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Buhari Approves February 2022 For APC National Convention

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved February 2022 for the conduct of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, announced this on Monday in Abuja.

He briefed State House correspondents after a meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa in the nation’s capital.

Governor Bagudu was accompanied to the villa by the Chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as well as Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State.

He told State House correspondents that the meeting was to brief the President on the decision of the Progressives Governors Forum when the members met on Sunday night.

According to Bagudu, the governors resolved that the convention should hold in February 2022 and the same suggestion was proposed to the President for approval.

He, however, stated that that party’s leadership has yet to decide on a specific date to conduct its national convention.

The governor said the party would notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) while it works out a timetable.

Governor Buni took over the APC leadership in June 2020 following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole.

Amid the crisis that hit the party at the national level at the time, the APC National Executive Council met and resolved to dissolve the NWC based on the recommendations of the President.

The party, thereafter, appointed Governor Buni to head the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), and he was immediately sworn by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami.

While addressing party leaders at the meeting, President Buhari had called for the immediate suspension of all pending litigations involving the APC and its members.

He informed party chieftains at the meeting that mutating disagreements could lead to the self-destruction of the party with dire consequences.

The caretaker committee was directed to take over the leadership of the APC pending when a convention would be conducted to elect a new set of national officers of the ruling party.

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Kano By-Elections: APC Seeks Cancellation Over Violence

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the cancellation of the by-election for Shanono-Bagwai Constituency and the rerun election in Ghari Constituency of Kano State.

APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement on Saturday, alleged that the polls were marred by widespread violence and disruptions by armed thugs at several polling units.

He said voters were forced to flee polling areas while security personnel deployed to the constituencies were overwhelmed by the attacks.

Morka argued that the situation made it impossible to conduct a credible election.

 

 

 

 

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Oyo By-Election Rocked by Vote-Buying Allegations — ADC’s Akin-Alamu Cries Foul

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The Oyo by-election took a dramatic turn on Saturday as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Femi Dexter Akin-Alamu, accused rival politicians of orchestrating massive vote buying to sway the outcome.

Speaking moments after casting his ballot at Ward 11, Polling Unit 38, University of Ibadan, Akin-Alamu alleged that voters across the Ibadan North Federal Constituency were being lured with cash and other inducements in exchange for their votes.

“This is a direct assault on democracy,” he declared, warning that such acts strip elections of credibility and erode the people’s trust in democratic institutions.

The ADC candidate described the scale of the malpractice as alarming, insisting that it reflects a dangerous trend where money, rather than the will of the people, decides leadership.

While commending the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the smooth conduct of the exercise and the prompt arrival of voting materials, Akin-Alamu lamented the poor voter turnout, describing it as another setback for democracy in the state.

“This combination of vote buying and voter apathy is troubling—it weakens the very foundation of our democracy,” he said.

 

 

 

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100 Political Thugs Arrested During Kano By-Election

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No fewer than 100 suspected political thugs were arrested on Saturday while attempting to disrupt the by-election in the Bagwai/Shanono constituency of Kano State.

The arrest followed heavy deployment of security personnel, including operatives of the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who mounted barricades at entry points to the constituency.

Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ambassador Abdu Zango, confirmed the development to journalists at the INEC local government headquarters in Bagwai.

 

 

 

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