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  • APC sweeps National Assembly seats in Niger

    All Progressives Congress (APC) won the National Assembly seats in Niger State.

    Its candidates won the three seats in the Senate and the 10 seats in the House of Representatives.

    APC’s candidate in Niger South Senatorial District, who polled 72,572 votes, defeated the incumbent and Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) candidate, Zaynab Kure, who had 64,214 votes.

    Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, the PDP candidate, who scored 82,094 votes, was defeated by David Umaru of the APC, who polled 257,831 votes to clinch the Niger East senatorial seat.

    Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi of  APC won the Niger North seat. He defeated PDP’s Aliyu Mohammed Haliru.

    The 10 seats allotted to the state in the lower chamber of the National Assembly were won by APC candidates.

    The major casualty was the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mukatr Ahmed. He lost the Gurara/Suleja/Tafa Federal Constituency to the former National Youth Leader of APC, Abubakar Lado Abdullahi.

    Ex-ALGON Chairman in the state, Yakubu Sallau of the PDP, failed to unseat Umar Bago of the APC in Chanchaga Federal Constituency.

     

  • You’re worthy soldiers, APC tells Oyo voters

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described the electorate in the state as worthy soldiers of change, who deserve to be celebrated for their contributions to the victory of Muhammadu Buhari.

    The party recorded 528,620 votes against the 303,376 scored by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan.

    In a statement by its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Olawale Sadare, the APC hailed the outcome of last Saturday’s polls, which saw the party winning the three senatorial seats as well as 12 of the 14 seats in the House of Representatives.

    The statement reads: “Whatever victory the APC recorded at the polls was made possible by God and the patriotic electorate, who defied all odds to vote for all candidates presented by our party.

    “Voters in Oyo State have demonstrated their resolve to assist the cause of change, which the APC is championing.

    “As a party with a record of performance in the state, we are grateful that voters found virtually all candidates worthy of their respective mandate and we can assure them that none of those elected from the state on the platform of the APC would disappoint them because they are all competent, committed and passionate to perform well.

    “However, we further urge the electorate in Oyo State not to rest on their oars by completing the task of nation building. The best way to this is by electing only the APC candidates.

    On April 11, our party’s governorship and 32 House of Assembly candidates would be standing for elections and we urge our people to entrust them with their respective mandates.

    “The need for continuity of good governance in the state should be established on April 11, when Governor Abiola Ajimobi is re-elected for another term of four years, as this would seal the assurance of complete restoration, reformation and repositioning of the pacesetter state.”

  • APC leaders celebrating Buhari’s victory

    APC leaders celebrating Buhari’s victory

    National Leader of APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Celebration of Victory for Presidential Election of Gen Buhari with Gov Babatunde Fashola and Gov Isika Ajumobi
    National Leader of APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other party leaders celebrating General Muhammadu Buhari’s celebration in Lagos
  • APC Victory celebration

    APC Victory celebration

    National Leader of APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Celebration of Victory for Presidential Election of Gen Buhari with Gov Babatunde Fashola and Gov Isika Ajumobi
    National Leader of APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu celebration of victory for election of Gen Muhammed Buhari with party members

  • APC wins Borno

    The result of the presidential election in Borno State has shown an overwhelming victory for the All Progressive Congress (APC).
    Gen. Mohammed Buhari scored 473,543 while  President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP trailed behind with with 25, 640‎.
    The results were announced by State Collection Prof. Yaganami Karta of the University of Maiduguri‎.
  • Order barring soldiers from Tinubu’s home subsists, says court

    Order barring soldiers from Tinubu’s home subsists, says court

    The order barring soldiers from the home of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will remain in force until the substantive suit is heard, the Federal High Court said Tuesday.

    Tinubu sued the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah over the deployment of soldiers to lay siege on his 26, Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, Lagos home between February 9 and 11.

    The former Lagos State governor is praying the court to enforce his fundamental rights.

    Justice John Tsoho, on March 26, granted an interim injunction restraining the army from laying siege to Tinubu’s home.

    The judge also stopped Tinubu’s arrest or detention during the period of the general elections.

    He restrained Minimah and his privies from “arresting, detaining, harassing or intimidating the applicant” until the determination of the substantive suit.

    The suit was adjourned for hearing Tuesday, but the applicant’s lawyer, Chukwuma Onwuemene, who stood in for Mr Femi Falana (SAN), sought a short adjournment.

    Minimah was not represented by any lawyer.

    Justice Tsoho recalled that the applicant had already secured an interim injunction against his arrest and intimidation by the military, which still subsists.

    He said he could not give any date before the Easter vacation, which begins next Monday.

    Tinubu is seeking a declaration that the siege on his home was an infringement on his fundamental human right to private and family life protected under Section 37 of the Constitution.

    According to him, the military’s action violated sections 35 and 42 of the Constitution as well as Articles 2 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.

    Tinubu said the siege caused him and his family “psychological and mental torture.”

    His aide, Sunday Dare, who deposed to a supporting affidavit, said: “The applicant was exposed to embarrassment as many members of the public asked whether he committed any offence which warranted the siege.

