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PDP, Presidency behind election postponement plot, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP and the Presidency of orchestrating the ongoing campaign for election postponement, despite their serial denial and the phantom assurances that they are ready for the polls.

‘’There is no clearer indication that the PDP and the Presidency are the puppeteers behind the election shift campaign than Wednesday’s newspaper advertorial plainly campaigning for the polls to be shifted,’’ the party said in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

‘’This advert, which has the picture of President Goodluck Jonathan and the logo of the PDP – meaning they will be the sole beneficiaries of the postponement they are seeking – leaves no one in doubt that the ruling party and the presidency are pathologically dishonest, deliberately deceptive and chronically terrified about the elections,’’ it said.

The APC said now that all pretences are off and the sponsors of the election postponement campaign have been unveiled, Nigerians must reject them and their campaign.

‘’The campaign, which is hinged on the fact that many Nigerians have not collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), is not sincere. If it is, the PDP and the Presidency would have instead been urging Nigerians to go all out and collect their PVCs so the election can hold. Why is this so impossible for them to do?

‘’Like we said earlier, what prevents the federal government from declaring a three-day public holidays to give Nigerians the opportunity to collect their PVCs? Why is it that only the PDP and its sponsored groups and individuals are the ones leading the campaign for election postponment, even as our party, the APC, has been campaigning for Nigerians to go and collect their PVCs?

‘’Is it not instructive that at least 26 political parties have joined the no-postponement campaign, while the PDP/Presidency, as well as the lick-spittle individuals and groups who have been compromised one way or another, continue to beat the drums of election shift?’’ the party said.

It wondered why the PDP/Presidency will be second-guessing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which has said it is ready to go ahead with the elections, and that it will be distributing PVCs until the eve of the election.

While urging its members and supporters in particular, and all Nigerians in general to remain vigilant and be firm in saying ‘no’ to election postponement, the APC appealed to the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN) to ensure that the courts are not used as a tool to sabotage the elections and indeed the nation’s democracy.

‘’We know that the next frontier in the ongoing battle by the PDP/Presidency to get our candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, disqualified and have the elections postponent, is the court. We know they will seek to secure spurious injunctions to scuttle the elections, following the footsteps of the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN) in 1993. This is why we are appealing to the CJN,’’ APC said.

The party added: ‘’For the avoidance of doubt, we are ready for the elections and we will not, under any circumstance, support any shift in the dates for the elections, which were fixed more than a year ago.

‘’If the PDP and the Presidency are not afraid of anything, we challenge them to come out today to denounce the campaign for election postponement, dissociate themselves from it and announce unequivocally that they are ready for the elections. Failure to do that, they stand accused of working hard to sabotage the elections and truncate the nation’s democracy.’’

January 29, 2015
PDP afraid of losing polls, says Oyo APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State explained yesterday why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was scheming for the postponement of next month’s election, saying it was afraid of the defeat that stared it in the face.

It described the call for postponement as “a shameful ploy by the PDP to remain in power beyond May 29”.

Ibadan, the state capital, is agog for the campaign of the party’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) today.

The city, particularly Mapo Hall, where Buhari, his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and other party leaders will converge today to address supporters and admirers, is set and glowing.

In a statement yesterday by its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Olawale Sadare, APC said the coast was becoming clearer daily for its candidate, thereby instilling fear into the PDP.

This imminent defeat, the party said, accounts for why the PDP is exploring the option of poll shift.

“The 2015 presidential election is a national project inspired by the collective urge to reclaim Nigeria from hawks and it has a divine backing.

“Apart from a few who are obviously driven by undue sentiments, Nigerians are passionate about choosing a new president in Muhammadu Buhari .

“As the date of the presidential poll draws nearer, the coast is becoming clearer for the APC, hence the palpable fear in the camp of the PDP elements who are doing everything to stop the impending change after their fruitless 16-year stay in power.

