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A bomb blast occurs near Jonathan’s campaign rally in Gombe

A bomb blast was reported to occur outside the stadium where President Goodluck Jonathan addressed a campaign rally in Gombe state today. Eyewitnesses account say the bomb was planted in a tricycle station along Abubakar Habu Hashidu Road some 200 meters from the stadium.
President Jonathan had left the scene of the campaign rally some three minutes earlier. It is not known if any member of his convoy was affected by the blast.
Meanwhile, two bomb explosions were witnessed on Sunday afternoon hours before the President’s visit, in Gombe metropolis killing five people including the perpetrators of the blasts barely twenty hours before President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign visit to the State.
Reports say the blasts which occurred within an interval of five minutes occurred at the gate of the old Gombe market in the heart of the town around 2:50 pm while the second occurred about five minutes later at the timber market which is directly behind the 301 Artillery Regiment Quarter Guard of the Nigerian Army.
According to eye witness accounts, the blast at the old Gombe market claimed the lives of a man and woman on a motorcycle at the main road directly opposite one of the gates of the market.

Photos of Buhari, APC Presidential Campaign Rally in Yola, Adamawa

Maiduguri Attack: Shettima Hails Soldiers, Civilian-JTF

Posted by:vincent February 2, 2015

The Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has praised the courage and gallantry exhibited by soldiers and members of the local vigilante group, Civilian-JTF, by confronting and repelling Boko Haram insurgents who attempted to capture Maiduguri, the state capital, on Sunday.

“I feel very proud of these youth and other residents, I salute all of them. They have strengthened my hope, fired up my spirit and boiling passion for the survival of Borno State”, he said.
Gov. Shettima’s remark is contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Isa Umar, and made available to journalists in Maiduguri.
Read excerpt of the statement below:
I received with gratitude, information on how youths from different parts of Borno State, comprising those under the Borno Youths Empowerment Scheme otherwise called “Civilian JTF”, vigilantes and other residents of Maiduguri, came out of their homes, abandon their families and with very uncommon courage, they sacrificed their lives and moved to front lines to support our gallant armed forces in a patriotic battle to defend the soul of Borno State and its people from being seized by determined insurgents who in the early hours of Sunday, February 1, 2015, laid siege on two entry points into Maiduguri: Dalwa community from Damboa axis and from the Mafa-Dikwa axis, with a murderous intention of killing a massive population of residents and internally displaced persons, taking refuge in the state capital and destroying homes and business in what would have become an unimaginable calamity.
I have never been as proud of our youth in Borno State as much as I am today. The youth have since 2013 rose in firm defense of the good people of Borno State, and today, they have once again proved to all of us, that they have by playing complementary roles, taken our collective destiny in their hands and we are full of gratitude to them for their sacrifices that cannot be sufficiently rewarded, no matter what Government does for them by way of compensation or encouragement.
I am confident that as a people, we can overcome the threat of insurgents whose desire is to send us, our families and communities into extinction.
Borno is our land, we cannot and we must not allow anyone push us out of our land. I don’t call on citizens to take laws into their hands because that is unlawful but I encourage us to be registered and trained volunteers who offer support to armed forces in defense of all the communities and people of Borno.
I very much salute the gallantry of our armed forces who from day one that Borno started having insurgency problems in 2009, stood by our dear State with very strong commitment against all odds. Their sacrifices to Borno will never be in vain and will never be forgotten.
We are indebted to them and we shall celebrate them in many ways. I urge citizens to be calm and go about their routines peacefully and in obedience to the laws of the country and Borno State.
Our armed forces and youth volunteers have proved their worthiness and selflessness. We will, as Government, continue to afford them all they need within the limits of resources at our disposal. Reclaiming captured territories and safeguarding others that are free as well as safeguarding lives and property constitute our fundamental priorities as Government. We will continue not only to uphold these priorities but to work tirelessly towards achieving them.
At the risk of sounding repetitive, I want to reassure the good people of Borno State that we will never abdicate from our responsibility as those they entrusted with leadership. I condole with citizens who may have lost loved ones over today’s fresh attack and previous ones that were unfortunate; I commiserate with those injured and those who might have lost property.
The situation in Borno is always in my mind, we will continue to work hard to change the situation for the better and to support our citizens that are affected. Let me once again, like I did last week, urge citizens to open eyes wide to take note of any strange persons and movement in their midst and they should promptly report any suspicious persons to authorities without spreading rumours to cause panic.
Parents and guardians should kindly watch over their children to monitor where they go and who they move around with or bring home. School authorities should take proper control of pupils. Residents should cooperate with armed forces and always regard them as partners that put their lives on the line so we all can be alive.
I am confident that the Borno sun will shine again and very soon. We have many years of resilient history. We will overcome this problems insha Allah.

Adamawa 2015: I’ll Ensure Nobody Steals Public Funds, If Elected Governor – Ribadu

Posted by: chi February 2, 2015

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Nuhu Ribadu, has described corruption as an epidemic that has scuttled the growth and development of the state in particular and the nation at large.

