Jonathan’s second term ambition behind PDP’s crisis – Rep Dike
Hon. Fort Ifeanyi Dike, who represents Ihiala Federal Constituency of Anambra State in the House of Representatives, is the House Committee chairman on Inter and Intra Party Relations. An engineer by profession, he is also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Unlike some of his colleagues who had pitched their tent with the “new PDP” following the crisis in the ruling party, he has not yet taken position. He however told Vanguard in this interview that President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition is the cause of the crisis in the party. Excerpts:
PDP: ‘Divided we stand’
The affront, last week, on President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was, perhaps, the most tendentious action ever driven by any group of individuals within the party that is giving it sleepless nights. Like an earthquake, the launching of the revolt and the unveiling of the forces behind the mutiny shook the party to its foundation.
Bode George drums support for President Jonathan
A former Deputy National Chairman, PDP-South, Olabode George, has urged members of the party to drop their grievances and unite in the interest of the party and the nation.
PDP: An uncommon brawl
It all seemed to be going well last Saturday as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP held a special national convention in the Eagles Square. Security concerns arising from the Boko Haram insurgency had been almost adequately addressed with the decision to block traffic on all major roads leading to the Eagle Square.
The great implosion
So why were we not surprised that the PDP imploded at its own convention last week? Why was the news not greeted with dismay by the generality of the people? Is it because we are yet to fully grasp the meaning of a ruling party that has imploded and the effect it could have on governance? No.
PDP’s stormy tea cup
WHEN the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, election politics was raging and some commentators said Their Excellencies were wasting time on an irrelevant issue that had no bearing on the average Nigerian, I laughed.
PDP implodes like an old NEPA transformer
If we attempt a post-humous reading of his fertile imagination, the earth-shaking event of last weekend, with the walk out of seven governors, and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, from the PDP convention in Abuja, would certainly have elicited an absolutely quotable line for posterity!
PDP crisis, divine intervention – CNPP
MAKURDI— The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has described the crisis rocking the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, “as God’s divine intervention to liberate the ordinary Nigerian from years of deprivation, repression and maladministration by a class that has held Nigerians captive.”
Crises beautify democracy – Wike
Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, in this brief encounter with Vanguard, speaks on the mini-convention of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the crisis rocking Rivers State. Excerpts:
Taraba Assembly adopts resolution empowering Ag Gov
*Asks Suntai to seek further medical attention
*Suntai warns Tukur to stay out of Taraba politics
JALINGO—Convinced that the ailing governor of the state, Danbaba Suntai, cannot give his best given his current medical state, members of the Taraba House of Assembly Monday mandated the Deputy Governor, Garba Umar, who has been acting in the past ten months, to continue.
Gulak says moles in PDP uncovered
Special Adviser to the President on Political Affair, Ahmed Gulak, said on Monday in Abuja that the PDP had uncovered the moles in its fold sent to destabilise the party.
