Tag: PDP Chairmen

“We’re holding our inaugural meeting today in Wadata Plaza”, New PDP Chairman, Turaki vows

Aminu Imam
New PDP Chairman vows

…Submits petition against Anyanwu, others The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Dr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) has declared that his leadership will hold its inaugural National Executive meeting  tomorrow, November 18, at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.  Speaking to newsmen moments after submitting a petition at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Garki against expelled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu and other “saboteurs,” Turaki announced that nothing will stop him and his colleagues from meeting tomorrow at the office Turaki vowed that nothing would stop him and his…

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PDP Chairmen back Damagum, as Wike’s faction forms parallel BoT

Aminu Imam
PDP Chairmen back Damagum

The internal rift within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened yesterday, as state chairmen across the country reaffirmed their loyalty to Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum – just as a faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, inaugurated a new Board of Trustees, (BoT). Recall that after a crucial meeting in Abuja on Thursday attended by 29 state chairmen, the Forum of PDP State Chairmen declared “total support” for Damagum, dismissing claims of any parallel leadership within the opposition party.  In a communiqué…

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