Breaking: Saraki dumps APC, Gov. Ahmed defects to PDP
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bukola saraki @bukolasaraki8 the party appointed a caretaker committee to take control of the party affairs. the party hinged its action on the partys constitution2 both senior members of the ruling party had been accused of disloyalty and anti-party activities the latest of which was the joint statement issued by the duo accusing president muhammadu buhari of masterminding the political crisis in benue state2 on monday the national working committee of the apc stripped saraki and governor ahmed of the control of the partys structure in the state by dissolving the executives from the ward to the state level an indication that the party was finished with them2 the president of the senate dr bukola saraki has officially quit the all progressives congress apc. this coincided with a similar action by governor abdulfattah ahmed of kwara state who also announced that he was leaving the party for the peoples democratic party1 saraki was however silent on joining any other party1 meanwhile governor ahmed also declared his decision to dump the apc for the peoples democratic party pdp1 in a tweet on his twitter handle @bukolasaraki saraki announced that he had decided to take leave of the apc1 following consultations and in response to calls by major stakeholders in the state i have moved to the pdp as apc can no longer serve as a platform for achieving the aspirations and expectations of my people1 alh abdulfatah ahmed @abdulfataahmed1 the departure of the duo came as an anti-climax as it was long expected since the duo had openly romanced with the opposition peoples democratic party in recent months1 sarakis resignation also came amidst expectations that the apc would formally expel him and speaker yakubu dogara from the party1 he wrote i wish to inform nigerians that after extensive consultations i have decided to take my leave of the all progressives congress apc1 i wish to inform nigerians that after extensive consultations i have decided to take my leave of the all progressives congress apc1 ahmed in a a tweet on his twitter handle @abdulfataahmed said following consultations and in response to calls by major stakeholders in the state i have moved to the pdp as apc can no longer serve as a platform for achieving the aspirations and expectations of my people1

Breaking: Saraki announces exit from APC
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both senior members of the ruling party had been accused of disloyalty and anti-party activities the latest of which was the joint statement issued by the duo accusing president muhammadu buhari of masterminding the political crisis in benue state2 on monday the national working committee of the apc stripped saraki and governor ahmed of the control of the partys structure in the state by dissolving the executives from the ward to the state level an indication that the party was finished with them2 the party appointed a caretaker committee to take control of the party affairs. the party hinged its action on the partys constitution2 senate president bukola saraki finally bowed out of the all progressives congress on tuesday after weeks of speculations and expectations1 i wish to inform nigerians that after extensive consultations i have decided to take my leave of the all progressives congress apc saraki said on his twitter feed1 abdulfattah ahmed governor of kwara state and sarakis protege also declared his exit from the apc simultaneously with his boss1 sarakis exit from the party was an anti-climax as he had openly romanced with the opposition peoples democratic party of which he was a member until 20141 the resignation also came amidst expectations that the apc would formally expel him and speaker yakubu dogara from the party1