A Group, Edo State Elders Consultative Forum, ESECF, has dissociated itself from what it described as Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s rally, called One Man One Vote, which it said was actually intended to usher former military ruler, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, back to the Presidency.

kimi, who spoke exclusively to Vanguard in Benin City, hinted that the national leadership of the party would meet this week to deliberate on the circumstances that led to the boycott of the event by the National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other AC leaders.

THE National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that no amount of blackmail, intimidation from any group, especially the PDP Reform Forum would make it derail from working in line with the party’s constitution.

No fewer than seven workers were kidnapped, yesterday, at Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State by a suspected militant group.

Catholic cleric, Rev. Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said unless there were free and fair elections in the country, where the people’s votes would count, Nigerians cannot claim to be free.