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Protest Rocks Ogun PDP Over Gov'ship Primaries

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<b>Hundreds of members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State on Monday embarked on a protest over an alleged plot to withdraw the mandate which produced Gboyega Isiaka as the party’s governorship candidate ahead of 2015 poll.</b></div>
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The national office of the PDP had rejected the outcome of the primaries that produced Mr. Isiaka. The party denied knowledge of the election.</div>
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But some leaders of the party in the state have insisted that Mr. Isiaka is the right candidate.</div>
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On Monday, leaders of party from the Ogun Central Senatorial District warned the party leadership against any attempt to impose a candidate for the vacant senatorial seat in the district.</div>
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The zonal leaders in a communiqué signed by Ademola Adeshina, Bolanle Tejuoso and Lijadu Majekodunmi, at the end of its meeting, approved the primaries which produced the three</div>
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The candidates were Ibrahim Olaleye -Abeokuta North/Obafemi-Owode/Odeda, Yomi Ajayi -Abeokuta South, and Nathaniel Sodipo -Ewekoro/Ifo.</div>
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Meanwhile, protesters in support of Mr. Isiaka, at the party secretariat located along Presidential Boulevard, were armed with placards.</div>
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Some read: Ogun West will not disappoint PDP, GNI is the roadmap 2015, We salute PDP for the choice of GNI, GNI is symbol of success, and On GNI mandate we stand.</div>
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The notable elders of the zone, who led the protesters and spoke at the venue include; Ebun Oyagbola – a former Minister, Salmot Badru – a former Ogun State Deputy Governor, Iyabo Apampa, and Semiu Sodipo – PDP State Secretary, among others.</div>
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All the speakers at the protest venue declared they would not relent in their efforts to ensure the elected governorship candidate was not robbed of his mandate, particularly as the zone he was from was yet to produce a governor since the creation of the state 39 years ago.</div>
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Ms. Oyagbola said, “I am happy to be here today. All evil plans against us shall be scuttled and not see the light of the day. Is it a crime to come from Ogun West? The zone is yet to be in power since creation of the state.”</div>
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Ms. Badru said there was no going back on the mandate given to Mr. Isiaka. </div>
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“We are here in solidarity and in support of one of our own, Gboyega Isiaka, who has been picked as PDP governorship candidate,” she said. “We have come today to tell the whole world that we leaders in Ogun West are united and in support of Gboyega Isiaka becoming Governor in 2015. We are determined more than before. Since the creation of Ogun State we have not attained a governor seat. We are saying enough is enough. We’ve been supporting other zones. Now, they should support us now. This is our time; we must work towards that.”</div>
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The Ogun Central leaders in their communique declared that they stood behind the previous primaries which produced candidates for the lower house at the National Assembly.</div>
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They said these candidates emerged from a very rigorous and well supervised process monitored by the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the State Security Services, Police, and state party chieftains and journalists.</div>
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On the postponed senatorial primary for the zone, the communique declared that any attempt to impose any candidate would not go down well with the party. It said the state chairman of the party, Dayo Bayo, had earlier publicly announced the postponement of the primary, hence, the need to conduct a fresh primary for the contestants which included Lanre Laoshe, Bisola Sodipo-Clark and Adebo Fijabi.</div>
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The communique said the leaders could not afford destabilisation from outside Ogun Central as an independent people they would not subject their choices to any manipulation.</div>
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“Since the inception of our party, the PDP, we have never been known for brazen imposition and abuse of process,” the communique said. </div>
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“Election in 2015 is a must win for the PDP and we have to say that Ogun Central is the battle ground given that the governorship candidate of our rival the All Progressives Congress, APC, is from Ogun Central.”</div>
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The body also emphasised two prayers in their communique, which stated thus: “All the House of Representatives candidates that emerged through the primaries held on the 6th December, 2014 should be upheld as they reflect wishes of our people and enjoy overwhelming majority.</div>
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“We recognise that these aspirants namely; Lanre Laoshe, Bisola Sodipo-Clark and Adebo Fijabi have been in the race but we insist that the choice of who represent Ogun Central at the Senate must be decided by Ogun Central themselves via a free,f air and transparent primaries. But if exit polls on the field are anything to go by then Hon Lanre Laoshe seems to enjoy popular support.”</div>

Protest Rocks Ogun PDP Over Gov'ship Primaries

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Jonathan Is Like Jesus Christ - Doyin Okupe

