Tag: Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu

6Oct By dthataNo Comments

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Oshiomhole Missing From Ize-iyamu Acknowledgement List

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the just concluded governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has left out the name of former national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, in acknowledging the contributions of party leaders and others in the pursuit of his political ambition during the election. Oshiomhole was instrumental to Ize-Iyamu returning to APC from the PDP as well as emerging the governorship candidate of the party. Ize-lyamu suffered a second electoral defeat in his eight years struggle to become the governor of Edo state. Obaseki defeated Ize-Iyamu with 307,955 votes as against 223,619 votes polled by Ize-Iyamu Speaking in a statement where he declared that he would not approach the Election petition tribunal to challenge th...

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6Oct By dthataNo Comments

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Your Decision To Pursue Pre-Election Matters Will Fail – Edo PDP To Ize-Iyamu

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the decision of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the gubernatorial election in the State, Pastor Osagie Ize – Iyamu to focus on pre-election issues already before the courts instead of going to the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was disingenuous and destined to fail. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu was said to have said weekend that he will not contest his defeat at the election petition tribunal but continue the cases he instituted against the PDP and Governor Godwin Obaseki The party in a statement in Benin Monday by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, said that, “while we hold that Ize-Iyamu has the right to approach the courts for whatever reason, it is...

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3Oct By dthataNo Comments

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Obaseki Never Used State Funds To Finance His Reelection – Osagie

Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on the outcome of the September 19 governorship election which was won by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Governor Godwin Obaseki. He also speaks on expectations from the governor in the next four years as well as allegations of arrest and bankruptcy leveled against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Excerpts: Before the Edo election, you boasted that that your principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki has 75 percent approval ratings and that the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu won’t score up to 30 percent votes. With the election over, can you say that you have been vindicated? I believe that I have been vin...

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24Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Obaseki’s Victory Shouldn’t Be Seen As Humiliation Of Tinubu – Junaid Mohammed

Dr. Junaid Mohammed, elderstatesman and Second Republic lawmaker on Thursday said the defeat suffered by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu shouldn’t be seen as a humiliation of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader. The election was won by Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 307,955 votes against Ize-Iyamu’s 223,619 votes. Four days to the election, Tinubu had made a broadcast to Edo people, asking them to reject Obaseki on Saturday, alleging that the Edo governor has been undemocratic since he was first elected in 2016. However, speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Junaid said Tinubu as a politician has a right to choose any candidate that will ...

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24Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Edo Election: “I Didn’t Ask Obaseki To Return To APC After Win” – Ize-Iyamu

The Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation has called on the traditional media to perform due diligence in reporting events arising from Edo State, "as unprofessionalism would render them as tools for PDP". This was in a statement forwarded to MCI by the Director of Communication and Media of the Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, Mr John Mayaki, who reacted to claims that APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki to return to APC yesterday at a press conference in Abuja. Mayaki, who noted that nothing of such happened, explained that "the media has once again lent itself to the fabrications of Governor Godwin Obaseki and the PDP, as they did throughout the election." "We warned several times that the media should beware of fabricat...

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24Sep By dthataNo Comments

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“I Am Ready To Work With Obaseki” – Ize-Iyamu

The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just-concluded Edo election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has declared that he is ready to work with his victorious opponent, Governor Godwin Obaseki. Ize-Iyamu disclosed this during a press briefing on Wednesday. He also had a closed-door meeting with his party’s caretaker chairman and governor of Yobe State, Mallam Buni and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in Abuja. Ize-Iyamu at the press conference said: “We are going to talk to everybody, we will bring everybody back. I want to salute my brother, the governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki. I am appealing to him to return to the party. In every family, there must be a disagreement.” Let it not be said that it was this disagreement that pushed him o...

