PDP sets up committee to investigate members over NASS elections (Punch)

The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it has set up a committee to investigate the conduct of its lawmakers in the National Assembly elections.

The party had directed its members to vote Ali Ndume, as the Senate President and  Umar Bargo as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

But the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ahmed Lawan, emerged as the Senate President while another APC anointed candidate, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, emerged as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, after the ‘PDP 86th National Executive Committee’ meeting in Abuja, told journalists that the PDP would investigate what happened. Read more