…followings, but their emergence from different political platforms means that any consensus arrangement involving either man would require difficult negotiations over the presidential ticket, party structure and the distribution of political interests within the proposed coalition. The G-100 has maintained that the ove…

…as the APC candidate for Gombe Central. His supporters had earlier rejected the party’s consensus arrangement that replaced him as the proposed APC candidate for the district, with his camp questioning the process. Goje’s latest comments appear to have further fuelled speculation about his political future, particularl…

…with the APC candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, who emerged through a consensus arrangement. He described internal division as one of the party’s major challenges. “The deeper challenge remains internal division. No amount of campaign technology can compensate for a fractured political family. We cannot cont…

…electoral integrity, you must start with the primaries," he said. According to him, consensus arrangements deny party members the right to freely choose their candidates, even though the Electoral Act allows both direct and consensus methods. The SAN also raised alarm over what he called growing threats to Nigeria's mu…

…party members to remain calm and reject what he described as premature claims about a consensus arrangement, insisting that the national leadership should formally declare the winner of the primary. Alli was reported to have defeated Adelabu and other aspirants, including former Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan, Senator A…

…the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been battling with arguments for and against the consensus arrangement adopted in determination of its National Assembly candidates, HAKEEM GBADAMOSI, in this report, writes on the circumstances that led to the failure of the arrangement and projects a way forward. The crisis tha…