Another major political alliance emerged in the House of Representatives last Thursday, about two weeks after members-elect on the platform of minority parties formed a coalition against the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The development divided the PDP caucus in the House, according to findings by one of our correspondents last Friday.
Members of the PDP, which is the majority among the minority parties with elected members for the 10th House of Representatives, are now at daggers drawn over the alliance between members of the opposition party and the APC.
Members-elect on the opposition side, some of whom were ranking PDP lawmakers, had met in Abuja, where they considered using their numbers as a bargaining power in their negotiations with the members seeking to be Speaker of the House.
The members-elect unanimously adopted the slogan, ‘10th Assembly: Greater Majority,’ at the meeting.
However, the APC-PDP alliance led by the member representing Akko Federal Constituency, Usman Kumo; and his Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency counterpart, Kingsley Chinda, which emerged on Thursday, adopted ‘Joint Task – 10th Assembly’.