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<b>"People do not understand the burden this president is bearing. He’s like Jesus Christ. He’s bearing the burden of everybody,” Okupe said while commenting on the state of the nation on <i>Channels TV Sunrise Daily</i>.</b></div>
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According to him, the efforts of the government in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency as well as in power were being hindered by external factors, even as the nation gears up for the 2015 elections, which Okupe said would be impossible for Jonathan to lose.</div>
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“I can’t see GEJ losing this election; It’s not possible.”</div>
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On managing serious challenges in Nigeria and also campaigning for a second term in government, Okupe noted that “the beauty of executive is being able to multitask,” which he said was one quality the President had.</div>
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However, there have been complaints concerning two major issues – security and power.</div>
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On electricity, Okupe explained that Nigeria has been “under-powered” for many years, noting that in Ikeja, Lagos State, the electrical infrastructure on ground is about 35 years old.</div>
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He admitted that “power is a problem”, which was why the government was working to improve generation and distribution, through the power reform.</div>
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He also noted that the equipment were expensive which had caused the private owners to borrow billions of dollars. “We are not there yet but we are certainly on an irreversible road to better power supply,” he further insisted.</div>
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Asked why the government did not first work on changing equipment before increasing generation, which also costs money, Okupe said that there was a limit the government could do as power was controlled 100% by the private sector.</div>
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“In the power situation, we are not there yet. We are definitely on a road that cannot change,” he emphasised, hinting that the government is working on huge dam projects to allow the private owners work effectively on distribution.</div>
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He also claimed that government efforts were being sabotaged by politicians who sponsor vandals to attack gas pipelines.</div>
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“We noted that there were 10 NIPP projects which were performing below 50 per cent”, he disclosed, alleging that some persons were making sure they underperformed so as to make the government appear incompetent.</div>
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He, however, added that the rate of sabotage had reduced in the past year.</div>
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On the state of security in Nigeria’s North East region, Okupe commended the government’s efforts, noting that all aspects of the war against terror, including funding, administration were being worked upon.</div>
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“Today, the Nigerian Army is in total and perfect control,” of North East, he added.</div>
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On the recent comments made by Governor of Borno State, Okupe said the governor “never fails to amaze me”, adding that majority of problems of insurgency was situated in his state but he was travelling to Lagos, London and other nations, to discuss insurgency but failed to meet the President on the matter.</div>
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Okupe argued that Boko Haram was a “multinational, international insurgency arrangement in Nigeria” as the group had links with ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other international terrorist groups.</div>
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He also said he did not know about the identity of the sponsors as he was not working with security.</div>
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He also claimed that there were huge political considerations in the fight against Boko Haram, making an example of General Buhari, who Okupe said had polled over 12 million votes in the North in the last election.</div>
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Okupe alleged that Buhari had said any attack on Boko Haram was an attack on the North and that Buhari’s recent condemnation of Boko Haram was as a result of his fourth bid to become Nigeria’s president.</div>
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<b>#BringBackOurGirls Not Time Bound</b></div>
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Speaking about the 219 schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity, Okupe said “the issue of Chibok girls was (an) emotion(al) tragedy but it is a tragedy that we must bear with fortitude,” noting that issues such as rape, murder and other atrocities were common in war.</div>
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“Chibok girls are a major thorn in the flesh of the administration,” he explained, stating that “If it was possible to get them yesterday I know that this government would have done it”.</div>
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He also called for caution in the rescue mission, noting that “any mistake will lead to their death” and that there’s no time limit for returning the girls alive.</div>
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You can watch the video below.</div>
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We Can't Defeat Boko Haram, Army Commander Writes Jonathan

