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  • PDP claims credit for P/Harcourt Airport terminal project

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of claiming credit for the Port Harcourt Airport Terminal, saying the project was conceptualised articulated and financed by the PDP administration.

    The PDP said President Buhari’s theatrical commissioning of the terminal built by the PDP administration was another failed media stunt to create a false impression that Mr. President is performing, even when he made no contribution whatsoever towards the execution of the project.

    Read Also:PDP wasted commonwealth of Nigerians, says Buhari

    A statement Thursday by the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Nigerians were thoroughly amused when President Buhari’s handlers brought him to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the first time since his inauguration in 2015, only to orchestrate another failed attempt to claim credit for project executed by others.

    “If anything, the Buhari administration, in its incompetence, only succeeded in delaying the completion of the project, which was perfected by the PDP, including payments to contractors.

    “It is to say the least appalling that after three and half years, a President, who is seeking reelection, cannot point to any development project, initiated and executed by his administration in any part of our country.

    “Instead, our dear President has been moving around trying to claim credit for projects executed by the PDP, all in a desperate attempt to cover his failures in governance”, the statement added.

    The PDP recalled that the President and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had similarly attempted to claim credit for the Abuja Light Rail Project, saying that it’s public knowledge that the project was conceptualised and policy-propelled by the PDP.

    “We know that President Buhari is eager to stuff up his false performance claims ahead of election, but doing so with the achievements of others is the height of desperation and deceit, which has already become repugnant to majority of Nigerians and the international community.

    “The PDP therefore counsels President Buhari’s handlers to use the remaining days of his failed administration to prepare him to get ready to accept his imminent defeat in 2019, as Nigerians have already rallied behind our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, whose performance credential is known to all,” the PDP said.

     

  • PDP wasted commonwealth of Nigerians, says Buhari 

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night again blamed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for wasting the commonwealth of Nigerians during its sixteen years administrations.

    According to him, there was nothing to show for the huge resources that were earned in the country during the period.

    He spoke at a dinner for youth political appointees at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    He specifically queried the $16 billion expended on the power sector during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

    “There was no power they said they spent $16bn on, where is it?” he queried.

    The President also expressed disappointment with the Nigerian press over the poor coverage of his go back to land agricultural revolution program.

    He said that the press did not give the credit of the ongoing transformation in the agricultural sector of the country to his administration.

    Buhari said: “I’m very disappointed with the Nigerian press. They didn’t give this government the credit of the go back to land program. We have cut down the importation of rice by at least 90 percent.”

    According to him, Nigerians are now leaving white collar jobs for farming to tap from the revolution.

    He also said that the country has achieved food security.

    The President said he appointed Chief Audu Ogbeh as the Minister of Agriculture in view of his experience in the sector.

    “Ogbeh went to a bank, borrowed money and invested in the agriculture. He suffered but eventually he paid the money. So, you cannot have a better person than somebody who has suffered in the sector, “he said.

    Speaking at the occasion, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said that the PDP didn’t achieve one-tenth of APC achievements in its sixteen years at the helm of affairs.

    He said “As a Government arm, we have achieved so much and I am going to make available to you a document that we have put together, which captures what the government has been able to achieve in just about two and half years, what I called a midterm report.

    “If we have to make a comparison of what has been achieved in the last couple of years, the 16 years of PDP administration will not constitute one-tenth of what we have been able to achieve in the last three and half years.

    “We went to the 2015 elections with promises, but we will go to the 2019 elections with our scorecard,” he said.

  • PDP accuses APC of ‘fabrication’ against Atiku, Obi

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of fabricating spurious publications against its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi.

    The party insisted that its presidential flag bearers have been well-received by Nigerians across board, contrary to what it described as spurious publications.

    A statement Wednesday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party further knocked the APC and the Presidency for alleged smear campaign against the PDP candidates.

    Read Also:2019: PDP chair restates doubts over INEC’s neutrality

    The statement said, “Having failed in their attempts to smear him with unfounded allegations, they have now resorted to attacking our vice presidential candidate and trying to create the impression that he is not well received in some parts of the country.

