By: Abudu Olalekan Ayodele Fayose. Remember him? The former governor of Ekiti State, you know, the PDP chieftain who always has something to say. Well, he just dropped a bombshell. Utterly dramatic, really. Fayose is on record saying the PDP in Ekiti? It’s dead. Kaput. And those folks scrambling for the governorship ticket? He reckons…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s democracy trembles as PDP strongholds teeter on the edge. Taraba, Plateau, and Adamawa governors eye jump to APC. Inside the chaos, whispers of backroom deals and a nation at a crossroads It’s happening. Again. Nigeria’s political ground won’t stop shaking. And this time? The tremors are loudest in the North. Governors…
By: Abudu Olalekan Former Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido – a heavyweight in the party – has flat-out rejected the endorsement of Tanimu Turaki (SAN) as the consensus candidate. He’s not just unhappy; he’s threatening to drag the whole party to court. All this, just weeks before the November 15-16 national convention in Ibadan. The Scene…
By: Abudu Olalekan It was a quiet afternoon in Otuoke. Too quiet, maybe. But then, boom. Here comes High Chief Government Ekpemupolo. Tompolo. The ex-militant leader. A guy who hasn’t poked his head out in public for, like, a decade. Yeah. That long. And he’s rolling up to Goodluck Jonathan’s doorstep. October 16. With his…
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s November in Ibadan. The party’s national convention. A chance to reset and heal. So many eyes on this one. They need unity. They crave consensus. Inside that smoky room, three names kept popping up. Sule Lamido. Former Jigawa State strongman. Ahmed Makarfi. The calm hand from Kaduna. And Tanimu Turaki, SAN….
By: Abudu Olalekan Drama in Abuja’s Federal High Court. The Peoples Democratic Party just pulled the rug from under its own top lawyer. Boom. Dropped. National Working Committee says Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN—their National Legal Adviser—is out. Why? Alleged compromise. This, smack in the middle of a fierce legal battle to block the PDP’s big national…
