ABUJA—Hopes of reconciliation of chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, going into the 2019 general election as a united body are being dogged by the failure to establish a reconciliation committee as promised to drive the process.

BENIN—RESIDENTS of Odighi and Odiguete communities in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State,weekend, said they were defecting from All Progressives Congress ,APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, because the APC failed to protect them from rapists and herdsmen who have taken over their farmlands.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara on Monday said it had uncovered plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the forthcoming by-election in some wards across the affected Local Government Areas (LGAs).

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an urgent petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) requesting them to “jointly investigate allegations of corruption during the recent primaries by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and to collaborate with the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) in any such investigation.”

An All Progressives Congress (APC) volunteer group in Adamawa, Operation Deliver Your Ward, has inaugurated a 105 media team for adequate enlightenment of the electorate on the achievements of the party in the state.