The former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission boss, however, promised to use his experience to fight corruption in Adamawa State if voted into office as the next governor of the state.
Ribadu made the promise at an interactive town hall meeting of Jimeta residents at Lelewal Motel at the weekend. The event was organised by the Ribadu Awareness Network.
“We will work together to eradicate corruption which is the bane of underdevelopment of the country particularly Adamawa State”, Mr. Ribadu said. “Corruption is the cause of the many problems bedeviling the country including insurgencies”.
According to the PDP guber candidate, government’s failure to provide jobs for the youth had forced some of them to become restive. He also said he would work assiduously to create jobs for the people.
“Adamawa money is meant for you people, for the development of our state and I can assure you that nobody will steal the money that belongs to you. I will utilize it for the intended purpose”, Mr. Ribadu said.
He also assured the physically challenged at the town hall meeting that they are part of the society and whatever gain in the government would be across the board for everyone.

Na Wa Oh! Buhari Yet Again Declines Another Presidential Debate Which Was Organized By Channels TV, Arise TV And NPAN

APC Presidential candidate Gen. Buhari has declined the invitation to attend a presidential debate organized by Channels TV in conjunction

with the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN and Arise TV, which was supposed to hold tomorrow February 3rd.
Speaking on Channels TV this morning, the APC Director of strategy, Dele Alake, said Buhari will not be attending the debate because their party believes some media organizations have been compromised. He said that they can not vouch for the independence of some organizers of the debate but refused to he disclose those that he claims have been compromised

Shocking Revelation! Political Parties Pay Supporters N2,000 Each To Attend Campaign Rallies

A percentage of the crowd that turn up at election campaign rallies held by political parties for the forthcoming general elections is rented;

investigations by Sunday Punch has shown,Each of those contracted for the rallies are paid between N500 and N5,000.

It was learnt that the amount paid depends on the profile of the event, the distance of the venue and the calibre of people engaged.

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the major opposition party, All Progressives Congress, as well as other parties has been making claims, especially on social media, that the huge crowd that turn up at their campaigns was a proof of their popularity. SUNDAY PUNCH, however, learnt that women and youth groups, as well as ‘elders’ are hired in Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Abia,
In Uyo, a member of the PDP, Mr. Eric Ekanem, who spoke to one of our correspondents, said

, “If you observe, you will see that those who attend PDP rallies and campaigns are often mobilised at the end of the event, where they are given between N200 and N2000 each.“The amount each person receives depends on the groups they belong.”

An Eket-based woman, Ms. Ikwo Edet, said she was paid N500 after the last political rally she attended in Uyo.
In Umuahia, Abia State, a source, who begged not to be named, revealed that unemployed youths, students of both secondary and tertiary institutions, tricycle and motorcycle riders, as well as traders form the category of individuals easily rented.
The source said the rent ranges from N500 to N3000, depending on the category of the individual and the importance of the political rally.
Confirming this, a tricycle driver, who identified himself as ‘One Nigeria’, said he did not belong to any political party but was ready to be hired by any party that could pay his charges.
Similalarly in Enugu State, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that students are a major population hired for political rallies.
A student, who gave his name as Ebuka, told one of our correspondents that he had been part of a rented crowd in several rallies.
He said,
“We have link men who are close to the politicians.

Whenever the need arises, they usually get in touch with us. We are mobilised through these contact persons.”

It was a similar case in Bayelsa State, where parties reach out to youth and women groups in the local governments area for mobilisation.
A regular participant in such rallies, Ms. Ebilami Victor, who hails from Ekeremor area of the state, said she usually took part in such activity because it was the only way to make money.

“It depends on where the campaign is taking place. If it is within the local government area, each participant is usually paid between N1500 and N2000. But if it is Yenagoa, the state capital, we are paid N3000.But when it is outside the state, each person is paid between N2000 and N5000,” she said.

In Oyo State, there is a network through which crowds are gathered for political purposes. The ring is run by a women and men group, it was learnt.
Youths in Ondo State are also having a swell time attending political rallies organised by parties and candidates ahead of the elections.

A party member, who gave his name as Adedeji, who attended a Social Democratic Party rally in Akure, told one of our correspondents that each ‘supporter’ engaged by one of the candidates received N2, 500 to attend the rally.

Another supporter, an unemployed, who identified himself simply as Makinde, told our correspondent that he received N1000 to attend the rally. In Cross River State, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that political parties have resorted to contracting the job of hiring crowd to individuals or groups within the party.

Depending on the venue of the rally, the task of mobilising at least 1000 persons spread across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state could cost between N800,000 and N1m.

In the ruling PDP, one of such mobilisers, who preferred not to be named, said his last task of hiring 300 persons to a rally at the central senatorial district cost N1m.
In the case of Edo State, many of the supporters, who are
predominantly youths, are sourced from both within the state and from neighbouring states…..A source within the APC said,

Stampede at APC presidential rally, Lagos

 “You know that there is unemployment and hunger everywhere. They can get N1,500 or N2,000, for transportation or feeding. If you are politically active, you would understand that you don’t have to be a card-carrying member of a party to show your support,” he said.

However, the APC insisted that in its case, crowds at its event venues were genuine Nigerians who were tired of the cluelessness of the PDP-led administration.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Lai Mohammed, told SUNDAY PUNCH in an interview in Abuja that it was impossible for the party to hire a crowd for any of its events.
Similarly, the PDP said it did rent crowd or pay those who attend its rallies across the country.
The National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Mr. Victor Kwon, who spoke with one of our correspondent in an interview in Abuja, described anyone making such insinuation as a political novice.

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