Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)

INEC list, Yabba Obasanjo insists Adebutu's name will be restored, accuses APC of fearing electoral contest, warns dead as armed correctional escorts repel attack on prison vehicle in rivers.

We don't want APC, PDP candidate petitions IGP over arrest of three supporters in Katsina.

Platform Times with details this morning.

And moving on, let's take a look at stories you'll find in the Pempushin.

I hope and I pray that INE could do the needful, you know, reverse.

Most of Adebutu, I've said it, Adebutu, to me, removing his name from the ballot is an injustice to democracy.

He has been content for almost four cycles of elections as a PDP member.

Last elections, he won over 40% of the vote that was casted in Ogun State.

And I think it brings some sort of, you know, closure, finality to the months of political battling in River State, which, of course, was well publicized and well covered all around the country.

Our guest this morning on the Morning Cross for our include our Ikinga Chibike, who's spokesman for the All Progressives Congress in River State, and Ruben Izu Jr., who is the PDP River State House of Assembly candidate for Hoda West.

Gentlemen, good morning to you.

It's good to have you on the program.

Morning.

Okay.

Izu, you have the PDP, and Ikinga, you have the APC.

Are you both in the Rainbow Coalition? Certainly.

Killings, we're not terrorists, herdsmen reject profiling.

Omitted candidates, PDP, NDC, ADC, LP meet INEC's condition.

And there's a picture story of the visit of the Olu of Warri to Ghana.

Front page of the Vanguard newspaper this morning.

[upbeat music] Moving on this morning, let's go online.

Platform Times: Afenifere leadership, no campaigns, personal ambition in succession, Olaitan warns.

INEC deadline: PDP confirms correction of missing candidates' names in Ogun, Gombe.

38.93 billion naira education windfall: Federal government targets one nine- 166 universities, polytechnics, colleges.

We have Adebayo.

All of them coming together to say, look, including a faction of the PDP led by Samuel Turaki.

They say they want to go out, they want to work together.

You are not there.

Atiku, when he was doing PTDF with Basaja, they were using PTDF.

Scholarship money meant for school children abroad to buy SUV for their girlfriends.

You know, I did a lot of stories on, who did you just mention? The PDP people.

Yes.

Also, you can call 020-465-7190.

What matters to you as far as the presidential election is concerned? Our guest, PDP Chieftain of Tumba, Shego Shomi.

He's made some very strong statements today.

This morning, what matters most and what should matter to Nigerians, what matters to you? With the cost of living, insecurity, unemployment and public confidence in government still major concerns, what should voters demand from those who are asking for their mandate? And with opposition politicians who are struggling to agree on a common strategy, are we heading towards a contest of ideas or simply another battle for political power? All right, we'd like to hear from you.

And by the way, I should correct myself.

Susie Wiles had registered for the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria, so not for the government.

Okay.

No, nice detail.

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in the sense that one could argue in OBJ's time and Yar'Adua's time you had PDP.

So most of the governors in the Southeast, apart from Anambra, were PDP.

So you could argue that because it was PDP, PDP won.

But yeah, I think I would, I would, and then because we, we, we haven't really had someone that Ndi Igbo supported become president to test that case and see how did he or she perform.

I don't know if you understand.

They said he had no interest in politics.

He was just doing his business in Lagos.

Even if the opposition is weak, it's, there should still be, uh, opposition.

What do you Rainbow Coalition, for instance, where people are perpetrating clearly anti-party atrocities, uh, uh, w- uh, without thinking twice? For God's sake, Wike is supposed to be a member of the PDP, at least so it seems, or so, uh, he claims.

But, uh, he, he's more APC than virtually all the APC, uh, chieftains and so on and so forth.

Mm.