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Hundreds Of APC Members Defect To PDP In Ondo
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EditorMembers of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ondo State on Wednesday announced their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party.
The defectors, who are from the 208 wards and in the 18 local government areas of the state, said they were ready to work for the candidate of the PDP, Agboola Ajayi, so that he could win the November 16 governorship election.
The defectors were received by the PDP candidate and the state leadership of the PDP at the Akure town hall, Akure, the state capital on Wednesday.
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Welcoming them into the party, the party’s governorship candidate said there is a lot of suffering, hunger and anger in the land following the alleged maladministration of the APC-led government in the state.
Ajayi, who is a former deputy governor of the state, said if voted into power in November, he would provide the people of the state with a better alternative, saying PDP was ready to reposition the state for the better. He urged the new members to join hands with other members and work for the PDP to win the forthcoming poll.
He said, “We are working very hard to regain the state and we need to be strategic about it in order to emerge victorious in the November 2024 election because the people of the state are looking up to us.
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“As new members, I assure you of all rights accrued to the rest of our members. We will ensure that you benefit from every opportunity regarding the welfare of members without sentiments.”
In his remark, the state Chairman of the PDP, Tola Alabere, said the umbrella of the PDP was wide enough to accommodate more new members, assuring the defectors of equal treatment and fairness.
Alabere said, “I am confident that his election will mark a rapid growth in the fortunes of the state and you are welcome to join this moving train as partners to reposition the state towards development.”
Speaking on behalf of the defectors, the former APC organising Secretary in Akure South LG, Akinwande Fayinminu, said they decided to leave the ruling party due to a lack of internal democracy.
“The APC lacks internal democracy, that is why they are factionalised, since they came to power they have not integrated many members of the party. They are operating the party like an occultic group. We can’t stay in such a party any longer,” Fayimimu stated
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2024 Guber: Edo Govt, APC Trade Words Over Alleged Corruption
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June 30, 2024By
EditorEdo State government and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, weekend engaged in a heated dispute over allegations of corruption within the state government.
The APC had made allegations of widespread corruption against top officials in the government.
But the war of words escalated weekend when the APC called for a thorough investigation into the alleged corrupt practices in the state government.
However, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, dismissed the APC’s claim, describing it as baseless and politically motivated.
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Addressing a press conference at the party’s secretariat in Benin, the acting State Chairman, Jarret Tenebe, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had already invited some top government officials and should ensure they bring the investigation to its conclusion.
According to Tenebe, the much-celebrated paperless operation in government was a ploy by Governor Godwin Obaseki to delete certain critical data from the server in case they lost the forthcoming election.
He said: “The latest plan by Obaseki to make the activities of his administration paperless is a criminal plan that has been designed by one ‘Ugo’ who is in charge of e-governance to destroy all documents relating to fraudulent contracts with the excuse that Edo government has gone paperless.
“Ugo has been allegedly instructed to delete the server containing sensitive documents when the PDP loses the election on September 21, 2024. We hereby warn the governor and the head of e-governance not to delete the approvals of contracts on e-gov.”
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He also queried the N28 billion allegedly spent on a five-star hotel by the state government; the complex, he said, was already 85 per cent completed before the state government took it over from its original owner.
Tenebe also queried the modular refinery in the state which he claimed that Obaseki said was owned by the state government but after its completion, new documents have emerged suggesting that the modular refinery is now owned by an individual.
But Nehikhare dismissed the claims as baseless and politically motivated, noting that the APC and its leadership do not know how government works.
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He said: “It is unfortunate that we still have people heading political parties without an idea of how the government is run and they believe in sensationalism.
“They cannot offer any policy statement or directions for a government they are trying to form instead they are chasing shadows, making allegations that are spurious and frivolous.
“We are not going to dignify them with our response but to tell Edo people to ask this APC leadership for their plans for the state.
“That is all we asked. We need to hear their plans, and how they plan to offer a better state than we have done here in PDP.”
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‘You Should Be In Jail’, Nigerians Knock Senator Who Confessed Buying Votes
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June 29, 2024By
EditorReactions have trailed the confession of Olalere Oyewumi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator, who said he bought votes during the 2023 General Election.
