Tag: Atiku

Adebutu playing lotto with his governorship ambition -PDP stalwart

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ikenga Ugochinyere, a stalwart of the Peoples’ Democratic Party and spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, has told the factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, to stop playing lotto with his governorship ambition. Ugochinyere, the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State told Adebutu to concentrate on his shaky ambition “instead of sinking with the embattled national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu.” He also described Adebutu’s outburst against party chieftains calling for Ayu’s exit as…

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EndSARS: My position remains same, I stand with bereaved families -Atiku

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said his position about the EndSars incident where many young Nigerians lost their lives has not changed after two years. In a statement he personally signed on Thursday, Atiku said the sad memory of what happened during the EndSARS protest cannot be wished away so quickly. According to Waziri Adamawa, his heart remains shattered for the families that lost their lives in the protest. According to the statement: “Two years ago, on this day, I shared a statement…

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Ethnic Politics: Parties, groups descend on Atiku

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has come under fire following his advice to Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Atiku, who stated this during an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna on Saturday, told his audience not to support a Yoruba or Igbo candidate in reference to the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi. The PDP flag bearer, a…

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PDP Crisis: Wike’s group lists fresh demand

Jide Ige

Nyesom Wike, Governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State and his loyalist have pulled out the Atiku Abubarkar Presidential Campaign Council. This came following a meeting early on Wednesday morning in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. With the pullout, members of the Rivers State Governor’s team vowed not to play any role in Atiku’s campaign ahead of the 2023 general elections. They insisted that the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, must resign for them to rescind their decision. They maintained that there was no going back on…

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2019: Atiku begins nationwide tour, set mega declaration for July 21st

Jide Ige

Former vice-president and leading presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will be commencing a consultation and familiarization tour across the country beginning from July 16, 2018 ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former number two citizen will begin with a scheduled visit to Gombe State on Monday then proceed to Borno State on Tuesday, Taraba on Wednesday and Adamawa on Thursday. According to a schedule released by the the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation and former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel,…

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