Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com now have it that the former new PDP (nPDP) bloc of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will announce their exit from the mainstream of the party in preparation to joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Leaders of the group include Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The faction will address a press conference later on Wednesday (today) to announce the decision.
The announcement of the formation of what is tagged the ‘new APC’ is said to be the first step in what would lead to a coalition of political parties and interests, to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari.
Recall that the faction, comprising some former governors and ranking lawmakers, has been in a tug of war with the APC government.
A number of the faction’s chieftains also complained about being left in the cold during the party’s congresses that took place between May and June this year.
Four governors and other ranking PDP members, including Saraki, jettisoned the party in the run off to the 2015 polls, shoving up the chances of the then opposition APC.
But since forming the new government, many fault-lines started emerging, with the elements from the PDP bloc complaining of marginalisation.
Details later…