Twelve Senators had on Tuesday defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party and the African Democratic Congress via a letter read by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, during plenary.
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The Chairman, ADC, Ogun State, Dr. Gbolade Osinowo, said in a statement on Wednesday that the lawmakers had indicated, with their defection, that they were sorry for being part of a party that had misled Nigerians and caused them pain for so long.
The members of All Progressive Party in Ebonyi have affirmed their support for President Muhammadu Buhari and the party’s leadership in the wake of Tuesday’s defection of some national assembly members.
A letter sent by President Buhari to the lawmakers demanded for a supplementary budget of N242 billion for the election.
The President expressed this confidence on his Twitter handle in a series of tweets after 15 senators and 36 members of the House of Representatives announced their decision to quit the APC
Briefing newsmen in company with some of the defected members, who moved to the Peoples Democratic Party, Atunwa said Tuesday’s defection was just the first batch of members that would leave the APC
Oshiomhole said this when he spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed door at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday
The National Chairman of the ADC, Ralphs Nwosu, made the allegation on Wednesday in his welcome address at a meeting with a team of officials of the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute at the party’s headquarters in Abuja.
The ADC chieftain made this claim at a news conference on Tuesday in Ibadan
Announcing their defection Monday at a Stakeholders Meeting and Inauguration of ADC Congress Committee for Adamawa in Yola, the lawmakers said they were compelled to leave APC with their supporters due to injustice done to them during the recent congresses of APC in Adamawa.
The National Chairmen of the political parties signed the MoU at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, and pledged to work together under the “Coalition for United Democratic Parties” to produce a presidential candidate for the 2019 election
The newspaper quoted the Chairman of the ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu, as having said this during a telephone interview on Friday.
Nwosu stated this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a press conference organised to receive Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, a two-time gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, who joined the ADC on Friday
The position of the group was made known by its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, after a visit to him and other Afenifere leaders on Monday
Nkem Lemchi, Lagos State Chairman of ADC, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the party was witnessing influx of people coming for registration and declaring their interest to use the platform.
In a strongly worded statement signed by its General Secretary, Akin Malaolu, on Friday night, the group said Obasanjo was trying to deceive Nigerians again with “rhetorical and platitudinous speeches”.
Obasanjo said this on Thursday when he briefed newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital
Obasanjo announced this on Thursday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when he spoke with newsmen at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library
He prayed the tribunal to nullify the Novernor 18 governorship election in Anambra for non-substantial compliance to the Electoral Act.
Eze, who spoke on Friday in Abakaliki while briefing journalists, said the Commission had concluded every arrangement for the smooth conduct of the election