PDP NEC’s decisions that may alter the look of 2019

Deputy Editor, INIOBONG AKPAN, writes on the key decisions reached by the 80th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as it bids to continue its poaching of members of other political parties in the run-up to next year’s general elections.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rose from its 80th meeting this week coming up with decisions likely to have significant bearing on its electoral fortunes next year. The emergency NEC meeting was essentially to prepare grounds for other political party members who have indicated their willingness to join the former ruling party. Principally, the meeting approved that members of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) be absorbed into the party as a logical follow-up to the discussions that the national leadership of the party had with the intending defectors ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The R-APC led by Alhaji Buba Galadima, a former close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, recently broke out from the ruling APC and claiming to be the authentic APC. It is believed that beyond those that have openly identified with the faction, many prominent chieftains of the APC sympathise with it and may soon declare their stance to join the R-APC in the PDP.