The Money Transfers & The Truth about PDP Presidential Campaign Funds

”The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it lose and it will defend itself”- St. Augustine.

For the last few weeks I have been the subject of absurd and outlandish headline stories in various newspapers who have accused me of being a fraudster and who have claimed that funds were transferred into my bank account by the former National Security Advisor, Col. Sambo Dasuki and by the Governor of the Central Bank Bank of Nigeria.
They have also claimed that I used public funds for the Presidential campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The attempt to tarnish my name, paint me as a common criminal and convict me of wrongdoing in the court of public opinion without even hearing my side of the story is petty, shameful and nauseating.

It is also a reflection of the desperation of those that seek to pull me down and destroy me simply because my opposition to this government has been unrelenting.

PDP Chairman Dies in Hotel, Has Mistress Flees

The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, Alhaji Saruku Suraju popularly known as “Aro Meta” has died in a hotel after a fling with a woman.

He died at the De Lover Hotel, located at Aseko area, Ibatefin in Ipokia on Friday night.

PMNews reports that the 68-year old man ‘Aro Meta’ was among those to be conferred with Islamic chieftaincy titles yesterday at Ibatefin Central Mosque. The deceased and his mistress, who has since fled, were together at the hotel.

He was to be turbaned as Giwa Adinni of Ibatefin Central Mosque, but the ceremony has now been postponed indefinitely.

PDP Responsible For Fuel Scarcity, Says Bola Tinubu

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked Nigerians to hold the Peoples Democratic Party responsible for the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country.

According to Punch, speaking to journalists in Lagos on Saturday, Tinubu said the PDP destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule.He said

 “We want to stay focused and redirect Nigeria. We want to reverse the decay of 16 years. We are hearing comments from the PDP left and right. We are saying we want to clear the mess they created.

PDP Appoints Adamu Mu’azu As New Party Chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party led by President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed a former Governor,  Bauchi State, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, as its new party chairman.

Mu’azu is to replace the former chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, whose resignation was announced President Goodluck Jonathan

According to a report published in one of Nigeria’s national newspapers, Mu’azu was said to have been selected as the consensus candidate after t a meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the governors of the party at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, yesterday.

At the meeting which was reported to have ended at 1:22 am this morning, it was revealed that majority of the governors in attendance had rejected the choice of Mohammed Wakil by the President and his wife, Patience lamenting on his alleged inability to carry people along when he was a principal officer of the House.

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7 Rebel PDP Governors join APC!

The seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have announced their decision to merge with the All Progressives Congress. The governors, at the meeting they had with the leadership of the APC in Abuja on Tuesday, said their decision was aimed at rescuing the country.

A former Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, announced the decision after the meeting, which was held at Kano Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.

Among the governors at the meeting were that of Rivers (Rotimi Amaechi), Kano(Rabiu Kwankwanso), Adamawa(Murtala Nyako), Kwara(Badulfatah Ahmed) and Niger(Dr. Babangida Aliyu).

[Video] LG Elections: PDP Agents, CROSIEC Officials Caught Thumb Printing Ballot Papers in Calabar, Nigeria

CrossRiverWatch TV caught PDP agents thumb printing ballot en masse for the ruling party at Unit 1, Hawkins Primary school in Calabar South Local government. This may have been occasioned by the low turnout that characterized the election. After the arrival of the electoral officials, the only people available at the polling both were agents of PDP.

The opposition parties had no representative at the booth and voters too did not show up. The few who later did, started trickling in only later in the afternoon. On arrival, the CROSIEC officials brought out the ballot papers and kept them on a wooden bench. Video after jump: 

Fight Breaks Out At House Of Reps As Baraje-led PDP Faction Meets Lawmakers

A meeting between the seven governors of the new Peoples Democratic Party faction, and members of the House of Representatives has ended after fighting broke out. The governors, alongside the chairman of the faction, Abubakar Baraje, met first with senate president, David Mark. A follow up meeting at the House of Representatives with Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, and members of the House, degenerated into chaos with supporters of the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP jeering at remarks made by Mr Baraje.

Police Seal Off ‘New PDP’ Secretariat, Locks Party Officials Inside Premises

The ongoing ‘war’ in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday took a new dimension as security operatives stormed the national secretariat of the ‘new PDP’ faction led by Abubakar Baraje and sealed it off.

Heavily armed men of the Nigeria Police were said to have been mobilized to the office, which is located at No 3, Oji River Street, Maitama in Abuja, and sealed off the premises.

It was gathered that a few officials of the faction were at the secretariat when the police took over the building, thereby preventing people from going in or coming out.

Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] Falls Apart; As Party Splits

A major crisis on Saturday hit the ruling Peoples Democratic Party as seven governors and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar formed a faction of the party at the national level.

The press conference at the Sheu Yar’Adua Centre  Abuja, where the faction announced its emergence, was attended by many members of the national and state houses assembly.

The National Chairman of the faction, Baraje, said the leaders of the party came together to rescue it from undemocratic tendencies of “the former national chairman,” Bamanga Tukur.

He said, “We address you today as leaders of the PDP, who are worried by the increasing repression, restrictions of freedom of association, arbitrary suspension of members and other such violations of democratic principles by a faction of our party led by Tukur.”