COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ISLAM Written by Dr. Shahid Athar

INTRODUCTION
The pluralistic American society is changing from being a "melting pot" to a "salad bowl" in which all ingredients are encouraged to preserve and display their distinct individual taste and flavor. However, even though Islam is a major religion with over I billion followers worldwide and nearly 6 million in the U.S.A., some Americans still think it is a cult, some believe all Muslims are terrorists or

Fani Kayode's speech after their loosing of 2015 Election

press conference addressed by Chief Femi Fani-
Kayode, Director Media and Publicity Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) Campaign Organisation on 1st April, 2015:        Ladies and gentlemen of the media,
We have come here today to express our gratitude to the
Nigerian people for the overwhelming support that we
received over the last few weeks when it comes to the
issue of the Presidential election.

Nigerians Marks A culmination of PDP rule

Saharareporters: The Independent National Election Commission (INEC)
declared All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate
Muhammadu Buhari president-elect of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives
Congress won the 2015 Nigeria presidential elections by a
comfortable margin of 2, 571, 759 votes after securing a
total of 15,424,921 against Peoples Democratic Party's
(PDP) 12,853,162 votes.

Abusidiqu:BREAKING: Military Commander Detained In Benin for Refusing to Co-operate with PDP

The Commanding Officer, 195 Battalion (Rear) Major M. S.
Adamu has been arrested and detained at the Headquarters
of 4 Brigade officers’ Mess in Benin for refusing to cooperate

APC hits PDP in Sokoto

Inec announces official presidential result of sokoto ...APC 671,926
PDP 152,199

Total Presidetial Election Result of 9 states

Jonathan is lading in the total result of nine states, with 2,352,681 votes while buhari has 2,302,978

PDP is wining in 23 states, Fani-Kayode claims: premium Times

The spokesperson of President Goodluck Jonathan’s
campaign organisation has claimed that based on the
current tally of results by the party, the incumbent and his
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are leading the presidential
elections.
“As we speak now, we are winning in 23 states and we have
64 per cent while the APC is winning in14 states and has 36
per cent,” Femi Fani-Kayode said in a press statement sent
to media houses on Sunday evening.
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Abusidiqu: NSA Dasuki Summons Head of Security Agencies Over Presidential Election Mar 29, 2015

Report reaching us indicates that the National Security
Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has summoned all head of security
agencies to a crucial meeting.
The head of the security agencies summoned to the meeting
includes that of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigerian
Prisons Service, Nigeria Customs service amongts others.
The meeting is a follow up to the earlier one held between
President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi
Sambo, Senate President David Mark, the NSA, Sambo
Dasuki and the service chiefs.
Abusidiqu has reported that the earlier meeting was meant
to review the results of the ongoing presidential and
National Assembly election with a view to inflating the
results of the president.It is not immediately clear what the meeting between the
NSA and the head of security agencies is meants to achieve.
Details later…

Buhari's Last message:Time for Nigeria to Be Great Once Again, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR 

Time For Nigeria To Be Great Once Again
I want to take this last opportunity, before we go to the polls
on Saturday March 28 and April 11 respectively, to thank
everyone who has supported our campaigns. I am humbled
and grateful to have had the opportunity to meet so many of
my fellow Nigerians who have helped to carry the message
Of change across our great country.
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"They Said we should change we can Only move From Bad to better, not from better to bad"

Nigerian first Lady was on Tuesday mistakenly critisized her husband and endorsed his main challenger general Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming presidential poll, she said that voting Buhari is moving from bad to better not from better to bad, she made the statement  during a rally organized by the
women wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
Akure, Ondo State. she said “If you vote Buhari, you vote for prison. When the
PDP is busy building schools, they are busy thinking of
building jails. We will not allow our children to be put in jail,
God forbid. We pray for oneness, we pray for unity, we pray
for peace.”
“He was a former Head of State, he did not build Almajiri
schools. It was Goodluck Jonathan that built the schools. Ask
him what he did for women when he was Head of State. It
was Goodluck Jonathan that remembered women.”
“They said we should change, we can only move from bad to
better, not from better to bad. Jonathan has done well and
will do even better if returned. They have nothing to show,”
she added.However, it should be noted that Dame Patience
Jonathan has recently been involved in series of
controversies over her scandalous quotes directed at the
opposition. She was criticised over trying to incite violence in
the country ahead of the general elections, to which the
president’s wife responded that she is “a woman of peace”
who hates violence.

