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  • Ondo Guber: APC set up committee to screen aspirants ahead primary

    Ondo Guber: APC set up committee to screen aspirants ahead primary

    In its effort to ensure smooth emergence of a suitable candidate for the forthcoming November governorship election in Ondo State, few leaders of the All Progressives Congress,  under the aegis of Ondo APC Aborigines, have set up a nine-man committee to evaluate and screen all governorship aspirants of the party.

    The Christy Olufowose led committee has been saddled with the responsibility of accessing the aspirants and subsequently present the top three among the aspirants to the APC Aborigines leaders for final selection.

    During a meeting convened in Akure, the state capital, the meeting, which was presided over by former Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, Sola Iji, emphasised the importance of learning from past experiences and ensuring that mistakes were not repeated.

    Iji said the meeting was to enable the leaders to harmonise their interests and pool resources together so that they could choose the candidate of the party who would reflect their yearnings and aspirations.

    “This is a meeting of the foundation members of APC in Ondo State. We refer to ourselves as Aborigine members of the party. We are bringing together the leaders of the party. Some of us have been working hard for the growth of the party, and we think it is time for us to retake our party.

    “People have toiled to make the party what it is. The resources of the party should be of benefit to the members and not to strangers. We are taking back our party to make sure we produce a government of the people and for the people.

    “That is the essence of this meeting. People have come from various local governments. We have appointed people who will take a look at the aspirants,” he said.

  • Bayelsa guber primary: Gov Diri emerges PDP flag bearer

    Bayelsa guber primary: Gov Diri emerges PDP flag bearer

    Ahead of the November 11, governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has conducted it’s primaries at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa.

    The party delegates drawn from the eight local government areas of the state cast their votes to affirm the candidature of the incumbent governor Senator Douye Diri as PDP flag bearer.

    The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Election Primary Committee and Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, declared declared Senator Diri as winner of the PDP governorship primary in Bayelsa to contest the November 11 governorship election.

    Governor Adeleke urged the people of the state to rally round the party during the forthcoming governorship poll.

    He expressed happiness that the committee was able to conduct free and fair primary in the state and urged members to unite to ensure the victory of the party during the poll.

    Diri, who was the sole aspirant polled a total of 305 yes votes from the delegates to emerge as the party candidate.

  • 2023: Again, Appeal Court declares Delta PDP’s guber primary clean as Oborevwori wins

    2023: Again, Appeal Court declares Delta PDP’s guber primary clean as Oborevwori wins

     

    The Court of Appeal has again declared the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, as the duly elected and valid governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State.

    Chief Ikie Aghwarianovwe had dragged PDP and nine other Respondents to the Appellate Court challenging the decision of the lower Court on the ground that there was over voting by delegates at the just concluded gubernatorial primary in Delta State, which validly produced Oborevwori as the party’s Guber candidate.

    The Court in its judgment agreed with the Respondents that the Appellant’s brief of argument was filed out of time and it is incompetent and it was therefore accordingly struck out by the Court, and as such there was no competent appellant brief before the Court.

    However, the Court still proceeded to decide the appeal on the merit in the event that the Appellant goes on appeal to the Supreme Court.

    The Court affirmed the lower Court’s decision and affirmed that that there was no over voting in the primaries of the PDP and the election was in compliance with the Electoral Act, the PDP Constitution and the PDP Electoral guidelines.

    It termed the primaries of the PDP as impeccable.

    The Court further held that this appeal was a waste of precious time and resources of the Court.

    It was further held that the suit is a gross abuse of Court process, and that the appellant who scored zero, I repeat zero should have gone back and restrategize on the next election instead of wasting the precious judicial time and resources of the Court.

    The Court further held that the eminent legal guru i.e Appellant’s counsel should not have involved himself in such a matter, being an abuse of Court process.

    The Court awarded costs of one million Naira against the appellant in favour of each of the nine respondents, making a total of Nine Million Naira.

  • Bala Mohammed wins Bauchi PDP guber primary

    Bala Mohammed wins Bauchi PDP guber primary

    Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state.

    The Returning Officer and Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee, Mr. Murtala Damagum, announced Mohammed’s victory at the end of the exercise held on Saturday in Bauchi.

    He said that Mohammed as the sole contestant in the election polled 646 votes.

    Damagum said that 650 out of the total 656 delegates were accredited, while 646 votes were cast, adding that the election was free and fair.

    The re-scheduled governorship primary is sequel to the voluntary withdrawal of Ibrahim Kashim, who won the May 28 election in the state.

    Kashim, who was the Secretary to the State Government, resigned his position, joined the PDP governorship race, and polled 655 votes to emerge as its flag bearer while Mohammed sought the presidential ticket of the party.

    Sequel to the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as PDP’s presidential candidate, the governor returned to the state to seek re-election for a second term in the 2023 general elections.

    The party subsequently fixed June 4 for a fresh governorship primary election with Mohammed as the sole candidate.

    In his acceptance speech, Mohammed appreciated the party and the delegates for the smooth conduct of the exercise.

    He said the party would sweep polls in the upcoming general elections, adding that, “we have impacted positively through the provision of infrastructure and good governance in the last three years of our administration.

    “Politics is a nice game, we will continue to play politics with decency, decorum, and not a do-or-die affair,” he said.

  • 2023 Election: Senator Folarin wins APC guber primary in Oyo

    The Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial district, Teslim Folarin, has been elected the winner of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary in Oyo State.

    He polled 954 votes to defeat five other aspirants who contested the election held, on Friday, at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    The other aspirants were  Adebayo Adelabu APC Flag bearer; Akeem Agbaje, Azeez Adeduntan, and Hakeem Alao.

    He polled 954 votes to defeat five other aspirants who contested the election held, on Friday, at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    Adelabu who was the party’s  flagbearer in 2019 ,polled  327 votes  to finish  a distant second despite being absent at the venue of the election.

    Azeez Adeduntan had two votes, Akeem Alao had six votes, Hakeem Agbaje had 16 votes while 11 votes were voided.

    Meanwhile Senior lawyer Akintola had pulled out of the primary alleging that the delegates’ list was tampered with.

    TheNewsguru.com reports that Seyi Makinde the incumbent governor of Oyo State has emerged the ruling  PDP’s flag bearer in the party.

  • BREAKING: Court restrain Abia PDP from conducting guber primary

    BREAKING: Court restrain Abia PDP from conducting guber primary

    An Abia State High Court sitting in Osisioma Ngwa judicial Division on Tuesday restrained the People’s Democratic to Party, PDP in the state from conducting primary election for the nomination of its governorship candidate ahead of the 2023 general election.

    One Moses Nwaeze had approached the court seeking an order to retrain the party from zoning its governorship candidate to any zone.

    He wants the governorship ticket thrown open to interested contestants.

    The court presided over by Justice L.T.C. Eruba also adjourned the case to April 13 for further hearing.

    Details to follow…