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mybestlove:
Tinubu should be disgraced. Ambode has a right to second term. Tinubu single handedly imposing candidates in all south western states is like proving that everybody in Yorubaland is under his dictate.
If people are wise, they should dismantle this Tinubu dynasty as early as possible because if allowed to eat deeper in Yorubaland, the future could be difficult

Is it your Yorubaland?

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Today, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, will pick their governorship candidate for next year’s elections.

The two major aspirants are incumbent Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and Babajide Sanwo-Olu.


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President?

Of which Association?

fvck:
No he was a palm wine tapper

Is he still into palmwine tapping?

Nonsense!

If the ladies are to say what they really want in/from a man instead of making them feel they are interested in the relationship, no one will probably be in a relationship by now..

But wait, is/was this guy not a musician?

Na who mate help?

If you dey find mate, enter graveyard

Firefire:
If Buhary cannot deliver Kwara State from the ediot called Bukola Saraka, SHAME ON him.

Oh firefire, if I don't agree with you on everything, not on this. God bless you for this post.

I don't care how they want to do it.

modath:
See me for kneel down..A wan mention & got distracted...

You go remain there oo! Like Baba iyabo, I no dey forgive easily

Modath, you no do well. You have something as interesting as this and you didn't mention me. Our fight don start from this moment

Imagine, na my state sef

maestroferdi:
So you were expecting a sitting governor to just fade into irrelevance without putting up some fight?

Who does that?

Nobody.. Smh

But is this the kind of fight you ld suggest if you were in the position to do so? Or Would you have fought in this manner if you were in his shoes? You and i know this is not the kind of fight expected of the fat boy..This will only increase Sanwo-olu's popularity and watch him as he defeats Ambode easily

Ambode is a fat naive boy...

With his act, he confirmed today he doesn't deserve a 2nd term. Even Buhari and his other Supporters in Aso rock will find it very disappointing

Ebonyi: Congress Committee’s late arrival delays commencement

The late arrival of the Congress Committee for Ebonyi governorship congress of the All Progressives Congress delayed the commencement of the congress.
The committee headed by Domingo Obende, Premium Times learnt arrived at about 4pm.

They immediately moved to the Pinnacle Hotel near the People’s Club field, venue of the election, where they started the accreditation.
The committee chairman had earlier in the day blamed late arrival of materials for late commencement of the exercise.

Nine persons are vying for the party’s ticket.
They include Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation and Senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial zone, Sonni Ogbuorji, former Secretary to the State Government, Bernard Odoh; and the 2015 Labour Party Governorship candidate in the state, Edward Nkwegu.

Another aspirant is former chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board, Austin Edeze, who hails from Izzi local government area of the state.
Others are Emmanuel Agboti, a one term senator for Ebonyi South. He hails from Afikpo North local government area; Kelechi Chima, Ogbonnaya Obasi, Christian Chukwu and former Commissioner for Works and Environment, Paul Okorie.

The 11 aspirants in the Nasarawa APC primary election have unanimously agreed to adopt secret ballot.
The aspirants met earlier in Taal hotel with security officials in attendance.

Aspirants have raised alarm over fake delegates and all those accredited were asked to go out for fresh accreditation

In Nasarawa, journalists were barred from the venue until after accreditation of delegates and all aspirants are present.

Oyo: Logistic problems delay process

The head of the primary election committee, Demola Seriki, says the delay in beginning the exercise was due to logistic problems.

Mr Seriki, was at four different time minister of state for Interior, Defence, Agriculture and Water Resources and supervising minister for Mines and Steel.

4: 28 p.m. Akwa Ibom

A PREMIUM TIMES reporter is at Lutheran Primary School, Itiam Etoi, Ward 4, Uyo Urban, Akwa Ibom State, where a crowd of APC members are still patiently waiting for election materials to arrive.
Party members are being served with soft drinks, apparently sponsored by one of the governorship aspirants.

Most people are seated calmly on the football field in the school. Some of them could be heard saying that they are expecting money to be shared to them before end of the day.

Report reaching PREMIUM TIMES is that voting is yet to commence in several parts of the state, even when election materials were dispatched hours ago.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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No consensus

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 could not arrive 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.

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APC Kano: 12:48 The election is yet to start at Filin Tudunwada in Nassarawa Local Government Area, the venue of Tudunwada ward primaries.

Former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, and sitting deputy governor Nasiru Gawuna are both from this local government area.

Mr Shekarau recently defected to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party.




PDP Plateau: 2100 delegates are expected to vote in the PDP governorship primary.

Delegates from six local government areas have so far been accredited out of the 17 LGAs of the state.

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Aspirants consider consensus candidate in Akwa Ibom
Cletus Ukpo

It’s 12:48p.m. The APC governorship primary is yet to commence in Akwa Ibom State.

A large crowd of party supporters are gathered at the state headquarters of the party, along Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo, where the governorship aspirants are said to be holding last minute meeting on how to come up with a consensus candidate.

The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has shifted its governorship primaries to October 1, due to non arrival of the election committee from the National Headquarters in Abuja.

This was contained in a statement issued to journalists in Gusau on Sunday by the state publicity secretary of the party, Shehu Isa.

Meanwhile, the police command in the state has appealed to stakeholders to cooperate with security agencies and abide by security measures during the primaries.

The State Commissioner of Police, Usman Belel, made the call at a security stakeholders meeting in Gusau.
This was contained in a statement in Gusau on Sunday by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Muhammad Shehu.

Mr Shehu said the meeting was attended by heads of security agencies in the state, officials from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the APC governorship aspirants.

“The meeting was aimed at taking proactive security measures for effective security coverage before, during and after the APC governorship primaries in the state,’’ he said.

madridguy:
Miss him a lot.

Same here bro

LIVE UPDATES

In Kano, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje is the sole governorship aspirant of APC. The party has adopted direct primaries.

At 11:28am, in Yalwa Primary School, the venue of Yalwa ward congress in Dala local government, less than 20 members of APC had arrived.
No election officials arrived yet.

A member of APC in the area, AbdurRahman Ibrahim, told PREMIUM TIMES that the reason for the low turn out of the people may not be unconnected with presidential primaries experience where people spent hours waiting for party officials who were responsible for conducting the primaries