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The ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State recently found a ground to achieve a common purpose following the destruction caused by windstorm in some streets in Agege area of the state.

It was learnt that shortly after the incident, the political parties began competing over which one between them would assist the victims of windstorm to fix their damaged property.

The two political parties, which had been throwing mud at each other in the build-up to the forthcoming general elections, it was learnt, suddenly saw the need to assist victims as one of the major steps to woo them for support.

The PUNCH had reported that no fewer than 400 buildings were destroyed by the windstorm, while thousands of residents are rendered homeless.

Some schools were also affected.

Some of the affected streets are Abibatu, Opeifa, Fabowale, Kushoro, Opeolu, Bakare and Opesha, among others.

A source, who did not want his name mentioned, said PDP made the first move to rehabilitate the damaged houses, but APC-led government stole the show from the opposition party by mobilising building materials and workers to fix the affected property.

But those who have yet to get the APC government largess as of the time our correspondents visited them said governments agents had come to the site of their damaged property to assess the level of destruction.

While some are still waiting for help, some others have received help. A resident on Abibatu Street, Akeem Abibatu, was full of praises when Saturday Punch visited the area on Wednesday.

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All Progressives Governors under the aegis of Progressives Governors Forum will on Monday converge on Owerri, the Imo State capital to fine-tune strategies on how to win the forth coming general elections.

The event will also provide the partys Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari an opportunity to give an insight into how an APC-led Federal Government will operate.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Director-General of the PGF, Salihu Lukman in Abuja, on Thursday.

According to the Forum, a session, under the theme, March for a New Nigeria will be chaired by the APCs Presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, who is billed to deliver a paper on how a prospective APC-led federal government will work with state governments.

In addition to the presidential and vice presidential candidates, governors and governorship candidates, the partys leadership is also expected to be in attendance as the APC fine-tunes its electoral strategies to win the presidential and state governorship elections.

The PGF said the event also represents part of the APCs strategies of engaging with Nigerians and sharing successful policies and programmes among states governed by the All Progressives Congress.

The conference will also provide a platform for in-depth interaction between the progressive governors and some professional groups regarding the relationship between the recommended policies and the reality of dwindling resources in the country as well as the issue of insurgency and how to regain normalcy in the troubled areas.

The statement read in part: Chairman of the PGF and Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, and his Lagos state counterpart, Babatunde Raji Fashola, will also speak on the imperative peaceful and credible elections.

It also said, Governors Kashim Shettima, Rauf Aregbesola and Adams Oshiomhole of Borno, Osun and Edo states, respectively, will speak on issues ranging from plans for a post Boko Haram reconstruction, strategies for sustaining governance in times of dwindling resources and the effects of PDPs mishandling of the economy and its consequences on state finances.

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The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj, General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has said the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan must respect the wishes of Nigerians for credible polls.

Buhari said this while addressing Eze Ndigbo of the 19 northern states and Abuja at his campaign office, in Abuja, on Friday.

The APC candidate said he had realised the fact that multi-party democracy remained the best form of government since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

According to him, ordinary folks did not leave him alone to enjoy his exit from power after he was released from detention even when they knew he was not rich.

Buhari said, I was sitting at home after leaving detention; I thought people will leave me alone because they know I am not rich. I dont even own a filling station not to talk of oil blocks.

So, I thought I lost their sympathy but people kept on coming to me; there was nothing I could do. And then I speculated that maybe if I join partisan politics, I will get into a position to be heard.

He, however, said democracy, as the best form of government, will only make meaningful impact when the government respects the rights of citizens to elect those who govern them.

The APC candidate added that there was an element of rebellion in every human being, making it imperative for a credible process to be put in place to allow people exercise their franchise.

This, he believed, would guarantee peace.

Buhari said, Let the government respect Nigerians as individuals, allow them to choose those they want to represent them and to lead them and Nigerians will be surprised to see how peaceful this country is going to be.

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The All Progressives Congress has said it has uncovered another plot being hatched against the leadership of the party by sympathisers of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

According to the APC, the fresh plot was to import a huge amount of money in US dollars through some people who would then claim that they were hired as cash couriers by the APC leaders.

This allegation was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

The party said the implicating dollars would be ferried into the country through the Seme or Idi-Iroko, or any other border posts, anytime from now.

However, the PDP dismissed the allegations as baseless.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Abdullahi Jalo, said, The APC has taken propaganda to a ridiculous level. We will not dignify them with a response because this allegation lacks substance.

Lai Mohammeds statement read in part: Their plan is that once the couriers who have been coached on their assignment are arrested by the Nigerian security agents, they will point accusing fingers at some top APC leaders who supposedly commissioned them to bring in the money to be used for the forthcoming elections.

The plotters of the evil plan will then order the arrest of the leaders, with a view to damaging their credibility and destabilising them ahead of the elections.

According to the APC, as many evil plots as were being hatched by desperadoes that were bent on setting the country ablaze just to realise their ambition would be exposed because Nigerians themselves, within and outside the government, had decided to be extra- vigilant.

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