Rebel Governors leave Nigerian Ruling Party for Opposition Tuesday Nov 26,2013
Rebel Governors who defected from
Nigeria's Ruling Party -People's Democratic Party(PDP) merged their splinter group with the main
opposition party -All Progressives
Congress (APC) on Tuesday Nov 26,2013 eroding the power base President
Goodluck Jonathan would need for re-election
Seven governors from Jonathan's party have defected, the
most explicit internal threat to his assumed plan to run in
elections in early 2015. However, some were due to leave office
or represented states that Jonathan was unlikely to win
The seven governors and ex-presidential hopeful Atiku
Abubakar formed the splinter group opposed to Jonathan in
August 2013
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