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CUPP gets serious, opens secretariat in Abuja
The coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has opened its secretariat in Abuja.
CUPP is a coalition of 39 political parties in Nigeria who are determined to push out President Muhammadu Buhari from office come 2019 by fielding a joint presidential candidate.
The coalition which recently signed an MoU, is led by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC.
The new secratariat, located at 13, Thaba Tseka Street, Wuse District, Abuja, was formally used by the Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Committee of the PDP during the legal tussle that engulfed the party.
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The opening of the secretariat underscores the seriousness the coalition attaches to their resolve to unseat President Buhari.
Among those who attended the Some of the event were the PDP national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, his Action Peoples Party (APP) counterpart, Ikenga Ugochiyere, Social Democratic Party (SDP) national chairman, Chief Olu Falae and national chairmen of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Alhaji Buba Galadima.
Others were Professor Tunde Adeniran, Chief Godson Okoye, Senator Liyel Imoke and Abduljalil Tafawa Balewa amongst others.
By Timothy Enietan-Matthew
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