The
New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, within the All Progressives
Congress, APC, will today meet President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice
President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in continuation of their ongoing
dialogue.
The
New PDP which comprises members of the PDP in the ruling party will
continue their dialogue with leadership of the APC over their grievances
when they meet the President and his vice.
They
are expected to meet Buhari later in the day after their meeting with
Osinbajo to intimate him about the outcome of their meeting.
The
nPDP group led by a former Acting chairman of the PDP, Alh Abubakar
Baraje had last week met with the national executives of the APC to
discuss, and possibly resolve their differences.
Baraje confirmed the planned meetings with the Vice President and President Buhari to newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara state on Sunday.
The
APC chieftain commended members of his group and concerned Nigerians
who share their views and concerns about the plight of the nPDP members
in APC.
Baraje
expressed optimism that, “At the end of the meeting with Buhari and
Osinbajo, the ruling party would come out stronger and more united in
the general interest of the citizens.”
He also disclosed that the next line of action of his group will be determined by the outcome of the planned meeting.
Last
week, the national leaders of the APC and members of the nPDP announced
their Monday meeting in a last minute effort to contain agitation from
the faction.
Baraje
decried the high rate of internal conflicts within the APC, which has
culminated in parallel state congresses in about ’10 states’.
He
also said that, contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the nPDP’s
recent letter to the leadership of the APC was to forestall such
occurrences.
Baraje
warned that if the APC fails to heed the request of the nPDP, then it’s
forthcoming national convention might become an avenue to wash its
dirty linens openly.
The
nPDP, he said, is made up of men and women who cannot be pushed aside,
and referred to the resignation of the group’s secretary and former
governor of Osun state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as “a signal to what
might happen if party leaders are not able to convince their followers
about the need to remain in the APC.”
Baraje
further stated that members of the nPDP would not immediately pull out
of the APC if the party fails to meet their demands.
He
said like they did in the last administration, they would still go
ahead and meet with several leaders across the country to stop what he
termed as impunity within the party.
“We
have travelled a long way with the APC and now we are seeing things
worse in APC than in PDP. If we are leaders worth the name we should be
bold enough to speak about it,” he said.
Baraje
said the main agenda of the group’s discussion with the Vice President
concerns the petition they wrote to the party leadership, saying “It is
the outcome of our meeting with the president that will form our next
line of action.”
2019: New PDP Meets Buhari, Osinbajo Today, Reveals What Will Happen
Monday 28 May 2018
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