Nigeria: DPP Splits, Faction Joins APC

Abuja — The crisis of confidence brewing in the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), has blown open as a faction of the party opposed to the ongoing opposition parties' merger negotiations boycotted a special national convention held to ratify the party's membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

At the Tuesday national convention, some prominent leaders of DPP, including, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), General Jerry Useni (rtd), former governorship candidate of DPP in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, and Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd) were absent.

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