The Independent National Electoral Commission has listed Kano, Kaduna and
Lagos as the states leading in the collection of Permanent Voter Cards.
The electoral body said it was committed to its earlier position that the
Temporary Voter Cards would not be allowed for voting during the next
general elections.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, in his submission to the Council
of State meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday,
said the commission would not reverse its decision to use PVCs for the
elections in order to enhance the credibility of the polls.
A copy of the submission titled: “Preparations for the 2015 general elections:
Progress report,” presented to the Council of State meeting by Jega stated
that a total of 45,098,876 PVCs had been collected across the country as
of Wednesday.
A document tagged “Attachment 2” attached to Jega’s presentation claimed
that the figure represents 65.81 per cent of the 68,833,476 total number of
registered voters nationwide.
The document indicated that 3,190,417 voters had collected their PVCs out of
the 4,975,701 registered voters in Kano State representing 64.11 per cent of
the registered voters.
In Kaduna State, 2,976,628 voters, representing 87.36 per cent, have
collected their cards out of 3,407,222 registered voters.
In Lagos State, 2,267,039 voters, representing 38.39 per cent, have
collected their PVCs out of 5,905,852 registered voters.
In Katsina State, 2,245,303 voters (79.40 per cent) have collected their
cards out of 2,827,943 registered voters.
Bayelsa State has the least number of voters with PVCs. In that state,
386,125 voters (63.26 per cent) have collected their cards out of 610,373
registered voters.
In Abuja, 464,769 voters (52.73 per cent) have collected their cards out of
881,472 registered voters.
In Ekiti State, 496,536 voters (67.83 per cent) have collected their PVCs
out of 732,021 registered voters.
Jega, however, said the commission would not conduct elections with TVCs
because they (the TVCs) had no chips and could therefore not be authenticated
by card readers.
He added that if TVCs were allowed, millions of people who were involved in
multiple registration and whose names had been removed from voters register
for the next elections would approach polling units on election days, whereas
their names would not be in the register.
The INEC chairman said, “The nation has invested a lot in the Card Readers
and Permanent Voters Cards technology and the commission believes that using
them in the 2015 general elections would confer remarkable transparency and
credibility to the electoral process.
“There have been demands that the commission should revert to the use of
TVCs issued during the 2011 registration and the subsequent Continuous Voters
Registration.
“The TVCs have no chips and therefore cannot be verified or authenticated by
the card readers. Also, there are more than four million cases of multiple
registration; people with TVCs, who have been removed from the certified
register of voters for the 2015 elections.
“Once the use of TVCs is allowed, many of these people would inundate
polling units on election day; their names will not be in the register, and they
would start agitation that they have been ‘disenfranchised’ as was the case
during the Anambra State governorship elections in November 2013.
“In any case, people who collected PVCs no longer have TVCs because they
used them to exchange for PVCs.
“Additionally, a high percentage of voters had to use the attestation forms
provided to collect their PVCs due to loss of TVCs on account of floods,
insurgency, etc.”
Meanwhile, Jega regretted that due to funding constraints, the commission could
not do enough hands-on training for its Presiding Officers and Assistant
Presiding Officers on the technology of the PVCs and card readers.

