{"id":58779,"date":"2022-02-03T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=58779"},"modified":"2022-02-03T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:17:48","slug":"senate-minority-leader-bwacha-dumps-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/senate-minority-leader-bwacha-dumps-pdp","title":{"rendered":"Senate Minority Leader, Bwacha dumps PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>The Lawmaker representing the Taraba South Senatorial District at the upper chamber was officially received into the party by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Personal Assistant to President Buhari on Digital and New Media made this known in a tweet on his official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>Details shortly\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). The Lawmaker representing the Taraba South Senatorial District at the upper chamber was officially received into the party by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. 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