The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has resolved to petition the United Nations, UN, over the role the military allegedly played in the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The statement was made by the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, at the PDP caucus meeting on monday. He said that the PDP would support its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in his quest to “reclaim his mandate,” following his decision to go to court to contest the outcome of the polls.

He said, “The caucus noted the role of the military in the February 23 election and resolved that we will report the action of the military through a petition to UN as well as other global democratic institutions on the role of our military intervention in the Feb 23, general election.

“Caucus further raised issues about the harassment, intimidation and cajoling of our members on the plot by president buhari as well as All Progress Congress, APC to intimidate Atiku Abubakar and the resolve of the PDP to go to court by insisting, blackmailing and saying that he should not go to court. We insist that our party and our candidate have resolved to seek legal redress on the stolen mandate.”

According to him, the party also thanked Nigerians for the refusal of intimidation and militarisation of the electoral process and participating in the election but noted that the mandate that was freely given to our candidate was stolen and as such, the party and the candidate jointly resolved to go to the tribunal and reaching the end of what is permissible within our legal system to get back our mandate on behalf of Nigerians.”

He Added, The party, according to the publicity scribe, also resolved to appeal the judgement of the Federal High court sitting in Kano which nullified the candidacy of the PDP governorship flag bearer, Abba Yusuf. The party further decried the “militarisation of the South-South and the rigging which the APC is plotting ahead of the election,” even as it urged Nigerians to come out enmasse and participate in the governorship elections.

The Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has proclaim that he has sacked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole over “anti-party activities.

According to report, The National Working Committee of the APC, on Friday had suspended Okorocha, along with Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State; the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru; and the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu.

But Okorocha, during an interview on Sunday Politics on Channels Television, said that Oshiomhole did not have the power to remove a party member. and that he should be sacked.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar is confident of victory when he formally institutes an election petition case against President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Several wide-rang available of video evidence has been gathered to back up his claims of non-voting, voter intimidation, ballot box snatching and destruction, illegal vote cancellation and deliberate voter disenfranchisement.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declared Buhari the winner of the election.

However, Atiku and his party members has rejected the result, alleging of the suppression of votes in his strongholds, which he therefore consequently rejected “the result of the February 23, 2019 sham election” and vowed to challenge it in court.

“We’re going to court; that’s the major thing we can do now except we’re looking towards chaos, and nobody wants chaos,”

“He said, There’s a lot wrong with the election figures. Cancelled votes in Kano were over 2million; then the difference between accredited voters and actual voters is over 700,000 there as well, which shows there are a lot of discrepancies in the figures. We are still working with some of the documents, and I know that for like three days they’ve been gathering more and more.”

He also said a lot of the claims being made by Atiku and the PDP were backed up by video tapings, as the party prepared in advance for the rigging by sending agents with hidden cameras to the field.
“There are a lot of videos, of course, because there were body cameras on some of the agents that went to the polling units and ward collation centres,” he said.

“Those ones will be tendered as evidence; and there are some other ones I won’t want you to be privy to for now.

“Atiku has set forth to go to the Supreme Court, so he is not even thinking of the tribunal.
Of course we’ll start with the tribunal but we know that once the tribunal gives a judgement, the President will definitely appeal against it if the judgement is against him.

The game plan Atiku has given us is for the Supreme Court. He is going all out; he is going totally for it. Atiku is not someone that will start something and will stop halfway without seeing it off till the very end. He’s going all out.”

OVER 50 are feared dead in Bayelsa State after a leaking oil Aiteo Group pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in the Nembe area leading to fears that there have been numerous casualties in the disaster.

On Friday, A blast struck causing a massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa State, Nembe Chiefs Council spokesman, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, revealed that the Nembe trunk line is operated by the Port Harcourt-based Aiteo Group and carries crude to the Bonny export terminal.

It haven’t been confirmed if the pipeline had been shut down after a large blaze from the ruptured facility occurred.
Nigerian pipelines are prone to accidents and are sometimes pierced by people who refine the oil themselves to sell on the informal market. The explosion could also be the result of a criminal act after the re-election of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

During his first mandate, a group called The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) had claimed several attacks on oil infrastructure.
In February, the NDA warned that “strike teams are active and gallantly waiting to receive instructions from the high command to cripple the Nigerian economy again” if Buhari won the election.

This is the second major such disaster this year, as in January, an overturned oil tanker exploded in Odukpani in Cross River State. Police said at least 12 people were killed while some witnesses estimated up to 60 were dead in that explosion.

More details coming up soon…………..

