Browsing: Senator Ahmed Makarfi

The Gombe State Governor, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo, made the pledge on behalf of the governors at the 77th National Executive Committee meeting of the party in Abuja

Daniel, a former Governor of Ogun State, said this in a statement signed by the Media Consultant to his Campaign Organization, Steve Oliyide, on Saturday

George made his position known in a statement by his campaign organization

The PDP has thrown the chairmanship race open to the whole South

The National Chairman, PDP National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, at the occasion held at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja, advised contestants in the electives positions to reduce hardship of the convention.

Chief Raymond Dokpesi, one of the aspirants, said the move was a fallout of the PDP Governors Forum meeting with the aspirants in Enugu

Buruji in a statement also alleged that Makarfi was disorganizing the party in the South West for the sake of his own presidential ambition in 2019

According to Makarfi, there is no truth in the report and in the wider sense, nobody is proven guilty until he is convicted by a competent court

Daniel had earlier visited Babangida in his house prior to embarking on a nationwide tour.

The nomination was announced to Makarfi in a letter dated October 23, 2017

Informing the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, through a letter dated October 31, 2017, Daniel said he would be going on the tour ahead of the National Convention of the party slated for December 9, 2017

A PDP stalwart, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, said Makarfi has refused to give in to pressure for him to micro zone the chairmanship slot meant for the South because of his determination to ensure fairness to all as well as remain faithful to the decision of the Port Harcourt, Rivers State convention of the party, which was what gave birth to the caretaker committee itself.

Markarfi gave the clarification when the NCC members met with eight national chairmanship aspirants at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja

The party said this in reaction to the stance of Obasanjo not to return to the party despite the visit of the Chairman of its National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, to persuade him to do so

Obasanjo made the vow on Tuesday after his meeting with the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi

Ekwueme, a founding member of the party, who led other PDP chieftains, including Senator Ahmed Markafi, its National Caretaker Committee Chairman, at the flag-off of the campaign in Onitsha on Monday, described Obaze as “the best for Anambra”

Makarfi stated this on Tuesday in Abuja in a meeting with Northern leaders and elders of the PDP to harmonise the region’s position on the zoning arrangement for the 2019 general elections and the party’s convention in December

The party said the judgment of the Federal High Court, which sacked Akpan from the Senate for not being its authentic candidate for the 2015 Akwa Ibom senatorial election was not against its interest, hence unnecessary and ought not to have been filed in the first place

For the second week running now, Ladoja, who left the PDP for Accord in 2011, had been hosting his erstwhile foot soldiers who served under him but deserted the camp due to irreconcilable political differences in 2011 to work for the success of the then Action Congress of Nigeria

Makarfi gave the advice when he received a delegation of of Bayelsa Executive Committee of PDP led by its Chairman, Cleopas Moses, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday.