Labour Party’s Peter Obi has begun to flood the streets with branded items and food staples to induce voters into backing his unlikely presidential bid. The development runs counter to his previous claim not to “give shishi” and thus undermines him yet again as a dishonest, duplicitous political figure whose proclaimed values and principles are not absent in his real-life actions. Obi, a serial decampee who began his political career on the APGA party platform, a party he swore never to leave only to dump it for PDP before making a late switch to the Labour Party, is not known…
Author: Albus Dauda
The choice of Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal as the DG of the PDP presidential campaign has faced more questions from anxious party faithful following the mass defections the party continues to record in the state, and across the country, as members abandon it for the ruling APC. Over 7000 members dumped the PDP in Sokoto state on Tuesday, all of them shifting their allegiance to the APC. This came as Tambuwal’s emergence widened the cracks in the party and strengthened insinuations of a “northern agenda”. Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate, had faced attacks over his exclusionary politics and the non-inclusive…
Peter Obi, the embattled presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has been accused of plotting a fake assassination attempt on self in a bid to blame violence on the APC, even as his ties with the murderous secessionist group IPOB continue to alienate him from many Nigerians. APC campaign spokesman Festus Keyamo raised the alarm in a Monday statement in which he slammed the former Anambra governor for pursuing an ethnic agenda after failing to inspire support with his “highfalutin, ideas-bereft” messages. He said: “We are also aware that plans are afoot by Mr. Peter Obi to fake an assassination…
The APC presidential campaign council has accused Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, of pursuing an ethnic agenda over a controversial and uncorroborated WhatsApp BC amplified by the former Anambra governor in which Tinubu’s supporters, particularly members of the Yoruba ethnic group, were accused of basing their support on fear of Igbo resurgence, which Obi purportedly seeks to augur. A statement by Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the APC campaign, alleged that Obi concocted the said message in a bid to exploit the country’s ethnic faultlines and distract from his highfalutin messages, bereft of ideas, depth and clear-cut…
Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, has finally condemned the weekend attack on Senator Ifeanyi Uba by the terrorist group IPOB several hours after the incident, and after his silence strengthened suspicion of a political alliance between the former Anambra governor and the violent secessionist campaigners. Members of IPOB had on Sunday made an attempt on the life of Senator Ubah with an attack on his convoy, killing 7 and injuring several others. Ubah owed his survival and escape to the bullet-proof jeep he was riding in, eyewitness and police reports affirm. The report of the incident prompted widespread concern about…
Former Anambra Governor and presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has accused Tinubu’s supporters, particularly Yorubas in the South-West, of backing the APC candidate over fears that his emergence would catalyze the resurgence of his ethnic group, the Igbos in the eastern region, through targeted government investments, including port access. He said this in a viral clip, laying claims to an unseen and unverified WhatsApp broadcast purportedly urging the Yorubas not to support his candidacy over concerns that “Obi will give Igbos ports” and “Igbos will no longer invest in Yorubaland.” His amplification of the ethnically charged and…
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has yet again refused to condemn the murderous campaign of the proscribed secessionist group, IPOB, after a widely condemned weekend attack by Unknown Gunmen on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah in Anambra, a state Obi governed for two terms. Ubah’s convoy came under gunfire on Sunday while traveling through Enugu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State in what has been described as an attempt on the life of the lawmaker. At least seven individuals traveling in the convoy, including security operatives, were killed, according to initial reports. Ubah’s escape was…
Engr. Seyi Makinde, the PDP Governor of Oyo State, has provided the clearest indication yet that he will not be backing his own party’s presidential flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, over claims that the latter is instituting a hegemony that offends the nation’s balance in his management of the party’s affairs. This was as Atiku disregarded the agitation of the southern extraction of the party led by Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike over the continued stay of Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, a northerner, as the Chairman of the party, despite promising to leave the position if Atiku, another northerner, emerged as the candidate. The…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has deleted a tweet in which he mocked the PDP administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan for only having a ‘drawing’ of the 2nd Niger Bridge to show after six years at the helm. The tweet gained traction as President Muhammadu Buhari is set to launch the completed bridge later this year, satisfying a need that has long formed the basis of political agitation in Nigeria’s eastern region. Despite Goodluck Jonathan’s posture as an eastern ally at the time, including through the sudden adoption of the Igbo name ‘Azikiwe’, he failed to commence work on…
Tukur Mamu, the self-appointed ransom negotiator of the terrorists responsible for the attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train and a longtime ally of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, stashed away foreign currencies and other military equipment in his private and official residence, the DSS found. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the agency. It read, “So far, appropriate security agencies have executed valid search warrants on Mamu’s residence and office. During the processes, incriminating materials including military accouterments were recovered.” “Other items include large amounts in different currencies and denominations as…