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  • Ekiti governorship election dispute: INEC to close case Nov 14

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to close its defence on Wednesday as the first defendant in the petition by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last governorship election in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola.

    Olusola and PDP are challenging the outcome of the June 14 governorship election held in Ekiti this year, which INEC said was won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi.

    INEC’s lawyer, Charles Edosomwan (SAN) told the Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, that he intends to close his client’s defence on Wednesday.

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    INEC, APC and Fayemi are listed as 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents in the petition by the PDP and Olusola.

    On Tuesday, Edowomwan tendered certified true copies (CTC) of results from some registration centres in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti South West, Emure and Ilejemeje Local Government Areas of Ekiti State.

    Lawyers to the APC and Fayemi – Aking Olujinmi (SAN) and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) did not object to the tendering of the results contained in Forms EC40G.

    Lawyer to the petitioners, Rowland Otaru (SAN) objected to the admission of the results, but said he would give reasons for his objection at the stage of address.

    Tribunal’s Chairman, Suleiman Belgore admitted the copies of the results as exhibits.

    At a point Edosomwan sought an adjournment to enable him get more copies of the results, which he said would be brought from Ekiti today (Wednesday.

    He said he intends to close the 1st defendant’s case on Wednesday after tendering the next set of results.

    Otaru, Olujinmi and Fagbemi did not object to Edosomwan’s request for adjournment, following which Justice Belgore adjourned to 12noon on Wednesday.

    INEC has called about 16 witnesses since it opened its defence on November 5. INEC and the other respondents are each allocated 10 days present its case.

    The petitioners, who were allocated 14 days, called about 71 witnesses and tendered documentary evidence from October 17 when they opened their case.

    At the conclusion of INEC’s defence, it would be the turn of APC to present its defence, following which the tribunal will invite Fayemi to also present his defence.

  • 900 PDP members defect to APC in Jigawa

    No fewer than 900 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa on Monday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Receiving the defectors in Kaugama, the State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan, urged them to work for the party’s victory in the 2019 general elections.

    “Your defection to APC shows that this party is becoming stronger and stronger as we approach the general elections,” he said.

    The council’s APC Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Ubali, commended the defectors for their decision, saying that the party’s doors were still open for more defectors.

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    “We will do justice to anyone who has joined the APC or interested in joining the party,” he said.

    Ubali thereafter appealed to the APC members who lost in the recent party primaries to be patient, assuring that the party leaders would reward them for their loyalty.

    Responding on behalf of the defectors, Alhaji Sale Marke and Alhaji Baffa Yusuf, thanked the party leaders for their hospitality and pledged to be law abiding members.

    Marke and Yusuf were close allies of the PDP’s Jigawa Northeast Senatorial candidate, Sen. Ubali Shitu.

  • PDP tasks Osinbajo on alleged N33bn corruption

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to address the allegation of corruption leveled against him by the House of Representatives.

    The lawmakers had, during the week, accused Osinbajo of complicity in a N33 billion scam allegedly perpetrated at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

    A statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, urged Osinbajo to respond to the allegation, instead of sermonizing and parading himself like a saint.

    The opposition party said the Vice President owed it as a personal moral burden, both as a preacher and Professor of law, to directly explain how the fund meant for the wellbeing of Nigerians suffering in the Northeast, was mismanaged under his supervision, instead of the lame attempts to dismiss the allegation and divert public attention from the scandal.

    “Nigerians were thoroughly appalled to learn, from the House of Representatives, how Prof. Osinbajo, as Acting President, in June 2017, unilaterally pulled N5.8 billion, from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation, purportedly for emergency intervention on food in the North East, which has now turned scandalous.

    “Prof. Osinbajo should explain how, according to findings by the House of Representatives, all the six states of the Northeast failed to receive the emergency intervention for food security, for which a major part of the money was claimed to have been expended, under his direct supervision as Chairman of Board of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

    “What has Prof. Osinbajo to say on the revelation at the public hearing conducted by the House of Representatives that there was no evidence the World Food Programme (WFP) received the 5000 metric tons of rice, which NEMA claimed to have bought and donated to WFP for distribution to victims of insurgency in the region?

    “What has our Vice President to say to the report indicating that four of the companies that supplied food items to the region financed their projects through N2bn they each received as loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)?

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    “What is his answer to the huge allegations in the public domain that bulk of the money meant for suffering Nigerians in the Northeast was diverted to private pockets of key All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency cabal to finance their wasteful lifestyle?

