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Kaduna: PDP Floors APC Again, Wins Kajuru LG Election

End SARS: PDP Reacts To Protest, Make Demands On Buhari

October 12, 2020 1:47 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday welcomed the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police.

PDP, however, charged President Muhammadu Buhari to also take immediate steps to completely overhaul and restructure the entire police architecture to engender professionalism, adherence to rule of law and respect for the fundamental human rights of Nigerians.

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The opposition party said this in a press statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan.

According to Ologbondiyan: ‘Our party also demands that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, goes beyond

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Kaduna: PDP Floors APC Again, Wins Kajuru LG Election

PDP Replies Tinubu Over Attack On Obaseki

August 8, 2020 3:09 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo state governorship election has replied the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over his attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Tinubu had attacked Obaseki, berating and accusing him of gravely assaulting democracy and making a mockery of the Nigerian constitution.

He said Obaseki’s governance of Edo has been a throwback to the worst excesses of Nigeria’s military past and represents a direct threat to the democratic order, describing him as an errant, ill disciplined governor and a dictator, who has been contemptuous of the people of …

PDP chides Gov. El-Rufai, Nigerian govt over Kaduna killings

PDP Chides Gov. el-Rufai, FG Over Kaduna Killings

July 22, 2020 6:35 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna State Chapter, has advised Governor Nasir el-Rufai-led administration to urgently take concrete and decisive steps to end the ongoing massacre of innocent souls in the state, especially in Southern Kaduna.

The party described the incessant killings as wanton, barbaric and totally unacceptable in a society with constituted authority.

A press release signed by the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Abraham Albera Catoh, condemned in strong terms the killings and wondered why the Kaduna state and federal governments have not intervened, noting that the ugly situation is getting out of hand

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Acting NDDC MD Pondei Collapsed Under Guilt Of Corruption – PDP

Acting NDDC MD Pondei Collapsed Under Guilt Of Corruption – PDP

July 21, 2020 2:25 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, fainted before a House of Representatives investigative panel as a result of the “weight and shame of overwhelming collective guilt brought on him by the exposure of massive corruption” in the commission.

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Pondei collapsed while he was being grilled by lawmakers investigating mismanagement of funds up to the tune of N81.5 bn in the NDDC.

In a statement titled ‘Collapse of NDDC MD Underlines Weight of Corruption in APC’ and

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PDP reacts as Magu boasts of reinstatement as Chairman

PDP Reacts As Magu Boasts Of Reinstatement As Chairman

July 18, 2020 6:17 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have reacted to Ibrahim Magu’s alleged boast of reinstatement.

PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan described Magu’s remark as a huge affront on the integrity of the Presidential committee probing his alleged corrupt practice while in office.

Ologbondiyan had claimed that Magu’s lawyer, Wahab Shittu had boasted of his client’s reinstatement as EFCC Czar.

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A statement by Ologbondiyan says reinstating Magu was an indication of compromise on the part of the investigating panel and President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

He said: “The party said Nigerians were shocked

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PDP Replies Wike For Calling Its Leaders Tax Collectors, Sycophants

PDP Replies Wike For Calling Its Leaders Tax Collectors, Sycophants

June 24, 2020 4:33 am
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that no member of its National Working Committee (NWC) sponsored any media publication to malign the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

PDP described such publications as handwork of external forces and its enemies who are bent on sowing seeds of discord within the party.

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The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan also maintained that members of the party’s NWC are not tax collectors.

PDP was reacting to Wike’s decision to pull out of the reconciliation efforts in its Edo State Chapter.

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Oshiomhole can’t make you governor – PDP attacks Pastor Ize-Iyamu over ‘godfatherism’

Oshiomhole Can’t Make You Governor – PDP Blasts Ize-Iyamu

June 23, 2020 5:20 am

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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Yahaya Must Apologise To Kogi People For Deceiving Them – PDP

Yahaya Must Apologise To Kogi People For Deceiving Them – PDP

June 2, 2020 11:22 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to apologize to people of the state for misleading them on COVID-19 pandemic.

Recall that the Kogi State government had in May insisted that no resident tested positive for COVID-19 in the state.

The state, however, recorded its index case last week and this led to the declaration of a total lockdown in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of the state be the governor.

Reacting to lockdown, PDP said Bello should apologize for not allowing people of the state to be tested.

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