid
ence
of
con
tem
pt
has
bee
n e
stab
lish
ed.”
Th
e ju
dg
e th
en a
djo
urn
ed t
he
mat
ter
till
Mar
ch 3
1.
Just
ice
Mo
ham
med
, h
ad s
aid o
n M
arch
12
th
at t
he
court
was
em
bar
rass
ed b
y t
he
clai
m o
f th
e p
arty
off
icia
ls a
t a
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
.
Th
e ju
dge
had
on
ly
hel
d i
n t
he
jud
gm
ent
that
YD
P w
as d
eem
ed r
egis
tere
d a
s a
po
liti
cal
par
ty b
y
the
vir
tue
of
the
fail
ure
of
INE
C t
o c
om
mu
nic
ate
its
dec
isio
n n
ot
to r
egis
ter
the
then
po
liti
cal
asso
ciat
ion a
s a
po
liti
cal
par
ty w
ith
in 3
0 d
ays
of
rece
ivin
g i
ts (
the
pla
inti
ff’s
) ap
pli
cati
on
as
stip
ula
ted
in
sec
tio
n 7
8 (
4)
of
the
Ele
cto
ral
Act
.
A c
op
y o
f th
e co
urt
’s j
ud
gm
ent
had
als
o s
ho
wn
th
at t
he
pla
inti
ff -
th
e Y
DP
- d
id n
ot
ask
fo
r in
clu
sio
n i
n t
he
po
lls
in i
ts a
men
ded
ori
gin
atin
g s
um
mo
ns
dat
ed D
ecem
ber
2,
20
14.
Att
ack
on
Bu
ha
ri’s
Wif
e: C
ou
rt O
rder
s T
wo P
ers
on
s to
be
Rem
an
ded
in
Pri
son
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Ha
jia
Ais
ha
Bu
ha
ri
Ham
med
S
hit
tu
in
Ilo
rin


An I
lori
n M
agis
trat
e’s
Co
urt
has
ord
ered
th
at S
ula
iman
Law
al,
27
, an
d L
uk
um
an I
siak
a, 2
0,
be
rem
and
ed i
n p
riso
n c
ust
od
y f
or
alle
ged
ly a
ttac
kin
g t
he
con
vo
y o
f th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ng
ress
(A
PC
) p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate’
s w
ife,
Haj
ia A
ish
a B
uh
ari,
du
rin
g h
er r
ecen
t v
isit
to
Kw
ara
Sta
te.
Duri
ng t
he
atta
ck,
abo
ut
10
veh
icle
s o
n t
he
con
vo
y w
ere
van
dal
ised
by t
he
susp
ects
alo
ng E
mir
R
oad
, Il
ori
n l
ast
Mon
day
.
Haj
ia B
uh
ari
and h
er e
nto
ura
ge
wer
e in
Ilo
rin
to
sen
siti
se t
he
mem
ber
s o
f w
om
en w
ing o
f A
ll
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
ong
ress
(A
PC
) in
th
e st
ate
on
th
e n
eed
to
vo
te f
or
the
par
ty.
Law
al,
wh
o r
esid
es a
t N
o.
25,
Ori
-Ok
oh
are
a o
f Il
ori
n a
nd
Isi
aka
of
Ele
ran
co
mp
ou
nd
, A
kal
amb
i ar
ea,
wer
e ar
raig
ned
on a
-fiv
e co
un
t ch
arge
of
crim
inal
con
spir
acy,
mis
chie
f, b
elo
ngin
g t
o g
ang
o
f th
iev
es,
exto
rtio
n,
assa
ult
an
d d
istu
rban
ce o
f p
ub
lic
pea
ce c
on
trar
y t
o s
ecti
on
s 9
7,
32
7,
306
, 2
92
an
d 1
13
of
the
pen
al c
od
e la
w.
Th
e P
oli
ce F
irst
In
form
atio
n R
epo
rt (
FIR
) dat
ed M
arch
18
, sa
id t
he
susp
ects
att
emp
ted
to
ex
tort
m
on
ey
fro
m
Mrs
. B
uh
ari
wh
o
was
ac
com
pan
ied
b
y
the
wif
e o
f th
e A
PC
v
ice-
pre
sid
enti
al
can
did
ate,
Mrs
. D
ola
po
Osi
nb
ajo
an
d w
ife
of
the
Kw
ara
Sta
te g
ov
ern
or,
Mrs
. O
mo
lew
a A
hm
ed,
whil
e th
ey w
ere
on
th
eir
way
fro
m t
he
pal
ace
of
the
Em
ir o
f Il
ori
n a
fter
pay
ing h
om
age
to t
he
royal
fat
her
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
rep
ort
, th
e su
spec
ts a
nd
oth
ers
at l
arg
e, “
crim
inal
ly c
on
spir
ed i
n a
n a
ttem
pt
to
exto
rt m
on
ey f
rom
th
em a
nd i
n t
he
pro
cess
th
ey s
mas
hed
th
e si
de
mir
ror
of
a ca
r in
th
e co
nv
oy
and
fo
r a
wh
ile
cau
sed
pan
dem
on
ium
in
th
e ar
ea.
“Inv
esti
gat
ion
at
‘C’
div
isio
n p
oli
ce s
tate
lat
er r
evea
led t
hat
th
e tw
o o
f yo
u a
re a
gro
up
of
soci
al
mis
crea
nts
wh
o u
sed
to e
xto
rt m
on
ey f
rom
pas
sers
-by a
t Il
e-fi
lm j
un
ctio
n,
Ilo
rin
,” t
he
FIR
sai
d.
Th
e p
oli
ce p
rose
cuto
r, G
od
win
Azu
a, o
pp
ose
d t
o t
he
bai
l o
f th
e ac
cuse
d o
n w
hat
he
call
ed
ram
pan
t n
atu
re o
f th
e ch
arges
pre
ferr
ed a
gai
nst
th
em,
argu
ing t
hat
if
adm
itte
d t
o b
ail,
th
ey w
ou
ld
tam
per
wit
h t
he
on
go
ing
in
ves
tigat
ion
of
the
po
lice
.
How
ever
, def
ence
co
un
sel,
Tao
fik
Ola
teju
, u
rged
th
e co
urt
to
gra
nt
accu
sed
bai
l, a
rguin
g t
hat
th
ey w
ere
pre
sum
ed i
nn
oce
nt
un
til
com
pet
ent
cou
rt p
rov
es o
ther
wis
e.
In h
is r
uli
ng,
Mag
istr
ate
Jub
ril
Sal
ihu
, o
rder
ed t
hat
the
accu
sed
be
rem
and
ed a
t O
ke-
Ku
ra p
riso
n
cust
od
y,
Ilo
rin a
nd
ad
jou
rned
th
e m
atte
r ti
ll A
pri
l 2
, fo
r m
enti
on
.
How
ma
n w
as
bu
rnt
to d
eath
on
Th
ird
Ma
inla
nd
bri
dg
e
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
10
:25
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By B
ose
Ad
elaj
a
Tra
ged
y s
tru
ck T
ues
day
, o
n T
hir
d M
ain
lan
d b
rid
ge,
Lag
os,
wh
en a
n u
nid
enti
fied
mo
torc
ycl
ist
fell
off
his
bik
e an
d w
as r
oas
ted
to
dea
th.
Th
e in
cid
ent
was
sai
d t
o h
ave
occ
urr
ed a
t th
e U
NIL
AG
are
a o
f th
e b
rid
ge
abo
ut
6am
wh
ich
re
sult
ed i
n a
tra
ffic
jam
th
at l
aste
d f
or
ho
urs
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o e
ye
wit
nes
ses’
acc
ou
nt,
th
e u
nid
enti
fied
cycl
ist
was
rid
ing f
rom
th
e Iy
ana-
Ow
oro
en
d w
as o
n h
igh
sp
eed
wh
en h
e w
as f
lag
ged
do
wn
by s
om
e la
w e
nfo
rcem
ent
agen
ts w
ho
war
ned
h
im a
gai
nst
over
sp
eed
ing.
Bu
t h
e w
as d
efia
nt
and
on
get
tin
g t
o t
he
UN
ILA
G a
rea,
he
fell
off
th
e b
ike
and
was
en
gu
lf i
n f
ire.
Jo
na
tha
n R
eite
ra
tes
tha
t P
resi
den
tia
l P
oll
Rem
ain
s
Sa
ncro
san
t
24
Mar
20
15
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nt
Siz
e: a
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INE
C l
ogo
•
In
augu
rate
s m
ult
i-b
illi
on
nai
ra a
irp
ort
in
Bau
chi
Seg
un
A
wo
fad
eji
in
Bau
chiâ
۬
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jon
ath
an h
as a
ssu
red
Nig
eria
ns
that
ele
ctio
ns
wil
l h
old
as
sch
edu
led
by t
he
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on (
INE
C),
sta
rtin
g w
ith
th
e p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n a
nd
N
atio
nal
Ass
emb
ly e
lect
ion
s th
is S
atu
rday
.
He
stat
ed t
his
at
a st
akeh
old
ers’
mee
tin
g w
ith
th
e m
emb
ers
of
the
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(P
DP
) fr
om
N
ort
h-e
ast
geo
po
liti
cal
zon
e yes
terd
ay,
add
ing
th
at
his
ad
min
istr
atio
n
was
d
eter
min
ed t
o c
on
du
ct a
fre
e an
d f
air
elec
tio
n b
y g
ivin
g I
NE
C a
fre
e h
and
to
op
erat
e w
ith
in t
he
amb
it o
f th
e la
w.
Wh
ile
sayin
g t
hat
th
e m
ilit
ary w
ere
do
ing e
ver
yth
ing p
oss
ible
to
def
eat
insu
rgen
t B
ok
o H
aram
gro
up
, th
e p
resi
den
t as
sure
d t
hat
in
surg
ency
wo
uld
be
a th
ing o
f th
e p
ast
in t
he
cou
ntr
y i
n a
sh
ort
ti
me
fro
m n
ow
.
He,
ho
wev
er,
said
Go
d w
ill
jud
ge
tho
se l
inkin
g h
im w
ith
the
Bo
ko
Har
am g
rou
p.
Jon
ath
an p
rom
ised
th
at h
is a
dm
inis
trat
ion
was
alr
ead
y w
inn
ing
th
e w
ar a
gai
nst
in
surg
ency
in
th
e N
ort
h-e
ast.
Als
o s
pea
kin
g a
t th
e m
eeti
ng,
the
nat
ion
al c
hai
rman
of
PD
P,
Alh
aji
Ad
amu
Mu
’azu
, d
ecla
red
th
at t
ho
ugh
th
e st
ates
in
th
e N
ort
h-e
ast
did
no
t d
o w
ell
in t
he
pre
sid
enti
al e
lect
ion
in
20
11
, h
e p
rom
ised
th
at t
his
tim
e ar
ou
nd,
the
peo
ple
wo
uld
su
rpri
se t
he
pre
sid
ent
wit
h t
hei
r m
assi
ve
vo
tes
for
the
par
ty
at
all
lev
els.
M
ean
wh
ile
wh
ile
spea
kin
g a
t th
e in
aug
ura
tio
n o
f th
e B
auch
i In
tern
atio
nal
Air
po
rt,
Jon
ath
an
said
h
is t
ran
sfo
rmat
ion
pro
gra
mm
e u
nder
th
e av
iati
on
su
b-s
ecto
r is
to
mak
e su
re t
hat
ev
ery s
tate
in
th
e fe
der
atio
n h
as a
do
mes
tic
airp
ort
.
Th
e d
riv
e, a
cco
rdin
g t
o h
im i
s to
sti
mu
late
co
mm
erce
an
d i
nd
ust
ry e
spec
iall
y fo
r st
ates
th
at
pro
du
ce i
tem
s fo
r ex
port
, sa
yin
g t
he
cou
ntr
y w
ou
ld n
o l
on
ger
ex
po
rt r
aw m
ater
ials
alo
ne.
He
exp
lain
ed t
hat
to
mee
t th
ese
nee
ds,
th
e co
untr
y r
equ
ire
carg
o a
irp
ort
su
ch a
s th
is i
n B
auch
i.
He
com
men
ded
th
e B
auch
i S
tate
go
ver
nm
ent
und
er t
he
lead
ersh
ip o
f G
ov
ern
or
Isa
Yu
gu
da,
st
ress
ing,
“We
hav
e b
een
ass
isti
ng t
he
stat
e go
ver
nm
ents
to
do
th
at,
the
go
ver
no
rs a
re w
illi
ng,
so
the
fed
eral
go
ver
nm
ent
wil
l al
so b
e k
een
on
th
ese
pro
ject
s
“Yo
ur
Ex
cell
ency
th
e G
ov
ern
or
of
Bau
chi
Sta
te
and
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
of
Bau
chi
Sta
te,
we
com
men
d y
ou
fo
r th
is n
ob
le p
roje
ct,
we
than
k y
ou
fo
r th
is i
nit
iati
ve,
we
are
hap
py a
nd
wil
l w
ork
w
ith
yo
u t
o m
ake
sure
th
at t
his
ed
ific
e is
use
d t
o h
elp t
he
peo
ple
of
Bau
chi
Sta
te a
nd
th
e co
un
try
at l
arge.
”
Bu
ha
ri’s
rea
l en
emie
s a
re A
tik
u, K
wa
nk
wa
so
– G
ov
La
mid
o
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
9:3
9 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
Tin
a A
kan
nam
Du
tse
— G
ov
ern
or
Su
le L
amid
o o
f Ji
gaw
a S
tate
, h
as f
ault
ed t
he
rece
nt
clai
m b
y t
he
med
ia
com
mit
tee
of
Bu
har
i’s
cam
pai
gn
dir
ecto
rate
th
at P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an h
as d
irec
ted
him
to
cam
pai
gn
agai
nst
Bu
har
i, s
ayin
g t
hat
th
e cl
aim
was
mis
chie
vo
us
and
mis
lead
ing
.
He
also
war
ned
Gen
eral
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari
to c
on
sid
er f
orm
er V
ice
pre
sid
ent
Ati
ku
Ab
ub
akar
an
d K
ano
Sta
te g
ov
ern
or
Rab
iu K
wan
kw
aso
as
his
rea
l en
emie
s.
Gov
ern
or
Lam
ido
, yes
terd
ay,
du
rin
g t
he
rall
y o
f M
alam
Am
inu
Rin
gim
, th
e st
ate
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
, P
DP
go
ver
no
rsh
ip c
and
idat
e, a
t G
ark
i L
oca
l G
ov
ern
men
t A
rea
of
the
stat
e,
said
he
was
too
big
to
be
use
d t
o c
amp
aign
ag
ain
st B
uh
ari
bec
ause
wh
en i
t co
mes
to
po
liti
cal
gam
e, “
I am
no
t af
raid
of
anyb
od
y.”
He
stre
ssed
th
at i
f h
e w
ante
d t
o s
ay a
nyt
hin
g a
bo
ut
Gen
eral
Bu
ahri
, h
e w
ou
ld s
ay i
t w
ith
ou
t fe
ar,
add
ing h
e h
ad e
xp
ress
ed h
is m
ind
in
th
e p
ast.
“Th
ere
is n
o a
mo
un
t o
f h
atre
d,
har
assm
ent
and
in
tim
idat
ion
by a
ny p
oli
tica
l p
arty
th
at w
ill
sto
p
the
PD
P f
rom
win
nin
g t
his
mo
nth
gen
eral
ele
ctio
ns
in N
iger
ia.”
He
exp
ress
ed o
pti
mis
m t
hat
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
athan
wil
l w
in t
he
com
ing S
atu
rday
pre
sid
enti
al
elec
tio
n,
con
sid
erin
g t
he
po
pu
lari
ty a
nd
acc
epta
bil
ity o
f th
e P
DP
by N
iger
ian
s.
He
note
d t
hat
acr
oss
th
e co
un
try,
the
PD
P h
as d
on
e w
ell
and
des
erv
es v
icto
ry a
t th
e p
oll
s go
ing
by t
he
figu
res
and
a c
aref
ul
anal
ysi
s m
ade
of
the
situ
atio
n o
f th
ings
in t
he
coun
try.
On t
he
form
er V
ice
Pre
sid
ent,
Ab
ub
akar
an
d K
ano
Sta
te g
ov
ern
or,
Kw
ank
was
o,
he
insi
sted
th
at
they
wer
e re
al e
nem
ies
of
Buh
ari.
“I h
ave
nev
er b
een
an
en
emy o
f G
ener
al B
uh
ari.
We
do
n’t
sh
are
the
sam
e p
oli
tica
l id
eolo
gy a
nd
so
I c
anno
t p
rete
nd
to
ad
mir
e h
is p
oli
tica
l b
elie
fs,
bu
t A
bu
bak
ar a
nd
Kw
ank
was
o a
re h
is g
reat
est
anta
go
nis
ts b
ecau
se h
e sc
utt
led
th
eir
pre
sid
enti
al a
mb
itio
ns
wh
en h
e w
on
th
eir
par
ty p
rim
arie
s.”
EC
OW
AS
Ca
lls
for
Free
, F
air
, C
red
ible
Po
lls
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
L--
R
PR
ES
IDE
NT
GO
OD
LU
CK
JO
NA
TH
AN
W
EL
CO
MIN
G
VIS
ITIN
G
PR
ES
IDE
NT
OF
R
EP
UB
LIC
O
F
GH
AN
A
JO
HN
M
AH
AM
A
AT
T
HE
N
NA
MD
I A
ZIK
IWE
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L A
IRP
OR
T A
BU
JA
MO
ND
AY
Jaiy
eola
A
nd
rew
s in
A
bu
ja
In v
iew
of
the
Sat
urd
ay p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n i
n N
iger
ia,
Ch
airm
an o
f th
e A
uth
ori
ty o
f H
ead
s o
f S
tate
of
the
Eco
no
mic
Co
mm
un
ity o
f W
est
Afr
ican
Sta
tes
and
Gh
anai
an P
resi
den
t, J
oh
n D
ram
an
Mah
ama,
on
Mo
nd
ay c
alle
d f
or
free
, fa
ir a
nd
cre
dib
le e
lect
ion
.
Mah
ama
mad
e th
e ca
ll,
wh
en h
e m
et w
ith
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
at
the
Nn
amd
i A
zik
we
Inte
rnat
ion
al A
irp
ort
, A
bu
ja.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
Ghan
aian
pre
sid
ent,
EC
OW
AS
was
in
tere
sted
in
th
e co
nd
uct
of
a p
eace
ful
and
cr
edib
le e
lect
ion
in
th
e co
un
try.
“I a
m h
ere
in m
y c
apac
ity a
s th
e C
hai
rman
of
the
Au
tho
rity
of
Hea
ds
of
Sta
tes
of
EC
OW
AS
on
el
ecti
on
vis
it t
o t
he
Fed
eral
Rep
ub
lic
of
Nig
eria
. A
s yo
u a
re a
war
e, o
ur
sub
-reg
ion
th
is y
ear,
has
fi
ve
cou
ntr
ies
that
are
go
ing t
hro
ugh
ele
ctio
ns
and
EC
OW
AS
has
bee
n i
nv
olv
ed i
n e
nsu
rin
g t
hat
th
is e
lect
ion
s ar
e h
eld
in
a p
eace
ful
and
tra
nsp
aren
t en
vir
on
men
t.
“An
d s
o E
CO
WA
S h
as u
nd
erta
ken
in
all
th
ese
cou
ntr
ies
that
are
fac
ing
ele
ctio
ns,
to
pro
vid
e lo
ng
term
el
ecto
ral
ob
serv
er
mis
sio
ns.
T
hes
e m
issi
on
s h
ave
bee
n
mo
nit
ori
ng
the
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss i
n t
he
lead
up
to
th
e el
ecti
on
s n
ot
just
bef
ore
th
e el
ecti
on
s, b
ut
fro
m a
lon
ger
per
iod.
We
hav
e re
ceiv
ed
sev
eral
m
on
ito
rin
g
rep
ort
s an
d
we
are
wo
rkin
g
tog
ether
w
ith
the
elec
tora
l co
mm
issi
ons
of
the
cou
ntr
ies
and
the
auth
ori
ties
of
tho
se c
ou
ntr
ies
“We
hav
e tr
ied
to
en
sure
th
at o
bst
acle
s to
fre
e an
d f
air
elec
tio
ns
are
rem
ov
ed t
o e
nsu
re t
hat
el
ecti
on
are
fre
e an
d f
air,
peo
ple
wou
ld a
ccep
t th
e re
sult
s o
f th
ose
ele
ctio
ns.
As
chai
r o
f th
e au
tho
riti
es o
f H
ead
s o
f S
tate
of
EC
OW
AS
, I
hav
e ex
tend
ed m
y s
oli
dar
ity t
o t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le
thro
ug
h m
y b
roth
er P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
, to
see
th
at t
he
wh
ole
of
EC
OW
AS
, n
ot
on
ly E
CO
WA
S,
bu
t th
e in
tern
atio
nal
co
mm
un
ity i
s in
so
lid
arit
y w
ith
Nig
eria
to
hav
e a
ver
y t
ran
spar
ent
elec
tio
n
so t
hat
th
e d
emo
crat
ic p
roce
ss i
n N
iger
ia w
ill
be
bet
ter
entr
ench
ed,”
he
said
.
Wh
ile
ind
icat
ing t
he
sign
ific
ance
of
the
elec
tio
n t
o t
he
surv
ival
of
the
cou
ntr
y,
the
EC
OW
AS
ch
ief
add
ed “
Th
is i
s a
crit
ical
ele
ctio
n f
or
Nig
eria
an
d i
t w
ill
be
on
e m
ore
in
dic
atio
n f
or
the
worl
d t
hat
Nig
eria
is
a d
emo
crat
ic c
ou
ntr
y a
nd
ru
led
by t
enet
s o
f go
od
go
ver
nan
ce a
nd
th
e ru
le
of
law
.
“An
d s
o,
we
wan
t to
wis
h y
ou
all
th
e b
est.
We
are
mee
tin
g w
ith
th
e IN
EC
to
lo
ok a
t th
e st
ate
of
pre
par
edn
ess
and
we
bel
iev
e th
at f
oll
ow
ing t
he
po
stp
on
emen
t o
f th
e el
ecti
on,
fro
m F
ebru
ary 1
4
to M
arch
28
has
giv
en t
he
INE
C m
uch
mo
re t
ime
to b
e ab
le t
o m
eet
all
its
pro
cess
es a
nd
be
in
read
ines
s to
en
sure
th
at v
ote
rs a
re n
ot
dis
enfr
anch
ised
and
th
at t
he
resu
lts
of
the
elec
tio
ns
are
acce
pte
d.
“We
exp
ect
that
th
ere
wil
l b
e n
o p
ost
ele
ctio
n v
iole
nce
an
d t
hat
all
th
e p
arti
es i
nv
olv
ed i
n t
he
elec
tio
n w
ill
acce
pt
the
resu
lts
of
the
elec
tio
n i
n g
oo
d f
aith
wh
en I
NE
C h
as a
nn
ou
nce
d t
he
resu
lts
of
the
elec
tio
ns.
“EC
OW
AS
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
mo
nit
or
the
situ
atio
n a
nd
wil
l d
o e
ver
yth
ing p
oss
ible
to
sta
nd
in
so
lid
arit
y w
ith
th
e N
iger
ian
peo
ple
to
en
sure
th
at t
hes
e el
ecti
on
s p
ass
on
su
cces
sfu
lly a
nd
Nig
eria
con
tin
ues
in
th
e ro
le t
hat
it
pla
ys i
n o
ur
sub
-re
gio
nal
bod
ies.
As
yo
u k
no
w,
Nig
eria
is
a v
ery
im
port
ant
mem
ber
of
EC
OW
AS
.
“Th
e la
rges
t ec
on
om
y,
the
larg
est
nat
ion
in
th
e E
CO
WA
S r
egio
n a
nd
so
Nig
eria
’s s
afet
y a
nd
se
curi
ty i
s th
e sa
fety
of
and
sec
uri
ty o
f th
e w
hole
of
EC
OW
AS
reg
ion
an
d s
o I
sta
nd
on
beh
alf
of
all
the
pre
sid
ents
of
EC
OW
AS
an
d w
ish t
hat
all
Nig
eria
ns
wil
l co
me
ou
t an
d e
xp
ress
th
eir
vo
tes
and
th
eir
vo
tes
wil
l co
un
t to
war
ds
elec
tin
g w
ho
bec
om
es t
he
lead
er o
f th
is c
oun
try f
or
the
nex
t fo
ur
yea
rs.”
Jon
ath
an,
wh
o w
as o
n h
is w
ay t
o B
auch
i to
co
mm
issi
on
so
me
pro
ject
s, t
han
ked
th
e E
CO
WA
S
bo
ss f
or
the
bo
dy’s
co
nce
rns
abo
ut
the
nat
ion
’s e
lect
ora
l p
roce
ss e
ven
as
he
assu
red
that
th
ere
wou
ld b
e fr
ee a
nd
fai
r el
ecti
on
s.
See
ele
ctio
n a
s co
mm
on
sen
se r
evolu
tio
n,
Tin
ub
u e
njo
ins
Nig
eria
ns
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
8:1
4 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By A
bd
uls
alam
Mu
ham
mad
KA
NO
– T
he
nat
ion
al l
ead
er o
f A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
e C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C),
Asi
waj
u A
hm
ed B
ola
Tin
ub
u
enjo
ined
Nig
eria
ns
to s
ee t
he
fort
hco
min
g g
ener
al e
lect
ion
as
a co
mm
on s
ense
rev
olu
tio
n
incu
mb
ent
on
th
em t
o e
ffec
t th
e ch
anges
nee
ded
th
rou
gh
thei
r P
erm
anen
t V
ote
rs C
ard
(P
VC
).
Asi
waj
u B
ola
Ah
med
Tin
ub
u
Tin
ub
u w
ho
sp
ok
e to
rep
ort
ers
Mo
nd
ay e
ven
ing i
n K
ano
sh
ort
ly a
fter
co
mm
issi
on
ing
Kan
o
Corp
ora
te S
ecu
rity
In
stit
ute
an
d a
nu
mb
er o
f o
ther
pro
ject
s ex
ecu
ted b
y G
ov
ern
or
Rab
’u M
usa
K
wan
kw
aso
’s a
dm
inis
trat
ion
urg
ed N
iger
ian
s to
co
me
ou
t en
mas
se t
o v
ote
fo
r cr
edib
le l
ead
ers.
Th
e A
PC
Ch
ieft
ain
en
join
Nig
eria
ns
to v
ote
fo
r th
e A
PC
so a
s to
res
cue
the
cou
ntr
y f
rom
so
cio
-ec
on
om
nic
an
d p
oli
tica
l q
uag
mir
e b
rou
gh
t ab
ou
t b
y p
oo
r le
ader
ship
of
the
ruli
ng P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
led
by P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck E
bel
e Jo
nat
han
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o T
inu
bu
“m
y m
essa
ge
is t
hat
th
ey s
ho
uld
see
th
e fo
rth
com
ing e
lect
ion
as
a co
mm
on
se
nse
rev
olu
tio
n;
com
mo
n s
ense
rev
olu
tio
n—
to r
efo
rm,
re-c
han
ge,
get
rel
iev
e, s
ecu
rity
of
liv
es
and
pro
per
ty,
elim
inat
e co
rru
pti
on
, an
d d
ecep
tio
n,
reco
ver
y o
f th
e ec
on
om
y.”
