Factional

Ucha’s group however relocated to another factional APC party secretariat located at the Enugu/Abakaliki Expressway where they held their congress where Dr. Sylvester Nwambe emerged as the factional chairman.

Preselections are usually conducted along factional lines, although sometimes a non-factional candidate will be given preferential treatment (this happened with Cheryl Kernot in 1998 and again with Peter Garrett in 2004).

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday, factional National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi, maintained that Obi has not been able to provide any concrete evidence to back this claims since PEPT began sitting.

And finally, Column D will be home to off-the-line candidates in Edison, where a factional war is playing out between the mayor and Democratic municipal chair.

Getting glitter bombed before his big speech didn't help reinforce the message that Labour is no longer a party of protest - but the rest of the conference went by without factional fights featuring in the way that they have in previous years.

That cry marks a rejection of the factional divisions that have destabilized Libya for more than a decade.

The BJP has now emerged as an arbiter in AIADMK’s factional feud, a role which it has relished.

The demographics of his factional base are that they’re old so every year that he relies on that base gets more and more problematic.

The party is paralysed, consumed by factional in-fighting and internecine disputes and unable to reach sufficient consensus even to begin the process of policy development, modernisation and party renewal.

This is more of their factional politics at play,” he says.

According to Raphael Nakacinda, a factional leader within the Patriotic Front (PF) party, there has been a systematic campaign to “cleanse” the civil service of individuals deemed unsupportive of the current administration.

Also, Callistus Okafor, another factional National Chairman of the LP, declared the Usman-led caretaker committee illegal.

Conversely, Justice Wali’s recent rulings have provided a counterbalance, with measures that effectively strip the pro-Wike lawmakers of their legislative powers, thereby isolating them from political processes and deepening their factional isolation.

Dahlan, meanwhile, remains a polarizing figure, with critics questioning his motives and supporters praising his ability to bypass factional gridlock.

Ehie, who is the immediate past factional Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly was ordered to be arrested along with five other persons based in Port Harcourt for allegedly participating in some criminal activities.

Ganduje is contesting his suspension from the party by factional ward executives led by Basiru Nuhu Isa.

It has a leader who does not entertain factional fights and leads the party with an iron will.

It means 18 factional chairmen of the PDP in Edo State, 192 Ward chairmen and other critical stakeholders are going to work for the success of APC in Edo State.

Manga, who lauded the BoT Chairman, the PDP Governors Forum and other leaders for their interventions, charged party members’ to remain focused and keep supporting the factional PDP leadership under the acting National Chairman, Amb.

Ms Lloyd added that Mr Yousaf was "irrepressibly positive" and had stopped the party's polling decline, adding that that factional fighting in the SNP has calmed down.