UPDATED: PDP demands review of 2019 Presidential poll
ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, said the "plot" by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to destabilize the country has left it with no choice but to approach the Supreme Court for a review of the outcome of the 2019 Presidential election.
Ondo 2020: ‘PDP only interested in credible candidate, not zoning’
A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Omolade Oluwateru, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party is not interested in zoning its gubernatorial candidate to any senatorial district but in picking a credible and sellable candidate. Oluwateru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Wednesday that PDP was not interested in […]
APC, PDP react to Supreme Court’s adjournment of Imo election review
By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday, aired their opinions regarding the adjournment of the Supreme Court review on the January 14, 2020 judgement till March 2nd, as requested by the PDP, to respond to motions that were served on them by the APC. To […]
Supreme Court got it wrong in Imo — PDP
By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday claimed that the Supreme Court was misled in sacking Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo state. This is even as the party said there were facts not tabled before the apex court before it went ahead to declare […]
Replace panel on Ihedioha/Uzodinma’s case, PDP tells CJN
By Dirisu Yakubu With the Supreme Court set to begin hearing of the appeal filed by former Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha, challenging the nullification of his election, today, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, charged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Tanko to constitute a new panel in the spirit of fairness and […]
APC writes INEC, demands fresh governorship election in Bayelsa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding for a fresh governorship election in Bayelsa. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Supreme Court had […]
Bayelsa: Sylva apologises to Buhari, describes Supreme Court verdict as provocative
By Michael Eboh Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Sunday, described the Supreme Court judgement that declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election as provocative, while he called on the people of the state to eschew violence and remain calm. In a […]
ThrowBack: I know Tinubu, I know Buhari, they cannot mix – Bode George
Chief Olabode George, former military governor of Ondo State and former Deputy National Chairman, People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in this interview, responds to topical issues in the polity and his party. Excerpts:
PDP secretariat burnt as protests rock Bayelsa
Protesters stormed the secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, setting part of the building ablaze. It was gathered that the aggrieved residents, protesting the Supreme Court judgment, threw bonfires at the premises of the PDP secretariat. It was, however, learned that the fire affected the generator and security houses. The […]
Bayelsa: Thousands protest over Supreme Court’s ruling
Thousands of women in Bayelsa took to the streets blocking major roads to protest the judgement insisting that no handover of power would be conducted in the state without Lyon. The protests rocked different parts of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, following the Supreme Court’s judgement that stopped the inauguration of Chief David Lyon as the […]
PDP to IGP: Stop Oshiomhole now
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calls on the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to immediately pull in the factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for questioning and prosecution for incitement.
Wike to FG: Warn Adams Oshiomhole
The Rivers state governor, Nyeson Wike has called on the Federal government to warn the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to desist from making inflammatory remarks.
Stop celebrating; we are going to Court- Oshiomhole bombs PDP
The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop celebrating, noting that the party would seek justice in court.
Go for reconciliation, PDP tells Diri
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, on Friday urged the Bayelsa State governor-elect, Sen. Douye Diri, to immediately go for reconciliation in the state.
PDP receives judgment on Bayelsa, rejects Imo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) receives the judgment of the Supreme Court restoring its mandate in the Bayelsa state governorship election but insists that the apex Court must right the wrongs in the Imo state governorship election judgment.
You are ranting, PDP fires back at Oshiomhole
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the comments of the factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on the ruling of the Supreme Court on the Bayelsa State Governorship election as an empty and inconsequential ranting.