    “The PDP is privy to the frantic effort by agents of the Presidency and the APC to arm-twist and intimidate the House of Representatives to abort its investigation and to ensure that the report does not see the light of day

    “If Prof. Osinbajo had no ulterior intentions, why did he pull the money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation without recourse to the statutory appropriation of the National Assembly?

    “The PDP holds that the action of the Vice President in unilaterally approving the release of the money to NEMA, where he also presides as the Chairman of Board is completely self-serving and ostensibly conceived and executed in corrupt intentions.

    “Instead of answering to the allegation, Prof. Osinbajo is employing rhetoric to divert attention, claiming that his actions are covered by his apparent abuse of Section 43 of the Procurement Act.

    “We invite the Vice President to note that Section 43 of the Procurement Act deals with the emergency duties of a procuring entity and  not the processes of drawing funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation which is covered by the Constitution. As such, there is no way he can justify his actions under any of our laws.

    “The Vice President should therefore advice himself properly by responding to the huge corruption questions and stop his unnecessary posturing”.

  • PDP cautions on ‘security siege’ to Bayelsa

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the federal government over what it described as the continued onslaught and security siege to Bayelsa State.

    Warning that the development, if not checked, could spell doom for the nation, the opposition party flayed the posting of eight Commissioners of Police to the state in a space of three months.

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    At a media briefing at the PDP secretariat on Friday, spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, alleged that the move was meant to forcefully take over the control of Bayelsa by the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    “It is no longer news that the APC, for obvious reasons, is bent on forcefully taking over the control of oil rich Bayelsa and other littoral states, for which it now seeks to turn them into theaters of war, with the support of certain individuals in control of federal apparatus of power.

    “Today, the PDP and the people of Bayelsa state are being pushed to the wall as with the on-going plot by the APC and the Buhari Presidency to bully the people of Bayelsa and politically annex the state, by the use of crude force”, Ologbondiyan said.

    The party alleged plots to use security agencies, particularly the police to browbeat the people, foist a siege mentality on the state, trigger confusion and violence; then create an impression of security emergency.

    This, according to Ologbondiyan, was with a view to using such as justification for a coordinated invasion, attack and annexing of political structures of the state for President Buhari and the APC ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    Ologbondiyan continued, “In the bid to forcefully seize control of Bayelsa state, the APC is attempting to convert the Police into its violent militant wing, leading to the violation of rules of engagement and putting security agencies on collision course with the people despite its potential bloody consequences.

    “It may interest Nigerians to know that, in its desperation, the APC has directly influenced the Inspector General of Police into posting eight different Commissioners of Police to Bayelsa state within the space of the last three months just to destabilise the state.

    “Some of the Police Commissioners spent less than a week before being pulled out of the state by the police authorities that have unfortunately acceded to the demands of the APC on the deployment of police chiefs to Bayelsa State.

    “This alarming change of guards of Police hierarchy in Bayelsa state is part of the devious plot to compromise the security architecture of the state, orchestrate security uncertainty, instill fear and siege mentality on residents and then seize the political structure in the state so as to pave way for massive rigging for President Buhari and the APC in the 2019 general elections”.

    The opposition party spokesman said the PDP was privy to information that some of the Police Commissioners were changed for refusing to infiltrate the firm resolve of the people to remain peaceful and determinedly supportive of the PDP controlled administration in the state.

    The party also said it was aware of series of meetings in Abuja involving certain cabinet ministers, two particular Presidency aides, some APC leaders, some top security officers and certain “compromised” officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including a close relative of President Buhari, where plots to destabilise Bayelsa State were hatched and orders given to the police to that effect.

    Stating that the PDP was in possession of documentary evidence of the said meetings, the party said it would not hesitate to make them public if the APC failed to steer clear of Bayelsa State.

    Continuing, Ologbondiyan said, “The fact remains that the APC knows that it cannot win any election in Bayelsa State as well as other littoral states or any PDP state for that matter. As such, it believes that the only way for them is to use security agencies to frighten Nigerians and break their resolve ahead of the 2019 polls.

    “However, let it be known to the APC, the Buhari Presidency and their compromised security personnel that their assault on Bayelsa will definitely attract very terrible consequences, as it will be firmly resisted by the people, head to head, with every means available, accessible and implementable in the defence of democracy.

    “Bayelsa remains a stronghold of the PDP and this fact is known to all. The Buhari Presidency and the APC should recall that they tried to forcefully take over the state in 2016 with their ‘penetration plan’ but failed woefully.

    “Bayelsa has not altered its status as a stronghold of the PDP and any attempt to disrupt this order has the capacity to trigger a crisis that is capable of sinking our nation’s economic mainstay”.

    The opposition party pointed out that Bayelsa state is at the epicenter of all the oil producing strongholds in the Niger Delta region.

