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No sight of Chibok girls in liberated areas – COAS on March 18, 2015 / in Headlines, News 12:01 am / Comments By Ben Agande Abuja—Hope dimmed, yesterday, on the rescue of abducted Chibok girls from Boko Haram terrorists as the Chief of Army Staff, General Kenneth Minimah, declared that despite the liberation of some towns and villages in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, the troops have not been able to establish the whereabouts of the schoolgirls. They were abducted from Chibok about a year ago. Addressing State House correspondents after the National Security Council meeting in Abuja, Minimah, however, expressed the hope that as more of the territories are recovered the girls may still be found. He said: “No news for now. In all the liberated areas, we have also made inquiries but the truth is when the terrorists are running away they also run with their families. And those we have come in contact (with) have not made any comment suggesting that Chibok girls were there and taken away. “But we are optimistic that as the war gets closer, the territory is becoming elusive to them (terrorists) and we will get further details on that.” Only last month, President Goodluck Jonathan declared emphatically that the abducted girls were still alive and would soon be rescued.
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No
sig
ht
of
Ch
ibo
k g
irls
in
lib
erate
d a
rea
s –
C
OA
S
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n H
ead
lin
es,
New
s 1
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m
/
Co
mm
ents
By B
en A
gan
de
Ab
uja
—H
op
e d
imm
ed,
yes
terd
ay,
on
th
e re
scu
e o
f ab
du
cted
Ch
ibo
k g
irls
fro
m B
ok
o H
aram
te
rro
rist
s as
th
e C
hie
f o
f A
rmy S
taff
, G
ener
al K
enn
eth
Min
imah
, d
ecla
red
th
at d
esp
ite
the
lib
erat
ion
of
som
e to
wn
s an
d v
illa
ges
in
Bo
rno
, A
dam
awa
and
Yo
be
Sta
tes,
th
e tr
oo
ps
hav
e n
ot
bee
n a
ble
to
est
abli
sh t
he
wh
erea
bo
uts
of
the
sch
oo
lgir
ls.
Th
ey w
ere
abd
uct
ed f
rom
Ch
ibo
k a
bo
ut
a yea
r ag
o.
Ad
dre
ssin
g S
tate
Ho
use
co
rres
po
nd
ents
aft
er t
he
Nat
ion
al S
ecu
rity
Co
un
cil
mee
tin
g i
n A
bu
ja,
Min
imah
, h
ow
ever
, ex
pre
ssed
th
e h
op
e th
at a
s m
ore
of
the
terr
ito
ries
are
rec
ov
ered
th
e gir
ls m
ay
stil
l b
e fo
un
d.
He
said
: “N
o n
ews
for
no
w.
In a
ll t
he
lib
erat
ed a
reas
, w
e h
ave
also
mad
e in
qu
irie
s b
ut
the
tru
th i
s w
hen
th
e te
rro
rist
s ar
e ru
nn
ing a
way
th
ey a
lso
ru
n w
ith
th
eir
fam
ilie
s. A
nd
th
ose
we
hav
e co
me
in c
on
tact
(w
ith
) h
ave
no
t m
ade
any c
om
men
t su
gges
tin
g t
hat
Ch
ibo
k g
irls
wer
e th
ere
and
tak
en
away
.
“Bu
t w
e ar
e o
pti
mis
tic
that
as
the
war
get
s cl
ose
r, t
he
terr
ito
ry i
s b
eco
min
g e
lusi
ve
to t
hem
(t
erro
rist
s) a
nd
we
wil
l g
et f
urt
her
det
ails
on
th
at.”
On
ly l
ast
mo
nth
, P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an d
ecla
red
em
ph
atic
ally
th
at t
he
abd
uct
ed g
irls
w
ere
stil
l al
ive
and
wo
uld
so
on
be
resc
ued
.
In t
he
hea
t o
f co
ntr
ov
ersy
las
t yea
r o
ver
all
eged
neg
oti
atio
ns
wit
h t
he
sect
to
rel
ease
th
e gir
ls,
wh
ich
tu
rned
ou
t to
be
a h
oax
, th
e se
ct l
ead
er,
Ab
ub
akar
Sh
ekau
, sa
id t
he
gir
ls h
ad b
een
mar
ried
o
ff t
o B
ok
o H
aram
fig
hte
rs.
Sh
ekau
iss
ued
a n
ew v
ideo
in
wh
ich
he
den
ied
cla
ims
of
a d
eal
to f
ree
the
20
0 g
irls
kid
nap
ped
in
A
pri
l, s
ayin
g t
he
gir
ls w
ou
ld n
ever
be
rele
ased
bec
ause
th
ey h
ad b
een
“m
arri
ed o
ff”
to f
igh
ters
.
Ch
ief
of
Nig
eria
n a
rmy s
taff
Lt.
Gen
eral
Ken
net
h M
inim
ah .
AF
P
“Th
e is
sue
of
the
gir
ls i
s lo
ng f
org
ott
en b
ecau
se I
hav
e lo
ng a
go
mar
ried
th
em o
ff,”
he
said
, la
ugh
ing.
“In
th
is w
ar,
ther
e is
no
go
ing b
ack
.”
Sp
eak
ing i
n H
ausa
, th
e lo
cal
dia
lect
, S
hek
au d
enie
d c
laim
s b
y N
iger
ia’s
mil
itar
y a
nd
Pre
sid
ency
th
at t
hey
had
rea
ched
a d
eal
to e
nd
fiv
e yea
rs o
f d
ead
ly v
iole
nce
in
th
e co
un
try’s
no
rth
-eas
t as
w
ell
as a
gre
emen
t to
rel
ease
th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls.
Ele
ctio
ns
in l
iber
ate
d a
rea
s
Mea
nw
hil
e, G
ener
al M
inim
ah w
as a
lso
ask
ed w
het
her
ele
ctio
ns
wo
uld
be
hel
d i
n t
he
area
s re
cen
tly l
iber
ated
fro
m B
ok
o H
aram
ter
rori
sts.
He
said
th
e fi
nal
dec
isio
n o
n w
het
her
ele
ctio
ns
wo
uld
be
hel
d i
n t
he
lib
erat
ed t
ow
ns
and
vil
lages
in
Bo
rno
, A
dam
awa
and
Yo
be
Sta
tes
wo
uld
be
det
erm
ined
by t
he
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
, IN
EC
, af
ter
it h
as c
arri
ed o
ut
its
ow
n a
sses
smen
t o
f th
e si
tuat
ion
on
gro
un
d.
He
said
: “C
ou
nci
l re
vie
wed
th
e N
ort
h-E
ast
op
erat
ion
s p
arti
cula
rly i
n t
he
last
th
ree
wee
ks
and
co
un
cil
ren
ewed
its
co
nfi
den
ce i
n t
he
Nig
eria
n A
rmed
Fo
rces
an
d c
om
men
ded
th
em t
oo
.
“Yo
u k
no
w Y
ob
e an
d A
dam
awa
Sta
tes
hav
e b
een
lib
erat
ed c
om
ple
tely
an
d w
e lo
ok
fo
rwar
d t
o
the
rein
stat
emen
t o
f st
ruct
ure
s o
f go
ver
nm
ent
and
go
ver
nan
ce.
“I a
m a
lso
su
re y
ou
kn
ow
th
at i
n B
orn
o S
tate
of
the
27
lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ents
we
hav
e th
ree
loca
l go
ver
nm
ents
rem
ain
ing,
Ab
adam
, K
alab
ald
i an
d G
wo
za a
nd
we
are
op
tim
isti
c th
at w
ith
tim
e w
e w
ill
lib
erat
e th
ose
lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ents
.
“I a
m n
ot
com
pet
ent
to s
pea
k o
n t
he
elec
tio
ns.
IN
EC
is
stil
l th
ere.
IN
EC
has
to
re-
asse
ss t
he
situ
atio
n a
nd
ev
alu
ate
bec
ause
th
e ar
eas
hav
e b
een
lib
erat
ed.
“Bu
t I
can
als
o t
ell
yo
u t
hat
no
t al
l st
ruct
ure
s o
f g
ov
ern
ance
hav
e b
een
rei
nst
ated
an
d t
hey
wil
l n
eed
to
be
rein
stat
ed s
o t
hat
cit
izen
s ca
n g
o b
ack
to
th
eir
area
s an
d i
t is
th
en I
th
ink
th
ey c
an
exec
ute
th
eir
righ
ts a
s v
ote
rs.
Ho
w s
oo
n?
I d
on
’t k
no
w.”
‘IN
EC
pre
pa
rin
g f
or
po
lls
in 3
6 s
tate
s’
Ho
wev
er,
Mr.
Kay
od
e Id
ow
u,
Ch
ief
Pre
ss S
ecre
tary
to
Pro
f. A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a, t
old
Van
gu
ard
las
t n
igh
t th
at t
he
com
mis
sio
n w
as p
rep
arin
g f
or
elec
tio
ns
in a
ll 3
6 s
tate
s o
f th
e co
un
try.
He
said
th
e co
mm
issi
on
’s p
lan
s h
ad a
ll a
lon
g b
een
dir
ecte
d t
ow
ard
s h
old
ing e
lect
ion
s in
th
e w
ho
le c
ou
ntr
y.
Ask
ed i
f th
e m
ilit
ary o
per
atio
ns
cou
ld b
e co
ncl
ud
ed b
efo
re M
arch
28
, th
e ar
my c
hie
f sa
id:
“It
is
ou
r w
ish
an
d w
e p
ray G
od
giv
es t
hat
to
us,
bu
t w
ar i
s w
ar.
War
so
met
imes
is
no
t fo
ugh
t o
n s
om
e p
latf
orm
s o
f p
erm
uta
tio
ns.
”
Th
e ch
airm
an o
f IN
EC
, P
rofe
sso
r A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a, w
ho
bri
efed
th
e co
un
cil
sim
ply
to
ld S
tate
Ho
use
co
rres
po
nd
ents
th
at t
he
bri
efin
g “
wen
t w
ell.
”
Sec
uri
ty C
ou
nci
l M
eets
, R
evie
ws
Mil
itary
Op
era
tio
ns,
E
lect
ion
s in
N’E
ast
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Ser
vice
ch
iefs
•
Min
imah
: N
o n
ews
yet
on
Ch
ibo
k g
irls
•
NP
AN
: P
oll
s m
ust
hold
as
sch
edu
led
Jaiy
eola
A
nd
rew
s in
A
bu
ja
Wit
h t
he
resc
hed
ule
d e
lect
ion
s le
ss t
han
tw
o w
eek
s aw
ay,
the
Ch
ief
of
Arm
y S
taff
(C
AS
), L
t-G
en.
Ken
net
h M
inim
ah,
said
o
n T
ues
day
th
at
tho
ugh
se
ver
al to
wn
s an
d v
illa
ges
h
ad b
een
li
ber
ated
by t
he
mil
itar
y a
nd
reg
ion
al a
llie
s, t
he
stru
ctu
res
of
go
ver
nan
ce w
ou
ld h
ave
to b
e re
inst
ated
so
th
at c
itiz
ens
cou
ld g
o b
ack
to
ex
erci
se t
hei
r ri
gh
ts a
s v
ote
rs.
Ho
wev
er,
he
dec
lin
ed t
o g
ive
a p
reci
se d
ate
of
wh
en t
his
wo
uld
be
feas
ible
, st
atin
g t
hat
th
e d
ecis
ion
was
en
tire
ly i
n t
he
han
ds
of
the
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
(IN
EC
).
Min
imah
mad
e th
e st
atem
ent
at t
he
end
of
the
Nat
ion
al S
ecu
rity
Co
un
cil
mee
tin
g p
resi
ded
ov
er
by P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an a
t th
e P
resi
den
tial
Vil
la,
wh
ere
the
op
erat
ion
s o
f th
e N
iger
ian
tr
oo
ps
in t
he
No
rth
-eas
t an
d t
he
pre
par
edn
ess
of
INE
C t
o c
on
du
ct t
he
elec
tio
ns
in t
hat
sec
tio
n o
f th
e co
un
try,
wer
e re
vie
wed
.
Als
o,
Min
imah
sai
d t
hat
th
ere
was
no
new
s o
n t
he
abd
uct
ed C
hib
ok
sch
oo
lgir
ls d
esp
ite
the
area
s li
ber
ated
by t
he
tro
op
s.
Min
imah
, w
ho
bri
efed
Sta
te H
ou
se c
orr
esp
on
den
ts a
fter
th
e m
eeti
ng,
wh
ich
was
att
end
ed b
y t
he
Ch
airm
an
of
INE
C,
Pro
f.
Att
ahir
u
Jega,
sa
id:
“Co
un
cil
rev
iew
ed
the
No
rth
-eas
t o
per
atio
ns
par
ticu
larl
y i
n t
he
last
th
ree
wee
ks
and
co
un
cil
ren
ewed
its
co
nfi
den
ce i
n t
he
Nig
eria
n a
rmed
fo
rces
an
d c
om
men
ded
th
em t
oo
.
“Yo
u k
no
w Y
ob
e an
d A
dam
awa
Sta
tes
hav
e b
een
lib
erat
ed c
om
ple
tely
an
d w
e lo
ok
fo
rwar
d t
o
the
rein
stat
emen
t o
f st
ruct
ure
s o
f go
ver
nm
ent
and
go
ver
nan
ce.
“I a
m a
lso
su
re y
ou
kn
ow
th
at i
n B
orn
o S
tate
, o
ut
of
the
27
lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ent
area
s, w
e h
ave
thre
e lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ents
rem
ain
ing
– A
bad
am,
Kal
abal
di
and
Gw
oza
– a
nd
we
are
op
tim
isti
c th
at
wit
h t
ime
we
wil
l li
ber
ate
thes
e ar
eas.
”
Ask
ed
if
ther
e w
ere
talk
s ab
ou
t th
e el
ecti
on
s,
Min
imah
sa
id:
“I
am
no
t co
mp
eten
t to
sp
eak
on
th
at m
atte
r. I
NE
C i
s st
ill
ther
e, I
NE
C h
as t
o r
eass
ess
the
situ
atio
n a
nd
ev
alu
ate
bec
ause
th
e ar
eas
hav
e b
een
lib
erat
ed.
“Bu
t I
can
als
o t
ell
yo
u t
hat
no
t al
l st
ruct
ure
s o
f go
ver
nan
ce h
ave
bee
n r
ein
stat
ed a
nd
th
ey w
ill
nee
d t
o b
e re
inst
ated
so
th
at c
itiz
ens
can
go
bac
k t
o t
hei
r ar
eas
and
it
is t
hen
I t
hin
k t
hey
can
ex
erci
se t
hei
r ri
gh
ts a
s v
ote
rs.
Ho
w s
oo
n?
I d
on
’t k
no
w.”
On
wh
eth
er t
he
mil
itar
y w
ill
con
clu
de
thei
r o
per
atio
ns
bef
ore
th
e M
arch
28
pre
sid
enti
al e
lect
ion
, h
e sa
id:
“It
is o
ur
wis
h a
nd
we
pra
y G
od
giv
es t
hat
to
us,
bu
t w
ar i
s w
ar.
War
s so
met
imes
are
no
t fo
ugh
t o
n s
om
e p
latf
orm
s o
f p
erm
uta
tio
ns.
”
On
th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls,
the
arm
y c
hie
f sa
id:
“No
new
s fo
r n
ow
. In
all
th
e li
ber
ated
are
as w
e h
ave,
w
e h
ave
also
mad
e en
qu
irie
s b
ut
the
tru
th i
s w
hen
th
e te
rro
rist
s ar
e ru
nn
ing a
way
th
ey a
lso
ru
n
wit
h t
hei
r fa
mil
ies,
an
d t
ho
se w
e h
ave
com
e in
co
nta
ct w
ith
hav
e n
ot
mad
e an
y c
om
men
ts
sug
ges
tin
g t
hat
th
e C
hib
ok
gir
ls w
ere
ther
e an
d t
aken
aw
ay.
“Bu
t w
e ar
e o
pti
mis
tic
that
as
we
reco
ver
mo
re t
erri
tori
es,
we
wil
l g
et f
urt
her
det
ails
on
th
e gir
ls.”
TH
ISD
AY
, h
ow
ever
, gat
her
ed t
hat
th
e co
nd
uct
of
the
elec
tio
ns
was
dis
cuss
ed a
t th
e se
curi
ty
cou
nci
l m
eeti
ng,
as w
ell
as a
n u
pd
ate
giv
en b
y J
ega
on
th
e d
istr
ibu
tio
n o
f p
erm
anen
t v
ote
rs’
card
s (P
VC
s) i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y a
nd
th
e p
rep
ared
nes
s o
f IN
EC
fo
r th
e p
oll
s.
Jega,
wh
o d
epar
ted
th
e m
eeti
ng i
n t
he
com
pan
y o
f o
ther
IN
EC
off
icia
ls a
t ab
ou
t 2
pm
aft
er h
is
pre
sen
tati
on
, d
ecli
ned
to
sp
eak
to
jo
urn
alis
ts w
hen
th
ey b
esie
ged
him
on
wh
at t
ran
spir
ed o
r if
th
e p
oss
ibil
ity
of
ano
ther
po
stp
on
emen
t o
f th
e p
oll
s w
as m
oo
ted
at
the
mee
tin
g.
Wh
en
ask
ed
ho
w
the
mee
tin
g
wen
t,
he
rep
lied
: “I
b
elie
ve
it
wen
t w
ell.
” S
pec
ula
tio
ns
hav
e b
een
rif
e o
ver
th
e fa
te o
f th
e IN
EC
ch
airm
an w
ho
has
co
me
un
der
hea
vy
crit
icis
m f
rom
th
e ru
lin
g P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
and
its
su
pp
ort
ers
ov
er t
he
pla
nn
ed u
se
of
card
rea
der
s fo
r ac
cred
itat
ion
du
rin
g t
he
po
lls.
It c
ou
ld,
ho
wev
er,
no
t b
e es
tab
lish
ed i
f th
e co
ntr
ov
ersy
tra
ilin
g h
is s
tay i
n o
ffic
e w
as d
iscu
ssed
.
Th
e gen
eral
ele
ctio
n,
earl
ier
sch
edu
led
to
sta
rt o
n F
ebru
ary 1
4,
was
pu
shed
bac
k b
y s
ix w
eek
s,
ov
er s
ecu
rity
co
nce
rns,
aft
er t
he
secu
rity
ch
iefs
war
ned
th
at t
hey
co
uld
no
t gu
aran
tee
secu
rity
d
uri
ng t
he
elec
tio
ns.
Tu
esd
ay’s
mee
tin
g w
as a
tten
ded
by V
ice-
Pre
sid
ent
Nam
adi
Sam
bo
; S
ecre
tary
to
th
e G
ov
ern
men
t o
f th
e F
eder
atio
n,
Piu
s A
nyim
; C
hie
f o
f S
taff
to
th
e P
resi
den
t, M
aj-G
en.
Jon
es A
rogb
ofa
(rt
d);
N
atio
nal
Sec
uri
ty A
dv
iser
, C
ol.
Sam
bo
Das
uk
i (r
td);
Ch
ief
of
Def
ence
Sta
ff,
Air
Ch
ief
Mar
shal
A
lex
Bad
eh;
Min
imah
; C
hie
f o
f N
aval
Sta
ff,
Vic
e A
dm
iral
Usm
an J
ibri
n;
Ch
ief
of
Air
Sta
ff,
Air
M
arsh
al A
des
ola
Am
osu
; an
d I
nsp
ecto
r-G
ener
al o
f P
oli
ce,
Mr.
Su
leim
an A
bb
a.
Oth
ers
in
atte
nd
ance
w
ere
the
Att
orn
ey G
ener
al o
f th
e F
eder
atio
n
and
M
inis
ter
of
Just
ice,
M
oh
amm
ed A
do
ke;
Min
iste
r o
f P
oli
ce A
ffai
rs,
Jeli
li A
des
iyan
; M
inis
ter
of
Inte
rio
r, A
ba
Mo
ro;
and
th
e M
inis
ter
of
Fo
reig
n A
ffai
rs,
Am
inu
Wal
i. A
lso
pre
sen
t w
ere
the
hea
ds
of
the
Dep
artm
ent
of
Sta
te S
ecu
rity
(D
SS
) an
d t
he
Nat
ion
al I
nte
llig
ence
Agen
cy (
NIA
).
Co
min
g o
n t
he
hee
ls o
n t
he
secu
rity
co
un
cil
mee
tin
g,
the
New
spap
er P
rop
riet
ors
Ass
oci
atio
n o
f N
iger
ia (
NP
AN
) yes
terd
ay a
lso
hel
d a
n e
xtr
aord
inar
y m
eeti
ng i
n A
bu
ja o
n t
he
po
liti
cal
situ
atio
n
in t
he
cou
ntr
y.
At
the
end
o
f th
e m
eeti
ng,
NP
AN
is
sued
a
com
mu
niq
ué
sign
ed
by
its
Pre
sid
ent
and
C
hai
rman
/Ed
ito
r-in
-Ch
ief
of
TH
ISD
AY
N
ewsp
aper
s,
Nd
uk
a O
bai
gb
ena,
in
sist
ing
that
th
e gen
eral
ele
ctio
n m
ust
ho
ld o
n M
arch
28
th a
nd
Ap
ril
11
th a
s sc
hed
ule
d b
y I
NE
C.
It s
aid
: “T
he
gen
eral
ele
ctio
n m
ust
ho
ld o
n M
arch
28
th a
nd
Ap
ril
11
th a
s sc
hed
ule
d b
y t
he
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
(IN
EC
). T
he
elec
tio
n m
ust
pro
du
ce a
n o
utc
om
e an
d
Nig
eria
ns
mu
st r
ally
aro
un
d w
ho
ever
em
erg
es t
he
win
ner
.
“Th
is e
lect
ion
is
for
and
by t
he
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le a
nd
it
mu
st b
e fr
ee,
fair
an
d h
eld
in
su
ch a
way
th
at i
t w
ill
dee
pen
th
e n
atio
n’s
dem
ocr
acy s
uch
th
at a
t th
e en
d o
f th
e el
ecto
ral
pro
cess
, N
iger
ia
mu
st b
e th
e w
inn
er.
“We
call
on
th
e p
eop
le o
f N
iger
ia,
esp
ecia
lly p
oli
tica
l le
ader
s ac
ross
th
e n
atio
n,
to e
sch
ew e
ver
y
form
of
vio
len
ce.
Th
e p
rev
alen
t d
o-o
r-d
ie a
ttit
ud
e is
un
nec
essa
ry,
un
hel
pfu
l an
d u
nh
ealt
hy f
or
ou
r sy
stem
of
dem
ocr
acy.
We
mu
st a
ll s
ay n
o t
o v
iole
nce
bef
ore
, d
uri
ng a
nd
aft
er t
he
elec
tio
ns.
”
I w
ill
resp
ect
pre
ss f
reed
om
, u
ph
old
co
nst
itu
tio
n –
Bu
ha
ri
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
12
:19
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By L
evin
us
Nw
abu
gh
iog
u
AB
UJA
—T
he
Pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e o
f th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
AP
C,
Gen
eral
M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i as
sure
d,
yes
terd
ay,
that
he
wil
l re
spec
t m
edia
fre
edo
m a
nd
up
ho
ld t
he
con
stit
uti
on
if
elec
ted
pre
sid
ent.
He
also
pro
mis
ed t
hat
th
e gen
eral
ele
ctio
ns
wo
uld
ho
ld w
ith
ou
t b
loo
dsh
ed.
Bu
har
i m
ade
the
pro
mis
es d
uri
ng a
n i
nte
ract
ive
mee
tin
g w
ith
med
ia p
rop
riet
ors
un
der
th
e u
mb
rell
a o
f N
iger
ia P
rop
riet
ors
Ass
oci
atio
n o
f N
iger
ia,
NP
AN
, an
d r
epre
sen
tati
ves
of
pri
vat
e an
d p
ub
lic
bro
adca
st m
edia
in
Nig
eria
in
Ab
uja
.
He
said
th
at h
e is
no
w a
dem
ocr
atic
co
nv
ert,
say
ing t
hat
wh
at t
ran
spir
ed d
uri
ng h
is d
ays
as t
he
mil
itar
y H
ead
of
Sta
te b
elo
nged
to
th
e p
ast.
“I w
ant
to g
ive
yo
u m
y f
ull
ass
ura
nce
s th
at i
n t
his
dem
ocr
atic
dis
pen
sati
on
, I
wil
l en
sure
th
at t
he
Nig
eria
n c
on
stit
uti
on
is
up
hel
d.
Th
is i
ncl
ud
es r
esp
ect
for
the
med
ia,
resp
ect
for
the
righ
t to
fre
e ex
pre
ssio
n a
nd
fre
edo
m o
f sp
eech
. Y
ou
are
aw
are
of
Dec
ree
4 o
f 1
98
4,
wh
ich
was
hea
vil
y
crit
icis
ed.
I h
ave
said
els
ewh
ere
that
I c
ann
ot
chan
ge
the
pas
t.
Gen
. M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
“Bu
t I
can
ch
ange
the
pre
sen
t an
d t
he
futu
re.
Dic
tato
rsh
ip g
oes
wit
h m
ilit
ary r
ule
as
do
ed
icts
su
ch a
s D
ecre
e 4
. H
ow
ever
, I
am a
fo
rmer
—fo
rmer
, n
ote
th
e em
ph
asis
on
th
e w
ord
‘fo
rmer
’—m
ilit
ary r
ule
r an
d n
ow
a c
on
ver
ted
dem
ocr
at,
wh
o i
s re
ady t
o o
per
ate
un
der
dem
ocr
atic
no
rms.
“I a
m n
ot
on
ly s
ub
ject
ing
myse
lf t
o t
he
rigo
urs
of
dem
ocr
atic
ele
ctio
ns
for
the
fou
rth
tim
e, b
ut
even
aft
er b
ein
g e
lect
ed,
I w
ill
con
tin
ue
to p
rom
ote
th
e co
nso
lid
atio
n o
f d
emo
crac
y i
n o
ur
gre
at
cou
ntr
y,
Nig
eria
, b
y g
uar
ante
ein
g t
hat
th
e m
edia
’s f
reed
om
is
no
t co
mp
rom
ised
in
an
y w
ay.
“I g
ive
yo
u m
y f
ull
ass
ura
nce
s th
at t
he
Nig
eria
n m
edia
wil
l b
e fr
ee u
nd
er o
ur
AP
C g
ov
ern
men
t. I
al
so w
ant
to u
se t
his
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o a
pp
eal
to y
ou
to
use
yo
ur
med
ia o
utl
ets
in s
hap
ing p
osi
tiv
e p
ub
lic
dis
cou
rse
and
esc
hew
hat
e sp
eech
mo
nger
ing a
nd
sla
nd
ero
us
po
liti
cal
rhet
ori
cs w
hic
h h
eat
up
th
e p
oli
ty.”
Bu
ha
ri F
ail
s to
Ap
olo
gis
e fo
r Ja
ilin
g J
ou
rna
list
s in
19
84
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
R-L
; A
PC
P
resi
den
tia
l C
an
did
ate
, G
en
Mu
ha
mm
ad
u
Bu
ha
ri,
Pu
bli
sher
T
his
da
y
New
spa
per
, N
du
ka
Ob
aig
ben
a a
nn
d P
ub
lish
er o
f V
an
gu
ard
New
spa
per
, C
hie
f S
am
Am
uk
a
du
rin
g a
mee
tin
g w
ith
Nig
eria
n P
ub
lish
ers
at
the
Sh
era
ton
ho
tels
an
d T
ow
ers
in A
bu
ja.
PH
OT
O;
SU
ND
AY
AG
HA
EZ
E
•
D
ecla
res
Nig
eria
n m
edia
wil
l b
e fr
ee u
nd
er A
PC
ru
le
On
yeb
uch
i E
zigb
o
in
Ab
uja
D
esp
ite
his
rec
ent
asse
rtio
ns
that
he
is a
ref
orm
ed d
emo
crat
rea
dy t
o c
om
ply
wit
h t
he
ten
ets
of
the
Nig
eria
n C
on
stit
uti
on
, th
e p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
Maj
or-
Gen
eral
Mu
ham
mad
u B
uh
ari,
on
Tu
esd
ay f
aile
d t
o a
po
logis
e fo
r h
is g
ov
ern
men
t’s
pro
mu
lgat
ion
o
f th
e d
raco
nia
n D
ecre
e 4
, w
hic
h e
mp
ow
ered
him
to
gag
th
e p
ress
an
d j
ail
two
jo
urn
alis
ts –
N
du
ka
Irab
or
and
Tu
nd
e T
ho
mp
son
– w
ho
wo
rked
fo
r T
he
Gu
ard
ian
New
spap
er w
hen
he
was
m
ilit
ary h
ead
of
stat
e 3
1 y
ears
ago
.
Bu
har
i, w
ho
du
rin
g a
n i
nte
ract
ive
sess
ion
yes
terd
ay i
n A
bu
ja w
ith
pro
pri
eto
rs o
f n
ewsp
aper
s w
ho
met
him
un
der
th
e au
spic
es o
f th
e N
iger
ian
Pre
ss O
rgan
isat
ion
(N
SO
), m
isse
d t
he
go
lden
o
pp
ort
un
ity f
or
a m
ea c
ulp
a w
hen
he
was
po
inte
dly
ask
ed b
y t
he
Ch
airm
an/E
dit
or-
in-C
hie
f o
f T
HIS
DA
Y,
Nd
uk
a O
bai
gb
ena,
if
he
was
pre
par
ed t
o o
ffer
an
ap
olo
gy t
o t
he
jou
rnal
ists
jai
led
by
his
mil
itar
y ju
nta
in
19
84
.
Inst
ead
of
resp
on
din
g t
o t
he
qu
esti
on
, it
was
th
e G
ov
ern
or
of
Riv
ers
Sta
te,
Ch
ibu
ike
Am
aech
i,
wh
o i
nte
rjec
ted
, q
uo
tin
g B
uh
ari’
s ea
rlie
r d
ecla
rati
on
: “I
can
no
t ch
ang
e th
e p
ast,
bu
t I
can
ch
ange
the
pre
sen
t an
d t
he
futu
re.”
Ev
en a
fter
Am
aech
i’s
atte
mp
t to
pro
vid
e an
esc
ape
rou
te f
or
the
form
er m
ilit
ary
hea
d o
f st
ate,
B
uh
ari
thro
ugh
ou
t h
is s
essi
on
wit
h t
he
med
ia e
xec
uti
ves
fai
led
to
ex
pre
ss r
egre
ts f
or
his
act
ion
s m
ore
th
an t
hre
e d
ecad
es y
ears
ago
.
Th
e b
est
the
Nig
eria
n
pre
ss
go
t fr
om
th
e re
tire
d
gen
eral
w
as
an
un
der
tak
ing
that
h
is
adm
inis
trat
ion
, if
ele
cted
pre
sid
ent
in t
he
com
ing e
lect
ion
s, w
ill
resp
ect
med
ia r
igh
ts a
nd
up
ho
ld
the
sup
rem
acy o
f th
e co
nst
itu
tio
n o
f th
e co
un
try.
Bu
har
i sa
id h
e w
ou
ld e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e N
iger
ian
co
nst
itu
tio
n i
s u
ph
eld
, in
clu
din
g r
esp
ect
for
the
med
ia,
resp
ect
for
the
rig
ht
to f
ree
exp
ress
ion
an
d f
reed
om
of
spee
ch.
“I a
m n
ot
on
ly s
ub
ject
ing m
yse
lf t
o t
he
rigo
urs
of
dem
ocr
atic
ele
ctio
ns
for
the
fou
rth
tim
e, b
ut
even
aft
er b
ein
g e
lect
ed,
I w
ill
con
tin
ue
to p
rom
ote
th
e co
nso
lid
atio
n o
f d
emo
crac
y in
ou
r gre
at
cou
ntr
y,
Nig
eria
, b
y g
uar
ante
ein
g t
hat
th
e m
edia
’s f
reed
om
is
no
t co
mp
rom
ised
in
an
y w
ay.
“I g
ive
yo
u m
y f
ull
ass
ura
nce
s th
at t
he
Nig
eria
n m
edia
wil
l b
e fr
ee u
nd
er o
ur
AP
C g
ov
ern
men
t,”
he
said
.
Bu
har
i, w
ho
to
ld o
bse
rved
th
at t
he
cou
ntr
y w
as o
n t
he
ver
ge
of
som
eth
ing n
ew,
said
th
e ti
de
had
tu
rned
an
d t
he
wo
rld
co
uld
sen
se t
he
wav
e o
f ch
ange
abo
ut
to f
loo
d t
he
cou
ntr
y.
“In
les
s th
an t
wo
wee
ks,
th
e N
iger
ian
ele
cto
rate
wil
l h
ead
to
th
e p
oll
s to
mak
e th
eir
vo
ices
hea
rd.
Th
rou
gh
th
e b
allo
t, w
ith
ou
t a
sin
gle
sh
ot
fire
d,
a ch
ang
e re
vo
luti
on
wil
l li
kel
y ta
ke
pla
ce,”
he
said
.
On
wh
eth
er h
e w
ou
ld f
orm
a n
atio
nal
go
ver
nm
ent
if h
e w
on
th
e p
oll
, h
e sa
id t
he
issu
e w
as n
ot
som
eth
ing t
hat
co
uld
be
dec
ided
by h
im a
lon
e as
a p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate.
On
his
agen
da,
he
said
: “I
am
a s
yst
ems
man
. W
e h
ave
go
t a
com
mit
tee
that
sat
fo
r se
ver
al w
eek
s to
dra
w t
he
man
ifes
to o
f o
ur
par
ty.
An
d t
his
man
ifes
to h
as b
een
wid
ely d
istr
ibu
ted
. W
hat
ever
I
am g
oin
g t
o d
o,
I d
on
't th
ink
it
wil
l ch
ange.
We
wil
l go
by o
ur
man
ifes
to.”
He
exp
lain
ed t
hat
du
rin
g h
is c
amp
aign
to
ur
of
35
sta
tes
in t
he
cou
ntr
y,
he
had
pla
yed
up
th
ree
fun
dam
enta
l is
sues
– i
nse
curi
ty,
the
eco
no
my a
nd
co
rru
pti
on
– a
s p
rio
rity
are
as.
He
also
sai
d t
hat
ed
uca
tio
n a
nd
in
fras
tru
ctu
re,
foll
ow
ed b
y p
ow
er s
up
ply
, w
ou
ld b
e am
on
g t
he
firs
t is
sues
to
be
add
ress
ed b
y h
is a
dm
inis
trat
ion
.
On
co
rru
pti
on
, th
e p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
exp
ress
ed c
on
cern
th
at t
her
e w
ere
som
e p
eop
le w
ho
o
ugh
t to
hav
e b
een
pu
nis
hed
bu
t w
ho
had
bee
n l
et o
ff t
he
ho
ok
by t
he
fed
eral
go
ver
nm
ent.
Mo
vin
g o
n t
o t
he
elec
tric
ity s
itu
atio
n,
he
said
: “N
ow
if
ther
e is
po
wer
, th
e v
ulc
anis
ers,
wel
der
s,
tail
ors
an
d m
ore
im
po
rtan
tly t
he
ind
ust
ries
wo
uld
be
able
to
bre
ak e
ven
in
stea
d o
f cl
osi
ng d
ow
n.
Bu
t th
ey c
ann
ot
bre
ak e
ven
by h
avin
g g
ener
ato
rs a
nd
th
en b
uyi
ng f
uel
to
mai
nta
in t
hem
.
“It
is e
ven
im
po
ssib
le b
ecau
se t
he
way
th
e n
aira
is
fall
ing,
they
can
’t e
ven
sav
e en
ou
gh
mo
ney
to
b
uy s
par
e p
arts
an
d r
aw m
ater
ials
an
d s
o o
n.”
Res
po
nd
ing t
o c
har
ges
of
avo
idin
g t
he
pre
sid
enti
al d
ebat
e, h
e ar
gu
ed t
hat
th
ere
was
no
rea
son
fo
r th
e d
ebat
e si
nce
th
e re
cord
of
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
an
d t
he
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(P
DP
) w
as i
n t
he
pu
bli
c d
om
ain
.
“To
be
fair
to
me
and
Mr.
Pre
sid
ent,
aft
er 1
6 y
ears
of
PD
P,
and
six
yea
rs o
f h
im (
Jon
ath
an)
bei
ng
in
ch
arg
e, i
s th
ere
anyth
ing t
o d
ebat
e ab
ou
t? V
ery s
erio
usl
y,
yo
u k
no
w t
he
con
dit
ion
we
are
in n
o
mat
ter
wh
o y
ou
are
. S
o w
hat
sh
ou
ld I
deb
ate
ther
e?”
he
ask
ed.
Bu
har
i al
so s
tro
ngly
co
nd
emn
ed t
he
po
stp
on
emen
t o
f th
e el
ecti
on
s, s
ayin
g t
he
reas
on
ad
du
ced
by
go
ver
nm
ent
exp
ose
d t
he
inef
fici
ency
of
the
Jon
ath
an a
dm
inis
trat
ion
.
“Th
ere
wer
e 1
4 l
oca
l go
ver
nm
ents
th
at w
ere
in t
he
han
ds
of
Bo
ko
Har
am –
10
in
Bo
rno
Sta
te,
two
in
Yo
be,
an
d t
wo
in
Ad
amaw
a. S
o i
f so
me
com
mo
nse
nse
is
to b
e u
sed
to
ad
du
ce o
ur
po
siti
on
on
sec
uri
ty,
if t
he
Nig
eria
n m
ilit
ary c
ou
ld n
ot
secu
re N
iger
ian
14
co
un
cils
ou
t o
f 7
74
loca
l go
ver
nm
ents
in
six
yea
rs,
ho
w c
an t
hey
do
it
in s
ix w
eek
s? W
e ar
e w
atch
ing.
“Th
ere
are
abo
ut
10
mo
re d
ays
to g
o i
n t
he
six
wee
ks.
Let
's s
ee w
het
her
in
sp
ite
of
the
hel
p o
f o
ur
gen
ero
us
nei
gh
bo
urs
–
N
iger
, C
had
an
d
Cam
ero
on
–
w
het
her
th
e re
mai
nin
g
loca
l go
ver
nm
ents
can
be
secu
red
,” h
e sa
id.
Bu
har
i’s
inte
ract
ion
wit
h t
he
med
ia o
wn
ers
cam
e ju
st a
s th
e U
nit
ed N
atio
ns
Un
der
Sec
reta
ry,
Mr.
Je
ffer
y F
elth
am,
said
du
rin
g a
mee
tin
g w
ith
th
e fo
rmer
hea
d o
f st
ate
that
th
e fe
der
al g
ov
ern
men
t h
as as
sure
d th
e U
N o
f it
s d
eter
min
atio
n to
h
old
fr
ee,
fair
an
d tr
ansp
aren
t el
ecti
on
s o
n th
e sc
hed
ule
d d
ates
of
Mar
ch 2
8 a
nd
Ap
ril
11
.
INE
C,
Ga
na
dif
fer
on
use
of
card
rea
der
s
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
12
:10
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By I
kec
hu
kw
u N
no
chir
i A
BU
JA —
A f
orm
er M
inis
ter
of
Info
rmat
ion
, P
rofe
sso
r Je
rry G
ana
and
th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n,
INE
C,
shar
ply
dis
agre
ed,
yes
terd
ay,
on
th
e d
esir
abil
ity o
f u
sin
g
the
Sm
art
Car
d R
ead
er m
ach
ines
fo
r th
e p
urp
ose
of
auth
enti
cati
ng v
ote
rs e
ligib
le t
o p
arti
cip
ate
in
the
fort
hco
min
g g
ener
al e
lect
ion
s.
Gan
a, w
ho
is
the
Ch
airm
an C
on
tact
an
d M
ob
ilis
atio
n o
f th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty,
PD
P,
and
th
e co
mm
issi
on
cla
shed
at
the
form
al p
rese
nta
tio
n o
f a
bo
ok
, “G
uid
e to
Un
der
stan
din
g E
lect
ora
l
Off
ence
s,”
wh
ich
was
wri
tten
by a
sta
ff o
f IN
EC
, M
r. M
atth
ew U
gw
uo
cha.
Wh
erea
s G
ana,
wh
o c
hai
red
th
e o
ccas
ion
, in
his
op
enin
g r
emar
ks,
in
sist
ed t
hat
usi
ng t
he
card
re
ader
mac
hin
es f
or
the
elec
tio
n m
igh
t fr
ust
rate
th
e el
ecto
rate
an
d o
ccas
ion
ch
aos
and
cri
sis
acro
ss t
he
fed
erat
ion
, IN
EC
th
rou
gh
its
Dir
ecto
r, V
ote
r E
du
cati
on
, M
r. O
saze
Uzi
, co
un
tere
d
him
, sa
yin
g n
o a
mo
un
t o
f p
ress
ure
wo
uld
mak
e it
to
jet
tiso
n e
ith
er t
he
use
of
the
Per
man
ent
Vo
ters
Car
ds,
PV
Cs,
or
the
card
rea
der
mac
hin
es f
or
Mar
ch 2
8 a
nd
Ap
ril
11
ele
ctio
ns.
It w
as G
ana’
s ar
gu
men
t th
at t
he
com
mis
sio
n o
ugh
t to
hav
e u
sed
les
s im
po
rtan
t el
ecti
on
s to
tes
t th
e ef
fica
cy o
f th
e te
chn
olo
gy b
efo
re i
nsi
stin
g o
n a
pp
lyin
g i
t fo
r th
e gen
eral
ele
ctio
ns.
He
said
it
wo
uld
be
cum
ber
som
e an
d t
ime
sap
pin
g f
or
agen
ts o
f IN
EC
to
eff
ecti
vel
y
ver
ify/a
uth
enti
cate
all
th
e P
VC
s b
efo
re t
he
actu
al c
om
men
cem
ent
of
vo
tin
g o
n t
he
elec
tio
n d
ays.
He
said
: “I
f w
e ar
e n
ot
care
ful,
th
ere
may
be
a lo
t o
f ch
aos
and
co
nfu
sio
n o
n t
he
elec
tio
n d
ay
esp
ecia
lly w
ith
reg
ard
s to
th
is i
ssu
e o
f ca
rd r
ead
ers.
Un
fort
un
atel
y,
ther
e w
as n
o t
ime
for
INE
C
to t
est
the
card
rea
der
s, i
t is
bei
ng u
sed
fo
r th
e fi
rst
tim
e w
ith
mo
st o
f th
e el
ecto
rate
an
d s
taff
of
the
com
mis
sio
n y
et t
o e
ven
see
or
kn
ow
ho
w i
t w
ork
s. I
hav
e n
ot
bee
n f
ort
un
ate
to s
ee o
ne
myse
lf.
“In
a b
ig n
atio
n l
ike
Nig
eria
wit
h m
ore
th
an 6
8 m
illi
on
vo
ters
, yo
u d
on
’t j
ust
wak
e u
p a
nd
in
tro
du
ce a
new
in
no
vat
ion
in
su
ch m
ann
er.
INE
C s
ho
uld
hav
e te
sted
th
e p
roce
ss i
n s
mal
ler
elec
tio
ns
and
wh
en i
t is
pro
ved
th
at i
t is
go
od
en
ou
gh
, in
tro
du
ce i
t fo
r a
nat
ion
al e
lect
ion
. I
urg
e IN
EC
to
tak
e a
seco
nd
lo
ok
at
the
issu
e, i
f yo
u a
re n
ot
ver
y s
ure
th
at i
t w
ill
wo
rk i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y,
leav
e it
, le
t it
no
t b
e a
cris
is-g
ener
ato
r.”
Mea
nw
hil
e, b
efo
re G
ana
cou
ld t
ake
his
sea
t, I
NE
C w
ho
se c
hai
rman
, P
rofe
sso
r A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a,
earl
ier
spo
ke
thro
ugh
its
Dir
ecto
r L
egal
Ser
vic
es,
Mr.
I.
K.
Baw
a, s
aid
it
mu
st r
esp
on
d t
o t
he
issu
es t
hat
wer
e ra
ised
by G
ana.
Uzi
wh
o d
efen
ded
th
e el
ecto
ral
bo
dy s
aid
it
wo
uld
be
wis
hfu
l th
ink
ing f
or
anyo
ne
to t
hin
k t
hat
IN
EC
wo
uld
du
mp
th
e u
se o
f th
e ca
rd r
ead
er m
ach
ines
wh
ich
he
said
wer
e su
cces
sfu
lly u
sed
in
G
han
a an
d o
ther
Afr
ican
co
un
trie
s.
He
said
: “T
he
intr
od
uct
ion
of
tech
no
log
y i
nto
ou
r el
ecti
on
pro
cess
is
inev
itab
le.
