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The national convention of the All Progressives Congress begins in Lagos, Nigerias commercial nerve centre, today (Wednesday).

The presidential candidate of the party will emerge tomorrow (Thursday).

More than 8,000 accredited delegates are expected to elect the partys presidential flag bearer who is to face President Goodluck Jonathan, the sole candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, in the 2015 general elections.

Five aspirants are ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso; Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, and the Publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah. They are all vying for the partys sole ticket.

Already, supporters of Buhari and Atiku, the two leading aspirants, have appealed to the APC delegates to vote wisely.

Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso

Buharis supporters, under the aegis of Buhari Friends Organisation Network, at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, said todays (Wednesdays) APCs primaries offered a unique opportunity for party delegates to vote for change.

The spokesman for the group, St. Athanasius Okon, said Nigerians have not had it so bad since the return of democracy in 1999.

According to him, the nations economy is in a shambles while the ruling party carries on as if nothing is amiss.

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Publicity Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Joe Igbokwe

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress says it will not congratulate the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, because the events that led to his victory were allegedly dubious.

The publicity secretary of the party, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, said the PDP was a party of hypocrites because they were doing the same thing they had accused the APC of doing in the past.

The APC wondered how the number of votes could exceed the number of delegates that voted at the primary on Monday.

The APC said it was unfortunate that the PDP could not properly conduct a primary of less than 1,000 delegates when it (APC) successfully conducted a primary that had over 5,000 delegates in attendance last week.

It said the PDP had shown that it was not democratic as it went ahead to impose Agbaje despite the fact that another aspirant, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, had been making allegations about the plan for over a month.

The APC said, We cannot congratulate Agbaje yet because there is still infighting. The circumstances that led to the emergence of Agbaje were illegitimate and as a democratic party we will not encourage such by congratulating him.

You see how clear it was with our candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The body language of the PDP leaders had shown that they were supporting Agbaje and they went ahead to perpetrate fraud just as Obanikoro had predicted.

When asked if the APC would be willing to receive Obanikoro if he defected from the PDP, the party said, Obanikoro knows the best step that will favour him. If he feels his 10 years away from our party is regretful, he is free to return, we cannot reject him.

In a later statement, the party also welcomed the over 8,000 delegates from all over the country that would participate in the presidential primary of the party on Wednesday (today).

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One of the candidates in the just conducted All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Lagos state, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, has attributed the victory of the eventual winner of the election, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to aggressive campaign and intra-party popularity.

Ayinde, therefore, congratulated Ambode and pledged to support him as the party prepared for the February 2015 governorship polls.

His position was contained in a statement credited to his campaign organisations director of media and publicity, Peter Ajayi.

The statement read partly, As one of the contestants in the just conducted All Progressives Congress primary, I, Tayo Akinmade Ayinde, wish to congratulate Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for his victory at the party primary.

His rigorous campaign activities, hard work and popularity within the party have been rewarded with a landslide victory.

As a loyalist of the APC, the victory of one of us, is victory for all. I shall continue to work for the interest of our party.

Ayinde was also reported to have thanked the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, for providing what he described as an enabling environment and level playing ground for all of us.

He said, You (Tinubu) are a mentor and father of all. We shall continue to work with you for the interest and development of our great party and Nigeria.

While commending all the delegates who participated in the primary, Ayinde urged for unity in preparation for the February 2015 election.

He said, To all the members of the APC, the work has just started. What we just witnessed was an election within the party. The hurdle ahead is to win all elective positions in February, 2015. To achieve this, all hands must be on deck. All campaign structures should be collapsed into a more formidable one.

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The All Progressives Congress in Enugu State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of wilfully destroying the campaign posters and billboards of the APC candidates in the state.

The state chairman of the APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, who made the allegation at a news conference, said the party had already petitioned the security agencies over the development.

Nwoye said the destruction of APC billboards had intensified since the party elected Okey Ezea as its governorship candidate.

Nwoye said, Before the primary people were wondering if the PDP candidates were the only candidates in Enugu, but immediately after Okey Ezea emerged, we kicked off our publicity by mounting billboards.

The billboards were to advertise our candidate and to tell the world that here is our candidate.

Unfortunately, those who are interested in ensuring that there will be no democracy in Enugu and who have indeed found their own safe haven in PDP, who have perfected these acts of evil from 1999 to present, resurrected last night and went on a rampage and destroyed billboards mounted by us at Nsukka.

They also went to Obba and destroyed billboards mounted by our candidate for Igboeze North/Udenu Federal Constituency.

The APC chairman also alleged that the partys candidates and their supporters had been receiving death threats from an alleged PDP killer squad in the state.

He said, Before now, we get a lot of calls by members in Nsukka area, supporters of Okey Ezea, supporters of APC, have been receiving threats by the killer squad who have been groomed and put in place by the PDP leadership since 16 years ago.

They have perfected the act of intimidation and murderous movement.

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Enugu APC accuses PDP of destruction

The All Progressives Congress in Enugu State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of willfully destroying the campaign posters and billboards of its candidates.

The state chairman of the APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, who made the allegation at a news conference, said the party had already petitioned the security agencies over the development.

Nwoye said the destruction of APC billboards had intensified since the party elected Barr. Okey Ezea as its governorship candidate.

Before the primary people were wondering if the PDP candidates were the only candidates in Enugu, but immediately

Okey Ezea emerged, we kicked off our publicity by mounting billboards.

The billboards were to advertise our candidate, to tell the world that here is our candidate.

Unfortunately, those who are interested in ensuring that there will be no democracy in Enugu and who have indeed found their own safe haven in PDP, who have perfected these acts of evil from 1999to present, resurrected last night and went on a rampage and destroyed billboards mounted by us at Nsukka.

They also went to Obba and destroyed billboards mounted by our candidate for Igboeze North/UdenuFederal Constituency, Nwoye said.

The APC chairman also alleged that the partys candidates and their supporters have been receiving death threats from a PDP killer squad in the state.

He said, Before now we get a lot of calls by members in Nsukka area, supporters of Okey Ezea, supporters of APC, have been receiving threats by the killer squad who have been groomed and put in place by thePDP leadership, since 16 years ago.

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