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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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.