APC primaries: ‘Kano backs Buhari’

The people of Kano State and Nigerians are backing General Muhammadu Buhari to emerge as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate to the forthcoming presidential primary election of the party coming up in December.
A stakeholder of the party in the state, Alhaji Mustapha Mohammed Dankadai, stated this in an interview with Daily Trust yesterday in Kano.
He said the legacy parties’ merger to wrestle power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), having in mind that Buhari is a candidate that can easily achieve that feat considering his huge supporters in the country.
“We members of the legacy parties, the defunct ACN, CPC and ANPP, surrendered our certificates to collapse into the APC, having in mind that Buhari will be our candidate going by his antecedent of pulling over 12 million votes in the defunct CPC, the party he formed less than a year to the election,” he said.
Dankadai condemned those calling on Buhari to shelve his presidential ambition citing age factor, saying: “It is not age that matters here, it is performance and acceptability of a candidate. You can put a younger politician but as long as that person has no support of the ordinary voters that age difference is zero and will have no effect.
“But General Buhari’s mass support from ordinary Nigerians is a known fact, so to bring issue of age differences is a political gimmick.
“Therefore my appeal to the delegates is to choose wisely during the convention because putting Buhari out of the race will definitely affect the party negatively and jeopardise APC chances at the polls as majority of ordinary voters may not even come out during the elections.”
Dankadai who is also the state Coordinator of Buhari Campaign Organisation, said General Buhari is also the only person with clean record and wide acceptability to the ordinary voters among the aspirants.
“If you look into General Buhari’s record, you can’t find a fault of corruption or legal issues that can be relied on to disqualify him in the race, because we don’t want a situation whereby APC shall field a candidate that can be disqualified by court or cannot even win his state because the possibility is there. But if we field Buhari there will be no such fear,” he said.

APC reschedules date for guber primaries

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has made a slight adjustment to the timetable for its primary elections,  rescheduling the date for the governorship primary poll to  December 4.

DISQUIET IN SOKOTO APC OVER TAMBUWAL

There is growing disquiet in the Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the alleged attempt by Governor Aliyu Wamakko to hand over the governorship ticket of the party to House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
Tambuwal had on Monday, attended an APC stakeholders meeting in Sokoto, indicating his reported interest to join the party.

TAMBUWAL’S AIDE PICKS APC NOMINATION FORM FOR KATSINA ASSEMBLY

Senior Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on print media, Malam Mohammed Isa Funtua, has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to contest for the Katsina State House of Assembly.
Isa said his decision to vie for the Funtua Local Government state assembly seat was informed by his desire to provide quality leadership to attract development to the area.

SHAMSUDDEEN SET TO DECLARE FOR KADUNA GUBER RACE

A member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna State, Shamsuddeen Ango Abdullahi, will tomorrow formally declare to contest for the governorship seat in the state under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shamsuddeen who represents Giwa/Birnin Gwari Federal Constituency of the state said in a statement yesterday that he is joining the race to better the lot the Kaduna people.

SHAMSUDDEEN SET TO DECLARE FOR KADUNA GUBER

A member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna State, Shamsuddeen Ango Abdullahi, will tomorrow formally declare to contest for the governorship seat in the state under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shamsuddeen who represents Giwa/Birnin Gwari Federal Constituency of the state said in a statement yesterday that he is joining the race to better the lot the Kaduna people.

GROUP LAUNCHES ONLINE SUPPORT PLATFORM FOR APC

An online media based group called Broom Platform will soon be launched to complement and help in consolidating the official campaign effort of the All Progressives Congress (APC), team leader of the group, Dr Tom Ohikere, has said.

APC RAISES ALARM OVER FAKE DELEGATE FORMS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over the circulation of fake delegate forms in some states and has called on members of the party to disregard them.

REP KWANDE DECLARES RE-ELECTION BID

The member representing Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency, Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, has declared intention to re-contest the seat in 2015.
Kwande who declared his interest at the Jos North LGA secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he decided to declare his intention to re-contest his seat in 2015 after consultations with his constituents.
He said going to the House of Reps will consolidate the experience gathered during his first time and accord him the opportunity to continue to bring development and good representation to his people.

BUHARI’S PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION HOLDS OCTOBER 15

The formal declaration by General Muhammadu Buhari for his 2015 presidential ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will now hold on October 15, a statement from the general’s office said.
Buhari’s formal presidential declaration was initially slated for October 8, but a statement from his office yesterday said that the formal declaration will now hold on Wednesday, October 15 at the Eagles Square, Abuja.

2015: SARAKI TO DECLARE POSITION ON PRESIDENCY NEXT WEEK

Former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday disclosed that he would make his position known on whether to bid for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket next week.

‘I INTEND TO SAVE YOBE FROM BACKWARDNESS’

A retired permanent secretary with the Yobe State Government, Yahaya Mohammed, said  his decision to contest the state’s governorship position was borne out of his desire to save the state’s backward health and education sectors.
Mohammed, who declared his intention to challenge the incumbent governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, under APC platform, said there was an indication that APC would not support governor Gaidam’s ambition to remain in office.

SALE OF APC NOMINATION FORMS POSTPONED TO OCT 13

As a result of the anticipated review of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) timetable and guidelines, the October 6 date slated for the purchase of nomination forms by candidates has been pushed forward to October 13, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.

TWO KATSINA APC LG CHAIRMEN FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Two members of All Progressives Congress (APC) state executive council in Katsina are to appear before a disciplinary committee over violations of party directives.

APC ARE NOT HAPPY WITH SUCCESS ON EBOLA, PDP SAYS

The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be unhappy with the success recorded by the PDP-led federal government over the containment of the dreaded Ebola disease, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said yesterday.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, said in a statement yesterday that APC was frustrated with “the speed and energy with which it tackled the scourge and brought it under control.

MIMIKO’S DEFECTION AND THE FEAR IN ONDO PDP

Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s defection to the PDP last week was greeted with both jubilation and protests. Our correspondent reveals the reason behind the mixed feelings.
Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, was given the name ‘Iroko’ because until recently when Ayo Fayose emerged as Ekiti State governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mimiko was the only South West governor who came to office on the platform of a different political party from the All Progressives Congress (APC) that dominates the region.

AMAECHI TELLS KALABARI PEOPLE "VOTE JONATHAN OUT"

The rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Chibuike Amaechi resurfaced over the weekend when the  governor called on Rivers people, especially the Kalabari,  to vote him out in 2015 Presidential election.

Amaechi spoke  at  Degema, the headquarters of Degema Local Government Area of the state, after commissioning an 8,000-sitting capacity football stadium complex built by the local government administration.

PDP NWC may discuss waiver for Ribadu, others today

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may discuss the applications for waiver for some Adamawa State governorship aspirants today, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.

The waiver is to allow the three aspirants to contest in the September 6 governorship primaries.

Can Sokoto PDP weather the storm?

The growing division in Sokoto PDP appears to be its chances of reclaiming the position it lost to the rival APC. Our correspondent reveals why.

Since the defection of Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year, some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) locally known as “old PDP” have engaged in serious realignments aimed at repositioning themselves with the ultimate goal of retaking all the positions they lost.

Why we failed to save Nyako says Adamawa APC elders

Former governor of Adamawa State,  Murtala Nyako, who was impeached on Tuesday, seemed to have trudged on all alone while his travail lasted. What happened?

Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano was among the first to move to Yola in May, when the plot to impeach the then governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako was thickening.
It had to take the intervention of what Adamawa politicians refer to as an ‘outsider’ for the state legislators to sheathe their swords albeit temporarily.