Reacting to the appointments in a statement in Abuja by his media office, the former Vice President said: “The PDP couldn’t have made a better choice because Governor Wike is an outstanding and dedicated party man who has consistently worked for the success of our party.”
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The party placed a N22.5 million fee on each of the governorship aspirants, while female aspirants and the physically challenged were asked to pay 50 per cent of the fee.
The Chairman of the Screening Committee for the Ondo State governorship election and former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, announced this to newsmen in Abuja.
The party announced the development on Friday on its official Twitter handle.
The lawmaker, who represents Ibadan South West/North West Federal Constituency, displayed that some described as the “garage mentality” on Friday at the public hearing organised by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on COVID-19 on the need to investigate medical research in the fight against the virus and other diseases in Nigeria.
It said: “The PDP and indeed the people of Edo state are already aware that the trio were selected by the APC to lead its campaign so as to force a combined formula of Kano and Kogi electoral violence as well as Imo state mandate robbery to subvert the will of the people of Edo state in the governorship election.”
Barely 24 hours after it was unveiled, a former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, on Friday distanced himself from the new political movement.
Tinubu made the declaration shortly after a closed door meeting with Governor Mai Mala Buni, the Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee, and other members at his Bourdillon Residence in Ikoyi, Lagos
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Uzoh and his lawyer, Eziafa Enwedo, were arraigned by the Federal Government for allegedly using a forged originating summons and court processes to obtain a forged judgement from a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to unseat Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, representing Anambra South.
Dan Mandyau, brother of the deceased, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday.
The meeting took place at Tinubu’s Ikoyi, Lagos State home
The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday in Abuja announced Dayo Ogungbenro as the Chairman of the new Caretaker Committee.
The party described the hike, despite the decline price of crude oil in the international market, as grossly unjustifiable and further exposes the insincerity of the APC and its administration.
In a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ifeanyi Emeka, the group said it had been ignoring the governor because his views were insignificant, but has decided to respond because of the lives of many Nigerians that would be saved.
The embattled Chairman, the Secretary and Treasurer were accused of gross misdemeanour, abuse of office, financial recklessness and diversion of over N872 million.
This was contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena
Osagie Ize-Iyamu and the four others were to appear on Thursday before Justice M.G. Umar over charges bordering on alleged N700 million money laundering filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Mustapha Salihu and other APC stalwarts on Thursday notified the court of their intention to discontinue the suit.
Declaring the results in Jalingo, Dr. Philip Duwe, Chairman of the commission, disclosed that the ruling PDP had won the councilorship in 168 council wards in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that nine lives were lost in Zadawa village of Misau LGA and scores injured as a result of a clash which erupted in the area on July 29.