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Confusion As Anambra APC Ward Congress Ends In Crisis

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3 months ago

March 17, 2025

The Anambra State ward congress to elect delegates for the primary election of the All Progressives Congress, which comes up on 5 April has ended in crisis.

The crisis was caused by a delay in the commencement of the exercise which held on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the eight man Congress Committee members of the party headed by Mohammed Abubakar are no where to be found as it was alleged that they have gone into hiding.

This is coming as a result of complaints by several aspirants of the party who alleged that the conduct was to favour a particular politician.

Already, there is mounting anxiety within the camps of all the seven Governorship aspirants who were cleared last week by the National Secretariat of the APC in Abuja, due to the delay to make public the outcome of the Congress election by delegates across the 326 wards of Anambra.

The majority of the party stakeholders are protesting that Committee members are yet to release the results of the Congress 24 hours after it was held across wards in the 21 local government areas of the state.

Among the governorship aspirants who vied to be elected by 1,630 delegates across the 326 wards during the Ward Congress of the party include Sir. Paul Chukwuma, Prof. Obiora Francis Okonkwo, Prince Nicholas Chukwujekwu Ukachukwu, Hon. Chukwuma Michael Umeoji, Chief Valentine Chineto Ozigbo, Johnbosco Obinna Onunkwo and Chief Esozie Madu respectively.

The committee is made up of Mohammad Abubakar as Chairman, Egogbamu Okoro, Ba’ande Imam and Augustine Agada.

Other members of the committee include Mr Babangida Abdullahi, Umar Augie, Dr Chibuzor Nduaguba and Mr Emma Eneukwu, the party’s National Secretary.

As at Saturday evening, it was learnt that Sir Paul Chukwuma, who is a major contender in the governorship race, is in a fierce battle for the delegates nod to emerge as the party’s flag bearer ahead of the APC gubernatorial primaries billed for 5th April 2025.

Also in the race is the popular billionaire chieftain of the party and revered academia Prof. Obiora Okonkwo and Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu who are out to give Sir Paul Chukwuma a run for his money and wits.

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2027: Drama As Two ‘ADA’ Emerge In INEC’s List Of 110 Party Registration Bids

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5 hours ago

June 26, 2025

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Two political associations seeking registration as political parties have submitted identical acronyms to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

According to Vanguard, the first is the All Democratic Alliance, ADA, being promoted by Chief Akin Ricketts and said to be one of the special purpose vehicles that the anti-Tinubu coalition is seeking to use as a platform in the 2027 general election.

While the Ricketts ADA is 109 on the INEC list, the other ADA, Advanced Democratic Alliance, is 110, the last one the list unveiled by the electoral umpire.

This second ADA has Alhaji Ahmadu Suleiman as Protem Chairman and Zipporah Pius Miracles as Secretary.

The Ricketts ADA has its national headquarters at Ground Floor, UAC Complex, Plot 273 Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun Street, CBD, Abuja, FCT.

Suleiman’s ADA has its national headquarters at 1 Frandriance Close, Off Oda Crescent, Off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, no fewer than 110 political associations have written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking registration as political parties.

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Damagum Is PDP’s Problem – Ex-Benue Gov Suswam

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16 hours ago

June 25, 2025

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Former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Wednesday declared that the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, is the problem of the party.

Suswam, who insisted that Damagum is not a leader, said the party has been drifting downwards since he assumed the role of acting National Chairman.

Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the former governor said, “There is no integrity in the leadership of PDP, I’m happy that Wike said it.

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Confusion In PDP As NWC Counters Damagum, Rejects Anyanwu’s Reinstatement

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18 hours ago

June 25, 2025

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The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed claims that the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025, has been postponed.

A statement signed by key members of the NWC on Wednesday also denied reports that Samuel Anyanwu has been reinstated as the party’s National Secretary.

The NWC said the statement comes in response to a press briefing earlier in the day by the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum.

DAILY POST reports that Damagum had announced the postponement of the NEC meeting and said Anyanwu is to resume as National Secretary.

Rejecting Damagum’s declarations, the NWC said his pronouncements were contrary to the resolution of the 99th NEC meeting, which scheduled the next NEC session for June 30 and referred all matters concerning the National Secretary’s office to that meeting.

“The pronouncements by the Acting National Chairman have no foundation as no organ of the Party (including the NWC), individual or group has the power to cancel, overrule, veto or vary the resolution of the National Executive Committee (NEC),” the statement read.

Citing Section 31 (3) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017), the NWC emphasized that NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the party after the National Convention and that its resolutions are binding on all members and organs of the party.

The NWC described the announcement regarding Anyanwu’s resumption as “misleading” and reaffirmed that the matter remains under the jurisdiction of the forthcoming NEC meeting.

The statement was jointly signed by Deputy National Chairman (South), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, Acting National Secretary, Setonji Koshoedo, National Treasurer, Ahmed Yayari Mohammed, National Auditor, Okechukwu Obiechina Daniel, and National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, among others.