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A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi on Thursday said that he decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party to earn his respect.

Chief Ikimi, who disclosed this in Benin when he was received by the leadership of the PDP at the secretariat of the party, also noted that had implicit confidence in the national leader of the party, Chief Tony Anenih, adding that, we shall have a common agenda of working for the party in Edo state and Nigeria in general.

He insisted that he was not leaving the APC for the PDP to vie for any elective political office, saying that, I left the APC for the PDP where I shall be given my respects and my personal dignity respected.

The former minister also stated that he had consulted with his family and the National Executive Committee of the PDP before joining the party.

Ikimi said, I come here today not as a new member. I come here to be fully identified with my groups of 1999 and 2003.

In politics, the party is supreme. We came here as cooks to cook the food and share it to others. But those who came in took the food away, the plates, the pots and everything away and left the cooks with nothing.

The PDP will take over the state once again and once beaten, twice shy. I am not interested in being in a party of enemies, where a party man will plot against the party; I am at peace with all the leaders of the PDP whether big or small.

I have implicit confidence in Chief Tony Anenih and we have had several meetings and I believe we have bridged the gaps. We shall have common agenda in working for the party in the state and Nigeria.

Earlier, the Edo State Chairman of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, described the membership of the former APC chieftain as boost to the party, adding that Ikimi was a prophet who had honour in his home.

Your joining the PDP is a plus for the party and a minus to the APC. As we begin to move towards the next election and, although it is said that a prophet has no honour in his home, you are the prophet who has honour at home, he said.

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The All Progressives Congress has condemned the attemptby the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government, working with some members of theNational Assembly, to cover up the smuggling of $9.3m to South Africa on a private plane, saying the cover-up plans willfail because the issues involve transcend Nigeria.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National PublicitySecretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the cover-up attemptmanifested clearly at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, whenDeputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha curiously refused to entertain a debateon a motion seeking a probe of the issue that has further ridiculedNigeria in the global community.

It said the refusal of the Deputy Speaker becomes even more suspiciousamid allegations that some members of the House have each received$50,000 bribe to quash the motion.

APC however hailed its members in the House of Representatives forstaging a walk-out to protest the inexplicable decision not toallow the issue to be debated on the floor of the House, saying bytheir actions, they have aligned with the majority of Nigerians whoare eager to get to the bottom of how such a huge amount of moneycould be smuggled into another country by the Nigerian authorities,despite being fully aware of the limitation on the amount of moneythat can be taken into any country.

The party said while the Senate has already launched a probe into theissue, Nigerians would have preferred that the probe is done openly,instead of behind closed doors, so there wont be any shade of doubtabout the transparency of the investigation. It however expressed thehope that the Senate will do a thorough job to unravel thecircumstances surrounding the cash smuggling gate.

It is shocking that those who were elected by the people will failto act in the interest of the people. But then we in the APC are notreally surprised at this development, going by the antecedents of theJonathan Administration and his party, the PDP. Thank goodness,everyday the PDP and the government it has sired at the centre areshowing why they should not be voted back into office, it said.

The party insisted that the Jonathan Administration and all concernedmust come clean on the circumstances surrounding the ferrying of thehuge funds to South Africa, including why a government that has spentmillions of naira to promote a cashless policy decided to transport 90blocks of $100,000 each to another country in violation of that countrys laws.

It said, The resort to procedural error is not enough to explain thisirresponsible and illegal action, neither is it enough to explain whya duly-constituted government will behave like a rogue government oreven like insurgents who will be shopping for arms in the open market.

Fortunately for Nigerians, South Africas National ProsecutingAuthority has said the issue is still under criminal investigation, meaning all attempts to sweep the scandal under thecarpet, as the Jonathan Administration is used to doing, will fail.

APC called on all well-meaning Nigerians as well as Civil SocietyOrganisations to ensure that the circumstances surrounding thisscandal are unraveled in the interest of Nigeria and her people.

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FREDERICTON Progressive Conservative Leader David Alward conceded defeat Tuesday in the New Brunswick election and is stepping down as leader of the party.

Liberal Leader Brian Gallants party won 27 seats, the Tories 21 and the Greens took one riding.

Alward becomes only the second premier to fail in his bid for a second term in the provinces history. He won a majority government in 2010, unseating the one-term administration of Liberal Shawn Graham.

Alward conceded defeat about 12 hours after Gallant was declared the winner on an election night that was plagued by problems counting ballots.

He said Elections New Brunswick has an obligation to make sure the count was done correctly and what happened on Monday night needs to be reviewed.

Alward, whose voice cracked with emotion as he spoke, will continue to serve as the member of the legislature for Carleton.

Amid a bizarre vote-counting snafu, rookie politician Brian Gallant led his Liberal party to a majority election victory in New Brunswick, as voters rejected the Progressive Conservatives bid to jump-start a moribund economy by expanding its shale gas industry.

With most of the polls reporting after a tight battle that went well into the night, the tabulation of ballots was suspended Monday around 10:45 p.m. for almost two hours as concerns arose about technical glitches with memory sticks and discrepancies with vote-counting machines.

Before the count was stopped, Brian Gallants Liberals and the Tories under David Alward were locked in a tight contest. That changed once the results were updated with the Liberals winning 27 ridings compared to the Progressive Conservatives with 21, though the Tories demanded that every ballot be counted by hand to ensure the legitimacy of the election.

Green party Leader David Coon was elected in the riding of Fredericton South, a result that represents a breakthrough for a party that has never held a seat in the New Brunswick legislature.

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