Tag: Defection
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Again, Lagos Assembly lawmakers debunk alleged defection plan
Lagos State House of Assembly members have again dismissed reports alleging that 25 lawmakers are planning to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to an unnamed political party.
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Ned Nwoko a serial defector, leaving PDP won’t affect party’s fortunes – Ward Chairman
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ward 8 in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Clement Chiazor, has described Senator Ned Nwoko’s defection from PDP to APC as laughable and inconsequential. Chiazor in a terse statement on Sunday, said Nwoko was a serial defector and chronicled his movements from the…
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Rivers: 27 Pro-Wike lawmakers knocked for denying defection to APC
A group known as the Rivers State Ethnic Youth Leaders Coalition, (RSEYLC), has knocked the 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for denying their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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Alleged defection: Court dismisses APC’s suit seeking Tambuwal’s removal
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the removal of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State for defecting from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Aug. 1, 2018. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, refused to grant the request on…
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Labour Party officials defect to APC in C/River
Mr. Simon Egboh, Labour Party Ward Chairman in Bunyia/Okubuchi Ward, Boki local government area, Cross River, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Egboh announced the defection on Monday in Boki local government area during the campaign tour of Mr.
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Alleged defection to PDP: I can’t leave my home to bush – Senate Leader reacts
Sen. Ibrahim Gobir (APC Sokoto-East) says he is staying put in APC contrary to speculations that he is defecting to PDP before the 2023 general elections.
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Stop insulting Ibori with speculations of defection
By Fred Edoreh. It needs no telling that Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, is the father of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State. Everyone knows that. At the PDP Ethiope East LGA rally in Oghara, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa reaffirmed that “Ibori is our leader, that is not in contest,…
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2023: Prominent PDP elder in Sokoto defects to APC
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial
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Lagos LP denies rumoured defection of party’s chairman
The Lagost state chaprter of Labour party has denied the rumour of defection of it’s party’s chairman, Mr Olukayode Salako, calling the rumour fake news. The party spokesperson Mrs Bunmi Adesanya disclosed this on Monday. Newsmen recall that some online media on Sunday reported that the LP chairman in Lagos state had defected to another…
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Defection of members to PDP shameful – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a hype and show of shame reports on the defection of its members to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo.