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Rivers Dep. Gov. Ikuru Explains Why He Dumped APC For PDP

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<b>The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, has given reasons for dumping the All Progressives Congress to re-join the Peoples Democratic Party, saying the APC is of rebels, insurgents and anarchists.</b></div>
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It was earlier reported that Mr. Ikulu’s decision to return to the PDP in a move that is considered a betrayal of his boss and friend, Governor Rotimi Amaechi.</div>
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Mr. Ikuru, who was one of Governor Amaechi’s major ally, is said to have announced his defection in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Sunday.</div>
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The decampee was first elected deputy governor to Celestine Omehia in 2007, before the duo was removed by the Supreme Court less than six months in office. When Mr. Amaechi was sworn in as governor, he retained Mr. Ikuru as his deputy and the duo fought against the interests and allies of the former governor of the state, Peter Odili.</div>
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At the time Mr. Amaechi fell out with the leadership of the PDP and defected to the APC with majority of his aides, Mr. Ikuru remained loyal to the governor and fought on the same side.</div>
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But in his formal defection statement titled, “A Call on the Conscience of the People of Rivers State,” Mr. Ikulu said he is compeled to address the people out of the fullness of heart.</div>
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Recalling events in December 2013, he said he, alongside other disillusioned people of the state, joined the APC out of extreme loyalty to his friend and boss, Mr. Amaechi.</div>
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“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,” Mr. Ikuru said.</div>
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“After carefully studying, interacting and analyzing the leadership of the party, I have come to the sad conclusion that the APC is a party of rebels, insurgents and anarchists, clothed in robes of pretense and deceit. APC is a party founded on deception and it thrives on unholy propaganda and falsehood.”</div>
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Based on these, Mr. Ikuru said he and his supporters have decided to denounce the APC and have jointly and severally resigned their membership of the party.</div>
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“My dear people of Rivers State,” the deputy governor continued,  “we of this generation will not in good conscience expect forgiveness and compassion from our forebears, posterity, and the spirit of our unborn generations if it is recorded in the annals of history that after 48 years of Rivers people supporting leaders from all other parts of this country with our votes and resources, we were the same that witch hunted and hounded down the very first ever President from this region, granted us by providence. I wash my hands off this treachery.”</div>
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He, therefore, urged his supporters and the people of the state to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state, Nyesom Wike.</div>
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But in a swift response, Mr. Amaechi said he only received news of his deputy’s resignation from the APC on Sunday evening.</div>
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Mr. Amaechi, who spoke through the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Ibim Semenitari, said Mr. Ikuru’s resignation remains unofficial since he is yet to notify his principal of the move.</div>
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While wishing his estranged deputy all the best in his future political endeavour, Mr. Amaechi noted that the reasons adduced by Mr. Ikuru for dumping the APC are shocking.    </div>
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“Deputy Governor lkuru has consistently been the one driving political activities in his local government area of Andoni,” Mr. Amaechi said.</div>
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“He has also been the second in command driving politics and governance in Rivers State. </div>
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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 and brother.</div>
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“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 however appreciates the fact that every individual has a right to pursue his political dreams, as he deems most appropriate.” </div>
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Mr. Amaechi said it is regrettable that Mr. Ikuru has chosen the dishonourable path of bare faced lies and name-calling rather than the more honourable path of simply retracing his steps to where he has always been. </div>
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<b>The Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has said that the people of the state would expresss their anger on President Goodluck Jonathan in the Saturday presidential election by voting against his re-election.</b></div>
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The party said Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s claim that the people of the state preferred Jonathan to its candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was a self-deceit.</div>
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It challenged Mimiko to point to a single federal project or intervention executed by the Jonathan government in Ondo state to show the president’s commitment to the people of the state.</div>
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A statement by Vice Chairman, APC Publicity Committee, Kunle Adebayo said instead of good life, the citizenry had suffered failed promises, poverty and gloom like other Nigerians under the PDP government.</div>
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Adebayo noted that the failure of the PDP government to touch their lives accounted for the reason people had turned to the APC and Buhari to seek redemption.</div>
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He said; “Mimiko, in trying to mobilise traditional rulers, teachers, workers and youths, boasted to them that Jonathan’s new tenure will bear an indelible imprint on the lives of the Yoruba people and that his monumental achievements in his first four years are confounding and comforting to the people of Ondo state.</div>
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“The Point must be made again that Mimiko’s claims are not only an insult to the memory and intelligence of the people of the state, they are the antics of drowning men which all political opportunists are.</div>
