Tag: PDP

Kaduna: Ashiru congratulates voters on peaceful elections

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt Hon. Isa Mohammed Ashiru has congratulated the People of Kaduna State on the peaceful conduct of the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly elections.   In an issued statement by the Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, PDP State Campaign Directorate, Reuben Buhari, Ashiru further congratulated voters on turning out to vote, despite the scarcity of cash, fuel, and other challenges associated with the voting processes, adding that their patriotic sacrifices shows both the quest of people to have more…

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2023 Presidency; Arewa Youh Group adopts Atiku

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

With hours to the presidential and National Assembly elections, a coalition of Arewa youth groups have adopted the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a briefing in Kaduna, the group said it is hearkening to the body language of the northern elders who gave qualities of the president Nigeria needs 2023 and beyond. Addressing the media in Kaduna, the convener of Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, Murtala Abubakar said Atiku Abubakar has been active in politics since 1993 and being on the…

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Kano: PDP faction dumps Atiku to join Kwankwaso in NNPP 

Aminu Imam

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano has dumped the party for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). The statement said the decampees were received by NNPP National Chairman Rufa’i Alkali, and the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Isaac Idahosa, at a ceremony in Kano. PDP factional leader, Shehu Sagagi, claimed that they dumped the party due to a lack of internal democracy and nepotism by its national leadership, added the statement added. Sagagi stressed that he defected alongside 36 State executive members, over 700 local government executives, 8,000…

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2023: ‘Amaechi working for Atiku’ – Rivers PDP alleges

Aminu Imam

The Rivers chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council, (PDP-CC), has alleged a former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi is a member of the ‘wicked’ cabal punishing the people with fuel and naira-swap crises. The Director of Publicity and Communications, PDP-CC, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, challenged Amaechi to deny that he was not part of persons making life a nightmare for Nigerians. Nwuke said Amaechi was also working secretly for the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, alleging the former Rivers Governor recently reconciled with members of the PDP-CC in Rivers  He…

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2023: “Only Nigerians with mental problems would vote for APC after 8-yr suffering” – PDP Chairman

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has urged Nigerians not to waste their votes by voting for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming elections. Speaking yesterday, during the PDP presidential campaign rally in Benue State, the Party chairman claimed that only people with mental problems would vote for the APC. Speaking on the PDP internal crisis, Ayu said reconciliation moves were on-going, adding that the PDP leadership was in talks with aggrieved party members. He also appealed to Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to…

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2023: “APC disorganisation may help Atiku win presidential election” – Adeyanju 

Aminu Imam

With 20 days to the 2023 elections, there are insinuations that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar might win the poll. A socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has said the disorganisation within the All Progressives Congress (APC) might lead to Atiku’s victory. Recall that lately, there have been claims of crisis within the APC, following remarks by the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, who had accused some people in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of attempting to sabotage his ambition. In some of his campaign rallies, Tinubu…

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Attack on Egwu: PDP accuses Umahi of declaring war on Ebonyians

Aminu Imam

…Seeks emergency action to stop bloodbath The Ebonyi State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has decried attacks on opposition figures in the state by gunmen suspected to be Ebube Agu operatives, accusing David Umahi, the state governor, of declaring war on the people of the State. Condemning a recent attack on Senator Sam Egwu, a former governor of the state, as well as other leading opposition figures in the state, the PDP called for an emergency action to prevent an imminent “bloodbath”. In an issued statement yesterday, by…

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Zamfara: PDP guber candidate optimistic of Atiku’s victory  

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the visit of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential flagbearer in the forthcoming general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to Zamfara State, the State’s governorship candidate, Dauda Lawal, has enjoined the people of the State to turn out en masse to receive the former vice president and his entourage. Atiku Abubakar is scheduled to hold the PDP presidential rally today, in Gusau, the capital city of Zamfara. In an issued statement by the Dauda Lawal Media Centre in Gusau yesterday, the governorship candidate said the PDP mega rally provided another opportunity for…

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2023: “APC has collapsed in South-South”, Says Atiku Campaign

Aminu Imam

Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has collapsed in the South-South geo-political zone. The Campaign Organisation stated this against the backdrop of the crowd that attended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential campaign rally in Asaba, Delta State yesterday. The Organisation’s Spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the turnout at the rally affirmed the acceptability of the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, in Delta State, other States of the South-South and the nation at large. Ologbondiyan said, “The rally did…

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2023: Atiku promises to unify divided Nigeria, implement restructuring, address insecurity

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has promised to unify a divided Nigeria, revamp the economy and address insecurity. The former vice-president, who made the promises at the presidential campaign rally of PDP on Monday, at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, in continuation of his presidential campaign, was welcomed by a mammoth crowd at the Ox-Bow Lake Pavilion. He also promised that his government will focus on restructuring the country, and assured the people of Bayelsa State and…

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