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<b>In a desperate letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President David Mark leaked to <i>SaharaReporters</i> this past weekend, a commanding officer stationed in  Nigeria's northeast details several troubling issues plaguing troops combatting Islamist terror group Boko Haram in the region.</b> </div>
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The officer stated that, corruption, maladministration, lack of resources and troops motivation has militated against a successful campaign to end Boko Haram's deadly reign of terror in the northeast. </div>
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The officer's lengthy complaint which he claims would lead to a threat to his life forewarns that if his pleas continue to be ignored by the country's leadership that both the Nigerian Army and the country will crumble under the insurgency. </div>
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"If all issues raised in this letter are not urgently addressed, the Nigerian Army will soon be history and by implication there will be no country called Nigeria," the officer gravely states. "No country without a strong army will survive."</div>
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Below is the full text of the officer's letter addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan</div>
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 <b>PLEASE MR PRESIDENT SAVE THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA FROM COLLAPSING</b></div>
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1. Sir, I am constrain to write you this letter which I consider it a matter of more than great importance for me to inform you and put to record issues that are happening in the North East (Operation Zaman Lafiya). I choose this medium to write you this open letter because I have written similar letter but no action was taking which I believe some forces have blocked it are now after my life. Sir I have served in 7 Division as staff officer and presently I am the commanding officer of 103Bn in the field. My combined wealth of experience as a staff officer and now commanding officer are the disturbing fact that necessitated me to write you this letter. While as a staff officer, I was among those who believed that the commanders in the field are not doing well. But presently, as a commander in the field, I found out that it is not the fault of any commander that the defeat of the so called BOKO HARAM (BH) has not been achieved.</div>
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2. First and foremost sir, the Nigerian Army is poorly equipped in the North East, if all the battalions are well-equipped as required; it will not take the Army more than two weeks to flush out the BH. Presently there are four units in my location here in KONDUGA including 21 Armoured Brigade HQ. If all the units are provided with all their requirements, we can advance and flush out BH out of North East. Mr. President sir, the Nigerian Army is well-trained and capable of defending our nation. It has demonstrated the capacity to even successfully enforce peace in other nations. Why not in our own country Nigeria?</div>
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3. The fact about NE operation is that we are poorly equipped, understaffed, high corruption from Army Headquarters down to battalion level. Commanders see it as opportunity to make money. My predecessor has complained of the same problem. Instead of ASA addressing the issue raised by him, the army authorities decided to Court Martialled him. All the units in NE are understaffed, but on payroll their strength are complete just to collect more allowances than what each unit is supposed to. The commanders see it as a personal money making venture rather than taking care of men and equipment. This ugly trend led to loss of many officers and soldiers and thereby having adverse effect on the moral (sic) of troops. Majority of soldiers in the operation area wear mufti (civil cloths) under their military uniforms in case there is an attack and the troops cannot withstand the BH, they found it easy to disguise as civilians to enable them escape. This is not the traditional practice in the NA. Though it is lack of adequate equipment and poor administration from the higher authority that resulted to this ugly trend by our troops</div>
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4. Sir, another bad and unprofessional act is that soldiers don’t take to orders from their superior officers because they have lost confidence/trust from them. The case of former General Officer Commanding 7 Division Major General A. Mohammed is enough evidence to show that all is not well in the Nigerian Army. It will interest you to note that worse cases has been recorded before that of the former GOC and more are still happening, but nobody is ready to investigate the root cause of problems facing the troops in the field.</div>
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5. This brings me to a recent occurrence which is my main purpose of writing this letter. As I mentioned earlier, due to the failure of the authority to address issues that I made mentioned, when a unit is attacked and overran by the BH not because the soldiers are unable to fight, but lack of weapons, ammunitions and communications equipment, the soldiers on many occasions will ran away, and a commander cannot stand and fight alone as a result of this. Presently seventy percent of commanders in the NE are facing Court Martial due to the reasons mentioned. We the commanding officers are very worried over this development. This is because we many soon find our self as victims of this maladministration from our higher authorities.</div>
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6. There is no sincerity in this operation; this is because the present acting GOC has never visited any location outside Maiduguri town not to talk of principal staff officers in Army Headquarters or even the COAS. But we keep on hearing all sorts of lies that Generals are leading the fight against BH. These are facts that can be confirmed from officers and soldiers in this operation including those in the 7 Division Headquarters. The GOC is so afraid that even with the Divisional Headquarters; he doesn’t go out and always locked himself inside his office. Infact it is a common knowledge among officers and soldiers in this operation that the acting GOC is here to make his money and earn his promotion to the detriment of the operation. The completion of his mansion at No 8 Gwamna Road in Kaduna which the GOC ignorantly disclosed that when he completed it, will be among the best houses in Kaduna, has turned to be a subject of discussion among troops.</div>
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7. The former 21 Armored Brigade commander is facing Court Martial today because the acting GOC does not want to see him and his garrision in Maiduguri town simply because of the huge monthly allocations from the Borno State government to the brigade garrision. He wanted to be collecting his money by using 7 Div Garrison, but in reality 7 Div Garrision does not have troops to claim such money. It is worthy to note that the GOC received 33,000litres of AGO and PMS each, 600 bags of rice monthly from Borno State government. All these items are diverted for his personal use.</div>
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8. Recently the newly appointed 21 Brigade commander lead 3 units to flush out the BH, that operation was successful, almost 300 BH were killed, weapons and vehicles were recovered from them, in the process the troops exhausted their ammunitions from the Div, the GOC simply replied that there was no ammunition this made all the troops to withdraw back to KONDUGA.</div>
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9. Presently more than 3000 officers and soldiers are either killed in action, deserted, captured as POW or on AWOL. But due to lack of proper administration the army directed that their salary should be stopped. This affect the families of those that are either genuinely killed in action or captured as Prisoners of War. It has also affected some of the troops that are still participating in this operation.</div>
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10.  Mr. President sir, if all issues raised in this letter are not urgently address, the Nigerian Army will soon be history and by implication there will be no country called Nigeria. No country without strong army will survive. I decided to write you this letter because the life of officers and soldiers trusted in my care are no longer save. My life is also at the stake because the NA authority as usual will say I have communicated directly to you as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and may sanction me. As a citizen of this country and a commander in the operational area, with all the points I have mentioned in this letter, it is clearly that the Military authorities have failed the country, as such they should be held liable for their misdeeds. I have consulted seasonal constitutional lawyers if writing you this letter will be an offence, but they said it is my constitutional right to inform the C in C about what is happening in the NE and within the military which if not address will affect the survival of Nigeria.</div>
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We Can't Defeat Boko Haram, Army Commander Writes Jonathan