    “The siege portrayed him as a hardened criminal in the society.”

  • Rivers APC chieftain: I didn’t sign any result sheet

    Rivers APC chieftain: I didn’t sign any result sheet

    A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Mr. Steve Worgu, has denied the allegation that he was among those who signed the Presidential result sheets distributed to Ikwerre Local government Area in Rivers State.

    Mr. Worgu made this declaration Tuesday in Port Harcourt, while reacting on the allegation by Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Dame Gesila Khan that he was among those who signed Presidential result sheets in Ikwerre Local government area.

    He said the allegation that he signed the Presidential poll result sheet is a false and a strategy to cover up the fraudulent act that took place in Saturday’s election in Rivers State.

    The APC chieftain whose name has already being published on the Punch Newspaper of Monday 2015 said he has demanded an apology from REC or he will take a legal action against her.

    “I did not sign out the Presidential result sheets from my Local government as being claimed by Resident Electoral Commissioner Dame Gesila Khan who went ahead to publish my name in the Punch Newspaper.

    “I am not an INEC official or one responsible in my Local government to sign those result sheets, except INEC and its agents decided to forge my signature. On this note, I am demanding apology from REC or I will take a legal action against her.”

  • APC campaign organisation blast Orubebe

    APC campaign organisation blast Orubebe

    The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that the display by former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe at the INEC collation centre was a beginning of a sinister thing to come.

    Director of Media and Publicity of the organization, Garba Shehu said in a statement in Abuja that Nigerians should watch out for such antics from the PDP and its agents in the coming days.

    Shehu, said that the bizarre show of shame by Orubebe underpins a larger plot of the PDP and the Jonathan government to foment crisis and subvert our hard-won democracy.

    “Much as disgraceful as the action by Elder Orubebe was this morning, it typifies the kind of things Nigerians should expect from the PDP and its agents, in an expression of their desperation and pent-up frustrations with the popular decisions of Nigerians in the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

    “We cannot under-rate the frustrations of these people, and we anticipate that they will not hesitate to do the unthinkable to subvert the course of the electoral process and, indeed, democracy in the country.

    “We wish to alert that Orubebe’s drama aimed at disrupting the announcement of the results of the presidential election is just act one scene one in a plot that has many more acts and scenes ahead. The elements of the drama might involve a breach of law and order.

    “We therefore call on Nigerians to be watchful, vigilant, and prayerful and remain resolute to protect our democracy from the machinations of agents-provocateurs.”

  • APC wins Vandeikya/Konshisha constituency in Benue

    APC wins Vandeikya/Konshisha constituency in Benue

    Hemen Hembe of the APC has retained his seat in the National Assembly by defeating his PDP opponent, Terhemen Hon, in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls.

    Announcing the results on Tuesday in Makurdi, the Returning Officer for the constituency, Mr Amokaha Aboho, said Hembe scored 50,818 votes to defeat Hon with 27,289 votes.

    Aboho said the number of registered voters for the constituency was 188,693; accredited voters, 89,776; valid votes, 81,915 while rejected votes were 2,471.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Hembe first won the election in 2007 on the platform of the PDP but defected to APC.

  • APC may have 60 senators

    APC may have 60 senators

    THE All Progressives Congress (APC) is likely to be in the majority in the incoming Senate, with no fewer  than 60 senators. About 46 of them may be from the North. The Senate has 109 members.
    The party will have three senators each from Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Kogi and Kwara states.

    It will parade two each from Ogun, Ondo and Nasarawa states and one from Edo.

     

    Some of the Incoming Senators

    •Prince Lanre Tejuosho (APC, Ogun Central)

    •Alhaja Monsurat Sunmonu (APC, Oyo Central)

    •David Jonah Jang (PDP, Plateau North)

    •Rabiu Kwankwanso APC, Kano Central

    •Uche Ekwunife (PDP, Anambra Central,

    •Mallam Shehu Sani, (APC, Kaduna Central)

    •Godswill Akpabio (PDP, Akwa Ibom Northwest)

    •Gbolahan Dada (APC, Ogun West)

    • Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo Central)

    • Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West)

    • Abubakar Abdulrahman (APC, Kogi East)

    • Uthman Hunkuyi  (APC, Kaduna North)

    • Rabiu Kwankwaso (APC, Kano Central)

    • Barau Jibril (APC, Kano North)

    • Francis Alimekhena (APC, Edo North)

    • Salihu Egebona (APC, Nasarawa South)

    • Sabo Nakudu (APC, Jigawa Central)

    • Muhammadu Shittu (APC, Jigawa Northeast)

    • Abdullahi Abubakar Ojo ( APC, Jigawa Northwest)

    • Ali Wakili (APC, Bauchi South)

    • Adeola Solomon (APC, Lagos West

    •Duro Faseyi (PDP, Ekiti North)

    • Theodore Orji (PDP, Abia Central)

    •Mrs. Abiodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti East)

    •Mrs. Fatima Rasaki (PDP, Ekiti Central)

    •Jeremiah Useni (PDP, Plateau South)