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Wirelessmic:
Abeg what is the final result who won?

A candidate to the Left another Canditate vote to the right,

Abeg use eye to judge

Fineman87:
My brother, that adeniran must not win. I know what we suffered here in the build up to 2015 elections and after buhari won.

Yibats will boast how politically superior and strategically sophisticated they are. See i know them well hence i bash them without mercy.

the last few posts show their true nature.

Hmmmm, i will politely say, please tone it down, Yoruba ni mi hooooo


However, my brain is correct to know what is right or wrong to do

VOTE COUNTING CONTINUE

Breaking:

Taiwo Akeju the spokeman of Pro Tunde Adeniran just had a press Briefing to reject the Result of PDPConvention 2017 even before announcement of counting on-going result

TheCabal:
Oga, your gasket don burn?

Your misfiring.

Stop typing rubbish on this thread again, this is PDP convention thread, not you IPODish argument.

BabaRamota1980:
Counting has not started ke? This is a delegate polling. Should the numbers not have been announced before the delegates left venue?

Collation of Votes ongoing, counting will commence soon

angels09:
Ipob.... Yoots...the Yoruba is going to school you people way to go in politics...
Ipob yoots not Igbo youths o

Angel stop spreading falsehood, when counting had not even started at alll.

Bawo la se ma tan ara wa je bayi naaa

TheCabal:
As far as the news has shown, only the SW and SE have clearly declared for a single candidate.

The SS governors never at any time have declared secondus as a concensus candidate. Only Wike has comeout to declare this.

The only morons in this charade is the South-East.

Stop this your cabanatu attitude and face the front young man, concensus ko, kolocensus ni

Fineman87:
Who is leading? Please any update.

Counting is yet to Start

Antipob777:
Anambra delegates ordered by a top PDP chieftain in the state to vote for prof.

Ebonyi state delegates voting for the prof. I see the aspirants who stepped down did it strategically.

It was indeed a game plan to dislodge secondus.

Lets not say the prof will win until results are counted and winner declared

Top PDP chieftain ko.

Top gum ni.

Carry ur beer parlour newa away jare

Fineman87:
No one needs yoliba votes. SS/SE + divided north is enough to Win.

What is your problem young man.

If you have nothing to do why not go and get yourself examined

State in Batch 5 ready to vote,

Jigawa,

Kano,

Kaduna and

Kastina

Fineman87:
Buhari's VP in 2019 will be igbo not yolibat. So giving bubu block votes help the SE. Shameless betrayals.
You pipu deserve no mercy how you treated us in 2015. Go and listen to Wike's comments on tv and learn. He spoke our minds.

Stop this nonsense of urs young man

Voting ongoing

Fineman87:
Suddenly you lots from ewedu infested region have realized the the APC have booted you out and your coming back to the PDP and mandating other regions to make a Yoruba the national party chairman.

it's impossible..

tell me what the Yorubas left in PDP?

tell me their contributions to survival of PDP?
H
Yoruba betrayed PDP and sold out to APC in 2015.

You people are indeed shameless...

Source: powerkey

Young man stop this your ranting here please.

This is an important programme

Remarks by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, at the Eagle Square, Abuja

Saturday 9th December, 2017.



Protocol

I believe in Nigeria.

I believe in one Nigeria where all our people

have equal opportunity

I believe in one Nigeria where we all share a common good.

This belief inspired me and other compatriots to establish The Peoples Democratic Party on the ideals of one united nation, built on the principles of Justice, Equity and Equal Opportunity.

For the past 19 years, I have fought for these principles, even when some in the party have not:

• I fought against factionalism



• I fought for our Nation’s constitution and to prevent tenure elongation



• I fought for our party’s constitution – even at the expense of being forced out of the very party that I helped found. For this is the price one must sometimes pay for democracy.

However, I never abandoned our founding principles.

I stayed true to them as I did on Monday the 17th August, 1998 when the late Alex Ekwueme, the late Solomon Lar and the late Abubakar Rimi and our other founders gathered to announce the birth of the PDP.

And, today, I am proud to say that I have returned home – home to our party.

