The ongoing rift between the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubarkar and the Rivers’ State Governor Wike-led Integrity Group manifested in the Oyo State chapter of the party as Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and his loyalists were conspicuously absent at the pre-Atiku Freedom March press conference held at the state Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday.
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The Bola Tinubu presidential spokesman for Southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh has told the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that his origin is more shrouded in secrecy than he (Atiku) claims against his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart.
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The Northern Elders Consultative Forum and some Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress in the North on Friday formally adopted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar for the 2023 election. According to them, Atiku was adopted following the resolution of the Northern Christian leaders to work with their Muslim counterparts to adopt one of the presidential candidates in a bid to defeat the same-faith presidential ticket of the APC. Meanwhile, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, who had been a…
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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, and his convoy was never attacked in Borno state says the Borno State Police Command. This was coming after a PDP chieftain, Dino Melaye, reportedly said Atiku’s convoy was attacked when the former Vice President was disembarking the venue of the rally in Borno State on Wednesday, adding that “over 100 vehicles were allegedly vandalised by hoodlums from different political parties and about 74 persons hospitalised.” The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sani Shatambaya, while addressing newsmen Wednesday, said…
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says he would rather die than support Abubarkar Atiku, a fulani man, to win the Presidential election come 2023. Ortom made the declaration on Sunday when he hosted fellow PDP governors from Rivers, Oyo, Abia and Enugu States to a dinner party held at the government house, Makurdi. The 5 Governors known as G% have been at daggers drawn with the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party following the refusal of the party’s national chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, to step down from the…
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Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice -President and the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, has gifted flood victims in Bayelsa state N55m even as he attributed the devastating flood to the impact of climate change, saying the phenomenon was real. Abubakar, who spoke in Government House, Yenagoa, during a sympathy visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Tuesday, donated a total sum of N55m to flood victims in the state. Abubakar, who announced a donation of N50m while with Diri and another N5m at the Oxbow Lake IDP camp…
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said his position about the EndSars incident where many young Nigerians lost their lives has not changed after two years. In a statement he personally signed on Thursday, Atiku said the sad memory of what happened during the EndSARS protest cannot be wished away so quickly. According to Waziri Adamawa, his heart remains shattered for the families that lost their lives in the protest. According to the statement: “Two years ago, on this day, I shared a statement…
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Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has expressed concern over comments credited to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, advising Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Wike said if true, such a statement was a threat to the unity of the country at a time when concerted efforts should be made in giving every citizen a sense of belonging. The governor spoke on Monday at the international wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport,…
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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has come under fire following his advice to Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Atiku, who stated this during an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna on Saturday, told his audience not to support a Yoruba or Igbo candidate in reference to the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi. The PDP flag bearer, a…
Read MoreAtiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disclosed that he has three Igbo sons while promising to work to ensure that the next president of Nigeria after him is an Igbo man. The former vice president, who had hinted at backing Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State governor and his running mate for the 2023 election as his successor, spoke on Tuesday during a meeting with PDP South East zonal stakeholders in Enugu. Atiku said he has a close relationship with the Igbo people, which he…
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The People’s Democratic Party said it has finalised plans to inaugurate its presidential campaign council on Wednesday, September 28, not minding the withdrawal of some party heavyweights and prominent campaign council members from the Southern part of the country and the middle belt led by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The party revealed that all its programmes would be carried out as scheduled, adding that it had no plan to suspend them for any reason. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja…
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party for any reason. The governor stated that he was rather interested in preserving the sanity of the party and would stay back to fight for the enthronement of unity, inclusivity, equity and peace in the PDP. Wike made the declaration at the Rivers State PDP stakeholders meeting in Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor said he is a man of character, unlike those who cannot keep their word and walked out…
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Ex-governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has narrated how the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, helped Atiku Abubakar to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election at the expense of his opponents including Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State during the primary election. Jang stated this when he spoke on Wednesday following a meeting of some PDP members who are on the side of Governor Wike in Port Harcourt. He likened Ayu to a “referee” who helped one of the sides to score…
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Atiku Abubarkar, the Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has expressed shock at the spread of party leaders and members who pulled out of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. A bewildered Atiku said “I have been informed by officials of our party, apart from the Rivers State chapter of the PDP, all the remaining states of the federation submitted names of people who they wanted to be included in the Presidential Campaign Council. Atiku Abubakar, however, on Wednesday, insisted no party member can force the PDP’s National Chairman,…
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Atiku Abubarkar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party yielded to the persistent call for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, when he told party members at the South-West stakeholders forum in Ibadan that Ayu’s resignation is achievable. Atiku said he had no problem with the call as long as it came in accordance with the party’s constitution. At the party’s South-West stakeholders meeting with Atiku in Ibadan, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State demanded that Ayu must resign if the party must move forward.…
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The crisis rocking the Peoples’ Democratic Party escalated further on Thursday as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, responded to remarks credited to the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. National Infinity reports that Ayu, in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday dismissed Wike and his loyalists “as youngsters who lacked the knowledge about how the party was formed” for asking for his resignation. Wike, at the inauguration of Omerelu internal roads by a former South-West Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, warned that the action and utterances of…
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Iyorchia Ayu, a former Senate President and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has lashed out at the Nyesom Wike’s group within the party calling for his resignation, describing them as children who do not know why we formed the party. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, the national chairman pointed out that even if there would be another election, those calling for his resignation would not be replacing him saying PDP members and stakeholders elected him based on the laid down rules of the party.…
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Peoples’ Democratic Party’s Presidential flagbearer, Atiku Abubarkar, arrived at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, to receive defecting Kano Central Senator and former governor of the state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau and his supporters to the PDP. Among those at the airport were former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido; former Foreign Affairs Minister, Aminu Wali and national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu. The development followed the decision of Shekarau to dump NNPP through which he was collaborating with a former governor of the state, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to prosecute the 2023…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) will tomorrow meet to mediate in the lingering post-convention crisis, setting the stage for a face-to-face parley between two warring gladiators – Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the party. The major opposition party has been struggling to stay united since it concluded its primary in May to elect the presidential flag-bearer and then side-stepping Wike, favoured by a majority in the party, to announce governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, as running mate…
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Atiku Abubarkar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election on Thursday, led the campaign rally for the party’s candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in Osogbo ahead of the Osun governorship election slated for July, 16. The rally was led by Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate, and Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman alongside former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and four governors — Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, and Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta. Conspicuously missing at the rally were Nyesom Wike,…
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Atiku Abubarkar, Nigeria’s former Vice-President and Presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party has canvassed reasons why he picked Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Akowa, over his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike. Confidants within the PDP disclosed that after the media published the report that the vetting committee favoured Wike, the pressure was brought to bear on Atiku by party leaders opposed to the Rivers governor to reject the report. Those opposed to their recommendation of Wike argued that he would not be a good sell to the North because…
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