The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for trying to link President Goodluck Jonathan to Monday’s protest by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Lagos. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday described the allegation as cheap blackmail and part of the mind game being played by [...]
Fashola ask whereabouts of security men when thugs took over Lagos road
With loads of messages to him from concerned citizens who were traumatized in the course of a protest march by armed Pro-Goodluck Jonathan and Jimi Agbaje Groups on Monday, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party has by the disruptive rally shown its own security model. The Governor, who stated this at the Johnson Agiri [...]
Remaining in the PDP would have been an easy option – Tambuwal
With less than two weeks to the March 28 presidential election, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has said that a vote for the Peoples Democratic Party will undermine the self-worth of every Nigerian. Mr. Tambuwal said if he and some of his colleagues in the National Assembly wanted the easy option for themselves, they would not have moved away from [...]
APC Pushing Nigeria To The Brinks – PDP
...Says Opposition Party Engaging In Dangerous Mind Game The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) now confronted with the reality of failure in the 2015 general elections has intensified its frenzied deployment of false alarms aimed at throwing the polity into chaos and wreck the electoral process. PDP National Publicity [...]
Jimi Agbaje Celebrates Mum Mrs Bisi Agbaje, On Mother’s Day
PDP Gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State Jimi Agbaje, shares a photo of his mum and a lovely message her to mark Mother's Day celebration. My earliest memory of my parents was seeing them strive to make the best of the opportunities that existed in a newly independent Nigeria. My father, Julius Kosebinu Agbaje - the original JK - came from humble beginnings and rose through [...]
Our Campaign On Course, Victory In Sight, Says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its campaigns are on course even as it reassures supporters that it is already winning the 2015 general elections following the soaring nationwide acceptability of President Goodluck Jonathan and its other candidates ahead of the polls. The party, which thanked its members and supporters who showed concerns over rumors against its [...]
PDP plans to disrupt APC Road Show in Ekiti, cause havoc in SW – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of planning to disrupt its (APC’s) Road Show in Ekiti on Wednesday, March 11th 2015, using PDP thugs decked in APC T-Shirts to infiltrate the rally and instigate violence. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also accused the PDP, working through [...]
APC Chieftain, 7,000 Members Defect To PDP In Yobe
Alhaji Ibrahim Gero, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 7, 000 members of the party in Yobe have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on behalf of the defectors at a campaign rally on Monday in Karasuwa, Gero said he and his colleagues dumped APC out of the desire for better leadership in the state. Gero, who also the former chairman of [...]
Jonathan has done more for Yoruba than Obasanjo – PDP
Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation in Oyo State has said President Goodluck Jonathan had done more the Yoruba nation than former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying facts available showed that the race had fared distant better in the last four years of Jonathan’s administration in terms of recognition, appointment and provision of infrastructure in [...]
Card reader: PDP tasks INEC on error-free electoral process
The PDP has reminded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Nigerians expect nothing short of error-free and transparent process for credible elections come March 28 and April 11. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, on Saturday in Abuja. He said the admonition had become necessary because of the [...]
Card Reader Testing: PDP Worry Over Lapses Says It Awaits INEC’s Official Response
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has noted series of complains from Nigerians regarding reported lapses experienced in the Saturday’s testing of the PVC Card Readers by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in some states of the federation. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Saturday said the worrisome fall-out from the [...]
PDP’s resistance to use of Card Reader: We have been proven right – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the PDP’s public avowal to oppose the use of Card Readers in this month’s rescheduled election has shown the accuracy of the APC’s accusations that the ruling party is doing all in its powers to either prevent the election from holding or to rig it. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji [...]
APC’s False Alarm, A Reflection Of Its Inner Thoughts?’ – PDP Charges Nigerians To Be On The Alert
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the string of false alarms and outright lies that characterized Wednesday’s press conference addressed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has clearly justified its profiling as a party of ‘one week, one lie’. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday said Nigerians are however not surprised that the [...]
