Tag: Defections

Saraki Chairs PDP Reconciliation Panel as party moves to avert crisis, stem defections ahead of NEC meeting

Emporium Reporters

In a strategic move to prevent a full-blown internal crisis and stem the tide of defections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a high-level reconciliation committee headed by former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.   The committee, which included key stakeholders such as former Governors Ibrahim Dankwambo and Ibrahim Shema, is expected to interface with aggrieved members and party leaders ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 16.   Highly placed party sources confirmed that the intervention followed increasing concerns about divisions within the…

Kalu moves to halt defections, leads aggrieved 22 Senators to meet Buhari

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Some aggrieved Senators serving on the platform of the All Progressives Congress met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday.   The Senators, numbering about 22, had pledged to defect from the party over the outcome of primaries in their state ahead of the 2023 general elections.   Leader of the delegation, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, said the lawmakers felt disenfranchised by the process.   Speaking at the meeting, President Buhari urged the Senators to exercise restraint in their decision to defect from the party.   Several APC lawmakers…

Defections: Lawmakers predict trouble for APC ahead 2023

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With the defections, last week, of four Senators from the APC to the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party (LP), some federal lawmakers have predicted difficult times ahead for the ruling party in the buildup to the 2023 polls.   The spread of lawmakers in the Upper Chamber is now APC 66, with PDP, Young Peo­ple’s Party (YPP), All Progres­sives Grand Alliance (APGA), NNPP and LP members of the minority parties standing at 43.   At the resumption of plena­ry on June…