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Aggrieved PDP, APGA Members Form New Party by lanregbade(m): 5:48am On Mar 02, 2016 |
The disagreement within the Peoples Democratic
Party came to a head Tuesday as some members of
the party teamed up with others in the All
Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, and other parties
to form a new party.
The group, which held its maiden meeting in Abuja
Tuesday, unanimously adopted Chief Perry Opara
as the protem chairman of the proposed party
which is named Peoples Mega Party, PMP.
Chief Opara was an aide to former political adviser
to Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, who
recently filed a suit against the PDP and the then
acting national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus,
and secured a judgement ordering Secondus to
vacate office as acting chairman on ground that his
acting role had elapsed.
Addressing the meeting, Chief Opara said the
leadership crisis within the PDP which had
impacted negatively on its glory and future, had
necessitated the need for the Peoples Mega Party,
PMP.
He explained: "The major people who are in the
party are former members of the PDP who are
disenchanted by the high level of corruption, high
level of impunity and high-handedness in the PDP.
''They have decided to form something very new
and they are of the opinion that they should hand
over the party to younger elements who are less
corrupt and who can fight for the interest of the
people.
"It does not mean that it is only people from the
PDP, we have APGA chairmen from many states of
Nigeria identifying with the new party, people from
Labour Party, LP, and the Accord Party, AP.
''There are also disenchanted people from the APC
that feel that they want a new place and that is
what it is. Today marks the birth of this new party."
The proposed party adopted the picture of a human
being as its logo, while its slogan is: "Forward
Nigeria."
Chief Opara said the new organization would take
the next step to approach the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, for registration, adding
that when registered, the party would focus more of
its attention on recruiting the youths who
constitute about 54% of the country's population
into it's fold.
The leader of the APGA faction that led its
members to the new party, Chief John Agbara, who
addressed NEC members, said: "After a wide
consultation, we have decided to collapse the
structure of APGA to PMP today. We are today full
members of the PMP. |
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