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  • We are ready for March 23rd re-run – Plateau APC

    The Chairman media team of the Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State 2nd term campaign council, Jonathan Ishaku has said the All Progressive Congress (APC) is ready for the re-run fixed for March 23rd by INEC.

    Ishaku who spoke on phone with our Jos correspondent said the party was fully prepared for the re-run election.

    He said, “the party have resolved from the moment they declared the governorship election inconclusive that we are going to cooperate with INEC for the re-run”.

    “Obviously, the re-run is an exercise we need to use to justify the victory of our party at the polls. The people of the state have voted massively for APC, the results are there”.

    “So, the re-run is in our interest and we welcome the new date with both arms”

    Similarly, the state publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Hon John Akans said the date fixed by INEC is convenient for the party and its candidate.

    Akans said, “The re-run itself is a constitutional provision, and as a law-abiding party, we will prepare and mobilize our supporters to come out and vote for our party”

  • Kwara APC unveils 293-member governorship campaign council

    Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday unveiled its Governorship Campaign Advisory Council for the March 4 election.

    The council comprises top party chieftains and members drawn from the state’s three senatorial districts.

    It will be chaired by the party’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.

    Prominent members of the council include the Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa Onilu and Kwara APC Chairman Bashir Bolarinwa.

    Others are: Abdullahi Shuaib Yaman, Prof. Abdulrahim Oba, Muhammad Dele Belgore (SAN), Gobiri Ahmed, Kayode Abogunrin and all the former governorship aspirants.

    The list also contained all the candidates for senatorial, House of Representatives and (most of the) House of Assembly polls, state leaders of the party as well as women and youth leaders from across the state, according to a statement by Abdulrazaq’s media aide, Rafiu Ajakaye.

    The statement said the party had also set up a 199-member Elders’ Consultative Forum, led by the Information Minister.

    Other members include Dr Amuda Aluko, former Governor Cornelius Adebayo, Prof Saka Nuhu, Prof Rasheed Ijaodola, Alhaji L. A. K. Jimoh, Senator Simeon Ajibola, Senator Muhammed Ahmed, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, Titus Ashaolu (SAN), Senator Sulaiman Ajadi, Chief Wole Oke, Isa Bio, M. T. Mamman and Hajia Zainab Ibrahim.

  • 2019: Buhari, Tinubu chair APC Presidential Campaign Council

    President Muhammadu Buhari is the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for next year’s elections, according to the membership list released yesterday.

    APC chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is the Co-Chairman of the campaign team while Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, are deputy chairmen.

    Others on the list signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, are: Senator George Akume, Vice Chairman North; Senator Ken Nnamani, Vice Chairman South; Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Director General of the Council; Dr. Adeleke Mamora, Deputy Director General (Operations); Arch. Waziri Bulama, Deputy Director General (Coordination).

    The Secretaries of the Council are Adamu Adamu and Dele Alake.

    The Zonal Directors are Senator Aliyu M. Wamakko (North West); Senator Muh’d Ali Ndume (North East); Senator Abdullahi Adamu (North Central); Sola Oke (South West); Sharon Ikeazor (South East) and Senator Godswill Akpabio (South South).

    Other members are Dr. Mahmoud Mohammed, Director, Buhari Support Groups; Festus Keyamo, Director, Strategic Communications; Abike Dabiri- Erewa, Deputy Director; Hadiza Bala Usman, Director, Contact & Mobilization; Victor Eboigre, Deputy Director South; Bashir Nalado, Deputy Director North; Babatunde Raji Fashola, Director Election Planning & Monitoring; Baba Kura Abba Jato, Deputy Director I; Chief Emani Ayiri, Deputy Director II; Dr. Pius Odubu, Director, Logistics; Senator Umanah Umanah, Deputy Director; Nasiru Danu, Deputy Director II; Prof Abdulrahman Oba, Director, Policy Research & Strategy; Prof. A.K. Usman, Deputy Director; Tony Nwoye, Director, Youth Mobilization, to be assisted by the APC Youth Leader, Sadiq; Barrister Ismael Ahmed, Deputy Director North; Jasper Azuatalam, Deputy Director South; Onari Brown, Director, Admin; Chris Hassan, Deputy Director I and Abubakar Magaji Gasau, Deputy Director II.

