Author: Sadiq Abdullateef

AMID speculation over Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, his Sokoto State counterpart, Governor Aminu Tambuwal says the party has lawful avenues of dealing with erring members. Since his emergence as the PDP presidential candidate earlier this year, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has faced apathy from five PDP governors under the aegis of the G5 or Integrity Group, including Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Uguwanyi (Enugu), and Seyi Makinde (Oyo). They argue that the PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu, a northerner, must resign. Responding to allegations of meetings being held with…

 We Will Win Without Them – Okowa Expulsion of Governors Will Cost Party After Victory – Expert THE Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, had denied having any deal with Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike, on his arrival with other G5 governors in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, asked the media to present the evidence that he held a meeting with Tinubu, carriers of the news to present evidence of his alleged interview with the BBC. The governor also alleged that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the expulsion of the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not in any way adversely affect their candidacy at the 2023 general elections. Festus Okoye, the spokesperson for the electoral body, told Peoples Gazette. “All the candidates that their names have been submitted will remain candidates until elections are over,” Mr Okoye explained to our ahead of the 2023 elections. The INEC spokesperson stated that a political party lacks the power to substitute any candidate, given that the polls are barely eight weeks away. “No political party can substitute any…