“But the Change is unstoppable notwithstanding the hypocrisy from President Jonathan, dirty politics from the PDP leadership and threat of violence from few beneficiaries of a corrupt and clueless government.

“As the Buhari/Osinbajo wind of change is blowing across the country, we urge Nigerians desirous of good governance and efficient management to avoid complacency.

“We need to mobilise many people to vote for APC . We urge the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide PVCs for the electorate.”

January 29, 2015
Gombe to vote PDP out before noon on Feb 14

Ahead of next month’s elections, the Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is confident that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration will be swept out of office before noon in the February 14 election.

APC governorship candidate Alhaji inuwa Yahaya, who spoke at a campaign rally in Nafada on the party’s confidence to win the election, said the PDP administration, in apparent premonition that it would be defeated by the APC, was clamouring for the postponement of the poll.

Yahaya said the people had become more aware of their political powers and would have obtained their permanent voter cards (PVCs).

The APC candidate urged eligible voters to get their PVCs.

He said: “I am sure that everyone is ready. Everyone has obtained his PVC. Whoever has not, I beg you in the name of Allah and the Prophet to please go and get it.

“The card is the weapon that we will use to change all we want. This is because without the card, there can be no elections; if there are no elections, there will be no change…”

January 29, 2015
Start preparing handover note, APC advises Yuguda

Ahead of the governorship election in Bauchi State, Governor Isa Yuguda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been asked to start preparing his handover note.

Yuguda has also been charged to perish his senatorial ambition in the Bauchi South District and go back to his farm as he promised.

APC chieftain Alhaji Adamu Lar gave the advice at a press conference. He said: ”Yuguda cannot win any election in the state again. Yuguda should get ready to hand over to the APC governorship candidate, Mohammed Abubakar, who is stooped to conquer the PDP governorship candidate, Hon. Auwal Jatau come February 28, 2015”.

Yuguda, a former Managing Director of Merchant Bank, Minister of State for Works and Transport, Aviation Minister is, vying for the Senate against a retired Controller of Customs, Malam Ali aWakili.

Lar,who is also the Bauchi South Vice Chairman of the APC, said: “My advice to Yuguda is based on the truth that he has damaged and ravaged the state economy so very irresponsibly,and does not deserve any office in the state anymore”.

“Besides, the governor has for the whole of his second tenure refused to democratically conduct local government election and by so doing he has deprived the people of development and due representation at grassroots level”, Lar stated.

January 29, 2015
Jonathan lacks capacity to handle Boko Haram – APC

The APC Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan lacks the competence, capacity and training to deal with the Boko Haram menace ravaging the Northeast part of the country.

In a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the organization said President Jonathan should not be taken seriously when he claimed that he will deal with the terrorists if he is re-elected.

He said the claim by President Jonathan during his campaign visit to Maiduguri, Borno State, the hotbed of the insurgency, that he would deal with the terrorists’ attacks looks more like a joke or mere talk designed for the occasion of the campaign event.

While reminding Nigerians that President Jonathan has been at the helm of affairs in Nigeria for more than five years, Shehu said that during Jonathan’s regime, Boko Haram has transformed from a group of armed delinquents to an active fighting group or movement with the government unable able to contain it.

According to him, in the light of ongoing events in the region, “it is childish for the same person to say that he would deal with a group that became a monster under his watch.”

He advised the President to stop the careless talk about dealing with Boko Haram because he has clearly shown little or no leadership in the area of national security.

He said, “If President Jonathan and his party want to be true to Nigerians, it is for them to acknowledge that the capacity to deal with Boko Haram, and the wider national security issues it has thrown up over the years is within the scope of his opponent, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, because the latter has travelled similar road in the past with distinction when the nation’s security and well-being had been endangered as it had been in the last four years since Boko Haram became a national security and regional security menace while Jonathan fiddled.”

January 28, 2015
Party chiefs close to blows over elections shift plot

We’ll take the best decision, says Jega

INEC distributes 42.7m PVCs

It was a routine meeting to brief parties on the preparations for next month’s general elections.

