Wow, so many APC members have defected to PDP just today alone.
If Mynd44 or Lalasticlala should move all the threads created today reporting defections from APC to PDP to the front page, there won't be any space left for other topics. It's that bad!
A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Daniel Bwala, has defected to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
Mr Bwala announced his defection via his Twitter account on Friday. According to him, the PDP presents a clearer vision for Nigeria and is the only party that has realistic chances of wrestling power from the APC.
Mr Bwala, who served as a special adviser on legal matters to the Deputy Senate president, recently announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in protest of the decision of the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, to fly a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 elections.
His defection to the opposition party comes barely two days after the minority leader of the house representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, led a delegation of opposition lawmakers to woo the legal practitioner.
Mr Elumelu during the visit said, “We watched you with admiration when you stood out, from all of them to say, listen, you believe in the sanctity and unity of this country and you believe that nobody should be shut out by any means, and the party that you joined in building, you decided to leave the party, which is APC, on principle”.
The tweet reads, “Today I officially joined @OfficialPDPNig for the following reasons; 1.PDP presents a clear vision for one Nigeria 2. PDP is the party with the realistic chance of defeating APC 3. Atiku is the only candidate with superior experience to lead Nigeria out of the woods.”
Some thugs have invaded St. Bridget Catholic Church ljesha, Surulere Lagos, and catered away machines of INEC officials carrying out PVC registration.
The Parish Priest of the church as at the time of filling this report, has locked up the church, when people scampered for safety.
A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that the thugs invaded the venue, saying they wouldn’t be allowed to register because they won’t vote for their (thugs) candidate.
He they destroyed INEC materials and carted away some registration items.
He added that the police have been mobilised to the area to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has received into the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Hon. Dahiru Maishanu Yabo.
This was disclosed by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Tambuwal in a statement issued on Friday.
According to the statement, Yabo, a former Commissioner for Information, as well as Solid Minerals in the State, was received by the Governor, his Deputy, Manir Muhammmad Dan Iya, as well as the State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Muhammad among other government officials at Government House, Sokoto on Thursday.
The new entrant, while giving reasons for his defection, claimed that his former party lacked internal democracy and was full of favoritism and bootlicking.
“The APC in Sokoto has formed a cabal of which you must be a member in order to have anything to do with the party or to be involved in the progress of the nation or the State”, Yabo said.
He, however, said now that he had switched allegiances, “by the grace of God, we’re going to support Team Tambuwal, the PDP governorship candidate in the State and all other candidates in the State under the PDP and even beyond, at the Presidency.”
Yabo, who was a founding member of the APC and member of the defunct ‘Amaechi for President’ campaign team, pledged to unveil his status and followership in his constituency within a fortnight.
Wind of defection has blown in All Progressives Congress (APC), Kebbi State chapter, as two former Deputy Governors of the state, former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and two former Special Advisers defected to People’s Democratic party (PDP).
The event which took place at the PDP State Secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital on Monday featured the exit of Bello Dan-Tanin and Ibrahim K-Aliyu, former deputy governors and Abubakar Umar, former SSG alongside thousands of their supporters.
The official declaration also witnessed defection of two former special advisers; Shehu Na-Tsoffi and Garba Hassan and duo were all former Council Chairmen of Yauri and Ngaski Local Government respectively.
In a similar vein, the PDP State Headquarters had received from APC, Zonal Vice Chairman South, Atiku Alaramma, Zonal Women Leader, North, Talatu Ba’ara, Zonal PRP leader, South, Abubakar Maigandi and the State Organising Secretary, Abdullahi Mai-Unguwa.
Other prominent members of the APC who defected Included; Mai-Unguwa Yarbesse, