In politics, it is said there is no permanent enemy or friend; and given the ever-changing nature of the game, this legend will always hold true. It is now playing out in its full colours, and will be one of the factors defining the grand celebration the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will bathing in at the renamed Township Stadium, Umuahia, when former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, will join other top umbrellas of the Party to receive Governor Theodore Orji (fondly hailed “Ochendo” by his admirers) back to the party.

Chief Harry Akande is a founding member of All Nigeria’s Peoples Party, (ANPP). He was also former Chairman, Board of Trustees, BOT of the party. A one time presidential aspirant, Chief Akande who is seeking to become the party’s national chairman believes that ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP has over the years not only poached on ANPP but polarised the party, hence his desire to restore it to its past glory.

PDP is speaking from both sides of the mouth on the issue of who produces the next President. But it has become necessary for the national convention to hold so the candidate will emerge because other parties are getting interested in this matter

Fresh facts emerged, weekend, on the reasons the hierarchy of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after series of meetings, retained zoning as enshrined in its constitution and at the same time paved a leeway for President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2011 presidential polls.

This week, Senator Joy Emodi, a member of the PDP National Executive Council (NEC) decamped from the party and embraced APGA at a ceremony that was witnessed by the APGA Chairman in Anambra State.

PORT HARCOURT: SIGNS that the political climate in Rivers state may witness some level of tension over the 2011 election has started manifesting with the arrest pen ultimate Monday of 12 factional members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state otherwise called the Restoration Group.

It is one inviting the Court to declare, by examining the provisions of Section 180(2) of the 1999 Constitution, when the tenure of the office of the Appellant as Governor of Anambra State, will come to an end having regard to the facts that he took his Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office on the 17th of March 2006. Section 180 deals specifically with the tenure of the Office of a Governor.

In the last couple of days, the nation’s political landscape has witnessed a floury of activities. There have been alignment and re-alignment of forces. Different geopolitical zones have also been taking positions, especially on the contentious issue of zoning.

Can a sitting President bow out of power without a fight? And if he chooses to fight, what will be his place in history if he is defeated at the party primaries?

The political gathering that took place in Enugu, the capital of the old Eastern Nigeria Region on Monday, August 16th 2010 was foreshadowed by intrigues and ended almost inconclusively as no communiqué was immediately issued. But the message from the promoters to the Nigerian polity was clear: the section of the Igbo political elite that put it together supports the election of Dr Goodluck Jonathan as the president of Nigeria in 2010.

Chief Harry Akande is a founding member of All Nigeria’s Peoples Party, (ANPP). He was also former Chairman, Board of Trustees, BOT of the party. A one time presidential aspirant, Chief Akande who is seeking to become the party’s national chairman believes that ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP has over the years not only poached on ANPP but polarised the party, hence his desire to restore it to its past glory.

Ezeife can go and publish his own communique. When you are talking about decision, you are talking about consensus or unanimous decision. Ezeife may not have agreed to all the things that was stated due to differences of opinion but that does not mean there was no communique that was signed by the leaders of both sides .

The inside story of the PDP NEC meeting where the contentious issue of the zoning of presidency was resolved.
It will not be an exaggeration to say the PDP was on the precipice these last two weeks. The threats, the speculations, the intrigues and the nocturnal meetings did little to give hope that the party would come out in one piece by the time the issue of zoning would have been thrashed out last Tuesday.

I was not allowed to talk because I said no to the decision from the beginning when they began to make those analysis. I challenged the decision and I made my position clear. My position is at variance with the communique of that meeting because we agreed before the meeting that there would be no communique because the South East was not there to take a position but to find facts.

In the last seven years, there has not been any serious governance in that state. I must say that if it continues like this for the next few years, Ekiti might become a failed state and we must not allow that to happen.