Demands made by former new
People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) chieftains within the All Progressives
Congress (APC) during their meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have
emerged.
Members of the nPDP that attended
the meeting included Senate President Bukola Saraki, Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of
the House of Representatives; Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto Governor; Abdulfatah
Ahmed, Governor of Kwara; Rabiu Kwakwanso, former Kano Governor among others.
The meeting was held at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
After the parley, spokesman of
the group, Kawu Baraje, told State House correspondents that the meeting was a
good beginning, but they were looking forward to also meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari.
“Members of the nPDP had written
a letter to the party copying the President and the Vice-President.
“So the party had invited us
earlier on and now it is the turn of the Vice-President, probably the next one
will be the President,” Baraje said.
On Wednesday, The Nation listed
some of the complaints nPDP asked the presidency to look into.
These are: Saraki’s trial at the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT); sidelining of Speaker Dogara and Senator
Kwankwaso from APC ward and local government congresses in Bauchi and Kano
states; and alleged persecution of ex-nPDP members by anti-graft agencies and
Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris.
The issues are expected to be
resolved before APC’s national convention in June.
Furthermore, the meeting raised
an eight-man panel to resolve the lingering issues.
The panel will comprise four
members each from both sides.
Osinbajo is leading the
presidency’s four members on the panel but the nPDP has yet to submit its list.
Other members of the presidency’s
team include Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and
APC Deputy National Chairman (North) Lawal Shuaibu.
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