Governors, lawmakers and
political leaders from both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), met on Tuesday to continue discussions on the formation
of a new political party.
ThisDay reports that the move to
form another major party was in a bid to wrestle power from the APC in 2019.
The meeting on Tuesday night was
a follow up to previous meetings held by the group in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and
London.
A source explained the two
objectives of the new political force.
“One is the Nigeria Intervention
Movement (NIM) that is not a political party but is trying to galvanise
professionals, civil society groups and activists to support credible
candidates in different parties.
“The second is an amorphous group
of political leaders, serving and former governors and National Assembly
members of both parties, as well as retired military leaders who have been
meeting in places like Dubai, Saudi Arabia and London to fashion out a modus
vivendi for the new party that will challenge both the APC and PDP,” he said.
He also admitted that the new
party faces a race against time to be registered by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) before the elections.
“Since time is of the essence and
most of the politicians who want to dump the APC and PDP for this new party
know that there might not be enough time to get it registered, they are also on
the hunt for one of the already registered political parties that they can use
as a platform to actualise their goals,” he added.
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