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PDP replies APC, says Ortom not aware of Hunters’ activities

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The Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for falsely accusing the state Governor, Samuel Ortom of setting up a security outfit called “Hunters and Forests Security Guards”, to harass and intimidate citizens ahead of the 2023 elections.   The PDP in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, on Thursday, 28th April, 2022, categorically stated that the existence of the “illegal” outfit came to the attention of Governor Ortom only recently after a video recording of the group…

Court sacks ex- Speaker ,Yakubu Dogara

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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State.   Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara was no longer qualified to occupy the seat by virtue of Section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution.   Justice Okorowo aligned with the argument of the PDP that by defecting from the party that sponsored…

2023: PDP replies Idoma Governorship agitators, assures fair primaries for all

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Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has assured its members and all persons aspiring to elections on its platform of fair and equitable opportunities in a transparent process which will be concluded on a level field of play.   There have been criticisms from some quarters, especially the Benue Rebirth Movement (BRM), the group championing the course for Idoma governorship in 2023, owing to the emergence of Rt. Hon. Titus Uba, Speaker, House of Assembly, as the consensus candidate of the Tiv speaking people of Benue State.…

The PDP Zoning Dilemma As A Self-inflicted Injury By Law Mefor

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The chairman of the PDP zoning committee, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State cut a pathetic sight while laboriously explaining the so-called unanimous decision of his committee on zoning. Ortom wants the world to believe that his yeoman committee did not recommend that the PDP presidential ticket be thrown open. Ortom must have believed very much like Adolf Hitler that the intelligence of the Nigerian masses is low.   Let us for a moment believe Ortom, the beleaguered governor of Benue state who has had a running battle with killer…

APC or PDP: Which should South-east follow? — By Fredrick Nwabufo

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Where do we go from here? Do we go to Pharaoh Sesostris III of Egypt to become ‘’prime minister’’ or do we go to Xerxes of Persia to earn a place in the council? Whichever way, there has to be a ‘’go’’. The south-east may be hamstrung by burdensome choices as regards the 2023 presidential election, but it must determine its own future now by getting dividend out of wild gambles.   The APC and the PDP are the only two operable vehicles for the actualisation of south-east’s goals –…

Peace has finally returned to Edo PDP,says Ortom

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The crisis that engulfed the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been finally resolved.   Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom who is also the Chairman of the committee set up by the National Executive Committee, NEC of PDP disclosed this to journalists Wednesday April 6th, 2022 at the end of a meeting that lasted more than six hours with the warring parties at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.   The PDP had on March 16th, 2022 at its 95th NEC meeting constituted a three-member…

Botched PDP Zoning And Atiku’s Perennial Presidential Ambition By Law Mefor

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Initially, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated that the fate of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition would be decided by zoning regardless of the party constitution, which dictates that presidential power has to move South in 2023. The PDP has also claimed that since the party is not in power at the centre, it has nothing to really zone. Coupled with nomination form the party sold at prohibitive cost to aspirants from both North and South, it was almost certain that the work of the Governor Samuel Ortom zoning committee is…

Inside the whoredom and harlotry preceding the 2023 election by Festus Adedayo

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In Russia’s 1998 St. Petersburg local assembly elections, incumbent Oleg Sergeyev had been a thorn in the flesh of totalitarian governor, Vladimir Yakovlev. Upon Sergeyev’s launch of his bid to replace him, Yakovlev waited till the election date to sting him with his amusingly ingenious strategy. On voting day, voters, the majority of whom were illiterate, were at sea when they found two of their adored candidate’s namesakes on the ballot – Oleg Sergeyev and Oleg Sergeyev. The former was a pensioner and the latter, an unemployed man, both of…

I have the Capacity to Rescue Nigeria – Wike

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Rivers State Governor and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barrister Nyesom Wike said he has what it takes to rescue Nigeria.   He accused some aspirants seeking the party’s ticket for the presidency for being responsible for the party’s loss in 2015 when they ganged up to deny the party victory.   Wike spoke in Makurdi, the Benue State capital where he officially declared his intention to run for the president of Nigeria.   “Those who want to be president now were the problems…

Kaduna Airport Attack: Buhari fiddles while Nigeria burns – PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Saturday, March 26, 2022 invasion of the Kaduna International Airport by terrorists was a clear confirmation that the nation’s security, command and control structure under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration has completely collapsed.     A statement signed by PDP National Publicity Secretary,Hon. Debo Ologunagba stated;   “The alarming invasion of the airport by terrorists at a time outlaws, kidnappers and marauders have taken over our highways and railways has further heightened security concerns that nowhere is…