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Bayelsa guber ticket: David Lyon asks APC for right of first refusal

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David Lyon, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor in Bayelsa state in the 2019 election, has asked the party’s national leadership to give him the right of first refusal before the party’s primary on April 10.

Lyon said this yesterday when talking to reporters after turning in his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms.

Lyon was named the winner of the 2019 governor’s race, but the Supreme Court threw out his election a day before he was to be sworn in.

The top court said that his running mate, Degi Eremienyo Wangagra, gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) a fake certificate. It also noted that Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who came in second in the election, should be given a certificate of return, making him governor-elect.

Lyon said, “With profound gratitude and great humility, I just submitted my nomination and intent form to contest the primaries for the governorship election of Bayelsa state under the platform of our great party, APC.

“Allow me to request our great party APC to grant me the right of first refusal regarding our party primaries date as outlined by the national headquarters.”

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Don’t Use NLC’s Platform, Funds To Pursue Your 2027 Ambition – Abure Knocks Ajaero

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that National Chairman of Labour Party, LP, Comrade Julius Abure, has told the President of the nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero not to use the platform, funds and resources of the NLC to pursue his ambition of either becoming the president of the country in 2027 or governor of Imo State.

Abure stated this at Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday while reacting to the shutting down of the Labour Party’s National Headquarters by protesting members of the NLC who demanded for his immediate removal as National Chairman of the party.

He said the “picketing” of the party’s office was politically motivated, describing it as a show of rascality and abuse of office and the laws of the land.

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Why I Withdrew From Ondo Guber Race — Eyitayo Jegede

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state in 2020, Chief Eyitayo Jegede, on Thursday, said he withdrew from the 2024 governorship race to give room for unity and ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming governorship election.

Jegede who noted that disunity has not allowed any candidate from that party to win the governorship race in the state, said he chose to sacrifice his ambition for the development of the party.

This is just as a group within the party, PDP Crusader, hailed the decision of Jegede to step aside in the forthcoming governorship election in the state in order to build a strong and united party that can send the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) packing in the state.

The Coordinator of the PDP Crusader, Hon Mayokun Akinmoladun, said the group was ready to follow and support Jegede in any decision he took on the party’s primary and the November 16 governorship election.

Akinmoladun said the most important thing to the party is to come together and rescue the state, noting that the party was not being run the way it was supposed to be.

He said the party may go into extinction if care is not taken, and commended Jegede for financing the party since it lost the governorship seat some eight years ago.

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El-Rufai Visits SDP Office Amid Rumour Of Defection (Update)

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that Ahead of the 2027 general elections, former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El- Rufai on Wednesday visited the Abuja National Secretariat of the Social Democratic Party, SDP.

A source said El-Rufai paid a consultation visit to the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam.

The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He was nominated for a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s administration but was not confirmed by the Senate.

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