News
PDP governors meet in Abuja
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on Wednesday.
The meeting took place at the Sokoto Governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, deliberated on key party issues including the imminent verdict of the Supreme Court on the Imo State governorship election.
The party had approached the Supreme Court to reverse its decision to sack Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo State.
The apex court is expected to rule on the party’s application very soon.
Those at the meeting were Governors Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Bala Muhammed (Bauchi), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Adamu Fintiri (Adamawa) and Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto).
Also in attendance were the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus and the Secretary, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri.
READ ALSO: EFCC arrests ex-Kano speaker for alleged N1.5bn fraud
Tambuwal, who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting which lasted over three hours, said the Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has emerged as Vice Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.
He said: “At the meeting, colleagues unanimously appointed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as the Vice Chairman of the forum.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...