Tag: CUPP

Fuel Price Hike: FG unfair to Nigerians – CUPP

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), yesterday faulted the hike in the price of fuel, describing it as crazy and driving inflation to the rooftops. The CUPP, in an issued statement by its co-Spokesperson, Mark Adebayo, in Abuja, frowned at the sudden increase barely a month after the fuel price was hiked over 300 percent. He said, It has come to the attention of the CUPP the sudden and surreptitious increase yet again in the pump prices of petrol by NNPCL which has immediately started having negative domino effects…

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2023: “Ayu desperately fueling crisis in PDP for personal gains – CUPP

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP) has said that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorcha Ayu, is desperately fueling a crisis in the party for personal gains. The CUPP, which said that Ayu has no electoral value, added that his continued stay in office is provocative and fuelling crisis in the party. The opposition parties in a statement by its spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere said that Ayu has refused to resign due to personal gains. Ugochinyere, who is also the PDP House of Representatives…

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2023: “Five Govs. not asking for too much, Ayu should resign” – CUPP

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), yesterday said the G-5 Governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also known as the Integrity Group, were not demanding too much by calling for the resignation of the partys National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as allegedly agreed in the event of a northerner emerged as the partys presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. CUPP, in an issued statement by its spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere, accused Ayu of escalating the crisis rocking the opposition party, lamenting that his continued stay in office was creating…

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2023: Ayu on a mission to destroy PDP CUPP

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of the United Political Parties (CUPP) has noted with regret that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, is on a mission to destroy the party. Recall that Ayu had at the weekend dared the G-5 made up of governors Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State; Samuel Ortom, of Benue State; Seyi Makinde, of Oyo State; Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu State, that he can turn the table against them in the forthcoming election. Reacting to this verbal barrage…

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2023: CUPP, CSOs alleges plot to sack INEC Chairman, force Commission to dump electronic results transmission

Aminu Imam

Eighteen registered political parties under the platform of Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), have raised the alarm over an alleged fresh plot to remove Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in a bid to truncate the 2023 general election. The Coalition, which comprises the majority of the opposition political parties in the country, made the allegation during a press conference yesterday, in Abuja. This is just as the CUPP and other concerned Nigerians also revealed a plan to pressure the Commission to…

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“Keeping Ayu, Anyanwu in office threatens your 2023 chances”, CUPP Spokesperson tells PDP

Aminu Imam

…Says they should be sacked before its too late As the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a different twist yesterday, with the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, making some revelations about what transpired in the party, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has said that keeping the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu and the National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, in the office is threatening the party chances in 2023. The CUPP Spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, in an issued statement, called on the National Executive…

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2023: CUPP uncovers plot to stop use of BIVAS by secret legal suit

Aminu Imam

…Raises alarm over plot to sack INEC Chairman The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), has uncovered a plot to use a secret suit to stop the use of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) in the 2023 elections. The opposition, which raised alarm over the alleged monumental compromise of the national voters register, also exposed a plot to sack the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. Addressing a world press conference, the Spokesperson of CUPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, said the vigilance team of the opposition following credible…

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Anambra election: CUPP urges parties to ignore alleged $4m INEC bribe and focus on campaign

Aminu Imam

In the wake of the allegation of a $4 million bribe against officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the Coalition of Political Parties, (CUPP), has called on politicians to focus on campaigns and leave frivolous allegations against the commission. Urging security agencies to be on top of their game, the CUPP said that it has concluded after a thorough investigation that the allegations are false and a figment of the imagination of the elements that spread the news. CUPP, in an issued statement by its spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere…

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E-voting : “We’ll resist plans to turn Nigeria into North Korea” – CUPP

Aminu Imam

Urges Nigerians to checkmate politics of APC domination  The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), has condemned the rejection of e- transmission of election results by the National Assembly, saying it was resolved to mobilise the citizens and resist any plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC)-led Federal Government to turn Nigeria into a one-party and Police State like North Korea. This is just as the coalition called on all Nigerians to remain vigilant and checkmate the politics of domination being played by the ruling APC, in order to…

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