    “The PDP is already aware of how the APC has paid millions of naira to hack writers to spin negative narratives with a view to create an impression of disagreement and bad blood among our leaders and members across the northern and southern divides, who have since aligned with the Atiku/Obi ticket.

    “The PDP and majority of Nigerians are aware that the APC and the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency have been jittery since the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as our Presidential candidate, a disposition that heightened with the choice of Peter Obi as his running mate, hence their frenzy to cause confusion within our fold.

    “The PDP restates that the combination of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, with their internationally acclaimed forthrightness, hard work, ingenuity and managerial competencies, guarantee a prudent and result-oriented administration that will liberate our nation from the economic shackles which the wasteful, incompetent, and deceptive APC administration has plunged our nation into.

    “Furthermore, the Buhari Presidency and APC’s unrelenting resort to fabrications and personal attacks against our candidates instead of presenting their claimed achievements and programmes to Nigerians, confirms that they have nothing to offer as they have been trending on false performance claims and propaganda.

    “On our own part, the PDP, as a Pan Nigerian and performance-oriented political party, will never descend to the shallows with the fading APC and the Buhari Presidency, but focus on how to salvage our nation from the economic hardship, acute hunger and starvation as well as the daily bloodletting that have become the order of the day under the President Buhari administration.

    “Nigerians have gone through enough pain and anguish under President Buhari and no amount of smear campaign and personal attack on our candidates will ever whittle their resolve to vote in Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi with their proven political will and commitment to the welfare of Nigerians”.

     

  • Peter Obi meets with EU, WEF delegations on 2019 election

    The vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi on Wednesday in Abuja met with delegations from the European Union (EU) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) to discuss the need to conduct free and fair elections in 2019 and also how to grow the nation’s economy through collaboration.

    Obi who stood in for the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the separate meetings, told the EU delegation that efforts should be made to stop the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from intimidating candidates of opposition political parties who, he said, now live in fear.

    A statement released in Abuja by the Atiku campaign office said that the EU should insist on a level playing field for all candidates and parties during the 2019 elections in Nigeria, adding that “there is a need to get the country back to its feet and make it better for our children”.

    Obi was also quoted to have said that campaigns should be based on issues so that the electorate and the international community can come to grasp with the problems of the country, as well as the solutions being proffered by each of the political parties and their candidates.

    Has was similarly quoted to have said that there was need for agencies like the EU to strengthen and support the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    The former Anambra Governor said that judging from what happened during gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun states, INEC needs to show that it remains an unbiased umpire in future elections in the country.

    On the issue of vote buying, Obi described the incidence as a new phenomenon that must be stopped.

    Read Also: Why Atiku picked Peter Obi as running mate

    “I contested and won elections when I was in a smaller party. Where would I have gotten the money to buy votes if it was the case then and how would I have gotten back the money especially when I am going to serve the people”, Obi was quoted to have said.

    On the new found unity of the PDP, the vice presidential candidate said the evidence could be seen from the outcome of the party’s free and fair presidential primary election conducted in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State on October 7, 2018 where all the presidential aspirants agreed that it was the best so far.

    On whether there was need for a fresh EU election observer group following the impending expiration of the tenure of the present group, Obi said that Nigeria deserved a replacement based on the role EU would play in ensuring free and fair elections in Nigeria in 2019

    In his comments, the head of the EU delegation, Ketil  Karlsen was quoted to have said that the election observer group has been consulting stakeholders in Nigeria to ascertain whether or not it would be necessary for the Union to send a new EU election observer mission.

    He said that the EU mission had been operating in Nigeria since 1999 and that the Union had invested over 100 million Euros in Nigeria’s election processes since then.

    While speaking with officials of WEF at a separate meeting, Obi emphasised the need for closer working relationship with African countries, especially Nigeria, saying that most governments in the continent do not want to work with the forum for fear of being criticised.

