THE Presidency yesterday said that it has met and discussed with a large number of senators and members of the House of Representatives who dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other opposition political parties, noting that they had resolved to work for the actualization of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid.

AFTER weeks of discussions with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, will defect to the opposition party, early next week.

The Peoples Democratic Party has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop what it described as APC’s nefarious plot to impeach the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose. PDP warned APC to back off or attract dire consequences.

DEPUTY National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prince Diran Odeyemi, has urged leaders and members of the party in Osun State, to put behind their differences occasioned by the last Saturday’s governorship primary and work towards ensuring a victorious outing for the party.

Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Young Progressive Party’s presidential aspirant, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has slammed the recent defections by members of the National Assembly, emphasizing that both parties are filled by the same politicians without a vision for the country.

The Majority Leader, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Bello Butu-butu has debunked the rumour circulating on the social media that some APC members of the assembly have defected to the People’s Democratic Party.

A total of 36 Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday dumbed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

14 Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party have just defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

ABUJA—THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, approved the fusion of the Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC, into the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Senator Buruji Kashamu has said that his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) yesterday by the National Executive Committee for hobnobbing with the opposition expulsion was an irrational decision and cannot stand.

An Aspirant in the just-concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Osun, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, had urged the party’s leadership to declare him winner of the Saturday exercise.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Benue have kicked against the return of the state governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom, to the party.

ABThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently holding an emergency 80th National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at the National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza in Abuja

The Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on Media and ICT, Tahav Agerzua has stated that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirants in the coming 2019 election lacked the powers to stop Governor Samuel Ortom or anybody to seek membership of the party if he so desired.

Thirteen governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections in Benue State have kicked against the imminent return of Governor Samuel Ortom to the party.