A statement by Eze Chukwuemeka, the National Publicity Secretary of the splinter PDP, noted that the Presidency’s insistence on recognising the Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, as the NGF Chairman was unfortunate because it did not only send across a dangerous signal but also serves to frustrate efforts to unite the country’s state governors so as to enable them serve Nigerians better
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The APC said: “Anyone who thinks this alarm by the Rivers Peoples Forum is outlandish should remember what happened to then Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige, who was abducted and rough handled in 2003 in what is undoubtedly the most egregious violation of democratic institutions in our country’s history
Speaking in Asaba, Delta State in the office of Dr. Festus Okubor, the Chief of Staff to Governor of Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, the leader of the delegation and President of the group, Prince Daniel Ekiugbo, said Ameachi’s alignment with the G7 proponents of the new Peoples Democratic Party speaks volume of his inordinate desire for power
According to Abubakar, there is nowhere in the world the police would take sides in private political conflicts at the expense of its constitutional role
Three police vans were parked across the road and all residents of the Old GRA street could not drive in or out of the area
The statement by Eze reads: “We have read some of the utterances of the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and found most of them to be exasperating, disgusting, unacceptable and very unfortunate. We have heard about the threat to suspend or expel State Governors and members of the National Assembly that are indentifying with the true leadership of PDP under Alh Abubakar Kawu Baraje
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting of the PDP leaders in Rivers State with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Obuah said the governor was free to leave the party if he cannot apologise
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the action also amounts to gross abuse of national institutions and a pointer to what lies ahead for all perceived enemies of the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration