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Obi Creating Job Abroad, Importing Unemployment To Nigeria – Oshiomhole
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential Candidate, is “contributing to how Nigeria is going down”.
Oshiomhole said this during the flag-off of APC presidential campaign and senatorial election at Auchi, Edo.
Oshiomhole urged Nigerians to be careful of Obi, whom he described as a man man who could not develop and grow the economy of Anambra state when he was governor.
“Obi owns the biggest shopping mall in Abuja and all the items sold there are imported, so if he is selling imported wines, clothes and other items, he is contributing to why Nigeria is going down because he is creating job abroad and importing unemployment to Nigeria,” he said.
The former governor said he is not contesting the National Assembly seat to become a Senator sharing motor bikes, tricycles and grinding machines to youths and widows.
He said he is going to the National Assembly to change the nation’s budgetary system so that budget will work for the people.
“I am troubled by the way we manage our budget at the National Assembly. I want to go there and argue on the floor of the Assembly that we should change our budgetary system. Our budget must work for the people.”
“I want to be a Senator, not a Senator sharing grinding machines for widows, buying motor bikes or Keke Napeps for 10 out of 10,000 youths. I don’t need to be a senator to support widows and youths. I have done that and I am still doing that, today I am paying school fee for people who don’t have money to go to school,” he said.
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He said if he can fight on the street for the ordinary Nigerians, he would even fight harder on the floor of the Assembly to ensure that Edo North Senatorial district and Nigeria benefit more from the national Assembly.
“I can’t have N500 million for constituency project and go and buy Keke napeps motor bikes and grinding machines, that is not lawmaking” he said.
“The minister of works told me that the problem why road constructions are not completed is that the National Assembly will take half of the money budgeted for a road and approved four other roads on that approved fund, this is why we have unfinished roads all over Nigeria.”
He said he would use the floor of the Senate to ensure that when the executive brings a budget, you don’t start new road when the existing one are not completed.
He urged Nigeria to vote for a person with track record of performance in his previous position held in his political careers, noting that among the those contesting for president, the candidate of the APC, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu ,stands out as a great performer.
“Tinubu is the most suitable person for the president in 2023, They are throw stones at him because they have seen that they can’t dispute his performance. They said he didn’t go to school but they say he was the treasurer of Mobil oil company. Will an oil company employs someone as chief accountant or treasurer if he didn’t go to school?”
“You have seen how Tinubu transformed Lagos, when he see a performing young person, he mentored and grow him to become a leader. That is why he has produced governors, senators, ministers among others. So Tinubu is the one who will bring up young Nigerians and mentor them.”
According to him, Obi and Peoples Democratic Party candidates, Atiku Abubakar can’t unite Nigeria, adding that they are serial defectors who can’t be trusted.
He said Atiku doesn’t believe in the unity of Nigeria as he had said in Kaduna state that northerners should not vote for a Yoruba and Ibo man as president, saying that a man who doesn’t believe in other tribes can’t unify Nigeria and can’t be voted for as president
“Atiku defected from the PDP to the ACN, when he lost the election, he decamp to the PDP, he contest and lost and defected to APC, he again defected to the PDP and contested with Buhari and lost and now he still contesting. Can you vote for such candidate?”
Daily Trust
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PDP bigwigs plot Gov Adeleke’s removal, dump party for APC (Massive crowd photos)
PDP bigwigs plot Gov Adeleke’s removal, dump party for APC (Massive crowd photos)
Prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State including its ex-National deputy Chairman Shuiab Oyedokun and governorship aspirant Prince Dotun Babayemi, have crossed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The defectors with their supporters were formally welcomed into the APC fold at the party’s Secretariat by national leaders, including Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola, and National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru.
Speaking at the event, Oyetola emphasized the APC’s track record of governance success.
He said, “APC has done so well. People are starting to see that when it comes to governance, the progressives know how to.”
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He highlighted the significance of veteran politician Baba Shuiab’s defection to the APC, noting that it signalled the diminishing influence of the PDP in Osun.
