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  • 2023: I urge the South-east to support Atiku in February elections – Arthur Eze

    2023: I urge the South-east to support Atiku in February elections – Arthur Eze

    Anambra-born billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze has urget the South-east to support a northern presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who says it is the best for Ndigbo.

    Eze said support for a northern candidate by Ndigbo will help them form the needed alliance that will help the people of the region attain power in the near future.

    Recalled that the oil magnate does not support the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, adding that Obi was not capable of winning the election, and that he (Eze) had told him so during a private visit.

    Eze, who paid a courtesy call to the Director General of Atiku/Okowa Presidential campaign council in Anambra, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, at the weekend in his country home in Ogidi, called for support for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

    He stated that his (Atiku’s) administration would liberate Nigeria and benefit the South East more than any other region in the country.

    “I urge the people of the South-east to continue the strategic relationship by supporting Atiku Abubakar in the February elections. The long-standing alliance between the North and the South East has always produced many political benefits to the region.

    “I have known Atiku Abubakar to be an honest man, liberal, and a pan-Nigerian who aspires best for the nation, and he is committed to the renaissance of ndi-Igbo.

    “He has demonstrated his huge love and concern for us ndi-Igbo by continuously choosing an Igbo man to be his running mate since 2007 when he picked Senator Ben Ndi Obi; again in 2019 when he picked Peter Obi; and now, Ifeanyi Okowa, an Igbo man from Delta State. He was willing to scale back his ambition if the ticket was micro-zoned to the South-east; only Atiku Abubakar agreed to such terms,” he said.

  • Yahoo Boys: Tinubu produced another comedy skit in Benin – Atiku

    Yahoo Boys: Tinubu produced another comedy skit in Benin – Atiku

    The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has said APC flagbearer Bola Tinubu produced another comedy skit for comment on transforming ‘Yahoo boys’ in Edo State into experts in manufacturing and creation of chips.

    Reacting to Tinubu’s comment, Atiku advised his APC counterpart to seek urgent medical attention that his daily gaffes are evidence that he has no business going to Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

    Tinubu pledged during his campaign rally in Benin City, Edo State to create a technology hub for Yahoo boys if he wins the February presidential election

    Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said Tinubu should explain his past before attempting to reform Yahoo Boys.

    A statement by Shaibu reads partly: “Bola Tinubu, produced another comedy skit at the APC Presidential rally in Benin City on Thursday when he promised to turn ‘the so-called Yahoo boys in Edo State to “experts in manufacturing and creation of chips that din dasan dadauga.’

    “Had it been he was addressing a Christian congregation we could have assumed that he was speaking in tongues but this was a campaign rally where he was supposed to have sold his candidacy to the millions of youths suffering from unemployment under the disease called the APC?

    “Instead he elected to refer to the young people of Edo state as Yahoo boys and fraudsters.

    “Tinubu’s daily gaffes are evidence that he has no business going to Aso Rock Presidential Villa but he should rather be seeking urgent medical attention.”

  • 2023: Atiku will change Nigeria’s political fortune – Tambuwal

    2023: Atiku will change Nigeria’s political fortune – Tambuwal

    Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is the only falgbearer that can change Nigeria’s political fortune positively.

    Tambuwal, the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, made the assertion at the party’s campaign rally in Binji and Tangaza Local Government Areas of the state on Tuesday.

    According to him, Abubakar has designed workable strategies to end banditry, fight corruption, unemployment, address infrastructural decay, and boost the socioeconomic life of Nigerians, among other issues.

    “Therefore, we should all give our votes for PDP candidates from the President to the State House of Assembly in order to benefit the best Nigeria of our dreams.

    “We should safeguard our Permanent Voter Cards and avoid any person who would use money to buy our votes for the best of our country’s future,” he said.

    The governor further urged the gathering to maintain their dignity, adding that they should not, in any way, allow themselves to be used to compromise peaceful coexistence at the expense of violence and chaos.

    Tambuwal warned youths against thuggery, saying: “You should ask any politician who invite you into political thuggery to align you with his sons and daughters.”

    The state PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, thanked the people of the areas for their sustained support to the party.

    Bello received some prominent members of other political parties who, according to them, saw reason to defect to the PDP alongside their followers.

    The chairman appreciated the wise decision of the new entrants, describing them as partners in progress.

    On his part, the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Malam Sa’idu Umar, pledged to maintain the legacy and dynamic style of Tambuwal, if elected.

    The Director-General of the campaign council in the state and former minister, Alhaji Yusuf Sulaiman, assured that the door of PDP is open for all new entrants.

    Sulaiman urged PDP supporters to put more effort in convincing the people of the state toward the success of the party and sustain door-to- door campaign in their respective areas.

  • 2023: Atiku to reopen Nigeria’s borders – Tambuwal

    2023: Atiku to reopen Nigeria’s borders – Tambuwal

    Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would reopen the nation’s borders, if elected at the 2023 general elections.

