Okorocha, who insisted that the ratification of his the emergence of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, as the governorship candidate of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission and the party cannot be reversed, said it was strange that new comers were hoping to use their federal might connection in Abuja to achieve what they could not in the state
Browsing: Ahmed Gulak
The party’s governorship primary committee led by Ahmed Gulak had declared Senator Hope Uzodimma as winner of the primary that was later cancelled by the NWC.
The aspirants made this known in a communique read by one of them and current Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
Oshiohmole stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The defection is coming a few days before President Buhari’s visit to the state
Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of the Makarfi-led faction, made the remark in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Abuja
He therefore said the current killing of innocent Nigerians in some parts of the North down to the South East of the Federation shows that there are Fulani militants who are Boko Haram in disguise
The order was handed down on Tuesday by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, following a suit filed by a former Special Adviser on Political Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak
Gulak, former Political Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, sued the PDP over “deliberate delay to conduct election to the party’s substantive chairmanship position”
Gulak has been in the eye of the storm following his several outbursts against perceived enemies of Jonathan
The State Executive Committee of the PDP at a meeting held two days ago in Akwa Ibom State had asked the Presidency to call Gulak to order on allegation that he was meddling in the politics of Akwa Ibom State to the displeasure of the state Governor, Obong Godswill Akpabio
This was just as the party called on President Goodluck Jonathan to warn some of his aides such as his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, against causing disaffection in states of the Federation through their comments and actions
Gulak said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he received a delegation of the youth wing of the National Coalition for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency
“It is simply impossible that Amaechi’s APC will take the votes away from the PDP whether at the governorship or presidential levels and other levels for that matter
When reminded that the leadership of the new PDP had requested that President Goodluck Jonathan postpones the meeting because most of the governors will be in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj, Gulak said he was not aware of such request
He said: “I always say that there is no political crisis in Nigeria.
“What we are witnessing is mad pursuit of unrealisable ambition by few people who are blinded by ambition
According to him, the opening of the political space for more Nigerians anywhere in the world to participate was responsible for the political vibrancy without any crackdown on political opponents or restriction of freedom to hold political opinions
Speaking while inaugurating the United States of America chapter of the GSG on Friday in New York, Gulak stated that while the President has not decided to seek re-election, he has the constitutional right to contest the second term
Apparently referring to the demand that the President should denounce 2015, Gulak said: “These demands would not be in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and certain demands would not be in accordance with the party’s constitution
He said as an elder, Soyinka should have got his fact right before making any public comment