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said that the
ballot papers for this month’s general elections were ready.
The spokesman for the INEC’s National Chairman, Kayode Idowu, made this
known to The PUNCH just as feelers indicated that in Abuja that
Thursday’s(today) Council of State meeting might be stormy.
The council, which consists of the President, the Vice President, all former
Presidents and ex- Heads of State as well as all state governors, is
expected to deliberate on the calls for the postponement of the elections.
Other members of the council are all former Chief Justices of Nigeria, the
President of the Senate and the Attorney-General of the Federation.
One of the key responsibilities of the body is to advise the President in the
exercise of his powers with respect to INEC, including the appointments of
members of the commission.
The Presidency is believed to be favourably disposed to the postponement of
the elections while the APC insists that the elections must hold as scheduled.
But while the Presidency and the APC were busy strategising on Wednesday
evening on how to have an upper hand, Idowu told The PUNCH that
INEC still stood by its timetable for the polls.
He said that apart from the ballot papers being ready, 65.5 per cent of
the Permanent Voter Cards had as of Monday been distributed to registered
voters across the country.
He said, “We have distributed 48,098,000 which represents 65.5
per cent of the PVCs . We have also taken delivery of ballot papers for the
elections.”
Asked to be specific on whether the elections would be postponed as being
canvassed in some quarters, he replied, “Has the commission issued any
statement reneging on its earlier timetable?
“If we have not done that, that means nothing has changed.”
The PUNCH gathered on Wednesday night that the commission had
commenced the movement of materials to states and local government areas
ahead of the February 14 presidential and National Assembly elections.
Idowu, had in a statement on Wednesday, refuted an earlier report by
Reuters, claiming that the elections might be postponed if voter cards
distribution was too low.
He said that there was no reason for anyone to suggest that the exercise
might be shifted because “the number of PVCs already collected rates highly
in comparison to the level of voter turnout historically in Nigerian elections.”
He explained that a National Commissioner of INEC, Amina Zakari, gave a
hint that the deadline for PVC collection might be further extended.
The statement read, “I write to refute your story in Reuters attributing
National Commissioner of INEC, Zakari, as saying that the 2015 general
elections may be delayed if the number of PVCs collected by voters is too
low.
“I was at the Situation Room Dialogue with INEC in Abuja this (Wednesday)
morning and I know that the commissioner spoke in regard to the February 8
deadline for the collection of PVCs, nothing about the schedule of the general
elections.
“You said she spoke to you ‘on the sidelines’ of the event. Well, I have
checked with the commissioner and she denied that the issue discussed was the
schedule of the 2015 elections.
“You had during the question-and-answer session at the event asked about the
notably low level of collection in some states and the implication for voter
turnout, which the commission had missed out in her responses.
“Later ‘on the sidelines’ she explained to you that the number of PVCs
already collected rates highly in comparison to the level of voter turnout
historically in Nigerian elections.
“Still, she added, INEC has not completely foreclosed the possibility of
granting a few days of extension in isolated cases of low percentage of
collection after February 8.
“The inference you’ve made for the schedule of elections is entirely yours, and
misrepresents the conversation that took place at the event this(Wednesday)
morning.”
Our correspondents however gathered that former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and all
the APC governors will attend the Council of State meeting.
Most of the APC governors had not been attending the meeting since the
disagreement that led to the factionalisation of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
The last time the council meeting was held, only Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State attended.
Two APC governors, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the
party was mobilising ahead of the meeting.
One of them said, “We know the importance of the meeting and we have
asked our members to attend at all costs.
“Apart from that, our presidential candidate will also be the attending. We
don’t want any unpopular decision to be taken on our behalf.”
The other said, “We are not only going to attend the meeting, but also have
our caucus meeting before going there. We are meeting tonight (Wednesday) to
deliberate on issues and take a common position.
“You know that we (APC governors) have not been attending the meeting for
long, but this time round, we would be there.”
The governor added that Obasanjo, who also has an event to attend in Abuja
on Thursday (today), had promised that he would be at the meeting.
“The former President has promised to attend. We are expecting him to be on
the side of the democrats and support that the elections must hold as
announced by the INEC.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-
Oyegun, warned that the consequences of overheating the polity on account
of the grand design to postpone the polls would be difficult to predict.
Odigie-Oyegun said that Nigerians had become aware of the build-up to the
“dangerous events that are beginning to unfold in the nation.”
He noted that the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), was
the first to fly the kite by citing unpreparedness on the part of INEC.
The APC chairman stressed that Dasuki was not speaking for the electoral
management body because INEC had told all Nigerians that it was ready for
the elections.
He alleged that as part of the larger plot by the PDP and the Presidency,
groups had been sponsored to hold demonstrations to join the calls for
postponement.
Odigie-Oyegun said, “We were afflicted with organised protests and a few
days ago, we were told that some parties got together – I think about 16
of them and decided that yes, they want the elections postponed.
“But of course, every serious Nigerian knows that this election is between the
APC and the PDP whatever else anybody will think. There has been a spate
of organised radio programmes following the same trend. Oh this election
should be postponed; election that we knew four years ago is going to happen
this year.
“Unfortunately in the process, the polity is being overheated to such dangerous
levels that the consequences of which will be difficult to predict at this stage.”
The party chairman also said the APC was aware that the Presidency might
attempt to drag members of the Council of State into its effort to postpone
the elections during Thursday’s (today) meeting .
Stating that the APC holds members of the council in high esteem,” he
advised them against taking part in any project that could damage the
democratic process.
“It will be necessary at this point to make the point very, clearly that the
Council of State is a purely advisory body and ought not to be dragged into
trying to provide justification in any form or shape for this very unfortunate
direction which the Presidency and the PDP want to plunge this nation,”
Odigie- Oyegun said.
A top Presidency official told one of our correspondents that whether the
APC governors attended the meeting or not, the decision on whether or not
the elections would be shifted would be based on the submission of the INEC
chairman.
He said, “You may say it (the meeting) will be stormy. But I will prefer to
say there will be intrigues.
“There is no problem in Amaechi and other APC governors attending. One
thing that is sure is that decision will be made based on the presentation that
will be made by the INEC chairman.
“If he says the commission needs more time, decision will be based on that.
Nobody can force them to go ahead.”
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State is expected to lead the PDP
governors to the meeting.
Also in Abuja, the PDP Campaign Organisation has said that only INEC has
the power to shift elections.
It said it was wrong for anyone to insinuate that the Presidency and the
PDP were interfering in the work of the commission.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the organisation, Chief Femi Fani-
Kayode, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said, “We wish to state that our party, the PDP, and our government
under President Jonathan, do not superintend over electoral processes and
elections in this country.
“There is an independent election body in place – the INEC under the chair
of Prof. Attahiru Jega.
“It is within the purview of INEC to make decisions about the holding and/or
postponement of elections. It is not within the functions of the PDP or the
Federal Government.”
The former Minister of Aviation said that the PDP and the campaign
organisation took exception to the fact that the APC had kept on making this
allegation.
He said, “When they say that the PDP is controlling INEC they have become
nothing but victims of their own delusions and they are obviously suffering
from terrible hallucination.
“INEC is completely independent. We have called on INEC to ensure that
everybody has the Permanent Voter Cards.
“We have done that public service; but as to whether election is to be
postponed or not is INEC’s sole decision.
“Whichever way, we are very well prepared for elections. Let it be clear that
the APC leaders and members are the ones who are afraid of elections.”
Fani-Kayode said it was also not true that the PDP was not ready for the
elections and that it was plotting for an Interim National Government.
He said that the APC knew it would not win elections and that this could be
the reason why it was making the allegations.
He said that Buhari had “attended 35 or thereabouts state rallies and
in all, he has spoken for only 57 minutes.
He added, “The longest time he spoke in any single rally was for two
minutes and 13 seconds. The shortest is one minute.
“He has used his so-called speeches for nothing but political demagoguery,
charging his supporters with a clenched fist and spreading hate speech (with
his supporters chanting ‘sai Buhari’) which is symptomatic of a violent
character.
“It drives home the point that General Buhari has nothing to say and if he
has anything to say, he simply does not know how to say it. That explains
why he keeps running from debates even when choice platforms are offered.”
He also denied the allegation that some of those who instituted cases in court
were doing so on behalf of the PDP and Jonathan.
Some protesters however blocked the entrance to the INEC headquarters in
Abuja on Wednesday, demanding that the elections be shifted by two months.
They alleged marginalisation of the Southern part of the country in the
distribution of PVCs in favour of the North.
The protesters, who came under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Societies
and Concerned Nigerians, claimed that the northern states had received 73
per cent of the PVCs, while the southern states had received only 46 per
cent.
Their coordinator, Amanda Chisom, said their demand was in line
with section 132, sub-sections 2 of the Electoral Act.
Chisom, who suggested March or April for the elections, later told
journalists that they were received by an official of INEC from the Legal
Department.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch
Adeboye, has warned that pastors collecting bribes from politicians risk the
wrath of God.
The renowned cleric said this on his official Facebook page on Wednesday
while reacting to allegations by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi,
that the Peoples Democratic Party had bribed some pastors with N6bn to
work against the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate,
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
However, Adeboye, said, “I read in the newspaper this morning that one of
the serving governors in Nigeria said that some pastors in Nigeria collected
N6bn from politicians for the purpose of influencing their members to vote a
certain candidate in the coming elections.
“May I humbly request that if there be any pastor or pastors who collected
such money, they should please return such as quickly as possible before the
fire of the Almighty consumes you.”
Amaechi, had on Tuesday, told his supporters not to be deceived by pastors,
whom he said, were campaigning against Buhari because he was a Muslim
He had said, “Some pastors collected N6bn and they are circulating document
and telling you not to vote for an Hausa man; not to vote for a Muslim;
that they want to Islamise Nigeria. Tell them to return our N6bn.
“They gave them N6bn; they should return it to the Federal Government
coffers. They will tell you that Buhari wants to Islamise Nigeria; tell them we
are too educated.
“I am a Catholic, but no Catholic priest has told me that story right now
in the Catholic Church because, I will ask him how. If any pastor tells you
that, tell him to return the money.
“Nobody can Islamise Nigeria; they have commercialised Jesus Christ. They
should stop commercialising the Christian faith. You know what Jesus Christ
did in the temple? He chased them away.”

