Ahead of the ruling All Progressive Congress’s presidential primary, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was tipped as the favorite for the party’s ticket in a now-deleted survey conducted by TVC, a Nigerian media channel.
On its official Twitter account Wednesday, the Television Station, which is apparently controlled by Tinubu, held an APC primary-themed poll, asking, “Now that Atiku has emerged as the PDP presidential candidate, who should APC field as their flag bearer?”
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The list included Rotimi Amaechi, the former Minister of Transportation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, and APC National Leader Bola Tinubu.
After 1,721 votes, Osinbajo took the lead with 43 percent, followed by Tinubu with 40 percent, and Amaechi with 30 percent and Lawan with 9% of the total votes cast, the tweet was deleted, Quest Times reported.
In related news, a Twitter handle “BiggDaaddyy1” known to be a dogged follower of the Asiwaju camp, and who was simultaneously hosting a Twitter space, had to delete his poll which asked: “Refusing Bola Tinubu APC ticket is a betrayal; YES or NO?”.
A total of 1,763 people voted; 73 voted NO and only 27% voted YES.
This is not the first time the Vice President will defeat his opponents in an opinion poll, ODUDUWA NEWS reported.
The lawmaker representing Ede-North/Ede-South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency in Osun State at the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam on Wednesday, 1st June held a protest walk against insecurity in Nigeria.
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Salam, who was dressed in black, walked barefooted from the Unity Fountain in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory to the National Assembly Complex.
As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for its special convention for Presidential Primary, the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has charged the party to work hard to retain power by rotating the Presidency to the South.
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Governor Akeredolu, who doubles as the Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum, was on Wednesday evening announced as the Chairman of Security and Compliance for the party’s special convention.
In a short message via his personal Facebook page on Thursday, the Governor re-echoed the position of his colleagues in the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum that power should be rotated to the South.
Governor Akeredolu noted that the APC must be ready to rotate power so as to retain power, adding that to retain power, the party must rotate to the South.
“APC must work to retain power. We must rotate power to retain retain power !!! Rotate to the South. Shikena.” The message reads.
Kola Daisi who recently won Oyo South Senatorial ticket whose mandate was later overturned as a result of rerun primary election that saw Barrister Sarafadeen Alli emerging as the candidate has vowed that he would contest under the platform of APC because he does not recognize the purported rerun.
This was contained in a press statement made available to ODUDUWA NEWS as read in part:
“I thank you all for your support on this novel journey, culminating in the recently concluded Oyo South Senatorial Primaries of May 29, 2022.
At this primary election, I was declared the winner having scored the majority vote of 212 votes, while the closest other contender got 107 votes; even though irregularities were noted.
This election was however arbitrarily cancelled and within 24 hours, a rerun was scheduled to hold on the 31st of May, 2022.
While irregularities were noted at the election of May 29th, any review of the result of that election can only be done through the appropriate electoral appeal process. This appeal process would review any issues raised, invite interested parties to make representations and make decisions based on facts, the constitution of our party and also in accordance with relevant laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Furthermore, the appeal process requires obtaining necessary approvals within the party hierarchy to carry out its recommendations.
How all of this can happen without inviting aspirants and in less than 24 hours does not suggest fairness.
The party or its election committees should not unilaterally cancel an election without following due process.
We therefore distance ourselves from the sham of the primary election purportedly held on the 31st of May, 2022, that was tagged a re-run, and we did not participate in it
As far as we are concerned, we have been duly elected as the candidate of the APC for the Oyo South senatorial district having scored the majority votes and should be allowed to prepare for and contest for the general election scheduled for February 2023.
We joined the APC based on our conviction of its progressive policies; that everyone is equal, that every citizen deserves to benefit from the deeds of good governance, providing opportunities for young people, proffering workable solutions to establishing a welfare system for the less privileged, proportional redistribution of wealth through a fairer tax system, and developing innovative and people-centered policies aimed at adequate availability of public goods such as schools, hospitals and necessary infrastructure to make people’s lives easier.
Also, we believe the youth is the future of Nigeria and will be integral to our agenda. About 90% of our population is under the age of 50; therefore, decisions need to be made for the benefit of the next generation. This can only happen when we the youth get to positions where we can either influence or make policies.
On this journey, we toured the whole of Oyo South senatorial district, all the 9 local governments. From Beere to Ayete, Ita Baale to Igangan, Ido to Eruwa, we met our people in all the communities and we thoroughly enjoyed every single moment of this journey.
The events of the last few days have shown why so many youths are left disenfranchised and apathetic towards politics. The lack of internal democracy in political parties discourages willing participants. A fairer system will benefit our party significantly by bringing to the table different ideas as well as different perspectives to finding solutions to issues of today.
Still, I encourage all the youths who have an interest in politics not to lose faith. We need to get involved, our movement JÉKÁ DÁSI, typified by the amount of love and acceptance we received from all corners of the state, should be enough motivation to further fuel your desire to serve.
Our time is now.
I want to categorically state that our journey has only just begun. Not only for ourselves, but to give hope to every other youth looking to DÁSI (get involved) in Nigerian politics and governance for the good of country and the benefit of citizens. We will fight for fairness and we believe we shall be representing our party on the ballot as senatorial candidate for Oyo South come February 2023.
