{"id":63172,"date":"2018-07-24T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63172"},"modified":"2018-07-24T18:00:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T17:00:02","slug":"defections-we-are-still-in-control-of-25-states-apc-assures-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/defections-we-are-still-in-control-of-25-states-apc-assures-members\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFECTIONS:\u00a0We Are Still In Control of 25 States, APC Assures Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>The All Progressives Congress has\u00a0assured its members and supporters that it will continue to consolidate on its majority status ahead of the 2019 general elections in spite of the defection of some members.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The party gave the assurance in a statement by Malam Bolaji Abudullahi, its National Publicity Secretary\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1886037622\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It stated that the APC-led Federal Government would continue to work hard to deliver on its campaign promises to Nigerians.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It added that \u201cthe APC notes the development in the National Assembly, with the defection of some members to other parties.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn the last couple of weeks, our party leaders worked to stave off this situation as responsible party leaders would do, but the individuals involved have different considerations beyond the grievances that they were willing to discuss, and which our leaders were willing to address.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs a truly democratic party, however, APC respects the rights of every citizen to political association.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It, therefore, urged its members to remain calm as it continued to work to position the party for the next general elections.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It stated that APC remained in firm control of 25 states of the 36 states of the federation and maintained\u00a0clear majority in Federal House of Representatives and state assemblies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1886037623\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, announced the defection of 15 \u00a0APC senators from the party.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(NAN)<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress has\u00a0assured its members and supporters that it will continue to consolidate on its majority status ahead of the 2019 general elections in spite of the defection&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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