Exclusive: Why PSquare's Peter Okoye threatened to expose a commercial bank

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-NJ-SXqgBFpfM-xt5tb-sThld3KpCefEQOCZMr8-cwBxPf1twfYprWOFYwd8RrhmkxnB6MEyqojk84-RlMBrajaFug8jkCOI22VjvCImgMtZijAg5oLDxN5D2NALYiza27nkaGkUg_kx/s1600/peter.ok_.jpg" width="400" /></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />About three weeks ago, Peter Okoye of P-Square took to twitter to threaten to expose a bank over fraudulent transactions. He gave the bank 5 days to return his money or be exposed and sued.<br /><br />Well, five days has passed and Peter hasn't said anything about the issue again...but I just found out what went down...(get in here for the exclusive details...:-))<br /><br />Will tell you what happened but will leave out the name of the bank. So in May, Peter Okoye found out that millions of Naira had been withdrawn from one of his personal accounts with a bank leaving him with less than N300k. He met with the management of the bank to find out what happened and they promised to resolve it. Fast forward to August and the money hadn't been returned and so Peter went on social media to threaten.<br /><br />Immediately he made the threat online, the bank called him begging him not to mention their name, that the money will be refunded soon. They called him for a meeting about two weeks ago and told him to give them<br /><a href="" name="more"></a>11 working days to refund the money.<br /><br />Well, the eleven working days has expired and Peter still hasn't received his money. I hear he may speak officially on it anytime soon.<br /><br />-Kevin Djakpor</span></div>

Exclusive: Why PSquare's Peter Okoye threatened to expose a commercial bank

About three weeks ago, Peter Okoye of P-Square took to twitter to threaten to expose a bank over fraudulent transactions. He gave the ban...

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Christians must register for 2015 elections – Oyedepo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6378375207242178118" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE1A6ZLpT8aFjEVAXClDUBA7Q1GdhNqTNG4DBbpq4JQwhUBRruSIl0Le8ZmXSP8OTqHIpasMd1E9TJ435N6CuMYMxD0NW-Wolu7xvKDt7nVV2iMSLwHRHiLgGKSEiy_ISufnJ3RaCRbM/s1600/bo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE1A6ZLpT8aFjEVAXClDUBA7Q1GdhNqTNG4DBbpq4JQwhUBRruSIl0Le8ZmXSP8OTqHIpasMd1E9TJ435N6CuMYMxD0NW-Wolu7xvKDt7nVV2iMSLwHRHiLgGKSEiy_ISufnJ3RaCRbM/s1600/bo.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">       <i>Founder, Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, a prolific writer</i><br /><br />The founder of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on church leaders to mobilise their members across the country for the 2015 elections.<br /><br />Oyedepo said such mobilisation would enhance the process of electing credible people into political offices.<br /><br />The cleric, who clocks 60 on September 27, 2014, spoke when a delegation of the Lagos Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria led by its chairman, Bishop Sola Ore, paid him a courtesy visit during the week in his Ota, Ogun State office.<br /><br />He urged the church leaders to persuade their members to register their names for voting, describing the process as an important starting point for Nigerians to have credible leaders.<br /><br />Oyedepo said, “The PFN is a very large constituency and the mobilisation of this large number of worshippers calls for wisdom. There is need for wisdom to harness the large population of the church. The starting point is to ensure that our members register to vote.<br /><br />“The church is a strong body in Lagos and across the country. Lagos, for instance, has many mega churches. We need to harness our human resources to create a platform for the church to have a voice.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“There are groups that are building imaginary names, but we have the population and we can build real names. The Lagos city must have a feel of our impact. We are not going to vote for nonsense this time around. There is no political party in this world that will see the population of the church and ignore it.”</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oyedepo also urged Christians to support credible people in the next political dispensation.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “We believe that Christian culture promotes values that make for good government. I always advocate that a leader must have character, capability and courage to be able to make impact. Christians should look for such traits before voting anybody into power.”</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While acknowledging that there are powers that contend with political office holders, Oyedepo said, “We need prayers and Christians must be ready to pray while not ignoring the ability and the power of choice they have.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We are in trouble because there are too many people in positions of authority who don’t have capacity to confront the issues facing us as a country.”</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The church leader observed that there were many good and competent people in Nigeria who failed to present themselves for elections because of the fear that the political terrain is both rough and diabolical.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He, however, said, “I think we have passed that stage. Now, democracy has come to stay in Nigeria. It is time for the good people to come out and participate in the political process.”</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Responding to Oyedepo’s speech, Bishop Ore expressed appreciation for the opportunity to meet with him.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “We appreciate your leadership role in the body of Christ and we crave your indulgence to continue to strengthen our hands with your prayers and support for this new administration.”</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Source: Punch</span><div style="clear: both;"> </div> </div> <div class="post-footer" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"> </div> </div>

