Tag: APC

“We are excited Tinubu emerged APC flag bearer” – Yoruba Council of Elders

Aminu Imam

The Secretary-General of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr. Kunle Olajide has described the emergence of Senator Bola Tinubu, as the flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the just-concluded primaries of the party, as a positive development. Olajide said this in a telephone conversation in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, shortly after the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the keenly contested APC presidential primary, which was held in Abuja. In his words: “It is a positive development for the Yoruba nation, I call on Nigerians to rally…

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2023 Presidency: “I’ll start working from day one if elected” – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

…Says Nigeria needs courageous leader like him One of the frontline presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to hit the ground running from day one, if elected. Tinubu stated this during his remark at the APC special convention, which began in Abuja yesterday, when he was given the stage to address delegates. He pleaded with delegates to vote for him because, according to him, he is courageous, competent and experienced enough to pilot the affairs of Nigeria. The former Lagos State governor…

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APC Convention: Yahaya Bello alleges govs. gang-up against him

Aminu Imam

…Says APC’ll only win presidency if it plays by the rule Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has alleged a gang-up against him by northern All Progressives Congress (APC) governors who he claimed have excluded him from aspirants eligible to contest the party’s presidential ticket. He told newsmen, while emerging from President Muhammadu Buhari’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, that not allowing him to vie for the ticket is a recipe for chaos. According to him, he is the overwhelming favourite to clinch the ticket if there is a…

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2023: APC Elective National Convention: Buhari disowns Lawan, Adamu

Aminu Imam

…Says “I’ve no anointed candidate” President Muhammadu Buhari has said he has not anointed anyone as consensus presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the party’s presidential primary starting today, Tuesday. Reports had emerged to the effect that the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, announced Ahmad Lawan, who is the Senate President, as the party’s consensus candidate during the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Monday, claiming to have done so with the president’s nod. Following the announcement northern APC governors who had backed power shift…

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APC Consensus Candidate: Aggrieved NWC members reject Lawan

Aminu Imam

…Says Adamu on his own State governors on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday rejected the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan as the party’s 2023 consensus presidential candidate. The governors, at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, insisted that there must be a power shift, which they noted would be too risky for the APC if the rotation was disallowed. The APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, had anointed Lawan as the consensus candidate, a development that is currently causing ripples among the State governors as well…

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Convention: APC presidential primary locks down Abuja

Aminu Imam

The Central Area of Abuja the federal capital, is practically on a lockdown, with serious traffic congestion along all major roads leading to Eagle Square, the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) convention. There was a traffic snarl around Area 10, Wuse 2, and other areas as road users tried to avoid the Ahmadu Bello Way and Shehu Shagari Way leading to the Eagle Square. Although the convention did not commence at 3.00 pm, the city experienced huge traffic, with hotels in most parts of Abuja fully booked.

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APC to proceed with presidential primary without statutory delegates despite court judgment

Aminu Imam

…’No APC presidential aspirant’s been disqualified’ – Adamu The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), says it will proceed with its special convention without statutory delegates despite the pronouncement by the Federal High Court in Kano. This is just as its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has said no presidential aspirant on the party’s platform has been disqualified. Recall that the court, on Friday, held that statutory delegates can participate in the primaries of political parties in accordance with the Nigerian Constitution. The spokesperson of the APC, Felix Morka, told newsmen that…

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APC 2023: Gov. Badaru withdraws from presidential race, as Northern Govs. zone ticket to South

Aminu Imam

APC governors and political leaders from the northern States have declared that after eight years in office of President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 elections should come from the southern states of the country. The position of the Governors and leaders from the North was contained in an issued press statement, yesterday. The statement came as a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari summoned with State Governors elected on the platform of the APC began at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to…

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2023: APC screening panel disqualifies 10 presidential aspirants, clears 13

Aminu Imam

The presidential screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified ten presidential aspirants, and cleared thirteen, the chairman of the committee, Chief John Oyegun, has disclosed. The Oyegun-led committee submitted its report to the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu yesterday. While submitting the report, Oyegun said only 13 aspirants, out of the 23 that appeared before the committee, were cleared. He has not, however, named those disqualified and those given the nod to participate in the party’s presidential primary.

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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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