Vote buying was one of the major challenges that confronted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the election.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had even deployed its officials in some polling units.
In a viral video, Oyewunmi, who is the Deputy Minority Senate Leader, narrated how he sent his aide on an errand on the eve of the election with his personal money for vote buying but was rejected by strong supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking in Yoruba, the Minority Leader, who represents Osun West District, said “I tried all the tricks I knew to win at the Onilu House (Ile Onilu) polling unit but these people didn’t allow me.
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“After exhausting money for the election, I gave my personal money to Ten-Ten to give to people at night to buy votes on the eve of the election, Ten-Ten came back with my money, saying the people rejected it. I was surprised.
“That was why I reached out to these people because I cannot be a Senator and continue to fail there. I was the one who called Ayandosu from Abuja to join me in the PDP. I told him he has talent and that the party he was serving then (APC) would not allow him to grow.”
Reacting to the development, the leadership of APC through its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, said the confession had shown that Osun election was not free and fair.
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In a statement, Lawal said: “The confessional statement of Senator Oyewumi was a confirmation of the fact that the last series of the elections in the state which secured victory for all the PDP candidates including Governor Ademola Adeleke, were brazenly rigged.
“The self-confession of Senator Oyewumi was an indication that he is a desperate politician who could go to any length to illegally corner opportunities regardless of what such portends to the right-thinking members of the society.
“In a civilized clime, Senator Oyewumi has no iota of reason to remain a minute longer in the Senate where he has been the Minority Leader based on his self-confession that he engaged in vote-buying during the election that secured a fraudulent victory for him.
“By now, Senator Oyewumi should be a guest of the statutory law enforcement agency constitutionally saddled with the responsibility of investigating such political crime involving a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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On social media, some users called on EFCC to investigate the matter.
Below are other comments:
An Instagram user, @_tomiideeh said: “Our problems are self inflicted… we are the architects of our misfortune.”
@henry_aniegboka_: “One don come out to confess, plenty more go still happen”
@lovefromify: “If only Nigeria was a decent society. Even with this… let’s see if anything can happen.”
@strithustla: “He didn’t only admit it, he said it with his mouth. In a sane country he would have been in jail by now.”
@goodnewsericoisika: “Even after the confession nothing is going to happen the youths who are suppose to act will fight each other to protect the rich / the politician that st0le from them.”
@rosywills: “All of them na same ! We never ready for Nigeria. Total overhauling is the only way. From top to bottom!!!”
@xcel_b_thyname: “The ending part, it’s about their personal growth and not the betterment of Nigeria. The buying of vote is old school, majority of them do it.”
@nagudiae: “EFCC where are you ?”
Politics
Delta: Councillorship Candidate Dies Weeks To Election, Ijaw Seek Restraining Order In 3 LGAs
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June 28, 2024By
EditorBarely two weeks before the local government council elections in Delta State, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councillorship candidate has died.
Identified as Hon Jumi Odaji, he was seeking a second term to represent Bowen Ward 20 (Agbassa & Alders Town) in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State in the upcoming July 13 local government election.
He passed away on Thursday night, and the cause of his death is unknown at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, some prominent Deltans have instituted a suit at the Federal High Court, Asaba, praying the court to stop the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) from conducting the July 13 local government election in some council areas.
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They are Denbo-Denbofa Oweikpodor, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, Arc Sylvester Adowei, Emmanuel Igetei, and Midwest Kukuru Esq., maintaining that the election should not hold in Warri South, Warri South-West, and Warri North Local Government Areas.
The plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and “the Ijaw people of the three LGAs of Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State,” in suit no: FHC/ASB/CS/87/2024, demanded a declaration that: “The 2nd Defendant (DSIEC) cannot conduct council elections in the three councils of Delta State, without the 1st Defendant (INEC) establishing fresh polling units in compliance with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Appeal No. S/413/2016: HON. GEORGE U. TIMINIMI & 9 ORS v. INEC delivered on 2/12/2022.”
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