The immediate past Governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom has commiserated with Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River, over the passing of his mother, Genevieve Duke.
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Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke led the launch on Wednesday, 15 February with the sum of N5,000,000 and another N5,000,000 for a serial of the book.
He spoke when the Peoples Democratic Party campaign train berthed at Etung Local Government Area on Thursday.
Duke, who wondered if he could get justice in the matter, spoke at a roundtable with Editors recently in Lagos.
The Commissioner made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Eagle Online recalls that Duke revealed this at a function in Lagos, the video of which is published with this story
He made the remarks at the inauguration of the 1,080-member campaign council of the charter of the Peoples Democratic Party
The trio also met on Monday night with top politicians like former Cross River Governor, Donald Duke; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, Gombe State ex-governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; and a host of others at Wike’s private residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Ayade, while addressing some stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Governor’s Lodge on Sunday in Calabar, said his decision to return power to the south was based on morality.
In a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president affirmed that the leadership strides of the former governor reverberated across the country, with innovative and creative strategies of development that placed Nigeria on the spotlight for rapid urban development, agriculture, industrialization, hospitality and tourism.
The Eagle Online recalls that the incumbent governor, Professor Ben Ayade, recently left the party.
Duke, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday while reacting to the destruction of properties on Friday and Saturday in Calabar by some hoodlums, said the act was not normal.
A former governor of Cross River, Donald Duke, has called on Federal Government to compel banks to reduce interest rate to the barest minimum to make credit available and affordable for small businesses.
A former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Tuesday called for enactment of a law to compel attachment of portfolios to ministerial nominees presented to the Senate for screening.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has restated his commitment to ensuring that the Southern Senatorial District of the state produces the next governor in 2023.
Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River State and presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party, has lost his local government area, Calabar Municipal, to the Peoples Democratic Party.
Duke, in a statement he personally signed, likened the manner of Yakubu may exit from public glare to that of a former chairman of the then electoral body that conducted the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, which was won by late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Former governor of Cross River, Donald Duke, says he still remain the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party and would present himself for the February 16 poll.
Falae’s resignation comes less than 24 hours after his party endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for the February 16, 2019 presidential election
Donald Duke, the Social Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, says he is going ahead with his campaigns in spite of delays caused by litigation over his candidature.