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24Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Edo Election: Oshiomhole Reacts To APC’s Loss, Says ‘You Win Some & Lose Some’

A former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has finally broken silence following his party's defeat at the September 19 Edo Governorship election. MCI had reported how the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu lost to incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the keenly contested election. Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo State, had thrown his weight behind Ize-Iyamu, a former Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Edo State Government, in the guber polls. On Wednesday, Oshiomhole, while at the gym at his private residence, in Benin City, said he did not break down as being alleged in some quarters, following the loss suffered by his party. While thanking the good people of Edo State...

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20Sep By dthataNo Comments

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What Is Governor Of Rivers Doing In Edo? – Ize-Iyamu Complained About Wike In Edo State

Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu, APC gubernatorial candidate was captured lamenting about Wike’s presence while making a phone call after casting his vote in Edo. According to the guber candidate who was speaking to an unknown person at the other end of the call, he wondered what the Governor of Rivers State is doing, insisting that he has no business in Edo State despite the freedom of association. Watch the video below; https://youtu.be/tGNqhp43mmc

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19Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Edo Governorship Election: Oshiomhole And Ize-Iyamu Cast Their Votes

Adams Oshiomhole votes at Polling Unit - 001, Ward 10, Iyamho, Etsako West LGA @OfficialAPCNg #EdoDecides2020 #Edo2020 #EdoElection The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has just cast his vote. He voted at exactly 9:30am.

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14Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Oyegun Refuses To Endorse Ize-iyamu, Asks Edo People To Vote Their Conscience

John Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has refused to endorse Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his party’s candidate in the Edo governorship election. In a statement he issued on Monday, Oyegun rejected what he described as “primitive politics”, calling on the people of Edo to vote their conscience. He criticised the “forced exit” of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, from the APC, saying the governor suffered “unacceptable indignity” while standing for the people. “My views and statements on the Edo state political situation have been consistent. I strongly advised against the mistreatment of Governor Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki by the late unlamented National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC. Governor Obaseki stood bravely for the dignity and pride of his p...

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14Sep By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Edo 2020 Debate: Ize-Iyamu Rattles Obaseki On Performance

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki last night failed to clearly defend his government’s performance in critical areas of job creation, healthcare provision, agriculture, security and infrastructure development. He also failed to debunk the claim that he did not possess the requisite qualification for admission into the University of Ibadan where he graduated. It was during a debate organised by Channels Television and its partners to enable Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) contender, to sell their candidature to the people. The Edo State governorship election will hold on Saturday. Ize-Iyamu said Obaseki has not performed and that he borrowed millions of naira on account of the agriculture sect...

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7Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Obaseki Has Good Plans For Edo On Paper, Nothing On Ground – Hosa Okunbo

Edo State-born business magnate, and philanthropist, Captain Hosa Okunbor, has said Governor Godwin Obaseki has good plans for the state. But that everything was on paper and nothing on ground. Okunbor said this in a no holds barred interview with Vanguard, where he also revealed how his quarrel with Governor Obaseki started and why he is supporting Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 19 governorship poll. In the interview (fully published in tomorrow’s Vanguard), Captain Hosa Okunbor also revealed why he will spend his last kobo on Ize-Iyamu, why he is defending himself, how he knelt to beg Obaseki against fighting Oshiomhole and that Obaseki does not have the attributes of a good leader. He told Vanguard: “If Godwin presents to you his pla...

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7Sep By dthataNo Comments

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I Will Make Oshiomhole Irrelevant In Edo – Obaseki

CANDIDATE of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) for the September 19, 2020 Governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has vowed to make his predecessor and former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, politically irrelevant. Obaseki disclosed this weekend when the PDP Campaign rally berthed in Ward 8 and 10 at Edaiken market in Egor Local Government Area of the State The PDP Candidate declared that the battle over who wins the forthcoming election in the State was between him and Oshiomhole, saying that he does not have any quarrel with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. “We had democracy in 1999, a Child that was born 22 years ago, is the child not old enough to be a man by now? Th...

