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Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi “worthless” – Tinubu’s campaign

Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi “worthless” – Tinubu’s campaign

The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dismissed the endorsement of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing it as “worthless.” It said the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, will not lose sleep over Mr Obasanjo’s action, because the former president is a “political paper weight” who had not successfully made anyone win election in…

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Award presentation  to Alhj. Dr. AA Mai Agogo

Presentation of Award to a deserving Leader Alhj. Dr. AA Mai Agogo. Formal Presidential Campaign Council Directorate PCC. A political icon, outstanding leader, youth leader, a tireless giver, and a force to be reckoned with.

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By • Olalekan Fagbade He's a serial betrayer, the time to sanction Nyeson Wike has come – PDP Chieftain declares A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Director of Research and Documentation of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Dr Pedro Obaseki, has declared that it is time to sanction former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. According to Obaseki, Wike is a serial betrayer who formed the group of five governors that committed series of anti-party activities against the PDP during the February 25 presidential election. Obaseki spoke in a statement released on Tuesday. The statement reads, “Wike coming out to ask for the expulsion of the number one leader of the party and the presidential flagbearer of the party and the recipient of the mandate of the Nigerian people as declared in INEC’s submission that we won 21 states and asking Atiku to be expelled from the party, Wike has crossed the red line and now, he should be ready. “He has all the money to fight us back because we are coming at him like a thousand bricks. “He has unleashed the dogs of war and we will not sit back and watch him ride rough over the party and majority of Nigerians like he did for eight years over the humility of the Rivers people. That can no longer suffice.” Obaseki also challenged Wike to publish his bank account when he assumed office as a governor and after his eight years tenure as the governor of Rivers state. Obaseki added, “Wike is a member of the APC, a sitting Minister of an APC government. Wike openly campaigned against the PDP. You see, by their fruits, we shall know them. By all intents and purposes, Wike is not a member of the PDP. “If you remember clearly, just a few months to the election, Barrister Nyesom Wike, then the governor of Rivers State ran to the court to get an injunction to preclude and stop the PDP from expelling him from the party. “If he was so untouchable and bigger than the entire party machinery, why did he do that? Whether we like it or not, Wike is Satan lieutenant. “Maybe that is what reduced the propensity of the leaders of the party to do the needful. And because many of them are doves-men of peace (not everyone is a hawk like Wike), let us see whether he would come around. PDP is not a party of brigands.” #Wijeisabetrayer

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Peter Obi’s campaign coordinator in Bayelsa defects to PDP

The Bayelsa Coordinator of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Mr Alagoa Morris, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Morris, an Environmental Rights Activist, made the announcement on Thursday in Yenagoa ahead of the Bayelsa Governorship Election slated for Nov. 11. He noted that Gov. Duoye Diri had done so many good things some of which are not in the public domain, hence his reason to totally support his re-election to continue in office. He said, “I decided to support the incumbent governor because he is the best among the major contenders. “Looking at the available candidates on the ground for the Nov. 11 election, Diri is the only one who should be supported. “I was not a member of the Labour Party before they appointed me the state coordinator and that job had been completed since, so life goes on. “I was with Gov. Douye Diri yesterday and looking at the candidates that are available, I believe he is the one that we need to support. “This is because when anybody comes in now, what they will tell us is that they meet an empty treasury. “Therefore, this one that is already working with development partners and other stakeholders should be allowed to continue. “Diri has done a lot of things that are not in the public domain. I think he is trying, so we have to support him to continue,” he said. Read the full article

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“Igbos In Lagos Voted Peter Obi Based On Ethnic Sentiments” – APC Campaign

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) has said its flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, lost the presidential election in Lagos State to his counterpart in the Labor Party (LP), Peter Obi, due to ethnic sentiments. “Igbos In Lagos Voted Peter Obi Based On Ethnic Sentiments” – APC Campaign Information Nigeria had reported that Obi garnered 582,454 votes to defeat Tinubu…

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APC asks DSS to apprehend clergyman Paul Enenche, Dele Momodu, Dino Melaye

