APC Lawmakers Set To Dump Party For PDP

Some House of Representatives members elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to dump the party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Recall that House Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, had claimed that some APC lawmakers want to dump the ruling party for the PDP. But the Majority Leader of the Green Chambers, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, said there was n truth in Elumelu’s statement, describing the PDP as a sinking party. But in a statement on Saturday, PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan confirmed talks were ongoing with some lawmakers to defect to the opposition party. According to the PDP spokesperson, the lawmakers want to leave the ruling party because it has failed Nigerians. “The Peoples Democratic Party counsels the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the House of Representatives to stop whining over the decision of some APC members to quit their party in the face of widespread discontentment trailing the failures of the APC and Buhari administration to address the rising insecurity and excruciating economic hardship ravaging our country,” the PDP statement read. The PDP also berates the APC leadership in the House of Representatives for resorting to personal attack on the Minority Leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, for informing Nigerians of the decision of the APC lawmakers to join forces with the PDP in our quest to rescue our nation from the misrule of the APC. “The unwarranted attack on the Minority Leader has further exposed the insensitivity of the APC leadership in the House of Representatives to the killings, kidnapping, bloodletting, violence, hunger and utter hopelessness pervading our country due to the manifest incompetence and divisiveness of the Buhari-led APC administration. Buhari-led APC Overwhelmed click here to read more