‘We want to know what is in it for us’. There is uneasy calm within the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State. Between the national and state leadership of the party and party members, there is feeling of distrust. But for the last minute change in plan on Wednesday, the state governor, Godwin…
Edo 2020: Imasuangbon Denies $2m ‘Settlement’ to Step Down, Insists he’s Still in The Race for PDP Ticket
With less than 24 hours to the governorship primary election of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, one of the aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket, Kenneth Imasuangbon, has denied rumour making the round that he had accepted $2 million from the state governor, Godwn Obaseki to step down for him. Imasuangbon,…
We Went Through Torture with Obaseki – Samson Osagie
Former member and Minority Whip of the House of Representatives representing Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode Federal Constituency of Edo State, Samson Osagie, on Tuesday said the reign of governor Godwin Obaseki in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC was a very rough and tough one before his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. He…
Edo 2020: Ikhine Set to Step Down as Obaseki, Deputy Seek Reelection in PDP
One of the three governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gideon Ikhine, an engineer, may have caved in to pressure to step down for the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki who is seeking to fly the flag of the party for his re-election after dumping the All Progressives Congress,…
I am Prepared to Provide Leadership That Will Lead This Party to Victory – Obaseki
Full speech by the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki at the state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as he formally joined the party on Friday, June 19, 2020. Mr. Chairman, members of the state committee of PDP, teeming supporters and members of PDP, I am here this afternoon to inform you that…
PDP Postpones Primary election to June 23
Admits Obaseki into Party Friday. All is now set to admit the embattled governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki into Nigeria’s major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The governor was being expected at the Edo State secretariat of the party in Benin on Thursday where many party leaders had gathered for the…
Appeal Court Sacks Oshiomhole, Strips Him of His Rights, Security Details
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the suspension of Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. An Abuja High Court had in March restrained Oshiomhole from parading himself as national chairman of the party following his suspension by his Ward 10…
Edo 2020: Imasuangbon, State PDP Chairman, Announce Obaseki Joining Party Soon but Insist Must Face Primary
Less than 24 hours after he claimed in an interview with TELL that he was not aware that the embattled governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki was seeking to join his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a governorship aspirant in the party, Kenneth Imasuangbon, has announced that Obaseki would be joining the party with…
Edo 2020: Imasuangbon Gives APC Quit Notice
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Kenneth Imasuangbon, is confident that his party would wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC come September 19, 2020. Imasuangbon however boasted that this would only be possible if he emerges the flag-bearer at the party’s primaries. Imasuangbon,…
PDP Suspends State Chairman
The National Working Committee of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo, Osun state chairman of the party. In a letter sent to the suspended chairman dated 30th April 2020 and signed by Senator Umaru Tsauri, National Secretary of the party, Adagunodo was ordered to step aside as the chairman of the party…
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