Tag: All Progressives Congress

Direct Primaries: President Buhari under pressure as pro/anti-Tinubu forces take positions

Aminu Imam

…Asiwaju favoured in vote-rich States of Kano, Lagos, Borno, Katsina Two different camps within the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), were at the weekend mounting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to take their position on the amended Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The pressure on President Buhari, according to multiple sources, is majorly on the contentious provision in the amended Electoral Act that provides for direct primaries in the selection of party candidates for elections. It was gathered that majority of the governors are against the provision, as they feel that…

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Two governors pull punches at APC Governors Forum meeting

Aminu Imam

There was gnashing of teeth at the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Governor Forum’s meeting last night, as the Progressives Governor’s Forum, (PGF) reportedly split into pro and anti-Tinubu camps over the preference for political parties’ primaries for the selection of candidates. The pro-Tinubu Group wanted direct primaries while those wanting Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Amaechi to take on Tinubu wanted indirect primaries. According to the report, it degenerated into verbal abuses with two  Governors standing up poking fingers at each other’s face, only to be separated by the Chairman of the…

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Buhari, APC Govs agree on February 2022 for National Convention

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has tentatively scheduled its national convention to sometime in February, 2022. President Buhari approved Feb. 2022 for the conduct of the APC National Convention following a meeting he had with some of the governors of the party led by the chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni. With him were his Kebbi and Jigawa and Kebbi States’ counterparts, Atiku Bagudu, who is the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Jigawa State Governor Atiku Bagudu, and Abubakar…

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National Convention: APC Governors to meet today over zoning of party offices

Aminu Imam

State governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF), are scheduled to meet today, Sunday. Sources within the party told newsmen that the major item for deliberation at the meeting is the issue of zoning of party offices across the six geo-political zones as well as the 36 States of the country, including Abuja. In the past three weeks, there had been uneasy calm among the party faithful, with many stakeholders lobbying the governors for party positions in…

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Supreme Court affirms Buni’s CECPC leadership as lawful

Aminu Imam

…Says APC is right The Supreme Court has affirmed that the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni as Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) is legal and lawful. The apex court, according to the extract released by the APC, the court also held that Mai Mala Buni’s position as Acting Chairman of the CECPC is not contrary to the provision of Section 183 of the CFRN, as same is on a temporary basis which is not akin to Executive office or paid employment…

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APC: “Don’t allow direct primaries row scuttle Electoral Bill”, Party Chieftain, Ramalan warns

Aminu Imam

Former Kaduna APC State Caucus Chairman, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has said that the debate on the propriety or otherwise of the provision of direct primaries by the National Assembly in the Electoral Bill recently passed by the lawmakers must not be allowed to scuttle the amendment of the Electoral Act. Ramalan spoke with journalists in Kaduna on Friday at the sideline of the Luncheon Reception after the Wedding Fatiha of the daughter of Alhaji Idi Farouk, which was held at the family’s Unguwar-Rimi residence, GRA, Kaduna. According to…

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APC Crisis Worsens: Buni Running Our Party Like ‘Amalanke’… We’ll Force Him To Resign’ – Senator Marafa

Aminu Imam

…He looked for my trouble and I will give him ten times of that! Ishaku Yohanna The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another dimension on Sunday following the declaration by a chieftain of the party from Zamfara state, Senator Kabiru Marafa, that the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) is an illegal contraption, unknown to law because Buni cannot operate as a governor and also superintend the party. At a media parley, Sunday in Abuja, Marafa who represented Zamfara Central in…

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Anambra Guber Race: APC candidate, Andy Uba, rejects outcome of election

Aminu Imam

…Alleges massive manipulation By Godwin Amunde The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Anambra Governorship election, Senator Andy Uba, has rejected the outcome of the vote as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). This is contained in a statement issued by the Sen. Andy Uba Campaign Organisation, titled: “Senator Andy Uba Rejects the outcome of Anambra Governorship Election,” signed by the Spokesman for his campaign organisation, Jerry Ugokwe, yesterday. He described the results as declared by INEC as a “charade”, which was not reflective of…

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APC opts for direct party primaries

Aminu Imam

Details of the discussions and outcome of Tuesday night’s All Progressives Congress, (APC), Caucus meeting are now emerging as sources in attendance say the party is now building a consensus on adopting direct primaries. Direct primary, which is now used in some form in all States in America, functions as a preliminary election whereby voters decide their party’s candidates. In an indirect primary, however, voters elect delegates who choose the party’s candidates at a nominating Convention. Sources told newsmen that the meeting, presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, with leaders…

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APC moves to stop direct party primaries, summons NASS Caucus

Aminu Imam

..Governors also kick against adoption The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has summoned the National Assembly caucus of the party to a meeting to allegedly stop the proposed amendments to the Electoral Act that would allow for direct primaries for political parties. It was gathered that after careful consideration of the alteration to the Constitution that would compel political parties to conduct their primary elections through direct primaries, the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party has worried that it may spell doom for the APC. Consequently,…

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