OMG! Tayo Sobola Loses leg

Actress Tayo Sobola popularly known as Sotayo shared this picture of her broken leg from an upcoming movie titled “ILU-MI”..Oh My God, it looks so real.

APC Members Attacked In Rivers State (Graphic Scene)

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State have been attacked over the weekend by armed men. Some were attacked on Friday during a peaceful rally at Wike’s ward with one man having his head almost cut into two. While others were attacked on sunday at Ogbakiri. Picture below is one of the men attacked today with deep cuts.. See photos of the brutal attack that took place. 

Hope the Nigerian Police will take up their responsibility of protecting lives and properties.

Polls: Panic as FG deploys troops in states

President Goodluck Jonathan may have ordered the deployment of soldiers in some states  – in defiance of court verdicts that the military has no role in elections.
There was panic in Kwara State at the weekend as residents saw troops in the streets.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed issued a statement, calling for calm.
The military said troops were being deployed to maintain the peace before, during and after Saturday’s elections.
The spokesman of the Army’s 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi,  Lt. Weri Finikumor, said 300 troops were deployed in Ilorin and the other local government areas.
Lt.Finikumor added that the soldiers would maintain security and not meddle in the conduct of the presidential election.
He added that the soldiers would stand 300 meters away from the polling booths and would not be involved in anything pertaining to electoral materials, including ballot papers and boxes.
Lt. Finikumor said the police would provide security around the polling units, adding that soldiers would intervene on invitation of the police if there is a major security threat which the police cannot handle.
The military’s role in the polls has been controversial. While the military high command said the president, who is the Commander-in-Chief could deploy troops, the opposition parties have warned against the deployment of troops for the polls, fearing they could be used to intimidate voters and supporters of the opposition.
Besides, the Court of appeal has declared that the military should have no role in elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has also said soldiers will not be used for elections — except in an emergency.
Ahmed urged Kwarans not to panic.
The governor, in a special announcement, said soldiers were deployed in the 16 local government areas to maintain law and order during the elections.
The statement reads: “My good people of Kwara State. For many years, we have lived in harmony, regardless of our differences.
“Our people are friendly and peaceful. And so, as we prepare to vote for leaders of our choice in the forthcoming elections, I urge you to remain calm and law abiding.
”The army and other security agencies have been deployed in all the 16 local governments to keep the peace and protect you. Your safety is guaranteed. Perform your civic duties without fear. All you need to do is cast your vote, wait for the counting and return home.
“We are a peaceful people and we will remain peaceful long after the elections have come and gone. Kwara State: It’s good here.”
In Edo State, there was a parade across major streets in the South Senatorial District, termed “Show of Force” by security agencies –Army, Police, Department of State Security(DSS), National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Prison Services and others.
The parade took off from Ring Road to Ekenwan and then proceeded to Ugbowo. Okada, Iguobazuwa, Siluko Road, Textile Mill Junction and New Benin, before moving on to Benin Agbor Road to Abudu axis.
Spokesman of the army’s 4 Brigade, Captain Abubakar Abdullahi, said the exercise was to demonstrate the unity among the security agencies towards ensuring a violence-free election. He encouraged the populace to feel free and safe to go about exercising their constitutional rights of voting and being voted for without harassment.
Captain Abdullahi said: “What is going on today is a show of force, a way of demonstrating our preparedness for a free and fair, peaceful, credible elections coming up. It’s meant to show the level of unity existing among all the security agencies in Edo State and how we will work together to ensure we have violence-free elections.”
“The patrol will take the whole day, and will cover the entire southern part of Edo State.”
The 222 Battalion, Zone 2 of Sector 1, JTF, Pulo Shield, Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State assured residents of violence-free elections and protection during the elections.
Ughelli North Local Government Council Chairman Kenneth Ibru inaugurated a newly constructed office for the battalion’s Regimental Sergeant Major, Leonard Onah.
The Commanding Officer, 222 Battalion, Lt.-Col. Mathew Oyekola, who gave this assurance during the show of force, told the combined force of Army, Vigilance group, FRSC and other security agents that the exercise was meant to give confidence to the public that security agencies under the overall umbrella of the Armed Forces are capable of protecting them during the elections.
Lt.-Col. Oyekola said the need for the show of force became necessary to give the electorate reassurance that the forces were prepared and ready to protect them as they came out to cast their vote during the elections.
Warning against violence during the polls, Oyekola said they were not unaware of the violence- prone areas where politicians perpetrate malpractices, assuring them of bringing to book any person caught violating the law during the elections.
He said the drive around more than 10 local government areas that the command covers was carried out to sensitise the populace that the force will not be ready to take for granted any misconduct.
”We will do our best to protect all voters and we will not ignore any phone calls where our attention will be needed for immediate action. All areas where they are perpetrating that act of carrying ballot boxes, we will ensure that there is relative peace and no snatching of ballot boxes or creating violence,” he said.
Hope our military will not meddle in the political game the way they did in Ekiti state. We are watching.