    It added that the security siege to the state has triggered unprecedented anxiety and anger across all interests in the Niger Delta region and warned that an imminent collective response by the citizens to defend the state might come with serious costs to the national economy.

    “As we all know, Section 2 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) amply provided that no person shall take control of the government of our nation or any part thereof, except in accordance with the democratic provisions of the law. Therefore, we are not ready, in any way, to cede this statutory provision to anybody no matter the threats.

    “Nigerians and the international community appreciate the effort of the Government of Bayelsa State under Governor Seriake Dickson in ensuring the peace and security of the oil producing state.

    “Such should be encouraged to consolidate instead of this unrelenting plot by the Buhari Presidency and the APC to use the police to instigate insecurity and violence.

    “Nigerians must note that our country cannot survive another unrest in the Niger Delta, especially when our security agencies are grappling with the worsening insurgency in the North East and prevailing daily violence and bloodletting in various parts of the country.

    “The PDP as a patriotic party therefore calls on all Nigerians and the global community to join in cautioning the Buhari Presidency and the APC not to set our nation on fire with their inordinate ambition.

    “Instead of resorting to violence, rigging and seeking forceful control, the APC should rather use the remaining days of its fading administration to make restitutions and seek for forgiveness for all their atrocities and misrule, leading to the economic disaster and daily bloodletting which Nigerians have been painfully suffering in the last three and half years.

    “The PDP therefore cautions INEC officials and all security operatives, particularly the police, not to allow the rejected and discredited APC to set them on collision course with Nigerians, as such may not augur well with them, both as institutions and individuals.

    “Furthermore, our party calls on all well-meaning Nigerians to raise their voices and counsel the Inspector General of Police to tread cautiously and protect his office from politicisation. A word is enough for the wise”.

  • Atiku to pay his company workers N33,000 minimum wage

    The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has decided that workers in companies owned by him be paid N33,000 minimum wage.

    The directive was issued to heads of business units of companies owned by the former vice president, according to Muhammad El-Yakub, the Managing Director of Gotel Communications, a radio and television broadcasting company owned by the former vice president and located in Yola, capital of his home Adamawa State.

    The fresh policy comes against a recommendation now before President Muhammed Buhari for Nigerian civil servants to be paid N30,000 monthly minimum wage.

    The Gotel Communications MD said the implementation of the payment of N33,000 monthly salary would  start after a meeting with union officials.

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    “Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Wazirin Adamawa, has ordered the implementation of N33,000 new minimum wage to workers in all of the businesses owned by him. The directive is with immediate effect and will be implemented across all the businesses owned by the former vice president,” Muhammad El-Yakub said.

    Apart from Gotel Communications, Atiku owns the American University of Nigeria (AUN) which has primary and secondary arms, Adama Beverages Ltd which produces table water in bottles and sachets and various brands of bottled juice, and Rico Gado, a livestock feed manufacturing company.

    The lot, all based in Yola, are additional to Atiku’s companies in other parts of the country, most notably Intels Nigeria Ltd (based in Onne, Rivers State) which provides logistics services for the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

    For a rough idea of how many people work for him, Atiku Abubakar had said in a tweet four years ago that he employed about 50,000 people in his companies in Nigeria.

  • PDP accuses Buhari of shielding Oshiomhole from investigation

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described as reprehensible, revelations that President Muhammadu Buhari was shielding the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole from being investigated by the Department of State Service (DSS).

    An online medium, The Cable, had reported that Oshiomhole was on Sunday, arrested by the DSS in Abuja and grilled for about nine hours for alleged involvement in bribery and other corrupt practices.

    A statement Wednesday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the party was privy to the pressure being mounted on the DSS by President Buhari to let the party chair off the hook.

    The opposition party attributed the President’s alleged intervention to fears that the DSS investigation would unearth the complicity of the Presidency and other key APC members in the alleged scam.

    The statement said, “Information available to the PDP reveals that apart from the billions of naira, he allegedly stole from the coffers of Edo State when he was governor.

    “Oshiomhole is facing charges of allegedly collecting billions of naira from some ministers and other APC sources in Adamawa, Rivers, Kano and Imo states to manipulate the 2019 electoral process.

    “This is in addition to allegedly collecting billions of naira from Presidency sources to influence electoral officers, independent observers and certain polling organizations ahead of the 2019 election, part of which was allegedly diverted for personal use of some APC leaders.

    “The PDP had always alerted Nigerians to the corruption allegation burden on the APC Chairman and the continued official cover provided him by the Buhari Presidency, including stalling his investigation and prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged stealing of billions of naira from Edo State coffers.

