Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that, a section of opposition political parties would soon merge with the ruling party. Ganduje disclosed this to reporters at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, assuring that a blue-print to achieve the objective would soon be developed.
Ganduje added that, the Minister-designate and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike “will certainly improve the chances of this our party, especially in 2027 and not only that, we are coming out with a new blueprint to increase the followership of the party and this we include all strata of officials; those who are in APC and those who are in other political parties.
“I assure you very soon some of the political parties will even merge with the APC. We are doing that underground.”
A Minister-designate and former Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong justified the decision to pick Ganduje as the National Chairman of the party in spite of protestations by some members of the party.
He noted that “As the National Chairman, Ganduje was Governor, as the matter of fact when we look at his antecedents we always say he is the longest experienced politician that we have within us. Because he is somebody who was very long in Civil Service, he became Permanent Secretary, Commissioner, longest serving Deputy Governor and became Governor.
