APC chairman Abdullahi Adamu promised the nominations would be reviewed after he met with Tinubu who returned to Nigeria on 21 May after another trip to Paris (Dispatches 2/5/23 President-elect Tinubu faces lengthening roster of questions on corruption and fuel subsidy)...
This didn't stop APC Chairman Abdullahi Adamu from launching a last-ditch attempt to impose Senate President Ahmad Lawan a Muslim from the north-east on the party as a 'consensus candidate' (AC Vol 63 No 10 Consensus candidate plan upsets the frontrunners)...
But Tinubu's feat was the more remarkable given that he prevailed – against the opposition of President Muhammadu Buhari Vice-President Osinbajo Senate President Ahmad Lawan and APC Chairman Abdullahi Adamu (AC Vol 63 No 8 Vice-President Osinbajo's bid challenges APC leader Tinubu and bank governor Emefiele)...
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That has infuriated Buhari's allies at the top of the APC especially party chairman Abdullahi Adamu (AC Vol 63 No 7 Ahead of key convention Buhari's allies reassert control of the ruling party)...
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A sort of consensus brokering was how the party chose its national chairman Abdullahi Adamu last month...
That's how it chose Abdullahi Adamu as its national chairman last month...
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Ahead of the convention three leading candidates for the chairmanship have emerged: Senator Abdullahi Adamu an ex-governor of Nasarawa State whom Buhari is said to favour; Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (Niger State) who has popular support within the party; Senator Umaru Al Makura (Nasarawa State) who is liked by many of the current state governors a key constituency at the convention...
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Also invited are several governors with presidential ambitions who are seen as close to Obasanjo: Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa); Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (Kaduna); Adamu Mu'azu (Bauchi); Umaru Musa Yar'adua (Katsina)...
Nassarawa's Governor Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu sees himself as vice-president to Odili (a combination that some find scary)...
Nassarawa: Abdullahi Adamu (PDP) coordinating third-term lobbying in north...