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According to Mr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) (South-East), the party is prepared to win Anambra and every state in the zone, just like it did on Saturday.

This is all happening while Governor Hope Uzodimma is being tasked with leading an inclusive government by the Imo Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC), which also congratulated him on his victory.

Arodiogbu stated to reporters in Owerri that the party was making a lot of effort to take over all of the South East States.

He congratulated Uzodimma on his win, but he also revealed that the APC was doing all in its power to seize control of Anambra State and other states in the Southeast.

Ndigbo were urged by the APC zonal vice chairman to reject regional prejudices and join the party in order to influence national politics and the administration and to stay politically engaged.

“Let the Southeast’s people unlock the power at the center,” he declared. And I have every confidence that the South East would receive more support and states under my direction as the APC National Vice Chairman.
He said that the party was willing to offer its support to the candidates of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urging them to back Uzodimma in order to realize their aspirations for Imo.

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Arodiogbu went on to note that the victory and accomplishment of Governor Hope Uzodimma were well received by both the party’s members and the people of Imo State, stating, “The people of Imo State showed they want APC to continue the good work it has been doing in the state.” They desire Senator Hope Uzodinma to carry on with his admirable efforts.

In related news, Ichie Levi Ekeh, the chairman of the Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) for Imo state, has thanked the populace for the state’s peaceful elections.

After congratulating Uzodimma, Ekeh gave him the task of leading an inclusive administration.

He said, “We call on the electorate to embrace an inclusive government that would provide the necessary framework to fully realize all potentials, as that continues to be a major solution to a dynamic, stable, and development-focused government that would undoubtedly bring the benefits of democracy to the good people of Imo state.”

In an effort to “further deepen our democracy whilst consolidating on our diverse positive visions towards a better, peaceful, progressive, and boisterous Imo state of our dreams,” he urged the other state candidates for governor to lay down their swords and unite behind him.

Leaders of the civil society and political parties in Kano State have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to respect the results of the recent governorship election in order to maintain peace and stability in Nigeria.

Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) defeated Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Kano election. Tinubu was advised by the elders not to take legal action to overturn the results in a roundtable discussion facilitated by Chief Oguntade Omolewa of the Forum for National Integration and Development.

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf filed an appeal to contest his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, and the Court of Appeal, located in Abuja, is anticipated to rule on the appeal.

On September 20, 2023, Yusuf was dismissed by a three-judge panel headed by Justice Oluyemi Osadebay for violating the INEC’s seal or signature, which rendered 165,663 of his votes void.

This resulted in Ganuwa keeping his 890,705 votes while the governor’s votes dropped to 853,939.

Omolewa, however, urged President Tinubu to practice inclusive and national cohesiveness politics rather than divisive ones when he spoke at the ceremony yesterday.
Reminding Tinubu of his own history as an opposition leader who was permitted to manage Lagos State in spite of PDP’s hegemony at the federal level was civil society activist and former Alliance National Party presidential candidate Moshood Shittu.

When issuing the reserved judgment on Kano, he requested the appellate court to give careful thought to the interests of national security and welfare.

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“We, of course, wouldn’t want a political crisis in Kano, which is why we support using discretion and intelligence in the administration of justice,” he stated.

At the 2023 governorship elections, “the people of Kano voted in large numbers for the NNPP governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.”

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recently ended poll, Senator Dino Melaye, has been requested by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council in Kogi state, to be arrested as soon as possible by security agents.

According to the ruling party, during a live television program, Senator Melaye admitted to cybercrime.

Melaye’s assertion on national TV that she had access to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s back-end server is akin to “walking into the prison yard and demanding to be locked up,” according to Kingsley Fanwo, Director of Media and Publicity and Spokesman for the Campaign Council.

“Hacking into the Independent National Electoral Commission’s backend is something Dino Melaye has publicly admitted to doing. Fanwo stated that he ought to be detained and charged with cybercrime.

Additionally, he said:

“Dino Melaye never participated in the contest to become governor. We regard the claims made by the recurring candidate as nothing more than the tirades of a thoroughly rejected political jobber. He was in it for the money.

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“We cannot hit a youngster and expect him to stay silent. But when we triumph, we’ll give generously. Here is a complainant about the behavior who said they had boycotted an election. Not even in his polling place to cast a ballot. We ought to look into how he received more than 40,000 votes.

We urge everyone in our community to rejoice with moderation. We must continue to be one people because we are one people. The election results have demonstrated that our party is the only one that supports the unity of our beloved state.

In addition to winning the election, we defeated the opponents who wished to return our state to the era of racial segregation. You deserve this win, Kogites, and it will provide newfound stability and continuity.

The rising number of expressions of interest and nomination forms since the All Progressives Congress (APC) was founded in 2014 may indicate that a new storm over the high expense of running for office on the party’s platform is about to break out within the ruling party.

In 2014, APC presidential and governorship forms cost N27.5 million and N5 million, respectively, ahead of the 2015 general elections, according to Daily Trust. To N45 million and N22.5 million in 2019, it climbed. It did, however, rise to N50 million and N100 million in 2023.

But party heavyweights have pushed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to tone down the 2027 contest’s expression of interest and nomination forms. They claim that even though the party made billions of Naira from the sale of these documents prior to the 2023 elections, it hasn’t disclosed how the money was used.

Former APC national vice chairman (North West), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, bemoaned in a statement on Tuesday the rising expense of running for office inside the party.

He conveyed concerns that the APC would levy N125 million for gubernatorial nominations and N250 million for expressions of interest by 2027.

He claims that because the APC is “progressively losing the little democratic credentials,” Nigerians should have anticipated the prospect of a progressive party emerging from it in 2015.

But in a quick response, Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary for the APC, stated, “The cost of forms for next elections is all speculations.”

“That N1 was demanded doesn’t mean it will be N2 next time,” stated Morka during a phone conversation. Another possibility is that it will be scrutinized from below.

Therefore, we have to wait for the party to decide before responding. Therefore, since everything Lukman says is conjecture, I won’t get into a disagreement with him about that.

However, he told Daily Trust that the APC has continued to charge exorbitant fees because it is the ruling party. Professor Kari is a political sociology professor at the University of Abuja.

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In addition, he blamed the actions of a small group of powerful people who have taken over the party and the relentless commercialization of Nigerian politics.

Because it is the ruling party, the APC has paid the highest cost. The fundamental premise is that any candidate who receives an APC ticket will probably win election. That could turn out to be a valid assumption. Perhaps it’s not true,” he remarked.

According to Kari, “you have blocked the very essence of democracy, and that is exactly what is happening” if the party leadership can obstruct political participation by continuously raising the nomination cost. Therefore, the system of exorbitant fees is a major obstacle to democracy because it prevents those who cannot afford to participate.