NASS elections: PDP to sniff out snitches

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP on Thursday said it has set up a committee to investigate the conduct of its lawmakers in the National Assembly elections.

The party had directed its members to vote Ali Ndume, as the Senate President and  Umar Bago as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

But the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ahmed Lawan, emerged as the Senate President while another APC anointed candidate,  Femi Gbajabiamila, emerged as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Read also: Why Nigeria deserves its kind of Leaders

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, after the ‘PDP 86th National Executive Committee’ meeting in Abuja, told journalists that the PDP would investigate what happened.

He stated that the party had already set up a committee to probe NASS elections as it related to the party.

He, however, declined to name members of the committee