ondo state deputy governor dumped PDP to APC

Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Alli Olanusi has defected
from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives
Congress (APC). The deputy governor announced his
defection in Akure early this morning.
Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Alli Olanusi has defected
from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives
Congress (APC). The deputy governor announced his
defection in Akure early this morning. A few minutes after he
defected, Olanusi failed to attend a state executive meeting
scheduled by the governor, Olusegun Mimiko.
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Punch: Buhari planning to send me to prison –Patience

The wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, says the All
Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will send her to jail if he is
elected.
In a manner typical of a prayer session, Patience, at the
Peoples Democratic Party rally in Ibadan, Oyo State, on
Wednesday, invoked the ‘Holy ghost fire’ to consume PDP’s
opponents.
Patience also called on the crowd to vote for the PDP at the
polls.
Patience, who had earlier entertained the crowd of
supporters by dancing to household music tracks such as
‘Kukere’ and ‘Personally,’ said the Goodluck Jonathan-led
government was a lover of women and youths in the country
and should, therefore, be encouraged to continue.
She said, “I want to warn you not to listen to the All
Progressives Congress. The APC does not have materials to
match what the PDP has on (the) ground. Their candidate
was there in governance initially. What did he do? They only
sent your fathers to prison.
“They are planning to even send me to prison. Holy Ghost
fire! Holy Ghost fire! Holy Ghost fire! They have nothing to
offer. They only say ‘I will’, ‘I will’.
“A train is moving and it has now got to Oyo State. When we
talk about train, some of you may have not seen a train
before now. The last time a train moved in this country was
when I was small and in primary school.
“When my children were small, they asked me what a train
was. I had to take them to London and we entered a train
from London to Paris. But the PDP government has brought
this back to Nigeria. If you want to see train working today,
you don’t need to travel again.”
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke
Akinjide, who spoke earlier, said Jonathan deserved to be
re-elected because he gave women 35 per cent
representation in his cabinet.
She said, “I enjoin the women and youths of Oyo State to
vote for our party on Saturday. I have seen a campaign
advert by the APC in the newspapers saying ‘God give us
men’. But our prayer in the PDP is different. We pray that
God gives us men and women.
“Jonathan is the first President in Nigeria to give women 35
per cent. Going by the National Conference report, the
President has said that if women have 35 per cent, youths
will also have 30 per cent.
“I was looking at the list of the universities set up by this
administration, and I saw that one of them was set up even
in the hometown of his opponent – Gen. Buhari. I think that
if Buhari could not set up a university in his own state,
Jonathan has done it and, therefore, deserves to continue.”
Other dignitaries at the event were the PDP governorship
candidate in the state, Senator Teslim Folarin, his wife,
Angela; wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Kemi Mimiko, and
the party’s senatorial candidates in Oyo State.

News headline:They are busy abusing me and my husband! I will not answer them- first lady

First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan yesterday while

campaigning at the PDP Women Rally in Rivers State said

she’ll not join issues with the opposition party in Rivers State

who she described as rascals.

Dame Jonathan said they’ve been abusing her and her

husband over the attach at the APC rally in Okrika on

February 17th 2015 and she doesn’t plan to answer them.

“They are rascals and I will not respond to them. Don’t let

me open my mouth to talk about these rascals. The Rivers

monorail will not be completed until hundred (years).

It will remain like that until my great grandchildren are

born. We did not vote for these people. We in Rivers State

voted Celestine Omehia, but these people came and took

our mandate away and today they are abusing us.

They don’t have respect for elders. They are busy abusing

me and my husband. I will not answer them. In Rivers

State, we respect elders but these rascals have no respect

for their elders. We must vote them out in April.”

