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Kogi East PDP: Shock as Aidoko defeats other contestants in primary that never held

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Eyebrows are being raised in Kogi East Senatorial district following revelations that embattled Senator Attai Aidoko polled 712 votes to beat all other candidates at the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) primaries that never held. In what look s like akin to ‘results without examination,’ Aidoko is said to have polled 712 votes to beat his other aspirants in a contest that is at best a figment of the imagination of some compromised divisional party executives led by Sani Umoru (Divisional Chairman for Dekina), zonal exco (led by Alhaji Manman Pele) and a few other compromised Party members. “Call it impunity, bizarre, criminal, fraud or magic and you will be very correct but the revelation of a result for the PDP primaries Kogi-East Senatorial Primary election, which was scheduled to hold on 2nd October, 2018 but did not hold on account of resistance from stakeholders of the party, shows the desperation of Senator Aidoko to cling up to power,” one source wh...

Lagos Residents Protest; Call for Governor Ambode's Second Term

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Some residents of Lagos state, particularly Christians, are currently staging a protest along the busing Ikorodu road, demanding that the incumbent governor,  Akinwunmi Ambode , is allowed to run for a second term in office like his predecessors. Ambode is alleged to have fallen out of favor from his party leaders including APC National leader, Bola Tinubu, and may not fly the party’s flag at the governorship election next year if he fails to win the primaries