Browsing: Alhaji Mohammadu Buhari

The APC state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, in a statement in Ado-Ekition Monday, said the APC was in possession of intelligence that the governor had concluded plans to unleash thugs on the convoys of APC members on the way to their presidential candidate’s campaign rally

They said this in Minna, the Niger State capital, while addressing a mammoth crowd at the party’s rally

Babangida said this when he played host to the APC presidential hopeful in his Uphill residence in Minna, the Niger State capital

Fani-Kayode emphatically said the fact that Buhari got away with the issue of his certificate and successfully contested the 2003, 2007 and 2011 presidential elections did not make it right

Reacting to a front page wrap-around cover advertisement on the Monday edition of some newspapers in which Nigerians were asked to choose between life and death, grouping the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, among former Nigerian leaders who were either killed or died of natural causes while in office, the APC campaign said: “This is the height of desperate tactics by the PDP, which is capable of degenerating into unnecessary bloodshed and destruction

A statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign, Mallam Garba Shehu, said the seemingly exhausted and frustrated ruling Peoples Democratic Party cannot hoodwink the Nigerian public in its sickening attempt to tarnish the towering moral stature of its presidential candidate by dredging up a discredited report

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, made the call at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja

With him were the APC governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai; a former Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; and other party chiefs

I am almost certain that Oby Ezekwesili’s name would pop up when the time comes to fill sensitive ministerial post in a Muhammadu Buhari presidency given her closeness to Nasir el-Rufai, the next governor of Kaduna State, and his closeness to a potential Presidential Buhari. The slim chance that the woman, Japheth Omojuwa, once proclaimed as the ‘Mother of the Nation’ – for her lead role in the noble BBOG movement – leading a sensitive Ministry as the Petroleum or Education Ministry inspires hope

In a statement entitled: “Nigerians be warned,” and signed by him, Fayose therefore advised Nigerians to learn from the past and avoid repeating previous mistakes

A statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the campaign on Sundaysaid it is ludicrous for the PDP to throw all cautions to the wind in its shameless effort to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians in the party’s rising desire for change of guard at the national level

This is a problem that has lasted for more than 100 years in one form or the other. Buhari is from the North and he surely knows better than what is currently being paraded or trumpeted as one of his landmark achievements

“This is especially so given the fact that the same General Buhari that was so badly indicted by the report is now vying for the exalted office of President of Nigeria

The Director of Media to Kwankwaso informed the APC Campaign that as at about 4pm on Saturday, the governor was on the stomp in Bichi Local Government Area of Kano State asking for votes for Buhari and that Kano will host the Presidential Campaign on Tuesday

Adeyanju reportedly made the statement in a Blackberry Messenger message

A statement by the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC Campaign in Abuja on Saturday described as disdainful, distractive, mischievous, fake and fallacious the trending news report of an alleged prostate cancer condition of its presidential flag bearer Buhari being credited to a source from the renowned teaching hospital

In attendance was the entire Plateau State executive committee of the APC and flag bearers of the party

“An affidavit is not the cure or physical substitute nor a replacement for the physical availability of the document nor does it take the place of the INEC form CF001 08

The commendation was contained in a statement issued by Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, on Thursday in Abuja

The governor also warned Nigerians to beware of the banana peel being thrown on their path by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the nation prepares for next month’s presidential election