{"id":172170,"date":"2025-08-01T22:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-has-been-bought-by-apc-dino-melaye"},"modified":"2025-08-01T23:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:08:19","slug":"pdp-has-been-bought-by-apc-dino-melaye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-has-been-bought-by-apc-dino-melaye","title":{"rendered":"PDP has been bought by APC \u2013 Dino Melaye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been \u201cpurchased\u201d by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Melaye made the allegation while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday night, a day after submitting his resignation letter to PDP.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the opposition party receives dates for its National Executive Committee, NEC, meetings directly from the Presidential Villa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPDP has been purchased by the APC. The PDP is a parastatal of the APC. In fact, they take dates for NEC meetings and NWC from Aso Villa. Look at these PDP governors, are they acting as opposition? And you know how powerful governors are,\u201d Melaye said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been \u201cpurchased\u201d by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Melaye made the allegation while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday night, a day after submitting his resignation letter to PDP. 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