Ahead of Saturday re-run poll in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to disrupt the election.

ILORIN—Ahead of Saturday re-run poll in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to disrupt the election.

It was just fifteen years ago that one woman dazzled the Anambra political establishment to its foundations. Mrs. Joy Emodi, the young, beautiful and articulate lawyer who had won recognition on account of her political prowess was set to upturn the apple cart in the 1998 governorship election having become the most formidable candidate on ground.

As part of measures to ensure harmonious relationship, the National Interim Executive, NIE, of All Progressives Congress, APC, has approved the establishment of state harmonisation committees.

Senator Mahmud Kanti Bello represented Katsina North Senatorial District between 2003 and 2011 and was Senate Majority Whip. In this interview with Vanguard, he spoke on the newly formed APC and its acceptability in the North. He also flayed President Goodluck Jonathan for failing to keep to the alleged one term agreement and insists that APC is the party for all Nigerians. Excerpts:

It was a fight long expected. However, no one expected the clash of egos between the Governor Ibikunle Amosun and Aremo Segun Osoba led factions of the party to manifest so early in the life of the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC.

CLAIMS of disenfranchisement and monetary inducement by some aspirants, have continued to trail the PDP governorship primaries conducted by the Ken Emeakayi-led faction of the party.

There is uneasy calm among northern political leaders following the registration of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, barely two weeks after the historic birth of the All Progressive Congress, APC.

After months of hustling, the contest to replace the two term governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi enters its final lap tomorrow with the governorship primaries of the main opposition party, PDP, while that of the ruling APGA will be on Monday. However, being Anambra State, the home of many political intrigues, tomorrow’s contest is expected to open political oddities that are bound to be exploited by Anambra’s professional politicians.

GUBERNATORIAL aspirant for Anambra governorship on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Godwin Ezeemo, has refuted claims that he stepped down for Senator Chris Ngige in the forthcoming state gubernatorial elections.

A chieftain of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Abdul Saibu, has berated the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state for blaming the recent kidnap of teachers on Governor Adam Oshomole’s declaration that teachers in the state were well paid.

ABUJA—All Progressives Party, declared Wednesday, that a large part of its agenda will focus on the Nigerian youth with particular attention to education, job creation, entrepreneurship skills, and vocational training.

AT least three persons sustained injuries at the collation center in Awka on Tuesday after the rerun of the ward congresses ordered by the PDP as supporters of some governorship aspirants fought over the list of delegates that emerged from the field. Meanwhile, it emerged that some aspirants were already pricing the delegates at the starting price of N20,000 per delegate.

MAKURDI —Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has described the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC, as an amalgamation of diverse interests that have nothing to offer Nigerians insisting that the party lacks the capacity to dethrone the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

It had long been predicted that the two big fishes in the APC, Senators Chris Ngige and his predecessor in the Senate, Senator Annie Okonkwo who are the driving forces in the new party would sooner than later clash over their individual governorship ambitions.