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AntonVince:
No Chairman?
Dead on Arrival.

In the absence of Chairman, all they need is to form a quorum and then elect one of them as Chairman in acting capacity, then the meeting is properly held and any resolution passed thereat becomes valid.

Agboriotejoye:
You quoted something and managed to muddle it up yourself. How does "relevant constituency" equate to local constituency in your mind

Relevant constituency there refers to the specific constituency applicable to levels or hierachy of position a member seeks to occupy in or through the Party.

For instance, for the level of a Ward Chairman, nomination is limited to members of that Ward from various units. For a Local Government Party Chairman, nomination must come from all Wards in the LGA, for the State Party Chairman,then constituencies relevant for his nomination are all the LGAs in the State and so on.

Agboriotejoye:
He's representing south not south south. You're mixing things up. Besides, he wasn't nominated by rivers state excos so the rivers APC lacks locus standi on the matter.

South or South-South, Giadom couldn't have represented a Zone or a Sub-Zone in the Party without having a leg to stand in his own Constituency. He must be nominated and presented by his constituent members. That's the Constitutional requirement.He can't avoid it.

How could Giadom have represented a whole political Zone comprising of many States, without being nominated by Rivers State, his own very constituency? Even the President and the Governor, before being elected to occupy those Offices, must be nominated from their ward as a matter of primary condition.

The nominstion for replacement is validly done. I've said it somewhere on another thread that the foundation of all that any party member wants to become within any political party starts from his or her local Constituency. He or she must first be nominated by their constituents before they can stand any chance of being elected or appointed into any office within the Party or in a general election. And to be removed, it must start from the base, the Constituency.

The process for the suspension of Adams Oshiomole as Party Chairman rightly started from his Constituency, only that the people that started it were in the minority; they didn't make the required number. They didn't also follow it through to ratification level by the NWC/NEC. They stopped at the State level.

Giadom has been successfully removed from his Constituency, if the members that nominated his replacement made the required number at Ward level. All that is needed is NWC's ratification and it stands, unless the NEC decides otherwise during their next Convention. At that time, it would be a game of number, power and intrigues.
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Agboriotejoye:
What is dis one saying?
See another confused human being. Is the rivers state chairman the one who nominated Gaidom to NWC? Is he representing rivers state in NWC? Is he suspended by his ward? You guys should apply sense na

In fact, Giadom did not only represent Rivers State in the NWC, his being there had a lot to do with the interest of his Zone, South South, within the party hierachy.

What do you think is the reason why Ekiti State chapter of the APC went to court to contest the position of Ajimobi as the Deputy National Chairman (South) in the NWC? It's because the man that vacated the position to become a Minister, Mr Adeniyi Adebayo, is from Ekiti State. And so, they felt it is unfair not to have been allowed to nominate another person from the State.

Agboriotejoye:
What is dis one saying?
See another confused human being. Is the rivers state chairman the one who nominated Gaidom to NWC? Is he representing rivers state in NWC? Is he suspended by his ward? You guys should apply sense na

You can actually agree or disagree without throwing manner to the wind, friend!

According to Article 31(1)(iii) of APC's Constitution, "All nominations into elective offices shall be supported by a specified number of nominations from the RELEVANT CONSTITUENCIES, as may be prescribed or provided for in the Party's Electoral Guidelines".

The foundation of all anyone wants to become within any political party starts from local constituency. He or she must first be nominated by their constituents before they can stand any chance of being elected into any office within the Party or in a general election. That's why the process for the suspension of Adams Oshiomole as Party Chairman could be started from his constituency.

Agboriotejoye:
You're supposed to be smarter than this.
So how did the court give an order without anyone asking for it? Can a court sit on a matter not brought before it?
I'm surprised you joined the bandwagon of those saying a rivers state court order given over an NWC constituted in Abuja and whose office is in Abuja is valid. So you don't realise the court lacks jurisdiction? I'm almost ashamed but then I remember what they say about APC and brain. They're opposite.
I suggest you leave PDP out of your matter. They have no hands in your issues.

