₦airaland Forum

Ogboru will not rule Delta state he is another Buhari in the making, he will use the whole tenure to blame ibori mark my words, as far am concerned ibori still remains the best governor delta state ever produced death or alive, is not time for we urhobo after 8 years of okowa power will come back to us,

Even ovie Omogege know he is not going back to the Senate to represent delta center

Which person you keep for ughelli South to vote APC? Please be guided

I think before APC finished from supreme Court it will be too late, zamfara is gone Rivers is 99%

I will abolished contract staff syndrome in our labour market (especially in the banking industry), and this is the reason why I said buhari is not fighting any corruption....

From the results posted by premium times https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/285370-osundecides-official-results-from-polling-units.html
The election is 3 horse race, if it continues like that there may not be winner, Mark my words.

indirect primaries

- Boroffice said he was not aware of the meeting where the decision by the Ondo APC was taken

Ajayi Boroffice, the senator representing Ondo north senatorial district, has said he is against the indirect primaries adopted by the Ondo state executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in selecting its candidate for the 2019 general elections.

Boroffice said he was not aware nor invited to the meeting held in Akure on Wednesday where the decision by the Ondo APC was taken, Premium Times reports.

A statement signed by Boroffice's press secretary, Kayode Fakuyi, said the decision to adopt indirect primaries is not the general decision of the party.

The statement read: “The distinguished senator Ajayi Boroffice is not aware of the purported meeting of the All Progressives Congress that held in Akure on Wednesday. He was not invited.

“The only decision that can be said to be the position of the party is the decision that emanated from wide consultations and engagements with party stakeholders and aspirants, like the National leadership of APC directed.

“Whatever decision they take is not effective. At best, it is a proposal. It is subject to approval or rejection by the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC.

“As at today, the APC has adopted direct primaries for all elections in Ondo state. If primary election is conducted in Ondo state today, it will be by direct primary."

Recall that NAIJ.com earlier reported that National Assembly member, Senator Shehu Sani, urged the leadership of APC to jettison indirect primary elections, describing it as “breeding ground for corruption in the country’s democracy”.

He stated this after submitting a petition to the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in Abuja on Tuesday,

threatening to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress should the party fail to adopt direct primaries for the 2019 elections, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

Some of the lawmakers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES warned that the party will experience mass defection if it fails to adopt the direct primaries.

They alleged that some governors are applying pressure on the national leadership of the party to adopt indirect primaries to choose candidates for the 2019 elections.

Source: NaijaParrot (http://naijaparrot.com)

If the party adopts the usual indirect primary, the senators said, the party will lose its majority status at the Senate. For them, the only way to reclaim leadership of the senate is an assurance of direct primaries by the party.

Direct primaries involves the participation of all party members in the selection of party candidates while indirect primaries involves use of delegates, often party leaders at local levels and political appointees as well as elected officials, to elect party candidates.

The APC used the direct primaries to elect its governorship candidate in Osun for next month’s governorship election. Prior to that, it often used the indirect primaries system.

The ruling party will on Thursday hold its first National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting since Senate President Bukola Saraki left the party.

The meeting is expected to deliberate on the party’s preparation for the 2019 elections especially its primaries.

APC NEC, the second highest organ of the ruling party, comprises the president, vice president, governors elected under the platform of the party as well as chairpersons of the party in the 36 states.

DIRECT OR INDIRECT PRIMARIES

Controversy over the choice of primaries for the party started in July when the chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, declared the party will adopt direct primary method in Osun State in choosing a candidate ahead of the state’s governorship election.

Mr Oshiomhole said the method remains the “most democratic way of handling the primary.”

The party went ahead employing the method to choose its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, but the process did not go down well with some of the aspirants.

Prominent among the voices against the method was the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, who was runner up in the primary.

“I did not accept the outcome of the primary election. Why would I accept that kind of primary, where a direct primary was conducted in my state, one week after another form of primary was conducted in another state.

“And I hope the chairman will wake up. That chairman is going to destroy that party. The chairman of that party is going to destroy it,” the lawmaker said.

