[Mhiz Rebecca]

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says six
governors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
will join its fold soon.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan,
also said twenty-seven members of the national
assembly in the ruling party will be heading to the
opposition party.
The PDP spokesman, who did not disclose the names of
the governors and lawmakers, said the move is an
aftermath of discussions the party has had with them.
His words: “The party has already concluded discussions
with six APC governors and 27 APC members in the
National Assembly, who have also drawn their
consultations and secured the mandates of their
constituents to move to the PDP ahead of the 2019
general election,” he said in a statement.
“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.”
Ologbondiyan said the lawmakers would move to the
party once the national assembly reconvenes.
Speaking further, the PDP spokesman said all grey areas
of the agreement, including issues of waivers and
accommodation for participation in primaries, are being
smoothened out by the party’s contact and integration
committee.
“The PDP also commends the spirit of tolerance,
dialogue, accommodation and oneness of purpose that
pervade the alliance among members,” he said.
“The party expresses its readiness to take back control
of power at the center, as well as in our traditional states
of 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 PDP therefore charges all members and supporters
to remain steadfast and wary of the gimmicks of the
deflated APC, which has resorted to sponsoring spurious
publications filled with deceptions, fabrications and lies
against our party.”