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  • ‘I was dehumanised, forced into exile, woman accused of murder’

    A woman leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Amuda, an Abia Community has gone into hiding after she was stripped, lynched and almost set ablaze for alleged murder of another woman.

    The victim, Eukeria Okoma, her attackers alleged, was seen in a native doctor’s mirror where they had gone to find out who killed one

    Esther Onyeagba, who passed on in Calabar, Cross River State on March 28.

    It was gathered that the incident occurred on April 11 and Okoma has not returned to the village after a few community members whisked her from her attackers.

    According to the woman, she was dehumanised, tortured, stripped and almost lynched for a crime she knew nothing about.

    She said her attackers were sponsored by a politician, who felt she was supporting Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpazu for a second term against their wish.

    Okoma said: “Trouble started after the governor visited Amuda community and gave women a token in appreciation of the warm welcome he received. As I was sharing the token (bags of rice) among the women, a lawmaker came and demanded to know where the largesse came from and why I must be the one sharing it? “She threatened to deal with me and replace me as woman leader. She said she would use a member of the Amuda Women Town Development Union against me to ensure I either die or leave Umu Nneji.

    “Before I knew it, they said I was responsible for the death of Esther Onyeagba, who died on Good Friday in Calabar. They said that my face appeared in a native doctor’s mirror as the killer. The women came to my shop at Ejifeji and damaged things there. They went to my house destroyed and took some properties away, took my money. “They said that I must come out and dance round the village as customs demand to prove my innocence. When I showed up, they started beating me, stripped me and took me round different communities. They put a tyre on my neck and poured kerosine on me. “But for one Chinedu, who rescued me from them, I would have been set ablaze for an offense I know nothing about. As I speak, I have gone into hiding.

    “My crime was supporting the governor Okezie Ipeazu, who is not their preferred candidate. I am crying out to Nigerians and the law enforcement agencies to come to my rescue.”

    Speaking to our Correspondent on telephone, a member of Amuda Women Town Development Union, Roseline Eke, said those responsible for the attack on Okoma have been arrested and charged to court.

    She denied the lawmaker had anything to do with the incident, adding that it was mischievous to drag her into the issue.

    Eke denied the victim was stripped, dehumanised, adding that she only joined the women to dance round the villages to prove her innocence.

    According to Eke, the culprits were charged to court because at no time did any native doctor tell them Okoma was responsible for anyone’s death.

    She said: “The female lawmaker had nothing to do with this issue. It’s a plough to tarnish her name.

    “As I am talking to you, those Amuda women are already in court because they were arrested over frivolous petition. At no time did anyone check in any mirror and they saw Chimezie  (Okoma). No such incident happened.

    “Okoma is a member of Amuda Women Town Development Union and she is a neighbour to the deceased. The deceased’s widower called members of the union that Okoma threatened that she would finish his family and that one month after the threat, his wife died.

    “The kinsmen gathered and invited her to come and say her own part of the story. When she came, she said she was sorry for whatever that happened. The kinsmen insisted she must explain what she was sorry for. They threatened to stop her from attending any gathering in the community for five years if she did not explain what she meant.

    “The kindred reported the matter to the larger Umuogene community, which summoned Chimezie five times but she did not show up. At that point, Umuogene reported to Amuda, where she (Eukeria) is a member and Amuda women invited her twice to come and explain her side, but she did not honour the invitation.

    “So, the women staged a protest to the traditional ruler, who was not around. They went to her husband to produce his wife. He promised to but did not. Two days after, the women gathered and threatened to destroy Eukeria’s house if she did not show up. That was when she honoured the invitation.”

    Spokesman for Zone Nine Police Command in Umuhia, Janet Eguchukwu, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), confirmed a case of mob attack was reported, adding that it was under investigation.

    She said some women were arrested but were later released to Amuda Community Leader, adding that a meeting had been scheduled between the parties and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Hosea Karma.

  • 2019: South West PDP tackles APC, warns INEC against meddlesomeness

    South West arm of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday urged members to channel  their energy towards wresting power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and not dissipate it on needless in – fighting.

    The party also warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to desist from  meddling in the internal affairs of political parties in the country.