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7Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Desmond Elliot Campaigns For Ize-Iyamu In Edo (Photos)

Popular Nollywood Actor and a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly Hon. Desmond Olusola Elliot join the APC campaign train. Desmond Elliot was live at Anegbette to support Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu and Mallam Gani Audu ahead of the September 19th Governorship election. Below are the photos from the campaign as obtained;

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2Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Accident: An ‘Assassination Attempt Against Oshiomhole’ – Aide Reveals What Happened

TWO policemen, yesterday, died in an accident involving the campaign convoy of former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, while he was on his way to Usen in Ovia SouthWest local government area. The accident was said to have happened at about 1pm around the by-pass in Oluku Ovia North East local government area. As a result of the incident, the candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has called off his rally at Usen. It was gathered that a trailer ran into the travelling campaign convoy hitting the back-up vehicle that the police were riding in. In a statement, the Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, Mr. John Mayaki, said it was suspending the scheduled campaign to honour the dead. On behalf of Pastor Ize-Iyamu an...

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1Sep By dthataNo Comments

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Rauf Aregbesola Presents Ize-Iyamu As The Next Governor Of Edo State

I present to you, the next governor of Edo State (Insha Allah), the @OfficialAPCNg Gubernatorial Candidate of the September 19, 2020 Edo State Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu (@PastorIzeIyamu) who paid a courtesy visit to my office earlier today.

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30Aug By dthataNo Comments

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Apostle Johnson Suleman Prays For Ize-Iyamu Ahead Of Edo Guber Polls (Photos)

The general overseer of Omega Fire Ministry Apostle Johnson Suleiman has prayed for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu ahead of the September governorship election in Edo State Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who is presently on ward to ward campaign tour in Edo North, worshipped on Sunday at the headquarters of Omega Fire Ministry in Auchi, he said he was blessed with the message from the man of God Apostle Johnson Suleiman and also learnt a lot from the message. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu while endearing for the support of the church said "I come as your own this morning to ask for your support because I desire to be the Governor of Edo state, the bible says in Proverbs 29:2, when the righteous are in authority the people rejoice" He asked for prayers and votes of members of the church. While th...

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28Aug By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Uwa: Ize-Iyamu Demands Swift Prosecution Of Suspected Killers Of UNIBEN Student

The candidate of the APC in the Edo Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has tasked the Police to commence the swift prosecution of the suspected killers of Uwaila Vera Omozuwa and ensure justice. Miss Omzuwa, a 100-level microbiology student of the University of Benin, was raped and murdered in a church in Benin City where she had gone to study. Her death sparked national outrage and refocused attention on the prevalence of sexual assault and abuse of women in the country. On Wednesday, Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, paraded six suspects involved in the murder following what he described as "united efforts" of the Police, including homicide experts and State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). In a statement forwarded to CAMPUS GIST by ...

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18Aug By dthataNo Comments

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Ize-iyamu Can’t Defeat Me – Obaseki

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke with reporters in Lagos on why he should be re-elected on September 19. EMMANUEL OLADESU was there There seems to be strong opposition to your second term bid. Are you ready to play the Nigerian brand of politics to ensure that you return to power? This notion of Nigerian brand of politics is one that is creating different themes. Does it mean that I should have accumulated money meant to work for the people of Edo State? Does it mean that because it is election time, I should begin to brand my own story; who I am and what I am not? I will tell you that Edo State has always been a PDP state because it has always won national elections, while All Progressives Congress (APC) had only won loca...

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13Aug By dthataNo Comments

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Pastor Ize-Iyamu Bags Chieftaincy Title In Auchi (Photos)

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress' in Edo State, pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has bagged a chieftaincy title in Auchi land. Igbere TV gathered that Ize-Iyamu was on Wednesday unveiled as the 'Itsemakhona' of Auchi land by the First Class traditional ruler, Otaru of Auchi. Itsemakhona is translated to mean "this is our own…" in the English language. The APC and Ize-Iyamu had taken their campaigns to Edo North where Auchi is grouped under. Auchi is under Etsako West local government. The Edo state Governorship election holds September 19, 2020. While Ize-Iyamu is the APC candidate, Governor Godwin Obaseki is the Peoples Democratic Party' candidate. Both the APC and PDP are the two major political parties in the election with Ize-Iyamu and Obaseki as majo...