But yesterday’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conference with parties’ leaders in Abuja was a big show of fury – for about 10 minutes.

Reason: A row broke out on whether or not to postpone the February 14 and 28 elections – an item that was not on the agenda.

On one side was the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the United Progressives Party (UPP), which stood their ground that the timeline for the general elections must not be altered. On the other were the other parties.

APC representative Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former INEC Secretary, was screaming that shifting the elections would not be acceptable to Nigerians. Unable to overwhelm him, the other parties’ leaders threatened to boycott the polls.

A bewildered INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and his commissioners watched in disbelief as leaders of parties quarrelled over an issue that was not on the agenda.

INEC invited the parties for briefing on its preparations for the election, including the status of the distribution of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), the use of card readers, relocation of polling units and other logistics.

Jega opened the session with an assurance that everything was being done to ensure hitch-free polls.

The initial part of the interaction was marked with media glitz and camaraderie by the leaders of the parties. The meeting thereafter went into a closed session.

But trouble started when Jega and leaders of the parties retired into a closed- door after reporters took their leave, to consider the address of the INEC chairman.

Virtually all the parties, except the APC and the UPP, were in favour of postponement of the elections.

A source said: “Though the issue was not on the agenda, a lesser party and its presidential candidate began the discussion on Jega’s address by asking for the postponement of the elections.

“Like a rehearsed script, others joined the chorus and started impressing on INEC why it must shift the poll. They alleged that most registered voters were yet to get their PVCs.

“The vehemence of these parties suggested a kind of alliance. It also showed that some forces were pulling the strings.

“But the APC team, led by Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, opposed the demand. The UPP delegation, under the leadership of its presidential candidate, Chief Chekwas Okorie, also said polls postponement would damage the nation’s reputation in the comity of nations.

“At a point, the other parties threatened to boycott the polls and they started shouting, ‘APC, UPP, we will leave you and INEC to participate in the February elections and then we will see if this will be acceptable to Nigerians and the international community.”

Another source spoke of how Jega and his commissioners watched in disgust as the leaders of the parties were almost exchanging blows at the conference hall.

“They pointed accusing fingers at each other like school children and it was a big shame watching these leaders create a rowdy scene before an umpire.

“At a stage, Jega took control by merely adding a clincher: ‘We will take the best decision.’ This intervention calmed frayed nerves and orderliness was restored,” the source said.

Notwithstanding the drama, INEC proceeded with the session and the commission’s Director of ICT, Mr. Chidi Nwafor, an engineer, briefed the media on the status of the distribution of PVCs.

All parties were given the table on the PVCs status for further consideration by their members.

Despite the security challenges in the Northeast, the turnout of eligible voters for PVCs is impressive in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.

But the distribution of PVCs is abysmally low in Lagos where of the 5, 905, 852 registered, only 2,267,039 or 38.39 percent have got PVCs.

The distribution is also poor in Kano State, which recorded 2,612, 400 (52.5%) PVCs of the 4,975,701 registered voters.

The partial breakdown of the distribution is as follows: Adamawa -1, 239, 820(79.53 %); Borno( 999, 470(56.18 %); Yobe- 740,336(67.31 %); Akwa Ibom-1,328,714(79.05%); Gombe-873, 698(78%); Cross River-776,977 (66.09%); and Abia—1,020,997(73.13%).

Others are Delta—1,422,595(62.52%); Kwara —711,926(62.33%); Niger—1,250,379(62.07%); Bauchi—1,745,441(84.97%); Jigawa—1,460,620(79.76%); Kaduna—2,976,628(87.36%); Zamfara—1,045,855(69.92%); Taraba—1,079,383(80.51%); Katsina—2,245,393(79.40%); Sokoto—1,211,717(75.17%); and Osun—995,562(70.75%).

