Lagos APC defies NWC, declares Sanwo-Olu governorship candidate
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ebri had said that the primary would be rescheduled as the state chapter has no power to conduct the party governorship primary election on its own2 breaking news2 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the announcement was in contrast of the pronouncement of the electoral panel which had declared that election did not hold in lagos2 nan reports that both parties had on monday at a meeting disagreed on the pattern of primary to adopt without reaching a consensus2 balogun thanked party members for coming out en masse to participate in the primary saying that their participation reflected their belief in democracy2 i am aware that conflicting information has been circulating on our primary election but i must tell you that the election was held and it was free and fair2 it would be very painful to disenfranchise the over 1.5 million members who voted across the 245 wards in the state2 at the end of the exercise mr babajide sanwo-olu polled 970 851 votes and gov. akinwunmi ambode scored 72 901 votes.with this mr babajide is declared winner2 i thank party members for participating in the election and their dedication to democracy he said2 apc lagos state @apclagos1 this was contrary to the position of the clement ebri-led national working committee appointed electoral panel which had earlier nullified the election that produced sanwo-olu as winner1 announcing the results to newsmen in ikeja balogun said that sanwo-olu polled 970 851 votes to defeat gov. akinwunmi ambode who polled 72 901 votes1 however the lagos state chairman of the party alhaji tunde balogun announced sanwo-olu as the winner of the primary1 watch the declaration here1 the lagos state chapter of the all progressives congress apc has declared mr babajide sanwo-olu as winner of tuesdays governorship primary1 the state party cbairman hon tunde balogun announced at the state party secretariat acme just now the results as follows1 akinwunmi ambode 729011 babajide sanwo olu9708511 babajide sanwo olu emerged as the party candidate1 meanwhile the national leadership of apc said it had postponed the governorship primary in lagos state indefinitely to douse tension generated within the party in the state1

Festering PDPs crisis is SDPs gains
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breaking news2 that was what recommended the social democratic party. as we are moving in as part of it everybody is equal nobody is bigger than the other and there is room for people and others coming behind because there are so many other groups coming from all over the place and different parties that are still coming in1 reports say that a memorandum of understanding mou was signed on thursday at sheraton hotel abuja by the defecting members other political parties and other groups to dissolve into the sdp1 former minister of education prof. tunde adeniran and former minister of information prof jerry gana who are members of pdps bot are aggrieved1 adeniran who was edged out of the national chairmanship contest in december confirmed their defection1 he said they decided to leave pdp because they needed a platform among other things that is not owned by one or few individuals1 though he expressed satisfaction with the reconciliation team led by the bayelsa state governor but had been constrained to leave pdp because his supporters from the south-west were miffed by the way wike insulted them on the eve of the national convention1 i am a member of the sdp and we have taken a decision to move to the sdp. what has happened is this there are those of us who believe in genuine internal party democracy who believe in social justice equity fairness and honesty in politics and are irrevocably and uncompromisingly against impunity imposition and corruption1 we formed what we called new political order. most of us came in from the pdp some came in from some other parties groups social activist and so on1 those of us in the pdp felt that the pdp has gone beyond what could be redeemed in terms of its commitment to what we thought should be things of the past. but we realised that we would not be able to get justice for the people and for the things that we should be running away from and would not move this country forward1 so we thought we needed a different platform that will respect the dignity of man that will be honest in all its dealings a platform where the love of country genuine patriotism and interest of the masses of the people is supreme a party that will not be easily purchasable by one individual or group of individuals1 so those of us who believe in the future generations and the youths and the rights of women to be respected and given their rightful place in society and in the politics of the land we felt we needed a platform that will provide opportunity for this and we considered some new parties and some existing parties and among the various parties that we considered we also thought of those that are likely to encourage national spread that will not promote ethnicity a party that abhors internal crisis a1 many of the aggrieved members especially some members of the board of trustees bot of the party are reported to have defected to the social democratic party sdp1 he said that though the pdps reconciliation committee was headed by a very honourable honest nice and patriotic man but the committee did not do much1 he told newspaper he is someone i respect a lot. i admire his style of leadership. he meant well no question about that. but after all that was done you know politics is about people. we represent people and so forth1 i am from the south west i have gone back to my people and they felt so insulted by some people within the pdp and they said they do not believe that they can relate and deal with people who have no regard or respect for them1 other reports on the state of pdp are trending in social media including twitter1 tunde adeniran why i left pdp with my supporters1 today @todayng1 some tweets say that sdp may have emerged as third force obj ibb apc faction pdp faction 36 parties 6governors 10 ex governor 15 senators jerry gana tunde adeniran defect to sdp the last-ditch effort by politicians sympathetic to the peoples democratic party pdp.1 the acrimony caused by the december national convention of the opposition peoples democratic party pdp has continued to fester in spite of moves to mend the fences1 sdp emerges as third force obj ibb apc faction pdp faction 36 parties 6governors 10 ex governor 15 senators 26reps more loading jerry gana tunde adeniran defect to sdp the last-ditch effort by politicians sympathetic to the peoples democratic party pdp.1 nura othman @nuraothman21 sourcewith additional reports1