Tw
elv
e yea
rs
ago
, th
ere
was
no
thin
g l
ike
GS
M i
n t
his
co
un
try a
nd
as
at t
hat
tim
e n
on
e o
f u
s h
ere
kn
ew h
ow
to
o
per
ate
a G
SM
ph
on
e, b
ut
tod
ay,
are
we
no
t al
l ef
fect
ivel
y u
sin
g G
SM
ph
on
es?
“We
at I
NE
C h
ave
reso
lved
to
co
nsi
der
an
d p
roje
ct a
nyth
ing t
hat
wil
l im
pro
ve
the
inte
gri
ty a
nd
cr
edib
ilit
y o
f o
ur
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss.”
He
said
th
at s
taff
of
the
com
mis
sio
n a
s w
ell
as N
YS
C m
emb
ers
hav
e b
een
du
ly t
rain
ed o
n n
ot
just
ho
w t
o o
per
ate
the
card
rea
der
mac
hin
es,
bu
t o
n t
he
nit
ty-g
ritt
y o
f el
ecti
on
, sa
yin
g t
hey
hav
e b
een
tu
tore
d o
n h
ow
to
be
civ
il,
po
lite
an
d f
rien
dly
to
ele
cto
rate
s o
n t
he
elec
tio
n d
ays.
Th
e b
oo
k w
hic
h w
as u
nv
eile
d y
este
rday
x-r
ayed
dif
fere
nt
form
s o
f el
ecto
ral
off
ence
s v
is-à
-vis
th
e p
rov
isio
ns
of
the
Ele
cto
ral
Act
th
at c
ov
ers
them
.
It h
as 2
23
pag
es t
hat
wer
e d
ivid
ed i
nto
fiv
e p
arts
wit
h e
ach
of
the
par
ts s
ub
div
ided
in
to 1
1
chap
ters
.
NN
PC
did
n’t
get
N1
.329
trn
su
bsi
dy
mo
ney
fr
om
CB
N,
say
s A
liso
n-M
ad
uek
e
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
12
:18
am
/
C
om
men
ts
Th
e M
inis
ter
of
Pet
role
um
Res
ou
rces
, M
rs D
ieza
ni
Ali
son
-Mad
uek
e, h
as d
enie
d t
hat
Nig
eria
n
Nat
ion
al P
etro
leu
m C
orp
ora
tio
n,
NN
PC
, re
ceiv
ed N
1.3
29
tri
llio
n a
s su
bsi
dy p
aym
ents
bet
wee
n
20
09
-20
11
fro
m t
he
Cen
tral
Ban
k o
f N
iger
ia,
CB
N,
as a
lleg
ed b
y t
he
ad-h
oc
com
mit
tee
of
the
Ho
use
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es o
n S
ub
sid
y R
egim
e.
Th
e co
mm
itte
e re
po
rt h
ad a
lleg
ed t
hat
“N
NP
C d
irec
tly d
edu
cted
N4
08
.25
5 b
illi
on
, in
ad
dit
ion
to
th
e p
aym
ent
of
N8
1.6
48
bil
lio
n b
y C
BN
, in
20
09
; N
40
7.8
01
bil
lio
n,
in a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
pay
men
t o
f N
40
2.4
23
bil
lio
n b
y C
BN
, in
20
10
; an
d N
84
7.9
42
bil
lio
n,
in a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
pay
men
t o
f N
84
4.9
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bil
lio
n b
y C
BN
, fo
r 2
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con
trar
y t
o S
ecti
on
16
2 o
f th
e 1
99
9 C
on
stit
uti
on
, as
amen
ded
.”
Th
e m
inis
ter
argu
ed t
hat
th
is c
laim
is
“to
tall
y b
asel
ess,
fal
se a
nd
wit
ho
ut
fou
nd
atio
n.”
Sp
eak
ing w
ith
new
smen
, yes
terd
ay i
n A
bu
ja,
she
exp
lain
ed t
hat
su
bsi
dy
pay
men
ts t
o N
NP
C a
re
no
t b
ased
on
cas
h r
emit
tan
ce a
nd
, th
eref
ore
, C
BN
co
uld
no
t h
ave
rem
itte
d a
ny c
ash
to
NN
PC
fo
r th
e p
urp
ose
of
sub
sid
y.
… g
ives
cla
rifi
cati
on
s
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er,
“th
e m
ech
anic
s o
f su
bsi
dy r
eco
ver
y b
y N
NP
C i
s n
on
-fu
nd
bas
ed,
bu
t b
y w
ay
of
cred
it t
o N
NP
C a
gai
nst
do
mes
tic
cru
de
cost
du
e. W
hen
ap
pro
val
cer
tifi
cate
s ar
e re
ceiv
ed f
rom
P
etro
leu
m P
rod
uct
s P
rici
ng R
egu
lato
ry A
gen
cy,
PP
PR
A,
thei
r v
alu
es a
re d
edu
cted
fro
m c
rud
e o
il c
ost
du
e in
a g
iven
mo
nth
aft
er d
ue
con
sid
erat
ion
of
wh
at i
s ap
pro
ved
.”
Ali
son
-Mad
uek
e st
ated
th
at “
all
such
ap
pro
val
s an
d d
edu
ctio
ns
are
regu
larl
y c
op
ied
to
oth
er
rele
van
t ag
enci
es o
f go
ver
nm
ent
such
as
Min
istr
y o
f F
inan
ce,
Off
ice
of
the
Acc
ou
nta
nt
Gen
eral
o
f th
e F
eder
atio
n,
Bu
dget
Off
ice
of
the
Fed
erat
ion
, F
eder
atio
n A
cco
un
ts A
llo
cati
on
Co
mm
itte
e an
d R
even
ue
Mo
bil
izat
ion
an
d F
isca
l A
llo
cati
on
Co
mm
issi
on
.
“In
th
e ad
vic
e o
n s
ub
sid
y d
edu
ctio
ns
forw
ard
ed t
o t
he
Min
istr
y o
f F
inan
ce,
NN
PC
alw
ays
stat
e th
at ‘
in l
ine
wit
h p
resi
den
tial
dir
ecti
ves
, th
e m
inis
try s
ho
uld
au
tho
rize
th
e A
cco
un
tan
t G
ener
al o
f th
e F
eder
atio
n t
o s
ou
rce
for
the
app
rov
ed s
ub
sid
y a
mo
un
t an
d t
ran
sfer
sam
e to
th
e F
eder
atio
n
Acc
ou
nt
for
on
war
d d
istr
ibu
tio
n b
y F
AA
C’.
”
… f
lay
s R
eps
c’tt
ee
Sh
e co
nd
emn
ed t
he
com
mit
tee
for
do
ing a
sh
od
dy j
ob
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er,
“it
is g
ross
ly i
nac
cura
te a
nd
mis
lead
ing f
or
the
ad-h
oc
com
mit
tee
to c
laim
th
at
NN
PC
mad
e ‘d
ou
ble
ded
uct
ion
’ b
y d
edu
ctin
g s
ub
sid
y a
t so
urc
e an
d s
imu
ltan
eou
sly r
ecei
vin
g
pay
men
t fo
r th
e sa
me
pu
rpo
se f
rom
CB
N.
“Th
e co
ncl
usi
on
by t
he
com
mit
tee
of
do
ub
le p
aym
ents
to
NN
PC
ob
vio
usl
y a
cco
un
ts f
or
the
erro
neo
us
and
ou
trag
eou
s su
m o
f N
2,5
87
.08
7 t
rill
ion
as
tota
l su
bsi
dy
pay
men
t fo
r 2
01
1 a
s st
ated
in
th
e co
mm
itte
e’s
rep
ort
.”
NN
PC
, sh
e n
ote
d,
bel
iev
es t
hat
th
e co
mm
itte
e’s
pro
ceed
ings
wer
e v
ery s
erio
us
and
im
po
rtan
t as
sign
men
t fo
r th
e p
urp
ose
of
“ver
ifyin
g a
nd
det
erm
inin
g a
ctu
al s
ub
sid
y r
equ
irem
ent”
an
d p
ut
to
rest
th
e is
sue
of
sub
sid
y o
nce
an
d f
or
all.
Sh
e sa
id:
“It
is u
nfo
rtu
nat
e th
at t
he
wil
d a
lleg
atio
ns,
su
pp
osi
tio
ns
and
co
nje
ctu
res,
wh
ich
fo
rm
the
bas
is o
f th
eir
con
clu
sio
n,
actu
ally
did
mo
re d
amag
e to
th
e o
bje
ctiv
es t
han
ver
ify s
ub
sid
y
req
uir
emen
t.
“Fu
rth
erm
ore
, su
ch r
eck
less
all
egat
ion
is
cap
able
of
inci
tin
g t
he
pu
bli
c ag
ain
st t
he
corp
ora
tio
n
and
its
per
son
nel
.”
Th
e m
inis
ter
then
dem
and
ed f
ull
dis
clo
sure
on
th
is a
lleg
atio
n t
o s
et t
he
reco
rds
stra
igh
t.
Ali
son
-Mad
uek
e sa
id:
“In
th
is c
on
tex
t, t
he
com
mit
tee
sho
uld
dis
clo
se t
he
sou
rce
of
thei
r d
ata
and
su
ch s
ou
rce
mu
st d
iscl
ose
to
th
e n
atio
n t
he
dem
and
no
te f
or
the
pay
men
t, t
he
ban
k a
nd
acc
ou
nt
to w
hic
h t
he
amo
un
t w
as p
aid
an
d t
he
pu
rpo
se f
or
wh
ich
th
e m
on
ey w
as e
xp
end
ed a
nd
by w
ho
.
“If
this
is
no
t d
on
e, t
he
sto
ry o
f su
bsi
dy i
n N
iger
ia w
ou
ld n
ever
be
clo
sed
.”
Alg
eria
in
Ta
lks
wit
h N
iger
ia,
An
go
la o
ver
Oil
Pri
ce S
lum
p
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Min
iste
r o
f P
etro
leu
m
Res
ou
rces
, M
rs
Die
zan
i A
liso
n-M
ad
uek
e •
Lo
w
pri
ces
thre
aten
F
G’s
p
rod
uct
ion
ta
rget
s •
Dan
go
te
may
li
st
cru
de
refi
ner
y
on
ce
it’s
p
rofi
tab
le
Eji
ofo
r A
lik
e in
L
ago
s an
d
Ch
inem
e O
kaf
or
in
Ab
uja
w
ith
ag
ency
re
po
rt
As
OIL
PR
ICE
S h
ead
so
uth
wit
h r
isin
g i
nv
ento
ries
in
th
e U
S,
Alg
eria
's E
ner
gy M
inis
ter
Yo
uce
f Y
ou
sfi
has
op
ened
up
dis
cuss
ion
s o
n p
oss
ible
res
po
nse
s to
th
e co
nti
nu
ed d
ecli
ne
in O
IL P
RIC
ES
w
ith
fel
low
Org
anis
atio
n o
f th
e P
etro
leu
m E
xpo
rtin
g C
ou
ntr
ies
(OP
EC
) m
emb
ers
An
go
la a
nd
N
iger
ia,
acco
rdin
g t
o A
lger
ia's
sta
te n
ews
agen
cy A
PS
.
Alr
ead
y,
low
OIL
PR
ICE
S,
the
Min
iste
r o
f P
etro
leu
m R
eso
urc
es,
Mrs
Die
zan
i A
liso
n-M
adu
eke,
al
so w
arn
ed o
n T
ues
day
, m
igh
t d
erai
l N
iger
ia’s
pro
du
ctio
n a
nd
res
erv
es t
arget
s o
f fo
ur
mil
lio
n
bar
rels
per
day
an
d 4
0 b
illi
on
bar
rels
, re
spec
tiv
ely,
by 2
02
0.
Fea
rs o
f a
mo
un
tin
g o
il g
lut
amid
res
ilie
nt
US
oil
pro
du
ctio
n a
nd
bri
mm
ing i
nv
ento
ries
hav
e d
riv
en O
IL P
RIC
ES
do
wn
in
rec
ent
day
s--a
fter
th
ey w
ere
alre
ady h
alv
ed s
ince
las
t Ju
ne.
Yo
usf
i m
et
his
A
ngo
lan
co
un
terp
art,
Jo
sé
Mar
ia
Bo
telh
o
de
Vas
con
celo
s,
and
N
iger
ia’s
am
bas
sad
or
to A
lger
ia H
aru
na
Gin
sau
“t
o co
nsi
der
th
e p
oss
ibil
itie
s to
co
nso
lid
ate
coh
esio
n
bet
wee
n t
he
exp
ort
ing
co
un
trie
s so
as
to f
ind
a j
oin
t so
luti
on
to
th
is s
itu
atio
n”
of
low
er O
IL
PR
ICE
S,
the
agen
cy s
aid
lat
e M
on
day
, w
ith
ou
t p
rov
idin
g d
etai
ls.
Th
e th
ree
cou
ntr
ies,
wh
ich
nee
d o
il p
rice
s to
be
mu
ch h
igh
er t
han
cu
rren
t le
vel
s to
co
ver
th
eir
spen
din
g,
wer
e p
art
of
a gro
up
th
at a
dv
oca
ted
a r
edu
ctio
n i
n p
rod
uct
ion
at
the
last
mee
tin
g o
f th
e O
PE
C i
n N
ov
emb
er.
Bu
t an
oth
er g
rou
p l
ed b
y O
PE
C s
win
g p
rod
uce
r S
aud
i A
rab
ia c
on
vin
ced
th
em t
o m
ain
tain
th
e o
rgan
isat
ion
's o
utp
ut
to p
rote
ct t
hei
r m
ark
et s
har
e.
Bu
t as
N
iger
ia a
nd
oth
er O
PE
C p
rod
uce
rs d
iscu
ss s
trat
egie
s th
at c
ou
ld h
elp
sh
ore
up
th
eir
cou
ntr
ies’
rev
enu
es,
the
Dan
go
te G
rou
p,
con
tro
lled
by A
fric
a’s
rich
est
man
, m
ay l
ist
an o
il
refi
ner
y t
hat
it
is b
uil
din
g i
n t
he
Lag
os
Fre
e T
rad
e Z
on
e (L
FT
Z)
on
ce i
t b
eco
mes
pro
fita
ble
, re
po
rted
Blo
om
ber
g.
Dev
elo
pm
ent
of
the
faci
lity
, w
hic
h w
ill
be
able
to p
roce
ss 5
00
,00
0 b
arre
ls o
f cr
ud
e a
day
, sh
ou
ld
star
t in
a f
ew w
eek
s, D
ango
te G
rou
p S
tak
eho
lder
Rel
atio
ns
Dir
ecto
r, M
ansu
r A
hm
ed,
said
in
a
spee
ch r
ead
on
beh
alf
of
gro
up
pre
sid
ent,
Ali
ko
Dan
go
te,
at a
co
nfe
ren
ce i
n C
ape
To
wn
, S
ou
th
Afr
ica.
Th
e p
lan
t w
ill
be
situ
ated
in
th
e co
mm
erci
al h
ub
of
Lag
os,
an
d t
he
com
pan
y s
ees
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
to
exp
ort
fu
el,
he
said
.
Wh
ile
Nig
eria
is
Afr
ica’
s to
p p
rod
uce
r o
f cr
ud
e o
il,
it r
elie
s o
n i
mp
ort
s to
mee
t m
ore
th
an 7
0 p
er
cen
t o
f it
s n
eed
s. F
ou
r st
ate
refi
ner
ies
wit
h a
co
mb
ined
cap
acit
y o
f 4
45
,00
0 b
arre
ls a
day
are
o
per
atin
g a
t a
frac
tio
n o
f th
at b
ecau
se o
f p
oo
r m
ain
ten
ance
an
d a
gei
ng e
qu
ipm
ent.
In S
epte
mb
er 2
01
3,
Dan
go
te s
aid
it
had
agre
ed o
n a
$3
.3 b
illi
on
lo
an w
ith
12
Nig
eria
n a
nd
fo
reig
n l
end
ers
to b
uil
d t
he
refi
ner
y as
wel
l as
a p
etro
chem
ical
an
d f
erti
lise
r co
mp
lex
co
stin
g a
to
tal
of
$9
bil
lio
n.
At
the
tim
e, t
he
faci
lity
in
Afr
ica’
s b
igges
t ec
on
om
y w
as e
xp
ecte
d t
o h
ave
cap
acit
y o
f 4
00
,00
0
bar
rels
a d
ay.
Th
e p
lan
t is
ex
pec
ted
to
co
me
on
-str
eam
in
lat
e 2
01
7 o
r th
e fi
rst
hal
f o
f 2
01
8,
the
com
pan
y s
aid
in
No
vem
ber
.
Dan
go
te
wil
l u
se
equ
ity
and
d
ebt
to
pay
fo
r th
e re
fin
ery,
Man
sur
said
. T
he
com
pan
y p
lan
s tw
o s
ub
-sea
pip
elin
es t
hat
wil
l d
eliv
er c
rud
e to
th
e fa
cili
ty.
Th
e gro
up
ow
ns
Dan
go
te C
emen
t P
lc,
the
cou
ntr
y’s
big
ges
t co
mp
any
by m
ark
et v
alu
e, D
ango
te
Su
gar
Ref
iner
y P
lc,
Dan
go
te I
nd
ust
ries
Ltd
. an
d D
ango
te O
il S
erv
ices
Ltd
.
Ali
ko
Dan
go
te i
s w
ort
h $
12
.9 b
illi
on
, ac
cord
ing t
o t
he
Blo
om
ber
g B
illi
on
aire
s In
dex
.
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
Min
iste
r o
f P
etro
leu
m R
eso
urc
es h
as s
tate
d t
hat
lo
wer
oil
pri
ces
mig
ht
der
ail
Nig
eria
’s p
rod
uct
ion
an
d r
eser
ves
tar
get
s o
f fo
ur
mil
lio
n b
arre
ls p
er d
ay a
nd
40
bil
lio
n b
arre
ls
resp
ecti
vel
y,
by 2
02
0.
Th
is c
ame
as t
he
Vic
e-P
resi
den
t o
f S
hel
l U
pst
ream
In
tern
atio
nal
, M
r. M
ark
us
Dro
ll,
call
ed f
or
a m
ore
eff
ecti
ve
cou
nte
r-st
rate
gy a
gai
nst
oil
th
eft
and
sab
ota
ge,
say
ing
th
at t
he
lev
el o
f cr
ud
e o
il
thef
t an
d p
ipel
ine
sab
ota
ge
wit
nes
sed
in
Nig
eria
is
no
t w
itn
esse
d i
n a
ny l
awfu
l en
vir
on
men
t.
Sp
eak
ing y
este
rday
at
the
on
go
ing
20
15
Nig
eria
Oil
an
d G
as C
on
fere
nce
in
Ab
uja
, th
e m
inis
ter
chal
len
ged
oil
an
d g
as i
nd
ust
ry o
per
ato
rs t
o r
evis
e fu
nd
ing f
or
pro
ject
s in
ord
er t
o m
eet
thes
e ta
rget
s.
Acc
ord
ing
to
her
, th
is c
alls
fo
r ra
dic
al c
han
ges
in
th
e co
st e
nv
iro
nm
ent,
im
pro
ved
co
ntr
acts
in
p
roje
ct m
anag
emen
t an
d i
nn
ov
ativ
e fi
nan
cin
g m
ech
anis
ms.
Th
e m
inis
ter
no
ted
th
at m
ost
an
alyst
s h
ad a
dv
ised
th
at a
s an
oil
pro
du
cer,
Nig
eria
sh
ou
ld b
race
u
p f
or
an e
xte
nd
ed p
erio
d o
f lo
wer
pri
ces
and
in
crea
sed
pri
ce v
ola
tili
ty.
Sh
e sa
id
the
resu
ltin
g
effe
cts
are
that
co
mp
anie
s ar
e sl
ash
ing
cap
ital
sp
end
ing
in
2
01
5
in
resp
on
se t
o t
his
dra
mat
ic c
oll
apse
in
oil
pri
ces.
Cit
ing s
tati
stic
s b
y W
oo
d M
ack
enzi
e, t
he
min
iste
r st
ated
th
at r
elat
ive
to 2
01
4,
a to
tal
of
$1
20
b
illi
on
, ab
ou
t 2
4 p
er c
ent,
had
bee
n c
ut
fro
m t
he
20
15
up
stre
am b
ud
get
s o
f so
me
11
6 c
om
pan
ies,
ad
din
g t
hat
th
is c
ou
ld g
o u
p t
o a
s m
uch
as
40
per
cen
t.
“Ho
wev
er,
in t
he
even
t o
f a
mo
der
ate
oil
pri
ce r
eco
ver
y,
we
wo
uld
sti
ll r
equ
ire
inn
ov
ativ
e fu
nd
ing a
nd
gre
ater
pri
vat
e se
cto
r in
vo
lvem
ent
acro
ss t
he
hyd
roca
rbo
n v
alu
e ch
ain
.
“Nev
erth
eles
s,
at
hig
h
oil
p
rice
s,
we
mu
st
mai
nta
in
pru
den
t an
d
an
ince
nti
ve-
bas
ed
fisc
al
env
iro
nm
ent
that
wil
l p
rev
ent
the
retu
rn o
f h
igh
co
st o
f p
rod
uct
ion
cu
rren
tly e
xp
erie
nce
d i
n o
ur
ind
ust
ry t
od
ay,”
sh
e sa
id.
Sh
e sa
id t
he
pas
sage
of
the
Pet
role
um
In
du
stry
Bil
l (P
IB)
wo
uld
rem
ain
cri
tica
l, a
dd
ing t
hat
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
was
co
mm
itte
d t
o e
nsu
rin
g c
lear
an
d t
ran
spar
ent
fisc
al r
ule
s o
f gen
eral
ap
pli
cati
on
w
ith
ap
pro
pri
ate
ince
nti
ves
to
in
ves
tors
an
d c
om
men
sura
te e
con
om
ic r
etu
rns
for
the
cou
ntr
y.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er,
Nig
eria
’s c
om
mit
men
t to
fis
cal
stab
ilit
y in
its
oil
an
d g
as s
ecto
r re
mai
ned
u
nfl
inch
ing e
spec
iall
y a
s “o
ur
his
tori
cal
ante
ced
ents
cle
arly
dem
on
stra
te t
his
”.
“Th
e cu
rren
t m
ark
et r
eali
ty o
f lo
w o
il p
rice
s p
rese
nts
an
op
po
rtu
nit
y fo
r u
s to
im
pro
ve
effi
cien
cy
in o
ur
op
erat
ion
s an
d a
s w
e d
elib
erat
e o
n t
his
an
d o
ther
iss
ues
in
th
is y
ear’
s co
nfe
ren
ce,
I w
ill
lik
e to
ass
ure
yo
u o
f N
iger
ia’s
co
mm
itm
ent
to a
vib
ran
t o
il a
nd
gas
in
du
stry
,” s
he
said
.
Als
o
spea
kin
g,
Dro
ll
stat
ed
that
m
any
of
the
chal
len
ges
h
e h
ad
hig
hli
gh
ted
in
la
st
yea
r’s
con
fere
nce
wer
e st
ill
pre
val
ent
in N
iger
ia.
He
said
th
e N
iger
ian
oil
an
d g
as i
nd
ust
ry n
eed
ed b
ette
r fu
nd
ing a
nd
bet
ter
secu
rity
fo
r w
ork
ers,
ad
din
g t
hat
oil
th
eft
and
sab
ota
ge
had
bec
om
e a
big
ger
pro
ble
m c
om
par
ed t
o a
yea
r ag
o.
Dro
ll s
aid
Sh
ell
rou
tin
ely r
epla
ced
dam
aged
pip
elin
es a
nd
als
o r
epai
red
th
eft
po
ints
in
20
14
, st
ress
ing t
hat
th
is w
as a
pro
ble
m t
hat
is
un
iqu
e to
Nig
eria
, w
ith
no
oth
er o
per
atin
g e
nv
iro
nm
ent
even
co
min
g c
lose
.
“Oil
th
eft
rem
ain
s a
com
ple
x i
ssu
e th
at w
ill
req
uir
e su
stai
ned
, m
ult
i-st
akeh
old
er m
easu
res
on
a
nu
mb
er
of
fro
nts
to
ar
rest
an
d
ult
imat
ely
rev
erse
. “I
hav
e al
way
s b
een
of
the
vie
w t
hat
to
get
her
as
an i
nd
ust
ry w
ith
su
pp
ort
fro
m g
ov
ern
men
t, w
e ca
n s
ucc
eed
in
tu
rnin
g t
his
pro
ble
m a
rou
nd
.
“Nig
eria
n o
il a
nd
gas
in
du
stry
per
son
nel
are
wo
rkin
g h
ard
, an
d a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e m
anag
ing
co
nsi
der
able
ris
ks,
in
ord
er t
o p
lay t
hei
r p
art
in t
he
con
tin
ued
dev
elo
pm
ent
of
this
co
un
try.
“As
an i
nd
ust
ry,
we
mu
st e
nsu
re b
ette
r se
curi
ty.
Th
is r
emai
ns
a co
nce
rn f
or
man
y o
f u
s o
n a
d
aily
bas
is.
Ov
er t
he
yea
rs,
the
ind
ust
ry h
as l
earn
ed a
nd
ad
apte
d w
ell
to s
ecu
rity
th
reat
s, b
ut
we
hav
e d
on
e so
at
gre
at c
ost
s.
“Th
is i
s n
ot
sust
ain
able
, as
bo
th o
ur
dev
elo
pm
ent
and
op
erat
ing c
ost
s ar
e h
igh
er t
han
in
man
y
oth
er o
per
atin
g e
nv
iro
nm
ents
glo
bal
ly,
du
e to
sec
uri
ty t
hre
ats,
” D
roll
sai
d.
Dro
ll a
lso
sta
ted
th
at f
isca
l st
abil
ity a
nd
pre
dic
tab
ilit
y w
ere
cru
cial
as
go
ver
nm
ent
rev
enu
es
sho
uld
be
fore
cast
rel
iab
ly,
add
ing t
hat
in
ves
tors
in
Nig
eria
fac
ed v
ery t
ou
gh
co
nd
itio
ns.
He
said
Sh
ell
was
co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t w
hat
im
pac
t m
uch
lo
wer
oil
pri
ces
wo
uld
hav
e o
n 2
01
5
fun
din
g.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
the
ind
ust
ry n
eed
s b
ette
r fu
nd
ing f
or
cap
ital
pro
ject
s an
d t
o c
lear
pen
din
g
pay
men
ts a
nd
ex
pen
dit
ure
.
FG
cu
ts e
lect
rici
ty t
ari
ff b
y o
ver
50
%
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
12
:47
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By C
hri
s O
chay
i A
BU
JA—
Fo
llo
win
g r
ecen
t co
mp
lain
ts o
f h
igh
ele
ctri
city
tar
iff
by c
on
sum
ers
and
its
gra
ve
imp
act
on
th
e n
atio
n’s
eco
no
my,
the
Fed
eral
Go
ver
nm
ent
has
an
no
un
ced
red
uct
ion
of
elec
tric
ity
tari
ff b
y o
ver
50
per
cen
t in
so
me
pla
ces.
Th
e C
hai
rman
of
Nig
eria
Ele
ctri
city
Reg
ula
tory
Co
mm
issi
on
, D
r. S
am A
mad
i w
ho
an
no
un
ced
th
e re
du
ctio
n i
n a
sta
tem
ent
issu
ed y
este
rday
in
Ab
uja
, sa
id h
ow
ever
th
at t
he
red
uct
ion
do
es n
ot
affe
ct t
he
Cen
tral
Ban
k o
f N
iger
ia,
CB
N,
faci
lity
an
d i
ts p
aym
ent.
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
Dr.
Am
adi
exp
lain
ed t
hat
th
e re
du
ctio
n w
as a
rriv
ed a
t af
ter
the
Co
mm
issi
on
had
rev
iew
ed t
he
tech
nic
al a
nd
fin
anci
al a
ssu
mp
tio
n o
f M
YT
O 2
.1.
He
said
“T
he
rev
iew
sh
ow
s th
at t
he
maj
or
un
der
lyin
g c
ause
of
the
skyro
cket
ing i
ncr
ease
in
th
e ta
riff
is
the
hu
ge
Ag
gre
gat
e T
ech
nic
al,
Co
mm
erci
al a
nd
Co
llec
tio
n (
AT
C&
C)
loss
es,
wh
ich
are
p
asse
d t
hro
ugh
to
co
nsu
mer
s. I
n s
om
e D
ISC
Os
AT
C&
C l
oss
es r
aise
d t
arif
f b
y a
s m
uch
as
80
-1
03
%.
“Th
e C
om
mis
sio
n h
as b
een
lis
ten
ing t
o c
on
sum
ers
and
tak
ing f
ull
acc
ou
nt
of
the
imp
act
of
hig
h
tari
ff o
n c
on
sum
ers
and
th
e N
iger
ian
eco
no
my,
has
th
eref
ore
rev
iew
ed t
he
bas
is o
f th
e M
YT
O
2.1
ass
um
pti
on
s an
d h
as d
eter
min
ed t
hat
it
is i
nap
pro
pri
ate
to t
ran
sfer
to
co
nsu
mer
s co
llec
tio
n
loss
es t
hat
are
co
ntr
oll
able
by D
ISC
Os.
“It
is t
he
resp
on
sib
ilit
y o
f th
e D
ISC
Os
to c
oll
ect
thei
r re
ven
ue
fro
m t
hei
r cu
sto
mer
s. F
ailu
re t
o d
o
so s
ho
uld
no
t b
e a
pen
alty
to
cu
sto
mer
s w
ho
pay
th
eir
bil
ls.
It i
s cl
ear
that
rem
ov
ing t
he
coll
ecti
on
lo
sses
wil
l le
ad t
o l
ow
er t
arif
fs f
or
con
sum
ers.
“Th
e re
mo
val
of
coll
ecti
on
lo
sses
fro
m c
ust
om
er t
arif
f h
as r
edu
ced
tar
iff
by m
ore
th
an 5
0
per
cen
t in
so
me
pla
ces.
Ple
ase
no
te t
hat
th
e re
du
ctio
n d
oes
no
t af
fect
th
e C
BN
fac
ilit
y a
nd
its
re
pay
men
t,”
he
said
.
Th
e C
hai
rman
sai
d f
urt
her
, “T
her
efo
re,
On
Mo
nd
ay,
Mar
ch 9
, 2
01
5 t
he
Nig
eria
n E
lect
rici
ty
Reg
ula
tory
Co
mm
issi
on
(N
ER
C)
issu
ed a
new
ord
er t
o t
he
effe
ct t
hat
hen
cefo
rth
co
llec
tio
n l
oss
, w
hic
h i
s d
efin
ed a
s th
e ‘a
mo
un
t b
ille
d b
ut
no
t co
llec
ted
’, w
ill
no
t b
e au
tom
atic
ally
pas
sed
on
to
co
nsu
mer
s o
f el
ectr
icit
y.
“Co
nse
qu
entl
y,
the
coll
ecti
on
lo
ss f
or
all
DIS
CO
s is
set
at
zero
. It
is
no
w t
he
resp
on
sib
ilit
y o
f D
ISC
Os
to c
on
vin
ce t
he
regu
lato
r o
f an
y e
xce
pti
on
al c
ircu
mst
ance
s fo
r su
ch l
oss
to
be
pas
sed
to
th
e co
nsu
mer
s.
“Th
is n
ew d
irec
tio
n c
om
es a
s p
art
of
the
com
men
cem
ent
of
the
Tra
nsi
tio
nal
Ele
ctri
city
Mar
ket
(T
EM
). T
EM
is
bu
ilt
on
bil
ater
al t
rad
ing b
etw
een
par
ties
an
d i
s gea
red
to
war
ds
ensu
rin
g a
n
effi
cien
t m
ark
et w
her
e co
st r
efle
ctiv
ity w
ill
lead
to
mo
re a
ffo
rdab
le e
lect
ric
serv
ices
fo
r co
nsu
mer
s.
“As
par
t o
f p
rep
arin
g f
or
TE
M t
he
Co
mm
issi
on
has
iss
ued
a t
arif
f re
vie
w r
egu
lati
on
th
at r
equ
ires
th
e u
tili
ties
to
co
nsu
lt w
ith
rel
evan
t co
nsu
mer
cla
sses
bef
ore
pre
sen
tin
g a
tar
iff
rev
iew
ap
pli
cati
on
to
th
e co
mm
issi
on
to
ap
pro
ve.
“It
is n
ow
th
e re
spo
nsi
bil
ity o
f th
e D
ISC
Os
to p
rep
are
and
pre
sen
t to
th
e C
om
mis
sio
n a
tar
iff
that
w
ill
ensu
re t
hat
th
ey r
eco
ver
th
eir
cost
s an
d e
nsu
re e
ffic
ien
t o
per
atio
ns.
“Th
is n
ew o
rder
no
w a
men
ds
the
MY
TO
2.1
an
d h
as r
edu
ced
th
e ta
riff
to
be
pai
d b
y a
ll c
lass
of
con
sum
ers.
In
th
e re
vie
w M
YT
O 2
.1 t
he
Co
mm
issi
on
fo
llo
wed
du
e p
roce
ss a
nd
th
e re
gu
lato
ry
pri
nci
ple
s. T
he
EP
SR
co
mm
its
the
Co
mm
issi
on
to
en
suri
ng f
ull
rec
ov
ery o
f p
rud
ent
cost
s fo
r ef
fici
ent
op
erat
ors
.
“Th
e C
om
mis
sio
n i
s o
bli
gat
ed t
o m
ake
sure
th
at o
nly
pru
den
t an
d e
ffic
ien
t co
sts
are
pas
sed
to
co
nsu
mer
s. T
he
pri
nci
ple
is
to e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e d
istr
ibu
tio
n c
om
pan
y o
per
ates
eff
icie
ntl
y a
nd
p
rov
ide
qu
alit
y a
nd
aff
ord
able
ser
vic
es t
o c
on
sum
ers.
“NE
RC
rem
ain
s co
mm
itte
d t
o t
he
pri
nci
ple
of
cost
- re
flec
tiv
e p
rici
ng a
nd
to
th
e d
evel
op
men
t o
f an
eff
icie
nt
and
fin
anci
ally
via
ble
ele
ctri
city
mar
ket
. T
hes
e ar
e im
po
rtan
t to
su
pp
ort
th
e in
ves
tmen
t th
at i
s n
eed
ed t
o e
nsu
re t
he
elec
tric
ity s
up
ply
in
du
stry
mee
ts t
he
nee
ds
of
the
Nig
eria
n e
con
om
y.
“Th
e d
ecis
ion
to
rev
iew
tar
iff
is c
om
ple
tely
co
mp
atib
le w
ith
th
e te
rms
of
the
pri
vat
izat
ion
an
d
has
bee
n r
evie
wed
wit
h t
he
Bu
reau
fo
r P
ub
lic
En
terp
rise
s (B
PE
). N
ER
C a
nd
BP
E a
re w
ork
ing
toget
her
to
ad
vo
cate
fo
r se
ries
of
fisc
al p
oli
cies
th
at w
ill
fost
er e
asie
r ac
cess
to
in
ves
tib
le c
apit
al
to f
urt
her
in
crea
se c
apac
ity a
nd
en
han
ce r
elia
bil
ity i
n t
he
sect
or.
”
Am
adi
reca
lled
th
at,
Sin
ce J
anu
ary 1
, 2
01
5 w
hen
th
e N
iger
ian
Ele
ctri
city
Reg
ula
tory
C
om
mis
sio
n (
NE
RC
) ap
pro
ved
th
e M
YT
O 2
.1 w
e h
ave
rece
ived
sev
eral
co
mp
lain
ts a
gai
nst
th
e in
crea
se i
n t
arif
f o
f d
iffe
ren
t co
nsu
mer
cla
sses
.
“In
du
stri
al a
nd
co
mm
erci
al c
on
sum
ers
un
der
th
e au
spic
es o
f th
e M
anu
fact
ure
rs A
sso
ciat
ion
of
Nig
eria
(M
AN
) p
etit
ion
ed t
he
com
mis
sio
n a
skin
g f
or
a re
vie
w o
f th
e M
YT
O 2
.1 a
nd
req
ues
ted
d
rast
ic r
edu
ctio
n o
f th
eir
tari
ff.
Th
ey c
laim
ed t
hat
su
ch a
stro
no
mic
al i
ncr
ease
in
tar
iff
wo
uld
kil
l th
eir
bu
sin
ess
and
lea
d t
o m
assi
ve
job
lo
sses
.
“Th
e E
lect
ric
Po
wer
Sec
tor
Ref
orm
Act
an
d t
he
Bu
sin
ess
Ru
les
of
the
Co
mm
issi
on
man
dat
e th
e C
om
mis
sio
n t
o r
evie
w i
ts d
ecis
ion
at
the
pet
itio
n o
f an
in
tere
sted
par
ty w
ho
co
mp
lain
s w
ith
in 6
0
day
s o
f th
e d
ecis
ion
.
“Pu
rsu
ant
to t
hes
e ru
les,
th
e C
om
mis
sio
n o
rgan
ized
pu
bli
c h
eari
ng a
nd
rec
eiv
ed e
vid
ence
fro
m
con
sum
er c
lass
es o
n t
he
affo
rdab
ilit
y o
f th
e n
ew t
arif
f.
“Th
e C
om
mis
sio
n a
lso
inv
ited
th
e C
hie
f ex
ecu
tiv
e O
ffic
ers
of
the
dis
trib
uti
on
co
mp
anie
s to
th
e h
eari
ng t
o r
esp
on
d t
o t
he
case
of
the
con
sum
er g
rou
ps.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, th
e C
om
mis
sio
n r
evie
wed
th
e te
chn
ical
an
d f
inan
cial
ass
um
pti
on
of
MY
TO
2.1
.”
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itze
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Lo
ot
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
La
te
Gen
. S
an
i A
ba
cha
O
bin
na
Ch
ima
wit
h
agen
cy
rep
ort
S
wis
s o
ffic
ials
hav
e sa
id t
hey
wil
l b
e re
turn
ing
ab
ou
t $
38
0 m
illi
on
sto
len
by f
orm
er d
icta
tor,
G
en.
San
i A
bac
ha,
to
Nig
eria
.
Gen
eva
pro
secu
tors
, ac
cord
ing t
o t
he
Ass
oci
ated
Pre
ss (
AP
), s
aid
on
Tu
esd
ay t
hat
th
ey o
rder
ed
the
mo
ney
se
ized
in
L
ux
emb
ou
rg
star
tin
g
in
20
06
. It
w
as
tran
sfer
red
to
S
wit
zerl
and
an
d
off
icia
lly
con
fisc
ated
las
t yea
r fo
llo
win
g a
n a
gre
emen
t b
etw
een
th
e fe
der
al g
ov
ern
men
t an
d t
he
Ab
ach
a fa
mil
y u
nd
er w
hic
h t
he
Nig
eria
n g
ov
ern
men
t d
rop
ped
its
cas
e ag
ain
st t
he
late
dic
tato
r’s
son
, A
bb
a A
bac
ha.
Th
e m
on
ey,
con
fisc
ated
on
th
e b
asis
th
at t
he
Ab
ach
a fa
mil
y w
as a
cri
min
al o
rgan
isat
ion
, w
ill
no
w
be
retu
rned
to
N
iger
ia
un
der
W
orl
d
Ban
k
sup
erv
isio
n.
Gen
eva
pro
secu
tors
clo
sed
th
eir
ow
n c
ase,
op
ened
in
19
99
, in
wh
ich
Ab
ba
Ab
ach
a w
as t
he
last
p
erso
n
stil
l un
der
in
ves
tigat
ion
. T
he
$3
80
mil
lio
n h
ad b
een
pla
ced
in
sev
eral
acc
ou
nts
ab
road
th
at w
ere
con
tro
lled
by t
he
Ab
ach
a fa
mil
y,
the
Gen
eva
pro
secu
tors
’ o
ffic
e sa
id i
n a
sta
tem
ent.
Th
e m
on
ey w
as s
eize
d i
n 2
00
6 i
n L
ux
emb
ou
rg,
un
der
ord
ers
fro
m t
he
Sw
iss
auth
ori
ties
.
Th
e A
bac
ha
fam
ily h
ad a
lso
pla
ced
so
me
$5
00
mil
lio
n (
53
0 m
illi
on
eu
ros)
in
Sw
iss
ban
ks,
th
ou
gh
th
ose
fu
nd
s h
ave
alre
ady b
een
ret
urn
ed t
o N
iger
ia.
Th
e $
38
0 m
illi
on
wil
l be
retu
rned
un
der
th
e W
orl
d B
ank
’s s
up
erv
isio
n,
said
th
e p
rose
cuto
r’s
off
ice.
Th
e au
tho
riti
es h
ave
also
dec
ided
to
dro
p t
hei
r ca
se a
gai
nst
Ab
ba
Ab
ach
a, w
hic
h b
egan
in
19
99
.
In 2
01
2,
the
dic
tato
r’s
son
was
han
ded
a o
ne-
yea
r su
spen
ded
pri
son
sen
ten
ce f
or
par
tici
pat
ing i
n
a cr
imin
al o
rgan
isat
ion
.
Sw
itze
rlan
d’s
to
p c
ou
rt c
ance
lled
th
e se
nte
nce
in
May
20
14
, ci
tin
g p
roce
du
ral
reas
on
s.
Th
e G
enev
a p
rose
cuto
r’s
off
ice
yes
terd
ay s
aid
Ab
ba
Ab
ach
a h
ad b
een
det
ain
ed f
or
56
1 d
ays
fro
m 2
00
4 t
o 2
00
6,
wit
ho
ut
rece
ivin
g c
om
pen
sati
on
.
Th
e A
bac
ha
affa
ir b
egan
in
19
99
, w
hen
Nig
eria
ask
ed t
he
Sw
iss
jud
icia
l au
tho
riti
es t
o h
elp
it
reco
ver
$2
.2 b
illi
on
($
2 b
illi
on
eu
ros)
em
bez
zled
an
d s
iph
on
ed o
ff b
y S
ani
Ab
ach
a w
hil
e h
e w
as
in p
ow
er.
Las
t D
ecem
ber
, th
e S
tate
of
Jers
ey,
the
big
ges
t te
rrit
ory
in
th
e C
han
nel
s Is
lan
d,
ann
ou
nce
d t
hat
it
wo
uld
re
turn
£
31
5
mil
lio
n
Ab
ach
a lo
ot
to
Nig
eria
. T
he
Isla
nd
fam
ou
s fo
r it
s tr
ansp
aren
t b
ank
ing s
erv
ices
had
pre
vio
usl
y r
epat
riat
ed i
n t
wo
tra
nch
es
£1
40
mil
lio
n o
f th
e lo
ot.
Th
e m
on
ey w
as l
aun
der
ed o
n b
ehal
f o
f A
bac
ha
by R
aj B
ho
jwan
i, a
n I
nd
ian
bu
sin
essm
an.
Bh
ojw
ani
is c
urr
entl
y s
erv
ing a
n e
igh
t-yea
r se
nte
nce
in
a U
K p
riso
n.
Mo
rocc
o S
ag
a:
Pre
sid
ent
do
es n
ot
nee
d t
o
ap
olo
gis
e –
Wa
li.
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
10
:27
am
/
C
om
men
ts
Th
e M
inis
ter
of
Fo
reig
n A
ffai
rs,
Sen
ato
r A
min
u W
ali
yes
terd
ay s
aid
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
do
es n
ot
nee
d t
o a
po
logis
e o
ver
co
ntr
ov
ersy
su
rro
un
din
g h
is p
urp
ort
ed t
elep
ho
ne
con
ver
sati
on
wit
h t
he
Kin
g o
f M
oro
cco
.
Ad
dre
ssin
g s
tate
Ho
use
co
rres
po
nd
ents
yes
terd
ay,
Am
bas
sad
or
Wal
i sa
id h
e h
as o
rder
ed a
fu
ll
inv
esti
gat
ion
in
to t
he
inci
den
ce i
n c
om
pli
ance
wit
h t
he
pre
sid
enti
al d
irec
tiv
e ad
din
g t
hat
th
e o
ut
com
e o
f th
e in
ves
tigat
ion
wil
l d
term
ine
wh
eth
er a
po
log
y w
ou
ld b
e o
ffer
ed.
Kin
g M
oh
amm
ed V
I an
d P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
“I h
ave
alre
ady t
aken
act
ion
on
th
e P
resi
den
t’s
dir
ecti
ve
and
of
cou
rse
som
e p
eop
le a
re t
ryin
g t
o
mak
e th
is w
ho
le t
hin
g p
oli
tica
l. A
nd
of
cou
rse,
at
this
lev
el o
f o
ur
dip
lom
acy,
a lo
t o
f th
ings
can
h
app
en.
So
we
are
tryin
g t
o f
ind
ou
t, a
nd
I w
ill
lik
e to
say
th
at t
he
Pre
sid
ent
has
no
thin
g t
o d
o w
ith
it.
T
his
is
som
eth
ing t
hat
has
hap
pen
ed a
nd
th
ere
is a
bit
of
mix
up
so
mew
her
e a
lon
g t
he
lin
e. W
e ar
e go
ing t
o u
nra
vel
it.
