Meseko said the group was abandoning the congresses because Gov. Yahaya Bello had allegedly hijacked the process.
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Bade-Gboyega, who was the sole candidate in the primary election of the party, was unanimously adopted by all the 80 delegates across the 16 local government areas of the state.
Taiwo Olatubosun, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeriain Ado-Ekiti, adding that aspirants were those who scaled through the party screening for the primaries.
The party declared that the governor’s meddlesomeness was a sign that he has become frustrated and jittery.
Oke Ikoro, the Chairman of the forum, made the plea on Wednesday in Abuja when a delegation of the forum visited the NWC.
The position of the party was contained in a statement on Thursday by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the Media Consultant to Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the Chairman of APC in Rivers State.
Melaye was ordered remanded in prison by a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State
A statement on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, had hinted of Melaye’s arraignment
Uroghide had moved motion of impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the purchase 12 Super Tucano helicopters worth $462 million without the National Assembly’s approval before the molestation
Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, the Head of EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, made the assertion at a Pre-EU Day press briefing in Abuja
Melaye’s arraignment followed his discharge from the National Hospital, where the police had sequestered him since last week Tuesday
The Eagle Online recalls that Idris has refused to appear before the Senate the two times he has so far been summoned, rather sending the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph Habila
Kura said the historic consultative interface between the apex of the third force Grand Coalition and presidential aspirants in the 2019 elections, tagged: “National Presidential Roundtable,” is being initiated to become a standing platform for regular engagement of prospective presidents of Nigeria ahead of national elections in Nigeria
Speaking on his advocacy for a proper restructuring of Nigeria, the former Vice President noted that his approach towards achieving the restructuring agenda will be to review the contents of the Exclusive, Concurrent and Residual lists.
Fayose said genuine lovers of democracy should be worried that over N5 billion cash will be going into mere primary election of a political party that claimed to be fighting corruption.
It said: “Vice President Osinbajo is a professor of law and ought to know that patriotism demands that he should not make unsubstantiated claims but to place the names of such Nigerians in public.
The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olusegun Abimbola, said the government would take immediate step to vacate the order, which he claimed was yet to be served on the government.
The Deputy National of the party, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi; the Zonal Chairman, Dr. Eddy Olafeso; Lagos State PDP Chairman, Hon. Moshood Adegoke Salvador; Rev. Bunmi Jenyo, Zonal Secretary (South West); and Arewa Nike, Ex-Officio (South West), had stormed Ladoja’s Bodija, Ibadan residence to assuage the feeling of the former governor over the “much-reported harmonization of the PDP state executive”.
Chief Davies Ikanya, the APC Chairman in Rivers, stated this at a press briefing at the end of the State Executive Committee meeting held at the party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
In a statement signed by its National President, Dr. Esther Uduehi, a former Presidential Adviser, the league further demanded that parties should field female governorship aspirants in at least 12 states, while all male governorship candidates should have a woman as running mates.