Politics

Kwankwaso officially dumps PDP. Kwankwaso resigned his membership from PDP in a letter he sent to his ward Chairman on Tuesday, dated March, 29 2022. Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). THE WHISPERER reports that Kwankwaso resigned his membership from PDP in a letter he sent to his ward Chairman on Tuesday, dated March, 29 2022. The letter read in part,’’ It is with deep sense of responsibility that I write to notify you , that as a result of some serious and irreconcilable differences, I have reached the conclusion that my…

The trio of former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) are intensifying their push for the adoption a consensus Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate from the North. They were in Markurdi where they met with Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom to market the consensus option. They later held similar talks with Governor Darius Ishaku the Taraba State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. The governors, who have bought presidential nomination forms, hinted of a scheduled plan to meet with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar last night. Atiku declared last week to fight for the…

The leaders of Ukwa-la-Ngwa bloc have endorsed the immediate-past Vice-Chancellor of the Abia State University, ABSU, Professor Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne, as their consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship race. They made the endorsement Monday evening, when a high-powered delegation of Ukwa-la-Ngwa clan led by the pioneer Attorney General of the State, Chief Theo Nkire, met with Ikonne at the ex-VC’s Umuahia residence. Addressing newsmen later after hours of discussions indoors, Nkire said :” We came to persuade our son to run for the 2023 governorship position. ”He has been tried and tested and we found him worthy. His enviable records…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he has the capacity to win the 2023 presidential election for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Wike made the declaration during a consultative meeting with stakeholders of the Benue chapter of the PDP at the Government House in Makurdi on Sunday. The governor, who intimated the stakeholders about his intention to run for the presidency, solicited for Benue PDP votes in the coming national delegates convention of the party, even as he stressed on zoning. “To remove APC from power, I’m the person who can tell them enough is enough. We must take…