The National Chairmen of the political parties signed the MoU at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, and pledged to work together under the “Coalition for United Democratic Parties” to produce a presidential candidate for the 2019 election.
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According to a statement signed by the party’s Chairman and Secretary in the state, Chief Ademola Ishola and Elder Femi Awe, they described the said congress as illegal.
Ishola re-affirmed that whatever congress anyone has held in the name of SDP in Osun State was illegal and an affront to the court, while hoping that the judiciary will firmly hold on to the rule of law.
In a statement issued in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Saturday and signed by the duo, they directed members of the party across the state not to participate in the said congress, describing it as illegal.
The APC had on Saturday announced during its National Convention in Abuja the change of its slogan to “Progress” after using “Change” since its formation before the 2015 election
Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Ademola Ishola, who disclosed this at a news conference in Osogbo, said Omisore’s governorship ambition was not known to the party.
Chief Ademola Ishola, the party’s Chairman in Osun, who disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Osogbo, also said Omisore’s governorship ambition was not known to the party.
What Buhari’s interview precipitated was our final closure and proscription. We just heard it on radio. We had advertised that we were coming out with the Buhari interview and of course, we also tried to whet appetites by disclosing some of the things Buhari said in the interview
Bello, who is also one of the PDP governorship aspirants, said this on Tuesday in Osogbo while speaking with newsmen.
Tofa said this in a statement on Saturday on Buhari’s decision to recognise June 12 as Democracy Day and confer the award of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic on Abiola
Ayegbusi who is currently engaging relevant stakeholders and leaders within and outside the state has described the purported sponsorship as the figment of the fertile imagination of those who are afraid of his soaring popularity among the electorates.
Al-Makura, who spoke to newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Lungun-Wambai polling unit of Gayam ward in Lafia, expressed delight with the process so far.
Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, made the statement in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The position of the group was made known by its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, after a visit to him and other Afenifere leaders on Monday
Omisore, who announced his defection in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday, said he intended to contest the September 22 governorship election on the platform of SDP.
The election was held on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti
Nwosu said this in Umuahia on Thursday, while briefing newsmen on the current efforts to rebuild the party and woo more Abians to it.
The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Hashimu Haruna, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Wednesday.
The command spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Monday in Yola, alleged that Behora committed the act in a political programme aired on a private radio station in Yola.
Led by its National Chairman, Chief Oluyemisi Falae; a former Minister for Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran; Ambassador Yemi Farounbi; another former Minister, Dr. Olu Agunloye; Hon. Taiwo Akeju; Chief Kola Balogun; and Princess Oyeronke Akinlolu, the SDP chiefs echoed the need for “all patriotic Nigerians who believe in national unity, justice, equity and progress to come together and rescue the nation”.