He
stre
ssed
“th
is i
s th
e fi
rst
nat
ion
th
at i
s m
ov
ed f
rom
th
e p
lato
on
of
eco
no
mic
pro
sper
ity.
Fo
r o
il
to b
e se
llin
g a
t th
e h
ighes
t p
rice
per
bar
rel
ever
ex
per
ien
ced
in
th
e w
orl
d a
nd
to
plu
mm
et t
o
bel
ow
50
per
cen
t an
d t
akin
g t
he
cou
ntr
y t
o r
eces
sio
n a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e; a
nd
if
yo
u c
ast
yo
ur
min
d
bac
k t
o s
om
e fe
w y
ears
bac
k,
var
iou
s go
ver
no
rs o
f th
is c
ou
ntr
y a
nd
th
e en
tire
po
pu
lati
on
are
b
ein
g d
ecei
ved
ab
out
the
exce
ss c
rud
e.”
Th
e fo
rmer
Lag
os
Go
ver
no
r q
uer
ied
“yo
u s
aid
yo
u w
ant
to s
ave
for
the
rain
y d
ay,
they
say
we
are
sav
ing f
or
sov
erei
gn
wea
lth
—if
th
ere
is a
sav
e fo
r so
ver
eign
wea
lth
an
d i
f th
ere
is a
sav
e fo
r th
e ra
iny d
ay—
Is i
t n
ot
a T
sun
ami
no
w t
o m
ov
e fr
om
ex
chan
ge
rate
of
11
0 t
o 2
10
, 2
20
.
Wh
at i
s th
e p
osi
tio
n o
f ou
r fo
reig
n r
eser
ve,
wh
ere
is t
he
savin
gs
as r
egar
ds
to t
he
rain
y d
ay f
rom
th
e ex
cess
cru
de
oil
acc
ou
nt?
Wher
e is
th
e so
ver
eign
wea
lth
an
d h
ow
mu
ch a
re t
hey
sp
end
ing t
o
sup
po
rt t
he
Nai
ra e
ver
y w
eek
?
“Wh
y d
id t
hey
hav
e a
U-t
urn
an
d m
ove
away
fro
m w
hat
th
ey c
alle
d t
he
Du
tch a
uct
ion
an
d t
he
man
ufa
ctu
rers
th
at w
ill
kee
p t
he
eco
no
my b
uo
yan
t an
d g
oin
g a
re n
ot
bei
ng s
up
port
ed b
ecau
se
they
are
hav
ing a
lo
w f
ore
ign e
xch
ang
e to
even
su
pp
ort
th
e fa
cto
ry a
nd
th
e m
anu
fact
uri
ng
ind
ust
ries
? T
ho
se a
re t
he
area
s th
at N
iger
ian
s w
ill
hav
e to
sh
ine
thei
r ey
es,
be
det
erm
ined
an
d
crea
te t
he
rev
olu
tio
n w
ith
th
eir
PV
C.
Ple
ase
vo
te f
or
chan
ge.
”
Th
e in
flu
enti
al A
PC
nat
ion
al l
ead
er,
ho
wev
er,
pra
ised
Kw
ank
was
o f
or
wh
at h
e d
escr
ibed
as
un
iqu
e d
evel
op
men
t b
ein
g w
itn
ess
in K
ano
un
der
his
adm
inis
trat
ion
, n
oti
ng
th
at h
e w
as n
ot
on
ly
imp
ress
ed b
ut
pro
ud t
hat
su
ch e
xp
erie
nce
is
com
ing f
rom
an A
PC
Gov
ern
or.
“Wh
at I
dis
cov
ered
to
day
du
rin
g t
he
com
mis
sion
ing i
s th
e fa
ct t
hat
sec
uri
ty a
nd
th
e tr
ain
ing i
s giv
ing
pri
ori
ty;
and
no
t ju
st a
n o
rdin
ary p
riori
ty i
n t
he
area
of
just
hu
man
pro
spec
ts,
bu
t o
rgan
izin
g a
so
ciet
y,
bu
ild
ing a
so
ciet
y t
o h
ave
con
fid
ence
in
th
emse
lves
an
d b
ein
g t
rain
ed i
n
mo
der
n d
ay-t
o-d
ay c
hal
len
ges
of
ou
r m
od
ern
tim
e, w
hic
h w
ill
bri
ng
a l
ot
of
eco
no
mic
d
evel
op
men
t.
“We
all
kn
ow
th
at w
ith
ou
t se
curi
ty,
ther
e ca
n b
e n
o d
irec
t fo
reig
n i
nv
estm
ent
and
eco
no
mic
p
rog
ress
in
an
y s
oci
ety.
In a
sta
te l
ike
Kan
o s
tate
—th
at i
s a
ver
y l
arge
stat
e, w
ith a
hig
h
po
pu
lati
on
den
sity
, veh
icu
lar
den
sity
, in
du
stri
aliz
atio
n i
s v
ery v
ery i
mp
ort
ant;
and
to
hav
e to
ed
uca
te a
nd d
evel
op t
he
skil
l o
f th
ose
wh
o a
re t
o p
rov
ide
secu
rity
, in
tell
igen
ce i
nfo
rmat
ion
an
d
be
able
to
co
pe
wit
h t
ho
se c
hal
len
ges
, th
e fa
r-si
gh
ted
nes
s o
f th
e go
ver
nm
ent—
in t
he
lon
g-r
un
, K
ano h
as b
een l
uck
y.
“ I
am e
xtr
emel
y n
ot
on
ly i
mp
ress
ed b
ut
I am
ver
y p
rou
d t
hat
we
hav
e a
vis
ion
, a
com
mit
men
t fo
r a
vis
ion
an
d s
ince
re v
alu
e in
th
is g
ov
ern
men
t u
nder
Rab
i’u
Mu
sa K
wan
kw
aso
,” h
e co
ncl
ud
ed.
Kw
ank
was
o o
n h
is p
art
call
ed o
n t
he
resi
den
ts o
f K
ano
to
use
th
eir
PV
C w
isel
y i
n t
he
fort
hco
min
g g
ener
al e
lect
ion
by v
oti
ng A
PC
all
ro
un
d.
Mid
dle
Bel
t Y
ou
ths,
Cle
ric
Decl
are
Su
pp
ort
for
Jon
ath
an
’s
Re-e
lecti
on
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck
Jon
ath
an
S
erik
i A
din
oyi
in
Jos
Th
e M
idd
le B
elt
Yo
uth
Co
un
cil
has
dec
lare
d t
o v
ote
mas
siv
ely t
o P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an
in t
his
wee
k’s
pre
sid
enti
al e
lect
ion
“to
en
able
him
co
nti
nu
e w
ith
his
tra
nsf
orm
atio
n a
gen
da
that
h
as i
mp
acte
d p
osi
tiv
ely o
n t
he
eco
no
my o
f th
e co
un
try.
Th
is i
s ev
en a
s a
fore
mo
st n
ort
her
n C
hri
stia
n c
leri
c, P
rop
het
Isa
El-
Bu
ba,
fo
un
der
of
Ev
angel
ical
B
ible
O
utr
each
M
inis
trie
s In
tern
atio
nal
(E
BO
MI)
, h
as
also
en
do
rsed
th
e p
resi
den
t fo
r th
e S
atu
rday
ele
ctio
n.
Bri
efin
g j
ou
rnal
ists
on M
on
day
in
Jo
s, t
he
Pla
teau
Sta
te c
apit
al,
the
Nat
ion
al L
ead
er o
f th
e M
idd
le B
elt,
Mr.
Em
man
uel
Zop
mal
, ap
pla
ud
ed t
he
Jonat
han
’s r
enew
ed c
om
mit
men
t in
fig
hti
ng
in
surg
ency
.
Acc
ord
ing to
him
, “W
e th
e M
iddle
Bel
t Y
ou
ths
com
pri
sin
g o
f al
l th
e yo
uth
s o
f th
e et
hn
ic
nat
ion
alit
ies
that
mak
e u
p t
he
bel
t ar
e v
oti
ng f
or
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
an
d n
ot
Gen
. M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i o
f th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
in t
he
fort
hco
min
g p
resi
den
tial
elec
tio
n b
ecau
se h
is F
ula
ni
her
dsm
en h
ave
per
sist
entl
y k
ille
d o
ur
peo
ple
, p
arti
cula
rly i
n t
he
Mid
dle
B
elt
stat
es.
“In t
he
face
of
dau
nti
ng s
itu
atio
ns,
th
e p
resi
den
t h
as a
chie
ved
a l
ot
in e
du
cati
on,
tran
sport
, yo
uth
em
po
wer
men
t p
rog
ram
me,
agri
cult
ure
, ro
ad c
on
stru
ctio
n,
wat
er p
roje
cts,
av
iati
on
am
on
g o
ther
s.
“Nig
eria
un
der
Jo
nat
han
’s l
ead
ersh
ip h
as w
itn
esse
d a
pro
fou
nd
eco
no
mic
gro
wth
ev
en f
aste
r th
an S
ou
th A
fric
a n
ow
; w
ith
in a
span
of
fiv
e w
eek
s, o
ur
mil
itar
y a
re a
ble
to
rec
aptu
re o
ur
terr
ito
ries
in
th
e N
ort
h-e
ast
clai
med
by B
ok
o H
aram
ter
rori
st g
roup
. F
or
thes
e re
aso
ns,
we
wan
t a
wel
l d
eser
ved
sec
on
d t
erm
re-
elec
tio
n f
or
him
des
pit
e th
e p
ropag
and
a b
y t
he
op
po
siti
on
, A
PC
.”
Sim
ilar
ly,
El-
Bu
ba
has
en
do
rsed
S
enat
or
Gyan
g
Pw
ajo
k a
s th
e n
ext
Go
ver
no
r o
f P
late
au S
tate
an
d
Go
ver
no
r Jo
nah
Ja
ng
as
the
Sen
ato
r to
re
pre
sen
t P
late
au
No
rth
in
th
e n
ext
po
liti
cal
dis
pen
sati
on
.
Jo
na
tha
n v
ow
s to
era
dic
ate
corr
up
tio
n i
n o
il
sect
or,
if
re-e
lect
ed
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
7:4
6 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By B
en A
gan
de
Abu
ja—
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
has
pro
mis
ed t
o e
ntr
ench
gre
ater
tra
nsp
aren
cy a
nd
er
adic
ate
corr
up
tio
n i
n t
he
nat
ion’s
oil
sec
tor
if r
e-el
ecte
d.
He
gav
e th
e co
mm
itm
ent
on
Su
nd
ay e
ven
ing i
n L
ago
s at
a y
outh
ev
ent
titl
ed “
An
un
imag
inab
le
feat
in
sp
ort
s” d
esig
ned
to h
igh
lig
ht
his
ad
min
istr
atio
n’s
ach
iev
emen
ts i
n t
he
spo
rts
sect
or.
Th
e ev
ent
wh
ich
las
ted
til
l th
e ea
rly h
ou
rs o
f M
on
day
att
ract
ed s
po
rts
men
an
d w
om
en,
yo
un
g
pro
fess
ion
als
as w
ell
as b
enef
icia
ries
of
the
Fed
eral
Go
ver
nm
ent’
s sc
ho
lars
hip
sch
emes
am
on
g
oth
ers.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
Pre
sid
ent,
his
ad
min
istr
atio
n w
ill
wo
rk t
irel
essl
y t
o e
nsu
re t
hat
Nig
eria
ns
are
no
t st
igm
atis
ed a
ny w
her
e in
th
e w
orl
d b
ecau
se o
f co
rru
pti
on
, ad
din
g t
hat
th
e sa
me
way
his
ad
min
istr
atio
n w
as a
ble
to
use
tec
hn
olo
gy t
o t
ack
le c
orr
up
tio
n i
n m
any a
reas
su
ch a
s fe
rtil
izer
d
istr
ibu
tio
n,
pro
cure
men
t an
d s
alar
y p
aym
ent,
he
wil
l d
o s
o t
o c
hec
k c
orr
up
tio
n i
n t
he
gen
eral
so
ciet
y.
“We
are
goin
g i
nto
oil
sec
tor.
Peo
ple
tal
k a
bo
ut
the
oil
ind
ust
ry b
ecau
se t
hat
is
an i
nd
ust
ry w
ith a
lo
t o
f p
eop
le a
nd
a l
ot
of
mo
ney
is
inv
olv
ed.
Bu
t I
pro
mis
e yo
u t
hat
in
th
e n
ext
fou
r yea
rs,
we
wil
l sa
nit
ise
the
oil
sec
tor”
he
said
.
Th
e p
resi
den
t h
ow
ever
em
ph
asis
ed t
hat
th
e is
sue
of
corr
up
tio
n w
as b
ein
g e
xag
ger
ated
lea
din
g t
o
the
crea
tio
n o
f an
im
pre
ssio
n t
hat
th
e w
ho
le c
ou
ntr
y w
as c
orr
up
t.
Th
e P
resi
den
t al
so p
rom
ised
to
wo
rk w
ith
th
e yo
un
g p
eop
le b
ecau
se o
f h
is c
on
vic
tio
n t
hat
p
aren
ts w
ho
do
no
t en
cou
rage
yo
un
g o
nes
are
pre
par
ing t
hei
r fa
mil
ies
for
exti
nct
ion
.
Sp
ecif
ical
ly,
he
pro
mis
ed t
hat
he
wil
l giv
e m
ore
yo
uth
s u
nd
er t
he
age
of
40
yea
rs m
ore
o
pp
ort
un
itie
s to
ser
ve
as m
inis
ters
an
d h
ead
s o
f g
ov
ern
men
t p
aras
tata
ls.
Jo
na
tha
n,
Bu
ha
ri,
Oth
ers
to P
arti
cip
ate
Un
iAb
uja
Deb
ate
Wed
nes
da
y
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Jo
nath
an
a
nd
B
uh
ari
D
ele
Ogb
od
o
in
Ab
uja
T
he
Ch
airm
an,
Un
iver
sity
of
Ab
uja
Pre
sid
enti
al D
ebat
e C
om
mit
tee,
Mr.
