Politics
Kwankwaso has agreed to be Peter Obi’s running mate – Ibrahim Abdulkarim
Ibrahim Abdulkarim, a political associate of former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has claimed that the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has agreed to deputize the Obi in the 2027 presidential race.
Abdulkarim, who spoke during an interview on Trust TV, said the Obidients and the Kwankwassiyya Movements are already aligning towards Obi/Kwankwaso ticket.
Asked if Obi and Kwankwaso had struck a deal, Abdulkarim said “yes, I can categorically tell you that they have agreed”.
“We all know that. Both the Obidients and the Kwankwassiyya Movements are aware of the agreement”.
DAILY POST reports that Kwankwaso recently decamped from the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP to the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
His move stirred suspicion that the two political gladiators may have agreed to run for the 2027 presidency on a single ticket.
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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monsuru Osho, has won the bye-election held in Iperu III Ward 5 of Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State.
The election was conducted across 18 polling units to fill the vacant councillorship seat following the death of the former councillor, Nurudeen Bakare.
Announcing the result, the Returning Officer of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC), Olusogo Otelaja, said Osho secured 1,730 votes out of the 1,741 votes cast in the election.
According to the official results, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received five votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled four votes.
Otelaja said voting began at 8:00 am and noted that security personnel were deployed across the ward to ensure a peaceful exercise. He added that the election was orderly and recorded no major incidents.
Speaking on the conduct of the poll, OGSIEC Chairman Babatunde Osibodu, represented by Commissioner Gbemi Onasanya, described the exercise as peaceful, free and credible.
He commended residents for their peaceful participation and praised electoral officials and security agencies for their professionalism during voting and collation.
The chairman of Ikenne Local Government, Jamiu Asimi, also praised OGSIEC for conducting what he described as a smooth and transparent election.
Reacting to his victory, Osho thanked voters for their support and confidence in his candidacy.
“I express my gratitude to the electorate for their overwhelming support and confidence in my candidacy,” he said.
He also appreciated Governor Dapo Abiodun for the opportunity to serve and pledged to work with the local government administration to promote development and improve the welfare of residents in the ward.
Some voters, including Kehinde Fasola and Moses Adewuyi, described the election as peaceful, transparent and well organised.
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By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
There is mounting apprehension within the All Progressives Congress APC in Osun State following the mass resignation of loyalists of the party’s former national scribe, Senator Iyiola Omisore, from the party.
It would be recalled that Omisore contested for the party’s governorship ticket with Mr Bola Oyebamiji before he was disqualified along with six other aspirants.
Efforts for reconciliation seem elusive as the Omisore group remains adamant after it reported that demand for legislative tickets was not endorsed by the party’s hierarchy.
Meanwhile, within a week, more than five prominent members of the Omisore group within the APC have resigned from the party without stating the reasons for their resignations.
Those who resigned include a former Education Commissioner, Oladoyin Bamisayemi; Commissioner for Political Matters, Taiwo Akeju; Special Adviser on Higher Education, Jamiu Olawumi; and former State Lawmaker, Adeyeye Olajide, among others.
Meanwhile, APC members have taken to social media to criticize the decision for the party chieftains to dump the political platform a few months before the governorship election.
Funso Fagbohungbe described Bamisayemi’s move as that of an ingrate, following the latter’s claim of slavery within the party, as Fagbohungbe disclosed that having served as a two-term lawmaker and Commissioner for Education for twelve years, Bamisayemi lack moral right to accuse APC of enslaving party members.
“It is time we take them up for their lies. Bamisayemi served as a two-term lawmaker under Aregbesola, former Governor Gboyega Oyetola appointed him Commissioner for Education, yet he accused the party of enslaving members. His origin is the PDP, and now that he returns to his original party affiliation, he should not accuse our party wrongly,” he said.
Although the defectors have openly declared their next destination, Olawumi was, however, sighted at the Accord party campaign media office along with members of the committee, suggesting that they are joining or working for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election.
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Former Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Solomon Dalung, has said he is not proud of the primary election that produced former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
Dalung made this remark during an interview on a podcast hosted by Seun Okinbaloye.
He was reacting to the presidential primary election of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
According to him, the coalition is not dead, stressing that it is not as formidable as it was in preparation for the 2027 general elections.
“I’m not proud of the presidential primary that produced Atiku Abubakar because it fell below my expectations. But, of course, that is what we have now, and it is not good enough because I expected that we in the ADC would have done much better than this.
“I was an electoral officer; I witnessed some of these things that happened, and, of course, we should have outgrown them by this stage.
“After 26–27 years of democracy, we should not be talking about rigging of primaries or falsification of results,” he said.
Recall that the ADC recently conducted its primary election, producing Atiku as its candidate and flag bearer.
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