January 28, 2015
APC replies Soludo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will not ride to power on mere rhetorics of ‘change’, the party said yesterday through the Director, Policy, Research and Strategy of its Presidential Campaign, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Fayemi was reacting to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Prof Charles Soludo’s counsel that the APC presidential flag bearer Gen. Muhammadu Buhari should give facts and figures on how he plans to implement his party’s ambitious manifesto.

Details of APC’s reply are on page 47.

January 28, 2015
APC urges judiciary to stand firm against polls shift plot

Advocates of postponement of the February elections have found a solid obstacle in the All Progressives Congress (APC), which yesterday alleged that “anti-democratic forces are set to use the courts to scuttle the elections”.

The APC urged the judiciary to protect democracy by not allowing the institution to be used to compromise the electoral process.

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Dr. Mani Ibrahim Ahmed, yesterday said the comment by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, that a shift was not out of place is part of plans to truncate the electoral process.

The ADC flag bearer said that such a comment was not in the best interest of the country and should be resisted by serious- minded Nigerians.

Dr. Mani maintained that the recent spate of attacks by the Boko Haram was part of plans to justify the calls for the shifting of the elections, adding that other sinister activities that may come up between now and election time are also aimed at shifting the polls.

He argued that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had repeatedly given assurances that the polls would hold as it was working rounding the clock to ensure that every registered voter got the PVC.

“I want to state in clear terms that I’m not in support of any attempt to shift the February elections. Nigerians cannot be taken for a ride. Enough is enough. One can rightly predict that there will be a sharp increase in the activities of the insurgency and other sinister activities within the next couple of days – all in order to justify the move to truncate this electoral process.

“We must not allow them to succeed. The elections must go ahead as planned. ADC represents that radical departure towards change.”

But Second Republic Governor of Kaduna State Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa and Deputy President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Isa Aremu disagreed on the need or otherwise for the shift of the elections.

They both spoke at the presentation of four books written by Aremu in Kaduna.

Musa said since INEC may not be able to distribute the permanent voter cards to eligible voters before the elections, it would just be natural for the commission to postpone the polls by more than 60 days to enable it address the issue.

He said if INEC would conduct free, fair and credible elections, it must not ignore the need for young people who are just clocking 18 years to be captured in the process so that the outcome could be generally acceptable.

But Aremu said in as much as the commission said it had no challenge bigger than what it could bear, elections should still hold as scheduled.

“INEC is doing very well. We should not because of insignificant challenges derail the entire timetable which has proven to be largely successful. We cannot be holier than the Pope.

“I think we should stick to deadline given by the INEC. We should encourage them to have printed and distribute the PVCs to over 70% voters. We should encourage them to arrive at their destination,” Aremu said.

The four books are: “Reflections on Labour” and “Trade Union, Reflections on Industry and Economy”, “Reflections on Africa and Global Affairs” and “Reflections on Friends, Comrades, Heroes”.

In a statement in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC said after all the efforts to stop the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, failed, “the anarchists have moved on to the next chapter, which is to use the courts to stop the elections at all cost.”

It said the case instituted at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, seeking a declaration that Gen. Buhari lacks the requisite qualification to contest the Feb. 14 presidential election, is the first in a series of court cases to be instituted just so that the elections will not hold.

‘’We are not surprised at this, because these desperadoes are so predictable. They are following the footsteps of the infamous Association for Better Nigeria (ABN), which helped to annul the 1993 elections and which threw Nigeria into a crisis from which it has yet to fully recover, over 20 years later.

‘’We can only appeal to the judiciary not to become a willing tool in the hands of those who will stop at nothing to scuttle the elections, just to perpetuate their firm grip on power,’’ APC said.

The party said the truth is that President Goodluck Jonathan is very much aware that if the elections go ahead as scheduled, he will lose to Gen. Buhari by a landslide, adding that the President and his allies are terrified of meeting the APC at the polls.

‘’An ally of presidential aide Doyin Okupe has revealed that President Jonathan will rather have the military take over than hand over to the APC candidate. Though Okupe has made a tepid denial, the revelation has exposed the thinking and the desperation within the Presidency, ahead of the elections.

