Saraki, Dogara, others to quit APC, form new party against 2019.
Strong indications have emerged that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have started talks aimed at launching a new political party ahead of the 2019 polls.
An insider, who was privy to a secret meeting held on the proposed new national party, said all the emerging camps within All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition PDP would at the end of the day come together and form a political party latest next year to prepare well to face elections.
Our correspondent learnt authoritatively that Saraki and some lawmakers, including senators and House of Representatives members, and a governor from North West, who are opposed to President Muhammadu Buhari and APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, especially during the National Assembly election of principal officers, may not secure their second term tickets on the APC platforms due to their disloyalty.
It was further learnt that the battered image of the PDP, occasioned by the gale of corruption allegation and the emergence of Ali Modu Sherriff as national chairman of the party have combined to frustrate some members of the opposition party.
The contention is that both the APC and PDP may be difficult to sell to Nigerians come 2019, hence the need to form an ideological party.
A source said: “We have started a real Nigerian party, which will drive the dream of our nation’s founding fathers. At the moment, APC and PDP may not sell to the electorate in 2019 based on indices on ground.
“The economy is number one; we thought APC has solutions to Nigeria’s myriad of problems after PDP destroyed the system but it is clear to us that, APC has none.
“We are thinking of an ideological based party that will shape this country for the future. Political alliances are ongoing for a new brand political party. I can tell you between now and next year, 2017, we will give Nigerians their own party.
The nation was helpless and even more helpless now.
“Many PDP and APC chieftains will join us, activists will join us, professionals will join us. Market women, in fact all will join us. You will be shocked of what will happen. APC may end up being a one term party at the national level.
“What happened during Speaker Aminu Tambuwal will still happen ahead of 2019 polls.
APC is fighting Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara for going against their wish. They will be left with no option than to join the proposed new party. We are in touch with them and persuading them on the need to forget APC.” It would be recalled that PDP is on the verge of implosion following the emergence of Modu Sheriff as national chairman.
A group within the party, which called itself PDP Rescue Group, made up of former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, and Ambassador Wilberforce Juta, had called for the resignation of Modu Sheriff. Other members of the Rescue Group included former deputy governor of Sokoto State who also doubles as the Secretary of the group, Mukhtar Shagari, John Odey, a former publicity secretary of the party as well as a former minister and Hon. Muyiwa Oladimeji, amongst others.
Also, a founding member of the party and immediate past Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, announced his exit from the party. Dr. Tafida who held several positions both under Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, made this known during a special BBC Hausa interview. Speaking in the course of the interview, Tafida said: “I have decided to leave PDP…” Citing his reasons for leaving, he said: “I left because there is no focus; if a market is over, a responsible man should go home. Now the market is over.
“It was good in the past, but now it is the worst, with impunity and confusion. “The party has been destroyed and reduced to nothing, and I have decided to dump the party.”
Apart from that, a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, also had announced his resignation from the party. In a letter entitled: “PDP, the Burden and My Conscience”, Nnamani said he took the decision after all efforts to refocus and rebuild the party had proved abortive, blaming some elements in the opposition party.
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