• I am proud that the PDP is the party that successfully took over power from the military in 1999

• I am proud that the PDP gave Nigeria her first transition from a ruling party to an opposition party – a transition that is now a model for all of Africa



• I am proud that the PDP has an unequalled record of growing our economy for the benefit of all

However, in 2015 the PDP was no longer united and Nigerians voted for change.



Now we must unite as a party to secure the trust of the Nigerian people again because under the APC Nigeria is not working and our people are not working.

Let us consider what the APC has achieved versus what they promised at election time:

• The APC promised us three million new jobs a year.

In Government the APC has lost us three million jobs a year



• The APC promised us peace and unity.

Under the APC Nigeria is now more divided and acrimonious than at any time since the civil war



• The APC promised us restructuring. In office the APC denied restructuring.



The APC promised a war on corruption but all they have delivered is a war on the opposition, with handouts for their cronies and handcuffs for their opponents.

Compare the record of the APC in Government to the record of the PDP in Government:



• We, the PDP, achieved a 10-year increase in the life expectancy of our people



• We, the PDP, enabled 99 million more of our people to have a mobile phone



• We, the PDP helped Nigeria become the largest economy in Africa

As members of the PDP, we all have a lot to be proud of.

In the 16 years that we governed this nation we kept it united, peaceful and prosperous.

We made mistakes, but we put our nation first.

We did not favour only states that voted for us and punish those that did not. We favoured all.

And we also know that 5% and 97% do not add up to 100%.

We now have an APC government, which continues to blame previous governments and scapegoat people rather than solve problems it was elected to solve.

The PDP is the party that will restructure Nigeria into a modern nation with working institutions and a system that gives back power to the people by promoting:

• Free enterprise – because it is businesses that create sustainable jobs, not government



• Property rights – that encourage people to invest in job creation



• A smaller, more effective government that does not consume 75% of the federal budget just on paying salaries

We the PDP are Nigeria's only truly national party.

We must work to earn the trust of Nigerians again and, if given another chance in Government use it to continue to work to improve the lives of our citizens.

So my message to you today is plain and simple:

The PDP is stronger together and Nigeria is stronger together.

• We, the PDP, must be the party that is the hope of the common man for the common good of the commonwealth of Nigeria



• We, the PDP, must be the party that takes power from the centre and puts it firmly in the hands of the Nigerian people



• We, the PDP, must be the party that embodies the Nigerian vision, and ensures that the Nigeria of divisions never, ever happens again

So at this very important Convention let us elect the very best leaders….

• LEADERS who truly understand what it means to position the PDP as a viable and preferred alternative to the mis-governing APC!



• LEADERS who understand the urgency of restructuring to devolve more power to the states and to our people



• LEADERS who truly understand what it means to create the right environment to create jobs – especially for our youths



So let’s get the PDP winning again so we can get Nigeria working again.



PDP! (Power)

PDP! (Power)

Power! (To the People)

afroniger:
With this yawa in PDP, I think it is fair to say that even George may work against his party in Lagos in the coming elections. Ambode and APC will likely have a flawless victory in Lasgidi.

What has his been in PDP don in Lagos so far

Full Text of Otunba Gbenga Daniel's speech

Dear All,

As you are aware, in the last three months when I took the decision to contest for the post of the National Chairman of our great party, I have done what has been described in many quarters as most unprecedented.
I traversed the length and breadth of our great country, in all the 36 states and the FCT, meeting with various stakeholders, leadership and party members, and setting up structures not just for my personal aspiration, but also to feel the pulse of Nigerians and test the strength and popularity of our party among the citizens.

It was another learning curve for me because I discovered that in spite of our widely publicized pockets of internal challenges, many Nigerians are sincerely and justifiably looking for a credible alternative to the ruling party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), and most happily, the Peoples’ Democratic Party is still being looked upon as that credible and acceptable alternative.

It was a great opportunity for me to spread the message of hope, renewing the confidence of not only our party members but also Nigerian citizens about our great party.

I believe that I did what is expected of a loyal and committed party member to inject a new life into the party, refresh and reenergise it for optimum acceptance by the electorate.
We are a political party, and a democratic one at that.

Contest for for offices are expected to be competitive and this is what we have demonstrated sufficiently with the good number of very credible aspirants who have shown interests in all the various offices of our National Executive Committee to steer the ship of our party to victory in 2019.

