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PDP angry as APC labels Adeleke failure

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1 month ago

May 11, 2025

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The All Progressives Congress has criticised Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, claiming he has failed in all aspects of governance.

“It has been a failure in every aspect. The government lacks focus, and the leadership structure is unclear,” said the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru.

However, a member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party and a leader of the party in Osun State, Diran Odeyemi, disputed Basiru’s remarks, stating that Adeleke’s accomplishments in the state were evident even to the blind.

Odeyemi also stated that Adeleke had no interest in joining the APC and suggested that Basiru was still grappling with the defeat the APC suffered at the hands of the PDP in 2018.

Basiru, who is an aspirant vying for the APC ticket in the 2026 governorship election in the state, insisted that Adeleke’s performance wasn’t impressive.

He said, “There are serious issues, particularly in education and health. For example, thousands of teachers were sacked without replacements, causing significant disruption in schools. The health sector is also struggling, with no replacements for those sacked, and the health insurance scheme has collapsed.

Security in the state is also deteriorating, with communal clashes and poorly planned infrastructure projects damaging local economies. Our people are tired of the Osun government as currently led by Adeleke. And they will reject him.”

When asked if Adeleke is planning to join the APC ahead of the 2026 governorship election, Basiru stated that he was not aware of such move.

“I don’t know those calling on Adeleke to join APC, and certainly I am not one of them. As far as I know, he has not formally approached us about joining the APC. If that changes, we will address it then,” he stated.

In response, Odeyemi stated that the APC scribe was out of touch with reality and the people of Osun.

The PDP leader emphasised that Adeleke defeated the APC in 2018 and will do so again in 2026, further asserting that he has no reason to join the ruling party.

He said, “Ajibola Basiru is still suffering from the defeat he suffered in Osun, especially in Osogbo and Olorunda local government area where he hails from. He failed woefully having boasted to the APC that he would deliver Osogbo, particularly Olorundan, where the largest voting bloc in Osun comes from. But clearly, he’s still stuck in that same mindset.

“Now he wants to contest for the governorship under the APC. He thinks disparaging Adeleke will help him secure the ticket. But he has already lost touch with the people and the reality in Osun state.

“No one can deny all the infrastructural changes and developments that have taken place across Osun under the current leadership. Even in Osogbo, his hometown, no one can deny the transformation. In every ward, not just local governments, development has reached all corners. There’s no ward in Osun State that hasn’t been impacted positively.

“If Ajibola Basiru claims he hasn’t seen these changes, it’s probably because he spends all his time in Abuja as a party secretary. If he comes home now, he might not even recognize his own street—the city has changed.”

Odeyemi clarified that Adeleke has no plans to join the APC, accusing members of the ruling party of spreading the rumors.

He stated, “The governor is not even interested in joining the APC. We are surprised they are even discussing it. What’s the point of inviting someone to a party they are not interested in, especially when the person had defeated that party in the past.

“What is so special about the APC that anyone would want to join it now? It’s not even a performing government. They should know that relying on federal backing won’t work in Osun.

The people here know that Governor Adeleke is a performing leader, and they want capable people to continue leading. So, there’s no cause for concern. Any speculation or propaganda about Adeleke joining the APC is unfounded. There’s no reason or justification for such a move.”

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Fubara won’t be forgiven even if he joins us, says APC

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4 days ago

June 11, 2025

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All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State said that the suspended governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has committed a mortal sin.

The party stated that even if he decided to ditch his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC, his sins would remain unforgiven.

Caretaker Committee chairman of the party in the state, Sir Tony Okocha made the position of the party known on Tuesday in Abuja while responding to questions regarding Fubara’s recent Sallah homage to President Bola Tinubu.

According to him, Fubara’s suspension and the declaration of a state of emergency were about his misdemeanour and had no political undertones.

He said; “If Fubara decides to join the APC, it has nothing to do with the state of emergency in Rivers state. His sins cannot be forgiven because he came to our party.

“You will jump into APC today and your sins are forgiven? That cannot be true. It won’t work that way. Then, it would have made APC as a dumping ground for people who commit misdemeanour and believe that by and large, we will come for reconciliation. No. It is not true. He has not spoken to me. He will enter the party through the door, not the window. Not only him, there are procedures for defection to another party, and if he claims to be a politician, he would know that all politics is local. He would try and defect in his ward. From there, it will come to us and my ward chairmen. I have asked, nobody brought any information about him entering APC”.