However, many lawmakers, especially those who fell out with their governors in the last state congresses, wants the party to adopt direct primaries to choose candidates for the 2019 election.

MASS DEFECTION AWAITS – LAWMAKERS

Three senators who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES expressed fears over the possibility of deploying indirect primaries for the APC primaries.

They alleged that some governors are laying pressure on the party leadership to deploy indirect primaries in order to replace them come 2019.

One of the lawmakers who spoke on condition of anonymity said the party should brace itself for mass defection if the NEC resolves to adopt indirect primaries.

“I am aware the National Chairman and members of the NWC are under pressure from state governors to adopt indirect primaries. Most of us suffered injustice during the Congress. Till this moment, the leadership is yet to resolve the issues. We will not tolerate injustice again.

“For me, the next NEC meeting is a make or mar meeting for our party. The APC has assured us of justice through direct primaries. If the party bows to governors, we will have no option than to leave the party. It will be mass exodus,” the senator said.

In July, 14 APC senators left the party with at least 12 joining the major opposition, PDP.

Few weeks after their defection, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, also announced his defection to PDP.

Following his announcement, some senators and leaders of the APC have continued to mount pressure on Mr Saraki to relinquish his position since his party does not have majority at the senate.

Another senator who prefers not to be named said the party will lose its majority status at the Senate if the governors have their way.

The senator said the governors are ready to replace up to 90 per cent of the federal lawmakers if the party allows delegates to choose candidates for the party.

“With the war that exist between the party and Saraki, the party has confidentially resolved to return the senators because it is dangerous to come back on 25th when some people don’t have assurances.

“The governors have their individual agenda because the people whom they want cannot win election by direct primaries. If you cannot win by direct primary, it means that you are unpopular and the party cannot bring people who cannot win election.

“The party will be heading into trouble because it will be the Senate Presidency that will be at stake at the National Assembly.

The point is that if you have an indirect primary election, the governors will replace up to 90 per cent of existing federal legislatures. Now, that will be playing into the hands of the PDP,” the lawmaker said.
The senator said the party risks losing at least 20 senators if it tolls the line of indirect primary.

“The moment the Senate resumes, the conflicting figure we have now is that PDP are saying they are the majority, APC are saying they are the majority, what do you take for consideration? We have up 20, 30 APC senators without a ticket and they have nothing to lose (if they leave the party).

“Let us get there first, because we were kept in the party on the promise that it is going to be a direct primaries. If the party says Saraki must go, who is going to remove Saraki, is it the governors? We are in a tango. The governors must concede, they must keep their heads down.

“We’ll see what happens but I can tell you that the Saraki group are waiting for those eliminated in the APC to join them.”

Another senator, Shehu Sani, expressed his dislike for indirect primary in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday.

“Indirect Primaries is a boulevard to corruption. It’s a seed to imposition, manipulation and systematic desecration of the anti-corruption crusade of the government and the party.

“Indirect Primaries is a bidding process, a slave market and an auction house where price tag is placed to honour,” he noted.

Urging all members of the party to reject the method, Mr Sani described it as a “final step to consolidate a fraudulent congresses.”

APC At Liberty To Choose – Ambode

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has said that the party is at liberty to employ either direct or indirect primary in choosing its candidates.

He said this while responding to questions from journalists after an APC caucus meeting on Wednesday.

“The fact remains that the constitution of our party allows us to carry out our primaries and elections using direct or indirect primaries.

“We cannot disagree with the constitution so either direct or indirect primaries, you are at liberty to justify the choice you want to pick, once it suits your purpose and in line with constitution as the state determines.

“The whole essence is for us to deepen democracy and also allow our members to participate in this whole process. The idea is once you have party members that are able to take decisions on who should represent them, I think we would have gone a step higher and better than other parties, that makes us a better party,” he said.

DECISION WILL BE MADE THURSDAY – APC

When contacted, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, said the party will take a position on the issue on Thursday.

“We’ll know the position of the party after tomorrow’s NEC meeting. The party has already made a proposal, it’s going to be either direct or indirect primary,” he said.