    Also on the list are Salamatu Baiwa, Director, Women Mobilization-Woman Leader; Binta Mu’azu, Deputy Director, North; Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Deputy Director South; Gen. Abdurahman Dambazzau, Director Security; Brig-Gen Gambo, Deputy Director; Mr. U. Ukoma, Deputy Director; Emeka Ngige, Director Legal; Prof Maman Lawan Yusufari, Deputy Director; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Director Field Operations; Mr. Wale Edun, Director Finance and Alhaji Adamu Fadan, Deputy Director.

    Adesina also announced the constitution of a Special Advisory Committee (SAC) to the President.

    The members of SAC include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan; House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila; APC National Chairman Adams Oshiomole; Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola.

    Others are Chief Bisi Akande, Chief John Oyegun, Senator Ita Enang, all APC serving senators, all APC serving and former governors, all APC members of the House of Representatives, all members of the National Working Committee of the APC and all Zonal Women Leaders

    The State Coordinators include governors, who are to serve as State Coordinators in their respective states, while governorship candidates in non-APC states will serve as State Coordinators in their respective states.

  • Buhari to name campaign council after APC convention

    President Muhammadu Buhari has said  he will soon name a Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to lead the All Progressives Congress, (APC), to victory in the February 2019 general election.

    He spoke in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu.

    According to him, he is aware of the yearning by Nigerians for the formation of a full Presidential Campaign Council towards the APC’s victory in the presidential elections.

    He said that he appreciates the growing interest that Nigerians have shown in this issue, and that he is conscious of their keen expectation.

    The President however implored members of the party and the public to exercise some patience regarding the constitution of the PCC.

    For now, the President and the party executives are focused on the APC convention scheduled for Saturday, October 6.

    The Presidential Campaign Council, he said, will be put in place after the convention.

    “We are the party that will free Nigeria from corruption and poor governance. We are the party of change. We will not let the country down,” President Buhari assures.

  • Count Peterside out of violence, says Campaign Council

    Count Peterside out of violence, says Campaign Council

    The Greater Together Campaign Organisation (GTCO) has debunked claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, had a hand in the alleged attack on its governorship candidate last Saturday. The campaign organisation not only described the allegation against Dr. Peterside as “tissue of lies and libellous provocation”, but accused PDP of seeking an infamous route to escape its summons before Nemesis.

    A statement by its Director of Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said the PDP stage-managed the “attack” – if it ever occurred – to rope in APC and its governorship candidate.

    The statement reads: “This tissue of lies and libellous provocation is wicked and callous, and should be disregarded. PDP couldn’t be visiting gross violence on Rivers State and its people only to turn back and pass the buck. We state categorically that Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, who has run an issue-based campaign, has no reason to direct his supporters or participate directly in any sort of pre-, during and post-election violence, let alone organise armed attack. The PDP, with no agenda for Rivers people, has resorted to mudslinging, but as responsible as he is, Dr. Peterside would not be caught in their trap. The APC governorship candidate remains what Rivers people know him to be – a gentleman with no record of violence; a decent man who respects the sanctity of life; a Christian who believes that God makes kings; a governorship candidate with the change message.”

    “PDP must have envisaged that ongoing police investigation into armed attacks, assassination of APC supporters and members and other politically-motivated violence in Rivers State,  would turn in a damaging indictment on it, and so as a diversionary tactic to misdirect the police, had stage-managed the said Bakana attack. PDP in Rivers State is never tired of mischief and can fabricate any to achieve its aim. We are the least surprised at this new tale”.

    “We blame PDP for presenting such a liability that is Wike for an exalted office as that of Governor. If Wike was the best PDP could present to Rivers people to elect as their governor, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should reconsider its status as a political party.”