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The All Progressives Congress candidate for Obokun State Constituency to the Osun State House of Assembly in the 2015 election, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has described his emergence as divine intervention and the goodwill of men.

In a statement on Saturday, Oyintiloye also attributed his emergence to the maturity of co-aspirants and his own dedication to grassroot development.

He said this after he was declared the partys candidate for the constituency on Wednesday.

He said, This is a lesson that when you exercise unflinching commitment to leadership, party and the people and you contribute to the development of your party and at the grass root, there would also be a moment of remembrance.

So, my emergency is as a result of dedication, service to the people and having an impact on the grass root.

Oyintiloye, who further described his emergence as a call to value added service, said with the collaboration of other aspirants and members of the party, he was sure of the victory in the 2015 election.

He commended the maturity and understanding of other aspirants, party leaders and members, pledging that he would do everything possible to protect the interest of all and work with all stakeholders to win the poll for the APC.

He promised to give quality representation to the people of his constituency if he eventually emerged winner at the general election.

Oyintiloye noted that he accepted to take the baton from a colleague, who had contributed his quota in the Assembly to raise the flag of the party higher and defend the cause of the defenceless.

My emergence is a product of collective success, collective efforts and collective labour; its not about Oyintiloye, its about the fortune of our party, the betterment of our constituency and raising the profile of all the stakeholders, he added.

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The All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that the choice of its presidential running mate will be made within the context of the best democratic ideals, just like that of its presidential candidate.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party urged Nigerians to ignore the widespread and misleading reports in the traditional and social media about the choice of the APC presidential running mate, saying the party has yet to even meet, not to talk of picking a running mate.

It described the reports that a running mate has been picked to run with the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as unnecessarily sensational, downright speculative and totally misleading.

We are using this opportunity to tell Nigerians to pray for us as we seek to pick a running mate for our presidential candidate. This is because this choice is not just for us but for all of Nigeria, APC said

The party said everyone of the candidates who have been speculated as a running mate to Gen. Buhari is unquestionably competent to be a Vice President or even President, adding, however, that no choice has yet been made by the party.

We are glad with the feedback we have received from Nigerians on the transparent and rancour-free manner in which our presidential primaries was organized. We are assuring Nigerians that the choice of our presidential running mate will also be guided by best democratic ideals.

We appreciate the nationwide interest that the choice of our presidential candidate and his running mate has generated. It is a mark of the confidence that Nigerians repose in us. We assure that we will not disappoint our compatriots who have seen our party as the agent of the change they so much crave, it said.

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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Akin Oke, has expressed his disappointment at a former governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, for his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the Labour Party, instead of the ruling APC.

Alao-Akala had joined the LP on the day the PDP held its governorship primary election in Ibadan the state capital, in protest against the outcome of the exercise.

Oke, while speaking on the development, wondered why Alao-Akala made the decision when his chances of success were brighter in the APC.

While recognising Alao-Akala as a political heavyweight in the state, Oke said although APC might not give the ex-governor its governorship ticket, he would have gotten a senatorial ticket and with bright chances of success at the polls.

Oke said, Incidentally, Alao-Akala is my brother; we come from the same town and zone. I know his weight, he has a formidable weight. But I think he miscalculated by going to LP and he is going to regret it.

If I were in his shoes, rather than go to the LP, I would have gone to the APC, since he is aggrieved with the PDP. I know he will eventually regret his decision.

Oke added that most governors with eight-year tenures ended up in the Senate. He said the APC would have given him the chance to achieve that easily.

Surely, we could have given him the senatorial ticket but with the place he has gone to, I am very sure he cannot win. It is going to cost him more and he will still not win. That is why I think he will regret the decision later.

I dont know who advised him to take that decision but I know that whoever talked him into it gave him a wrong impression, said Oke.

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Facts emerged on Friday that the All Progressives Grand Alliance has compelled members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the party to sign an undertaking before they would be given the partys tickets.

Scores of the aggrieved members of the PDP had on Tuesday shunned the reconciliation committee headed by King Amalate Turner and picked the tickets of APGA to fly the flag of the party to contest the 2015 elections.

The PDP members such as a former President of the Ijaw Youth Congress, Mr. Jonjon Oyeinfa, and a former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Zuwa Kodugah, picked the tickets to represent their various constituencies at the next general election in the state on the platform of APGA.

Kodugah, until recently, was a commissioner for State Capital Development under the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson.

However, it was learnt that APGA accepted the defecting PDP members on the condition that they would sign an undertaking, promising that they would not abandon the party when elected into the state and national assemblies in 2015.

The APGA state chairman, Mr. John Sokare, while intimating journalists on the development, said though acts of defection by politicians was not new to Nigerian politics, APGA had insisted that all flag bearers of the party must sign an undertaking to abide by the partys constitution.

Sokare said, We have laid out our conditions for the state and National Assembly aspirants. In spite of the fact that we are friendly and disposed to the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, we asked them to abide by our party rules on performance.

We also asked them to develop a new disposition to infrastructural development, women and youths empowerment, and they should be accessible to the people when elected into office.

They will be formally made to sign an undertaking on all of these and our disposition to issue of cross-carpeting after being elected on our platform as a party.

On the claim that the mass defection of PDP members into the fold of APGA was influenced by the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, Sukare dismissed the claim as fictitious, insisting that those elected as flagbearers of the party were committed and needed a platform to actualise their dream of contributing to the development of the state.

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