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has reassured Nigerians that the President will use his second term to consolidate his previous campaign promises of securing the nation, growing the economy and fighting corruption.

Mrs Aisha said this on Saturday during a dinner organized by her at the State House Conference Center in Abuja, to celebrate the president’s victory.

She was quoted as saying in a statement signed by her spokesperson, Suleiman Haruna.

She said, “I wish I can invite all the 15 million Nigerians that voted for Mr President to this dinner, but no place can accommodate you all. So, let me say thank you and assure you that you made the right choice,”

“Specifically, I wish to express my appreciation to the women and youth presidential campaign team that I initiated to complement the efforts of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.

As you all know by now, the aim of setting up the team was to get women and youth, who form the majority of the electorate, involved in all the campaign activities across the country,” she said.

Also according to the statement, the President had vowed not to betray the confidence of Nigerians, adding that his victory was a sign that Nigerians were satisfied with the change that his government had embarked upon.

The President also promised to use the next four years to conclude what he had started while explaining that it had taken a long time to reposition the country back to its due course because of the level of abuse done by previous administrations.

Reno Omokri, the former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the arrest of Babalele Abdullahi, son-in-law and Finance Director of group of companies owned by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to him, he alleged that the arrest was part of the plot to make Atiku concede defeat and accept the election results.

But Mr Reno Omokri has from his Twitter handle wrote: “BREAKING: @officialEFCC arrests @Atiku’s son-in-law. A plane collapsed because of too much cash, No EFCC investigation. @Atiku has businesses. You say he is a thief.

“Tinubu has no known business, but is a saint! It is not money APC looted. It‘s our brains!”

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The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Babalele Abdullahi, son in-law and Finance Director of group of companies owned by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The incident was confirmed by Paul Ibe, Media aide to Atiku Abubakar on Saturday.

According to the media adviser of Atiku Abubakar, he stated that the arrest was a desperate move to have Atiku concede and congratulate President buhari.

He said, “In a desperate move to have Atiku Abubakar concede and congratulate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at about 8.30am today (Saturday) invaded the Maitama residence of Babalele. They were however not given access into the house until his lawyers arrived.

“The EFCC agents numbering about two dozen came in 2 regular vehicles, an 18-seater Toyota bus (registration Abuja CS 522 RSH) and a hilux van. They came with a search warrant to search the house and office of Babalele and found nothing incriminating.

“They then proceeded to his office at Oakland Centre in Maitama and found nothing incriminating there. However, they took away some documents of landed property.

“Not done, the EFCC officials stormed his Wuse residence where they again found nothing incriminating after the search.

“Afterwards, Babalele was taken away to the EFCC office in Wuse to make a statement alongside Mr. Lawan Ayuba”.

He added “As a law abiding citizen, Atiku Abubakar recognizes the constitutional role of the EFCC and indeed any other agency of the government to carry out investigations, but will not be cowed by any attempt to blackmail him into mortgaging his mandate”.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied making any demands of the President, following his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the Presidential election.

In a statement by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, accused the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of an attempt to blackmail the party.

He wrote, The fabrication being peddled by the Buhari Presidency and the APC that the people’s candidate, Atiku is making some demands of President Muhammadu Buhari, is an absolute falsehood and outright lies.

The PDP states categorically, without mincing words, that Atiku Abubakar had not, and will never, make or accept any condition from President Buhari regarding the rigged February 23, 2019 Presidential election, which he Atiku clearly won.

The Buhari Presidency and the APC know that their electoral robbery cannot stand before any noble justices and are now attempting to use all sorts of blackmail and shenanigans to derail the quest by Nigerians to reclaim the stolen mandate at the tribunal.

However, let it be known to President Buhari and the APC that Atiku and the PDP are standing shoulder to shoulder with Nigerians in this collective determination to take back the stolen mandate and we are not ready for any form of negotiation with anybody on this matter.

Our party and candidate remain committed to the huge sacrifices made by Nigerians in ensuring our collective victory as delivered at the polling units across the country

We have all the authentic results from all the polling units as well as forensic evidence of manipulations by the APC and INEC We will bare them all at the tribunal and the court will give justice to Nigerians.

We shall devote every energy necessary to reclaim our mandate and have Atiku declared President, in line with the will of the people as delivered at the polling units on February 23, 2019.

Anything short of this is not acceptable & no amount of false reports, connivance, contrivance, harassment & fresh attacks on our leaders, including the DG of our Campaign,
Bukola saraki, whose residence was besieged by security agents last night, can alter this resolve.

