APGA Lawmakers Deny Being Courted By PDP To Break APC Dominance Of House Of Reps‏

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Moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
to break the dominance of All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the House of
Representatives suffered a huge blow as the
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
members of the lower chamber have
declared they are not joining the PDP.
Following the defection of 37 PDP members of
the House of Representatives to the APC in
December, the ruling party has been making
frantic efforts to ensure that it regains total
control of the House which is now dominated
by the opposition with 172 members; five
more than the number of PDP rep members.
Consequently, the PDP moved to woo
members of the Labour Party and APGA to
join its fold in order to regain its position as
the majority party in the House.
Confirming the development, one of the
leaders of the APGA caucus in the House, Rep
Victor Ogene (APGA, Anambra) yesterday said
that the five APGA members in the House are
not ready to shift platforms “for any amount”
with a view to tilting the majority of the
lawmakers to one political party.
“All I know is that the five APGA members in
the House of Representatives are from
Anambra State and besides being from
Anambra state; we represent a political
movement that represent the consciousness
of the Igbo nation. So we can’t sell our
platform for any amount,” he said.
Rep Ogene, who is the deputy spokesperson
of the House, however, dispelled the rumor
making the rounds that PDP is trying to woo
the APGA members, saying “I have not met
anybody since the 21st of December, when
we vacated for holiday”.
He added, “Nobody woos anybody to join a
political party. Even the members who went
to APC, APC did not woo them. Out of their
own political calculation, they decided that at
that point in time to join APC. So for us we
are comfortable in where we are and nobody
can try to woo us”.
Rep Ogene, however, expressed the
readiness of his fellow APGA colleagues to
support any decision by any party in the
chamber “depending [on] the circumstance,
we might offer support in taking decision, but
in terms of moving the entire structure to
another party, that is not in our plan”, he
averred.