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stanleyravos:
Makurdi
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate , Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so .
The national coordinator of the association in Benue State , Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview with our correspondent in Makurdi.
Gololo said Saraki had created numerous problems for the administration of President Muhammad Buhari , which he said had affected the economic and social growth of the nation .
“ It is on this note that we are saying that Saraki ought not to be in office again as Senate President , more so , Saraki has failed to coordinate and organise the National Assembly to offer quality legislation that Nigerians need .
“ Nigerians are in dire need of people that have the interest of the masses . Miyetti Allah is looking for a leader that would preside over the affairs of the Senate with ultimate respect for the executive and the judiciary , not someone like Senator Saraki that would always scheme to outdo the Presidency .
“ We are now tired of Saraki’ s style of leadership at the National Assembly.
Therefore , we are now warning him to honourably resign his position as president of the Senate or we will force him out”, Gololo said , refusing , however, to explain how the association would remove the Senate president .
Reacting to the comment by Governor Ortom accusing a former Lagos State Commissioner of Police , Abubakar Tsav , of being an agent of the Miyetti Allah , Gololo said Tsav was not a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association or a Fulani man by tribe and couldn ’ t have been an agent of the Miyetti Allah .
He urged governor Ortom to face his problem with the EFCC and leave Miyetti Allah alone .
“ Ortom should forget about anything called Miyetti Allah and grazing law and fight for his re - election because Benue people and his new party ( PDP) have rejected him , ” adding that the PDP would not give him the ticket to run in the 2019 governorship election in the state.
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NO matter their position as long they on the list of deadliest terrorist organization.

Makurdi
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate , Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so .
The national coordinator of the association in Benue State , Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview with our correspondent in Makurdi.
Gololo said Saraki had created numerous problems for the administration of President Muhammad Buhari , which he said had affected the economic and social growth of the nation .
“ It is on this note that we are saying that Saraki ought not to be in office again as Senate President , more so , Saraki has failed to coordinate and organise the National Assembly to offer quality legislation that Nigerians need .
“ Nigerians are in dire need of people that have the interest of the masses . Miyetti Allah is looking for a leader that would preside over the affairs of the Senate with ultimate respect for the executive and the judiciary , not someone like Senator Saraki that would always scheme to outdo the Presidency .
“ We are now tired of Saraki’ s style of leadership at the National Assembly.
Therefore , we are now warning him to honourably resign his position as president of the Senate or we will force him out”, Gololo said , refusing , however, to explain how the association would remove the Senate president .
Reacting to the comment by Governor Ortom accusing a former Lagos State Commissioner of Police , Abubakar Tsav , of being an agent of the Miyetti Allah , Gololo said Tsav was not a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association or a Fulani man by tribe and couldn ’ t have been an agent of the Miyetti Allah .
He urged governor Ortom to face his problem with the EFCC and leave Miyetti Allah alone .
“ Ortom should forget about anything called Miyetti Allah and grazing law and fight for his re - election because Benue people and his new party ( PDP) have rejected him , ” adding that the PDP would not give him the ticket to run in the 2019 governorship election in the state.
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His 10 working days will expire Thursday, 17th August 2018

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Lipscomb:
I know some people will not agree with me, but I have a prove that PDP and atiku responsible for The killing going on in Nigeria. Mind you I'm not a politician or supporter of any party .but I think President buhari deserve second term. .

i think you need some spiritual assistance, those this forum look like a court of law where you can prove your self, or your village people just want to use this opportunity to send you to kirikiri prison, don't you know that if they follow you up with this write up you can spend the rest of your life i prison?

