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2023: ‘Nigeria not going back to ‘Egypt’ — APC knocks PDP, Atiku

Aminu Imam

…Says we’re not in the same class The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has knocked the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for thinking that they can come back to power, saying Nigerians are not ready to go back to Egypt. The former Vice President had on Wednesday met with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. After the meeting, Atiku said Nigerians are waiting eagerly for his Peoples Democratic Party to take over power…

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S/Court ruling: APC now invalid, carries burden of “let buyer beware”, says PDP

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has alerted Nigerians and the international community that the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has become technically invalidated and now lacked the statutory structure to operate as a political party in the country. This is coming against the background of the pronouncement of the Supreme Court that clearly pointed to the nullity of APC’s subsistence and activities as a political party, for having a sitting governor, Mai Mala Buni, of Yobe State, as its Chairman, in total violation of section 183 of the 1999 Constitution (as…

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APC shuns Keyamo, others, says Congress will hold as planned

Aminu Imam

Despite warnings, the All Progressives Congress (APC) said its July 31 ward congresses nationwide will hold as planned. The Party at a press briefing held in Abuja told its members to ignore statements from some of the party leaders calling for the removal of the Gov Mala Buni-led caretaker committee. Recall that the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, (SAN), had on Wednesday warned of the legal implications of holding the exercise following the judgment of the Supreme Court on the appeal filed by the PDP candidate…

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‘Buni has become albatross to APC, he must go immediately’ – Festus Keyamo

Aminu Imam

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has declared that the Supreme Court has just weaponised all those that would be aggrieved by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Congresses to proceed to court to challenge the competence of the Buni-led CECPC, saying he must go immediately. Recall that the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the case brought by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the election of Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The apex court in Abuja, by a narrow split decision, held…

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‘Absence of mobilisation to engage Nigerians exposes APC to opposition’

Aminu Imam

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Salihu Lukman, has lamented thatone of the big gaps confronting the party which makes it easy for opposition politicians to dent APC and its governments’ is the absence of mobilisation programme to engage Nigerians to take responsibility in responding to challenges facing the country. Lukman said getting Nigerians to take responsibility in their different fields of endevours in responding to challenges facing the country is a critical success factor in terms of producing the change envisioned by the APC and its leadership…

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‘By 2023, APC would have completely wrecked Nigeria’ – NEF spokesman, Baba-Ahmed

Aminu Imam

The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has berated the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), over its management of Nigeria, saying that by 2023, the party would have completely wrecked the nation. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, lamenting that the next party to take over the helms of leadership in 2023 would have a herculean task of fixing the country. While blaming the political class for the nation’s woes, Baba-Ahmed said the country’s current challenge is not just as a…

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2023: APC move against Bola Tinubu presidential ambition

Aminu Imam

…Plot consensus candidate Opposition groups in the All Progressives Congress, (APC), are reportedly working underground to frustrate the yet-to-be officially announced presidential bid of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to reports, the ruling APC had settled for a consensus option for the emergence of party officials at all levels. Recall that in a statement last Wednesday, Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), of the party, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, said the reason for the decision is to reduce acrimony ahead of the forthcoming congresses. He added that the party is…

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2023: Disquiet in APC over consensus option

Aminu Imam

Controversy is raging within the All Progressives Congress, (APC), party over which zone would produce the presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 polls. This is especially as the party is yet to resolve issues of zoning and how candidates would be fielded across the board. According to feelers, the party is still navigating the country’s political murky waters, characterised by crises and conflicts of interest, anxiety and uncertainty, among others. This is considering that it is yet to redefine itself by organising a national convention where a new crop of…

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‘APC consensus candidate arrangement is a plot to impose Jonathan on the party’ – Arewa group cry out

Aminu Imam

A group, under the auspices of ‘Arewa 2023 Agenda for Peaceful Transition’, has said that the National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John Akpanudoehede, has vindicated the group’s revelation on APC’s plan to give its next presidential ticket to former President Goodluck Jonathan. “Some Nigerians were initially doubting us, on the grand plot to foist former President on the APC in 2023”, the group explained in a statement by its National Chairman – Usaini Ibrahim on Wednesday, in Kaduna. It would be recalled that Senator…

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Congresses: “Why we’re recommending consensus option” – APC

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is recommending a consensus option for the election of party officials at all levels in the forthcoming congresses, to reduce possible acrimony. Recall that the party’s conventions are expected to commence on July 31 with ward congresses. The National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John Akpanudoedehe,  in a statement yesterday, said APC is a Party for all Nigerians so it’s making plans to accommodate everyone. “We are encouraging States to adopt the consensus arrangement because it saves costs and reduces…

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