So
th
e p
resi
den
t h
as n
oth
ing t
o d
o w
ith
it.
“Th
eref
ore
, p
eop
le s
ho
uld
no
t, l
ike
I h
ear
som
e se
nat
ors
fro
m t
he
op
po
siti
on
ask
ing t
he
Pre
sid
ent
to a
po
logis
e to
th
e co
un
try.
No
w t
his
is,
if
at a
ll t
her
e is
an
yb
od
y w
ho
is
go
ing
to
ap
olo
gis
e, a
nd
I b
ein
g t
he
Min
iste
r o
f F
ore
ign
Aff
airs
, w
ill
be
the
on
e to
ap
olo
gis
e an
d n
ot
Mr.
Pre
sid
ent.
“I a
m i
nv
esti
gat
ing,
if a
t al
l th
ere
is a
nyb
od
y w
ho
sh
ou
ld a
po
logis
e, i
t is
aft
er t
he
inv
esti
gat
ion
. W
hat
ever
it
is,
that
is
the
tim
e w
e w
ill
com
e o
ut
wit
h…
..B
ut
no
w t
her
e is
no
rea
son
to
ap
olo
gis
e b
ecau
se w
e ca
nn
ot
pre
-ju
dge
and
we
bel
iev
e in
du
e p
roce
ss.
So
th
e P
resi
den
t gav
e d
irec
tiv
e an
d I
am
lo
ok
ing i
nto
it
and
by t
he
tim
e w
e get
to
th
e b
ott
om
of
the
inv
esti
gat
ion
s, t
hen
th
e p
ub
lic
wil
l k
no
w”
he
said
.
Ask
ed i
f an
y s
tate
men
t ca
n g
o o
ut
wit
ho
ut
of
the
min
istr
y w
ith
ou
t h
is k
no
wle
dg
e, t
he
Min
iste
r sa
id “
It i
s so
met
hin
g t
hat
I a
m d
iggin
g i
nto
. T
he
Pre
sid
ent
ask
ed m
e to
lo
ok
in
to i
t an
d I
am
lo
ok
ing i
nto
it”
.
Ati
ku
on
sab
ba
tica
l in
AP
C,
he
wil
l so
on
re
turn
to
PD
P –
Pre
sid
ency
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
10
:20
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 sl
ated
fo
r M
arch
28
an
d A
pri
l 1
1
resp
ecti
vel
y,
the
Pre
sid
ency
dec
lare
d y
este
rday
th
at f
orm
er V
ice
Pre
sid
ent
Ati
ku
Ab
ub
akar
was
o
n s
abb
atic
al a
t th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss,
AP
C,
sayi
ng t
hat
he
wo
uld
so
on
ret
urn
to
th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty,
PD
P,
bef
ore
th
e el
ecti
on
s.
Sp
eak
ing y
este
rday
wh
en 1
20
su
pp
ort
gro
up
s o
f A
tik
u A
bu
bak
ar d
efec
ted
to
th
e P
DP
to
su
pp
ort
th
e re
- el
ecti
on
bid
of
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an,
Sp
ecia
l A
dv
iser
to
th
e P
resi
den
t o
n P
oli
tica
l A
ffai
rs,
Pro
fess
or
Ru
fai
Ah
med
Alk
ali
said
th
at t
he
form
er v
ice
pre
sid
ent
was
a c
ore
PD
P m
emb
er a
nd
th
e d
efec
tio
n o
f h
is s
up
po
rter
s d
id n
ot
com
e to
th
e p
arty
as
a su
rpri
se,
just
as
he
exp
ress
ed
op
tim
ism
th
at A
tik
u w
ould
so
on
jo
in t
hem
in
th
e P
DP
.
Alk
ali
said
, ”
Ati
ku
is
a P
DP
man
to
th
e co
re b
ut
he
has
go
ne
on
vac
atio
n a
nd
I b
elie
ve
on
e d
ay
he
too
wil
l co
me
bac
k t
o t
he
par
ty.
My o
nly
pra
yer
is
that
he
com
es b
ack
bef
ore
th
e gen
eral
el
ecti
on
th
is y
ear
so t
hat
he
can
su
pp
ort
Mr
Pre
sid
ent
full
y t
o e
nsu
re o
ur
succ
ess.
”
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
gro
up
s ac
cord
ing t
o t
he
coo
rdin
ato
r, P
eter
Ogar
, th
ey w
ere
com
pel
led
to
jo
in t
he
tran
sfo
rmat
ion
tra
in w
hic
h e
lici
t h
op
e an
d a
ssu
ran
ces
for
the
yo
uth
of
the
cou
ntr
y,
even
as
he
said
th
at t
hey
wer
e d
um
pin
g t
he
AP
C b
ecau
se i
t h
as b
eco
me
a h
ou
se d
ivid
ed a
gai
nst
its
elf
wh
ich
w
as a
n i
mp
lica
tio
n o
f h
uge
sup
po
rt d
efic
it f
or
the
AP
C p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate,
Gen
eral
M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i as
th
e p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
ns
dat
e o
f M
arch
28
co
mes
ver
y c
lose
.
Th
e n
atio
nal
lea
der
ship
of
the
PD
P h
as h
ow
ever
des
crib
ed P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
as
the
sin
gle
fo
rmid
able
ral
lyin
g p
oin
t in
th
e co
un
try T
od
ay.
Sp
eak
ing w
hil
e re
ceiv
ing
th
e m
emb
ers
of
the
12
0 s
up
po
rt g
rou
ps,
PD
P N
atio
nal
Ch
airm
an,
Alh
aji
Ad
amu
Mu
azu
wh
o w
as r
epre
sen
ted
by h
is d
epu
ty,
Pri
nce
Uch
e S
eco
nd
us
wh
o a
ssu
red
th
em t
hat
th
ey w
ere
in t
he
righ
t p
lace
, st
ress
ed t
hat
th
ey w
ere
bo
naf
ide
mem
ber
s o
f th
e p
arty
an
d
pro
mis
ed t
hem
of
equ
al r
igh
t, e
ven
as
he
urg
ed t
hem
to
be
free
in
en
gag
ing i
n a
ll p
arty
act
ivit
ies
esp
ecia
lly i
n t
he
cam
pai
gn
s.
Sec
on
du
s w
ho
no
ted
th
at t
her
e w
as n
o b
ette
r ti
me
to j
oin
th
e p
arty
th
an n
ow
to
dec
lare
fo
r P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
an
d V
ice
Pre
sid
ent
Nam
adi
Sam
bo
Sam
bo
, h
ow
ever
ch
arged
th
e n
ew e
ntr
ants
to
be
aler
t o
n t
he
sch
emes
of
the
op
po
siti
on
th
at h
ave
con
clu
ded
pla
ns
to t
arn
ish
th
e im
age
of
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
an
d o
ther
lea
der
s o
f th
e P
DP
.
Th
e P
DP
dep
uty
Nat
ion
al C
hai
rman
ask
ed t
hem
to
be
pre
par
ed f
or
the
pro
pag
and
a w
hic
h w
as
no
t th
e b
asis
fo
r w
inn
ing e
lect
ion
s, e
mp
has
izin
g t
hat
on
ly p
eop
le w
ith
per
man
ent
vo
ter
card
s w
ere
elig
ible
to
win
, as
kin
g t
hem
to
rea
ch o
ut
to t
he
gra
ssro
ot
and
co
nv
ert
them
to
th
e Jo
nat
han
si
de
bef
ore
Mar
ch 2
8.
He
said
, “T
he
op
po
siti
on
, es
pec
iall
y t
he
AP
C,
in t
he
com
ing d
ays
are
del
iber
atel
y p
ack
agin
g
wel
l m
isin
form
ed a
nd
pro
pag
and
a to
be
dis
hed
ou
t to
th
e p
ub
lic.
Th
ese
pro
pag
and
a ar
e ai
med
at
bla
ckm
aili
ng e
ith
er t
he
Pre
sid
ent
or
lead
ers
of
the
par
ty.
Th
is i
s an
ale
rt l
ike
that
in
th
e m
edia
th
at t
he
PD
P h
ires
Isr
aeli
to
jam
car
d r
ead
ers.
”
Sp
eak
ing f
urt
her
, P
rof.
Alk
ali
wh
o a
ccu
sed
th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n A
PC
of
cras
s o
pp
ort
un
ism
in
tak
ing
cred
it f
or
som
e re
form
s an
d e
xec
uti
ve
dec
isio
ns
tak
en b
y t
he
Jon
ath
an a
dm
inis
trat
ion
, sa
id,
“In
2
01
0 t
his
go
ver
nm
ent
init
iate
d e
lect
ora
l re
form
an
d y
ou
rec
all
var
iou
s o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arti
es o
pp
ose
d
the
refo
rm.
Wh
en J
ust
ice
Mo
ham
med
Uw
ais
was
ap
po
inte
d t
he
chai
rman
th
ey o
pp
ose
d i
t, m
ost
of
them
re
fuse
d t
o s
ub
mit
mem
ora
nd
a, m
ost
of
them
ref
use
d t
o a
pp
ear
in p
erso
n t
o m
ake
any p
rop
osa
l fo
r th
e re
form
. B
ut
on
ce t
he
Ele
cto
ral
Act
was
bro
ugh
t in
th
ey w
ere
the
sam
e p
eop
le w
ho
sta
rted
ju
bil
atin
g t
hat
th
ey w
ere
par
t o
f th
e p
roce
ss f
or
the
elec
tora
l re
form
s. I
th
ink
th
is i
s sh
eer
op
po
rtu
nis
m.
“Wh
en M
r P
resi
den
t ap
po
inte
d P
rof
Att
ahir
u J
ega
as c
hai
rman
of
the
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n a
gai
n t
he
op
po
siti
on
fo
ugh
t ag
ain
st J
ega.
Th
ey s
aid
th
is m
an h
as c
om
e to
d
o t
he
bid
din
g o
f M
r P
resi
den
t. T
od
ay t
hey
wan
t to
cla
im J
ega
as t
hei
r o
wn
man
, th
ey w
ant
to
dic
tate
to
him
wh
at h
e is
to
do
to
day
an
d w
hat
he
is g
oin
g t
o d
o t
om
orr
ow
. A
gai
n t
his
is
evid
ence
o
f o
pp
ort
un
ism
.
“We
are
dea
lin
g w
ith
des
per
ate
po
liti
cian
s an
d w
e sh
ou
ld n
ot
be
par
t o
f th
at.”
H
e co
mm
end
ed m
emb
ers
of
the
12
0 A
tik
u A
bu
bak
ar s
up
po
rt g
rou
ps
for
du
mp
ing t
he
AP
C f
or
the
ruli
ng p
arty
an
d i
mp
lore
d t
hem
to
en
sure
th
ey o
bta
in t
hei
r p
erm
anen
t v
ote
rs c
ard
s.
“Yo
u h
ave
mo
ved
aw
ay f
rom
dar
kn
ess
to l
igh
t. T
her
e is
a b
ig d
iffe
ren
ce b
etw
een
a m
an m
ov
ing
aro
un
d w
ith
bro
om
s fr
om
a m
an w
ho
is
liv
ing u
nd
er u
mb
rell
a, a
co
lou
rfu
l u
mb
rell
a fo
r th
at.
Th
at
yo
u f
or
tak
ing t
his
fir
m d
ecis
ion
th
is p
oin
t in
tim
e.”
Als
o i
n h
is r
emar
k,
Alh
aji
Bal
a M
oh
amm
ed,
the
FC
T M
inis
ter
wh
o w
elco
med
th
e g
rou
p,
des
crib
ed t
he
AP
C a
s a
par
ty m
ade
up
of
char
acte
rs t
hat
wer
e n
ot
com
pat
ible
, ad
din
g t
hat
th
e P
DP
, w
as h
ow
ever
, n
ot
read
y t
o j
oin
iss
ues
wit
h t
he
AP
C a
nd
th
at P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
was
on
e le
ader
th
at h
ad c
on
qu
ered
sen
tim
ents
in
Nig
eria
n p
oli
tics
.
We
nee
d c
ha
ng
e in
Ogu
n b
ut
tra
nsf
orm
ati
on
in
Ab
uja
– -
Pa
tien
ce J
on
ath
an
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
10
:14
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By D
AU
D O
LA
TU
NJI
AB
EO
KU
TA
– W
ife
of
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
, D
ame
Pat
ien
ce J
on
ath
an ,
yes
terd
ay,
said
th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty w
as a
lrea
dy i
n t
he
mo
od
of
cele
bra
tio
n o
f th
e v
icto
ry o
f it
s P
resi
den
tial
an
d o
ther
can
did
ates
ev
en b
efo
re t
he
elec
tio
n d
ates
.
Dam
e Jo
nat
han
wh
o w
as r
epre
sen
ted
by t
he
wif
e o
f th
e v
ice-
pre
sid
ent,
Mrs
Am
inat
Nam
adi
Sam
bo
, sa
id
wo
men
’s c
amp
aign
tra
in w
as i
n O
gu
n S
tate
to
cel
ebra
te t
he
par
ty’s
vic
tory
an
d n
ot
to c
amp
aign
.
Sh
e st
ated
th
is i
n A
beo
ku
ta o
n M
on
day
at
the
PD
P s
ecre
tari
at w
hen
sh
e m
et t
he
wo
men
’s w
ing
of
the
par
ty i
n t
he
stat
e.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
er,
it w
as t
ime
for
the
PD
P t
o t
ake-
ov
er t
he
stat
e fr
om
th
e ru
lin
g A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
C
on
gre
ss,
wh
ile
her
hu
sban
d a
nd
th
e v
ice-
pre
sid
ent,
sh
ou
ld b
e re
-ele
cted
to
co
nti
nu
e th
eir
tran
sfo
rmat
ion
ag
end
a.
Sh
e sa
id,
” W
hat
we
are
seei
ng t
od
ay,
to m
e, i
s o
nly
a c
eleb
rati
on
. W
e ar
e n
ot
her
e to
cam
pai
gn
. P
arty
has
sta
rted
. W
e ar
e ju
st h
ere
to t
han
k o
ur
wo
men
.
“Th
e ro
usi
ng w
elco
me
and
th
e re
cep
tio
n y
ou
hav
e ac
cord
ed u
s is
an
in
dic
atio
n t
hat
PD
P i
s co
min
g b
ack
to
Ogu
n S
tate
. If
th
ere
is a
pla
ce t
hat
we
nee
d c
han
ge,
it
is O
gu
n S
tate
bu
t w
e n
eed
tr
ansf
orm
atio
n i
n A
bu
ja.
So
, m
y d
ear
wo
men
, I
urg
e yo
u t
o c
om
e en
mas
se o
n M
arch
28
an
d
vo
te f
or
Mr.
Pre
sid
ent.
“We
are
all
awar
e o
f th
e go
od
wo
rks
they
hav
e st
arte
d a
nd
I t
hin
k i
t is
ad
vis
able
th
at w
e al
low
th
em t
o c
on
tin
ue
wh
at t
hey
hav
e st
arte
d.
“PD
P w
ill
com
e b
ack
to
Ogu
n S
tate
. B
ut
we
nee
d t
o d
o m
ore
. W
e n
eed
to
go
an
d g
et o
ur
PV
C.
An
yb
od
y t
hat
has
n’t
co
llec
ted
his
or
her
car
d s
ho
uld
ple
ase
do
so
.
“Th
at i
s yo
ur
po
wer
, th
at i
s yo
ur
righ
t an
d b
rin
g b
ack
th
e m
and
ate
that
we
hav
e b
een
ex
pec
tin
g
fro
m y
ou
as
wo
men
.
“I a
m q
uit
e su
re y
ou
hav
e ta
sted
an
d y
ou
hav
e b
een
a w
itn
ess
to t
he
go
od
wo
rks
that
he
has
do
ne
in t
his
gre
at s
tate
of
yo
urs
.
“I’m
qu
ite
sure
yo
u a
re a
war
e o
f th
e n
ew p
ow
er p
lan
t th
at h
as b
een
co
nst
ruct
ed.
I am
qu
ite
sure
yo
u a
re a
war
e o
f th
e tr
ansf
orm
atio
n t
hat
has
bee
n g
oin
g o
n i
n o
ur
tran
spo
rt s
yst
em,
the
road
s ar
e n
ow
mo
tora
ble
. W
ork
is
on
go
ing i
n L
ago
s-B
enin
Ro
ad.
So
, w
e w
ant
yo
u t
o c
on
tin
ue
to e
njo
y t
he
go
od
ies.
“Ou
r ra
ilw
ays
are
no
w w
ork
ing,
ou
r sc
ho
ols
hav
e b
een
im
pac
ted
wit
h g
reat
in
fras
tru
ctu
re a
nd
o
ur
un
iver
siti
es h
ave
bee
n h
avin
g a
new
up
lift
. I
wan
t to
ass
ure
yo
u t
hat
th
ey w
ill
con
tin
ue
to
sup
po
rt e
du
cati
on
, th
ey w
ill
con
tin
ue
to t
ran
sfo
rm t
he
hea
lth
sec
tor,
th
ey w
ill
con
tin
ue
to
tran
sfo
rm t
he
edu
cati
on
al s
ecto
r. O
ur
airp
ort
s ar
e n
ow
hav
ing f
acel
ift
ever
yw
her
e yo
u g
o.
I’m
q
uit
e su
re,
wit
h y
ou
r m
and
ate,
th
ey w
ill
con
tin
ue
to d
o m
ore
.”
Th
e P
DP
go
ver
no
rsh
ip c
and
idat
e fo
r th
e st
ate,
Gb
oyeg
a Is
iak
a, a
nd
th
e fo
rmer
go
ver
no
r o
f th
e st
ate,
Otu
nb
a G
ben
ga
Dan
iel,
als
o c
anv
asse
d f
or
vo
tes
for
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an.
Isi
aka
on
his
par
t, s
aid
Nig
eria
ns
did
no
t n
eed
a p
resi
den
t th
at “
wil
l sp
end
th
e n
atio
n’s
mo
ney
on
h
is f
aili
ng h
ealt
h.”
Th
ose
pre
sen
t at
th
e ev
ent
incl
ud
e fo
rmer
dep
uty
go
ver
no
r o
f th
e st
ate,
Alh
aja
Sal
mo
t B
adru
, P
DP
sen
ato
rial
can
did
ate,
Ogu
n C
entr
al,
Dr.
Bis
ola
So
dip
o-C
lark
, an
d M
rs L
ola
Ab
iola
-Ed
ewo
r am
on
g o
ther
s.
Jea
lou
s B
oy
frie
nd
Sta
bs
Pre
gn
an
t S
ilv
erb
ird
Sta
ff t
o D
eath
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Lo
go
o
f T
he
Nig
eria
P
oli
ce
• P
oli
ce
to
com
pen
sate
fa
mil
ies
of
slai
n
per
son
nel
in
L
ekk
i ro
bb
ery
Ch
iem
elie
E
zeo
bi
A s
taff
of
Sil
ver
bir
d,
on
e A
ish
at N
ob
le M
ust
aph
a, w
as a
t th
e w
eek
end
sta
bb
ed t
o d
eath
nea
r h
er
resi
den
ce a
t O
gu
du
, L
ago
s, b
y h
er j
ealo
us
bo
yfr
ien
d.
Th
e d
ecea
sed
, w
ho
was
des
crib
ed a
s ch
arm
ing a
nd
ch
eerf
ul
by h
er c
oll
eagu
es a
nd
acq
uai
nta
nce
s,
was
sai
d t
o h
ave
bee
n p
regn
ant.
TH
ISD
AY
gat
her
ed t
hat
th
e d
ecea
sed
was
sai
d t
o h
ave
bee
n s
tab
bed
ov
er 1
0 t
imes
by t
he
said
b
oyfr
ien
d,
wh
o h
as s
ince
bee
n p
ick
ed u
p b
y t
he
po
lice
fo
r in
terr
ogat
ion
.
Un
til
her
dea
th,
the
dec
ease
d w
ork
ed a
t th
e b
ox
off
ice
of
the
Sil
ver
bir
d G
alle
ria
Mal
l in
Ik
eja,
L
ago
s.
It
was
gat
her
ed
that
th
e su
spec
t w
as
pic
ked
u
p
bas
ed
on
in
form
atio
n
ob
tain
ed
fro
m
som
e n
eigh
bo
urs
wh
o h
ad w
itn
esse
d t
hem
qu
arre
lin
g b
efo
re t
he
atta
ck.
Eyew
itn
ess
acco
un
ts s
aid
th
e b
oyfr
ien
d h
ad q
uer
ied
her
ab
ou
t h
er r
elat
ion
ship
wit
h a
no
ther
man
, an
d s
he
had
to
ld h
im p
oin
t b
lan
k t
hat
th
ere
was
no
thin
g b
etw
een
th
em.
Ref
usi
ng t
o b
elie
ve
her
sto
ry,
the
susp
ect
was
sai
d t
o h
ave
des
cen
ded
on
her
, af
ter
wh
ich
he
stab
bed
her
rep
eate
dly
to
dea
th.
As
at p
ress
tim
e, e
ffo
rts
to c
on
firm
th
e ar
rest
of
the
susp
ect
by
the
po
lice
pro
ved
ab
ort
ive
as a
te
xt
mes
sage
sen
t to
th
e st
ate
po
lice
sp
ok
esp
erso
n,
DS
P K
enn
eth
Nw
osu
, w
as n
ot
rep
lied
.
In a
no
ther
dev
elo
pm
ent,
th
e L
ago
s S
tate
Po
lice
Co
mm
and
has
sai
d t
hat
it
wil
l en
sure
th
at t
he
fam
ilie
s o
f it
s m
en w
ho
wer
e k
ille
d d
uri
ng t
he
rece
nt
arm
ed r
ob
ber
y i
nci
den
t in
Lek
ki
are
com
pen
sate
d f
or
thei
r lo
sses
.
Nw
osu
sai
d:
“Th
ere
is c
om
pen
sati
on
fo
r an
y p
oli
ce o
ffic
er t
hat
die
s in
ser
vic
e, a
nd
th
is o
ne
wil
l n
ot
be
an e
xce
pti
on
.”
He
also
sai
d e
ffo
rts
wer
e o
ngo
ing t
o a
rres
t th
e p
erp
etra
tors
, h
ence
th
e fu
ll s
cale
in
ves
tigat
ion
by
the
po
lice
.
Bla
mes
Lek
ki
rob
ber
y o
n J
on
ath
an
’s v
isit
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
10
:02
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By O
lasu
nk
anm
i A
ko
ni
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an a
nd
Go
v B
abat
ub
de
Fas
ho
la o
f L
ago
s
LA
GO
S—
Go
ver
no
r B
abat
un
de
Fas
ho
la o
f L
ago
s S
tate
, yes
terd
ay,
mai
nta
ined
th
at t
he
vis
it o
f P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an t
o t
he
stat
e la
st T
hu
rsd
ay w
as p
artl
y r
esp
on
sib
le f
or
the
smo
oth
ro
bb
ery o
per
atio
n a
t a
com
mer
cial
ban
k i
n L
ekk
i ax
is o
f th
e st
ate
du
rin
g w
hic
h f
ou
r p
eop
le w
ere
kil
led
, in
clu
din
g t
hre
e p
oli
cem
en,
sayin
g “
the
pre
sid
ent
was
pro
tect
ed b
y 2
,12
3 s
ecu
rity
p
erso
nn
el s
ame
day
.”
Fas
ho
la s
aid
th
is a
t th
e 2
01
5 A
gri
c V
alu
e C
hai
ns
Em
po
wer
men
t p
rogra
mm
e h
eld
in
Ag
ege
Lo
cal
Go
ver
nm
ent,
ad
din
g t
hat
th
e P
resi
den
t’s
vis
it t
o t
he
stat
e d
eple
ted
th
e se
curi
ty a
pp
arat
us
to a
la
rge
exte
nt
to d
eal
wit
h t
he
arm
ed r
ob
ber
y i
nci
den
t.
Th
e go
ver
no
r n
ote
d t
hat
lar
ger
per
cen
t o
f th
e v
ehic
les
bo
ug
ht
by t
he
stat
e g
ov
ern
men
t th
rou
gh
th
e S
tate
Sec
uri
ty T
rust
Fu
nd
, L
SS
TF
, fo
r p
oli
cin
g t
he
stat
e w
ere
on
ale
rt f
or
the
pre
sid
ent.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
“Wh
en t
he
pre
sid
ent
cam
e to
Lag
os
last
Th
urs
day
, w
hil
e ci
tize
ns
wer
e b
ein
g
rob
bed
, th
e p
resi
den
t w
as p
rote
cted
by 2
,12
3 s
ecu
rity
per
son
nel
. “
Let
me
be
ver
y c
lear
, th
e p
resi
den
t is
en
titl
ed t
o e
ver
y p
rote
ctio
n,
he’
s o
ur
pre
sid
ent.
An
d t
he
reas
on
th
e p
resi
den
t get
s al
l th
at p
rote
ctio
n i
s so
th
at h
e ca
n p
rote
ct a
ll o
f u
s. B
ut
the
qu
esti
on
to
ask
is
that
; w
hen
yo
u w
ere
bei
ng t
rau
mat
ized
yes
terd
ay (
Mo
nd
ay),
wh
ere
wer
e th
ese
2,1
23
men
, b
ecau
se y
ou
are
als
o
enti
tled
to
be
pro
tect
ed.
On
OP
C p
rote
st
On
th
e O
od
ua
Peo
ple
’s C
on
gre
ss,
OP
C a
nd
th
e p
ro-J
on
ath
an G
rou
p r
ally
on
Mo
nd
ay,
the
go
ver
no
r sa
id;
“Yes
terd
ay,
(Mo
nd
ay)
I re
ceiv
ed t
elep
ho
ne
call
s an
d t
ext
mes
sag
es a
nd
ele
ctro
nic
m
ails
fro
m r
esid
ents
wh
o e
xp
lain
ed t
o m
e th
e p
ain
s th
ey w
ent
thro
ugh
. I
am s
orr
y f
or
the
pai
n
and
tra
um
a th
ey p
ut
yo
u t
hro
ugh
bec
ause
res
iden
ts c
on
tin
uo
usl
y c
om
pla
ined
yes
terd
ay (
Mo
nd
ay)
that
th
ey w
ere
trau
mat
ised
by t
ho
se p
eop
le w
ho
su
pp
ose
dly
wer
e ca
rryin
g o
ut
a ra
lly i
n s
up
po
rt
of
the
pre
sid
ent
and
th
eir
go
ver
no
rsh
ip c
and
idat
e.
“So
in
stea
d o
f ca
nv
assi
ng f
or
yo
ur
vo
tes,
th
ey w
ere
sho
win
g y
ou
kn
ives
, cu
tlas
ses
and
oth
er
dan
ger
ou
s w
eap
on
s. S
om
e re
sid
ents
ph
on
ed t
o s
ay t
hat
th
ey w
ere
ban
gin
g o
n t
hei
r ca
rs.
Let
me
rem
ind
all
of
us,
th
at t
he
wo
rk o
f a
par
ty a
nd
a g
ov
ern
men
t is
to
pro
tect
cit
izen
s an
d n
ot
to
terr
ori
ze t
hem
.’’
Mea
nti
me,
th
e S
tate
go
ver
nm
ent
has
des
crib
ed t
he
Sp
ecia
l A
dv
iser
to
th
e P
resi
den
t o
n M
edia
an
d P
ub
lici
ty,
Dr.
Reu
ben
Ab
atti
as
a “r
eck
less
tal
ker
” fo
llo
win
g h
is
dis
par
agin
g w
ord
s o
n G
ov
ern
or
Bab
atu
nd
e F
ash
ola
.
Ab
ati
had
des
crib
ed F
ash
ola
, as
“u
nin
tell
igen
t” o
ver
his
co
mm
ents
on
th
e d
eplo
ym
ent
of
po
lice
d
uri
ng t
he
vis
it o
f th
e P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an t
o L
ago
s la
st w
eek
.
Co
mm
issi
on
er f
or
Info
rmat
ion
an
d S
trat
egy,
Lat
eef
Ibir
ogb
a, w
ho
mad
e th
e re
mar
ks
in a
sta
tem
ent
yes
terd
ay,
said
it
was
ob
vio
us
that
Ab
ati
is i
gn
ora
nt
of
the
traf
fic
and
sec
uri
ty m
enac
e, h
is p
rin
cip
al c
on
stit
ute
s w
hen
ever
he
vis
its
any p
art
of
the
cou
ntr
y.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
“It
sho
uld
als
o i
nte
rest
th
e ‘V
uv
uzu
ela’
of
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an t
hat
du
rin
g
thes
e v
isit
s, w
hic
h m
ost
of
the
tim
es a
re f
or
cam
pai
gn
hu
stle
s, t
he
enti
re p
oli
ce a
nd
oth
er s
ecu
rity
n
etw
ork
are
pu
t o
n h
igh
ale
rt t
o p
ay a
tten
tio
n t
o t
he
pre
sid
enti
al v
isit
lea
vin
g t
he
citi
zen
s v
uln
erab
le t
o t
he
reck
less
gal
liv
anti
ng o
f th
e v
isit
or.
Iris
h S
oli
cito
r F
all
s fo
r €
26
m N
iger
ian
Oil
Sca
m
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Lo
go
o
f E
FC
C
A “
nai
ve”
so
lici
tor
fell
vic
tim
to
a c
lass
ic s
cam
wh
en h
e h
and
ed o
ver
€2
42
,00
0 c
lien
t m
on
ies
on
th
e p
rom
ise
of
get
tin
g €
26
.8 m
illi
on f
rom
a N
iger
ian
oil
co
mp
any,
the
Hig
h C
ou
rt i
n D
ub
lin
, Ir
elan
d,
has
bee
n t
old
.
No
cli
ent
of
Jam
es J
Mah
er,
form
erly
pra
ctis
ing a
s a
par
tner
in
Jam
es M
aher
& C
o,
Ess
ex Q
uay
, D
ub
lin
, w
as l
eft
ou
t o
f p
ock
et b
ecau
se M
r. M
aher
su
bse
qu
entl
y g
ot
an i
nh
erit
ance
fro
m a
n u
ncl
e w
hic
h e
nab
led
him
pay
th
e m
on
ey b
ack
, th
e co
urt
als
o h
eard
.
Mr
Mah
er (
53
) w
as s
ub
seq
uen
tly d
iagn
ose
d a
s h
avin
g s
uff
ered
fro
m b
ipo
lar
dis
ord
er t
hro
ugh
ou
t h
is l
ife.
Tw
o p
sych
iatr
ists
dif
fere
d o
ver
wh
eth
er t
his
was
th
e ca
use
of
him
fal
lin
g f
or
the
scam
, th
e co
urt
h
eard
.
Th
e p
resi
den
t o
f th
e H
igh
Co
urt
, M
r Ju
stic
e N
ich
ola
s K
earn
s, s
aid
he
wo
uld
no
t st
rik
e o
ff M
r M
aher
bu
t w
ou
ld o
rder
th
at h
e m
ay o
nly
pra
ctis
e in
th
e fu
ture
su
bje
ct t
o c
erta
in r
estr
icti
on
s.
Th
ese
incl
ud
e th
at h
e sh
ou
ld o
nly
wo
rk a
s an
ass
ista
nt
soli
cito
r an
d n
ot
be
per
mit
ted
to
sig
n
cheq
ues
or
ban
k t
ran
sfer
s.
Th
e co
urt
hea
rd t
he
scam
aro
se a
t a
tim
e in
Mr
Mah
er’s
lif
e w
hen
he
was
hav
ing m
arri
age
dif
ficu
ltie
s, i
ncl
ud
ing t
he
fact
th
at h
e an
d h
is w
ife
wer
e u
nab
le t
o h
ave
chil
dre
n.
Bo
th h
e an
d h
is w
ife
bel
iev
ed s
he
had
can
cer,
th
e co
urt
hea
rd.
Mr
Mah
er s
aid
his
wif
e w
as a
lso
“b
lam
ing m
e b
ecau
se I
had
bro
ugh
t h
er t
o C
astl
ekn
ock
an
d k
ept
her
th
ere
for
thre
e yea
rs w
hen
sh
e w
ante
d t
o b
e in
Ch
urc
hto
wn
wh
ere
she
was
fro
m”.
Th
e co
urt
hea
rd a
n a
rch
itec
t cl
ien
t, f
or
wh
om
Mr
Mah
er h
ad p
rev
iou
sly a
cted
, h
ad t
old
Mr
Mah
er t
he
arch
itec
t’s
wif
e w
as a
lso
dyin
g o
f ca
nce
r in
En
gla
nd
, an
d h
e w
ante
d t
o g
et €
26
.8
mil
lio
n o
wed
him
by
the
“Nat
ion
al P
etro
leu
m C
om
pan
y o
f N
iger
ia”
for
wo
rk t
he
arch
itec
t d
id o
n
an o
il p
ipel
ine.
Mr
Mah
er w
as t
old
th
e ar
chit
ect
firs
t n
eed
ed t
o s
end
mo
ney
to
Nig
eria
to
get
“m
on
ey l
aun
der
ing
cl
eara
nce
an
d t
erro
rist
cle
aran
ce”
bef
ore
th
e €
26
mil
lio
n w
ou
ld b
e se
nt
ov
er a
nd
lo
dged
in
th
e so
lici
tor’
s ac
cou
nt.
Mr
Mah
er m
ade
sev
eral
wit
hd
raw
als
fro
m h
is c
lien
t ac
cou
nt,
to
tall
ing €
24
2,2
19
, an
d p
aid
it
to
the
arch
itec
t b
etw
een
Ap
ril
and
Sep
tem
ber
20
11
.
Mr
Mah
er t
old
a L
aw S
oci
ety i
nv
esti
gat
ing t
he
acco
un
tan
t h
e w
as i
n c
on
tact
wit
h a
nu
mb
er o
f p
eop
le i
n N
iger
ia,
incl
ud
ing t
he
go
ver
no
r o
f it
s C
entr
al B
ank
, th
e p
resi
den
t o
f th
e N
iger
ian
se
nat
e an
d t
he
dir
ecto
r o
f it
s D
epar
tmen
t o
f F
inan
ce.
Th
e ac
cou
nta
nt
also
sai
d M
r M
aher
had
ref
erre
d t
o U
S P
resi
den
t B
arac
k O
bam
a b
ein
g i
nv
olv
ed
in m
eeti
ngs
wit
h N
iger
ian
off
icia
ls w
ith
a v
iew
to
get
tin
g t
he
mo
ney
rel
ease
d.
Ask
ed b
y M
r Ju
stic
e K
earn
s w
as h
e n
ot
surp
rise
d t
o b
e to
ld t
he
arch
itec
t w
as o
wed
€2
6 m
illi
on
, M
r M
aher
sai
d
he
was
sh
ow
n d
ocu
men
tati
on
wh
ich
see
med
to
su
pp
ort
wh
at h
e w
as b
ein
g t
old
.
“I w
as v
ery v
uln
erab
le a
nd
nai
ve,
bu
t I
oft
en s
aid
I w
ou
ld p
refe
r to
be
nai
ve
rath
er t
han
cyn
ical
,”
he
said
.
As
the
arch
itec
t’s
wif
e w
as d
yin
g o
f ca
nce
r an
d b
ecau
se h
e w
ante
d t
o u
nd
o “
the
dam
age
I h
ad
do
ne
in r
elat
ion
to
my o
wn
wif
e”,
he
end
ed u
p b
ein
g “
snar
ed i
nto
th
is”,
Mr
Mah
er s
aid
.
He
had
had
dif
ficu
ltie
s th
rou
gh
ou
t h
is l
ife
wit
h a
n a
lco
ho
lic
fath
er a
nd
a m
oth
er w
ho
su
ffer
ed
fro
m d
epre
ssio
n.
Bet
wee
n t
he
ages
of
on
e an
d t
hre
e h
e h
ad l
ived
wit
h a
n u
ncl
e b
efo
re g
oin
g b
ack
to
his
par
ents
, ev
en t
ho
ugh
th
e u
ncl
e h
ad w
ante
d t
o a
do
pt
him
.
He
was
no
w o
n m
edic
atio
n,
and
wh
ile
his
on
ly i
nco
me
was
€1
88
per
wee
k i
n d
isab
ilit
y b
enef
it,
he
ho
ped
he
cou
ld e
ven
tual
ly g
o b
ack
in
to p
ract
ice
if h
e co
uld
fin
d a
so
lici
tor’
s fi
rm w
illi
ng t
o
emp
loy h
im.
His
co
un
sel,
Sea
mu
s T
uat
hai
l, s
aid
he
was
th
e ty
pe
of
per
son
wh
o c
ou
ld r
ead
ily s
ym
pat
his
e w
ith
o
ther
s b
ut
“per
hap
s o
ver
do
it”
.
Pau
l A
nth
on
y M
cDer
mo
tt B
L,
for
the
Law
So
ciet
y,
said
Mr
Mah
er h
ad f
alle
n f
or
the
“cla
ssic
sc
am”
wh
ereb
y a
per
son
is
info
rmed
, u
sual
ly b
y e
mai
l, t
hey
had
wo
n t
he
lott
ery i
n N
iger
ia a
nd
al
l th
ey h
ad t
o d
o w
as f
orw
ard
th
eir
ban
k d
etai
ls a
nd
€5
,00
0 t
o c
oll
ect
thei
r w
inn
ings.
A p
sych
iatr
ist
for
the
Law
So
ciet
y h
ad f
ou
nd
his
co
nd
itio
n w
as t
rig
ger
ed b
y f
alli
ng v
icti
m t
o t
he
scam
an
d
exp
ress
ed
con
cern
th
ere
cou
ld
be
ano
ther
la
ck
of
jud
gm
ent
in
the
futu
re,
Mr
McD
erm
ott
sai
d.
Mr
Just
ice
Kea
rns
said
th
is h
ad t
o r
ank
“am
on
g t
he
mo
st e
xtr
aord
inar
y c
ases
” to
co
me
bef
ore
his
co
urt
in
rel
atio
n t
o s
oli
cito
rs.
Cla
rk m
ak
es f
resh
ca
ll o
n N
iger
ian
s to
vo
te
for
Jo
na
tha
n
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
9:5
9 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By O
LA
AJA
YI,
IB
AD
AN
Th
e I
jaw
Na
tio
na
l Le
ad
er,
Ch
ief
Ed
win
Cla
rke
, y
est
erd
ay
ma
de
a f
resh
ca
ll
on
N
ige
ria
ns
to e
nsu
re t
ha
t P
resi
de
nt
Go
od
luck
Jo
na
tha
n is
retu
rne
d a
s th
e
Pre
sid
en
t in
th
e M
arc
h 2
8 e
lect
ion
.
He
sa
id t
his
wh
ile
de
liv
eri
ng
th
e f
irst
Na
tio
na
l P
ub
lic
Se
rvic
e L
ect
ure
of
the
Un
ive
rsit
y
of
Iba
da
n A
lum
ni A
sso
cia
tio
n w
hic
h h
eld
in
th
e i
nst
itu
tio
n y
est
erd
ay
.
He
ju
stif
ied
his
sta
nce
sa
yin
g P
resi
de
nt
Jon
ath
an
wa
s p
rom
oti
ng
th
e v
alu
es
ne
ed
ed
for
tru
e f
ed
era
lism
.
Acc
ord
ing
to
him
, P
resi
de
nt
Jon
ath
an
wh
o b
rav
e a
ll t
he
od
ds
to e
nsu
re t
ha
t th
e
na
tio
na
l co
nfe
ren
ce w
as
he
ld a
nd
is
the
on
e w
ho
co
uld
en
sure
its
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n.
He
re
ele
d o
ut
ma
ny
ach
iev
em
en
ts o
f P
resi
de
nt
Jon
ath
an
sa
yin
g t
he
y c
ut
acr
oss
sect
ors
.
Th
ese
ach
iev
em
en
ts a
nd
ass
ura
nce
th
at
he
wo
uld
im
ple
me
nt
the
re
com
me
nd
ati
on
s
of
the
co
nfe
ren
ce w
ere
en
ou
gh
re
aso
ns
Nig
eri
an
s sh
ou
ld e
mb
race
his
ca
nd
ida
cy.
Ea
rlie
r, t
he
Vic
e C
ha
nce
llo
r o
f th
e u
niv
ers
ity
, P
rof.
Isa
ac
Ad
ew
ole
, co
mm
en
de
d C
lark
for
the
gia
nt
stri
de
s h
e h
ad
ta
ke
n e
spe
cia
lly i
n b
ein
g t
he
mo
uth
pie
ce o
f th
e w
ea
k i
n
the
so
cie
ty.
Th
e N
ati
on
al P
resi
de
nt
of
the
ass
oci
ati
on
, D
r. K
em
i E
min
a,
said
th
e c
ho
ice
of
Cla
rk
for
the
le
ctu
re w
as
as
a r
esu
lt o
f h
is a
cco
mp
lish
me
nts
.
Th
e l
ea
de
r w
as
the
n h
on
ou
red
as
an
Ass
oci
ate
Me
mb
er
of
the
ass
oci
ati
on
wh
ile
his
wif
e,
Dr.
Bis
ola
So
dip
o-C
lark
, w
as
ho
no
ure
d a
s D
isti
ng
uis
he
d A
mb
ass
ad
or
of
the
ass
oci
ati
on
.
Sh
ehu
: B
ok
o H
ara
m D
oes
No
t H
av
e It
s R
oo
ts i
n B
orn
o
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Sh
ehu
o
f B
orn
o,
Alh
aji
A
bu
ba
ka
r U
ma
r G
arb
ai
El-
Ka
nem
i M
ich
ael
Olu
gb
od
e in
M
aid
ugu
ri
Th
e S
heh
u
of
Bo
rno
, A
lhaj
i A
bu
bak
ar
Um
ar
Gar
bai
E
l-K
anem
i,
on
T
ues
day
sa
id
it
was
er
ron
eou
s to
tra
ce t
he
roo
ts o
f th
e B
ok
o H
aram
in
surg
ency
to
Bo
rno
Sta
te,
insi
stin
g t
hat
th
e p
rob
lem
w
as
imp
ort
ed
to
the
stat
e fr
om
a
sist
er
stat
e.
He
lam
ente
d
that
th
e cr
isis
h
as
left
ab
ou
t tw
o
mil
lio
n
peo
ple
in
tern
ally
d
isp
lace
d
wit
hin
M
aid
ugu
ri.
Th
e m
on
arch
als
o l
amen
ted
th
at a
t p
rese
nt,
on
ly t
wo
fir
st c
lass
em
irs
are
stil
l st
ayin
g i
n t
hei
r d
om
ain
s as
fiv
e o
ther
s h
ave
bee
n m
ade
to s
eek
ref
uge
in M
aid
ugu
ri.
Sp
eak
ing d
uri
ng
th
e p
rese
nta
tio
n o
f h
is p
erm
anen
t v
ote
r’s
card
(P
VC
) to
him
by t
he
Bo
rno
R
esid
ent
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
er (
RE
C),
Sam
uel
Mad
aki,
th
e m
on
arch
sai
d:
“We
hav
e ab
ou
t tw
o m
illi
on i
nte
rnal
ly d
isp
lace
d p
erso
ns
(ID
Ps)
in
Mai
du
gu
ri,
ou
r p
eop
le w
ere
dis
pla
ced
an
d
thei
r h
ou
ses
wer
e b
urn
t. T
hey
hav
e b
een
mad
e to
go
th
rou
gh
wan
ton
des
tru
ctio
n.”
He
add
ed:
“Pal
aces
wer
e ta
ken
ov
er b
y i
nsu
rgen
ts.
We
hav
e fi
ve
emir
s re
sid
ing i
n M
aid
ugu
ri,
we
on
ly h
ave
two
em
irs
stil
l in
th
eir
dom
ain
s.”
He
corr
ecte
d t
he
imp
ress
ion
th
at t
he
Bo
ko
Har
am i
nsu
rgen
cy h
as i
ts r
oo
ts i
n t
he
stat
e, a
rgu
ing
that
: “T
his
pro
ble
m w
as n
ot
init
iate
d h
ere
bu
t w
as b
rou
gh
t to
us
fro
m o
ne
of
ou
r si
ster
sta
tes.
”
He
add
ed:
“Th
e p
rob
lem
was
bro
ugh
t o
n u
s an
d t
aken
to
nei
gh
bo
uri
ng
sta
tes
and
gra
du
ally
it
has
fo
un
d i
ts w
ay i
nto
nei
gh
bo
uri
ng c
ou
ntr
ies.
”
He
said
: “W
e h
ave
bee
n m
ade
to l
ive
in f
ear.
We
are
enci
rcle
d b
y i
nsu
rgen
ts a
nd
it
is s
o s
ad t
hat
get
tin
g o
ut
of
Mai
du
gu
ri i
s d
iffi
cult
, yo
u c
an h
ard
ly t
rav
el 1
0 k
ilo
met
res
fro
m h
ere
wit
ho
ut
bei
ng
at
tack
ed.