You're nominated from your primary constituency, that is, ward, to be qualified to occupy an office at the National level of the Party. That's the constitutional provision of every political party. And if you are to be disqualified or removed, the process must start from your constituency, except you willingly resign.

Unfortunately for Giadom, the said waiver has no legs to stand in APC's Constitution. He can't take it to court to enforce it and succeed. APC's Constitution only makes provision for a waiver for a person who was not a member but who came shortly before a general election to be the Party's flagbearer. It is also for an Executive Officer of the Party to be permitted not to resign from his office 30 days prior to the date of his nomination or to the date of Party primary to contest for an elective Office in a general election.

Article 31(1)(iii) of APC's Constitution makes it mandatory that any Party Officer seeking to contest an election " SHALL RESIGN and LEAVE OFFICE 30 days prior to the date of nomination or Party Primary for the Office he or she is seeking to contest."

Article 30(2) empowers the NWC to grant him waiver for the Provision. By implication, it only means that the requirement to resign 30 days to his nomination can be waived. It means the Party Constitution only permits him to remain in office without resigning until the day of his nomination or getting the ticket to contest at the Party Primary, after which he SHALL LEAVE or vacate the Office, according to Article 31(1)(iii).

The Officer is deemed automatically to have leaved or vacated that Office from the day he secures Party's ticket or nomination to contest in a general election.

That's the reason, in the case of Victor Giadom, for his seeking for a waiver "requesting to resume office following the conclusion of the 2019 General Election". You don't resume to where you didn't vacate from in the first place. But unfortunately for him, there is no provision for such resumption or return in APC's Constitution.

No mention is made of waiver for an executive member who had become the Party's flagbearer to contest for an elective office seeking to return back to the executive position, like the case of Giadom.

The waiver granted to him was just a gentleman political arrangement initially aimed at reconciling him and Amaechi, his godfather, with the Party. It can be reneged upon or reversed. And that's what the NWC had done by ratifying his resignation, immediately he started laying claim to the Party's highest Office again. And Giadom can't successfully seek to enforce the waiver because it has no foundation in their Constitution.

No part of the Party's Constitution empowers the NWC to grant waiver for return of Exco members back to Office, after contesting an election. If there is, it would have been an unconstitutional act on the part of the NWC to repost him to another position, as they have done for Giadom, giving him the post of an Acting National Secretary instead of the Office of the Deputy National Secretary from which he left to contest.

All it means is that it is just a gentleman's arrangement accepting him back into the Executive position in the first place having vacated the position to seek an elective office.

If this do not qualify as a criminal threat to life worthy of arrest and prosecution, then the Police and the Judiciary should free all convicts who have been committed to prisons for far less threat to life statements than this.

By the time a hearing date is fixed for the, APC has already had a candidate on Monday.

fergie001:
Things will be clearer by Monday, hopefully!

Alright. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

fergie001:
But the Chairman gave him this..
And also gave him another after he lost that he could continue his role, this time as Ag National Secretary.

Anyways, the Court will help us.

What I'm saying is that the waiver to come back to the position after resigning, contesting and losing an election is not a provision of the Party Constitution. It is just a gentleman political arrangement between them, which can be reneged upon or cancelled. That's what the NWC has done by coming back to ratify his resignation.

fergie001:
APC Constitution

Am I still lying?

That provision for waiver in Article 31(2) is only talking about a waiver that can be granted to an officer of the party mandated under Article 31(1)(iii) to resign from office at least with a 30-day notice prior to nomination or party primary. What that means is that the requirement for his resignation can either be waived for him to contest while still holding that position or for him to be permitted to resign less than 30 days to the primary election as required by the Article 31(1)(iii).

The waiver provision doesn't talk about returning back to the executive position for an officer who had contested an election, lost and seeking to return back to the position. You can read it more carefully.

fergie001:
APC Constitution

Am I still lying?