    He said that many governments in Africa implement activities that are “transactional instead of transformational” and therefore needed help to shape their policies.

    “A lot of work needs to be done in Africa because things are tough. The presidential and vice presidential candidates of the PDP have a clear picture of what the economic priorities are  and what the international community feels about the country”.

    “Nigeria needs to do something immediately for its economy to be put back on track and something has to be done immediately”, Obi was quoted to have said.

    Leader of the WEF delegation, Nontle Kabanyane was quoted to have said that the Forum was ready to strengthen relationships and to implement more activities in Nigeria through a collaboration that would lead to national transformation.

  • 2019: PDP chair restates doubts over INEC’s neutrality

    The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has again expressed lack of confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair and transparent elections 2019.

    Secondus spoke Wednesday in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the European Union of the Election Exploration Mission to Nigeria, led by Niclay Paus.

    According to the party chairman, all intelligence available to the party showed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded arrangements with INEC to manipulate the electoral process.

    Secondus recalled events during the governorship election in Osun State, saying they merely underscored his fears that INEC might not be ready to be neutral.

    He insisted that redeploying Mrs. Amina Zakari from INEC’s ICT department to the commission’s Health unit was not enough to instill confidence in the opposition, adding that the woman ought to have been eased out of the electoral body.

    Secondus said Mrs. Zakari, who is widely believed to be a blood relative of President Muhammadu Buhari, was still capable of influencing other officials with INEC during elections.

    The party chair said, “When we eschewed violence after the electoral theft in Osun State and decided to exercise our right to peaceful protest, the Inspector General of Police directed his personnel to tear gas us notwithstanding the personalities involved in the protest.

    “The Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, five state governors, the PDP National Chairman and members of the National Working Committee NWC and other critical leaders of our party were teargassed.

    “Our fear is strong that the APC and the administration are not disposing themselves for a peaceful 2019 general election and we base our position on the multiplicity of induced crisis across the country

    “With all the unprecedented bloodletting in the country, the President is not engaging the people and a select group operating as cabals have hijacked the system”.

    The party chairman urged international partners of Nigeria, especially the European Union and United States to bring their influence to bear on the INEC to conduct free, fair and credible elections.

    He urged his visitors and other international bodies also to show more than passing interests in the activities of Nigerian security agencies, stressing that a biased police force could be an instrument of violence.

  • Allegations of anti-party rocks Jonathan’s LGA in Bayelsa

    Allegations of anti-party activities have unsettled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Ogbia, the Local Government Area of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

    Stakeholders of the party, under the auspices of the Ogbia PDP Renaissance (OPR), said PDP leaders and close associates of Jonathan were hobnobbing with other parties after losing out in the just-concluded primaries of the party.

    The group insisted that the leaders were working against the interest of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    The stakeholders specifically accused a prominent traditional ruler and the lawmaker representing Ogbia Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Mietama Obodor of working against PDP’s fortunes.

    The Chairman of the group, Obhioru Mitanoni, in a statement said that the PDP leaders were sponsoring candidates in other political parties to challenge PDP candidates.

    Mitanoni said following failures of their preferred aspirants to emerge victorious in the just-concluded PDP primaries, the leader allegedly purchased nomination forms in other political parties for them.

    He further alleged that the Chairman of the State Environmental Sanitation Authority, Chief Robert Enogha and former Special Adviser to the  Managing Director of the NDDC, George Turnah, were also involved in working against the PDP.

    Read Also: Jonathan’s ally seeks Bayelsa Rep seat

    He claimed that Turnah, who lost in his bid to clinch the PDP ticket for Ogbia Federal Constituency was backing one Cleric Awudum for the Ogbia Constituency 2 seat in the State Assembly.

    The statement said: “We are raising this alarm because of the emerging political development in Ogbia kingdom which is very disturbing. We want everyone to know that some people who call themselves leaders are working against our collective interest as a party.