Saharareporters: Federal Judge In Abuja "Dismisses' Disqualification Case Against Buhari

A lawsuit filed by Chukwudiake Okafor and Donald
Daunamigba seeking the disqualification of Muhammad
Buhari the presidential candidate of the All Progressive
Congress (APC) has been adjourned till April 22 and 23rd
2015 for further hearing. The decision if the judge is seen as
a move to put an end to the case since it is technically
adjourned till after the Presidential Election scheduled for
March 28.
The case which was adjourned for hearing for today had
generated apprehension around the country but at today’s
resumed hearing, Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal
High Court in Abuja dismissed applications brought by two
persons seeking to join the lawsuit, after rejecting their
applications the judge stated that he will listen to counsel to
the plaintiffs to determine the legitimacy of the lawsuit. He
also sated that related cases concerning election matters
before his court will be adjourned until April
The eligibility lawsuit is one of the myriads of cases
instituted by loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan to
disqualify his opponent, Muhammadu Buhari, in the
presidential election. There are still at least eight lawsuits
pending against Buhari and the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) all of them aimed at scuttling
the Nigerian general elections.

Kwankwaso and Atiku are the real enemies of Buhari- Sule Lamido

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, has faulted the recent
claim by the media committee of Buhari’s campaign
directorate that President Goodluck Jonathan has directed
him to campaign against Buhari, saying that the claim was
mischievous and misleading.
He also warned General Muhammadu Buhari to consider
former Vice president Atiku Abubakar and Kano State
governor Rabiu Kwankwaso as his real enemies.
Governor Lamido, yesterday, during the rally of Malam
Aminu Ringim, the state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
governorship candidate, at Garki Local Government Area of
the state, said he was too big to be used to campaign against
Buhari because when it comes to political game, “I am not
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Abusidiqu:Jonathan Spends N1Trn On Election Campaign,APC Alleges

All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign
Organization, APCPCO, Monday, accused President Goodluck
Jonathan of shifting N1 trillion from the public coffers to
fund his campaigns of buying over traditional rulers and
some major interest groups.
The APCPCO also said part of the money was also being
used in funding what it described as the hate campaign
launched against the presidential candidate of All
Progressives Congress, APC, General Mohammadu Buhari.
The accusation was immediately rebuffed by the Jonathan
campaign yesterday which accused the Buhari campaign of
being gripped with fear of losing the election.
The APCPCO regretted that President Jonathan who should
ensure accelerated development of the country with its
resources had gone on a wild goose chase, disparaging
Buhari and squandering the resources of the nation in a bid
to win the election.
Director, Media and Publicity of the Buhari campaign,
Mallam Garba Shehu while asking Nigerians to think twice
before voting this Saturday, said that Jonathan should have
resorted to showcasing his legacies in office instead of
sharing money.
“We will like to bring to your attention and that of Nigerians
how the President Goodluck Jonathan led Peoples
Democratic Party government is wasting one trillion Naira
that belong to Nigerian people in his self-serving and
desperate bid for a re-election at all cost in the midst of
grinding poverty his party and government has subjected
Nigerians to in the last 16 years.
“It is unconscionable and height of betrayal of public trust
that a government and a President who should preside over
the husbandry and judicious use of our national patrimony
is superintending over its massive squander in a futile
attempt to stop the idea of change. Let us sound a note of
warning at this point that no amount of sponsored negative
media propaganda can stop this idea whose time has come.
“The APC Presidential Campaign and the acceptability of our
candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice
Presidential Candidate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has
become a peoples’ movement and Nigerian masses who are
the drivers of change are the major stakeholders.
“A panoramic view of how much Nigeria’s resources
Jonathan and PDP have laboriously and wantonly spent on
print, broadcast and social media campaigns just to damage
the unassailable credential of Gen Buhari’s integrity will
confound any casual observer of the polity in recent times.
“An average cost of a wrap around in Tier 1 and Tier 2
newspapers in Nigeria is between N15 million to N20 million
and the Jonathan campaign buys average of 5 wrap around
and front pages in a day in the last 3 months coupled with
the hundreds of billions that have been spent on negative TV
exposures on AIT, NTA and other television and radio
stations across the country.
“We had expected that a President that has spent about 6
years in office with the revenues more than what all
governments before him had received will run on a record
of performance rather than peddling lies and hate media
campaigns that are accentuating ethnic and religious
tensions in the country.”
Shehu also stated that Jonathan had spent handsomely on
traditional rulers in the south west, revealing that the
presidential financial train had now moved to the north.
According to him, the monies expended on PDP campaigns
could provide jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in
the country.
“President Jonathan has been criss-crossing Nigeria giving
an average of N50 million each to traditional rulers, most
especially in the South West and the Northern parts of
Nigeria. This week, the President’s campaign money is being
shipped to the North.
“You will recall that a Pastor recently confirmed that N7
billion was given to Pastors to spread unfounded allegations
of Islamaphobia and scare mongering against Gen Buhari
and other APC leaders.
“A fraction of the trillion naira hate campaign expenditure
will fund the APC programme of feeding primary school
pupils in Nigeria on one nutritional meal a day, comfortably
pay N5000 monthly to 25 million very poor Nigerians for a
year and pay unemployment benefit for one year for
graduates who can’t find gainful employment one year after
NYSC which are core to the social welfare programmes of
the APC Federal government Gen Buhari will lead.
Reacting to the allegations last night the PDP Presidential
Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO spent over one trillion
naira of Nigeria’s tax payers’ money on media and to bribe
traditional rulers especially in the South West, Director,
Media and Publicity, PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode
described the APC of being gripped by the fear of losing
Saturday’s general election.
Fani-Kayode who noted that very little of what APC says
worries the party, said that the allegation was evident that
the party has lost touch with reality.
He said, “They are afraid of losing. The president of this
country does not give bribe; we do not believe that
traditional rulers in this country, especially those in South
West are bribe takers.
“They also said money was given to pastors. That is a lie. No
pastor of the living God, no pastor worth his salt is a bribe
taker.”

