APC congress: Lagos to adopt consensus candidates, says GAC
July 28
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Tajudeen Olusi, while addressing journalists on behalf of the GAC members after the council meeting held in Lagos, said party officers at all levels had been directed to engage in dialogue that would lead to meaningful reconciliation of those in disagreements.
“We deliberated on the incoming state congresses of our party and later the national convention,” he said.
“We have resolved and directed officers of our party at all levels to engage in dialogue that would lead to meaningful reconciliation of aggrieved members within the party.
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“This is in order to ensure that all opinions are accommodated and all members who are willing to serve the party are given positions in the various executive bodies at ward, local and state levels.
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As I contemplated writing this piece, I could feel the aura of laziness around me like a mighty gong on the neck of a town crier. But it was more of an internal than external factor. I had this conflict in my head: as someone who is apolitical, if I should be writing a seemingly controversial political article, but then it dawned on me that if we keep shying away from politics because of its perceived “dirtiness” or complexity, then questionable leaders will continue to go unpunished.
But this article is not calling for the punishment of Nigeria’s Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs and Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Senator George Akume, yet. Rather, it is a critical analysis of the political melodrama that the Minister staged at the Benue APC Stakeholders/Caucus meeting, on the 23rd of July 2021, in Makurdi.
Sanwo-Olu: Akeredolu’s victory at s’court validates people’s mandate
July 28
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Akeredolu’s victory was upheld in a majority judgment delivered by four of the seven-member panel of the supreme court on Wednesday.
The apex court dismissed the appeal by Eyitayo Jegede and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on the grounds that it was incompetent.
In a statement released by Gboyega Akosile, Sanwo-Olu’s spokesman, the Lagos governor congratulated his Ondo counterpart on the supreme court victory.
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Sanwo-Olu, who served as chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) committee on the Ondo state gubernatorial election, also congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the victory.
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Al-Makura was the governor of Nasarawa between 2011 and 2019 before he was elected as a senator representing Nasarawa south senatorial district.
NAN quoted a source as saying the couple were being grilled by operatives of the anti-graft agency at its headquarters in Abuja.
However, details of the allegation against the ex-governor and his wife have not been divulged.
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When contacted, Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the EFCC, told TheCable that he could not confirm the report as he has not been briefed.
Al-Makura, who was elected as governor under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, was served an impeachment notice by the Nasarawa house of assembly in 2014.