NIGERIA: PDP finally breaks up, as PMP emerges

The leadership crisis rocking the major opposition party in Nigeria took another dimension today, as disgruntled members of the Peoples Democratic Party formed a new party known as the Peoples Mega Party (PMP).

According to reports in Daily Trust, a faction of the PDP in collaboration with like minds in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) formed a new party known as the Peoples Mega Party (PMP). The new party adopted human picture as its logo while its slogan will be 'Forward Nigeria.'

It was reported that Chief Perry Opara led the PDP faction to the maiden meeting, while Chief John Agbara, led the APGA faction.

Agbara, who spoke at the NEC meeting, said: “after a wide consultation, we have decided to collapse the structure of APGA to PMP today. We are today full members of ‎the PMP.”

Opara who also address a crowd of supporters was qouted as saying, “It does not mean that it is only people from the PDP, we have APGA chairmen from many states of Nigeria identifying with the new party, people from Labour Party (LP) and the Accord Party (AP). There are also disenchanted people from the APC that feel that they want a new place and that is what it is. Today marks the birth of this new party,”