No doubt, we have suffered huge losses, from the control of some 25 States into only 11 states, capped with the loss of the Presidency in 2015.
This, to me is the greatest challenge before our party, and regaining this lost glory is more important to me than any aspiration for offices.

In order to sustain the new found peace and renewed confidence of Nigerians in our party and reduce the veiled but potential line of frictions,

I consider it in the best interest the party to voluntarily withdraw from the Chairmanship race so that we can collectively look for and elect good leaders for the purpose of winning elections in 2019.

Kindly accept assurances of my esteemed regards.
Signed,
Otunba (Engr.) Gbenga Daniel FNSE, FAEng

My withdrawal letter.
8th December 2017
The Chairman PDP National Convention Planning Committee
Wadata Plaza, Abuja.

Withdrawal of Candidature for National Chairman of PDP

Our great party, The Peoples’ Democratic Party has from inception, adopted certain principles of zoning which have evenly balanced offices amongst the country's geo-political zones. In line with such zoning and other parameters I have at different fora, expressed my strong belief that the next National Chairman of our great party should come from the South West.

I am however convinced that with 7 out of all 9 aspirants coming from the South West, this multiplicity of contenders will work to the detriment of our zone when it comes to voting. Delegates’ votes split 7 ways will not produce a chairman from the South West. It therefore becomes necessary to prune our numbers down to no more than two.

With less than 24 hours to the convention, I have painfully decided to withdraw from the race hoping that others will join me in bringing down the number such that the South West can have a fighting chance of clinching the National Chairmanship of the PDP.

The support from serving &past governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives, women, youth and opinion leaders has been tremendous. While sincerely thanking them for their unflinching loyalty, I empathize with the great disappointment they must feel at this decision.

I plead that we all put the overall interest of PDP first. I pledge my support to whoever emerges as the national chairman as determined at the national convention.

Kindly take this letter as my formal notice of withdrawal from the race for National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party. It is time to Rebuild, Unite, Now!


Long live The Peoples’ Democratic Party! Long live The Federal Republic of Nigeria!


Yours sincerely,
JIMI AGBAJE OON

cc. Chairman National Caretaker Committee

River State Delegates

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and Former Ebonyi State Governor, Senator Sam Egwu at the Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the PDP National Convention.

ADDRESS BY SEN AHMED MOHAMMED MAKARFI, CON, CHAIRMAN NATIONAL CARE TAKER COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES’ DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE PARTY, AT EAGLE SQUARE ABUJA, DECEMBER 9 2017

It is only apt that this address begins with a tribute to a true founding father of our great party and a strong pillar in the struggle for the enthronement of an enduring democracy in our country; one who made tremendous sacrifices to ensure the survival of both the party and the country; one who virtually stayed awake so we all could sleep soundly. Ladies and gentlemen, may we all rise and observe a moment of silence in memory and honour of the first democratically elected Vice President of Nigeria Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme who passed on a couple of weeks ago.

In the wake of the performance of our dear party at the 2015 general elections, it was natural, as in most human endeavors for all of us to, not necessarily despair, but be disappointed and do some introspection with a view to finding out what went wrong and how best to make amends and move forward. It was in that spirit and belief not only in the temporariness of that setback but also the conviction that we could, indeed, would bounce back, that we earnestly looked forward to the party’s May 21 2016 convention in Port Harcourt, at which we expected to elect a new leadership, which we would rally around to chart a new course forward for our party. The Port Harcourt convention however, did not succeed in doing that due to reasons that we all here know and which need no rehashing.

Those reasons and the compelling need to keep the wheels of our dear party moving, as well as kick start the process of repositioning it led you fellow delegates, to consider reposing your trust and confidence in my colleagues and I as you constituted us into a Care Taker Committee to oversee the affairs of the party and organize a fresh convention within three months.

Distinguished delegate colleagues, I need not regale you with the various landmines that we came across particularly in the form litigations challenging your Port Harcourt decision, which led to your extending the tenure of our committee to one year. Even then, the litigation obstacles remained quite a handful as we had to divide our time between attending to them and discharging our mandate. Not until the 12th of July this year, when the nation’s Supreme Court finally nailed the coffin of the litigations in favour of your Port Harcourt May 2016 decision, could we effectively settle down to the job.

