Saraki traced the dictatorial tendency and resort to unilateral decisions to undue intervention of the PDP National Executive Committee, led by Tukur, in the internal affairs of state chapters, particularly in Adamawa and Rivers States and the lack of confidence in the ability of the Tukur-led executive to uphold the sanctity of the peoples interest as some of the reasons for dumping the party
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Eze said that Bipi allegedly boasted to some of his aides and admirers that they have been directed to impeach Amaechi between December 17 and 24, 2013
Metuh said that the call by the APC was part of the party’s larger agenda to truncate the country`s democracy
According to him, the agreement the national executive reached was that the new PDP governors in APC would have the same rights as the APC governors
Shinkafi explained that it was “morally wrong” for an incumbent governor to dump a political party on which platform he came to power
Speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan and key members of the PDP that ended in the early hours of Monday, Governor Wamakko insisted himself and Kwankwaso, who were present at the meeting with Jonathan, will never return to the PDP
The party gave the assurance in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Apart from the governors, others attending the meeting and who have already arrived are the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, Tony Anenih; and the National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
It stated that the rift that led some governors of the party to defect to the All Progressives Congress was not a healthy development
The Magistrate, Malam Nuhu Aminu, said the case was criminal in nature hence need for the defendants to be present in court
Epoke said Tony Nwonye of the Peoples Democratic Party and Senator Chris Ngige of the All Progressives Congress scored 97,700 and 95,963 votes to emerge second and third respectively
Ribadu said that officials of the party were working hard to set up a durable structure that would give a level-playing field to all its members
The party spokesman said that what happened between the group and the APC on November 26 was not a merger
The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Victor Ogene, said this while addressing parliamentary correspondents in Abuja
Fayemi’s party, the All Progressives Congress, recently merged with the New Peoples Democratic Party, to which Oni belongs
The women, who gathered at Arroma Junction, marched through Alex Ekwueme Square to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state capital
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the call for total cancellation supersedes its early call for a rerun in four local government areas and is based on the report it received from its agents as well as from local and foreign observers during the poll
In some areas, especially those labelled as strongholds of the All Progressives Congress, which is fielding Dr. Chris Ngige for the election, materials did not arrive early
In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said even during general elections, people are allowed to move around freely from 4pm on election day
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the top officials whom INEC plans to send to oversee the election are card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party, which has compromised their role as unbiased umpires