Tag: Ize-Iyamu
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Edo 2020: More troubles for Obaseki as APC clears Ize-Iyamu to contest party’s primary
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has granted waiver to new ‘decampee’, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu participate at the party’s primary. With this development, Ize-Iyamu who contested against incumbent governor Godwin Obaseki in 2016 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now free to contest for the governorship ticket of…
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Edo 2020: Battle of the titans as Odubu, Ize-Iyamu, Obaseki, others lock horns in APC primaries
Edo 2020: (Analysis) Battle of the Titans as Odubu, Ogiewonyi, Ize-Iyamu, Obaseki, others lock horns in APC primaries By Ben Atu What’s happening in Edo State today was similar to what took place in the 2004 US Presidential election which as you will recall was a polarizing time in in the country. Everything was reduced…
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N700m fraud: Judge threatens to revoke bail condition for Ize-Iyamu, others
A Judge in the Federal High in Benin City, Justice M G Umar, has threatened to revoke the bail condition granted to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dan Orbih and three others if they were to play any antics to delay commencement of trial. Pastor Ize-Iyamu and others were…
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Attack on Edo APC chieftain: Caution your men, Ize-Iyamu warns Obaseki
All Progressive Congress (APC), governorship aspirant, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Tuesday blamed Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki for the attack on the house of Secretary of the APC , Edo , Mr. Lawrence Okah by suspected assailants. Ize-Iyamu, who was at the scene of the incident on a solidarity visit, warned Obaseki to call his…
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‘Ize-Iyamu may lose C of O for moving APC mega rally to his residence’ – Edo Govt
Edo State Government has warned that any private residence used for the purported rally of the All Progressives Congress in Edo state will have its certificate of occupancy revoked. However, in sharp contrast with the state’s directives, the organisers of the mega rally had moved the event to the private residence of the 2016 governorship…
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Defection: APC shifts mega rally to Ize-Iyamu’s residence
The controversial defection of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to the All Progressives Congress (APC), will go ahead as planned, but at a different venue. The much talked-about Ize-Iyamu’s defection to the APC with hundreds of his associates, has generated more than enough controversy, confusion and chaotic atmosphere in the ancient city of Benin in the last…
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Again, Obaseki, Oshiomhole clash over planned rally for Ize-Iyamu, supporters
There is anxiety in Benin City, the Edo State capital, over Friday’s planned rally to receive defectors into the All Progressives Congress (APC). National Chairman of the APC Adams Oshiomhole is expected to welcome the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his supporters into the party. But Governor…
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PDP National Chairmanship: Dokpesi woos Igbinedion, Ibori, Ize-Iyamu
Former Governor of Delta, Chief James Ibori, on Friday described Chief Raymond Dokpesi as a passionate loyalist of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he had toiled for the party. Ibori said in Oghara when he received Dokpesi, a national chairmanship aspirant of the party, that the aspirant was enjoying huge confidence of party members because…
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Ize-Iyamu finally concedes victory to Obaseki, assures him of support
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2016 Governorship election in Edo, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has assured Governor Godwin Obaseki of his support as the Supreme Court on Monday upheld his victory as the duly elected governor of the state. The PDP stalwart congratulated his former rival in a statement personally signed…