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Ayorinde addressed newsmen shortly after he obtained a PDP nomination form at the state party secretariat in Akure on Tuesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the campaign started with official presentation of the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke and his deputy, Albert Adeogun, to the party faithful.

Labaran Maku, the National Secretary of APGA, who is also a governorship aspirant of the party in the state, debunked this in an interview with journalist on Tuesday in Lafia.

Frontline Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), and the Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, have faulted the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that his All Progressives Congress-led government “will not sacrifice national security for the rule of law.”

Frontline Peoples Democratic Party presidential hopeful, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has extended his nationwide consultation to Edo State in his quest to clinch the presidential ticket of the party ahead of the 2019 elections.

The Peoples Democratic Party has told President Muhammadu Buhari that his statement claiming that the rule of law will become secondary to his whims and self-determined “national interest” is strange to Nigeria’s laws and completely unacceptable.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Salvador announced his defection to the APC along with his supporters at his residence in Lagos.

The party made this known in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Monday in Abuja, describing the challenge by the PDP as laughable and incredible.

The country’s leaders pledged their support in the course of Turaki’s ongoing national consultations ahead of the forthcoming PDP National Convention. 

The Presiding Judge, Justice David Oladimeji, dismissed the suit because the plaintiffs withdrew the case against Adeleke.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday disclosed that he has created more jobs than other presidential aspirants in the country.

Jonathan, who flew the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, had while the results of the election were still being announced by the then Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, conceded defeat and congratulated Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

This was contained in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.

In the statement signed by his Media Adviser, Umar Sani, Sambo denied “some political posters surreptitiously being circulated on some social media platforms purporting to emanate from him suggesting that he has signified interest to join the presidential race under the umbrella of our great party the Peoples Democratic Party”.

Nwoga, a governorship aspirant of APC, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Enugu that the process which allowed the party members to select their leaders was ingenious.

The Peoples Democratic Party has urged the Nigeria Police to come out clear on the “fact-finding” invitation extended to former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, to appear on Tuesday for alleged conspiracy, criminal defamation and inciting publication.

Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said he was confident of picking the party’s ticket for the 2019 election.

While we are basking in the euphoria of defections that have recently filled the polity, we must remain focused on the issues. It does appear that so far the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has benefited the most from the gale of defections.

Makarfi, a former Interim National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Kaduna state governor, made the appeal on Saturday in Ibadan.

No fewer than 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state on Friday defected to the All Progressives Congress.