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22Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Edo 2020: Results Of APC Primaries

Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state and chair of the process, has now taken his seat and would soon begin to announce the results The room is now getting crowded as results from various LGAs are now being brought in Results from eight out of the 18 local government areas in the state have been announced so far and Ize-Iyamu is leading by a wide margin RESULT (Esan west) Ize-Iyamu- 1,145 Obaze- 162 Odubu- 220 RESULT (Egueben) Iyanmu- 1,300 Obaze- 178 Odubu- 251 RESULT (Orionwon) Iyamu- 1,750 Obaze- 171 Odubu- 418 RESULT (Uhunmode) Ize-Iyamu- 1,394 Obaze- 183 Odubu- 274 RESULT (Ikpoba- Okha) Ize-Iyamu- 1,581 Obaze- 67 Odubu- 99 RESULT (Ovia south-west) Ize-Iyamu- 1,668 Obaze- 79 Odubu- 108 RESULT (Ovia north) Ize-Iyamu- 1,650 Ob...

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22Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Pastor Ize-Iyamu Won Edo APC Primaries With A Huge Margin

One of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has emerged winner of the party’s direct primary conducted on Monday. Chairman of the Edo State APC Primary Election Committee, Governor Hope Uzodinma, declared Ize-Iyamu winner of the election after collating the results turned in by the returning officers in the 18 local government areas of the state. He pulled 27,838 votes, while his closest rival, Dr Pius Odubu scored 3,776, while Mr Osaro Obaze pulled 2,751 votes. With the result, Ize-Iyamu will face other contenders in the September 19 governorship election in the state.

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22Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Ize-Iyamu Casts His Vote In Ongoing Edo APC Primaries (Pictures)

Favoured Guber Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has cast his vote in the ongoing Edo APC guber Primaries. Iyamu cast his vote this morning at Ugboko Ward in Orhionmwon LGA of the state. Iyamu is rumoured to have the backing of suspended APC national chairman and former Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole. The primaries have been going on peacefully despite the crisis rocking the party.

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22Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Police, DSS, INEC Deployed In Edo For APC Shadow Poll

Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary will hold today in the 192 wards across the 18 local government areas. Two aspirants – Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Dr. Pius Odubu – are participating in the direct primary election, which a Court of Appeal in Benin on Thursday technically cleared to hold. Ize-Iyamu, the 2016 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to APC in December and was on May 21, cleared by the ruling party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to contest the shadow election. Odubu served as deputy governor in Adams Oshiomhole administration. Chairman of the seven-member Governorship Primary Election Committee, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, said on Sunday that not more than 18 persons would be allowed into the v...

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20Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Defection: Quarantine Obaseki & His Supporters – Ize-Iyamu To NCDC

The Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation said Obaseki and all those who were at the defection meeting should be quarantined because they flouted the physical distancing regulation established by the state governor. A statement by the Director of Media and Communication of POI Campaign Organisation, John Mayaki, also noted that Obaseki is now enjoying exactly what he tried to frustrate Ize-Iyamu of when he joined the APC. He said: “While we note interestingly that this is the same right the Governor, in his usual autocracy and abuse of power, tried to deny Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu last year when he returned to the All Progressives Congress through the sponsorship of physical and media attacks, and the institution of baseless court cases, we, as democrats and staunch believ...

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18Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Edo Governorship Election: Obazee Steps Down, Endorses Pastor Ize-Iyamu

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, and aspirant in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has thanked another aspirant Hon. Osaro Obazee for bowing out of the governorship race and declaring support for his emergence as the primary election draws near. Hon. Osaro Obazee was one of the three aspirants cleared by the APC Screening Committee to participate in the party’s primary scheduled for Monday, June 22. However, he announced on Wednesday his decision to step down for the race and endorsed the candidacy of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, and aspirant in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has thanked another aspirant Hon. Osaro Obazee for bowing out of the governorship race and declaring support for his emergence as the primary election dr...