Asked whether he was worried about Fubara’s meeting with the president, Okocha said the APC had nothing to be worried about.

“How can I be worried that somebody visited my president? Don’t forget it was also the season of Sallah. Yesterday, I read somewhere that the former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Osoba, paid Sallah homage, and I don’t know whether you also saw the President in the company of Chief EN Wike. So we cannot be worried, we cannot gag the President to say you will see Mr A, you will not see Mr B. Perhaps, if I had made an application to see Mr President, I would have been there with my team”, he said.

Okocha also dismissed reports of a possible reconciliatory moves being embarked on by Gov. Fubara, saying there was nothing like that.

He said; “I am not a prophet of doom. I can only say to you with the benefit of knowledge that I am not aware of any reconciliatory move. No reconciliation is going on. Is it going to talk to Mr. President? But Mr. President has said go and make peace. There was no attempt at that. I am not aware of any reconciliatory moves by Fubara and his team”.

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Wike vows PDP won’t sink as he hosts critical stakeholders

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5 days ago

June 10, 2025

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Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Monday evening hosted critical stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, under the aegis of “Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP”, saying the party will not die

While it was not immediately clear whether the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, a member of the G-5 was invited to the meeting, his other colleagues – Ifeanyi Uguanyi (Enugu), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) were at the meeting.

Others at the meeting included the National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; former Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda; serving and former federal and state lawmakers, some zonal and state party executives, among a host of others.

Addressing the meeting, Wike said the concerned stakeholders are those who have always believed and who still believe in the survival of the party.

“All of you here are those who are committed to the survival of our party not just on TV talking or on the newspapers talking but committed to the party at the various levels.

“Today, this country is stabilized because of the activities of the G5 Governors. You may like us you may hate us. The truth of the matter is if G5 did not take the decision we took, this country would have been in crisis. It doesn’t matter who the beneficiary was but the right thing had to be done and we still stand by that decision.

“If the party had listened to what we said, we won’t have been where we are today and we have continued to sound it to the party, let the constitution of the party and of the country be respected. That, as an opposition party, we cannot continue to act with impunity. No opposition party acts with impunity. Ours is to continue to placate people and bring them together, not to say that they should go to hell.

“Let us not allow greed, let us not allow ego to kill our party”.

Wike who wondered why the fixation on the position of national secretary, said Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba state was the chairman of the party in the state and that he did not resign before contesting for Governorship but only went back to resign after winning the election.

He said the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, also contested for the Kebbi state governorship and that he retained his seat even after losing the election.

On his part, Dr Ortom noted that he who pays the piper dictates the tune. He challenged anyone in Nigeria to tell Nigerians whoever has contributed to the growth of the PDP more than Wike.

He said the president understands that the country cannot be a one-party state which was why he appointed Wike into a very sensitive position as the FCT minister.

“For whatever reason, PDP made a lot of mistakes and we are where we are today”, he said.

The meeting was still ongoing behind closed doors as of the time of filing this report and it is expected to come out with a communique.

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Obi, Otti, and Nenadi lead Obidient Movement Rebirth in Abuja tomorrow

Published

6 days ago

June 9, 2025

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…as veteran Journalist presents a book on Obi

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, Governor Alex Otti of Abia state and the Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman are leading the team of eggheads in a rebirth event of the Obidient Movement in Abuja on Tuesday June 10, 2025.

A statement from the Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR, confirmed that their principal is expected to be the Special Guest at the occasion alongside Governor Otti and other top-notchers of the Obidient Movement.

A renowned legal intellectual, Prof Sam Amadi is expected to provoke conversation in a keynote speech on ‘the Inevitability of a New Nigeria’ with other notable speakers at the occasion including the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr Yunusa Tanko.

The highlights of the event themed, ‘the Renaissance of the Obidient Movement’ will be the presentation of a book titled *Obi: The Political Change Agent,* authored by a veteran journalist, the former Group Political Editor of THISDAY Newspapers and Pioneer Deputy Managing Director of the New Telegraph Newspaper Mr Ike Abonyi. The foreword to the book is written by the impassioned legal mind and a fervent Obidient, Dele Farotomi.
An esteemed diplomat and former Campaign Manager of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council Mr Oseloka.H. OBAZE is going to review the book
The ceremony, which is drawing Obidient Movement adherents from across the country, is being held at the Nigerian Air Force Centre in Kado area of Abuja.