APC, PDP Pick Candidates for Kwara By-election

Date: 2018-11-06

Ahead of the November 17 bye-election to fill the vacant position of late Hon. Funke Adedoyin, who represented Ekiti/Isin/Oke-Ero/Ifelodun federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Abdulraheem Olawuyi, yesterday emerged through affirmation.

Also yesterday, Mr. Saheed Alatishe emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the federal constituency through affirmation.

Late Adedoyin died after a brief illness at an Abuja hospital September this year.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had last week fixed November 17 for the bye-election to replace Adedoyin. The APC primary took place in Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

Earlier, state Chairman of APC, Hon Bashir Bolarinwa, urged the party members to be united and work for the party's victory.

He added that members adopted a consensus mode as recognised by the party's constitution.

Bolarunwa, who said members should observe one minute silence for late Adedoyin, said she got to the National Assembly in 2015 on the platform of APC.

He added that "the election will be a test case for APC in the state. It will also afford us the opportunity to show Kwara people and Nigerians that in 2019, APC will take over the government."

Chairman of the APC electoral panel, Dr. Usman Zanna, hailed the conduct of the party members.

Zanna is optimistic that APC would emerge victorious at all levels in the 2019 elections.

He added that "if you are united and firm, nobody will be able to penetrate your ranks."

In his response, Olawuyi thanked the constituents for the confidence reposed in him.

He promised to be loyal party member, saying: "My joy knows no bound, and this is not because I am the best candidate, but for the confidence reposed in me."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bolakale Ayo     Kwara Polytechnic     Baakini     Isapa     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Lanre Badmus     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Moses Afolayan     James Ayeni     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Mohammed Abdulahi     General Hospital     Akanji     Rafiu Olasile     Olushola Saraki     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Nigeria Computer Society     Okasanmi Ajayi     Yaman     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Dairo Kunle Paul     Iponrin     Jimoh Akani     Peter Obi     Shururat Olatinwo     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Oba Abdulraheem     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Bature Bello     SSA Youth     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Haliru Yahaya     Issa Manzuma     Ayinde Oki     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Salaudeen Oyewale     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Tosin Saraki     ER-KANG Mining     Lotus Bank     Ndakene     Government House     Lukman Adeloyin     Kwara Restoration Project     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Kwara United     Alfa Belgore     Bashir Adigun     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Tanke Road     Jawondo     Millennium Development Goals     3MTT     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Monsurat Omotosho     Femi Oladiji     Wahab Abayawo     Magaji Nda     Iliasu     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Yoruba     Ekiti     Plat Technologies     Tunde Kazeem     Balogun Fulani     Suleiman Abubakar     Adebayo Salami     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Niyi Ogundiran     Muhammad Yahya     Binta Abubakar Mora     Hamid Bobboyi     Timothy Akangbe     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Idi-Ape     Ayinde Oyepitan     Imam Gambari     Isin     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Ladi Hassan     Elerin Of Adanla     Read With Me     Salami Adekunle     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Isiaka Gold     Lanwa     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Split Diamond Interchange     Ahmed Bayero     MMWG     Baba Issa Awoye     Wahab Egbewole     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Garba Ado Sanni     Kwara State Pension Board     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Titus Ashaolu     Lawal Olohungbebe     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Musbau A. Akanji     Kabir Shagaya     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Bola Tinubu     Alimi     Oke-Ero     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Olateju Lukman     Rafiu Olasile     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Kisra     Ahmed \'Lateef     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Ogbondoroko     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Ejidongari     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Olokoba Sulyman     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Magaji Erubu     Ojo Isekuse     Moji Makanjuola     Rapheal Ashaolu     AGM Professional Services     LAK Jimoh     Aliyu Adebayo     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Suleiman Abubakar     Bankole Omisore     A.E. Afolabi     Ifelodun     Sunset Workers     Kulende-UITH     Yakubu Gobir     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Abdullahi Atanda     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Yekeen Alabi     Lanre Aremu     Haleeman Salman     Wasiu Onidugbe     Nigeria Computer Society     Kwabes     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Dan-Kazeem     Oba Of Jebba