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After a String of Governorship Losses PDP Resolves to Change Name
In a move widely believed to be pre-emptive and designed to prevent the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from exploiting issues from the recent political realignments in the country, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has finally resolved to change its name ahead of the 2019 general election.
THISDAY learnt that PDP, which planned to announce the decision to change its name today, had also pencilled Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as the one to head a committee that would walk the party through the procedure.
THISDAY gathered last night that the decision by the PDP to change its name might have stemmed from last Thursday’s meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki.
THISDAY, July 22, 2018
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