BREAKING: Adamawa APC Adopts Gov Bindow As Sole Candidate, Tells Ribadu, Buhari's In-Law To Perish Ambition
Buhari's in-law Modi was at the APC
state secretariat on Monday to formally
declare his governorship aspiration, and
was assured by party chairman Bilal that
the party was positively disposed to
picking its candidate through a credible
primary process.
Ibrahim Bilal, Chairman of All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, has
announced the resolution of the party to
adopt Jibirilla Bindow, Governor of the state,
as candidate for the state’s governorship
election in 2019.
Accordingly, Bilal mocked all others aspiring to
challenge the Governor's seat, describing them
as mere jesters.
The Chairman blatantly dropped the bombshell
Saturday afternoon at the party's
secretariat barely five days after he assured
Buhari's In-law, Mahmood Halilu Ahmed, better
known as Modi, of a level playing field.
Modi was at the APC state secretariat on
Monday to formally declare his governorship
aspiration, and was assured by Bilal that the
party was positively disposed to picking its
candidate through a credible primary process.
Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimess Commission (EFCC) is also
known to be interested.
Bilal, this time, played host to Governor
Bindow, who was accompanied by a large
crowd, including virtually all elected public
officers in the state, to formally declare
intention to vie for a second term.
Bindow's formal declaration coincided with
mourning in a section of the state, where a
pastor and his family members were among 24
who died after their boat capsized while
fleeing from herdsmen on rampage in four
communities in Numan Local Government Area
of the state.
Bilal vehemently opposed all those seeking
Bindow’s office, saying: “The State Working
Committee and all other organs of the party
down to ward level have bonded and pledged
unalloyed loyalty to Governor Bindow".
He added that the state EXCO has adopted a
new slogan that reads: "APC! Bindow!"
He described other aspirants as “opponents
of the current party officials in the state,”
saying politics is all about “who supported
your own aspiration in the past”.
"Let me state without mincing words that
Adamawa APC EXCO, from state to ward level,
belong to Bindow. And in any case, we are
ready, even if it will be by direct primary,
we're not perturbed; we're well able to return
Bindow.
“Governor Bindow stood by us and ensured
our emergence during the last congresses,
therefore this, to us, is payback time; we'll
return Bindow come what may.”
On his part, Bindow said he was confident of
winning the APC ticket, citing the calibre of
political heavyweights in his support group.
“The challenge and fight against me were
borne out of envy,” he added.
state secretariat on Monday to formally
declare his governorship aspiration, and
was assured by party chairman Bilal that
the party was positively disposed to
picking its candidate through a credible
primary process.
Ibrahim Bilal, Chairman of All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, has
announced the resolution of the party to
adopt Jibirilla Bindow, Governor of the state,
as candidate for the state’s governorship
election in 2019.
Accordingly, Bilal mocked all others aspiring to
challenge the Governor's seat, describing them
as mere jesters.
The Chairman blatantly dropped the bombshell
Saturday afternoon at the party's
secretariat barely five days after he assured
Buhari's In-law, Mahmood Halilu Ahmed, better
known as Modi, of a level playing field.
Modi was at the APC state secretariat on
Monday to formally declare his governorship
aspiration, and was assured by Bilal that the
party was positively disposed to picking its
candidate through a credible primary process.
Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimess Commission (EFCC) is also
known to be interested.
Bilal, this time, played host to Governor
Bindow, who was accompanied by a large
crowd, including virtually all elected public
officers in the state, to formally declare
intention to vie for a second term.
Bindow's formal declaration coincided with
mourning in a section of the state, where a
pastor and his family members were among 24
who died after their boat capsized while
fleeing from herdsmen on rampage in four
communities in Numan Local Government Area
of the state.
Bilal vehemently opposed all those seeking
Bindow’s office, saying: “The State Working
Committee and all other organs of the party
down to ward level have bonded and pledged
unalloyed loyalty to Governor Bindow".
He added that the state EXCO has adopted a
new slogan that reads: "APC! Bindow!"
He described other aspirants as “opponents
of the current party officials in the state,”
saying politics is all about “who supported
your own aspiration in the past”.
"Let me state without mincing words that
Adamawa APC EXCO, from state to ward level,
belong to Bindow. And in any case, we are
ready, even if it will be by direct primary,
we're not perturbed; we're well able to return
Bindow.
“Governor Bindow stood by us and ensured
our emergence during the last congresses,
therefore this, to us, is payback time; we'll
return Bindow come what may.”
On his part, Bindow said he was confident of
winning the APC ticket, citing the calibre of
political heavyweights in his support group.
“The challenge and fight against me were
borne out of envy,” he added.
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