Uw
akw
e A
bu
gu
, h
as
pro
mis
ed t
hat
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
of
the
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(P
DP
) an
d G
ener
al
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
wil
l g
race
th
e p
resi
den
tial
deb
ate
bei
ng o
rgan
ised
by t
he
un
iver
sity
to
mo
rrow
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
sin
ce n
on
e o
f th
e ca
nd
idat
es h
ad d
ecli
ned
th
e in
vit
atio
ns
exte
nded
to
th
em,
it
was
ass
um
ed t
hat
th
ey w
ou
ld b
e p
rese
nt
at th
e ev
ent
to sh
ow
case
th
eir
man
ifes
toes
to
th
e el
ecto
rate
.
He
said
th
e to
mo
rro
w’s
pre
sid
enti
al d
ebat
e w
ou
ld p
rese
nt
an o
pp
ort
un
ity
fo
r th
e ca
nd
idat
es t
o
edu
cate
Nig
eria
ns
spec
ific
ally
on
th
eir
par
ties
’ m
anif
esto
es.
Th
e C
hai
rman
of
the
deb
ate
com
mit
tee
wh
o s
po
ke
in a
rad
io p
rog
ram
me
mo
nit
ore
d y
este
rday
in
A
bu
ja,
said
d
iffe
ren
t m
edia
h
ou
ses
wo
uld
be
avai
lab
le
to
mo
nit
or
the
deb
ate
wh
ich
he
said
wo
uld
be
two
dim
ensi
on
al.
Abu
gu
sai
d t
he
pu
rpo
se o
f th
e deb
ate
was
no
t to
pu
t an
y o
f th
e ca
nd
idat
es o
n t
he
ho
t se
at o
r se
t an
ex
amin
atio
n f
or
any o
f th
em,
add
ing,
“We
just
wan
t th
em t
o c
om
e an
d e
du
cate
Nig
eria
ns
and
fo
r v
ote
rs t
o k
no
w t
hei
r p
rog
ram
mes
so
th
at t
hey
can
mak
e in
form
ed c
ho
ice.
”
He
said
an
un
info
rmed
vo
ter
is c
alam
ity t
o d
emo
crac
y.
Th
eref
ore
, th
ey n
eed
to
in
form
th
e v
ote
rs
so t
hat
th
ey c
an m
ake
info
rmed
ch
oic
e ad
din
g t
hat
cer
tain
ly t
her
e w
ill
qu
esti
on
s h
ere
and
th
ere,
h
e sa
id.
He
adv
ised
th
e p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ates
of
all
the
reg
iste
red
par
ties
to
be
at t
he
Un
iver
sity
Cen
tre,
w
het
her
th
ey w
ill
be
par
tici
pat
ing in
th
e d
ebat
e or
no
t, ad
din
g th
at
thei
r ap
pea
ran
ce al
on
e si
gn
ifie
s a
vo
te f
or
pea
ce f
or
Nig
eria
.
Att
emp
ts t
o c
on
firm
wh
eth
er B
uh
ari
wil
l b
e gra
cin
g t
he
deb
ate
thro
ugh
Mal
lam
Gar
ba
Sheh
u,
his
M
edia
Dir
ecto
r, w
ere
futi
le,
as h
is p
ho
ne
was
sw
itch
ed o
ff.
PD
P c
hie
ftain
urg
es I
G t
o p
rob
e Ik
uru
’s
all
ega
tio
ns
ag
ain
st A
PC
on
in
surg
ency
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
7:3
9 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
A c
hie
ftai
n o
f th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty,
PD
P,
in D
elta
Sta
te a
nd
mem
ber
of
the
Co
nta
ct
Com
mit
tee
of
the
PD
P G
ov
ern
ors
hip
Cam
pai
gn
, M
r. P
aul
Beb
emin
ibo,
yes
terd
ay,
call
ed o
n
secu
rity
agen
ts t
o i
nv
esti
gat
e al
legat
ion
s o
f al
leg
ed i
nv
olv
emen
t in
in
surg
ency
lev
elle
d a
gai
nst
th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss,
AP
C,
by t
he
Dep
uty
Go
ver
no
r o
f R
iver
s S
tate
, M
r T
ele
Iku
ru,
who
def
ecte
d t
o t
he
PD
P w
eek
end
.
He
said
th
e ca
ll b
ecam
e n
eces
sary
so
as
to a
vo
id v
iole
nce
du
rin
g a
nd
aft
er t
he
gen
eral
ele
ctio
ns.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
“I a
m c
alli
ng o
n t
he
IG a
nd
all
rel
evan
t se
curi
ty a
gen
cies
to
in
ves
tigat
e th
e A
PC
ow
ing t
o t
he
alle
gat
ion
mad
e b
y t
he
Dep
uty
Go
ver
no
r o
f R
iver
s S
tate
du
ring
his
def
ecti
on
to
PD
P.
He
said
th
at t
he
AP
C a
re i
nsu
rgen
ts i
mp
lyin
g t
hat
th
ey a
re b
ehin
d t
he
Bo
ko
Har
am
insu
rgen
cy i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y t
od
ay.
“Th
e d
esp
erat
ion
wit
h w
hic
h t
hey
are
go
ing a
bo
ut
the
201
5 g
ener
al e
lect
ion
s sh
ow
s th
at t
hey
are
go
ing t
o f
om
ent
tro
ub
le i
f th
ey l
ose
th
e el
ecti
on
s.”
AP
C Y
ou
ths
in M
op
-up
Ca
mp
aig
n f
or B
uh
ari
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Mu
ha
mm
ad
u B
uh
ari
On
yeb
uch
i in
E
zigb
o
Ab
uja
S
ever
al y
ou
th g
rou
ps
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
on
Mo
nd
ay t
oo
k t
o t
he
stre
ets
in
the
Fed
eral
Cap
ital
Ter
rito
ry (
FC
T)
on
a l
ast
min
ute
sen
siti
sati
on
mar
ch f
or
Nig
eria
ns,
esp
ecia
lly
th
e yo
uth
s an
d w
om
en o
n t
he
nee
d t
o c
ast
thei
r v
ote
s fo
r th
e ca
nd
idat
e o
f th
eir
par
ty,
Gen
eral
M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i.
Th
e sp
ok
esm
an o
f th
e y
ou
ths,
Mr.
Em
man
uel
Saw
yer
, to
ld j
ou
rnal
ists
du
rin
g t
he
rall
y w
hic
h
star
ted
fro
m t
he
AP
C n
atio
nal
sec
reta
riat
in
Ab
uja
th
at h
is g
rou
p i
s o
ut
to e
nsu
re t
hat
Nig
eria
n
yo
uth
s an
d w
om
en c
om
e o
ut
en-m
ass
and
vo
te t
he
righ
t ca
nd
idat
e.
He
said
all
ov
er t
he
wo
rld
, it
is
the
wo
men
, an
d y
ou
ths
that
su
ffer
fro
m b
ad g
ov
ern
ance
, ad
din
g
that
“if
th
ere
is p
rob
lem
du
rin
g e
lect
ion
s, i
t is
we
that
su
ffer
. T
hat
is
wh
y w
e ar
e n
ow
ed
uca
tin
g
all
mem
ber
s o
f th
e p
ub
lic.
Ev
en t
he
eld
ers,
th
ey s
ho
uld
en
sure
th
at t
hey
co
me
ou
t an
d v
ote
fo
r a
bet
ter
Nig
eria
.”
He
said
his
gro
up h
ad g
on
e d
ow
n t
o t
he
rura
l ar
eas
esp
ecia
lly t
o t
ho
se p
eop
le w
ho d
o n
ot
kn
ow
th
e p
arty
’s l
ogo
to
tea
ch t
hem
ho
w t
o v
ote
.
“We
hav
e al
so g
iven
th
em t
he
issu
e of
clea
nin
g t
hei
r fi
ng
ers
afte
r th
ey v
ote
so
th
at t
hey
wil
l n
ot
tou
ch a
no
ther
par
ty’s
lo
go
. A
nd
we
are
also
ho
ldin
g a
sem
inar
to
day
at
the
Yar
’Ad
ua
Cen
tre
to
tell
th
e w
orl
d a
nd
ev
eryb
od
y t
hat
th
ey s
ho
uld
co
me
ou
t an
d v
ote
ear
ly.
We
hav
e sa
mp
les
of
the
vo
ters
’ ca
rds
to s
ho
w t
hem
how
to
vo
te,”
he
said
.
Als
o
spea
kin
g,
Nat
ion
al
Co
ord
inat
or
of
Bu
har
i/O
sin
baj
o
Yo
uth
s S
up
po
rt
and
th
e P
rou
d
Tal
akaw
a M
ov
emen
t (P
TM
), C
hie
f A
nu
chuk
wu
Go
dw
in,
said
wh
at h
is g
rou
p w
as i
nsi
stin
g o
n
was
th
at v
ote
s sh
ou
ld c
ou
nt.
“We
are
no
t a
vio
len
t p
eople
bu
t w
e ar
e ag
itat
ing t
hat
ou
r v
ote
s m
ust
cou
nt.
Th
is t
ime
Bu
har
i h
as
won
. W
e ar
e ce
leb
rati
ng b
efo
re t
he
vic
tory
, an
d w
e w
ill
cele
bra
te a
fter
th
e v
icto
ry,”
he
said
.
10
EB
SU
stu
den
ts h
osp
ita
lize
d a
fter
ab
ach
a
mea
l
on
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
7:2
2 a
m /
C
om
men
ts
By P
eter
Ok
utu
AB
AK
AL
IKI—
No
few
er t
han
10
stu
den
ts o
f E
bo
nyi
Sta
te U
niv
ersi
ty,
EB
SU
, A
bak
alik
i, w
ere
last
wee
ken
d h
osp
ital
ized
at
the
Fed
eral
Tea
chin
g H
osp
ital
, A
bak
alik
i, F
ET
HA
, af
ter
eati
ng
Afr
ica
n s
ala
d,
pop
ula
rly k
no
wn
as
ab
ach
a.
Th
e st
ud
ents
, st
ud
yin
g a
t th
e C
oll
ege
of
Ag
ricu
ltu
ral
Sci
ence
, C
AS
cam
pu
s o
f th
e u
niv
ersi
ty,
wer
e ru
shed
to t
he
ho
spit
al w
hen
thei
r h
ealt
h c
on
dit
ion
sta
rted
det
erio
rati
ng
as
it w
as g
ather
ed
that
th
e d
elic
acy w
as i
nfe
cted
wit
h c
ho
lera
-cau
sin
g b
acte
ria.
Con
firm
ing t
he
inci
den
t, t
he
Dir
ecto
r o
f R
ura
l H
ealt
h,
Min
istr
y o
f H
ealt
h,
Dr.
Ch
rist
ian
Ach
i,
said
th
e fo
od
was
in
fect
ed f
rom
th
e ac
tiv
itie
s o
f fl
ies
wit
hin
th
e en
vir
on
men
t.
He
said
: “T
his
is
a ca
se o
f ch
ole
ra;
the
foo
d t
hey
ate
was
alr
ead
y i
nfe
cted
, fo
llo
win
g t
he
acti
vit
ies
of
flie
s th
at g
o a
roun
d p
erch
ing o
n f
oo
d i
tem
s an
d d
irty
su
bst
ance
s.
“I w
ant
to u
rge
the
peo
ple
of
the
stat
e to
co
ok
an
d e
at i
n t
hei
r h
om
es;
they
sh
ou
ld n
ot
exp
ose
th
eir
foo
d a
nd
co
ok
ing u
ten
sils
to
fli
es.
Th
ey s
ho
uld
mai
nta
in h
yg
ien
e an
d a
vo
id d
irty
en
vir
on
men
t.”
No
Nig
eri
an
Born
of
Wo
man
wil
l V
ote
for P
DP
, In
sist
s
Ch
ieft
ain
of
AP
C i
n K
an
o
24
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Ibra
him
S
hu
aib
u
in
Kan
oâ€
¨ A
mem
ber
of
the
nat
ion
al P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
Co
un
cil
(PC
C)
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
e C
on
gre
ss
(AP
C),
Alh
aji
Usm
an A
lhaj
i, h
as s
aid
th
at n
o N
iger
ian
bo
rn o
f a
wo
man
sh
ou
ld v
ote
fo
r th
e P
eop
le D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(P
DP
) an
d P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an.
Bes
ides
, A
lhaj
i w
ho
sp
oke
in K
ano
on
Mo
nd
ay a
ccu
sed
th
e P
DP
-led
go
ver
nm
ent
of
des
per
atio
n,
whic
h h
e sa
id i
nfo
rmed
th
eir
mo
tiv
e o
f sh
arin
g c
ash
, b
oth
in
do
llar
s an
d n
aira
to
Nig
eria
ns
in
ord
er t
o b
uy t
he
peo
ple
s’ v
ote
.
He
insi
sted
th
at s
uch
act
ion
was
an
act
of
des
per
atio
n.
Alh
aji
said
th
at P
DD
mem
ber
s ar
e b
y n
o m
ean
s d
esp
erat
e. ‘
’Des
per
ate
peo
ple
en
d u
p i
n t
he
dit
ch,”
he
said
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o A
lhaj
i sa
id w
ith
in t
he
last
on
e yea
r, a
ll N
iger
ian
s h
ave
bee
n s
har
ing t
he
pai
ns
and
ag
on
y o
f th
e p
aren
ts o
f th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls o
n t
he
on
e h
and
an
d t
hou
san
ds
of
oth
er y
ou
ng m
en a
nd
w
om
en,
who
wer
e ta
ken
aw
ay b
y th
e in
surg
ents
, la
men
tin
g t
hat
th
e g
ov
ern
men
t h
as n
ot
bee
n
able
to
do
an
yth
ing a
bo
ut
reco
ver
ing t
he
gir
ls t
ill
this
mo
men
t.