Christians must register for 2015 elections – Oyedepo

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987,117 voters elect Osun governor amid tension

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">About one million voters in Osun State will today elect a new governor to pilot the affairs of the state for another four years, but this will be done amid tight security and tension.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The last one week has seen an unprecedented influx of security operatives in the state and the number keeps rising in the build-up to the poll.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Heavily armed security operatives from the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have been arriving in Osogbo, Osun State capital and other major towns in the state in large numbers.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, the presence of the security operatives, particularly military personnel, at major junctions and entry points into the state has led to apprehension among residents.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A resident, Mrs. Bunmi Ogunkeye, told <em>Saturday PUNCH</em> that many voters would shun the poll because of the heavy security presence in the state. She said the activities of the security operatives had been creating fears in the mind of people.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said, “Sometimes when the security operatives are passing in their convoy of vehicles with sirens, they harass motorists on the roads and shoot into the air for no just reason. It is good to have adequate security during elections but there is a limit. We all know the excesses of military men.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another resident, Mr. Oladeji Okanlawon, said he would not vote for fear of being hit by stray bullets.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Okanlawon said he would pray for his preferred candidate in the comfort of his room.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “With the way things are going, I will not go out to vote and I will tell my family members to do the same. With many guns around, anything can happen. A bullet that is not targeted at you could hit you even if you have done nothing wrong.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, there are some residents who have described the heavy security presence in the state as better than having touts take over the electoral process like it has been done in the past.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twenty candidates are vying for the Osun State governor’s seat and last minute preparations were in top gear ahead of the election on Thursday and Friday.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some of the candidates include the incumbent governor, Rauf Aregbesola of the APC; a former Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the PDP; and the Labour Party candidate, Fatai Akinbade.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to the residents, the three candidates are considered the strongest and the ones with biggest shot at the keenly contested seat.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Thursday morning, the Independent National Electoral Commission began the distribution of electoral materials to local government areas ahead of the election.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">INEC Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kayode Idowu, told <em>Saturday PUNCH</em> that the “law provides that a candidate must have 25 per cent in at least two-thirds of the state and have the highest number of votes to emerge the winner.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, on the streets of Osogbo, the main subject of discourse was often centred around politics and the chances of the candidates in the poll. Often, residents were sighted in clusters discussing their preferred candidates.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Findings by <em>Saturday PUNCH</em> showed that Aregbesola had a stronghold in Osogbo but Omisore was expected to keenly fight for votes there too.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Findings by our correspondent who felt the pulse of residents there showed that Aregbesola had an edge over Omisore in the capital city, also considering that his deputy, Grace Tomori, is from the city.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Aregbesola is also said to be strong in his hometown of Ilesha, which has two local governments, Ilesha East and West.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Omisore’s strongest areas are in Ife town, which has four local governments – Ife Central, Ife North, Ife East and Ife South. His running mate, Rafiu Bello, who is from Ede town, is expected to deliver Ede North and South to the PDP.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In spite of Aregbesola’s suspected stronghold in Osogbo, residents expect the final results in the state to be close, considering that Osogbo and Ife have the largest numbers of registered voters.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While Osogbo has 110,670 registered voters, the four local governments in Ife have a combined figure of 266,891.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Akinbade is said to have a stronghold in his hometown of Ogbaagba and the neighbouring Iwo town.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The dynamics of Nigerian politics played out on Tuesday with the defection of a former governor of the state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, an indigene of Okuku in Odo-Otin Local Government Area, from the PDP to the APC. But generally, Oyinlola’s stronghold is in Osun Central Senatorial District. His influence also extends to Osogbo.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, the PDP has been playing down Oyinlola’s influence in Osun politics in the build-up to the election.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Zonal Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, South-West, Chief Ishola Filani, on Thursday dismissed the defection, saying it would not affect the party’s fortune in the state.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking at a news conference in Osogbo, Filani said, “He left the PDP in Osun State, but the question is what effect will this have on us on Saturday?</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“And our submission is this. It will have no effect whatsoever on the fortunes of Omisore becoming the next governor of Osun State. Where Oyinlola is coming from, there are many people to fill whatever gap, if any, that he is leaving behind.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Filani expressed confidence in the PDP’s chances in the election, saying the party had gone round “the 30 local government areas in the state”.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He also said Osun residents were tired of the current government and needed change.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Filani said, “Aregbesola’s government has no touch with the people. There is nobody in Osun State who feels the impact of the APC government just like it is everywhere, in Oyo, Ogun and Lagos states. And there was a demonstration of the rejection recently in Ekiti State.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He described the PDP candidate as a person with a track record of success as a former deputy governor of the state and as a senator.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Filani said, “We want to be in the mainstream of Nigerian politics and that is why we have started recovering our lost grounds. We started in Ekiti State and we are now going to Osun.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At a separate news conference in Osogbo on Thursday, Akinbade urged security to pay more attention to areas he considered hot spots in the state. He said such local governments as Atakunmosa East and West, Ife North and South usually witnessed violence in past elections.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “I want to appeal to the security agents to monitor flash points to prevent violence there. Places like Atakunmosa East and Atakunmosa West, Ife South and Ife North should be monitored.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The security agents should also concentrate on villages where hoodlums used to rig elections.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Efforts to reach the spokesperson for Osun State Police Command, Folasade Odoro, for comments were not successful as she neither picked her calls nor responded to text messages sent to her mobile phone.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has vowed to crush attempt by mischief makers to create problems on the election day. He also defended the deployment of huge security personnel in Osun State ahead of the poll.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He, however, created fears among stakeholders when he asked them to beware of the numerous electoral offences they could easily fall into.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Citing relevant sections of the Electoral Act, Abba said, “There are many offences that can easily be committed. You must beware so that you don’t fall victim of any of these offences.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He noted that security agencies would be on the look out to arrest electoral offenders who within 300m radius of a polling unit, breach any of the laws.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Three hundred metres is a wide area and you may handle a stone in your hands and it could be interpreted as being armed, so beware.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, there has been an influx of people into Osun, particularly Osogbo, giving hotel business in the city a major boost.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the build-up to the election, customers scramble for accommodation as most hotels in the town are fully booked or occupied. The visitors range from journalists to the Independent National Electoral Commission officials, election observers and officials of non- governmental organisations.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The manager of White Plain Suites and Towers, Ogundipe Bamidele, described the increase in patronage as a “drastic change”.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “For the past one week, our rooms have been fully occupied. We are fully occupied in terms of indoor and outdoor activities. Today, we have served over 200 people in our banquet hall.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Normally, our hotel is one of the highly patronised facilities in Osogbo with an average booking of 60 per cent of our rooms, but now we are fully occupied. People have been begging us for rooms in the last one week but we cannot manufacture rooms. We wish we could give them rooms.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bamidele added that the hotel management had maintained its room prices in spite of the pressure.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Our room prices range from N8, 000 to N20,000 and that is what we still charge,” he said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At Yetty Hotel, Odi-Olowo, also in Osogbo, where some renovations were ongoing in some of its 25 rooms, all the available rooms had been occupied during our correspondents’ visit.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The hotel manager, Mr. Akin Oyerinde, regretted that the management picked the election period for the renovations.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “We are the new managers, previous people didn’t manage the hotel very well for the owner. 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987,117 voters elect Osun governor amid tension

