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APC Governors, Tinubu To Meet To Plot Ize-Iyamu’s Victory

APC Governors, Tinubu To Meet To Plot Ize-Iyamu’s Victory

July 6, 2020 7:21 am

Ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a national leader of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu, and other leaders are billed to meet soon to strategise on how to ensure victory for the party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a source close to the party’s hierarchy told THISDAY at the weekend.

One of the governors, who is also a member of the newly-constituted caretaker committee of the party, told THISDAY at the weekend that the expected meeting is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive …

N700m Fraud - Court To Decide Ize-Iyamu’s Fate Today

₦700m Fraud: Court To Decide Ize-Iyamu’s Fate Today

July 2, 2020 6:33 am

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming 19 Edo election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, will know his fate today when he appears at the Federal High Court, Benin City.

Ize-Iaymu is being arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an eight-count charge of money laundering to the tune of ₦700 million reportedly deployed to prosecute the 2015 general elections.

The former Secretary to the Edo Government is standing trial alongside four others before Justice J. M. Umar, who is the presiding judge.

The other four defendants are Lucky Imasuen, former deputy governor of …

Ize-Iyamu To Obaseki - Return To APC, I’ll Work With You

Ize-Iyamu To Obaseki: Return To APC, I’ll Work With You

June 22, 2020 4:42 pm
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to “set aside his anger” and return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ize-Iyamu made the appeal on Monday in Benin City, Edo State after he emerged as the governorship candidate of the APC for the September 19, 2020 poll in the state.

He said Obaseki made a mistake leaving the party and he could still correct it.

He argued that it is normal to have a disagreement in “every family” and that it would be bad for Obaseki to leave the APC due to that.

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APC Is Becoming A Threat To Buhari – Oyegun

APC Is Becoming A Threat To Buhari – Oyegun

June 21, 2020 7:17 am

A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, has claimed the party is becoming a threat to the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.

Oyegun stated this in reaction to the leadership crisis within the APC, after a Court of Appeal upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the ruling party.

Read Also: Oyegun Lied: No Automatic Ticket For Obaseki – Edo APC

Ex-Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, was declared Acting Chairman by the National Working Committee (NWC), but the National Secretary, Victor Giadom, has insisted he is in charge of

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Edo 2020 - Buhari Summons Oshiomhole

Edo 2020: President Buhari Summons Oshiomhole

June 2, 2020 11:21 am

Following interventions by governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari is set to intervene in the political impasse in Edo State as he has summoned Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for a parley.

A member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), who confirmed the development to Daily Independent, said Oshiomhole will meet with the president at the Presidential Villa tomorrow (today)

“I’m aware the president has summoned the national chairman and they will meet at the Villa tomorrow (today). I think the issue will be resolved.

There will be primaries but I think it …

Tinubu Meets With 8 Governors In Lagos Over Ondo, Edo Primaries

Tinubu Meets With 8 Governors In Lagos Over Ondo, Edo Primaries

June 1, 2020 9:00 am

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday met with eight Governors elected on the platform of the party.

It is understood that the coming governorship primaries for Edo and Ondo States were discussed.

The governors present include: the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Senator Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Alhaji Sani Bello (Niger), Muhammad Abubakar (Jigawa), Mr. Solomon Lalong (Plateau), Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun), Mr. Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) and their host, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Read Also: ‘Why Tinubu Has More Followership In North Than South’

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Oshiomhole Swears In Bulama As New APC Scribe

Oshiomhole Swears In Bulama As New APC Scribe

May 19, 2020 10:02 am
The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday sworn in Alhaji Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party.

The Oshiomhole-led APC National Working Committee (NWC) inaugurated Bulama at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

The position of national secretary of the ruling APC has been vacant since 2019.

It was formerly occupied by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe who vacated the office to contest for governorship during the 2019 general election.

Read Also: APC Crisis: The Deal That Saved Oshiomhole

Oshiomhole said that the party consulted President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant …

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