    “If the Buhari Presidency has nothing to hide; if it is not complicit in the alleged scam, it should allow the DSS and EFCC a free hand to investigate and prosecute his party’s factional chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, particularly now that all issues are laid bare before Nigerians.

    “As long as the DSS and the EFCC are not allowed to put Oshiomhole into the dock, the Buhari Presidency does not have the moral rectitude to speak on corruption.

    “This is especially as the involvement of the DSS shows that the corruption burden of the APC Chairman has already become a security risk to our nation.

    “Finally, the PDP cautions that in no circumstance should the Presidency escort Adams Oshiomhole out of the country, just like it did for the disgraced Buhari’s former Minister of Finance”.

  • PDP, APC trade words over attack on Akwa Ibom deputy governor

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state are in a war of words over Tuesday’s alleged attack on the deputy governor Mr. Moses Ekpo, government officials and other stakeholders by some hoodlums.

    The alleged incident is said to have taken place at the Unity Hall in Essien Udim local government area, Senator Godswill Akpabio’s hometown.

    It was during the massive declaration of support to Governor Udom Emmanuel by former and serving chapter and ward executive council members of the APC.

    In attendance were Prince Ukpong Akpabio, a younger brother and former aide of the immediate past Senate minority leader, as well as Chief Michael Afangideh, regarded as Akpabio’s political godfather.

    The PDP alleged that the thugs that attacked the state deputy governor and other stakeholders of the party were sent by supporters of Senator Akpabio.

    The party also alleged that the thugs were led by one Adionganye Akpabio a cousin to Senator Akpabio and Imo Ibara from Ukana West ward1.

    It also said that the hoodlums arrived in buses and started launching missiles and attacking everyone at the premises while the Deputy Governor was receiving the APC defectors on behalf of the Governor.

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    But the special assistant to Senator Akpabio on media, Mr. Anietie Ekong said it is not true that the deputy governor was attacked, dismissing the story as mere political propaganda against the former senate minority leader.

    Anietie said it could not have been possible for thugs to attack the deputy governor with his retinue of security personnel including the army, police and Department of State Security (DSS) operatives.

    “It is mere propaganda because having seen that they have lost Senator Akpabio who was like a life support machine for the PDP, they are now engaging in all manner of stunts. I am not surprised because ever Akpabio left the PDP they have been crying.

    “It is not possible that thugs could attack the deputy governor with his retinue security aides which include the police, DSS operatives and soldiers, so you should know that this is propaganda taken too far.

    “In any case, Akpabio is a man of peace. He doesn’t propagate violence and he is focused on delivering Akwa-Ibom state for the APC. Three days ago he was at Nsit Atai where he cautioned  his supporters and APC members to steer clear of violence”, he said.

  • PDP calls for investigation of alleged attempt at Ekweremadu’s life

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called for investigation into the alleged attempt on the life of the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and those of his family members.

    Ekweremadu had, in a statement by his media adviser, Uche Anichukwu on Tuesday, raised the alarm over alleged break-in into the lawmaker’s Abuja residence in the dead of the night by yet to be identified assailants.

    The PDP, in a statement Tuesday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the latest attack on Ekweremadu has raised fears that certain forces, who have been hostile to the lawmaker were still bent on silencing him at all cost.

    The opposition party drew the attention of Nigerians to the series of alleged security threats around the person of the politician since 2015 but none of which had been investigated by the authorities.

    The statement read, “Nigerians could recall that on November 17, 2015, a similar attempt was made on Senator Ekweremadu’s life by some assailants on his way to work.

    “Though that attack was reported to the authorities, there have been no investigations by the security agencies, no arrests have been made and no culprit has been brought to book.

    “Instead, the Senator has been a subject of unrelenting harassments and attacks on his person and office since his emergence as Deputy Senate President, including the May 26, 2017 invasion of his official quarters by security agencies, purportedly in search of phantom caches of arms, and the July 24, 2018 siege of his official residence at Apo Quarters.

    “These were in addition to the invasion of the Senate chamber and carting away of the mace on the day Ekweremadu presided, in an otherwise very secure Three Arms Zone.

    “The PDP family is, therefore, worried about the relentless attack on the Deputy Senate President, which we believe is part of a scheme to silence him.

    “Consequently, the PDP demands an immediate wide-range probe into this particular attack as well as an assurance from the Federal Government on the safety of the Deputy Senate President, as the nation is not ready to accept any harm on his person or his family at this critical time”.