Afikpo Chic Blog:Court Remands Two For Attacking Aisha Buhari's Convoy

 Two men who attacked the convoy of Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the
presidential candidate of the APC, during her recent visit to Kwara state
have been ordered to be remanded in prison custody.
Sulaiman Lawal, 27, and Lukuman Isiaka, 20, were arraigned before a
Nigerian Magistrate’s court on a five-count charge of criminal conspiracy,
mischief, belonging to a gang of thieves, extortion, assault and
disturbance of public peace contrary to sections 97, 327, 306, 292 and 113
of the penal code law.
According to the Police First Information Report, FIR, dated March 18,
the suspects attempted to extort money from Aishat Buhari, who was
accompanied by the APC Vice-Presidential candidate’s wife, Mrs. Dolapo
Osinbajo, and Kwara first lady, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, while they were
on their way from a courtesy call on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim
Sulu-Gambari.
Aisha Buhari (middle) during a women campaign rally in Edo state.
The report added that the suspects and others at large, “criminally
conspired in an attempt to extort money from them and in the process they
smashed the side mirror of a car in the convoy and for a while caused
pandemonium in the area.
“Investigation at ‘C’ division police later revealed that the two of you are
group of social miscreants who use to extort money from passers-by at
Ile-film junction, Ilorin.”
READ ALSO: Aisha Buhari Praises Tinubu For Sacrificed His Interest
It was gathered the police prosecutor, Godwin Azua, opposed to the bail of
the accused because of the rampant nature of the charges preferred against
them, arguing that if admitted to bail, they would tamper with the on-
going investigation of the police.
Defense Counsel, Taofik Olateju, however, urged the court to grant
accused bail, arguing that they were presumed innocent until proved
otherwise by a competent court.
Meanwhile, Magistrate Jubril Salihu, in his ruling, ordered that the
accused be remanded at Oke-Kura prison custody, Ilorin, while adjourning
the matter till 2 April for mention.
It is worth mentioning that during her visit to Governor Abdulfatah
Ahmed, Aisha Buhari stressed the importance of educating the APC
supporters regarding the party symbol, the broom.
Only five days ago, a former deputy speaker of the Akwa Ibom state
House of Assembly, Okon Uwah, was killed by yet to be identified
assailants at Nkek village in Ukanafun local government area of the state.
Okon Uwah, a staunch member of the opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC) and a candidate for the Ukanafun state constituency in the
forthcoming election, was said to be on a house-to-house campaign tour
of the area where he was attacked.

