Politics

Anambra Must Belong To Ruling Party – APC Chieftain

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2 years ago

February 3, 2024

A former National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress, Paul Chukwuma, has said that Anambra State must connect to the centre to enable it to drive its infrastructural support for sustainable growth.

Chukwuma, who is also the pro-chancellor of Olivia University, Burundi, noted that Anambra State would need to collaborate with the Federal Government to build infrastructure such as roads, railways, gas pipelines and ports that would be the anchor point for the next developmental phase of the state.

He stated this during a press conference in his hometown in Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area, on Saturday, adding that only an APC governor can develop the state, under an APC-led Federal Government.

He added that Anambra has remained underdeveloped because past and current governors were not able to connect to the FG at the centre.

He argued that there were advantages of having a governor from the APC in the current regime, as there are many decision-making gatherings that governors that are not of APC stock may not be aware of, including Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, who is of All Progressives Grand Alliance.

He explained that he seeks to contest the 2025 Anambra governorship election under the platform of the APC because he believes he has the capacity and that the state must connect to the centre for it to develop.

He said, “Go and check Imo and Ebonyi states that are being governed by the APC in the South East and compare them with other states that are governed by other political parties, and you will see the difference.

“In Ebonyi, the past and present governors have used the platform to attract the goodwill of the Federal Government, and if you go there, you will see the quality of their projects and development, only the connection at the centre can attract such.

“Go to Imo, you will see massive projects there. As I speak to you now, Orashi River is being dredged, courtesy of the Federal Government. Governor Hope Uzodinma has used the opportunity of his closeness to the Federal Government to attract projects.”

He further said, “Right now, the Federal University of Technology is being turned into a full conventional university. They are building a teaching hospital there now. What Uzodinma is doing there, we have never seen it here. Those who are criticising Uzodimma are just doing so to get at him, not because he is not performing.

“Coming to Anambra, all the erosion sites we have everywhere here cannot be tackled by the state government. We need Federal Government funds to be able to do so. That is why I am saying that the problem is not with those who are governors today, but the party they come from.”

The APC chieftain explained that he is contesting the governorship position of the state under the APC to leverage his closeness to the FG to fix most problems in the state, which are far beyond the capacity of the state government.

He opined that two factors were necessary for sustainable growth – human capital development and infrastructure, adding that while Anambra has grown in Hunam Capital Development, it is poorly deficient in infrastructure; which he believes is the major reason why the state is yet to have sustainable growth.

He proposed that Anambra must link to the centre to attract funding that will build these infrastructures as the state revenue is insufficient to do so.

Politics

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

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20 hours 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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2 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.

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Gov Adeleke Resigns From PDP

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2 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.”