myettiallah:
Thanks for the clearance I was off point

You are welcome!

lagos nko am very interested in that

Sunkyphil:
lagos nko am very interested in that

Lagos is till tomorrow

DemolaUnbias:
There's no sign of Primary Election in Kwara here, Am a Member of APC and nothing like that in the State, or other group have hijack the party?

What is happening in GRA government house area, I think there is one going on there, but I don't know if it PDP or APC

medoplus:
Lagos is till tomorrow

because av been seeing ambode and sanwo's poster everywhere

What about Lagos State??

Every card carrying members are involving in direct primary while indirect primary involves only the delegates from each ward.

Corrinthians:
Please, perpetually pained and frustrated micro bugs should keep off this thread. It is created by and for progressives.

We can make do without their unsolicited analysis and advice, save them for Wike and the rest of the actors preping to rip your darling decaying party to shreds.

Thanks.

You no de tire? Hatred no de do you?

Kennydoc:

Which power is being restored to people when party leaders and other politicians within the party already adopt a candidate ahead of the primaries and work towards their emergence? Why should Ambode and Femi Hamzat step down for Sanwo-Olu and why is everybody supporting him? Why is Gandule a sole contestant? Nobody else in Kano APC is fit to contest the ticket?
You see that you guys are just deceiving yourselves.

Read what you wrote and ask yourself whether you truly know what you are talking about. You said everyone is supporting Sanwo... Please is the essence of politics not get the support of the people? You simply don't understand what you are talking about.

Corrinthians:
Please, perpetually pained and frustrated micro bugs should keep off this thread. It is created by and for progressives.

We can make do without their unsolicited analysis and advice, save them for Wike and the rest of the actors preping to rip your darling decaying party to shreds.

Thanks.

I wish I can take ur life. U will not live to see the next minute.

vedaxcool:


Read what you wrote and ask yourself whether you truly know what you are talking about. You said everyone is supporting Sanwo... Please is the essence of politics not get the support of the people? You simply don't understand what you are talking about.

Sanwo is popular because the top hierarchy of the party is supporting him. As soon as Tinubu picked him, everybody else had to fall in line. From there, they started mobilising grassroot support for him such that anybody against him is seen to be against the party. That way, the party hasn't provided a level playing field for other aspirants. Why should Hamzat be made to step down? Why should Ambode be asked to step down?
I am saying that before primaries, there should be a level playing ground for all aspirants. The candidate who is the most popular among party members should get elected. After that, everybody should team up together including those that lost d primaries to support that candidate, not that you select a candidate and mandate others to step down, then you turn around and say you're doing direct primaries. What's the essence of direct primaries again when you have already narrowed your candidates to one? Even if a goat is that one candidate chosen, it will still poll enough votes to qualify it to stand for general elections. So while claiming you're doing direct primaries, technically, you just did selection of candidate by the party leader(s).

Kennydoc:

Sanwo is popular because the top hierarchy of the party is supporting him. As soon as Tinubu picked him, everybody else had to fall in line. From there, they started mobilising grassroot support for him such that anybody against him is seen to be against the party. That way, the party hasn't provided a level playing field for other aspirants. Why should Hamzat be made to step down? Why should Ambode be asked to step down?

You can see the problem, rather than encourage people to build their structure you expect a man you hate to suspend his political rights just to please you and other PDP goons who cannot even vote in their PDP primaries. Bros first participate in your PDP primaries.

UPDATES

Some All Progressives Party (APC) card-carrying members in Bauchi on Sunday expressed their disenchantment over the late commencement of the party’ s primaries in the state.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they were told the exercise would commence by 10 a.m. prompt, and had gone to the polling units as early as 6 a.m., and that as at 11a.m., neither APC officials from Bauchi nor Abuja had visited the units to address them.
Nasiru Ibrahim who went to cast his vote at Baba Sidi polling unit in Bauchi said he was there since 6 a.m. and did not see any official.

“We were many and have been kept in the dark; nobody came to address us; we are suspecting something amiss,” he said.

Mairo Ishaku also told NAN at Birshi Fulani polling unit in Yelwa area of Bauchi metropolis that they had been at the unit since 7am.
“We are all confused here because we have not seen any official, except security agents who have no idea as to what is happenings,” she said.

Another female card-carrying member, Regina Solomon, told NAN that she cancelled a lot of her morning activities because of the primaries, only for her to kept waiting at the polling unit.

