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.

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.

KATSINA: AGITATIONS FOR JONATHAN TO REPLACE SAMBO WITH SHEMA

A political pressure group, Albrite Continuity for Jonathan 2015, has advocated for the replacement of Vice President Namadi Sambo with Governor Ibrahim Shema as running mate to President Goodluck Jonathan ahead 2015.

We are not competing for leadership of Kano PDP says Shekarau, Wali

Former of Kano State, governor  Ibrahim Shekarau and the minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, are not competing for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) structure in the state, immediate past spokesperson of the party, Alhaji Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, has said.

"I left Kano because of illness" says Bayero

 

Eldest son of late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero, yesterday spoke on why he left the state after the selection of the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Sanusi, whose name was among the three submitted by the Kano Emirate Kingmakers to the Kano State governor, Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for consideration as successor of his late father in an interview with Daily Trust yesterday, said he left the state not because of illness as widely reported.

Court of Appeal dismissed the case between Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwasa of Kano State and two others

 

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna, has dismissed a case between Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwasa of Kano State and two others over his eligibility to have contested as governor.

Daily Trust recalls that Hassan Sani Indabawa and Suleiman Mohammed are contesting Kwankwaso’s eligibility to contest the governorship position of the state.

Kano activities grounded as Alhaji Ado Bayero is buried

 

            

Activities in Kano were yesterday grounded as the remains of late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero were laid to rest at the Gidan Matan Fada royal burial ground, where his predecessors were also interred, in accordance with Islamic rites.

‘2015 is not for Kwankwaso’s priority’

 

The numerous developmental projects embarked upon by the Kano State governor, Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in Kano has made him a phenomenon in the politics of the country, Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu Gara has said.

Speaking in Kano, Gara who is an aide to the governor said the governor has redefined politics in the North with his people oriented projects.
“Kwankwaso is a phenomenon whether you like it or not. He has redefined leadership in Kano state

Katsina APC: ‘Calls for cancellation of ward congress

The forum of elected ward executive council members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State has described the call for cancellation of the party’s recently conducted ward congresses as self serving and ill-intended.

Chairman of the forum, Sade Gambo, who spoke to newsmen yesterday in Katsina, urged the national leadership of the party to disregard such calls, insisting that the exercise was conducted in accordance with the party’s guidelines.
He lauded members of the congress committee and urged them to speed

FG must speak with one voice on Boko Haram – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to stop making contradictory statements and speak with one voice on issues concerning the ongoing efforts to find and rescue the schools girls abducted by Boko Haram.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its interim national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the conflicting statements credited to top government officials over the conditions

Al-Makura neglecting supporters – Rep Kana

Hon Ishaq Ahmed Kana represents Keffi/Kokona/Karu Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State speaks on the state of affairs in the  state, his ambition to go to the Senate, among others. Excerpts:

Weekly Trust: What warranted your leaving the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)?
Hon Ishaq Ahmed Kana: I will not be sentimental about this. However, I am a politician and a democrat; whatever I am doing,, the interest of the people is first before my personal interest. I embraced the CPC (defunct Congress for Progressive Change) with passion then because the governor and the CPC would look at people before taking decisions. But within two years,