My certificates still with military, Buhari tells INEC

 My certificates still with military, Buhari tells INEC

In Nigeria More than 70 out of the 91 political gatherings are showing presidential hopefuls that will partake in the 2019 Presidential races, The PUNCH can report .

Our journalist, who visited the FCT office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday , announced that more than 70 names had been posted as of Thursday night.

The rundown was posted with INEC 's timetable which settled October 25 for the production of hopefuls of political gatherings the nation over .

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A portion of the hopefuls incorporate : President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, previous Vice - President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Obadiah Mailafia of the African Democratic Congress, and previous Governor Donald Duke of the Social Democratic Party .

A source at INEC said the figure may be higher than 70 .

He stated, " So far, more than 70 hopefuls have been tallied . A more exhaustive rundown will be distributed on Friday ."

The source said the poll paper for the presidential decision would likewise be long , including that the declaration of race results in 2019 may even take longer.

In the mean time, the different applicants ' certifications were made accessible to writers on Thursday .

Buhari again neglected to connect fundamental supporting records , demanding that they were in the care of the military .

In the affirmation which he vowed to, Buhari stated, " I am the above named individual and the deponent of this oath thus. All my scholastic capability records as filled in my Presidential shape , APC/001/2015 are as of now with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the season of this sworn statement ."

On his part , Atiku presented every single important archive , with a Diploma in Law in 1969 from the Ahmadu Bello University being his most astounding capability.

The previous Vice - President additionally appended government forms showing that he had paid N 10 .8 m in assessment from 2015 to 2017 while pronouncing his wage inside the period as N 60 .2 m .

PDP executive to head Atiku Presidential Campaign Council

There are solid signs that the PDP is moving in the direction of making the 2019 Presidential Campaign Council to be going by its National Chairman , Prince Uche Secondus .

The chamber will supplement the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization headed by the Senate President , Bukola Saraki .

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A portion of the positions, which are viewed as touchy , had yet to be rounded before Atiku gone out of Nigeria .

Be that as it may, before leaving, the gathering was said to have anchored his endorsement before discharging a few names , which incorporated that of Saraki .

Aside from Saraki , those whose names were made reference to incorporated those of the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as zonal organizer for North - West ; Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo , zonal facilitator , North - East; Governor of Benue State , Dr Samuel Ortom , zonal organizer , North - Central ; Governor of Rivers State , Mr Nyesom Wike as zonal organizer , South - South while a previous Governor of Ekiti State , Mr Ayodele Fayose , was named as the zonal facilitator for the South - West .

Others whose names recorded incorporated the Governor of Ebonyi State , Dave Umahi , zonal organizer , South - East ; a previous Minister of Special Duties and Inter - Governmental Relations , Kabiru Tanimu Turaki ( SAN) , as the Chairman , Legal Matters , and Governor of Akwa Ibom State , Emmanuel Udom , as the Chairman , Fund Raising Committee .

Since the production of the names , it was accumulated that people had been mounting weight on the authority of the gathering to get delegated into positions said to be vital in the battle group .

On Thursday , our journalist accumulated that a few names were being wielded as new nominees into the battle chamber.

These positions incorporated those of the representative for the battle , chiefs of contact and activation, fund , technique and others .

In any case, the National Publicity Secretary of the gathering, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan , said that the gathering still couldn't seem to name different individuals from the Presidential Campaign Council.

He depicted the rundown as fraud, and solicited the individuals from the gathering to disregard it .

He stated, " The consideration of the PDP was attracted to a fraud post circling in the online networking and implying that the PDP has discharged further names to make up its 2019 Presidential Campaign Council.

" The fabricators of the post even went further to distribute workplaces to specific people , guaranteeing the equivalent to be formally alloted by the administration of our incredible gathering .

" For the shirking of uncertainty , the PDP has not discharged any further names other than those prior discharged as individuals from the Presidential Campaign Council.

" Currently , the main names and workplaces alloted and discharged by the gathering are those of the Director - General and Zonal Coordinators of the 2019 Presidential crusade . "

He forewarned that some other names being bandied around and implied to host radiated from the gathering ought to be disapproved as needs be .

" The gathering, in this way , asks all individuals to stay cool and anticipate promote declaration by the National Working Committee on the organization of the Campaign Council at the appropriate time, " he included.

Our journalist, in any case, accumulated that Secondus would head the Presidential Campaign Council.

A source near the gathering told our journalist that the gathering and Atiku were endeavoring to dodge the misstep made by the crusade association of previous President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 , which protected the gathering in his battles .

The source stated, " Atiku is a center gathering man. He knows the ramifications of running an individual battle ."

" Being a cooperative person , he needs to convey the gathering along in whatever he does. Indeed , the gathering will drive the crusade . As a result of this , every one of the individuals from the National Working Committee of the gathering driven by Secondus will assume significant jobs in the battle ."

In the interim, 10 political gatherings have so far embraced Mr Gbenga Olawepo - Hashim as their presidential hopeful .

Olawepo - Hashim , who initially developed the competitor of the Alliance for New Nigeria, has since been embraced as the hopeful of the Peoples' Trust .

This was contained in an announcement from his media office which showed that the presidential cheerful would fly the banner of the Third Force, having solidified his candidature in front of the general race .

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His gathering creation , beside the two noteworthy gatherings, the decision All Progressives Congress, or, in other words Mohammadu Buhari, and the Peoples Democratic Party, or, in other words Vice - President Atiku Abubakar.

The 10 parties that have received him as a hopeful are driven by the Olisa Agbakoba - drove National Intervention Movement .