‘’We are also aware that up till this moment, the President has yet to repudiate the ex-militants in the Niger Delta who have threatened the country’s very existence if he is not re-elected, as if elections are won by fiat. When this is added to ongoing moves to depopulate the Northeast, which is an opposition stronghold, using scare tactics, one can see that this Presidency and the PDP are as terrified and desperate as they can be,’’ it said.

APC also warned those who are manipulating some elements among judiciary workers, either to proceed on strike just so that the courts will not be able to sit on cases that can affect their candidates or to end the strike so they can seek to use the courts to achieve their objectives of truncating the elections, to desist from such acts.

‘’In particular, we will like to remind the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, to advise his principal and his aides not to abuse the courts or use them as a tool to truncate democracy. They must be careful not to throw the country into chaos for selfish reasons,’’ the party said.

It reiterated its earlier stand that the general elections must hold as scheduled on Feb. 14th and 28th, and that under no circumstance will Nigerians accept the postponement of the polls or the establishment of an Interim Government, which is the next option being secretly canvassed by the Presidency if its plan to scuttle the elections fails.

‘’Next month’s general elections must hold and winners must be declared. Nothing short of this will be acceptable to us as a party,’’ the APC said.

January 28, 2015
APC alleges plot to attack Buhari in Taraba

Security chiefs yesterday got a distress call from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

There are plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members to cause trouble, the APC said.

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation spoke of plans by hired thugs to attack its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, during his visit to Taraba State today.

Director (Media and publicity) of the organisation Mallam Garba Shehu said in a statement that it had intelligence report of plans to use thugs to throw stones and sachets of water at the Buhari team.

Shehu said the APC Campaign viewed seriously any plot to cause a breach of the peace, and then blame it on opposition leaders, stressing that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not committed to the agreement signed by parties and their candidates to conduct violence-free campaigns.

According to him, any attempt to use thugs to embarrass Gen. Buhari in Taraba State is against the intent of the Kofi Annan initiative, which requires assurances from political parties to shun violence.

He urged the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Directorate of State Service (DSS) and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to halt anarchy from creeping into the campaigns.

The APC in Rivers State also yesterday said it had received credible information that PDP members were planning to stone President Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to the state today and blame it all on APC members, as they did in Bauchi State.

Publicity Secretary of Rivers APC, Chris Finebone, said in Port Harcourt that the PDP members hatched the plan to blackmail the ruling party during the President’s campaign.

Finebone said: “According to the plan, which is now in the possession of the APC, huge sums of money and many APC T-shirts will be provided for groups of PDP thugs, who will stone the convoy of Mr. President during the presidential campaign rally of Port Harcourt.

“According to the information, the money and T-shirts will be distributed to the thugs by Tuesday January 27 (yesterday). The idea behind this satanic plot is to paint the APC in bad light before the media, observers and the Nigerian public, as well as to divert attention from the various acts of violence that PDP thugs have unleashed on APC members and property across Rivers State in recent times.

“It is also meant to undermine the reputation of Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation.

“The APC in Rivers State will like to state that its members will continue to undertake peaceful campaigns and always act within the ambit of the law and the peace accord signed by its leaders, both at the national and state levels. We will continue to abhor electoral violence in whatever form and we will like to call on the PDP and other parties to do the same at all times.”

Finebone called on security agencies to be aware of the “dangerous antics” of the PDP members to maim, destroy, kill, bomb and now blackmail the APC members.

Two APC offices in Rivers State have been bombed. The party’s campaign programme was disrupted in Okirika by gunmen who shot at those arranging the podium.

Dr. Jonathan’s convoy was stoned in Katsina and Bauchi. Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has alleged that PDP members were behind the stoning in his state.

Preparations were in top gear yesterday in Jalingo yesterday to receive Gen. Buhari.

“We are ready, “ said APC State Chairman Hassan Ardo.