“Th
e o
nly
saf
e p
assa
ge
can
no
t re
ally
be
said
to
be
safe
as
ther
e ar
e p
ock
ets
of
atta
ck o
n t
he
rou
te,
Mai
du
gu
ri-K
ano
hig
hw
ay.”
He
urg
ed t
he
elec
tora
l b
od
y t
o e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e in
tern
ally
dis
pla
ced
per
son
s w
ith
in M
aid
ugu
ri a
re
no
t d
isen
fran
chis
ed.
He
said
it
was
no
fau
lt o
f th
eirs
th
at t
hey
had
to
fle
e th
eir
ho
mel
and
s an
d e
ver
yth
ing m
ust
be
do
ne
to e
nsu
re t
hat
th
ey a
re a
llo
wed
to
vo
te d
uri
ng t
he
fort
hco
min
g e
lect
ion
s.
Ear
lier
th
e B
orn
o S
tate
RE
C,
Sam
uel
Mad
aki,
sai
d t
he
PV
Cs
that
are
yet
to
be
bro
ugh
t to
th
e st
ate
wo
uld
be
del
iver
ed b
efo
re t
he
end
of
the
wee
k.
He
equ
ally
sa
id
all
that
is
n
eed
ed
for
a h
itch
-fre
e el
ecti
on
ar
e av
aila
ble
, as
suri
ng
al
l th
at t
he
elec
tora
l b
od
y w
as p
rep
ared
to
hav
e cr
edib
le e
lect
ion
.
AP
C t
o d
rag
Jo
na
tha
n t
o I
CC
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
9:5
3 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
Tw
eet
Ab
uja
– T
he
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
Org
aniz
atio
n (
AP
CP
CO
) h
as
ann
ou
nce
d t
hat
it
wil
l se
nd
a p
etit
ion
ag
ain
st P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an t
o t
he
Inte
rnat
ion
al
Cri
min
al C
ou
rt (
ICC
) at
Th
e H
agu
e.
Th
e A
PC
PC
O s
aid
in
a s
tate
men
t o
n W
edn
esd
ay a
nd
sig
ned
by M
alla
m G
arb
a S
heh
u,
Dir
ecto
r o
f M
edia
an
d P
ub
lici
ty t
hat
th
e p
etit
ion
fo
llo
ws
the
mas
siv
e te
rro
r u
nle
ash
ed o
n t
he
resi
den
ts o
f L
ago
s b
y a
rmed
pro
-Jo
nat
han
gro
up
s u
nd
er t
he
du
bio
us
cov
er o
f a
fact
ion
of
the
Oo
du
a P
eop
le’s
C
on
gre
ss (
OP
C)
on
th
e p
rete
xt
of
dem
and
ing t
he
sack
of
Pro
fess
or
Att
ahir
u J
ega,
Nat
ion
al
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).
Th
e A
PC
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
Sp
ok
esm
an n
ote
d t
hat
th
e m
ach
ete-
wie
ldin
g a
nd
gu
n-b
eari
ng
arm
ed p
ro-J
on
ath
an g
rou
ps
mar
ched
ro
un
d t
he
maj
or
stre
ets
of
Lag
os,
har
assi
ng a
nd
in
tim
idat
ing
mo
tori
sts,
ch
anti
ng a
nti
-Jeg
a so
ngs
in a
man
ner
th
at g
ave
them
aw
ay a
s ac
tin
g t
he
care
full
y-
pre
par
ed s
crip
t fo
r th
e tr
un
cati
on
of
the
gen
eral
ele
ctio
ns.
“T
her
e w
as s
uch
dis
rup
tio
n t
o t
he
tran
qu
illi
ty o
f th
e ci
ty t
hat
war
ran
ted
th
e ci
tize
ns
scam
per
ing f
or
safe
ty i
n a
ll d
irec
tio
ns,
a
fore
tast
e o
f th
e v
iole
nce
th
ey p
lan
to
un
leas
h o
n E
lect
ion
Day
.”
“Ou
r in
ves
tigat
ion
s h
ave
con
firm
ed t
hat
Mo
nd
ay’s
(1
6th
Mar
ch,
20
15
) sh
ow
was
a d
ress
-re
hea
rsal
fo
r th
e m
ain
dis
rup
tio
n p
lan
ned
fo
r th
e g
ener
al e
lect
ion
s. L
ago
s, a
nd
th
e en
tire
So
uth
W
est,
bei
ng a
str
on
gh
old
of
the
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C),
has
bee
n m
ark
ed f
or
mas
siv
e d
ish
evel
lin
g c
om
mo
tio
n t
hat
wo
uld
in
vo
lve
kil
lin
gs,
mai
min
g a
nd
kid
nap
pin
g.
“Ou
r fi
nd
ings
hav
e fu
rth
er s
ho
wn
th
at t
he
rece
nt
Nin
e B
illi
on
nai
ra (
N9
Bil
lio
n)
Pip
elin
e su
rvei
llan
ce c
on
trac
t to
OP
C a
nd
so
me
mil
itan
t gro
up
s in
So
uth
ern
Nig
eria
was
th
e el
ixir
fo
r th
e
late
st c
rud
e im
pu
den
ce o
f th
e p
ro-J
on
ath
an a
rmed
gro
up
s. I
nd
eed
, th
e co
ntr
act
awar
d w
as i
nd
eed
a
sub
terf
uge
for
the
mo
bil
izat
ion
of
thes
e m
urd
ero
us
mil
itan
t gro
up
s fo
r th
e d
estr
uct
ion
of
liv
es
and
pro
per
ty t
o f
orc
e th
e d
esir
e o
f th
e re
-ele
ctio
n o
f D
r. G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an o
n t
he
Nig
eria
n
peo
ple
.
“As
an o
pp
osi
tio
n A
PC
, w
e ar
e u
sin
g t
his
med
ium
to
ser
ve
Dr.
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
th
e n
oti
ce o
f o
ur
form
al p
rote
st o
f th
is e
xtr
eme
sho
w o
f im
pu
nit
y t
o t
he
Inte
rnat
ion
al C
rim
inal
Co
urt
(IC
C).
W
e ar
e aw
are
that
Mrs
Pat
ien
ce J
on
ath
an i
s al
read
y o
n t
he
wat
ch l
ist
of
ICC
. T
he
acti
vit
ies
of
this
Pre
sid
ent
and
his
wif
e as
reg
ard
s th
e el
ecti
on
s ar
e n
ot
pat
rio
tic
and
ver
y u
nh
elp
ful
for
entr
ench
ing d
emo
crat
ic v
alu
es i
n t
he
nat
ion
.
“We
reca
ll t
he
bo
mb
ing o
f th
e A
PC
sec
reta
riat
an
d t
he
sho
oti
ngs
and
dis
rup
tio
n o
f th
e p
arty
’s
cam
pai
gn
ral
ly i
n O
kir
ika
in R
iver
s S
tate
, w
her
e th
e F
irst
Lad
y h
ails
fro
m w
ith
a m
ute
d s
ilen
ce
fro
m P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
.
“Wh
erea
s th
e P
oli
ce a
uth
ori
ties
had
den
ied
th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
its
leg
itim
ate
and
dem
ocr
atic
ri
gh
ts t
o o
rgan
ise
on
e m
illi
on
per
son
mar
ch f
or
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i in
Kan
o i
t w
as,
ho
wev
er,
qu
ick
to
ap
pro
ve
that
in
Lag
os,
pro
vid
ing s
ecu
rity
to
th
e p
ro-J
on
ath
an a
rmed
gro
up
s w
hil
e th
ey u
nle
ash
ed
may
hem
on
cit
izen
s in
Lag
os
on
Mo
nd
ay,
a d
ay t
hat
in
hab
itan
ts o
f th
e ci
ty c
on
sid
er t
he
mo
st
imp
ort
ant
of
the
wee
k.
“We
are
no
t re
ady t
o c
ow
er t
o t
he
inti
mid
atio
n o
f D
r. G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an,
ahea
d o
f th
e gen
eral
el
ecti
on
s. W
e b
elie
ve
Nig
eria
ns
shal
l sp
eak
elo
qu
entl
y o
n 2
8th
Mar
ch,
20
15
an
d t
his
bru
tali
ty o
n
the
psy
che
of
the
Nig
eria
n p
eop
le s
hal
l ce
ase.
”
Sh
etti
ma
: W
hy
ID
Ps
Ca
n’t
Ret
urn
to
Lib
era
ted
C
om
mu
nit
ies
for
Ele
ctio
ns
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Bo
rno
S
tate
G
ov
ern
or,
A
lha
ji
Ka
shim
S
het
tim
a
Mic
hae
l O
lugb
od
e in
M
aid
ugu
riâ€
¨ B
orn
o S
tate
Go
ver
no
r, A
lhaj
i K
ash
im S
het
tim
a, h
as s
aid
it
wil
l b
e ca
llo
us
and
irr
esp
on
sib
le t
o
hu
rrie
dly
ret
urn
in
tern
ally
dis
pla
ced
per
son
s to
th
eir
lib
erat
ed c
om
mu
nit
ies
to v
ote
.
Th
e go
ver
no
r, a
cco
rdin
g t
o a
sta
tem
ent
sen
t b
y h
is s
po
kes
man
, Is
a G
usa
u s
aid
so
me
of
the
vil
lages
an
d s
ub
urb
s o
f th
e li
ber
ated
to
wn
s ar
e st
ill
infe
sted
wit
h t
he
insu
rgen
ts a
nd
sen
din
g t
hem
b
ack
to
th
e ar
eas
wit
ho
ut
tota
l cl
ean
sin
g
of
all
ves
tiges
o
f in
surg
ency
is
n
oth
ing
mo
re
to
wic
ked
nes
s an
d
sacr
ific
ing
them
o
n
the
alta
r o
f p
oli
tics
.
Gu
sau
sai
d h
is b
oss
rea
cted
to
th
e q
ues
tio
n o
f w
hy i
t w
ill
be
pro
per
fo
r th
e ID
Ps
to v
ote
du
rin
g
the
fort
hco
min
g e
lect
ion
s, d
uri
ng w
eek
end
’s v
isit
to
Dif
fa p
rov
ince
in
Nig
er R
epu
bli
c to
see
ab
ou
t 2
00
,00
0 r
efu
gee
s fr
om
th
e st
ate
wh
o f
led
to
th
e n
eigh
bo
uri
ng c
ou
ntr
y.
Th
e go
ver
no
r, i
n t
he
stat
emen
t, e
xp
lain
ed t
hat
his
go
ver
nm
ent
cho
se n
ot
to s
up
po
rt t
he
mo
ve
to
hu
rrie
dly
dis
pat
ch t
he
IDP
s to
th
eir
rece
ntl
y li
ber
ated
ho
mel
and
s o
n t
he
gro
un
d o
f sa
fety
an
d
env
iro
nm
enta
l h
ealt
h h
azar
ds,
in
sist
ing t
hat
a l
ot
of
des
tro
yed
ho
use
s, h
osp
ital
s, s
cho
ols
, fa
rms
and
lo
ts m
ore
nee
d t
o b
e fi
xed
bef
ore
cit
izen
s ar
e m
ade
to r
etu
rn.
Th
e go
ver
no
r sa
id:
“I a
m a
bso
lute
ly i
n s
up
po
rt o
f el
ecti
on
s h
old
ing i
n l
oca
l go
ver
nm
ent
area
s af
ter
all,
I w
as e
lect
ed w
ith
po
pu
lar
man
dat
e in
20
11
wit
h e
lect
ion
s ta
kin
g p
lace
acr
oss
in
all
lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ents
of
the
stat
e an
d h
avin
g t
o w
in m
ore
th
an t
wo
-th
ird
of
the
27
lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ent
area
s o
f B
orn
o S
tate
.
“On
e w
ho
has
wo
n e
lect
ion
s an
d h
as k
ept
fate
wit
h h
is p
eop
le a
nd
is
do
ing h
is b
est
to m
eet
his
o
bli
gat
ion
s h
as n
o r
easo
n t
o f
ear
elec
tio
ns.
Th
e v
ote
rs a
re t
he
sam
e w
het
her
th
ey v
ote
in
lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ent
area
s o
r an
yw
her
e el
se.
“Ho
wev
er,
I th
ink
it
wil
l b
e ir
resp
on
sib
le o
n o
ur
par
t as
a g
ov
ern
men
t to
hu
rry
ou
r ci
tize
ns
bac
k
to l
iber
ated
co
mm
un
itie
s n
ow
mai
nly
to
go
an
d v
ote
bec
ause
th
at w
ill
be
ver
y c
allo
us.
We
hav
e p
ock
ets
of
insu
rgen
ts i
n s
om
e v
illa
ges
, w
e h
ave
had
att
ack
s th
at a
re v
ery r
ecen
t o
n s
om
e ro
ute
s,
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
safe
an
d h
abit
able
.”
Sh
etti
ma
add
ed:
“Th
e m
ilit
ary h
as r
ecap
ture
d l
ost
ter
rito
ries
bu
t w
e h
ave
on
e o
r tw
o t
o g
o.
Th
en,
som
e in
surg
ents
fle
d t
o v
illa
ges
an
d t
hey
are
sti
ll p
osi
ng p
rob
lem
s, h
ow
saf
e w
ill
ou
r p
eop
le b
e if
w
e fo
rce
them
bac
k t
od
ay?
Ho
w s
afe
wil
l it
be
to s
end
peo
ple
to
Gam
bo
ru,
Bag
a, M
on
gu
no
, M
alam
fato
ri,
Kal
a-B
alge,
Maf
a an
d o
ther
pla
ces.
“Wh
at a
bo
ut
the
issu
e o
f la
nd
min
es p
oss
ibly
pla
nte
d t
her
e th
at e
ver
yo
ne
kn
ow
s th
e m
ilit
ary h
as
bee
n c
on
ten
din
g w
ith
?”
He
lam
ente
d t
hat
: “A
ll t
ho
se p
oli
tici
ans
that
sta
y in
Ab
uja
an
d c
ause
all
man
ner
of
con
fusi
on
fo
r B
orn
o,
if t
hey
are
so
cer
tain
th
at l
iber
ated
co
mm
un
itie
s ar
e n
ow
saf
e, l
et t
hem
go
an
d l
ive
in
Gam
bo
ru l
ike
ord
inar
y p
eop
le.
Wh
y h
ave
they
mo
ved
th
eir
enti
re f
amil
ies
incl
ud
ing t
hei
r ca
ts
ou
t o
f M
aid
ugu
ri t
hat
is
rela
tiv
ely s
afe
no
t to
tal
k o
f th
e lo
cal
go
ver
nm
ent
area
s?”
“Wh
y d
o th
ey w
ant
ou
r ci
tize
ns
to go
to
li
ber
ated
co
mm
un
itie
s an
d p
ut
thei
r li
ves
at
ri
sk
kn
ow
ing
fu
lly w
ell
that
th
ere
is s
o m
uch
to
be
do
ne.
Ap
art
fro
m t
he
issu
e o
f sa
fety
, th
ere
are
dec
om
po
sed
bo
die
s, w
e n
eed
to
do
so
mu
ch f
um
igat
ion
an
d e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l cl
ean
sin
g,
we
nee
d t
o
reb
uil
d h
om
es d
estr
oyed
, m
ark
ets,
sch
oo
ls,
ho
spit
als,
man
y h
ave
bee
n d
estr
oyed
, w
e n
eed
to
fix
th
ings
bec
ause
ou
r ci
tize
ns
are
hu
man
bei
ngs
and
th
ey d
eser
ve
to b
e tr
eate
d a
s su
ch.”
He
ask
ed:
“Wh
y sh
ou
ld w
e p
ush
ou
r ci
tize
ns
to l
ive
wh
ere
we
can
’t s
end
ou
r w
ives
an
d c
hil
dre
n
to l
ive?
”
Sh
etti
ma
said
: “W
e ar
e co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t o
ur
peo
ple
, w
e ca
nn
ot
allo
w t
hem
tak
e u
nn
eces
sary
ri
sks.
W
e ar
e co
nfi
den
t al
l w
ill
be
wel
l ev
entu
ally
in
sha
All
ah
bu
t w
e n
eed
so
me
care
ful
pla
nn
ing.
We
wan
t to
set
up
a T
ask
Fo
rce
on
Ev
alu
atio
n,
Rec
on
stru
ctio
n,
Reh
abil
itat
ion
an
d R
e-in
tegra
tio
n o
f V
icti
ms
of
the
insu
rgen
cy an
d t
he
task
fo
rce
wil
l h
ave
rep
rese
nta
tiv
es o
f al
l st
akeh
old
ers.
“It
wil
l b
e a
mu
lti-
fait
h a
nd
mu
lti-
eth
nic
bas
ed s
o t
hat
ev
ery s
egm
ent
of
the
affe
cted
po
pu
lati
on
is
co
ver
ed b
e it
cit
izen
s, a
sso
ciat
ion
s, g
ov
ern
men
t o
r in
stit
uti
on
s fr
om
sec
uri
ty t
o a
ll o
ther
s. W
e h
ave
a se
rio
us
wo
rk b
efo
re u
s, i
t is
no
t ch
ild
’s p
lay t
hat
so
me
peo
ple
are
ad
vo
cati
ng f
or
mai
nly
fo
r th
eir
self
ish
an
d d
ehu
man
izin
g i
nte
rest
s. W
e m
ust
lea
rn t
o p
ut
po
liti
cs a
sid
e w
her
e th
e ex
iste
nce
of
ou
r ci
tize
ns
are
inv
olv
ed.
“Po
wer
sh
ou
ld n
ot
be
ou
r o
nly
co
nce
rn a
t al
l p
oin
ts.
Th
ere
is m
ore
to
lif
e th
an d
esp
erat
ion
to
ac
cess
po
wer
.”
Ak
a I
ken
ga e
xp
ress
es f
ear
ov
er p
resi
den
tial
elec
tio
n
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
8:0
5 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By B
arth
olo
mew
Mad
uk
we
Pre
sid
ent
Gen
eral
of
Aka
Ike
ng
a,
Ch
ief
Go
dd
y U
waz
uri
ke,
has
ex
pre
ssed
fea
r th
at t
he
Mar
ch 2
8
elec
tio
n m
igh
t n
ot
ho
ld,
exce
pt
ever
y a
rea
of
the
cou
ntr
y w
as c
alm
fo
r th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
, IN
EC
, to
car
ry o
ut
its
con
stit
uti
on
al d
uty
.
Sp
eak
ing w
ith
Va
ng
ua
rd i
n L
ago
s, U
waz
uri
ke
said
th
e m
ilit
ary m
ust
be
con
sult
ed w
hen
ever
th
ere
was
a s
ecu
rity
iss
ue
in t
he
cou
ntr
y,
add
ing t
hat
ev
ery g
ov
ern
or
had
a S
tate
Sec
uri
ty C
ou
nci
l m
ade
up
of
the
arm
ed f
orc
es.
He
said
: “I
f th
e ar
ea (
No
rth
-Eas
t) i
s n
ot
clea
r an
d c
alm
, b
elie
ve
me,
th
ere
wil
l b
e n
o e
lect
ion
. I
can
no
t se
e an
y p
erso
n’s
ch
ild
go
ing t
o c
on
du
ct e
lect
ion
in
a t
rou
ble
d a
rea
lik
e B
orn
u o
r A
dam
awa
stat
es.
“Th
e m
ilit
ary m
ust
be
con
sult
ed w
hen
ever
we
hav
e se
curi
ty i
ssu
e. L
et m
e p
ut
it t
his
way
, ev
ery
go
ver
no
r h
as w
hat
is
call
ed s
tate
sec
uri
ty c
ou
nci
l, m
ade
up
of
all
arm
ed f
orc
es.
“Th
e st
ate
secu
rity
co
un
cil
sen
d t
hei
r re
po
rt t
o t
he
Fed
eral
Go
ver
nm
ent
ever
y t
ime
they
ho
ld a
m
eeti
ng,
wh
ich
get
s to
th
e N
atio
nal
Sec
uri
ty A
dv
iser
, N
SA
, S
amb
o D
asu
ki.
“So
if
ther
e is
a s
ecu
rity
pro
ble
m,
NS
A w
rite
s a
rep
ort
to
Mr.
Pre
sid
ent
info
rmin
g h
im o
f se
curi
ty i
ssu
es i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y.”
Mo
ney
La
un
der
ing
: F
an
i-K
ay
od
e in
Fre
sh T
rou
ble
as
Su
rety
Wit
hd
raw
s
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Fo
rmer
Av
iati
on
Min
iste
r, F
emi
Fa
ni-
Ka
yo
de
*
Ex
-min
iste
r re
pli
es
Tin
ub
u
Dav
idso
n
Irie
kp
enâ€
¨ O
ne
of
the
sure
ties
wh
o s
too
d f
or
the
bai
l gra
nte
d t
o f
orm
er A
via
tio
n M
inis
ter,
Fem
i F
ani-
Kay
od
e, i
n t
he
mo
ney
lau
nd
erin
g c
ase
agai
nst
him
at
the
Fed
eral
Hig
h C
ou
rt i
n L
ago
s h
as
off
icia
lly a
pp
lied
to
wit
hd
raw
his
su
rety
-sh
ip.
Fan
i-K
ayo
de,
w
ho
is
n
ow
th
e M
edia
D
irec
tor
of
the
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
2
01
5
pre
sid
enti
al c
amp
aign
org
anis
atio
n,
is b
ein
g p
rose
cute
d b
y th
e E
con
om
ic a
nd
Fin
anci
al C
rim
es
Co
mm
issi
on (
EF
CC
) o
ver
all
eged
m
on
ey l
aun
der
ing o
ffen
ces
he
com
mit
ted
wh
ile
serv
ing a
s C
ult
ure
an
d T
ou
rism
Min
iste
r an
d l
ater
Av
iati
on
Min
iste
r.
Th
e su
rety
, W
ale
Aji
seb
utu
, ac
cord
ing
to
co
urt
pap
ers,
has
fo
rmal
ly m
ade
an a
pp
lica
tio
n t
o
Just
ice
Rit
a O
fili
-Aju
mo
go
bia
to
wit
hd
raw
fro
m t
he
case
as
sure
ty t
o F
ani-
Kay
od
e.
Th
e su
rety
had
hin
ged
his
ap
pli
cati
on
on
th
e g
rou
nd
s th
at h
e u
rgen
tly n
eed
to
mak
e u
se o
f th
e C
erti
fica
te o
f O
ccu
pan
cy (
Co
f O
) h
e d
epo
site
d t
o t
he
cou
rt t
o s
ecu
re F
ani-
Kay
od
e’s
bai
l af
ter
his
ar
raig
nm
ent
for
the
mo
ney
lau
nd
erin
g c
rim
e.
Th
e ap
pli
cati
on
was
in
itia
lly s
ched
ule
d f
or
hea
rin
g y
este
rday
, b
ut
the
def
ence
wro
te a
let
ter
ask
ing f
or
ano
ther
dat
e.
Th
e m
atte
r w
as
sub
seq
uen
tly
adjo
urn
ed
to
Mar
ch
26
fo
r h
eari
ng
of
the
app
lica
tio
n
and
co
nti
nu
atio
n o
f th
e tr
ial.
At
the
last
ad
jou
rned
dat
e, F
ani-
Kay
od
e’s
firs
t d
efen
ce w
itn
ess,
Ko
la O
lap
oju
, h
ad a
dm
itte
d t
hat
th
e tr
ansa
ctio
ns
that
led
to
th
e tr
ial
wer
e “u
nu
sual
an
d e
xce
pti
on
al.”
Ola
po
ju m
ade
the
con
cess
ion
un
der
cro
ss-e
xam
inat
ion
by E
FC
C’s
co
un
sel,
Fes
tus
Key
amo
.
Th
e w
itn
ess,
wh
o i
s a
law
yer
an
d c
o-a
dm
inis
trat
or
of
the
esta
te o
f F
ani-
Kay
od
e’s
late
fat
her
, h
ad
in h
is e
vid
ence
-in
-ch
ief,
to
ld t
he
cou
rt t
hat
wh
ile
the
accu
sed
was
in
pu
bli
c se
rvic
e in
20
06
, h
e re
qu
este
d f
or
fun
ds
fro
m t
he
said
est
ate
of
his
fat
her
to
pay
art
isan
s w
ho
eff
ecte
d r
epai
rs o
n t
hei
r p
rop
erty
.
Ola
po
ju,
un
der
cro
ss-e
xam
inat
ion
, re
call
ed t
hat
he
had
kn
ow
n F
ani-
Kay
od
e fo
r o
ver
20
yea
rs
and
th
at h
e h
ad b
een
man
agin
g t
he
pro
per
ty o
f th
e es
tate
fo
r ab
ou
t 1
4 y
ears
. H
e ad
ded
th
at t
her
e w
ere
fiv
e b
enef
icia
ries
, b
ut
the
ben
efic
iari
es a
re n
ow
fo
ur.
“It
is n
ot
usu
al f
or
any
of
the
ben
efic
iari
es t
o w
ith
dra
w f
un
ds.
It
is t
he
core
ad
min
istr
ato
r th
at
giv
es
inst
ruct
ion
s o
n
fun
ds
wit
hd
raw
al,
Ola
po
ju
stre
ssed
. T
he
wit
nes
s fu
rth
er s
tate
d t
hat
he
had
alw
ays
bee
n i
n r
egu
lar
con
tact
wit
h F
ani-
Kay
od
e u
nti
l h
e w
as
app
oin
ted
a
Min
iste
r o
f th
e F
eder
al
Rep
ub
lic
of
Nig
eria
. A
t th
at p
oin
t, O
lap
oju
sai
d F
ani-
Kay
od
e h
ad g
iven
him
sta
nd
ing i
nst
ruct
ion
th
at i
f h
e (O
lap
oju
) w
as u
nab
le t
o g
et h
im (
Fan
i-K
ayo
de)
at
any p
oin
t in
tim
e, h
e sh
ou
ld a
lway
s ta
ke
inst
ruct
ion
fro
m
his
Ch
ief
of
Sta
ff,
Ad
erem
i A
ded
amo
la A
jid
ahu
n,
on
wh
at t
o d
o i
n r
elat
ion
to
th
e es
tate
.
Wh
ile
spea
kin
g
on
th
e tr
ansa
ctio
ns,
O
lap
oju
re
call
ed
that
F
ani-
Kay
od
e h
ad
ask
ed
him
to
“u
rgen
tly”
get
fu
nd
s fr
om
ten
ants
to
pay
art
isan
s w
ho
had
eff
ecte
d r
epai
rs o
n t
he
pro
per
ty o
f th
e es
tate
.
He
add
ed:
“In
ord
er t
o a
bri
dge
tim
e, I
wen
t o
ut
of
my
way
to
dem
and
th
at a
ch
equ
e b
e is
sued
in
my n
ame
sin
ce I
was
in
Ab
uja
. I
cash
ed t
he
cheq
ue
and
rel
ated
wit
h t
he
Ch
ief
of
Sta
ff w
ho
lat
er
inst
ruct
ed t
hat
th
e ca
sh b
e d
epo
site
d i
n b
ank
acc
ou
nt
of
the
accu
sed
by
his
Per
son
al A
ssis
tan
t,
Su
po
Agb
aje.
I w
ent
to b
ank
wit
h t
he
said
Agb
aje
bu
t I
did
no
t go
in
to t
he
ban
kin
g h
all
wit
h
him
,” O
lap
oju
nar
rate
d.
Th
e p
aym
ents
w
ere
mad
e o
n
Sep
tem
ber
2
1
and
2
9
and
fe
w
day
s la
ter
in
20
06
. O
lap
oju
, h
ow
ever
, ad
mit
ted
th
at h
e d
id n
ot
see
the
said
Agb
aje
dep
osi
t th
e ca
sh i
nto
th
e ac
cou
nt,
an
d t
hat
he
wo
uld
no
t k
no
w w
het
her
th
ere
was
an
y c
om
mu
nic
atio
n b
etw
een
Agb
aje
and
th
e ac
cuse
d a
fter
he
had
dro
pp
ed h
im (
Agb
aje)
off
at
the
ban
k.
Th
e se
con
d d
efen
ce w
itn
ess
(Aji
dah
un
) al
so t
esti
fied
bef
ore
th
e co
urt
an
d s
tate
d h
ow
he
was
ap
po
inte
d a
s F
ani-
Kay
od
e’s
Ch
ief
of
Sta
ff,
bei
ng a
n e
xp
ert
in m
edia
, h
osp
ital
ity
and
bra
nd
ing
co
nsu
ltan
cy.
Bu
t in
his
cro
ss-e
xam
inat
ion
, K
eyam
o t
old
th
e w
itn
ess
that
he
was
ju
st o
ut
to l
ie t
o t
he
cou
rt s
o
that
h
is
accu
sed
-fri
end
w
ou
ld
be
free
d.
Just
ice
Ofi
li-A
jum
ogo
bia
had
ear
lier
dis
mis
sed
38
ou
t o
f th
e 4
0 c
ou
nts
agai
nst
th
e ac
cuse
d.
Th
e ju
dge,
ho
wev
er,
said
th
e ac
cuse
d w
ou
ld n
eed
to
pro
ve
his
in
no
cen
ce i
n r
esp
ect
of
cou
nts
25
and
26
of
the
char
ges
.
Mea
nw
hil
e, F
ani-
Kay
od
e yes
terd
ay t
oo
k o
n t
he
nat
ion
al l
ead
er o
f th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss
(AP
C),
Sen
ato
r B
ola
Tin
ub
u,
ov
er h
is a
ttac
k,
sayin
g t
hat
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
did
no
t n
eed
his
(T
inu
bu
’s)
adv
ice
abo
ut
his
(th
e p
resi
den
t’s)
cam
pai
gn
sp
ok
esp
erso
n.
A s
tate
men
t h
e is
sued
in
Ab
uja
, sa
id:
“We
read
wit
h a
mu
sem
ent
the
so-c
alle
d a
dv
ice
fro
m
Tin
ub
u t
o P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
, ab
ou
t C
hie
f F
emi
Fan
i-K
ayo
de.
T
he
tru
th i
s th
at i
t is
bet
ter
for
Tin
ub
u t
o n
ot
on
ly k
eep
his
ad
vic
e to
him
self
bu
t to
als
o s
earc
h h
is s
ou
l an
d h
is c
on
scie
nce
. H
e is
th
e b
igges
t tr
aito
r th
at t
his
co
un
try h
as e
ver
kn
ow
n.
“He
has
bet
rayed
ev
ery
sin
gle
per
son
th
at h
e h
as w
ork
ed w
ith
an
d h
e h
as t
hro
wn
th
em t
o t
he
do
gs
at t
he
last
min
ute
fo
r a
pri
ce.
Du
rin
g t
he
day
s o
f N
AD
EC
O,
he
bet
rayed
th
e ca
use
by
coll
ud
ing w
ith
th
e go
ver
nm
ent
of
the
day
sec
retl
y w
hil
e p
rete
nd
ing t
o b
e a
NA
DE
CO
lea
der
.
“Wh
ile
he
was
wit
h t
he
late
Ch
ief
MK
O A
bio
la,
he
bet
rayed
Ab
iola
. W
hen
he
cam
e b
ack
to
N
iger
ia a
nd
par
tici
pat
ed i
n t
he
elec
tio
ns,
he
bet
rayed
th
ose
th
at m
ade
him
go
ver
no
r o
f L
ago
s S
tate
: th
e le
ader
s o
f A
fen
ifer
e, P
apa
Ayo
Ad
eban
jo a
nd
th
e la
te P
apa
Ab
rah
am A
des
anya.
“Tin
ub
u b
etra
yed
all
th
e el
der
s an
d t
rad
itio
nal
ru
lers
of
Yo
rub
alan
d.
He
had
no
bu
sin
ess
bei
ng
go
ver
no
r in
19
99
, h
ad i
t n
ot
bee
n f
or
the
fact
th
ey j
ust
pu
t h
im t
her
e to
co
mp
ensa
te h
im f
or
the
role
s th
at h
e cl
aim
ed h
e p
layed
du
rin
g t
he
NA
DE
CO
str
ug
gle
: a
role
w
hic
h,
in f
act,
he
did
no
t p
lay.
Th
e m
an t
hat
sh
ou
ld h
ave
bee
n g
ov
ern
or
was
th
e la
te M
r. F
un
so W
illi
ams.
In
th
e en
d,
he
no
t o
nly
to
ok
Wil
liam
s’ p
osi
tio
n b
ut
he
bet
rayed
him
to
o.
“A f
ew y
ears
aft
er t
hat
, W
illi
ams
was
sla
ugh
tere
d l
ike
a ch
ick
en i
n v
ery s
tran
ge
circ
um
stan
ces
by u
nk
no
wn
peo
ple
. O
ne
wo
nd
ers
wh
o s
ent
tho
se p
eop
le.
“Aft
er h
e fi
nis
hed
usi
ng
all
th
e el
der
s an
d l
ead
ers
in Y
oru
ba
lan
d t
o a
chie
ve
po
wer
du
rin
g h
is
ten
ure
as
go
ver
no
r, h
e ev
entu
ally
bet
rayed
th
em a
s w
ell.
H
e n
ot
on
ly b
etra
yed
th
em b
ut
he
also
in
sult
ed t
hem
an
d d
enig
rate
d a
ll t
hat
th
ey v
alu
ed,
cher
ish
ed a
nd
sto
od
fo
r.
“He
also
bet
rayed
fo
rmer
Pre
sid
ent
Olu
segu
n O
bas
anjo
aft
er e
nte
rin
g a
sec
ret
dea
l w
ith
him
(O
bas
anjo
) to
bet
ray t
he
AD
, h
is o
wn
par
ty,
in t
he
20
03
ele
ctio
ns.
Du
rin
g t
hat
ele
ctio
n,
Bo
la
Tin
ub
u s
old
his
so
ul
and b
etra
yed
th
e go
ver
no
rs o
f h
is o
wn
par
ty w
hic
h w
as t
hen
kn
ow
n a
s th
e A
llia
nce
fo
r D
emo
crac
y.
“Aft
er t
hat
he
ente
red
a d
eal
wit
h t
he
late
Pre
sid
ent
Um
aru
Yar
’Ad
ua
and
Vic
e-P
resi
den
t A
tik
u
in M
ecca
, p
led
gin
g t
o s
up
po
rt Y
ar’A
du
a as
lo
ng a
s h
e w
as a
llo
wed
to
ho
ld o
n t
o t
he
So
uth
-wes
t an
d a
s lo
ng a
s h
e w
ou
ld b
e p
rote
cted
fro
m t
he
EF
CC
. H
e go
t w
hat
he
wan
ted
bu
t h
e la
ter
bet
rayed
Yar
’Ad
ua
and
Ati
ku
to
o.
“In
20
11
he
lure
d M
alla
m N
uh
u R
ibad
u t
o b
eco
me
the
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e o
f h
is p
arty
, w
hic
h
was
th
en k
no
wn
as
the
AC
N.
Aft
er u
sin
g R
ibad
u t
o g
ain
so
me
bad
ly n
eed
ed c
red
ibil
ity
at t
he
fed
eral
lev
el,
he
late
r b
etra
yed
him
an
d d
um
ped
him
by o
nce
agai
n e
nte
rin
g i
nto
a d
eal
wit
h
oth
ers.
“He
ord
ered
th
e tr
ansf
er o
f v
ote
s fr
om
his
ow
n p
arty
’s c
and
idat
e, N
uh
u R
ibad
u,
to t
he
can
did
ate
of
the
PD
P,
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an a
ll i
n t
he
ho
pe
that
he
wo
uld
be
allo
wed
to
co
nti
nu
e h
is n
on
sen
se
in t
he
So
uth
-wes
t w
ith
ou
t an
y c
hal
len
ge
fro
m t
he
fed
eral
go
ver
nm
ent.
H
e d
id a
ll t
hes
e th
ings
in
ord
er t
o s
atis
fy h
is s
elf-
serv
ing i
nte
rest
an
d h
is o
bse
ssiv
e ag
end
a to
do
min
ate
the
affa
irs
of
the
enti
re n
atio
n.
“It
is i
n t
he
sam
e w
ay t
hat
he
bet
rayed
Go
ver
no
r F
ayo
se o
f E
kit
i S
tate
, G
ov
ern
or
Mim
iko
of
On
do
Sta
te,
Go
ver
no
r O
sob
a o
f O
gu
n S
tate
, C
hie
f T
om
Ik
imi
of
Ed
o S
tate
, A
lhaj
i K
ash
im I
mam
o
f B
orn
o
Sta
te
and
co
un
tles
s o
ther
s.
“Th
e tr
uth
is
that
th
is m
an h
as n
ot
on
ly s
old
his
so
ul
to t
he
dev
il b
ut
he
has
als
o s
old
his
fo
llo
wer
s fo
r a
pit
tan
ce a
nd
he
is l
ead
ing t
hem
in
to p
erd
itio
n.
He
wan
ts t
o b
uy a
nd
sel
l N
iger
ia
too
an
d i
t is
tim
e fo
r so
meb
od
y t
o t
ell
him
th
at N
iger
ia i
s n
ot
for
sale
. T
his
is
wh
at C
hie
f F
ani-
Kay
od
e an
d o
ther
s ar
e in
th
e p
roce
ss o
f d
oin
g.
“No
w i
t is
ver
y c
lear
th
at T
inu
bu
is
go
ing t
o b
etra
y t
he
AP
C a
nd
th
eir
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e,
Gen
eral
M
uh
amm
adu
B
uh
ari.
S
o,
if an
yb
od
y
nee
ds
adv
ice,
it
is
B
uh
ari
and
n
ot
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an.
“As
lon
g a
s T
inu
bu
is
by h
is s
ide
Bu
har
i sh
ou
ld w
atch
his
bac
k a
nd
sle
ep w
ith
on
e ey
e w
ide
op
en.
Th
is i
s b
ecau
se,
at t
he
end
of
the
day
, T
inu
bu
wil
l n
ot
on
ly u
se h
im,
bu
t af
ter
usi
ng h
im
and
dra
inin
g h
im o
f al
l th
at h
e h
as,
he
wil
l b
etra
y h
im a
nd
he
wil
l d
um
p h
im.
“Tin
ub
u’s
ult
imat
e o
bje
ctiv
e is
no
t fo
r B
uh
ari
to b
e P
resi
den
t.
Wh
at h
e w
ants
is
for
Bu
har
i to
w
in t
he
elec
tio
n a
nd
th
en h
e w
ou
ld s
pen
d a
ll h
is t
ime
ho
pin
g a
nd
pra
yin
g t
hat
th
e m
an w
ou
ld
dro
p d
ead
so
th
at h
e co
uld
tak
e o
ver
th
rou
gh
a s
urr
og
ate
or
tak
e o
ver
dir
ectl
y.
We
hav
e sa
id t
his
o
ver
an
d a
gai
n a
nd
we
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
say
it.
”
Re-
elec
tio
n o
f J
on
ath
an
wil
l en
sure
bet
ter
da
ys
for
Civ
il S
erv
an
ts—
Gb
eng
a D
an
iel
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
5:5
6 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By A
bio
du
n A
lad
e F
orm
er g
ov
ern
or
of
Ogu
n S
tate
, O
tun
ba
Gb
enga
Dan
iel
has
pro
mis
ed t
he
peo
ple
of
the
stat
e,
esp
ecia
lly t
he
civ
il s
erv
ants
bet
ter
day
s ah
ead
wh
en t
he
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
pre
sid
enti
al
and
go
ver
no
rsh
ip c
and
idat
e ar
e el
ecte
d i
nto
off
ice
in t
his
yea
r’s
elec
tio
n.
Th
e fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r d
iscl
ose
d t
his
du
rin
g t
he
nat
ion
wid
e ca
mp
aign
fo
r th
e re
-ele
ctio
n o
f P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an o
f th
e P
DP
org
anis
ed b
y t
he
Wo
men
fo
r C
han
ge
pro
ject
of
the
Fir
st L
ady,
Dam
e P
atie
nce
Jo
nat
han
on
Tu
esd
ay.
Fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r o
f O
gu
n S
tate
, O
tun
ba
Gb
enga
Dan
iel,
PD
P O
gu
n G
ov
ern
ors
hip
Can
did
ate,
G
bo
yeg
a Is
iak
a, W
ife
of
the
V.P
, H
ajia
Am
inat
Sam
bo
, ad
dre
ssin
g P
DP
su
pp
ort
ers
du
rin
g a
ral
ly
org
anis
ed b
y W
om
en f
or
Ch
ange
in t
he
stat
e.
Sp
eak
ing a
t th
e ev
ent,
th
e fo
rmer
Go
ver
no
r re
iter
ated
th
e co
mm
itm
ent
of
the
par
ty i
n e
nsu
rin
g
wo
men
in
clu
siv
e go
ver
nm
ent,
wh
ile
ber
atin
g t
he
Go
ver
no
r Ib
iku
nle
Am
osu
n a
dm
inis
trat
ion
fo
r it
s la
ckad
aisi
cal
atti
tud
e to
war
ds
the
wel
fare
of
the
civ
il s
erv
ants
an
d t
he
peo
ple
of
Ogu
n s
tate
in
gen
eral
.
‘Wh
en w
e w
ere
in g
ov
ern
men
t, w
e sa
w t
he
nee
d t
o p
rov
ide
low
-co
st h
ou
sin
g f
or
civ
il s
erv
ants
in
O
gu
n S
tate
an
d w
e d
id t
hat
th
rou
gh
th
e L
ader
in w
ork
ers
esta
te w
hic
h w
e g
ave
to c
ivil
ser
van
ts a
t n
ine
hu
nd
red
th
ou
san
d n
aira
eac
h b
ut
this
ad
min
istr
atio
n i
n i
ts a
ttem
pt
to h
oo
dw
ink
th
e p
eop
le
con
stru
cted
its
wo
rker
’s e
stat
e an
d a
war
ded
it
to c
ivil
ser
van
ts a
t a
wh
oo
pin
g t
wen
ty f
ive
mil
lio
n
nai
ra e
ach
. H
ow
can
th
e ci
vil
ser
van
ts w
ho
hav
e b
een
den
ied
th
eir
bas
ic e
nti
tlem
ents
an
d w
elfa
re
and
sal
ries
aff
ord
th
e d
epo
sit
for
this
pro
per
ty n
ot
to t
alk
of
pay
ing t
wen
ty f
ive
mil
lio
n n
aira
fo
r a
low
-co
st h
ou
se”
Sp
eak
ing o
n t
he
dem
oli
tio
n o
f p
rop
erti
es,
Gb
enga
Dan
iel
stat
ed t
hat
th
e P
DP
go
ver
nm
ent
wil
l en
sure
th
at i
t re
bu
ild
all
pro
per
ties
des
tro
yed
by t
he
pre
sen
t ad
min
istr
atio
n o
nce
it
get
s in
to
po
wer
. T
he
firs
t la
dy,
Dam
e P
atie
nce
Jo
nat
han
wh
o w
as r
epre
sen
ted
by t
he
wif
e o
f th
e v
ice-
Pre
sid
ent,
H
ajia
Am
inat
Nn
amad
i S
amb
o,
than
ked
th
e p
eop
le f
or
thei
r co
nti
nu
ou
s su
pp
ort
fo
r th
e P
resi
den
t
and
th
e p
arty
, as
suri
ng t
hat
wo
men
wil
l fo
rev
er b
e w
ell
rep
rese
nte
d i
n t
he
Go
od
luck
/Sam
bo
led
go
ver
nm
ent.
Th
e ev
ent
was
att
end
ed b
y t
he
PD
P G
ov
ern
ors
hip
can
did
ate
in t
he
stat
e, P
rin
ce G
bo
yeg
a Is
iak
a,
the
stat
e p
arty
ch
airm
an B
ayo
Day
o,
form
er D
epu
ty G
ov
ern
or,
Alh
aja
Sal
imo
t B
adru
, am
on
g
nu
mer
ou
s o
ther
s.
Rel
oca
tio
n o
f IN
EC
Co
lla
tio
n C
entr
e to
Fa
rm O
wn
ed b
y
Yu
gu
da
Sti
rs C
on
tro
ver
sy
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Seg
un
A
wo
fad
eji
in
Bau
chiâ
۬
Co
ntr
ov
ersy
is
curr
entl
y r
agin
g i
n B
auch
i S
tate
ov
er a
n a
lleg
ed r
elo
cati
on
of
an I
nd
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n
(IN
EC
) co
llat
ion
ce
ntr
e fr
om
T
afaw
a B
alew
a to
a
farm
b
elo
ngin
g t
o t
he
stat
e G
ov
ern
or,
Mal
am I
sa Y
ugu
da
in D
ajin
.
