{"id":2510,"date":"2019-01-15T14:23:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2019-01-15T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:23:34","slug":"pdp-appoints-ekweremadu-others-as-technical-advisers-to-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/pdp-appoints-ekweremadu-others-as-technical-advisers-to-atiku","title":{"rendered":"PDP appoints Ekweremadu, others as Technical Advisers to Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, appointed the deputy President of the Senate, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu as Technical Adviser to its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CLemjOj8798CFQNEGwodrt8HZA\">\n<p>In a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondinya, the party also named the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. 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Yakubu Dogara, Mallam Sule Lamido and Senator Ahmed Makarfi as Technical Advisers too.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP also named Lamido as the chairman of Elder\u2019s Council for the campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CLimjOj8798CFQNEGwodrt8HZA\">\n<p>Other appointments made on Monday include: Alhaji Kawu Baraje, Technical Adviser to the Director-General of the campaign, Senator Bukola Saraki, while Dr. Doyin Okupe was named the Media Adviser to the Director-General.<\/p>\n<p>Ekweremadu had been rumoured to be secretly working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>But, in his series of tweets on his official Twitter handle Monday morning, Ekweremadu described the rumour as \u201ccheap blackmail\u201d and \u201cpropaganda\u201d, vowing to ensure the PDP coasts to victory in the entire South-East region of the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, appointed the deputy President of the Senate, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu as Technical Adviser to its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. 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