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Miss South Africa Crowned Miss World 2014

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Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest’s glitzy final in London on Sunday. Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar, was judged the runner-up and Miss United States, Elizabeth Safrit, came third in the 64th annual competition, contested by women from 121 countries</div>
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Medical student Strauss clasped her hands together in surprise and was crowned by the outgoing Miss World, Megan Young of the Philippines, to huge cheers in the ExCeL exhibition centre.</div>
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South Africa this is for you,” Strauss said. “I think I will brace myself for what’s about to happen.</div>

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An Ugandan maid that appeared in a graphic video assaulting a toddler in a case that shocked the world has been jailed for four years for abuse.</div>
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The 22-year-old maid, Jolly Tumuhiirwe, originally pleaded guilty last week to torture, but later the charge was reduced to abuse, to which she also pleaded guilty on Friday.</div>
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Chief Magistrate Lillian Buchan told Tumuhiirwe she had committed an “unjustifiable and inexcusable” crime.</div>
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She gave her a four-year sentence due to the “ruthlessness exhibited” on an “innocent, helpless child”.<br />
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Worried parents, who installed a hidden camera to film when they were at work, were shocked to see the footage showing the maid throwing their 18-month-old daughter to the floor.</div>
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Tumuhiirwe is seen trying to force feed the child, before slapping her hard. After the girl vomits, the maid throws her facedown on to a hard floor, and then hits her with a torch on the bottom.</div>
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She then kicks the child’s face and stomach before putting her entire weight on the girl’s back, and then drags her out of the room, apparently unconscious.</div>
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The video has been seen or shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media.</div>
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Tumuhiirwe on Monday remained apparently emotionless as her sentence was handed down in a court in Kampala.<br />
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Ugandan newspapers called the footage “spine-chilling” and “very disturbing”.</div>
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The child was left bruised and shaken.</div>
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The case has gathered wide attention in Uganda, where many middle class parents hire maids to look after their children. Maids in Uganda are often poorly paid, and regularly live in the houses where they work.</div>
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<b>The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has expressed optimism that the Boko Haram insurgency which has claimed some 13,000 lives will soon be over, <a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/sanusi-boko-haram-will-be-defeated/196751/">ThisDay</a> reports. </b></div>
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“I say help is on the way. Terror must and will be defeated,” Sanusi tweeted on Sunday.</div>
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“All it requires is the good leaders, uncommon courage and unrelenting determination, and victory will be ours.”</div>
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According to Business Standard, Sanusi, Nigeria’s second most powerful Islamic leader, was presumably referring to the emergence of former military ruler, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, as the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential election.</div>
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Buhari will challenge President Goodluck Jonathan’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the country’s top job on February 14.</div>
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“We will together see the end of them and their reign of terror,” Sanusi said.</div>
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Sanusi became emir earlier this year after being suspended from his post as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), where he was one of the government’s high-profile critics.</div>
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Last month, he voiced support for vigilantes fighting Boko Haram in the volatile North-east, urging others to form civilian militias and questioning the competence of the military to end the five-year-old insurgency.</div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/sanusi-boko-haram-will-be-defeated/196751/">ThisDay</a></b></div>

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