*WHO SIGNED THE 1914 AMALGAMATION?*

- Nnamdi Azikiwe was born in 1904(was 10years old when the 1914 treaty was signed)
- Obafemi Awolowo was born in 1909(was 5years old when the 1914 treaty was signed)
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in 1912(was 2years old before it was signed)
- Ahmadu Bello was born in 1910(was 4years old before it was signed)
- Michael Okpara was born in 1920(the treaty has been signed 6years before he was born) Who and who signed these papers on 1914 and called it amalgamation of the Northern Region and Southern Region, that we shall live together as one family without War, Marginalization, Conflict of interest and crisis?
These Nationalists I mentioned above are still sucking breast at the time of this agreement.
You can't mix Red Oil and Palm kernel Oil together to get a good result. You can't play Jazz and Etigi or skelewu in the club house at the same time and expect a good dance. Is it that we are learning how to spell Democracy in our country or the teacher does not know how to teach?
Our problems started in 1914 because we don't know who signed it and their names and their intentions for signing it.
If they so called imperialists white signed it in the midnight while we were sleeping, the cock has crown, we have brushed our teeth, and taken our bath. Our eyes have opened to look for the amalgamation treaty and do something about it. No Northerner can sleep with his eyes closed in the Southern part of Nigeria and no Southerner can do the same in the North. Inter marriage is a Taboo. After 100years we are still importing toothpicks, going abroad for medical checkup, our lucrative cash crops has gone to moribund, Education for all by the year 2050, Unemployment is a baptismal name for graduates, a police officer cannot boast of his work because of vestige of his salary, our Obasanjo Space Center and Satellite Office at Abuja can not trace the location of Sambisa Forest. And I repeat it again, who and who signed this treaty? Please share this post till we get the right answer, i think these questions need to be answered before we talk about 2019.

I really need someone who works with the so called inec to explain to us in detail

Fellow Nigerians, permit me to say all is not well with this our electoral body call INEC, in the year 2014 i obtain my temporary voters card in ojo LGA in lagos, on that same day i used it to open a bank account with Ecobank without any problem, my little brother who got his temporary voters this January 2018 went to first Bank to open an account with his utility bill and was told that they can not validate those who register this year, i took him to GTB the same story what is really happening. Please let's share ideas to know what is wrong if we are moving forward or backwards

richidinho:
ok

Ofamofuru polling unit 7, ward 2
Olusola Eleka’s polling unit.

APC- 105
PDP-452

good if you are sure of the results you posted let me see a thread like Eleka win his poliling unit thanks allot

Some thing is going wrong some where, you can tell me that the results of that single poli unit is not still out by know

The results of fayemi and fayose poli units are out what is happening in Eleka own, did things fall apart? Engierboat or what is that his name

What is some one with self acclaimed exemption letter doing on NYSC uniform, this is serious, is like this APC thought every body is zombies like them

aribisala0:
Just to marry wife

400 bags of cement
4 truckloads of granite
8 truckloads of Sharp sand
Kolanut Plenty
Ugwu leave 1 pickup
Pepper plenty
Tomato Plenty
Gulder Enough cartons
Mineral aka fanta 7up cola etc enough crates
Maggi and crayfish 1ghanamustgo bag
Palm oil 50litre keg 100 kegs
20 50kg bags of rice
Corn Flakes 100 boxes (imported one)
Peak milk and NIDO 4 cartons
Sugar 4 cartoms

Omo 12 cartons

Indomie 6 cartons
Beans 6 sacks
Moimoi leaf enough
3 Native cows
100 Native chickens

I think it is better to marry from Ghana

which country, state, village and family give you that list

I think is over for APC in ekiti, Mark my words

Why not explain more about the product, you just posted empty gallon and you are expecting customers, I laugh you in urhobo language

I see Reno not coming back to Nigeria not until Buhari leave office, because the way him and fayose is attacking buhari, i am not sure they will go scorn free.

What obj has just done is called hate speech according to APC constitution sub section lia Muhammad, how can you ask some one with NEPA bill as highest academic qualifications to read such a voluminous book, in short he is sentence to 40 years in prison. Nonsense set of sycophants by name zombies.

From the letter i can smell the handwork of the lizard of obima, Ameachi.

No wonder buhari no complain about the killing in Gaza border

Opp help tell okowa to go to the address below, and stop courtism activities there am sure he sworn to protect live and property, people no longer sleep with their eyes open because of Aye and Dominion court crashes, please help.... USIEFRUN in Ughelli South LGA of the state, if that is the only thing he can give us am OK for know.

When will inec release the time tables for yahaya Belo to either served or pay 100k for the jail term, i had that of Dino recore is out

I think is time for the mod in the house to take this topic to fp, for the whole world to see the weight of hatred in this country call Nigeria