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Drama As REC Nominee Claims Membership of APC

Drama As REC Nominee Claims Membership of APC

There was mild drama in the Senate on Tuesday, during screening of three nominees as Resident Electoral Commissioners( RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with one of the nominees claiming membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The nominee, Muideen Olamilekan from Osun State, not only owned up to being a card carrying member of APC but Director General of Campaign Organization of one of the party’s aspirants in the 2018 gubernatorial election in the state.

He was taken aback at the confirmation screening by the Senate Committee on INEC when he was confronted with petition against …

PDP against 27-year-old Makinde’s commissioner-nominee

PDP against 27-year-old Makinde’s commissioner-nominee

Members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibarapa North Local Council of Oyo State yesterday called for the nullification of 27-year-old Fakorede Oluwaseun as commissioner-nominee.

Chairman of the party in the council, Mr. Samuel Adigun, who spoke with newsmen at the entrance of the Assembly, said the people of the council were not satisfied with the nominee as he is seen not to be a member of the party.

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But while Fakorede said it was an internal matter that would be settled in due course, the Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyi, said that