The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing matters arising from the Osun State
governorship election of August 9, 2014 is set to deliver its final judgment
on Friday, January 6 (tomorrow).
Secretary of the Tribunal, Mr. Adamu Aliyu, confirmed the date on the
telephone to our correspondent in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Wednesday.
“The judgement is coming up on Friday, January 6,” he said.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyiola Omisore,
had dragged Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress to
the tribunal.
Chairman of the panel, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, had on January 23, during
the adoption of written addresses by all parties, adjourned indefinitely for the
final judgment.
The PDP candidate, who came second in the election with 292,747 votes
against Aregbesola’s 394,684 votes, prayed the tribunal to sack the governor
and declare him the winner of the poll.
Omisore’s counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), had told the tribunal during the
address stage that Aregbesola admitted that he scored 234,971 votes, and not
the 394,684 credited to him by the Independent National Electoral
Commission.
Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), who represented Aregbesola, explained that the
governor did not admit scoring less than the number of votes credited to him.
He stated that what the table meant was that “assuming with our conceding
that the tribunal cancel the result in the disputed units, the first respondent
would still have won with the new figure.”
He argued that the petitioner failed to prove his petition.
The counsel referred to the objection of the first respondent to the petition at
the hearing stage, saying he adopted the two applications filed to challenge the
competence of the petition.
Based on this, Aregbesola’s counsel urged the panel to strike out the petition.
The counsel argued that the petitioner dumped the ballot papers used for the
election and other electoral materials on the tribunal without demonstrating to
the panel how they related to the case.
He further stated that the duplicate copies of Form EC8A tendered by the
petitioner were inadmissible, and that those who tendered them were not the
makers of the documents.
Counsel for the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN)
also urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition by Omisore.
Akeredolu adopted APC’s written address and at the same time adopted the
arguments of the first respondent in the case.
He also said that he was not opposed to the objections raised by the first
and third respondents in their written addresses, adding that the suggestion of
the petitioner that the APC did not have locus in the case was strange.
Akeredolu argued that the purported certified true copies of documents tendered
did not conform to the provisions of the law.
He said that the documents were not listed nor pleaded and those who
tendered them were not the makers.
Counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Ayotunde
Ogunleye, had adopted the same argument by the first two respondents in the
case.
Ogunleye had said that nobody came before the panel to give evidence that they
were disenfranchised during the poll.
He further said that Omisore had failed to prove the burden of proof shifted
to him and that his petition should be dismissed.

