APC Senator Discloses The Number Of Northern Senators Ready To Join Obasanjo’s New Group

Posted by: tony in News Jan 28, 2018

Ex Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the establishment of a new Coalition for Nigeria to rescue the country’s falling economy.

Obasanjo’s call has reportedly started gaining prominence as some members of the National Assembly are ready to defect when the time comes.

Recall that the former president had written a letter to President Buhari advising him not to participate in the 2019 elections while also calling for the formation of a coalition outside of the ruling All progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.

According to a report from The Punch, a lawmaker on the platform of the APC from the north claimed about 80 per cent of lawmakers were ready to join the former president.

The lawmaker who spoke on the condition of anonymity said former and serving governors were also ready to join the coalition.

�It is true that he has reached out to us and I can tell you that 80 per cent of National Assembly members are with him. It is very huge.

�Registration of a political party cannot take more than two weeks. I can tell you that out of the parties that were registered, there is one at hand � somewhere � which will likely be the focus,”

�I can confirm to you that there is most likely to be defections from the APC in the next one month.

�I can tell you that there are people in the APC who are not comfortable with the party; and there are those in the PDP who are not comfortable with the party also. So, most likely, these would be the forces that would form the third force,” he said.