APC NWC pardons Akeredolu, Amosun, Okorocha, others

lifts suspension  The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has announced the lifting of the suspension of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state. The committee also lifted the suspension of former governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and his Imo counterpart, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The NWC at its meeting also lifted the suspension of the Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr Osita Okechukwu and former Minister of Niger Delta Affaira, Usani Uguru Usani. Credit: The Punch

By |December 16th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Welcome To EFCC Alumni Club, Fayose Tells Okorochas, Advises Anti-Graft To Go After Amosun

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has encouraged the immediate past governors of Ogun and Imo states, Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha, respectively, to surrender themselves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Fayose did not state why he singled out the two ex-governors for the advice. Fayose gave this advice in the wake of the rumours about the alleged arrest of Okorocha and his wife, Nkechi, by the anti-graft agency. Taking to his verified Twitter handle @GovAyoFayose, Fayose noted that regardless of whether the Okorochas’ arrest was true or not, he knew that the day would come when

By |May 30th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

2019: INEC Restore Uzodimma’s Name In Imo, Shut Out Zamfara As Amosun Loses Out

--Anxiety  calmed in Rivers The internal crises that bedeviled the All Progressives Congress, APC primaries brought ill-wind for the party yesterday when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC finally excluded it from governorship election in Zamfara State. Party activists in Ogun State were also in shock yesterday after INEC published Dapo Abiodun as the APC’s candidate and excluded all 26 persons fielded by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun led mainstream of the party in the House of Assembly contests. After some distress caused by the exclusion of the party’s candidate in Imo State, hope returned late last night as Vanguard gathered

By |November 10th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Fall-out of Primary: APC May Sanction Akeredolu, Yari, Okorochas, Amosun Over Sabotage

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may sanction four of its governors who are up in arms with the national leadership of the party owing to the fall-out of the just concluded primaries which did not go in their favour, Daily Independent has reported. According to a member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) who spoke on condition of anonymity, though no established facts have been gathered against the governors, “their utterances and reports from their states show they are engaging in acts that may undermine the chances of the party in 2019 elections.” According to him, Governors Abdulaziz

By |November 5th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

2019: “Ogun APC Governorship Candidate Can’t Get My Support” – Amosun

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has declared that he will not support the person recognised by his party’s headquarters as the Ogun APC governorship candidate. PREMIUM TIMES reported how two separate governorship primaries were held in Ogun by different factions of the party. While the faction loyal to Mr Amosun adopted Adekunle Akinlade as its consensus candidate, the primary committee sent by the APC headquarters in Abuja conducted a primary that produced Dapo Abiodun as the candidate. Mr Abiodun’s name is expected to be submitted by the APC headquarters as the party’s candidate. However, Mr Amosun in a statement

By |October 18th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Buhari Meets With Amosun, Ganduje, Yari In Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, met with three state Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was confirmed by his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad. Ahmad listed the governors who met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to include Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara). “President Muhammadu Buhari this afternoon met with Governors of Kano, Ogun and Zamfara States at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,” he wrote. Although he did not disclose the purpose of the meeting, it is believed to be part of

By |October 12th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Amosun Candidate Loses APC Senatorial Ticket As NWC Adopts Dapo Abiodun

Hours after Adams Oshiomhole met with the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and some of his fellow governors, the APC headquarters gave a verdict against the Ogun governor’s interest. According to Primium Times, The APC in Ogun, led by Mr Amosun, had adopted Adekunle Akinlabi, a federal lawmaker, as its ‘consensus’ governorship candidate despite the protest of several other aspirants. When the APC National Working Committee, led by Mr Oshiomhole, dispatched a governorship primary committee to the state, the committee had a troubled relationship with the Ogun APC whose chairman, Derin Adebiyi, accused Mr Oshiomhole of plotting to impose a

By |October 5th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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