Others who spoke to NAN also expressed their disappointment over the delay, saying that such was an indication of the likely occurrence of unwholesome practice.
However, the Public Relations Officer of APC in the state, Adamu Jalla, told NAN that although the exercise was slated to commence 10 a.m., some issues later cropped up, necessitating a shift.

According to him, all material have been despatched to the polling units, but it was later discovered that some people would want to go to their farms and church in the morning hours.

He also said that the APC officials from Abuja had yet to arrive Bauchi as at the 10 am slated for the commencement of the primaries, as such it was shifted to between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

UPDATES

1:10 p.m: It appears negotiation for picking a consensus candidate in Akwa Ibom has failed. Ata Etuk, media aide to one of the aspirants, John Udoedehe, told PREMIUM TIMES that the aspirants couldn’t arrived at any agreement.

The party has started releasing election materials for onward movement to local government areas.
One of the aspirants, Bassey Dan-Abia Snr, told PREMIUM TIMES that APC members whose names are in the party register would vote without any form of identification. That was one of the agreements among the aspirants, he said.

El-Rufai set to be endorsed as APC sole candidate in Kaduna

Thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates have gathered at the Murtala Square, Kaduna to endorse Governor Nasir El-Rufai to run for a second term.

Mr El-Rufai is the only candidate seeking the governorship ticket of the APC.

Ahmed Mohammed, a delegate who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES at the venue of the event, said there was no need for any challenger.

” As you can see, we are all here to endorse Governor El-Rufai. I am not sure any politician will want to challenge him in APC ,that is why he is the only candidate. And come 2019, he will surely beat whoever he is contesting against from other parties.

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Mr El-Rufai had not arrived the venue of the event at the time of filling this report.

4,534 APC delegates to decide Benue governorship candidate

No fewer than 4,534 delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to elect a candidate that will fly its flag in the 2019 general elections in the state.
Mark Hanmation, the Organizing Secretary of the party, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi.

He said the number comprised both statutory and ward delegates; and added that the primaries would hold at the Precious Event Centre.

A correspondent of NAN who visited the venue of the APC primaries, reported that accreditation was yet to start as no official was present.

Meanwhile, the Benue Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Bemgba Iortom, told NAN that delegates were set for the primaries.

He, however, did not disclose the number of delegates to participate in the election but that all former and serving government’s appointees under the party were automatic delegates while three others were picked from the 276 council wards in the state.

Accreditation of delegates for the primaries was yet to commence in all three venues designated for it.
Meanwhile, the police said they have made massive deployments to cover the venues for the primates.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, said special forces had been deployed to NcCarthy stadium, Aper Aku stadium, IBB Square and Aminu Isa Kontangora Arts Theatre.

He, also warned mischief makers to stay away from the venues and refrain from acts inimical to overall peace of the state or face the wrath of the law.

Gov Lalong delays commencement of Plateau APC primary

Late arrival of Governor Simon Lalong to the venue of the APC governorship primary is delaying commencement of the party primary.

PREMIUM TIMES correspondent who is currently at Crest Hotel where the primary is holding reports that delegates and thousands of party supporters have been left under the sun.

Many party supporters who arrived the venue of the event early were seen complaining.
Our reporter gathered that the party is awaiting the arrival of the governor who is the only governorship aspirant of the party.

As at the time of filing this report, no delegate has been accredited.

Kano: 1:30p.m

At Kwalli Quarters, the returning officer of Kankarofi ward in Kano Municipal LGA, Umar Sulaiman, announced that 10,161 party members had endorsed Governor Ganduje as APC gubernatorial candidate.

Another aspirant steps down in Oyo

As delegates are being accredited at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, one of the aspirants, Azeez Adeduntan, announced his withdrawal from the race.

The announcement was through a Facebook post by Olaoluwa Bilau, spokesperson of Mr Adeduntan’s campaign organisation.
“One of the last seven governorship aspirants under the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Oyo State will not be participating in the governorship primary on Sunday, September 30, 2018,” Mr Olaoluwa wrote on his Facebook timeline.

He did not state any reason for the withdrawal. “Dr Adeduntan will in due course provide clarification on the matter,” Mr Olaoluwa wrote.

Unlike Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former governor of the state who was also one of the seven aspirants cleared but has also stepped aside from the primaries, Mr Adeduntan is still present at the venue of the event.
There were chit chats among delegates that outgoing Governor Abiola Ajimobi wants to reduce the contestants to four and will either endorse Bayo Adelabu, former Deputy-Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, or Joseph Tegbe.