Premiumtimes: Court orders NCC to pay N500m damages to APC

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the
Nigerian Communications Commission to pay the All
Progressives Congress N500 million as damages for
unlawfully banning the party’s presidential campaign fund-
raising platform.
Justice Ibrahim Buba gave the order in his judgment
following a suit filed by the APC against the NCC and Etisalat,
MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel Nigeria and Visafone
Communications.
The judge, in his judgment, held that the APC was protected
by the constitution to pursue the enforcement of its
fundamental rights once they were violated.
Mr. Buba, thereafter, dismissed NCC’s counter affidavit and
ruled that the actions of the respondents were illegal and
unconstitutional.
The judge held that the damages were to be paid jointly and
severally by all the respondents.
The political party had sued the commission, demanding
N25bn as damages, for allegedly banning its presidential
campaign fund-raising platform.
The APC had accused the NCC of instructing the 2nd to 6th
respondents to discontinue an SMS platform it created for
the purpose of getting donations from willing members of
the public for its presidential campaign.
The party claimed to have initiated the participatory fund-
raising platform as a way of getting every member of the
general public to contribute N100 to its presidential
campaign fund each time they sent APC as an SMS to 35350.
The APC had deposed to an affidavit stating that within few
hours of launching the strategy, the party was getting about
four to five text messages in a minute and had received a
total of 5,400 SMS before the NCC directed the
telecommunications service providers to discontinue the
scheme.
The party, however, claimed that NCC, in a letter dated
January 19, instructed the other respondents to shut down
the platform, warning them “to avoid running political
advertisement/promotions that will portray them as being
partisan”.
The APC said the commission also threatened to sanction
any of the telecommunication service providers which failed
to comply with its order.
The party, however, considered the NCC’s instruction and
the consequent shutting down of its fund-raising platform as
both discriminatory and an infringement on its fundamental
rights as protected by Section 39 of the Constitution and
Articles 9 (1) (2) and 19 of the African Charter on Human and
People’s Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap A9,
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
It argued that NCC did not give the same instruction to the
other respondents when the Peoples Democratic Party set
up such short code which was managed by one Wagitel
Communications Ltd., to raise funds for the campaign of the
party in 2010.
(NAN)

Ribadu’s governorship bid boosted as 10 Adamawa APC exco members defect to PDP Periumtimes

Ten executive committee members of the opposition All
Progressives Congress in Adamawa State have defected to
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
The group said they defected in order to render support to
the PDP governorship candidate, Nuhu Ribadu.
The defection was announced Tuesday at the Adamawa PDP
Secretariat by Padio Phineas, the publicity secretary of the
APC.
Among the defectors are Publicity Secretary, Mr. Padio; State
Youth Leader, Usman Mohammed Danyaro; Assistant
Secretary, Maiyani Yunis; State woman leader, Hauwa
Agwu; Financial Secretary, Papka Medugu; Auditor, Musa
Hero; Zonal women leader (South), Mercy Abraham; and
Zonal Youth Leader (central), Abdu James.
In his speech at the defection ceremony, Mr. Padio, who
spoke on behalf of his colleagues, said, “Upon careful review
of all the issues and problems, as well as personalities on
offer aiming for the top job, we come to the selfless
conclusion that no better person is right to take Adamawa
back on track than the candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
“Unfortunately, for months and weeks, we have been
saddled with the responsibility of marketing candidates that
we frankly cannot vouch for their capacity and competence
especially in comparable with the candidates PDP parades in
the State.
“Honestly speaking, many of us here today had wanted to
have Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the candidate of our party, the
APC, for the Adamawa governorship while he was still with
us. But by act of providence he left the party before could
achieve our good intention. However, to quote Shakespeare,
“a rose by whatever name it is called will remain sweet”.
“We believe wherever he goes Nuhu Ribadu would remain
Nuhu Ribadu.
“In conclusion, I want to inform you and through you the
good people of Adamawa State that we that are here today,
and our teeming supporters across the state, have decided
to resign our membership of the APC and join the PDP with
the intention of joining the team that has the capacity and
intention of transforming our state.
“We believe the real change Adamawa needs today – the
change from incompetence and cronyism to competent and
selfless leadership is well represented by the PDP. Our
decision is in the interest of Adamawa State. It is borne out
of the patriotic flair to uplift our dear state and transform
the lives of our people.”
Eight candidates are jostling for the Adamawa top job. They
are Mohammed Bindow of the All Progressives Congress
[APC], Nuhu Ribadu of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP],
Ahmad Modibbo of the Peoples Democratic Movement
[PDM], and Marcus Gundiri of the Social Democratic Party
[SDP].
The others are Amos Sunday of the Peoples Party of Nigeria
[PPN], Na’ama Bulama of the Progressives Peoples Alliance
[PPA], Abdulnasir Hamman of the Mega Progressives
Peoples Party [MPPP], and Muhammad Malgwi of the
National Conscience Party [NCP].
Mr. Ribadu is however considered the leading contender for
the position although Messrs Bindow of APC, Modibbo of
PDM and Gundiri of SDP are expected to give him a run for
his money.

