The PDP described the registration exercise as fraudulent, as the few persons that have registered are either financially induced or tricked to do so without knowing the reason and implications of presenting themselves for the registration
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In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said since one of the ways to truncate democracy is by stifling popular participation, the PDP as a party stands accused of working to truncate Nigeria’s democracy by its campaign of lies against the APC membership registration, which is aimed at giving as many Nigerians as possible a chance to be part of their country’s constitutional democracy
Oshiomhole, who was a member of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria before the merger of parties, which gave birth to the APC, registered at Iyamho Primary School, Etsako West Local Government Area and was given a membership card with number 10018645
A national officer of the party, Zakari Dobi, who led a committee to reconcile the warring factions of the party in Niger State, told journalists on Thursday in Minna that the crisis has been resolved and that the exercise will start on Friday
The registration of members scheduled to have started on Wednesday will now commence in Niger State on Friday due to crisis that had threatened the exercise in the state for two days
Shittu instituted a legal action against the APC and five others over his exclusion from the Oyo State Harmonisation Committee in spite of his nomination by the national body of the party
Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman of the party, said this while declaring open a Strategic Consultative Workshop for Women in Media and Communication
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said despite the attacks by oil militants in the Niger Delta and the ongoing insurgency by Boko Haram in some parts of the North, Nigeria has not witnessed a clearer and louder call to war than Asari-Dokubo’s senseless vituperation since the country’s civil war ended in 1970
Abubakar made the declaration when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State
Abubakar had on Sunday announced in a statement he personally signed that he was dumping the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC
The defectors, who, on Wednesday, wrote to inform the Senate President, David Mark, of their defection, included Magnus Abe and Wilson Ake from Rivers State, former Kwara State Governor Abubakar Bukola Saraki, former Gombe State Governor Mohammed Danjuma Goje, former Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Adamu, and another former Kwara Governor Mohammed Sha’aba Lafiagi
The conclusion of the meetings came on a day that associates and stakeholders of the former Vice President from his own North East zone overwhelmingly rejected the Peoples Democratic Party and rooted for the All Progressives Congress as a preferred political platform for him to continue in politics
A statement issued by the Minister’s Press Secretary, Joseph Mutah, in Abuja said the minister bared his mind when he received a delegation from Agwada, the senator’s hometown, on a courtesy visit
The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, stated this while reacting to an interview by the former Aviation Minister and APC chieftain, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on the Ekiti State Television on Wednesday
Saraki said in Abuja that it was important for the letter to be read on the floor to formally inform the Senate of their defection to the opposition
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party accused the Minister of engaging in an emotional outburst that is devoid of reason or logic by describing as anti-national interest and anti-development the APC’s directive to its members in the National Assembly to withdraw cooperation with the Executive until peace returns to Rivers State
A formal letter to this effect has been delivered to Mark and it is expected to be read on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday afternoon
The lawmaker, who described the move to recall him as “laughable”, said the APC had no moral or legal right to commence the process of his recall
“Today is another milestone in the history of APC in Adamawa with the inauguration of its Interim Management Committee,” Duhu said
The backing followed the conclusion of the consultative meeting the former vice-president had with the stakeholders at Ikenga Hotel in Enugu, Enugu State