Time is running out for APC - nPDP
- The nPDP has stated that it is waiting for the APC and President Buhari to call its bluff; and then it would take a decision
- The faction had given an ultimatum to the APC and President Buhari, to address issues of persecution and marginalisation of its members
- It reminded the ruling party that it does not have the luxury of time if it wants to win the 2019 elections
The new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that it is waiting for the ruling party and President Muhammadu Buhari to call its bluff; and has reminded the party that time is sunning out.
Speaking on behalf of the faction in a Channels TV interview, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, its nominal chairman, however stated that under acceptable conditions, the nPDP is committed to remaining within the ruling party.
Legit.ng notes that following the police invitation to Senator Bukola Saraki, the group which consists of the Senate president, speaker of the House of Reps Yakubu Dogara, at least two governors and over 20 senators, had walked out of negotiations with the party. They had seen the police invitation as a demonstration of bad faith on the part of the APC.
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The nPDP had given an ultimatum to the APC and President Buhari, to address issues of persecution and marginalisation of its members who it said contributed immensely to the party’s victory in 2015.
Baraje stated: “If they call our bluff, we will go back and take a decision. Baraje is just providing leadership for the group. Let the APC call our bluff first then we will go back to the people who sent us and they will take a decision.
“If you represent a group, and the interest of that group is not being taken care of, you would have to look for a place where you will be catered for. As far as the nPDP is concerned, we want to go into any group where there will be good governance.
“Anytime the environment returns to normal, we are ready to go back; but the earlier the better, because the party really does not have the luxury of time if it wants to win the 2019 elections.”
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Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that several credible sources disclosed that former prominent members of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the All Progressives Congress in 2013 may collectively move to another party on June 23.
According to the sources, the date June 23 is a symbolic one as it is the day the ruling party would hold its national convention to elect new leaders.
A top politician with knowledge of happenings in the APC said members of the the Kawu Baraje-led nPDP group had concluded plans to quit the APC.
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