Th
e st
ate
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es P
arty
(A
PC
) P
ub
lici
ty S
ecre
tary
, A
uw
alu
Jal
lam
, in
a s
tate
men
t is
sued
to
th
e jo
urn
alis
ts o
n T
ues
day
sta
ted
th
at t
he
par
ty s
mel
l fo
ul
pla
y i
n t
he
relo
cati
on
of
the
INE
C
cen
tre
fro
m T
afaw
a B
alew
a/D
ass
and
Bo
go
ro t
o D
ajin
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
“Th
e is
sue
of
relo
cati
on
an
d t
he
ult
imat
e d
ecis
ion
on
Daj
in w
as m
alic
iou
sly
tak
en t
o a
ssis
t o
ne
par
ty a
t th
e d
etri
men
t o
f o
ther
s in
clu
din
g o
ur
par
ty,
AP
C.”
He
said
IN
EC
agre
ed t
hat
th
ere
was
no
law
cit
ing t
he
cen
tre,
“b
ut
we
tho
ugh
t in
tak
ing t
he
dec
isio
n
INE
C
wil
l p
ut
all
par
ties
an
d
stak
eho
lder
s in
to
con
sid
erat
ion
fo
r p
eace
ful
and
h
arm
on
iou
s li
vin
g
in
the
area
fo
r th
e su
cces
s o
f th
e el
ecti
on
.”
Th
e A
PC
ad
vis
ed I
NE
C t
o i
nv
olv
e an
d l
iste
n t
o m
ajo
r st
akeh
old
ers
bef
ore
tak
ing v
ital
dec
isio
n
bey
on
d t
he
loca
l re
pre
sen
tati
ves
.
It s
aid
ev
en o
n “
secu
rity
ad
vic
e, i
t w
ill
be
mo
re a
pp
rop
riat
e to
mo
ve
the
cen
tre
to G
ital
to
wn
if
ther
e is
su
ch n
eed
an
d n
ot
to t
he
farm
lan
d o
f an
y a
spir
ant
or
maj
or
stak
eho
lder
of
on
e p
arty
.”
Th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n t
her
efo
re “
req
ues
t IN
EC
to
dro
p t
he
idea
of
Daj
in f
or
Git
al,
if a
t al
l IN
EC
mu
st
mo
ve
the
cen
tre
fro
m B
un
un
u,
oth
erw
ise
INE
C w
ill
be
hel
d r
esp
on
sib
le f
or
any b
reac
h o
f p
eace
in
th
at v
ola
tile
are
a.”
Wh
en c
on
tact
ed,
the
Pu
bli
c A
ffai
rs O
ffic
er o
f IN
EC
in
th
e st
ate,
Ali
yu
Ab
ub
akar
, ex
pla
ined
th
at
INE
C h
ad d
irec
ted
th
e st
akeh
old
ers
to m
eet
and
dec
ide
on
a p
arti
cula
r p
lace
th
at i
s p
eace
ful
and
su
itab
le t
o d
esig
nat
e as
a c
oll
atio
n c
entr
e.
“So
me
of
them
had
co
mp
lain
ed t
hat
th
ey w
ou
ld n
ot
go
to
Taf
awa
Bal
ewa,
oth
ers
said
th
ey w
ou
ld
no
t go
to
Bu
nu
nu
so
we
ask
ed t
hem
to
mee
t an
d d
ecid
e. T
he
stak
eho
lder
s an
d p
arti
es,
incl
ud
ing
th
e A
PC
, m
et a
nd
ag
reed
on
Daj
in.
“So
me
wee
ks
late
r th
e A
PC
wro
te,
com
pla
inin
g t
hat
th
e lo
cal
rep
rese
nta
tiv
es d
id n
ot
info
rm
them
of
the
dec
isio
n m
ade
by t
he
stak
eho
lder
s o
n D
ajin
. T
he
dec
isio
n t
o c
ho
ose
Daj
in a
s a
coll
atio
n c
entr
e w
as n
ot
mad
e b
y I
NE
C b
ut
the
stak
eho
lder
s so
it
wil
l b
e u
nfa
ir t
o a
ccu
se I
NE
C
of
citi
ng t
he
coll
atio
n c
entr
e at
Daj
in b
ecau
se i
t w
as t
he
dec
isio
n o
f th
e st
akeh
old
ers.
We
hav
e re
pli
ed A
PC
an
d w
e h
ave
forw
ard
ed t
hei
r co
mp
lian
t to
ou
r h
ead
qu
arte
rs i
n A
bu
ja f
or
furt
her
ac
tio
n,”
he
said
.
Rea
ctin
g t
o t
he
dev
elo
pm
ent,
th
e D
epu
ty C
hie
f P
ress
Sec
reta
ry t
o t
he
stat
e go
ver
no
r, M
alla
m
Dan
lam
i B
aban
tak
ko
, sa
id t
he
go
ver
no
r w
as n
ot
par
t o
f th
e d
ecis
ion
to
rel
oca
te t
he
coll
atio
n
cen
tre
to D
ajin
.
“He
was
no
t in
th
e m
eeti
ng a
nd
he
did
no
t se
nd
an
y r
epre
sen
tati
ves
so
he
had
no
han
d i
n i
t. I
wil
l ad
vis
e th
e A
PC
to
ad
her
e to
th
e d
ecis
ion
o
f th
e st
akeh
old
ers
in th
e in
tere
st o
f p
eace
, an
d
pro
gre
ss,”
Bab
anta
kk
o s
aid
.
Ben
ue
Ma
ssa
cres
, M
ore
Ma
ssa
cres
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n E
dit
ori
al 4
:54
am
/
C
om
men
ts
NE
ITH
ER
th
e o
ffic
ial
reac
tio
n,
no
r th
e re
aso
ns
add
uce
d f
or
the
kil
lin
g o
f m
ore
th
an 4
0 s
tud
ents
o
f te
rtia
ry i
nst
itu
tio
ns
in M
ub
i, A
dam
awa
Sta
te,
thre
e yea
rs a
go
co
uld
ex
cuse
an
oth
er i
n t
he
seri
es o
f lo
ss o
f li
ves
. M
any o
ther
kil
lin
gs,
wit
h t
he
circ
um
stan
ces
dif
fere
nt,
th
e gru
eso
men
ess
ou
tsta
nd
ing a
nd
th
e b
ruta
lity
on
wo
men
an
d c
hil
dre
n h
ave
no
t el
icit
ed t
he
reac
tio
ns
and
act
ion
s th
at c
ou
ld s
top
th
e k
illi
ngs.
Gb
ajim
ba,
hea
dq
uar
ters
of
Gu
ma
Lo
cal
Go
ver
nm
ent
Are
a o
f B
enu
e S
tate
, th
e m
ost
cu
rren
t lo
cati
on
, to
ok
mo
re t
han
45
liv
es.
Th
e m
assa
cres
co
me
wit
h w
arn
ings.
Las
t yea
r, A
nyii
, G
ov
ern
or
Gab
riel
Su
swam
’s v
illa
ge,
was
am
on
g p
lace
s so
me
mar
aud
ers
app
rop
riat
ed.
Su
swam
’s
ento
ura
ge
was
att
ack
ed w
hil
e in
spec
tin
g a
ttac
ked
vil
lages
mar
aud
ers
had
att
ack
ed,
kil
lin
g m
any.
So
me
acco
un
ts s
aid
mo
re t
han
20
0 v
illa
ges
wer
e at
tack
ed.
Su
swam
was
tra
vel
lin
g w
ith
a p
ow
erfu
l te
am,
the
Sp
eak
er o
f th
e S
tate
Ho
use
of
Ass
emb
ly,
Ter
hil
e A
yu
a, B
enu
e S
tate
Co
mm
issi
on
er o
f P
oli
ce,
Ad
ams
Au
du
, so
ldie
rs,
and
oth
er s
ecu
rity
p
erso
nn
el.
Th
e co
nv
oy w
as a
ttac
ked
. A
rmed
her
dsm
en w
ith
th
ou
san
ds
of
catt
le,
wh
o h
ad t
aken
o
ver
th
e v
illa
ges
, w
ere
evid
ent.
An
ex
chan
ge
of
gu
nfi
re l
aste
d o
ver
an
ho
ur
bef
ore
th
e co
nv
oy p
asse
d.
Th
ese
wer
e h
erd
smen
. D
oes
th
eir
pro
fess
ion
pla
ce t
hem
ab
ov
e th
e la
w?
Is b
ein
g a
her
dsm
an t
he
late
st c
ov
er f
or
crim
inal
ity?
Wh
y a
re s
ecu
rity
ag
enci
es i
gn
ori
ng a
ttac
ks
that
hav
e b
een
go
ing o
n f
or
yea
rs i
n
Ad
amaw
a, B
enu
e, K
adu
na,
Nas
araw
a, P
late
au a
nd
oth
er S
tate
s?
Imo
, R
iver
s, D
elta
, E
nu
gu
, O
gu
n,
and
Oyo
Sta
tes
hav
e si
mil
ar s
tori
es.
Th
e o
nly
dif
fere
nce
is
the
inte
nsi
ty o
f th
e at
tack
s in
Ben
ue
and
th
e ap
par
ent
atte
mp
t to
occ
up
y a
ttac
ked
set
tlem
ents
. T
hey
ar
e co
nsi
sten
t w
ith
att
ack
s o
n B
enu
e v
illa
ges
sin
ce 1
98
9,
focu
sed
on
tak
ing o
ver
th
e se
ttle
men
ts.
Els
ewh
ere,
cat
tle
min
der
s si
mp
ly r
un
th
eir
liv
esto
ck t
hro
ug
h f
arm
lan
ds.
All
yea
r ro
un
d,
they
gra
ze o
n t
hem
an
d d
estr
oy w
hat
th
ey c
ann
ot
eat,
co
nsi
gn
ing f
arm
ers
and
ho
st c
om
mu
nit
ies
to
star
vat
ion
an
d p
ov
erty
.
Att
emp
ts b
y t
hes
e fa
rmer
s to
pro
test
th
e ac
tiv
itie
s o
f th
ese
ram
pag
ing v
and
als
oft
en e
nd
in
b
loo
dsh
ed w
ith
th
e ca
ttle
rea
rers
wh
o a
re a
rmed
wit
h s
op
his
tica
ted
ass
ault
rif
les
such
as
AK
47
h
avin
g t
he
up
per
han
d.
Th
ey h
ave
mo
ved
fro
m b
ow
s, a
rro
ws
and
dag
ger
s o
f a
few
dec
ades
ago
.
En
vir
on
men
tal
fact
ors
th
at h
ave
left
cat
tle
rear
ers
in s
earc
h o
f fr
esh
gra
zin
g g
rou
nd
s, a
nd
cat
tle
rust
lin
gs
are
on
ly e
xcu
ses
for
the
atta
cks.
Un
less
a d
iffe
ren
t la
w o
per
ates
fo
r ca
ttle
rea
rers
, th
ey
sho
uld
be
char
ged
fo
r b
eari
ng i
lleg
al w
eap
on
s an
d t
hei
r p
rocl
ivit
y t
o d
estr
oy o
ther
s’ f
arm
lan
ds.
Th
e at
tack
s g
ener
ate
a le
vel
of
inse
curi
ty t
hat
mat
ches
th
e te
rro
rism
att
ack
s in
th
e N
ort
h E
ast.
If
vil
lager
s ar
m t
hem
selv
es a
nd
ret
alia
te,
Nig
eria
co
uld
be
a h
uge
war
fie
ld.
We
ask
go
ver
nm
ents
to
ta
ckle
th
ese
atta
cks
urg
entl
y.
If t
hey
are
un
chec
ked
, th
ey c
ou
ld d
egen
erat
e to
mo
re s
erio
us
secu
rity
bre
ach
es.
La
go
s R
ejec
ts C
ou
rt D
ecis
ion
on
En
vir
on
men
tal
Sa
nit
ati
on
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
La
go
s st
ate
A
tto
rney
G
ener
al
an
d
Co
mm
issi
on
er
for
Ju
stic
e,
Mr.
A
deo
la
Ipa
ye
Ch
alle
nges
ju
dgm
ent
at
app
ella
te
cou
rt
Gb
oyeg
a A
kin
san
miâ
۬
Th
e L
ago
s S
tate
Go
ver
nm
ent
on
Tu
esd
ay r
ejec
ted
th
e d
ecis
ion
of
a F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
wh
ich
ca
nce
lled
hu
man
an
d v
ehic
ula
r re
stri
ctio
n d
uri
ng t
he
mo
nth
ly e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l sa
nit
atio
n.
Th
e st
ate
go
ver
nm
ent
add
ed t
hat
it
had
alr
ead
y c
om
men
ced
fil
ing
an
ap
pea
l ag
ain
st t
he
dec
isio
n
of
the
tria
l co
urt
bef
ore
a C
ou
rt o
f A
pp
eal
sitt
ing i
n L
ago
s, n
oti
ng t
hat
th
e tr
ial
jud
ge,
Ju
stic
e M
oh
amm
ed I
dri
s er
red
in
can
cell
ing t
he
mo
nth
ly e
xer
cise
.
Th
e st
ate
Att
orn
ey G
ener
al a
nd
Co
mm
issi
on
er f
or
Just
ice,
Mr.
Ad
eola
Ip
aye,
dis
clo
sed
th
is i
n a
st
atem
ent
he
issu
ed
yes
terd
ay,
no
tin
g
that
th
e ju
dgm
ent
was
u
nju
st,
un
reas
on
able
an
d
un
war
ran
ted
.
Th
e at
torn
ey-g
ener
al a
dd
ed t
hat
th
e st
ate
go
ver
nm
ent
“wil
l im
med
iate
ly c
hal
len
ge
the
dec
isio
n
of
the
tria
l co
urt
at
the
app
ella
te c
ou
rt.
We
are
of
cou
rse
no
t sa
tisf
ied
wit
h t
hat
dec
isio
n o
f th
e F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
lo
ok
ing a
t th
e d
ensi
ty o
f L
ago
s b
ein
g t
he
hig
hes
t in
Nig
eria
.”
Ipay
e ex
pla
ined
th
at t
he
san
itat
ion
ex
erci
se “
had
mad
e L
ago
s th
e to
ast
and
pri
de
of
Nig
eria
wit
h
man
y S
tate
s co
min
g t
o u
nd
erst
ud
y h
ow
Lag
os
is a
chie
vin
g s
ucc
ess
in t
he
san
itat
ion
ex
erci
se.
“Th
is e
xer
cise
an
d o
ur
san
itat
ion
pro
gra
mm
e in
gen
eral
hav
e m
ade
Lag
os
the
env
y o
f o
ther
st
ates
, m
any o
f w
ho
m h
ave
sen
t th
eir
off
icia
ls t
o u
nd
erst
ud
y i
t. W
e st
ron
gly
bel
iev
e th
at i
t is
a
nec
essa
ry r
ule
in
a s
oci
ety s
uch
as
ou
rs.
We
are
ther
efo
re f
ilin
g a
n a
pp
eal
imm
edia
tely
.”
Th
e tr
ial
cou
rt h
ad n
ull
ifie
d t
he
rest
rict
ion
of
mo
vem
ent
du
rin
g t
he
mo
nth
ly e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l sa
nit
atio
n i
n t
he
stat
e. T
he
po
licy
of
the
Lag
os
Sta
te G
ov
ern
men
t re
stri
cts
citi
zen
s to
th
eir
ho
mes
fo
r th
ree
ho
urs
bet
wee
n 7
a.m
. an
d 1
0a.
m.
ever
y l
ast
Sat
urd
ay o
f th
e m
on
th.
Th
e tr
ial
cou
rt h
eld
th
at t
her
e is
no
law
in
fo
rce
in t
he
stat
e go
ver
nm
ent
by w
hic
h a
ny c
itiz
en
cou
ld
be
kep
t in
do
ors
, co
mp
uls
ori
ly.
Th
e co
urt
fo
un
d
that
th
e C
on
stit
uti
on
o
f th
e F
eder
al
Rep
ub
lic
of
Nig
eria
gra
nts
fre
edo
m o
f m
ov
emen
t to
ev
ery
citi
zen
, an
d s
uch
fre
edo
m c
ann
ot
be
tak
en a
way
by e
xec
uti
ve
pro
clam
atio
n,
in t
he
abse
nce
of
any l
aw t
o t
hat
eff
ect.
It
fou
nd
th
at
ther
e is
n
o
regu
lati
on
in
fo
rce
curr
entl
y in
L
ago
s S
tate
w
hic
h
auth
ori
ses
the
rest
rict
ion
of
mo
vem
ent
of
citi
zen
s, o
n t
he
last
Sat
urd
ays
of
the
mo
nth
, fo
r th
e p
urp
ose
of
ob
serv
ing e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l sa
nit
atio
n.
Idri
s to
ok
arg
um
ents
in
res
pec
t o
f th
e su
it f
iled
by h
um
an r
igh
ts a
ctiv
ist,
Eb
un
-Olu
Ad
egb
oru
wa,
ag
ain
st
the
Insp
ecto
r-G
ener
al
of
Po
lice
an
d
the
Lag
os
Sta
te
Go
ver
nm
ent,
to
ch
alle
ng
e th
e re
stri
ctio
n
of
hu
man
m
ov
emen
ts
on
th
e la
st
Sat
urd
ay
of
ever
y m
on
th,
for
the
pu
rpo
se
of
ob
serv
ing
en
vir
on
men
tal
san
itat
ion
. H
e ar
gu
ed t
hat
sec
tio
n 3
9 o
f th
e E
nv
iro
nm
enta
l S
anit
atio
n L
aw 2
00
0,
of
Lag
os
Sta
te,
wh
ich
th
e re
spo
nd
ents
cla
imed
to
em
po
wer
th
e C
om
mis
sio
ner
fo
r th
e E
nv
iro
nm
ent,
to
mak
e re
gu
lati
on
s,
can
no
t b
e th
e b
asis
fo
r re
stri
ctin
g h
um
an m
ov
emen
t o
n S
atu
rday
s, a
s n
o r
egu
lati
on
in
fo
rce
has
in
dee
d b
een
mad
e fo
r th
at p
urp
ose
.
He
chal
len
ged
th
e L
ago
s S
tate
Go
ver
nm
ent
to p
rod
uce
su
ch r
egu
lati
on
bef
ore
th
e co
urt
.
He
then
urg
ed t
he
cou
rt t
o h
old
th
at e
ven
if
ther
e is
su
ch r
egu
lati
on
in
fo
rce,
it
can
no
t b
e en
forc
ed o
n r
oad
s th
at a
re d
esig
nat
ed a
s fe
der
al h
igh
way
s u
nd
er t
he
Hig
hw
ays
Act
, su
ch a
s th
e T
hir
d M
ain
lan
d B
rid
ge
wh
ere
he
was
arr
este
d b
y t
he
po
lice
an
d L
AS
TM
A o
ffic
ials
.
Ogu
nsa
ya,
in
his
res
po
nse
, ar
gu
ed t
hat
sec
tio
n 4
1 o
f th
e 1
99
9 C
on
stit
uti
on
per
mit
s go
ver
nm
ent
to
mak
e la
ws
that
m
ay
der
ogat
e fr
om
th
e ri
gh
t to
fr
eed
om
o
f m
ov
emen
t an
d
that
th
e E
nv
iro
nm
enta
l S
anit
atio
n L
aw o
f L
ago
s S
tate
, 2
00
0,
is a
n e
xam
ple
of
such
der
ogat
ion
.
He
argu
ed f
urt
her
th
at t
he
pra
ctic
e o
f k
eep
ing p
eop
le a
t h
om
e fo
r th
ree
ho
urs
on
ly o
n t
he
last
S
atu
rday
s o
f th
e m
on
th i
s m
ean
t to
kee
p s
oci
ety a
nd
en
vir
on
men
t cl
ean
an
d s
afe.
Th
eref
ore
, h
e sa
id t
hat
th
ere
are
clas
sifi
ed e
xce
pti
on
s to
th
e re
stri
ctio
n,
incl
ud
ing
em
erg
enci
es a
nd
am
bu
lan
ce
serv
ices
an
d t
ho
se o
n e
ssen
tial
ser
vic
es.
Rea
din
g t
he
card
rea
der
iss
ue
by
Bo
la
Tin
ub
u
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n S
pec
ial
Rep
ort
3:4
9 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By B
ola
Tin
ub
u
DE
SP
ER
AT
ION
su
rges
wit
hin
th
e p
resi
den
cy a
nd
PD
P c
amp
. P
ost
po
nin
g t
he
elec
tio
n t
o M
arch
2
8,
this
gro
up
th
ou
gh
t th
ey h
ad b
ou
gh
t ad
ded
tim
e to
alt
er t
he
elec
tora
l eq
uat
ion
in
th
eir
fav
ou
r.
Th
ey w
ere
frig
hte
ned
th
at F
ebru
ary 1
4 w
ou
ld h
ave
bee
n t
hei
r d
emis
e. F
ou
r w
eek
s o
ut
of
the
six
w
eek
del
ay,
they
hav
e n
ot
fou
nd
th
e el
ixir
th
ey c
rav
ed.
Th
e d
ate
chan
ge
has
no
t ch
anged
th
e el
ecto
ral
dyn
amic
in
th
eir
fav
ou
r. W
ith
th
e d
amag
e th
ey h
ave
do
ne
to t
he
nat
ion
, h
ow
co
uld
th
ey
thin
k a
mer
e si
x w
eek
s w
ou
ld r
etu
rn t
o t
hem
th
e p
reci
ou
s go
od
wil
l th
ey h
ad s
o m
ean
ly
squ
and
ered
?
AP
C l
ead
er,
Bo
la T
inu
bu
Th
ey n
ow
dis
cov
er t
her
e li
kel
y i
s n
o s
ud
den
alt
erat
ion
th
at c
an r
epai
r th
e m
ess
they
hav
e m
ade
of
thin
gs.
Th
e ex
tra
tim
e h
as o
nly
bee
n a
tem
po
rary
sta
y o
f ex
ecu
tio
n o
f th
e p
eop
le’s
so
ver
eign
w
ill
agai
nst
a d
eso
late
go
ver
nm
ent
that
, th
rou
gh
its
cal
lou
s n
egle
ct o
f th
e ec
on
om
y a
nd
nat
ion
al
secu
rity
, h
as b
een
mo
re h
ind
ran
ce t
han
hel
p t
o t
he
peo
ple
it
on
ce v
ow
ed t
o s
erv
e.
Th
e P
DP
rem
ain
s in
vir
tual
ly t
he
sam
e p
osi
tio
n t
hey
occ
up
ied
in
ear
ly F
ebru
ary.
Th
ey l
oo
k
beh
ind
th
em t
o f
ind
th
e p
eop
le n
o l
on
ger
th
ere.
Th
ey a
re a
ngry
bec
ause
th
ey t
hin
k t
he
peo
ple
h
ave
des
erte
d t
hem
at
the
elev
enth
ho
ur.
Th
e g
reat
er t
ruth
is
that
th
ey a
ban
do
ned
th
e p
eop
le a
t th
e v
ery d
awn
of
this
ad
min
istr
atio
n.
Th
ey
wil
l n
ow
rea
p t
he
div
iden
ds
of
thei
r in
dif
fere
nce
. Ju
st a
s th
ey d
id a
wee
k b
efo
re t
he
ori
gin
al
Feb
ruar
y e
lect
ion
dat
e, a
ll s
enio
r P
DP
fig
ure
s h
ave
run
in
to t
he
stre
et n
ot
to c
on
test
in
th
e el
ecti
on
s b
ut
to c
on
test
agai
nst
ele
ctio
ns
bei
ng h
ad a
t al
l. T
hey
rem
ain
afr
aid
of
the
ou
tco
me
of
a cl
ean
an
d f
ree
exer
cise
. T
hey
wo
uld
lik
e it
to
be
loo
se a
nd
mu
rky o
r n
ot
to h
old
at
all.
Th
is i
s th
e re
aso
n t
hey
veh
emen
tly h
ack
le a
bo
ut
the
use
of
a ca
rd r
ead
er f
or
the
elec
tio
ns.
Th
ey
hav
e b
elat
edly
lea
rned
th
e ca
rd r
ead
er w
ill
pre
ven
t cu
sto
mar
y e
lect
ora
l m
alp
ract
ices
.
Th
e re
ader
wil
l se
par
ate
them
fro
m t
hei
r ch
eris
hed
wea
po
ns
of
mu
ltip
le v
oti
ng a
nd
bal
lot
stu
ffin
g.
Th
e b
est
ho
pe
for
them
to
man
ufa
ctu
re v
icto
ry i
s to
man
ufa
ctu
re r
easo
ns
to n
ix t
he
card
re
ader
s, t
hu
s n
eces
sita
tin
g a
las
t-m
inu
te r
ever
sal
to t
he
old
, d
iscr
edit
ed p
roce
ss.
Th
e cl
aim
th
at u
se o
f th
e ca
rds
wil
l d
isen
fran
chis
e v
ote
rs i
s b
ogu
s. T
he
wo
rld
ov
er,
vo
ters
are
re
qu
ired
to
reg
iste
r to
vo
te a
nd
to
pre
sen
t at
th
e p
oll
ing b
oo
th o
n e
lect
ion
day
a v
ote
r re
gis
trat
ion
ca
rd.
Th
is p
roce
ss i
s n
ot
mat
eria
lly d
iffe
ren
t th
an w
hat
tak
es p
lace
in
oth
er n
atio
ns.
Nei
ther
th
e ca
rd n
or
the
read
er i
tsel
f is
use
d t
o c
ast
vo
tes.
Th
e ca
rd i
s a
form
of
iden
tifi
cati
on
, an
im
po
rtan
t
and
eff
ecti
ve
met
ho
d i
nte
rnal
co
ntr
ol,
ver
ific
atio
n a
nd
co
nfi
rmat
ion
, af
firm
ing t
he
vo
ter
is t
he
elig
ible
to
par
tici
pat
e in
th
is i
mp
ort
ant
civ
ic e
xer
cise
.
In t
he
old
syst
em,
the
vo
ter
stil
l h
ad t
o p
rese
nt
a v
ote
r re
gis
trat
ion
car
d t
hat
wo
uld
be
ver
ifie
d b
y
the
app
rop
riat
e el
ecto
ral
off
icia
l. T
he
ver
ific
atio
n p
roce
ss w
as p
oro
us
and
in
accu
rate
du
e in
par
t to
in
no
cen
t h
um
an e
rro
r an
d t
o w
ilfu
l m
alp
ract
ice.
By m
akin
g t
he
ver
ific
atio
n p
roce
ss
dep
end
ent
on
co
mp
ute
r-re
ad b
iom
etri
cs,
the
elem
ents
of
hu
man
err
or
and
mis
chie
f h
ave
bee
n
elim
inat
ed f
rom
th
is i
mp
ort
ant
pro
cess
.
Fin
ger
pri
nts
can
no
t b
e al
tere
d n
or
can
th
e m
ach
ine’
s re
adin
g o
f th
em b
e d
isto
rted
. O
nly
th
ose
en
titl
ed t
o c
ast
bal
lots
wil
l b
e al
low
ed t
o r
ecei
ve
a b
allo
t to
cas
t. I
can
no
t u
nd
erst
and
ho
w a
nyo
ne
wit
h e
ven
th
e p
rete
nce
of
a d
emo
crat
ic b
on
e in
his
bo
dy c
an b
emo
an t
his
im
pro
vem
ent.
Th
ey c
ry t
hat
th
e ca
rd-r
ead
ing m
ach
ines
are
im
per
fect
. N
o o
ne
can
gu
aran
tee
that
eac
h a
nd
ev
ery
mac
hin
e w
ill
per
fect
ly w
ork
. H
ow
ever
, th
e al
tern
ativ
e is
fra
ugh
t w
ith
ev
en g
reat
er i
mp
reci
sio
n.
Eac
h n
atio
nal
ele
ctio
n c
on
du
cted
in
Nig
eria
sin
ce 1
99
9 h
as b
een
a f
eat
of
amp
le r
iggin
g a
nd
m
alp
ract
ice.
Th
at i
s th
e w
ay o
f th
e o
ld s
yst
em.
It i
nce
nti
viz
es g
ross
im
pro
pri
ety.
Th
is n
ew w
ay
dis
cou
rages
if
no
t p
rev
ents
it.
Un
less
th
e ca
rd r
ead
ers
are
bei
ng s
abo
tag
ed b
y P
DP
ag
ents
, th
e p
oss
ibil
ity o
f a
mas
siv
e fa
ilu
re o
f th
e re
ader
s is
so
sca
nt
as t
o b
e st
atis
tica
lly i
mp
lau
sib
le.
Th
e ra
te o
f in
no
cen
t h
um
an e
rro
r in
her
ent
in t
he
old
syst
em f
ar e
xce
eds
that
of
com
pu
ter
erro
r in
th
e n
ew o
ne.
Wh
en w
e ad
d t
he
hig
h r
ate
of
wil
ful
mis
chie
f an
d w
ron
gd
oin
g t
he
old
syst
em c
on
do
ned
, th
e n
ew d
igit
al p
ath
is
vas
tly s
up
erio
r to
th
e re
ver
sio
n t
he
PD
P w
ou
ld h
ave
us
mak
e.
At
the
end
of
the
day
an
d e
ver
y d
ay h
as i
ts e
nd
, th
e p
eop
le n
eed
to
vo
te a
nd
nee
d t
o h
ave
con
fid
ence
in
th
e en
tire
ty o
f th
e p
roce
ss.
Th
e co
mp
ute
rize
d c
ard
rea
der
giv
es u
s a
hig
h
pro
bab
ilit
y o
f fi
nal
ly c
on
du
ctin
g a
cle
an a
nd
fai
r el
ecti
on
.
A r
etu
rn t
o t
he
old
syst
em i
s a
sure
ret
urn
to
cri
mes
an
d w
ron
gs
that
hav
e m
ade
ou
r el
ecti
on
s a
mo
cker
y o
f th
e d
emo
crat
ic i
dea
l an
d o
f th
e p
eop
le’s
wil
l. I
f o
ne
syst
em g
ives
us
bu
t th
e m
ere
po
ssib
ilit
y le
t al
on
e p
rob
abil
ity o
f a
cred
ible
un
der
tak
ing w
hil
e th
e o
ther
syst
em i
s d
oo
med
by
the
cert
ain
ty o
f th
e m
isco
nd
uct
it
pro
du
ces,
it
sim
ply
mak
es m
ore
sen
se t
o o
pt
for
the
chan
ce o
f su
cces
s in
stea
d o
f se
ttli
ng f
or
the
cert
ain
ty o
f fa
ilu
re.
Th
at t
he
PD
P c
oh
ort
wan
ts t
he
old
way
mea
ns
they
do
no
t w
ant
to a
dv
ance
dem
ocr
acy b
y
insu
rin
g a
dec
ent
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss.
Th
ey w
ant
to k
idn
ap d
emo
crac
y b
y o
rch
estr
atin
g t
he
elec
tora
l re
sult
. T
hey
are
afr
aid
of
the
ver
dic
t o
f th
e p
eop
le b
ecau
se t
hey
kn
ow
th
ey h
ave
ill-
serv
ed t
he
nat
ion
fo
r so
man
y y
ears
.
La
st s
eco
nd
dem
ocr
ats
Th
e en
erg
y t
his
ad
min
istr
atio
n s
ho
uld
hav
e in
ves
ted
in
go
ver
nin
g t
he
peo
ple
fo
r si
x y
ears
is
no
w
bei
ng e
xp
end
ed i
n t
hes
e la
st f
ew w
eek
s in
th
e fr
anti
c at
tem
pt
to s
cutt
le o
r si
de-
win
d a
n e
lect
ion
th
at i
s ta
nta
mo
un
t to
a r
efer
end
um
on
th
e Jo
nat
han
ad
min
istr
atio
n.
Th
ey w
ant
to s
ave
thei
r sk
in
by c
ho
kin
g y
ou
r d
emo
crac
y.
Th
eir
effo
rts
com
e as
to
o m
uch
, to
o c
lum
sily
, to
o l
ate.
Do
no
t b
e p
ersu
aded
by t
hei
r at
tem
pts
to
pai
nt
them
selv
es a
s la
st-s
eco
nd
dem
ocr
ats.
Th
eir
go
ver
nan
ce h
as b
een
hau
gh
ty a
nd
arr
og
ant,
an
eru
pti
on
of
inse
curi
ty,
un
emp
loym
ent
and
dee
p
eco
no
mic
rec
essi
on
dep
leti
ng t
he
nat
ion
al t
reas
ury
by t
he
day
if
no
t b
y t
he
ho
ur
and
min
ute
. T
he
tim
es h
ave
bee
n f
erti
le a
nd
fec
un
d f
or
them
bu
t b
arre
n a
nd
ban
kru
pt
as t
o y
ou
!
Th
eir
lon
g t
rack
is
on
e o
f d
isse
rvic
e to
yo
u o
n a
ll a
cco
un
ts –
em
plo
ym
ent,
po
wer
, w
ater
, ro
ads,
n
atio
nal
sec
uri
ty,
corr
up
tio
n,
edu
cati
on
, h
ealt
h,
ho
usi
ng a
nd
so
cial
sec
uri
ty.
No
w a
t th
e la
st
min
ute
, th
ey w
ant
yo
u t
o b
elie
ve
they
hav
e b
eco
me
par
ago
ns
of
dem
ocr
atic
vir
tue,
th
e gu
ard
ian
s o
f yo
ur
righ
t to
vo
te.
Th
is i
s an
in
sult
to
ou
r co
llec
tiv
e w
isd
om
. Y
ou
r ri
gh
t to
vo
te i
s se
en a
s a
wro
ng t
o t
hem
. T
hey
do
n’t
see
k d
emo
crac
y.
Th
ey s
eek
to
str
ike
fear
in
yo
u t
hat
yo
u m
ay r
eco
il
fro
m g
rasp
ing t
he
dem
ocr
acy t
hat
is
no
w s
o c
lose
ly a
t h
and
.
Let
us
giv
e tr
ue
dem
ocr
acy a
ch
ance
. A
t th
e en
d o
f ev
ery c
on
test
, th
e ca
rds
mu
st b
e p
lace
d o
n t
he
tab
le a
nd
rea
d.
Let
all
th
e ca
rds
that
yo
u a
s v
ote
rs h
old
in
yo
ur
han
ds
be
read
. O
nly
th
ose
afr
aid
o
f th
e w
ill
of
the
peo
ple
fea
r w
hat
th
e ca
rds
shal
l re
ad.
Co
urt
Qu
ash
es G
um
mi’
s In
dic
tmen
t b
y N
JC
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Fo
rmer
Ch
ief
Ju
dg
e o
f th
e F
eder
al
Ca
pit
al
Ter
rito
ry
Hig
h C
ou
rt,
Ju
stic
e M
oh
am
med
L
aw
al
Gu
mm
i T
ob
i S
on
iyi
in
Ab
uja


A F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
in
Ab
uja
has
set
asi
de
the
pro
be
and
in
dic
tmen
t o
f a
form
er C
hie
f Ju
dg
e o
f th
e F
eder
al C
apit
al T
erri
tory
H
igh
Co
urt
, Ju
stic
e M
oh
amm
ed L
awal
Gu
mm
i, b
y t
he
Nat
ion
al
Jud
icia
l C
ou
nci
l (N
JC).
Th
e ju
dgm
ent
was
seq
uel
to
a s
uit
fil
ed b
y G
um
mi
seek
ing t
o q
uas
h h
is p
rob
e an
d i
nd
ictm
ent
by
the
NJC
o
ver
al
legat
ion
o
f co
rru
pti
on
an
d
abu
se
of
off
ice.
Del
iver
ing j
ud
gm
ent
in t
he
suit
, th
e tr
ial
jud
ge,
Ju
stic
e A
bd
ul
Kaf
arat
i, h
eld
th
at t
he
NJC
had
no
p
ow
er t
o c
on
tin
ue
wit
h t
he
pro
be
foll
ow
ing a
pet
itio
n w
ith
th
e m
atte
r p
end
ing i
n c
ou
rt.
Th
e co
urt
fu
rth
er h
eld
th
at t
he
cou
nci
l h
ad n
o p
ow
er t
o e
xer
cise
dis
cip
lin
ary m
easu
re a
gai
nst
G
um
mi
wh
o h
ad c
ease
d t
o b
e a
serv
ing j
ud
icia
l o
ffic
er b
y r
easo
n o
f h
is l
ette
r o
f v
olu
nta
ry
reti
rem
ent
dat
ed M
ay 1
3,
20
13
an
d t
he
pay
men
t o
f th
ree
mo
nth
s sa
lari
es i
n l
ieu
of
no
tice
.
Th
e co
urt
h
eld
th
at
the
ind
ictm
ent
of
Gu
mm
i w
as
of
no
ef
fect
. G
um
mi
had
rai
sed
an
ob
ject
ion
to
his
pro
be
by t
he
NJC
, sa
yin
g t
hat
he
had
cea
sed
to
be
a ju
dic
ial
off
icer
by v
irtu
e o
f h
is r
etir
emen
t b
ut
the
cou
nci
l d
ism
isse
d t
he
ob
ject
ion
.
At
the
hea
rin
g o
f o
ne
of
the
pet
itio
ns
agai
nst
him
, G
un
mi,
th
rou
gh
his
co
nso
rtiu
m o
f la
wyer
s le
d
by M
r. I
srae
l O
loru
nd
are
(SA
N)
and
Su
nd
ay A
meh
(S
AN
), c
hal
len
ged
th
e co
mp
eten
ce o
f th
e N
JC t
o c
on
tin
ue
the
pro
be,
say
ing t
hat
he
had
rel
inq
uis
hed
his
off
ice
sin
ce M
ay 1
3,
20
13
.
It w
as h
is c
on
ten
tio
n t
hat
hav
ing
ret
ired
vo
lun
tari
ly a
nd
no
lo
nger
a j
ud
icia
l o
ffic
er,
and
hav
ing
p
aid
th
ree
mo
nth
s sa
lary
in
to t
he
fed
eral
tre
asu
ry i
n l
ieu
of
no
tice
, h
e co
uld
no
lo
ng
er a
pp
ear
bef
ore
th
e N
JC a
s th
e p
anel
lac
ked
th
e ju
risd
icti
on
to
hea
r an
y p
etit
ion
ag
ain
st a
ret
ired
ju
dic
ial
off
icer
.
Bes
ides
, h
e ar
gu
ed t
hat
th
e m
atte
r w
as p
rese
ntl
y a
su
bje
ct o
f li
tig
atio
n b
oth
bef
ore
an
Ab
uja
Hig
h
Co
urt
wh
ere
he
on
ce h
eld
sw
ay a
nd
th
e F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
eq
ual
ly i
n A
bu
ja,
insi
stin
g t
hat
th
e N
JC d
id n
ot
hav
e a
con
curr
ent
juri
sdic
tio
n w
ith
th
e tw
o h
igh
co
urt
s.
Nev
erth
eles
s, a
n i
nv
esti
gat
ive
pan
el o
f th
e N
JC d
ism
isse
d h
is o
bje
ctio
n,
sayin
g h
e sh
ou
ld g
o a
nd
en
ter
his
def
ence
agai
nst
th
e al
legat
ion
s o
f co
rru
pti
on
th
at w
ere
lev
elle
d a
gai
nst
him
bef
ore
his
v
olu
nta
ry e
xit
fro
m o
ffic
e.
Mo
re s
o,
the
pan
el m
ain
tain
ed t
hat
it
was
a f
act
fin
din
g b
od
y t
hat
was
alr
ead
y c
on
stit
ute
d b
efo
re
Gu
mm
i se
nt
in h
is r
esig
nat
ion
let
ter
dat
ed M
ay 1
3,
bu
t re
ceiv
ed b
y t
he
NJC
th
e n
ext
day
.
Bef
ore
his
ret
irem
ent,
a c
om
pan
y,
Nes
tell
o G
atew
ays
Gro
up
wro
te t
o t
he
NJC
, al
legin
g t
hat
G
um
mi
abu
sed
his
off
ice
by h
and
ing o
ver
th
e co
mp
any’s
pro
per
ty t
o t
he
Go
ver
no
r o
f Z
amfa
ra
Sta
te,
Ab
du
lazi
z Y
ari
afte
r an
Ab
uja
Hig
h C
ou
rt h
ad r
ule
d a
gai
nst
th
e go
ver
no
r.
An
oth
er j
ud
ge
of
the
cou
rt,
Just
ice
Jud
e O
kek
e h
ad i
n a
ju
dgm
ent,
ord
ered
th
e co
mp
any t
o t
ake
po
sses
sio
n o
f th
e p
rop
erty
in
qu
esti
on
.
Th
e o
rder
was
all
eged
ly v
arie
d b
y t
he
form
er C
hie
f R
egis
trar
of
the
cou
rt,
Mrs
. T
oyin
Yah
aya,
o
n t
he
inst
ruct
ion
of
Gu
mm
i, a
n a
lleg
atio
n t
hat
was
den
ied
by G
um
mi.
In t
he
pet
itio
n t
o t
he
NJC
, th
e g
rou
p a
sked
th
e co
un
cil
to o
rder
a t
ho
rou
gh
in
ves
tigat
ion
in
to t
he
mat
ter
wit
h a
vie
w t
o p
un
ish
ing a
ny o
ne
fou
nd
gu
ilty
, ju
st a
s it
dem
and
ed t
hat
th
e fo
rmer
CJ
be
ord
ered
to
pu
t th
em b
ack
in
to p
oss
essi
on
of
the
Ho
use
sit
uat
ed a
t N
o 1
Fat
ai W
illi
ams
Str
eet,
A
sok
oro
, A
bu
ja.
Lik
ewis
e, a
no
ther
an
ti-c
orr
up
tio
n g
rou
p i
n i
ts o
wn
pet
itio
n a
lleg
ed t
hat
Gu
mm
i d
iver
ted
ov
er
N4
bil
lio
n a
llo
cate
d t
o t
he
hig
h c
ou
rt w
hil
st M
alla
m N
asir
u E
l-R
ufa
i h
eld
sw
ay a
s th
e M
inis
ter
of
the
FC
T.
In t
he
bid
to
sto
p t
he
pro
be,
Gu
mm
i h
ad p
rayed
th
e co
urt
to
set
asi
de
anyth
ing d
on
e o
r p
urp
ort
ed
to b
e d
on
e b
y N
JC i
n f
urt
her
ance
of
the
pet
itio
n f
iled
ag
ain
st h
im b
ecau
se h
e h
ad c
ease
d t
o b
e a
jud
icia
l o
ffic
er.
He
also
pra
yed
th
e co
urt
fo
r a
dec
lara
tio
n t
hat
an
y p
roce
edin
g h
eld
or
step
s ta
ken
or
dec
isio
n
reac
hed
or
to b
e ar
riv
ed a
t b
y t
he
NJC
in
so
far
as
it r
elat
ed t
o t
he
pet
itio
n a
gai
nst
him
was
nu
ll
and
vo
id a
nd
of
no
eff
ect
wh
atso
ever
.
Infl
ati
on
rate
ris
ing
at
fast
er p
ace
– N
BS
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
3:4
9 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By E
mek
a A
nae
to,
Eco
no
my E
dit
or
Co
nsu
mer
Pri
ce I
nd
ex (
CP
I) f
or
the
mo
nth
of
Feb
ruar
y 2
01
5 h
as s
ho
wn
th
at i
nfl
atio
nar
y p
ress
ure
w
as m
ou
nti
ng,
pu
shin
g t
he
Hea
dli
ne
Ind
ex t
o m
ov
e u
p b
y 8
.4 p
er c
ent
yea
r-o
n-y
ear,
as
agai
nst
8
.2 p
er c
ent
in J
anu
ary.
CP
I m
easu
res
infl
atio
n r
ates
an
d t
he
incr
ease
ref
lect
s ri
sin
g c
ost
of
go
od
s in
th
e ec
on
om
y.
In t
he
CP
I R
epo
rt r
elea
sed
yes
terd
ay t
he
Nat
ion
al B
ure
au o
f S
tati
stic
s (N
BS
) sa
id a
ll t
he
com
po
nen
ts t
hat
co
ntr
ibu
ted
to
th
e in
dex
in
crea
sed
at
a fa
ster
pac
e d
uri
ng t
he
per
iod
, n
oti
ng t
hat
th
e o
nly
ex
cep
tio
n w
as R
ecre
atio
nal
& C
ult
ure
wh
ich
als
o i
ncr
ease
d b
ut
at s
low
er p
ace.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
rep
ort
, F
oo
d p
rice
s as
ob
serv
ed b
y t
he
Fo
od
Su
b-i
nd
ex i
ncr
ease
d a
t a
fast
er
pac
e in
Feb
ruar
y p
artl
y d
ue
to i
ncr
ease
s in
pri
ces
of
imp
ort
ed f
oo
d i
tem
s. T
he
Imp
ort
ed F
oo
d
Su
b-i
nd
ex i
ncr
ease
d b
y 8
.8 p
er c
ent
(yea
r-o
n-y
ear)
, th
e h
igh
est
incr
ease
rec
ord
ed s
ince
Feb
ruar
y
20
13
. T
he
Fo
od
Su
b-i
nd
ex r
ose
by 9
.4 p
er c
ent
(yea
r-o
n-y
ear)
.
