The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the tenure of the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker committee. The party took the decision at its non-elective National Convention in Abuja on Saturday. Details later…
by Azeez Adeniyi Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not factionalised. Jonathan said this on Monday after a closed door meeting with Chairman of the PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff. “We are solving our problems. There are bound to be differences in politics. It is the way we resolve these... Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to zone national offices within the party. Senator Abdul Ningi, a member of the National Caretaker Committee announced that the committee would be inaugurated on Friday July 22, 2016 at the Yar’adua Centre in Abuja. The National Caretaker Committee of our party has approved the... Read More
Ahmed Markafi, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s National Caretaker Committee, on Wednesday, urged the newly appointed Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to order the arrest and prosecution of the factional chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, and Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. According to a statement signed by Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the spokesperson of the caretaker committee, Sheriff should be arrested for... Read More
There’s yet to be an end in sight for the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as both the National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmed Markafi, and sacked national chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, are not ready to sheathe their swords. Even after the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, waded into the crisis... Read More
Following the crisis generated by the removal of Ali Modu-Sheriff as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors of the party, on Saturday, disclosed their support for the caretaker committee headed by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi. According to The Leadership, this was disclosed by the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, when he paid... Read More
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has instructed the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to arrest anybody who claims to be the acting chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) until the court decides a case brought before it. The presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, in his ruling on the suit, with number... Read More
The sack of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the chairman of our great party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) came to me as a very big relief. The sack was long overdue as we had always maintained that Sheriff had no business being the chairman in the first place. Although we were maligned by some... Read More