Politics

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu may be weighing options on his choice of Prof Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne as his preferred candidate for the governorship ticket of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, THE WHISPERER has learnt. The Governor, who is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for a function, has come under intense pressure from prominent members of the People's Democratic Party in Abia State including his associates over Ikonne’s choice. The governorship primary of the PDP is expected to hold in the second quarter of the year. Those mounting pressure on the Governor are some of his inner caucus strategists and leaders of…

Mr Frank Nweke Jnr, a former Minister of Information, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State. Nweke was unveiled officially on Thursday at the party secretariat in Enugu. Nweke was the Minister of Information and Communication during the second tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo, from 2003 to 2007. Addressing the audience, Nweke said that he had finished his registration at his Ward, Local Government Council and now a bonafide member of the great party. He said that he joined APGA because of its antecedent, sincerity and truthfulness of its members…

The running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Peter Obi, has picked the party’s nomination and expression of interest forms to contest for the 2023 Presidency. Obi is now set to rival his former boss, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who had earlier obtained form to vie for the same position. The form was purchased by the Like Minds (LM) lead by Ekene Nwakuche their leader. Speaking shortly after purchasing the forms, Nwakuche said they are a group of young Nigerian professionals that feel the country is not going in the right direction and…

Former House of Representatives member for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Prince Arua Arunsi has abandoned his former party to join the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State. Arunsi after losing the primary election of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, to the incumbent member, Hon. Uko Nkole, defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC in 2018. Our correspondent gathered that Arunsi, who was a former Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly is joining the PDP to boost the governorship ambition of the deputy governor of Abia State, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko-Chukwu. A party source told THE WHISPERER that the deputy…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has charged party members to brace up for the task of building the party in Abia State, urging members to be committed and united ahead of the general elections. Kalu gave the charge when he hosted Abia State Students from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria at his Abuja residence. According to the former Governor of Abia State, "Some of our members are not committed to the growth of the party in Abia state. Some of them are PDP members at night and APC at day. "They visit the Government House at…

In a remark suggesting that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has performed below the expectations of Abia State citizens, the governor’s anointed candidate for the 2023 Abia governorship, Professor Uche Ikonne, has promised to ‘change’ the story of the people if elected into office. Ikonne, the immediate-past Vice-Chancellor of the Abia State University, made the allusion after picking up the governorship form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s national secretariat on Wednesday in Abuja. The former Abia State Polytechnic Rector left some Abia citizens wondering what he meant when he said “Our Story Must Change!” adding “The journey to…

“We Wish Him Well", OUK Movement Bids Agu Ndukwe Orji Farewell, Appoints Acting Coordinator OUK Movement has reacted to the defection of the State Coordinator of the group, Engr. Agu Ndukwe Orji, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement issued and signed by Kunle Oyewumi, said Agu Ndukwe Orji has the right to take decision on his political future. The Statement reads, “OUK Movement just received the news of the defection of Engr. Agu Ndukwe Orji to the People's Democratic Party, PDP. “OUK Movement acknowledges his right to determine his political affiliation…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted Nigerians of a clandestine plot by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to alter the newly passed Electoral Act 2022 to introduce clauses that will compromise the 2023 general elections. This is even as the party extended the sale of forms and rescheduled screening exercises. PDP, in a statement by its spokesman, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said that the APC, having realized that it is running out of time and cannot meet up with the already released electoral timetable now seeks to frustrate and derail the ongoing electoral process. The party…

The immediate past Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Uturu, who is the consensus governorship candidate of the Ukwa la Ngwa bloc of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prof Uche Ikonne, on Wednesday picked the nomination form of his party ahead of the Abia State PDP Guber primaries holding in May 2022. Prof Ikonne was accompanied by some of the foremost elders of Ukwa Ngwa, which include John Nwagborogwu and Don Ubani; PDP members from Abia North senatorial district including Hon Nnenna Elendu Ukeje, Rt Hon Cosmos Ndukwe and many others. THE WHISPERER had reported that the state governor, Dr…