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Apart from President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party and Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Party, little has been said about other candidates for the 2015 presidential election, writes Gbenro Adeoye

With less than two months to the 2015 presidential election in Nigeria, public discussions hardly veer too far from politics, and particularly the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, and that of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd).

It is indeed an interesting time in the countrys history and social media enthusiasts can attest to the silent war going on between supporters of the two parties or candidates, who have been using the platform to argue, insult and curse, all in a bid to outdo their perceived political opponents.

The trend continues as if the public is unaware of the other nine presidential candidates as it has been fixated on the candidates of the PDP and the APC.

Although the Independent National Electoral Commission recently released the names of all the presidential candidates and their running mates as submitted by 11 of the 26 registered parties in the country, the release of the list has failed to shift discussions from Jonathan and Buhari.

In fact, some members of the public played down the chances of the other nine candidates in the presidential contest.

Going by the information provided by INEC, the parties with the candidates to vie for the positions of president and vice-president on February 14, 2015 are: PDP, Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo; APC, Buhari and his running mate, Yemi Osinbajo; KOWA Party, Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya and Saidu Bobboi; Hope Democratic Party, Ambrose Albert and Haruna Shaba; and Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Ganiyu Galadima and Balarabe Ahmed.

Others are Alliance for Democracy, Rafiu Salau and Clinton Cliff Akuchie; United Democratic Party, Godson Okoye and Haruna Adamu; African Democratic Congress, Nani Ibrahim Ahmad and Obianuju Murphy-Uzohue; National Conscience Party, Martin Onovo and Ibrahim Mohammed; Action Alliance, Tunde Anifowoshe-Kelani and Paul Ishaka Ofomile; and United Progressive Party, Chekwas Okorie and Bello Umar.

Labour Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance will not be fielding candidates as both parties have adopted Jonathan as their presidential candidate.

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National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

The All Progressives Congress says President Goodluck Jonathan cannot fight corruption even if he is given 60 years to rule Nigeria.

The APC said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while reacting to a promise by Jonathan that he would institute anti-corruption programmes if re-elected next month.

The APC said Jonathans inability to tackle corruption was not surprising as a corrupt government can never fight corruption.

It said it was surprising that Jonathan was still initiating a plan to tackle corruption despite the presence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.

The statement read, Mr. President said he wants to put in place the institutions to tackle corruption before taking on the cankerworm that has almost destroyed the fabric of our society. Pray, whatever happened to the EFCC and the ICPC? Were they not institutions specifically created for the purpose of tackling corruption, but which the Jonathan administration chose to castrate?

There is no better way to say this: President Jonathan lacks the political will to tackle corruption, and he will not tackle it if he spends 60 years in office.

The party said it was unfortunate that despite spending about five years in office, the Jonathan administration was just beginning to diagnose the problems of Nigeria.

It said, A President who has spent the last six years trying to diagnose the main problems facing the country will apparently need another four years to plan how to tackle the challenges. By then, all of us would have been buried under the rubble of corruption and our country would have been decimated by insecurity.

It is therefore time for Nigerians to vote in a President who will hit the ground running, a President who will tackle the problems of corruption and insecurity headlong, without giving excuses for failure.

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The All Progressives Congress has urged Nigerians to use their votes to express their dissatisfaction with President Goodluck Jonathan for his inability to fight the two main challenges facing the country, corruption and security, despite having six years to do so.

The President has finally admitted that the two main challenges facing the country are corruption and insecurity, and seems to be telling Nigerians to give him more time to tackle the problems. But the truth is that he lacks the capacity to fight and defeat these challenges, whether in six or 10 years, the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

A President who has spent the last six years trying to diagnose the main problems facing the country will apparently need another four years to plan how to tackle the challenges. By then, all of us would have been buried under the rubble of corruption and our country would have been decimated by insecurity. It is therefore time for Nigerians to vote in a President who will hit the ground running, a President who will tackle the problems of corruption and insecurity headlong, without giving excuses for failure, it said.

APC said a corrupt government can never fight corruption, hence it will be futile to expect the Jonathan Administration to take on and defeat corruption, having been populated by profiteering personalities.

Mr. President said he wants to put in place the institutions to tackle corruption before taking on the canker worm that has almost destroyed the fabric of our society. Pray, whatever happened to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission? Were they not institutions specifically created for the purpose of tackling corruption, but which the Jonathan Administration chose to castrate?

There is no better way to say this: President Jonathan lacks the political will to tackle corruption, and he will not tackle it if he spends 60 years in office, the party said.

It also said the President missed a golden opportunity to take on and defeat the Boko Haram insurgency in its early stages, and instead chose to engage in shadowboxing. When he was not blaming everyone but his Administration for the insurgency, he was playing primordial politics with it, to such an extent that the terrorists became strengthened and emboldened to strike at times and places of their own choosing.

It is too late in the day for President Jonathan to engage in sophistry over the twin evil of corruption and insecurity. He has reached the limit of his capacity to tackle these challenges and it is time to allow those with necessary political will and capacity to take on the challenges before they crush the country, APC said.

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January 2, 2015 by Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta 33 Comments

The All Progressives Congress running mate of Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in the 2015 presidential election, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, visited the matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, Chief Hannah Awolowo, at Ikenne, Ogun State.

Osinbajo also visited the Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Sonariwo, and the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona.

At Ikenne, he was received by Mama Awolowo and her eldest daughter, Mrs Omotola Oyediran.

Osinbajo said he was in Ikenne, his homestead, to receive blessings from the nonagenarian towards the February poll.

He was accompanied by his wife, Dolapo; his younger brother, who was former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, Mr. Akin Osinbajo; the Iyaloja General of Remoland, Chief Mercy Owolana; and Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora among others.

Mrs. Awolowo, who expressed her gratitude to God over the choice of Osinbajo as the running mate of Buhari, urged the people of Ikenne in particular and Nigerians in general to support him.

She said, I am very grateful this morning to see that Yemi Osinbajo is going to higher ground and it is my prayer that he will get there. I urged you all to support his aspiration. God will take you there.

Osinbajo also visited notable sons of the town, including the Chief Adeleke Adesina,who is the coordinator of Ikennes Peoples Forum and Chief Idowu Sofola.

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Former Head of State, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari

The All Progressives Congress says the anti-corruption record of its presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is impeccable, adding that when he was Head of State between December 1983 and August 1985, people became afraid of taking bribes.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this during an interview with our correspondent on Thursday.

Mohammed said Nigerians should expect a high level of morality if Buhari emerges victorious in the presidential election next month.

He said, I had left the university when Buhari came in and I can recall that every Nigerian sat up. People were even afraid of taking bribes. The only people that are afraid of Buhari now are those who want to continue on the path of impunity, corruption and the likes.

But more importantly is that the issues that define today are completely different. You need a man who can be in charge; you need a man that can stop corruption and insecurity. We need a man that can turn our fortunes around. We need a man that can stand up to say he will stop corruption and people will believe him.

Mohammed said only Buhari could fight insurgency having fought terrorism to a standstill in the early 1980s when he launched an attack against the terrorist network of Maitatsine.

He noted that Buhari had an impressive military career having attended the Military Training College in Kaduna; the Mons Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom; the Defence Services College in India and the Army War College in the United States.

He said it was unfortunate that President Goodluck Jonathan could not curb terrorism despite the huge amount of money that had been spent as well as the state of emergency which was assented to by the National Assembly on three occasions.

He said, Everything Jonathan needed to fight the war against terrorism was given to him by Nigerians. Money was given, a state of emergency was approved three times but it seems terrorism is beyond him.

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