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APC not interested in postponing election —Morka

Published

1 year ago

February 9, 2023

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has no business seeking for postponement of the 2023 general election, as it is fully prepared for the poll.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

Morka reacted to some media speculations alleging that the Federal Government was working on plans to postpone the election.

“Our attention has been drawn to a shadowy media report in some media outlets that the APC is pushing for a postponement of the 2023 general election.

“The report is blatantly false and reckless, and bears no iota of credibility.

“Beyond its loud headline, the report offers no substantive justifying content aside from its intended purpose,” he said.

Morka said the report was aimed causing needless anxiety among Nigerians on the election, saying that the election was a matter of extreme national importance bordering on national security and corporate integrity of the country.

“It is not and should not become a matter for idle, rash or insensitive speculation by the media or any institution for that matter.

“On record, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership, our party continues to wage the most extensive and vibrant campaign in the history of our nascent democracy.

“Seeking to elect our visionary presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima and our party’s governorship, national and state legislative flag bearers into office,” he said.

This, he said, was in direct contrast to the lackluster and incoherent campaign of the opposition parties that had placed nothing before the electorate, except their lies and propaganda against the APC.

Morka said Buhari had left no one in doubt as to his unshakable commitment to bequeathing a befitting legacy of credible, free and fair election.

He added that the president had enacted unprecedented electoral reform and innovation that placed the country in good stead to deliver 2023 general election and bolster our democratic consolidation.

“We stand ready for the general election, and remain confident that Nigerians will overwhelmingly renew our mandate in a peaceful, free and credible electoral contest,” Morka said.

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OYO LGA election mockery of democracy – APC

Published

1 week ago

April 29, 2024

Anita Anyanwu

OYO LGA election mockery of democracy – APC

APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Olawale Sadare, in an interview on Monday in Ibadan, said that the election was ‘a script poorly written and poorly executed.

the results of the election announced by the Chairman of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Isiaka Olagunju, had indicated that PDP won the chairmanship and councillorship in all the 33 local governments in the state.

But, Sadare said it was regrettable that OYSIEC had made itself available for such manipulations.

While rating the election, Sadare said that it fell below standard and lacked any semblance of a real election.

He said that the state government just wasted the state resources and people’s time.

“As a party, we have done our part; the ball is now in the court of public opinion.

“I believe the general public will not want the situation to remain like this, in the interest of our state,” he said.

Sadare said that APC stakeholders would meet before the end of the week to review the exercise.

“Leaders in the APC in the state will soon meet to deliberate and take collective stand on the election.

“Whatever decisions we arrive at will be made available to the public,” he said.

Gov. Seyi Makinde, while commenting on the elections on Saturday, had said the security report about the elections had been excellent, indicating that it was violence-free.

He noted that his administration had successfully eradicated caretaker administration at the local government level, which had made people not to have a say in who should govern them.

The governor also urged people who might notice any untoward activity to report to relevant authorities for redress.

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State Police: Giving governors power over security suicidal to democracy — APC Chieftain

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1 week ago

April 29, 2024

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By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC), Professor Kailani Muhammad has said that to avail state governors the powers to control an entire state police as a sole authority, could be suicidal to Nigerian democracy.

This is as the chieftain noted with concern that some state governors attempt to use police to coerce the electorates during elections to toe their political paths during voting even when the police structure is not under their supervision.

Addressing a Press conference in Kaduna at the weekend, Kailani stressed that the discussions in the Nigerian political space, about the formation of a state police or not, do not merit attention of the Nigerian state at this moment considering numerous indications that the Nigerian state is not yet prepared for state police.

He further averred that some state governors are presently finding it difficult to pay civil servants salaries, adding that their mindsets are yet to adjust to the true principles of democracy, which is ‘the government of the people, by the people and for the people,’ according to Abraham Lincoln.

“There is a constructive argument that state governors might use state police to intimidate, blackmail and victimize Nigerians either for political, ethnic, tribal or social gains for themselves, to the detriment of the state. We cannot afford to copy the United States of America, Great Britain, Germany or any other country on the issue of state police, because we are not ready for it now.

“Another worrisome development is the fake fuel scarcity caused by petroleum products marketers. They have devised a cunning strategy to defraud and inflict hardship on the citizenry, by hoarding petroleum products, and damned the consequences on the citizenry.

“The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC Ltd), has come out categorically and assured Nigerians that there is enough petroleum products to service Nigeria for a long time to come.

“Those behind this manufactured fuel scarcity should be fished out and sanctioned accordingly, to serve as a deterrent to others. This country belongs to all of us. We must collectively work hard to salvage it together and so, I am passionately appealing to our able President, Alhaji Bola Tinubu, to consider APC Support Groups for appointments to prepare them for mobilising their members as 2027 draws closer,” he said.

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BREAKING: Agboola Ajayi wins Ondo PDP primary

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2 weeks ago

April 25, 2024

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The former deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November governorship election.

He polled 264 votes at the party primary, beating his closest rival, a former member of the House of Representatives, Kolade Akinjo, who got 157 votes.

Details shortly.