All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders from Governor Simon Lalong’s immediate constituency, have endorsed the governor as their candidate for the Plateau South Senatorial seat in the forthcoming general elections.
Arising from a meeting on Tuesday 3rd of May 2022 in Jos, with Gov Lalong in attendance, APC Stakeholders comprised of the three local government areas of Quan-Pan, Shendam, Mikang, appealed to Gov Lalong to accede to the peoples’ demand and stand as the party’s candidate in the next general elections having been so endorsed.
Chairman of the Forum, Sir Joseph Ari, while expressing the position of the meeting, held that the entire stakeholders, including youth and women groups and other members of the party, were well pleased with the sterling performance of the Governor who has restored relative peace on the Plateau, achieved massive construction of schools and hospitals across the 17 local government areas of the state, as well as completing other projects that have direct bearing on the populace and moved that the Governor be adopted as the party’s candidate.
The motion was seconded Rt Hon Naanlong Daniel, the Majority Leader of the Plateau State House of Assembly.
Said Ari, “Gov Lalong has impacted positively on the lives of our people and we call on all lovers of peace to support him irrespective of party affiliation in other to benefit from his wealth of experience and varied contacts.”
Ari, who is the current Director General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF) also extended an invitation to all supporters and well wishers of the governor, to grace the formal presentation of the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to him on Saturday 7th May 2022 in Shendam, headquarters of Plateau South Senatorial Zone.
A former Chairman of Aare Latosa Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Oyo State, Hon. Adekunle Oladeji, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oladeji, who left the APC, has joined the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
DAILY POST gathered that Oladeji served as chairman of the LCDA during the tenure of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
The LCDA is one of the LCDAs under Ibadan North Local Government Area.
Our correspondent gathered that Oladeji’s father, Alhaji B.A.O. Oladeji, served as Oyo South Senatorial District Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), one of the political parties that merged to form the APC between 2014 and 2015.
His father remains a major stakeholder in the APC in the state.
DAILY POST gathered that while the father remains a key figure in the APC, the son has moved to the APM.
It was learnt that the younger Oladeji has publicly declared his support for the APM governorship candidate, Mr. Bimbo Adekanmbi, and Governor Seyi Makinde, who is the party’s presidential candidate.
Oladeji, when contacted, confirmed the development to DAILY POST on Saturday.
Speaking, he noted that he had dumped the APC and joined the APM ahead of the 2027 elections.
In a short message sent to DAILY POST, Oladeji said the news of his defection to the APM was true.
The Imo State Chairman of the Action Peoples Party, APP, Ernest Njesi, has declared the party’s readiness to participate in the forthcoming general elections, maintaining that the party has fielded candidates for all elective positions.
Njesi made the assertion during a media chat with journalists in Owerri, where he disclosed that the APP is not only prepared but also fully optimistic that its 2027 outing will be a successful one.
The Imo APP chairman stated that the party has already registered all its candidates with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and is battle-ready to win many elective seats.
“We have presented before INEC three senatorial candidates, 10 House of Representatives candidates, and 27 candidates for the State House of Assembly, and they have all been approved to participate in the 2027 electoral contest,” he said.
Njesi added that the party will continue visiting communities across the state to encourage the electorate to support the party and educate them about its programmes.
He further said that the party leadership in the state is using the medium to condemn the alleged attack on its secretariat and the destruction of its billboards, an act he claimed was orchestrated by political opponents in the state.
Njesi, however, maintained that no political intimidation can stop the party from participating in the forthcoming general elections.
He advised other political parties to channel their energy into selling their manifestoes to the electorate rather than engaging in political violence.