That provision for waiver in Article 31(2) is only talking about a waiver that can be granted to an officer of the party mandated under Article 31(1)(iii) to resign from office at least with a 30-day notice. What that means is that the requirement for his resignation can either be waived for him to contest while still holding that position or for him to be permitted to resign less than 30 days to the election as required by the Article 31(1)(iii).

The waiver provision doesn't talk about returning back to the executive position for an officer who had contested an election, lost and seeking to return back to the position. You can read it more catefully.

fergie001:
That's the mistake we always do. Shifting blames from who should get it.

Why should Oshiomhole had granted him a waiver, and now turn around to act all nice. Giadom has not been your friend, why not say NO.

Unfortunately for Giadom, the said waiver has no legs to stand in APC constitution. He can't take it to court to enforce it. APC constitution only makes provision for a waiver in case of a new or a returning party member seeking to contest in an election, like in Samuel Ortom , Ize-Iyamu and Obaseki's cases. No mention is made of waiver for an executive member who had resigned his position to contest for an elective post seeking to return back to the executive postion, like Giadom had done.

The waiver granted to him was just a gentleman political arrangement initially aimed at reconciling him and Amaechi, his godfather, with the Party.

The new confrontational move by him sent a signal to the party hierachy i.e. NWC that they were not ready for reconciliation, hence the NWC's move to quickly dust his resignation file and ratify it as stipulated by their constitution.

The move by his party's local chapter to give that resignation a judicial flavour is a master stroke that would be impossible for him to dodge.

With a judicial pronouncement affirming his non-membership of the NWC, the podium upon which his Acting Chairmanship status stands has been taking off its feet.

How old is Philip Shaibu himself that he would be presenting an award to someone in 1986. Philip himself was born in 1969 and by 1986 he was just about 17-year old teenager still in a Secondary School trying to find his feet.

According to his biography on wikipedia, Philip Shaibu had his early education at St. Augustine Primary School, Tundu Wada Kaduna but finished at L.E.A Primary School Barnawa, Kaduna State where he obtained the First School Leaving Certificate, Shaibu subsequently earned his West African Senior School Certificate in 1989 after attending Saudana Memorial Secondary School, Kawo Kaduna. Comrade Shaibu received a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Accounting from the University of Jos in 2000

Politics can really make some people go to a ridiculously low level of insanity in trying to discredit their perceived political foe. This is what I have seen happen here.

This video is not recent. The former HOR Deputy Speaker made this statement as far back as 2018 after the Direct Primaries that produced the current Osun State Governor. The then Deputy Speaker was one of the aspirants who wanted an indirect mode, but the NWC adopted a Direct primary, which he lost; therefore, this angry statement.

POWEROFPEACE:
Kanaka and his like will be arrested a day or two days to the election. You think Governor Obaseki is a fool

Just like Kogi tata tata thugs were arrested before election the last time.

ddippset:
lol

Forgive him for he knows not what he says.

He thinks the election will be conducted on AIT.

Abi o!

ddippset:
lol

Dokpesi and Ozekhome cannot win all of their family votes.

Don't mind the guy. He thinks what's taking place in Edo between now and September 19 is broadcasting business and law practice.

martineverest:
Shuaibu is the real politician...the real tormentor of Oshiomhole

Shuaibu is he most rugged politician in Edo state.the former SUG president is NYesom wike of Edo state..

ironically,he is from Oshiomhole's town...him dokpesi and ozekhome will overpower Oshiomhole in Edo north

We are talking about politics of election winning, you are mentioning Dokpesi and Ozekhome! You must be a jester. You really amuse me here!

Yes, under the platform of NRC Party that has gone with June 12.

