chieftains

Rivers APC Expresses Joy At The Exit Of Sen. Magnus Abe

July 21, 2022 3:53 pm

The Rivers chapter of All Progressives Congress has without mincing words announced that it considered the formal exit of one of its chieftains, Senator Magnus Abe and his associates from its ranks as a good riddance for the State chapter of the party.

The party had stated this at a Press Conference which had been addressed by Chris Finebone, its Rivers State Publicity Secretary in reaction to the formal resignation of Magnus Abe and some of the other members of his faction from the group.

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Ogunlewe, Other PDP Chieftains Join APC

December 20, 2019 4:45 am

Tunde Balogun, Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the defection of bigwigs from opposition parties to the ruling party in the state is a measure of the growing confidence in APC.

Balagun made the statement on Thursday in Ikeja while formally receiving defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition parties in the state into APC.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works, who had earlier in the year announced his exit from PDP, and his son, Moyosore, were among defectors formally received …

Okorocha: Ihedioha Gathered PDP Chieftains To Abuse Me

December 3, 2019 9:31 am

The immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, assembled the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; former ministers of Aviation, Osita Chidoka and Fani Kayode; and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Owerri on Saturday during the 40th Ahiajoku lecture to abuse him.

Okorocha, in a statement by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, described the event as a gathering of the PDP members.

The statement said “Chief Emeka Ihedioha is governing Imo State with a stolen mandate. Since then, …

Bello Receives Boost As PDP Chieftains Defect To APC

November 8, 2019 3:21 am

The candidature of Governor Yahaya Bello and his deputy, Chief Edward Onoja, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) received a boost on Wednesday at Insalu, the headquarters of Yagba East Local Government Area, as the former acting governor, Chief Clarence Olafemi and hundreds of PDP members in the federal constituency renounced their membership and defected to the APC.

At the APC’s rally held in Insalu for the Yagba Federal Constituency, the former acting governor and Director General, Abubakar Ibro Gubernatorial Campaign Council, 2019, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olafemi, former Commissioner for Water Resources, Osanusi, former House of …