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Kwara Must Change 1. Alh. LAK Jimoh was the first politician in modern history of Kwara state to use the O TO GE slogan in a campaign. O TO GE simply means, Enough is Enough.  Alhaji Jimoh first used the slogan in 2011 when he was contesting the Kwara Central Senatorial seat under the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Bukola Saraki eventually won the ticket and went ahead to represent Kwara Central at the Senate.  While the slogan wasn't popular at the time, there's no taking away the fact that Alh LAK Jimoh used it first and could be rightly credited to be the originator. 2. 8 years later, the slogan idea was pitched again in 2018 immediately after the All Progressive Congress primary election in Kwara State. After the APC primary election, Islamic singer, Aminat Obirere produced a song titled o to ge as part of a joint album coordinated by Kwara Must Change to promote the candidature of APC governorship candidate, Alh. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The album itself was titled ...

There is a wise saying that goes thus, "only foolish people take the same action that has consistently failed them and expect positive outcome". Nigeria today is at a crossroad, no thanks to the incompetent and failed leadership of the political elites that have been taking turns among themselves to enslave Nigerians since 1999, I mean both the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressive Congress. These two parties and their candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari respectively, have been going about spending public funds to convince Nigerians to vote them in the February 16 Presidential election even though they both have damaged antecedents and they naturally should be begging a judge to reduce their jail terms if it were in saner climes. Atiku Abubakar was Vice President for 8 years and was notorious for looting everything he came in contact with, including funds for Petroleum Development Trust Fund. His colleague in looting and American Co...

Kwara APC gober candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has dethroned the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to become the most popular politician in Kwara State. This revelation was contained in a survey conducted by Kwara Must Change (KMC), the leading pro-Democracy group in Kwara State. Kwara Must Change (KMC) in a statement signed by its State Coordinator, Comrade Yusuf Olatunji, made public over the weekend announced that the Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is now the most popular politician in Kwara State, dethroning the Senate President, Bukola Saraki who used to enjoy such status. This development, the group said is an indication of is to be expected in the 2019 general election in the state. Comrade Yusuf Olatunji noted that, the result of its survey conducted in the 16 local government areas of Kwara shows that, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is the most popular politician in Kwara State not just among the elites, but also among...

Kwara APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has declared that the youths are the owner of Kwara. The leader of the O TO GE movement while responding to questions about youth inclusion in Abuja explained that, youths are the owner of Kwara and it is impossible not to give them a pride of place in their state. According to him, Kwara youths have the capacity to make and unmake any government and he assured that the youths will be in charge of his government.

70% of voters undecided The weekly social media rating of presidential candidates’ engagements on the popular platform, Facebook, on Wednesday showed that the candidate of the Peoples Trust (PT), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim maintained the lead on engagement over APC’s Presidential candidate,Muhammadu Buhari and PDP’s Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Olawepo Hashim who overtook President Buhari and Atiku Abubakar on 10th December 2018 has remained on top with the highest engagement on social media for four (4) consecutive weeks. This showed that Hashim is the most prominent presidential candidate that is being discussed on the social media. Going by the data released on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 in Abuja, Olawepo-Hashim recorded Facebook engagements in excess of 17,000 this week, while Atiku Abubakar, who came second, recorded a little over 14,000. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari had engagements in excess of 3,000. The statistics also showed...

Immediately one steps into Kwara State, either through Kogi State, Osun State, Oyo State, Niger State or even through Benin Republic, the first thing that stirs you in the face is ‘’O TO GE’’, the All Progressive Congress (APC) popular shibboleth that has sent the name Saraki into sudden Lethe in Kwara State. The slogan ‘’O to ge’’ literally means, ‘’Enough is Enough’’. It was adopted by Kwara State chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) as a representation of the feelings and resolve of the people to end Saraki dynasty in 2019 general election and even before the election, it appeared the game is over for Bukola Saraki, as the slogan has sent the name Saraki into oblivion. Unlike in the past, when Saraki would be the dominant name ahead of the election. In Kwara today, the only name being heard is Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his O to ge slogan. Observers maintained that, in the past few months, life has not remained the same for the Senate President, as his clench and girth...

The recently released list of political parties to participate in the 2019 Presidential debate by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG), Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) and Channels Television is a far cry from what is expected from a body that is expected to be neutral and independent. The neutrality of the debate organizers were called to question, after the third force presidential candidate, Mr Olawepo Hashim of the People’s Trust (PT) was surprisingly omitted from the list of participants, in favor of little active Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) and Young Democratic Party (YDP). The vibrant Peoples Trust (PT) is one of the 28 newly registered political parties and the party is fielding frontline presidential candidate, Mr Olawepo Hashim. In the recently released list of political parties fielding candidates for the 2019 general elections, the list of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) indicated that Peo...