APC asks DSS to apprehend clergyman Paul Enenche, Dele Momodu, Dino Melaye. The General Overseer of the Dunamis Church, Paul Enenche, as well as the politicians Dele Momodu and Dino Melaye have been requested by the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) to be questioned for “inciting remarks” made concerning the election on Saturday. Dele Alake, the APC PCC’s special…

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DR PAUL ENENCHE MUST NOT GO FREE SAYS APC SPOKESMAN

DR PAUL ENENCHE MUST NOT GO FREE SAYS APC SPOKESMAN Alleged incitement: Pastor Paul Enenche, others must not go scot-free – Dele Alake The Special Adviser on Media, Communications and Public Affairs for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC PCC, Dele Alake has called on the security agencies, saying that Dr Pastor Paul Enenche and some others must not be allowed to go…

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I Would Have Put My Life On The Line For Osinbajo, Najatu Muhammad Speaks On APC Presidential Ticket

Barely 4 weeks to the 2023 Presidential elections, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director of Civil Society in the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Hajiya Naja’atu Muhammad, has regretted APC’s decision to pick Sen. Bola Tinubu ahead of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as its candidate for the election.

Hajiya Muhammad who recently retired from party politics and resigned her position from the APC PCC, disclosed in an interview with The Whistler.

She said would have put her life on the line for Osinbajo if the ticket was given to him.

According to the Kano-born politician, “If you had given me Osinbajo, I swear I would have put my life on the line for Osinbajo, because he is a better person, he’s open, he’s proactive and he puts his eye on the ball and looks at Nigeria holistically.”

Extolling the leadership qualities of the VP as the basis of her choice, Hajiya Muhammad said “the few months that he (Osinbajo) was given the opportunity to act he changed things, so why should I be sentimental.”

She decried the decision of some leaders of the party and the South West region, to support Tinubu instead of of VP, noting that “Nigeria has become the personal property of some elites.”

She said, “If the Yorubas were serious why not give it to Osinbajo, who is a pastor, you are doing Muslim-Muslim. The holy prophet said a just atheist is better than an unjust Muslim. So, why do I care about Muslim-Muslim?”

“But they are busy not only galvanizing the polity but deceiving people, how Islamic are they? Somebody that could not even read Fatiha is calling himself a Muslim, without Fatiha you can’t pray, which means he has never prayed, what nonsense is that,” she added.

Speaking further, she said “I was in the campaign for Yola, and we had to beg them to take the mic from him, everything about Tinubu is based on lies. Imagine he is an Hausa man, will he contest elections with all these gbese on top of him? In this campaign nobody should talk of corruption because they are corruption personified.”

She added that besides Osinbajo, Peter Obi of the Labour Party would have been another good choice but blamed his (Obi’s) inexperience and lack of structure among others as factors that will work against.

The political and civil rights activist said she could no longer continue with the struggle for a better Nigeria under the platform of the proposed Tinubu presidency.

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APC PCC says Arise TV, ThisDay misrepresented Tinubu's comments in Cross River

The APC presidential campaign council says Arise TV and ThisDay newspaper misrepresented some comments of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, during his campaign rally in Calabar, Cross River State, on Tuesday. A statement on Wednesday signed by the director of media and publicity, Bayo Onanuga, APC PCC, said Mr Tinubu’s comments about the economic mismanagement of the country were…

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Tinubu's campaign director Najatu Muhammad dumps APC

Barely one month to the 2023 presidential election, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Director of Civil Society of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Najatu Muhammad has dumped the ruling party. She disclosed this on Saturday through a statement, adding that her decision was hinged on “much reflection and careful consideration.” Najatu said she quit partisan politics and APC because…

