Saliu Mustapha

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Saliu Mustapha
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National Deputy Chairman Congress for Progressive Change
In office
2011–2013
Personal details
Born (1972-09-25) 25 September 1972 (age 49)
Kwara, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
(2013 to present)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Action Congress
(2003)
All Nigeria Peoples Party
(2003–2009)
Congress for Progressive Change
(2010-2013)
OccupationPolitician

Saliu Mustapha is a Nigerian politician and a member of the All Progressives Congress.[1] He was the national deputy chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change,[2] one of the defunct political parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress.[3]

Early life and education[]

Mustapha was born on September 25, 1972 in Ilorin, Kwara state. He attended Bartholomew primary school in Zaria for his primary education and then proceeded to Command Secondary School in Kaduna for his secondary education. He studied mineral resources engineering at the Kaduna polytechnic.

Political career[]

Mustapha's political career started in the early 21st century when he became the first national publicity secretary of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC), a defunct political party that contested in the 2003 Nigerian presidential election.[4][5] He became a member of the ANPP[6] and was devoted to the presidential ambition of Muhammadu Buhari.[7] In 2009, when a breakaway faction of the ANPP led by Muhammadu Buhari formed the Congress for Progressive Change, Mustapha became the national deputy chairman of the party.[8] He held this position[9] until the party merged and formed the All Progressives Congress.

2018 Kwara state primary election[]

He contested in the 2018 Kwara state's APC primary and got endorsed by the northern part of the state.[10] He got disqualified from participating midway into the election.[11] The National Working Committee of the party later apologized for the disqualification citing it as unauthorized.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mustapha, former CPC leader joins APC chairmanship race". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  2. ^ editor (2021-03-21). "APC Chairmanship: Who Are the Candidates?". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2021-04-19.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Update: ACN, ANPP, APGA, CPC merge into new party, APC - Premium Times Nigeria". 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  4. ^ "Elections in Nigeria". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  5. ^ editor (2021-04-12). "Can Young Saliu Mustapha Make a Difference as APC National Chairman?". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2021-04-19.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Okocha, Chuks (2021-04-15). "Nigeria: 'I Have Been Brought Up Under Buhari's Political Tutelage '". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  7. ^ "Ilorin Emirate backs Mustapha's APC Nat'l Chairmanship bid | The Nation". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  8. ^ "Lying politicians responsible for insecurity, ethnic agitations in Nigeria - APC chieftain". 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  9. ^ "CPC stakeholders' meeting ends in chaos". Vanguard News. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  10. ^ "APC Guber ticket : Saliu Mustapha gets Kwara North endorsement". Vanguard News. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  11. ^ "Kwara APC Governorship Aspirants Cry Out Over Disqualification". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  12. ^ "APC apologises to Mustapha brothers over 'unauthorised' disqualification". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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