PDP crisis: Makarfi, others risk going to jail – Okorocha

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has said former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi and his followers risk going to jail. He said this in a statement by his political Adviser, Professor Nnamdi Obiaraeri on Tuesday. Okorocha urged the Makarfi faction to respect the Appeal Court’s judgment which confirmed Ali Modu Sheriff as the Chairman... Read More

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November 2, 2016

PDP crisis: Makarfi solicits support from PDP state chairmen

Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi on Tuesday had a meeting with some of the party’s state chairmen in Abuja to solicit support from them. It was learnt that Makarfi in the meeting held at the faction’s secretariat located at Wuse 2 begged the state chairmen for their support. Makarfi... Read More

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December 22, 2013

2015: PDP elders move to stop Jonathan

by ‘Jola Sotubo After months of turmoil within the ranks of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) , elders of the party have finally decided to step in. The crisis within the ruling party began in August this year after some of its members walked out of the PDP convention and formed a faction of their... Read More

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December 8, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan to meet with Lamido and Aliyu today, Tukur jittery

by ‘Jola Sotubo President Goodluck Jonathan is again set to meet with Governors Sule Lamido of Jigawa and Babangida Aliyu of Niger. The two are the only remaining governor members of the rival faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The meeting, slated for today, is said to be causing a lot of anxiety for... Read More

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December 8, 2013

Don’t get it twisted: I’m still a member of the G-7 – Gov. Aliyu insists

by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite refusing to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) like most of his fellow aggrieved governors, the ‘G-7’, the Governor of Niger, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that he is still in alliance with the now defunct group. 5 members of the G-7 defected from the PDP and fused into the All... Read More

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December 5, 2013

Amaechi and other governors didn’t leave PDP – Tukur

by ‘Jola Sotubo The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur, has said that he is not aware of the defection of any member of the PDP. Alhaji Tukur is said to have disclosed this yesterday while addressing journalists in Abuja. The PDP chairman spoke with newsmen after a closed door meeting... Read More

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November 8, 2013

PDP crisis: Tukur under pressure to swear in Oyinlola after Appeal Court verdict

by ‘Jola Sotubo The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has been urged by the Abubakar Baraje-led faction to swear in the former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Onyinola, as the National Secretary of the party as was ordered by a court earlier this week. The Court of Appeal... Read More

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