PDP crisis, as Northwestern Senators threaten to leave

Treats has befallen the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, with about 11 senators ready to leave the party with them saying there is an existence of high handedness in the party.

Senate Chamber

Following moves by governors of the party to scheme them out of the automatic tickets promised them by President Goodluck Jonathan.The Senators last week, embarked on work to rule, with sympathy from their colleagues from other zones and political parties, following the outcome of the ward congresses of November 1, where the governors had the upper hand.
According to the resulting actions of the meeting with the presence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, national chairman of the party and not leaving out David Mark, the Senate President, who led other senators involved agreed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to return to office at least two senators per state.
Sources at the National Assembly confirmed on Wednesday that the governors of the PDP held a meeting with President Jonathan after his formal declaration on Tuesday and that the governors at the meeting argued that the president should take another look at the issue of automatic tickets to senators. The source said the governors insisted that instead of granting 40 automatic tickets to senators, the governors should be allowed to take up the issue and review it on a state-by-state basis.