Sentences with phrase «pdp leaders in the state»

Some of the notable PDP leaders in the state that attended the congress included a former National Secretary of the PDP, Prof. Wale Oladipo; a former deputy governor, Chief Olusola Obada; a former Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Akinlabi Olasunkanmi; a former National Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, and a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Oluwole Oke.

While Mimiko was still in the Labour Party during his first term, Ibrahim was the PDP leader in the state.

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In a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo, in Ado - Ekiti yesterday, the PDP said the people of Ekiti have always known APC leaders to be men whose words can not be trusted, but lambasted Awe for taking lying to the highest leveIn a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo, in Ado - Ekiti yesterday, the PDP said the people of Ekiti have always known APC leaders to be men whose words can not be trusted, but lambasted Awe for taking lying to the highest levein Ado - Ekiti yesterday, the PDP said the people of Ekiti have always known APC leaders to be men whose words can not be trusted, but lambasted Awe for taking lying to the highest level.

Earlier, the Minister had addressed a mammoth crowd of party leaders from all the 177 wards of the state at the APC leaders meeting held in Ishan Ekiti, where he urged them to be united in the battle to unseat the incumbent PDP - led government.

«Vice President Prof Yemi Osibajo is from the Southwest, the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is from the zone and the party controls five states out of six, so it will be suicidal for the PDP to neglect the region in its political calculations.

The APC Woman Leader in the state, Dr. Janeth Oyubu, while pledging the support of the APC women in the state for the government, alleged that the PDP government had hijacked all the palliatives initiated by the Buhari government.

«Vice Presidential Prof Yemi Osibajo is from the Southwest, the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is from the zone and the party controls five states out of six, so it will be suicidal for the PDP to neglect the region in its political calculations.

Among others were also Dr Saka Balogun, former Chief of Staff to former Governor Adebayo Alao - Akala, Chief (Mrs Abosede Adedibu), former Oyo SUBEB chairman, Professor Soji Adejumo and former PDP Women Leader in the state, Chief (Mrs) Christiana Babalola.

While the APC had its campaign in Benin, the state capital, the PDP took its campaign launch to Uromi, the home town of its national leader, Chief Tony Anenih.

The camp of Governors Ayodele Fayose and Olusegun Mimiko on Saturday depleted as some prominent PDP leaders in the South - West shunned the congress of the governors» faction held in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

A leader of the PDP in the state, Glory Emeh, said the APC would be daydreaming to believe that it would turn the table against the ruling party in the state.

Meanwhile, leaders of PDP in the North - East will meet in Gombe tomorrow to endorse a new national chairmanship candidate to replace the former National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, from Bauchi State, who resigned following the defeat of PDP at the presidential election.

«The PDP leader made it clear in the letter to the EFCC that he was not a beneficiary of the money and that he was only acting on the instruction of Jonathan to disburse it», the source stated.

A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, who recently joined hands with the Sheriff faction of the PDP in Osun State, was also one of the prominent leaders of the PDP, who campaigned for Adeleke.

In a statement signed by the leader of the group, Hakeem Ogunsola, who is one of the party leaders in Osun State, the group said it would back Secondus, who served as the chairman of the PDP National Working Committee between 2015 and 201In a statement signed by the leader of the group, Hakeem Ogunsola, who is one of the party leaders in Osun State, the group said it would back Secondus, who served as the chairman of the PDP National Working Committee between 2015 and 201in Osun State, the group said it would back Secondus, who served as the chairman of the PDP National Working Committee between 2015 and 2016.

The governor said the PDP has been losing important leaders to the APC since 2014, urging others who are still in PDP but want the progress of the state to jump ship to the APC in order to move the state forward.

A gale of defection has hit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State as three of its top leaders in the State, dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mimiko, who is a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and who picked his political son, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, to contest against Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the November 26, 2016, gubernatorial election was said to have been determining, who and who should be in the new governor's cabinet.

