The National Secretariat of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Abuja was a beehive of activities on Monday as many aspirants
of the party besieged the place to either purchase nomination forms or submit
completed ones.
Going by the APC's extended deadline for the sales and
submission of nomination forms, the exercise will end next Wednesday.
One of notable aspirants that came to purchase nomination
forms yesterday was the Lagos state Governor, Akinwumi Ambode.
Ambode arrived at the party secretariat at about
noon and went straight to the office of the National Organising Secretary to
pick his nomination form.
Journalists anxious to hear from the governor about
his reelection bid got disappointed when Ambode left the secretariat without
uttering a word.
Other governorship aspirants who have picked their forms were
Attom Magira from Borno State; Zamfara Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Mohammed, and
Mr. John Upan Odey Jnr who is contesting for the APC governorship ticket for
Cross River State.
Addressing journalists shortly after picking his
form, Odey who hails from Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State,
said he would prioritise the relaunch of the Obudu Cattle Ranch to make it a
major revenue earner.
Attom said he is in the race to salvage Borno State
from the crisis on insecurity, instability and poverty.
On his part, a former federal Permanent Secretary and
governorship aspirant from Nasarawa State, Dauda Kigbo, who spoke to
journalists after obtaining his nomination form, said insecurity in the country
is due to the failure of intelligence.
He advocated the use of traditional practice in peace
building.
Kigbo who spoke with journalists after obtaining his
nomination form, said the era when traditional rulers are not recognised in the
affairs of their communities would be eliminated in Nasarawa State during his
regime.
He said as a student of the National Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies (NIPSS) he was aware of several researches conducted by the
institute on peace building.
He said: “We did a lot of studies in security, peace
building and management. One of the things I will do and which I have recognised
is that failure of intelligence is responsible for violence and crisis. What I
will do is to apply technology and tradition as a process to solve the
crises."
Also yesterday, a former Inspector General of Police
(IG), Suleiman Abba, joined the race for the Jigawa State Central senatorial
district on the platform of the APC.
He said those currently campaigning for state police in
Nigeria are not sincere.
Addressing journalists yesterday after he picked his
nomination and Expression of Interest forms at the National Secretariat of the
APC in Abuja, Abba said he was in the race to bring quality representation for
his constituents and contribute meaningfully to national development, adding
that the country was not ripe for the state police.
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