Politics

Amaechi Mobilises Rivers Supporters Against Tinubu’s Re-election

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4 months ago

July 24, 2025

Former Minister of Transport and former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has vowed to stop the second-term bid of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

He accused the President of being insensitive to the welfare of Nigerians and called on the people to register massively for the African Democratic Congress, his new party, to salvage the country.

Amaechi, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general election, stated this while addressing hundreds of supporters and loyalists who thronged the Port Harcourt International Airport to welcome him on Wednesday.

The former governor announced his official resignation from the APC and had fully joined the coalition to oust President Tinubu.

He is joined in the coalition by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who had since dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, among others.

Speaking at the Rivers rally, Amaechi said an end must come to Tinubu’s bad government, which he said had brought severe hardship to the people.

He said the ADC would provide the best government the people deserved.

Amaechi stated, “This is just to reassure our supporters and Rivers people that there is a new party in town.

“Every Rivers man who thinks well of the state and the country should move to register with the new party and ensure that we remove the current government and stop the hunger everybody is suffering from.”

On who gets the ADC’s presidential ticket in 2027, Amaechi said all the contenders would stand by whoever emerged as long as the selection process was credible.

“Anybody who emerges from the primaries, we insist on a free, fair and transparent primary; all of us will support whoever emerges,” he said.

Amaechi told his supporters, “If you are not tired of Tinubu, I’m tired of President Tinubu. If you’re not hungry, I’m hungry.

“If the rich men are spending N4m a month for electricity, only God knows how you (citizens) are surviving. And the President says he doesn’t care.

“The President says he is not here to make you happy. But ADC is here to make you happy.”

The former governor said he would not work with anyone who joined those who liked to write election results in the state.

“Rivers State is notorious for writing (election) results. When they write the result, they claim they have won.

“I will not work with you if you work with those result snatchers to announce the result. God will bless all of us,” he said.

According to The PUNCH, after driving into town, Amaechi trekked several kilometres from the Waterlines axis to his residence in Old GRA, while acknowledging cheers from residents.

Politics

PDP Issues Certificate Of Expulsion To Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, Others

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2 days ago

December 3, 2025

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has issued certificate of expulsion from the party to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and other 10 members earlier expelled from the party.

The party National Chairman, Tanimu Turaki, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.

The other members, according to him, include the embattled National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, the Legal Adviser, Kamarudeen Ajibade, former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose.

They also included Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, Austin Nwachukwu, Abraham Amah Nnanna, George Turna and Chief Dan Orbih, expelled during the party National convention in Lagos.

Turaki said that the original copies of the certificate had been dispatched to the owners through a courier service to serve as proof that they were expelled from the PDP.

“We have taken note of the fact that Nigerian law frowns on dual membership of political parties, and so we have sought to make it easy for them.

“Now that they are no longer members of our party, and now that the National Convention, which is the highest decision-making organ of our party, has expelled them, we have decided to issue them certificates of expulsion.

“So, when they go to register with other political parties in Nigeria, they will show these certificates as proof that they are no longer members of the PDP.

“By that, those parties will not accuse them of trying to belong to more than one political party,” he said.

He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies, including the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services, and other government agencies, to take note.

“Very soon, members of the society will be informed via proper disclaimers that any person henceforth who decides to do business with them, any or all of them, does so at his or her own risk.

“They are no longer members of the PDP. They have been expelled,” he added.

He added that the NWC also reviewed some of the cases filed against the party and lawsuits instituted by the party, particularly the one that related to the “unlawful and illegal” closure of the party’s national Secretariat, the Legacy House, and the Wadata Plaza.

“The brief we received from our lawyers is that we are on sound ground, and that very soon, the law will take its course,” he said.

Turaki said the NWC was prepared to be saddled with the responsibility of performing its functions as the leading opposition party in Nigeria.

“We are going to provide a credible alternative to Nigerians. We are going to provide credible leadership to Nigerians by the special grace of God from 2027,” he said.

Politics

Adebayo Adedamola Wins Osun PDP Governorship Primary

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3 days ago

December 2, 2025

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Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola, popularly known as FRYO, has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the August 8, 2026 governorship election in Osun State.

The primary election took place in Osogbo on Tuesday amid heavy security presence.

Announcing the result, chairman of the primary election committee, Humphrey Abba, stated that Adebayo secured 919 votes out of 957 accredited ballots, giving him a clear victory in the contest.

Explaining that there were 20 void votes following the withdrawal of one of the candidates, believed to be Governor Ademola Adeleke, Abba added, “The candidate that got the remaining votes is Adebayo Adedamola with 919 votes and he stands elected and returned.”

DAILY POST reports that despite announcing his resignation from the party, Adeleke’s name appeared on the ballot paper for the PDP governorship primary.

Party officials said the exercise was conducted in accordance with established guidelines, with accredited delegates participating in the voting process.

Adeleke announced his resignation in a letter dated November 4, 2025, and addressed to the PDP leadership at his ward.

On Monday, Osun PDP chairman, Sunday Bisi, had announced that the governorship primary slated for Tuesday, December 2, 2025, has been postponed due to leadership crisis at the national level.

But a faction of the party went ahead with the exercise in Osogbo on Tuesday.

Politics

Gov Adeleke Resigns From PDP

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4 days ago

December 2, 2025

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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial primaries of the party.

Adeleke’s resignation letter, dated November 4, 2025, sighted by Tribune Online was addressed to the PDP ward chairman for Ward 2, Sagba Abogunde, Ede, Osun State.

According to the letter, the governor’s resignation was based on “the current crisis of the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).”

According to the letter, titled: “Resignation of my membership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’ read, “Due to the current crisis of the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), I hereby resign my Membership of the People’s Democratic Party with immediate effect.

“I thank the People’s Democratic Party for the opportunities given to me for my elections as a Senator (Represented Osun West) and as Governor of Osun State under the People’s Democratic Party.”