Speaking, founding chairman of PDP in Abia state, Chief Tony Ukasanya, described Senator Orji as a true leader who always stood for equity and justice, and assured that the people of Umuahia south would massively vote for him to enable him consolidate on the gains he had made so far.

A governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has appealed to former governor of the state and one of the leaders of the party, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja to rescind his decision of dumping the political party due to alleged impuState, Engineer Seyi Makinde has appealed to former governor of the state and one of the leaders of the party, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja to rescind his decision of dumping the political party due to alleged impustate and one of the leaders of the party, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja to rescind his decision of dumping the political party due to alleged impunity.

In attendance at the declaration are the zonal secretary of PDP, Pegba Otemolu; deputy state chairman, Boye Adesina; and the state woman leader, Mrs. Remi Adesoji.

However, some party leaders in the state, with the support of the National Secretariat of the PDP, have made moves to get aggrieved members back to the fold.

«In Lagos state, the home of the national leader of the APC, the PDP won six House of Representatives seats and nine state assembly seats.

A former State Woman Leader of the Peoples» Democratic Party (PDP), Lady Victoria Mel - Udoh stated that the forum was embarking on a ward - to - ward drive to strengthen the APC in the senatorial district.

Fayose, who is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum made the remark after a brief meeting with some governors and leaders of the party at the Asaba International Airport, in Delta State.

«The APC views this incident as part of the fulfilment of the boasts by the leaders of the PDP government in Rivers State to teach the APC and their leaders a lesson,» Ikanya said.

A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, Dr Muhammad Sani - Bello, has said that Governor Nasiru El - Rufai is making it easier for the PDP to return to power in 2019 through the blunders he is committing.

He stated in the affidavit filed in support of the suit that PDP queried him and some other prominent leaders of the party in the South West zone for encouraging «aggrieved members of the party to approach the court to enforce their rights.

«I will be glad to see the day I will be prosecuted as a leader of the party in the state for accepting or receiving money from the same PDP, our parent body, to fund our elections.

As often echoed by the Governor and leader of the PDP in the state, the strength of the party is such that only the PDP can defeat itself.

«Our fear is that with the pronouncement of guilt even without being giving the opportunity within his rights as a citizen to state his own side of the story, the President Buhari - led government is sidestepping the laws to ensure that Chief Dokpesi does not get justice in the court, a plot which they want to extend to other PDP leaders.

Also in attendance were leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the immediate past state Governor, Babangida Aliyu.

Bafarawa, while speaking with the Punch, said that the former PDP governors agreed to pay N100m each to the national secretariat of the party so that they could automatically become leaders of the APC in their respective states.

Recall that the PDP's National Working Committee, NWC, led by Secondus had in February 2018 met with the former Military leader in Minna, Niger State.

In a statement he signed and issued to journalists in Abuja, Adigun alleged that governor Bello directed the state commissioner of Works, Lands and Housing, Abdulmumuni Sadiq, to withhold the endorsement of the land title documents needed to complete the bail condition given for the release of the detained PDP youth leader by a Federal High Court sitting in LokoIn a statement he signed and issued to journalists in Abuja, Adigun alleged that governor Bello directed the state commissioner of Works, Lands and Housing, Abdulmumuni Sadiq, to withhold the endorsement of the land title documents needed to complete the bail condition given for the release of the detained PDP youth leader by a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoin Abuja, Adigun alleged that governor Bello directed the state commissioner of Works, Lands and Housing, Abdulmumuni Sadiq, to withhold the endorsement of the land title documents needed to complete the bail condition given for the release of the detained PDP youth leader by a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoin Lokoja

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has advised leaders of the party in the South West region to put forward the best among its candidates jostling for the National Chairmanship position of the party so that the position will not elude them this time around.

The PDP lamented that «on a daily basis, Kogi State now thrives in the news all for the wrong reasons, all because Gov Bello does not have what it takes to govern a Kogi State in this age of technological advancement and sound leadership skills, required of a leader.»