As the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership prepares to meet with Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State on Monday, the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has said it was sure that none of its governors will heed the invitation extended to them by the opposition.
A high-powered delegation of the APC led by General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had last week met with the governors of Jigawa, Adamawa and Kano – Sule Lamido, Murtala Nyako and Rabiu Kwankwaso respectively, in their bid to woo the aggrieved governors to dump the ruling party for APC.
But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Abdulahi Jalo, accused the APC of starting what he described as a “campaign” when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had yet to lift ban on political activities in the country.
He said, “This is a clear breach of the Electoral Act and we hope that the INEC and the security agencies are aware of this.
“The leaders of the APC should retrace their steps and stop this campaign. They should stop trampling on the magnanimity of the President.”
On Gov. Nyako, who has insisted on joining the opposition party any moment from now, Jalo said he would not be sanctioned as he was an important member of the PDP.
He said, “This is because it is these people who went to him and started persuading him to leave our party. It was not the governor that went to them.
“What I know is that the peace process is not over yet. Our President and the President still want him in the party. They are very important in our party. We don’t want to lose them”.
-Sunday PUNCH