Amaechi’s deputy, Tele Ikuru defects to PDP

Rivers State Deputy Governor Tele Ikuru has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ikuru declared his defection yesterday, six days to the general elections.
In a statement titled “A call on the conscience of the people of Rivers State”, the deputy governor said: “Ever since, as the true nature and motives of APC are unveiled, I have continued to twist and turn in extreme mental and emotional agony.
“The more I struggle to belong, the more the Rivers man in me rejects the APC.”
He described the APC as a party of rebels, insurgents and anarchists.
Ikuru said his decision was centred on the fact that he would not want to be listed as part of a generation that would witch hunt and hound down the very first ever President from the region, apparently referring to the incumbent President seeking re-election in the presidential election that will hold on March 28.
“I wash my hands of this treachery and in the light of the above, I wish to urge all my supporters, the good people of Rivers State to join hands with other well-meaning Nigerians to massively vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and the Transformation Agenda that has brought so much relief and succour to the greatest number of Nigerians.
“I also urge all Rivers people to vote for Chief Nyesom Wike (CON), who has shown by his antecedents, track records and boundless capabilities that he will deliver good governance to the people of Rivers State.”
Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said Ikuru has chosen a dishonourable path of bare-faced lies, with his defection.
Speaking through the Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, Amaechi noted that the deputy governor had all along been romancing with the PDP, and he was not surprised with the latest development.
Amaechi said: “Governor Amaechi, only this (yesterday) evening, received the news of the resignation of his Deputy Governor, Engr. Tele Ikuru, from the APC. While the news remains unofficial at this time, as the Deputy Governor is yet to notify His Excellency, the Governor, of this move. Governor Amaechi, however, wishes Engr. Ikuru all the best in his future political endeavours.
“He (Amaechi), however, wishes to note that the reasons adduced by Engr. Ikuru are shocking, as Deputy Governor lkuru has consistently been the one driving political activities in his local government area of Andoni and has been the second-in-command, driving politics and governance in Rivers State. On a personal note, Governor Amaechi has accorded Engr. Ikuru all the privileges and respect due the office of the Deputy Governor and has treated him with love as a friend brother.
“Though the governor had hoped that the numerous rumours of Engr. Ikuru’s double-faced membership of the APC and open romance with the PDP were not true. He (Amaechi), however, appreciates the fact that every individual has a right to pursue his political dreams, as he deems most appropriate. It is, however, regrettable that Engr. Ikuru has chosen the dishonourable path of bare faced lies, retracing his steps to and name calling, rather than the more honourable path of simply retracing his steps to where he has always been.”
Ikuru was deputy for five months to a former Rivers governor, Sir Celestine Omehia, who was sacked on October 25, 2007 by the Supreme Court in a landmark judgment. Amaechi was inaugurated as governor the next day.
Amaechi, however, decided to retain Ikuru as his deputy and he recently commended him in public for being very loyal, stressing that his support and loyalty made him not to watch his back during the July 9, 2013 crisis in the Rivers House of Assembly. He expressed optimism that his deputy would not betray him.
The defecting deputy governor hails from coastal Ikuru in Andoni Local Government Area, the hometown of his uncle, political mentor and benefactor, Prince Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman of the PDP.

Don’t Be Afraid Of Jail, Aisha Buhari Tells Patience Jonathan

The wife of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,  Hajia Aishat Buhari has advised Dame Patience Jonathan, that she needs not fear jail, should her husband be voted President come 28 March, 2015 as Nigerians only want a change in the way the country is being governed.

It will be recalled that the first lady, has been campaigning that General Buhari will jail his political opponents if elected President in the March 28 election.

Mrs. Buhari spoke today at a mega rally in Benin, where she interacted with women in Edo State. 

“Each zone of the country has its peculiar problems. For me in this zone, girl-child trafficking should be considered one of our problems, though I know there is unemployment. Unemployment is the major factor that contributes to brain drain and also the girl-child trafficking. General Muhammadu Buhari is a leader who led Nigeria some decades ago and he is coming back now to sanitise the system.

“For those that are campaigning, saying that he is coming to jail Nigerians, I don’t know what their fear is. But they shouldn’t be afraid, because we are all yearning for change. The insecurity in the country, the very poor healthcare system, lack of education and other basic necessities that people are lacking I believe Nigerians need somebody like General Muhammadu Buhari now.

“Already, they have painted him black, using religion. I’m happy today that Nigerians realise that they use religion as a cover to loot Nigeria. Any politician who talks to you about religion is a liar, he only wants to loot the treasury and the little resources you ought to enjoy. So say no to politics merging it with religion to deceive the people.

