{"id":63986,"date":"2018-10-07T20:26:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T19:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63986"},"modified":"2018-10-07T20:26:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T19:26:22","slug":"al-mustapha-picks-ppn-presidential-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/al-mustapha-picks-ppn-presidential-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Mustapha Picks PPN Presidential Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-4176158879550325089\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has clinched the presidential ticket of<br \/>\nthe People\u2019s Party of Nigeria (PPN).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chairman, PPN Presidential Primary Elections Committee,<br \/>\nMr. Dare Adekolu, Al-Mustapha won with 3,564,262 votes to beat Dr.<br \/>\nImuetinyan Igbinnosa, who garnered 2,183,856 votes and Chief Isiaka<br \/>\nOlorunnimbe who polled 1,400,755 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Adekolu who collated election results from the 36 states and the FCT at<br \/>\nthe PPN Presidential Primaries\/2018 National Convention which held in Ado<br \/>\nEkiti, declared Al-Mustapha as the party\u2019s presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Adekolu, who is Ekiti State PPN Chairman, urged party members and other<br \/>\nNigerians to support and vote for the party\u2019s flagbearer for the 2019<br \/>\npresidential election.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cPPN has come to redeem Nigeria. PPN has come to save Nigeria<br \/>\nfrom poverty, lack, unemployment and underdevelopment, hence the need for<br \/>\nsupport\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, Al-Mustapha, who was represented on the occasion<br \/>\nby Mr. Zakaria Husseini, promised Nigerians good leadership and promised<br \/>\nto salvage the country and put it back on the path of growth and<br \/>\nprosperity.<\/p>\n<p>Husseini, who described the PPN flagbearer as a detribalised, patriotic<br \/>\nNigerian and experienced administrator, assured that Al-Mustapha would<br \/>\n\u201cprovide the missing link in governance in Nigeria and ensure better lives<br \/>\nfor the citizenry in all spheres of the economy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, PPN National Chairman, Hon Razak Eyiowuawi, who expressed<br \/>\nconfidence that with the party\u2019s flagbearer, the road was clear for PPN to<br \/>\nwin the 2019 presidential election, described the party as the country\u2019s<br \/>\nlife-wire with its emphasis as agriculture development.<\/p>\n<p>Eyiowuawi said \u201cthe popularity, wealth of experience and Major<br \/>\nAl-Mustaphaand his appeal to a wide spectrum will help the party to<br \/>\nvictory. PPN is a force to reckon with. We are going into this election<br \/>\nwhich we believe we can win with positive mind\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The PPN chairman, who dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the<br \/>\n2019 presidential election would be straight fight between APC and PDP,<br \/>\nsaid his party was the party to beat, saying: \u201cMajor Al-Mustapha will take<br \/>\nover from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember PPN is part of coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).<br \/>\nApart from the fact that our party can win the election on its own, our<br \/>\ncandidate is expected to emerge as the CUPP candidate for the presidential<br \/>\nelection and will defeat Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will work<br \/>\nwith Major Al-Mustapha when our candidate emerges as CUPP presidential<br \/>\ncandidate. Nigerians can be rest-assured of value of lives, welfare of<br \/>\nworkers, education development and repositioning of the economy among<br \/>\nothers under Al-Mustapha\u2019s government,\u201d the PPN National Chairman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has clinched the presidential ticket of the People\u2019s Party of Nigeria (PPN). 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