Oshiomhole initiates peace talks with aggrieved party members (Vanguard)

New National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has initiated talks with all aggrieved elements in the party towards aborting plans by the dissenting tendencies to leave the party, sources close to the leadership have affirmed. The sources said tomorrow’s inaugural meeting of the new National Working Committee, NWC, would be devoted towards fashioning a peace template to resolve the crisis in the party. Even more, towards actualising his plans to consolidate the party in his South-South base, it was learnt that Oshiomhole may have perfected a deal to bring in a former governor of Delta State into the party. However, before he could even present his peace plans, one of the founding fathers of the party and pioneer chairman of the party in Kaduna State, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, yesterday, defected from the party. Read more