The governor also dismissed insinuations that he defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he wanted to seal his second term deal.
“Let the people of Zamfara continue engaging with their own business as usual. Those who are mongering this are ignorant. They are worried about the second term, not me.”
“No one is guaranteed for tomorrow, even an hour per se. I am contented with what Allah made me. As far as I am concerned, if I am done with this first term successfully, I am okay with that. I grateful to Allah and to people of Zamfara.”
The recent conviction of Professor Peter Ogban for electoral offences that was described as a landmark decision in the nation’s jurisprudence, was last week made a mockery courtesy of a controversial bail pending appeal aimed at setting him free, Davidson Iriekpen writes
Barely four months after Justice Augustine Odokwo of the Akwa Ibom State High Court was commended for a landmark decision convicting Professor Peter Ogban for electoral fraud, he is on the street walking as a free man courtesy of a N10million bail pending appeal granted him last week by another judge.
Justice Justice Pius Idiong while ruling on the bail application filed by the convict, said the bail conditions would include a surety in like sum who must reside and have properties within the jurisdiction of the court. Other conditions include the presentation of Certificate of Occupancy signed by the state governor and two passport photographs each of the applicant and surety to the Registrar of the court.
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Mon Jul 19 2021
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Mohammed Lukman has advised the party to adopt a new manifesto at its next national convention that should highlight major commitments of the party for national unity to be used during the 2023 campaigns.
In a statement titled, “Nigerian Politics and Question of National Unity”, on Sunday in Abuja, Lukman said adopting a new manifesto and skillfully handling negotiations for the emergence of a presidential candidate based on strategic consideration of winning the votes of Nigerians would help the party to retain power in 2023.
Adedayo Akinwale
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the schedule of activities and guidelines for the conduct of its ward congresses, scheduled for Saturday July 31, 2021.
The National Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said the purchase of nomination forms for ward, local government/area councils and state congresses will take place from July 19 to August 28.
He said screening of aspirants for the ward party positions would hold from July 29 to July 30, while ward congresses would hold July 31. Appeals arising from ward congresses will hold from August 2 to August 7.
Adedayo Akinwale
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has alleged that some serving and former governors of the North-west states are ganging up to jeopardise his chairmanship aspiration in order to ensure that one of them becomes either president or vice president in 2023.
Yari, who is one of those who have signified intention to become the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he is capable of leading the party to victory in 2023.
The former governor, while speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja, however, said he was not disturbed about speculations of the gang-up of his serving and former colleagues.