I am of the view that they do. Big time. First example: Bashorun Dele Momodu, an out-and-out celebrity and doyen of celebrity journalism, spent the last few months thumping his not inconsiderable chest at more grizzled rivals for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket.
Browsing: Bukola Saraki
Saraki spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when he addressed PDP delegates at the party’s state secretariat.
Mr Mohammed will serve out his first term as governor of the state in 2023. He is eligible for reelection.
In posts on his verified social media accounts, Dr. Saraki, asked that his followers join him to pray for the abductees
Other PDP aspirants who have faced the panel Friday are a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki; a United States based medical doctor, Nwachukwu Anakwenze and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.
Speaking with our correspondent on phone from Bauchi State, a member of One Nigeria Group, Mallam Shehu Sadiq said for equity, justice and fairness, the North West candidate aspirant was advised to drop his ambition.
According to the 62-year-old former governor, the idea of consensus is undemocratic, adding that both Atiku and Saraki were All Progressives Congress runaway politicians who came back to the PDP when the going was rough for them in the APC.
The party’s National Organizing Secretary, Umar Bature, announced this in a statement issued Wednesday.
Saraki is one of the PDP presidential aspirants seeking the party’s nomination for the 2023 presidential polls.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this is in continuation of an earlier meeting of the presidential aspirants in Bauchi.
The trio had hinted during the week that they were working towards producing a consensus candidate for the opposition to capture power in next year’s election.
The plan, he said, was in line with his long-time belief that the younger generations have a lot to contribute to Nigeria’s development.
Ordinary people are now paying the price as jobs are scarce, prices are rising, and young men are turning to crime in desperation.
Saraki made his position known in a statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Head of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office.
Adedapo was the son of businessman, Chief Adekunle Ojora, and brother-in-law of former Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Saraki, in a statement released by Olu Onemola in his media office at the weekend, expressed disappointment that a citizen was arrested on a flimsy excuse of ‘circulating false information’ and thereafter, detained for over a month without fair hearing.
The former Federal Minister of Information, stated this in a statement he issued in Abuja on the 2023 presidential election.
The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday while reacting to the defection of some aggrieved APC members to the PDP on Saturday.
Speaking on Monday in Lafia, leader of the delegation, Iyorwuese Hagher, explained that it was time for the geo-political zone to produce the next president of Nigeria after it had over the years supported other regions to enjoy the highest position in the country.
Justice Anwuli Chikere fixed the date after Saraki’s counsel, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, sought to withdraw a motion filed on June 30, seeking for a stay of proceedings.