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‘Anybody from the South can contest for PDP national chairmanship’ – Markafi

Despite the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its chairmanship to the South-West, the Chairman of the party’s national caretaker committee, Ahmed Markafi, on Monday, said that anyone from the South can contest for the chairmanship. Markafi stated this when he received the former chairman of Daar communications and an aspirant for... Read More

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‘Sheriff is an agent of change’ in PDP

The factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, on Saturday, said that the his faction of the party has no plans to organize a national convention, saying that he would rather embark on reconciliation of the broken party. According to the spokesperson of the faction, Bernard Mikko, who spoke to the Punch,... Read More

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‘The court ruling is absurd…. Our convention will go on’ – PDP

The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, said that its proposed national convention will go on as planned despite a court order stopping it. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the committee, Dayo Adeyeye, the judgement delivered by Justice Abang was a deliberate act to frustrate the country’s democracy.... Read More

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‘It doesn’t make sense to zone chairmanship, Presidency to the North’ – Markafi

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Markafi, on Friday, said that the forthcoming convention of the party will produce duly elected leaders and not anointed leaders. Markafi stated this while inaugurating the 88-man committee on the zoning of the party’s position in Abuja. He noted that it doesn’t make sense... Read More

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Sheriff says INEC cannot reject his candidate for Edo governorship

Ali Modu Sheriff, the factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot reject the candidate presented by his faction for the Edo state gubernatorial election. Sheriff, whose faction of the PDP had presented Matthew Iduoriyekemwen as its candidate, insisted that his candidate remains the rightful candidate... Read More

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INEC rejects Sheriff’s candidate for Edo guber election

Matthew Iduoriyekwemwen, the Edo governorship candidate of Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The electoral body said that it rejected the list sent in by Sheriff’s faction because the primary election wasn’t monitored by INEC. This was contained in a text message sent... Read More

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Sheriff vs Markafi: PDP presents two candidates for Edo guber election

The leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gone a notch higher as the two factions of the party have submitted two different names to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the governorship candidates for the Edo State election. The two factions are led by the former Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, while Chairman, National Caretaker... Read More

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‘Is Sheriff above the law?’ – Markafi wonders

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

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‘We must put the past behind us and support Makarfi’ – Fayose

The Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, praised the recent ruling of a Federal High Court which affirmed the removal of Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose made his position known in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka. The... Read More

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BREAKING: Court upholds the removal of Sheriff as PDP chairman

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Monday, ruled that the removal of Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in order. In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice‎ Mohammed Liman, said that the removal of Sheriff by the PDP national convention was legal and justified.... Read More

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Opinion: Why no court can remove Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia State

By Ebun-olu Adegboruwa ON Monday, June 27, 2016, the country was again thrown into some shock with the news of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, sacking the Governor of Abia State, Mr. Okezie Ikpeazu. From the reports, it was said that Governor Ikpeazu does not possess the requisite qualification to contest the... Read More

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Markafi extends olive branch to Sheriff, his ‘colleague and friend’

The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, called on the sacked national chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, to toe the path of dialogue over the Edo state primary. Markafi made the comment in Abuja when he received report of the Edo state PDP governorship primary... Read More

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PDP Edo primary: Sheriff, Markafi in battle of supremacy

The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, took a new turn as the Ahmed Markafi-led executive of the party overturned the decision of the Ali Modu Sheriff-led executive to suspend the Edo state PDP executive committee. The caretaker committee’s decision was supported by the Edo state leadership of the party led... Read More

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I’ll reveal details of Makarfi’s romance with APC, if… – Sheriff

Embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, has nullified the congress which the party held in Plateau state. Armed with words, Sheriff denied that he was an agent of the All Progress Congress (APC) as alleged by the Ahmed Makarfi-led national caretaker committee. Sheriff, who stated this while speaking on... Read More

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PDP crisis lingers, ‘Peace Committee’ rejected

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

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DSS, IGP meet with Sheriff, Makarfi… PDP secretariat to remain locked

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and the Director-General, Department of State Services, Lawal Daura, on Friday, waded into the leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The security chiefs held a peace meeting with the former national chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, and the Chairman of the national caretaker committee,... Read More

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‘There are no factions in PDP’ -Ekweremadu is living on another planet

Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu today denied that the PDP has two different factions. This was contained in a statement signed by Ekweremadu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Uche Anichukwu. The statement said what exists in the PDP is people with varying interests, which... Read More

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