Desperation and imposition are the twin visible features in Adamawa politics

 Desperation and imposition are the twin visible features in Adamawa politics. Adamawa state has a disturbing history of a democracy driven by desperation and imposition. Such disturbing dimension is precipitated by the fact those who would have wanted to sustain Fulani hegemony in the state lack the political clout and capacity to win an election that is credible and acceptable.
Prior to the Abuja kangaroo primaries, a gubernatorial contender of Fulani extraction was reported to have resisted the idea of participating in party primaries. All he wanted was a democracy that accommodates imposition of candidates on the people against all decency.
As the march, 28 and April11, 2015 election inches closer, revelations of alleged acts of desperation and imposition are emerging.
Only recently, a petition written by one pastor prince Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa dated January 30, 2015 and addressed to the chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahirun Jega raised some moral questions on the procedure of the governorship primary elections of Adamawa state. The petitioner alleged that the Adamawa state INEC commissioner, Alhaji Baba Abba Yusuf, the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the principal private secretary to Mr. President, Ambassador Hassan Tukur, the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu and many others held a clandestine meeting at the inland city motel located at No. 9, Girei street Yola on January, 8 2015 to strategize for Nuhu Ribadu’s electoral victory.
They were alleged to have told the meeting that the sum of N 15 billion has been set aside for the project and directed that Nuhu Ribadu must be announced the winner of the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
The petition read in part: “Your INEC commissioner in Adamawa state may not have told you; though some of us are now thinking that you may be aware, that the INEC commissioner, Alhaji Abba Baba Yusuf, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Principal secretary to the president, Ambassador Hassan Tukur, the National chairman of PDP, Ahmadu Adamu Muazu and many others held a meeting at the inland city motel, No. 9, Girei street, Jimeta-Yola on the 18th of January 2015, where they strategized that Nuhu Ribadu must be announced as the winner of the Upcoming governorship election in Adamawa state. They said that since Goodluck Jonathan has accepted the faulty primary election and also said that he will assist them, then Ribadu must win by all means.
“Are elections won by all means? They said to the meeting that they have stashed away N15.0 Billion for the project. That amount is for INEC commissioner and the returning officers who will be doing their bid.
Pastor Kallamu Dikwa in the petition prayed Attahiru Jega to prevail over acts of injustices in the state gubernatorial primaries and to investigate the authencity of his claim in the petition against the INEC chairman and others.
The Pastor also sought for the redeployment of the INEC commissioner of Adamawa state on verification of his claim and requested the INEC National Boss to resist any involvement of the PDP National chairman in election procedures.
Responding to the petition, the former EFCC Boss, Malam Nuhu Ribadu told our correspondent that the allegations are baseless emphasizing that the action was a deliberate intention to smear his reputation.
According to him, the Inland City Motel venue of the alleged clandestine meeting as claimed by the petitioners is a motel he has never visited in his life time.
“I have never been to that motel. Tell them to be careful with me. Have they forgotten that I was once the EFCC Boss in this country? I have served in the Police force for twenty-five years…As an EFCC Boss, I have locked up Governors and Ministers in this country. Is it because I am seeking election into the office of the Governor everybody wants to mess up with me? Let them wait a little; they will know who I am, the gubernatorial candidate threatened.”
Also responding, the Adamawa State INEC Resident Commissioner, Alhaji Babba Abba Yusuf dismissed the petition saying that it has no substance in its entirety.
He said that it was the first time such a petition was brought to his attention and wondered why such an election of such magnitude had not been brought to his attention.
He continued: “I never met Ribadu or the National Chairman face to face, so how could we have met at a meeting as the petitioner is claiming. The best thing you can do to me now is to allow me have a photocopy of the petition. Such mischief makers who have thrived on falsehood need to be taught some lessons.”