Six Governors, 27 National Assembly To Dump APC – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has, on Wednesday said that it’s in talks with the some All Progressive Congress (APC) governors and members of the National Assembly as they are concluding plans to join the PDP.

Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the party had verified that discussions on control of party structures in the affected states and senatorial zones had also reached advanced stage and would be completed in a couple of weeks after which the governors and lawmakers will announce their defection to the PDP.

The party said it had already concluded plans with six APC governors and 27 APC members in the National Assembly, who it said had also drawn their consultations and secured the mandates of their constituents to move to the PDP ahead of the 2019 general election.

According to Punch, Ologbondiyan said that the governors and the members of the National assembly vowed to leave the ruling party for PDP as soon as the two chambers of the National Assembly resume sitting.

“However, in line with decisions reached at the discussions, the members of the National Assembly decamping (sic.) to the PDP will cross-carpet at the reconvening of session in the two chambers, which will increase the PDP majority in both chambers.

“The party wishes to assure its members that all grey areas of the agreement, including issues of waivers and accommodation for participation in primaries, are being smoothened out by the former Governor Liyel Imoke-led PDP Contact and Integration Committee, which has been galvanizing our alliances among stakeholders across other parties, including those from the APC.

“The PDP also commends the spirit of tolerance, dialogue, accommodation and oneness of purpose that pervade the alliance among members.” he said.