Facts emerged on Saturday night that northern elders were behind the emergence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. Atiku won the primary by 371 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who poled 237 votes, while a former President of the Senate,...
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Ilaka, Wolekanle And Tegbe Win Senatorial Tickets
Luqman Oyebisi Ilaka, Akinwale Akinwole and Olasunkanmi Joseph Tegbe have clinched the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for Oyo Central Senatorial ,Oyo North Senatorial and Oyo South Senatorial Districts respectively. Ilaka who was the former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde defeated Wale Adegoke and Wale Ajani to emerge as the candidate of the PDP...
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Oyo PDP Primaries : Know Your Rep. Candidates
Full list of those who emerged as House of Representatives candidates on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has emerged. It was reported that there are fourteen House of Representatives seats in the State. The constituencies are spread across the three Senatorial Districts in the State. The primary elections were held...
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Uncertainties as INEC, Parties Meet Over Primaries, Others
The Independent National Electoral Commission will today have a crucial meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties under the auspices of the Inter-Party Advisory Council. Sources said that the meeting, scheduled to hold at the commission’s Headquarters in Abuja at 3.30pm would dwell on the ongoing primaries for 2023 election. Also to be...
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Presidential Aspirant, Peter Obi Quits PDP For Labour Party
Peter Obi, former Anambra governor and one of the top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, has dumped the party for Labour Party. Obi announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP. In the letter, the former Anambra governor gave different reasons for his withdrawal from the presidential race....
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Jandor Emerges Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate
Dr. Abdul-Lateef Olajide Adediran aka Jandor on Wednesday was elected as the governorship candidate of the Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polling a total of 679 votes, to beat his main challenger, Mr. Dacova Vaughan David Kolawole, who scored just 20 votes to a second position. Ten void votes were recorded in...
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JUST IN: Makinde Gets Second Term Ticket
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary election in the state. The governor polled 1,040 votes while his challenger, Azeem Gbolarumi, scored two votes. The returning officer, Abdulahi Maibasira, declared Makinde the winner of the contest having scored the highest number of valid votes cast....
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2023: ‘ODIDI OMO’ emerges PDP Ibadan NW/SW Consensus Candidate
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, leaders, party executives and elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan Northwest/Southwest area of Oyo State have unanimously endorsed a serving member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Adedeji Stanley Olajide, better known as ‘Odidiomo’ for a second term in the National Assembly. After days of intense...
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Bibire pledges support for ODIDIOMO
Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has reconciled Hon Abayomi Fagbenro’s group and Hon Stanley Olajide Adedeji Odidi Omo’s group over the Ibadan North West, Southwest federal Constituency ticket in order to work together for the success of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) at the forthcoming 2023 general election. The Reconciliatory meeting was arranged by...
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Allow Level Playing Ground Not Kangaroo Consensus, Primaries – Group Appeals To Makinde
A group within Oyo state chapter of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Concerned People Frontiers (CPF) has raised an alarm over plan by some leaders and cabal within the party to impose some aspirants over others in a consensus through kangaroo primaries in some constituencies across the state. The group in a statement on Monday signed...