A statement from the Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Olajide Awe, said that APC would adopt direct primary method in the 177 wards of the state
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Following inconclusive elections and protests during Saturday’s congresses, the state congress committee had called for rerun of elections in over 100 of the 377 wards in Lagos
Famodun said that his “party has about 350,000 members across the 332 wards in Osun and they are all expected to take part in the April 12 gubernatorial primary election
He said: “I want to announce that we have resolved to bury our differences as a family, the interest of our great party, the APC and the people
The primaries that produced the candidates were coming just as the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for parties to end primaries expires on April 14
Ibrahim was indicted by the House Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Judiciary in its report presented during plenary
The former governor, who addressed journalists shortly after a visit to Fayemi at his official residence in Ado Ekiti, said he is on tour of the country to preach national unity
Adekanmbi, the House of Representatives candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria for Owo/Ose Constituency in the 2011 general election, made this known in Akure at a news briefing
Idubor is the Executive Director, Protocol Matters to Oshiomhole.
The defecting APC members are from Ward 7 in Egor Local Government Area of Edo South Senatorial District
While some of the aggrieved members of the party have called for the cancellation of ward congress, the leadership of APC has, however, described the call as blackmail
The reversal followed the adoption of the application for withdrawal of the proposal by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ike Ekweremadu
The protesters, who came from various wards across the state, were seen chanting songs, displaying placards, demanding justice and fair play from the party
Jega said this at the opening ceremony of the INEC/State Independent Electoral Commissions Experience Sharing Conference, organised by United Nations Development Programme in Kaduna
Though the members of the party turned out in their numbers, but there were no materials or party officials to conduct the congress
Fielding questions from newsmen in Damaturu, Dala-Dogo said the governor had never indicated any interest in the PDP but remains firmly in the All Progressives Congress
The Executive Director of the CLO, Steve Aluko, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria that the power to de-register parties should be with the electorate
Akpabio gave the charge when he led his counterparts to pay a courtesy call on the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, in Dutse
He held closed doors talks with President Jonathan in his office, describing him and those working for him as “wonderful people”
Reacting to the reported death of a number of people during the recent ward congress in Ilorin, the Interim State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, said it is disturbing that the PDP has extended its gangsterism to blood-letting and senseless killings in a state known for peace and harmony.
According to a press statement issued by the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, and made available to the press in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, the party said such a naked wanton display of power by a governor had never happened in the history of Ekiti State