As you are all aware, we took over the leadership of a party that was beset by one form of crisis or the other, obviously a fallout from the defeat we suffered in the 2015 elections. The party in many states had become divided right from the processes leading to the 2015 elections and also on account of inconclusive or fraudulently conducted congresses leading to the convention; infighting and general lack of cohesion were becoming the order of the day as disenchantment reigned, threatening an implosion.

In addition to that, the acute financial position of the party did not help matters, as all but one of the bank accounts we inherited had been garnished by various court judgements on account of debts. The only bank account we have had access to these past 18 months is one that had less than two million naira. We virtually lived from hand to mouth. All that we have succeeded in doing, including the payments of staff salaries, office needs, maintenance and operational expenses have been from party leaders and our personal sacrifices.

Those odds notwithstanding, we applied ourselves as best as we could to measure up to your confidence. It is with gratitude to God that I report to you that we succeeded in bringing about substantial reconciliation among PDP members across the country, especially in those states where we inherited serious leadership problems with several factions staking claims to it. States like Adamawa, Anambra, Borno, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Osun and Oyo were all in this category. I am happy to inform you dear delegates, that in all of these states but Osun, we have engendered the emergence, through democratic means, of new leaderships. This is not to say that divergent interests have ceased to exist; no human gathering is that successful, but such diverse interests have found accommodation under one umbrella. Time and circumstances have conspired against us in the case of Osun, even though some progress has been made, which we hope the incoming national leadership of the party will build upon.

Since the Supreme Court judgement, things have been calmer, even though there are still some outstanding legal issues involving Ogun State as well as the Southwest zonal leadership. It is my hope that before long, litigations will cease to be the vehicle through which we resolve our issues in the PDP, as the party has adequate internal mechanisms of conflict resolution that are far better than washing our linens in public. I appeal to all members of our great party to eschew division and rancor and imbibe the culture of subsuming their individual interests into the larger interest of the party as the party is such a huge umbrella that is big enough to accommodate the interests of all of us.

In the course of our trying to reconcile and bring all members under one roof, we were very clear in our minds that we were not embarking on a popularity contest. It is such a paradox of life that no such project can be successfully executed without somehow, inadvertently hurting one interest or the other. As I kept hammering while the Care Taker Committee was at it, all we did was to ensure that every body made one sacrifice or the other for the progress of the whole family, so that at the end of the day, all of us would come out winners. I therefore commend the spirit of sacrifice, selflessness and give-and-take exhibited by so many of the party leaders at all levels, even where decisions did not go their ways. The party is definitely the better for their statesmanship and is indebted to them. I want to assure them and you all that in all the decisions we took, a lot of them very difficult and painful, the larger picture was the subject of our focus.

Distinguished delegates, I want to humbly submit that we have, despite all constraints, laid a good foundation for the repositioning of our great party, turning it into the beautiful bride coveted by all discerning politicians. There is no wonder therefore that, so many people who at one point or the other were members of the party, but who for one reason or another had to leave for some other parties, have either been coming back or knocking at our doors. The party heartily welcomes them back home and encourages them to feel well at home.

I want to appeal to the incoming leadership to ensure that our doors remain wide open for both returnees and new members and to also ensure that they are not disadvantaged in any way, just as it is also imperative that the loyalty, sacrifices, commitment and dedication of those who stuck with the party through thick and thin are not denigrated in any way. A level playing field must be availed all members so that we avoid a situation in which we create many other problems while trying to solve one. In words and actions, we must continuously assure and reassure members that loyalty to the party does, indeed pay and is rewarded.

It is not out of place for me to advise the incoming leadership to focus, among others, on evolving ways that would facilitate greater involvement of women and youths in both politics and governance. Our women have been blazing the trail in so many endeavours that I believe it will be apt for them to be given more encouragement and provided with the platform to continue to excel for the benefit of all of us.

The youths too must be factored in whatever we are doing, because sooner rather than later they will find themselves taking over our affairs. It is therefore in our enlightened self-interest to ensure that they are prepared for the tasks ahead. One way to do this is to constantly and continuously expose them to leadership and its vagaries so that nothing is strange or odd to them when the time comes. Part of that preparation is also to ensure that they receive quality education. In this regard I believe that the rate at which our students, especially in institutions of higher learning are being forced to abandon schools on account of inability to afford tuition fees will do us no good. We must evolve ways of helping students to make ends meet, even if it means the party amending its manifesto to include the provision of student’s loan scheme, which will lessen the weight of their burden and enable them concentrate on their studies.