Oyetola expressed confidence in the APC’s prospects for victory in the 2026 governorship election, citing growing support and the influx of political heavyweights into the party.
Echoing Oyetola’s sentiments, Senator Basiru called for seamless integration of the new APC members into the party’s structure without discrimination.
He said, “Baba Shuiab and Prince Dotun Babayemi were members of the APC in the past. They’ve seen things. They’ve seen the difference between progressive and conservative, and they are back into the party.”
In his address, Babayemi highlighted the end of good governance in Osun following Oyetola’s departure as governor but expressed optimism that with his presence in the APC, the party would reclaim power in 2026.
Governor Ademola Adeleke of PDP came to power in Osun after defeating the APC under Oyetola in 2022.
Adeleke is serving his first term in office.
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Only my party can stop me from contesting 2027 presidential election – Atiku
Only my party can stop me from contesting 2027 presidential election – Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has hinted of his plans to contest again in 2027 for the president of Nigeria.
He however said he would withdraw from the race should his party zone the position to another region of the country.
He confirmed that an alliance of major political parties and influential politicians was in the works ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Atiku, who was the presidential candidate for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, disclosed that his recent meeting with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was a sign of positive things to come.
He said the meeting could be a launchpad for the possible alliance in the build-up to the 2027 general elections.
Atiku met with Obi; former Senate President Bukola Saraki, and former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, in separate visits earlier last week.
He also dismissed the assertions that their alliance would be unable to produce a consensus candidate.
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He also said he would happily back a presidential candidate of the South-East extraction should the PDP zone its presidential ticket to the region.
Obi is from the South-East and, with the speculation of his imminent return to the PDP following his meeting with Atiku and other bigwigs of the party likely, he might clinch the ticket.
“I’ve made it clear since last elections that if our party members had a consensus that southeast should produce the candidate, we would all agree. And if our parties also had a similar agreement, then so be it,’’ Atiku said.
Last week, Paul Ibe, media adviser to Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), frustrated and sabotaged plans by the PDP to zone its presidential ticket to the South-East for the 2023 election.
He said the move effectively led to Obi’s exit from the party.
Only my party can stop me from contesting 2027 presidential election – Atiku
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Six political parties plot against APC, meet in Kaduna
Six political parties plot against APC, meet in Kaduna
Six political parties converged in Kaduna State on Thursday in preparation to dislodge the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The summit, with the theme, ‘Solid political party structure critical to the sustainability of the democratic process,’ was convened by the African Democratic Congress.
In attendance were the New Nigeria People’s Party, the People’s Redemption Party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, the Social Democratic Party, the KOWA Party, as well as the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), and the Coalition of United Political Parties.
Lawal Nalado, chairman of the summit, decried what he described as “unbearable hardship” faced by Nigerians across the country, saying that the gathering was all about discussing the nation’s barrage of problems and ways to move forward.
He refuted insinuations in some quarters that the summit was convened to form a merger or a coalition amongst parties.
He added that the opposition parties needed to mobilize voters at the grassroots by way of reaching out to the downtrodden with political enlightenment messages, capable of changing their mindset that politics should not be about money, religion or ethnicity but voting for the right candidates to uplift the social and economic status of the society.
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The National Chairman of PRP, Falalu Bello, while speaking, stressed the need for effective mobilisation of the electorates by opposition parties, stressing that fielding credible candidates was not enough to win elections but mass mobilization.
Represented by Prof. Sule Muhammad, Bello listed inadequate resources, lack of internal democracy, decayed transparency, and interference by the ruling party among others as problems bedevilling opposition parties in the country.
Also, Ahmed Tujjani, the chairman of ADC and IPAC Kaduna State, opined that the summit was aimed to chart a course to address socio-economic and political parties’ problems with the motive of proffering realistic solutions.
According to him, “This is not a gathering for a merger or forming a coalition ahead of 2027 but rather a summit to discuss our common problems and suggest solutions of addressing them.
“We will call you again by tomorrow to read out our communique which will be a summary and possibly a mini-working document of solving our problems ahead of 2027.”
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