It was gathered Mr Alao-Akala has advised his supporters to stay away from the primaries.
“Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala wishes to state categorically and put the leadership of the party and the general public on notice that Governor Abiola Ajimobi has perfected plans to impose one Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe on delegates as he has sent his foot soldiers around to coerce and intimidate delegates to vote for the said Tegbe tomorrow at the party primaries against their free will.” Jeremiah Akande, spokesperson of Mr Alao-Akala’s campaign organisation said in a statement Saturday.

The remaining aspirants in the contest are Adebayo Adelabu, Joseph Tegbe, Olusola Ayandele, Adeniyi Akintola and Owolabi Babalola.

The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship direct primary election scheduled to hold across the 236 wards of Ogun on Sunday has been postponed.

This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by the APC Chairman in Ogun, Derin Adebiyi.
“This is to notify all party faithful and stakeholders that the governorship primaries originally scheduled for Sunday has been postponed.

“Further announcement will be made upon receipt of firm clarification from the APC National Headquarters,” Mr Adebiyi said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that party faithful had gathered in some wards for the event before it was postponed.

vedaxcool:



You can see the problem, rather than encourage people to build their structure you expect a man you hate to suspend his political rights just to please you and other PDP goons who cannot even vote in their PDP primaries. Bros first participate in your PDP primaries.

Oga, this has nothing to do with PDP. in reality, if Ambode wins APC ticket, PDP won't stand a chance in Lagos, but if Ambode loses, PDP will stand a chance (if there is no rigging). So you see, it actually benefits PDP that Ambode is denied the ticket.
We're talking about being sincere to ourselves. You claim APC has returned power to the people by adopting direct primaries, but you praise them for selecting one candidate ahead of that primaries and mandating others to step down for that one candidate. How is this different from the indirect primaries of the PDP? It's even worse!

yourstruly123:
I wish I can take ur life. U will not live to see the next minute.

Aah...Just when you think you have seen enough idiots in a lifetime, another one pops up.

Guy, this is soooo not cool. Kindly modify your comment.

Kennydoc:


Oga, this has nothing to do with PDP. in reality, if Ambode wins APC ticket, PDP won't stand a chance in Lagos, but if Ambode loses, PDP will stand a chance (if there is no rigging). So you see, it actually benefits PDP that Ambode is denied the ticket.
We're talking about being sincere to ourselves. You claim APC has returned power to the people by adopting direct primaries, but you praise them for selecting one candidate ahead of that primaries and mandating others to step down for that one candidate. How is this different from the indirect primaries of the PDP? It's even worse!

U quote a zombie n want him to understand simple logic?

Midolian kip the update comng. Esp from me state akwaibom.
Thnx

yourstruly123:
I wish I can take ur life. U will not live to see the next minute.

You do not wish harm on a nairalander son.

Cc: Mynd44, Lalasticlala, Dominique.

olasaad:


What is happening in GRA government house area, I think there is one going on there, but I don't know if it PDP or APC

Heard from a reliable source that saraki has picked razak atunwa for kwara pdp.. Seems apc might postpone their own as meetings are still ongoing in gra

At 3:25pm. Madatai primary school, the venue of Madatai congress in Kano Municipal local government, the returning officer Mahmud Habib said 11,421 delegates endorsed Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for second term.

In Jigawa State, the battle is between incumbent governor, Mohammad Badaru, and his rival, Ubale Hashim.

The primary is being held at the Malam Aminu Kano triangle.

At 3 p.m., the arena is still closed and barricaded by heavy security personnels controlling movement of persons in the area.

However, political activities are going on at the local government guest houses in Dutse.

Upon inquiry, Aminu Idi told PREMIUM TIMES that “all the party delegates in the 27 local government councils in the upcoming primary are undergoing screening here.”
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that it is after the screening that all the delegates will be conveyed to the venue where proper voting will commence.

Governor’s absence delays commencement of exercise in Plateau

The delay in the arrival of Governor Simon Lalong is delaying commencement of the primary. in Plateau State.

At Crest Hotel venue of the primary, delegates and thousands of party supporters who have been waiting under the sun, are complaining about the late commencement of the exercise.

As the time of filing this report, no delegate has been accredited.

About 3150 delegates from across the 17 LGAs are participating in the primary.

It might be PDP, I asked some and I was told Kwara might be Wed

medoplus:
Heard from a reliable source that saraki has picked razak atunwa for kwara pdp.. Seems apc might postpone their own as meetings are still ongoing in gra