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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 partys presidential primary.

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2023: Tension in APC as Governors plot to oppose Buharis 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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N96bn Alleged Fraud: ‘Amaechi not qualified to run for president’ – Lawyer writes APC

Aminu Imam

A human rights lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, says the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is not eligible to contest for the 2023 presidential election. In an issued statement yesterday, Ajulo said section 137 (1)(i) of the 1999 Constitution prohibits Amaechi from running for office owing to the allegation of N96 billion fraud against him. Recall that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, had set up a seven-man panel to probe Amaechi over the alleged withdrawal of N96 billion from the states treasury during his tenure as governor. The panel was said…

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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 partys National Secretariat says the pro-Tinubu members of the party’s NWC are railing for…

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2023: “Choose Lawan as APC candidate, since PDP picked Atiku”, S’East group tells delegates

Aminu Imam

A group, identified as the South-East front in the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has urged delegates to choose Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the Partys presidential candidate. In an issued statement on Wednesday, the group said choosing a presidential ticket from the North-East will be a good match against Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). It has become apparent that PDP has once again laid ambush for our party the APC by choosing its candidate from the North-East instead of the South-East, the group said. We…

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‘Northerners are tired of northern politicians’ – APC Chieftain

Aminu Imam

Says Tinubu accepted in North, S’West, can give Atiku nightmare An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, yesterday said less-privileged northerners are tired of politicians from the region and would vote for a southern politician in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Vatsa, who stated this in Minna, Niger State capital, said the only way the ruling party can retain power after 2023 is to make former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu its presidential candidate, adding that the APC will lose the presidency if a…

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2023: APC stakeholders slam President Buhari over succession plot

Aminu Imam

Some stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), have berated President Muhammadu Buhari over his request to the partys governors to allow him to pick his successor ahead of Mondays Presidential Convention of the party. The stakeholders, who spoke under the aegis of APC Rebirth Group, during a media parley in Abuja, said President Buharis desire to reciprocate gestures must not compromise the partys internal democratic processes. They wondered if the president is now being influenced by the antics of state governors who often resort to imposing their stooges…

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APC Crisis: Adamu taking unilateral decisions, blackmailing NWC members NW/SW Zonal chairmen

Aminu Imam

Two members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused the partys national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, of taking unilateral decisions and using President Muhammadu Buharis name to blackmail other members of the Committee. According to an issued press statement in Abuja yesterday, signed by the North-West zonal chairman, Salihu Moh’d Lukman, and the South-West zonal chairman, Isaacs Kekemeke, called on all the leaders of the APC to call Senator Adamu to order before the matter gets out of hand. The statement partly…

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2023: APC commences screening for 23 presidential aspirants

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has commenced screening of presidential aspirants on its platform. According to reports, a former national chairman of the Party, John Oyegun, is in charge of the screening exercise. About 30 people were said to have purchased the APC presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest form, but only 23 would be screened at the ongoing exercise. The individuals to be screened at the exercise are: Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Yemi Osinbajo; Former Minister of State Education; Chukwuemeja Uwaezuoke Nwajiuba; Governor of Jigawa State, Badaru Abubakar;…

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2023: “Tinubu is the only APC presidential aspirant Atiku is afraid of” South West Group

Aminu Imam

The South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA23), yesterday said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be making a huge mistake if it does not field Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate to confront former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election. Atiku scored 371 votes at the PDP presidential primary to defeat his closest rival, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, who polled 237 votes, and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who came third with 70 votes. Speaking with newsmen, Otunba Bosun Oladele, National Secretary of SWAGA said the…

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