How Jonathan's Defeat was Plotted by Top Leaders

How Jonathan's Defeat was Plotted by Top Leaders

THE OUTGOING President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home and honed abroad, Saturday Tribune has reliably learnt.

 Information also in possession of Saturday Tribune revealed a last-minute contest between forces that wanted him to bow out and those that wanted him to hold out for as long as necessary even when it was evident that the news from the field pointed at a possible defeat.
It was learnt that as of 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, hawks around the president were still at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, piling pressure on him not to concede defeat. 

 

Those working on him to concede and bow out, reportedly led by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, were also said to have stayed put in the same Presidential Villa, persuading him that it was the most honourable way to go since it was clear that figures from the field were not in his favour.

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Beheaded... for witchcraft: Man accused of sorcery in latest act of barbarity

Beheaded... for witchcraft: ISIS executioner decapitates man accused of sorcery in latest act of barbarity

► Terrorists beheaded the man in a public square in Salah al-Din province► Huge crowds gathered in the streets to watch the group's latest atrocity ► The victim is believed to have been killed after he was accused of sorcery► Gruesome image shows victim's dead body surrounded by prayer beads

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Clark Condemns Obama For Awarding Jega

Elder statesman and former federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark, has condemned the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, for presenting a “Certificate of Commendation” to Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of  INEC.

Professor Attahiru Jega is receiving “Certificate of Commendation”

Speaking to journalists on April 7, 2015 in Abuja, Chief Clark stressed that the award for conducting the presidential and National Assembly elections was too hasty as Governorship and State Houses of Assembly polls are yet to be held.

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David Mark Vows To Remain In PDP, Blasts Defectors

Senate president, David Mark has said he will remain a loyal member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) no matter what.

Mark made this known at a special church service to mark his 67th birthday at St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy Apo in Abuja, Punch reports.

According to him, those who have dumped the PDP following its defeat at the just concluded presidential election are fair weather friends.

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Chaos in Ekiti State

Armed policemen and soldiers took over strategic places in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Tuesday as the anti-impeachment protests by the Peoples Democratic Party members entered the second day.

The mayhem which also took place in Igede,   Itawure, Efon Alaaye, Iworoko, Aisegba, Ikere, Ise, Ogotun and Igbemo,   led to the death of one person, accidents and the closure of banks.

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16 parties storm INEC, demand Rivers REC’s removal

Sixteen political parties from Rivers State stormed the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja on Tuesday, asking for the immediate removal of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ms. Gesilia Khan.

They said the REC must not be allowed to conduct the Saturday governorship and the state House of Assembly elections in the state.

They also called for the removal of the Head of Operations at INEC, Mr. Bocco Ekong, for allegedly conniving with the REC to rig the elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party.

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