Tag: PDP
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Reports of attack on Atiku’s witnesses misleading, undermining – Police
The Nigerian Police Force has said that there was ‘no any attack by bandits either on villages or on any person or group of persons traveling in Zamfara State on Friday. The Poolice said the story by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s lawyer Chief Chris Uche, SAN, that witnesses they scheduled…
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Minority Leadership Crisis: PDP Committee meets Elumelu, others
The committee set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) on Thursday met with Ndudi Elumelu and six other lawmakers. The lawmakers are -Wole Oke, Lynda Ikpeazu, Anayo Edwin, Gideon Gwadi, Toby Okechukwu and Adekoya Abdul-Majid. The lawmakers were suspended by the party over House of Representatives Minority leadership crisis. The…
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There were cases of overvoting, allocation of figures to APC in Kaduna, hence I didn’t sign – Witness Tells Tribunal
A retired major, Yahaya Shiko, who served as the collation agent for the Peoples Democratic Party in the Kaduna South Local Government of Kaduna State during the February 23, 2019 presidential election, said on Thursday that the results of the poll were doctored in his presence in favour of the All Progressives Congress. Testifying before…
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Votes Declared By INEC Surpassed Accredited Voters In Borno, PDP Agent Tells Tribunal
The Borno State collation agent for the Peoples Democratic Party in the last presidential election, Mr. Nicholas Msheliza, said at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday that virtually all the result sheets from the various local governments in the state were mutilated. He also said there was zero accreditation of voters in over 200…
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Tribunal: PDP, Atiku Fault INEC Result For Katsina State As Party Chairman Says Buhari Lose To Atiku
Says APC scored 872,000 while PDP scored 905,000 in result collated by them The State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Katsina State, Salisu Maijigiri, told the Presidential Election Tribunal, on Tuesday, that his party’s presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, defeated President Muhammadu Buhari, in the state. Katsina is…
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PDP Berates Buhari over Appointment of Personal Aides
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday berated President Muhammadu Buhari for abandoning Nigerians to their fate and being more interested in appointing aides to serve his immediate personal comfort and necessities. The party described as highly unfortunate that at a time millions of Nigerians are suffering untold hardship due to lack of attention to critical…
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Bayelsa governorship: ‘We’ll stop APC returnees from clinching PDP ticket’
THOSE returning to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State from the All Progressives Congress (APC) should forget about the PDP ticket in the next governorship election billed for November 16. The door was shut against the defectors by some youths within the Bayelsa chapter of the PDP under the auspices Youth Network.…
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How PDP Reps rebuffed party, Wike, Dogara
ON Wednesday, the House of Representatives was caught in a turmoil impelled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House. Some PDP Reps went wild over the announcement of Ndidi Elumelu as the minority leader. The aggrieved members were simply acting the script of their national executive committee (EXCO), Governor Nyesom Wike and…
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House Leadership: Our suspension from PDP hasty – Elumelu
Ndudi Elumelu, factional Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, has expressed shock over his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). he main opposition made this known on Friday evening in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. The party also suspended Wole Oke, Lynda…
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Osun ruling: Atiku’s comment intends to influence ongoing presidential poll suit —Presidency
The Presidency has described as “very ridiculous, and even comical,’’ the reaction of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the Supreme Court ruling affirming the election of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State. Atiku, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election, had, in a statement, expressed reservations over…