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Ekiti poll: After mass defections, what hope for PDP? by Wole Olujobi

Freedom Reporter — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:16:07 +0000

In the last four years, the colour and shape of politics in Ekiti State have changed so much that many hybrids of political persuasion have emerged, making it difficult to sustain the political philosophy that underpins conservatism and progressivism, the two traditions that characterise political cleavage among Nigerian political partisans. In Ekiti State, these tendencies […]

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‘Fake’ agents arrested at Ekiti APC guber primary

Femi Adewale — Sat, 12 May 2018 12:15:03 +0000

Two fake agents have been arrested at the venue of Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Ado-Ekiti. They were arrested on Saturday with fake ‘agent tags’. When they were accosted by security agents, they claimed to have been contracted by one of the aspirants who later denied knowing them. Charms and red […]

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Ekiti APC leaders: No to direct primaries

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:33:16 +0000

May 9, 2018 The Chairman, Ekiti All Progressives Congress Gubernatorial Primaries Committee Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Dear Sir, SERIOUS OBJECTION TO THE USE OF DIRECT PRIMARIES OPTION IN THE RESCHEDULED EKITI GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES 1. We the undersigned on behalf of the concerned delegates and leaders in Ekiti State APC write to seriously object to the suggestion […]

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Police arraign man over alleged disruption of Ekiti APC governorship primary election

Femi Adewale — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:13:17 +0000

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 50-year-old man, ‎Ojo Olakunle, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly disrupting the Ekiti APC governorship primary. Olakunle, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of destruction of ballot box, interference on the ballot box and act in a disorderly manner. The Police Prosecutor, SP. […]

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Tinubu, Akande, Osoba to Ekiti APC governorship aspirants: Shun all manners of sharp practices

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:53:10 +0000

EKITI STATE FRESH GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY ELECTION AND THE CLARION CALL OF APC LEADERS FROM THE SOUTH WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE Concerned by the developments within the Ekiti State Chapter of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), with respect to the huge number of Governorship Aspirants and the botched primary election of Saturday, 5th May, 2018, […]

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Police take over Ekiti APC secretariat as primary crisis rages

Femi Adewale — Mon, 07 May 2018 23:05:52 +0000

The protests that greeted Saturday’s inconclusive governorship primary of the All Progressives (APC) in Ekiti State took a new turn on Monday as the police moved in to seal off the party’s secretariat. Protesters, who claimed to be sympathetic to the aspiration of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, had besieged […]

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Al-Makura submits report as APC vows to disqualify aspirants guilty of disrupting Ekiti governorship primary

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Mon, 07 May 2018 23:01:15 +0000

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that aspirants whose supporters disrupted Saturday´s governorship primary election in Ekiti State would be disqualified from the race. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, shortly after the party’s leadership received report of the primary from […]

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