    The party’s National Vice Chairman (South West), Dr. Eddy Olafeso, made this known  in his remarks at the zonal meeting of the Extended Working Committee of South West PDP in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

    He said the task to reclaim the region for PDP in future elections is a task that must be accomplished, also warning the chieftains to expect a big fight from the ruling APC.

    “What is important here is not fighting ourselves but fighting the APC government so that we can free our people from the clutches of this bad governance. Within the last few months and years that they have been there, Nigeria has turned to a mystery land; it’s a killing field for everybody.

    “The economy has gone down. No family in Nigeria can say they are better off today than they were three years ago that the PDP was in power. And if that is the situation, what should confront us is the unity that we must share to deal with the APC government and the common enemy among all of us is the APC and not ourselves.

    “And winning the South West is a task that we all must do; it’s no longer a Disneyland story of happy ever after. APC government will fight us but we are ready to rewrite this ugly chapter in the Nigerian history and we’ll do everything possible to mobilize and ensure that our people are properly positioned to vote out, in the coming general elections, this government that took our country and shredded it.

    “When you talk about a renewed and rebranded PDP, this is just the beginning. Internal democracy has been strengthened and we ensure that everybody is allowed to participate. The era of impunity and self-righteousness is over in our party,’” Olafeso said.

    He expressed satisfaction with the health of PDP in Ekiti and Osun states respectively, saying the party is solidly on ground.

    He advised those aggrieved in the party to work for harmony, and refrain from inimical activities.

    Also, the PDP Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, said PDP members should have confidence in themselves and refused to be intimidated.

    He noted that the party, through the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, had taken a very strong and irrevocable position on the situation in Ogun State chapter.

    However, in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the South West PDP resolved to hold a mega rally in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on May 5 “to engender brotherhood and comradeship within the party in the zone.”

    It said the PDP National Chairman and leadership of the party from across the nation will be in attendance.

    The communiqué reads in part: “That we abhor INEC’s interference in the affairs of political parties and thus declare this attitude as interloping and overbearing. This we do in view of the Supreme Court declaration on the powers of Party Convention and authority conferred on them.

    “Therefore, we reject INEC’s letter to the Ogun State Executive of the Party and also solidly confirm it to be the leadership of the Party in the State, having emerged from a convention conducted and supervised by the National Executive of the Party, it is worthy of note that INEC itself attended the convention and appended signatures to the results emanating from it.

    “We also seize this opportunity to call on members of the Party to place the interest of the Party above ambitions; it is our position that we all must eschew bitterness, rancor and strife in our relationship within the Party. We emphasize that there is no enemy within, but enemy without, therefore we must concentrate every energy we can muster to vanquish our rivals.”

    In attendance at the meeting, are state chairmen of the party in Ekiti, Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Ondo, who affirmed the leadership of Ogun State executive committee led by Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele.

  • APC, PDP kick as Kaduna LG polls ‘ll hold on schedule

    The Chairman, Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM), Dr. Saratu Binta Dikko-Audu on Tuesday announced that the elections into the 23 local government areas of Kaduna state will hold as scheduled despite the fire outbreak that affected some offices of the commission.

    Dr. Dikko-Audu made the announcement at an emergency meeting with all political parties in the State, adding that there will be no Smart Card Readers (SDR) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would not be able to make the cards available for the election.

    She however, stressed that the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) will be used and verified through the voters register during the election.

    But the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kicked against the information that there would be no card readers during the election.

    According to the State PDP Secretary, Ibrahim Wusono, “It is a grand design to rigg the election, and therefore it is not acceptable to us in the PDP. The card readers must be made available during the election”.

    On the other hand, the State All Progressives Congress (APC) called for the postponement of the election because of the forthcoming national convention of the APC that will hold two days after the local government election.

    The State Secretary of APC, Yahaya Baba-Pate said, “We in the APC are calling for the postponement of the election because of the APC national convention coming up on May 14. It has been the tradition nationwide that whenever there is national event, the State event has to step down for the national event. Therefore we are calling on the SEICOM to postpone the election to enable stakeholders prepare for the national convention”.

    The election had earlier been scheduled to May 12, 2019 before the fire incident.

