Strong indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan
has become increasingly worried, despite all the pretence, over threats
by more members of the National Assembly to dump the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, to the main opposition party, the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
“Yes, I can confirm that the Senate President, Senator David
Mark, has been recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan to
salvage the PDP obviously because of his pedigree. Mr.
President has been meeting with the Senate President in the
Villa in the past few days to strategise and curtail the moves
and threat by more members of the Senate to dump the PDP.
“The Senate President has been dutifully carrying out the
assignment to meet with the members of the National Assembly
to prevent their movement into APC in January although without
success because some members insisted that it is too late for
them to rescind their decision to dump the PDP for APC."
The embattled President Jonathan is said to be very jittery over
reports that more members of the PDP in the National Assembly have
decided to defect to APC on the resumption of plenary in the New
Year.
It was gathered that Jonathan sought the support of the Senate
President, Senator David Mark, to go after the lawmakers to have a
re-think and prevent the APC from taking over National Assembly
completely.
Jonathan has been meeting Mark more frequently at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, since December 25, 2013.
Prominent among lawmakers expected to join the APC in January, is
the Speaker of the House of Reps, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and about
30 more members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
About 21 senators elected on the platform of PDP are also on their
way out of PDP to APC this January.
Already, former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has
formally renounced his membership of PDP and embraced APC in a
statement in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital, on Tuesday.
Another Senator from Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abbe, has
confirmed that he is ready to defect to APC in the New Year.
It was gathered that President Jonathan secretly contacted Mr Mark
to help out in view of his acknowledged popularity and acceptability
in the National Assembly.
David Mark has been trying but ajority of the Senators told him that
they are already in APC but just waiting for resumption to formally
dump the PDP and decamp to the APC.
has become increasingly worried, despite all the pretence, over threats
by more members of the National Assembly to dump the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, to the main opposition party, the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
“Yes, I can confirm that the Senate President, Senator David
Mark, has been recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan to
salvage the PDP obviously because of his pedigree. Mr.
President has been meeting with the Senate President in the
Villa in the past few days to strategise and curtail the moves
and threat by more members of the Senate to dump the PDP.
“The Senate President has been dutifully carrying out the
assignment to meet with the members of the National Assembly
to prevent their movement into APC in January although without
success because some members insisted that it is too late for
them to rescind their decision to dump the PDP for APC."
The embattled President Jonathan is said to be very jittery over
reports that more members of the PDP in the National Assembly have
decided to defect to APC on the resumption of plenary in the New
Year.
It was gathered that Jonathan sought the support of the Senate
President, Senator David Mark, to go after the lawmakers to have a
re-think and prevent the APC from taking over National Assembly
completely.
Jonathan has been meeting Mark more frequently at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, since December 25, 2013.
Prominent among lawmakers expected to join the APC in January, is
the Speaker of the House of Reps, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and about
30 more members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
About 21 senators elected on the platform of PDP are also on their
way out of PDP to APC this January.
Already, former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has
formally renounced his membership of PDP and embraced APC in a
statement in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital, on Tuesday.
Another Senator from Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abbe, has
confirmed that he is ready to defect to APC in the New Year.
It was gathered that President Jonathan secretly contacted Mr Mark
to help out in view of his acknowledged popularity and acceptability
in the National Assembly.
David Mark has been trying but ajority of the Senators told him that
they are already in APC but just waiting for resumption to formally
dump the PDP and decamp to the APC.
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