The weekly Facebook rating of presidential candidates in Nigeria has delivered a major upset as Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim of People's Trust has overtaken Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party. In the data released this afternoon in Abuja ,Olawepo-Hashim  recorded Facebook engagement of 28,000+ while Abubakar had 24,000+.The engagement data for Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress stands at 16,000+. Kingsley Moghalu and Fela Durotoye were trailing far below with single digit ratings. Last week data showed the PT's candidate overtaken President Muhammadu Buhari.Abubakar was trailing President Buhari last week but has surged over the President in this week's data. Over the last three weeks,the PT's candidate had moved from third position to second and now to first based on engagement figures generated from the direct campaign handles of the three candidates. Data analysts involved in the polling project posited that the data on each of the...

Presidential Candidate of People's Trust (PT), Mr Olawepo Hashim has declared that 2019 will be Nigeria's year of glory. The third force presidential candidate stated this after reacting to question on the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the electoral amendment bill during an interaction with journalist in Lagos. According to him, “Next year is Nigeria’s hour of glory, and we will not allow anyone to prevent the glory of God from shinning on the nation. Hashim maintained that, We have come a long way as a nation and Nigeria is no longer an entity that can be towed with, especially with the level of sacrifices our people have made”. The Frontline Presidential Candidate had earlier accused the two dominant parties, the All Progressive Party (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of playing politics with the nation’s stability through the way and manner they are handling the electoral act. He told reporters that the supposed top actors are fall...

Frontline Presidential Candidate, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has accused the two dominant parties, the All Progressive Party (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of playing politics with the nation’s stability through the way and manner they are handling the electoral act. The candidate running on the platform of the People’s Trust (PT) and regarded as a third force in the build up to the February presidential elections stressed that rather than presenting themselves as statesmen, the candidates are rather obsessed with immediate partisan gains. He told reporters at an interactive session in Lagos while reacting to the president’s refusal to give accent to the electoral act, which he said was passed by the PDP controlled National Assembly, that the supposed top actors are falling below standards. Olawepo-Hashim stated: “The president is conducting himself like a typical Nigerian politician of the era of political decline, rather than behaving as a patriot that I have a...

The Arewa Youth Group, a group from across the 19 northern states in Nigeria have dumped President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice President Atiku Abubakar to endorse the Presidential candidate of People’s Trust ( PT), Mr.Gbenga Olawepo Hashim as their choice for Nigeria's presidency in 2019. The group made this known through its National Coordinator, Malam Samaila Garba. Malam Samaila Garba Garri ,National Coordinator of the group,Matasan AREWA na Dimokradiya( All AREWA Young Democrats ),said they were specifically, angered by the choice of Presidential candidates of the two major political parties who they alleged,had nothing new to offer in Nigeria. Garba Garri,speaking in an interview in Kaduna,said they were thrilled by remarks made by Mr.Gbenga Olawepo Hashim on the plight and future of Nigeria and Nigerians ,insisting that now was the time to rally round Mr.Olawepo Hashim because he has the idea to make Nigeria a much better country. Samaila Garri who said he was ...

A popular Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State Nigeria, ‘’Kwara Must Change’’ has called for the immediate arrest of Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki in other to unravel the source of the N12 billion Saraki claimed to have used to sponsor the 2015 general election. The group, through a released signed by its State Coordinator, Yusuf Olohuntoyin during the weekend noted that, several billions of naira belonging to the people of Kwara State have been diverted into personal pocket over the years and it is time to account for them. In an audio record widely circulated on social media during the week, Saraki was heard telling his supporters that he spent between N200million to 400million in 30 states of the federation to sponsor election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. According to him, the only place he didn’t spend such money is in South West. Kwara Must Change noted that, spending between N200 million to N400 million in 30 states of the federation amounted to o...

A leading pro-Democracy group in Kwara State Nigeria, Kwara Must Change has stated that it can authoritatively report that the All Progressive Congress (APC) will win the November 17th by election taking place in Ekiti, Oke-Ero, Isin and Irepodun federal constituency of Kwara State with over 70% margin. The group stated, in a statement signed by the Kwara Must Change state coordinator, Yusuf Olatunji that the figure was gotten from its recent survey in the state, particularly in the 4 local government areas where a by election is coming up. ‘’Kwara Must Change survey in the area, which commenced about than 3 months ago was concluded this week and the result indicated that the people of Kwara have been well informed about issues and majority of whom are well prepared for Kwara political liberation’’. The survey, according to the group engaged 250 people in each of the 4 local government areas where the by election would be taking place and the result shows that more than 70% of...

Frontline Presidential Candidate, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim berated at the weekend the poor economic management strategy of the governing All Progressive Congress (APC), which has led to greater poverty amongst Nigerians. The candidate running on the platform of the popular People’s Trust (PT) regretted that “APC’s woeful failure has put 88million Nigerians into acute poverty. 1.1m got into that bracket in the last four months despite relatively high oil price” In an interactive session with journalists at the weekend, he said Nigerians are getting poorer because of the woeful economic management strategy or lack of strategy of the APC government, and “even though Nigeria was not a prosperous economy when President Buhari took over, Nigerian economy has now gone from bad to worse” The cerebral politician stressed that the recent revelation by the Brooklyn Institute that 88 million Nigerians now live under acute poverty is disappointing, especially that a new 1million more Niger...

