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  • AAC governorship candidate, others defect to APC

    AAC governorship candidate, others defect to APC

    Rep, Aminu Jaji (APC-Zamfara) has received former Zamfara Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), in the 2023 election, Mallam Muhammad Kabir-Sani into the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara chapter.

    Kabir-Sani defected along with members of the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State House of Assembly candidates’ Forum.

    The decampees with their thousands of their followers joined the APC through the Jajiyya APC political movement under the leadership of Alhaji Isiyaka Ajiya-Anka.

    They announced their defection to the APC  with thousands of AAC and PDP members after a meeting with the lawmaker in his Gusau residence.

    The former AAC governorship candidate said they decided to join APC under the Jaji Political Movement.

    “We are convinced with the performance and good representation of Aminu Jaji considering various developmental achievements he had recorded in his constituency and Zamfara in general,” he said.

    Also speaking, Ibrahim Labbo-Anka, the representative of the PDP state house of assembly candidates’ forum said they decided to join APC because it has remained the strongest political party in the state.

    “We had fruitful discussions with mutual understanding with Hon. Aminu Jaji; so, we decided to join the APC, we will remain in the party for the development of our dear state, ” he said.

    Receiving the decampees, Jaji, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Ecological Fund, commended them for joining the APC.

    The federal lawmaker described the defectors’ action as a welcome development for the APC in the state and Nigeria in general.

    He assured the decampees of fair treatment and good working relationships to enhance the  capacity of the party in the state.

    Jaji expressed confidence that the political experience and calibre of the defectors, especially their leaders would boost the strength of the Jajiyya movement and the entire APC family in the state.

    “I urge you to remain with APC and feel free to contribute to the best of your capacity for the development of the APC,” the lawmaker said.

    Earlier, the State Chairman, APC-Jajiyya movement, Alhaji Isiyaka Ajiya-Anka, described the movement as strongest political group having active structure across the 14 local government areas of the state.

    Ajiya-Anka promised that all the decampees would be engaged in the party’s activities without any discrimination.

    He urged them to remain committed to the development of the party by promoting unity, peace and stability in the APC.

  • My contest in Douala was pretty competitive – Ese Brume

    My contest in Douala was pretty competitive – Ese Brume

     Newly crowned African women’s long jump queen, Nigeria’s Ese Brume, says her journey to winning the gold medal at the ongoing 23rd African Senior Athletics championships in Douala, Cameroon was tough.
     “I’m excited winning the gold medal here, but It was pretty competitive irrespective of the distance,” ever-smiling Brume told AFN media on Tuesday. “But I am glad I was able to get the gold.”
    The 28 year old, Delta State-born athlete, jumped 6.73m to capture the gold medal on Monday evening to increase Nigeria’s gold medal tally at the championship to three, before the women’s 4x100m relay grabbed one more.
    Becoming the only athlete to win four Long Jump titles, three consecutive at the African Championships, as well as the first African to win two Long Jump medals at the World Athletics Championships
    The 1.67m tall athlete, holds a personal best of 7.17m. Brume currently holds the commonwealth games record, African junior record and African record in the event.
    On Tuesday, at the team’s base, Noubou hotel in Douala, the five-time African junior champion in athletics, confirmed she would be joining Team Nigeria for the Olympic camp in Germany, alongside her coach Yahaya Kayode.
    “I will continue to work with my coach to ensure I make a better performance at the Olympics Games.”
    In 2022, the Olympic bronze medalist, became the first African woman in history to jump four legal marks over 7.00m.
  • Amusan leads Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay to gold