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2015 elections’ll surprise the world –Jonathan

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God will use us to make it happen, to the admiration of all.</div> <div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Goodluck-Jonathan-Nigeria-The-Trent-e1394382330663-795x5291.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="2015 elections’ll surprise the world –Jonathan"><img alt="Goodluck-Jonathan-Nigeria-The-Trent-e1394382330663-795x529" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Goodluck-Jonathan-Nigeria-The-Trent-e1394382330663-795x5291-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><time class="value-datetime" datetime="2014-07-26T00:00:46+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">JULY 26, 2014</time> </span></span></div> <div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">P</span>resident Goodluck Jonathan has again reassured the international community that the 2015 general elections would be free, fair, transparent,  credible and peaceful to the surprise of the world.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He gave the assurance on Thursday night at the breaking of Ramadan fast with senators and members of the diplomatic corps who joined him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I know that one thing that is dear to your hearts is what the elections in this country will look like next year.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“But let me use this unique opportunity to reassure you and I’m conveying this to my brothers, your heads of government, that our elections next year will be free and fair.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It will be very peaceful in nature that will even surprise the whole world.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stressing the importance of Ramadan fast, President Jonathan urged Muslims to keep praying for Nigeria, noting that the fast is for peace, spiritual uplift and attainment to paradise.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He also added that so much was happening in the world today that demanded the constant supplication of all to the creator to seek his protection and guidance.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He regretted that some members of the society had lost their ways and allowed evil forces to take command of their faculties.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Let us take the opportunity of this season to ask Allah to forgive them and guide them back to the path of righteousness and holiness.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I wish to call on your Excellencies and all Muslims who are praying during this period, especially during the night of Majesty, to pray for peace and security to reign. Let us also pray to Allah to guide the leaders as well as the followers and give them wisdom to work for the development of their respective countries,” he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jonathan also urged them to seek God’s intervention in the various challenges confronting “our nations, especially nations facing civil strife, political instability, militancy, terrorism and financial crisis.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Mohammed Salladeen, who is also the High Commissioner of Cameroon to Nigeria, in his remark, commended the president for his steadfastness to fast along with the Muslims since he came into power.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking to State House correspondents, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Mr. Atiku Bagudu, said that the senators pledged their support to the president at the occasion.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

2015 elections’ll surprise the world –Jonathan

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