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  • APC Primary: Osinbajo finally Congratulates Tinubu

    APC Primary: Osinbajo finally Congratulates Tinubu

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu on his victory at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries.

    Osinbajo also congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the APC for a successful special convention.

    The VP said for many decades, Tinubu has shown passion, patriotism, courage and determination in the cause of nation-building.

    Osinbajo in a statement on Thursday noted that the APC leader’s sterling contributions to Nigeria’s democracy and its progress stand him out.

    “His wealth of experience will certainly be critical in our party’s continued efforts to attain a more secure and prosperous Nigeria”, he said.

    Osinajo urged APC members to unite and support Tinubu to ensure victory for our party in the 2023 elections.

    “We must remain strong and united in pursuing our collective vision as a party towards building a country that can provide a decent life and livelihoods for all our people”, his statement added.

  • APC Primary: Adamu Announces Lawan as Consensus Candidate

    APC Primary: Adamu Announces Lawan as Consensus Candidate

    Contrary to the position of most Northern Governors on power shift to the South National Chairman of thee All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has announced Senate president Ahmad Lawan as APC consensus presidential candidate.

    Adamu announced this at the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC, on Monday, in Abuja.

    However, some members of the NWC, sources said, kicked against the move and insisted that other Presidential aspirants which include Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Engr. David Umahi must be allowed to contest the primary election at tomorrow’s convention scheduled at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

    Adamu’s adoption of Lawan as consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC nothern governors who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
    Adamu told the NWC that he arrived at the choice of Lawan after consultation with President Buhari.

    Details later…

  • APC Primary: Buhari, APC Northern Governors Meets Over Consensus candidate

    APC Primary: Buhari, APC Northern Governors Meets Over Consensus candidate

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held last-minute consultations with northern governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    The meeting held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    Some of the governors who attended the meeting include Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Aminu Masari of Katsina, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, and Abubakar Bello of Niger.

    Also present were Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, Babagana Zulum of Borno, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe.

    President Buhari and the northern APC governors met on the day the ruling party said it would commence a special convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.

    More to follow…

  • Cancel APC Primary Election In Sokoto For Justice To Prevail-Group Secretary

    Cancel APC Primary Election In Sokoto For Justice To Prevail-Group Secretary

    By Muhammad Ibrahim,Sokoto

    The Secretary of the Coalition of APC supporters in the state, Malam Bashar Binji made the disclosure at the NUJ Secretariat while addressing newsmen on the manipulation during the governorship primary election.

    Bashar lamented that it wasn’t only a rape on democracy but also a complete charade orchestrated by enemies of democracy to achieve their selfish goals in a desperate attempt to impose an unwanted candidate against the wishes of the popular masses.

    He said the recent primaries was a monumental manipulation by some party leaders in the state to support the candidature of a certain aspirant by using personal security details and thugs loyal to a particular party leader to intimidate delegates in order to vote for their preferred aspirant.

    Bashar further said the venue of primaries was initially set to frustrate the comfort of delegates in order to give way for a corrupt exercise adding that the state APC Secretariat was deliberately fixed for the election process quite knowing the fact that it lacks space and security for the conduct of a successful election.

    “We the members of the group of APC supporters hereby disagree in totality with the outcome of the exercise and insist it must be cancelled for the interest of justice and fair play . We are calling on the APC National Chairman, National Working Committee of the APC and all relevant stakeholders to declare the APC gubernatorial primaries in Sokoto illegal and ensure justice come into play in order for justice to prevail”, averred the Secretary.

  • APC Primary: Thugs allegedly Beat, Chase Aspirant, Agents Away In Kogi

    APC Primary: Thugs allegedly Beat, Chase Aspirant, Agents Away In Kogi

    From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    A chieftain of All progressive Congress (APC) and the state House of Assembly hopeful for Okehi Constituency in kogi state, Hon. Garba H. Avidime was allegedly beaten and chased out of the party primary election venue at Obangede on Thursday.

    Our correspondent learnt that the Aspirant and his agent received a raw deal in the hands of some hooligans suspected to be thugs for questioning the process of the party primary election.

    Trouble was said to have started when the agent of the Aspirant demanded the confirmation of authentic delegate lists before commencing accreditation and voting.

    It was gathered that the Agent’s request was said to have angered an interest group, and in the ensued altercation, the Aspirant and his agent were harrassed and subsequently beaten and chased away by hooligans suspected to be loyal to his rival, and result declared thereafter.

    Speaking on the incident, Hon Garba said the problem was sparked off by the Okehi Council Chairman, Hon. Abdulraheem Ohiare when he disallowed his agent to check the delegate lists as requested by the law before accreditation and voting .

    He said the council chairman told him that his agent has no right to check the delegate lists with the returning officer, except him, the sitting Chairman of the council.

    According to him, when his agent stood his ground, the chairman ordered him to be chased out of the place after his aides had slapped him, stressing that he was given the same treatment by the chairman himself when he reported the behaviour of his aides to his agent.

    ”I was humiliated, slapped by the sitting Chairman of the LG, Hon. Abdulraheem Ohiare in the present of Hon. Commissioner of the LG and Chieftaincy Affair, Hon. Barrister Deedat Abdulsalam at the venue of the party primary election for raising an eyebrow to on going proceedings.

