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2023 PDP Ticket: Atiku set to unveil Wike as running mate

Aminu Imam

…As PDP c’ttee recommends Gov. There are indications that the South-East geo-political zone may have lost out in the battle to produce the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) Presidential candidate, as the committee may have named Nyesom Wike, as his running mate. The Committee on Atiku’s running mate, we gathered voted 16 to 3 votes in favour of Governor Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State, and runner-up to Atiku in the PDP presidential primary. The committee was earlier given the task to come up with three…

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2023: PDP National Caucus moves to endorse Wike as Atiku’s running mate

Aminu Imam

There are strong indications that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives may endorse River State’s governor, Nyesom Wike, as the running mate of the presidential flag bearer of the party, Atiku Abubakar. This came to the fore after a member of the caucus, Busayo Oluwole Oke, in a statement, disclosed that key colleagues would meet in Abuja today to take the decision. According to him, the members, comprising party faithful across the six geo-political zones, had already resolved to endorse Wike after seriously considering his…

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2023: Tinubu no match for Atiku ? PDP

Aminu Imam

…Says APC has outlived its purpose The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the newly elected presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is no match for his opposite number in the main opposition party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Reacting to the former Lagos State governor’s emergence, yesterday, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, PDP National Publicity Secretary, observed in a statement that Tinubu clinched the APC ticket at a very great price. Describing the ruling party as “moribund, decrepit and crippled,” the statement, noted that…

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2023 PDP Flagbearer: Wike, Atiku mend fences, as PDP shops for running mate

Aminu Imam

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, visited Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, in Abuja. Wike’s visit took place amidst a search by Atiku and the opposition party for an acceptable Southern running mate for the coveted ticket. Recall that the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Walid Jibrin, had last Monday said, “The BoT will assist the party, and surely, the Wazirin Adamawa (Atiku) himself to come out with a very acceptable vice president from Southern Nigeria”. It was learnt that…

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MASSOB accuses PDP of betrayal

Aminu Imam

…Says party dead in S’East The south-eastern group, Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB), has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), for what it calls its insensitive, deliberate and political neglect of the people of the South-East region. It warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) not to toe the same line as it would lead to the dismemberment of Nigeria, which according to the group was already on the verge of collapse. MASSOB stated this in a press statement issued in Enugu yesterday, through…

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PDP Presidential Primary Election: “Resign now as National Chairman” — Clark to Ayu

Aminu Imam

Elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, to resign. According to him, Ayu is no longer fit and proper to retain his position as the national chairman of the PDP. Clark, a former First Republic federal Commissioner of Information, said this in a statement yesterday, titled: “Resign now: You’re no longer fit to remain PDP national chairman, Clark tells Iyorchia Ayu”. He said, Even much worse, in the extreme, was the…

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PDP Presidential Primary: “How Southern governors betrayed me” — Wike breaks silence

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has blamed governors of the South-South geo-political zone for his defeat at the Peoples Democratic Party Party, (PDP), presidential primary on Saturday. This was stated yesterday by Wike, when he addressed PDP supporters in Rivers State. Wike, who was considered a favourite to clinch the opposition party’s ticket eventually lost to Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice-president. Atiku polled 371 votes to officially emerge the winner of the primary election, while Wike came second with 237 votes. Former senate president Bukola Saraki had 70 votes, to…

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“Work with Wike to win presidential poll” — PDP group tells Atiku

Aminu Imam

…Says he’s resourceful A group, known as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Frontliners, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar should work with Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, to win the presidential election in 2023. The former vice-president beat Wike and former Senate President Bukola Saraki, among others, to pick the ticket of Nigeria’s major opposition party. In an issued statement on Sunday, Hussein Aliyu Mohammed, Moses Taye Abidemi, and Dan Bruce Okafor, the group’s president, secretary and spokesman, said the governor is resourceful and will help Atiku win the presidential election.…

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Atiku emerges PDP presidential candidate

Aminu Imam

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has emerged the presidential flag-bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), for the 2023 presidential election. Atiku was elected by the 763 ad-hoc delegates who voted in the primary election, which was held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, yesterday. There were a total of 12 void votes. While former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, had no votes recorded in their names, both Tari Oliver Diana and Sam Ohuabunwa scored one vote each, which means…

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EFCC officials storm PDP primary election venue as accreditation of delegates commences

Aminu Imam

Some officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have stormed the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abuja, the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election. The officers arrived at the venue around 4:40 pm; however, the purpose of their visit is unknown. Meanwhile, no fewer than 811 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates are undergoing accreditation at the venue. The exercise will enable the party’s national delegates to decide the presidential flag bearer. The delegates are drawn from the 774 local government areas of the country. At the…

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