    But following the fire outbreak, there was speculation that the election might be postponed.

    Recalled that legal and finance departments of the Commission was gutted by fire last Saturday. No life was lost to the inferno.

    Responding to PDP’s accusation about the card readers,  the SEICOM boss said, “We started talking to INEC about card readers about two years ago. But we were shocked to get a letter from INEC that it would not be able to provide us with the card readers because it was preparing for 2019 election.

    “INEC cannot hold us back; we have to go ahead with our own election as scheduled.

    “If there is anybody here that can convince INEC to give us the card readers we will appreciate it. However, we are going to use electronic voting machine which is one of the sensitive materials”.

    On the call for the postponement of the election, she noted that the election date was not the same with that of the APC national convention, and as such the election cannot be shifted.

    The Chairman informed that some of the materials were destroyed in the inferno, but stressed that, the remaining Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be adequate for the election.

  • PDP accuses INEC, APC of rigging plot

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the plotting to secretly create illegal 30, 000 polling units in “compromised areas” in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    A statement on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan described the alleged plot as wicked, horrible and totally unacceptable.

    The opposition party said it uncovered the the plot through investigation and that it was part of the grand design by the Prof Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC to rig the 2019 general elections in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC.

    The statement said, “We are aware of series of clandestine meetings between compromised officials of the commission and certain agents of the Presidency and APC, where the plot to sneak in the 30, 000 illegal polling units in some remote areas and through which they plan to allocate votes to President Buhari and the APC were perfected.

    “Having realised that Nigerians have completely rejected them because of their manifold failures in governance, the Presidency and the APC are now employing all manners of dirty antics to create ways to rig the polls and foist President Buhari back on Nigerians.

    “The PDP cautions INEC not to set the nation on fire by its overt conspiratory tendencies. Prof. Yakubu should heed wise counsel and immediately perish the thoughts of using such polling units or dividing the nation along ethnic lines in the 2019 general elections, as such would be stiffly resisted.

    “We invite INEC to note that every Nigerian has seen the handwriting on the wall regarding the general rejection of President Buhari and the APC well ahead of the elections. We all know where the tide is flowing and Nigerians are not ready to, and will never  accept any results that do not reflect that reality.

    “Having completely lost confidence in the integrity of INEC under Prof. Yakubu, we unequivocally demand that all processes leading to the 2019 must be subjected to open review of political parties and stakeholders at all levels.

    “In this regard, we demand that INEC make public the location and status of all polling units as well as the report of its investigation of under-age voters in various parts of the country, particularly, Kano and Katsina states.

    “Finally, we urge Nigerians to remain vigilant and monitor all processes to ensure that INEC and the APC do not, at any point in the process, manipulate the 2019 general election and subvert the will of the people.

    “The best thing  APC and the Presidency should do now is to accept failure, shed their desperation for power and desist from actions that will push the nation to the brinks”.

  • 2019: PDP mulls shadow cabinet for good governance

    The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced its decision to establish a shadow cabinet to pilot a roadmap towards national economic recovery and good governance.

    A shadow cabinet is usually constituted by the opposition to prefer alternative policy options in readiness for taking power through constitutional means.

    According to the PDP, this is in line with the wishes and aspirations of Nigerians, ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    This and other decisions were contained in a communique issued at the end of the party’s 79th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the PDP national secretariat on Thursday.

    The party also resolved to leave its doors widely open to all Nigerians, groups and like-minded political parties to foster a strong rallying point for the determined quest by Nigerians to “rescue the nation from the misrule of the APC” and enthrone good governance in the country.

    It also resolved to lead a strong conversation and discussion towards a formal coalition of democratic forces to guarantee Nigerians the much desired all-inclusive platform ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    Other resolutions include “That the PDP deploy the instrument of its democratic structures at all levels across the country to legitimately and urgently rally all Nigerians to vote out the APC and return the nation to the path of national cohesion, stability and prosperity for the good of all.

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    “Furthermore, the PDP NEC urges all Nigerians to, in unison, condemn the assault on the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, leading to the seizure of the mace and disruption of proceedings in the highest lawmaking chamber in the land.

