2015 Elections:It will Difficult For APC to Win a Polling Unit - Abia Governor

Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji, believes the All Progressives Congress, APC cannot win a polling unit in the 2015 general elections; DAILY POST reported.

Governor Orji made the statement while reacting to claims by Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha that the All Progressives Congress, APC would soon take over Abia. Speaking via his his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Governor Orji said, "Imo people are still regretting their mistake of 2011 when he was voted into power under false pretense of being a political messiah which he has yet to prove".

"Your rescue mission has failed to rescue Imo and how do you think you can deceive Abians with your political rhetoric and gimmicks? People are now wiser, your tricks in 2011 cannot work for you again. Stop deceiving yourself because South-east has no space for you and your APC in 2015″.

"Stop wasting Imo resources on his imaginary Vice-Presidential ambition but instead deploy them on projects that will benefit the ordinary man as exemplified in AbiA", Orji charged Okorocha.

Why Difficult To Unseat Amaechi — Aide

Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi’s Chief of Staff, Tony Okocha, has guaranteed that the governor would complete his tenure despite alleged plot by six members of the State House of Assembly to unseat him.  

Mr. Okocha said for as long as Rivers people remained behind the governor, resolute in defending the mandate they gave him, it would be impossible to oust him.

He also said the All Progressives Congress, APC, would win the 2015 governorship election.

Mr. Okocha stated this when he played host to the APC Youth League, Rivers State Chapter and Igbo Professionals in Rivers State who paid him a solidarity visit in his office in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Wednesday.

There are alleged moves by some politicians in Abuja to instigate six lawmakers led by Evans Bipi to impeach Mr. Amaechi following the successful removal of his Adamawa State counterpart, Murtala Nyako from office on Tuesday.

Mr. Amaechi, just like Mr. Nyako, is a member of the APC.

Mr. Okocha vowed that what happened in the north-eastern state would not be repeated in Rivers State as the majority of lawmakers who are loyal to both the APC and Mr. Amaechi would not give in to the pressure like their Adamawa counterparts.

Nyako impeachment: PDP cautions APC against inciting the people

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, to desist from making comments that will incite Nigerians.

The PDP’s statement followed developments trailing the impeachment of former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.

In a statement signed by the PDP’s national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, the party said, “Our attention has been drawn to yet another inflammatory address by the National Chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun wherein he resorted to wild and unfounded allegations to cause confusion and incite the people against the President, the PDP and institutions of government.

“While we do not wish to join issues with a party that has become notorious for falsehood, deceit and blackmail, we wish to alert Nigerians that this is part of the orchestrated plot by the APC to discredit and blackmail institutions of government, particularly the legislature, the citadel of democracy and stronghold of the will of the people and ultimately set the stage to destabilize the polity.

“We note that this onslaught against the legislature is not spontaneous.

“Nigerians may indeed recall the vicious attack on the National Assembly early this year wherein the APC also raised a false alarm that federal lawmakers were
being induced with millions of dollars to defect to the PDP.

“We invite Nigerians to note the anti-democratic and anti-Nigeria actions of the APC.

“Indeed, never in the history of this country has an opposition constituted itself into a rebellion against our dear nation and its corporate existence”.

2015: Osun SSG’s senatorial ambition may tear APC apart in Iwo

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, indications have emerged that the ruling All Progressive Party, APC, may be in trouble in Osun West Senatorial District, especially in Iwo – a stronghold of the party, and the development may not be unconnected with the alleged senatorial ambition of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti.

Adeoti, who is from Iwo and former state chairman of the party until his appointment as the SSG in 2011, was reportedly nursing the fear that he may not be returned as the SSG, even if Governor Rauf Aregbesola wins his re-election bid, and was therefore busy strategising, covertly to contest the osun West senatorial ticket with the incumbent, Senator Mudahir Hussein, who hails from Ejigbo, the headquarters of Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state.

But National Mirror investigations revealed that party members in Adeoti’s hometown are not satisfied with the performance of their kinsmen elected on the platform of the party to the state’s House of Assembly and the House of Representatives, Ezekiel Adeyemi and Gafar Akintayo Amere respectively, who they claim were imposed on them by Adeoti in the first place.

Governor Fayemi flags off second term bid campaign

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterdaybegan his campaign for a second term in office with a charge to the people of the state to protect their votes from being stolen by election riggers and vote robbers.

Fayemi, at a rally held at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, also pledged to work harder to better the lives of Ekiti people and ensure a better transformation of the state if re-elected in the June 21 governorship election. He said that he has faithfully implemented his eightpoint agenda and fulfilled all the promises contained in his inaugural address when he was sworn into office on October 16, 2010.

2015: APC engages Obama’s U.S. consultants

The All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has engaged the services of prominent international political consultants, AKPD Message and Media, to boost its electoral chances in the upcoming elections.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the Chicago-based firm is best known for its lead role in President Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.

The party explained that the firm has also worked with key U.S.’ Democratic Party candidates throughout the U.S. and has a strong reputation for supporting leading populist movements across the globe.