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13Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Obaseki’s Disqualification: Ize-Iyamu Sends Message To APC Members

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, an All Progressives Congress’ aspirant in the Edo State governorship election, has urged members of the party to put the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki behind them. This was contained in a press statement by the Director of Communication and Media of Iyamu’s Campaign Organisation, Mr. John Mayaki. According to the statement, the disqualification of Obaseki by the APC screening committee was premised on a bold insistence of fairness, accountability, and transparency. The statement read in part, “I wish to send my deepest gratitude to all the members of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, for joyful cooperation that led to a seamless but thorough screening exercise. I urge all the members of our party whose indefatigable commitment,...

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11Jun By dthataNo Comments

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I Don’t Think I Will Get Justice – Obaseki On APC Screening

Ahead of its June 22 governorship primary election in Edo state, the All Progressives Congress APC on Wednesday screened its six aspirants with the screening committee receivingsix petitions against the governor and one against Mr Mathew Iduoriyekemwe.The governor who came out of the screening room around 10 pm expressed misgivings at the operations of the committee, saying with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole dictating affairs of the party, he knows he cannot get justice. He said; “The last time I came here, I asked that Oshiomhole recuse himself from the process in the interest of peace and justice. But as a party man, I have had to go through the screening like everybody else. Since he is the judge and the jury in this matter, I will just wait for the outcome of the screening. I have gi...

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9Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Edo: APC Enlists University Dons, Lawyers To Screen Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, Others

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress APC has set up a committee to screen its six governorship aspirants in Edo state, declaring that without prejudice to the work of the committee and that of the Screening Appeals Panel, the National Working Committee NWC has the final say with regards to the fate of the aspirants. According to the party, the screening and appeals committees which consist of academics, lawyers and politicians would help to forestall a repeat of the Bayelsa experience where it lost its mandate due to alleged discrepancies in the certificates of the party’s deputy governorship candidate. Inaugurating both committees on Tuesday at the party’s National secretariat in Abuja, its National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said while the screening ...

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9Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Edo Governorship Election: I Am Not Afraid Of Ize-Iyamu – Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted he is not afraid of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Obaseki stated this while making an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Ize-Iyamu contested the last governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), before defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He will now go up against Obaseki for APC’s ticket in the September 19 poll. But the Governor insists he has no reason to be scared of Ize-Iyamu. “Why should I be? The last time I contested, he (Ize-Iyamu) was my opponent from the PDP and the votes are there. “I beat him (when I had no track record as a governor) and now with the track record as a governor, I don’t have any fears,” Obaseki said.

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6Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

Edo 2020: APC To Screen 6 Governorship Aspirants

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced that six gubernatorial candidates would be screened ahead of the party’s primary election slated for June 22nd. According to a statement signed and released by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the candidates credential would be displayer for claims and objections. The general public, as well as party members, are then invited to witness the exercise. Statement below: **Aspirant Credentials to be displayed for Claims and Objections The All Progressives Congress (APC) announces six Governorship aspirants to be screened for the Party’s June 22, 2020 Primary Election to elect the Party’s Edo state governorship candidate. The six aspirants who have bought, completed and submitted the Party’...

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1Jun By dthataNo Comments

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Primary Election Crucial To Democracy – Tinubu To Governors

There may be no going back on transparent and democratic primaries for the choice of governorship candidates by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo and Ondo states, it was learnt yesterday. At a meeting with nine APC governors, National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said democratic primary as a core element of internal democracy should not be jettisoned. A source at the meeting held at the State House, Marina, Lagos, said Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, emphasised the importance of primary to democracy, admonishing party leaders to safeguard it in the preparation for the choice of standard bearers. The Progressives Governors’s Forum, led by Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu, unfolded plans last week to mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to support their push ...