    Amusan leads Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay to gold

    After missing her 100m hurdles event due to illness at the ongoing 2024 African Senior Athletics Championships in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, World Record Holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, on Monday anchored Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay to win gold.
    The victory increased Nigeria’s gold medal to four at the Championships.
    Justina Eyakpobeya started a great form and handed over to Tima Godbless on time. Godbless did not disappoint, as she overpowered her challengers to hand the baton to home girl Olayinka Olajide. She ran the last bend to hand over to Tobi Amusan, who anchored at 42.72 seconds.
    Liberia and Ghana complete the podium in the women’s 100m decided at the Stade de Japoma, Douala, Cameroon.
    Amusan had arrived in Douala on Thursday morning alongside other members of the Nigerian contingent with no sign of illness. But she fell ill later that day, and Sports Ministry’s medical personnel attached to the AFN team to Douala advised her to take a rest.
    She took part in the 4x100m relay final because AFN Technical Director, Samuel Onikeku tendered a medical report on her, unlike the duo of Favour Ofili and Rosemary Chukwuma who pulled out from the 100m semifinal without the knowledge of the technical committee.
    In the men’s 4x100m relay final, Nigeria finished second in a time of 38.84 seconds behind Ghana that clocked 38.63 seconds. Cote D’Ivoire came third.
    Kanyinsola Ajayi gave Ushoritse Itshekiri, who handed the baton to Alaba Adegoke. Godson Brume ran the last leg.
    So far, Team Nigeria has won 4 gold,
    5 silver and 4 bronze medals.
    This is Team Nigeria medal table at the Championships:
    GOLD MEDAL
    Men’s Shot Put:
    ★  Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
    Women’s Discus:
    ★ Ashley Anumba
    Women’s Long Jump:
    ★ Ese Brume
    Women’s Relay:
    ★ 4×100m
    SILVER MEDAL
    Women’s Hammer:
    ★ Sade Olatoye
    Mix Relay:
    ★ 4×400m
    Women’s Discus:
    ★Obiageri Ameachi
    Women’s High Jump:
    ★ Temitope Adeshina
    Men’s Relay:
    ★ 4×100m
    BRONZE MEDAL
    Women’s Discus:
    ★ Chioma Onyekweri
    Men’s Long Jump:
    ★ Goodness Iredia
    Men’s 400m
    ★ Samuel Ogazi
    Women’s 400m
    ★ Esther Elo Joseph
  • AAC governorship candidate frowns at suspension of 3 lawmakers

    AAC governorship candidate frowns at suspension of 3 lawmakers

    Dr Udoh Oberaifo, the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has frowned at the suspension of three lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly.

    Oberaifo is the candidate of the AAC for the Sept. 21, governorship election in the State.

    The Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, had on Monday,  suspended the three lawmakers over an alleged plot to impeach him and other Principal officer.

    The three suspended lawmakers are: Mr Donald Okogbe (PDP Akoko-Edo 11), Bright Iyamu (PDP Orihonmwon South) and Adeh Isibor (Esan North East 1).

    Addressing newsmen in Benin, Oberaifo described the suspension of the  lawmakers as illegal and unconstitutional.

    According to him, the speaker lacked the legal power and right to suspend a lawmaker democratically elected by the people.

    “So what will now happen to their constituents that they represent.”

    He said that the action of the speaker clearly infringed on the rights of the good people of Edo, the suspended members and their constituents.

    “Our courts have consistently held that disciplinary powers of legislative houses like Edo state house of assembly do not extend to suspension.

    ”The court of appeal in Bauchi  State House of Assembly & ORS vs. Guyaba,  agreed with the trial court in holding that the suspension of a then house of assembly member, Hon. Gubaya for three months was illegal.

    “Recently, the court also took a similar view in the case of Akinribido vs Ondo State House of Assembly.

    ”The point I wish to state here is that the clear malicious suspension of these members of the Edo house of assembly for whatever reasons by the speaker, is laughable, unjustifiable, illegal and clearly unconstitutional.

    “It clearly shows the directionless lawmaking powers, offside decision making of the PDP led house of assembly, and lack of respect for democratic institutions,” he said.

    Oberaifo urged the speaker to recall the suspended members in line with clear court precedents in similar matters.

    According to him, the above shows that Edo people can no longer continue with the PDP governance and law making in the State.

    He urged the people to vote for the AAC as a better alternative and for credible governance.

  • Ondo 2024: Ajayi picks AAC’s gubernatorial ticket

    Ondo 2024: Ajayi picks AAC’s gubernatorial ticket

    Mr Adekunle Ajayi on Saturday emerged as the governorship candidate  of the African Action Congress (AAC) for the Nov. 16 election in Ondo State.

    Ajayi became victorious through affirmation by all 35 delegates of the party from the 18 local government areas of the state.

    The consensus mode of the primary was monitored by the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Comrade Olugbenga Arinkoluwa, who served as the 2024 AAC Governorship Election Committee Chair, said the party decided to pick Ajayi as its candidate after several meetings, believing he would represent the party well in the election.

    Arinkoluwa explained that AAC is a party comprising people of intelligence, vision, and mission, adding that Ajayi would be cerebral enough to turn misfortune into fortune if elected as the next governor of the state.

    “We did not ask him to bring money, but we decided that the person with vision, mission, and intelligence would be our candidate so that when he gets there as the governor, he would not have excuses to steal public money.

    “He is not the type that will steal the commonwealth of the people to pay bank loans. He didn’t borrow any money and did not commit one naira to the party,” he stated.

    In his acceptance speech, the AAC candidate said the contest was a long-time challenge that he needed to take up to correct the mismanagement of politics, the economy, and social development by insincere politicians in the state.

    “Societal building has to do with how much you are involved, not age. Most of the special advisers have no thinking capacity for the development of the state.