To my fellow aspirants, I say a big ‘Thank You’. It was a tough contest with intellectuals and persons of great standing in our state. We all conducted ourselves in the best manner despite the stiff competition. I learned a lot from most of you and I have thoroughly enjoyed the intrigues and gamesmanship of the contest.
A big thank you to my supporters, the media and everyone who has been following our journey and inspired by our movement. We could not have done this without you. Like I said, the journey has just started. We will continue to fight to represent the people of Oyo South senatorial district and advance the causes that are dear to us.
I thank my team, the DG, the KKD Cabinet (coordinators), the KKD Boys, KKD Babes, the KKD kids and all team KKD. You guys are the best. The road to 2023 is long but we shall make it an easy ride together.
To my family, I sincerely thank you for making this so worthwhile. I’ll surely make you proud”.
Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, the lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itwaiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency, has stated that his visit to Oyo New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) chieftain, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan, has nothing to do with the state’s ongoing politicking.
Peller and Olopoeyan were reportedly in a closed-door meeting at the mansion of a political figure in Ibadan, according to ODUDUWA NEWS.
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Hon. Shina Peller told the press after the meeting that his visit to Olopoeyan was purely coincidental and had nothing to do with his senatorial ambitions.
” I went to see a political guru, a brother who used to be a close associate of my father while he was alive.
“Though you, Olopoeyan, are a well-respected politician, my visit here today is to pay tribute to a friend of my father’s who has passed away.”
“When asked if he is still contesting for Oyo North senatorial district since his party ticket has been won by the incumbent senator, Fatai Buhari, the lawmaker made an affirmation, saying he will surely contest for Oyo North senatorial district in 2023. In his statement about the meeting held with Oke-Ogun-born politician, Olopoeyan said, Peller’s visit was not about his issue in APC or his party, NNPP.
“I had a good relationship with his father during his lifetime, I and Shina have also built relations before now, he came today to pay an homage, nothing attached to it, presently Shina Peller is in APC, while I am in NNPP, but all the same, I will always wish him well in all his political journey because he is a fantastic young politician that every party wishes for to be a member.
In the past few weeks, there has been controversy surrounding who likely to be Gov Makinde’s running mate as pundits and political analysts have been suggesting different candidates to be chosen as a replacement for the incumbent Oyo State Deputy Governor, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan whose relationship between his boss has gone sour.
Though, Makinde is yet to affirm publicly who is going to be his running mate but some sources closed to the government have begun reeling out certain information as regarding those that have been penned down for the seat.
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In the news today, according to report reaching the ODUDUWA newsroom, Governor Seyi Makinde has been prevailed on by some political gladiators to consider Barrister Bayo Lawal, the chairman of the Housing Corporation, as his running mate.
Recall, this newspaper had reported how series of names have been submitted by Chieftains of PDP in the State in which Makinde yet to conclude on his decision.
Governor Seyi Makinde appointed Kishi born Bayo Lawal, who is from Irepo local government, as the Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Housing Corporation in 1999 under the administration of previous governor, late Lam Adesina.
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Ace Musician, Adeleke David popularly known as Davido, has lamented economic implications of rising dollar against naira. He claimed that something needs to be done urgently to reverse the upward movement of the flunctuation in the forex market.
In a tweet on Tuesday, he said, “Dollar heading to 1k. Drastic action is needed.”
Banks had on Monday lamented scarcity of forex and warned their customers of some delays in accessing it.
Many Nigerians had also taken to Twitter to lament the hardship brought to them by the instability in forex market.
On Monday, Babatunde Lukmon was driving to work from Ibadan when a trailer coming from the Saki end of the road lost control and slammed into his car, killing him instantly.
Babatunde Lukmon Kunle, a lecturer at the Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki (TOPS), died on Monday as a result of injuries sustained in a head-on accident with a trailer on the Iseyin-Saki road.
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On Monday, Lukmon was driving to work from Ibadan when a trailer coming from the Saki end of the road lost control and slammed into his car, killing him instantly.
Before his death, Babatunde was a senior lecturer at the Polytechnic’s Architectural department and was married with children.
The late educator, according to his high school classmates, was humble and approachable to his mates and friends while alive and will be sorely missed. The late Lukmon attended Iseyin District Grammar School and left the school in 1992.
Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker from Kaduna Central Senatorial District, said on Monday that based on recent events in Nigeria’s political space, Vice-President Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) “may step down” for Bola Tinubu, the ruling party’s National Leader, when the ruling party’s convention takes place next month.
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According to ODUDODUDU NEWS, the APC’s extraordinary convention for its presidential primary will take place from Monday, June 6 to Wednesday, June 8, 2022.
More than 20 party faithful, including serving members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, governors, MPs, and business leaders, are among those aspiring to be the APC’s flagbearer, as the screening process began today.
The screening will take place at the Hilton Hotel Transcorps in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“Aminu Tambuwal Stepped down for Atiku Abubakar.Pat Utomi stepped down for Peter Obi. Prof. (referring to Osinbajo) may step down for Jag (Tinubu),” Sani wrote on his verified Twitter handle.
