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Ad Fagbenro-Byron emerges KOWA Party presidential candidate
Dr. Adesina Fagbenro-Byron (SFB) has emerged as the presidential candidate of KOWA Party for the 2019 general elections.
A statement sent to Ripples Nigeria on Monday by Habiba Balogun, the party National Publicity Secretary, said that SFB emerged from the party’s national convention and presidential primary which took place on Saturday September 29.
He defeated Professor (Mrs) Remi Sonaiya, who was the party’s presidential flag bearer at the 2015 elections, and veteran actor, Mr Ayo Lijadu in a multi-channel voting system which the party adopted for its national primary elections.
“In keeping with our spirit of inclusiveness, the party used a combination of paper, online and sms voting so that all of its members, even those in rural areas could participate, including those without smart phones and who could not travel to the state convention centers that the party set up in 28 states. Indeed some members who were unwell were still able to cast their votes from their sick beds,” the statement said.
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SFB, who is optimistic of becoming Nigeria’s next president come 2015, had described President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as a disaster when he visited Ripples Nigeria’s office recently, noting that “even Biafra war did not witness killing of children like under Buhari” government.
By Ebere Ndukwu….
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