The Nigeria Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been urged to disqualify Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law and annointed successor, Uche Nwosu from participating in the forthcoming governorship election in Imo State.

This is sequel to an application brought by the Action People’s Party (AA) against Nwosu for multiple nomination by two different political parties.

The court has directed the plaintiff to serve Nwosu the originating process to come and show cause why he should not be disqualified from further participation in the Imo gubernatorial election.

According to the papers filed before the court and sighted by our correspondent, in October 2018, Nwosu had submitted his All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the candidate for the party in the 2019 Imo State governorship election.

Uche Nwosu further submitted two valid court orders made by High Court of FCT, Abuja and Federal High Court, Owerri, recognising him as the authentic candidate for the APC in the Imo governorship election.

While he continued to hold on to his nomination as APC candidate as ordered by the court, Nwosu submitted another nomination form to the Independent National Electoral Commission to the effect that he had been nominated by the Action Alliance as its candidate for the 2019 Imo governorship election.

According to some senior lawyers who spoke with our correspondents, by the provision of Section 37 of Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended), multiple nomination such as the one done by Nwosu leads to automatic disqualification of the candidate. The lawyers opined that it is a serious infraction of the Electoral Act which attracts a penalty of disqualification of such candidate by INEC.

The lawyers stated that the case of Nwosu is similar to that of Uju, Kingsley Chima, that was disqualified by INEC as a candidate for Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta OruWest federal constituency for multiple nominations by both Action Alliance and Democratic Alternative.

The lawyers stated that even if INEC refuses to disqualify Nwosu before the election, in the event such candidate is declared winner, the court will still nullify the election as was done in the case of Governor Aliyu, Magatakarda Wamako, whose election was nullified by the Court of Appeal for having both the ANPP and PDP nomination in violation of the provisions of Electoral Act. They opined that as soon as this is proved and brought to the attention of INEC, Nwosu will stand automatically disqualified.

It is therefore very likely that Nwosu might not be eligible to stand for the election on March 9, 2019, and the battle will be between main contenders such as Senator Hope Uzodimma of the APC, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume of the APGA.

Section 37 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that where a candidate knowingly allows himself to be nominated by more than one political party and or in more than one constituency, his nomination shall be void.

The Nigerian Army has given accounts of its activities in the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly polls.

The Nigerian Army has came out to give an explanation of it’s activities over allegations of partisanship, coercion and shooting of voters in some areas across the country during the elections, it said that soldiers deployed on election duty were professional and proactive in their conduct.

According to Spokesman of the Army, Col. Sagir Musa,  he has proclaim that the military acted according to the provisions made available for it in the Nigerian constitution and also pointed out that electoral monitors of the elections had commended the army for its role while the exercise lasted.

Col. Sagir Musa said, “we acted within the requirements of the law, rules of engagement and code of conduct,”

“Our position stands on the verdict given by local and foreign election monitors that commended the Nigerian Army for being professional, proactive, responsive and unbiased.

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has alleged that the endorsement of President Buhari’s second tenure by foreign countries is out fear of being killed as inferred by a statement credited to the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, where he threatens the international observers that if they intervene in Nigeria elections that they will leave in body bags.

Mr Secondus during a press conference in Abuja, made the statement claiming that the presidential general election held on Saturday, February 23, 2019, was a sham,

He Said, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) must go to court to get justice. we are not going to depend on the comments of observers that were threatened… they were threatened and silenced, they cannot talk; so it is our responsibility as good citizens to bring this to the public, and to the Nigerian people and to go to court, so we are going to court.”

The independent national electoral commission (INEC) has decided to hold a supplementary elections on March 9, alongside the Governorship and State Assembly elections, the PDP chairman said the situation would be assessed and a decision communicated soon.

The Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has vowed that people of Biafra would revenge the killing of Igbos in Lagos State.

The Former freedom fighter Asari Dokubo has released a video issuing out threat warning to Lagosians, Over the killing and intimidation of Igbos in Lagos State.

He lamented on the case that happened in Lagos state at the previous Presidential general Election, where in some parts of the state whereby political thugs hindered some Igbos from exercising their rights to vote.

In his words he also condemned the electoral violence that happened in Rivers State where he blamed the death of over 30 people on the government for using Security Forces to hinder the people from voting out a “tyrant” and voting a candidate of their choice.

He therefore assures the Yorubas that if any Biafran death is recorded in this coming Governorship Election from the South West due to Electoral violence, that it will be bloody and will be a blood bath between the two regions.

Watch the video below.