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  • PDP postpones Anambra governorship primary

    PDP postpones Anambra governorship primary

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted its Anambra governorship primary from April 5 to April 8.

    Chidi Chidebe, PDP Anambra chairman, confirmed the development in Awka during an interview with NAN on Saturday.

    The primary will produce the party’s candidate for the Nov. 8 governorship election.

    Chidebe said the National Secretariat approved the shift to complete necessary administrative processes and ensure a smooth exercise.

    He described PDP as the most peaceful party in Anambra, ready to contest united and prepared.

    “Our primary election will now hold on Tuesday, April 8.

    “With the confusion in other parties, it’s clear that PDP is not the problem,” he said.

    He urged members to prioritise public and party interests over personal ambitions.

    Major parties in Anambra — APC, APGA, and Labour Party — are holding their primaries on Saturday.

    According to reports, several aspirants have withdrawn from the race in most parties, except APGA.

    Gov. Chukwuma Soludo remains APGA’s sole aspirant for the governorship ticket.

  • One person dies in Osun APC Governorship primary election

    One person dies in Osun APC Governorship primary election

    One person was reportedly shot dead on Saturday by gunmen, suspected to be cultists at a polling centre in Odogbo-Ijesa in Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun.

    The victim (nameswitheld) was waiting to vote during the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in his ward.

    Confirming the reports, the State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said: “The killing is suspected to be cult related, as the killers and the victim were said to be suspected members of cult groups.

    “It was reported that a gang of six men, led by a known and wanted cultist (nameswitheld), went to a polling centre in Odogbo-Ijesa in Atakumosa East and pulled out their victim out from the queue.

    “The suspects were reported to have shot their victim dead before driving off in a Hilux truck and motorcycle they came with.

    “The witnesses at the scene and some residents claimed that the victim was also a known cultist in the community.

    “When the police were informed of the incident, they chased the suspects and accosted them at Iwara-Ijesa.

    “The suspects then opened gunfire at the police team, which led to exchange of gunshots that eventually forced the suspects to flee into the bushes, after they were overpowered, thereby leaving their vehicle and motorcycle behind,” Opalola said.

    The police spokesperson said that the abandoned Hilux truck and motorcycle had been taken to Ilesa Police Area Command, while the police was on the trail of the suspects.

    She said that the suspected cultists were known to the residents in Atakumosa East LGA, while their leader, was on the wanted list of the police.

  • Osun election: Oyetola carpets Aregbesola’s anointed, Adeoti to emerge as APC candidate

    Osun election: Oyetola carpets Aregbesola’s anointed, Adeoti to emerge as APC candidate

    Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state.

    Oyetola, who is seeking re-election, pulled 222,169, votes to defeat his closet rival, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the anointed candidate of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who scored 12,921.

    The governor won in all the 30 local government areas of the state in the direct primary election on Saturday.

    He also defeated Mr Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, who scored 460 votes.

    The Kwara Governor, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, announced the results at about 3.00 a.m at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo on Sunday.

    AbdulRazak said that the total registered voters for the exercise was 408,697.

    The chairman added that the total numbers of accredited voters was 247, 207, while the total votes cast was 235,550.

    He said: “I, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, the Chairman, Primary Election Committee, hereby certified that Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola, having scored the highest votes cast in Osun governorship primary election held on Feb.19 and met all requirements as contained in the guildlines of the election is hereby declared the winner.”

    In his remarks, the Chairman of APC in Osun, Mr Gboyega Famodun, commended the committee for a job well done.

    Famodun said the peaceful outcome of the primary had put an end to tension in the state.

    He said the party would work toward the victory of Oyetola, who is now the party’s candidate for July 16 governorship election in the state.

  • I‘ll emerge victorious in Osun Governorship primary – Oyetola

    I‘ll emerge victorious in Osun Governorship primary – Oyetola

    One of the contestants in the Saturday Governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun, Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, says with God on his side, he will win.

    Oyetola, while commended members of the party for turning out in large numbers, said, “losing is not an option for a man commissioned by God for an assignment”.

    Oyetola made the assertions, while speaking with newsmen at his Iragbiji country home, Boripe Local Government Area of the state.

    According to him, by the grace of God, I will emerge victorious. To us, losing is not an option for a man commissioned by God for an assignment.

    “I just want to appeal to all our people across the state to maintain peace.

    “Election process should not be a battlefield or a do-or-die affair.

    “Let everyone exercise his/her right to choose in determining who represents them at the party level and ultimately at the general elections.

    “So far, so good, I think this process has gone well, contrary to the speculations of violence.

    “We have been in contact with a number of places and we have received positive signals of peace.

    “Really, I don’t see why choosing a candidate to represent the party should be a thing of violence,” he said.

    Oyetola also commended the party members for conducting themselves peacefully.

    He said that the peaceful conduct of the primary election testified to the fact that Osun remains the most peaceful state in the country.

    The governor said that the news of violence making the rounds were mere speculations.

    Oyetola, however, appealed to the citizens across the state to maintain peace and decorum, saying that elections should not be a battle.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two other main aspirants battling for the governorship ticket of the party are: Alhjaji Moshood Adeoti, a former Secretary to the State Government and Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

    NAN also reports that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, also a the immediate past Governor in the state, had declared his support for Adeoti, as his preferred candidate to fly the party’s ticket.

    Oyetola is seeking to win the party’s ticket to actualise his second term bid.

    The moves in the camps of the two leaders had heightened tension in the political situation in the state.