A total of 3,600 foreign soldiers from Nigeria’s francophone neigbours have
been deployed to work alongside the Nigerian component of the Multi National
Joint Task Force to fight the members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect.
Investigation conducted by our correspondent revealed that Chad with 2, 500
soldiers contributed the largest number of troops to the new offensive against
the sect.
The other countries, Niger and Cameroon are contributing 700 and 400
troops respectively to the joint campaigns against the insurgents.
It was also learnt that the MNJTF had started massive air strikes and
ground offensives against the insurgents. Though it was reported that nine
Chadian soldiers were killed in the battle to root out the Boko Haram fighters
from Gamboru Ngala on Tuesday, the sect also lost about 200 soldiers.
Reports on Chadian state television confirmed that the soldiers killed 200
Boko Haram fighters and lost nine troops in the encounters in the two border
communities north of Maiduguri.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, declined to
comment on the casualties suffered by the Chadian forces in the reported
offensive against the insurgents at Gamboru Ngala.
Olukolade also declined comments on the number of troops contributed by other
countries in the joint operation.
However, Olukolade confirmed that a total of 2,500 Chadian soldiers were
deployed for the joint operation.
He said that the 2,500 soldiers comprised those that would watch over the
Chadian end of the border and those that would be involved in the missions.
He said, “I cannot speak on the casualties being claimed. However, as to the
figure, 2,500 represents the total number the Chadian Forces are expected to
deploy.
“These include those who will keep watch at their own country’s side of the
border as well as those who will be involved in the joint patrols and
operations and campaigns,” he said in a text message to our correspondent.