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By • Olalekan Fagbade LP, NNPP, PDP clear air on merger plans   A few days ago, report emerged that the presidential candidates of the leading opposition parties in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, and the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, are tinkering with forming a political alliance and possibly a merger to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the said report, the trio of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso were meeting to discuss the possibility of a coalition to dislodge the APC in the 2027 election if, eventually, judgement on their petitions in court is given in favour of the ruling party. The report claimed that the three leaders have chosen to wait and watch the outcome of the election petitions in court, which would determine their next move. The report is coming less than six months after the February 25 presidential election in which President Bola Tinubu of the APC emerged as the eventual winner. Atiku and Obi came second and third, respectively, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The results of the final declaration by the INEC also put Kwankwaso of the NNPP in fourth place. DAILY POST recalls that Atiku and Obi are currently in court challenging the results, with judgement already reserved by the tribunal after the parties concluded their arguments and submitted their final written addresses. DAILY POST also reported that before the 2023 general election, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku, had, in an interview with the BBC, given a hint of a possible alliance with the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso but it never happened. This was in addition to a failed talk over an alliance between Peter Obi (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), on the other hand. Reacting to the report that he was in talks with Atiku and Kwankwaso for a possible merger to wrest power from the APC, Obi said his party was committed to building a better and a new Nigeria where they would move Nigeria from consumption to production. The former Anambra State governor spoke on Monday at LP’s mega rally in Edo State ahead of the State’s local government elections, reassuring supporters of his commitment to the party. He told hundreds of party supporters that some of the things they heard everywhere were rumours. “Labour Party will continue to grow. We will continue to get stronger (and) better. Half of the things you are hearing everywhere are rumours, don’t listen to them. “We are committed to building a better and a new Nigeria where we will move Nigeria from consumption to production,” Obi said to loud cheers from the crowd. Yunusa Tanko, one of the spokespersons for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LP-PCC), also while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, described the rumoured merger between the PDP, NNPP and the LP as unattainable. Tanko added that discussions with political parties of like minds who believe in the party’s ideology and principles remain open, reiterating that there was no foreclosure on the matter, but that they have had discussions. “When you talk about merger, it means that political parties from different parts of the country submit their document to INEC, and then they will be pronounced as a new political party, which isn’t obtainable at the moment. “So, the merger is out of the question technically. But, when you talk about the discussion of the possible working alliance with the political party – very true, that is possible,” Tanko said. He, however, acknowledged that talks about a possible merger were ongoing even before the election but could not happen. When DAILY POST reached out to him through a phone call on Tuesday, Yunusa reiterated that an alliance is possible as he had earlier stated on national television. On his part, a former Nat

ional Chairman of the PDP, and ex-Governor of old Anambra State, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, told DAILY POST that the three parties (PDP, LP, NNPP) have realised they made a mistake. Nwodo believes that if the parties had remained together, they would have been able to beat APC hands down in a landslide victory.. He said, “Well, I don’t think there is talk of a merger, but I think the three parties have realised they made a mistake. If they had remained together, they would have been able to beat APC hands down. “It would have been a landslide victory for them. Therefore, it makes sense, if there is a rerun, for them to begin to think about how to cooperate. That is simple arithmetic.” The Spokesperson for the Forum of State Chairmen of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dada Olayinka Olabode, also reacted to the report, dismissing it as a figment of the imagination of the discussants. In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday, Olabode acknowledged that the party had been inundated with reports on merger talks amongst the PDP, LP and NNPP. He, however, said that it would amount to a sell-out to think of a merger or alliance without proper consultation with the different organs of the party structure. Olabode noted that NNPP is a growing political party whose prospects have brightened with mass acceptability amongst Nigerians. The Forum of State Chairmen of the NNPP dissociated itself from what Olabode described as “the self-serving agenda of the arrowheads of such merger talks”. He insisted that the party has procedures which must be followed in arriving at such decisions and considerations. He said, “We have been inundated with recent reports in the media on merger talks amongst the PDP, LP and NNPP being orchestrated by former Presidential candidates of the three political parties. “First, we would like to dispel such rumours as a figment of the imagination of the discussants. “Our party, the New Nigeria People’s Party, is a national political party that contested elections at all levels in the just concluded 2023 general elections. “The results, as announced by INEC despite obvious infractions, put our party at number four amongst the eighteen registered political parties that contested elections into the various offices on performance rating. “Secondly, as a growing political party whose prospects brighten by the day with mass acceptability amongst Nigerians, it would amount to a sell-out to now think of a merger or alliance without proper consultation with the different organs of the party structure. “Thirdly, only gangsters will collaborate against the wishes of their party members in mooting an idea of a merger even when election petitions at various tribunals are yet to be dispensed with. It is, at best, a gang-up against the ruling government and an attempt to undermine the fragile peace, unity and sovereignty of Nigeria. “The Forum of State Chairmen of our party wishes to dissociate from the self-serving agenda of the arrowheads of such merger talks. “For us in NNPP, there are procedures to be followed in arriving at any of such decisions and considerations. “The involvement of Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso is nothing other than self pursuits laced with vengeful intent. We are not unaware of his desperate plans and will not allow any individual whose stake or claim to the Presidential seat has long been traded for ministerial consideration all for himself. “As Chairmen in our various states, it is a well-known fact that our disagreement with Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso centred on his avowed pursuit of self-interest against the desire of the party members who are daily consolidating on a membership drive and repositioning the party to democratically form a government through People’s mandate in subsequent elections. “May it be known to the proponents of the afterthought merger or alliance that nobody in NNPP has the exclusive right to negotiate on beha