    Tambuwal, the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council made the assertion at the PDP campaign rally in Illela Local Government Area of the state.

    According to him, the PDP presidential candidate has better plans for the country.

    “These include reopening of the nation’s borders, addressing challenges of insecurity, and the provision of basic necessities of life for Nigerians,” he said.

    The governor added that his administration in the state had a lot of sympathy for the people of Illela being among the worst hit areas by banditry attacks.

    “However, in spite of challenges of insecurity, economic recess, and the negative impact of COVID-19, we have executed several projects under healthcare, education, water supply and social interventions, among others,” he said.

    In his remarks, Alhaji Yusuf Sulaiman, the DG, Sokoto Campaign Management Council, asked the people of the area to elect continuity in governance by casting their votes to PDP.

    Malam Sa’idu Umar, the PDP governorship candidate pledged that the International market project at Illela wpuld  receive the attention it deserved from his administration, if elected.

    Also at Kware LGA, Umar said he owed special attention to the people of the state in general.

    He promised to sustain the legacies of Tambuwal and initiate more developmental project, if elected.

    On his part, Alhaji Mannir Dan’iya, the Sokoto North Senatorial candidate of PDP and incumbent Deputy Governor attested to the current administration’s successes in the state.

    He urged the people of the state to reciprocate the gesture by voting for PDP, adding that many developmental projects were planned for Kware LGA in the 2023 budget.

  • I’m inspired to offer prosperous leadership – Atiku

    I’m inspired to offer prosperous leadership – Atiku

    The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to support his presidential ambition.

    In his new year message signed by himself in Abuja, the former Vice President described the Year 2023 as a defining moment for Nigeria.

    “I am inspired by the compelling need to provide leadership that will propel Nigeria to greater heights, to overcome our challenges and together as one recover and rebuild a united, strong, and prosperous Nigeria.”

    Abubakar thanked God for His infinite mercies and congratulated all Nigerians for surviving the year’s experience.

    He advised Nigerians not to despair, saying “hope is on the horizon. PDP shall make things right again.

    “On behalf of myself, my family, and our great party the PDP, I urge you to support our noble cause to recover and rebuild Nigeria for a prosperous 2023 and beyond.”

    He wished all Nigerians a happy and prosperous new year.

  • “G-5 activities are irrelevant to the victory of PDP presidential candidate”- Gov. Wike

    “G-5 activities are irrelevant to the victory of PDP presidential candidate”- Gov. Wike

    Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who is a member of the G-5 Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has informed supporters of the party that G-5 activities are irrelevant to the victory of PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

    He dared the party of expelling him for alleged anti-party activity.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that The G-5 Governors of the PDP returned home yesterday from their latest strategic talks in London and immediately launched into a fresh verbal battle with the party.

    Wike also denied that he and other members of the Integrity Group – Govs. Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ifeanyi Ugwanyi (Enugu) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) – had struck a deal with one of the presidential candidates outside of the PDP.

    He spoke on a day the PDP flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, called himself an elephant who cannot be taken by surprise by the G-5 governors.

    Atiku’s running mate and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, said separately yesterday that God, and not the G-5, would determine the fate of the PDP in the election.

    Wike, who moved straight from the Port Harcourt International Airport to Igbo-Etche in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area to kick off the construction of Enekah-Igbo Etche road project, taunted Atiku’s loyalists for preoccupying themselves with the engagements of the G-5.

    He did not disclose details of their London meeting but wondered why Atiku’s supporters kept discussing every move of the G-5.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the five governors of the PDP had tagged G-5 ‘Integrity Group’ and reiterated that they are open to reconciliation talks.

    The G5 Governors include Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).

    They met in Lagos at the residence of the party’s former Deputy National Chairman, Bode George and announced the formation of the Integrity Group.

    PDP chieftains present at the meeting included former governors Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State; Donald Duke of Cross River State; and Jonah Jang of Plateau. Others were Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Taofeek Arapaja; Chief Dan Orbih, Senator Olaka Nwogu, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, Senator Nasif Suleiman, among others.

    At the end of the meeting, ex-governor Jang briefed journalists. He said the group is still open to consultations in resolving the crisis rocking the main opposition party.

  • Wike exposes Atiku, accuse him of holding meetings with APC govs in Dubai

    Wike exposes Atiku, accuse him of holding meetings with APC govs in Dubai

    Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar of holding talks with APC governors in Dubai.

    There have been reports that the G5 PDP Governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state have been meeting with APC flagbearer, Tinubu in London on the possibility of their teaming up to work for his victory in the forthcoming presidential elections.

    Speaking at the flag-off of the construction of Eneka-Igbo Etche road in River State, Wike said he has the right to meet with anybody in any part of the world.

    Reacting to the report, the governor urged the people of the state to avoid speculations on his adopted presidential candidate.

