The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday merged with over 30 other political parties in a bid to defeat the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 presidential election.
According to ChannelsTV, the alliance also announced a new name, Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), after a meeting held at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The announcement followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari by the leaders of the merging parties.
Part of the agreement of the MoU is to mobilise support for consensus candidates at the centre, states, and the Legislative arm of government.
Those in attendance include leaders of President Olusegun Obasanjo-backed African Democratic Congress, Social Democratic Party of Nigeria, National Conscience Party, Labour Party, and a host of other newly registered parties.
Others are PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Former Senate President David Mark, and, R-APC Chairman Buba Galadima, and some aggrieved APC members, who broke out of the ruling party to form the Reformed APC, including the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye.
