President Muhammadu Buhari has scored a total of 2,931,235 votes in 44 local government areas of Kano State in the just concluded presidential primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The primaries were conducted on Friday in the 36 states of the federation and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The Kano returning officer of the primary election, who is the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said he was impressed by the large turnout of voters in his Ganduje ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government area of the state.
The governor then restated his pledge to garner over 5 million votes for Mr Buhari come 2019 general election.
“With these figures of over five thousand votes from my ward, Ganduje ward of Dawakin Tofa local government, which only comes from APC card carrying members, it is indicative to the fact that our pledge of over 5 million votes to our dear President in 2019 election is tenable and realisable,” He assured
Mr Ganduje also asserted that Mr Buhari would be voted by other political party stalwarts in the 2019 presidential election.
“People should understand that when the general election comes around, apart from our APC members that would vote for the continuation of President Buhari regime, many more others who belong to other parties would join the queue,” Mr Ganduje was quoted as saying in a statement by his chief press secretary, Abba Anwar.
He noted that even those who do not belong to any political parties, but have their permanent voters card, would opt for voting for Mr Buhari
Mr Ganduje added that the conduct of direct primaries was intended to provide enabling environment for maximum political participation, adding that, “that is the reason why we are solidly behind President Muhammadu Buhari in strengthening democracy at all levels.”
The governor also expressed satisfaction with the peaceful conduct of the presidential primary election in all the 44 local government areas of the state
Same tactic was deployed when he decamped Saraki and co with just words
Of course. You can't be against Osho and expect to share same space or breath same air with him. Impossible. Somebody has to shift base. Bet9ja odds will always favour Osho to be the one to stay.
engineerboat: "For democracy to flourish, only people who can accept the pain of rigging (sorry defeat) should participate in an election". - Adams Oshiomhole APC Chairman
It is now PDP wants to pay attention to Osun election.
This is much ado about nothing. A slip of the tongue due to dry throat that was immediately corrected. So OP what is the fuss? OK, maybe PDP spirit is in you.
While reasonable gladiators have moved on to more important issues, PDP is still in OSUN refuse sites scavenging in wastes. Omashe o
Much ado about nothing. A slip of the tongue due to dry throat that was immediately corrected. So OP what is the fuss? OK, maybe PDP spirit is in you. PDP self, always scavenging in wastes
wingmanII: Atiku shares in Intels is quite small. Intels is owned by Italian, Gabrielle Volpi.
That is just a front to deceive the gullible. Without guidance from Atiku could Intel have been able to corner all the juicy oil and gas logistic contracts to itself or determine who operates and don't operate at certain ports and jetties in the country. Without the stewardship of a corrupt insider, could Intel have had the gut to dare the FG of PMB on compliance with TSA thereby holding on to FG revenue and even daring PMB when told to shape up. Abeg tell me another thing my bloder.
kahal29: The All Progressives Congress APC has declared Thursday’s Osun governorship election rerun as “substantially” free, fair and credible, accusing the Peoples Democratic Party PDP of crying foul because they were unable to rig the polls. This was as the party accused the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Jumai Alhassan of engaging in anti-party activities, describing her as an APC member in the day and a PDP member at night.
National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole stated these at a news conference Friday in Abuja.
Oshiomhole also gave reasons why the Communications minister, Adebayo Shittu was disqualified saying his illegal exemption from the mandatory national youth service raises both moral and legal questions.
"He (Shittu) admitted that he did not do the mandatory NYSC as provided for under the law and in his own judgment, his being a member of the House of Assembly in the state and now as a Minister of the Federal Republic, that these were enough sacrifices. But for us as a party we know that NYSC is a mandatory scheme. It is not something you may elect to do or abstain from doing and my understanding of the NYSC Act is that no employer of labour is permitted to employ anyone who graduated under 30 years and who did not obtain an exemption for reasons as provided for in the NYSC Act. So, for us, not participating in the NYSC raises very serious moral issue as well as legal issue.
After interviewing him, we were convinced that….for our party, there are clear lessons we need to learn from our recent past when people…anyway, we were convinced that if he did not do NYSC, that for us, was enough to disqualify him and we had to find the courage to do so.
“As for the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, she has issues that have to do with party loyalty. Our constitution is clear and it dictates that to contest elections or even hold office in the APC, you must be loyal to the party in every material concern. From all she had said in the past and even her comments and general attitude during the screening, the NWC reviewed everything taken together and we arrived at the conclusion that she does not possess the level of loyalty that the APC requires for her to contest elections on our platform. We made it clear when the defections happened that APC may well benefit from these defections if it helps us to be more critical in terms of who we give platform to contest elections and that there are core values that binds the APC together and they are non-negotiable.
“The Electoral Act and the APC Constitution forbids anyone from being a member of more than one political party at a time. You cannot be a member of APC and be a card-carrying member of another party but when you have a situation where it would appear, based on what you know and based on what I know that someone is probably APC in the daytime maybe for the purpose of retaining certain offices and they are PDP at heart or if they are not PDP at heart, they are actually and simply a follower of a one-man permanent presidential candidate…then we have the right to ask ourselves if these attitudes and qualities are characteristics of an ideal member of an APC. So, those are the reasons. We did not want to have a lengthy explanation to do but she knows why she was disqualified and we know why we denied her the use of our platform”, he said.
Hajia Alhassan had last year raises dusts when she declared her support for a PDP presidential aspirant and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku and Saraki will eventually jell just before the primaries. There is a chemistry between them. Both are treacherous, corrupt, powerdrunk, deceitful, and traitorous.. If, however, push comes to shove Atiku will swallow up Saraki.
Buterflyle0: Wike wants to make sure they are in his stronghold and within reach of his boys.
If they don't fight there or scatter furniture then it would be a miracle
You got it all wrapped up. He planned it all diligently and succeeded in ensnaring them into his den. Some, as usual must have been entertaining wicked thoughts of using his magnanimity as a free launch pad for their selfish political goal eg Saraki. Oshofree has trapped them all in. Now, no room for retreat. Only surrendering their mandate will set any free from the trap. Or this alternative...
Hmmm Wike, Rivers and politics. The aftermath is always a carnage. Which of the Wike is going to be hosting - the old blood thirsty wicked Wike or a reborn Wike. Left alone with his demons 10 of the aspirants shouldn't be breathing Rivers oxygen freely.
I predicted this might happen a couple of days ago.
The current foundation of the PDP was built on a very sandy beach because of the abundance of so much sharp sand. Now the floods are raging everywhere.
Can we now have some peace here. PDP and its minions dwell too much on one defeat forgetting there are several lying in wait. Nobody should think I don't care. I do very much. That is why I will advise you save some of your grief for future misadventures
3Ceagle: This phenomena exist, but the rate in Nigeria is worrisome. No quality medical system in Nigeria. No facilities, best doctors are leaving the country on daily basis. The teaching hospitals are over stretched.
The president and family members get treated abroad. Yet some thoughtless individuals are out insulting others and ready to kill for those who have subjected them and the society to most callously condition.
Hmmmm. Sudden death among athletes otherwise known as sudden cardiac death is commonly due to an inherited condition called obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It may not be diagnosed until at post mortem exam. It can be detected through a thorough physical and an ECHO scan. Usually an AICD is prescribed for detected cases. Some known athletes who became victims include Pheidippides a Roman soldier that was instructed to run the ~26 miles from Marathon to Athens. He died soon after he completed the race
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famology: Hahaha. .... what's obvious today is that secondus can not lead Pdp to victory. When it comes to political bargaining and manoeuvring, Oshiomhole is far far far ahead of him.Oshiomhole is proving to be a master tactician head and shoulders above secondus.I'm not even sure oyegun would've been able to pull off some of these political master strokes. imagine the guy flew down to oshogbo to personally lead the negotiation with omisore and secondus was no where to be found.
You are a very cool headed guy. A very reasonable supporter.
PassingShot: The guys arguing over certificates are polluting this thread. Please STOP!
In fact I am utterly pissed of by it. Those who went to court in 2014/15, have they returned from the courts. PMB did warned them and it has come to pass.