In t
he
Gro
up
rep
ort
, N
BS
sai
d w
hil
e m
ost
gro
up
s th
at c
on
trib
ute
d t
o t
he
Fo
od
Su
b-i
nd
ex
incr
ease
d a
t a
fast
er p
ace
du
rin
g t
he
mo
nth
of
Feb
ruar
y 2
01
5,
the
pac
e o
f in
crea
se w
as w
eigh
ed
do
wn
by a
slo
wer
in
crea
se i
n t
he
Bre
ad &
Cer
eals
su
b-g
rou
p.
Th
e p
ace
of
adv
ance
s re
cord
ed b
y t
he
“All
Ite
ms
Les
s F
arm
Pro
du
ce”
or
Co
re S
ub
-in
dex
in
crea
sed
fo
r th
e se
con
d c
on
secu
tiv
e m
on
th i
n F
ebru
ary,
20
15
. T
he
Co
re S
ub
-in
dex
in
crea
sed
by
7.0
per
cen
t (y
ear-
on
-yea
r),
0.2
per
cen
tag
e p
oin
ts f
rom
6.8
per
cen
t re
cord
ed i
n J
anu
ary 2
01
5.
Aft
er i
ncr
easi
ng a
t sa
me
pac
e yea
r-o
n-y
ear
fr t
he
pre
vio
us
two
mo
nth
s, f
oo
d p
rice
s as
mea
sure
d
by t
he
Fo
od
Su
b-i
nd
ex i
ncr
ease
d a
t fa
ster
pac
e in
Feb
ruar
y,
20
15
, in
crea
sin
g b
y 9
.4 p
er c
ent.
On
a m
on
th-o
n-m
on
th b
asis
, fo
od
pri
ces
incr
ease
d a
t a
slo
wer
rat
e in
Feb
ruar
y r
elat
ive
to
Jan
uar
y,
20
15
. F
oo
d p
rice
s in
crea
sed
by 0
.7 p
er c
ent
do
wn
fro
m 0
.9 p
er c
ent.
Pri
ce i
ncr
ease
s
slo
wed
acr
oss
mo
st g
rou
ps
that
co
ntr
ibu
te t
o t
he
Fo
od
Su
b-i
nd
ex w
ith
th
e ex
cep
tio
n o
f F
ish
G
rou
p.
Po
lice
: W
hy
We
Sto
pp
ed B
uh
ari
’s O
ne-
mil
lio
n-m
an
Ma
rch
in
Ka
no
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Ibra
him
S
hu
aib
u
in
Kan
oâ€
¨ T
he
Kan
o S
tate
Po
lice
Co
mm
and
on
Tu
esd
ay e
xp
lain
ed w
hy
it s
top
ped
th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es
Co
ngre
ss (
AP
C)
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e, G
ener
al M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i’s
on
e-m
illi
on
-man
mar
ch
by s
om
e yo
uth
gro
up
s in
Kan
o.
Ad
dre
ssin
g j
ou
rnal
ists
in
Kan
o,
the
spo
kes
man
of
the
po
lice
in t
he
stat
e, A
SP
Musa
Mag
aji
Maj
ia,
said
th
e S
ani
Ab
ach
a S
tad
ium
, th
e v
enu
e p
rop
ose
d b
y t
he
gro
up
fo
r th
e ra
lly h
ad a
lrea
dy
bee
n a
llo
cate
d f
or
a n
atio
nal
lea
gu
e en
cou
nte
r b
etw
een
Kan
o P
illa
rs a
nd
Bay
elsa
Un
ited
.
Maj
ia s
tate
d t
hat
th
e al
loca
tio
n o
f th
e sa
id v
enu
e w
as d
on
e b
y t
he
sup
erv
isin
g a
uth
ori
ty o
n a
fir
st-
com
e, f
irst
-ser
ve
bas
is,
po
inti
ng o
ut
that
th
ree
dif
fere
nt
gro
up
s h
ad a
pp
lied
fo
r th
e v
enu
e o
n t
he
sam
e d
ay.
He
dis
mis
sed
as
b
lack
mai
l th
e in
sin
uat
ion
th
at
the
po
lice
ac
tio
n
was
p
oli
tica
lly
mo
tiv
ated
, a
dd
ing,
ho
wev
er,
“in
a f
ree
wo
rld
, p
eop
le a
re f
ree
to h
old
an
op
inio
n.”
“Nig
eria
n F
oo
tbal
l F
eder
atio
n (
NF
F),
Mu
slim
s gro
up
wh
ose
Qu
ran
rec
itat
ion
was
sch
edu
led
fo
r S
atu
rday
at
the
stad
ium
wer
e am
on
g t
he
gro
up
th
at a
pp
lied
fo
r u
sage
of
the
faci
lity
, a
nd
as
far
as
I k
no
w N
FF
go
t th
e n
od
on
th
e b
asis
of
firs
t-co
me,
fir
st-s
erv
e,”
he
said
.
Maj
ia r
evea
led
th
at t
he
righ
t o
f u
sage
was
gra
nte
d t
o t
he
Gen
eral
Bu
har
i Y
ou
th G
rou
p a
day
af
ter,
p
oin
tin
g o
ut
that
th
e d
ecis
ion
to
pre
ven
t th
e gro
up
fro
m a
str
eet
pro
cess
ion
was
bas
ed o
n
secu
rity
co
nce
rns
in t
he
city
.
Th
e p
oli
ce s
po
kes
man
sai
d
a si
mil
ar s
tree
t p
roce
ssio
n p
rop
ose
d e
arli
er b
y P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
’s
Sp
ecia
l A
dv
iser
on
Agri
cult
ure
, D
r. B
arak
a S
ani,
was
den
ied
per
mis
sio
n,
str
essi
ng t
hat
“K
ano
is
no
t li
ke
oth
er c
itie
s an
d w
e h
ave
the
resp
on
sib
ilit
y t
o s
afeg
uar
d i
t’s
secu
rity
.”
Maj
ia e
xp
ress
ed t
he
read
ines
s o
f th
e p
oli
ce t
o w
ork
wit
h c
riti
cal
stak
eho
lder
s to
en
sure
pea
ce a
nd
st
abil
ity
in t
he
com
mer
cial
cit
y,
po
inti
ng o
ut
that
th
ey w
ou
ld n
ot
be
dis
trac
ted
by t
ho
se w
ho
ho
ld
con
trar
y o
pin
ion
s.
He
ther
efo
re c
alle
d o
n p
oli
tici
ans
to c
on
du
ct t
hei
r ac
tiv
itie
s w
ith
in t
he
con
fin
es o
f th
e la
w a
nd
refr
ain
fro
m a
ctio
n o
r in
acti
on
th
at w
ou
ld c
om
pro
mis
e se
curi
ty i
n t
he
stat
e.
AP
C p
rom
ises
on
e m
illi
on
jo
bs
thro
ug
h c
oa
l-fo
r-el
ectr
icit
y
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
3:0
7 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By F
ran
cis
Igat
a E
NU
GU
— A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss,
AP
C,
yes
terd
ay a
ssu
red
En
ugu
res
iden
ts t
hat
th
e h
ug
e co
al d
epo
sit
in t
he
stat
e w
ou
ld b
e re
vam
ped
fo
r el
ectr
icit
y s
up
ply
to
cre
ate
on
e m
illi
on
jo
bs
for
the
teem
ing u
nem
plo
yed
yo
uth
s in
th
e st
ate
and
bey
on
d.
Th
is h
int
cam
e d
uri
ng t
he
com
men
cem
ent
of
a ro
ad s
ho
w o
rgan
ised
by t
he
Gen
. M
uh
amm
adu
B
uh
ari
(ret
d),
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
Co
un
cil
to w
oo
vo
ters
in
th
e st
ate
for
thei
r ca
nd
idat
e.
AP
C s
po
kes
man
, S
ou
th-E
ast
geo
po
liti
cal
zon
e, M
r. O
sita
Ok
ech
uk
wu
, sa
id t
he
par
ty h
ad
ple
dg
ed t
o r
evam
p t
he
aban
do
ned
co
al d
epo
sit
in E
nu
gu
to
tri
gger
eco
no
mic
act
ivit
ies
in t
he
stat
e an
d r
egio
n.
His
wo
rds:
“B
uh
ari
is v
ery p
assi
on
ate
to c
reat
e jo
bs
for
the
yo
uth
s. W
e fe
el t
he
bes
t w
ay t
o d
o s
o
is t
o r
evam
p E
nu
gu
co
al,
wh
ich
was
ab
and
on
ed s
ince
th
e ci
vil
war
.
“His
vis
it t
o T
aich
un
g C
oal
-Fir
ed-P
ow
er-P
lan
t in
Tai
wan
, th
e la
rges
t in
th
e w
orl
d,
mo
tiv
ated
his
in
tere
st t
o r
evam
p E
nu
gu
co
al.”
On
co
rru
pti
on
an
d g
ov
ern
ance
, O
kec
hu
kw
u r
evea
led
th
at t
he
AP
C p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
bel
iev
ed s
ince
rely
th
at n
o m
atte
r h
ow
vas
t th
e co
un
try’s
res
ou
rces
wer
e, i
f th
ey w
ere
no
t ef
fici
entl
y u
tili
zed
, it
wo
uld
on
ly b
enef
it a
pri
vil
eged
few
, le
avin
g t
he
maj
ori
ty i
n a
bje
ct p
ov
erty
.
He
said
: “I
f N
iger
ia d
oes
no
t k
ill
corr
up
tio
n,
corr
up
tio
n w
ill
kil
l N
iger
ia.
To
ach
iev
e th
is,
Bu
har
i w
ill
pu
bli
cly
dec
lare
his
ass
ets
and
lia
bil
itie
s an
d e
nco
ura
ge
his
po
liti
cal
app
oin
tees
to
fo
llo
w s
uit
im
med
iate
ly h
e is
sw
orn
-in
.
“He
wil
l w
ork
wit
h t
he
Nat
ion
al A
ssem
bly
to
cu
t d
ow
n t
he
cost
of
go
ver
nan
ce,
bec
ause
he
feel
s th
at t
he
amo
un
t ex
pen
ded
on
ru
nn
ing t
he
pre
sid
ency
, th
e N
atio
nal
Ass
emb
ly,
and
th
e st
ate
ho
use
s ca
nn
ot
be
reas
on
ably
ju
stif
ied
wit
h t
he
po
ver
ty o
n t
he
gro
un
d.
“He
wil
l al
so i
nau
gu
rate
th
e N
atio
nal
Co
un
cil
on
Pro
cure
men
t as
sti
pu
late
d i
n t
he
Pro
cure
men
t A
ct.”
Kes
hi:
Dec
isio
n i
n f
ou
r d
ay
s, s
ay
s N
FF
bo
ss
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n S
po
rts
2:2
4 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
Nig
eria
wil
l d
ecid
e in
th
ree
day
s w
het
her
Ste
ph
en K
esh
i w
ill
con
tin
ue
as t
he
cou
ntr
y’s
co
ach
, ac
cord
ing t
o t
he
pre
sid
ent
of
the
cou
ntr
y’s
fo
otb
all
fed
erat
ion
.
Kes
hi
has
bee
n w
ith
ou
t a
con
trac
t si
nce
aft
er t
he
Wo
rld
Cu
p i
n B
razi
l la
st s
um
mer
.
Kes
hi
and
Am
aju
As
a re
sult
, h
is a
ssis
tan
t, D
anie
l A
mo
kac
hi,
wil
l b
e in
ch
arg
e o
f tw
o f
rien
dly
mat
ches
agai
nst
B
oli
via
an
d S
ou
th A
fric
a la
ter
this
mo
nth
.
“I t
old
th
e se
nat
e th
at w
ith
in 1
0 d
ays
and
by G
od
’s g
race
wit
hin
th
e n
ext
fou
r d
ays(
thre
e to
day
) th
is t
hin
g (
Kes
hi’
s ap
po
intm
ent
or
no
t) w
ou
ld b
e co
mp
lete
d.
It’s
eit
her
he
is i
n o
r h
e is
no
t in
,”
said
NF
F b
oss
Am
aju
Pin
nic
k.
Pin
nic
k m
ain
tain
ed h
e ex
pec
ts K
esh
i to
acc
ept
the
new
co
ntr
act
wit
ho
ut
any o
bje
ctio
ns.
“So
we
are
no
t sa
yin
g 1
00
% t
hat
it
is K
esh
i, w
e ar
e n
ot
sayin
g t
hat
I c
an a
ssu
re y
ou
10
0%
. It
can
b
e o
ther
per
son
s. I
t ca
n o
nly
be
Kes
hi
pro
vid
ed h
e ac
cep
ts 1
00
% t
he
con
trac
t w
e h
ave
off
ered
h
im.
If h
e d
oes
n’t
acc
ept
it,
then
I c
an t
ell
yo
u r
igh
t aw
ay t
hat
he
is n
ot
go
ing t
o b
e o
ur
coac
h,”
h
e st
ated
.
“No
w i
f K
esh
i sa
ys f
or
exam
ple
th
at o
ne
clau
se i
n t
hat
co
ntr
act
is n
ot
go
od
fo
r h
im,
it m
ean
s h
e d
oes
n’t
wan
t th
e jo
b,
so w
e ca
n n
ow
op
en i
t an
d l
oo
k f
or
oth
er c
oac
hes
th
at a
re r
ead
y t
o c
oac
h
Nig
eria
.
“Lik
e I
hav
e sa
id b
efo
re,
I w
ill
say a
gai
n,
if K
esh
i d
ecid
ed n
ot
to a
ccep
t th
e co
ntr
act,
we
are
no
t go
ing t
o c
han
ge
the
con
trac
t fo
r an
y o
ther
per
son
we
wan
t to
em
plo
y b
ecau
se t
o u
s w
hat
is
go
od
fo
r th
e go
ose
is
go
od
fo
r th
e g
and
er.
FG
: N
ort
h-e
ast
wil
l B
e S
ecu
re f
or
Vo
te
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Co
ord
ina
tor
of
the
Na
tio
na
l In
form
ati
on
C
entr
e,
Mr.
M
ike
Om
eri
Th
e C
oo
rdin
ato
r o
f th
e N
atio
nal
In
form
atio
n C
entr
e, M
r. M
ike
Om
eri,
has
sai
d t
he
insu
rgen
cy-
hit
No
rth
-eas
t re
gio
n w
ill
be
secu
re e
no
ugh
fo
r v
oti
ng t
o t
ake
pla
ce w
hen
del
ayed
ele
ctio
ns
star
t o
n M
arch
28
aft
er a
ren
ewed
mil
itar
y p
ush
agai
nst
Bo
ko
Har
am,
a go
ver
nm
ent
spo
kes
man
to
Blo
om
ber
g o
n T
ues
day
.
Nig
eria
n a
uth
ori
ties
are
co
nfi
den
t th
ey w
ou
ld h
ave
esta
bli
shed
ad
equ
ate
secu
rity
to
all
ow
th
e v
ote
to
go
ah
ead
in
th
e re
gio
n,
Om
eri
said
on
a p
anel
in
Lo
nd
on
.
On
ly t
hre
e ar
eas
in t
he
No
rth
-eas
t ar
e u
nd
er t
he
con
tro
l o
f B
ok
o H
aram
Isl
amis
t m
ilit
ants
, h
e sa
id.
Un
til
mo
re t
han
20
0 s
cho
olg
irls
wer
e k
idn
app
ed b
y th
e gro
up
fro
m t
he
No
rth
-eas
tern
to
wn
of
Ch
ibo
k i
n A
pri
l la
st y
ear,
“w
e u
nd
eres
tim
ated
th
e ex
ten
t o
f in
curs
ion
in
to o
ur
terr
ito
ry,”
Om
eri
said
.
Aft
erw
ard
, “w
e sw
un
g
into
ac
tio
n,”
h
e sa
id.
Mo
st
of
the
gir
ls
are
stil
l m
issi
ng.
Th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n (
INE
C)
po
stp
on
ed t
he
nat
ion
al v
ote
by s
ix
wee
ks
last
mo
nth
aft
er P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an’s
nat
ion
al s
ecu
rity
ad
vis
er s
aid
th
e m
ilit
ary
nee
ded
mo
re t
ime
to s
ub
du
e th
e re
bel
s an
d e
nsu
re v
ote
rs’
safe
ty.
Fo
rces
fro
m n
eigh
bo
ori
ng C
had
an
d N
iger
hav
e jo
ined
th
e fi
gh
t ag
ain
st t
he
insu
rgen
ts.
Sec
uri
ty f
orc
es r
ou
ted
Bo
ko
Har
am m
ilit
ants
fro
m t
he
No
rth
-eas
tern
to
wn
of
Bam
a in
Bo
rno
S
tate
, w
hil
e G
on
iri,
th
e la
st in
surg
ent
“str
on
gh
old
” in
th
e n
eigh
bo
uri
ng st
ate
of
Yo
be,
w
as
reca
ptu
red
by t
roo
ps,
mil
itar
y s
po
kes
man
Ch
ris
Olu
ko
lad
e sa
id i
n a
sta
tem
ent
on
Mo
nd
ay.
“No
w w
e h
ave
the
secu
rity
co
op
erat
ion
o
f o
ur
nei
gh
bo
urs
, th
ere’
s n
ow
her
e to
go
” fo
r th
e m
ilit
ants
, O
mer
i sa
id.
“Cit
izen
s w
ill
be
able
to
ca
st
thei
r v
ote
.”
Bo
ko
Har
am,
wh
ich
has
kil
led
th
ou
san
ds
in i
ts s
ix-y
ear
cam
pai
gn
to
im
po
se I
slam
ic l
aw i
n
Afr
ica’
s la
rges
t ec
on
om
y,
this
mo
nth
ple
dged
all
egia
nce
to
Isl
amic
Sta
te,
wh
ich
has
dec
lare
d a
ca
lip
hat
e in
p
arts
o
f S
yri
a an
d
Iraq
. T
he
elec
tio
n p
its
Jon
ath
an’s
ru
lin
g P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
agai
nst
a u
nit
ed o
pp
osi
tio
n,
led
by f
orm
er m
ilit
ary r
ule
r M
uh
amm
adu
Bu
har
i, i
n w
hat
an
alyst
s ex
pec
t w
ill
be
the
tigh
test
co
nte
st s
ince
th
e P
DP
cam
e to
po
wer
in
19
99
.
INE
C’s
Ch
airm
an,
Pro
f. A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a, s
aid
on
Mo
nd
ay t
he
secu
rity
sit
uat
ion
has
im
pro
ved
sin
ce
the
po
stp
on
emen
t an
d t
he
agen
cy i
s se
t to
ho
ld c
red
ible
ele
ctio
ns.
Ou
t o
f 6
8.8
mil
lio
n p
eop
le o
n t
he
elec
tora
l re
gis
ter,
81
per
cen
t h
ave
coll
ecte
d t
hei
r v
ote
r ca
rds.
Na
’ A
bb
a J
oin
s A
PC
as
Bo
T M
emb
er,
Pre
dic
ts B
uh
ari
’s
Vic
tory
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Fo
rmer
S
pea
ker
o
f th
e H
ou
se
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es,
Ho
n.
Gh
ali
N
a’A
bb
a
On
yeb
uch
i E
zigb
o
in
Ab
uja


Th
e fo
rmer
S
pea
ker
o
f th
e H
ou
se
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es,
Ho
n.
Gh
ali
Na’
Ab
ba
has
ex
pre
ssed
o
pti
mis
m t
hat
th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e, G
ener
al M
uh
amm
adu
B
uh
ari
(rtd
), w
ill
be
vic
tori
ou
s at
th
e M
arch
28
po
lls.
Na’
Ab
ba,
wh
o w
as f
orm
ally
rec
eiv
ed i
n t
he
op
po
siti
on
par
ty f
old
yes
terd
ay i
n A
bu
ja w
ith
an
au
tom
atic
ap
po
intm
ent
into
th
e p
arty
’s B
oar
d o
f T
rust
ees
(Bo
T),
sai
d t
he
ban
e o
f th
e co
un
try i
n
the
pas
t yea
rs h
ad b
een
th
e in
abil
ity o
f it
s le
ader
ship
to
car
ry t
he
peo
ple
alo
ng i
n g
ov
ern
ance
.
He
lam
ente
d t
hat
Nig
eria
had
bee
n m
isru
led
by s
ucc
essi
ve
go
ver
nm
ents
in
th
e p
ast
16
yea
rs.
Sp
eak
ing o
n h
is d
ecis
ion
to
def
ect
to t
he
AP
C,
form
er s
pea
ker
sai
d t
he
par
ty h
as n
ow
gro
wn
in
to
a n
atio
nal
par
ty a
nd
no
t w
hat
th
ey u
se t
o r
egar
d i
t as
a r
elig
iou
s p
arty
or
sect
ion
al p
arty
.
“I a
m h
app
y t
hat
he
is g
oin
g t
o b
e th
e n
ext
pre
sid
ent
of
this
co
un
try a
nd
wh
en h
e b
eco
mes
th
e p
resi
den
t, i
t is
ou
r d
esir
e th
at h
e co
nti
nu
es t
o b
e a
nat
ion
al l
ead
er a
nd
no
t a
sect
ion
al l
ead
er,”
he
said
.
Na’
Ab
ba
said
fr
om
h
is
per
son
al
ob
serv
atio
n
of
the
cam
pai
gn
s so
fa
r,
Bu
har
i h
as
bec
om
e in
crea
sin
gly
po
pu
lar
aro
un
d t
he
cou
ntr
y,
add
ing t
hat
he
has
bee
n i
nu
nd
ated
wit
h s
oli
dar
ity c
alls
fr
om
fo
rmer
co
llea
gu
es s
ince
his
jo
inin
g t
he
AP
C.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
“It
is q
uit
e re
mar
kab
le t
hat
sin
ce I
lef
t th
e P
DP
, I
hav
e b
een
rec
eiv
ing c
alls
an
d m
essa
ges
of
enco
ura
gem
ent
fro
m a
cro
ss N
iger
ia.
Th
is i
s to
sh
ow
th
at A
PC
is
a n
atio
nal
p
arty
an
d n
ot
wh
at t
hey
use
to
reg
ard
as
a re
ligio
us
par
ty a
nd
sec
tio
nal
par
ty.
Peo
ple
fro
m a
ll
corn
ers
of
this
co
un
try
hav
e ca
lled
m
e,
incl
ud
ing
form
er
mem
ber
s o
f th
e H
ou
se
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es w
ho
are
in
AP
C.
“My p
led
ge
tod
ay i
s to
wo
rk w
ith
yo
u a
nd
th
e p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
of
the
par
ty w
hil
e tr
yin
g t
o
con
soli
dat
e o
n t
he
gai
ns
mad
e so
far
. It
is
ver
y r
emar
kab
le t
hat
a c
on
ven
tio
n w
as h
eld
an
d a
fre
e
and
fai
r el
ecti
on
was
co
nd
uct
ed i
n w
hic
h B
uh
ari
emer
ged
as
the
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e o
f th
e p
arty
an
d I
am
wit
nes
s to
ho
w p
op
ula
r B
uh
ari
is,
no
t ju
st i
n t
he
No
rth
, b
ut
all
ov
er t
he
cou
ntr
y.
“Nig
eria
ns
hav
e co
me
a lo
ng w
ay a
nd
I h
ave
con
tin
ued
to
say
th
at w
e ca
nn
ot
con
tin
ue
to r
ule
th
is c
ou
ntr
y o
n t
he
bas
is o
f d
ivis
iven
ess.
We
can
su
ccee
d i
n t
his
co
un
try w
ith
ou
t m
alig
nin
g o
ther
p
arts
of
the
cou
ntr
y b
ecau
se w
e h
ave
all
it t
akes
. A
ll t
he
regio
ns
of
this
co
un
try h
ave
com
par
ativ
e ad
van
tages
wh
ich
we
can
bu
ild
on
an
d s
ucc
eed
an
d w
e d
on
’t h
ave
to m
alig
n o
ther
s to
be
able
to
su
ccee
d.
“Go
d h
as c
reat
ed u
s in
to d
iffe
ren
t tr
ibes
an
d n
atio
ns.
If
we
are
all
Hau
sas
or
Igb
os
or
Yo
rub
as,
ther
e m
ay h
ave
bee
n n
o d
esir
e fo
r ex
chan
ge
amo
ng u
s an
d w
e m
ay n
ot
kn
ow
on
e an
oth
er.
It i
s a
test
on
us
all.
We
hav
e d
iffe
ren
ces
in l
angu
ages
an
d r
elig
ion
am
on
g o
ther
s so
th
at w
e ca
n b
e tr
ust
ed i
n o
ur
lead
ersh
ip.”
A c
hie
ftai
n o
f th
e p
arty
, A
ud
u O
gb
eh,
con
dem
ned
th
e le
ader
ship
sty
le i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y w
her
e h
e sa
id
lead
ers
thin
k
thro
ugh
th
eir
sto
mac
h.
He
said
th
e m
anag
emen
t o
f th
e af
fair
s o
f th
e co
un
try n
eed
ed s
om
e ch
ang
e if
gen
uin
e p
rogre
ss i
s to
be
atta
ined
.
“Her
e, I
am
so
rry t
o s
ay,
the
sto
mac
h d
oes
th
e th
ink
ing.
“Un
less
an
d u
nti
l ch
ang
e in
go
ver
nan
ce i
s ac
hie
ved
, th
ere
is s
till
go
ing t
o b
e tu
rbu
len
t d
ays
ahea
d,”
he
said
.
Wh
ile
wel
com
ing
Naa
’ab
ba,
th
e N
atio
nal
C
hai
rman
o
f A
PC
, C
hie
f Jo
hn
O
dig
ie-O
yeg
un
, w
elco
med
Naa
’ab
ba
and
an
no
un
ced
his
au
tom
atic
mem
ber
ship
of
the
par
ty’s
Bo
T,
and
han
ded
o
ver
th
e co
nst
itu
tio
n a
nd
man
ifes
to o
f th
e p
arty
to
him
.
He
said
th
ou
gh
th
e p
arty
was
ex
cite
d a
t th
e re
cep
tio
n i
t re
ceiv
ed s
o f
ar i
n i
ts c
amp
aign
s, i
t is
als
o
terr
ifie
d a
t th
e en
orm
ity o
f th
e ta
sk a
hea
d.
Oyeg
un
sai
d t
he
nat
ion
at
pre
sen
t h
as l
ost
its
bea
rin
g d
ue
to b
ad l
ead
ersh
ip i
n t
he
pas
t ye
ars,
ad
din
g t
hat
th
e p
eop
le’s
ex
pec
tati
on
s h
op
es f
or
a b
ette
r fu
ture
has
bec
om
e a
maj
or
chal
len
ge
for
the
AP
C.
Th
e p
arty
ch
airm
an s
aid
if
mar
k o
f go
od
lea
der
ship
is
the
legac
y le
ft b
ehin
d,
wh
at t
hen
wil
l th
e P
DP
la
y
clai
m
to
hav
e ac
hie
ved
if
n
ot
that
o
f d
ivis
iven
ess.
H
e al
leged
th
at
wh
ile
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
is
ex
plo
itin
g
the
Ch
rist
ian
re
ligio
n
for
po
liti
cal
gai
n,
Bu
har
i is
ju
st t
ryin
g t
o b
e a
go
od
Mu
slim
. B
uh
ari
has
no
t go
ne
to a
ny m
osq
ue
to
seek
po
liti
cal
pat
ron
age.
”
Naa
’ab
a w
as ac
com
pan
ied
b
y
form
er m
emb
er
of
the
PD
P
Bo
T,
Ish
aku
Ib
rah
im,
and
H
on
. A
bu
bak
ar L
ado
. O
ther
s in
att
end
ance
wer
e O
gb
eh,
Ch
ief
Geo
rge
Mo
gh
alu
.
Fo
rmer
nat
ion
al c
hai
rman
of
the
def
un
ct C
on
gre
ss f
or
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
han
ge
(CP
C),
Mr.
To
ny
Mo
mo
h,
said
AP
C h
as n
ow
em
erged
as
a b
ig n
atio
nal
par
ty.
“On
e th
ing w
e fo
rget
ab
ou
t A
PC
is
that
it
is b
igger
th
an P
DP
. T
he
exte
nt
wh
ich
peo
ple
are
m
ov
ing f
rom
PD
P t
o A
PC
is
no
t th
e sa
me
as p
eop
le m
ov
ing t
o P
DP
fro
m A
PC
. T
od
ay,
we
are
ahea
d o
f 1
2 m
illi
on
par
ty m
emb
ers
and
we
are
big
ger
th
an t
he
PD
P a
nd
th
eref
ore
we
are
the
big
ges
t p
arty
in
Afr
ica.
“We
hav
e th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n p
arty
in
go
ver
nm
ent.
We
hav
e a
go
ver
nm
ent
in g
ov
ern
men
t th
at i
s to
day
res
isti
ng c
han
ge
and
AP
C i
s ch
amp
ion
ing c
han
ge.
Ele
ctio
n w
ill
com
e, a
nd
it
wil
l b
e p
eace
ful,
fr
ee,
fair
an
d
tran
spar
ent,
an
d
ever
yb
od
y
wil
l ac
cep
t th
e re
sult
. “E
ver
yb
od
y w
ants
pea
ce a
nd
ev
eryo
ne
sho
uld
be
read
y t
o m
ake
sacr
ific
es i
ncl
ud
ing a
ll t
he
rele
van
t go
ver
nm
ent
agen
cies
to
rea
lise
th
e go
al o
f p
eace
ful
elec
tio
n i
n f
urt
her
ance
of
the
un
ity
of
the
cou
ntr
y,”
he
said
.An
ti-J
ega
Pro
test
: ‘J
on
ath
an
’s M
en’
Fu
elli
ng
Vio
len
ce,
Say
s A
PC
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
AP
C
Na
tio
na
l P
ub
lici
ty
Sec
reta
ry,
Alh
aji
L
ai
Mo
ha
mm
ed
Op
po
siti
on
sh
ou
ld
sto
p
scar
e-m
on
ger
ing
and
p
rep
are
for
def
eat,
sa
ys
Fan
i-K
ayo
de
OP
C b
reak
s u
p,
fact
ion
dis
ow
ns
Gan
i A
dam
s
Ch
uk
s O
ko
cha
an
d
On
yeb
uch
i E
zigb
o
in
Ab
uja
an
d
Gb
oyeg
a A
kin
san
mi
in
Lag
os


Th
e A
ll P
rog
ress
ives
Co
ngre
ss (
AP
C)
has
acc
use
d P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an o
f ca
rryin
g h
is
re-e
lect
ion
des
per
atio
n t
o a
new
hei
gh
t o
n M
on
day
by a
llo
win
g t
hu
gs
to b
e u
nle
ash
ed o
n L
ago
s re
sid
ents
du
rin
g a
sp
on
sore
d O
od
ua
Peo
ple
’s C
on
gre
ss (
OP
C)
pro
test
ag
ain
st t
he
Ch
airm
an o
f th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n,
Pro
f. A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a.
In a
sta
tem
ent
issu
ed
on
Tu
esd
ay b
y i
ts N
atio
nal
Pu
bli
city
Sec
reta
ry,
Alh
aji
Lai
Mo
ham
med
, th
e p
arty
all
eged
th
at t
he
pre
sid
ent’
s su
pp
ort
ers,
led
by
the
OP
C,
too
k t
o m
ajo
r ro
ads
in t
he
city
d
uri
ng r
ush
ho
ur
traf
fic
to u
nle
ash
may
hem
on
th
e ci
tize
ns,
cre
ate
mas
siv
e gri
dlo
ck t
hat
pre
ven
t m
any w
ork
ers
fro
m r
each
ing t
hei
r p
lace
s o
f w
ork
as
wel
l as
des
tro
y a
ny A
PC
cam
pai
gn
po
ster
th
ey c
ou
ld l
ay t
hei
r h
and
s o
n.
‘’T
hey
sa
id
we
are
rais
ing
fals
e al
arm
. B
ut
just
as
w
e h
ad
aler
ted
N
iger
ian
s, t
he
Jon
ath
an a
dm
inis
trat
ion
’s s
po
nso
red
pro
test
to
ok
pla
ce,
wit
h d
ire
con
seq
uen
ces
for
resi
den
ts.
Ho
wev
er,
the
Pre
sid
ent’
s ch
ance
s in
th
e fo
rth
com
ing e
lect
ion
s su
ffer
ed a
co
llat
eral
d
amag
e as
th
e N
9 b
illi
on
-po
wer
ed p
rote
st b
ack
fire
d,
wit
h e
ven
su
pp
ort
ers
of
the
pre
sid
ent
bei
ng f
orc
ed t
o h
ave
a re
thin
k d
ue
to t
he
mas
siv
e sc
ale
of
the
law
less
nes
s an
d b
rigan
dag
e th
at t
oo
k p
lace
du
rin
g a
su
pp
ose
dly
pea
cefu
l p
rote
st,’
’ it
sai
d.
AP
C s
aid
th
e n
ext
plo
t b
y t
he
op
pro
bri
ou
s Jo
nat
han
ad
min
istr
atio
n i
s a
seri
es o
f an
ti-T
inu
bu
d
emo
nst
rati
on
s in
Lag
os,
fo
r w
hic
h t
he
pla
nn
ers
hav
e b
een
mo
bil
ised
wit
h m
illi
on
s o
f n
aira
.
‘’D
uri
ng t
he
fort
hco
min
g d
emo
nst
rati
on
s, t
he
pro
test
ers
hav
e b
een
to
ld t
o c
arry
pla
card
s as
kin
g
the
EF
CC
to
pro
be
the
alle
gat
ion
s m
ade
agai
nst
Sen
ato
r B
ola
Ah
med
Tin
ub
u i
n t
he
dec
eitf
ul,
ill
-in
ten
tio
ned
an
d
irre
spo
nsi
ble
‘d
ocu
men
tary
’ th
at
was
sp
on
sore
d
by
the
sam
e Jo
nat
han
ad
min
istr
atio
n.
Su
ch i
s th
e le
vel
of
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an’s
des
per
atio
n f
or
re-e
lect
ion
th
at a
man
w
ho
is
no
t o
n t
he
bal
lot
in t
he
fort
hco
min
g e
lect
ion
s h
as b
eco
me
a ta
rget
of
un
pre
ced
ente
d
mu
dsl
ingin
g b
y h
is (
pre
sid
ent’
s) a
dm
inis
trat
ion
,’’
the
par
ty s
aid
.
It
said
ta
kin
g
into
co
nsi
der
atio
n
the
spo
nso
red
p
rote
sts
by
MA
SS
OB
an
d
the
OP
C,
the
un
pro
vo
ked
an
d v
iru
len
t at
tack
s o
n t
he
pre
sid
enti
al c
and
idat
e o
f th
e A
PC
, G
en.
Mu
ham
mad
u
Bu
har
i (r
td),
th
e sp
on
sore
d d
ocu
men
tary
of
lies
as
wel
l as
th
e p
lan
ned
dem
on
stra
tio
ns
agai
nst
T
inu
bu
, an
d
the
inci
ting
stat
emen
ts
by
Fir
st
Lad
y,
Pat
ien
ce
Jon
ath
an,
wh
o
has
as
ked
h
er
sup
po
rter
s to
sto
ne
AP
C m
emb
ers
and
su
pp
ort
ers,
th
ere
is u
nd
isp
ute
d e
vid
ence
th
at P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
h
imse
lf
is
lead
ing
the
cam
pai
gn
to
m
ake
the
elec
tio
ns
vio
len
t an
d
Nig
eria
u
ngo
ver
nab
le.
Als
o,
the
Lag
os
Sta
te c
hap
ter
of
the
AP
C h
as s
aid
th
e M
on
day
pro
test
by t
he
OP
C w
as a
sp
on
sore
d
act
of
war
d
ecla
red
o
n
the
par
ty
by
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an
and
th
e ru
lin
g
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
(P
DP
).
Des
crib
ing t
he
pro
test
as
an a
ct o
f “d
esp
erat
ion
” ca
pab
le o
f af
fect
ing t
he
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss,
the
stat
e P
ub
lici
ty S
ecre
tary
of
the
AP
C,
Mr.
Jo
e Ig
bo
kw
e, s
aid
his
par
ty c
ame
to t
he
con
clu
sio
n t
hat
th
e d
estr
uct
ion
of
the
par
ty’s
bil
lbo
ard
s an
d p
ost
ers
du
rin
g t
he
pro
test
was
sp
on
sore
d b
y th
e ru
lin
g p
arty
bec
ause
th
e h
and
bil
ls t
hey
wer
e d
istr
ibu
tin
g d
uri
ng t
he
pro
test
wer
e p
ro-J
on
ath
an
cam
pai
gn
mat
eria
ls.
Ex
pre
ssin
g d
isd
ain
bec
ause
he
clai
med
th
at t
he
po
lice
au
tho
rity
“n
ever
act
ed t
hro
ugh
ou
t th
e p
erio
d t
hey
wer
e d
estr
oyi
ng A
PC
mat
eria
l,”
Igb
ok
we
add
ed t
hat
: “W
e w
on
der
wh
eth
er t
he
po
lice
w
as
par
t o
f th
e v
iole
nt
dem
on
stra
tio
n
and
w
e w
arn
th
at
the
per
sev
eran
ce
and
p
atie
nce
o
f L
ago
sian
s sh
ou
ld n
ot
be
test
ed.”
He
said
th
e p
arty
was
mak
ing a
rran
gem
ent
to s
end
a p
etit
ion
to
th
e p
oli
ce a
uth
ori
ty a
nd
th
at i
t ex
pec
ts t
he
po
lice
to
act
dis
pas
sio
nat
ely i
n b
rin
gin
g t
he
per
pet
rato
rs t
o b
oo
k,
stre
ssin
g t
hat
: “W
e ca
ll o
n t
he
po
lice
an
d o
ther
sec
uri
ty a
gen
cies
to
do
its
leg
al d
uti
es o
f p
rose
cuti
ng t
he
van
dal
s th
at
wer
e sp
on
sore
d t
o u
nle
ash
vio
len
ce i
n L
ago
s an
d d
estr
oy A
PC
cam
pai
gn
mat
eria
ls.”
Ho
wev
er,
the
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
Pre
sid
enti
al C
amp
aign
Org
anis
atio
n (
PD
PP
CO
) h
as
call
ed o
n t
he
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
to s
top
ped
dli
ng
fal
seh
oo
d a
nd
to
pre
par
e fo
r d
efea
t in
th
e M
arch
28
pre
sid
enti
al e
lect
ion
.
Th
e D
irec
tor
of
Med
ia a
nd
Pu
bli
city
of
the
PD
PP
CO
, F
emi
Fan
i-K
ayo
de
said
in
a s
tate
men
t yes
terd
ay:
“Th
e re
cen
t st
rin
g o
f li
es b
y L
ai M
oh
amm
ed,
the
Pu
bli
city
Sec
reta
ry o
f th
e A
ll
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C),
att
emp
tin
g t
o l
ink
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
wit
h a
pro
test
by
the
Oo
du
a P
eop
les’
Co
ngre
ss (
OP
C)
in L
ago
s is
mo
re o
f th
e sa
me
pat
tern
of
fals
eho
od
an
d
scar
emo
ng
erin
g t
hat
th
e A
PC
an
d i
ts P
ub
lici
ty S
ecre
tary
hav
e m
ade
thei
r tr
adem
ark
. W
e ad
vis
e th
e A
PC
to
sto
p p
edd
ling f
alse
ho
od
an
d s
care
mo
nger
ing a
nd
to
pre
par
e fo
r d
efea
t at
th
e M
arch
2
8 p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
ns.
“Nig
eria
ns
kn
ow
ver
y w
ell
that
th
is i
s n
ot
the
firs
t ti
me
that
th
e A
PC
is
emb
ark
ing o
n s
pre
adin
g
lies
in
th
e h
op
e o
f in
citi
ng t
he
peo
ple
agai
nst
th
e P
DP
an
d P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
. T
he
lies
of
Lai
M
oh
amm
ed a
nd
th
e A
PC
hav
e n
ever
ach
iev
ed t
hei
r n
efar
iou
s o
bje
ctiv
es a
nd
on
ce a
gai
n t
hei
r fa
lseh
oo
d s
hal
l fa
il.
“Sin
ce t
he
AP
C c
ov
ers
itse
lf i
n a
clo
ak o
f d
ark
nes
s an
d f
alse
ho
od
, th
e p
arty
mu
st i
nv
ent
a n
ew
lie
ever
y s
ingle
day
rat
her
th
an a
dm
it t
hat
it
has
no
an
swer
to
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an’s
ach
iev
emen
ts
in
agri
cult
ure
, av
iati
on
, ed
uca
tio
n,
road
s,
rail
way
s,
ind
ust
rial
isat
ion
, w
om
en
and
yo
uth
em
po
wer
men
t an
d o
ther
are
as.
Th
e A
PC
pre
fers
to
res
ort
to
ped
dli
ng f
alse
ho
od
rat
her
th
an
eng
agin
g i
n a
n i
ssu
es-b
ased
cam
pai
gn
.
“No
w t
hat
Lag
osi
ans
are
at l
ast
real
isin
g t
he
lev
el o
f sl
eaze
an
d i
nsu
rmo
un
tab
le g
reed
am
on
g t
he
AP
C l
ead
ers
in t
he
stat
e, L
ai M
oh
amm
ed a
nd
his
han
dle
rs a
re p
anic
kin
g b
ecau
se t
hey
kn
ow
th
eir
chan
ces
of
corn
erin
g t
he
mar
ket
on
th
e go
lden
go
ose
wh
ich
th
ey h
ave
flee
ced
fo
r th
e p
ast
six
teen
yea
rs
are
dim
min
g.
Th
is i
s th
e si
ngle
rea
son
wh
y M
oh
amm
ed a
nd
th
e A
PC
hav
e re
sort
ed t
o t
hei
r ag
e-o
ld a
nd
o
utd
ated
str
ateg
y o
f fi
rin
g o
ff a
new
sta
tem
ent
of
fals
eho
od
ev
ery
sin
gle
day
in
th
e h
op
e o
f d
istr
acti
ng L
ago
sian
s an
d N
iger
ian
s at
lar
ge
fro
m t
he
key
iss
ues
at
stak
e in
th
is e
lect
ion
.
“Fo
r th
e av
oid
ance
of
do
ub
t, m
any N
iger
ian
s ar
e to
day
qu
esti
on
ing t
he
wis
do
m o
f al
low
ing
th
e A
PC
, a
par
ty t
hat
has
su
per
inte
nd
ed o
ver
an
un
imag
inab
le l
evel
of
ou
trig
ht
thef
t o
f p
ub
lic
fun
ds
and
u
surp
atio
n
and
co
nv
ersi
on
o
f go
ver
nm
ent
pro
per
ties
fo
r p
erso
nal
u
se
in
Lag
os
Sta
te,
anyw
her
e n
ear
con
tro
l o
f th
e fe
der
al g
ov
ern
men
t.
“As
the
elec
tio
ns
dra
w c
lose
r an
d L
ai M
oh
amm
ed a
nd
his
AP
C m
aste
rs h
ave
bec
om
e fu
lly a
war
e th
at t
her
e is
a r
eal
po
ssib
ilit
y o
f th
eir
losi
ng L
ago
s st
ate
at t
he
fort
hco
min
g p
resi
den
tial
an
d
gu
ber
nat
ori
al e
lect
ion
s. A
s w
e d
raw
nea
rer
to t
he
d-d
ay o
f M
arch
28
we
pre
dic
t th
at t
hey
wil
l is
sue
mo
re b
asel
ess
and
un
tru
thfu
lpre
ss s
tate
men
ts a
nd
fal
seh
oo
d a
gai
nst
th
e P
DP
an
d P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
.
“We
adv
ise
Nig
eria
ns
to d
ism
iss
thei
r ch
ildis
h a
nd
pat
het
ic a
lleg
atio
ns
and
th
e sh
eer
rub
bis
h t
hat
is
bei
ng d
isse
min
ated
by t
he
AP
C.
Wh
at w
e ar
e w
itn
essi
ng f
rom
th
em a
re t
he
fran
tic
gas
ps
of
a fa
iled
po
liti
cal
par
ty t
hat
rea
lise
s th
at i
t is
ab
ou
t to
fac
e a
cru
shin
g d
efea
t an
d s
etb
ack
th
at w
ill
sen
d i
t o
ut
of
exis
ten
ce.
By t
he
tim
e th
is i
s al
l o
ver
, th
e A
PC
wil
l b
e d
um
ped
an
d f
org
ott
en i
n t
he
du
stb
in o
f N
iger
ian
po
liti
cal
his
tory
”
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
pro
test
org
anis
ed b
y t
he
OP
C i
n L
ago
s h
as f
inal
ly t
orn
th
e v
igil
ante
gro
up
ap
art
as t
he
OP
C N
atio
nal
Co
ord
inat
ing C
ou
nci
l d
iso
wn
ed i
ts N
atio
nal
Co
ord
inat
or,
Mr.
