Buhari, APC brainstorm on defection
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okorocha who briefed state house correspondents on the outcome of the meeting on wednesday night said president buhari means well and he is willing to fight corruption and you all know if you are fighting corruption it will fight back1 president muhammadu buhari and his embattled all progressives congress apc have met to brainstorm on the gale of defections and to assess the fortunes of the party1 senate president bukola saraki and his supporters including governors of kwara sokoto and benue as well as some senators and members of house of representatives have returned to their old party pdp1 they claimed they were marginalised in apc and that they wanted a haven for their comfort1 the apc deliberated on the defections on wednesday at that high level meeting with president muhamamadu buhari1 two of our colleagues left our party. this is politics it is unfortunate that they have to go the chairman of apc governors forum and imo state governor rochas okorocha said on wednesday1 we have 22 states 53 senators now. nobody is leaving the party anymore. those who have left we are aware that they will leave long ago1 okorocha has assured the nation that no governor will defect from the party anymore1 in what is similar to political re-alignment in 2014 some key political gladiators that defected from then ruling peoples democratic party pdp have again taken their exit from apc1 this is whats happening he said1 the apc national chairman adams oshiohmole who also spoke on the outcome of the meeting said the governors were on a solidarity visit to president buhari1 those governors that attended the meeting included gov. abubakar badaru of jigawa gov. akinwunmi ambode of lagos state and gov. yahaya bello of kogi1 others were gov. jubril bindow of adamawa gov. kashim shettima of borno gov. atiku bagudu of kebbi and gov. abiola ajimobi of oyo state1 also at the meeting were ogun state governor ibikunle amosun gov. simon lalong of plateau gov. rochas okorocha of imogov. abdullahi ganduje of kano state and niger state governor sani bello1 gov. nasir el-rufai of kaduna state gov. tanko almakura of nasarawa gov. godwin obaseki of edo and osun deputy governor grace laoye-tomori were also in attendance1 however gov. abdulaziz yari of zamfara who is the current chairman of the governors forum as well as governors of bauchi and yobe states were absent at the meeting.nan1