Tag: Oyegun
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Nigerians are unhappy, country not working – Oyegun laments
The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, has wondered why Nigerians are increasingly unhappy with their leaders. Speaking at the 17th edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue, Oyegun said the citizens are losing hope in their leaders and nation. The former governor of Edo state also said there is a…
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Edo APC crisis tragic, unfortunate – Oyegun
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday spoke on the crisis rocking his party in Edo, describing it as “tragic and unfortunate”. Oyegun, who was first Executive Governor of Edo, spoke with newsmen on the sideline of the 22nd investiture of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) in…
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Oba of Benin begs Oyegun to intervene in Edo Assembly crisis
Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has called on the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, to intervene in the lingering crisis rocking the state chapter of the party and the Edo State Assembly. The Monarch made the call to Chief Oyegun who was at his palace to…
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‘Come for tutorial on how to lead a party…’ Oyegun attacks Oshiomhole again
Immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun yesterday insisted that he left behind a ruling party without blemish. Responding through his Public Affairs Adviser, Ray Morphy, the former party leader dismissed the claim that he condoned indiscipline while in the saddle, saying he bequeathed a party without blemish…
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We’re not ashamed to say our party failed under Oyegun – APC defends Oshiomhole
The All Progressives Congress has said its former National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, condoned indiscipline while he was at the helm of affairs of the party. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, who spoke to journalists, said the National Working Committee led by Odigie-Oyegun had lacked the courage required to confront the “pockets of…
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Oshiomhole lacks Capacity to manage a big political party – Oyegun
The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun has said that his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, lacks capacity to manage the different interests and tendencies that constitute a political party. In apparent reaction to the allegation by the South-south APC chairmen that he laid landmines for the Oshiomhole-led national…
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2019: How Oshiomhole’s emergence saved APC from Oyegun’s ‘mess’ – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has reiterated that choosing Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) saved the party from an impending catastrophe in the build up to the 2019 election year. Okorocha said in spite of the turbulence currently facing the APC, with Oshiomhole in the saddle,…
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Dogara, nine others drag Oyegun to court over conduct of APC congresses
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and nine others have sued the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, over the conduct of ward and local government congresses of the party in Bauchi State. The plaintiffs claimed that the conduct of the congresses was in breach…
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Court dismisses suit against tenure extension for Oyegun, others
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed two suits challenging the attempt by All Progressives Congress to extend the tenure of its National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, and those of other officials of the party at the national, state, local government and ward levels. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in two separate judgments, held that the…
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[EXCLUSIVE] APC chair: Oyegun still in the race
There are strong indications that the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is still very much in the race to contest the exalted ruling party position. While Oyegun’s opposition have speculated that the he has backed out of the party national chairmanship race, a source very close to the incumbent chairman disclosed…