Bundaweber:
I stated it that he should join a "smaller" party and use it to form an alliance with the other 15. obaseki has been politically naive since and he need to grow out of that toddling stage quickly. he has always been campainging as if he has won the primaries. meanwhile the apc forgets it can lose Edo state on this ground if the case is not statue barred. a contestant of the last election can go to court and ask that they apc should not have served as the government because they brought an unqualified individual

Obaseki never presented any certificate in 2016.He only presented a sworn Affidavit.

martineverest:
that's what they don't know...they way edo will vote PDP eh

As if you are the Omniscient that knows the minds of all Edo voters as they will be holding ballot papers on election day.

CutieKing:
He should have bern disqualified on the ground of anti party activity.how can a governor enact a law that would have put your party primary in jeopardy in your state?.
That cant be more anti party moves more than that.
Stupid power drunk governor.

He is constitutionally empowered to make law through his State Assembly. Whether that law is good or bad can only be determined by court, not his party. So, APC can not disqualify him based on that since the law affects the entire State, not APC alone. If APC had disqualified him based on that, it would have been a good ground to set the disqualification aside.

But any Party reserves the right to refuse to allow any aspirant to contest election under its flag based on what it deems may jeopardise the chances of the Party in general election in the qualification process for that election as it affects the aspirant.

Now that it has happened, the events that will follow in Edo State and APC at national level will determine how acceptable Obaseki is and how powerful Oshiomole is.

ddippset:
Contrary to popular beliefs,
Direct primary is even more favourable at this covid 19 times.

For Direct primary people just gather at their wards and vote for their flag nearer. And it's done!


But for Indirect primary, people firstly gather at the wards to vote delegates. These delegates in their thousands then gather at the stadium to vote the flag bearer.


Direct primares is safer and definitely more democratic.

You forgot to add this: In indirect primaries, delegates are wooed with money by money-bag aspirants and then camped in hotels so as to prevent them from being bought over by higher-bidding aspirants, sometimes for as long as a week before the primary election day. They are then moved en mass from hiding to election venue on the D-day. Others who are not camped do lodge in their hundreds and thousands at various hotels around the State Capital days before the election.

With these scenarios associated with indirect primary, social contacts are multiple and uncontrollable. Transmission is therefore highly unavoidable.

This is unlike direct primary where members will only have to come out of their houses on election day and do not have to camp or assemble at any place days before. Social contact is very minimal and chances of transmission highly reduced, if not unlikely.

Hope he wouldn't submit another one to PDP or other party soon.

It brings to memory when Buhari summoned Tinubu and Ambode to a meeting.

To Obaseki, the outcome of the meeting would be like an unfavourable exams result to a student.

John Alechenu, Punch, Abuja

Eight governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, held a meeting with the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, at the state House Marina, Lagos to make a case for the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

Although details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the governors were at the closed-door meeting to seek Tinubu’s intervention in the search for truce in the political conflict between Obaseki and his godfather, the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

Governors who attended the meeting included the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Babajide Sanwu-Olu (Lagos), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Adeboyega Oyetola (Osun) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun).

Others are Mohammed Abubakar (Jigawa) and Obaseki.

Five of the governors, including Obaseki, then proceeded to Abuja, preparatory to a meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

A source privy to the meeting who pleaded a[b]nonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said, “The governors met with our national leader, they laid their cards on the table and plainly asked for his intervention.

“They admitted that mistakes had been made especially with the governor’s refusal to pave the way for the swearing in of 14 elected APC members as members of the state Assembly.

“They also noted that the meeting ought to have held earlier and that the governor who was present at the meeting should have reached out to seek help much earlier before the situation degenerated to the level of a public spat between the governor and the national chairman.

“And being the kind of person, he is, our leader listened patiently and he is not one to rush into judgment before hearing from the other party. He will look at what is in the party’s best interest after consulting widely with other stakeholders before taking a final stand."

The National Working Committee of the party had approved the direct primary as the mode of selecting the party’s standard bearer for the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

Loyalists of the governor are opposed to the mode arguing that it was meant to frustrate his chances of standing as the party’s standard bearer.

Obaseki and his estranged political godfather have been at odds over the former’s bid for a second term in office following a long-drawn battle for the political control of the state.