‘’If
an
y o
ne
of
us
in N
iger
ia h
as a
ch
ild a
mo
ng
th
ose
stu
den
ts,
I am
su
re t
he
pai
n w
ill
rem
ain
b
eyo
nd
th
e d
ay o
f th
e g
ener
al e
lect
ion
an
d f
or
man
y m
ore
yea
rs t
o c
om
e. A
nd
th
at i
s w
hy a
ll
Nig
eria
ns
sho
uld
sh
ow
soli
dar
ity f
or
the
chil
dre
n,
th
e p
aren
ts o
f th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls,
as w
ell
as f
or
tho
se u
nk
no
wn
an
d u
nn
amed
, h
un
dre
ds
and
th
ou
san
ds
of
oth
er c
hil
dre
n t
hat
hav
e b
een
ab
du
cted
b
y t
he
insu
rgen
ts t
o d
emo
nst
rate
so
lid
arit
y a
nd
to
pas
s ju
dgm
ent
on
th
e ad
min
istr
atio
n o
f th
e P
DP
, h
ead
ed b
y P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o A
lhaj
i, t
he
on
go
ing i
ssu
e o
f in
secu
rity
is
ver
y s
erio
us
and
im
po
rtan
t al
l o
ver
th
e w
orl
d,
wh
ere
dem
ocr
acy
is
pra
ctis
ed,
bec
ause
th
e pri
mar
y re
spo
nsi
bil
ity
and
th
e d
uty
o
f go
ver
nm
ent,
esp
ecia
lly d
emo
crat
ical
ly-e
lect
ed g
ov
ern
men
t, i
s to
saf
egu
ard
the
liv
es a
nd
pro
per
ty
of
its
citi
zen
s.
Nig
eria
’s E
con
om
ic F
utu
re
Sec
ure
un
der
Jo
nath
an
, P
DP
Insi
sts
23
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
PD
P
Na
tio
na
l P
ub
lici
ty
Sec
reta
ry,
Oli
sa
Met
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Th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
has
sai
d t
he
eco
no
mic
fu
ture
of
the
nat
ion
is
gu
aran
teed
un
der
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jon
ath
an,
citi
ng h
is u
np
rece
den
ted
per
form
ance
in
wea
lth
cre
atio
n a
s w
ell
as s
trat
egie
s al
read
y m
app
ed o
ut
for
con
tinu
ed e
con
om
ic a
nd
so
cial
gro
wth
in
th
e co
un
try.
PD
P N
atio
nal
Pu
bli
city
Sec
reta
ry,
Oli
sa M
etu
h,
in a
sta
tem
ent
on
Su
nd
ay s
aid
th
e m
ult
i-se
cto
ral
dev
elo
pm
ent
app
roac
h a
do
pte
d b
y t
he
Jon
ath
an a
dm
inis
trat
ion
res
ult
ed i
n a
str
on
ger
eco
no
my,
whic
h n
ot
on
ly w
ith
stoo
d t
he
sho
ck o
f th
e glo
bal
fin
anci
al d
ow
ntu
rn t
hat
rav
aged
mo
st n
atio
ns
of
the
wo
rld
, bu
t al
so c
reat
ed a
n e
xce
pti
on
al e
nab
lin
g e
nv
iro
nm
ent
and
su
ppo
rt f
or
inv
estm
ents
an
d
bu
sin
esse
s to
th
riv
e in
th
e co
un
try.
Th
e p
arty
sai
d t
hat
it
is i
nd
isp
uta
ble
th
at i
nv
esto
rs a
nd e
ntr
epre
neu
rs i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y h
ave
fare
d
bet
ter,
mo
re t
han
ev
er b
efo
re,
in t
he
last
fo
ur
yea
rs u
nder
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
, m
akin
g
the
nat
ion
th
e la
rges
t ec
on
om
y i
n A
fric
a an
d o
ne
of
the
fast
est
gro
win
g i
n t
he
worl
d,
“a f
act
bu
sin
essm
en,
even
th
ose
in
th
e o
ppo
siti
on c
anno
t co
nte
st.”
Str
essi
ng t
hat
“n
o b
od
y c
han
ges
a w
inn
ing
tea
m j
ust
fo
r th
e sa
ke
of
chan
ge”
th
e P
DP
sai
d w
hat
th
e n
atio
n n
eed
s at
th
e m
om
ent
is “
an u
nin
terr
up
ted
flo
w o
f th
e tr
ansf
orm
atio
n e
ffo
rt,
wh
ich
can
o
nly
be
bes
t h
and
led
by
a P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an-l
ed P
DP
ad
min
istr
atio
n,
esp
ecia
lly a
s th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n h
as f
aile
d t
o a
rtic
ula
te a
ny w
ork
able
alt
ern
ativ
e to
Nig
eria
ns.
”
“We
rest
ate
that
o
ur
nat
ion
h
as
bee
n
ble
ssed
w
ith
th
e m
etic
ulo
us
app
lica
tio
n
of
del
iber
ate
eco
no
mic
p
oli
cies
an
d
pro
gra
mm
es
in
the
last
fo
ur
yea
rs
un
der
P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
’s
Tra
nsf
orm
atio
n A
gen
da.
Wit
hin
th
is p
erio
d,
ther
e h
as b
een
a p
hen
om
enal
gro
wth
of
smal
l an
d
med
ium
sc
ale
ente
rpri
ses
in
add
itio
n
to
the
rev
ampin
g
of
the
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g
sect
or
wit
h
un
pre
ced
ente
d v
olu
me
of
do
mes
tic
and
dir
ect
fore
ign i
nv
estm
ents
em
po
wer
ing o
ur
peo
ple
in
all
w
alk
s o
f li
fe.
“Th
e fa
ct r
emai
ns
that
in
th
e la
st f
ou
r yea
rs u
nd
er J
on
ath
an,
mo
re b
usi
nes
ses
hav
e b
een
op
ened
in
th
e te
leco
mm
un
icat
ion
, b
ank
ing,
oil
an
d
gas
, tr
ansp
ort
, av
iati
on
, h
osp
ital
ity,
auto
mo
bil
e,
edu
cati
on
, ag
ricu
ltu
re,
hea
lthca
re a
nd m
anufa
ctu
ring
sec
tors
, w
ith
an
un
pre
ced
ente
d e
xp
ansi
on
ra
te,
pro
vid
ing b
usi
nes
s an
d e
mp
loym
ent
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
for
mil
lio
ns
of
ou
r ci
tize
ns
acro
ss t
he
cou
ntr
y,”
th
e p
arty
sai
d.
Th
e P
DP
o
bse
rved
th
at
this
w
as
mad
e p
oss
ible
b
y
the
app
lica
tio
n
of
a m
ult
i-se
cto
ral
dev
elo
pm
ent
stra
teg
y o
f th
e Jo
nat
han
ad
min
istr
atio
n i
n t
he
crit
ical
sec
tors
an
d d
irec
t go
ver
nm
ent
emp
ow
erm
ent
inte
rven
tion
s th
rou
gh
p
rogra
mm
es
such
as
Y
ou
Win
an
d
SU
RE
-P
Gra
du
ate
Inte
rnsh
ip S
chem
e am
on
g o
ther
s.
“Wit
h t
he
hu
ge
inv
estm
ent
in p
ow
er a
nd
ro
ad i
nfr
astr
uct
ure
, th
e re
turn
of
the
rail
way
s an
d i
nla
nd
w
ater
way
s fe
rryin
g
mil
lio
ns
of
pas
sen
ger
s an
d
ton
nes
o
f go
od
s ac
ross
th
e co
un
try;
the
repo
siti
on
ing o
f th
e av
iati
on
in
du
stry
, th
e ra
pid
ex
pan
sio
n i
n t
he
tele
com
mu
nic
atio
n s
ecto
r; t
he
un
equ
alle
d i
nv
estm
ent
in a
gri
cult
ure
wit
h f
ood
pro
du
ctio
n e
xce
edin
g t
he
targ
eted
20
mil
lio
n
met
ric
ton
nes
in
20
15
; th
e re
vam
pin
g o
f th
e m
anu
fact
uri
ng s
ecto
r w
ith
au
tom
obil
e co
mp
anie
s su
ch a
s In
no
son
, K
ia,
Nis
san
an
d H
yu
nd
ai s
etti
ng u
p f
acto
ries
in
Nig
eria
, in
ad
dit
ion
to
th
e re
op
enin
g o
f P
eug
eot
and
AN
MA
CO
, th
e fu
ture
of
Nig
eria
n b
usi
nes
ses
is s
ecu
re a
nd
rea
dy t
o
mo
ve
to t
he
nex
t le
vel
of
exp
ansi
on
un
der
a J
on
athan
adm
inis
trat
ion
,” t
he
stat
emen
t sa
id.
Th
e p
arty
n
ote
d
that
th
e gu
aran
tee
of
a m
ore
pro
sper
ou
s fu
ture
is
st
ren
gth
ened
b
y
the
Nag
rop
ren
eurs
In
itia
tiv
e o
f th
e Jo
nat
han
ad
min
istr
atio
n,
the
N2
20
b
illi
on
M
icro
, S
mal
l an
d
Med
ium
En
terp
rise
s D
evel
op
men
t F
un
d t
o e
mp
ow
er g
radu
ates
an
d o
ther
yo
un
g p
eop
le t
o o
wn
th
eir
ow
n
bu
sin
esse
s,
the
Nat
ion
al
Ind
ust
rial
R
evo
luti
on
P
lan
(N
IRP
),
and
th
e N
atio
nal
E
nte
rpri
se D
evel
op
men
t P
rogra
mm
e (N
ED
EP
) ex
pec
ted
to
gen
erat
e n
o f
ewer
th
an f
ive
mil
lio
n
dir
ect
job
s b
efo
re t
he
end
of
20
15
.”
Th
e P
DP
po
inte
d o
ut
that
ap
art
fro
m e
mplo
ym
ent
gen
erat
ion
, th
e re
vo
luti
on
in
th
ese
key
sec
tors
al
so g
uar
ante
es t
ech
no
log
y t
ran
sfer
, re
du
ctio
n i
n c
ost
s an
d i
ncr
ease
in
in
ves
tmen
t o
pp
ort
un
itie
s.
Th
e p
arty
sai
d t
he
nex
t fo
ur
yea
rs u
nd
er J
onat
han
wil
l se
e a
max
imu
m y
ield
in
th
e d
evel
op
men
t ef
fort
s,
esp
ecia
lly
giv
en
the
mea
sure
s al
read
y
pu
t in
pla
ce
by
the
adm
inis
trat
ion
to
p
lug
loo
ph
ole
s, s
uch
as
the
intr
od
uct
ion
of
the
ind
epen
den
t re
ven
ue
e-co
llec
tio
n s
chem
e u
nd
er t
he
Tre
asu
ry S
ingle
Acc
oun
t, a
n a
uto
mat
ed s
yst
em f
or
gre
ater
mo
nit
ori
ng a
nd
co
ntr
ol
of
spen
din
g i
n
go
ver
nm
ent
min
istr
ies,
dep
artm
ents
an
d a
gen
cies
acr
oss
boar
d.
It t
her
efo
re u
rged
Nig
eria
ns
to r
emai
n s
tead
fast
an
d n
ot
rele
nt
in t
hei
r su
pp
ort
fo
r th
e P
resi
den
t b
ut
to f
ull
y d
emo
nst
rate
it
by c
om
ing o
ut
enm
asse
to
vo
te f
or
him
an
d o
ther
PD
P c
and
idat
es i
n
the
Mar
ch 2
8 a
nd A
pri
l 1
1 e
lect
ion
s.
PD
P T
rain
ing S
pec
ial
Sq
uad
s T
o R
ig E
lect
ion
s –
AP
C
PD
P T
rain
ing
Sp
ecia
l S
qu
ad
s T
o R
ig E
lect
ion
s –
AP
C
Geo
rge
Ok
oji
e
— M
ar 2
4,
20
15
| 4
Co
mm
ents
Bar
ely f
ive
day
s to
th
e re
sch
edu
led
pre
sid
enti
al a
nd
Nat
ion
al A
ssem
bly
ele
ctio
ns,
th
e A
PC
has
ac
cuse
d t
he
ruli
ng P
DP
of
trai
nin
g s
pec
ial
arm
ed s
qu
ads
to i
nti
mid
ate
the
elec
tora
te a
nd
rig
th
e p
oll
s.
AP
C n
atio
nal
pu
bli
city
sec
reta
ry,
Alh
aji
Lai
Mo
ham
med
, w
ho
mad
e th
is c
laim
at
a p
ress
co
nfe
ren
ce,
said
th
e p
arty
wou
ld r
esis
t at
tem
pts
to
man
ipu
late
th
e re
sult
s of
the
po
lls.
H
e sa
id,
“Th
ugs
hav
e bee
n t
rain
ed i
n s
ever
al s
ou
th-w
este
rn s
tate
s, p
arti
cula
rly O
nd
o a
nd O
gu
n
stat
es,
to d
isru
pt
the
com
ing e
lect
ion
s. I
n O
nd
o S
tate
, tr
ain
ing w
as o
rgan
ized
by t
he
PD
P n
ew
lead
ersh
ip i
n I
laje
/Ok
itip
up
a zo
ne.
Th
ese
thu
gs,
nu
mb
erin
g o
ver
30
0,
wer
e giv
en t
wo
wee
ks
trai
nin
g i
n w
eap
on
s u
se u
nd
er a
co
mm
and
er/p
resi
den
t ca
lled
Mit
i.
“T
hey
hav
e n
ow
bee
n m
ov
ed i
n 1
2 b
use
s to
jo
in t
he
Og
un
Sta
te g
rou
p f
rom
wh
ere
they
wil
l b
e d
isp
atch
ed t
o o
ther
sta
tes
in t
he
So
uth
Wes
t, w
ith
arm
s.