Alhaji Aminu Umar Sidi Yan’leman, a founding member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State, has defected from the party to the opposition, All Progressive Congress (APC).



Sidi, an associate of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state, who announced his defection yesterday, told newsmen in Kano that he was leaving the PDP because of lack of internal democracy, Daily Trust reports.

“From today, I have renounced my membership of the PDP in view of the lack of internal democracy orchestrated by the leadership of the party in Jigawa State. As a result of my leaving the PDP, I’m joining the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he stated.

Sidi, a member of the House of Representatives in the 90s under the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) disclosed that he was moving with hundreds of his supporters from across the Hadejia emirate area of the state.

According to him, the APC was more coordinated during the primaries in Jigawa State unlike the PDP, adding that that the development would negatively affect the fortunes of the PDP in Jigawa State in the forthcoming general elections.

During the D’banj’s 10th year Anniversary in Lagos, Amber Rose was here and seyi shay threw shades at the host of the event.

A video was released by Hip TV where seyi shay said she had no idea what amber rose did for a living and compared her to Kim k.

The baby mama of wiz khalifa quickly responded after watching the video on twitter saying

” Seyi shade..you skinny b***h need to eat up and stop hating cos i make more money doing nothing than you do ” @DaRealAmberRose
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Twenty two year old HKN Gang artiste, Davido went to Gbagada, Lagos  to grant the wish of a 5 year old boy.
Five year old Samuel Ayodele David‘s Christmas wish to see Davido who he adores  in person and earlier today February 3, 2015 the wish came to pass,
Samuel and his family received several with gifts such as toys, bicycles and other household appliances and a special message from his hero Davido.

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Yenagoa—Armed men, suspected to be pirates, opened fire on a police patrol team, killing one of the officers at new Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State, Monday. Two of the hoodlums were reportedly killed.
The incident, it was learned, occurred at about 4.10pm, close to Obioma Bridge on Ogbia stretch of the road in Ogbia Local Government Area.
While the deceased policeman was identified as a sergeant, the identity of the dead hoodlums could not be immediately ascertained as their bodies were reportedly taken away by their gang members.
An account had it about 10 armed men came from the river and laid siege to Obioma Bridge, disposse-ssing commuters of valuables and cash, when the police patrol team, Operation Doo Akpo, responded

These are definitely not the best of times for the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its Presidential Flag bearer, General Muhammadu Buhari

After a tumultuous week – which began with filing a lawsuit against several Local News Outlets for airing a libelous Documentary about his past stint as Head of State, and culminated in nationwide outcry over his refusal to debate on another platform yet again – it seems General Buhari will now have to contend with problems from outside Nigeria’s shores.