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“How can Mimiko hope anybody in Ondo state, particularly the insulted workers, frustrated youths, betrayed women and dehumanized traditional rulers, was listening to his tales by the moonlight?</div>
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“In case he does not know, the people of Ondo state identify Jonathan as the President who treated them like a piece of trash in spite of the massive votes given to him in 2011 when he came whimpering as the then all begging, shoeless riverine boy.</div>
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“From inheriting a cash surplus of over ₦58.4b and zero debt profile, it is no news that he has plunged Ondo state to an unprecedented level of indebtedness, retrogression, poverty and stagnation. As is customary with a bat pretending to be a bird, Mimiko’s empty boasts and politics of opportunism have by default exposed the futility of the PDP’s crave for permanent enslavement of Nigerians.</div>
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“Just as Ondo PDP under him has become a symbol of crisis, confusion, betrayal and corruption, every parent who means well for the future of her offsprings has also decided to vote General Muhammadu Buhari who represent hope and rebirth.”</div>
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[PHOTOS] Amosun Commissions Housing Estate In Abeokuta

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<b>The Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration in Ogun State today, Monday, boosted provision of affordable housing for the teeming population with the commissioning of Plain Fields Housing Estate in Abeokuta, the State capital.</b></div>
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The commissioning of the 76 units of the housing project was in fulfillment of the promise made by the Governor to make life meaningful for the residents through the strategic execution of the government's cardinal programmes.</div>
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<b>The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has been on the campaign trail for her husband's re-election for some months now, making speeches in packed Stadiums and appearances at special campaign functions.</b></div>
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However, she stunned the entire political landscape yesterday when she was heard saying: "Am better First Lady than Obama wife now.</div>
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<i>"Did she campaign for her husband like this when his own eleshun time come?"</i></div>
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On further prodding, she further revealed: <i>"Yes now. Am better Furs Lady than Michelle Obama. And by the grace of God I will become Furs Lady again when everybody vote for Umblera in the eleshun. Don’t answer anybody that is talking change. They are lying"</i>.</div>
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APC stalwarts have condemned the statement by the First Lady, claiming it will damage diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the USA.</div>
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<b>The Peoples Democracy Party, PDP, leader who was assaulted by members of his party for refusing to distribute money allegedly received from President Goodluck Jonathan has narrated his ordeal.</b></div>
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<b>TNN.ng</b> reported how <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/03/ogun-pdp-in-free-for-all-over-jonathans.html">Pegba Otemolu was physically attacked</a></b> last week by Ogun State community coordinators of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign.</div>
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Mr. Otemolu, while addressing a press conference at the PDP secretariat in Abeokuta on Saturday, denied collecting any money from the presidency or the campaign headquarters of the party in Abuja.</div>
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“I’m here to let the whole world know that I’m a loyal and honest member of our great party and at no time, anybody in the party, right from the National Secretariat of our party or the Presidency has given me one kobo,” he said.</div>
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The party leader said he only recently met with the national leadership of the campaign organisation.</div>
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“Last week, the Presidential Organization Committee (on) Mass Mobilization headed by Prof. Jerry Gana arranged a national training tagged ‘<i>Operation Win Your Ward</i>,” he said.</div>
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He added that representatives from all the states attended the training and that he and two others -Adepegba Otemolu and Dapo Adeyemi – represented Ogun State PDP.</div>
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‘The three of us represented the state at the training. The training went well and all the materials in terms of educational materials were handed over to us so that we’ll go back to our state and organize the same training for three persons per ward,” he said.</div>
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“The training programme was to take place last Monday, the16th but Jerry Gana sent a text message to me that due to non-availability of funds, the training programme should be rescheduled for Wednesday 18th of March and that willy-nilly, the fund for the training programme would be made available.”</div>
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The politician said due to lack of funds, he was reluctant about proceeding with the training.</div>
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“On Wednesday 7 a.m., I called the chief organizer, that is Dapo Adeyemi. I warned him, I sent a text message that we should not go ahead with the training since the fund has not been made available. The text message is here for people to see.</div>
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“While I was contemplating on that, the national auditor who is my superior officer, Alhaji Wole Adeyanju called me that he had just landed at Murtala Airport for the same training because he’s a member of the national committee. He said whether I like it or not, the training must go on.</div>
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‘The training took place at Imperial Hotel, Quarry Road, and the assignment given to me is to talk, give a lecture on the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan. We did our accreditation, 756 attended, and the training programme commenced. After the national auditor’s speech, I was the next person as a zonal officer to talk and give my own lecture which I did and everybody was happy. They gave rounds of applause, people were happy’, he explained.</div>
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The crisis which led to the assault on Mr. Otemolu started a few hours later.</div>