“Fo
r th
e n
ort
her
n p
art
of
the
cou
ntr
y,
the
plo
t is
to
dep
loy t
he
Sp
ecia
l F
orc
es w
ho
wer
e tr
ained
in
B
elar
us
to t
he
lib
erat
ed t
erri
tori
es i
n t
he
No
rth
Eas
t, o
sten
sib
ly t
o h
old
th
e li
ber
ated
ter
rito
ries
b
ut,
in
rea
lity
, to
rig
th
e el
ecti
on
for
the
PD
P.”
H
e fu
rther
all
eged
th
at V
ice
Pre
sid
ent
Nam
adi
Sam
bo
had
met
wit
h s
ecu
rity
ch
iefs
in
Kad
un
a “w
ith
a r
equ
est
that
th
ey m
ust
del
iver
tw
o m
illi
on
vo
tes
to t
he
PD
P a
nyh
ow
, w
ith
pro
mis
es o
f m
ou
th-w
ater
ing i
nce
nti
ves
, in
clu
de
cash
an
d p
rom
oti
on
.”
Mo
ham
med
sai
d a
s th
e cl
ock
tic
ks
tow
ard
th
e d
ay o
f el
ecti
on
, th
e p
arty
was
co
mp
elle
d t
o a
lert
N
iger
ian
s, l
oca
l an
d f
ore
ign
ele
ctio
n o
bse
rver
s an
d i
nd
eed
th
e in
tern
atio
nal
co
mm
un
ity t
o t
he
stra
teg
y b
ein
g e
mp
loyed
by t
he
Jon
ath
an-l
ed P
DP
ad
min
istr
atio
n t
o m
anip
ula
te t
he
elec
tio
ns
usi
ng w
hat
he
call
ed t
he
Mo
dif
ied
Ek
iti
Rig
gin
g S
trat
egy.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
the
pla
n,
lik
e th
e P
DP
did
in
Ek
iti,
is
to e
nsu
re t
hat
on
ce P
DP
off
icia
ls p
oin
ted
o
ut
any A
PC
lea
der
in
a p
arti
cula
r lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ent,
su
ch l
eader
was
eit
her
arr
este
d a
nd
det
ain
ed
or
sim
ply
ho
un
ded
in
to h
idin
g.
He
furt
her
sta
ted
th
at “
sin
ce i
nd
icat
ion
s ar
e th
at t
he
mil
itar
y i
s n
o l
on
ger
wil
lin
g t
o b
e u
sed
fo
r su
ch a
n i
lleg
al a
ct,
and
oth
er s
ecu
rity
ag
enci
es k
no
w t
hey
wil
l b
e u
nd
er t
he
sear
chli
gh
t o
n
elec
tio
n d
ays,
th
ose
wh
o a
re a
ver
se t
o a
fre
e, f
air,
cre
dib
le a
nd v
iole
nce
-fre
e p
oll
s hav
e si
mp
ly
com
e u
p w
ith
th
e p
lan
to
sew
mil
itar
y a
nd
poli
ce u
nif
orm
s fo
r th
eir
par
ty t
hu
gs
to w
ear
on
el
ecti
on
day
so
they
can
rig
th
e el
ecti
on
s fo
r th
e P
DP
! “A
lar
ge
nu
mb
er o
f u
nif
orm
ed p
erso
nn
el o
n e
lect
ion
day
wil
l be
tho
se d
on
nin
g f
ake
un
ifo
rms
and
ran
ks,
an
d t
hei
r m
and
ate
wil
l b
e to
rig
fo
r th
e P
DP
an
d t
erro
rize
op
po
siti
on
mem
ber
s an
d
sup
po
rter
s.”
He
alle
ged
th
at t
he
PD
P h
ad a
lso
mo
bil
ized
eth
nic
mil
itia
s ac
ross
th
e co
un
try –
MA
SS
OB
in
th
e S
ou
th E
ast;
OP
C i
n t
he
Sou
th W
est
and
ex
-mil
itan
ts i
n t
he
Nig
er D
elta
– u
nd
er t
he
pre
tex
t of
a N
9 b
illi
on
pip
elin
e se
curi
ty c
on
trac
t.
“Th
e m
arch
ing o
rder
s giv
en t
o t
he
eth
nic
mil
itia
s is
to
des
tab
iliz
e th
e el
ecti
on
in
th
eir
resp
ecti
ve
regio
ns,
th
us
ren
der
ing i
t in
con
clu
siv
e. A
fter
all
, th
e P
DP
kn
ow
s it
can
no
t w
in a
fre
e, f
air
and
p
eace
ful
elec
tio
n.
The
hig
hly
dis
rup
tiv
e an
d a
rmed
pro
test
by t
he
OP
C i
n L
ago
s la
st M
on
day
was
a
dre
ss r
ehea
rsal
fo
r th
e p
lot,
” th
e A
PC
im
age
mak
er a
sser
ted
.
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Mo
ham
med
acc
use
d t
he
insp
ecto
r-gen
eral
of
po
lice
(IG
P)
the
serv
ice
chie
fs o
f b
ein
g p
art
of
the
plo
t.
He
poin
ted
at
the
un
law
ful
war
nin
g i
ssu
ed b
y t
he
IGP
urg
ing v
ote
rs t
o c
ast
thei
r b
allo
t an
d
imm
edia
tely
lea
ve
the
po
llin
g u
nit
s w
as p
art
of
the
gra
nd p
lot.
“A
sim
ilar
ord
er i
s ex
pec
ted
to
be
issu
ed b
y t
he
chie
f o
f ar
my s
taff
(C
OA
S)
ahea
d o
f th
e el
ecti
on
, an
d t
he
ord
ers
are
aim
ed a
t h
aras
sin
g a
nd
in
tim
idat
ing v
ote
rs a
s w
ell
as e
nsu
rin
g t
hey
d
o n
ot
stay
aro
un
d t
o p
rev
ent
the
PD
P’s
rig
gin
g p
lan
s. W
e u
rge
Nig
eria
ns
to i
gn
ore
su
ch
un
law
ful
dir
ecti
ves
wh
ich a
re n
ot
gro
un
ded
in
th
e E
lect
ora
l A
ct a
s po
inte
d o
ut
by t
he
INE
C
chai
rman
. “N
iger
ian
s m
ust
no
t o
nly
vo
te,
they
mu
st s
tay b
ehin
d t
o p
rote
ct t
hei
r v
ote
s. W
itho
ut
bei
ng
dis
rup
tiv
e, t
hey
sh
ou
ld u
se t
hei
r p
ho
ne
cam
eras
to
docu
men
t p
roce
edin
gs
at t
he
var
iou
s p
oll
ing
bo
oth
s, s
o t
hat
no
one
wil
l ta
mp
er w
ith
thei
r v
ote
s. A
ll t
hey
are
req
uir
ed t
o d
o i
s to
co
nd
uct
th
emse
lves
pea
cefu
lly,”
he
insi
sted
. T
he
AP
C s
po
kes
man
ad
vis
ed t
ho
se p
lan
nin
g t
o d
isru
pt
or
rig t
he
elec
tio
ns
and
in
stig
ate
vio
len
ce
to h
eed
th
e w
arn
ing s
ign
als
fro
m t
he
inte
rnat
ion
al c
om
mu
nit
y,
as a
ptl
y c
on
vey
ed b
y U
S
secr
etar
y o
f st
ate,
Mr
Joh
n K
erry
, an
d B
riti
sh s
ecre
tary
of
stat
e fo
r fo
reig
n a
nd
Co
mm
on
wea
lth
A
ffai
rs,
Mr
Ph
illi
p H
amm
on
d,
that
‘’a
ny p
erso
n w
ho
in
cite
s v
iole
nce
at
any s
tage
in t
he
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss,
or
wh
o s
eek
s p
ow
er t
hro
ugh
un
con
stit
uti
on
al m
eans,
sh
ou
ld b
e h
eld
acc
ou
nta
ble
.”
PD
P B
oT
Mem
ber
s S
up
po
rt
AP
C G
ub
er C
an
did
ate
in
A’I
bo
m
23
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Fo
rm
er
go
ver
no
r o
f A
kw
a I
bo
m S
tate
, O
bo
ng
Vic
tor
Att
ah
Tw
o B
oar
d o
f T
rust
ees
(Bo
T)
mem
ber
s o
f th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P),
th
e fo
rmer
go
ver
no
r o
f A
kw
a Ib
om
Sta
te,
Ob
on
g V
icto
r A
ttah
an
d C
hie
f D
on
Eti
ebie
t, h
ave
giv
en r
easo
ns
wh
y t
hey
su
pp
ort
th
e go
ver
no
rsh
ip c
and
idat
e of
the
op
po
siti
on
par
ty i
n t
he
stat
e, O
bo
ng U
man
a O
ko
n U
man
a o
f th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
to w
in t
he
go
ver
no
rsh
ip r
ace.
Bo
th f
ron
tlin
e B
oT
mem
ber
s o
f P
DP
mad
e th
eir
feel
ings
kn
ow
n w
hen
Um
ana
stag
ed t
he
gra
nd
fi
nal
e of
his
gu
ber
nat
ori
al
cam
pai
gn
in
U
yo
at
the
wee
ken
d.
Att
ah,
wh
o w
as r
ecen
tly c
row
ned
as
the
lead
er o
f th
e Ib
ibio
s in
th
e st
ate,
sai
d h
e w
as s
up
po
rtin
g
the
AP
C g
ov
ern
ors
hip
can
did
ate
bec
ause
th
e P
DP
can
did
ate
was
no
t n
om
inat
ed b
y t
he
par
ty b
ut
by a
n i
nd
ivid
ual
.
“As
I lo
ok
ro
un
d e
ver
yb
od
y t
hat
co
uld
be
des
crib
ed a
s p
oli
tici
an i
n t
he
stat
e is
her
e to
day
, I
was
to
ld t
hat
AP
C h
as t
aken
ov
er A
kw
a Ib
om
, I
did
no
t k
now
it
was
to
tal,
wh
at a
m s
eein
g t
od
ay i
s a
sure
sig
n t
hat
we
hav
e ta
ken
a f
irm
dec
isio
n t
o t
urn
yo
ur
bac
k o
n s
om
eth
ing y
ou
don
’t l
ike
and
to
em
bra
ce s
om
eth
ing y
ou
lik
e.
“To
day
we
sup
port
Um
ana
Ok
on
Um
ana
bec
ause
of
the
com
pel
lin
g d
eter
min
ant
fact
ors
, so
me
of
yo
u m
ay k
no
w t
hat
I a
m o
ne
of
the
82
sig
nat
ori
es t
hat
sig
ned
th
e ch
arte
r to
est
abli
sh t
he
PD
P i
n
19
89
, I
am n
ot
on
ly a
fou
nd
ing
fat
her
bu
t re
mai
ns
a li
fe m
emb
er o
f th
e B
oT
, b
ut
her
e I
am
cam
pai
gn
ing o
n A
PC
pla
tfo
rm.
“I a
m a
lea
der
of
my p
eop
le a
nd
th
ey d
on
’t w
ant
anyo
ne
to b
e im
po
sed
on
th
em a
s a
go
ver
no
r,
they
wan
t U
man
a O
ko
n U
man
a th
at i
s w
hy I
am
her
e”,
he
said
.
On h
is p
art,
Eti
ebet
sai
d,
“Wh
en w
e n
oti
ced
th
at t
her
e w
as p
rob
lem
in
the
stat
e, w
e re
po
rted
to
th
e n
atio
nal
lea
der
ship
of
the
par
ty,
bu
t th
ey r
efu
sed
to
lo
ok
in
to o
ur
com
pla
int.
Bu
t w
hen
sim
ilar
p
rob
lem
was
rep
ort
ed i
n L
ago
s, K
ebb
i, A
dam
awa
and
oth
ers,
th
e n
atio
nal
lea
der
ship
of
the
par
ty
wen
t an
d s
ettl
ed i
t, b
ut
in A
kw
a Ib
om
Sta
te,
the
go
ver
no
r sa
id t
her
e w
as n
o p
rob
lem
; th
at w
e ar
e ex
pir
ed p
oli
tici
ans.
“So
wit
h y
ou
r co
min
g o
ut
in l
arg
e n
um
ber
is
a te
stim
on
y t
o t
he
nat
ion
al a
nd
sta
te l
ead
ersh
ip o
f th
e P
DP
th
at t
her
e is
pro
ble
m i
n t
he
stat
e, t
her
efo
re,
chan
ge
mu
st c
om
e an
d U
man
a O
ko
n U
man
a is
th
e sy
mbo
l of
that
ch
ange.
“I
com
e h
ere
wit
h O
bo
ng V
icto
r A
ttah
so
th
at w
e jo
in h
and
s to
del
iver
Ak
wa
Ibom
Sta
te t
o
Akw
a Ib
om
peo
ple
th
rou
gh
Um
ana
Ok
on
Um
ana
of
AP
C a
s a
veh
icle
of
del
iver
ance
of
Ak
wa
Ibo
m p
eop
le”.
Th
e tw
o B
oT
mem
ber
s of
the
PD
P a
ccu
sed t
he
nat
ion
al h
iera
rch
y o
f th
e p
arty
fo
r th
e v
acu
um
cr
eate
d
for
the
op
po
siti
on
p
arty
to
m
ake
enro
ute
in
th
e st
ate.
T
he
du
o s
aid
bef
ore
No
vem
ber
20
14
, th
e st
ate
did
not
hav
e an
y o
pp
osi
tio
n,
as t
he
stat
e w
as o
nly
a
PD
P s
tate
, b
ut
no
ted
that
pre
sentl
y t
he
AP
C h
as s
ud
den
ly e
mer
ged
as
an o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
to
b
eat.