    “The NEC declares that the invasion is a direct attack on the sovereignty of Nigeria and her integrity as a democratic nation.

    “The NEC calls for immediate prosecution of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and all those involved in this treasonable act.

    “It further demanded for a system-wide inquest, particularly on the compromised security at the National Assembly and held that the matter be expeditiously dealt with.

    “The meeting notes the scheduled visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the home of democracy, the United States of America, whereas back home, his administration is annihilating, harassing and strangulating opposition voices, even within his own party.

    “In the same vein, the NEC also strongly condemns the branding of Nigerian youths as lazy, by President Muhammadu Buhari as a direct injury on the sensibility of our youths who are known worldwide to be hardworking.

    “The PDP reaffirms its belief and confidence in Nigerian youths and boldly announces to the world that our youths are resourceful and agile.

    “Our nation is blessed with hardworking young men and women and we enjoin them to team up with PDP Generation Next Movement in the all-important determination to vote out the APC, which has not only refused to show interest in their well-being and development but has also held them in the highest form of disdain”.

  • More reaction trail uproar at Senate Chamber

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Grassroot Mobilisers, Ondo state chapter has condemned the attack on the upper chamber, describing it as barbaric, and affront on the present democracy in the country.

    The Coordinator of the group, Kunle Ajibogun said the  action of Senator Omo-Agege representing Delta West senatorial district at the upper chamber as shameful to the party, All Progressive Congress ( APC)and the nation as a whole for taking Laws into his hand by hijacking the mace , which is symbol of the House.

    The group urged the necessary   security agents to take a decisive action on the culprits in the interest of peace and progress of the country.

    It noted that Nigerians should condemn the action of the Senator.

    PDP Grassroots Mobilisers, however charged all members of the party, to remain resolute towards regaining power from the APC government that is in power without direction.

    The group noted that all members of the party, PDP should see the need at working together as a team, without defecting to other party by making it more formidable and reposition the party towards winning in the next election across the country.

  • 2019: PDP broadens consultations to challenge APC

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party has stepped up consultations with a broader spectrum of stakeholders from diverse political leanings.

    The National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus who gave the hint in Abuja on Thursday, said the move was geared toward defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections.

    According to him, response from the various stakeholders has been encouraging, adding that the need to rescue the country from the grip of the APC was an enormous challenge.

    “Majority of Nigerians who are disillusioned about the state of affairs in the last three years, are excited that we are trying to get it right as we remain the last hope for our democracy”, Secondus said.

    The party chair, who spoke at the 79th edition of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP, commended some elder statesmen who have raised their voices against what he described as the misrule of the APC.

    The chairman said, “We commend our elder statesmen and other patriotic Nigerians who have spoken up on the urgent need to rid the country of the current bad APC government and enthrone a government that will serve our needs.

    “Because of this challenge, we have taken it upon ourselves as the leading opposition party to broaden our scope, open our doors and allow ideas to flow in for a more robust democratic development.

    “We therefore, invite our brothers, sisters, youths and women from other political parties in this platform to join us to rescue our country that is in distress, socially, politically, economically and security wise.

    “In this country today over 3.1 million citizens are languishing in various IDP camps across the country, yet we are not at war with any country.

    “Our consultations have taken us to meet with various interest groups who are willing to do business with us and I can report to you that it has been very fruitful.

    “We expect in coming days to have a broader political family working dedicatedly to rescue this democracy and our beloved country from the hands of APC”.

    Echoing the party chairman, Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said so far consultations with the various groups have proved useful.

    He hinted that a broader platform will be raised in the days ahead, with the view to wrestling power from the APC administration, particularly at the centre.

    “Former presidents and former leaders of Nigeria are in unison to make sure that come 2019 a fresh and new government is formed for the interest of our nation”, Ekweremadu added.

    Also speaking at the event, Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose said majority of Nigerians are looking up to the opposition.

    According to him, hopes and expectations are high, promising that the PDP will not dash their hopes and expectations the way the APC government did.

    Those that attended the meeting included governors elected on the platform of the party, present and past party officials, present and past members of the National Assembly, former governors, among others.

