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In 1998 he was elected Governor of Adamawa State. While still Governor-Elect he was selected by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate Olusegun Obasanjo as his running mate. The duo went on to win elections in February 1999, and Abubakar was sworn-in as Nigeria’s second democratically elected Vice President on May 29, 1999. Abubakar’s second term as Vice President was marked by a stormy relationship with President Obasanjo. His bid to succeed Obasanjo did not receive the latter’s support. Abubakar ran on the platform of the Action Congress, having quit the PDP on account of his issues with President Obasanjo. It is no longer news that Atiku lost the election. Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
In 1999, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi contested and won a seat to become a member of the Rivers State house of assembly to represent his constituency. He was subsequently elected as the Speaker of the house of assembly. He was reelected back into the State house of Assembly in May 2003 and was also re-elected as the Speaker under the PDP government. He is the 15th and current Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria, since 2007. He was re-elected
for a second term on 26 April 2011 before defecting to the All Progressives Congress on 27 November 2013.
Amaechi is now the Director -General of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Campaign.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
Kwankwaso was elected as the Executive Governor of the northern Nigerian state of Kano between 1999 and 2003, under the flag of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Kwankwaso’s 2003 bid to serve for a second term was unsuccessful. He was then appointed as the Minister of Defence in President Olusegun Obasanjo’s cabinet in 2003. In 2007, he was appointed as the Presidential Special Envoy to Somalia and Darfur by the Obasanjo administration after losing the bid from his party to contest the 2007 general governorship election. He continued to use his influence at the Federal level to undermine his opponents especially the Kano State Government. He was re-elected as Kano state governor on 27 April 2011 and sworn in on 29 May 2011 for a second term in office.
He was a presidential aspirant in APC and lost the ticket to General Buhari
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
Audu Innocent Ogbeh was chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from 2001 until January 2005. In 2001 he was appointed National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), replacing Chief Barnabas Gemade. He held this position until January 2005, when he was forced to resign due to his criticism of President Olusegun
Obasanjo’s handling of a crisis in Anambra State. Talking to reporters, however, Ogbeh claimed that he resigned only to avoid conflict within the party, and due to a desire to return to farming. In December 2005, Ogbeh formally resigned from the PDP
Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost
Nigerians beware!
Dr. Bukola Saraki contested and won the gubernatorial election of April 19, 2003 in the State on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He ran again in 2007, and won again. In the April 2011 elections, he was elected Senator for Kwara Central, succeeding his sister, Gbemisola Saraki-Forowa. He was a member of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is worthy to note that Alhaji Isiaka Gold initially won PDP primaries for the Kwara Central Senate seat. However, a rerun primary was held after Gold withdrew, and Saraki was elected with 1,044 votes, ahead of Mallam Yonus Abdulrahman who received 13 votes.
Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai was a former Director General of The Bureau of Public Enterprises, the head privatisation agency in Nigeria and also the formerMinister of theFederal Capital Territory, Abuja from 16 July 2003 to 29 May 2007 under the PDP government. During the last days of the Obasanjo administration, the former EFCC Chairman described El-Rufai as the “de facto No. 2 official”, tagging him with the role of a Vice-President, especially after the fallout between the former President and his Vice-President. It is believed that Obasanjo’s trust and confidence in El-Rufai angered a vast number of the political elite within the country. Indeed, it was
widely believed that the former President was considering blessing EL-Rufai as his successor.
However, it was believed the vast political powers against him were too much, probably as a result
of the fear of what may happen to them once he was in power.
Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
In 2003, Aminu Wazirl Tambuwal ran for a legislative seat as representative of the Kebbi/Tambuwal Federal Constituency. He was elected into the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Tambuwal has held several offices in the House. In 2005, he became the Minority Leader of the House until he defected to the PDP. Upon his re-election to the House in 2007, he was also elected the Deputy Chief Whip. In
2011, Tambuwal became the Speaker of House of Representative with active connivance of Tinubu and his cohorts, against PDP preferred candidate. Now it is pay back time. On 28 October 2014, Tambuwal formally defected from the ruling PDP to the opposition APC. He is now the gubernatorial candidate of APC in Sokoto State.
Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
George Akume is the Minority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and served as the Governor of Benue State from 1999 to 2007 under the PDP government. He is the first Executive Governor of Benue State
to have completed two terms in office. He was elected governor of Benue State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and was then elected to the Senate. Akume was re-elected Senator for Benue North West in the April 2011 elections, running on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC. We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
As a candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Sylva won the Bayelsan gubernatorial election on May 29, 2007 and succeeded Goodluck Jonathan who went on to the position of Vice President. During his inauguration he said that Bayelsa was “the least developed industrially and commercially” of all 36 states. On January 27, 2012, his
tenure was teminated by the Supreme Court with an acting governor appointed to oversee the state until the election of February 2012. Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
In April 2003, Ibikunle Amosun was elected to the senatorial seat of Ogun Central Senatorial district. He was an unsuccessful candidate to become Governor of Ogun State in April 2007, running on the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) platform, but was defeated by Gbenga Daniel. He disputed the result, but in August 2009 the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed the petition. Amosun became the governor of Ogun state with the assistance and support of Tinubu under Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in April 2011. Now, he is one of the prime movers of APC.
We call them opportunists, seeking powers at all cost.
Nigerians beware!