Th
ey s
aid
it
was
un
fort
un
ate
that
th
eir
adv
ised
wer
e n
ot
tak
en i
n t
he
run
nin
g o
f P
DP
in
th
e st
ate
as t
ho
se i
n t
he
hel
m o
f af
fair
s o
ften
des
crib
ed t
hem
as
exp
ired
po
liti
cian
s re
gre
ttin
g t
hat
ev
en t
he
nat
ion
al l
ead
ersh
ip o
f th
e p
arty
did
n’t
no
thin
g t
o i
nju
stic
e an
d i
mp
un
ity o
rch
estr
ated
by
the
lead
ersh
ip o
f th
e p
arty
at
the
stat
e le
vel
.
Res
po
ndin
g,
Um
ana
Ok
on
Um
ana
com
men
ded
th
e P
DP
big
wig
s fo
r su
pp
ort
ing h
is a
mb
itio
n,
sayin
g t
hat
, it
is
on
ly c
ou
rag
eou
s an
d p
atri
oti
c ci
tize
ns
can
tak
e th
e st
ance
th
ey h
ave
tak
en.
“As
a p
arty
, th
e A
PC
I w
ant
to t
han
k t
hem
fo
r st
and
ing o
n t
he
sid
e o
f th
e p
eop
le,
wh
at w
e ar
e fa
cin
g t
od
ay i
n A
kw
a Ib
om
is
an A
kw
a Ib
om
pro
ble
m a
nd
th
ey h
ave
com
e bac
k t
o s
ay w
e h
ave
to t
ake
bac
k t
he
stat
e”,
he
said
.
Jon
ath
an C
amp
aig
ner
s S
torm
Pro
per
ty M
ark
et W
ith
Do
llar
s
Jo
nath
an
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mp
aig
ner
s S
torm
Pro
pert
y M
ark
et W
ith
Do
lla
rs
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mm
ents
Wit
h t
he
elec
tio
ns
on
ly a
bo
ut
a w
eek
aw
ay a
nd
th
e o
utc
om
e to
o c
lose
to
cal
l b
etw
een
Pre
sid
ent
Goo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an a
nd
Gen
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari,
pre
sid
enti
al c
andid
ates
of
the
PD
P a
nd t
he
AP
C r
esp
ecti
vel
y,
alle
gat
ion
s o
f em
bez
zlem
ent
and
div
ersi
on
of
cam
pai
gn
fu
nd
s ar
e ri
fe i
n t
he
PD
P P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
Org
anis
atio
n (
PD
PP
CO
).
Coo
rdin
ato
rs o
f so
me
of
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
athan
’s c
amp
aign
gro
up
s as
wel
l as
sta
te a
nd
zo
nal
co
ord
inat
ors
are
tak
ing s
tep
s to
en
sure
th
at t
hey
do
no
t lo
se o
ut
com
ple
tely
sh
ou
ld t
he
resu
lt g
o
agai
nst
th
eir
pri
nci
pal
. L
EA
DE
RS
HIP
’s i
nv
esti
gat
ion
in A
bu
ja r
evea
led
th
at t
he
coo
rdin
ators
, ra
ther
th
an u
se t
he
mo
ney
fo
r ca
mp
aign
s, h
ave
bee
n s
cou
rin
g t
he
Ab
uja
pro
per
ty m
ark
et w
ith
do
llar
s, a
nd
acq
uir
ing c
ho
ice
pro
per
ty.
T
he
cam
pai
gn
ers,
it
was
gat
her
ed,
rath
er t
han
use
th
e m
on
ey f
or
the
pu
rpo
se i
t w
as m
ean
t, h
ave
reso
rted
to
in
ves
tin
g t
he
mo
ney
in
pro
per
ty s
o t
hat
in t
he
even
t th
at t
hei
r ca
nd
idat
e d
oes
no
t w
in,
they
wo
uld
hav
e so
met
hin
g t
o f
all
bac
k o
n.
Rea
l es
tate
ag
ents
pri
vy t
o t
he
dev
elo
pm
ent
told
LE
AD
ER
SH
IP t
hat
sin
ce t
he
cam
pai
gn
s b
egan
, an
d p
arti
cula
rly a
fter
th
e p
ost
po
nem
ent
of
the
elec
tion
s, t
her
e h
ad b
een
an
up
swin
g i
n t
he
nu
mb
er o
f p
erso
ns
loo
kin
g t
o b
uy p
rop
erty
, w
ith
mo
st o
f th
em l
ink
ed t
o t
he
elec
tio
nee
rin
g a
nd
o
ffer
ing t
o p
ay i
n d
oll
ars.
“T
hat
is
wh
at h
as b
een
go
ing o
n.
Th
e d
eval
uat
ion
of
the
nai
ra h
as c
ause
d a
lu
ll i
n t
he
pro
per
ty
mar
ket
bu
t th
e fe
w c
lien
ts w
ho
ap
pro
ach
us
to b
uy p
rop
erty
are
PD
P m
en w
ho
hav
e ca
mpai
gn
m
on
ey i
n t
hei
r p
oss
essi
on
an
d t
hey
alw
ays
pay
in
do
llar
s,”
Mar
k O
do
jo,
a re
al e
stat
e ag
ent
said
. A
no
ther
rea
l es
tate
agen
t sa
id a
co
ord
inat
or
of
on
e o
f th
e ca
mpai
gn
gro
up
s h
ad g
iven
him
a
man
dat
e to
fin
d a
dup
lex
fo
r h
im i
n G
war
inpa
area
of
Ab
uja
bef
ore
th
e p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n a
nd
h
e h
ad f
ou
nd
on
e w
ort
h a
bo
ut
N2
50
mil
lion
, a
dea
l th
ey w
ere
abo
ut
to s
eal.
E
arli
er i
n t
he
wee
k,
it w
as r
epo
rted
th
at a
fre
e-fo
r-al
l b
rok
e o
ut
amo
ng s
om
e P
DP
off
icia
ls i
n
Ogu
n S
tate
fo
llo
win
g t
he
fail
ure
of
tho
se e
ntr
ust
ed w
ith
th
e ca
mpai
gn
mo
ney
to
rel
ease
sam
e to
ca
mpai
gn
co
ord
inat
ors
acr
oss
th
e st
ate.
The
cam
pai
gn
co
ord
inat
ors
su
spec
ted
fo
ul
pla
y w
hen
th
e m
on
ey w
hic
h w
as t
o b
e sh
ared
am
on
g 7
08
of
them
was
no
t, w
ith
th
ose
in
ch
arge
tell
ing t
hem
it
was
yet
to
be
pai
d i
nto
a c
erta
in d
esig
nat
ed b
ank
acc
ou
nt.
S
imil
arly
, an
oth
er r
epo
rt h
ad i
t th
at a
fo
rmer
go
ver
nor
dee
ply
in
vo
lved
in
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an’s
re
-ele
ctio
n c
amp
aign
, in
stea
d o
f d
eplo
yin
g t
he
cam
pai
gn
fu
nd
s fo
r th
e pu
rpo
se,
rath
er d
epo
site
d
it i
n a
ban
k f
or
it t
o y
ield
in
tere
st a
nd
po
ssib
ly r
emai
n t
her
e ti
ll a
fter
th
e el
ecti
on
, af
ter
wh
ich i
t w
ou
ld
be
forg
ott
en a
nd
he
wo
uld
ho
ld o
n t
o i
t.
A s
ourc
e w
ith
in t
he
pre
sid
ent’
s ca
mp
aign
org
anis
atio
n s
aid
su
ch f
und
s w
ere
bei
ng
use
d b
y t
ho
se
they
wer
e en
tru
sted
wit
h a
s th
ey p
leas
ed,
add
ing t
hat
he
was
no
t su
rpri
sed
th
at s
om
e o
f th
em
wer
e b
uyin
g u
p p
rop
erty
in
Ab
uja
. A
mem
ber
of
the
PD
P,
wh
o c
on
firm
ed t
his
dev
elo
pm
ent
to L
EA
DE
RS
HIP
in
Ab
uja
, sa
id
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an w
as a
lso
aw
are
of
the
situ
atio
n a
nd
th
at w
as w
hy h
e h
ad p
erso
nal
ly t
aken
ch
arge
of
his
cam
pai
gn
, es
pec
iall
y i
n t
he
no
rth
ern
an
d s
ou
th-w
este
rn p
arts
of
the
cou
ntr
y.
“Jo
nat
han
’s r
ecen
t vis
its
to s
tate
s in
th
e S
ou
th W
est
and
in
th
e N
ort
h w
ere
nec
essi
tate
d u
po
n t
he
real
isat
ion
th
at h
is c
amp
aign
co
ord
inat
ors
in
th
ose
are
as w
ere
no
t w
ork
ing,
and
th
at i
s w
hy h
e m
ov
ed i
n w
ith s
o m
uch
mo
ney
, es
pec
iall
y t
o t
he
So
uth
Wes
t, t
o b
e su
re t
hat
, th
is t
ime,
th
e m
on
ey g
ets
to t
he
trad
itio
nal
an
d o
pin
ion l
ead
ers
it i
s m
ean
t fo
r.
“Th
e d
epen
den
ce o
n t
he
cam
pai
gn
co
ord
inat
ors
wo
uld
hav
e la
nd
ed h
im i
n t
rou
ble
in
th
ose
ar
eas,
” th
e so
urc
e, w
ho
ple
aded
an
on
ym
ity a
s h
e w
as n
ot
per
mit
ted
to
sp
eak
on
th
e is
sue,
sai
d.
Als
o r
eact
ing t
o a
lleg
atio
ns
of
emb
ezzl
emen
t an
d d
iver
sio
n o
f ca
mp
aign
fu
nd
s b
y s
tate
s an
d
zon
al c
oo
rdin
ato
rs o
f th
e P
DP
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
Org
anis
atio
n (
PD
PP
CO
), a
mem
ber
of
the
cam
pai
gn
org
anis
atio
n,
wh
o p
refe
rred
no
t to
be
nam
ed,
con
firm
ed t
hat
it
had
bee
n o
bse
rved
at
the
hea
dq
uar
ters
th
at s
om
e st
ate
and z
on
al c
oo
rdin
ato
rs w
ere
no
t u
sin
g f
un
ds
for
the
pu
rpo
se
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they
wer
e m
ean
t.
“Sta
te c
oo
rdin
ato
rs a
re r
esp
on
sib
le f
or
mo
bil
isin
g a
nd
org
anis
ing c
amp
aig
n r
alli
es i
n t
hei
r re
spec
tiv
e st
ates
wh
ile
zon
al c
oo
rdin
ato
rs d
o s
ame
for
zon
al c
amp
aign
s, a
nd
wh
en p
eop
le f
rom
th
e h
ead
qu
arte
rs a
tten
d s
uch
ral
lies
, th
ey t
ake
no
te o
f th
e la
pse
s in
pla
nn
ing.
“It
has
co
me
to t
he
kn
ow
ledg
e of
the
cam
pai
gn
org
anis
atio
n t
hat
so
me
coo
rdin
ato
rs h
ave
bee
n
tell
ing p
arty
mem
ber
s th
at t
he
mo
ney
giv
en t
o t
hem
is
no
t su
ffic
ien
t to
do
wh
at t
hey
ex
pec
t o
f th
em,
bu
t th
is i
s n
ot
tru
e. T
hey
hav
e b
een
giv
en a
deq
uat
e fu
nd
s.
“Ho
wev
er,
the
mat
ter
can
no
t b
e h
and
led
no
w t
ill
afte
r th
e el
ecti
on
when
th
e co
ord
inat
ors
wo
uld
b
e re
qu
ired
to
ret
ire
thei
r sp
end
ing.
Th
e fo
cus
rig
ht
now
is
on
th
e el
ecti
on
,” h
e sa
id.
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Jon
athan
, Je
ga
and
Bu
har
i
Afr
ica’
s m
ost
po
pu
lou
s co
un
try a
nd
to
p e
con
om
y,
Nig
eria
, h
old
s g
ener
al e
lect
ions
this
Sat
urd
ay
— t
he
fift
h s
ince
civ
ilia
n r
ule
was
res
tore
d i
n 1
99
9.
Her
e ar
e fi
ve
key
fig
ure
s w
ho
se a
ctio
ns
cou
ld s
hap
e th
e o
utc
om
e of
the
vo
te a
nd
its
aft
erm
ath
.
- G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an -
Nig
eria
’s 5
7-y
ear-
old
lea
der
is
seek
ing
a s
eco
nd
ter
m a
fter
a t
um
ult
uou
s fi
ve
yea
rs p
lag
ued
by
the
dra
mat
ic r
ise
in s
tren
gth
of
Bo
ko
Har
am I
slam
ists
an
d a
wid
ely c
riti
cise
d j
ob
per
form
ance
.
Cri
tics
say
he
has
fai
led
to
tac
kle
co
rru
pti
on
or
imp
rov
e in
fras
tru
ctu
re,
esp
ecia
lly e
lect
rici
ty
sup
ply
, b
ut
Jon
ath
an
stil
l has
su
pp
ort
ers,
p
arti
cula
rly
in
the
mai
nly
C
hri
stia
n
sou
th
of
the
reli
gio
usl
y d
ivid
ed n
atio
n.
Nig
eria
ns
hav
e n
ever
see
n p
ow
er c
han
ge
han
ds
thro
ugh
th
e b
allo
t si
nce
in
dep
end
ence
fro
m
Bri
tain
in
19
60
bu
t Jo
nat
han
has
rep
eate
dly
vo
wed
to
res
pec
t th
e w
ill
of
the
vo
ters
.
If t
he
elec
tio
n t
ilts
in
th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n’s
fav
our,
all
eyes
wil
l b
e o
n t
he
pre
sid
ent
to s
ee i
f he
kee
ps
that
pro
mis
e.