  • Ogun PDP: Secondus’ list illegal, Kashamu-backed exco tells INEC

    The Adebayo Dayo-led executive committee of the Ogun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reject candidates’ list submitted by the party’s national secretariat for the 2019 general elections .

    It said the lists approved by PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus and National Secretary, Senator Umar Ibrahim Tsauri, were prepared in contempt of court and thus unlawful.

    It made the claims in a letter written through its lawyer,  Dr Alex Izinyon SAN to INEC on Monday, following two letters by Secondus and Tsauri which challenged the commission’s acceptance of the Dayo-led exco’s candidates’ list for the polls.

    Last week, INEC acknowledged the nomination of Prince Leke Shittu and Dr Rueben Abati as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the 2019 election in Ogun State.

    Abati’s nomination form was received on October 30 by Mr Bashir Abubakar at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. Abubakar endorsed his rank as an ‘SLO’.

    Shittu and Abati, a former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, were on the candidates list submitted to INEC by the Dayo-led executive committee of Ogun PDP.

    The list also includes the name of ex-Ogun governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel who is contesting for the Ogun East senatorial district.

    The Dayo-led exco is backed by the lawmaker representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Buruji Kashamu.

    It described the national secretariat’s argument as obvious fallacies, misconstrued factual situation, palpable falsehood and denial of established legal principles having regards to the indisputable documents on the subject matter.”

    According to Izinyon, the argument that the “National Organs of the party have the exclusive right to conduct congress for the nomination/sponsorship of candidates for election in all public electoral offices from councilor to Presidency,” is untrue.

    Ironton said: “Indeed this attempt is to put a wool on the face of your Commission and committing a legal harakiri having regards to the correct factual and legal position on ground.

    “The first misconception contained in both letters revolve round the hullabaloo that your office “insisted” on violation of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic, the Electoral Guidelines and the Electoral Act and in disobedience of the Supreme Court Judgments on exclusive right of political parties.”

    The Silk said similar judicial decisions on the matter showed that the PDP leadership must conduct the affairs Ogun State Chapter via the new officers which includes primaries.

    “Rather than do this, the PDP National body set up its own officers contrary to the subsisting Orders.” he said.

    The lawyer stated that the Federal High Court had restrained the party National Secretariat from “conducting the affairs of the PDP in Ogun State except through new officers” that emerged from congresses conducted” by the Dayo-led exco.”

    Izinyon said there had not been any appeal of the judgment.

    He continued: “It was therefore cleat that for the PDP’s national leadership to have the effrontery  to prepare their list, smirks of lawlessness and illegality”.

    “We urge the commission to ignore the attempt to obfuscate the issue by both letters and we implore you continue to accord respect and give validity to the subsisting judgment and orders of the Federal High Court.”

  • PDP tasks Buhari on N378bn NLNG fund

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to speak out on revelations of how N378 billion proceed from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas dividends was allegedly siphoned by Presidency cabal, under sleazy oil subsidy deals.

    The party said Nigerians were startled by the revelations of how the funds from the NLNG, an agency under President Buhari’s direct supervision as Minister of Petroleum, was secretly lifted and spent without the appropriation of the National Assembly.

    A statement on Monday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said intelligence showed that the Presidency cabal cornered the money under the guise of subsidy payments but allegedly diverted a huge part of it to members of the cabal and some key APC leaders, which they used to finance their wasteful lifestyle, including acquiring posh property within and outside the country.

    The statement said, “If there was no ulterior agenda; if the money was actually meant for payment of subsidy, why was it drawn and purportedly spent without recourse to the constitutionally required approval of the National Assembly and other due process procedures under our laws?

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    “The PDP notes that such humongous corruption and stealing of trillions of naira in the oil and gas sector, which is under President Buhari’s purview, as Minister of Petroleum, is directly responsible for the biting economic recession and its attendant high cost of living, acute hunger and starvation, poor living standard, dilapidated infrastructure, escalated violence and high mortality rate in the country in the last three and half years.

    “If the Buhari-led APC administration had curtailed its greed and allowed for a little transparency in governance, our nation would not be in the dire strait in which we have found ourselves today. In any case, what else does one expect from a government replete with avaricious individuals, certificate forgers and liars.

    “The PDP challenges President Buhari, as Mr. Integrity, to speak out on the monstrous corruption in his Presidency, which has also failed to offer explanations for the alleged siphoning of over N10 trillion from various sleazes, particularly in the oil and gas sector.

    “Finally, the PDP urges the National Assembly to immediately open an inquest into the N378 billion NLNG scandal and unravel who actually authorized the withdrawal, the beneficiaries, as well as what each APC leader got from this huge scam, with a view to exposing them and recovering the fund in the national interest”.