ENUGU—THE leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, have denied the allegation by the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Ben Nwoye, that the state’s Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Vitus Okechi and the Vice Chairman-elect of the council, Hon. Sunday Ajogwu, led “the thugs” that kidnapped and unleashed attack on a Chieftain of the APC in the state, Mr. Okey Ezea    during the November 4 Local Government elections, describing it as strange, spurious and a blatant lie.

THE Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe-led South West chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday warned the party leadership against conducting the December 9 convention with the wrong delegates from the zone.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has advocated the conduct of primary election among the national chairmanship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Southwest zone, so as to have a solid front in the coming national convention of the party.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, flagged off its campaign for the January 6, 2018 local government elections in Delta State.

Chief Raymond Dokpesi, a National Chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that regaining power in 2019 must begin with emergence of a vibrant National Working Committee (NWC) at the December national convention.

APC, APGA agents paying 2,500, 2000 each to buy votes – PDP alleges

The quest by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to regain power at the centre in the 2019 general elections depends on the outcome of its December 9 elective convention. This much has been stated by party leaders, governors and major stakeholders across the country in the past couple of months.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as security agencies not to interface in the conduct of today’s governorship election in Anambra State.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to be neutral in the conduct of Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday.

Like it happened in the 2011 and 2015 elections in Oyo State when the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was defeated by the All Progressives Congress, APC, the party seems not to have learned from its past mistakes as it again held two parallel congresses last Saturday where two factional state executives emerged.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the closing dates for purchase and submission of Nomination Forms earlier fixed for November 19 to November 29, 2017. This according to a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, is to accommodate would-be aspirants yet to pick up their forms to do so.

FORMER Minister of Education and national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof Tunde Adeniran has advised Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to support his ambition to emerge the party’s national chairman in the December 9  convention, saying the South-West geopolitical zone will not produce the presidential candidate of the party in 2019.

THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West continued unabated, yesterday, as both the Senator Buruji Kashamu faction and that of  Dr Eddy Olafeso held two parallel zonal meetings in Ibadan.

Ado-Ekiti—THE  immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State and a governorship aspirant, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may lose the state if Governor Ayodele Fayose imposes his deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola as the sole candidate for the 2018 governorship polls.

The Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration is forward looking and has since moved on with result-oriented governance, backed by millions of discerning Edo people, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, to the Edo State Governor, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said.