Gan
i A
dam
s.
A f
acti
on
led
by o
ne
of
the
OP
C f
ou
nd
ing m
emb
ers,
Mr.
Sh
ina
Ak
inp
elu
, ad
ded
th
at t
he
nat
ion
al
coo
rdin
ato
r h
ad
bet
rayed
th
e p
eop
le
of
Yo
rub
a la
nd
fo
r o
rgan
isin
g
pro
test
ca
llin
g
for
the
dis
mis
sal
of
the
Ch
airm
an o
f In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n (
INE
C),
Pro
f. A
ttah
iru
Je
ga.
Ak
inp
elu
co
nd
emn
ed
the
dec
isio
n
of
Ad
ams
in
a n
ews
con
fere
nce
h
e ad
dre
ssed
yes
terd
ay
alo
ngsi
de
OP
C’s
fo
un
din
g m
emb
ers
incl
ud
ing M
r. M
on
suru
Ak
and
e, M
r. S
un
day
Ad
ebay
o,
Mr.
K
ilan
ko
Ola
dip
up
o,
Mr.
Keh
ind
e O
gu
nyal
e an
d M
r. G
ben
ga
Eeg
un
lusi
, am
on
g o
ther
s.
At
the
con
fere
nce
, th
e fa
ctio
nal
lea
der
sai
d w
hat
was
wit
nes
sed
on
Mo
nd
ay i
n L
ago
s “w
as t
he
hig
hes
t le
vel
of
po
liti
cal
vio
len
ce s
po
nso
red
an
d f
un
ded
by
cert
ain
ele
men
ts i
n t
he
Pre
sid
ent
Go
od
luck
Jo
nat
han
go
ver
nm
ent.
Ad
ams
is o
n h
is o
wn
an
d d
oes
no
t en
joy t
he
sup
po
rt o
f a
larg
e si
ze o
f o
ur
mem
ber
ship
sp
read
acr
oss
th
e co
un
try.
“He
is w
ork
ing
fo
r th
e sp
on
sors
of
vio
len
ce a
gai
nst
ou
r p
eop
le w
ho
wan
t th
e M
arch
28
ele
ctio
ns
no
t to
ho
ld.
Un
leas
hin
g t
erro
r o
n i
nn
oce
nt
citi
zen
s an
d k
illi
ng t
hem
is
no
t th
e w
ay o
f d
emo
crac
y.
It i
s n
ot
ou
r id
ea o
f a
peo
ple
-ori
ente
d a
dv
oca
cy.
Ad
ams
is o
n a
du
bio
us
pro
ject
,” h
e sa
id.
Ak
inp
elu
no
ted
th
at A
dam
s w
as u
sin
g t
he
pro
ceed
s o
f th
e p
ipel
ine
con
trac
t h
e go
t fr
om
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an a
s a
plo
y o
r ex
cuse
“to
rec
ruit
peo
ple
to
wo
rk f
or
Jon
ath
an a
nd
PD
P i
n t
he
sou
th-w
est.
G
ani
Ad
ams
is a
pp
aren
tly a
ctin
g a
gai
nst
Yo
rub
a in
tere
st.”
He
alle
ged
th
at t
he
com
pro
mis
e A
dam
s h
ad m
ade
amo
un
ted
“to
sel
lin
g t
he
Yo
rub
a to
th
e p
rese
nt
go
ver
nm
ent
for
a p
iece
o
f p
ipel
ine
con
trac
t to
li
ne
his
p
ock
ets.
O
PC
is
n
ot
abo
ut
pip
elin
e co
ntr
acts
or
any o
ther
co
ntr
acts
fo
r th
at m
atte
r. T
he
Yo
rub
a in
tere
st i
s b
eyo
nd
co
ntr
acts
.”
He
said
th
e p
eop
le o
f th
e S
ou
th-w
est
“see
k j
ust
ice
and
fai
rnes
s fr
om
th
e cu
rren
t go
ver
nm
ent,
” th
ereb
y ca
llin
g
all
tru
e Y
oru
ba
lead
ers,
so
ns
and
d
augh
ters
“t
o
stan
d
wit
h
us
in
tota
lly
con
dem
nin
g G
ani
and
his
an
ti-d
emo
crat
ic t
end
enci
es.
“We
mu
st r
eno
un
ce h
im a
nd
rem
ind
him
he
can
no
t se
ll t
he
Yo
rub
a ra
ce t
o J
on
ath
an a
nd
PD
P o
n
the
chea
p.
He
also
has
no
au
tho
rity
to
sp
eak
on
beh
alf
of
the
Yo
rub
a p
eop
le.
We
pit
y th
ose
wh
o
rely
on
him
to
win
vo
tes.
“Th
ey w
ill
be
sore
ly d
isap
po
inte
d.
Th
eir
inv
estm
ent
is a
bad
on
e al
read
y.
We
reje
ct t
od
ay a
nd
al
way
s an
y a
ttem
pt
to u
se o
ur
org
anis
atio
n a
nd
its
mem
ber
s fo
r n
arro
w a
nd
sel
fish
par
tisa
n
pu
rpo
ses.
We
mu
st r
emin
d t
hem
th
at t
he
Yo
rub
a p
eop
le c
ann
ot
be
ho
od
win
ked
by s
wee
ten
ers.
”
Do
n’t
rig
us
ou
t o
f p
ow
er w
ith
ca
rd r
ead
ers,
P
DP
wa
rns
Jeg
a
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
1:5
9 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
Tw
eet
By F
estu
s A
ho
n
AS
AB
A—
LE
AD
ER
SH
IP o
f th
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty,
PD
P,
in t
he
So
uth
-So
uth
reg
ion
, yes
terd
ay,
war
ned
th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n,
INE
C n
ot
to u
se t
he
card
re
ader
to
rig
th
e p
arty
ou
t o
f p
ow
er i
n t
he
Mar
ch 2
8 p
resi
den
tial
ele
ctio
n.
*Je
ga
Han
din
g d
ow
n t
he
war
nin
g d
uri
ng t
he
So
uth
-So
uth
zo
nal
ex
ecu
tiv
e m
eeti
ng o
f th
e p
arty
, in
A
sab
a, D
elta
Sta
te C
hai
rman
of
PD
P i
n t
he
zon
e, D
r C
airo
Oju
ogb
o,
said
th
e zo
ne
was
agai
nst
th
e d
ecis
ion
of
INE
C t
o m
ake
its
Ch
airm
an,
Pro
f. A
ttai
hir
u J
ega,
th
e so
le a
pp
oin
tee
of
coll
atio
n
off
icer
s ac
ross
sta
tes
in t
he
fed
erat
ion
fo
r th
e M
arch
28
pre
sid
enti
al a
nd
Nat
ion
al A
ssem
bly
el
ecti
on
s.
Oju
ogb
o,
ho
wev
er,
said
th
e P
DP
in
th
e re
gio
n w
as n
ot
agai
nst
th
e ca
rd r
ead
er,
bu
t th
at i
t sh
ou
ld
no
t b
e u
sed
to
dis
enfr
anch
ise
elig
ible
vo
ters
, st
ress
ing t
hat
an
yb
od
y w
ith
th
e P
erm
anen
t V
ote
rs
Car
d,
PV
C,
sho
uld
als
o b
e al
low
ed t
o v
ote
. O
n w
het
her
th
e ca
rd r
ead
er w
ou
ld b
e u
sed
fo
r th
e el
ecti
on
or
no
t, h
e sa
id t
he
issu
e w
as b
ein
g h
and
led
by t
he
par
ty a
t th
e n
atio
nal
lev
el.
On
th
e ap
po
intm
ent
of
coll
atio
n o
ffic
ers,
he
alle
ged
th
at P
rof.
Jeg
a h
ad a
lrea
dy d
irec
ted
on
e o
f h
is a
ides
w
ho
is
a ca
rd c
arry
ing m
emb
er o
f th
e A
PC
to
no
min
ate
tho
se t
o b
e ap
po
inte
d a
s co
llat
ion
o
ffic
ers
for
the
elec
tio
ns.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
INE
C h
as a
ch
airm
an a
nd
12
co
mm
issi
on
ers
wit
h t
wo
bei
ng a
pp
oin
ted
fro
m
each
of
the
zon
es i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y,
add
ing t
hat
th
e co
mm
issi
on
ers
fro
m t
he
zon
es s
ho
uld
be
allo
wed
to
ap
po
int
coll
atio
n o
ffic
ers
in t
hei
r ar
eas
and
no
t o
nly
th
e ch
airm
an s
ole
ly m
akin
g t
he
app
oin
tmen
ts.
Sp
eak
ing f
urt
her
, O
jou
gb
o s
aid
th
e S
ou
th-S
ou
th r
egio
n w
ou
ld g
ive
blo
c v
ote
s to
P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an,
insi
stin
g t
hat
th
e p
arty
has
wo
rked
ver
y h
ard
to
ear
n t
he
vo
tes
of
the
peo
ple
.
He
com
men
ded
par
ty f
aith
ful
for
thei
r co
mm
itm
ent
to t
he
reel
ecti
on
of
Dr
Jon
ath
an a
nd
ex
pre
ssed
op
tim
ism
th
at t
hei
r ef
fort
s w
ou
ld y
ield
po
siti
ve
resu
lts.
Min
iste
r o
f N
iger
Del
ta A
ffai
rs,
Dr
Ste
ve
Oru
, w
ho
als
o s
po
ke
du
rin
g t
he
mee
tin
g,
assu
red
th
at t
he
peo
ple
of
the
So
uth
So
uth
w
ou
ld v
ote
en
mas
se f
or
the
PD
P.
Ch
airm
an o
f th
e p
arty
in
th
e D
elta
Cen
tral
, C
hie
f T
om
Am
iok
u
wh
o s
po
ke
in t
he
sam
e v
ein
en
join
ed t
he
par
ty l
ead
ersh
ip n
ot
to b
e d
istu
rbed
by t
he
rum
ou
rs t
hat
th
e U
rho
bo
wo
uld
no
t v
ote
fo
r th
e P
DP
.
Th
e P
DP
go
ver
no
rsh
ip f
lagb
eare
r in
Del
ta S
tate
, D
r If
ean
yi
Ok
ow
a, s
aid
he
was
co
nfi
den
t o
f v
icto
ry f
or
PD
P i
n a
ll t
he
elec
tio
ns,
ad
din
g t
hat
th
e p
arty
was
no
t sc
ared
of
loo
sin
g a
ny o
f th
e el
ecti
on
s b
ecau
se i
t w
as w
ork
ing h
ard
to
sec
ur
AP
C C
ries
Ou
t o
ver
Po
lice
Ha
rass
men
t o
f M
emb
ers
in
Jig
aw
a
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
: A
PC
lo
go
All
eges
m
emb
ers
of
cam
pai
gn
te
am
are
get
tin
g
dea
th
thre
ats
On
yeb
uch
i E
zigb
o
in
Ab
uja


Th
e A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss P
resi
den
tial
Cam
pai
gn
Org
anis
atio
n (
AP
CP
CO
) h
as a
lert
ed o
f
thre
ats
to t
he
life
of
on
e o
f it
s m
emb
ers,
Ro
tim
i F
ash
akin
, b
y p
erso
ns
susp
ecte
d t
o b
e li
nk
ed t
o
the
Jon
ath
an c
amp
aign
.
AP
C’s
ala
rm c
ame
just
as
the
par
ty a
pp
eale
d t
o t
he
po
lice
in
th
e B
irn
iwa
cou
nci
l ar
ea o
f Ji
gaw
a S
tate
to
sto
p t
he
ince
ssan
t h
aras
smen
t an
d i
nti
mid
atio
n o
f it
s m
emb
ers
in t
he
area
, sa
yin
g t
he
po
lice
is
nat
ion
al i
nst
itu
tio
n t
hat
sh
ou
ld a
lway
s b
e n
eutr
al a
nd
no
n-p
arti
san
.
Th
e D
irec
tora
te o
f M
edia
an
d P
ub
lici
ty in
a
stat
emen
t si
gn
ed b
y M
alla
m G
arb
a S
heh
u o
n
Tu
esd
ay s
aid
th
e th
reat
s o
n F
ash
akin
wer
e se
nt
via
SM
S m
essa
ges
fro
m t
he
sam
e p
ho
ne
lin
e -
08
17
37
16
60
4 -
on
Su
nd
ay,
Mar
ch1
5 a
t 6
:09
p.m
. an
d 6
.17
p.m
. re
ad.
Acc
ord
ing t
o S
heh
u,
the
firs
t S
MS
at
6:0
9p
.m.
read
: “M
r. I
CT
ex
per
t, u
r p
lan
on
ou
r m
an k
ayo
de
may
co
st u
r li
fe.
we
hav
e b
een
to
ld o
f al
l u
r p
lan
s an
d i
f d
are
it,
is a
ris
k o
f u
r li
fe a
nd
th
at o
f u
r fa
mil
y.”
“Fas
hak
in
also
re
ceiv
ed
a se
con
d
SM
S
at
6:1
7p
.m:
“Do
n’t
sa
y u
ar
e n
ot
war
ned
, w
e ar
e fo
llo
win
g u
, w
e ar
e w
aiti
ng to
se
e an
yth
ing fu
nn
y ab
ou
t o
ur
man
o
n
the
soci
al m
edia
. U
B
AS
TA
RD
wat
ch u
r b
ack
.”
Sh
ehu
sa
id
the
AP
C
cam
pai
gn
is
ta
ken
th
e th
reat
s se
rio
usl
y
con
sid
erin
g
extr
eme
sho
w
of
des
per
atio
n b
y t
he
Jon
ath
an r
egim
e.
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
AP
C h
as a
sked
th
e p
oli
ce i
n t
he
Bir
niw
a co
un
cil
area
of
Jigaw
a S
tate
to
sto
p t
he
ince
ssan
t h
aras
smen
t an
d i
nti
mid
atio
n o
f it
s m
emb
ers
in t
he
area
, sa
yin
g t
he
po
lice
is
a n
atio
nal
in
stit
uti
on
th
at s
ho
uld
alw
ays
be
neu
tral
an
d n
on
-par
tisa
n.
In
a se
par
ate
stat
emen
t is
sued
o
n
Tu
esd
ay
by
its
Nat
ion
al
Pu
bli
city
S
ecre
tary
, A
lhaj
i L
ai M
oh
amm
ed,
the
par
ty s
aid
th
e D
PO
of
Bir
niw
a, D
SP
Sal
e M
. A
bd
ulh
amid
, h
as r
ecen
tly c
lam
ped
do
wn
on
AP
C m
emb
ers
and
su
pp
ort
ers
in t
he
area
, p
utt
ing a
t le
ast
two
of
thei
r le
ader
s in
det
enti
on
.
It s
aid
AP
C S
ecre
tary
Um
ar B
app
a an
d a
n e
lder
of
the
par
ty,
Alh
aji
Rab
iu H
amza
, h
ave
bee
n
det
ain
ed n
ow
fo
r o
ver
48
ho
urs
wit
ho
ut
any
char
ges
bei
ng b
rou
gh
t ag
ain
st t
hem
, in
vio
lati
on
of
the
law
.
‘’T
he
DP
O h
as a
lso
sto
pp
ed A
PC
fro
m c
amp
aign
ing o
n t
he
gro
un
ds
that
th
e p
arty
did
no
t o
bta
in
per
mit
s, w
hil
e h
e h
as r
equ
este
d t
hat
th
e A
PC
sh
ou
ld r
emo
ve
all
its
po
ster
s an
d b
ann
ers
fro
m t
he
stre
ets.
Th
is i
s n
ot
righ
t,’’
AP
C s
aid
.
Th
e p
arty
cal
led
on
th
e In
spec
tor-
Gen
eral
of
Po
lice
to
cal
l th
e D
PO
to
ord
er a
nd
to
im
pre
ss i
t u
po
n h
im t
hat
as
an o
ffic
er o
f th
e la
w,
he
can
no
t co
nti
nu
e to
en
gag
e in
bra
zen
law
less
nes
s, a
s h
e h
as b
een
do
ing.
‘’If
th
e D
PO
fee
ls b
eho
lden
to
th
e P
DP
or
any o
ther
par
ty,
he
is f
ree
to s
hed
his
un
ifo
rm,
resi
gn
fr
om
th
e p
oli
ce a
nd
jo
in a
ny p
arty
of
his
ch
oic
e. U
nti
l th
en,
he
is w
ron
g t
o f
avo
ur
on
e p
arty
ov
er
ano
ther
. H
e sh
ou
ld s
top
dis
gra
cin
g t
he
po
lice
,’’
it s
aid
.
“In
dee
d,
this
str
ug
gle
to
wre
st N
iger
ia f
rom
th
e h
and
s o
f th
e ja
ckal
s h
as n
ow
tak
en a
dan
ger
ou
s b
end
. W
ith
v
icto
ry in
si
gh
t fo
r G
ener
al M
uh
amm
adu
B
uh
ari
and
th
e A
PC
, th
e re
acti
on
ary
elem
ents
are
no
w t
hre
aten
ing o
ur
liv
es.
“We
dar
e sa
y,
no
thin
g c
an t
run
cate
ou
r d
esti
ny w
ith
ou
t th
e p
erm
issi
on
of
the
Alm
igh
ty G
od
. W
e re
mai
n u
nfa
zed
in
ou
r ch
arte
d c
ou
rse
of
resc
uin
g N
iger
ia f
rom
her
per
ilo
us
go
ver
nan
ce!
“Th
is i
s to
in
form
th
e go
od
peo
ple
of
Nig
eria
th
at J
on
ath
an’s
go
on
s ar
e n
ow
on
th
e p
row
l.
Ho
wev
er,
we
bel
iev
e th
at,
wit
h t
he
sup
po
rt o
f th
e N
iger
ian
peo
ple
, v
icto
ry i
s as
sure
d a
t th
e el
ecti
on
s o
n 2
8th
Mar
ch,
20
15
an
d 1
1th
Ap
ril,
20
15
.
Jeg
a:
Clo
ned
Vo
ters
’ C
ard
s C
an
no
t b
e U
sed
fo
r P
oll
s
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Ch
air
ma
n o
f th
e In
dep
end
ent
Na
tio
na
l E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n (
INE
C),
Pro
f. A
tta
hir
u J
ega
C
hu
ks
Ok
och
a in
A
bu
jaâ€
¨ C
hai
rman
of
the
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
Ele
cto
ral
Co
mm
issi
on
(IN
EC
), P
rof.
Att
ahir
u J
ega,
has
w
arn
ed p
oli
tici
ans
and
Nig
eria
ns
inte
nd
ing
to u
nd
erm
ine
the
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss b
y p
rese
nti
ng
cl
on
ed v
ote
rs’
card
s fo
r ac
cred
itat
ion
du
rin
g t
he
po
lls
that
do
ing s
o w
ill
be
an e
ffo
rt i
n f
uti
lity
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
INE
C c
hai
rman
, “W
e fe
el c
on
fid
ent
that
peo
ple
wil
l tr
y t
o c
lon
e ca
rds
bu
t a
clo
ned
car
d ca
nn
ot
be
read
by o
ur
card
re
ader
s. W
e h
ave
exam
ined
all
th
e p
oss
ibil
itie
s o
f h
ack
ing a
nd
we
hav
e ta
ken
car
e o
f th
is.
“We
feel
co
nfi
den
t th
at u
sin
g t
he
card
rea
der
s w
ill
hel
p u
s en
sure
th
at n
o c
lon
ed c
ard
wil
l b
e u
sed
in
th
e el
ecto
ral
pro
cess
b
ecau
se th
e ca
rd
read
ers
wil
l o
nly
re
ad
card
s th
at h
ave
bee
n
pro
du
ced
an
d i
ssu
ed b
y I
NE
C.
Fo
r th
ose
wh
o f
or
som
e re
aso
n t
he
card
rea
der
s co
uld
no
t re
ad
thei
r fi
ng
er p
rin
ts,
we
hav
e al
read
y a
gre
ed w
ith
po
liti
cal
par
ties
on
wh
at t
o d
o u
nd
er t
ho
se
circ
um
stan
ces.
”
Th
e IN
EC
ch
airm
an e
mp
has
ised
th
e co
mm
issi
on
’s r
eso
lve
to u
se t
he
Car
d R
ead
ers,
ex
pla
inin
g
that
bey
on
d c
hec
kin
g e
lect
ora
l fr
aud
an
d i
mp
rov
ing t
he
inte
gri
ty o
f th
e el
ecto
ral
pro
cess
, th
e C
ard
Rea
der
s w
ou
ld a
lso
ass
ist
the
com
mis
sio
n “
to k
eep
rec
ord
of
wh
o h
as b
een
acc
red
ited
an
d
also
en
able
us
to s
end
th
at i
nfo
rmat
ion
to
a c
entr
al d
ata
bas
e. A
nd
if
ther
e’s
any d
isp
ute
as
to
wh
o h
as b
een
acc
red
ited
, w
e w
ill
be
able
to u
se t
hat
in
form
atio
n t
o a
ud
it a
po
llin
g u
nit
an
d b
e ab
le t
o c
on
firm
th
e n
um
ber
of
peo
ple
acc
red
ited
in
th
at p
oll
ing u
nit
.”
Pro
fess
or
Jeg
a ex
pla
ined
fu
rth
er t
hat
: “I
NE
C h
as i
n t
he
pas
t b
een
ch
alle
ng
ed
for
no
t b
ein
g a
ble
to
do
a s
tati
stic
al a
nal
ysi
s im
med
iate
ly a
fter
th
e el
ecti
on
to
tel
l n
ot
on
ly h
ow
man
y p
eop
le h
ave
bee
n a
ccre
dit
ed b
ut
to t
ell
peo
ple
wh
at a
re t
he
dem
ogra
ph
ics
of
thes
e p
erso
ns,
” ad
din
g t
hat
tr
emen
do
us
val
ue
wil
l b
e ad
ded
usi
ng t
he
card
rea
der
.
Jega
furt
her
al
layed
fe
ars
and
q
uel
led
ru
mo
urs
o
ver
th
e la
st S
atu
rday
’s fi
re in
cid
ent
wh
ich
o
ccu
rred
at
the
com
mis
sio
n’s
cen
tral
sto
re l
oca
ted
at
the
Th
e E
lect
ora
l In
stit
ute
, C
entr
al A
rea,
A
bu
ja.
Co
mm
enti
ng o
n t
he
inci
den
t yes
terd
ay,
Jeg
a, a
ssu
red
Nig
eria
ns
that
no
mat
eria
ls t
o b
e u
sed
fo
r th
e 2
01
5 g
ener
al e
lect
ion
wer
e af
fect
ed,
rath
er o
nly
“so
me
20
11
old
sto
ck o
f el
ecti
on
mat
eria
ls,
pri
mar
ily h
and
bag
s fo
r el
ecti
on
off
icia
ls a
nd
en
vel
op
s w
ere
des
tro
yed
” in
th
e fi
re i
nci
den
t th
at
last
ed f
or
an h
ou
r b
efo
re i
t w
as p
ut
ou
t.
Pro
fess
or
Jega
wh
o e
xp
lain
ed t
hat
th
e u
nfo
rtu
nat
e in
cid
ent
was
cau
sed
by a
sp
ark
in
on
e o
f th
e d
istr
ibu
tio
n p
anel
s at
th
e st
ore
wh
en p
ow
er w
as r
esto
red
at
aro
un
d 1
1 p
.m.,
mai
nta
ined
th
at:
“No
m
ater
ials
re
lati
ng
to
the
pre
par
atio
n
of
the
20
15
g
ener
al
elec
tio
n
wer
e af
fect
ed
in
the
fire
in
cid
ent.
“An
d t
hat
is
wh
y i
n o
rder
to
min
imis
e sp
ecu
lati
on
s, w
e o
n S
un
day
mo
rnin
g c
on
tact
ed t
he
med
ia
and
ev
en o
rgan
ised
a t
ou
r w
her
e w
e sh
ow
ed t
hem
th
e ex
ten
t o
f th
e d
amag
e.”
Th
e IN
EC
ch
airm
an f
urt
her
po
inte
d o
ut
that
it
was
pra
ctic
ally
im
po
ssib
le f
or
INE
C t
o c
ater
fo
r In
tern
ally
Dis
pla
ced
Per
son
s (I
DP
s) w
ho
may
hav
e le
ft t
he
thre
e tr
ou
ble
d s
tate
s o
f A
dam
awa,
B
orn
o a
nd
Yo
be
or
may
hav
e le
ft t
he
sho
res
of
the
cou
ntr
y d
ue
to n
on
-av
aila
bil
ity
of
reso
urc
es
and
tim
e.
He
ho
wev
er a
ssu
red
of
INE
C’s
co
mm
itm
ent
tow
ard
s en
suri
ng
th
at I
DP
s w
ho
rem
ain
wit
hin
th
e th
ree
stat
es p
arti
cip
ate
in t
he
elec
tora
l p
roce
ss.
He
said
: “W
e h
ave
pla
ced
pri
ori
ty o
n a
ll I
DP
s w
ho
are
sti
ll r
emai
nin
g i
n t
hes
e st
ates
. W
e h
ave
mad
e ar
ran
gem
ents
an
d i
den
tifi
ed v
enu
es a
nd
in
th
ese
ven
ues
we
dis
trib
ute
d P
VC
s an
d a
re m
akin
g a
rran
gem
ents
fo
r th
em t
o b
e ab
le t
o v
ote
in
th
ese
loca
tio
ns.
”
Mea
nw
hil
e, t
he
com
mis
sio
n w
ill
bri
ef l
oca
l an
d i
nte
rnat
ion
al o
bse
rver
s to
mo
rro
w.
Th
e b
rief
ing
wil
l ta
ke
pla
ce a
t th
e A
so H
all
of
the
Inte
rnat
ion
al C
on
fere
nce
Cen
tre
(IC
C),
Are
a 1
1 (
Ele
ven
), O
pp
osi
te R
adio
Ho
use
, G
ark
i, A
bu
ja.
Ju
dic
ial
malp
ract
ice:
NJ
C h
as
no
po
wer
to
sa
nct
ion
ret
ired
ju
dg
es –
Co
urt
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
1:5
1 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By I
kec
hu
kw
u N
no
chir
i A
BU
JA—
Th
e F
eder
al H
igh
Co
urt
sit
tin
g i
n A
bu
ja,
yes
terd
ay,
hel
d t
hat
th
e N
atio
nal
Ju
dic
ial
Co
un
cil,
NJC
, la
cks
the
con
stit
uti
on
al p
ow
ers
to i
nv
esti
gat
e o
r d
isci
pli
ne
reti
red
ju
dg
es a
ccu
sed
o
f co
mp
lici
ty i
n p
erv
ersi
on
of
just
ice.
Th
e co
urt
, in
a j
ud
gm
ent
it d
eliv
ered
on
a s
uit
th
at w
as e
nte
red
bef
ore
it
by t
he
form
er C
hie
f Ju
dge
of
the
Fed
eral
Cap
ital
Ter
rito
ry,
Just
ice
Law
al H
assa
n G
um
mi,
wh
o w
as i
n 2
01
3,
fou
nd
gu
ilty
of
jud
icia
l co
rru
pti
on
by t
he
NJC
, st
ress
ed t
hat
th
e d
isci
pli
nar
y p
ow
ers
of
the
Co
un
cil
is
lim
ited
to
on
ly s
erv
ing j
ud
icia
l o
ffic
ers.
Cro
ss s
ecti
on
of
Ju
stic
es o
f th
e C
ou
rt o
f A
pp
eal
Ph
oto
: G
bem
iga
Ola
mik
an.
Just
ice
Ab
du
l K
afar
ati
wh
o g
ave
the
jud
gm
ent
yes
terd
ay,
mai
nta
ined
th
at t
he
erst
wh
ile
Ch
ief
Jud
ge
of
the
FC
T,
Gu
mm
i, c
ease
d t
o b
e a
jud
icia
l o
ffic
er a
fter
he
vo
lun
tari
ly r
esig
ned
fro
m
off
ice
on
May
13
, 2
01
3.
Gu
mm
i, w
ho
se t
enu
re a
s C
J w
ou
ld h
ave
end
ed t
his
yea
r, r
esig
ned
his
po
siti
on
bar
ely t
hre
e w
eek
s af
ter
the
NJC
co
mm
ence
d i
nv
esti
gat
ion
in
to a
pet
itio
n t
hat
so
ugh
t h
is s
ack
ov
er a
lleg
ed j
ud
icia
l im
pro
pri
ety.
His
res
ign
atio
n c
ame
a d
ay a
fter
he
was
cro
wn
ed a
s th
e n
ew E
mir
of
Gu
mm
i C
om
mu
nit
y in
Z
amfa
ra s
tate
.
Des
pit
e h
is v
olu
nta
ry d
ecis
ion
to
wil
lin
gly
bo
w o
ut
of
the
Ben
ch,
the
NJC
sti
ll w
ent
ahea
d a
nd
co
nst
itu
ted
a p
anel
th
at p
rob
ed t
he
alle
gat
ion
of
jud
icia
l m
alp
ract
ice
that
was
lev
elle
d a
gai
nst
h
im.
In a
sta
tem
ent
it i
ssu
ed t
hro
ugh
its
Act
ing D
irec
tor
of
Info
rmat
ion
, M
r S
oji
Oye,
th
e N
JC,
on
Ju
ly 1
8,
20
13
, sa
id i
t h
ad a
t th
e en
d o
f it
s 6
3rd
mee
tin
g,
del
iber
ated
on
th
e R
epo
rt a
nd
re
com
men
dat
ion
of
its
Co
mm
itte
e th
at i
nv
esti
gat
ed t
he
pet
itio
n f
orw
ard
ed t
o i
t b
y N
este
llo
G
atew
ay G
rou
p i
n S
uit
No
. F
CT
/HC
/CV
/48
6/1
0 a
gai
nst
Ho
n.
Just
ice
Law
al H
assa
n G
um
mi,
an
d
fou
nd
him
cu
lpab
le.
Th
e C
ou
nci
l sa
id t
hat
th
e C
J u
nd
uly
in
terf
ered
an
d p
erv
erte
d t
he
cou
rse
of
just
ice
in t
he
case
b
etw
een
Nes
tell
o G
atew
ay G
rou
p a
nd
Go
ver
no
r A
bd
ul’
aziz
Yar
i o
f Z
amfa
ra s
tate
.
NJC
sai
d t
hat
fin
din
gs
by i
ts c
om
mit
tee
rev
eale
d t
hat
th
e ex
-CJ
inte
rfer
ed i
n t
he
exec
uti
on
of
a ju
dgem
ent
del
iver
ed b
y J
ust
ice
Jud
e O
kek
e o
f th
e F
CT
Hig
h C
ou
rt,
Ab
uja
.
“Co
un
cil
also
fo
un
d t
he
inte
rfer
ence
of
Gu
mm
i in
th
e ex
ecu
tio
n o
f th
e ju
dg
men
t as
mo
st
un
eth
ical
an
d h
igh
ly r
epre
hen
sib
le.”
Th
e fo
rmer
ch
ief
jud
ge
wo
uld
hav
e b
een
su
mm
aril
y r
emo
ved
fro
m o
ffic
e as
he
was
gu
ilty
of
gro
ss m
isco
nd
uct
. H
is a
ctio
n w
as c
on
trar
y t
o R
ule
1 (
i) o
f th
e C
od
e o
f C
on
du
ct f
or
jud
icia
l o
ffic
ers
in N
iger
ia.
Ob
an
iko
ro:
Ca
ll A
ba
rib
e to
Ord
er,
AP
C S
ena
tors
Tel
l M
ark
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Sen
ato
r M
usi
liu
O
ba
nik
oro
O
mo
lolu
O
gu
nm
ade
in
Ab
uja


A f
ew d
ays
afte
r th
e co
nfi
rmat
ion
of
form
er M
inis
ter
of
Sta
te f
or
Def
ence
, S
enat
or
Mu
sili
u
Ob
anik
oro
, as
min
iste
r-d
esig
nat
e, t
he
bit
tern
ess
gen
erat
ed b
y t
he
con
firm
atio
n a
mo
ng
sen
ato
rs i
s yet
to
ab
ate.
Wh
en
the
mat
ter
was
re
-op
ened
o
n
Tu
esd
ay,
the
Sen
ate
Min
ori
ty
Lea
der
, S
enat
or
Geo
rge
Ak
um
e,
ask
ed
Sen
ate
Pre
sid
ent,
D
avid
M
ark
, to
ca
ll
the
par
liam
ent’
s sp
ok
esm
an,
Sen
ato
r E
nyin
nay
a A
bar
ibe,
to
ord
er o
ver
his
rea
ctio
n t
o t
he
All
Pro
gre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C)
op
po
siti
on
to
Ob
anik
oro
’s c
on
firm
atio
n.
Th
e A
PC
sen
ato
rs h
ad w
alk
ed o
ut
of
the
cham
ber
du
rin
g t
he
con
firm
atio
n l
ast
Wed
nes
day
an
d
accu
sed
Mar
k o
f d
ou
ble
sta
nd
ard
fo
r al
leged
ly b
reac
hin
g S
enat
e tr
adit
ion
wh
ich
sta
tes
that
an
y
no
min
ee w
ho
se a
pp
oin
tmen
t is
op
po
sed
by t
wo
of
the
thre
e se
nat
ors
fro
m h
is s
tate
sh
ou
ld b
e d
rop
ped
.
Th
ey a
lso
acc
use
d M
ark
of
flo
uti
ng t
he
trad
itio
n t
o l
ead
th
e co
nfi
rmat
ion
of
Ob
anik
oro
des
pit
e o
pp
osi
tio
n t
o i
t b
y al
l th
e th
ree
sen
ato
rs f
rom
his
sta
te (
Lag
os)
.
Wh
ile
con
firm
ing O
ban
iko
ro,
the
Sen
ate
up
hel
d an
oth
er tr
adit
ion
w
hic
h al
low
s an
y fo
rmer
m
emb
er
of
the
cham
ber
to
“t
ake
a b
ow
an
d
go
” w
ith
ou
t b
ein
g
sub
ject
ed
to
any
form
o
f q
ues
tio
nin
g.
Bes
ides
, o
pp
osi
tio
n s
enat
ors
had
dem
and
ed t
he
reje
ctio
n o
f O
ban
iko
ro,
citi
ng O
rder
53
(5)
of
the
Sen
ate
Sta
nd
ing R
ule
s w
hic
h p
roh
ibit
s th
e p
arli
amen
t fr
om
han
dli
ng a
ny m
atte
r th
at i
s p
end
ing
in a
law
co
urt
.
Ho
wev
er,
Ab
arib
e d
escr
ibed
th
e A
PC
sen
ato
rs’
clam
ou
r to
dro
p O
ban
iko
ro o
ver
a m
atte
r th
at
had
no
t b
een
det
erm
ined
as
mis
pla
ced
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o h
im,
if s
om
e A
PC
sen
ato
rs h
ad c
ases
wit
h t
he
Eco
no
mic
an
d F
inan
cial
Cri
mes
C
om
mis
sio
n (
EF
CC
) an
d h
ad n
ot
bee
n t
hro
wn
ou
t o
f th
e S
enat
e b
ecau
se t
hey
wer
e as
sum
ed t
o
be
inn
oce
nt,
th
e ca
se o
f O
ban
iko
ro c
ou
ld n
ot
be
dif
fere
nt.
He
had
sai
d:
“Ev
en s
om
e o
f th
e se
nat
ors
wh
o h
ave
add
ress
ed t
he
pre
ss c
on
fere
nce
an
d s
po
ke
abo
ut
the
qu
alif
icat
ion
or
no
n-q
ual
ific
atio
n o
f S
enat
or
Ob
anik
oro
are
en
joyin
g t
his
pri
vil
ege
bec
ause
so
me
of
them
hav
e E
FC
C c
ases
an
d t
hey
are
sti
ll i
n t
his
Sen
ate
bec
ause
of
this
pri
vil
ege
of
bei
ng i
nn
oce
nt
un
til
pro
ven
gu
ilty
. A
nd
so
, th
ey c
ann
ot
go
to
a p
ress
co
nfe
ren
ce a
nd
co
nv
ict
som
ebo
dy w
hen
th
e p
erso
n h
as n
ot
bee
n c
on
vic
ted
by a
co
urt
law
. T
hey
can
no
t en
joy t
hat
p
riv
ileg
e th
emse
lves
an
d s
it i
n t
his
Sen
ate
and
th
en t
urn
aro
un
d a
nd
say
so
meb
od
y e
lse
can
no
t en
joy t
hat
pri
vil
ege.
”
Th
is r
emar
k h
ow
ever
, p
rov
ok
ed a
ng
er i
n t
he
AP
C s
enat
ors
wh
o a
ccu
sed
Ab
arib
e o
f su
stai
nin
g
the
cult
ure
of
spea
kin
g f
or
him
self
in
stea
d o
f sp
eak
ing f
or
the
Sen
ate.
Th
eref
ore
, th
ey a
sked
Mar
k t
o c
all
him
to
ord
er.
Ak
um
e, w
ho
cit
ed O
rder
53
(9)
of
the
Sen
ate
Sta
nd
ing R
ule
s w
hic
h e
mp
ow
ers
him
to
ad
dre
ss h
is
ob
serv
atio
n t
o t
he
sen
ate
pre
sid
ent,
sai
d i
f A
bar
ibe
was
sp
eak
ing f
or
the
enti
re S
enat
e, h
e w
ou
ld
no
t h
ave
pro
ceed
ed t
o c
ast
asp
ersi
on
on
th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n s
enat
ors
wh
o a
lso
bel
on
g t
o t
he
gro
up
he
spea
ks
for.
“Th
e S
enat
e, t
hro
ugh
Ab
arib
e ca
nn
ot
say t
hat
was
wh
at w
e d
iscu
ssed
her
e. W
e h
ave
ob
serv
ed
rep
eate
dly
th
at w
hen
ever
Ab
arib
e sp
eak
s, h
e sp
eak
s fo
r h
imse
lf.
Mo
stly
, h
e d
oes
no
t sp
eak
fo
r th
e S
enat
e. M
r. P
resi
den
t, w
e ar
e ca
llin
g o
n y
ou
to
cal
l A
bar
ibe
to o
rder
. W
hat
he
said
has
no
b
asis
wh
atso
ever
. If
we
wan
t to
tal
k a
bo
ut
ou
rsel
ves
, w
e ar
e fr
ee t
o s
ay s
o,”
Ak
um
e sa
id.
In h
is r
esp
on
se,
Mar
k s
aid
he
had
no
ted
th
e su
bm
issi
on
of
Ak
um
e an
d i
mp
lore
d h
im t
o s
usp
end
furt
her
dis
cuss
ion
on
th
e m
atte
r in
th
e in
tere
st o
f th
e S
enat
e.
Ow
ie f
au
lts
Jeg
a o
n d
eplo
ym
ent
of
sold
iers
fo
r p
oll
s
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n N
ews
1:4
5 a
m
/
Co
mm
ents
By S
imo
n E
beg
bu
lem
BE
NIN
—F
OR
ME
R C
hie
f W
hip
of
the
Sen
ate,
S
enat
or
Ro
wla
nd
Ow
ie,
yes
terd
ay,
dis
agre
ed w
ith
th
e C
hai
rman
of
Ind
epen
den
t N
atio
nal
E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n,
INE
C,
Pro
f. A
ttah
iru
Jeg
a, o
ver
his
co
mm
ent
that
th
e A
rmy w
as n
ot
emp
ow
ered
to
mo
nit
or
the
fort
hco
min
g g
ener
al e
lect
ion
s.
He
exp
ress
ed f
ears
th
at m
emb
ers
of
the
Nat
ion
al Y
ou
th S
erv
ice
Co
rps,
NY
SC
, w
ho
wil
l se
rve
as
ad-h
oc
staf
f o
f IN
EC
du
rin
g t
he
elec
tio
ns
and
ev
en v
ote
rs m
ay s
uff
er i
f th
e A
rmy w
as n
ot
on
h
and
to
pro
vid
e ad
equ
ate
secu
rity
, ad
din
g t
hat
th
e co
mm
ents
mad
e b
y t
he
INE
C b
oss
in
dic
ated
th
at h
e d
oes
no
t ca
re a
bo
ut
the
liv
es o
f h
is s
taff
.
Ow
ie s
aid
: “I
t is
no
w c
lear
th
at J
ega
real
ly d
oes
no
t m
ean
wel
l fo
r th
is c
ou
ntr
y.
Wh
ose
ch
ild
ren
d
oes
he
wan
t h
is b
roth
ers
in t
he
No
rth
wh
o h
ave
bee
n k
illi
ng i
n t
he
nam
e o
f B
ok
o H
aram
to
kil
l as
th
ey d
id i
n 2
01
1?
I h
op
e Je
ga
kn
ow
s th
at a
yo
uth
co
rps
mem
ber
is
no
t a
stre
et b
egger
. H
is l
ife
is d
ear
to h
is p
aren
ts a
nd
to
th
e co
un
try.
“Th
ese
chil
dre
n m
ust
be
pro
tect
ed a
nd
as
such
so
ldie
rs
mu
st m
on
ito
r th
e p
oll
s. W
as J
ega
in a
tra
nce
wh
en s
old
iers
pro
vid
ed s
ecu
rity
fo
r el
ecti
on
s in
E
do
, E
kit
i an
d o
ther
sta
tes
du
rin
g t
ho
se e
lect
ion
s?
Is i
t a
case
of
‘if
I d
on
’t h
ave
my w
ay,
I d
estr
oy i
t’?
I h
ad a
so
ft s
po
t fo
r Je
ga
un
til
no
w t
hat
he
has
sh
ow
n t
hat
he
do
es n
ot
lov
e th
is c
ou
ntr
y a
t al
l. H
ow
do
es J
ega
wan
t to
co
nd
uct
ele
ctio
ns
wit
ho
ut
the
max
imum
sec
uri
ty i
n a
co
un
try w
her
e P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
on
ath
an’s
co
nv
oy a
nd
th
at o
f B
uh
ari
and
th
e w
ife’
s co
nv
oy w
ere
pel
ted
? “I
th
ink
Jeg
a is
dre
amin
g t
o s
ay n
o s
old
ier
for
elec
tio
ns.
Jeg
a sh
ou
ld k
no
w t
hat
he
is n
ot
the
Co
mm
and
er i
n C
hie
f o
f th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
an
d o
nly
th
e P
resi
den
t h
as t
he
po
wer
s to
dep
loy s
old
iers
wh
ere
he
dee
ms
fit
and
no
t Je
ga.
”
La
mid
o’s
In
dis
tin
ct B
od
y L
an
gu
ag
e
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Th
e N
ewsm
aker
Do
es th
e Ji
ga
wa
S
tate
G
ove
rno
r, A
lha
ji S
ule
L
am
ido
, st
ill
thin
k a
ll is
w
ell
wit
h th
e ru
lin
g
Peo
ple
s D
em
ocr
ati
c P
art
y,
ask
s S
ho
la
Oye
yip
o
On
e o
f th
e p
rom
inen
t fi
gu
res
agai
nst
th
e la
te G
ener
al S
ann
i A
bac
ha
mil
itar
y d
icta
tors
hip
an
d o
ne
of
the
bra
ins
beh
ind
th
e P
resi
den
t G
oo
dlu
ck J
onat
han
pre
sid
ency
, th
e Ji
gaw
a S
tate
Go
ver
no
r,
Alh
aji
Su
le
Lam
ido
is
ar
gu
ably
a
man
o
f h
is o
wn
. H
e is
o
uts
po
ken
, co
ura
geo
us
and
se
lf-
con
fid
ent.
Sin
ce t
he
frac
as t
hat
led
to
th
e ev
entu
al e
xit
of
fiv
e P
eop
les
Dem
ocr
atic
Par
ty (
PD
P)
go
ver
no
rs,
Lam
ido
has
per
sist
entl
y p
oin
ted
ou
t so
me
ano
mal
ies
cap
able
of
affe
ctin
g t
he
fort
un
es o
f th
e p
arty
at
the
elec
tio
ns.
He
sust
ain
ed t
he
cru
sad
e fo
r th
ings
to b
e d
on
e ri
gh
tly w
ith
in t
he
ruli
ng
p
arty
, p
arti
cula
rly a
s re
gar
ds
the
emer
gen
ce o
f w
ho
was
to
be
the
PD
P p
resi
den
tial
can
did
ate
and
so
me
oth
er i
ssu
es t
hat
gu
aran
tee
inte
rnal
dem
ocr
acy.
In a
n i
nte
rvie
w w
ith
TH
ISD
AY
in
20
12
, h
e sa
id “
Vu
ltu
res
hav
e ta
ken
ov
er P
DP
,” w
orr
yin
g t
hat
w
ith
th
e st
ate
of
affa
irs
in t
he
PD
P,
the
par
ty w
as n
ot
po
siti
on
ing i
tsel
f w
ell
for
elec
tora
l v
icto
ry.
