A federal high court in Abuja has granted the application filed by the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop the convention scheduled to be organised on August 19 by the Ahmed Makarfi caretaker committee. The plaintiffs are Sheriff; Wale Oladapo, national secretary; Dennis Alonge-Niyi, deputy national youth leader; Bashir Maidugu, […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has recognised former Governor Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued by Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said INEC ratified the administrative approval granted Makarfi, based on […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would await final outcome of court cases in deciding on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate for the governorship election in Edo.Mr Nick Dazang, Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN […]
Continue ReadingThere seem to be no peaceful settlement in sight, as the ongoing PDP Crisis has taken another dimension, with the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calling on the police to arrest Ali Modu Sheriff for issuing a Certificate of Return to Matthew Iduoriyekemwen as the governorship candidate for Edo 2016 […]
Continue ReadingIn a new twist to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept only candidates from the Ali Modu Sheriff-led National Working Committee (NWC), for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo. Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling yesterday, […]
Continue ReadingValentine Ashi, a judge at an Abuja High Court, has declared as “null and void” the process that produced a former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.Ashi faulted the amended PDP Constitution in 2014, which led to the emergence of Mr. Sheriff as the party’s chairman, after […]
Continue ReadingThe national caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was appointed by the Port Harcourt convention, has reacted angrily to the invasion of the PDP National Secretariat by Ali Sheriff, saying Mr. Sheriff was being sponsored by the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, to scuttle PDP’s chance in the forthcoming governorship election in […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed it is yet to take a position on the leadership crisis rocking Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. INEC’s Deputy Director for Public affairs, Nick Dazang, who disclosed this on “Political Platform,” a programme on Ray Power FM Radio Station, on Thursday, said the commission’s […]
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