Politics

Indications have emerged that mass defection may soon hit the rank and file of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia, following the selection of Gloria Akara, as running mate to Ikechi Emenike, the party’s governorship candidate in the state. Sources close to the party told BusinessDay that ever since the nomination of the Christian cleric-turned politician, as the gubernatorial running mate of the party, cohesion and peace have taken flight from the party. Her nomination, apart from not resulting from wide consultations among the party stakeholders from the zone, it is also believed widely to have been influenced by…

Governors in the camp of Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday boycotted the official inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council. They include Governors Samuel Ortom (Benue); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Wike. A good number of party leaders perceived to be sympathetic to the Wike's camp also stayed away from the International Conference Centre, Abuja venue of the inauguration. However, the remaining PDP Governors loyal to the party's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar attended the event. They were: Governors Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Diri Duoye (Bayelsa), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa); Darius…

A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, on Wednesday, denied calling Igbo people who are supporting the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, saboteurs. Ihedioha in a statement issued in Owerri, the Imo State capital, by his spokesperson, Chibuike Onyeukwu, said that there was no way he could have called Igbo people supporting Obi saboteurs when he shared close relationship with the LP presidential candidate. The statement accused those it described as “fifth columnists” of being responsible for the media bashing he had received following the development. Ihedioha said his address at the new yam festival of…

...as APC, APGA and PDP enmeshed in crisis The 2023 general election in Abia State will be keenly contested, as no political party, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is the ruling party in the state can confidently boast of winning outrightly. The PDP, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), All Progressives Congress (APC), The Labour Party (LP), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and the Action People's Party (APP) are the major parties, positioning themselves well for the elections. Although campaigns have not started, these political parties and their candidates have been moving around the state, visiting community leaders, churches, town…

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State has adjourned a case seeking to nullify the primary election that produced Ikechi Emenike as the governorship candidate of the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC to October 5, 2022 for a definite hearing. A governorship aspirant in the party, Daniel Eke, in a case number FHC/UM/CS/96/2022 approached the court, seeking for the nullification of the indirect primary election that produced Emenike and the direct primary election that produced the immediate past Minister of state for Mines and Steel and Development, Uche Ogah, as a factional candidate, over falsehood. The court, presided…

Former Imo State Governor and former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, has warned his kinsmen and supporters that anyone working for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is a saboteur. The Supreme Court-sacked governor stated this in a video seen by SaharaReporters on Tuesday, while instructing his kinsmen about the "dangers" of voting for Peter Obi in the general election. Ihedioha was overheard telling his listeners that Igbos projecting the Labour Party Presidential candidate were taking a risk of their lives. He claimed that there were only two recognised political parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress,…