Pundits accuse the governor of working with his fellow governors opposed to Oshiomhole leadership style in an earlier attempt to force Oshiomhole out of office.

A member of the party’s National Working Committee who also pleaded anonymity for fear of retribution said, “Besides the feud between Obaseki and our National Chairman, we have to consider the overall interest of our party. The best thing to do for our party in Edo is to have direct primaries. This is why; it is the best for us even without the conflict between the two leaders. The last time we did primaries even for the election of Obaseki as governor, it was direct, we have done that there before, we can only improve on it than to go and try something new. Two, if we are learning from our past mishaps like what happened in Rivers State, there were litigations over the congresses we did before and we went into indirect and we used officials whose positions were being challenged in court as delegates and when the court nullified the congresses that brought the executives, everything done was nullified, we lost the opportunity to contest the elections in Rivers State.

“There are two chairmen in Edo, we have recognized the removal of the Anselem-led exco and the matter is still in court, whichever way the court rules, we may have a problem if we use the indirect using the executives as delegates.

“Then there is the issue of COVID-19 with the protocol of social distancing. It will be easier to manage a crowd in each ward instead of bringing four to five thousand people in one place as the indirect mode will require.”

When contacted, the APC National Vice-Chairman, South South, Hilliard Eta said, “As the governing political party, the APC will continue to lead by example when it comes to giving party members the right to choose candidates.

Also, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said, “The APC will, as always, provide a level playing field for all aspirants to pursue their legitimate aspirations in line with the constitution on our party guidelines.”

https://punchng.com/obaseki-seven-apc-govs-meet-tinubu-plan-presidents-meeting/

Prince John Mayaki is the Director of Communication and Media, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation. He is a former Executive Director (Media) to former Governor Adams Oshiomhole and ex-Chief Press Secretary to Governor Godwin Obaseki. In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on the controversy trailing the mode of primary to be adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the selection of its governorship candidate in Edo state.

Excerpts:

What is your take on the controver­sy trailing the mode of primary to be adopted by the APC in selecting the party’s flagbearer in the September 19 governorship election?

There is no controversy other than the fact that Governor God­win Obaseki and his co-travelers have continued in their shameful, anti-party act of undermining the leadership of the APC. The National Working Committee (NWC), accord­ing to the constitution, is the body empowered to conduct and prescribe the mode of primaries. And they have decided that the more inclusive and democratic direct mode is what should be adopted in Edo State. But because Obaseki is desperate to hide from the assessment of party mem­bers he has badly treated since his emergence, he is protesting the deci­sion, disguising concerns for his own personal political survival as a public health issue using COVID-19. If that’s the controversy you’re talking about, it is understandable.

Again, I have also listened to the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu calling on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governors to come conduct the primaries in the state and I was wondering if the deputy governor lost his mind and being un­able to distinguish between internal party politics, democracy and gover­nance especially in the conduct of party primaries which is the respon­sibility of the party’s NWC.

The Governor too is also said to have been running from one Gover­nor to another among the Progres­sives’ governors and leaders of the party across the country asking for an indirect party primaries. That’s a man who claims to be fighting ‘godfatherism’, .It is astonishing that Obaseki is now pleading for an ‘enthronement’ instead of a clearly defined democratic process based on popular choice.

And so, to answer your question, I do not see any controversy because those whose responsibility it is to decide the type of primaries the par­ty would conduct in Edo state have gone ahead to say so and we expect Obaseki and Philip Shaibu to pre­pare themselves for the exercise and stop fidgeting and setting the rules for an examination in which they are students.

18 Local Government chairmen last week Wednesday said that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is not a member of the party in the state. Do you think their argument is valid?