PDP Condemns Kano, Potiskum Bombing
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu has condemned Tuesday’s terror attacks on innocent Nigerians in Kano town and Potiskum in Yobe state respectively. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Tuesday said the party was “deeply saddened by the news of the attack in the two northern cities, which claimed the [...]
PDP condemns alleged harassment of some widows in Imo State
The People's Democratic Party has condemned the alleged harassment of some widows who had embarked on a solidarity match for President Goodluck Jonathan in Imo State earlier this month. At a news briefing in Abuja, the Director of Media and Publicity PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, maintained that it was a violation of the fundamental rights of [...]
PDP thugs attack Gov. Shettima with cutlasses and knives
Governor Kashim Shettima was attacked by thugs, yesterday. The PDP thugs attacked the governors convoy along Kashim Ibrahim Way in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Governor Shettima had earlier planned to go round the state capital in the morning to inspect some projects and visit hospitals, but that when his security details informed him that the town was not safe for him, he [...]
Election Postponement Saved Our Nation A Huge Embarrassment – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says contrary to subjective reactions that the postponement of the February election dates was injurious to the nation’s democracy, unfolding events, especially the prevalent huge deficit in the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) have shown that the development rather saved the nation and the Independent National Electoral [...]
You Are Guilty On Religious Politics’, PDP Tells APC
The Peoples Democratic Party says the alert by the APC that certain desperate politicians were planning to circulate leaflets in mosques and churches to urge Muslims to vote only Muslims in the coming elections is an unintended leak from the APC's massive arsenal of religious bigotry and viscous divisive politics. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, [...]
PDP Urges Nigerians At Lent to Pray For Peaceful Polls and only Peace-Loving Persons Should Be Elected
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use this year’s Christian Lenten period to pray for peaceful conduct of the March 28 and April 11, 2015 general elections as well as re-dedicate themselves to the virtues of compassion, good neighbourliness and love for one another. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Ash Wednesday said [...]
Minister advises Obasanjo to apologise to PDP, President Jonathan
Dr Stephen Oru, the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, on Tuedsay advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise to President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP over alleged unguarded statements credited to him.Oru made the call in Abuja at a news conference organised by the ministry. He said that the former President was the most privileged Nigerian who had the opportunity of [...]
Anti-Election Leaflets: PDP Wants APC Investigated
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as revealing, the attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to politicize the circulation of anti-election leaflets in Gombe State. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Tuesday alerted that the rush with which the APC started raining accusations was "suspect and betrays a subterfuge; a spirited [...]
Obasanjo’s Exit: ‘We Remain Focused’ – PDP
The leadership Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received the news of the decision of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to withdraw his membership of our great party. We have also carefully examined the circumstances and the reasons adduced for this unfortunate decision. While we concede to the inalienable rights of every citizen to hold opinion and to decide who to [...]
“We Must Work Together For Democracy”, PDP Urges Political Parties
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all political parties in the country as well as all other relevant stakeholders in the electoral process to relegate all narrow group interests and join hands with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee the success of the 2015 general elections. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a [...]
PDP accuses Jega of meeting with APC in Dubai
Can Jega tell Nigerians how he could have distributed 23 million PVCs within five days to the election if there hadn’t been a postponement?” The PDP campaign spokesman also asked: “Could this be why Jega has refused to allow citizens use their temporary voter cards despite pleas from the National Assembly and well-meaning Nigerians? “Pieces of information at our disposal have [...]
PDP buying PVCs for 10,000 naira each – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that some people suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resorted to underhand tactics, including the purchase of PVCs and the intimidation of some voters to seize their PVCs, in the wake of the recent postponement of the general elections. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its [...]
PDP welcomes postponement of the 2015 general elections
In the last few days, pursuant to speculations about the shifting of the dates of the general elections, the PDP had restated its readiness for the polls and continued with our rallies whilst directing all our candidates to go on with their campaigns as only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the powers to take decision on the matter. Last night, the [...]
PDP supports INEC postponement of the 2015 general elections
PDP supports INEC postponement of the 2015 general elections on the other hand APC had condemned the decision. PDP Director of Media and Publicity of its Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed this in a statement released on Saturday 7. Read the statement below... “Since this decision has been taken in the interest of deepening democracy and in [...]
