Rabiu Kwankwaso, the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, is accused of threatening to leave the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), however the movement has addressed this.

Habibu Mohammed, the party’s spokesperson, stated in a statement that Kwankwaso has never threatened to quit the party over the candidates’ replacements.

The group called the conjecture “rumors.”

“Kwankwaso never made an NDC exit threat. The Kwankwasiyya Movement and its leader are not complaining, according to the statement.

According to reports, the Kwankwasiyya Movement would leave the party if loyalists who had previously been selected by the bloc were removed.

Recall that the rumors surfaced after the group substituted a number of candidates, allegedly violating an earlier power-sharing agreement. Mohammed denied the accusations.

The group’s spokesperson said that the winners were confirmed the same day and that the party primaries were held on May 29 in accordance with the Electoral Act and INEC regulations.

He claimed that the NDC members and stakeholders had previously decided on a consensus model when needed, adopted candidates in accordance with it, and presented the list without internal disputes.

Kwankwaso had not expressed any complaints to the party regarding the initiative, he continued.

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In a demonstration before the Federal High Court in Abuja, members of the David Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) called on the judiciary to refrain from being used to suppress opposition parties in Nigeria.

The protest coincides with the ongoing legal dispute between the group led by Nafiu Bala and the ADC lead by David Mark.

The demonstrators claimed that Bala’s action, which the Supreme Court remanded to the Federal High Court, was a ruse to divert attention away from the opposing political party.

Recall that in April, INEC de-recognized David Mark’s leadership of the party after the Supreme Court overturned an order from the Court of Appeal in Abuja instructing the parties to preserve the status quo ante bellum in the leadership struggle.

In a five-member panel’s unanimous decision, the Supreme Court directed the parties to return to the Federal High Court for a prompt hearing of the lawsuit brought by Nafiu Bala, a chieftain who felt wronged.

Details to come.

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Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Kwankwaso has kicked against a reported move by leadership of the party to drop some party candidates loyal to Kwankwaso.

It was learnt that NDC has replaced some of the candidates earlier submitted by the Kwankwasiyya faction in Kano State, over an alleged breach of a power-sharing agreement.

A document purportedly signed by Kano State Chairman of the party, Hon. Hussaini Isah Mairiga, said the changes were made to reflect the earlier agreement on the distribution of party positions and elective tickets between the existing NDC structure and the Kwankwasiyya bloc.

The document, copied to the NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, leader of Kwankwasiyya, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the party’s North-West Zonal Chairman, changed the list of both federal and state house assembly candidates.

When contacted on Monday, the Kwankwassiyya Movement’s national spokesman, Habib Mai-Lemo, dismissed the document arguing that due process was followed before aspirants from the camp of Mr. Kwankwaso became candidates.

Mai-Lemo said the Kwankwassiyya Movement will for now, treat the report as a rumour, considering that the state chairman of the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC were part of the processes that produced the affected candidates.

“I also saw on social media that some candidates are being dropped a week after the primaries were conducted,” he said.

“It wasn’t Kwankwaso who sold nomination forms, it was the party and therefore processes were followed either through consensus or primary election.

“All candidates were involved in the process from start to finish. ‘While the processes were going on we never had any complaints from anyone. We didn’t block nobody to buy the forms cause the first place we didn’t sell the forms.

“All the candidates went through due processes. “We are waiting to see if it is true or not, we don’t know where this issue is coming from as we have not seen a copy of the letter that is supposed to be signed by the State Chairman of the NDC”.

“We know the state played a part in the process. “So for now, we are treating it as a rumour. He was around on the day of consensus, even INEC was around.

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Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has been accused of hijacking party structure in the North West

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the party’s Northwest Vice Chairman Mohammed Rabiu Serina and Kano State Chairman Hussaini Isa Mariga, respectively.

They accused the former Kano state governor of barring non-Kwankwasiyya members from contesting for elective offices on its platform.

The duo stated that they are pioneer members of the party, appointed by the party’s National Leader, former Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, before the party was registered and subsequently confirmed as substantive officers at congresses and the national convention.

Serina and Mariga also said they helped build the party structures across Kano State and the North West before Kwankwaso and his supporters joined the party.

“The problems started when Kwankwaso wanted to take over the party structure in Kano State in the state congresses.

“The disagreement led to the intervention of the party’s national leader, Seriake Dickson who convened a meeting and brokered an agreement which gave Kwankwaso and his supporters 60 per cent control of the party structure in Kano while the party retained 40 per cent,” the party officials said.

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Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has stated that the 2027 election will be as tough as the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

He said this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

The politician was reminded of the brewing storm against his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the likes of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Seyi Makinde all in the presidential race.

When asked if the APC and President Bola Tinubu can survive the storm coming in 2027, he said, “I am not that worried about it but at the same time I do not take opponents for granted.

“I have said this severally on TV, and that is the mistake most of us are making especially those around Mr President: having problems telling him the facts. We’re going to fight it out together, it can be rough like the WWE, it’s going to be a rough fight.

“As I said, even when I said we are going to reciprocate what the president did to us, many people that I didn’t expect to call me, called and shouted at me.

‘The president is my president, he is in my party, we’re going to struggle it out together, this is not the first time, Peter Obi has tried before, Atiku has tried before. And who else? “They are not green in the ring.”

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Ehiozuwa Agbonayinwa, a senatorial aspirant of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Edo South, has said he regrets leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the NDC.

A former member of the House of Representatives, Agbonayinwa said his movement to the NDC had become from frying pan to hellfire.

He spoke during an interview on Arise News’ News Day, it was reported Friday.

Agbonayinwa said he won the NDC senatorial primary for Edo South but was being denied the chance to appear on the ballot.

He said the party conducted a direct primary after aspirants could not agree on a consensus candidate.

“I’ve moved from frying pan to hellfire,” said Agbonayinwa. We had the direct primary after we couldn’t find consensus. And we couldn’t do that, they kept us in the room at the time with all other contestants for us to step down for each other.

“We went through intense processes. I know they are new, but this is something I have never had with APC or PDP. Never. where people were asked to go for the primary… The primary was conducted today, June 5, and elections have not been announced.” May 29 was the day the primary was conducted.

The former governorship aspirant alleged that the national leader of the NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, encouraged him to buy the senatorial expression of interest and nomination forms.

He however said Dickson had later denied ever asking him to do so.

“The national leader of NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, who is a very good friend and brother to me for many years,” Agbonayinwa added. We’re colleagues. He was governor, now senator, a brother I hold in deep respect.

When we were to leave NDC, I called him. He sent it to me and said I should go to the house.

“I went to his house, and he said, ‘Why can’t you go to the Senate under NDC?’ I say I will think about it, and for me, I was going for the House of Reps but when he offered that, I started thinking, I say I will consult with my leaders, which I did, and I told him, thank you.

“But to my greatest surprise, the same man who asked me to go and buy the form, we had a meeting this morning and he said he never said so.”

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The former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has accused the opposition coalition of shortchanging Nigerians’ expectations.

Dalung was quoted to have said this in an interview on Friday, when he featured as a guest on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.

He lamented that the coalition that would have saved Nigeria in the 2027 general elections has been overtaken by greed.

The split among opposition leaders dashed Nigerians’ expectations, he said.

The former minister said: “Greed has taken over. Then you see the flowering of individual ambition and interest, and the list of presidential candidates seems endless.

“The opposition political elites are more interested in their personal ambition to access power and that is why they are fragmented from one political party to the other.

“Nigeria has reverted to the politics of the First Republic where regions had their own political parties. The election is already split on those lines, since almost all the zones have presidential hopefuls.

“So ultimately in 2027 we might have a serious confusion as we move forward to election, because everybody now is going to hold on to his region. The candidates will focus on votes from their respective regions.”

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Member representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has alleged that plans are underway to deregister major opposition political parties ahead of 2027 election.

He raised the alarm at a press conference in Abuja.

The lawmaker warned that any attempt to deregister opposition parties could throw the country into political crisis and jeopardize Nigeria’s democracy.

The federal lawmaker said unnamed political actors were using the courts in a bid to weaken political competition before the next elections by hunting down opposition parties.

He also mentioned the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Peoples Party (APP) and Accord Party and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

The decision was to prevent opposition candidates from being able to participate effectively in the upcoming elections, he said.

“What kind of anarchy you want this country to go through?

“You cannot deregister political parties few months to elections and expect Nigerians to sit down and do nothing. “You are playing with fire,” Ugochinyere asked.

He said parties such as ADC, Accord and APP have met the constitutional requirements by winning electable positions including seats in the councilorship.

“The Constitution is very clear. Once a party wins a single councillorship seat, the issue of deregistration does not arise,” he said.

