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Kola Abiola Wins PRP Presidential Ticket

by Richard Ndoma
3 years ago
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First son of the late winner of the 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, Kolawole, emerged presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).

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He won the party’s presidential primary election which was held in Cross River State at the Teachers Training College Calabar on Sunday.

Abiola got 63 votes to win the contest, while other contestants namely, Patience Ndidi and Usman Mohammed scored three votes and one vote respectively.

There were a total of 78 accredited votes and three invalid votes.

The Ayim Temple led governorship primaries Election/Screening Committee declared Abiola the winner, adding “By the power conferred on me by the National Working Committee of PRP, I hereby declare Kowale Abiola, having scored the highest number of votes, as the flag bearer of our party.

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Similarly, ex-minister of Niger Delta affairs Dr Usani Uguru Usani clinched the party’s governorship ticket in Cross River State.

Usani, who is a former chieftain of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), emerged winner in a keenly contested governorship primaries.

Temple, who also oversaw the primaries, said, “Based on the party’s  constitution  where only one person  had  been screened, and cleared, you would adopt such a consensus candidate through affirmation”.

In his remarks, Usani said despite the burden of the nomination, he has accepted it in good faith.

He commended the delegates for participating in the process despite all the odds stressing,”This sacrifice has been enormous, we do not take it for granted”

Usani added  “Those who may come to you and say this party is not on ground, say to them that it is people that make the party.

“When we started the APC, they said the same thing but today they are fighting to join the party we brought to Cross River State,” he said.

Temple said, “Based on the party’s constitution where only one person had been screened, and cleared, you would adopt such a consensus candidate through affirmation”.

In the same vein, a chieftain of the PRP Kolawole Abiola also emerged winner for the presidential primaries elections which also took place in Cross River State in the same election.

Abiola emerged presidential candidate in the primaries after he pulled 63 votes, whereas Patience Ndidi scored 3 votes and Usman Mohamed scored one vote out of the total number of accredited 78 votes, and three invalid votes.

Ayim Temple declared Abiola the winner saying by the power conferred on me by the National Working Committee of PRP, I hereby declare Kowale Abiola having the highest number of votes as the flag bearer of our party.

In his remarks the governorship candidate in Cross River State Usani Uguru Usani stated that despite the fact that the burden of the nomination is so heavy, stressing that even at that he accepted it in good faith.

He commended the delegates for participating in the process despite all odds stressing,”This sacrifice has been enormous, we do not take it for granted”

Usani said “Those who may come to you and say this party is not on ground, say to them that it is people that make the party”

“When we started the APC , the said the same thing but today they fighting to join the party we brought to Cross River State”


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