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Members of the PDP in the National Assembly on Thursday night exchanged blows at the residence of Senator Godswill Akpabio in Abuja over the choice of the party's next national chairman, The Nation reports.
Akpabio had convened a session on how to keep the party united and ensure a rancour-free convention. The session was also meant to allow the National Assembly Caucus to interact with all the aspirants of the party.
“We were barely settling down for the session when some members of the House of Representatives raised issues concerning some aspirants for the office of the National Chairman and others disagreed", someone at the meeting said.
“The development led to shouting match and fisticuffs among some Senators and members of the House of Representatives", the person added.
Another person present at the meeting added:
“The meeting ended abruptly when some lawmakers started exchanging blows over who should lead the party.
“I think the clash was a carry-over of some political misunderstanding among some members of the National Assembly in some states over the choice of chairman for PDP. But we all bore the brunt of the fisticuffs.”
Akpabio had convened a session on how to keep the party united and ensure a rancour-free convention. The session was also meant to allow the National Assembly Caucus to interact with all the aspirants of the party.
“We were barely settling down for the session when some members of the House of Representatives raised issues concerning some aspirants for the office of the National Chairman and others disagreed", someone at the meeting said.
“The development led to shouting match and fisticuffs among some Senators and members of the House of Representatives", the person added.
Another person present at the meeting added:
“The meeting ended abruptly when some lawmakers started exchanging blows over who should lead the party.
“I think the clash was a carry-over of some political misunderstanding among some members of the National Assembly in some states over the choice of chairman for PDP. But we all bore the brunt of the fisticuffs.”