Ardo said “everything”, in terms of security and logistics, have been done in readiness for the main opposition’s presidential rally in the “Nature’s Gift” state.

The Trade Fair Complex on Hammaruwa Way, near the State Secretariat, was being decorated, under the watch of the senator representing Northern Taraba, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, who is the governorship candidate.

It was gathered that the State APC requested to use the stadium for Gen. Buhari’s rally, but the PDP government refused, on grounds that President Jonathan will be holding his rally at the sports complex tomorrow.

The APC Chairman, however, seems to be more comfortable to hold the “broom rally” at the Trade Fair Complex.

“We are not complaining. This place is very ok,” he said.

A trade fair had been going on in the complex, but traders “voluntarily” packed their goods to release the arena for Buhari. A huge crowd was already gathering in the arena even as the venue was only being decorated.

Many giant billboards carrying Gen. Buhari’s portrait have been mounted outside and inside the venue. Many residents were staring at the billboards.

In 20011, Gen. Buhari held his presidential rally in the same venue. The rally shut down Jalingo town for two days.

Today’s is expected to draw more supporters.

The Buhari Campaign Organisation said that the claim by President Goodluck Jonathan that four years are not enough to transform the country is double-mouthing by a president who has failed to deliver on his own timeline.

“It is very imprudent of Mr. President to shift the goal post mounted by him in the middle of the game. It was this same President Jonathan who said in 2010 that if he could not improve on the country’s power generation capacity within four years, then it means he could not do anything.

“What was the president thinking about when he said: ‘Four years are enough for anyone to make significant improvement, and if I can’t improve on power within this period, then it means I cannot do anything.’

“Nigerians expect that a president must own up to his own words and be responsible for his own beliefs. There can only be one reason why President Jonathan is changing his own beliefs about what it takes to transform the country and that is because he is incompetent for the job.

“Today, Nigerians are clamouring for change because, for six years the country has been led by a president who cannot give the people direction on how to stop corruption, how to provide security, create employment and provide infrastructure that will impact positively on the economy.

“We have said it in the past and we will be repeating it that the 2015 election, more than anything is a referendum on the performance of President Jonathan. The President has not measured up to the least expectations of Nigerians and that is why they are earnestly waiting for February 14 to pass their verdict.

“Whereas the Goodluck Jonathan administration has not been able to deliver on any of the promises the president made to Nigerians in 2010, the government under the President’s watch has surpassed every known boundaries on issues of corruption and impunity.

“Let us remind the president that if truly Rome was not built in a day, Rome is also not built forever. The President has failed to deliver by his own timelines and he should patiently wait for Nigerians to pass their verdict over the incompetence of his administration,” Shehu said.

January 28, 2015
You’ll be retired in Feb, APC tells Ladoja

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has said former Governor Rashidi Ladoja will be unceremoniously retired from politics when he is defeated in the February 28 election.

Ladoja is the governorship candidate of Accord.

In defending his principal, Ladoja, who was accused of taking a $1.2million bribe from the Presidency, the Director-General of the Ladoja Campaign Organisation, Adeolu Adeleke, was quoted to have called the APC State Chairman, Akin Oke, some unprintable names.

But in a statement by its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Olawale Sadare, the APC faulted Adeleke ‘s “mudslinging and character assassination”.

“It is unfathomable that the best anyone can do to defend his godfather is to call the APC chairman a drunk. Even if the APC leader is a drunk, how does that affect the issue of the $1.2million which Ladoja “collected” from President Jonathan?

“On moral grounds, what could have qualified a defender of Ladoja to cast aspersion on anyone when the Accord Party leader is known to be incorrigible and impervious? In him, Oyo had a governor who would doze off at important meetings after drinking.

“The likes of Adeolu Adeleke will soon be stranded when Ladoja who he follows with reckless dogma is handed the most shocking defeat of his life in the February 28 election and thus forced to retire unceremoniously from politics.

“ Ladoja and his co-travellers would have no sympathy from electorate this time because they have his true picture now.”

January 28, 2015