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1Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Obaseki Should Prepare For Direct Primaries Or Quickly Decamp To PDP – Ize-iyamu

Prince John Mayaki, Director of Communication and Media, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, on Sunday admonished Governor Godwin Obaseki to prepare for direct primaries or hasten his move to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement made available to us, Mayaki said after futile attempts to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, Obaseki and his loyalists are now desperate to meet Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the APC whom the governor has made disparaging remarks about in the past. The statement reads: “The chips are down and the haughtiness of the man who said his ambition is non-negotiable has mellowed. His name is Godwin Obaseki and his emissaries, led by Osarodion Ogie, was seen meandering around Bourdillion yesterday, gearing ahead for APC Gover...

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30May By dthataNo Comments

Politics

More Trouble For Obaseki As Loyalists Plot To Abandon The Edo State Governor

With less than one month to the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary for the 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, there seems to be no let-up in the internal crisis rocking the camp of the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, as some of his loyalists within the party are said to be plotting to dump him in the build up to the primary election. Sources within the APC informed that there is an internal battle to stop the wave of exodus that is being planned by some of the people who were hitherto believed to be close to Obaseki but were clandestinely working against the second term ambition of the governor. The new agenda by these set of ‘loyalists’, as discovered by our correspondents, is to activate their plan, which is to dump the governor and move en-mass to the opposing side...

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30May By dthataNo Comments

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Those Who Brought Obaseki From Nowhere Can Look Elsewhere – Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu,

Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, says those who brought Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki to power, feel he has not performed up to expectation. Speaking on Channels Television’s "Politics Today" on Wednesday, Ize-Iyamu, who picked his nomination and expression of interest forms at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja earlier in the day, said under Obaseki there has been division, rancor and insecurity in the state. He had contested as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2016 but lost to Obaseki. Ize-Iyamu defected to the APC in the heat of the crisis between Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, and the incumbent governor. He said Oshiomhole is yet to endorse him but he would get the support of t...

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31Jan By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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Ize-iyamu Tells Tribunal To Declare Him Winner Of Edo Governorship Election

BENIN—PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 28, 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday, testified in the petition he and his party filed against the declaration of Mr. Godwin Obaseki of All Progressives Congress, APC, by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the winner of the election. Pastor Ize-Iyamu Led in evidence by Mallam Yusuf Alli (SAN) leading other legal practitioners for the petitioners, he reiterated his call on the election petitions tribunal to declare him the rightful winner of the poll. He claimed that the Second Respondent in the petition, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election even as he contended that Obaseki’s election was invalidated for alleged ...

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17Jan By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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Edo Election: Ize-iyamu, PDP Tenders Evidence At Tribunal

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 28 Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and his party on Monday commenced the tendering of documentary evidence in support of their petition at the ‎state election petitions tribunal. Ize-Iyamu and ‎the PDP are challenging the declaration of candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, as winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ahmed Badamasi, had on January 11 adjourned sitting to allow the parties sort out non-contentious documents to be tendered as evidence. At the resumption of sitting on Monday, the lead counsel to the petitioners, Yusuf Ali, told the tribunal that a total of 2,531 Form EC8As (result sheets) for ...

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18Nov By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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Ondo PDP Torn Apart By Protracted Litigation, Ego And Strife

For the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the situation in Ondo State is dicey. The future appears bleak. And unless the trend of setback is reversed, perilous times may be around the corner. The potential losers are not the two lawyers struggling for the governorship ticket, but other stakeholders and long standing members of the distressed party. Two years ago, the Ondo PDP was a strong platform. It prided itself as the party to beat in any critical election. Apart from controlling power in the Sunshine State, the Federal Government appeared to be a pillar of support. The opposition trembled before its formidable arsenal. But, no condition is permanent in life. Little did its leaders guess that its moment of trial was underway. Things seem to be falling apart for ruling party ahead o...

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