Sentences with phrase «chieftain of the party»

Okorocha who intends to use his son in - law Uche Nwosu as APC governorship candidate in 2019 has being at loggerhead with his deputy governor and other chieftains of the party in the state.

He commended the Deputy Chairman of the Ondo State APC, Mr. Ade Adetimehin, and some other chieftains of the party for their efforts towards ensuring that the APC won the election.

It was attended by chieftains of the party, including former national chairmen, serving and former governors, as well as former ministers of the party.

Reacting to the statement, James Terse Okum, a top chieftain of the party in Benue State told DAILY POST on Sunday that such group does not exist in the state or within the party's corridors.

One of the protesters, Kaigama told journalists that the team from Abuja was acting a script in favour of the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan to shortchange other chieftains of the party ahead of 2019 elections.

The PDP congress, which was held at the Osogbo Township Stadium, had many chieftains of the party in attendance and it was monitored by the national officers of the party led by Emmanuel Agbor, who is the Chairman of the Electoral Committee.

The meeting was attended by serving and former members of the PDP State Working Committee, members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, chieftains of the party at the 16 local governments and 177 wards, as well as chairmen and members of Boards and Parastatals, among others.

The crisis in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday took a new dimension after leading chieftains of the party called on...

Notable chieftains of the party who attended the exercise at the stadium included a former Deputy Governor of Abia, Mr Chris Akomas, Sen. Nkechi Nwogu and former governorship candidate of the party, Chief Nyerere Anyim.

He said that the commission recovered N300m, N82.5 m and N60m from chieftains of the party in Ebonyi, Abia and Enugu States respectively.

The member, representing Isoko Federal Constituency, appealed to former chieftains of the party, who left due to the crisis in the party, to return home as the party under Secondus would provide a level playing field for all members ahead of 2019.

The former governor of the state who addressed members of the party at a stakeholders meeting held at the APC Secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos, which attracted thousands of faithfuls and top chieftains of the party, also commended the members for supporting Governor Ambode in the 2015 elections.

Other chieftains of the party that walked out of the venue included former governor of the state, Mr Sullivan Chime and former state party chairman, Mr Ben Nwoye.

A chieftain of the party and Executive Director, Business Development NEXIM Bank, Stella Okotete, insisted that the congress was in line with the party's guideline.

Ahead of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a former Minister of Mines and Steal and chieftain of the party, Wole Oyelese, has...

Two chieftains of the party, a former Lagos State Governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, and Chief Bisi Akande as well as Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara were absent at the meeting.

The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday dismissed the defection by some chieftains of the party saying it is yet to ascertain the reason for their actions.

The party said it could not have been true that the chieftains of the party left for the Social Democratic Party as a result of any division within its fold stating that the party is in the process of ascertaining the state of its affairs across the country with a committee specially set up to carry out that function.

He made this known at Iguobazuwa, Ovia South - West Local Government Area of the state, where the party honoured Mr Osazee Akpasi, a chieftain of the party, for his philanthropic gestures in the community.

But a chieftain of the party and gubernatorial candidate under the platform of defunct CPC in 2011 elections, Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni, while speaking on behalf of the aggrieved members on Sunday, berated Prince Olusi's announcement and the unilateral endorsement of Governor Ambode and Senator Tinubu.

Anambra State Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Mike Kwentoh has dismissed the suit filed by a chieftain of the Party, Mrs Uche...

Some chieftains of the party in the state said this at a zonal meeting in Awgu for Enugu West.

In her remark, a chieftain of the party, Hajia Muslimat Ibrahim urged the women leaders to reciprocate the gesture by being loyal to the senate president and the party.

A chieftain of the party in Osun State, said, «This is the beginning of the end of the APC.

A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from taking any disciplinary action against some chieftains of the party in South - West.

The congress, which was attended by some chieftains of the party, was conducted under a peaceful atmosphere.

Similarly, a chieftain of the party said in a telephone interview on Friday that a former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, had warned Tinubu against the alliance with the North.

Bafarawa said he was one of those who drafted the APC constitution, explaining that some chieftains of the party, who were already recognised as leaders of the party in their states, were dislodged by the governors when they allegedly dropped their millions.

While attributing his success in the 2015 gubernatorial elections to the dedication of party members and chieftains of the party, especially the National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Ambode charged them to rally round the party yet again to ensure victory for the APC in the polls.

Akeredolu was in the governor's office in company with some chieftains of the party, who included, the state's deputy chairman of the APC, Mr. Ade Adetimehin, a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Sunday Abegunde, a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Olabimtan, the Chief Press Secretary to Late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi among others.