“We Will No Longer Condone Opposition-Sponsored Protests” – PDP
Our attention has been drawn to a text message being circulated by a nebulous group under the name, Save Democracy Youth Movement, calling on the Minister of Petroleum and the Minister of Finance to tender their resignations before the 11th of February 2015, citing unfounded allegations as reason. We have information that this unwarranted attack is sponsored by the opposition [...]
PVC Distribution: “INEC, APC Committing Crime Against The Electoral Process” -PDP Insists
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says more facts have emerged on the connivance of some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to deny non-indigenes in APC controlled states of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the February 14, 2015 general elections. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a [...]
APC Statement On Economy…Height of Intellectual Fraud – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the APC’s claims on the state of the nation’s economy as wild and baseless allegations shamelessly anchored on tissues of lies and unreliable posts copied from the social media. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Monday said it is disgusting that the APC has stuck to its stock-in-trade of fabricating [...]
APC Criticism Of Jonathan’s Revolution On Agriculture Wicked – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as highly despicable and deceitful, the attempt by the APC to distort the facts on verifiable achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan in agriculture saying such has “clearly confirmed that the APC is a party of liars, fraudulent and desperate individuals completely averse to the well-being of Nigerians.” PDP National [...]
PDP campaigns gets pass mark from UK-based group
A Nigerian group based in UK has praised the PDP for running what it called an-issues based campaigns. Members of Nsukka Welfare Association in United Kingdom, have applauded Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates from the zone for carrying out issues-related campaigns. President of the group, David Annie Okoro, said in a release that the governorship candidate, Chief [...]
Maiduguri Attacks: PDP Commends Military Urges Support From Nigerians
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has praised the gallantry of officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces repelling insurgents in Borno and other troubled states in the north. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Sunday said the members of the armed forces have shown exceptional patriotism while risking their lives to protect those of other [...]
Jonathan Will Beat Buhari In The North’ – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its Presidential flagbearer, President Goodluck Jonathan will beat the APC candidate, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, fair and square in the north, come February14, 2015. The party also said with President Jonathan’s soaring popularity among the voting population across the country, it would win more than two-third of the total [...]
APC Not Ready For Elections – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described APC’s fixation on its unfounded claims of plots to scuttle the 2015 general election as a clear confirmation that the opposition party is not ready for the polls. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Thursday said the APC and its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari are now frustrated that [...]
PDP tells APC to explain to Nigerians how they got the terrorist tape
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has in its possession, tapes of terrorist attacks on innocent Nigerians, which it intends to air to achieve its selfish purpose. Indeed, upon the release of the tapes, the APC must explain to Nigerians how it got hold of them. We ask, is the APC working in collaboration with terrorist cells, who [...]
PDP advice APC to focus on issue based campaign
In a Press statement released by PDP advising the APC to focus on issue based campaign reads below: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as laughable and diversionary, the recent statement by the APC “wherein it made a failed attempt to launder its poor image by trying to tutor on issue-based campaign, which it has blatantly refused to practice.” The PDP noted [...]
Hold APC responsible if anything happens to Jonathan – PDP
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation has described attack on the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina on Jan. 20 by suspected party thugs as barbaric and shameful. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Director General of the orgnaisation, who stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, added that the development was highly reprehensible. "While going to [...]
APC leaders don’t want Buhari as president – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday alleged that leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have continued to betray their hidden aversion towards the candidacy of General Muhammadu Buhari and have indeed abandoned his campaigns for the February 14 presidential election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said in a statement on Saturday that most [...]
PDP presidential rally kicked off in Lagos with massive turnout
The people Democratic party PDP held their presidential rally yesterday at TBS Lagos and it was hugely attended. Turn out was described as the sand of the sea as virtually all the nooks and crannies were said to be filled with throngs of people from all ethnics of Nigeria, making some observers to say that the turnout indeed has a lot to do with the Party's name. "If you [...]