In Delta, opposition parties, ruling PDP not enemies, says Otuaro, dep gov
By Emma Amaize Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, has said that opposition political parties in the state were not foes to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but competitors seeking the development of the state through alternative means. He stated this while declaring open a one-day summit on “The need for synergy […]
BoT tasks NWC to investigate PDP’s poor showing in Bayelsa, Kogi gov polls
ABUJA- The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, late Thursday night, tasked the National Working Committee, NWC, to investigate party leaders whose antics cost the PDP the governorship seats in the recently concluded governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states.
BURNT PDP WOMAN LEADER: Light of my family put out, husband cries, seeks justice
ABUJA — Elder Simeon Babani Abuh, widower of late Mrs Salome Acheju Abuh, Woman Leader of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ochadamu Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi, has cried out for justice over the killing of the deceased by political thugs, saying the light of his family has been put out.
PDP Reps caucus calls for cancellation of November 16 Kogi, Bayelsa Guber polls
Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus in the House of Representatives has called for the cancellation of the November 16, 2019, gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa state, saying the exercises fell below electoral standards.
Bayelsa guber: We have no issue with Jonathan- PDP
ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has denied having any axe to grand with former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan over the poor showing by the party in the refent ly conducted governorship election in Bayelsa state.
PDP woman leader burnt to death; home razed
LAGOS — The violence which hallmarked weekend’s governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa states took a dangerous dimension, yesterday, as the Woman Leader of Engineer Musa Wada/Aro Campaign Council, Mrs Acheju Abuh, was reportedly burnt alive in her home by suspected political thugs.
BAYELSA: How and why APC’s Lyon crushed Diri’s PDP
NOBODY had the inkling that the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would suffer a humiliating rout in the hands of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) as witnessed in the just concluded governorship election in Bayelsa State where the former had been in control in the last 20 years of democratic rule.
Now APC has Kogi and Bayelsa under their arm
THE much-anticipated governorship elections of Kogi and Bayelsa states have been won and lost. It has now been three days since both states were called for the governing All Progressives Congress. Their candidates were declared winners in the charade that played out as an election before local and international observers.
KOGI: APC’s strategies that floored PDP
LAST Saturday would remain memorable in the minds of Kogi people who envisaged the polls might be trailed by violence but still went out to carry out their civic duties to determine a new governor, who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years.
Bayelsa, Kogi elections results cannot stand – PDP
Dirisu Yakubu and Winifred Azubuike The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) said on Tuesday the outcome of Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States cannot stand given the scale of violence that marred the exercise. The party’s National Working Committee (NWC) also insisted that there is no way the PDP would fold […]
Bayelsa Polls: ‘Members who worked against PDP’s interest should be suspended, sanctioned’
Aminu Yakudima, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the north, says the party should sanction, suspend those who worked against its interest in Bayelsa state.
