Tag: Defection
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Delta APC reacts to Senator Nwaoboshi’s defection to party
The Delta Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) says Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the progressive family is a welcome development. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Senator Nwaoboshi representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly elected on the platform of the PDP, defected to the APC and…
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Mimiko denies plot to defect to APC, says partisan politics least of his concern
Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the immediate past governor of Ondo State, on Wednesday indicated that partisan consideration is the least of his concerns now. This was in reaction to a report on his supposed plans to defect to the ruling All People’s Congress (APC), published by a social media platform. Mimiko, in a statement signed by…
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A’Ibom PDP denies Gov Emmanuel’s rumoured defection to APC
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has debunked the rumour that the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, was hatching a plan to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The publicity secretary of PDP in the State, Borono Bassey, in a statement issued to journalists in Uyo on Tuesday, described the…
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Controversy as APC takes over PDP secretariat in C’River days after Ayade’s defection
Days after officially declaring for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State is leaving no stone unturned to reflect his new status as the party leader in the state. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ayade who became a senator, won his first and second term governorship elections on the platform…
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Defection: APC Governors Forum officially welcome Ayade into party
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) representing governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade for joining their fold. Ayade dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling APC, which came as a shock to his colleagues in the opposition party. He contested under…
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Defection: PDP ‘wishes Ayade well’, sends message to members in Cross River
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked its members in Cross River to remain steadfast, committed and united to the party. The statement comes after the state governor, Ben Ayade defected from the PDP to the APC. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Governor Ayade announced his decision on Thursday morning after a closed-door meeting with six…
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Tambuwal, Okowa, Ugwuanyi storm Cross River over Ayade’s alleged defection plans to APC
Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have visited Cross River to resolve the crisis in the state chapter of the party. Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, led his colleagues in Delta and Enugu States, Ifeanyi Okowa and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to meet with their…
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Ayade’s planned defection to APC thickens as 18 LG chairmen, 196 councillors back governor
The move by the Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade to declare for the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged injustices to him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received a boost on Wednesday after the Local Government Chairmen and 196 councillors threatened to ‘go with the governor wherever he leads them’ Sensing…
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Alleged planned defection: Makinde cannot be trusted, no soft landing for him in APC – Coalition
A coalition of political groups in Oyo State has vowed to resist attempts by Governor Seyi Makinde to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a communique issued after their joint stakeholders meeting and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. Among the political groups in attendance were the Oyo Solidarity…
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Why Fani-Kayode’s ‘defection’ to APC was rejected – Progressive Governors DG
The Director General of the Progressive Governor’s Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman has said the rejection of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from defecting to the party despite meeting with the party leadership is an attestation of the strong internal democratic culture of the…