Baring
last minute change, the former new PDP bloc of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) will announce their exit from the mainstream of the party in preparation
to joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Arrowheads
of the group include Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu
Kwankwaso.
Multiple
sources told Premium Times that the faction will address a press conference
later on Wednesday to announce the decision.
The
announcement of the formation of what is tagged the ‘new APC’ is said to be the
first step in what would lead to a coalition of political parties and
interests, to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari.
The
faction, comprising some former governors and ranking lawmakers, has been in a
tug of war with the APC government.
Some
of the nPDP members, including Mr Saraki, former Adamawa governor, Murtala
Nyako, and a senator, Dino Melaye, are facing corruption and other charges.
A
number of the faction’s chieftains also complained about being left in the cold
during the party’s congresses that took place between May and June this year.
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