Fellow delegates, having being at the helm of affairs of this country from 1999 to 2015, the PDP has a fair idea of the enormity of the challenges of governance. This has been why throughout the period that our stewardship lasted, the Care Taker Committee tried to tailor the party’s new role of opposition along the path of decorum and sense of responsibility. This was borne out of our appreciation of the challenges as well as our belief that we have to have a functional country to even be in a position to oppose. This, you would agree with me is quite at variance with the type of opposition the then opposition elements subjected our governments to pre 2015. We have refused to pay them back in the same coin because we love this country and cannot, in fact will not in the name of wanting to wrest power, go to the extent of attempting to bring down the roof. Vibrant, but decent and patriotic opposition is what is required to develop and mature our democracy, not mindless propaganda that transmits the wrong signals to the world.

As we bow out, we are proud to bequeath this legacy of responsible opposition to the new leadership, with a call to resist all temptations to descend to the gutter in the name of opposition. We must continue to show by our words and actions that opposition is no madness.

It is therefore with a high sense of responsibility that I seize this opportunity to draw the attention of the government, for, it seems unaware, to the fact that Nigerians are hungry as poverty is ravaging the land. The relative ease with which foodstuff and other essentials were available and affordable to the average Nigerian under PDP governments is now history. Insecurity in the North East which was thought to be receding is creeping back with greater ferocity, particularly against soft targets. Kidnap for ransom has taken a life of its own, so are the incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes and criminalities so camouflaged. Government must up the ante in its efforts to confront these menaces.

Joblessness has never been at such high levels in the history of this country, while the education sector is all but comatose. It is common knowledge that no society progresses if it doesn’t secure the future of its future leaders. It is therefore necessary that a shot in the arm is applied on the education sector to ensure that we do not toy with the destiny of our children.

Dear brothers and sisters, in the countdown to this convention, as is normal with such circumstances, especially where contests for various offices are involved, one form of apprehension or the other was entertained by virtually all aspirants over one issue or the other, but we gave all assurances that such fears and apprehensions were misplaced. We pledged to organize a convention that would provide a level playing field for all. I want to reassure all that this is what is being provided here today. No more, no less.

Distinguished delegates, I must not end this address without expressing, on behalf of the members of the Care Taker Committee, our profound gratitude to you and other leaders of the party for the trust and confidence reposed in us to steer our party away from the precipice. We have tried to give it our best; and with all humility I believe we have been able to lay a solid foundation for the repositioning of the party. All that is left now is for the new leadership to carry on from here. However, as is normal with all human endeavor, we cannot lay any claim to perfection. In the course performing the job, we have had to take some very difficult and painful decisions, which I believe would have gone down not so well with some of our brothers and sisters; but as I said earlier, all decisions taken were with the best interest of the party at heart.

I cannot conclude this address without paying tribute to, and saluting the courage and foresight of our founding fathers in coming up with the marvellous idea of the PDP. We owe them a world of gratitude for bringing together various shades of opinion under one shed to pursue the cause of a united Nigeria, where our diversity would be the basis of our prosperity. We thank them and assure them that despite the hiccups, their dream lives.
I also want to thank my colleagues on the Care Taker Committee for their commitment to the cause of our party, which I must confess has been phenomenal. Whatever successes we have achieved has been due to their diligence and dedication. As the leader, I accept responsibility for all the lapses.

I wish all of us a happy and productive convention.

God bless the PDP and God bless Nigeria.

Senator Ahmed Markafi

Enugu Delegates

The Arrival of the Hero of Nigeria Democracy

Ondo Delegates rubbing minds together

Convention Electoral Officials getting set

Nassarawa Delegates

Stage gets ready

dieBYfire:
Engineer fire on! I have offcially burnt my broom!
So more info. Is ATIKU eligible to vote?

No He is no eligible to Vote, He was only concessioned to be Part of the Delegate to graced the occasion

Niger State Delegates

PDP national caretaker Committe Chairman at the venue

And Atiku Arrive