Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe has said that the current crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not be the end of the party. Atom-Jarigbe, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, expressed this optimism at a town hall meeting in Obudu on Sunday. He represents Cross River North...
Defection
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Malam Abubakar Abdullahi, has said that there is no way defections can be avoided in Nigerian politics. Abdullahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, attributed cross carpeting by some politicians to desire for political protection....
An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has stressed the need for politicians and political office holders to be guided by ideologies rather than personal interests. Yakasai stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, also said that political parties were supposed...
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged opposition parties to stop blaming President Bola Tinubu for the defection of their members to the ruling party. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the remarks while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo. The...
Leader of the Senate Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that President Bola Tinubu was not coercing opposition lawmakers to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) contrary to public criticism. He said this during plenary on Tuesday, while justifying the defection of all the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi, on Tuesday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that their letters of defection were read separately on the floor of the chamber by Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over...
The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have expressed reasons for their actions. The senators – Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central); Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), announced their defections at the plenary on Tuesday. The...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has faulted Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso for describing members of the Kwankwassiya Movement, who defected to the APC as betrayers, insisting that Kwankwaso is the betrayer. Recall that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State and National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, slammed some...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday said the Senators from Kebbi State, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were set to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje said this while addressing State House Correspondents...
The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Mr Blessing Agbebaku, has explained reason behind his defecting from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, he defected to retain the benefits of the speakership seat for the development of his constituency. Agbebaku...
A federal lawmaker, Sen. Garba Maidoki (PDP–Kebbi), has attributed the recent wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ongoing internal crises within the party. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, Maidoki reacted to the defection of several...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed its National Legal Adviser to initiate legal proceedings aimed at reclaiming the party’s mandate from Delta Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori for defection. Others whose mandates are also to be reclaimed are lawmakers, and other elected officials who recently defected along with Oborevwori to...
President Bola Tinubu has described the mass movement of Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori and the entire Delta chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political tsunami. The president made the observation in Asaba, Delta capital at a formal ceremony organised to...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has lauded the immediate past governor of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, for expressing his support for President Bola Tinubu. Wike gave the commendation in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and Social Media,...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has called Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) a major development. Uzodinma, Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), stated this while speaking with journalists in Abuja following a closed-door meeting with other Progressive...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progress Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with this development all speculation about Gov. Oborevwori’s defecting to the APC has been put to rest. Announcing the...
The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State has denied the rumour that Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was planning to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, said this while briefing newsmen on Friday in Kano. Dungurawa said that...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kano State says the speculated impending defection of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso to the party is a welcome development. The Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, stated this while addressing a press briefing in Kano on Friday. “APC as a political Institution in its...
Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, has said his decision to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APAC) is to secure greater opportunities for his people. Maikalangu made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday by...
Chairman of Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives, Rep. Afam Ogene, has blamed mass defections of lawmakers to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the former Chairman, Julius Abure’s leadership failure. Ogene said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...