    He said: “Really, I don’t understand the problem with some people. “Just to unwind is a problem to them. Some people say ‘they (G5 governors) have moved on; don’t bother about them. Why is he bothered about where we go to or where we don’t go to? We go to a club, you’re worried. We go and sleep, you’re worried. Yet, you tell Nigerians you don’t bother.

    “There say there is trouble. There is no trouble; what we have is the introduction to trouble that will come. They said we had a meeting with so and so. What is your problem?

    “Assuming there was a meeting, has Atiku not been holding meetings with governors of APC? Ask him. As he is in Dubai, don’t we know what is going on? So, why do you bother about us? G5 that you said you can win without us, leave us alone.

    “I am not someone who will go and see somebody and hide. Hide for who? Who is that person that will threaten me?”

  • Wike recalls how Atiku gave Obasanjo stiff conditions to run for a 2nd tenure

    Wike recalls how Atiku gave Obasanjo stiff conditions to run for a 2nd tenure

    Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike going on a flashback recalled how Atiku Abubakar gave former president Olusegun Obasanjo stiff conditions to have a second tenure in office.

    Wike gave the narrative as he threw down the gauntlet while he was flagging off a new road in Rivers State.

    He said: “In 2003 when President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to run for a second tenure―a whole president wanted to run for a second tenure―he knelt down before his vice and said, ‘my vice, please, allow me to run.’

    “You know one of the conditions he gave him? That Tony Anenih must be sacked as the Minister of Works and that Tony Anenih must not be in the presidential campaign council. Obasanjo obliged and sacked Tony Anenih as the Minister of Works and removed him from the presidential campaign council. This is a president,[and] his own vice giving him condition; a retired General knelt down and was given conditions.

    “We (G5) are not even doing that; we are not saying sack this one; we are only saying that the constitution of our party must be respected based on what the national chairman said and based on what you told me in my house.”

    The governor then dared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel him from the party, saying “try and see how you will survive it.”

  • Atiku mourns Obiozor, says an Iroko has fallen

    Atiku mourns Obiozor, says an Iroko has fallen

    Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar on Thursday mourned the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor.

    The former Vice President, in a statement personally signed by him in Abuja, said that he received the news of Prof. Obiozor’s death with rude shock.

    Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo announced the death on Wednesday in Owerri.

    Abubakar condoled with the entire body of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the South-East part of Nigeria, and the country as a whole over “the fall of an Iroko”.

    He described the death of the late former Nigerian ambassador to several foreign missions as a huge loss for the country.

    He described late Obiozor as a charismatic personality, who was much at home in any part of Nigeria.

    “He was a consummate diplomat who believed in consensus, and had a stabilizing influence.

    “His wide experience in diplomatic foreign missions garnered over decades and across diverse postings, came in very handy in making him a pan-Nigerian.

    “Prof. Obiozor taught us the essence of large-heartedness because he was generally accepted by even those who were not in support of his candidacy during the election that saw his emergence as President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

    “He was a master of political consensus. A writer famous for his ‘politics of precarious balancing’ in which he espoused balancing the diverse interests in the country.

    “He was a promoter of the unity of the nation. Igbo nation will miss him. The whole nation will miss him.”

    Abubakar prayed for a peaceful repose of the deceased’s soul and his immediate family to have the fortitude to bear the loss of its patriarch.

  • 2023: Atiku will win at first ballot – PDP PCC

    2023: Atiku will win at first ballot – PDP PCC

    The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will sweep the 2023 presidential election at the first ballot.

    The Spokesperson of the council, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, expressed confidence in a statement he issued in Abuja on Tuesday.

    Ologbondiyan said that with Abubakar’s overwhelming support by Nigerians across the board, the outcome of the presidential election, in which Abubakar would emerge victorious on Feb. 25, 2023, would shock pollsters.

    “He enjoys the solidarity and support of greater majority of Nigerians who were not captured in the indices relied upon by many of the pollsters in their projections on the 2023 Presidential election.

    “It Is incontrovertible that Abubakar will win the majority of lawful votes across the country and garner the constitutionally required 25 per cent of votes in more than 24 States of the federation.

    “It is evident that the massive traditional voters of the PDP across the polling units, wards, local governments, states and the six geo-political zones are not distracted in their steadfastness to rescue Nigeria from the misrule by voting enmasse for Abubakar.

    “Also, this army of traditional voters are unrelenting in mobilising the non-partisan voters as well as the undecided across the country to vote for the PDP presidential candidate,” he stated.

    Ologbondiyan added that it was clear that no candidate has the political muscle and national acceptability to stop Abubakar at the first ballot.

    ‘Our campaign is therefore unfazed knowing that majority of Nigerians across the nation are in consensus to elect Abubakar as the next President of our country.

    “This is particularly, given his proven capacity, competence, political will, and national acceptability to provide leadership at this critical time of our national history.”

    He urged Nigerians to remain united and focused in rallying with Abubakar in the collective mission to rescue and rebuild the nation.