A Makurdi High Court, Friday, ruled that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu can no longer hold office as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, having lost membership of the party in his Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. A member of the PDP in …
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PDP Crisis: Aggrieved Governors, Ayu Refuse To Shift Positions
THE crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party appears to have taken a different shape as disagreement between two camps continues to fester ahead of the general elections, write DIRISU YAKUBU and EL-AMEEN IBRAHIM The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party is showing no sign of abating with less than four months …
Read More »PDP crisis: I Can Stop Ortom, Others From Realizing Their Ambition – Iyorchia Ayu
As the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deepens, the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has said he would have stopped the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and those calling for his resignation from realizing their ambition. Ayu explained that he opted against such a step to avoid cracks …
Read More »Ogun 2023: Ayu Disowns Ogun PDP Governorship Aspirant
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has dissociated itself from a fresh primary election purportedly conducted by one of the party’s governorship aspirants in Ogun State, Jimi Lawal. This was contained in a disclaimer sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission by the PDP National Chairman, Sen. …
Read More »PDP BoT Asks Ayu To Resign After 2023 Elections
The board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the party, to assure members that he will resign after the 2023 general election. The advice to Ayu is part of the resolutions of the PDP BoT reached on Friday at a …
Read More »BREAKING: Ayu Faults Wike, Denies Collecting N1bn Bribe
THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, on Friday, denied accusations by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that he collected N1 billion bribe from an undisclosed presidential aspirant. Ayu, who is responding to Wike’s accusations openly for the first time, said the money being referred …
Read More »PDP Forum Drags Ayu, Others To EFCC
National chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu A group under the Aegis of Forum of PDP Candidates and Aspirants for 2023 Elections, has written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party PDP. Recall that there …
Read More »Ayu Chairs Stormy Meeting, Orders NWC Members’ Probe
A week after his return from medical vacation, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, Tuesday, presided over a stormy meeting of the National Working Committee of the party. The meeting was also attended by the NWC members demanding the resignation of the national chairman. A national …
Read More »Ayugate: Dan Orbih Opens Up, Says ‘I Never Applied For Housing Loan’
Chief Dan Orbih, the PDP National Vice Chairman (South-South), had reacted to the return of N122.4 million paid into the accounts of its National Working Committee members by its national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and rubbished the claims that the loan was duly approved after an NWC meeting. Recall that Truthlivr.net had reported …
Read More »PDP chairman Returns to Nigeria Amid Party crisis
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu on Friday, returned to the country. The leader of the opposition was out of Nigeria on a two-week trip to Europe. His Special Adviser on Media, Simon Imobo-Tswam announced his return in a statement Friday night. Ayu, who jetted out on September …
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