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Botched campaign: Wike will suffer! He’s finished – Atiku *I’ll get 75 percent in Rivers

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Politically, Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State is finished and his future ambition of becoming Nigerian President permanently sealed, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Wednesday.

The position of the former Vice President, was conveyed on Wednesday, via Danial Bwala, spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PDP-PCC), while appearing on The Morning Show, a breakfast programme on Arise Television, while reacting to the botched campaign of the party in Rivers State on the ground of insecurity.

Atiku had on Monday, announced that he would be putting off his presidential campaign in the state to avoid bloodshed, due to a series of actions Wike had allegedly taken, indicating grave implications in that direction, saying going ahead with the already planned activities, would lead to trouble.

Amplifying the development, Bwala, capturing the sentiments in the Atiku camp, which has recently indicated that it has pulled off its gloves and gone for the bare-knuckle battle, unlike the initial pillow-fight approach it earlier adopted, by pleading with the governor, and the G-5 Integrity Group he leads, fired from all cylinders during the outing.

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Regretting that Wike had continued toeing the hardline position, even after the entire PDP leadership tried to placate him, which had now led to the thwarting of the presidential campaign, he stressed that the initial move to appeal to the governor, was more of trying to bring everyone on board and not for his electoral value and his impact in the presidential project of the ex-VP.

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Stating that Wike was inconsequential to Atiku’s victory, he said, Buhari won the presidential elections on two occasions in Nigeria without winning the state, adding that in this case, the PDP would sweep the state with nothing less than 75 per cent votes, without the governor, as Rivers was not only the soul of the part, but had benefitted more than any other state from the party.

His words: “Buhari did not win Rivers State, but he won elections. But we’re going to get 75 per cent of the votes in Rivers, because if you go down to the field, they want this fellow to leave that place so that they can rest. He’s kind of a lame-duck. You see, at the time of your second term, you’re less popular than the first term. He has money to bring media attention to what he does. But if you sit down with the people, I believe that on the day of the election, there would be members of his household that will vote for Atiku.

“How can Rivers State not vote for PDP? That is the party they can claim ownership. That is the party that brought blessing to them from 1999 till date. I don’t think there is any part of the country in terms of geo-political zone that has benefitted more from the PDP than the South South. Are they going to leave that to vote for the party that is unknown? Are they going to throw away all that because of one man that is fizzling away and disappearing to the oblivion? Certainly not! Because, the people of Rivers are intelligent, they know what they want, and they know when to decide on what they want.

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“Wike is a great man in the sense of the respect we give to everyone. Wike may have done well for the party in the past, but he has destroyed his legacy. That is the summary of it all…I’m telling you that he’ll regret when he comes out by saying, I’d have done things better.

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“When you have power, you must exercise it with dignity, candour and honour. He has destroyed his political future, let me be honest with you. This is a man who is seeking to run for presidency sometime in the future. He has cancelled his image in the entire region of the country and he’s cancelling in other parts of the country.”

 

 

 

 

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Okpebholo hails Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani, over safe return of abducted Kaduna students

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Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 21,  Edo State governorship election, has congratulated Uba Sani, Governor of Kaduna State, and the people of his state, on the successful rescue of the abducted Kuriga school children.

Okpebholo, the Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, who is popularly known as Akpakomiza, also praised the gallantry of the security agencies, particularly the Nigerian Army, involved in the rescue, as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

The Edo APC governorship  hopeful, stressed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserved to be appreciated for the priority that his administration has accorded security of the lives of Nigerians in the efforts being made to arrest criminalities in the country.

He believed that with the support of Nigerians and prayers, the current efforts by the APC administration would eventually rid the country of insecurity and usher in national prosperity in no distant time.

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On the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state, Okpebholo promised to make security as one of the major focal points in his campaign, as a precursor to his eventual victory in the forthcoming polls.

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BREAKING: Police humiliate, arrest Abure *LP fingers Apapa’s camp

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There is a grand plan to stop the Labour Party (LP) from participating in this year’s governorship election in Edo State, its leaders said on Wednesday, in reaction to the arrest and humiliation of Julius Abure, its National Chairman in Benin, the Edo State capital by security operatives.

Against the backdrop of a video which emerged on the same day, where Abure was seen been dragged on the floor by security operatives said to be from the police and the Department of State Security (DSS), the party also fingered Lamidi Apapa, who is also laying claims to the leadership of the party.

Though no reason was given for the arrest, the party offered one saying it came as a result of a letter of protest written by Apapa to the authorities, on the heels of the primaries to choose its candidate for the election, adding that the aim was to prevent it from participating in the polls.

Channels Television, quoted Obiora Ifoh, spokesman of the party as saying: “The Labour Party on Tuesday had a very successful delegate election in Benin ahead of the party primaries scheduled to hold on Friday. The party Chairman only this morning along with party governorship aspirants also kept a scheduled security briefing with the Department of the State Security.

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“Abure was however arrested after the meeting by a combined team of DSS and Police officers. Abure, Ogbaloi and their aides were also manhandled. The arrest of the party’s officials was in connection to a protest letter by one of the expelled member of the party loyal to Lamidi Apapa camp. It is to frustrate the primary process and possibly interrupt the party’s participation in the governorship election.”

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Only recently, Abure, had been embroiled in another crisis following an allegation of fraud in relations with the party finances, from Oluchi Opara, National Treasurer, who has since been suspended, after she directly accused the party boss of financial malfeasance, forgery and embezzlement of the party’s funds realised during the 2023 presidential election.

Abure and the party had denied the allegations even as Opara insisted that the national chairman should account for both naira and dollar donations to the party in the last poll.

LP presidential candidate in the last poll, Peter Obi, had said external auditors would probe the party’s financial books.

The LP leadership while denying any form of malfeasance denied for instance that it raised N3.5billion from donations and sales of forms for last year’s elections and accused her of being an agent of those intent on distabilising the party, especially the Apapa camp.

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BREAKING: PDP Chairman dies!

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Death has hit hard at the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the death of Fatai Adams, chairman of the party in Ondo State, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Though details of his death have not been revealed, The PUNCH, quoted Kennedy Peretei spokesman of the party in the state who confirmed the incident as saying the party would soon make official communication to the media on the matter.

“Yes it is true but we will soon communicate you properly on the incident,” Peretei said of the ex-party boss, reportedly suspended last month by the State Working Committee (SWC) for allegedly involving in some anti-party activities.

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