A third source said: “With the emergence of Osinbajo , the PDP has returned to the drawing board. “The ruling party is now left to base its campaign on issues than sentiments.” Contacted, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the party could not lose sleep over Osinbajo. Metuh, who spoke with our correspondent, said: “Who is Osinbajo? He was an ordinary commissioner and we have hundreds of commissioners in the country. The APC vice- presidential candidate is an unknown individual in politics. He is not a threat to PDP. “One thing I know is that if it comes to issues and performance we will win the 2015 presidential election but if it comes to throwing anarchy or chaos, the APC will have upper hand.” Parties were rushing to beat the deadline for the submission of list of presidential candidates and those contesting for seats in the National Assembly. A director in INEC, who interacted with our correspondent last night, said: “The parties have been rushing to submit their lists. They pleaded with INEC chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega to extend the deadline to 8pm on Thursday. “Their request was granted but we will not exceed the timeline.” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday shifted the deadline for the submission of lists of candidates for the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections from December 25 to December 26. The commission, however, declined to comment on the number of political parties, which had submitted or yet to summit the forms bearing the names of their Presidential and National Assembly candidates. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said the date was shifted because it falls on Christmas Day. Yesterday was the deadline for the submission of names of Presidential and national Assembly candidates by the parties. He said: “For the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the deadline is Thursday December 18 by 8 pm for the submission of form CF001 and CF002.’’ When asked to give the list of parties that had complied he said: “Even by tomorrow (today), you may not likely get the information from INEC because the law provides that what is being submitted today must be officially published on December 25 He said the deadline would not be extended.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:51:57 +0000