  • Looters’ list: Dickson slams APC’s leadership style

    Says party chasing shadows
    urge Bayelsa to accept public sector reform
           

     

    Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson on Wednesday said the Federal Government led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) was engaged in shadow-boxing while abandoning the real essence of governance.

    The governor described as childish the party’s constant attacks on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) including APC’s lamentation that it inherited an empty treasury from the PDP.

    “You don’t need to say that you inherited an empty treasury. Are treasuries full to be handed over. Treasuries are supposed to be used to work”, he said.

    The governor, who spoke at a live broadcast in Yenagoa to address knotty issues arising from the ongoing public sector reforms in the state said at the end of its first term, APC would be judged by its achievements and not by the failures of the PDP.

    Admitting that the PDP made its mistakes, he said the party in power should concentrate on righting the alleged wrongs of the PDP instead of engaging in blame games.

    He asked the party to learn from him noting that when he took over from the past administration, he wasted no time blaming his predecessor and pursuing past officials despite what he saw in the files.

    He said: “Sometimes you have a feeling that the APC even though in power is still in opposition and still on a campaign mode. I would have thought that after all the things that they said PDP didn’t do well and you claim Nigerians have voted for you, so you do the things rightly.

    “Here in this state, there was a governor, who was there for almost six years, and I know what I saw in all the files, all projects and programmes. Have I wasted any time looking behind to pursue people?

    “We used a red line across it and we did things differently.  The point is that at the end of the day, you will every incumbent including the APC, they will be judged not by the failure of the preceding government, but by what they themselves had done.

    “I think as the days and months are drawing closer, they will come to that realisation. And the sooner they realize that they will be judged by what they do or fail to do and not what the PDP didn’t do, the better.

    “PDP is gone and the APC has won and supposedly they won because of those things that they are still talking about for three years. So, I consider it very childish. I thought that they should have done better than they are doing. Quite frankly, the PDP made its mistakes but the PDP also achieved a lot for our democracy  and for our country”.

    Dickson lamented that the country was divided sharply under the APC-led government and asked the ruling party to ensure Nigeria’s unification.

    The governor decried the wanton killings of citizens on daily basis by not just Boko Haram but also by the armed herdsmen.

    He said instead of facing the issues and tackling the violence headlong, the APC was dissipating its energy on looters’ list.

    “There is too much division in the country now. So, the APC led government has to unify the country. There has to be a country first before you can claim you are in power or in government. They have not been able to unify the country.

    “Look at the wanton killing and destructions of precious Nigerian lives not only by Boko Haram but now by herdsmen and we are told that they are foreigners, which means we under a foreign invasion.

    “Yet you are not addressing those concerns and issues. You are talking of PDP. One list today and tomorrow another list. Yet we all know ourselves in this country. I believe hat our politics should be mature. We are not enemies.

    “That we are in different political parties does not make us enemies. Even if we are not friends because w have a number of friends in all parties, at least we are Nigerians. We are human beings. So, in the first place, we share a common humanity. So, we should treat one another with respect if not with love”.

    Dickson further asked the people of the state to brace up to the ongoing public sector reforms insisting that his administration would ensure effective and productive public sector.

    He lamented the rots in the sector and likened the state’s payroll to the voter register where he said all kinds of names could be found.

    He said in 2012 he inherited over N5bn monthly wage bill in the service and N1.6bn in the local government area but worked very hard through various verification committees to bring it down to N3.7bn for state and N1.1bn for the council.

    He said all his efforts were geared towards handing over a disciplines, efficient public service to the incoming government adding that the motive was not to sack anybody.

    While saying that genuine workers affected by the exercise would be re-absorbed and redeployed to other areas, he insisted that persons who had no reason to be in the service must go.

    “We want to leave behind a reformed, repositioned, motivated and efficient workforce.
    Whatever is good for this state, we are going to get it done.

    He said: “Those who would be affected are citizens, we have to look at genuine issues. We are working in avenues to ameliorate the hardships and create other avenues for survival.

    “Many states are sacking workers. The central focus is not to sack. It is repositioning.

    In this reforms, those with teaching qualification, working in the parastatals, who can teach, the state needs all of them.

