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No Alien PVCs But Edo State's Found In Ogun - INEC

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<b>The Administrative Secretary, Independent National Electoral Commission, Ogun State, Dickson Atiba, has said the allegation made by the State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, last week, that 600,000 'alien' Permanent Voter Cards were wrongfully sent to the state by the commission, was untrue.</b></div>
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He said this on Monday when the state chapter of the Committee for the Defence Human Rights, embarked on a protest march to the INEC office in Magbon, Abeokuta.</div>
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He admitted that some cards, meant for Edo State, were brought to Ogun, arguing that they were not fake or alien.</div>
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Atiba said the total number of registered voters in the state was 1,795,794 and the total number of PVCs brought to the state was 1,368,75 while 795,962 had been distributed.</div>
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He said, "The number distributed so far accounted for 44.7 per cent of registered voters and not 40.6 per cent as being speculated."</div>
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On the issue of 600,000 'alien' cards, Atiba admitted that a few cards from Edo State were discovered in the state, stressing that INEC had no 'alien' cards as alleged by the Governor.</div>
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He noted that people had been collecting their cards.</div>
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He, however, appealed to all concerned stakeholders to be patient with the commission as the distribution process was still ongoing.</div>
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The state chairman, CDHR, Folarin Olayinka, however, condemned the INEC for the slow pace of distribution of the PVC in the state.</div>
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Olayinka, who also condemned the sudden appearance of 600,000 'alien' PVCs in the state, said it was disheartening that as of February 17, only 40.86 per cent of PVCs had been distributed in the state.</div>
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He said, "It is disheartening that a supposed upright constitutionally-established electioneering body, saddled with the responsibility of conducting a free, fair, credible and acceptable general elections in Nigeria, having achieved a better performance in 2011, is now demonstrating retrogressive, incompetence and bias towards the conduct of the forthcoming 2015 general elections."</div>
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He asked the INEC to justify how some North-Eastern states, where Boko Haram insurgents were holding sway, recorded higher performance in terms of PVC distribution with Borno, Adamawa and Yobe having 68.28, 85.19 and 74.95 per cent PVCs distribution respectively, the <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/inec-disagrees-with-amosun-over-600000-ogun-strange-pvcs/">PUNCH</a></b> reports.</div>
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Olayinka added, "Why hoarding the Ogun State PVCs? What is the crime of the people of Ogun State to warrant the hoarding of PVCs? What is INEC’s intention to wilfully disenfranchise and deprive the people of Ogun State their fundamental rights?"</div>

No Alien PVCs But Edo State's Found In Ogun - INEC

The Administrative Secretary, Independent National Electoral Commission, Ogun State, Dickson Atiba, has said the allegation made by the...

Spare Us Of Your Smear Campaign Against PTF - Fani-Kayode Warned

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<b>A firm of management consultants, the Afri-Projects Consortium, has condemned what it described as a smear campaign by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to discredit the achievements of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF).</b></div>
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The firm, a PTF consultant for four years, said a statement credited to the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, contained “irresponsible slander” against the firm and its Director, the late Salihijo Ahmad.</div>
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Fani-Kayode was quoted as saying that the late Ahmad was “the witness that could have nailed Buhari about the graft that took place at PTF…but died under mysterious circumstances.”</div>
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The firm, in a statement by its partners, Alhaji Nuruddeen Rafindadi, Alhaji Murtala Aliyu, Mr. A. Dahiru and Amina Mohammed, said after painstaking investigations, Afri-Projects and its workers were never found to have behaved in an unprofessional manner in its dealings with the defunct PTF.</div>
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It said contrary to Fani-Kayode’s claim, Ahmad died in Abuja on July 5, 1999 of complications from a long-standing heart ailment.</div>
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The firm said members of PTF’s Board of Trustees were “persons of towering character and esteem”, including the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the late Mallam Yahaya Gusau, the late Alhaji Ahmed Talib, the late Chief Rufus Giwa, Prof. J. P. Clark, the late Prof. Chimere Ikoku, the late Chief D. B. Zang and the late Chief Tayo Akpata.</div>
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It noted that after President Olusegun Obasanjo scrapped PTF in June 1999, he set up an Interim Management Committee (IMC), headed by Dr. Haroun Adamu, to wind it up.</div>
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“The IMC went into a frenzy of investigation of the PTF operations and submitted a report in early 2000. That Haroun Adamu’s report, which is now being referred to, was a report lacking in credibility and undertaken with the pre-conceived notion of uncovering imaginary ‘sleaze’ by any means.</div>
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“For instance, the committee report accused our firm of over-invoicing our professional fees, and recommended a refund, whereas we had charged an amount less than 1.5 per cent of the total value of PTF projects and programmes under our management, which is a very low charge by any professional fee standard.</div>
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“In March 2000, President Obasanjo in disgust disbanded the Haroun Adamu-led committee for incompetence among other reasons.</div>
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“Several hundreds of millions of Naira of public funds stolen from the PTF were actually recovered from some members of that committee. Indeed, there were indictments, court trials and convictions of the affected Haroun Adamu’s committee members,” the firm said.</div>
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According to Afri-Projects, two other committees were set up to continue the investigation of the defunct PTF, and a final report was submitted by a former Police Affairs Minister Malam Adamu Waziri.</div>
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“Not only were all our responses affirmed, but the government team also accepted the validity of our outstanding fees. Part of these fees was approved and subsequently paid.</div>
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“The PTF certainly underwent some of the most rigorous investigations carried out on any agency, particularly with a fixed mindset to uncover ‘sleaze’ that was not there,” the firm said.</div>
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It added that none of its workers was ever indicted for wrongdoing, the <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/firm-condemns-pdps-smear-campaign-against-ptf/">NATION</a></b> reports.</div>
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“We wish to state that our firm, Afri-Projects Consortium, related with the defunct PTF in a professional and principled manner. We provided consultancy services spanning four years, involving over 350 highly skilled professional and support staff, at offices and sites located all over the country.</div>
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“We discharged our services to PTF conscientiously giving our best and after its scrapping stayed around and engaged to give account of our services and we did so creditably and satisfactorily.</div>
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“That was what our sense of duty dictated to us; it is what the late Salihijo Ahmad would have wished us to do,” the firm added.</div>

