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Obama Calls for Peaceful, Free and Fair Elections 24 Mar 2015 Font Size: a / A President Barack Obama • Warns Boko Haram wants to destroy Nigeria Damilola Oyedele in Abuja and Zacheaus Somorin in Lagos Regardless of the outcome of the 2015 general election, it is the responsibility of all Nigerians to help keep the peace, as violence should have no place in democracy. This was the crux of the message by United States (US) President Barack Obama as Nigerians head to the polls Saturday for the presidential election. In a video message released by the White House yesterday, the US president acknowledged that Nigeria had won its independence, emerged from military rule, and strengthened democratic institutions. “You’ve strived to overcome division and to turn Nigeria’s diversity into a source of strength. You’ve worked hard to improve the lives of your families and to build the largest economy in Africa,” he said. In this regard, Obama stated that Nigerians have a historic opportunity to help write the next chapter of their nation's progress, by voting in the upcoming elections, stressing that Nigerians must be able to cast their votes without intimidation or fear, for the elections to be credible, free, fair and peaceful.
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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
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
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
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am
/
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om
men
ts
By H
enry
Um
oru
A
BU
JA-
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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
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
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
uh
C
hu
ks
Ok
och
a in
A
bu
ja


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
.
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ath
an C
amp
aig
ner
s S
torm
Pro
per
ty M
ark
et W
ith
Do
llar
s
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nath
an
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mp
aig
ner
s S
torm
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pert
y M
ark
et W
ith
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lla
rs
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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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Roman, 12 pt, Font color: Blue
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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on
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ents
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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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ath
an
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Wif
e o
f P
resi
den
t G
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.”
