Tag: PDP

Just In: Uche Secondus resigns as PDP National Chairman

Aminu Imam

Prince Uche Secondus has resigned as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Although no reason was immediately adduced for his resignation, unconfirmed reports indicated that the embattled PDP Chairman stepped down following the outcome of the National Executive Council, ( NEC) meeting in Abuja, attended by major stakeholders and presided by the Acting National Chairman, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, with Secondus reportedly uninvited. The meeting, which was said to have prioritised its chances for 2023, reportedly decided to take a bold step towards doing away with internal troubles that…

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2023: Kwankwaso urges supporters to get ‘battle-ready’

Aminu Imam

The immediate past governor of Kano State, (Dr.) Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has asked his supporters and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State to gear up for the “battle ahead”. Kwankwaso, who is the predecessor of the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, urged members of the PDP to unite ahead of 2023, adding that the opposition party would defeat the APC. According to him, Ganduje’s bad leadership has is an albatross to the growth and development of the State. Kwankwaso, who is also the leader of the…

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Corruption: “Amaechi’s APC looting confession vindicates us” – PDP

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has said that the confession by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that stealing is going on quietly under President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC), vindicates its stand that the APC is a haven of thieves and treasury looters. The party asserted that the confession also further confirmed that the Buhari-led APC administration has been providing official cover for corrupt officials, who have turned government agencies into cash cows and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) for themselves, their cronies, family members and mistresses. PDP, in…

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Just In: Court returns Secondus as PDP National Chairman

Aminu Imam

A Kebbi State High Court has ordered Prince Uche Secondus to return to his position as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). A vacation Judge, Justice Nusrat Umar, gave the order in a suit brought before her in Birnin-Kebbi, the State capital. In the case, cited as KB/AC/M. 170/2021, Justice Umar said she was satisfied after reading the affidavit of the respondents. She said it was necessary to issue an interim order on the purported suspension of Prince Secondus pending the determination of the case. The order…

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Just In: PDP announces Acting Chairman

Aminu Imam

After two days of intra-party spat over claim to its leadership, the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Deputy National Chairman (South), has affirmed Yemi Akinwonmi as its Acting National Chairman. This was disclosed by the party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, after the National Working Committee, (NWC), closed-door meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Akinwonmi replaces the erstwhile National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who was on Monday ordered by a Rivers State High Court not to parade himself as the National Chairman of the PDP. He also announced a reschedule of the…

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Drama, as PDP suspends National Working Committee meeting indefinitely

Aminu Imam

The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Elder Yemi Akinwomi has suspended the scheduled National Working Committee, (NWC), meeting of the party till further notice. Following the Port Harcourt Court restraining order against the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman-South, Elder Akinwomi, acting on section 45 (2) of the PDP constitution took over the presiding over of the activities of the party and issued the directive. The Constitutional section says that in absence of the National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman-South takes over…

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Drama, as PDP suspends National Working Committee meeting indefinitely

Aminu Imam

The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Elder Yemi Akinwomi has suspended the scheduled National Working Committee, (NWC), meeting of the party till further notice. Following the Port Harcourt Court restraining order against the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman-South, Elder Akinwomi, acting on section 45 (2) of the PDP constitution took over the presiding over of the activities of the party and issued the directive. The Constitutional section says that in absence of the National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman-South takes over…

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Court suspends Uche Secondus as PDP National Chairman

Aminu Imam

The leadership crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), worsened on Monday as a High Court in Rivers State has restrained Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Party. The order was given by Justice O. Gbasam at the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State yesterday. The judge, who gave the order, also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the party pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. The…

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2023: Nigeria needs a nationalist, not tribalist, parochial, provincial politicians – Tambuwal

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the nation requires a leadership that is nationalistic and not tribalistic, a leadership that promotes national unity, not disunity. Tambuwal added that the nation needs a broad worldview and not a parochial and provincial politician. Speaking yesterday at Richard Akinnola’s birthday lecture in Lagos, Tambuwal equally said that the nation needs an incorruptible leader who understands that the best way to fight corruption is by…

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APC group blames PDP for Nigeria’s worsened insecurity

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, APC-LAC, a voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), has blamed the current wave of heightened insecurity in Nigeria on years of mismanagement and embezzlement of funds meant for procurement of security equipment by the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The group also hailed the Muhammadu Buhari-led government on its stride against criminal elements in the North, noting that the tide is definitely turning against Boko Haram and ISWAP in the North East. The group said this in a press…

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