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Edo APC Stakeholders Meet, Oshiomhole Preaches Unity

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3 years ago

August 26, 2022

A former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress and two terms governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has urged members of the party in the state to put their differences aside and work for the success of the party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections and the 2024 governorship election in the state.

Oshiomhole who made the plea in Benin on Friday at the state APC stakeholders meeting, said the purpose of the conversation was to make sure every aggrieved member of the party unite, warning that a house against itself cannot stand.

He asked the aggrieved members of the party to learn from his act of political tolerance when he was ousted out of office as the national chairman of the party.

Oshiomhole said he had the opportunity to have gone to court to challenge his right when he was removed from office as the national chairman of the party, but he did not despite the pressure and persuasion from friends and political associates.

“Now I am an example. You know I was National Chairman, and you know how I was removed, did I go to court? If I had gone to court, you think I wouldn’t have had a chance? But some people said it is your right and you are sleeping on your right, but I said no, and I am still sleeping on that my right, I am snoring, and I am enjoying it for a better future, and that future is here.

“If I had gone to court and APC could not do their convention, what would I gain? Take an example from my own life”, he said.

The former national chairman of the party said President Muhammadu Buhari has also given a matching order to all aggrieved members of the party across the states to withdraw all cases from the courts, work together and form a formidable force in winning the forthcoming elections.

Speaking on Edo governorship election in 2024 and the rumour being made in some quarters that he has chosen a candidate, Oshiomhole said he has not endorsed anybody as his preferred governorship candidate, just as he pointed out that, he is yet to recover from his past mistake and that he has learnt from it.

“God blesses us with victory, the rewarding system will change. If you cannot deliver your unit, your ward and your local government, you don’t expect the same thing as the person that won his unit, ward.

“For me, I will not anoint or appoint anybody. Because I can’t be doing the same thing and expect different result.

“All those that are saying Oshiomhole is supporting XYZ, they are liars. The one I support, what has he gotten us?

“So, I have not endorse anybody. Neither did I imposed any candidate. The only person I asked to step down was my younger brother, this is because two Oshiomhole cannot be on the ballot.

“In the past, when I asked people to step down, they step down and never forgive me. I have learn my lesson, ” he said.

While speaking on the Muslim -Muslim ticket as championed by the APC, he urged Nigerians not to be deceived by what other presidential candidates from other parties are saying, just as he said that the presidential candidate of the party got married to a Christian wife and has not converted her to islam.

“The last thing I think we should explain to people, there has been deliberate misinformation , unknown issue, where people spend so much time talking about Muslim Muslim ticket, Christian Christian ticket.”

Earlier, the party chairman in the state, Col. David Muse (Rtd.) urged members the party to put their grievances aside and work as one for the success of the party at the presidential election and the 2024 governorship election in the state.

Imuse who boasted that Edo APC gave 70% of her votes to Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the party’s presidential primary, added that the party is fully prepare for local government for local government election in the state.

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Atiku, El-Rufai Coalition Seeks INEC Registration For New Party

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June 21, 2025

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The National Opposition Coalition Group, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the registration of a new political party—the All Democratic Alliance.

The application, dated June 19, was acknowledged by INEC on Friday, signalling the coalition’s determination to float a new platform instead of aligning with any existing political party.

The formation of ADA, backed by some other key political heavyweights, including former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and Umar Ardo, convener of the League of Northern Democrats and former aide to President Olusegun Obasanjo, seeks to capitalise on mounting public dissatisfaction and political realignments to stop President Bola Tinubu at the next poll.

The application comes just a few days after INEC warned political groups that no amount of pressure or public sentiment would override the need for strict compliance with constitutional and electoral guidelines.

The commission reiterated that party registration remains a rigorous constitutional process—not merely a political declaration.

With Thursday’s application, the national opposition coalition has now put an end to weeks of speculation about whether it would revive a dormant political platform or launch a fresh one altogether.

A copy of the application letter, obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, was jointly signed by the association’s Protem National Chairman, Chief Akin A. Rickets, and Protem National Secretary, Abdullahi Elayo.

The letter partly read, “We respectfully write to the Independent National Electoral Commission, requesting the registration of our association, the All Democratic Alliance, as a political party.

“This is a sequel to the decision taken by the Nigerian National Coalition Group to sponsor our association for full registration.

“The name of the party shall be All Democratic Alliance with ADA as our acronym and ‘Justice for All’ as our slogan.”

The coalition also submitted relevant documents, including the party’s constitution, manifesto, logo, and minutes of its foundational meetings.

The party’s symbol prominently features a maize (corn), which the applicants say represents abundance, resilience, and sustenance—core ideals they hope to promote.

“We have further attached our manifesto encompassing details of our party ideology and our constitution providing the legal framework that defines our identity, structures, and organisation,” the letter continued.

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Rivers LG Administrator Appointed By Ibas Resigns

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6 hours ago

June 21, 2025

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The administrator of the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, Goodluck Ihemnacho, has resigned.

Ihemnacho is one of the administrators appointed by the state Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), for the 23 LGAs of the state.

The resignation was contained in a letter dated June 20, 2025, addressed to the state sole administrator and obtained by our correspondent.

In the letter which has flooded the social media space, Ihemnacho said his resignation was informed by his desire to return to the private sector.

The resignation letter partly read, “I humbly write to your noble office to convey to you my resignation as the administrator, Ahoada East LGA.

“My sincere gratitude goes to the government of Rivers State and the good people of Ahoada East for finding me worthy to serve as Ahaoda East LGA from 11th day of April 2025 to 20th day of July 2025.”

Meanwhile there are speculations that Ihemnacho resigned to pave the way for him to contest the forth-coming LG elections in the state, though this has not been verified.

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Why I left Tinubu’s Govt — Former Aide Aliyu Audu Declares

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5 days ago

June 16, 2025

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A former Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aliyu Audu, has revealed that he resigned from the administration in order to actively campaign against Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

Speaking on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Audu said his decision was driven by a matter of “principle and conscience,” as he accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.

“It confirmed it on one hand, and on the other hand, it strengthened my resolve to not work for him in 2027,” Audu said, referring to Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech where the president claimed to enjoy seeing the opposition in disarray.

“I couldn’t in all honesty and in my conscience be in his government knowing I’m plotting against removal in 2027, because I will, and by God, we will remove him. Collectively, Nigerians will install a leader that will be our chosen, not his chosen. Not emilokan (my turn), but awa lokan (our turn), in fact, gbogbo wa lokan (all of us).”

He also criticised the inclusion of Nyesom Wike, a PDP member and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, in the APC-led government, questioning his loyalty and the legitimacy of such a move.

“What is Wike doing in our government? If he’s going to leave the PDP, he should leave. If we’re doing a government of national unity, you deal with the party, not individuals. The party is what we vote for — not Bola Tinubu but APC; not Atiku but PDP; not Peter Obi but Labour Party.”

Audu’s resignation letter, dated June 8, criticised the APC’s political trajectory and warned against what he described as a deliberate silencing of opposition voices. In a follow-up statement, he clarified that while he does not support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he would not lend himself “as an instrument to reduce Nigeria to a one-party state.”

“If we now begin to silence or crush opposition simply because we have the upper hand, then we are no different from the very system we once criticised under Obasanjo in 2003,” he said.