    “We want our people to know that these leaders are working against the PDP. These men bought forms for those who lost the PDP primaries to go to other parties to contest against our candidates.

    “We are aware that for George Turnah the man he is sponsoring Cleric Awudum in Accord Party has not even resigned his appointment in the Niger Delta University. Everything is being done to ensure he wins the Ogbia constituency two seat. But we are ready for them”.

    Mitanoni lambasted Jonathan for failing to call some of the leaders, who are his known allies, to order, adding that the ex-president was promoting political divisions in Ogbia.

    He said Jonathan was the one who encouraged Chief Nimi Barigha-Amange to contest the Bayelsa East senatorial seat on the plattform of the ADC, having lost the PDP ticket to Blessing Ipigansin. 

    He wondered why the former President  would conspire against a party that brought him to the limelight.  

    He said the group decided to make a public statement and put the leadership of the party on notice to prevail on leaders to retrace their steps.

    He described the leaders as disgruntled and blamed them for the gross underdevelopment of Ogbia.

    In a swift reaction, Enogha said he was shocked at the extent some desperate and disgruntled element would go just to score cheap political points.

    Enogha described the statement signed by Mitanoni as the height of sycophancy and lies.

    He wondered why a founding member of the PDP and a loyal supporters of the Restoration team of Governor Seriake Dickson would be dragged into such an unthinkable act adding that he was totally committed to the party and its leadership.

    Also, George Turnah described the claims as false and cheap allegations.

    He further referred to the group behind the allegations as faceless but said he remained committed and loyal to the PDP despite contesting and losing the party’s ticket for the House of Representatives.

    Turn an said he was the most persecuted member of the PDP by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari adding that he should have been the one complaining against the process that led to the PDP primary. 

    He, however, assured persons behind the allegations that he and his team would support them to win the forthcoming poll.

  • ‘Atiku is on a mission to succeed with Peter Obi as running mate’

    The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been described as a man on a mission to succeed going by his choice of Peter Obi as his running mate.
    This view was expressed by Senator Theodore Orji, who insisted that there was no need for the hullabaloo currently been experienced, especially within the South East geo-political zone, saying Peter Obi is one of the best to come from the zone.
    Sen. Orji, who represents Abia Central senatorial district at the senate maintained that the erstwhile governor of Anambra state had carved a niche for himself in the Nigerian political landscape and had made himself popular across the polity.
    The senator said, “What you discover in this young man is that whether within the fold of the aged or the young even the young at heart, they all have something positive to say about him”.
    “He has endeared himself, sold himself to the populace and it would have been an aberration if the presidential candidate of our great party had overlooked him for someone else”.
    “He has seen it all at the highest level within and outside the state and is therefore eminently qualified to hold the position of Vice President, even the President of this nation”.

    Read Also: Why Atiku picked Peter Obi as running mate

    “I don’t think the brouhaha over his nomination should have generated such controversy especially because Peter Obi is one person that is vehemently interested in good governance and making the people to smile again, just like our candidate Atiku Abubakar”.
    Sen. Orji said that it was not sure the Southeast governors were against Obi’s nomination, saying that at the governors will queue behind Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, adding that the emergence of the Presidential candidate was the handiwork of all PDP members.
    He said, “I’m confident that the Southeast caucus in the National Assembly are solidly behind Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi and together they will make all Nigerians to be proud. I think that is the most important thing for everyone”.
    The former Abia governor advice the people of the Southeast to rally round one of their own and ensure his success in the election because, “Peter Obi is one of our own and one of the many first eleven we have from Southeast”.

  • PDP stakeholders accuse Jonathan, Turnah, others of anti-party activities 

    Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) under the auspices of the Ogbia PDP Renaissance (OPR) have accused some leaders of Ogbia Local Government Area including former President Goodluck Jonathan of working against the interest of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    The stakeholders specifically accused a prominent traditional ruler, King A.J Turner and the lawmaker representing Ogbia Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Mietama Obodor of anti-party activities.

