The group, in a statement on Sunday signed by Charles Kalada Dan-Jumbo, however, urged the presidential hopeful to consider apologising to the geo-political zone over events leading to 2015 polls.
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Ekweremadu made this known in a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity on Sunday.
Kogi East Senatorial District delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party have warned against the imposition of Senator Attai Aidoko, whom they described as a “political liability”.
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has congratulated Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for wining the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to contest the 2019 presidential election.
The PDP 2019 Presidential flag-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has commended his fellow contestants for the display of unity and commitment during the convention.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on his victory in the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Governor Seriake Dickson on Sunday congratulated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for emerging as the Peoples Democratic Party flag-bearer in the 2019 presidential election.
Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, also commended the delegates to the convention and members of the organizing committte led by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for holding a convention in which a candidate was elected in a free, fair, transparent and rancour-free atmosphere.
The speaker said this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, on Sunday in Abuja.
The All Progressives Congress has called on political parties in the country, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party and its agents, to stick to issue-based actions and campaigns as the nation enters into electioneering campaign.
He gave the assurance after being declared as the APC presidential candidate at the party’s National Presidential Convention which ended in the early hours of Sunday at the Abuja Eagle Square.
The Abia State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the 2019 elections, Dr. Alex Otti, has declared that he and the party are closer to taking over the State Government House in Umuahia than in 2015 when Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, was declared winner.
Chairman of the Green Party of Nigeria, Kaduna State, Ahmed Mohammed Zagi, has expressed optimism that in the 2019 general elections, his party has concluded arrangements to shock the big names, Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress at the polls.
Abdulsalam, a Commissioner in the defunct administration of Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the state, made the call while speaking to newsmen in Kano on Saturday.
Generally, many including the candidates, their political parties, analysts and commentators seem to share the opinion that the first ballot was to some extent free, fair and fairly representative of the will of the people. It’s the second election, the rerun, that is controversial and which the opposition PDP rejected perhaps because it failed to win it and seal its initial lead. I shall return to all of that shortly.
The title holder of Matawallen-Maradun made the promise at a news conference in Gusau on Saturday.
Gagdi-Babayo scored 741 votes out of the 1,044 votes cast to beat five other contestants for the ticket at the party primary election held at the Youth Centre, Pankshin.
The venue of the convention, Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium was agog as delegates trooped peacefully into the pavilions earmarked for their respective states, but accreditation of delegates was yet to commence as at 9.55 a.m.
Sule-Garo, who is an elder brother to Kwankwaso’s wife, defeated his sibling, Faruk Sule-Garo with a landslide at the Gwarzo/Kabo Federal Constituency primary election.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance says it will surprise Nigerians in the 2019 general elections.