Lagos State Pays ₦1.2billion Pension Funds To Retirees

 

Inec postpones Governorship and State assembly election

 

Reno Omokri: Peter Obi Was The Main Rigger Of 2023 Election Not Tinubu

 

The Peter Obi that is shouting everywhere that he was rigged out is saying nothing of those areas in the SE where he got 97% of the votes. Where else did that happen during #NigerianElections2023? Yes, this election was rigged. But Obi was the main rigger-in-chief!

#TableShaker

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Tinubu did intelligent rigging. At least he used his conscience to give small votes to other candidates. Peter Obi's rigging was so unintelligent. In the history of Nigeria, when and where have you heard of a candidate getting 97% in some areas in the SE?

#NigerianElections2023

NNPP Protests Against Governor Ganduje's Pardon Of 12 Death Row Inmates

 The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has condemned the pardon granted by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to 12 prison inmates in the state, [/b]IGBERETV reports.

[b]Governor Ganduje pardoned 12 inmates awaiting execution at various correctional facilities in Kano and also commuted the death sentences of six others to life imprisonment.

A statement on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, by the spokesman of Kano Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, SC Musbahu Lawan Nassarawa, said the governor also pardoned four female inmates with long term sentences based on their good behaviour and industry as recommended by the Service.

The governor also gave N5,000 fare to each of the released inmates to enable them reunite with their families.

According to the statement, some of the pardoned inmates have spent 25 years awaiting execution.  

However, the main opposition party in the state, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has alleged in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari that the governor was granting pardon to prison inmates to join thugs that would foment violence in the state during the forthcoming gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.

Denying the allegation, the Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba, said the governor was only exercising his constitutional powers based on recommendations of the Prerogative of Mercy Committee, adding that the NNPP was only raising unnecessary issues because of fear of failure at the polls.

Afenifere Rejects Tinubu’s Victory, Insists Obi Won

 Supports Obi’s decision to challenge Tinubu’s declaration in court

— Disowns congratulatory message

— Vote Rhodes-Vivour, in Lagos, he’s of Yoruba origin

The Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, yesterday insisted that the Presidential election, held on February 25, was won by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and not the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

It therefore, said that the decision of Obi to challenge the results of the election in court, has the group’s support

This was contained in a communique issued after its Special General Meeting, held, at Isanya-Ogbo, Ogun State, on Tuesday.

The communique which was signed by its National leader and Secretary General, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Sola Ebiseni, respectively, denied sending any congratulatory message in the name of the group to any candidate.

According to the group” the results of the lawful votes at the election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that His Excellency Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, won the said election and we thus support his decision challenging the contrary Declaration by the INEC.

” The General Meeting hereby denounce in strong terms and dissociate Afenifere from any congratulatory message in the name of the Organisation or howsoever to any candidate as illegally declared by the INEC.


” Afenifere reiterates that for equity, fairness, national cohesion and peaceful corporate existence, the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be person of its Southern part and specifically the South East.

” We call on Nigerians to troop out enmasse and participate fully in the Gubernatorial and Houses of Assembly elections slated for the 11th March 2023.

“That with particular reference to Lagos State, Afenifere confirms that the Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is a person of Yoruba origin, whose great- grandparents are not only Yoruba but definitely one of the notable founding families of Lagos.

“We unequivocally endorse and urge the people of Lagos to vote for him.

Reviewing, the last elections, the group lamented that the deliberate non-compliance INEC with it’s guidelines encouraged electoral brigandage at the polling units.


These according to them include “destruction of ballot papers, snatching of ballot boxes, doctoring of figures and swapping of votes of candidates at the coalition centres through the amended and outlawed manual procedures which rendered the 25th February 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections flawed in several respects as confirmed by local and international observers.

Afenifere, therefore, called “on INEC to ensure free and credible Gubernatorial and Houses of Assembly elections in accordance with the constitution, the extant Electoral Act and its mandatory Guidelines earlier mentioned.

“That in accordance with the hallowed Yoruba culture of civilised conduct, Afenifere assures all persons resident in Yorubaland, indigenes and non-indegenes, of protection in the conduct of their lawful duties and particularly the free exercise of the rights to vote for candidates of their choice in all elections and thus warn all threats mongers and merchants of violence to desist therefrom.

They called on the President Muhammadu Buhari and all security agents to guaranty the safety of the people, free, fair and peaceful elections throughout Nigeria.

The group said that ” the international community should show special concerns in the on-going electioneering process in Nigeria in the interest of peace of the global community.

"God Forbid" – Aisha Yesufu Disagrees With Peter Obi Over Governorship Candidate

 

Aisha Yesufu, a diehard supporter of Peter Obi, has disagreed with the Obidients movement over who becomes the next Governor of Enugu State.


The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, had in a tweet called on the Obidients to come out en masse to cast their votes for their candidates in various states across the nation during their March 11 governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections.

Obi wrote, “As we pursue due process and defer to the rule of law, I urge all the OBIdients in the various states to continue campaigning for our candidates, namely, Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour in Lagos, Chijoke Edeoga in Enugu, Patrick Dakum in Plateau, Alex Otti in Abia, Ken Pela in Delta, Ibrahim Mshelia in Borno, to name just a few.”


Obi further called on his supporters to vote for candidates with competence, character, capacity, and compassion.


But Aisha Yesufu, a supporter of the Labour Party, specifically believes that Frank Nweke Jnr of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, is the most qualified candidate to lead the State.

“God forbid I become what I want to change. I can never sacrifice competence for partisanship!” She tweeted.

“Frank Nweke Jnr @FrankNwekeII is the person for Enugu State. The people must be the winners and not individuals.”

Rhodes-Vivour Visits Victims Of Akere Market Burnt By Political Thugs

 While Gov Sanwo-Olu is busy running from TV to radio station, GRV is on the ground at the site of the Akere market burned by political thugs. Make of this what you will. A New Lagos is coming. GRV is the architect. Eko, get ready!

I am on the ground in Akere Market, Ifelodun to assess the damage done by a fire allegedly set by an arsonist & political thugs. 

This is most unfortunate. Our politics should be about ideas, not violence.

Ajegunle people, do not be intimidated. We will rebuild together.

Lagos is built on harmony and cooperation, it is the center of excellence, despicable violence & fanning the flames of ethnic tension has no place in this beautiful state.