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Speaker 1: Auldbaum on Ooha, a Door State Resident Electoral Commissioner REK

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who apparently have been the manager and strategic planner of

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those comings Saturday governorship election in Edo State, said yes,

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he’s the consent brother to the former Rivers State Governor

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who is currently the Federal Capital Territory FC Team Minister

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in Yesongwike, who appeared to have a big interest in

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the governorship election following the minister’s negative relationship with the

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incumbent outgoing governor of the state, Godwin of Basseki. Album

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on Oaha, while speaking as a guest during channel’s Television

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Summarized Daily program on Friday, said he has been in

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Adoor State since last year as the Ado State Resident

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Electoral Commissioner, executing any plans and strategies for the election

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as published by the National Electoral Commission on September twenty sixth,

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twenty twenty three. Album said Nigerians should have asked if

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his conscience is active, not minding the fact that that

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he is accusing to yarsm Wiki and in that he

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is not going to favor any political party in the

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governorship election. He emphasized that he is not a politician

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that he joined anet as he startled before Nigeria Senate

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only to add value to the electoral system, stressing a

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law election will be free and fair. According to Ludbaum,

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the election plans were drafted into thirteen schedules and twelve

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of the schedules have been executed only election the schedule

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is remaining. He said, all sensitive materials have been deployed

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to various local government headquarters in Endoor states and transporters

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have agreed to arrive the various local government headquarters early

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morning on Saturday to take them to various pollign units.

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He said that Bymodel Voters Accreditation System BVS machines have

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been deployed alongside other sensitive materials for the election and

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the bvias will be used to upload information into the

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INNC portal with the Situation Room already created and everyone

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can follow up and monitor the progress of activities from

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various follign units in the state. Alumbam On Yoaha on

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first book page after the interview said, earlier today, I

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doctor numbum On Yoha, had the privilege of appearing on

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Channel’s television where I refund my own wavering commitment to

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the principles of funders and impaterality in the discharge of

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my duties. I would like to reassure all Nigerians and

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particularly the people of Endo State, that I will continue

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to uphold these values without compromise as my position requires.

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Other Details of the interview program as presented by Channel’s

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television rates below those ONAHA. While featuring as a guest

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on channel’s television Sunrise Daily on Friday, said he is

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competent enough to conduct a free and fire election in

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Edo State. He also urged political parties to disregard allegations

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of likely feboritism peddled against him. Tony as At Bemi,

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an ol PDP chairman, had asked the Independent National Electoral

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Commission i NEK to redeploy on Oha over ties with WIKI.

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As at Bemy had expressed a lack of confidence in

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the rik’s ability to conduct a free and fair election

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in the states. However, in response, the Chief Press Secretary

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to the i NEK, rotem O Yekonmi, said the commission

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would not redeploy the Duke. He urged PDP to focus

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on the election process rather than on on Oha, assuring

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the public that the election would be conducted transparently. Onwaha

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said his closeness to weekend does not count as he

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was competent to handle the election. It is a fact

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that I am a cousin to the minister. Before my appointment,

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I was invited by the Senate, It screened me and

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I was confirmed. I was sworn in by Professor Manmudia

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Kubu and posted to Ado. Since last year, nobody complained

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that I am a cousin to the minister. Of course,

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I am a cousin to the minister. What we should

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be talking about at this time is the capacity to

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conduct the election. From my background, I am an associate

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professor of law. People should now ask if I have

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done this job before. Yes, I was an electoral commissioner

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in Rivers State. Nobody has complained I am calling from

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the university. I am not a politician. The mere fact

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that I am a cousin to Wicked does not preclude

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me from being appointed. Am I not a Nigerian? Nigerians

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should have gone beyond this level. On then urged any

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of the political parties to come forward with evidence the

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hard against him that could have warranted their attack. I

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challenge all the political parties in a door state to

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tell me what I have done wrong so far Since

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last year, nobody complained that I am a cousin to

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the minister. Of course, I am a cousin to the minister.

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What we should be talking about at this time is

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the capacity to conduct the election. The mere fact that

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I am a cousin to Wicked does not preclude me

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from being appointed. I am ready for the door election

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and I will not travel any political party. At the

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end of the day, the people of Adome will have

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an election that is free from pity. On preparations for

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the Saturday gubernatorial elections, Ana has said all is said

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and sensitive materials have been deployed to their respective local

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government areas they campaign for political parties, and then yesterday

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at midnight, we have only one activity left and that

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is the election for tomorrow. Prepared for this election, yesterday

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we distributed sensitive materials and before we did that, we

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invited all the stakeholders and eighteen political parties and the

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agents were on ground to expect the sensitive materials before

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the deployment to their respective local governments. We asked if

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they had any reservations and the said they were satisfied

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with everything. The soul, he told channel’s television on Friday,

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it would be recalled that during an interview on channel’s

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television’s Politics Today recently, Wiki said he would not support

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Governor Godwin of Baseki. The FCTEM minister also described the

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governor as an ingrat. He also cledged not to support

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the People’s Democratic Party p DP governorship candidate ashu In Goudaalu,

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who is being backed by the outgoing Edoor State governor.

