PDP, APC turn Nigeria into personal estate - Obi support group

By Abubakar Ojimaojo

Agroup, the Peter Obi Support Network (POSN), has urged Nigerians to reject Peoples Democratic Party PDP and All Progressive Congress (APC), saying they have turned Nigeria into a personal estate.

Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, The Co-convener of POSN, Tochukwu Ezeoke, said Nigerians should not vote for someone that will supervise the “burial of the nation” which is already in an “intensive care unit’ under President

Muhammadu Buhari.

We urged Nigerians to come out en masse to vote for Peter Obi this weekend. It is the pathway to the nation’s promised land.

He said “Our decision to support Peter Obi is out of the realization that the ruling party and main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), do not care about the insecurity and poverty that has bedeviled our nation.

“All the APC and Peoples Democratic Party PDP care about is to enrich themselves, their families, and their cronies. They have turned Nigeria into a personal estate where they can do whatever they like with the lives of over 200 million Nigerians without any consequence.

“A vote for Peter Obi is a vote for prosperity, a vote for security, a vote for employment, a vote for good governance, a vote for good roads, a vote for the quality educational system, a vote for quality health facilities, a vote against nepotism and a vote to destroy the structures of corruption in the country”.

Speaking on structure, “We are proud to announce that the Obedient Movement that sprang out of these early efforts has spread like wildfire across the country.

POSN has achieved the Establishment of a Functional Network in all 36 states and FCT,Diaspora chapters functioning in over 15 countries abroad, and recruited and submitted about 50,000 thousand Polling Unit Monitors for the 2023 elections.

“We have also organized three regional conferences in Jos Plateau State, Kaduna, and Asaba, Delta State. We have recruited and trained about 5000 LGA and Ward coordinators on mobilizations and sensitization operations.

Group endorses Peter Obi, hails Afenifere, PANDEF, SMBLF, ADC, Northern Leaders

By Christiana Ekpa

Pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure group, the South East Revival Group (SERG) has formally endorsed the Presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for president, thanking the Northern APC Christian leaders, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Afenifere, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), the African Democratic Party (ADC), Nigerian women and youths for their total support for their supporting the Obidient Movement.

The group urged Nigerians to ignore the distracting voices of insignificant few and selfish elites in the South East region who appear to be against the the Peter Obi candidacy.

In a statement signed by its President and National Coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the SERG stated that it has to formerly declare support for the Obi-Datti Presidential bid and appreciate Nigerians the support for Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for a new Nigeria.

“We therefore hail the Nigerian people who saw the light at the end of the tunnel and opted to pass through the difficult route to ensure that there is a better tomorrow for the country men and women born and yet to be born.

“The SERG insists that our support for Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has nothing to do with ethicism as Mr Obi is not the only Igbo man running for President in 2023. It is a choice already made by the Nigerian people that we are backing.

“This is because Nigeria needs resetting to be able to function optimally and effectively. That’s the way to go and that is what Peter Obi presidency represents for Nigeria.

“We urge all Nigerians and people of good conscience across the world to continue to support the choice of the ordinary people of Nigeria, Mr Peter Obi, to give the country the kind of leadership that has eluded us for a long time.

“To demonstrate his examplary love for the country, Peter Obi is the only Presidential candidate that defied security challenges and traveled to Borno South of

Borno State in the North East at the expense of his own life to be able to see things for himself and feel the pulse of the people of the insurgency ravaged region.

“Peter Obi said the he believes that a man can only die once and has proven that he love Nigeria and the oneness of the most populous country in Africa by refusing to yield to persuasions not to visit Southern Borno.

“He has a track record as he led Anambra in an examplary manner, tackled insecurity in the state and became the only Governor in recent times that left as high as N75 billion for his successor after paying salaries, all executed contracts, pensions and gratuities.

“As President, Nigeria will come out of the woods if Peter Obi is given the opportunity to reboot country by reshaping its leadership.

“At this juncture, we call on all Nigerians to ignore the antics of the insignificant few and the anti-Peter Obi elitist voices in the South East because elections are about the choice of the majority.

“In the South East, Igbos’ love

Peter Obi

for Peter Obi will be unequivocally expressed at the ballot boxes across the South Eastern states and the entire country on Saturday when the majority would have had their way and the minority would have had their say”, the SERG stated.

Don’t use your position to intimidate electorates- Forum tells security agencies

By Abubakar Ojimaojo

Women In Politics Forum (WIPF) has called on all security agencies to prioritize the Protection of lives and Properties, adding that they not to used their position to intimidate the electorates but use it to support them to have a seamless election day experience.

The forum in partnership with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with the recent launch of the N-Alerts app to ensure the safety of Nigerians at the 2023 polls and we urge all Civil Society Organizations deploying observers to make use of the N-Alerts as part of the measures to combat violence against women in the forthcoming elections.

Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, The President of the forum Ebere Ifendu also called on all Nigerian citizens who are eligible to vote to come out, vote peacefully, and protect their vote.

Ebere said, “We call on all security agencies to prioritize the protection of lives and properties. We urge security agencies not to use their position to intimidate the electorate but use the position to support electorates to have a seamless election day experience.

“We call on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to strictly adhere to the provisions contained in the electoral act for a free, fair, and credible 2023 General Election. We urge INEC to ensure that ad-hoc staff is treated fairly, to carry out their role effectively and efficiently.

“We call on all observers to obey the guidelines and provisions for election observation. Observers should observe and report, remembering that intervening is not part of their roles on Election day.

“We call on all political parties to ensure that all their agents on election day obey the guidelines and provisions on election day, and information and reports that will provoke the populace to violence, chaos, and conflict should be avoided completely”.

Speaking further, she urged political parties to activate structures that give women the opportunity to assume decisionmaking positions within the political party structure other than the Woman Leader and Welfare positions.

She explained that Incidences of electoral violence can then be reported immediately from the observer’s location to the NSCDC and will be acted upon swiftly once the command in charge receives a signal for action and The N-Alerts application is available on the play store and can be downloaded easily.

“Violence Against Women has increased significantly especially in politics during this electioneering cycle. Women have experienced different forms of violence ranging from sexual harassment, bullying, blackmail, and even murder.

According to her, women In Politics Forum will be deploying 100 election observers in 11 states in the 2023 General Election in Nigeria; Abia, Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Kogi, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Plateau, Sokoto, and the FCT.

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

Three days to the presidential polls in Nigeria, a coalition of Civil Society Groups has called on Nigerians to vote for Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

The coalition which in a press briefing on Wednesday endorsed Senator Kwankwaso also urged Atiku to step down for the NNPP presidential candidate.

National coordinator of the group, Bishop Godwin Abba described Senator Kwankwaso as a dynamic, pragmatic, energetic and resourceful politician.

Bishop Abba said, “It was also the opinion of the rural Nigerians that the Coalition interfaced with that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar should set aside his presidential aspiration for a dynamic, pragmatic, energetic and resourceful Kwankwaso.

“Accordingly, the Coalition calls on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate to step down for the NNPP presidential candidate, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to avoid unnecessary splitting of votes in the North.

“Kwankwaso will inject fresh air in governance, restore hope to a bewildered nation that has seen more carnage than dividends of democracy and build a new Nigeria we all desire.