Spare Us Of Your Smear Campaign Against PTF - Fani-Kayode Warned

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I Had Private Meeting With Buhari In London - Blair

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<b>A former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has confirmed that he held a private meeting with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, in London on Saturday.</b></div>
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There has been speculations in Nigeria that a picture showing Messrs. Blair, Buhari and Governor Amosun as well as a former Kwara state governor, Bukola Saraki, was photoshopped.</div>
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Mr. Buhari’s campaign office had stated that the former Head of State was in the U.K. on a working visit.</div>
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However, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are claiming that Mr. Buhari is in the UK for medical treatment.</div>
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To buttress their claim, some of the critics claimed Mr. Blair was not in the U.K. on Saturday and could therefore not have met Mr. Buhari.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177371-i-met-buhari-saturday-tony-blair-apc-candidate-to-speak-thursday-chatham-house.html">PREMIUM TIMES</a></b> Monday contacted the office of Mr. Blair for confirmation and we got a response that the meeting actually held.</div>
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"Mr. Blair had a private meeting with General Muhammadu Buhari in London", said Rianne Buter in an email response to our inquiry.</div>
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Ms. Buter also said Mr. Blair "hopes to visit Nigeria shortly when he will see the President".</div>

I Had Private Meeting With Buhari In London - Blair

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Amosun Berates Fayose, Says He's Not Sane

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<b>The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has berated the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for his continuous scathing remarks about the health status of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), saying Buhari is stronger than Fayose.</b></div>
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He said this on Monday while speaking with journalists after meeting with 705 community development associations (CDAs) and cooperative societies in the state at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta.</div>
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Fayose's recent remarks came on the heels of the ongoing visit by the APC presidential candidate to the United Kingdom, where he met former Britain’s Prime Minister, Tony Blair, among other engagements.</div>
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The Ekiti State governor had alleged that Buhari had gone for a check-up on his alleged failing health, instead of a working visit as claimed by the APC.</div>
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But Amosun said it was not in the character of the Yoruba to wish anyone death.</div>
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He said, "It's a big shame from the quarters where the ‎allegation came from. We are Yoruba.</div>
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"There is an unwritten rule: <i>t'aba n ja, bi ti ka ku ko</i> (Even if we are quarelling, it is not to wish each other dead).</div>
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"Even in this instance, we are not fighting. We want to represent our people. How can a sane person wish somebody else dead. It is a disgrace to our race as Yoruba for somebody to be wishing another person dead.</div>
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"For your information, General Muhammadu Buhari is even stronger than the character that is saying the man is weak; maybe because of the military background."</div>
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Amosun, who was part of Buhari’s entourage to the UK, said he had to struggle to catch up with the 72-year-old retired General, despite his own age of 57.</div>
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He said, "Even because of the way I walk, it's like catching up with him. For his age, maybe because of his military background. It’s like seeing Baba Obasanjo too and say he's old.</div>
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"This is the man that is very agile; we are even telling him that 'you have to slow down'. This is the man that we met together with Tony Blair. We left the place and we went to about five different places. The man is hale and hearty.</div>
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"Even when we went to Ben Television, I told him 'you can’t follow me, you have to go home'. He was willing, he was ready even in the cold. The man was walking round."</div>
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He further berated the ruling party for going viral on the Internet with falsehood, on the purported visit of Buhari to a London hospital.</div>
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He added, "You can see the photoshop they are using; they are saying a lot of rubbish. This is not politics. It is descending to an abysmal level and I think all lovers of democracy and all lovers of humanity should caution them.</div>
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"Politics shouldn’t be like‎ this; saying that he (Buhari) has three months to live. They are just talking rubbish.</div>
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"Politics will finish. Where would they be when you begin to talk this rubbish? I think it’s a shame and I think they are descending to a level that is unheard of, that negates reasonableness and good thinking. It’s against our tradition as Yoruba."</div>
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While talking about his administration’s interaction with the CDAs and cooperative societies, Amosun said he had gone to all the 236 wards in the state and met all the CDAs in their various locations, reports the <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-is-stronger-than-fayose-amosun/">PUNCH</a></b>.</div>