He
con
ten
ded
th
at t
he
PD
P w
as i
n c
risi
s “b
ecau
se t
he
peo
ple
wh
o n
ow
cla
im o
wn
ersh
ip o
f th
e p
arty
hav
e n
o i
dea
wh
at i
s ca
lled
par
ty m
anag
emen
t an
d t
her
efo
re s
ho
uld
go
to
co
urt
an
d s
eek
re
lief
fro
m t
he
cou
rt t
o c
om
pel
mem
ber
s o
f th
e p
arty
to
sta
nd
by t
he
par
ty o
r u
se p
oli
ce t
o
enfo
rce
foll
ow
ersh
ip o
f th
e p
arty
,” w
hic
h w
as t
he
case
wh
en t
he
par
ty g
ot
a co
urt
ju
dgm
ent
wh
ich
sai
d t
her
e w
as n
o d
ivis
ion
wit
hin
th
e P
DP
.
It w
as a
lso
du
rin
g t
hat
per
iod
th
at h
is t
wo
so
ns
– A
min
u a
nd
Mu
stap
ha
– L
amid
o w
ere
arre
sted
fo
r al
leg
ed m
on
ey l
aun
der
ing
by t
he
Eco
no
mic
an
d F
inan
cial
Cri
mes
Co
mm
issi
on
(E
FC
C)
wh
ile
the
Riv
ers
Sta
te G
ov
ern
or,
Ho
n.
Ro
tim
i A
mae
chi
crie
d f
ou
l o
ver
th
e ac
tiv
itie
s o
f a
form
er R
iver
s S
tate
Co
mm
issi
on
er o
f P
oli
ce,
Jose
ph
Mb
u,
who
was
bel
iev
ed t
o b
e ac
tin
g t
he
scri
pt
of
the
pre
sid
ency
.
Rea
ctin
g t
o t
he
dev
elo
pm
ent
bac
k t
hen
, L
amid
o s
aid
: “T
hat
is
a v
ery p
rim
itiv
e p
arty
cu
ltu
re.
An
d
ther
e is
no
po
liti
cal
wis
do
m i
n t
hat
. W
hen
po
liti
cal
par
ty m
anag
ers
and
op
erat
ors
hav
e cr
isis
as
we
are
hav
ing,
they
sh
ou
ld t
hin
k a
bo
ut
wh
at i
t w
ou
ld t
ran
slat
e in
to o
n E
lect
ion
Day
? W
ou
ld t
he
cris
is m
ake
us
win
th
e el
ecti
on
or
lose
th
e el
ecti
on?
“If
the
cris
is w
ou
ld m
ake
them
win
th
e p
osi
tio
n i
n t
he
PD
P,
so l
et t
hem
co
nti
nu
e w
ith
th
e cr
isis
. B
ut
if t
he
cris
is w
ou
ld m
ake
them
lo
se t
he
elec
tio
n,
wh
ich
is
the
ult
imat
e in
po
liti
cal
par
ty
form
atio
n;
if w
e ar
e go
ing t
o l
ose
th
e el
ecti
on
th
rou
gh
th
e cr
isis
, th
en i
t m
ean
s th
at s
ho
uld
be
eno
ugh
war
nin
g
“Do
no
t go
to
th
e p
oli
ce,
do
no
t go
co
urt
bec
ause
on
Ele
ctio
n D
ay,
the
cou
rt w
ou
ld n
ot
be
ther
e,
the
po
lice
wo
uld
no
t b
e th
ere.
It
is g
oin
g t
o b
e th
e v
ote
rs w
ho
are
go
ing
to
be
ther
e an
d t
her
e is
n
o w
ay t
he
cou
rt w
ou
ld s
ay t
his
vo
ter
bei
ng
a ‘
New
PD
P’
has
no
po
wer
to
cas
t h
is o
wn
vo
te a
nd
th
is i
s a
syco
ph
ant
of
the
pre
sid
ent
wh
o h
as b
een
bo
otl
ick
ing s
ho
uld
no
t v
ote
.
“Wh
at s
ho
uld
wo
rry
us,
th
e cu
rren
t cr
isis
in
th
e par
ty a
t th
e en
d o
f th
e d
ay,
on
th
e E
lect
ion
Day
is
: h
ow
wo
uld
it
no
t af
fect
us?
If
we
thin
k w
e w
ou
ld w
in b
y th
e cr
isis
th
en w
e sh
ou
ld c
on
tin
ue
wit
h t
he
cris
is.
So
orc
hes
trat
e th
e cr
isis
an
d w
in t
he
elec
tio
n b
y t
he
cris
is,
bu
t if
we
are
go
ing t
o
lose
th
e el
ecti
on
by t
he
cris
is t
hen
it
mea
ns
we
wo
uld
ap
ply
a b
rak
e to
it.
It
is a
s si
mp
le a
s th
at,”
h
e w
arn
ed.
Th
ou
gh
at
the
pea
k o
f th
e cr
isis
th
at l
ed t
o t
he
wal
ko
ut
of
the
sev
en a
ggri
eved
PD
P g
ov
ern
ors
fr
om
th
e sp
ecia
l co
nv
enti
on
of
the
par
ty,
Lam
ido
ag
reed
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an w
as q
ual
ifie
d t
o v
ie
for
a se
con
d t
erm
, h
e h
ow
ever
co
nte
nd
ed t
hat
th
e p
resi
den
t an
d h
is h
and
lers
wer
e go
ing a
bo
ut
the
seco
nd
ter
m q
ues
t ra
ther
wro
ngly
.
“Jo
nat
han
is
a N
iger
ia c
itiz
en a
nd
un
der
th
e co
nst
itu
tio
n h
as t
he
righ
t to
ru
n,
bu
t re
spec
t w
hat
we
are
sayin
g.
Th
at t
he
pro
cess
wh
ich
is
go
ing t
o p
rod
uce
him
mu
st b
e as
cre
dib
le a
s tr
ansp
aren
t as
it
was
in
20
11
bec
ause
in
20
11
th
ese
typ
es o
f th
ings
wer
e n
ot
app
lied
to
mak
e h
im g
et t
her
e. W
e ca
me
ou
t o
pen
ly t
o d
ecla
re f
or
him
at
the
con
ven
tio
n.
“It
was
ver
y tr
ansp
aren
t, v
ery f
air.
Wh
en y
ou
wan
t to
get
re-
elec
ted
, yo
u'r
e so
win
g d
isco
rdan
t tu
nes
, in
tim
idat
ing l
ies,
co
erci
ng
Y a
nd
EF
FC
Cin
g X
. T
hes
e th
ings
can
no
t w
ork
bec
ause
at
the
end
of
the
day
, ev
en a
fter
pic
kin
g t
he
tick
et t
hro
ugh
th
is s
elf-
hel
p,
yo
u w
ou
ld h
ave
des
tro
yed
yo
ur
infa
ntr
y t
hat
wil
l b
e th
ere
for
yo
u?
So
, w
e sa
id J
on
ath
an c
an r
un
bu
t th
e p
roce
ss m
ust
be
cred
ible
, tr
ansp
aren
t; d
ism
issi
ng a
nd
ab
sorb
ing a
nd
co
erci
ng a
nd
in
tim
idat
ing w
ill
no
t w
ork
,” h
e sa
id.
At
the
tim
e, h
e m
ain
tain
ed t
hat
by s
up
po
rtin
g P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
’s e
mer
gen
ce a
s su
bst
anti
ve
pre
sid
ent
foll
ow
ing t
he
dea
th o
f th
e la
te P
resi
den
t U
mar
Mu
sa Y
ar’
Ad
ua,
he
has
pro
ved
his
w
ort
h t
o h
im a
nd
as
no
rea
son
to
pro
ve
his
wo
rth
to
th
e p
resi
den
t o
r th
e P
DP
agai
n.
He
(Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an)
is m
y p
roo
f b
ecau
se h
e k
no
ws,
mo
re t
han
an
yo
ne
kn
ow
s, w
hat
I w
as t
o
him
. S
o I
can
no
t b
e co
mp
etin
g w
ith
peo
ple
lik
e D
oyin
Ok
up
e, R
eub
en A
bat
i, B
aman
ga
Tu
ku
r,
Gu
lak
an
d t
he
new
peo
ple
wh
o a
re n
ow
bro
ugh
t o
n b
oar
d a
nd
wh
o h
ad n
o i
dea
wh
at h
app
ened
b
efo
re h
e b
ecam
e th
e p
resi
den
t.
“Th
ey a
re n
ow
th
ere
and
th
e p
lace
is
fill
ed w
ith
bo
otl
ick
ers
and
syco
ph
ants
wh
o a
re w
ork
ing
h
ard
to
pro
ve
thei
r lo
yal
ty.
Sh
ou
ld I
be
com
pet
ing w
ith
th
em?
Sh
ou
ld I
go
to
his
ho
use
an
d s
ay
Mr.
Pre
sid
ent,
yo
u a
re t
he
bes
t m
an i
n t
his
co
un
try,
yo
ur
hea
d i
s b
eau
tifu
l -
mu
st I
say
so
? M
ust
I
say y
ou
are
ver
y p
ow
erfu
l -
mu
st I
ev
en s
ay s
o?
Bec
ause
he
is m
ine!
To
get
her
we
go
t to
wh
ere
we
are
wit
h h
im –
fro
m n
ow
her
e to
so
mew
her
e.
“Th
eref
ore
, I
do
n't
hav
e to
pro
ve
anyt
hin
g t
o t
he
pre
sid
ent
bec
ause
he
is m
y p
roo
f. O
ther
s h
ave
to b
ecau
se t
hey
wer
e n
ot
ther
e b
efo
re,
so t
hey
can
pro
ve
they
are
lo
yal
to
him
. T
his
is
wh
at I
cal
l lo
yal
ty o
f o
pp
ort
un
ism
bec
ause
in
th
at s
ame
off
ice,
peo
ple
wer
e th
ere
wh
o t
hey
san
g t
hei
r p
rais
es.
Du
rin
g
Ob
asan
jo,
peo
ple
li
ke
Man
tu
and
m
any
oth
ers
san
g
the
sam
e so
ng.
Un
der
B
aban
gid
a, t
hey
san
d t
he
sam
e so
ng.
An
d i
t is
on
e h
uge
ind
ust
ry t
od
ay.”
Bu
t d
esp
ite
the
hea
t in
th
e p
arty
, h
e w
as q
uit
e o
pti
mis
tic
that
th
e p
rob
lem
s co
uld
be
reso
lved
, if
th
e is
sues
rai
sed
by
agg
riev
ed m
emb
ers
wer
e re
solv
ed.
Ho
wev
er,
on
ly o
ne
of
the
issu
es w
as
add
ress
ed a
nd
th
at w
as T
uk
ur’
s sa
ck.
Oth
ers
rem
ain
ed a
s th
ey w
ere.
“Th
e cr
isis
has
a h
isto
ry,
wh
ich
we
iden
tifi
ed a
nd
wh
ich
we
list
ed a
s o
ur
reso
luti
on
an
d t
o w
hic
h
we
are
mee
tin
g.
Ob
vio
usl
y,
if al
l th
e is
sues
ra
ised
ar
e m
et th
en w
e w
ou
ld h
ave
no
m
ora
l au
tho
rity
to
say
we
wo
uld
fig
ht
agai
n b
ecau
se t
he
figh
t is
on
pri
nci
ple
, th
e fi
gh
t is
th
e d
esir
e in
us
to e
nsu
re t
hat
we
rem
ain
th
e w
inn
ing p
arty
; a
win
nin
g p
arty
mu
st h
ave
dis
cip
lin
e b
eyo
nd
mak
ing
m
on
ey a
nd
in
du
stry
ou
t o
f go
ver
nm
ent.
Th
ere
is s
om
eth
ing w
e ca
ll s
erv
ice
and
ser
vic
e ca
n o
nly
b
e re
nd
ered
by p
eop
le w
ho
can
mak
e sa
crif
ices
, b
y p
eop
le w
ho
hav
e el
emen
ts o
f h
um
an d
ign
ity
and
hu
man
dec
ency
.
“Wh
en
we
met
fo
r th
e se
con
d
tim
e,
in
pri
nci
ple
, al
l th
e d
eman
ds
wer
e ac
ced
ed
to.
Fir
st,
rest
ora
tio
n o
f A
dam
awa
par
ty s
tru
ctu
re;
two
, re
call
Am
aech
i an
d g
ive
him
his
str
uct
ure
; th
ree,
sa
ck B
aman
ga
Tu
ku
r; f
ou
r, n
ew c
on
ven
tio
n -
ele
ctio
n o
f n
ew o
ffic
ials
wh
o h
ave
bee
n s
hu
tou
t,
then
bec
ause
th
ere
hav
e b
een
so
mu
ch i
mp
un
ity,
rest
ori
ng t
he
par
ty t
o t
he
pat
h o
f le
git
imac
y a
nd
le
gal
ity a
s p
er t
he
laid
do
wn
ru
les,
” h
e n
ote
d.
He
assu
red
th
e p
eop
le t
hat
in
pri
nci
ple
, al
l th
e is
sues
wer
e ac
cep
ted
, b
ut
stre
ssed
th
at “
No
w,
it i
s o
nly
th
e p
ron
ou
nce
men
t th
at w
e ar
e w
aiti
ng
fo
r b
ecau
se t
her
e w
as a
co
mm
itte
e w
hic
h w
as s
et u
p
by t
he
pre
sid
ent,
hea
ded
by m
e an
d w
e m
ade
a su
bm
issi
on
par
t o
f w
hic
h w
as t
hat
Ad
amaw
a st
ruct
ure
sh
ou
ld b
e re
sto
red
to
Nyak
o.
“So
, re
ally
th
at o
ne
is c
on
clu
siv
e. I
t o
nly
nee
ds
a p
ron
ou
nce
men
t to
bri
ng
it
into
bei
ng.
Th
at i
s al
l! A
mae
chi,
bec
ause
he
wen
t to
co
urt
th
ey s
aid
th
ere
sho
uld
be
a p
roce
du
re,
ther
efo
re,
the
chai
rman
of
Bo
T w
ou
ld g
o a
nd
mee
t A
mae
chi
and
th
e o
ther
s an
d t
hen
all
cas
es p
end
ing i
n c
ou
rt
in R
iver
s S
tate
wo
uld
be
wit
hd
raw
n a
nd
th
at w
ill
also
be
rest
ore
d.
So
in
pri
nci
ple
, al
l th
e te
rms
giv
en w
ere
agre
ed t
o.
It i
s si
mp
ly t
he
imp
lem
enta
tio
n t
hat
we
are
exp
ecti
ng
.”
Bu
t th
at w
as n
ever
to
be.
Th
e cr
isis
per
sist
ed a
nd
it
was
fo
r th
at r
easo
n t
hat
Go
ver
no
rs A
hm
ed
Ab
du
lfat
ah (
Kw
ara)
, R
abiu
Kw
ank
was
o (
Kan
o),
Am
aech
i (R
iver
s),
Mu
rtal
a N
yak
o (
Ad
amaw
a)
and
Alh
aji
Ali
yu M
agat
akar
da
Wam
akk
o (
So
ko
to)
as w
ell
as o
ther
PD
P b
igw
igs
and
Nat
ion
al
Ass
emb
ly m
emb
ers,
in
clu
din
g t
he
Sp
eak
er,
Ho
use
of
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
es,
Am
inu
Tam
bu
wal
, q
uit
th
e P
DP
fo
r th
e o
pp
osi
tio
n A
ll P
rogre
ssiv
es C
on
gre
ss (
AP
C).
Th
e o
ther
s in
clu
din
g f
orm
er p
resi
den
t O
luse
gu
n O
bas
anjo
, w
ho
is
his
gre
ates
t p
oli
tica
l al
ly
tho
ugh
lef
t th
e P
DP
, L
amid
o a
nd
th
e N
iger
Sta
te G
ov
ern
or,
Ali
yu
wh
o w
ere
the
arro
wh
ead
s o
f th
e st
rug
gle
in
th
e P
DP
rem
ain
ed i
n t
he
ruli
ng p
arty
. W
hil
e so
me
felt
it
was
on
ly a
mat
ter
of
day
s b
efo
re L
amid
o w
ou
ld j
oin
his
ag
gri
eved
co
llea
gu
es i
n t
he
AP
C,
he
said
he
nev
er r
egre
tted
su
pp
ort
ing P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
an
d t
hat
if
thin
gs
wer
e d
on
e ri
gh
tly,
he
cou
ld s
till
su
pp
ort
th
e p
resi
den
t.
“I h
ave
no
reg
ret
for
sup
po
rtin
g J
on
ath
an (
for
the
firs
t te
rm)
bec
ause
I f
eel
in m
y o
wn
ju
dgm
ent
I w
ou
ld d
o t
he
righ
t th
ing f
or
Nig
eria
’s s
tab
ilit
y,
for
Nig
eria
's c
on
tin
uit
y t
hat
wh
atev
er s
acri
fice
w
e m
ake,
we
mak
e it
bec
ause
do
ing o
ther
wis
e w
ou
ld i
ntr
od
uce
oth
er d
imen
sio
ns.
“Aft
er s
up
po
rtin
g h
im,
afte
r w
inn
ing t
he
elec
tio
n,
it i
s n
ow
to
ear
n m
y co
nfi
den
ce f
or
the
nex
t le
vel
. If
he
wan
ts t
o g
o t
her
e it
is
up
to h
im t
o e
arn
my
con
fid
ence
bec
ause
at
that
tim
e th
e re
aso
n
was
min
e, t
he
feel
ing w
as m
ine
and
th
e co
nce
rn w
as m
ine
and
an
alysi
s w
as m
ine.
No
w i
t is
up
to
h
im t
o v
ind
icat
e m
e.
“So
fo
r m
e, t
ho
se (
refe
rrin
g t
o A
PC
) w
ho
th
ink
th
e P
DP
im
plo
sio
n w
ill
be
a k
ind
of
carc
ass
up
on
w
hic
h t
hey
can
fee
d a
re m
ista
ken
bec
ause
I d
on
’t t
hin
k t
hey
are
cre
dib
le a
lter
nat
ive.
So
th
eir
jub
ilat
ion
may
be
sho
rt l
ived
. I
hav
e b
een
say
ing i
t al
way
s, P
DP
is
a b
ig p
arty
. It
is
the
par
ty t
hat
sa
ved
Nig
eria
fro
m w
hat
hap
pen
ed b
etw
een
19
83
an
d 1
99
8 a
nd
so
bec
ause
it
is s
o b
ig,
it i
s b
ou
nd
to
hav
e so
me
cris
is h
ere
and
th
ere.
It
is o
nly
no
rmal
an
d n
atu
ral,
” h
e sa
id.
Lam
ido
nev
er s
hie
d t
o t
ell
wh
oev
er c
ared
to
lis
ten
th
at t
her
e w
ere
“sca
ven
ger
s” i
n t
he
PD
P a
nd
th
at h
e w
as n
ot
pre
par
ed t
o l
eav
e th
e p
arty
an
d h
e n
ever
did
. H
e o
nce
sai
d s
om
ebo
dy i
s b
ein
g
accu
sed
or
mal
ign
ed o
r b
lack
mai
led
of
pla
nn
ing t
o l
eav
e th
e p
arty
isn
’t i
t? I
f w
e re
mai
n i
n t
he
par
ty w
e ar
e b
ig t
hre
at t
o t
hem
,” a
nd
he
has
rem
ain
ed i
n t
he
par
ty.
Des
pit
e th
e re
cen
t si
len
ce,
it i
s o
n r
eco
rd t
hat
Lam
ido
had
mad
e ca
teg
ori
cal
stat
emen
ts t
hat
p
oin
ted
ou
t th
at t
he
chal
len
ge
bef
ore
Pre
sid
ent
Jon
ath
an n
ow
is
to g
et t
he
qu
antu
m o
f v
ote
s th
at
go
t h
im t
he
pre
sid
ency
in
th
e fi
rst
pla
ce.
On
th
e th
reat
by f
orm
er N
iger
mil
itan
t le
ader
, A
lhaj
i A
sari
Do
ku
bo
th
at P
resi
den
t Jo
nat
han
mu
st
hav
e a
seco
nd
ter
m,
he
refe
rred
to
him
as
“a s
mal
l b
oy,”
ad
din
g t
hat
“I
do
n't
thin
k h
is e
nti
re c
lan
is
up
to
on
e m
illi
on
peo
ple
. If
his
en
tire
cla
n i
s n
ot
up
on
e m
illi
on
peo
ple
, so
ju
st i
gn
ore
him
.”
Th
us,
ag
ain
st t
he
bac
kd
rop
of
his
man
y u
nh
eed
ed w
arn
ings
and
un
add
ress
ed c
on
cern
s ab
ou
t th
e p
arty
, ev
en w
her
e h
e re
mai
ned
in
th
e P
DP
, it
is
not
clea
r if
Lam
ido
is
wai
tin
g t
o b
e v
ind
icat
ed.
Cre
dib
le P
oll
s: H
ow
PD
P i
s b
att
lin
g I
NE
C
on
Mar
ch 1
8,
20
15
/
i
n E
lect
ion
s 2
01
5 1
:43
am
/
C
om
men
ts
By H
enry
Um
oru
T
he
ruli
ng p
arty
is
pu
ttin
g t
he
Ele
ctio
n M
anag
emen
t B
od
y o
n t
he
def
ensi
vec
th
rou
gh
on
e o
f it
s o
ffsh
oo
t g
rou
ps.
Th
e P
DP
In
tegri
ty V
angu
ard
is
on
e o
f th
e n
um
ero
us
off
sho
ots
of
the
Peo
ple
s D
emo
crat
ic P
arty
. It
s o
wn
ag
end
a, h
ow
ever
, h
as b
een
to
ad
vo
cate
th
at t
he
elec
tora
l u
mp
ire,
th
e In
dep
end
ent
Nat
ion
al E
lect
ora
l C
om
mis
sio
n,
INE
C m
ust
do
th
e ri
gh
t th
ing
an
d c
on
du
ct f
or
Nig
eria
, fr
ee,
fair
an
d c
red
ible
ele
ctio
ns.
Th
e b
od
y h
as t
he
pio
nee
r N
atio
nal
Pu
bli
city
Sec
reta
ry,
a d
eleg
ate
to t
he
20
14
Nat
ion
al
Co
nfe
ren
ce,
Sen
ato
r A
nie
te O
ko
n a
s it
s N
atio
nal
Co
-ord
inat
or,
wit
h a
no
ther
del
egat
e ,
Ch
ief
Ser
gea
nt
Aw
use
, an
d o
ther
s as
mem
ber
s.
Th
e b
od
y h
as i
n r
ecen
t w
eek
s th
rou
gh
th
e p
rin
t an
d e
lect
ron
ic m
edia
bee
n d
raw
ing a
tten
tio
n t
o
som
e o
bse
rved
an
om
alie
s an
d p
rop
ose
d p
lan
s b
y t
he
Pro
fess
or
Att
ahir
u J
ega
led
IN
EC
.
Ele
ctio
n m
an
ag
emen
t
Wh
en t
he
elec
tio
n m
anag
emen
t b
od
y p
lan
ned
to
cre
ate
30
,00
0 p
oll
ing u
nit
s, a
lleg
edly
d
isp
rop
ort
ion
atel
y a
llo
tted
to
th
e N
ort
h,
the
gro
up
was
vo
cife
rou
s in
den
ou
nci
ng t
he
mo
ve
and
h
elp
ed t
o a
bo
rt t
he
pla
n.
Hav
ing a
chie
ved
th
at,
the
PD
P I
nte
gri
ty V
angu
ard
did
no
t re
st o
n i
ts
oar
s, i
t co
nti
nu
ed w
ith
th
e fi
gh
t, t
his
tim
e, i
t w
as a
bo
ut
pla
ns
by J
ega
to i
ntr
od
uce
th
e In
cid
ent
Fo
rm a
nd
Sp
ecia
l V
oti
ng
po
ints
.
Acc
ord
ing t
o O
ko
n a
nd
Ser
gea
nt
Aw
use
, t
he
“In
cid
ent
Fo
rm”
by I
NE
C w
ill
allo
w p
erso
ns
wh
o
mig
ht
no
t b
e ab
le t
o v
ote
du
e to
so
me
tech
nic
al f
ault
s fr
om
th
e ca
rd r
ead
ers
mac
hin
e, j
ust
as
they
sa
id t
hat
th
e n
ew m
eth
od
po
rten
ds
gra
ve
dan
ger
an
d w
ou
ld c
ause
co
nfu
sio
n i
n t
he
cou
ntr
y a
nd
d
escr
ibed
as
un
acce
pta
ble
th
e in
tro
du
ctio
n o
f “v
oti
ng p
oin
ts”
an
d I
nci
den
ce f
orm
s.
Th
e g
rou
p w
hil
e n
oti
ng t
hat
Jeg
a w
as i
ntr
od
uci
ng t
hes
e th
rou
gh
th
e b
ack
do
or
hav
ing
jet
tiso
ned
th
e p
lan
ned
cre
atio
n o
f 3
0,0
00
po
llin
g u
nit
s, s
aid
, “T
he
intr
od
uct
ion
by I
NE
C o
f so
-cal
led
“v
oti
ng p
oin
ts”
as I
NE
C’s
act
ion
is
ob
vio
usl
y in
ten
ded
to
su
rrep
titi
ou
sly c
ircu
mv
ent
Nat
ion
al
Ass
emb
ly’s
ex
pre
ss p
osi
tio
n o
n t
he
mat
ter.
”
We
bel
iev
e it
is
the
clan
des
tin
e w
ay P
rof.
Jeg
a h
op
es t
o a
chie
ve
his
ori
gin
al i
nte
nti
on
of
usi
ng
them
to
gen
erat
e th
e ti
e-b
reak
ing b
ank
of
vo
tes
and
mu
st n
ot
be
allo
wed
. W
hy
has
Jeg
a n
ow
re-
intr
od
uce
d t
hes
e p
oll
ing u
nit
s th
rou
gh
th
e b
ack
do
or
by c
reat
ing w
hat
he
no
w c
alls
“v
oti
ng
po
ints
.” W
her
e ar
e th
ese
spec
ial
vo
tin
g p
oin
ts l
oca
ted
an
d w
hy i
s Ja
ga
kee
pin
g t
he
mat
ter
un
der
th
e ta
ble
?
Th
e g
rou
p w
as a
lso
in
th
e fo
refr
on
t in
pre
ssin
g J
ega
on
th
e d
istr
ibu
tio
n o
f th
e P
erm
anen
t V
ote
rs
Car
d,
PV
Cs
and
was
qu
ick
to
fau
lt t
he
chai
rman
’s e
xcu
se t
hat
th
e p
ost
po
nem
ent
of
the
elec
tio
n
fro
m F
ebru
ary 1
4 w
as b
ecau
se o
f se
curi
ty c
hal
len
ges
in
th
e N
ort
hea
st.
In t
he
vie
w o
f th
e g
rou
p,
Jega
was
no
t p
rep
ared
.
Sen
ato
r O
ko
n a
nd
his
gro
up
hav
e al
so e
xp
ress
ed c
on
cern
s ab
ou
t th
e p
lan
ned
use
of
card
s re
ader
st
ress
ing d
ou
bts
ab
ou
t it
s ap
pli
cati
on
an
d s
ucc
ess
agai
nst
th
e b
ack
dro
p t
hat
IN
EC
had
no
t ex
per
imen
ted
wit
h i
t an
yw
her
e in
th
e co
un
try.
To
ach
iev
e it
s ai
m,
the
gro
up
als
o r
ecen
tly c
alle
d o
n t
he
Nat
ion
al A
ssem
bly
to
car
ry o
ut
a th
ree-
d
ay f
ore
nsi
c in
ves
tig
atio
n i
nto
all
th
e d
epar
tmen
ts o
f IN
EC
bef
ore
th
e v
ery e
yes
of
the
med
ia a
nd
m
emb
ers
of
the
Civ
il S
oci
ety O
rgan
isat
ion
s, C
SO
s fo
r th
e p
urp
ose
of
un
eart
hin
g w
hat
it
clai
ms
wer
e su
rrep
titi
ou
s m
ov
es b
y s
om
e to
use
mo
der
n t
ech
no
log
y b
ein
g a
do
pte
d b
y t
he
com
mis
sio
n t
o
rig t
he
elec
tio
ns.
Sen
ato
r O
ko
n’s
veh
emen
ce a
gai
nst
IN
EC
, th
e ca
rd r
ead
er a
nd
oth
er d
evic
es i
s in
dee
d a
pp
lau
ded
am
on
g h
is g
rou
p,
bu
t ce
rtai
nly
no
t in
all
str
ata
of
soci
ety.
Fo
r th
e S
ak
e o
f N
iger
ian
So
ldie
rs
18
Mar
20
15
Fo
nt
Siz
e: a
/ A
Up
da
te&
Tre
nd
ing
Sh
ola
Oye
yip
o r
ecko
ns
tha
t th
e p
latf
orm
pro
vid
ed b
y M
rs.
Fu
nm
i O
gb
ue'
s ‘S
up
po
rt o
ur
Tro
op
s
Fo
un
da
tio
n’,
is
a
n
ave
nu
e
for
Nig
eria
ns
to
ap
pre
cia
te
the
mil
ita
ry
Alt
ho
ugh
rel
ativ
ely u
nco
mm
on
in
Nig
eria
an
d m
any o
ther
Afr
ican
co
un
trie
s, i
n o
ther
cli
mes
h
ow
ever
, th
ere
are
sev
eral
No
n-G
ov
ern
men
tal
Org
anis
atio
ns
(NG
O)
that
wer
e sp
ecif
ical
ly s
et u
p
to g
et s
up
po
rt f
rom
mem
ber
s o
f th
e p
ub
lic
for
mil
itar
y o
ffic
ers,
wh
o h
ave
com
mit
ted
th
eir
liv
es
in t
he
def
ence
of
the
nat
ion
.
In
the
Un
ited
K
ingd
om
, fo
r in
stan
ce,
ther
e is
th
e W
ou
nd
ed
War
rio
r P
roje
ct,
wh
ich
m
ain
o
bje
ctiv
e is
to
rai
se a
war
enes
s an
d e
nli
st t
he
pu
bli
c’s
aid
fo
r th
e n
eed
s o
f in
jure
d s
erv
icem
en a
nd
w
om
en a
nd
ass
ist
each
oth
er,
pro
vid
ing u
niq
ue,
dir
ect
pro
gra
mm
es a
nd
ser
vic
es t
o m
eet
thei
r n
eed
s.
Am
on
g s
ever
al o
ther
s is
th
e M
ilit
ary F
amil
y S
up
po
rt G
rou
p,
and
its
ob
ject
ive
is b
asic
ally
to
off
er
sup
po
rt t
o a
nyo
ne
wh
o h
as s
uff
ered
th
e lo
ss o
f lo
ved
on
es w
hil
e se
rvin
g w
ith
th
e U
K A
rmed
F
orc
es.
Th
ere
are
also
Mil
itar
y S
up
po
rt G
rou
ps
in A
mer
ica.
Th
ey a
re n
on
-pro
fit
mak
ing c
har
ity
gro
up
s th
at a
re p
rov
idin
g f
inan
cial
an
d e
mo
tio
nal
su
pp
ort
fo
r th
e so
ldie
rs,
wo
un
ded
war
rio
rs,
and
m
ilit
ary f
amil
ies.
Co
nv
ince
d t
hat
th
ere
was
nee
d t
o r
epli
cate
th
e te
mp
late
in
Nig
eria
esp
ecia
lly a
t a
tim
e th
at t
he
Nig
eria
n m
ilit
ary o
ffic
ers
hav
e b
een
un
der
glo
bal
wat
ch i
n t
he
figh
t ag
ain
st i
nsu
rgen
cy,
som
e N
iger
ian
s w
ho
are
of
the
op
inio
n t
hat
th
e m
ilit
ary d
eser
ves
ku
do
s an
d n
ot
cast
igat
ion
are
alr
ead
y
mak
ing s
om
e im
pac
ts.
A p
roje
ct i
nsp
ired
by F
un
mi
Ogb
ue,
dau
gh
ter
of
a re
tire
d m
ilit
ary o
ffic
er a
nd
tag
ged
‘S
up
po
rt
Ou
r T
roo
p
Fo
un
dat
ion
(S
OT
F),
’ h
as
peo
ple
li
ke
To
ku
nb
o
Idri
s O
lad
ein
de,
B
un
mi
Sh
irle
y
Mac
Nau
gh
ton
, A
lvar
i T
arfa
, M
r. G
bo
lly B
alo
gu
n,
Alh
aji
Say
yu
Id
ris
Dan
tata
, S
enat
or
Mu
sa
Ad
ede,
Ms.
Ju
mm
ai M
om
od
u a
nd
Em
man
uel
Yo
ngu
– a
ll a
gre
ein
g t
o p
ull
res
ou
rces
to
get
her
to
cr
eate
th
e p
latf
orm
th
at a
llo
ws
Nig
eria
ns
sho
w l
ov
e to
th
e n
atio
n’s
her
oes
in
th
e m
ilit
ary.
Ex
pla
inin
g t
he
mo
tiv
atio
n b
ehin
d t
he
init
iati
ve
du
rin
g t
he
inau
gu
rati
on
of
the
bo
dy a
bo
ut
thre
e yea
rs a
go
, O
gb
ue
said
: “T
he
Su
pp
ort
Ou
r T
roo
ps
Fo
un
dat
ion
, is
a n
on
-pro
fit
mak
ing m
ilit
ary
char
ity g
rou
p t
hat
su
pp
ort
s an
d p
rom
ote
s th
e in
tere
sts
of
the
men
an
d w
om
en o
f th
e N
iger
ian
A
rmed
Fo
rces
ser
vin
g h
om
e an
d a
bro
ad.
“Mo
st o
f u
s h
ave
nev
er s
erv
ed i
n t
he
Nig
eria
n m
ilit
ary.
Mo
st o
f u
s n
ever
wil
l. B
ut
tod
ay,
as w
e go
ab
ou
t o
ur
liv
es a
nd
wo
rk,
it i
s w
ort
h r
emem
ber
ing t
hat
it
is o
ur
mil
itar
y p
erso
nn
el t
hat
are
ch
arged
wit
h k
eep
ing u
s sa
fe,
pro
tect
ing o
ur
ho
mes
an
d f
amil
ies,
an
d d
efen
din
g o
ur
lib
erty
.
“It
is o
ur
mil
itar
y p
erso
nn
el t
hat
are
req
uir
ed t
o s
tep
in
to h
arm
’s w
ay w
hen
we
or
ou
r al
lies
are
th
reat
ened
. T
hey
are
th
e o
nes
to
wh
om
we
turn
fo
r se
curi
ty;
the
on
es w
ho
sac
rifi
ce s
o m
uch
–
som
etim
es e
ver
yth
ing.
Th
is i
s w
hy w
e b
elie
ve
that
su
pp
ort
ing o
ur
tro
op
s an
d t
hei
r fa
mil
ies
sho
uld
be
a d
uty
– a
mo
ral
ob
ligat
ion
sh
ared
by
us
all,
no
t ju
st t
he
go
ver
nm
ent
– b
ecau
se t
hei
r ef
fort
s b
enef
it
us
all.
“W
e w
ork
in
par
tner
ship
wit
h t
he
Fed
eral
Min
istr
y o
f D
efen
ce t
o r
eco
gn
ise
and
rew
ard
Nig
eria
n
Tro
op
s an
d t
hei
r fa
mil
ies.
We
aim
to
lif
t th
eir
spir
its
and
im
pro
ve
thei
r w
elfa
re.
We
hav
e te
ams
acro
ss N
iger
ia w
ho
all
sh
are
the
sam
e p
assi
on
an
d c
om
mit
men
t, a
nd
wil
l d
o w
hat
ever
th
ey c
an t
o
hel
p o
ur
bra
ve
serv
icem
en a
nd
wo
men
an
d t
hei
r fa
mil
ies.
”
Th
e b
od
y,
thro
ugh
hel
p f
rom
wel
l-sp
irit
ed N
iger
ian
s h
as b
een
pro
vid
ing c
are
pac
kag
es/k
its
to
per
son
nel
on
th
e b
attl
e fr
on
t an
d m
ilit
ary b
ases
. T
hey
co
nta
in i
tem
s tr
oo
p v
alu
e an
d a
pp
reci
ate.
In
eac
h o
f th
e p
ack
ages
is
a m
essa
ge
of
sup
po
rt a
nd
gra
titu
de
fro
m t
he
sen
der
, sh
ow
ing t
he
tro
op
th
at w
hil
st t
hey
may
no
t k
no
w t
hei
r b
enef
acto
rs,
they
sh
ou
ld k
no
w t
hey
are
ap
pre
ciat
ed.
Th
ey a
lso
pro
vid
e as
sist
ance
to
tro
op
s in
jure
d o
n a
ctiv
e d
uty
by f
acil
itat
ing p
roce
sses
th
at w
ill
ensu
re q
uic
k e
mo
tio
nal
rec
ov
ery t
hro
ugh
pro
vis
ion
s o
f ed
uca
tio
nal
, fi
nan
cial
an
d c
aree
r su
pp
ort
as
a
way
to
re
inte
gra
te
them
in
to
the
soci
ety
and
to
b
e ab
le
to
lead
fu
lfil
lin
g
liv
es.
“Bu
ild
ing a
new
set
of
skil
ls p
ost
-in
jury
– a
nd
hav
ing o
pp
ort
un
itie
s to
pu
t th
ose
sk
ills
to u
se –
is
vit
al i
f ex
-ser
vic
emen
an
d w
om
en a
re t
o f
eel
val
ued
an
d a
re t
o b
e ab
le t
o s
up
po
rt t
hei
r fa
mil
ies,
” O
gb
ue
said
.
Fo
r fa
mil
ies
wh
ose
lo
ved
on
es f
all
in b
attl
e, t
he
org
anis
atio
n h
as b
een
pro
vid
ing t
hem
bu
sin
ess
gra
nts
to
en
able
sp
ou
ses
bu
ild
pro
du
ctiv
e ca
reer
s th
at c
an h
elp
th
em p
rov
ide
for
thei
r fa
mil
ies.
P
art
of
the
mo
ney
rai
sed
is
use
d t
o e
nsu
re t
hat
ber
eav
ed s
po
use
s re
ceiv
e th
e h
elp
th
ey n
eed
to
co
me
to t
erm
s w
ith t
he
pai
n o
f th
eir
loss
bec
ause
acc
ord
ing t
o t
he
gro
up
, w
hen
a m
oth
er o
r fa
ther
is
lo
st i
n a
ctiv
e se
rvic
e, t
he
effe
ct o
n t
hei
r ch
ild
ren
is
pro
fou
nd
.
“Yet
in
ad
dit
ion
to
th
e em
oti
on
al t
rau
ma,
th
e u
nse
ttli
ng e
ffec
ts o
n a
ch
ild
’s e
du
cati
on
can
mak
e th
e le
gac
y o
f b
erea
vem
ent
last
a l
ifet
ime.
SO
TF
is
ther
efo
re w
ork
ing
to
en
sure
th
at c
hil
dre
n o
f A
rmed
Fo
rces
fam
ilie
s ar
e n
ot
edu
cati
on
ally
dis
adv
anta
ged
as
a re
sult
of
loss
,” s
he
said
.
In w
hat
is
coin
cid
ing w
ith
th
e su
cces
ses
bei
ng
rec
ord
ed b
y t
he
mil
itar
y a
gai
nst
th
e in
surg
ent,
m
ore
rec
entl
y,
the
org
anis
atio
n h
as s
tep
ped
up
its
act
ivit
ies
in t
he
sup
po
rt o
f th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
an
d t
hei
r fa
mil
ies.
“We
hav
e la
un
ched
a r
ob
ust
med
ia c
amp
aign
to
ral
ly n
atio
nw
ide
sup
po
rt f
or
the
tro
op
s. T
his
ca
mp
aign
cu
ts a
cro
ss m
edia
pla
tfo
rms,
in
clu
din
g p
rin
t an
d e
lect
ron
ic.
We
hav
e p
lace
d a
dv
erts
an
d e
dit
ori
als
in n
atio
nal
new
spap
ers
and
we
hav
e fe
atu
red
acr
oss
tel
evis
ion
sta
tio
ns
and
we
hav
e al
so l
aun
ched
a s
oci
al m
edia
cam
pai
gn
wit
h s
tro
ng-p
osi
tiv
e fo
llo
win
g.
“We
hav
e m
ade
a d
on
atio
n o
f fi
ftee
n d
esk
top
an
d f
ive
lap
top
s to
th
e N
iger
ian
Arm
y O
ffic
ers
Wif
e A
sso
ciat
ion
(N
AO
WA
) S
cho
ol
in K
uru
du
, A
bu
ja.
Th
rou
gh
ou
r b
ack
-to
-sch
oo
l p
rog
ram
me,
th
e S
OT
dis
trib
ute
d 3
,000
pie
ces
of
sch
oo
l su
pp
lies
to
ch
ild
ren
of
fall
en h
ero
es a
nd
15
0 b
ags
of
rice
to
th
eir
wiv
es.
“Ad
dit
ion
ally
, o
n F
ebru
ary 1
2,
20
15
, w
e d
on
ated
10
,00
0 p
iece
s o
f m
ora
l b
oo
stin
g k
its
to t
he
7th
D
ivis
ion
tro
op
s o
f th
e N
iger
ian
Arm
y,
wh
o a
re w
ork
ing
tir
eles
sly t
o m
ain
tain
th
e se
curi
ty a
nd
te
rrit
ori
al i
nte
gri
ty o
f o
ur
dea
r n
atio
n.
We
also
gav
e 8
00
pie
ces
of
bra
nd
ed T
-sh
irts
, 8
00
pie
ces
of
carr
y-g
o b
ags,
80
0 p
iece
s o
f to
oth
bru
sh,
19
,20
0 p
iece
s o
f sa
chet
mil
k a
nd
80
0 p
ack
s o
f 1
km
su
gar
.
“As
par
t o
f o
ur
effo
rts
at b
road
enin
g o
ur
reac
h a
nd
bri
ngin
g m
any p
ub
lic
spir
ited
org
anis
atio
ns
and
in
div
idu
als
on
bo
ard
, th
e S
OT
F r
ecen
tly o
rgan
ised
a s
oli
dar
ity m
arch
on
Feb
ruar
y 2
8,
20
15
in
Ab
uja
to
gal
van
ise
sup
po
rt f
or
the
Nig
eria
n A
rmed
Fo
rces
. T
his
saw
alm
ost
2,0
00
Nig
eria
ns
fro
m
all
wal
ks
of
life
m
arch
fr
om
th
e E
agle
S
qu
are
to
the
Def
ence
H
ead
qu
arte
rs,
wh
ere
cert
ific
ates
of
bra
ver
y w
ere
pre
sen
ted
to
th
e th
ree
serv
ice
chie
fs a
nd
Ch
ief
of
Def
ense
Sta
ff,”
sh
e ex
pla
ined
.
Urg
ing N
iger
ian
s to
su
pp
ort
th
e p
latf
orm
by m
akin
g c
on
trib
uti
on
of
item
s an
d m
on
ey t
hat
can
su
pp
ort
th
e w
ell-
bei
ng o
f m
ilit
ary
off
icer
s an
d m
emb
ers
of
the
fam
ilie
s, O
gb
ue
said
eff
ort
s ar
e o
n t
o e
xp
and
th
e su
pp
ort
bei
ng p
rov
ided
to
th
e o
ffic
ers.
“Th
e fo
un
dat
ion
pla
ns
to e
xec
ute
oth
er a
ctiv
itie
s in
fu
rth
eran
ce o
f it
s o
bje
ctiv
es t
o p
rov
ide
sup
po
rt t
o t
he
men
an
d w
om
en o
f th
e A
rmed
Fo
rces
an
d t
hei
r fa
mil
ies.
Th
ese
incl
ud
e p
eace
co
nce
rt,
do
nat
ion
of
tex
t b
oo
ks
to t
he
Nig
eria
n N
avy,
No
vel
ty F
oo
tbal
l an
d B
ask
etb
all
mat
ches
an
d w
e al
so p
lan
to
co
nst
ruct
rec
reat
ion
al c
entr
es f
or
the
mil
itar
y,”
sh
e h
inte
d.
Her
ex
pec
tati
on
is
that
oth
er N
iger
ian
s w
illi
ng t
o c
on
trib
ute
to
th
e su
pp
ort
in
itia
tiv
e w
ill
join
by
pro
vid
ing th
e fo
un
dat
ion
w
ith
m
on
ey an
d it
ems
that
w
ill
imp
act
po
siti
vel
y o
n th
e li
ves
o
f m
ilit
ary o
ffic
ers
and
th
eir
fam
ilie
s, w
ho
in
th
eir
vie
ws,
are
liv
ing b
elo
w t
he
com
fort
lev
el.