    “At the level of youth, most of us are deeply involved, from the level of student movement to people movement.

    “Apart from being deeply involved, we also have intellectuals to build and defend agriculture and the environmental status of the state. With the level of understanding in the state, we think it is time to take center stage, not the side or back stage, for both growth and development of the state.

    “We are going to reject all forms of neoliberalism policies in this state. We are not going to stand and watch as all raw materials of the state move to other climes,” he stated.

    According to him, if elected governor, “I will advance what Pa Adekunle Ajasin did in building companies, industries to massively reduce unemployment.

    Ajayi, a Sahara media correspondent, said that he would not transfer public funds to private hands if elected as governor, adding that he would make the state attractive so that doctors would not go abroad.

    “We will have our own refinery.

    “We are not just going to build hospitals but an advanced healthcare system. A situation where we will have viable and world-standard primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare systems,” he said.

  • AAC candidate condemns impeachment of Shaibu

    AAC candidate condemns impeachment of Shaibu

    Dr. Udoh Oberaifo, the Gubernatorial Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), on Monday, condemned in strong terms the impeachment of deputy governor Philip Shaibu by the Edo House of Assembly.

    Shaibu was impeached on Monday for “revealing government secrets”. He has been replaced by Marvellous Godwins Omobayo as the new deputy governor.

    In a statement in Benin, Oberaifo said regardless of the charges levelled against Shaibu, due process was not followed.

    Oberaifo who noted that Shaibu was not given a fair hearing and described the impeachment as a blatant disregard of the principles of justice.

    “Of particular concern is the fact that the impeachment proceeded despite a pending case filed by the deputy governor at the Federal High court.

    “This legal action should have warranted a status quo, yet the impeachment was carried out regardless, casting doubts on the motives behind the hurried proceedings,” he said .

    The AAC candidate raised the alarm over the connection between the Labour Party (LP) and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state .

    He alleged that the new deputy governor was a card-carrying member of LP, and was yet to resign his membership as at the time he was sworn in.

    “This action is in clear violation of the Electoral Act 2022 and it underscores the connivance between the LP and PDP to consolidate power,” he added.

    He condemned the display of political maneuvering and warned against  godfatherism that has permeated Edo politics.

    He urges the people of Edo state to reject the PDP and LP at the polls, come September 2024, and embrace the AAC as a viable alternative.

    Oberaifo called on all Edo people to rally behind the AAC, embrace its programmes, visions, and manifestos, and cast their votes for him as the next governor of the state in September.

  • 2023 elections: Peter Obi not alternative Nigeria needs – AAC Chieftain

    2023 elections: Peter Obi not alternative Nigeria needs – AAC Chieftain

    Comrade Ina Okopi-Aqu, National Secretary of the African Action Congress (AAC) has averred that the candidate of the Labour Party for the forthcoming presidential election, Mr Peter Obi is not the alternative Nigeria needs.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Comrade Okopi-Aqu stated this on Saturday at a colloquium organised to assess the 2023 presidential election campaigns.

    According to Okopi-Aqu, Mr Obi was not different from the old political stock, coming from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), adding that the AAC presidential candidate, Comrade Omoyele Sowore is a better option.

    “The alternative we seek in Nigeria, if it is the PDP or Labour Party, then we do not have an alternative yet. Nigeria needs an alternative that is different from the PDP, the Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC). So, we want Nigerians to look again at what is the alternative,” the AAC National Secretary said.

    However, Diran Onifade, Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, who was present at the event held virtually via Zoom, countered the AAC Scribe, stressing that the Labour Party presidential candidate appeals to Nigerians in terms of expectation.

    Onifade argued that the Labour Party is a special purpose vehicle for the kind of leadership Nigerians have been yearning for, adding that the ideas of Mr Peter Obi and his record of service resonate with the people of Nigeria.

    “Nigerians have constituted themselves as the structure for the Labour Party because the ideas of our presidential candidate and his records of service resonate with Nigerians.

    “At the beginning, it didn’t look like that. The 2023 presidential election was looking like another contest between the two big parties. That was the kind of mindset we entered the election with.

    “We did not take into consideration the fact that right there among the populace there was something that was building up that politicians were not ready for.

    “They knew about the third force. When the process of the election started, the real third force emerged from the streets of Nigeria. That is the wave we are riding on,” Onifade said.

  • 2023 elections: PRP denounces reported alliance with AAC

    2023 elections: PRP denounces reported alliance with AAC

    The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has said that the party is not in alliance with the African Action Congress (AAC).

    This was stated in a statement signed  by the party’s  Acting Assistant National Publicity Secretary, Mr Muhammed Ishaq, in Abuja, on Tuesday.