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“But at the end, around 2 p.m., we had not received one kobo from the national committee headed by Jerry Gana. Then I called the national auditor who is the most senior person, please address our people. Tell them that the funds for the honorarium has not been made available. They should exercise patience as soon as the money is available, it would be given to their local government coordinators,” he said.</div>
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“Before he finished that statement, there was an uproar and they started throwing chairs. They said unless they were given money, none of us would leave the venue. We were held hostage for four hours and towards the end, I appealed to them and that they should allow us to go and that as soon as the money is available, we’ll let them know.”</div>
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The protesters, however, refused to bulge.</div>
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“I moved into my car but before you knew what was happening, they damaged the whole car, Honda Pilot and the car is at the Adigbe Police Station, presently. The windscreen, the rear light, the side glass, damaged; they vandalized the vehicle, back and front simply because of the non-availability of funds,” the party scribe said.</div>
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Mr. Otemolu said neither he nor any of the organisers received the money meant for the protesters.</div>
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“Nobody gave me any dollar. I did not collect one kobo from anybody. If anybody was to be given money, it should have been Dapo Adeyemi whose bank information was submitted. But in fairness to him, no kobo, nothing,” he said.</div>
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Explaining how he was assaulted, he said, “They beat me mercilessly, they tore my dresses, they were shouting Ole! Ole! I could not believe that people from my party could treat me in that manner. They are from my party.</div>
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“I was stripped half-naked and beaten. They stole my personal money, wrist watch, my necklace, my bead and total cash of about ₦80,000.”</div>
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<b>Jonathan intervenes</b></div>
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Mr. Otemolu also confirmed that the presidency later intervened in the crisis.</div>
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“Around 11 a.m. the following day, I got a call from the National Security Adviser to the President that I should explain what happened and that by virtue of their job, they were supposed to be in the know. I narrated the whole story just like I’m telling you now and he said he would get back to me in due course’.</div>
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“So, in short the National Security Adviser to the President is aware of the maltreatment given me. And I want to make it known that the same training exercise took place in some South West states.</div>
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“I’m aware of Osun State that has not collected one kobo from the same source. They have not collected one kobo and this fact can be verified from (Olusola) Obada who handled Osun. They have not paid them and they never went on any rampage. They have not been paid just like Ogun. Osun has not been paid and they did the training and heaven did not fall. Why Ogun?</div>
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‘So, when they now said I collected dollars from President Goodluck Jonathan and I refused to give them and I was running away, it was not true. I did not collect one kobo from anybody. I took part in the training, I gave them a lecture about the achievements of the president and after the lecture people were demanding for honorarium which I was not able to give.</div>
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When asked if he intends to take legal or disciplinary action against his attackers, Mr. Otemolu said he would not.</div>
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“I’m a leader in the party and those people in the party are very junior to me and if I have to start taking action, whether within the party, disciplinary action or take a legal action against them, it would be unbecoming of a leader. I’m a leader and they are leaders, too. I cannot take any legal action against them,” he said.</div>
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“But I know most of them. I know those who beat me and even from the Facebook, you can identify them. But for the oneness, I refuse and I will not take any legal and disciplinary action against them.”</div>
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Mr. Otemolu blamed leaders of the campaign headquarters in Abuja for the crisis.</div>
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“The truth of the matter is that those who are supposed to send money, failed in their duty. The organisers, headed by Jerry Gana that promised to send money as honorarium for the participants failed to send their money. I don’t have their kobo with me. I’m contented with what God has given me and I don’t feel taking people’s money would solve my problem.</div>
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“I want to tell the whole world that I don’t have access to President Goodluck Jonathan’s money; nobody gave me money and I’m not a thief and I’ve not stolen anything from anybody that would warrant the treatment given me.”</div>
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The party scribe also insinuated that the assault my have been instigated by persons opposed to his stance within the party.</div>
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‘Most of their actions were instigated, most of the actions of the mob were instigated. I do not want to implicate anybody. That thing was masterminded and the participants were instigated for all those actions. They were instigated within themselves not by people from outside,” he said.</div>
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He also said the hotel where the training held was yet to be paid contrary to reports; and lamented that the assault also affected his family.</div>
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“My children, three of them called me from the UK and they were weeping, telling me that I should withdraw from politics. So, all the members of my family have been embarrassed, including my wife.</div>
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“But because of my liking for politics, I told them they should not get unnecessarily worried. That it’s one of those things. I even narrated the story of Jesus Christ who was beaten and crucified.</div>
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“So, I’m not disturbed. I’ve not defected from the party. But the whole world should know that I’m not a thief and I’ve not taken one kobo from anybody,” he said.</div>
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