July 25, 2018 at 12:14 pm

Governors in Nigeria elected on the
platform of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) will be meeting in Abuja, the
capital of the country, to brainstorm on
the best strategy to counter the mass
defections that have hit the party.
This revelation is contained in a report
by Daily Trust, which quoted a source as
saying: “More than 20 governors would
attend and they have a strong agenda
which is to ensure that there would be no
ripple effects in the states where we all
know the bulk of the problem lies.
“And you know what governors can do;
they are all out to fight back because the
fight is mostly at the state level; Buhari
will definitely defeat whoever the PDP
would field as candidate.
“But most importantly, we are not losing
sleep because all those that left for the
PDP would meet a worst scenario there;
there are people who suffered for the PDP
and would not agree to be dislodged.
“And you know what? Even Saraki is
looking for the presidential ticket.
Kwankwaso is also looking for the
presidential ticket and do you think the
likes of Atiku, Sule Lamido, Makarfi,
Shekarau and multitude of presidential
aspirants would just swallow their
ambitions?
“Common, just wait and see, they would
fight themselves to finish ahead of the
primaries,” he said.
Currently, the APC has control of 24 of
the 36 states in the federation, including
Ekiti that the party recently won.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that President
Muhammadu Buhari expressed his total
commitment to the values of democracy,
freedom of choice as well as total
willingness to work with all members of
the National Assembly, irrespective of
their political party, for the benefit of the
nation.
The president’s statement is in response
to the mass defection of some All
Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers
to the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) on Tuesday, July 24.