The new faction is named Reformed-APC (R-APC) with Buba Galadima appointed as the Chairman. The new faction is made up of aggrieved members of the APC, mostly from the National Assembly. Briefing journalists after their meeting at the Sheraton Hotels in Abuja this evening, the chairman, Galadima, said the new faction was formed due to the failure of the APC. They described APC as “severely underperforming and unable to meet its potentials for good governance.” During the Nigerian Fourth Republic , established in May 1999, Galadima became a chieftain of the leading opposition party, the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). In June 2002 Galadima was interviewed on a proposal by President Olusegun Obasanjo to restructure local governments in the country. He expressed his party's opposition to the move. He said that Obasanjo, "the usurper president of this country", was trying to sneak in the changes surreptitiously, giving state governors the right...
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