    Hon. Garba added that ”before I was chased out of the venue, the main delegate lists was set aside and some set of people were brought in as delegates which they used for the election and declared Alhassan Zakari Otokiti as winner with allocated votes of 52 and reserved 3 votes for me”.

    Hon. Garba said he has reported the matter to the police, and has petitioned the conduct and the ugly treatment melted to him, agent and supporters to the state and national body of the party for redress.

    Source close to the Returning officer who craved for anonymity claimed that the party primary election was held with the genuine and accredited delegates, and the winner was declared, stressing that allegation of manipulation was unfounded and baseless.

    Our correspondent’s effort to speak to the council chairman and the Returning officer, Mr. Ozigi Jimoh Omeiza over the allegations did not yield result .

  • Oyetola Floors Aregbesola, Wins Osun APC Primary

    Oyetola Floors Aregbesola, Wins Osun APC Primary

    By Isaac Kertyo

    Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun state has been declared winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held on Saturday.

    Announcing the result on Sunday, the Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said Oyetola won the election, having garnered 222,169 votes, against 12,921 votes that his closest challenger, Moshood Adeoti got.

    He also said another of Oyetola’s challenger, Lasun Yusuf, got 460 votes and placed third.

    He said a total of 408,697 voters registered in the primary election of the party, while 247, 207 voters were accredited to vote. The total vote cast and valid votes were 235,550.

    Abdulrazaq said Oyetola won in all the 30 local government areas in the state.

    In his remarks, Osun APC chairman, Gboyega Famoodun, commended the diligence of the committee, security agencies and others that worked for the success of the exercise.

    The Rasaq Salinsile-led faction of the party to which the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, belongs, has however rejected the result. The faction claimed that the exercise was fraught with irregularities.

    Adeoti, a former chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria before it merged with the APC, is the anointed candidate of Aregbesola for the party’s governorship ticket.

    Oyetola, was the chief of staff to Aregbesola when the latter served as governor of the state for eight years.

    Also in the race is a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf.

    In Aregbesola’s Ifofin Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government, Adeoti got 146 votes while Oyetola polled 309 votes. Lasun Yusuf also lost in his Ward 5, Ilobu getting 10 votes, as Oyetola polled 323 while Adeoti got 62 votes.

    Also, in his Iragbaji Ward 1, Saint Peters Primary School, Iragbiji, Oyetola got 1,612 votes, while Adeoti and Yusuf got no vote.

  • APC Primary: Governor Oyetola Wins Own Ward

    APC Primary: Governor Oyetola Wins Own Ward

    By Isaac Kertyo

    P Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Saturday, emerged winner in his ward, Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary.

    Announcing the result of the direct primary at St. Peters Primary School, ward 001, Iragbiji, Mr Samson Oyebade, the electoral officer, said Oyetola scored 1,612 votes, to beat two other aspirants, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, and Lasun Yusuf, who scored no vote.

    He said 2,053 party members were accredited for the exercise, adding that only 1,612 party members cast their votes for the governor.

    In his remarks, the governor said he was not surprised that he won in his ward.
    Oyetola, who described the exercise as a family affair, said the primary was not expected to be a battle field.

    He also urged party members to brace up for the challenges ahead.
    “I want my fellow aspirants to see this exercise as a family affair and not a battle field.

    “Because God is always in control, there is no violence in the state, although violence is not expected.

    “I dot not know why the agents of other aspirants are not here but we should all brace up for the challenges ahead and create opportunity for reconciliation,” he said.

    The governor described the turnout of the party members for the exercise as meaningful and impressive.

    “I thank God that we were able to do it peacefully.

    “All the members of the party have the opportunity to decide who will carry the flag of the party.

    “I want to appeal to all our people all over the state to please maintain peace.

    “This election process should not be a battle field. It should not be a do or die affair. There should be no violence.

    “Let everybody have the opportunity of participating in his choice of who should be the candidate of our party.

    “I think that is the process and I think it has gone very well, contrary to the speculation,” he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three aspirants for the primary are Gov. Oyetola; former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, and Mr Lasun Yusuf, former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives.

    The APC Chairman in the state, Mr Gboyega Famodun, said the primary would take place in 332 wards across the 30 local government areas of the state.

  • Sen. Andy Uba wins Anambra APC primary

    Sen. Andy Uba wins Anambra APC primary

    An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Andy Uba, has defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the party’s governorship candidate in the next November 6 elections.

    The chairman of the APC primary election panel and Ogun Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, announced the outcome of the poll at Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu Lake, early on Sunday.

    Uba emerged winner with 230,201 votes while his closest rival, Johnbosco Onunkwo polled a total of 28,746 votes.

    The total vote cast was 348,490.

    The full results as announced by the election committee for each of the candidates are:

    i. Senator Andy Uba – 230,201
    ii. Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo – 21,281
    iii. George Moghalu – 18,596
    iv. Paul Orajiaka – 4,348
    v. Geoff Onyejeagbu – 3,414
    vi. Azuka Okwuosa – 17,189
    vii. Nwokafor Daniel – 3,335
    viii. Ikoobasi Mokelu – 3,727
    ix. Kwebuike Ifeanyi – 1,466
    x. Godwin Okonkwo – 5, 907
    xi. Ben Etiaba – 4,244
    xii. Onuwkwo John Bosco – 28,746
    xiii. Edozie Madu – 3,636
    xiv. Maxwell Okoye – 2,540

    The election committee adopted the open ballot mode also known as Option A4 to conduct the primary election