Mai Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State and the chairman of the APC’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, has met with key members of the ruling party in Kano State to discuss long-term solutions to the party’s lingering crisis.

Governor Umar Ganduje, the three state senators, Ibrahim Shekarau, Jibrin Barau, and Kabir Gaya were all present at the meeting, which was presided over by Buni.

Members of the House of Representatives and other stakeholders were also in attendance, according to Buni’s spokesman Mamman Mohammed in a statement released on Saturday.

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The statement said the stakeholders had recently met twice except Governor Ganduje who was attending the meeting for the first time.

Governor Buni was joined by Governor of Zamfara state Bello Matawalle and Yakubu Dogara to broker peace between the Ganduje and Shekarau factions.

The stakeholders expressed satisfaction with the issues deliberated upon and pledged to resolve their differences to move the party forward.

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Political analysts are of the view that the reconciliation move is the right step in the right direction as the ruling party cannot afford to lose Kano State in the 2023 general elections due to its strategic importance in the political landscape of the country.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has expressed its displeasure with the state’s recent spate of political violence.

This comes after the party accused the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, of turning the once-peaceful state into a hotbed of insecurity marked by violent attacks in which gunshots are fired indiscriminately.

The party warned the state governor, in a press release signed by Ayodeji Areola, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Osun, not to turn the state into a free-for-all zone for terrorism and political brigandage.

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The party said the reports of shootings, planned attacks and intimidation against opposition figures and their supporters throughout the state raised serious doubts about the commitment of the ruling APC to a safe, fair pre-election environment and a democratic election process.

It wondered why the Oyetola administration could go so low to the point of shooting members of his own party on the grounds of political gains.

The party said such actions underscored the growing frustration of an unpopular candidate who was foisted on the state through a widely flawed election.

The party said, “Resorting to violence in the face of growing rejection of Mr Oyetola and his administration is unacceptable and whoever is advising him on the self-help of violence to keep afloat his dilapidated hope is undoubtedly an enemy of Osun State.

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“Adding bloody violence to the failings of the APC administration in the state is unthinkable and a further proof that the party’s mission in Osun is nothing short of merchants of death prowling around as democrats.

“The All Progressives Congress must not allow their unabating frustration blind them into enveloping the state with political violence, as such can only continue to dissuade domestic and foreign investment in our already ruptured economy, trigger government loss of revenue and resources, and results in the election of heartless representatives like Mr Oyetola to the detriment of the state’s economic and social progress.”

While noting that a responsible government bears primary responsibility for creating an environment that protects individuals’ rights and ensures a free, fair, competitive election that voters can have confidence in, the Osun PDP alleged that the Oyetola administration had failed woefully.

It called on the government to redouble its efforts to ensure that political leaders in Osun State and their supporters can exercise their democratic rights of free speech and assembly as enabled by the nation’s constitution.

The PDP also requested the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to take proactive steps to hold accountable the gun trotting urchins and their sponsors who now have the boldness to carry out shootings in broad daylight without fear of consequences.

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“All active players in our political field in Osun State have a civic duty to promote a peaceful atmosphere in which citizens can discuss the issues, express their preferences and choose their lanes free from the threat of violence and intimidation.

“It is therefore incumbent on all and sundry to resist intimidation under whatever guise, equip ourselves with voter cards and shape up to vote out elements who are bent on derailing the peace of the state,” the statement concluded”.

Mr Basil Ejidike, the embattled state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been sacked by the APC in Anambra State.

The Andy Uba faction of the party had been celebrating Ejidike’s inauguration as chairman by the national leadership following a state congress.

However, a faction led by Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has refuted the claims, claiming that Ejidike was not sworn in as chairman by the party’s national leadership.

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Mr Okelo Madukaife, the factional publicity secretary, issued a statement praising the party’s national leadership for not swearing in Ejidike.

“Our dynamic chapter of the APC congratulates our great party’s national leadership on the wisdom contained in the decision not to swear in anyone as Chairman of the Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress,” he said (APC).

“This noble decision validates the position of our party’s mainstream in Anambra State that 2018 officials should continue to run our affairs until congresses can be held, as leadership abhors a vacuum.”

“We urge aggrieved party faithful who are understandably disappointed at the level of desperation displayed by a camp portraying a sacked former Chairman as’sworn in,’ to look beyond the ruse,” Madukaife said.

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“Against the spirit of Anambra, nothing of the sort has happened, and nothing of the sort is likely to happen anytime soon.” This battle to restore sanity to our party may take some time. It’s possible that it will consume some energy. However, it is a fight that must be won.

“The people of Anambra should be aware that as a chapter, we have not elected any officials to any State Executive cadre and have not held any congresses.” Anyone dealing with anyone claiming to have been ‘elected’ after May 19, 2018, without having voted, does so at their own risk, which we disown.”

Nnamdi Nwangwu, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, has claimed that the state governor, Willie Obiano, has pushed the state back 20 years.

Obiano “scores zero” in human/capital development, infrastructural development, and economic development, among other key indices of a performance index, according to Nwangwu.

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On Friday, he spoke with our correspondent in Awka, denying the existence of any faction within the state PDP, insisting that the party is one, led by Chief Ndubuisi Nwogbo.

“The Obiano administration had pushed Anambra State back 20 years,” he said. The governor performed poorly in terms of human and capital development, infrastructure, and the economy. In fact, the state lacks any critical infrastructure that would be appropriate for a state like Anambra.

“Tourists have taken over our roads, and we’re at their mercy.” Perhaps he has done his best, so we expect Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s incoming government to pick up where we left off in 2014, before Obiano took over.

“He must put in place the infrastructure that will allow private people to enter the economy and grow it.”

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“From day one, Soludo must hit the ground running, because there is a lot of work to be done in the state, and the people of Anambra will not accept any excuse for failure.”

He went on to say that the PDP was not contesting the governorship election results in the state because it wanted to “let sleeping dogs lie.”
Speaking about the PDP’s zoning arrangement for the 2023 presidential election, Nwangwu said that while the party has not zoned anything to any particular zone, people are saying that the South-East should produce the party’s presidential candidate and that a South-East person should be president in 2023 out of fairness.

“Yes, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar came to Anambra State to consult on the presidency in 2023 and 2027,” he said.

“Whatever they have decided to do is their own personal arrangement because the PDP has yet to take a position on how the presidential election should be conducted.”

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“Just because someone has come to tell us one thing or the other doesn’t mean the party has made a decision; there will be processes to go through before a presidential candidate emerges.” And now we’ll see what happens and who emerges as the presidential candidate during that process.

“We already have two South-East candidates, Senator Pius Anyim Pius and Chief Sam Ohuabunwa, who have declared for the presidency under the PDP.”

The Zamfara state House of Assembly has reportedly resumed its efforts to impeach the state’s incumbent deputy governor, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, after a six-month hiatus.

In July 2021, state lawmakers charged the deputy governor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and gave him a 48-hour deadline to appear before them over allegations of official misconduct.

The approach that the state assembly will take this time around remains to be seen.

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