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Atiku/Wike’s Feud: Ayu’s Refusal To Step Down Stalls Peace Move

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PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu

The refusal of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, to step down from his position has stalled the ongoing reconciliation effort between the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

The nomination of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as Atiku’s running mate has caused a rift in the party.

Amid the crisis, some party members, especially those from Wike’s camp, had called for the resignation of the party’s national chairman.

But Ayu rebuffed the calls, saying he was elected for a tenure of four years and was ready to serve it out.

As the PDP reconciliation committee tries to meet again today (Friday), many are still sceptical as to whether Wike and Atiku’s camps will be able to come to any compromise in view of the prevailing realities.

Daily Trust reliably gathered that the camp of Wike believe that they will not get justice as far as Ayu remains in charge of the party.

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A source said, “Ayu has shown his hand that he cannot be an impartial judge. How can a chairman that is supposed to be for all brazenly show his hand in support of a candidate?

“After the election, he was also among those that insisted that Wike should not be nominated as the running mate. If you remember in 2019, Atiku unilaterally nominated Peter Obi, but this time around he asked the party to choose for him even though he could have chosen whoever he wanted. But Ayu and co denied the choice of Wike.”

As part of effort to also have an input on the meeting, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was said to have been locked in a crucial meeting yesterday.

Even though Daily Trust could not immediately ascertain the agenda of the meeting, a source said it was not unconnected with the crisis rocking the party and effort to put together the campaign council for the 2023 elections.

Meanwhile, the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) has cautioned PDP members against “creating bad blood and confusion”.

The BOT’s chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, in a statement yesterday, urged all PDP stakeholders to support the reconciliation effort and concentrate on how to win all positions in the 2023 polls.

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BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman

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Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party

BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman

The Labour Party (LP) has re-elected Julius Abure as its National Chairman for a second term in office.

Abure was re-elected by a unanimous affirmation of delegates at the party’s National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra State.

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The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the event attended by party leaders and members.

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El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders

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El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders

There are talks that a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may quit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and move to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the second time.

The rumour is coming after the APC chieftain had held meetings with SDP leaders.

El-Rufai also visited ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday.

His second visit to SDP stalwarts on Tuesday has further fueled speculations that the former governor is planning to dump the APC.

El-Rufai lost his bid to become a minister in the President Bola Tinubu as he was screened out by the Senate over a damaging petition written against him.

He was however pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders.

Also reported to be present at the meeting were Senator Teslim Folarin, APC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2023 general elections, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party from Bauchi State.

The meeting at Gada’s home in Abuja on Sunday night came after El-Rufai hosted a Ramadan iftar at his Abuja residence.

Those at the Ramadan iftar include the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam and Shehu Musa Gabam.

El-Rufai also visited Gabam at the SDP secretariat.

Last Friday, a former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, was planning to leave the Labour Party and join El-Rufai in the SDP.

Bwala, in a post on his X handle, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in the party with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to take over the party.

Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, joined the Labour Party in May 2023 in the buildup to the 2023 general elections following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)

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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)

Hundreds of people mostly the poor and members of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos West Senatorial District are currently gathered at the Ikeja Police College where the senator representing the area, Idiat Adebule, is dolling out palliatives to the downtrodden, among others.

Adebule said 10,000 packs were given out to the vulnerable in the senatorial district.

She listed the items as rice, semovita, beans, pasta garri, vegetable oil and cloths.

Even as she said the package was a tip of the iceberg, stressing that people should expect bigger and better packages, not necessarily food items.

Newstrends captured the event in photos

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