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PDP leads CUPP Alliance to battle APC in 2019 elections
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in an imitation of the formation of the all progressives congress in 2014 the opposition peoples democratic party pdp today cobbled up together a loose alliance of about 30 political associations in readiness for the 2019 elections2 the new group a replay of the alliance that toppled the jonathan administration was christened coalition of united political parties cupp at a meeting at the shehu musa yaradua centre in abuja on monday2 it was not clear whether they were going to seek inec registration to run on the cupp platform as the alliance of acn cpc and anpp did in 20142 however the collaborating partiessigned a memorandum of understanding mou with the aims of defeating president muhammadu buharis all progressives congress apc at the centre states and the legislature2 pdp national chairman uche secondus former vice president atiku abubakarformer senate president david mark and chairman of the so-called r-apc buba galadima were also present at the meeting2 leaders of president olusegun obasanjo-backed african democratic congress adc social democratic party of nigeria sdp national conscience party ncp labour party and a host of other newly registered parties were in attendance2 that the new group was the brainchild of the pdp was not in doubt as the party summoned all its presidential aspirants former ministers and legislators to attend what it called a crucial meeting at the shehu musa yaradua centre in abuja2 -
PDP leads CUPP Alliance to battle APC in 2019 elections
News & Trends •
in an imitation of the formation of the all progressives congress in 2014 the opposition peoples democratic party pdp today cobbled up together a loose alliance of about 30 political associations in readiness for the 2019 elections2 the new group a replay of the alliance that toppled the jonathan administration was christened coalition of united political parties cupp at a meeting at the shehu musa yaradua centre in abuja on monday2 it was not clear whether they were going to seek inec registration to run on the cupp platform as the alliance of acn cpc and anpp did in 20142 however the collaborating partiessigned a memorandum of understanding mou with the aims of defeating president muhammadu buharis all progressives congress apc at the centre states and the legislature2 pdp national chairman uche secondus former vice president atiku abubakarformer senate president david mark and chairman of the so-called r-apc buba galadima were also present at the meeting2 leaders of president olusegun obasanjo-backed african democratic congress adc social democratic party of nigeria sdp national conscience party ncp labour party and a host of other newly registered parties were in attendance2 that the new group was the brainchild of the pdp was not in doubt as the party summoned all its presidential aspirants former ministers and legislators to attend what it called a crucial meeting at the shehu musa yaradua centre in abuja2