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Kaduna LG council elections: PDP defeats APC in Chikun, & Kajuru LGAs

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant, Salasi Musa,� has been declared winner of the Chikun local government Chairmanship election in Kaduna State. The Returning Officer, Dr. Sanusi Gambo, who announced the results of the election yesterday, said Salasi Musa polled 19,402 votes, to derail the re-election dream of the APC incumbent Sama’ila Leeman, who scored 14,829 votes. The PDP also won eight of the 12 councillorship seats, and the ruling APC won four, Gambo indicated. The Kaduna State Independent National Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), had initially announced Sept. 4 for the…

2023 PDP zoning deadlock:�Gen. Gusau other retired Generals in fresh move to rescue party

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 Aminu Imam

�David Mark, Oyinlola penciled for national chair, BoT roles The crisis trailing the job of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Zoning Committee led by the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, will soon be resolved. A party source privy to the deadlock at the Enugu meeting last week over the zoning arrangement being pushed by the Northern leaders of the party said all other things being equal, the final decision of the committee will be unveiled in Abuja this week. Investigation revealed that the zoning template of 2017, which zoned the…

PDP Congress: We didn�t notice any parallel exercise in Oyo wards � Shaibu

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Mr Phillip Shaibu, Chairman of the People�s Democratic Party (PDP) Ward Congress Committee in Oyo State, says the committee did not notice any parallel congress in all the wards in the state. Shaibu, who is the deputy governor of Edo, made the remarks in Ibadan on Saturday while speaking with newsmen on the exercise. �So far, so good, all the talks of having parallel election have not been noticed and what is important today is that the process has been peaceful. �No report of any violence anywhere and that is…

PDP chair/2023 presidency zoning crisis: Two opposing groups emerge over zoning of offices between North & South� �

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

Two groups have emerged from within and outside the 44 man Ugwanyi Committee charged with zoning PDP NWC offices as the body concludes a crucial meeting in Enugu, the home base of its chairman. The first group called the �Maintain the Status Quo Group� wants all the party offices to be retained in the geographical side to which they presently are. However, the second group called the �Move Around Group� wants all the posts presently in the South to be transferred to the North while the ones in the North…

2023 Presidency: PDP may lose again if northern candidate emerges, Doyin Okupe warns

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 Aminu Imam

A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has warned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election to avoid another major defeat. The PDP chieftain stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, yesterday. Okupe argued that the zoning arrangement in the PDP ended with the 2019 presidential election, but that some people within the party are insisting on presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 poll. He said major politicians were defecting from the party because of the issue…

PDP crisis: Secondus loses out, as Fintiri emerges PDP Convention Committee Chairman

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Aminu Imam

�PDP governors take over party The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Executive Committee (NEC) yesterday, appointed governors to head its 47-member National Convention Committee and its 45-member Zonal Committee. This is coming on the heels of the appeal by the embattled Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, against the order of the High Courts, sitting in Rivers and Cross-River States, stopping him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The PDP NEC also appointed the governor of Adamawa State, Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, as the Chairman…

2023: PDP Governors working to unify force

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say they are working together for the party to present a unified force in the 2023 general elections. Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this on Wednesday night while briefing newsmen after the forum meeting held in Abuja. Tambuwal said that the closed door meeting on the party�s forthcoming national convention which started around 3p.m., was very fruitful. �We have been meeting since 3p.m., meeting for about 7hours. Very fruitful deliberation. �You must…

PDP governors meet today to strategise on party matters

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Aminu Imam

State governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), will meet today, Wednesday, ahead of the party�s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, scheduled for September 9. The Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, of Sokoto State, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Forum�s Director-General, C.I.D Maduabum, in Abuja. It stated that Gov. Tambuwal, in consultation with his colleagues, had summoned an extraordinary meeting of the Forum for 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. According to the statement, the meeting would discuss party matters and strategies to reposition the PDP ahead of…

“You�ll destroy your integrity if you join APC”, Nwodo warns Jonathan

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Aminu Imam

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has cautioned former President Goodluck Jonathan against succumbing to the pressure of defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), saying doing so will destroy what is left of his integrity. Nwodo, a former governor of Enugu State, said no group of people has been so virulent in destroying Jonathan both as a person and as president than the APC. He further said Jonathan won�t be able to cause a radical change from within the APC because…

‘PDP is weakened by crisis’- Kwankwaso

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Aminu Imam

The former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, says the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has weakened it as an opposition. The PDP chieftain said this on Friday during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC), Hausa service. Kwankwaso said the crisis is �heightened by those who are after leadership� of the party. �Now the strength of the party has reduced and in the end what will happen is that it will tear us apart”, he said. �You see the result will not help us since…