DPP set to collapse into APC

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Worried by its poor financial status, the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) has started moves to collapse its structures into the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 The national leadership of the party is also considering the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a second option.

The National Chairman, Bashir Magashi (rtd), spoke yesterday when delivering his address at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party.

Also at the meeting was the former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister and DPP National Leader, Lt. General Jeremiah Useni.

He said the move became necessary, considering the poor financial status of the party.

Magashi said since the disbursement of funds in 2006 to state branches of DPP to rent and furnish secretariats, the party had been unable to release funds because of what he called "scarcity of resources."

This, he said, was compounded by the fact that the party had no elected representative at the state or national level.

The national chairman urged the Federal Government to use its resources to crush the insurgents and restore peace, adding: "Nigeria is witnessing a high level of insecurity, the type that has not been seen since the civil war. Insecurity is so central to people's existence that it cannot afford to be taken for granted. Efforts should be intensified towards securing the life and property of everybody.

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