APGA, Labour Party Protest Exclusion From Buhari’s Meeting With Political Parties

Some other opposition parties in the country have protested their exclusion from the meeting President Muhammadu Buhari held with leaders of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance party (APDA) said it was wrong for the Presidency to limit the invite to just two parties.

Tosin Adeyanju, Special Adviser to the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Mohammed Shittu, said the President has given an impression that there are only two political parties in the country.

He added, “We were surprised that there were just two political parties at the meeting. There are more than 40 political parties in Nigeria, why would the Presidency invite just two political parties to a meeting? We hope that they would find time to correct the error.”

The Labour Party in its response said there was no difference between the APC and PDP.

National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdulkadir Salam said meeting with only two parties was ‘immaterial’.

He said, “We won’t beg them to invite us to the meeting. Anyway, what’s the difference between the APC and the PDP? They are children of the same mother and father”.