{"id":36185,"date":"2015-02-19T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=36185"},"modified":"2015-02-19T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:19:08","slug":"apc-urges-national-assembly-reject-senator-obanikoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/apc-urges-national-assembly-reject-senator-obanikoro\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Urges The National Assembly To Reject Senator Obanikoro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos APC has warned once again that unless Nigeria is a banana republic<\/p>\n<p>there is no reason why Senator Obanikoro\u2019s name will be considered again<br \/>\nfor a Ministerial position given his deep involvement in Ekitigate<br \/>\nelection scandal.<\/p>\n<p>In a release issued in Lagos by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe<br \/>\nIgbokwe, the Party says Nigeria must not continue to reward persons with<br \/>\nquestionable and dubious character in a nation where good and quality<br \/>\npeople are not in short supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEkitigate scandal is such a weighty and monumental fraud that cannot be<br \/>\nswept under carpet as it rocks and undermines the very foundation of our<br \/>\ndemocratic journey\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Obanikoro and his forty thieves in Ekitigate scandal must be<br \/>\nbrought to book to serve as a deterrent to others. When offenders are not<br \/>\npunished the hearts of the people are schemed to continue to do wrong\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the purpose of reappointing Senator Obanikoro who has just lost<br \/>\nan election in Lagos as a Minister if not to continue to use the exalted<br \/>\nposition to plunder our common patrimony at this critical point in the<br \/>\nnation\u2019s history\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Obanikoro must be kicked in the ass and thrown out of the<br \/>\nhallowed chamber of the National Assembly for decimating and desecrating<br \/>\nour hard-earned democracy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this singular act of representing this very bad and ugly candidate,<br \/>\nthe President is sending the wrong signals to the world that Nigeria is a<br \/>\nnation of anything goes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe in Lagos APC reject Senator Obanikoro, we denounce this reappointment,<br \/>\nand we strongly urge the Senate to throw him away in the interest of the<br \/>\ncountry and democracy\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos APC has warned once again that unless Nigeria is a banana republic there is no reason why Senator Obanikoro\u2019s name will be considered again for a Ministerial position given&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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