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JUST IN
RIVERS STATE APC SCREENING APPEAL
33 Aspirants were cleared
65 Aspirants not cleared
19 Appeals have been received
Appeal date ends 13th of May, 2026.
• Abdul Mahmud - Chairman APC Appeal panel for Rivers State House of Assembly aspirants
https://x.com/i/status/2054192185457647868
Chukzy @youngchukzy
Is that the oracle @AbdulMahmud01 ?
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Great Oracle Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary @AbdulMahmud01
Invited as an outsider by the party's leadership to oversee the appeals process transparently and fairly! I hope my presence made all parties appear today
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DatUrhoboMan @efe_willis
So, you de APC?
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Great Oracle Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary @AbdulMahmud01
I no dey any party
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Abdul Aminu Mahmud attended the University of Jos and he was one of the student activists that took part in the 1989 SAP riots (the second SAP riot). He became president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in 1990.
He acted as an adviser to the students that organised the 1992 SAP riots (the third SAP riot). He was arrested and detained many times by the Babangida Administration.
Abdul Mahmud is a lawyer and he used his NGO, Public Interest Lawyers League, to defend a lot of social media users that were detained by the Buhari Administration (2015 - 2023).
Abdul Aminu Mahmud supported Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential elections (he was an Obidient), but he fell out with the Obidients during the 2024 Edo governorship election season.
Obidients that were from Edo State said that they had a zoning arrangement in Edo State.
They explained that Lucky Igbinedion from Edo South had eight years as Governor, Oserheimen Osunbor from Edo Central had eighteen months, Adams Oshiomhole from Edo North had eight years and the incumbent Godwin Obaseki from Edo South. They said that it was therefore the turn of Edo Central to produce the governor.
They said that APC produced someone from Edo Central, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as candidate, PDP produced someone from Edo Central, Dr Asue Ighodalo, as candidate and "other serious parties produced candidates from Edo Central", but the Labour Party produced a candidate from Edo South, Olumide Akpata. (Some of them insinuated that money exchanged hands in the LP primary).
They said that Olumide Akpata was from the same zone as Governor Godwin Obaseki and it would be unfair if he was elected governor. They said that they could not support him and they could not support APC, so they therefore supported Assue Ighodalo of the PDP. They called themselves Obidients for Assue.
This led to a civil war in the Obidient Movement. Some Obidients said that the Obidients for Assue had been paid to divide Obidient votes, while the Obidients for Assue said that the other Obidients did not know or understand the norms in Edo State.
Abdul Mahmud supported Assue Ighodalo and had serious arguments with Obidients back then.
He returned to the Obidient fold and supported Peter Obi in the ADC and NDC.
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