The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has launched a scanty attack on Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Ize-Iyamu lacks the quality to become Edo State governor, even with the help of his “godfather,” Adams Oshiomhole, who is the suspended National Chairman of APC.
Ologbondiyan insisted that people of Edo State have said they won’t vote for Ize-Iyamu.
In a statement, the PDP’s spokesman recalled how Oshiomhole once said Ize-Iyamu lacked the character to become governor of the state.
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A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has ‘attacked’ President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent happenings in the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Fayose said that what is happening in the ruling party pointed to what he described as the helpless situation of Nigeria, adding that Buhari, who is the leader of the APC cannot even run it.
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The former Governor said that the president cannot even manage the affairs of his immediate family not to talk of his party and the nation.
Fayose had earlier
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has advised the opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) to face its internal wrangling and woes rather than insulting the good people of the state with its incongruously written comments.
The APC, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, noted that the opposition PDP or any of its distraught members has no moral right to comment on the ongoing cargo airport project currently being executed by the APC controlled administration.
The statement, signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of …
His action may have put the party’s plans for a 22 June direct primary asunder.
The party’s screening notably disqualified the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating.
Obaseki on Tuesday announced his resignation from APC as he was set to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
He indicated he may reverse himself, now that Giadom appears to have given him a lifeline.…
Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the latest developments in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Recall that hours after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, dumped the ruling party citing his disqualification to contest in the primaries, the Appeal Court in Abuja upheld the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
The APC National Working Committee, NWC, had on Tuesday announced that Abiola Ajimobi, who is said to have been sick, will be acting as the party’s
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reacted to the disqualification of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from contesting in the All Progressives Congress’ primaries slated for June 22.
In a tweet on Monday, Wike, mocked the APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, whom he did not mention by name but referred to with the certificate saga which sprang up days leading to Obaseki’s disqualification.
This is coming less than 24 hours after Wike hosted Obaseki on Sunday in Port Harcourt.
…Wike tweeted; “Obaseki was disqualified by someone who doesn’t have a
When Godwin Obaseki emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 10 election in Edo State. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who was governor at that time described the primaries as the best ever organised by the party.
He noted that the process was transparent, while the delegates were well behaved and called for unity among party members.
He said all the aspirants belonged to one family and needed to work together to ensure victory at the polls.
Comrade Oshiomhole, who described Mr. Obaseki as sound, said he was also at home with governance and “ready to
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, ineligible to contest in the July 22 governorship primary election in Edo State.
The screening committee announced the disqualification while presenting its report to the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee in Abuja on Friday.
Apart from Obaseki, two other aspirants were also disqualified.
They are Chris Ogiemwonyi and Mathew Iduoriyekenwen.
Presenting the report, Chairman of the APC screening panel, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, explained that Obaseki was disqualified because the committee could not vouch for …
Governor Godwin Obaseki attended the screening of the aspirants for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in Edo.
The screening of the six aspirants for the ruling party began on Wednesday afternoon at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
According to reports, Governor Godwin Obaseki arrived at about 1:10 and left after five minutes.
However, the chairman of the screening committee, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, said it was only to verify all the documents provided by the aspirants and make recommendations to the party based on its findings.
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Two weeks to the much-anticipated primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, national party chieftains are worried the ruling party in the state may end up gifting the governorship election to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as major power interests deepen their strife over who should be the standard-bearer.
Already, the national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, has given solid backing to the national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on direct mode for the conduct of the party primary slated for June 22.
The embattled governor, Godwin Obaseki, is believed to be at a disadvantage going into a …
A frontline aspirant for the All Progressives Congress, APC, guber ticket in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has dismissed claims that he is not a member of the party.
He said those disputing his membership of the party were only engaging in fruitless exercise.
The Pastor had reportedly emerged as the APC consensus candidate for the State governorship election.
Reacting to the development, the chairman of the forum of APC chairmen in Edo State, Elder Benjamin Oghumu, on Thursday told journalists in Benin City that Ize-Iyamu was not a
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday, alleged that with the volume of foreign loans being accumulated by President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC), the nation and her people have been placed on the international auction market.
It also said that Buhari’s moves to take a fresh $5.513 billion (₦2.1 trillion) loan in addition to an earlier $22.79 billion (N8.5trillion), the size of 2020 budget, without operable repayment plans, will totally compromise the fiscal integrity of the nation and open her up for economic annexation by foreign creditors.
The PDP even averred that the portrayed economic index is