APC Gubernatorial candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq commends Yaman Abdullahi for his magnanimity: The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has commended one of his co-contenders in the just concluded primaries of the party, Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi for his large heartedness and readiness to team up with him at ensuring the victory of their party in 2019 elections. Abdulrazaq made this remark while responding to issues addressed in a press conference at the instance of Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi earlier in the day. Abdullahi had directed all his supporters and admirers across the length and breath of the state to give support to the party's candidate leaving behind them all that accompanied the primaries. According to Abdulrazaq, the deep side of a man comes to the fore only during trying times. "What my friend and co -party man said in his statement earlier today, can only come from a man who believes in ...

Following news report about a call, by APC elders that Prof Oba Abdulraheem, one of the aggrieved governorship aspirant be sanctioned over perceived anti party remarks, Kwara Must Change call on the party elders to avoid going that route. Kwara Must Change believes that, if previous reconciliation effort didn't pacify the aggrieved aspirant, more dialogue should be explored to ensure all aggrieved individuals are properly carried along. While it is true that the remarks credited to Prof Abdulraheem is disheartening, elders must always explore better ways of dialogue rather than sanction. KMC said. Kwara Must Change had earlier noted that, even though Prof Oba and others are aggrieved over some issues during the primary, it is important to note that, we the younger ones were born into an aggrieved society and in 2019, we must change that. "We want to channel the energy of our grievances into creating a sustainable political change in Kwara." "We therefor...

Citizens Action To Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN) has released a report on the broad daylight robbery of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State. Mr Rights present the full report THE CASE OF USMAN ABUBAKAR TUGGA: POLITICAL & ELECTORAL CORRUPT PRACTICES PERPETRATED BY APC. – Political Corruption report by Media Unit of CATBAN With the avalanche of crisis rocking the APC across multiple states, one may be forced to ask if truly APC was ready for the conduct of the 2019 elections or the late coming in of Adams Oshiomhole into office as National Chairman of the ruling party may be part of the reasons behind the brewing and stubborn crisis! It all started from the drama that took place in the party’s National Convention at Abuja. We saw how Governors were shielding top members the chance to participate in the process of electing the National Officials. Observers are tracing the origin of the crisis in APC from the issues that soiled the working relationship between the Leg...

Kwara Must Change, the leading pro-Democracy group in Kwara State wishes to acknowledge and congratulate Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, winner of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary election which was held on Saturday, 6th October 2018. With the emergence of Abdulrahman as the leader of Kwara freedom struggle, Kwara Must Change is assured that ‘’Kwara freedom is unstoppable in 2019’’. The emergence of Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is a welcome development and we believe the candidate has all it takes to deliver victory come 2019 if we all support him. We therefore urge all members of the freedom struggle to put our collective interest ahead of their individual interest. Abdulrahman’s commitment to the Kwara liberation struggle is not in doubt, his contribution to the struggle is well documented and his passion and consistency is unrivaled. For the first time in history, the people of Kwara State were given the opportunity to choose who to lead the Kwara freedom s...

Mr Rights has gathered that People’s Trust, a mega party led by former president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), which has members and political groups, including the Third Force led by former president Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the Presidential candidate of Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Mr Gbenga Olawepo Hashim as a possible presidential candidate of the third force, sources claimed. The third force coalition is holding a meetings today and tomorrow in Lagos, Nigeria to resolve on the candidate of the coalition. In a statement by the party’s national secretary, Mallam Naseer Kura, the party’s first national convention, billed for today and tomorrow in Lagos, would be headlined by Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Recall that on 3rd October 2018, 593 delegates of Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) at its national convention held in Abuja endorsed Olawepo Hashim as its authentic presidential candidate. The party also ratified its strategic Alliance ...

Dr Jay Samuel YO I first met Fela Durotoye, FD as he is popularly called in August of 2017. This meeting was brokered by Pastor Jim Bent who was introduced to me by Naseer Daura the erstwhile Interim National Secretary of ANN. I later found out that Jim and Daura have been friends from their days in the Nigerian Military School. My meeting with FD took place in my hotel room at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel. This meeting that I thought would be a one-hour exploratory discussion to my amazement, started at 8pm and ended at well past midnight! After that meeting I was perplexed trying to make sense of all what we discussed. Two things that I could take away from that meeting was that FD wanted to court my friendship as a way of guaranteeing the ANN ticket and that he believes he is on a spiritual journey that had been ordained by God so he set out to bamboozle me with all sorts of revelations and prophesies to make me have no choice than to offer the ANN ticket to him right th...