Tag: Defection
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Ebonyi Commissioner speaks on Gov Umahi’s defection to APC
Mr Uchenna Orji, Ebonyi Commissioner for Information and Orientation has said that only Gov Dave Umahi would decide if he would leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or not. Orji made the disclosure in Abakaliki on Sunday while reacting to the statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the governor had concluded plans to…
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BREAKING: 2 PDP lawmakers defect to APC
Two federal lawmakers on Wednesday defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) but were met with stiff resistance by PDP lawmakers. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the two PDP lawmakers are Ephraim Nwuzi from Rivers State and David Abel from Taraba, all members of the House of Representatives. The two PDP lawmakers…
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As Dogara’s defection excites APC, stirs angst in PDP, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Different strokes for different folks. That’s the situation in the past week at the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in regard to former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. Dogara recently switched camp from the PDP to APC, the second in the opposite…
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PDP Governors respond to Yahaya Bello’s claim of mass defection to APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors’ Forum, on Saturday debunked the claims made by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Yahaya Bello, in an interview on a television program on Friday night, said 10 governors elected under the platform of the PDP were set to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Director-General…
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APC reacts to Obaseki’s defection to PDP
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said the defection of the embattled Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not news to them. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, stated this while reacting to Obaseki’s defection on Friday. He said: “It has not come to us as…
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Nobody defected from APC to PDP in Kwara – Spokesman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara has dismissed a report that 10, 000 members of the party defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC State Publicity Secretary in Kwara, Alhaji Tajudeen Aro, said in a statement on Friday in Ilorin that ” the recent garrulous and spurious rumour of 10,000 defectors from…
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Raymond Dokpesi speaks on dumping PDP for APC
Raymond Dokpesi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, says he has no immediate plan to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Dokpesi, who is also the proprietor of the African Independent Television, AIT, disclosed this while addressing party faithful in Agenebode, Estako East Local Government Area (LGA)…
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Former Lagos PDP Organising Secretary, Defects to APC
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday said it had received Mr Mutiu Okunola ,a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), into its fold. Mr Abiodun Salami ,state APC Assistant Publicity Secretary made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos . NAN reports that Okunola,a…
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JUST IN: Dogara officially announces defection to PDP
…as lawmakers approve N30,000 minimum wage …2019 budget passes second reading …House adjourns plenary till February 19 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Tuesday officially announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Speaker made the announcement during plenary on Tuesday.…
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Akwa Ibom 2019: Buhari’s wife predicts Gov Emmanuel’s defection to APC
Wife of the President Mrs. Aisha Buhari has predicted that Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel and his wife, Martha, will join the All Progressives Congress (APC). She spoke in Uyo while inaugurating an empowerment programme for over 11,600 Akwa Ibom women, sponsored by the Future Assured programme, in conjunction with the National Directorate of…