lf of the party without the consent and permission of the founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chief Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam. “Any discussion, therefore, suggesting the contrary is an attempt to pull the wool over People’s eyes. This forum will resist such. “Finally, we wish to remind the self-acclaimed leader of NNPP to tread with caution and warn the general public to be wary of nomadic politicians whose sole interest is to engineer a crisis in the political space of our nation. “Our focus at the moment as a party is to rebuild and weed out political traders from our great party. This we are committed to doing without any compromise.” Meanwhile, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has advised Peter Obi to join forces with President Bola Tinubu rather than his counterparts from the Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso, respectively. In a statement issued on Monday, the factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the alleged alliance would die on arrival because Nigerians would reject Kwankwaso or Atiku. Isiguzoro noted that “Nigerians know that the uncharitable disposition and desperation of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP will never allow him to support Peter Obi to be the leader of the Nigerian opposition.” He declared that “the ill-fated journey of Atiku, Obi, and Kwankwaso will crumble in the future” #LP #NNPP #PDP

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Atiku’s probe: EFCC, ICPC ask court to dismiss Keyamo’s suit

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) wants the dismissal of a suit by Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, seeking the probe of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) also urged Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja to discountenance the case. The spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) filed the suit on January 20; he included the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Keyamo cited the allegation by Atiku’s ex-aide, Michael Achimugu, who said the former VP and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo siphoned public funds using “Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)”. On Wednesday, lawyers to the EFCC and ICPC, Samuel Okeleke and Mrs. O B. Odogu, in separate objections, prayed the court to dismiss the suit. Okeleke said Keyamo ought to have first obtained the leave of the court in seeking to compel a government agency to act, NAN reports. In her plea, Odogu stated that the minister did not approach her agency properly, adding that the ICPC works discreetly. “He gave us 72 hours to investigate and prosecute the 1st defendant. That is not how we operate; we take our time to do discreet investigation,” she said. Lawyer to Atiku, Benson Igbanoi, accused Keyamo of abuse of office and urged the court to decline jurisdiction, among other grounds. But the plaintiff’s lawyer, O. C. Uju, maintained the arguments did not hold water and prayed the judge to hear the case on the merits. Justice Omotosho adjourned the hearing until June 5, 2023, for ruling on the preliminary objections. Read the full article

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IN Nigeria, Obasanjo’s Endorsement of Peter Obi Brings Anger on Atiku and Tinubu

IN Nigeria, Obasanjo’s Endorsement of Peter Obi Brings Anger on Atiku and Tinubu

According to The open endorsement of the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, elicited angry reactions from the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and that of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of APC described the endorsement of…

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Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi is worthless –Says Tinubu’s campaign

Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi is worthless –Says Tinubu’s campaign

“We make bold to say that our party and candidate, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not lose sleep over Obasanjo’s move, as Obasanjo is notorious for always opposing progressive political forces, as he did against MKO Abiola in 1993.” The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dismissed the endorsement of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo,…