The Peoples Democratic Movement has rejectedthe judgement of the Ebonyi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, which upheld Governor Dave Umahi’s victory in the April 9 governorship election.
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The Peoples Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate, Aminchi Habu on Wednesday withdrew their petition jointly filed to challenge the conduct of the February 3 presidential election and declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner.
Members of the Peoples Democratic Movement have adopted Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party as their consensus presidential candidate for the 2019 election.
In what was seen as a setback for the candidacy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Movement, a political movement started by Shehu Yar’Adua today declared support for President Buhari.
The Progressive People’s Alliance has denied involvement in the endorsement of the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-olu, by some opposition parties for 2019.
The party at its 2018 elective convention which ended in Abuja on Sunday affirmed Aminchi’s candidature through a unanimous voice vote of delegates from the 36 states of the country and the FCT.
The PDM in a statement disclosed that the price of the equipment was fraudulently inflated.
At this point I want to state that as a foundation member of this struggle against dictatorship, whether brutal, benevolent, feudal or benign, and having suffered its debilitating consequences, losses, including death, we cannot undermine a cause we fought to build
Ibrahim announced this during a news conference he jointly held with Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday
Buhari said this in an interview with newsmen after an initial briefing where the Peoples Democratic Movement presented a resolution supporting his candidature for the February 14 presidential election
This was contained in a statement released to newsmen and signed by Malam Garba Shehu, Atiku’s Head of Media
A statement by the PDM’s General Secretary, Dr. Oluwole Akinwumi, said the decision to withdraw Akinola was taken as far back as June and it was thus surprising that INEC could still go ahead to list him for the poll
According to Ibrahim, the de-registration of parties for not winning a seat in state assembly will be against the fundamental human rights of the people
What Nigeria does in the next election will determine whether that future will be filled with hope and opportunity, or with more of the fear and despair currently assailing us
The communique was issued as an outcome of the January 30, 2014 interactive meeting of the leadership of the party
It said it was part of the move to mislead the public
The PDM said the allegations were too weighty to be ignored
Reacting to the assertion that PDM was in a merger or alliance talks with the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Ibrahim unequivocally dismissed it
Rising from a meeting of what it called the founding fathers and elders at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, the group accused the National Chairman of the PDM, Bashir Ibrahim Yusuf, of secretly registering the movement as a political party without the knowledge and approval of the founding fathers
The PDM said it was not the business of Anenih to decide for the majority of the members of the movement, founded by the late Major General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, whether it should be registered as a political party or not