PDP GOVERNORS' FORUM

......As Jonathan, Atiku, Dickson explains why he should go. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party' PDP, Prince Uche Secondus says that President Muhammadu Buhari is now full blown dictator with his true colour now out for all to see.. Prince Secondus who was speaking at a rally in Yenogua, Bayelsa state as the PDP Presidential campaign train arrived the South South state, said that since chameleon cannot change its color Buhari has now shown his true colour. "The President has put on his Army uniform and is busy breaking the constitution, which is the soul of our nationhood. The National Chairman said that after breaking the country with his nepotic and divisive governance, the President has gone further to break the constitution. "The All Progressives Congress, APC, calls it politics and wants us not talk about it but we must talk about it because constitution is the basis of our existence as a nation. Prince Secondus queried the ...

Posted By Admin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have rejected the appointment of acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in Abuja, said that the PDP rejected in its entirety, the attempts to foist an illegal Chief Justice on the nation while the substantive CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen remains in office. PDP logo President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) and sworn in Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, from Bauchi State, as the acting CJN. According to the president, the suspension was as result of the ongoing trial of Onnoghen by the CCT and subsequent order of the tribunal directing him to suspend him, pending the completion of his trial. Ologbondiyan who is also the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO)...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected insinuations that opposition parties were toying with the idea of setting up an Interim Government, as stated by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at a briefing in Abuja on Monday. The main opposition party countered that it cannot accept any form of unconstitutional governance and a contraption like an interim government. A statement Tuesday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said its confident of a landslide victory for its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the February 16 presidential election. The PDP said a suggestion of an Interim Government, under any pretext, context or contemplation can only come from desperate and unpatriotic minds in a failed administration, or from a political party that has lost hope of being re-elected in a free, fair and credible election, due to its manifest incompetence and humongous corruption. “Every Nigerian kno...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed all the circumstances surrounding the activities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as presently constituted, and after a careful appraisal of comments by critical national and international stakeholders, we challenge INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to rise above the manifest compromises and conduct the 2019 general elections in a transparent manner. The entire nation is worried and the palpable fear of every Nigerian today is whether Mahmood Yakubu can conduct an election, which will indeed be free, fair, credible and transparent. This is particularly as allegations are rife in the public space, that the INEC Chairman is being compromised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari Presidency with offers of huge sums of money, choice property within and outside Nigeria, as well as juicy appointments to his relations as bribes, in return for the rigging of the election...

Posted By Admin Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the choice of Mr. Muhammed Adamu as the new Inspector General of Police. The Governor in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Thursday, described the new IGP as a dedicated professional with the requisite experience for the job. He however urges the new IGP to give the necessary attention to the need to refocus the police for more effective service delivery with emphasis on professionalism. Governor Dickson said that his interactions with the new IGP when he was the Assistant Inspector General in charge of Zone 5, showed that he was a brilliant career officer who did well then, and has the right experience for the job. He called on the Nigerian citizenry to support to the new IGP to enable to him the succeed in the onerous task of securing lives and prosperities in the society. The Governor assured the n...

Posted By Admin The South South Governor’s Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Forum for Sunday. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relation’s to the Governor òf Bayelsa State, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that the security òf the Niger Delta, during and after the election, the issue of derivation, and recent development involving the Chief Justice of the Federation would feature for deliberation at the meeting. Expressing his opinion at the development in the Supreme Court, Governor Dickson said that while he was yet to know the full details surrounding the developments at the Supreme Court concerning the CJN, it is a grave and dangerous escalation, coming a few weeks to the general elections. He said that the South South Governor’s would address a press conference after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the Nigerian public. Governor Dickson said that all efforts must be on deck to prevent the subversion and desecration òf the ethos of de...

Posted By Admin The people of Amurri in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office for entrenching peace and good governance in the state and remembering them after so many decades of neglect. The elated people of Amurri, who trooped out in their numbers to the Government House, Enugu, including the traditional rulers of their four autonomous communities, the town union presidents and virtually all the stakeholders, told Gov. Ugwuanyi that they are solidly behind him and will deliver the highest number of votes for him at the polls. This came as the traditional ruler of Enuagu Autonomous Community, Amurri, HRH, Igwe Charles Nwoye, who was also in the delegation, frowned at the recent misrepresentation of facts in the social media over a visit to his palace by a “competitor in APC”, informing the governor that “it is not anything to undermine what you have done to Amurri communi...