- M
uh
amm
adu
Buh
ari
-
Th
e fo
rmer
m
ilit
ary
rule
r is
ta
kin
g
his
fo
urt
h
sho
t at
th
e p
resi
den
cy
sin
ce
dem
ocr
acy
was
re
sto
red
in
19
99
, an
d h
as t
ried
to
po
siti
on
him
self
as
Nig
eria
’s t
op
an
ti-c
orr
up
tio
n c
rusa
der
.
Bu
har
i, 7
2,
insi
sts
he
wil
l w
in t
his
tim
e, r
efu
sing
to
ev
en d
iscu
ss t
he
pro
spec
t o
f an
oth
er d
efea
t.
If J
on
athan
is
dec
lare
d t
he
win
ner
, B
uh
ari’
s ac
tio
ns
cou
ld p
rov
e cr
uci
al i
n a
vo
idin
g w
ides
pre
ad
po
st-e
lect
ion
un
rest
.
Ex
per
ts s
ay t
he
pre
do
min
antl
y M
usl
im n
ort
h i
s a
tin
der
bo
x t
hat
may
ex
plo
de
if B
uhar
i, t
he
regio
n’s
fav
ou
rite
so
n,
is p
erce
ived
as
hav
ing
bee
n c
hea
ted
ou
t o
f an
ele
cto
ral
win
.
Bu
har
i’s
mo
ves
as
the
resu
lts
com
e in
wil
l th
eref
ore
be
clo
sely
wat
ched
.
- A
bu
bak
ar S
hek
au -
Bo
ko
Har
am’s
le
ader
, a
wan
ted
cr
imin
al
wh
o
is
susp
ecte
d
of
orc
hes
trat
ing
crim
es
agai
nst
h
um
anit
y,
has
vo
wed
to d
isru
pt
the
poll
s, w
hic
h t
he
Isla
mis
t gro
up
vie
ws
as “
un
-Isl
amic
”.
Th
at s
inis
ter
ple
dge
may
tu
rn o
ut
to b
e em
pty
blu
ster
bu
t giv
en B
ok
o H
aram
’s p
rov
en a
bil
ity t
o
sow
ch
aos
acro
ss
no
rth
ern
N
iger
ia,
the
po
ssib
ilit
y
exis
ts
of
wid
esp
read
at
tack
s,
incl
ud
ing
b
om
bin
gs,
on
po
llin
g d
ay.
- A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a -
Th
e h
ead
of
Nig
eria
’s I
nd
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
has
fac
ed f
ierc
e cr
itic
ism
fr
om
bo
th t
he
op
po
siti
on
an
d t
he
ruli
ng p
arty
duri
ng t
he
cam
pai
gn
.
Bu
t im
par
tial
ob
serv
ers
bro
adly
see
him
as
tou
gh
-min
ded
, in
dep
end
ent
adm
inis
trat
or
com
mit
ted
to
ov
erse
ein
g a
fai
r an
d c
red
ible
vo
te.
Th
e ca
reer
aca
dem
ic c
ut
his
po
liti
cal
teet
h o
pp
osi
ng t
he
bru
tal
mil
itar
y d
icta
tors
hip
of
San
i A
bac
ha
in t
he
late
19
90
s.
Giv
en h
is bac
kg
rou
nd
, m
ost
ex
per
ts b
elie
ve
Jega
wil
l se
ek t
o d
ecla
re a
n ac
cura
te r
esu
lt as
q
uic
kly
as
po
ssib
le,
regar
dle
ss o
f an
y p
oli
tica
l in
terf
eren
ce h
e m
ay f
ace.
- S
ecuri
ty c
hie
fs -
Th
e in
dep
end
ence
of
Nig
eria
’s m
ilit
ary a
nd
po
lice
aro
un
d e
lect
ion
day
wil
l li
kel
y b
e cr
uci
al i
n
ensu
rin
g t
he
vo
te i
s re
spec
ted
nat
ion
wid
e.
Th
e d
efen
ce m
inis
try h
as i
ssu
ed c
lear
sta
tem
ents
dec
lari
ng i
tsel
f to
be
a co
mp
lete
ly n
on
-par
tisa
n
acto
r in
th
e p
oll
s b
ut
tro
ub
lin
g e
ven
ts i
n r
ecen
t m
on
ths
hav
e ra
ised
con
cern
.
Off
icer
s, b
elie
ved
to
be
fro
m t
he
po
lice
fo
rce,
fir
ed t
earg
as o
n s
enio
r o
pp
osi
tio
n l
awm
aker
s as
th
ey t
ried
to
en
ter
par
liam
ent
for
a k
ey v
ote
in
No
vem
ber
.
Th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n h
as s
pec
ific
ally
id
enti
fied
th
e p
oli
ce c
hie
f in
th
e ca
pit
al A
bu
ja,
Jose
ph M
bu
, as
b
ein
g a
n o
uts
po
ken
lo
yal
ist
of
the
ruli
ng
par
ty.
Ob
serv
ers
say
that
av
oid
ing
con
fro
nta
tio
n
bet
wee
n
the
secu
rity
se
rvic
es
and
p
oli
tica
l d
emo
nst
rato
rs s
ho
uld
be
a to
p p
rio
rity
.
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bli
city
Sec
reta
ry o
f th
e L
ago
s S
tate
ch
apte
r of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
ong
ress
, M
r. J
oe
Igb
ok
we
Th
e L
ago
s S
tate
ch
apte
r o
f th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss h
as a
sked
Lag
os
resi
den
ts n
ot
to v
ote
fo
r th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty i
n t
he
fort
hco
min
g e
lect
ions,
say
ing d
oin
g s
o w
ould
tu
rn t
he
stat
e in
to “
a th
eatr
e o
f u
nen
din
g w
ar a
nd
vio
len
ce.”
Th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
, w
hic
h a
ccu
sed
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
of
cou
rtin
g “
vio
len
t m
ilit
ia
gro
up
s” i
n h
is b
id t
o w
in t
he
po
lls,
sai
d L
ago
sian
s n
eed
ed t
o b
e al
erte
d t
o t
he
gra
nd
pla
n b
y t
he
PD
P t
o p
rov
ok
e v
iole
nce
in
Lag
os
Sta
te, w
her
e “p
eace
has
en
du
red
fo
r yea
rs.”
Th
e A
PC
, in
a s
tate
men
t b
y it
s L
ago
s S
tate
Pu
bli
city
Sec
reta
ry,
Joe
Igb
ok
we,
sai
d t
he
rece
nt
rall
y b
y m
emb
ers
of
the
Oo
du
a P
eop
les
Co
ngre
ss,
wit
h a
tten
dan
t v
and
alis
m o
f A
PC
cam
pai
gn
p
ost
ers
and
bil
lbo
ard
s si
gn
alle
d a
ret
urn
to
th
e d
ays
of
inse
curi
ty i
n t
he
stat
e, s
ho
uld
PD
P b
e v
ote
d i
n t
he
fort
hco
min
g M
arch
28
an
d A
pri
l 1
1 g
ener
al e
lect
ion
s.
Th
e st
atem
ent
read
in
par
t, “
We
wan
t to
ale
rt t
he
go
od
peo
ple
of
Lag
os
to t
he
gra
nd
des
ign
by
the
PD
P t
hat
has
su
per
vis
ed t
he
wo
rst
secu
rity
cri
sis
the
cou
ntr
y s
ince
th
e ci
vil
war
, to
lau
nch
u
nen
din
g v
iole
nce
an
d s
eek
to
co
mp
rom
ise
the
env
iab
le s
ecu
rity
sit
uat
ion
we
hav
e b
een
en
joyin
g
when
oth
er p
arts
of
the
cou
ntr
y b
ecam
e th
eatr
es o
f in
secu
rity
.
“We
wan
t to
ale
rt L
ago
sian
s th
at s
po
nso
rin
g a
nd
lau
nch
ing g
un
-to
tin
g O
PC
mil
itia
s o
n L
ago
s st
reet
s is
th
e la
st d
itch
eff
ort
of
an i
nco
mp
eten
t g
ov
ern
men
t to
lau
nch
vio
len
ce o
n L
ago
sian
s so
as
to
pre
par
e th
em f
or
the
retu
rn o
f w
ho
leso
me
crim
inal
ity a
nd
oth
er f
orm
s of
inse
curi
ty t
hat
L
ago
sian
s h
ave
pu
t beh
ind t
hem
.
“We
wan
t to
re
min
d
Lag
osi
ans
that
th
e sa
me
way
an
d m
ann
er
the
PD
P an
d th
e Jo
nat
han
p
resi
den
cy a
re s
po
nso
rin
g a
nd
arm
ing O
PC
to
cau
se m
ayh
em a
nd
in
secu
rity
in
Lag
os
was
th
e sa
me
way
th
e P
DP
arm
ed a
nd
sp
on
sore
d h
oo
dlu
ms
in t
he
So
uth
-So
uth
, an
d a
fter
ele
ctio
ns
they
b
ecam
e k
idn
app
ers
and
ass
assi
ns
and
Nig
eria
has
no
t re
cov
ered
fro
m t
his
. T
he
sam
e w
ay a
nd
m
ann
er w
as a
lso
ad
op
ted
by t
he
PD
P t
o t
rain
an
d s
pon
sor
ho
od
lum
s fo
r el
ecto
ral
vio
len
ce i
n t
he
Nort
h a
nd
th
ey w
ere
soo
n t
o b
eco
me
Bo
ko
Har
am m
ilit
ants
, as
rev
eale
d b
y t
he
late
fo
rmer
N
atio
nal
Sec
uri
ty A
dv
iser
, G
en.
An
dre
w A
zazi
.
“We
wan
t to
war
n L
ago
sian
s th
at t
he
retu
rn o
f v
iole
nt
crim
e an
d v
iole
nt
po
liti
cal
cam
pai
gn
s b
y
the
des
per
ate
PD
P i
n i
ts b
id t
o o
ver
wh
elm
an
d c
on
qu
er L
ago
s w
ill
infl
ict
trem
end
ou
s h
arm
on
th
eir
wel
lbei
ng a
nd
sec
uri
ty,
if L
ago
sian
s ca
st t
hei
r v
ote
s fo
r th
e P
DP
. W
e w
arn
th
at v
oti
ng
fo
r P
DP
, w
hic
h h
as c
om
pro
mis
ed t
he
pea
ce a
nd
tra
nqu
illi
ty o
f L
ago
s as
a r
esu
lt o
f it
s d
ead
ly d
esir
e fo
r p
ow
er i
n r
ecen
t w
eek
s.”
Am
aec
hi’
s a
lleg
ati
on
ag
ain
st m
e la
ug
ha
ble
,
say
s P
ati
ence
Jo
na
tha
n
Mar
ch 2
4,
20
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lale
kan
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etay
o 5
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om
men
ts
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ien
ce J
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e o
f P
resi
den
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oo
dlu
ck
Jonat
han
,
Pat
ien
ce,
on
M
on
day
, d
escr
ibed
an
al
legat
ion
o
f ex
tort
ion
lev
elle
d a
gai
nst
her
by t
he
Riv
ers
Sta
te G
ov
erno
r an
d D
irec
tor-
Gen
eral
of
the
All
P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
, M
r. R
oti
mi
Am
aech
i, a
s la
ug
hab
le.
Am
aech
i h
ad,
on
Sat
urd
ay,
clai
med
th
at t
he
go
ver
no
rship
can
did
ate
of
the
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic
Par
ty
in
the
stat
e,
Ch
ief
Nyes
om
W
ike,
h
ad
bee
n
pay
ing
$1m
(N
19
9m
) m
on
thly
to
M
rs.
Jon
athan
.
Th
e go
ver
no
r h
ad c
laim
ed t
hat
Wik
e w
as g
ivin
g t
he
mo
ney
to
th
e P
resi
den
t’s
wif
e in
ord
er t
o
gai
n p
oli
tica
l fa
vo
ur.
Mrs
. Jo
nat
han
, w
ho
sp
ok
e w
ith
ou
r co
rres
po
nd
ent
thro
ug
h h
er m
edia
aid
e, M
r. A
yo
Ad
ewu
yi,
h
ow
ever
sai
d t
her
e w
as n
o t
ruth
in t
he
clai
m.
Ad
ewu
yi
des
crib
ed A
mae
chi’
s cl
aim
as
lau
ghab
le a
nd
rid
iculo
us,
say
ing
th
at n
oth
ing s
ho
rt o
f su
ch w
as e
xp
ecte
d f
rom
Am
aech
i.
He
said
, “T
he
alle
gat
ion
th
at t
he
Fir
st L
ady i
s co
llec
tin
g m
on
ey f
rom
Ch
ief
Wik
e m
on
thly
is
lau
gh
able
an
d r
idic
ulo
us.
“Yo
u c
ann
ot
bu
t h
ear
thin
gs
lik
e th
is f
rom
so
meo
ne
wh
o i
s h
om
e al
on
e.”
Wik
e h
imse
lf h
ad e
arli
er d
enie
d t
he
clai
m.
Th
e go
ver
no
rsh
ip
can
did
ate,
w
ho
spo
ke
thro
ugh
h
is
med
ia
aid
e,
Mr.
S
imeo
n
Nw
aku
du
, d
escr
ibed
Am
aech
i’s
alle
gat
ion
as
fals
e an
d a
sked
th
e go
ver
no
r to
res
po
nd
to
th
e al
legat
ion
s o
f co
rru
pti
on
agai
nst
him
.
Am
aech
i h
ad s
aid
, “D
o y
ou
kn
ow
th
at t
he
PD
P g
ov
ern
ors
hip
can
did
ate,
Nyes
om
Wik
e, h
as b
een
giv
ing
on
e m
illi
on
do
llar
s m
on
thly
to t
he
wif
e o
f th
e P
resi
den
t, M
rs P
atie
nce
Jo
nat
han
? H
e h
as
bee
n d
oin
g t
his
to
gai
n p
oli
tica
l fa
vo
ur
in t
he
Pre
sid
ency
an
d t
o r
etai
n t
he
fav
ou
r.”