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  • Kano PDP rejects ADC, coalition

    Kano PDP rejects ADC, coalition

    The Kano State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has  said it was not joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for any political scheming ahead of the 2027 general election.

    Addressing reporters yesterday at Gidauniya, Kano, the party’s state chairman, Yusuf Ado Kibiya, announced that the party would not affiliate with any movement or coalition, apart from the umbrella party.

    “We categorically distance the Kano State chapter from the breakaway members who have formed a coalition under the African Democratic Party.

    “This coalition does not represent the interest of the PDP, and we urge our members to remain focused on our party’s objectives.

    “We are resolute; there is no compromise; and we are not backing any candidate except those sponsored by the PDP,” Kabiya said.

    The Kano State PDP chairman, who was accompanied by his entire exco members and party supporters from the 44 local government areas of the state, said the party had successfully conducted elections at the ward, local, and state levels.

    “This achievement demonstrates our organisational strength and commitment to democratic processes,” he said.

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    Kabiya noted that the election marked a significant step at ensuring that the party’s leadership was in place and ready to serve the party and its members effectively.

    According to him, the Kano State PDP chapter has completed the mobilisation and repositioning of party members, whom he said were actively engaged and aligned with the party’s goals.

    “This effort is crucial for the strengthening of our grassroots support and enhancement of our operational effectiveness,” he added.

    Kabiya assured PDP’s national executives of absolute loyalty in all matters concerning the conduct of the party businesses.

  • Kano PDP elects new executives

    Kano PDP elects new executives

    …PDP’ll bounce back in 2027 – Shekarau

    The Kano State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected 39 new executives that will pilot the affairs of the party in the state.

    The PDP is the second strong opposition in Kano after the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) rules the state.

    The PDP delegates at the state’s congress elected Alhaji Yusuf Ado Kibiya as the new state chairman of the party.

    Kibiya was Commissioner for Agriculture during Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s administration from 1999-2003.

    He emerged victorious in the election whose result was announced on Sunday by Halilu Abubakar Mazagani, chairman of the electoral committee from the party’s national headquarters.

    Kibiya garnered 3,964 votes to secure a landslide victory over his opponent Nura Nuhu, who polled 244 votes.

    Abdul Fatah Muhammad administered the oath of office to Kibiya and the other newly elected state party leaders.

    Mazagani hailed the “smooth conduct of the congress,” saying it was an indication that the PDP would soon resolve the lingering differences between among some members of the party to make it “a better and stronger opposition that can defeat the ruling party.”

    “Our party being the largest in Africa, no doubt, faces some internal challenges, but as always, we have learnt to manage our differences.

    “I can assure you today that we are working hard to ensure unity and we are mobilising like never before, to ensure our success in the forthcoming 2027 general elections which I can confidently say the people will vote for us.

    “So, it is now left for us to present credible candidates to Nigerians like we did before and we wish to improve on that,” he said.

    Also speaking at the event, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of Kano, assured that the PDP would bounce back by producing a winning team in the 2027 general elections.

    According to Shekarau, the PDP is poised to challenging any party in any election in the country, including the local government election scheduled to hold on October 26 in the state.

    In his acceptance speech, the new PDP state chairman (Kibiya) thanked party members for their confidence shown in him.

    He pledged to revive the PDP in state, while carrying every member along and leading with transparency.

    The Kano chapter of the PDP had been without leadership for over two years, a thing that has been affecting their political performance in the state.

    With the new executives in place, the party is expected to strengthen its presence and strategise ahead of upcoming political activities.

  • Kano PDP rejects elections results as Sokoto PDP threatens legal

    The Kano State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    The party agent at the collation centre, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi, who is also the chairman of the party in the state, expressed disappointment about the way figures were inflated in the results.

    He said: “We cannot accept such inflated figures. That is our stand. So, we will go back and analyse the issue to know the next line of action to take.

    “As you can see, the presiding officers complained of lack of or use of card readers during the voting in the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state, coupled with over-voting.”

    Asked if the PDP would take legal action over the outcome of the polls, Sulaiman said: “We shall look at the circumstances and provisions of the law and see what the law says so as to pursue our rights.”

    Also, the Sokoto State chapter of the party yesterday rejected the conduct and outcome of last Saturday’s polls results with a threat to go to court.

    The party said the process was marred by fraudulent actions with the aid of INEC and the police.

    It also called for the cancellation of the elections and a reschedule, where the polls were allegedly rigged as well where elections did not hold.

    Addressing reporters in Sokoto, the state’s PDP Chairman Ibrahim Milgoma said the elections were marred by rigging and unwarranted arrest of party agents, members and supporters across the state.

    Milgoma accused the police, INEC officials and APC of conspiring to deny PDP supporters and leaders the freedom to exercise their franchise in accordance with the provisions of the law.

