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I’ll run away if APC wins, says PDP national leader, Chief Bode George

Teekay February 17, 2015 No Comments

A cut from the interview of the national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, speaks on his actions if APC wins 2015 presidential election.

Why did the military surround former Governor Bola Tinubu’s house?

041112F6.Olabode-GeorgeIf Bola Tinubu finds his way into national government, I will go on exile. He hasn’t the temerity and the calmness of mind. They don’t even know what to do in power. Because the vice-president is his boy, he will just order that Bode George should be picked up. He said soldiers came to him but he must have been dreaming. When he said soldiers had surrounded his house, I drove down there because my house is not too far from there. I know the hierarchy of the military and its behaviour.

That they surrounde

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Another Reason Why INEC Chairman, Jega Must Go

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LAGOS — The South-West Presidential Contact Committee Group of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday called for the removal of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Demands Power To Control Defection And Avoid 'Godfatherism'INEC, for gross dereliction of duty and deliberate partisan complicity.

In a communique issued at the end of its meeting in Lagos, the committee also described the intervention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the current national challenges as distorted, unstatesmanly, too personalised and provocative.

The communique was signed by Chief Olabode George, Senator Seye Ogunlewe, Maj.-Gen. A. T. Olanrewaju, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Chief Ebenezer Babatope and others.

The committee said it met and del

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Buhari revealed why you cannot compare military rule to a democracy, CNN interview text version

Teekay February 17, 2015 No Comments

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari last Wednesday drew buhariquestions from CNN International Correspondent, Christine Amanpour on a number of issues relating to his aspiration and his record as military head of state. Excerpts:

WHat is your reaction to the delay in the elections by six weeks, and President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise that the military will make inroad in the area of security of the North-East in six weeks?

My reaction is that of disappointment because the presentation made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was that they were ready to conduct the elections on the dates they fixed a year ago, and for them to be forced virtual

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Primate Ayodele says Oyedepo, Oritsejafor, Adeboye and other ministers have disgraced God

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Founder and Spiritual leader of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele says notable religious leaders, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Pastor…

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