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Group Urges G5 Governors To Adopt Obi

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3 years ago

December 28, 2022

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees Igbo Think Tank, Prof. Madubuike Ezeibe, has urged the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party led by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, to adopt the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as their preferred candidate.

Ezeibe said the G5 governors would be making the right decision for Nigerian if they adopt Obi, given his acceptance by many Nigerians.

He spoke in Umuahia the Abia State capital on Wednesday during the fourth edition of the Igbo International Christmas Retreat organised by the Igbo Think Tank and Nzuko Ndigbo.

He said Obi remained the most favoured of the presidential candidates in the 2023 election, based on the qualities Nigerians are looking for in a future president.

He said, “We are Igbo and have to promote our own. Think of age, mental capability, he is not comparable with others.
“We are insisting that Nigeria should support a president of South-East extraction.

“In 1999 the current political dispensation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, then we went to North with former president Musa Yaradu, unfortunately he died and former President Goodluck Jonathan completed his ternure and power went back to North again for them to complete their turn.

“We are saying that the Igbos should be supported to produce a president.

“I’m advising the G5 governors to adopt Obi, because he we formerly of the PDP. If the G5 adopt him and PDP National Assembly members accept to work with him if he wins the election, that means the G5 has won because they will succeed in bringing the presidency to South, while the chairmanship of the party can remain in North. That’s a clever way of getting what they want.”

Other issues affecting the South-East and Nigeria discussed during the retreat include insecurity, peaceful co-existence of Igbo with other Nigerians and the creation of an additional state for the South-East as recommended by the 2014 National Conference.

In a remark the local organising chairman of the retreat and leader of Nzuko Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, revealed that the retreat provides all Igbo speaking Nigerians within and outside the South-East geo-political zones the opportunity to discuss issues affecting them in Nigeria.
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Dino Melaye Reacts To Malami’s Arraignment For Money Laundering

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3 days ago

December 30, 2025

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Ex-Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has reacted to the arraignment of a former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, before an Abuja Federal High Court.

Melaye wished Malami well as he began his trial for corruption.

Posting on X, the former lawmaker recalled how he was prosecuted by Malami over what he described as frivolous cases while he was the AGF.

He wrote: “Reminded me of how I was appearing in different courts when Malami as AGF was prosecuting me over frivolous cases including taking over one of the police cases against me. Wish him.well.”

Malami, his son Abdulaziz, and another individual are facing a 16-count charge of money laundering.

They were arraigned on allegations of unlawful acquisition and concealment of funds.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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What PDP Said About Wike’s Media Parley

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4 days ago

December 29, 2025

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of being a constant agent of provocation in the political space, alleging that he creates trouble to mask selfish intentions.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in response to Wike’s media parley with selected journalists in Port Harcourt, also held on Monday.

According to the PDP, remarks made by the minister on several occasions are proof that he falls short of being a locus classicus of anti-democratic adventurism.

The party said Wike’s conduct was not new, stressing that he has consistently acted as an agent provocateur in the political arena, stirring controversy to advance personal interests.

The PDP further stated that since Wike assumed office as Governor of Rivers State in 2015, he has remained a recurrent source of trouble within the party’s leadership.

“From the Sheriff era, where he was a forerunner in the Sheriff-for-National Chairman movement and later turned to fight and remove Sheriff; later he championed the Uche Secondus-for-National Chairman movement (in fact, he granted a very combustible interview that polarized the party just before the convention) and then was the same person fighting to remove Secondus.

“The same Wike led the movement to produce Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman against the advice of many party leaders, and so soon thereafter, it was Wike again who led the Ayu-must-go struggle.

“By his end-of-year media chat, Minister Nyesom Wike has reiterated his support for, and in fact declared that he is the ‘number one supporter’ of the presumptive candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 Presidential election, while remaining a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, confirming the basis of his expulsion from the PDP, for anti-party activities,” the statement said.

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JUST IN: INEC Excludes PDP From Ekiti Governorship Election

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4 days ago

December 29, 2025

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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election, Dr Wole Oluyede, and his deputy were conspicuously absent as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the provisional list of party candidates ahead of the election.

INEC on Monday posted the list of candidates from 12 political parties vying for the state’s top job at its office on New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The list shows that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is fielding the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji, with Monisade Afuye as his running mate.

Other candidates include Opeyemi Falegan of the Accord Party, with Omoyemi Olaleye as deputy; Akande Oluwasegun of the African Action Congress, paired with Oluwasanmi Fajuyigbe; and Ayodeji Ojo of the Action Democratic Party, with Itunu Ibitoye as running mate.

Similarly, the African Democratic Congress is presenting Oluwadare Bejide and Paul Olowoyeye, while the Action Peoples Party has Bidemi Awogbemi and Akinyemi Adewumi on its ticket.

The PDP’s absence may not be unconnected with the leadership crisis currently rocking the party at the national level.