Amosun Berates Fayose, Says He's Not Sane

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Jega, Dasuki, Other Security Chiefs Meet On Election

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<b>Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega will today hold a stock-taking meeting with a team from the Office of the National Security Adviser, the military and para-military organisations on security, for the general elections.</b></div>
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Today’s session with the military is the first since the polls were postponed on February 7.</div>
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The elections will now hold on March 28 and April 11.</div>
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A top source in INEC, who spoke in confidence with the <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/jega-meets-nsa-team-others-today-on-state-of-security/">NATION</a></b>, said: "We are holding an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) session to update ourselves on the state of the nation’s security and the electoral commission’s preparedness.</div>
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"This is the first meeting we are having since the polls shift  due to security reasons. All the parties will lay the cards on the table and consider what still ought to be done."</div>
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"ICCES is chaired by the National Security Adviser. The INEC chairman is co-chair. Others are representatives of the Defence Headqurters (DHQ), Army, Air Force, Navy, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Directorate of State Security (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Commission (NSCDC), Customs Service, Immigration Service, Fire Service and Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)."</div>
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Another source said: "We want to know the status of the security in the Northeast. We do not want to wait till the last minute. All the National Commissioners of INEC are also expected to be in attendance.</div>
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"This explains why this session is called in the early part of the second week of the six-week window for the postponement of the elections.</div>
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"Nigerians and the international community are eager to know how far we have addressed the security challenges in the affected areas.</div>
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"Expectedly, we will also brief the session on the number of Permanent Voters Cards collected, the training of 600,000 <i>ad hoc</i> staff on the use of Card Readers and the feedback from the monitoring of preparations for the poll in all the six geo-political zones."</div>
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There were indications last night that INEC might restrict the military and mobile police to fringe posts during the general elections.</div>
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A National Commissioner said: "Military men have no role in the conduct of the elections; they are only expected to stay at designated checkpoints to make sure people do not traffic arms, ammunition or anything that could tamper with the electoral process.</div>
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"They also stay at these checkpoints in readiness for rapid deployment, if there is any security challenge during the elections. No soldiers will be at the Polling Units, Collation Centres or have any direct contact with the conduct of the elections. Even the mobile police will only engage in fringe patrols without coming to the Polling Units. This is our position."</div>
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The INEC chairman announced the poll shift based on advisory from security and intelligence services.</div>

Jega, Dasuki, Other Security Chiefs Meet On Election

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My Twitter And Facebook Accounts Are Fake - Obasanjo

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<b>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he does not have any accounts on any social media networks.</b></div>
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He said this in Abeokuta on Monday.</div>
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Obasanjo was reacting to a twitter account, @newsvergeonline, which had posted a tweet on Sunday, claiming that the ex-President had described the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a 'democracy wrecker.'</div>
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He said the fake twitter account with his name, Olusegun A. Obasanjo, posted the story with caption: ‘Fani-Kayode is a democracy wrecker, who’s very fluent in stupidity. Give him food, and he will sing and do shoki dance for you’.</div>
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Dismissing the twitter account, he explained that  all his previous accounts on either Facebook or Twitter had long been blocked.</div>
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Obasanjo said, "I don’t know where this comes from. I don’t have any account on either the Facebook or Twitter again. Go and block it.”</div>
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Obasanjo used the opportunity to caution those using his name to operate illegal social media accounts, warning that the security agencies had been placed on the alert to fish out the perpetrators.</div>
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He said, "Nemesis will catch up with anyone doing this. It is illegal and criminal. If I have to pass any message to the good people of Nigeria, I know how to go about it with no controversy."</div>

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