Let’s not attach importance to the political theater that these people are staging. How can you say an aspirant who got the endorsement of virtually all respected and capable leaders of the party in Edo State is not a mem­ber? As Vice-Chairman of the Com­mittee that drafted the constitution of the APC at its founding stage when the likes of Obaseki were nowhere to be found, Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu has a clear, robust understanding of the party rules. When he made the deci­sion to return home, he satisfied all conditions required to be a registered member and there is an abundance of evidence to back this. What those people did on that day was just borne out of pressure from the Governor. We have it on good authority that they were all induced to sign the said state­ment and are even being pressured to proceed to court. This was Obaseki’s plan all along and that was why he tried to frustrate the return of Pastor through different means, including using state agencies and issuing ar­bitrary bans to block a ceremonious rally held by the party last year.

Let me quickly add this, do you need to bribe local government party chairmen to deny a member of party membership? I have it on good record that even members of the state house of Assembly got N100,000.00 each to append their signature in a document disclaiming the membership of Pas­tor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and you begin to ask yourself, why this desperation? It is not in their place to determine the membership of anyone in the party; it is the national secretariat of the party that has the final say on the membership of anyone in the party and not a few hungry guys who sold their conscience tot the governor just to clinch a second term ticket. For me, this is Democracy and it is the more, the merrier. If the governor thinks he has performed, provided the 200,000 jobs he promised, and popular among the people, he should stop these she­nanigans and surrender himself for direct primary elections. Governor Obaseki is reported to have been spon­soring his friends to pick the party’s nomination form. We are aware of one Matthew Iduoriyekemwen who was reported to have picked form while others are lined up to also pick on Monday or Tuesday. The reason is not far-fetched – create crisis in the party while planning to run the elec­tion on the platform of another polit­ical party. We however wish him well in his political voyage to nowhere.

How will you react to their claim that only the NEC can grant waiver to Ize-Iyamu and not NWC?

Proponents of this claim are peo­ple who have a poor understanding of the party constitution and they keep exposing their ignorance with this ill-advised challenge of Pastor Ize Iyamu’s membership. To address this issue comprehensively, it must be stat­ed that the NWC has long been given the powers to draw up guidelines for party primaries and this includes the power to grant waivers where neces­sary to a person who is not ordinarily otherwise qualified to seek elective office on the party’s platform. In the case of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the waiver was just a political act meant to symbolise his reunion with his political family. As a duly registered member of the party, he is already, by party constitution, free to be nominat­ed for elective post on its platform and this has been affirmed by the party leadership with a final say on the mat­ter. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is neither new to politics nor the rules of the APC. He was Vice-Chairman of the Committee that drafted the rules. So these people making ignorant claims should come to him for guidance.

There’s nothing wrong if anyone wants to live in self-delusion over this matter. If Obaseki and Philip Shaibu think they can blackmail the leader­ship of the party to gain sympathy, they are joking. Obaseki cannot be governor of Edo state and at the same time attempt to be the National Chair­man of the party by dictating how his own election should be conducted. It smacks of arrogance, party indisci­pline and anti-party activities.

Some party chieftains such as Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and Deputy National Chairman, Lawal Shuaibu are claiming the primary will be bias with Oshiomhole as National chairman. What is your reaction to that?

Both men you have mentioned are merely using the situation to voice their personal vendetta against the National Chairman for reasons best known to them. We know that the grouse of Chief Oyegun against Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is still not over; the fact that he lost his position even though under his lead­ership, the party was thrown into a cesspit of disorderliness, indisci­pline, and was on the path of losing the general election but for the quick intervention of members who unan­imously agreed that he had to go. The logic they are employing here is, to be blunt, not sound. If we stretch it further, can we also ask Obaseki to relinquish the powers of his office as Governor pending the completion of the election because he is also an ac­tive contender and should not have such an advantage? At least, in Obase­ki’s case, there are clear proofs of him using the powers of state to tilt the balance in his favour. For all we know, the National Chairman has been fair in his dealings to all. The only person that has a problem with his fairness is Godwin Obaseki who, like in 2016, wants him to use his personal influ­ence to help him win.

https://www.independent.ng/edo-apc-primary-obaseki-as-a-student-cant-set-rules-for-an-examination-mayaki/