Today’s Daily Brief: Forget Goodluck, Buhari is Nigeria’s best luck | GEJ, 13 others sign undertaking | 906,024 Edo voters get PVC, and more

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his administration will do everything to free Nigeria from the cycle of corruption, unemployment and insecurity.
Buhari said this on Wednesday at the presidential campaign of the APC held at the Osogbo City Stadium.
The rally, which was billed to hold around 10am, did not start until around 5:45pm when Buhari led other chieftains of the party to the stadium. Surprisingly the crowd refused to leave the venue despite the hours of delay.

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, has said nobody can become a governor of a state without the support of the incumbent governor.

Speaking during the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party campaign organisation in Uyo on Tuesday night, the governor stated that he was a part of former Governor Victor Attah’s succession plan.

According to Akpabio, he has never seen himself as someone who was not supported by Attah.

He said Attah encouraged him contest the governorship.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced that 1,791,433 eligible voters in Edo State would participate in next month’s general elections, having been certified registered by the commission.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini‎, made this known during a meeting with leaders and representatives of 16 political parties at the Ikpoba Hill office of the commission in Benin.
Igini, who stated that no fewer than 1,535,084 Permanent Voters Cards had been sent to Edo, with 906,024 distributed so far, noted that the commission had proposed a three-day distribution of remaining PVCs across the 192 wards of the states, from January 17 to 19.

President Goodluck Jonathan of the  ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP;  General Mohammadu Buhari , the presidential flag bearer  of  the All Progressives Congress, APC and twelve other presidential candidates at the February 14 election have signed an undertaking to make the poll violence free.

The other candidates include,  Tunde Anifowose Kelani of Action Alliance (AA) Dr. Rafiu Salau of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Ganiyu Galadima of Alliance Congress (AC), Alh. Mani Ibrahim Ahemad of ADC, Chief Sam Eke of Citizens Popular Party (CPP) Ambros Albert Oworu of Hope Party, Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya of KOWA party and Chief Chekwas Okorie of Unity Progressive Party (UPP).

Ahead of the February 2015 general election, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential nominee Muhammadu Buhari signed a peace pact alongside his presidential opponent President Goodluck Jonathan in a bid to make the upcoming general election scheduled to take place on 14 February a violence-free and pledged his commitment to a peaceful election season.

Called the ‘Abuja Accord’, the event was held in Abuja and attended by former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Anan, and former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku. All eight presidential candidates signed the document.

YNaija

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