Court push out Lawan affirms Machina as APC’s Yobe North senatorial candidate

  Lawan: Court push out Lawan affirms Machina as APC’s Yobe North senatorial candidate

September 28, 2022

Court push out Lawan affirms Machina as APC’s Yobe North senatorial candidate

The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital has declared Bashir Sheriff Machina as the All Progressives Congress, APC’s authentic senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the coming 2023 National Assembly elections and directed INEC to accept and publish his name accordingly.

The declaration was made by the presiding judge, Justice Fadima Aminu. 

Recall that the senate president, Ahmed Lawan who aspired for the APC presidential primary and lost, has been parading himself as the senatorial candidate of the Zone which led to the Court case.

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MORE SHOCKING: APC Shifts Campaign to Further notice After SaharaReporters’ Tell Story On Tinubu’s Trip To London to seek medical attention.

MORE SHOCKING: APC Shifts Campaign to Further notice After SaharaReporters’ Tell Story On Tinubu’s Trip To London to seek medical attention.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council announced on Tuesday that the start of its campaigns, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, has been postponed.

The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council's Director-General and the governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, made the announcement.

According to the statement, the campaign council gave a face-saving excuse that the decision to broaden the campaign council list to include more stakeholders was what prompted the change in the timeline.

The governor noted that a new date for the kick-off would be announced soon.

SaharaReporters, however, gathered and reported on Monday that the campaign might not kick off due to Tinubu’s failing health and his departure from Nigeria at midnight on Saturday for London to seek medical attention.

The former Lagos governor was expected to see his doctors at a Central London Clinic on Monday.

“Our principal, Tinubu is sick and tired. He is expected to see his doctors in London today at a Central London Clinic,” a source had told SaharaReporters.

Meanwhile, the campaign council’s statement on Tuesday, read, “Recall that we had earlier earmarked a peace walk and prayers for Wednesday, September 28, 2022, to officially kick-off our campaigns for the 2023 Presidential Elections.

“We had also announced that the members of the Campaign Council report at the Campaign Headquarters on that day to collect their letters of appointments.

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Senator Ifeanyi Ubah's convoy attacked at Enugu-Ukwu.

 

Breaking News!

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah's convoy attacked at Enugu-Ukwu. 

He was ambushed by heavily armed assassins who opened fire on his convoy.

Some of his aides were killed including some police officers.

The senator managed to escape as his car was riddled with bullets.

A source in the National Assembly also confirmed the incident, saying, "He (Ubah) truly only escaped because of the bulletproof car. 

"They killed his aides and police escort but number of casualties is still unknown. The gunmen were many and were shooting from both sides of the car."

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident, but could also not confirm the number of casualties.

He said the state police commissioner, CP Echeng Echeng had led operatives to the scene. 

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APC senatorial Candidate

 Lawan overcomes ‘Machina hurdle’ to make APC list of senatorial candidate.

Senatorial ticket: Aspirant kicks as APC submits Lawan’s name

FULL LIST: Lawan, Umahi, Akpabio, Oshiomhole… APC’s 2023 senatorial candidates

Abia central: Emeka Atuma

Abia north: Orji Uzor Kalu

Abia south: Blessing Nwagba

Adamawa central: Abdulaziz Nyako

Adamawa north: Elisha Ishaku

Adamawa south: Adamu Ismaila

Akwa Ibom north-east: Emaeyak Ukpong

Akwa Ibom north-west: Godswill Akpabio

Akwa Ibom south: Martins Udo-Inyang

Anambra central: Okelekwe Boniface

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Anambra north: Ify Anaozuonwu

