Nigeria: PDM Not Meant to Be a Political Party - - Yahaya Kwande

18 August 2013

Jos — Amidst public impression that the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) was registered as a political party to provide an alternative party for former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, an associate of Atiku says the PDM was never intended to be turned into a party.

When the news broke last Friday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had registered the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) as a political party, many in the public began to make calculations on how it would fair and what it would mean to the strength of other parties.

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