A meeting between the seven governors of the Baraje-led new
Peoples Democratic
Party faction, and members of the
House of Representatives has ended after fighting broke out.
The governors, alongside the chairman of the faction, Abubakar Baraje, met first with Senate President, David Mark.
A follow up meeting at the House of
Representatives with Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, and members of the House, degenerated into chaos with supporters
of the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP jeering at remarks made by Mr Baraje.
The chaos soon escalated after two
members, Dagogo Peterside and Henry Ofongo, from Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively, went up against each other.
Mr. Baraje told Mr. Mark that President Goodluck Jonathan must give up his ambition for a new term
More to follow…
It would be noted that the leadership of the faction and its seven governors on the night of September 16, 2013, held a strategy meeting where they
reviewed the outcome of Sunday's
meeting between the 'rebel' governors and the President.
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