DSS arrests three PDP members in Kaduna ‘over plans to cause violence’ during polls.
News Source: TheCable.
Saidu Adamu, assistant director of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council in Kaduna, has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS).
TheCable gathered that Adamu was arrested on Wednesday alongside El Abbas Muhammed and Talib Mohammed, PDP youth leaders.
Election results: Atiku hires 19 SANs to challenge Tinubu’s victory.
News Source: Daily Post Nigeria.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has put together a legal team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 election.
Atiku briefed them on Wednesday at his campaign Headquarters in Abuja, asking them to establish the claim of illegality in the election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.
The team is headed by a seasoned litigation and commercial lawyer, JK Gadzama.
The list of SANs includes Chief Chris Uche, Paul Usoro, Tayo Jegede, Ken Mozia, Chief Mike Ozekhome, Mahmood Magaji, Joe Abraham, Chukwuma Umeh, Garba Tetengi and Chief Emeka Etiaba – as well as Chief Goddy Uche, Professor Maxwell Gidado; PDP’s National Legal Adviser A.K. Ajibade; O.M. Atoyebi; Nella Rabana; Paul Ogbole; Nuremi Jimoh and Abdul Ibrahim.
Adeleke Pays N1.5bn To Pensioners In Osun.
News Source: Independent Nigeria.
Osun State Government has disbursed a whooping sum of N1.528 Billion as part of the commitment of the current administration to the well-being of the senior citizens in the state.
Governor Ademola Adeleke while presenting cheques to the beneficiaries said the bond certificates covers retired benefits to retired workers of both State and Local Government in the State.
Ex-PDP lawmaker, others defect to APC in Ondo.
News Source: Punch Newspapers.
Barely two weeks after the presidential election, members and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State dumped PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday.
It was gathered that the defectors are from the 18 local government areas of the state and they were received by the state leadership of the APC at the party secretariat, along Oyemekun Road, Akure, the state capital.
Leader of the defectors and former member of the state House of Assembly, Adeyinka Banso, said they dumped the PDP following the leadership crisis, declaring that the party had lost focus and vision.
He explained that he lost interest in the PDP when the opposition party picked its presidential candidate from the northern part of the country, saying it was a breach of the agreement on part of the PDP.
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