Moves By PDP To Break APC Fails

Moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) to get majority in the House of reps has suffered a setback as members of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have refused to join PDP.

37 members of the House of Representatives had defected to the APC which gave the APC majority seats in the House and since then PDP had been making efforts to woo members of the other parties to its side
According to one of the leaders of the APGA caucus in the House,
Rep Victor Ogene (APGA, Anambra), they are not ready to shift platforms “for any amount” with a view to tilting the majority of the lawmakers to one political party.
“All I know is that the five APGA members in the House of Representatives are from Anambra State and besides being from Anambra state; we represent a political movement that represent the consciousness of the Igbo nation. So we can’t sell our platform for any amount,” he said.
He however debunked rumuors going round that PDP is trying to woo APGA members.
“I have not met anybody since the 21st of December, when we vacated for holiday.”
“Nobody woos anybody to join a political party. Even the members who went to APC, APC did not woo them. Out of their own political calculation, they decided that at that point in time to join APC. So for us we are comfortable in where we are and nobody can try to woo us,” he said.


Daily Trust