This is because, according to information reaching our desk this morning, Korean Megastar Musician, PSY, famous for his hit song GANGNAM STYLE (which was the first song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube), has allegedly dragged the APC Presidential Flag Bearer and his campaign team to the Hague for apparent Copyright infringement.

In the suite filed at the International Court of Justice at about 1330hrs GMT yesterday, Korean Megastar PSY alleged that the APC’s usage of the Campaign Slogan #SaiBuhari was illegal, as he alone owned the copyrights to the word PSY and any homonyms of the word, no matter the spelling, including PSAI, S-HIGH, and most notably, SAI.

We were able to reach the Asian Superstar on the phone for comments, and this is what he had to say

“After Gangnam Style brew up, I tell rawyer, rawyer, this song is so popurar, and my name now so popurar, what we do? Rawyer say, we trademark name, we copyright name and all name that sound like name. So I go Patent Office in Seoul and copyright own name of PSY and also all word that sound like PSY, like PSAI and SAI too. I have pape to prove this. The Patent number is 766K-12. So I so shock when I put on terevision and I see Old man wear toga and cap, carry broom and make crowd shout my name SAI BUHARI! SAI BUHARI! SAI BUHARI! I no believe own ear of Psy”

“I like, who this man? Why he use PSY name no take permission! This disprease Psy! I call rawyer and he say we go to court. I like, which APC SUED OVER USE OF “SAI BUHARI” SLOGAN we go? He say we no go rocal Korea court, we go International Court. Now we court. ICJ say Mr Buhari must come court or erse he go prison for rong rong time. This what PSY do”.

We have tried to reach the APC for comments, but so far ou efforts hasve been fruitless. In the meantime, General Buhari, APC Chairman Chief John Oyegun, and all the APC Big Wigs on twitter have been issued Writ of Summons to appear before the ICJ on or before the 11th of February, or risk Grave sanctions.

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The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on
Tuesday said any public official who betrayed the trust of
Nigerians and illegally enriched himself under his
administration would be made to face the full wrath of the
law.
He promised Nigerians that there would be no hiding place
for corrupt elected officials, including governors and all
other government officials in his administration.
Buhari gave the assurance at the presidential rally held at
the Pantami International Stadium, Gombe.
He said, “We must do away with corruption as well as
develop the Nigerian economy, if we are elected into office
by the grace of God, any elected official that is elected or
appointed to serve under me must be transparent, because
if any of them embezzles public funds, he will face the
consequences.”
The presidential hopeful also promised to boost electricity
supply in all parts of the country. He also pledged to revive
moribund industries in order to address unemployment.
“Our youths are suffering and walking round the streets
without employment but we will strive to make them
gainfully employed, so as to disengage them from vices
that can destroy their future,” Buhari stated.
The APC presidential candidate said he would also look into
ways of collaborating with advanced countries to revamp
the agricultural sector. He said schools would also be given
a facelift and qualified teachers would be recruited.
Also speaking at the rally, the National Chairman of the
party, John Odigie-Oyegun, called on the Nigerian public to
vote massively for the APC in the forthcoming elections to
guarantee progress and development.
He urged all party faithful to obtain their Permanent Voter
Cards so as to have the opportunity to elect candidates of
their choice.
The party’s leader in Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje,
described Buhari as the architect of change.
He urged all supporters of the party to vote out the
Peoples Democratic Party by turning out in large number on
election days and also defend their votes by ensuring that
the votes were counted in their presence.
The governorship candidate of the party in the state, Alhaji
Inuwa Yahaya, expressed optimism that the APC would win
elections in Gombe State come February 14 and 28.
The Gombe APC Presidential rally, which was the 34th in
the series, was well attended and it ended peacefully.

Chelsea have signed Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina for a fee of £26.8million.

Cuadrado has now completed his move, penning a four-and-a-half-year deal.

The 26-year-old joins the Blues for an initial fee of £23.3million, which will rise to just shy of £27million with bonuses.

Andre Schurrle has left Chelsea and joined Wolfsburg in a £24million deal.
Worth £85,000 in 4 years.