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2019: PDP will present a candidate better than Buhari, says Babatope

Roland Edwards — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:27:00 +0000

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Wednesday, said the party would present a better candidate that would be able to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections. Babatope, a former Minister of Transportation, said that the PDP would take its time produce such a candidate, who would give […]

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Babatope: PDP will move on without Adeniran, Gana

Femi Adewale — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:44:11 +0000

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Saturday said that the exit of Prof. Tunde Adeniran and Prof. Jerry Gana from PDP would not diminish the party’s strength. Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, made the statement in Lagos. Adeniran and Gana, both former ministers, dumped the PDP for the […]

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My encounter with Ekwueme in prison, by Babatope

Femi Adewale — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:27:24 +0000

A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Tuesday, described the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme as a man with excellent qualities. Ekwueme, who was Vice-President to former President Shehu Shagari between 1979 and 1983 died in November 2017 at 85. Babatope, while paying tributes to the deceased, said in Lagos that Ekwueme was a […]

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PDP: Wike/Makarfi conspiracy against the Yoruba, by Ebenezer Babatope

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:50:27 +0000

The so-called adoption of Mr Uche Secondus by some Stakeholders in the South-South in Port Harcourt is a brazen call to arms against the Yoruba people. The crass insistence and the insulting protestation of Governor Nyesom Wike that the South-South is the zone providing succor to PDP is rather crude and insensitive. And it is […]

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PDP crisis deepens as Babatope calls for resignation of NWC members, says ‘any attempt to sell party to Wike, Secondus will fail’

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:58:13 +0000

There is no doubt in my mind now that Ahmed Makarfi’s Caretaker Committee is virtually and entirely compromised. The statement issued today by Barrister Abdulahi Jalo, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP and a well known close ally of Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi confirming the presidential ambition of the PDP Caretaker Chairman has […]

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PDP Chairmanship: Bode George will not step down for anyone, says Babatope

Femi Adewale — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:54:59 +0000

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has said former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, remained the best candidate for the party’s national chairman. Babatope, who is leading George’s campaign organisation for his aspiration in the December 9 convention of the party, said in Lagos that “George […]

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PDP National Chairman: Babatope, others mobilise for Bode George

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:49:33 +0000

L-R: Dare Adeleke; former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope; former Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Chief Joju Fadairo; former Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Asiwaju Tony Ojeshina; David Abiodun Ejemai and former Lagos State PDP Chairman, Captain Olatunji Shele, during a press conference on the state of South-West PDP and to […]

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Why Bode George deserves to be PDP National Chairman, by Ebenezer Babatope

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:32:16 +0000

I stand here today in historic significance to testify to the truth, to assert what is right, to affirm the righteous path. Our party, the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years of unbroken democratic governance. In this particularization, every zone in this pluralistic nation had enjoyed the significant helmsmanship of our party’s […]

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Why PDP members should elect Bode George as National Chairman, by Ebenezer Babatope

Femi Adewale — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:01:55 +0000

In the build-up to the National Chairmanship race of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has been described as the ‘best man for the job’. A chieftain of the party and former Transport Minister, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said that no other aspirant can rival the experience of George. “Although I cannot impose my […]

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Ebenezer Babatope: PDP, going, going…

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:57:07 +0000

Text of an address by former Transportation Minister and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, in Lagos…on Monday Gentlemen of the Press, I want to talk to you today with deliberate forthrightness, with deep sense and consciousness of a concerned Elder who cannot afford to sit down quietly and pretend everything […]

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