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Oyebanji wins Ekiti APC governorship primary

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Biodun Oyebanji, a former secretary to the Ekiti State government, has been declared the winner of the state’s All Progressives Congress governorship primary election.

He polled 101,703 votes, according to the result announced by Governor Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State.
Oyebanji candidacy enjoyed the strong backing of the incumbent governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
The other candidates who earlier announced their withdrawal from the race still got some votes.
Demola Popoola who did not join the protest won 239 votes.
Bamidele Faparusi got 376 votes, Kayode Ojo 767, Opeyemi Bamidele 760, Dayo Adeyeye 691.
Femi Bamisile got 400 votes, Toyin Afolabi 47 votes.
Declaring the winner, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, Governor Abubakar Baderu of Jigawa State, said Oyebanji pulled 101,703 out of the total number of votes cast.
Baderu made the declaration at the State Collation Centre, APC party Secretariat, located at Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
“It is my pleasure to declare Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of this primary, haven scored the highest votes cast.
“Having satisfied all necessary criteria, I hereby declare Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji as the winner,” Baderu said.
He added that Ekiti APC had 183,560 registered members, 107,877 members were accredited and total votes cast was 104,983.
The chairman expressed surprise at the allegations by some aspirants that they were not consulted, adding that 20 names were submitted by each of the aspirants to be added to the list of the Returning and they were all captured.
Badaru, however, explained that the meeting that was earlier slated for Thursday morning, between the committee and the aspirants was cancelled because there was security report that the venue was tensed.
He said they had to call for assistance of the security agents to arrest the situation.
The chairman said that the primaries took place across the 177 wards and that it was free and fair.
“However, there are pockets of violence, when we receive the results, we will know where we need to cancel, we will.

“As we have earlier promised, we have ensured a level playing ground for all aspirants,”the committee chairman added.
On the protest by some of the aspirants, the committee chairman added that he had not received any official petition but only heard about it on the media.
He directed that the returning officers of the wards where elections were not held should write their reports and submit same to the committee.
The results presented by the 16 Local Government Area Returning Officers revealed that Oyebanji won in all the council areas.

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BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman

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Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party

BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman

The Labour Party (LP) has re-elected Julius Abure as its National Chairman for a second term in office.

Abure was re-elected by a unanimous affirmation of delegates at the party’s National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra State.

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The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the event attended by party leaders and members.

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El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders

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El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders

There are talks that a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may quit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and move to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the second time.

The rumour is coming after the APC chieftain had held meetings with SDP leaders.

El-Rufai also visited ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday.

His second visit to SDP stalwarts on Tuesday has further fueled speculations that the former governor is planning to dump the APC.

El-Rufai lost his bid to become a minister in the President Bola Tinubu as he was screened out by the Senate over a damaging petition written against him.

He was however pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders.

Also reported to be present at the meeting were Senator Teslim Folarin, APC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2023 general elections, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party from Bauchi State.

The meeting at Gada’s home in Abuja on Sunday night came after El-Rufai hosted a Ramadan iftar at his Abuja residence.

Those at the Ramadan iftar include the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam and Shehu Musa Gabam.

El-Rufai also visited Gabam at the SDP secretariat.

Last Friday, a former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, was planning to leave the Labour Party and join El-Rufai in the SDP.

Bwala, in a post on his X handle, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in the party with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to take over the party.

Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, joined the Labour Party in May 2023 in the buildup to the 2023 general elections following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)

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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)

Hundreds of people mostly the poor and members of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos West Senatorial District are currently gathered at the Ikeja Police College where the senator representing the area, Idiat Adebule, is dolling out palliatives to the downtrodden, among others.

Adebule said 10,000 packs were given out to the vulnerable in the senatorial district.

She listed the items as rice, semovita, beans, pasta garri, vegetable oil and cloths.

Even as she said the package was a tip of the iceberg, stressing that people should expect bigger and better packages, not necessarily food items.

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