Tag: PDP

Ayu-Must-Go crisis: “We’re still open to reconciliation” – G5 Govs., others

Aminu Imam

…Forms Integrity Group Five governors, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and some aggrieved party leaders have stated that they are still open to reconciliation within the party. The G5 governors and some party leaders, who stated this in an issued communique after its strategic meeting in Lagos, also announced the formation of a group to be known as the ‘Integrity Group’. Recall that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been at daggers-drawn over the calls for…

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2023: Despite Jonathan’s meeting with Atiku, his men opts to back Tinubu

Aminu Imam

…Insist power must go to South after Buhari   Major supporters and kinsmen loyal to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, have declared their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 election. The supporters, who belong to the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPDN) group, said they decided to throw their weights behind Tinubu after Jonathan declined to heed their persistent calls to contest the presidential race. According to them, the former Lagos State governor remains the only candidate with structures and…

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Anti-Party Activities: “Rivers won’t work for you”, Wike tells Atiku

Aminu Imam

…Says he’s waiting for PDP to sack him Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he will only fight for the governorship, National Assembly and House of Assembly candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Wike spoke in a State banquet organised on Friday in honour of the G5 Governors, who came to provide solidarity for the Rivers 2023 campaign flag-off in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Banquet was attended by the G5 Governors comprising Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Samuel Ortom…

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2023: “I will support you” – Wike assures Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to support his bid for the presidency. Obi said this yesterday, during the inauguration of the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. The LP candidate said he will ensure better opportunities for Rivers state if he’s elected president. He commended Wike for his performance in Rivers, adding that Port Harcourt has the potential to be the “export city” of Nigeria and advised Wike to remain consistent in his principles, and said…

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2023: G-5 Governors to flag-off PDP campaigns in Rivers

Aminu Imam

The G-5 governors in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are set to unveil the party’s campaign in Rivers State. Speaking during a press conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers, the Director General of PDP Campaign Council, Felix Obuah, who disclosed this, assured that upcoming campaigns will be issue-based. Obuah, who is a former PDP Chairman in the State, said it was imperative to provide the public with a clear insight as the party prepares for the official take-off of its campaign. According to him, the high point of the rally, which…

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2023: Jonathan denies reports linking him with aggrieved PDP governors

Aminu Imam

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked a purported media report that the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governors were loyal to him. Media Adviser to Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze, in an issued statement on Friday in Abuja, said the office’s attention had been drawn to media reports linking his name to the current troubles in the PDP. Eze said that Jonathan would have ignored the strange tale, since it was obviously baseless. “However, we are offering this clarification because we have been reached by many Nigerians who are concerned that such…

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2023: IBB to broker truce between Atiku, PDP G-5 Govs.

Aminu Imam

There are strong indications that former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), popularly known as IBB, has waded into the turmoil rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP (PDP). According to information gathered, the former president of Nigeria would meet behind closed doors on Friday in Minna, the Niger State capital, with the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and the party’s disgruntled Group of five (G-5) governors. The gathering comes just three days after IBB hosted Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his crew at his hilltop home in Minna, the presidential…

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Convoy Attack: Former PDP scribe accuses APC of plot to assassinate Atiku

Aminu Imam

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has accused the ruling party of planning to assassinate the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Frank, in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, said the attacks on Atiku’s rallies in Kaduna and Maiduguri lend credence to his allegation. He insisted that the plot is aimed at killing Atiku at a campaign rally and blamed it on hoodlums just like former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot from close…

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2023: “If elected president, Atiku will hand over power to Igbo” – PDP campaign council

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council says Atiku Abubakar will ensure that his successor is from the south-east if he is elected in 2023. In an issued statement on Tuesday, the PDP Deputy Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign council, Uloka Chibuike, said Atiku trusts the Igbo and sees them as a partner in growth. According to him, the region has more to gain from an alliance with the North.  “Atiku has proved to the Igbo man that he can be trusted. No other tribe in Nigeria…

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PDP group asks Wike to account for frequent ‘ridiculous’ donations, demands accountability

Aminu Imam

The Rivers State Democracy Sustainable Group, a group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the giveaways by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, is too much. In the past weeks, Wike has reportedly doled out millions of naira to State governments, organisations and individuals for charitable purposes. However, in an issued statement yesterday, the group’s convener, Justin Chibuike, wondered if the funds he gives out are being appropriated by the State House of Assembly. He alleged that Wike is not accountable to the people of Rivers despite the fact…

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