Ade Adetimehin
3 Sep
The Chairman of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ade Adetimehin, has disclosed that with the crisis within the party resolved, the APC is poised for victory in the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in the state. According to Adetimehin, the party employed internal mechanisms to resolve a crisis that trailed its…
3 Jun
Chairman Ondo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ade Adetimehin, yesterday, boasted that the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Agbola Ajayi, are no match for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the scheduled November 16 2024 governorship poll. Adetimehin, in an exclusive with The Guardian Newspaper, also appealed to all the governorship…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State chapter, has dismissed fears within the party that the outcome of the April 20, 2024 primaries in the state will lead to an internal crisis, going by the array of aspirants seeking to fly the party....
Ondo Guber: Count me out of aspirants vying to negotiate, I'll win APC ticket, says ex-NMA President
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Former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Prof. Dayo Faduyile, has disclosed that he is in the race to win the ticket of the party and not to negotiate in order to step down…
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Ahead of the November governorship election in Ondo State, leaders and members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in their numbers yesterday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Receiving the defectors, the state chairman of the Ondo APC, Ade Adetimehin, said the remaining political heavyweights in the…
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• Says opposition party disorganised, drowning • IPAC warns against spread of unfounded allegations over political logjam Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin, yesterday carpeted his counterpart in the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Fatai Adams, over the latter's claim that members and leaders of the PDP who decamped to…
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