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The immediate-past governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu and the state party chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Elder Amah Abraham, have chastised PDP decampees as hungry, cannot endure hunger and suffering cosmic consequences.

Addressing Abia South faithful in his Obingwa country home on Saturday, when the state PDP Working Committee paid him a visit, they said the party has learnt its lessons and will not fail again.

Ikpeazu said, โ€œWe did to ourselves what is happening to us. If we want to correct it, we can. When I was hosting the Reconciliation Committee, I told them that their mandate by my own interpretation is not to reconcile aggrieved party people alone. Something is holding everybody, including me. This is because, anybody who has not reconciled himself, cannot reconcile another person.

He advised the reconciliation committee that if they approach anyone and the person refuses, the committee should find a youth to replace the person as a stakeholder.

The loss by PDP in Abia South, he said, is not his making, and assured them that he will fund the election and denied some desertersโ€™ claim that their annoyances were that they ticked and turned around to ask people not to vote for them.

Earlier, Abraham said God has been faithful to the party and had granted them a special grace to be in Government for 24 years.

He described Ikpeazu as a product for national service and should forget contesting any other electionโ€, and urged those bickering to come and contest as it is not Ikpeazu that is withholding them, adding that the party is going to conduct one of the freest primaries in the history of democracy in Africa. It is in your place to tell us who to represent you.

Meanwhile, The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Abia State, Abraham Amah has explained why the party lost the 2023 general elections in the state.

Amah identified fielding wrong candidates and embezzlement of election funds by party members as major reasons for PDP defeat.

He spoke at Abia North stakeholders and reconciliation meeting held at Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state.
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BREAKING: Peter Obi, Alex Otti summon Labour Party NEC meeting

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Two leading figures of the Labour Party, the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State governor, Alex Otti, have summoned a meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party.

The NEC meeting is scheduled to hold in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

A notice issued by Obi and Otti said the NEC meeting will be followed concurrently by an interactive town hall engagement with major stakeholders and other organs of the party at Transcorp Hilton.

The notice was signed by Ibrahim Umar, the POMR spokesman and forwarded to Ekwutosblog.

According to Umar, stakeholders listed to attend the meeting include the vice presidential candidate for the 2023 election, serving and former senators and senatorial candidates of the LP in the 2023 election, serving and former members of House of Representatives and LP House of Representatives candidates in 2023 election.

Others include all members of the National Caretaker Committee and NTC, all former governorship candidates who are still in the party, representatives of the NLC/TUC Political Commission, and all members of the former LP National Working Committee.

The meeting is coming after last weekโ€™s Supreme Court ruling which terminated the Julius Abure-led NWC.

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Atiku, Obi in talks to join SDP โ€“ Adebayo

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi are reportedly in discussions about joining the Social Democratic Party (SDP), according to Adewole Adebayo, the partyโ€™s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election.

Adebayo disclosed this during an interview on Channels Televisionโ€™s Sunday Politics, where he revealed that associates of both Atiku and Obi are exploring the possibility of their principals joining the SDP.

โ€œYou mentioned El-Rufai, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi; many of them are in talks, and we are open to receiving them,โ€ Adebayo said.

He confirmed that the party had recently admitted a former governor of Kaduna State and a senior member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling a growing realignment in Nigeriaโ€™s political space.

โ€œPeople are joining the party, and we are welcoming them,โ€ he stated. โ€œThe only challenge is the need for a shift in political culture, particularly around adherence to internal rules and procedures.โ€

When asked directly whether Obi was set to join the party, Adebayo responded, โ€œUntil someone officially joins, we canโ€™t be certain. But Iโ€™ve received information from party officials, including the Financial Secretary, that discussions are ongoing.โ€

He emphasized that the SDP would only accept politicians who align with its values and respect its internal democratic process.

โ€œIf they can align with our values and participate in a transparent, credible internal democratic process as we did in 2022, then together we can offer Nigerians a viable alternative,โ€ he said.

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Mr. Valโ€™s defection from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was indeed a highly miscalculated move- John Okenwa

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I do my best to avoid political takes but Mr.Ozigboโ€™s recent outing woke me up like a loud neighbor.

As a student of strategy, Iโ€™d argue that Mr. Valโ€™s defection from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was indeed a highly miscalculated move,

One that could very well have been orchestrated or at least capitalized on by the ruling party to dilute his influence ahead of the Anambra governorship election in Novemberโ€ฆ..allegedly.

For someone that has a strong corporate track record which marks him a genius, his political moves raise eyebrows.

A charismatic figure with a strong grassroots following just seemed to squander his momentum by abandoning the Labour party (LP), a party whose ticket he would have comfortably won and still remained on the ballot and with Peter Obiโ€™s populist appeal, he had higher chances of the odds being in his favour this time.

Instead he went for the APC which struggles to resonate in the South-East particularly Anambra, due to its national reputation and limited regional foothold.

Their trick? Welcome him in, promise him the big prize of being their candidate, then let him flop in the primariesโ€ฆ 67 votes for him as against Dr. Nicholasโ€™ 1455 votes.

Ouch! The APC didnโ€™t just edge him out,they quietly shrank his influence,leaving his โ€˜Obidient supportersโ€™ highly disappointed at his move.

A master stroke by the APC if you ask meโ€ฆalas he would be compensated with a federal appointment.

In the coming Anambra election, the battleground will be shaped by perception and credibility.

The electorate, now more politically aware, will be watching closely not just for party manifestos, but for authenticity, consistency, and grassroots alignment.

With the APGA still commanding strong loyalty in various parts of the state, and APC struggling to connect with the average voter, the fragmentation of the opposition may ironically hand APGA an edge if they play their cards right.

Now, Governor Soludo is chilling in the APGA driverโ€™s seat, counting his money and watching the mess.

Unless Ozigbo recalibrates quickly and rebuilds trust across both the elite and grassroots structures, his momentum may stall. In this election, optics and timing will be everything.

Soludoโ€™s probably going to win unless the others are smart enough, but Dr. Ozigboโ€™s slip-up handed the APC a softer landing and lesser forces to deal with. Theyโ€™re probably somewhere laughing while heโ€™s left kicking dirt.

Politics is a wild game, and Ozigbo just traded his gold for a lump of coal.

The lessons are there for you to pick

Let me know what you think about it in the comments.

Cheers to a glorious week

 

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