Anambra south: Chukwuma Umeorji

Bauchi central: Uba Umar

Bauchi north: Sirajo Tanko Moh’d

Bauchi south: Shehu Umar

Bayelsa central: Timipa Orunimighe

Bayelsa east: Degi Eremienyo

Bayelsa west: Wilson Dauyegha

Benue north-east: Emmanuel Udende

Benue north-west: Titus Zam

Benue south: Daniel Onjeh

Borno central: Kashim Shettima

Borno north: Mohammad Mynguno

Borno south: Mohammed Ali Ndume

Cross River central: Eteng Williams

Cross River north: Martin Orim

Cross River south: Asuquo Ekpenyong

Delta central: Ede Dafinone

Delta north: Peter Nwaoboshi

Delta south: Joel Onowakpo Thomas

Ebonyi central: Emeka Eze

Ebonyi north: Onyeka Peter

Ebonyi south: David Umahi

Edo central: Monday Okpebholo

Edo north: Adams Oshiomhole

Edo south: Valentine Asuen

Ekiti central: Michael Bamidele

Ekiti north: Cyril Oluwole Fasuyi

Ekiti south: Adaramodu Adeyemi

Enugu east: Adaku Aguocha

Enugu north: Simon Eze

Enugu west: Oby Nwofor

Gombe central: Danjuma Goje

Gombe north: Saidu Alkali

Gombe south: Joshua Lidani

Imo east: Prince Alex Mbata

Imo north: Patrick Ndubueze

Imo west: Osita Izunaso

Jigawa north-east: Ahmed Abdulhamid

Jigawa north-west: Babangida Hussaini

Jigawa south-west: Tijjani Kiyawa

Kaduna central: Muhammad Abdullahi

Kaduna north: Suleiman Kwari

Kaduna south: Bulus Audu

Kano central: Abdulsalam Zaura

Kano north: Barau Jibrin

Kaduna south: Kabiru Gaya

Katsina central: Abdulaziz Yara’dua

Katsina north: Nasiru Daura

Katsina south: Muktar Dandutse

Kebbi central: Atiku Bagudu

Kebbi north: Hussaini Kangiwa

Kebbi south: Bala Na‘Allah

Kogi central: Ohere Abubakar

Kogi east: Isah Jibrin

Kogi west: Karimi Sunday Steve

Kwara central: Saliu Mustapha

Kwara north: Sadiq Umar

Kwara south: Lola Ashiru

Lagos central: Eshilokun Sanni

Lagos east: Mukhail Abiru

Lagos west: Idiat Adebule

Nasarawa north: Danladi Halilu

Nasarawa south: Umaru Al-Makura

Nasarawa west: Shehu Tukur

Niger east: Mohammad Musa

Niger north: Abubakar Sani Bello

Niger south: Bima Enasi

Ogun central: Shuaib Salisu

Ogun east: Olugbenga Daniel

Ogun west: Olamilekan Adeola

Ondo central: Adeniyi Adegbonire

Ondo north: Ipinsagba Olajide

Ondo south: Jimoh Ibrahim

Osun central: Ajibola Basiru

Osun east: Israel Famurewa

Osun west: Amidu Raheem

Oyo central: Yunus Akintunde

Oyo north: Fatai Buhari

Oyo south: Sarafa Ali

Plateau central: Diiket Plang

Plateau north: Christopher Giwa

Plateau south: Simon Lalong

Rivers east: Ndubuisi Nwankwo

Rivers south-east: Oji Ngofa

Rivers west: Asita Honourable

Sokoto east: Ibrahim Lamido

Sokoto north: Aliyu Wamako

Sokoto south: Ibrahim Abdullahi

Taraba central: Marafa Abba

Taraba north: Sani Abubakar

Taraba south: Danjuma Shiddi

Yobe east: Ibrahim Gaidam

Yobe north: Ahmed Lawan

Yobe south: Mohammed Bomai

Zamfara central: Kabiru Marafa

Zamfara north: Sahabi Ya’u

Zamfara west: Abdulaziz Yari

FCT: Zakari Angulu

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WIKE and Others Blast As Atiku announced Okowa as his running mate

WIKE and Others Blast As Atiku announced Okowa as his running mate

See their full statement below:

ATIKU’S VP NOMINATION: YOU ARE A TRAITOR, SOUTHERN, MIDDLE BELT LEADERS BERATE GOVERNOR OKOWA

STATEMENT BY SOUTHERN & MIDDLE BELT LEADERS’ FORUM, SMBLF (17-06-2022)

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has berated the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for accepting his nomination as Vice Presidential Candidate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. It is unspeakable and quite disappointing that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who is currently Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum, and a native of Owa-Alero in Ika North-East Local Government Area (one of the Igbo-speaking areas) of Delta State, would exhibit such barefaced unreliability.

It bears recalling that the 17 Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria, both of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the Chairmanship of the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, met in Asaba, the capital of Delta State on May 11, 2021, and took far-reaching decisions, including that, based on the principles of fairness, equity and justice, the presidency should rotate to the south, at the end of the statutory eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. And this very Governor Okowa was the host of that historic meeting. The Southern Governors later met again in Lagos, on July 5, where they reaffirmed their decision, and again in Enugu, on September 16, to restate the call that the presidency should rotate to the south in 2023.