“I’m here today to let Edo women know that when my husband is elected into office as President, all these will be history. The insecurity, the girl-child trafficking, suffering of the widows in the South East will come to an end. There must be a cultural design that can accommodate the widow. A design that would make the girl-child comfortable wherever she is in this country. She doesn’t have to leave her country to go and prostitute elsewhere, it’s not her portion. Her portion is to have a highly standard and moral society for her to live in. Get married, have children, train them and also mould them to become the future leaders.

“We are here today to also let you know that the collection of your PVCs is important and don’t ever sell it. It’s like selling your future. If you sell it for N5,000, you won’t see N5,000 again until after four years which will be bad. Get your PVC, vote for APC, vote for freedom, vote for a new Nigeria with good security, good education, good healthcare, good roads and all the basic necessities,” she said.

 

Maybe Madam Peace hand no clean....lol

APC raises alarm over Jonathan, Jega conspiracy meeting

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the decision by President Goodluck Jonathan to summon INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega to a meeting that was not attended by other political parties in Abuja on Tuesday is part of ongoing moves to compromise the integrity of the electoral commission, which is expected to be fair and neutral.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said it is wrong for the President, who himself is a candidate in the forthcoming elections, to be summoning the electoral umpire at will, especially when such meetings are populated by his appointees.
”Without the representatives of other political parties attending such meetings, irrespective of whether or not it is aimed at briefing security chiefs on the preparations for the polls, the ruling PDP and its presidential candidate are seeking to gain undue advantage over others ahead of the elections.
”It is like the referee in a football match meeting with key officials of one of the teams ahead of the match. This is against the spirit of transparency and fairness and must stop forthwith.
”Had the representatives of other political parties apart from the PDP (the President is the leader of the PDP) attended the meeting, the widespread speculation that Jega’s life and job were threatened if he fails to drop the use of the card reader, as well as circulating reports that he will be removed before Saturday, would not have happened,” it said.
APC said whatever briefings must be given by the INEC chairman on the elections must have in attendance the representatives of all the political parties that will participate in the elections.
It also decried clandestine meetings between some key presidency and INEC officials with a view to rigging the elections, warning the presidency to steer clear of the electoral officials if indeed they are desirous of a free, fair, credible and peaceful elections.
Meanwhile, the party has said the Presidency and the PDP cannot and must not be allowed to profit from their sponsorship of ethnic militias, including MASSOB and OPC, to create chaos and violence before, during and after the elections.
It said the plot by the duo is to make the country so unsafe before the polls that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who are supposed to serve as electoral officials, will simply say they can no longer participate in the elections because they fear for their lives.
”This will simply truncate the elections and trigger a constitutional crisis, the exact scenario being plotted by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to allow them to either perpetuate themselves in office or install an interim government,” APC said.
It said another booby trap on the path of holding the elections as rescheduled are the pending court cases against the use of the card reader by INEC.
”Nigerians should note that nothing is yet guaranteed as far as the holding of the rescheduled elections is concerned. The Jonathan Administration and the PDP are still shopping for a court judgement to declare the use of the card reader unconstitutional, just because they are now painfully aware that Nigerians have rejected them and their party
”We are therefore calling on all our compatriots to be more vigilant in the next few days to the elections. We are also alerting local and foreign observers, and the international community, to the ongoing shenanigans by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to scuttle the polls,” APC said.

Jonathan campaign money turns Ogun support group apart

Funds earmarked for President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign coordinators across Ogun State, on Wednesday, led to fracas after party officials failed to deliver the funds to the beneficiaries.
The money was to be shared at a meeting of 708 coordinators drawn from 236 wards of the state, which took place at a hotel located along Quarry Road of Abeokuta.
But the meeting, which lasted for five hours, ended in controversy after it became clear the funds were not available.
Trouble began after two leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Fatai Adeyanju (National Auditor) and Pegba Otemolu (South West Secretary) told the participants that the money was yet to be deposited into a designated bank account.
‪The news angered the coordinators, particularly, amid claims that N1million hotel bill had been allegedly issued for food and drinks which were not served.
‪The aggrieved coordinators consequently held the two party leaders hostage and insisted that they will not allow them go until the funds were released.
‪At this stage, some political thugs escorted Mr. Otemolu out of the hall, who then quickly entered his waiting Honda pilot jeep for a quick escape.
However, in his bid to leave the area, Mr. Otemolu’s driver lost control and rammed into another vehicle and a passer-by.
The development sparked off multiple reactions as the angry group bundled Mr. Otemolu out of his car while his colleague, Mr. Adeyanju, took to his heels.
‪The commotion also led to attacks on two journalists, Daud Olatunji of Vanguard, and Razaq Ayinla of Business Day, whose work tools were seized by the political hoodlums.
It was not clear immediately how the fracas was resolved.

Source: Premium Times