    “We have ways of absorbing people on the condition that they must be existing workers, they must be committed workers. If you are a workers in Abuja, Lagos Port Harcourt, this state has fed you enough for the past 20 year. Enough is enough”.

  • Ekiti 2018: Senator, Envoy, others quit PDP for SDP

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has lost more leaders and members as they announced their defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

    Among those who quit the PDP for SDP are former Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Clement Awoyelu, former High Commissioner to Canada, Ambassador Dare Bejide, former House of Representatives member, Hon. Yemi Arokodare, former Commissioner for Commerce, Mrs. Omotomilola Osunde, among others.

    Rising from a meeting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, they said they took the decision to join SDP because they could no longer stomach the alleged dictatorial tendencies, impunity, lack of respect for elders and subversion of party constitution by Governor Ayo Fayose.

    They condemned the attempt by Fayose to impose his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, as the sole candidate ahead of the July 14 governorship election which they said was done in violation of party guidelines and Electoral Act.

    They also berated Fayose for victimizing party members who disagree with him on principle and turning the party to his personal estate.

    Awoyelu is the first state PDP Chairman while Bejide who is the first State Secretary later served as Secretary to the State Government (SSG).

    Addressing reporters after the meeting held in his Ekute, Ado-Ekiti residence, Awoyelu who represented Ekiti Central in the Senate between 2003 and 2007 said Fayose and his faction frustrated all peace moves to resolve crisis in Ekiti PDP.

    He said a whole faction of the PDP, led by Chief Williams Ajayi had defected, saying the SDP will work hard to ensure that the party wins the impending gubernatorial poll in the state.

    Ajayi was leading a splinter group before Appeal Court  validated the pro-Fayose group , led by Chief Gboyega Oguntuase as the authentic faction.

    Awoyelu said: “We have been on this issue for long, particularly since Governor Fayose pronounced his deputy the sole candidate for the next election. We have experienced impunity, reckless imposition and lack of respect for elders being displayed by the governor.

    “As a leader, I could not have taken a unilateral position over issue that affects the corporate existence of all of us. So today, we met and we all agreed to move en mass to SDP .

    “We are receiving complaints everyday about how PDP members loyal to Fayose have been victimizing their perceived enemies in PDP.

    “We could all see how a man has turned himself into a dictator  in a party we all laboured to build. Looking at all these infractions, we have agreed not to return to PDP, we are now to move en mass to SDP.

    “We deliberated well before taking this decision and since it was the voice of the people, I have to abide by it as a leader”, he added.

    Awoyelu said the decision to defect was not triggered by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s association with SDP.

    Awoyelu said: “ We are old enough to take actions on our own, we are not neophytes in politics, so this is not true.

    “We are aware that Obasanjo has formed the a National Intervention Movement (NIM) , which he said was not a political movement.

    “But, we will be happy if this group is ready to work with SDP. Our aim is to take over Ekiti and Nigeria in 2019 and we are ready to work with like minds to achieve this task”.

    On whether the constitution of the executives from the wards to the State level may spark up controversies in the party between the old and new members, Awoyelu dispelled such insinuation, saying  there are no class differences in SDP.

    “We are all one, whether new or old and it is the secretariat that will give directive on how the executives should be constituted”, he said.

  • Secondus, IBB hold closed door meeting

    The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus along with members of the PDP National Working Committee met with former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida in Minna on Monday.

    The team arrived at the Minna airport with a chartered flight and was driven in a motorcade to the Uphill Residence of Babangida.

    The meeting was held behind closed doors in the presence of members of the Niger state working committee of the party led by the Chairman, Barrister Tanko Beji.

    One of the Party Chieftains who spoke to newsmen disclosed that Prince Secondus intimated the elder Statesman on the development and progress made in the party and its preparation for the Osun and Ekiti states governorship election.

    The Source said that General Babangida commended the reconciliation move by the National Working Committee  in appeasing aggreieved members.

    Babangida was said to have rated the level of preparation of the Party at a very high level stating that at this rate, PDP would record success in the next general election.

    Other members on the National Working Committee present include the National Secretary, the National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbodinyan, National Financial Secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Maibasira and the National Woman Leader.