    “The attention of the PRP has been drawn to a comedy orchestrated and acted by the presidential candidate of the AAC, Mr Omoyele Sowore, in connivance with some elements that we are in political alliance with AAC which is far from the truth” he said.

    “We describe the purported mass mobilisation congress which the AAC claimed to have held in collaboration with our party as a  comedy which  deserves no attention of any  right thinking citizens.

    “The public should note that  PRP has debunked several times that it is not into any alliance with AAC or its presidential candidate,.”

    Ishaq further said that AAC was still living in illusion that it was in alliance with PRP, “a fantasy  that is never in touch with  reality”.

    “We  would like to use this medium to reiterate the fact that at no time has the PRP concluded an alliance with any candidate or any other political party, particularly the AAC.”

    He also said that the PRP was taking steps to legally deal with the persons who were hiding behind the its name to commit fraud.

    A newspaper had on Jan. 16, reported that Sowere attended “a massive AAC, PRP Town Hall in Kano.

    Sowere was at the event, quoted as saying that “our combination is the most powerful kinetic combination in the history of Nigeria”.

  • SOWORE: Crisis rocks AAC as party expels presidential candidate

    SOWORE: Crisis rocks AAC as party expels presidential candidate

    The presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has been expelled by the party for allegedly hoodwinking the public and collecting money from unsuspecting victims.

     

    This was made known in a statement signed by the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa, and made available to journalists in Abuja.

     

    Leonard further stated that since June 02, 2022, the ‘expelled’ Omoyele Sowere, allegedly commenced working with some forces within and outside the party with the aim to disarray the party, stating that, “it wouldn’t see the light of the day even as the party remains civil, responsible and law-abiding.”

    Our next push is to ensure that his name is delisted as our great party’s National Chairman

    According to him, “Many mistook this elevated approach of ours as being weak and wondered why we did not adopt the crude and thuggish mannerism of the perpetual lawbreaker and out-of-favour character that cyberstalk everybody in the country for cheap popularity and monetary gains.

     

    “Fact is, his expulsion from the party with his ills is for this same reason and will do the party no good to embrace such despicable behaviour from an individual that nobody would want to relate with.

     

    “In our resolve, therefore, to remain civil and law-abiding in the face of the onslaught from enemies of our great party, we set out first during this period to establish the genuineness of the court judgment which he claimed gave him victory which was a big lie.

     

    “The second thing we did was to counter him and his troop legitimately in court which is still ongoing, and they are literally scampering for safety now!

     

    “Following from above we now directed effort at ensuring that his name was removed as our great party’s presidential candidate, this we also achieved.

     

    “Our next push is to ensure that his name is delisted as our great party’s National Chairman and transmit all our candidates that emerged from our nationwide primaries. We are not relenting on this end.

     

    “All Leaders and State Chairmen are therefore directed to be on high alert as they can be called upon at any time. Finally, we wish to thank all party faithful(s) for their prayers and support”, Leonard added.

  • Actress Caroline Danjuma nominated as AAC deputy governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom

    Actress Caroline Danjuma nominated as AAC deputy governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom

    Actress Caroline Danjuma has been nominated as the African Action Congress (AAC), deputy governorship candidate to the party’s  gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Iboro Otu, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

    This development was contained in a statement signed and released by the state chairman and the secretary, Utip Etiebet, and Mr. Gabriel Ekpo, Respectively.

    The statement notes that the beautiful actress has been considered for her love for leadership ability, humanity, and commitment to the betterment of Akwa Ibom communities.

    The statement read, “On behalf of our great party, the African Action Congress, and the Ibero Otu Governorship Campaign Organisation, we write to inform members of our great party, Akwa Ibom State citizens, and fellow Nigerians of our party’s deputy governorship candidate for the 2023 elections in Akwa Ibom State, in the person of Chief Mrs. Caroline Uduak Danjuma.

    “Chief Mrs. Caroline, the Obong Uwana of Eket, is an international businesswoman, award-winning actress, and philanthropist.

    “She is from the family of the former paramount ruler of Eket, His Royal Majesty, Edidem William Esiet Ekwere.”

    The party highlighted Danjuma’s support in separating the conjoined Ayeni Twins, feeding over 3,000 people, and advocating for the rights and freedom of Lybian slaves.

    “Chief Mrs. Caroline is a hardworking mother of three who is passionate about education for all children and youths, especially women, she’s a supporter and campaigner for women equality, and an advocate for community development through youth and women enterprise,” the statement read.

    The party noted that Caroline will bring to the table her experience in rallying global and national attention towards developmental, political, and social issues, which will be instrumental to the party’s success at the polls.