• Aide flays ‘unjust disqualification’ as govs caution NWC on fairness Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday held a closed-door meeting with his Rivers State counterpart and strongman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Nyesom Wike. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes, after which both governors declined to speak to journalists.Later, Obaseki tweeted appreciation for the solidasrity and goodwill of Edo people and Nigerians amid the alleged injustice meted out to him by the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) screening committee. He also said he would reveal his next move after consulting his supporters and meeting President Muhammadu Buhari. The…
Governor Godwin Obaseki has condemned the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Appeal Committee for the Edo governorship election. The panel ratified his earlier disqualification by the Screening Committee. A statement on Sunday by Obaseki’s spokesman, Crusoe Osagie, mocked APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole “and his puppet screening committees”. He condemned the “destruction of smoldering integrity of our great party under Oshiomhole’s watch”. The statement said as if the exclusion of Obaseki by the screening committee was not sufficient, APC announced that the appeal committee “upheld the dubious disqualification”. “The question is how does an Appeal Committee claim to uphold an…
Nigerians have shared their diverse views on the disqualification of the incumbent Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki by his political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. A panel of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, conducted a screening for its governorship aspirants ahead of the June 22 primaries. Prior to the screening, Obaseki had raised the alarm that the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, planned to announce his disqualification in a press conference. However, shortly after the allegations were made, chairman of the APC screening committee, Jonathan Ayuba, announced Obaseki’s disqualification, while presenting his report to Oshiomhole, at the party’s National Secretariat…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of resisting the removal of fuel subsidy during the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku, who recalled that he headed the negotiations with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, with Oshiomhole as the Chairman, said the current APC Chairman stood strongly against it. The Waziri of Adamawa was backing an earlier tweet by his Spokesman, Paul Ibe, which reads, “For the avoidance of doubt, the Obasanjo administration…
The Police Command in Katsina State said unknown gunmen have killed Alhaji Abdulhamid Sani, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Batsari Local Government Area of the State. The Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed this in a statement in Katsina, said the incident happened at about 1:35 p.m on Sunday. According to him, Sani was killed when he resisted being kidnapped by the hoodlums. He said “Today at about 1:35 p.m., unknown gunmen attacked Sabon-Garin Dumburawa in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. “During the unfortunate incident, the bandits shot sporadically with sophisticated weapons, and killed…
