Adamawa 2014:Modibbo Denies Stepping Down For Fintiri

THIS DAY has this story. Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Modibbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who is one of the aspirants in the Adamawa by-election has denied stepping down for acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintri.

One of the contenders in Adamawa State governorship by-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Modibbo, yesterday dispelled ongoing rumours that he had stepped down from the governorship race for another aspirant in the party.

In a statement issued by Modibbo’s media assistant, Justice Toba, he said there were ongoing rumours across the state that Modibbo and three other aspirants have stepped down for the state acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintri.

Modibbo therefore called on his teeming supporters to disregard the news, describing it cheap propaganda, as he reiterated that he was still in the race and that the news of his purported withdrawal was a deliberate attempt by his political detractors to misinform the electorate who he said were on his side.

Governorship Election: Osun Belong To PDP - Sambo

“I  Namadi Sambo want to assure you that the mandate that was taken through the back door will come back to PDP.”

Vice President has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will reclaim Osun State, which was taken “through the back door’’ by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Mr. Sambo spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting of the PDP National Campaign Committee for the Osun State governorship election scheduled for August 9.

The meeting, according to the vice president, is to mobilise and strategise on how the ruling party will win the election.

“I want to assure you that the mandate that was taken through the back door will come back to PDP, as it was seen after the election in Ekiti State.

“The people will now have the chance to choose for themselves, where they belong, which is the PDP,’’ he said.

The vice president, who spoke before the meeting went into close door, added that the PDP was prepared to repeat the victory it recorded in the June 21 Ekiti governorship election.

“We all know that Osun belong to PDP, those people there now, never went through a successful election,’’ he said.

Nyako impeachment: PDP cautions APC against inciting the people

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, to desist from making comments that will incite Nigerians.

The PDP’s statement followed developments trailing the impeachment of former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.

In a statement signed by the PDP’s national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, the party said, “Our attention has been drawn to yet another inflammatory address by the National Chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun wherein he resorted to wild and unfounded allegations to cause confusion and incite the people against the President, the PDP and institutions of government.

“While we do not wish to join issues with a party that has become notorious for falsehood, deceit and blackmail, we wish to alert Nigerians that this is part of the orchestrated plot by the APC to discredit and blackmail institutions of government, particularly the legislature, the citadel of democracy and stronghold of the will of the people and ultimately set the stage to destabilize the polity.

“We note that this onslaught against the legislature is not spontaneous.

“Nigerians may indeed recall the vicious attack on the National Assembly early this year wherein the APC also raised a false alarm that federal lawmakers were
being induced with millions of dollars to defect to the PDP.

“We invite Nigerians to note the anti-democratic and anti-Nigeria actions of the APC.

“Indeed, never in the history of this country has an opposition constituted itself into a rebellion against our dear nation and its corporate existence”.