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16 Rivers House of Assembly Members Led by Speaker Amaewhule Dumps PDP For APC
Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, have left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Amaewhule disclosed the lawmakers’ decision during Friday’s plenary, attributing their defection to what he called a “clear division” within the PDP. “Distinguished colleagues, very happily, let me announce that your Speaker has decided, and...
Turaki-led PDP Cautions Judge To Withdraw Suit Against Party Leadership
The Kabiru Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik to recuse herself from the suit filed against the leadership of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a faction of the party in the camp of the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, led by its acting National Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman, had filed the...
APC Govs Forum Support Tinubu On Security Reforms, Re-election
Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu administration’s security reforms and his reelection in 2027. The governors urged Nigerians to remain calm in the face of insecurity, saying government was taking holistic measures to tackle the challenge. Chairman of the PGF and governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, made the declaration while reading the...
Wike’s Bloc To Conduct PDP State Congresses, National Conventions
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed its plan to conduct state congresses and eventually a national convention to elect party officials at the state and national level. The chairman of the factional Board of Trustees, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, disclosed this known on Sunday during the opening...
“Strangers Won’t Be Allowed Into PDP To Kill our Party” – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he and other founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not allow those who joined PDP from other parties to kill the party. Wike said this on Sunday during the 104th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led faction of the party held at the...
PDP Risk Losing Fubara To Mounting Wike Loyalist Pressure
Speculation is mounting that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, may soon dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress following fresh political turbulence in the state. PDP Risk Losing Fubara To Mounting Wike Loyalist Pressure Last Friday, 17 members of the House of Assembly loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike and led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule announced their defection...
PDP: Turaki-led Faction Labels Wike-backed Caretaker Committee As Illegal
The Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the formation of a caretaker committee by the faction loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing the move as a blatant act of illegality that undermines party rules. In a statement on Monday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong,...
Governor Fubara Dumps PDP For APC (VIDEO)
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). https://youtu.be/t570gGPBj1E He announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday. ABN TV recalls that 17 members of the State House of Assembly, including the speaker, Martins Amaewhule, had defected to the APC on Friday. The governor...
PDP Slams APC Over Fubara’s Defection
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday blasted the All Progressives Congress over the defection of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, accusing the ruling party of orchestrating the political crisis that pushed Fubara out of the PDP. Reactions emerged from both the state and national levels of the opposition party, with leaders insisting that Fubara’s exit neither weakened the PDP nor...
Adeleke Officially Dump PDP For Accord Party
Governor Ademola Adeleke has officially joined the party yesterday, less than 24 hours to the governorship primary of the Accord Party, AP, in Osun State. It would be recalled that Governor Adeleke resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on December 1. However, the governor, yesterday, joined Accord Party to contest the election in 2026. The governor’s spokesperson, Mr Olawale Rasheed, in...
