The party said Tukur’s statement that the President will rule till 2019 is nothing but an empty boast aimed at ingratiating himself to Jonathan
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The statement said the decision was arrived at during the meeting of the State Executive Committee of the party in Ado-Ekiti
“The position of our great party on corruption is unambiguous and our zero tolerance for corrupt practices abounds in practical examples,” Mutuh said
The PDP candidate for Ifelodun Local Government, Babatunde Salami, scored 74,299 votes, and his counterpart in Ilorin East Local Council, Abdullateef Okandeji, polled 89,416 votes
Metuh said that no disciplinary measure was being contemplated against the group by the party’s leadership in the spirit of true reconciliation
The notice of appeal, according to an online statement by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the spokesperson of the nPDP, was filed on Thursday morning by its Team of lawyers before the Federal High Court, Abuja and presided over by Justice Evoh Chukwu, who ruled against the splinter PDP last Friday
In a judgment delivered by Justice Ejebi Eko, the court ruled that Tony Nwoye was duly nominated and sponsored by the PDP as its candidate for the gubernatorial election
He called on the committee members to help to mobilise resources to ensure the completion of the 12-storey building
O’tega Emerhor of the All Progressive Congress, who polled 29,075 votes, and Ede Definone of the DPP, who scored 29,055 votes had faulted the results, wondering why the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Hon. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo of the PDP as the winner, having polled 263,024
In response to the All progressive Congress’s position that the election was flawed, Metuh berated the rival party for “not being bold and sportsmanlike enough to accept its straight defeat in the election
But Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Asiwaju Mike Oghiadomhe, advised him to step down for the winner of the bye-election, Hon. Emmanuel Aguariavwode
Their poor performance was linked with four recent incidences that occurred in the oil rich state, few days to the conduct of the election
Speaking while accepting the former members of the DPP, led by Ogbaburon, into the PDP, Governor Uduaghan prayed for peace in Delta State, explaining that all those who are prophesying anarchy following the election will be disappointed
Chief John Nkwuda, the Chairman of the commission, who declared the results on Sunday, said the PDP won the chairmanship and counselorship seats in all the 13 local government areas of the state
The PDP candidate had planned to campaign on Friday morning in the locality before hoodlums unleashed mayhem on the campaign train
The APC Lagosians to treat the Lagos PDP as an seriousness bunch of gossips who have shown no knowledge of governing Lagos besides salivating on how to milk Lagos, in the known tradition of the PDP, which has left Nigeria wrecked and prostrate today
“In view of the application filed by Mr. Alex Akoja on behalf of the plaintiff, I hereby grant an order for the withdrawal of the suit,” Chukwu said
“The ruling PDP will no longer dignify disgruntled and frustrated persons and groups with responses and replies
“The Peoples Democratic Party remains the same now and forever just like the word of God Almighty. God does not change. Our party does not change too
The APC also alleged that they also plan to use what it has tagged a Third Force to bamboozle Nigerians and project the image of a performing Presidency, even when they admit that the current public perception of government is less than salutary because of its weakness and lack of vision; Engage in the destabilization of the APC using moles and fifth columnists; Instigate chaos in the South-West using what they called the “Old Afenifere Guards”; as well as infiltrate and weaken socio-cultural and socio-political organizations in areas they deemed to be unfavourable to the President