Senator Ogunlewe dumps PDP for APC

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Senator Ogunlewe dumps PDP for APC

 

A former Minister of Works and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe on Friday said that he was set to dump the opposition party for the ruling APC.

Ogunlewe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said his decision to dump the PDP was because the party was rudderless and that it had been perpetually enmeshed in crisis.

Ogunlewe said he saw no future in the PDP and that nobody should expect a politician of his stature to stay in a house where some leaders were only after their selfish interests.

The former minister said that issues arising from the governorship elections exposed the fact that some people were only after money and not the progress of the PDP in Lagos State.

”Yes, I am set to leave. My son is already there and he is expecting me to join him. I am leaving in the next 30 days.

”You see, for now, there is no chairman in PDP. We don’t have leaders and you don’t expect me to stay in a party that is not stable and with people that lack focus.

”Look at what happened in the last elections. The supposed chairman of the PDP in the state asked members to vote for the opposition for whatever reason.

“Is that a party? Should I remain with people like these?

”What these people care about is only their selfish interests and not the interest of the party. I am giving the party 30 days’ notice, after which I will leave.

”I am tired of a party running into one problem or the other and I tell you, these people can never change.”

The former minister said that he was also joining APC because he was convinced that the party would zone the presidency to the South West in 2023, apart from being a better-organised party.

Ogunlewe said he would not want to be left out of any arrangement to give the region the presidency in 2023.

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Tribunal orders INEC to allow PDP inspect election materials in Akwa Ibom

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Tribunal orders INEC to allow PDP inspect election materials in Akwa Ibom

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday ordered INEC to allow the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legal team to inspect election materials used during the March 9 Governorship Election.

The tribunal Chairman, Justice A. M. Yakubu, gave the order while ruling in a Motion on Notice filed by the PDP legal team led by Mr Godwill Umoh.

Yakubu ordered INEC to comply with the order of the court without further delay, stressing that it was an offence for the commission to disobey tribunal order, NAN reports.

Speaking to newsmen, the lead Counsel to Gov Udom Emmanuel and PDP, Umoh said the party approached the tribunal through a motion on notice, to order INEC to allow the party inspect election materials used during the governorship election on March 9.

“Actually what we have done today basically, is to take the motion. It shows the level of compliance not necessarily with the law but with the society.

“What we did like I said, we could have gone ordinarily by written application through the Resident Electoral Commissioner.

”We could have done that through Notice Exparte, without giving the other side notice but because we needed to bring them, we always asked for fair level playing ground as some people normally say.

“Above all legitimately, if we are armed with this order of the court, it becomes much easier because if you look at the Law, if you make an application, INEC is supposed to supply all the information within seven days and if they don’t do that, it becomes criminal.

“We came to court to obtain the leave of the court to order INEC to allow us inspect the materials used for the governorship election on March 9.

“INEC is supposed be an umpire like they have done, they conducted election, so there is nothing to be afraid of providing all the information required by parties,” Umoh said.

Umoh added that the inspection of the election materials would enable the PDP show how they won in the just-concluded governorship election in Akwa Ibom.

Also at tribunal today, the lead counsel to Mr Nsima Ekere, the APC governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom on March 9, election, informed the tribunal that INEC was frustrating the party from inspecting the election materials as ordered by the tribunal since April 15.

 

           

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APC Election: I Have no Preferred Candidate In Kaduna LG Election - El-Rufai

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APC Election: I Have no Preferred Candidate In Kaduna LG Election - El-Rufai

‎The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said he has no preferred candidates in the ongoing State APC Local Government election primaries.

Addressing party supporters in Kaduna, the governor urged the APC delegates to be law abiding, saying that no candidate should be imposed on the people by government officials.

“The primary elections today is preparatory to the forthcoming local government elections in Kaduna.”

“I have no preferred candidate, and I warn all government officials not to force any candidate on the delegates. Let them choose and vote whoever they want.”

He said that the APC in Kaduna would make the local government primaries an example to others: “these primaries will be an exemplary exercise in internal democracy.”

The governor called on delegates to vote women and people with disabilities as a way of incorporating all into governance.

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Osun PDP Conducts LG Congress Against Court Order

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Osun PDP Conducts LG Congress Against Court Order

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State on Saturday conducted a congresses in all the 30 Local Government Areas across the state, following a State High Court judgement that ruled in favour of the Soji Adagunodo’s faction of the party to go ahead with congress to elect party executives.

Senator Iyiola Omisore ‘s faction of the party had earlier instituted a case against a proposed congress of the party in the state, citing irregularities and failure to comply with certain democratic principles and norms.

The head of the national delegation of the party, which was in the state to monitor the exercise, Mr Ndidi Okereke, in an interview with journalists in Osogbo, the Osun State capital said the party remained one without any faction whatsoever.

Okereke averred that the national secretariat of the party recognises and also working with a cohesive and united party in the state, adding that the era of division in the party has gone for ever.

He said the exercise was peaceful and the turnout encouraging with strong hope of staging a come back in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state.

“Your can see for yourself that the exercise is peaceful with massive support, our party is confident and sure of victory come September 22 this year.

“It is obvious that the people of the state are waiting for us, likewise many other Nigerians, as far as we are concerned, there is no faction in the party in Osun, the party remains one family, “Okereke said.

In the same vein, a leading stalwart of the part in the state, Senator Olu Alabi said the party was practically ready to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 22 governorship election.

Alabi noted that Adagunodo remained the Chairman of the party, saying he has the necessary capacity to lead the party to victory anytime.

” Osun people are waiting for PDP. As the first gubernatorial candidate of PDP in the state, I have been in party politics for some times, I have not seen any government as horrible as this one. They are not starting any form of employment, they are not creating any employment, they are even trying to drive the little business away through exhaustive taxation.

Also, the leader of the party in Osogbo Local Government, Prince Sakariyah Kolapo reiterated the resolve of the party to go to poll in one voice and as a united force, noting that the issue of faction in the party is nothing but a mere farce.

Meanwhile, a leading member of the Omisore’s group, Dr Bayo Faforiji in a telephone interview with journalists said the exercise was “one-sided, alleging that delegation from the National Secretariat of the party was partial in its dealings.

He accused the national delegates of the party of sidelining his group in the scheme of things, for relating only with the Adagunodo’s group.

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