Politics

Johnson Onuigbo, the Chairman of the Caretaker Executive Committee of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, has been confirmed dead. A family source who pleaded anonymity during a chat with DAILY POST at the Umuobasi Ugba Umuahia Ibeku residence of the deceased, disclosed that the PDP chairman passed away on Monday evening. The source, however, could not give further details as to the cause of the sudden demise of Chief Onuigbo. His remains have been deposited at an undisclosed hospital mortuary in Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State. Recall that Late Johnson Onuigbo, before his emergence as the Abia PDP Caretaker Executive Committee Chairman, was a former Transition Committee Chairman of Umuahia North Local Government Area and Abia central zonal vice Chairman of the party. He was a prominent close ally of former Governor Theodore Orji, now the current Senator representing Abia central senatorial district of…

Nicholas Tofowomo, Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, has dismissed claims of his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, threatened to recall its member and the current lawmaker representing Arochukwu/Ohafia constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives, Hon Uko Nkole, over alleged anti-party activities.

A group, Ondo State Southern Senatorial Patriotic Movement, OSSSPM, has appealed to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede to pick the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Hon. Agboola Ajayi as his running mate for the October 10, governorship polls.