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I told them when they came to me that I

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am not going to support you. Neither am I going

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to support anybody. The one I supported it never helped anything.

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Rather I was insulted. I supported him the last time.

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What happened, I became a stupid man, Wiki said. When

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asked if he would support the All Progressives Congress APC

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and its governorship candidate mungay Opehulu, Wiki said he is

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not a member of the party. Responding to his talks

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in Gondalo said the choice of who succeeds Vaseki is

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not for Wiki or any other person to make, but

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for the people of the state. The political temperature in

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the state has been termo charged in the last year

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of notes ninety five cases of violence including thirty five

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incidents of electoral violence, have been recorded since January this year.

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In the state. Channels Television reported.

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Speaker 2: The publish published time table and schedule of activities for

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a due election on the thirty six day of September

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two thousand and three. And so far in that timetable

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we had thirteen activities to be executed and so far

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who have executed to have out of the thirteen. The

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thirt yesterday was the the captain for the political parties

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and the year satday midnight. We have only one activities

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left and that is the election for tomorrow. The next

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is prepared for this election. Yesterday we distributed sensitive materials

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and before we did that, we’re invited all the history coders,

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especially the political parties. The eighteen political parties participated in

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this election at the security agent to inspect the sensitive

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materials before the deployment to the local government. And they

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were there. They inspected us and the dicersitive materials and

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we signed the sensitive material before them and we asked

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where they have any reservation and they said no, that

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they were satisfied with the distribution of dicssitive material. As

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I speak to you now, the sensitive materials. They are

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all in the eighteen local government of these states, but

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now they are now moving them to the various rack

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centers and superrat centers which have been actively activated. The

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rats centers have been activated, the supers have been activated.

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In terms of magestic we are prepare for that. We

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have hired bosses to convey them well, have hired their

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boats for veride areas at Life Jackets. We’ve also made

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contingency plan for areas that cannot be assessed easily. We

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will use motorcycle for those areas, so we are prepared

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plus of it. Behind the RAC centers, the RAC centers

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are closer to the police unit and the magistic providers.

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They have shoulders that they will recovered on time where

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we discussed with them on their mark to be collected.

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The budget is an internal affair of the condition. When

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it’s a fact that accusing to the Minister, I was

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invited before my appointment, I was invited by the Senates.

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The citys screened me and I was confirmed I was

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swanning by the my chain a man, Professor bud Kubu.

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I was posted to a due last year. Nobody has

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complained that I’m accusing to Dimlicia. Of course I’m accusing

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to Diminicia. What you should be talking at this time

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is the capacity you have, the capacity you have the

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capacity to to to conduct the election. Are you competent enough?

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Of course, from my background as a professor of law,

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people should not act. Can you do this job? As

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he done a similar thing before. Yes, I was a

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letter of officer in Livers Electoral Commissioner. Liver said, said

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nobody has complained. I am coming from the university. I’m

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not a politician. The mayter fact that I am causing

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too weekend does not preclude me from being appointed. Am

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I not in Nigeria? Am I not in Nigeria? What

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Nigeria should be after? It’s just not confident. Do you

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have what it takes to handle this job? Those are

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the issues they should ask. Do you have a conscience

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at If those are the issues which you should have

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done beyond this level, you would have done this. I

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might pet the room. Am I not in Aigerian? So

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what I’m telling you those people who are who are

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not saying that I’m cousing to I have been here

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since last year. I don’t want to go for that.

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I don’t want to go for that. When you receive

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to do the abedies, then they will accuse you of

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many things. This election is transparent. My duty as in Nigeria.

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When I was interviewed at the Senate, I said I

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will add values to to electrical system in Nigeria. I

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will add value and that is why I’m here. I

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will not favor any political party and for all the

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pur purposes, I will not favor any political party. So

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those who are saying it’s only when you, the colleague,

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say you know they accuse you. There to identify what

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I have done, whether I’m I’m favoring them or not

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favorite m favorite political party. All who have done so

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far has been on the public anything I do and

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make sure that all the political parties are were we

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have been having stakeholders meeting. They’ve noticed this issue. Why

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are they resent the issue now? Why are they resent

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the issue? Now? I’m not the commission. They can push

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me anywhere that I think that delayed DEFICSI equity. It

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deployed divers. The beavers went together with the resources she devoted.

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They all went together. The bevers is part of the

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sensitive material we have they have they deployed to the

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various local goverment. This morning, we are deploying there to

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the rack centers which I use Vivas. Which I use

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Vivas as the accredate actually vote it to be a

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flare uploaded to the Iran. We have a citational room

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for that. It’s going to be very.

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Speaker 1: Will Nigerians be able to see what is happening on

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the Iran.

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Speaker 2: We have a cuitational room. Yes, it’s it’s not a

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secret subtist. We don’t do secret suttage, yeah, where I

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contact with the people in the