    The Chairman of the group, Obhioru Mitanoni, in a statement on Friday said that Turner and Obodor were sponsoring candidates in other political parties to challenge PDP candidates.

    Mitanoni said following failures of their preferred aspirants to emerge victorious in the just-concluded PDP primaries, Turner and Obordor allegedly purchased nomination forms in other political parties for them.

    He further alleged that the Chairman of the State Environmental Sanitation Authority, Chief Robert Enogha and former Special Adviser to the Managing Director of the NDDC, George Turnah, were also involved in anti-party.

    He claimed that Turnah, who lost in his bid to clinch the PDP ticket for Ogbia Federal Constituency was backing one Cleric Awudum for the Ogbia Constituency 2 seat in the State Assembly.

    The statement said: “We are raising this alarm because of the emerging political development in Ogbia kingdom which is very disturbing. We want everyone to know that some people who call themselves leaders are working against our collective interest as a party.

    “We want our people to know that the likes of King A.J Turner, Hon. Mieteme Obodo, Chief Robert Enogha Ayalla and Barr. George Turnah are all guilty of anti-party activities. These men bought forms for those who lost the PDP primaries to go to other parties to contest against our candidates.

    “We are aware that for George Turnah the man he is sponsoring Cleric Awudum in Accord Party has not even resigned his appointment in the Niger Delta University. Everything is being done to ensure he wins the Ogbia constituency two seats. But we are ready for them”.

    Mitanoni lambasted Jonathan for failing to call some of the leaders, who are his known allies, to order, adding that the ex-president was promoting political divisions in Ogbia.

    He said Jonathan was the one who encouraged Chief Nimi Barigha-Amange to contest the Bayelsa East senatorial seat on the platform of the ADC, having lost the PDP ticket to Blessing Ipigansin.

    He wondered why the former President would conspire against a party that brought him to the limelight.

    He said the group decided to make a public statement and put the leadership of the party on notice to prevail on leaders to retrace their steps.

    He described the leaders as disgruntled and blamed them for the gross underdevelopment of Ogbia.

    In a swift reaction, Enogha said he was shocked at the extent some desperate and disgruntled element would go just to score cheap political points.

    Enogha described the statement signed by Mitanoni as the height of sycophancy and lies.

    He wondered why a founding member of the PDP and loyal supporters of the Restoration team of Governor Seriake Dickson would be dragged into such an unthinkable act adding that he was totally committed to the party and its leadership.

    Also, George Turnah described the claims as false and cheap allegations.

    He further referred to the group behind the allegations as faceless but said he remained committed and loyal to the PDP despite contesting and losing the party’s ticket for the House of Representatives.

    Turnah said he was the most persecuted member of the PDP by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari adding that he should have been the one complaining against the process that led to the PDP primary.

    He, however, assured persons behind the allegations that he and his team would support them to win the forthcoming poll.

     

  • Peter Obi visits Ugwuanyi, Nwodo

    Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi arrived the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu amidst a rousing reception by the people of Enugu State.

    The former governor of Anambra State came aboard an Air Peace Aircraft and was received by a high delegation of Enugu State government functionaries.

    Immediately the vice-presidential candidate emerged from the arrival hall, the entire airport was thrown into ecstasy with PDP supporters dancing and gyrating.

    Obi was driven in a long convoy to the Government House Enugu where Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi was at hand to receive him.

    At the reception were members of the Enugu State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Edward Nnaji and members of the state Exco.

    Obi also visited the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo was he and his entourage held a closed door meeting.

    The vice presidential candidate told both Ugwuanyi and Nwodo that his candidature was all about Ndigbo and not a personal project.

    While soliciting for their support, he said his success depended on them the Igbo leaders.

    Read Also: Education is key, says Peter Obi

    “I for one I cannot stay there for four years and people will be talking about deplorable Enugu /Onitsha Road, Port Harcourt /Enugu Road.

    “This nomination is about our people. It is an opportunity to readdress our problem. I believe Enugu ‎is our capital. I pay my tax in Enugu. I need your support.

