He said any poster proclaiming him as having declared for the presidency remains the handiwork of political enemies, who have become more desperate in the last few weeks
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Shortly after the ruling, Oshiomhole held a victory march round Benin City
During the visit, the PDP Chairman for Igbere Ward B, Gideon Amaechi Uko, said no amount of intimidation would make them relent in the reconciliation efforts of the party at the ward level
The PDP sought to know the budget Aregbesola would be presenting to the House of Assembly, adding that the state Commissioner for Special Duties and Regional Integration, Ajibola Basiru, has earlier claimed that the budget was presented before December 31, 2012 as stipulated by law
The governor, who spoke against the backdrop of reports of a crack between the leadership of the party and governors elected on its platform, said issues within the party are usually amicably resolved in the interest of the party and Nigeria in general
According to Uduaghan, the former president is an international figure who believes so much in Nigeria and has worked for Nigeria’s development and its unity
Nkire said political parties were built like churches and mosques with at least two doors: one for entrance and other for exit but without restrictions whatsoever
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said any attempt to label Akande an ex-convict in a pejorative sense will be an exercise in futility, because he was neither convicted for abuse of office nor for any corruption-related offence by a duly constituted court
During separate visits to Kalu in his country home on Wednesday, the leaderships of the PDP and PPA in his wards urged him to return to their parties
The Zonal Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Kayode Babade, said in a statement on Tuesday that rather than turning George’s conviction into an anthem that they sing everyday, the ACN should tell Nigerians the propriety of having Akande, who was jailed for fraud in 1984, as its National Chairman and Femi Gbajamiala, who was convicted for professional misconduct by the Supreme Court of Georgia, United States of America, as the House of Representatives Minority Leader
Kashamu said in a statement on Monday that those Obasanjo derogatorily has now labeled as money bag politicians bankrolled his political activities in the past
A statement by the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, on Monday, said the power to replace Oyinlola, with whom he is believed to be at loggerheads, was vested in him by the constitution of the party
Oni described the media reports insinuating that the party was considering dropping Oyinlola for another candidate from the South West as part of the mischief of those whose ambition was to destroy the party in the zone
Kona, who spoke on Friday in Abuja against the backdrop of reports that Suntai, who was involved in a air mishap suffered brain damage, said the governor’s brain was not affected by the crash
The party said rather than blame the people of the state for what he may regard as rumour about his administration, Fayemi should blame his party, which thrives on falsehood and propaganda, himself for running a cult-like government and his information managers, who are obviously not doing their job
The suit was filed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of the party, Adebayo Dayo and Alhaji Semiu Sodipo.
What I am saying in essence is that there is a very wide hiatus between an actualizer and a dreamer. Leaders throughout the world do not claim success for their dreams and designs but what they actually achieved while in office. How does anyone go into the basement of Ladoja’s mind to gouge out or gauge his dreams? How does one establish the veracity or otherwise of this claim?
Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who read the Supreme Court judgement, said the Court of Appeal erred in its ruling as the Edo Elections Petitions Tribunal, which earlier struck out the paragraphs relating to non-qualification, was correct in doing so
Though Akpabio, who spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting said it was a peer review mechanism meeting, sources said the bulk of the time spent with the President by the governors was over the crises rocking the PDP
Two of the crises, which came to the fore on Wednesday, were the inability of the party to, in its usual practice, have a consensus candidate for the chairmanship position of its Board of Trustees, and the non-recognition of the congresses held in Adamawa State, which had the blessing of the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur