FAYEMI HOLDS THE ACE

 APC Presidential Primary: 

As South-west Shortlist Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fayemi

By Lanre Olaleye

There are strong indications that Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi is favoured to pick the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of other presidential aspirants from the Southern region of the country.

This development is coming on the heels of the public declaration of 11 Northern governors that the Southern region must be given the right to pick the APC presidential ticket.

The Northern governors who met in Abuja on Saturday reasoned that power must shift to the South in recognition of the party's internal policy. The governors in a communique said they sought for power shift to the south in the interest of building a stronger, more united and more progressive country.

They therefore asked Buhari to pick his successor from southern states.

They said: “APC governors and political leaders from the northern states

'I'M NOT AN EMPEROR'

Dapo Abiodun Hits Back at Tinubu

Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State, has stated that he is not an emperor by any stretch of the imagination, less than 24 hours after Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), made a remark.

I DID NOT DISRESPECT BUHARI

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a presidential candidate running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that he holds President Muhammadu Buhari in the highest regard.

EX-CONVICT

 Lagos 2023: 

Convicted Fugitive, Hakeem Dickson, Is ACCORD Party’s Guber Candidate

A former chairman of Surulere Local Government, who is on the run for credit card fraud inthe United States, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the ACCORD Party in Lagos.

Hakeem Dickson, who fled the U.S. in 1991 to escape a 24-year jail term, emerged via a nomination by 500 delegates of the party at the primaries held at the Lagos Airport Hotel Ikeja.

MORE HEADS TO ROLL!

Embattled Former AGF Names Accomplices In N200B Sleaze

The investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission into the about N200billion fraud probe of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, are bringing up more names of top officials in the Muhammadu Buhari government, who are likely also to face probe.