Ugochinyere also cited previous rulings of the Federal High Courts in Uyo and Awka and rulings of the Court of Appeal which he said confirmed that parties that met the constitutional thresholds could not be deregistered.

He said parties such as ADC, Accord and APP had already met constitutional requirements of winning elective positions including councillorship seats.

“The Constitution is very clear. Once a party wins a single councillorship seat, the issue of deregistration does not arise,” he said.

Ugochinyere also referred to previous decisions of the Federal High Courts in Uyo and Awka, and rulings of the Court of Appeal, which he said supported the fact that parties that met constitutional requirements could not be deregistered.

He also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission not to appeal the recent Federal High Court ruling on some parts of the electoral timetable, warning that it could cast a cloud on the 2027 elections.

“Confusion is not something the country can afford at this critical moment.

“Appealing this judgment will create tension, uncertainty and doubts about the credibility of the elections,” he said.

The lawmaker implored President Bola Tinubu, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the National Judicial Council and security agencies to preserve the sanctity of democratic institutions and guarantee political inclusiveness ahead of the 2027 polls.

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Violence broke out at a meeting of stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja on Saturday.

It was gathered that the crisis started when party stakeholders including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senator, Ireti Kingibe met before distribution of materials for the senatorial primary held on Saturday.

The Chairman of the election committee, Abubakar Adams Chika and the secretary, David Godwin had summoned the stakeholders to the FCT chapter of the party’s secretariat to explain the process for the exercise.

But one Tijani Mubarak and four others were said to have invaded the peaceful gathering, disturbing the meeting with sticks.

The video online shows Tijani confronting the committee chairman immediately over the refusal to honour an invitation to a private discussion and a heated exchange ensued.

Tijani was said to be against the election of Ireti as the party’s candidate for the FCT senatorial election but she was declared winner of the primary election.
Meanwhile, the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has declared himself the most qualified and electable presidential aspirant in ADC ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation, said his experience in leadership and relative youth give him an edge over other aspirants scrambling for the party’s presidential ticket.

He spoke on Friday in an interview on Arise Television.

The ADC presidential race has former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and former Northern Nigeria Development Company boss, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.

When asked why the ADC should vote for him over other aspirants, Amaechi said he had served in major leadership positions which gave him an edge.

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Fresh political tension is brewing in Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency following reports that Hon. George Olawande, popularly known as Omogeye, may be planning to dump the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The development, which has sparked widespread reactions among party loyalists and residents of the constituency, is believed to be connected to growing dissatisfaction over the lawmaker’s performance at the House of Representatives and fears of a difficult primary election within the NDC.

Political stakeholders within Amuwo Odofin alleged that Hon. Olawande is exploring alternative political options as pressure continues to mount from party members demanding a new direction for the constituency.

According to sources within the political camp, several aspirants and grassroots groups have intensified calls for fresh and more responsive leadership ahead of the next election cycle.

Critics of the lawmaker have accused him of poor constituency engagement, inadequate visibility, and failure to attract meaningful developmental projects to the area.

Many residents insist that the constituency deserves stronger representation capable of addressing pressing community needs and reconnecting with the grassroots.

Community leaders and political analysts have also argued that the political atmosphere within the constituency has changed significantly, with many young voters reportedly pushing for accountability, accessibility, and practical empowerment programmes rather than political rhetoric.

Some party insiders further claimed that internal consultations and strategic meetings have intensified in recent weeks as loyalists within the NDC attempt to prevent a possible crack within the party structure ahead of 2027.

The situation, according to observers, has already triggered fresh alignments and quiet lobbying among political actors within Amuwo Odofin.

There are also growing speculations that several influential stakeholders within the constituency may soon openly declare support for alternative aspirants if concerns surrounding representation and grassroots connection are not urgently addressed.

Residents have continued to express frustration over what they described as the absence of impactful constituency projects, limited youth engagement, and weak communication between the lawmaker and the people he represents.

Some voters insist that the next election will be based largely on performance, visibility, and direct community impact.

The alleged move to the YPP has further heightened political calculations within both parties, as permutations for the 2027 elections gradually gather momentum across Lagos State.

Political watchers believe any defection by a sitting lawmaker at this stage could significantly alter the balance of power within the constituency and reshape alliances ahead of the polls.

Although Hon. Olawande has yet to officially confirm or deny the reports of a possible defection, political observers believe the coming months may shape the future political landscape of Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency as political activities continue to gather momentum ahead of the 2027 elections.

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