    “I have been visiting our leaders including the governors regarding my nomination. And I am here today to pay courtesy call on the Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General as all of us are under him. I am to intimate him on the development so that we will work as family.”

    Nwodo told the visitor that Ndigbo are pleased by his nomination as the vice presidential candidate of PDP, adding that ‎it will go a long way to address the marginalization of the Igbo.

    He described Obi as incorruptible as he was never invited by security agents on corruption charges after he left office as governor.

    Governor Ugwuanyi described Obi as “indeed iconic son of Igboland as well as a formidable and trusted Igbo man”.

    He said by the grace of God, Enugu State is a PDP state and thank the people of the state for their massive support for the party in 2015 and hope that it would be better in 2019 with Peter Obi.

  • Presidency orders EFCC to detain Fayose indefinitely, PDP alleges 

    …I ll stay and fight this battle, says Fayose

     

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged has alleged that the Presidency has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to detain indefinitely, the outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose.

    In a statement issued Monday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said information at its disposal and in the social media, indicated that the Presidency has put the EFCC on the alert to arrest the governor at midnight today and detain him indefinitely.

    Read Also:Ekiti: Fayose ends tenure in tears, says he will be back

    The party said the alleged directive by the Presidency was not unconnected with alleged plot to use the EFCC and other security agencies to incarcerate the governor for his persistent criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government.

    The statement said, “This uncompromising stand of the outgoing governor against the present administration was the reason Ekiti State was invaded and taken by force during the last governorship election.

    “By 12 midnight, the governor’s residence is expected to be surrounded by armed men of the EFCC under the pretense that they had information of his plot to escape. This is to achieve their plan to humiliate the governor and portray him in bad light to the public by dramatising his arrest.

    “Nigerians can recall that it was the governor who offered to submit himself to the EFCC despite the commission’s clear display of bias and partisanship as demonstrated in its various actions, especially its tweets and putting the governor on security watch-list.

    “The EFCC even unprofessionally showed its bias in deriding the governor, making light of a very serious matter by mocking him and asking him to come before his tenure elapsed, which the governor declined in line with his constitutional immunity.

    “It is now beyond dispute that Governor Fayose is not a scoundrel running away from justice. Whatever the EFCC, APC, and the Presidency’s spin-doctors may say, it is also clear to everyone that Fayose is not a coward; neither is he afraid of the EFCC”

    The PDP said Fayose is prepared and ready to defend himself in the court of law, adding that neither the Presidency nor EFCC is a court of law.

    The party said having claimed to have dusted up Fayose’s files; the EFCC should be ready to take him to court once he presents himself at the agency’s office on Tuesday.

    “Governor Fayose has offered to walk to the EFCC office by himself and nothing must happen to him. The PDP condemns this resort to fascism by the APC government. The whole world should be at alert to see another demonstration of crude disrespect for the rule of law and rights of Nigerians”.

    Meanwhile, Fayose has reiterated his readiness to honour the EFCC’s invitation today, adding that he would “stay and fight this battle”.

    Fayose, spoke in Abuja Monday night at a send-forth ceremony organised in his honour by the PDP Governors Forum.

    According to him, he would continue to criticise the Buhari administration as his tenure ended midnight.

    Commenting on the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration, Fayose said, “They got power by deceit. But they gave no solution. Tell them at the Villa; my name is Ayodele Fayose, Peter the Rock.  By the Grace of God, I will be at the EFCC tomorrow (today) by 1pm. I am not a coward.

    “Let it be said to them that today is their own.  Tomorrow is our own. I will not run away, they will rather run away. They took me to Court 13 years ago, I won after 8 years.

    “They harassed my family and I got judgment three times against them. This time will not be an exception. Those who wait for me will wait in vain. EFCC is no court”.

    Present at the send-forth ceremony were Governors Udom Emmanuel (A/Ibom); Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Darius Ishaku (Taraba); Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); and the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus.