Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship Primary conducted by the Ali Modu-Sheriff-led faction of the party on Wednesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin.
An Abuja High court has removed former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu-Sheriff, as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, declaring the process that led to his election as null and void.
Police have cordoned off the entrance to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, which was the venue scheduled to hold the Governorship Primary of the Ali Modu-Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Wednesday.
The independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will next week decide on which of the two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, it will recognize.
Embattled National Chairman of the dissolved National Working Committee of the Poeples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu-Sheriff has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disregard the Edo State Governorship Primary organized by the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Following the recent decision by members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Senate, to withdraw their support for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, Senators from the All Progressive Congress, APC, and the Labour Party have declared total and unflinching for the president.
