The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday confirmed media reports indicating that five of the party’s governors have been holding discussions with some governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
A statement by the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan however said the discussions were geared towards poaching some targeted APC governors and federal lawmakers for the PDP. According to Ologbondiyan, the PDP had already six APC governors and 27 APC federal legislators with the view to defecting to the PDP ahead of the 2019 general elections.
He added that the affected governors and lawmakers were already consulting their various constituencies with the view to securing their mandates for their defection. The statement said, “The PDP verifies that discussions on control of party structures in the affected states and senatorial zones have also reached advanced stage and would be completed in a couple of weeks after which the governors and lawmakers will announce their defection to the PDP.
“However, in line with decisions reached at the discussions, the members of the National Assembly decamping to the PDP will cross-carpet at the reconvening of session in the two chambers, which will increase the PDP majority in both chambers. “The party assures that all grey areas of the agreement, including issues of waivers and accommodation for participation in primaries, are being smoothened out by the former Governor Liyel Imoke-led PDP Contact and Integration Committee, which has been galvanizing our alliances among stakeholders across other parties, including those from the APC.
“The PDP also commends the spirit of tolerance, dialogue, accommodation and oneness of purpose that pervade the alliance among members”. The PDP expressed its determination to reclaim control of power at the centre, as well as states like Plateau, Niger, Adamawa, Kano, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Katsina, Kogi, Jigawa, Zamfara, Imo, Edo as well as southwest states of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Lagos states.
The party charged all members and supporters to remain steadfast and be wary of what it described as the gimmicks of the APC, which it said, has resorted to sponsoring spurious publications filled with deceptions, fabrications and lies against the PDP “The PDP also commends Nigerians across board for their overwhelming support and solidarity with the repositioned PDP as expressed in the unprecedented interest in our tickets for various elective positions, particularly the presidency, governorship and National Assembly positions, in addition to spirited public discourse at all levels of political engagements across our country.
“These interests and movements from the APC to the PDP are indicators of the consensus by Nigerians to rally on the platform of the PDP to end the economic hardship, bloodletting, violence and infrastructural decay that have become the hallmark of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration, and return our nation to the path of unity, national cohesion and economic prosperity, which the PDP is known for”, the statement added.
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