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Adams Oshiomhole, former Edo State Governor has accused Christians in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of not doing enough to support a Christian emerge as the presidential candidate during the primary. The former APC national chairman accused some Christians in the party of working against the ambition of APC presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 election. According to Oshiomhole, the criticisms against the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket were uncalled for. Oshiomhole during an interaction with journalists in Abuja on Thursday said Nigeria’s issues were beyond religious differences. The Edo ex-governor described the position of critics to the emergence of Senator Kaskim Shettima as Tiubu’s running mate as blackmail. See Also: 2023 Election: No ...

Abdullahi Adamu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman has blamed the party’s defeat at the Osun State Governorship Election on internal crisis. Adamu said the defeat of the party was not due to a lack of capacity to emerge victorious but due to internal wranglings that deemed their chances. He stated this during an interview on Tuesday with BBC Hausa. See Also: Aregbesola Deletes Facebook Post on Osun Election Recall that Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled a total of 403,371 votes to defeat the present governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of the ruling APC. Oyetola garnered 375,027 votes to finish second. Reacting to the outcome, Adamu said, “We lost the race not because we are incapable but because of the crisis within. We had a massi...