2019 Presidential Election: APC Hails Dismissal Of PDP’s Appeal By Supreme Court
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar against President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential election victory. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, described the judgement as ‘apt’, adding that the judiciary stood firm in stating that the appeal lacked merit. A 7-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Wednesday, dismissed Atiku’s appeal for lacking in merit, after going through all the documents and exhibits filed in the case
Kogi/Bayelsa Guber: PDP must learn new tactics, put away rigging ― Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshimhole, has inaugurated two campaign councils for the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, with a charge to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to go and learn new tactics of winning elections legally as electoral outcomes would no longer be determined by the barrel of the gun. Both councils have 56 members apiece. Oshiomhole, who gave the charge on Friday in Abuja while inaugurating the councils, was specific that the people of Bayelsa have never really determined their leaders because their votes never counted. “In Bayelsa, the
2023: PDP behind false campaigns to cause suspicion in APC – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has dissociated the party from recently trending 2023 campaigns advertisement. Oshiomhole, who spoke to journalists at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja on Thursday evening, blamed the campaign posters and billboards on the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which he said is intent on creating disaffection and suspicion among the ranks of the APC. The party chairman, however, said the preoccupation of the party, its leaders and members at the moment is governance and delivering all the promised goods to Nigerians and supporting President Muhammadu Buhari
APC loses Chief Security Officer
The Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), DSP Adamu Aso (Rtd.), is dead. The late Adamu, who hailed from Yobe state, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, in an auto accident, which occurred in Abuja. He was buried on Wednesday in Abuja. Announcing the death of the late chief security officer of the party in a statement circulated in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said his experience and temperament would be missed. According to the statement, Aso served as Acting Chief Security Officer at National
2023 Election: campaign posters of Tinubu, Oshiomhole, El-Rufai handiwork of PDP – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied spreading the 2023 campaign posters of its members, noting that the circulation was the handiwork the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The party through its spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu told journalists on Thursday, that it was a new strategy adopted by PDP to distract the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that the posters of the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai have since stormed the internet, and triggered questions from intra-and inter-party members. The party however, advised its members
Ex-Bayelsa PDP senator joins APC
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Senator Nimi Amange, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Amange, who represented Bayelsa East in the Senate, said he joined APC because Governor Seriake Dickson arrogated PDP to himself. His intention was contained in a letter he sent to the Chairman of Ward II in Nembe Local Government. Amange said his romance with APC started before the 2019 election when he helped the party win his senatorial district and the House of Representatives seat. He said: “When I was in PDP, we were enslaved by only one man
Oyo Guber: APC expresses dismay at tribunal’s ruling
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Oyo State said on Monday that it received the judgment of the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in the state with dismay. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr Azeez Olatunde, said in a statement on Monday in Ibadan that the State Working Committee would refer the ruling to its legal team for necessary recommendations. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the three-member tribunal led by Justice Muhammed Sirajo had in their unanimous judgment dismissed the petition filed by Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the APC candidate in the governorship election for lack of merit. Adelabu had dragged
Tribunal’s Judgement: PDP Decries Delay, Demands ‘Immediate Release’ Of Record
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over what it called the “undue delay” by the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to release the record of its judgment. Two days after the Tribunal affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari won the February 23 poll, the PDP has again rejected the judgment in a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. It stressed that the record of the judgment was needed to enable the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar, to promptly file an appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court. “Our party and millions
Presidential Tribunal delivers judgment Tomorrow on Atiku’s petition against Buhari
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja will on Wednesday deliver judgment in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election. The petitioners asked the five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba to nullify President Buhari’s victory at the poll and either declare them the winner or order the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a rerun. The Punch reports that a senior member of the petitioners’ legal team, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), confirmed to our correspondent that the hearing notice for the judgment had
BREAKING: Tribunal sacks Orji Kalu as Abia North Senator
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state has nullified the election of Orji Uzor Kalu as the Senator representing Abia North. The tribunal has also ordered for a rerun election for the Abia North Senatorial District.
