Politics

Ukpai Iro Ukpai, has been declared the winner of Abia State New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Governorship primary election held at Abia State secretariat of the party in Umuahia. Dr. Ukpai from Ohafia (Abia North zone) had over the period been rumoured to be the sole Aspirant for the executive position. Dr Ukpai polled 552 votes to return unopposed, through a voice vote by the 3 man delegates of the party representing the 184 wards of 17 local government of the state. The election was peaceful and rancor free in the presence of INEC officials, DSS and other security agencies,…

A former governorship aspirant of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Eze Emmanuel, and former House of Representatives member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Linus Okorie, as well as three other chieftains of the party, have dumped the main opposition party for the Labour Party, in the State. The defectors which also included a former Commissioner for Education in the state, Prince Chibueze Agbo, has pitched their tent with the Labour Party, and pledged to work to actualize the presidential ambition of the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Announcing their defection to the Labour Party,…

Loyalists of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have insisted on the removal of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu before they can back the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Recall that the decision of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to pick Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, snubbing a selection committee that had recommended Governor Wike, had thrown the main opposition party into crisis. Moves to reconcile aggrieved party members will top the agenda as members of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) and National Working Committee (NWC) meet…

Barring any last-minute change, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State would be announced as the director general of the presidential campaign organisation of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. THE WHISPERER gathered that Lalong, a Christian, has been pencilled down as the DG following an uproar over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC. Recall that the top hierarchy of the APC had settled for Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State as the DG, while a former National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, was chosen as the chairman of the campaign council. However, it was…

Chief Obi Aguocha, the House of Representatives candidate of Labour Party for Ikwuano-Umuahia Federal Constituency has said that, HE. Peter Obi cannot stand alone in Abuja amongst the predator political wolves when he is elected the President of Nigeria, come 2023. He stated that Peter Obi needs his own Labour Party people at the National Assembly, to support his legislative agenda(s) for good governance and production focused development, improved security, job creation and employment; efficient and strategic growth initiatives - moving Nigeria from consumption to a production based economy. These are his utmost commitment, to help Peter Obi, if elected…

On Omatseye’s Obituary By Valentine Obienyem The other day, Mr. Sam Omatseye – a writer many used to have respect for due to some reasons, including the fluidity of his prose – wrote an article entitled “Obi-nomics”. In the said article, clearly embittered by resentment, he hurled obloquies at Mr. Peter Obi. He saw Obi as a rising sun that must be totally eclipsed. I did a rejoinder to that piece as part of the respected “right to reply”, which readers are supposed to enjoy. I appropriately sent the rejoinder to Mr. Sam Omatseye, who, contrary to the liberality of “The…

Former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 presidential election, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, has disclosed his intention to dump his political party affiliation and its 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi. Ogbonnia said that his endorsement of Obi was because the LP presidential candidate is a ‘democratic revolution, whose time has come,’ adding that “with every sense of patriotism, he was joining the Nigerian masses to endorse Obi as the next president of Nigeria. “Though I remain a member of All Progressives Congress, APC,…

The Labour Party has said that at least five sitting governors are working for the presidential quest of Peter Obi, the standard bearer of the party. Obi is rumoured to be enjoying the support of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo is said to be allegedly recruiting other political leaders to back the Labour Party presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 elections. The Labour Party has also said at least five governors and other leaders are supporting the presidential ambition of Peter Obi. The Deputy National Chairman of the party, Bashiru Apapa made this known in Ado Ekiti during a sensitisation…

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has restated his objection to the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to run with a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2023 general election. He said Christians, including members of the APC, will use their Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) and prayers to resist the party’s plan ahead of the polls. His stance was echoed by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The duo, who are Christian political leaders from the Northern part of the country, spoke at an APC Northern Christian Leaders Summit in…