It is essential to underline that the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF), applauded the meeting of the governors, given its significant representation and the gravity of the outcome; we followed up and issued a similar statement after our meeting in Abuja on the 30th of May 2021, asking that the presidency should rotate to the south. And went further, on several other occasions, to caution political stakeholders from the South, including serving and former governors, ministers, senators, etcetera, not to, on any account, allow themselves to be appointed or nominated as running mate to any presidential candidate, if the presidency is not zoned to the south and that we will work against such person or persons.

It is, therefore, most unfortunate that the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa who should know better, accepted his appointment as running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. We do not have anything personal against Ifeanyi Okowo but his action is treacherous and tantamount to a despicable pawning of the political future of the people of Southern Nigeria.

Sadly, it is also now common knowledge that he spent resources belonging to the government and people of Delta state, to lobby for the position, extensively. And that explains why he never made any statement when his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), thoughtlessly jettisoned the zoning principle, which has become established as a norm and an intrinsic part of the political trajectory.

It is difficult to fathom how a political party can claim to be on a supposed “rescue mission” with such false footings of unfairness, injustice, duplicity and gross insensitivity to national outlook.

It is regrettable that while most of Governor Okowa’s southern and northern counterparts have maintained gallant, patriotic deference to the unity and peace of the country, above blinkered political considerations, by their resolute stance on the rotation of the presidency to the south in 2023, Governor Ifeanyi Okiwa, the Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum, of all people, would gullibly and slavishly capitulated to the bonbon of absurdity. Thus, acceding to a situation whereby, one person rules for eight years and hands over to another of his stock, in a country of at least 360 ethnic groups. What a shame!

The people of southern Nigeria chimed at Asaba, Lagos, Enugu, Uyo, Port Harcourt, Umuahia, and Abuja, continuously on the zoning of the presidency and that another northern presidency after the eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari would be injurious to the unity and peace of the country.

Governor Okowa has, by his action, betrayed the trust reposed on him by his colleagues; the southern governors, the entire good people of southern Nigeria and all well-meaning Nigerians. He has made himself persona non grata, not only, with SMBLF but all citizens who treasure our oneness and hopes of a more united and peaceful Nigeria.

We, therefore, reject Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his Vice Presidency, and leave him to his lot, but let the world know that this is a betrayal of the highest order.

And that this is not a matter of loyalty to one’s political party, but rather a greedy, parochial and unpatriotic action, committed against the general interest of his State, Delta state, the Niger Delta region, and Southern Nigeria. It is, certainly, also not in the interest of the nation at large.

We commend the patriotism of all Nigerians who cherish our unity and progress as a country and further urge all such Nigerians; in the North and the South; young and mature, the high and mighty; irrespective of religion and tribe, to remain steadfast on the centrality of the presidency to rotating to the South in 2023, in the national interest.

Signed:

Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON

Leader SMBLF/PANDEF

Chief Ayo Adebanjo

Leader, Afenifere

Pogu Bitrus

President-General, Middle Belt Forum

Ambassador (Prof.) George Obiozor

President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide

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BREAKING: Kwankwaso to Peter Obi to team up

The development was also confirmed by the NNPP via their official twitter account. 

Kwankwaso Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP).

In the interview with BBC, Mr Kwankwaso argued that their collaboration

Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that there’s ongoing talks for a possi2 coalition involving his party and Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP).

“We are really talking to Peter Obi, or at least saying that the committee is working to look into the matter (and cooperate with him), and friends and family are coming to talk to us about it,” Mr Kwankwaso told BBC Hausa Saturday morning.

The development was also confirmed by the NNPP via their official twitter account.

In the interview with BBC, Mr Kwankwaso argued that their collaboration was especially important as the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had not fielded an Igbo vice-presidential candidate.

The are reports that the former Kano State governor will team up with his former Anambra counterpart, become the Vice Presidential candidate to challenge the two major political parties in the country.

We wish to inform Nigerians that, our discussions with @PeterObi and the #LabourParty are still ongoing. Special committee was set to discuss arrangements.

“We hope for good results that will give Nigeria a chance to be alive, once again,” they tweeted.

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Result here at Polling Unit 001

 

UPDATES: EKITI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION 2022 – 16 CANDIDATES JOSTLE TO SUCCEED FAYEMI

Voters here at Polling Unit 001 in Ado Ekiti saying No to Vote Buying. "A diibo se obe mo" means they won't trade their votes for money to cook a pot of stew.

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