Tag: All Progressives Congress

APC Presidential Primary: Uncertainty as court okays statutory delegates voting

Aminu Imam

With just three days to presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Friday, declared that section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 does not preclude statutory delegates from voting in party primaries at the special convention. With this ruling, the composition of the delegates that will elect the presidential candidate of the ruling party on June 6 remains a subject of controversy as it means all statutory delegates must vote at the party’s convention holding on Monday next week. Recall that…

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2023 APC Flag Bearer: APC governors rally around Osinbajo

Aminu Imam

Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries, governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally around Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who is believed to fit the president’s description. Several APC governors were sighted in the Presidential Villa meeting with Osinbajo and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, in what sources say may be a move likely to result in a consensus presidential candidate for the party. According to reports, State governors sighted…

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2023: Tension in APC as Governors plot to oppose Buhari’s choice

Aminu Imam

There are reports that some APC governors might rebel against President Muhammadu Buhari who wants to pick the party’s presidential flag bearer. The rebellious governors are said to be against the idea of the president picking his successor single-handedly, insisting that one of them, preferably a northern governor, should succeed Buhari. The governors, mostly from the South, also have the support of about nine of their counterparts from the North. President Buhari had met with the governors on Tuesday, May 31 before travelling to Spain on an official visit. The…

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2023 Presidency: Some ‘Judas’ in South playing spoiler games – Shettima

Aminu Imam

Former Borno State governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said some ‘Judas Iscariot’ in the southern part of Nigeria are working against realisation of the power shift to the region ahead of the 2023 presidential election. This is coming as some Nigerians have argued that the next president after the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, who is from the North, must come from the South. However, with the emergence of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have…

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Just In! APC screening panel disqualifies 10 presidential aspirants, clears 13

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) screening panel has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants, according to reports. The screening panel, headed by Chief John Oyegun, meanwhile, cleared 13 aspirants to participate in its presidential primary scheduled to hold from Monday, June 6. The Oyegun-led committee is currently submitting its reports to the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Chairman APC Presidential Screening Committee, John Odigie Oyegun, said only thirteen aspirants out of the twenty three that appeared before the Committee were cleared. Details to follow…

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2023 Presidency: Tinubu, Amaechi divide APC NWC

Aminu Imam

…”After Buhari, it is my turn” – Tinubu The battle for the presidential ticket of the ruling party has intensified within the All Progressives Congress (APC) and dividing its National Working Committee, (NWC). The recent outburst against the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu by Salihu Lukman and Isaacs Kekemeke, APC National Vice-Chairman (North-West) and (South-West) respectively, is a pointer to the rift and ongoing crisis pulling the house at its seams. A source at the party’s National Secretariat says the pro-Tinubu members of the party’s NWC are railing for…

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APC to re-open sale of forms to allow northern presidential aspirants

Aminu Imam

Four days to the rescheduled presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), scheduled to hold on Monday, June 6, in Abuja, the leadership of the party appears to have remained divided on the zoning of its ticket, even as it continues to ponder the options open to it to match the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The current state of play in the APC has been further compounded by the differing positions of its stakeholders regarding the controversial issue of zoning, a…

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2023: “Give presidential ticket to South to retain power”, Akeredolu tells APC

Aminu Imam

Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) should give its presidential ticket to the south to retain power in 2023. The special convention of the Party to pick a presidential candidate is scheduled for June 6. The governor was named as chairman of security and compliance for the convention. In a Facebook post yesterday, Akeredolu said he and his colleagues at the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum believe that power should be zoned to the South. “APC must work to retain power. We must rotate power to…

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APC State Congress:
Kaduna APC guber primary, a charade, Child’s” — Former aspirant alleges

Aminu Imam

A governorship aspirant in Kaduna State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), retired Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) of the Nigeria Customs Service, Malam Bashir Abubakar (Barden Kudun Zazzau), has alleged that his supporters, numbering over 3,000, attempted to buy forms at the party office in Kaduna to participate as delegates in the party’s guber primaries but were denied. Abubakar lamented that the APC guber primaries in Kaduna State was was marred with anomalies, alleging that there was no congress in the State. He said they later heard…

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2023: “I want to pick my successor; support me”, Buhari tells APC governors

Aminu Imam

…Tasks them on internal cohesion ahead of party convention President Muhammadu Buhari has told State governors of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), that he would want to pick his successor and needs them to support him to do so. Buhari stated this yesterday, at a meeting with governors elected on the APC platform at the State House, Abuja. The President, during the meeting, minced no words when he stated that he recognises the need to provide strong leadership, as the APC prepares for its presidential primary election on…

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