A Federal High Court in Abakaliki has sacked the Ebonyi State Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, led by FRED UDOGU. The Court described UDOGU’s Caretaker Committee as illegal, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to recognize it. Justice ALUKO AKINTAYO held that the national leadership of the PDP acted illegally when it dissolved…
Ebonyi State Governor, DAVE UMAHI, says desperate politicians are responsible for the increase in killings and kidnappings in the Southeast geopolitical zone. Governor UMAHI said those sponsoring the increase in crimes in the Southeast cut across the various political parties. The Governor, who briefed newsmen after a meeting of the Southeast Governors Forum, said governors of all…
The People’s Democratic Party has criticized President MUHAMMADU BUHARI over his comments on the defection of Governor DAVID UMAHI of Ebonyi State. PDP’s spokesman, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN, accused President BUHARI of abandoning governance to engage in what he called political scavenging. Meanwhile; state governors elected on the platform of the PDP have promised to remain loyalty and work…
Governor DAVE UMAHI of Ebonyi State has been formerly received into the All Progressives Congress, following his defection from the People’s Democratic Party. Governor UMAHI’s reception ceremony was held in the state capital, Abakaliki, with national leaders of the APC, including the Acting Chairman, Governor MAI MALA BUNI, in attendance. Governor UMAHI told the large gathering of…
There are speculations that another state governor elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party is planning to join the All Progressives Congress. Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE, made this known in an interview, a day after Governor DAVE UMAHI of Ebonyi State defected from PDP for APC. Without mentioning any name; Governor WIKE said the…
• Ebonyi National Assembly caucus pledges Loyalty • State working committee dissolved Ebonyi State Governor, DAVE UMAHI, has refused to say whether he will return to the People’s Democratic Party if the party decides to give its 2023 presidential ticket to the South-East. Instead, Governor UMAHI said he believes that if the PDP picks a South-East presidential…