Mass Defection: Aggrieved APC Senators Meet With Buhari In Abuja

Some aggrieved Senators on the platform of the All Progressives Congress had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Senators, about 22 of them, had pledged to defect from the party because of the outcome of primaries in their state ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Leader of the delegation, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, said the lawmakers felt disenfranchised by the process.

Speaking at the meeting, President Buhari encouraged the Senators to exercise restraint in their decision to defect from the party.

A lot of APC lawmakers have defected recently.

President Buhari said the defections were a threat to the APC’s majority in the National Assembly.

After the meeting, Kalu said the aggrieved Senators would no longer pursue defection from the APC.

“Earlier this afternoon, I led the 22 aggrieved Senators and members of the All Progressive Congress to President Muhammad Buhari, GCFR,” Kalu said in a statement.

“Our meeting with Mr President was successful and the issue of decamping from our party has been laid to rest.”