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    “Many of our leaders, supporters and party agents were intimidated, arrested and detained to pave way for APC to have a field day for election-rigging.

    “We are aware and have seen police personnel deployed from Abuja to carry out the unlawful task of denying voters their rights.

    The PDP chairman also said there was sufficient evidence of vote-buying by APC, adding: “There were so many other cases of arrest of our agents in Wurno, Kebbe, Tambuwal, Dange Shuni, Shagari, Sokoto North and South.”

    He alluded to the arrests of Sokoto North Local Government Chairman Aminu Ibrahim (aka No Delay) and Alhaji Muhammadu, who he said was allegedly charged with causing injuries to other party members and attempted murder.

  • Kano PDP rejects governorship primary election

    …Accuses National Secretariat Of Favouring Kwankwasiyya

    The embattled chairman of the Kano state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Masa’ud El-Jubrin Doguwa, on Tuesday in Kano rejected the outcome of the gubernatorial election organized by the leadership of the Kwankwasiyya PDP faction loyal to immediate-past governor of Kano state, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.

    Doguwa who spoke on behalf of other governorship aspirants, state House of Assembly and National Assembly aspirants, as well as leadership of the party in both Wards and Local Government Areas, condemned the exercise, describing it as illegal and a political drama.

    The chairman accused the PDP National Secretariat of playing the script of an individual against the collective interest of the party in the state, saying all what they are demanding for is for a free, fair and transparent process that will involve all the aspirants to elect candidates that will bear our party’s flag in the 2019 general elections.”

    According to him, the House of Assembly, National Assembly and other governorship aspirants are aggrieved, “and now in a confused state over the current situation as primaries to select candidates for the position of state and National Assembly members are coming up on Wednesday and Thursday. Up till this moment, we are kept in the dark.”

    Doguwa further stated that, “it is quite unfortunate that a stranger (Kwankwaso) who just joined the party staged a Kangaroo gubernatorial primary to announce to the world that his son in-law emerged as the governorship candidate in his house known as Lugard House, which was purely against the rules governing the party’s primary process.

    “Let me tell you, there wasn’t any election yesterday (Monday) because the National Working Committee has already suspended the governorship primary elections in three states across the country—that is Kano, Lagos and Imo states; and there is no counter announcement.

    “So, anybody that conducted election in these three states is making a mistake; and I don’t even call what happened in Kano an election. You can only call it a Kangaroo or drama. We want to assure you people that we are here in Kano; and we want to make sure that a legitimate election takes place.

    “About seven aspirants bought gubernatorial forms in Kano. If you want to be fair to them, you have to involve them in every decision, stage by stage. But there was nobody that involved them. So, don’t even tell me that there was election. We will not accept an election that was done one-sided in an individual’s compound. That is never done in the history of politics. Never!

    “So, quote me anywhere, my position and that of all party stakeholders is that there was no PDP governorship election in Kano. There must be a time that the National Working Committee will fix a date for the PDP governorship election here in Kano state.

    “We were not informed about what they did. We were not aware. So, we are not part of it. All we are telling everybody, including the PDP National Secretariat is that we are the grass-root politicians. This issue of primary election to elect candidates that will bear the party’s flag at different levels involves only us because the comprehensive list of authentic delegates has already been forwarded to the National Secretariat. Nobody changes that.

    “I believe that the National Secretariat is only making things very difficult for us in the grass-root. So, I want to assure them that there is no election in Kano and we will not accept any result coming from that political drama.”

  • Kano PDP rejects dissolution of state exco

    The Kano State Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), on Monday  rejected the dissolution of the executive of the party.

    Addressing party members at the state secretariat along Maiduguri road on behalf of gubernatorial aspirants, Engr Sarki Labaran said the action of the national headquarters of the party is illegal and cannot stand.

    The other aspirants are Malam Salihu Sagir Takai and  Sadik Aminu Wali

    Labaran frowned at the manner the former Governor of the state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has been conducting himself since he rejoined the party, accusing him of causing disaffection in the once peaceful party.

    The former Commissioner during the tenure of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau stated that national body contradicted itself by the dissolution, noting that since the state executive elected members of the National Working Committee , the NWC should also be dissolved.

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    Labaran who wondered why such action should be taken by the national executive of the party, noted that the tenure of the  party executive has not expired and they were not found wanting in anyway that would warrant the dissolution.

    The State Deputy Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim KT who equally spoke at the solidarity rally, also frowned at the sudden dissolution, saying “we are not in support of such dissolution. We are in support of the Masaud El-jibrin Doguwa led leadership of the party in the state.”

    “We cannot allow somebody to come and hijack the party in which we suffered to build and we will not agree for the dissolution of the 484 wards”.

    Meanwhile, the State Chairman of the party Doguwa in an interview said that he remains the chairman as he has not been informed of the said dissolution.

    “ Nobody has the power to unilaterally dissolve our exco, this cannot stand and will never stand, because its unconstitutional”

    On the court order restraining the national headquarters of the party from dissolving the state exco, Doguwa said “the court action wasn’t instituted by my exco, some loyal party members whom I’m in support of approached the court.”

    Among the top echelons of the party that attended the gathering were, Bashir I Bashir, Faruk Iya, Alhaji Yahaya Bogobiri.

    The elders of the party include, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Ambassador Aminu Wali and Senator Bello Hayatu Gwarzo.

  • We’ll go ahead with rally, Kano PDP dares Police

    The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State yesterday threatened to go ahead with a planned political rally even with police advice to suspend the event for what the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Rabiu Yusuf described as, ‘security challenges.’

    In a press conference held at the Maiduguri Road headquarters of the party, the state chairman, Senator Mas’ud El-Jibrin Doguwa, accused the state Commissioner of Police of being partisan.

    According to him: “as a matter of official courtesy and to ensure adequate security coverage, we wrote to inform all relevant security agencies, including the Nigerian Police and the DSS weeks ago, thereby giving them adequate notice, and they each assured us of their cooperation, and we went ahead with our preparations.

    “Riding on the back of patrician rascality, the police only yesterday (Thursday) communicated to us another decision, advising that we shelve our planned rally over what they maliciously called ‘security challenges.

    “This is the peak of intolerance. So also the APC government in Kano has now put together, a fake and unintended programme; and since they have turned the police into a ready instrument of scare and repression, and the Police Commissioner has compromised his office to political subservience, he is now made to write us their decision.

    “Let us make it abundantly clear that since APC members have invoked these constitutional provisions to stage rallies, we in the PDP cannot be stopped by whatever administrative tricks.

    “The Constitution did not require us to ask for permission. We have done the needful, it is only fair if we as Nigerians and as a registered political party are allowed to exercising our constitutional guarantee, fundamental human rights assemble in Gaya tomorrow (Saturday).”

    Senator Doguwa further stated that to add salt to injury, an emergency road blocks and police checkpoints has been mounted to the road to Gaya, “to add credence to the false security alarm, when actually, it was only intended to be used as an insensitive cover up for the decision.

    “Let the police Commissioner and his cohorts know that the PDP will invoke the appropriate constitutional provision to go ahead with its planned rally in Gaya by the special grace of God.

    “If, however, government through political repression forces us to stop, as law abiding citizens and as a law-abiding political party, PDP will have the option of appropriate legal recourse.

    “Our fear is that time and resources have been committed and we need not waste more on this, as such, this is a clarion call to the APC, to its government—Federal and states, especially Kano state, and to the compromising security apparatus, especially the police Commissioner to heed to our call if they truly love Nigeria.”

    However, speaking on the issue, the state Police Command spokesman, SP Magaji Musa Majia, said the police stopped both APC and PDP from holding their rallies on Saturday, “because we are embarking on a joint patrol along Kano, Wudil Gaya road.

    “We have some security challenges in the state and that was what informed our decision to cancel the rallies,” the chairman said.

  • Shekarau takes charge of Kano PDP

    MINISTER of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has taken firm control of the Kano State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the result of the party’s 2015 governorship primary election is anything to go by. In the exercise, the minister’s political godson, Salihu Sagir Takai, who was the governorship candidate of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), emerged winner to beat three other aspirants. With Takai’s emergence, the 2015 elections would be a replay of the superiority contest between Shekarau and his successor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is backing his deputy, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over from him.

  • PDP dissolves Kano Exco

    PDP dissolves Kano Exco

    Gbade Ogunwale, Assistant Editor, Abuja

    The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday dissolved the executive committee of the Kano State chapter of the party and constituted a caretaker committee to run its affairs.

    The dissolution came shortly after the party’s leadership received Mohammed, son of the late head of state, General Sani Abacha back into the PDP.

    Alhaji Alhassan Kafayos was named chairman of the caretaker committee, while Mr. Andrew Musa was appointed secretary. They were immediately sworn-in by the party’s National Legal Adviser, Mr. Victor Kwom.

    The National Organising Secretary of the PDP, Abubakar Mustapha, who unveiled the committee, said other members of the committee would be appointed in Kano during the week.

    Speaking at the inauguration, the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said the tenure of the dissolved exco had expired on August 15 and that there was need for a caretaker committee.

    According to him, the party observed the rules and provision of its constitution in setting up the caretaker committee.

    Tukur charged the committee members to ensure that they address grievances among members in Kano, with the view to addressing them.

    He charged them to ensure that the party wins the Kano governorship election in 2015.

    Abacha said he joined the PDP in 2010 and left the party to join the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) the same year.

    He again left the CPC in the same year 2010, owing to what he described as lack of internal democracy in the party.