APC in trouble as opposition parties inaugurate merger committee

Some political parties are set to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress - The parties are under the aegis of the National Consultative Front are looking at possibly merging .According to one of the conveners, there is a need to build a new Nigeria

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to face a huge challenge as opposition political groups and some other stakeholders have regrouped to displace them in 2023. The coalition which is under the aegis of the National Consultative Front (NCF) consists of eminent Nigerians. To achieve this, the group has also inaugurated a merger committee to negotiate a possible merger with other existing political parties across the country.

The opposition political groups and some other stakeholders have regrouped to displace the ruling APC. Credit: OfficialAPCNg Source: Twitter One of the conveners, Prof. Pat Utomi, who spoke during the inauguration said there is a need to reclaim Nigeria and build a country that “our children will be proud of.” Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the Zamfara state chapter of the APC dismissed the allegations that it paid N57 million to bandits, asking them not to release the Jangebe abducted girls. The chairman of the APC caretaker committee in Zamfara, Lawan Liman, faulted a chieftain of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Abdullah Shinkafi for making the claims. In another report, Sule Lamido, a former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleged that the ruling APC has no vision. While speaking at the inauguration of Rumuji, Ibaa, Obelle Isokpo road in Emouha local government area of Rivers state on Monday, March 8, Lamido described the APC as an assemblage of persons moved by anger, envy and malice. Insecurity: APC reacts to allegations of paying N57 million to bandits Legit.ng gathered that he said the remodelling of airports, rehabilitation of railway, and reforms that the current administration is boasting of are all initiatives of the PDP.

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Benue Assembly Impeaches Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange

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Those That have gun get it ready, those that don’t have get local made, they have declared war on us, they have surrounded us already – Ohanaeze

Herdsmen planning to attack 5 Enugu communities – Ohanaeze Leaders of apex Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State Chapter yesterday informed security agencies of a purported plan by suspected Fulani herdsmen to attack five communities in state. Ohanaeze stated that the attack, which the leadership of Miyetti Allah is spearheading, is tied to the unsubstantiated theft of cows and the death of some herders in the state. In a statement by the President of Ohanaeze in the state, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the body urged the Federal Government to wade into the matter and avert a pending onslaught. Ogbonnia, who posted the alarm on his Facebook wall titled: “Averting another bloodbath in Enugu”, said the threat of renewed herdsmen attacks in some communities in Enugu State is alive and real. He said: “In the past couple of days, we have been treated to a cocktail of killings by Fulani herdsmen in several places in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria particularly the latest carnage in Plat...

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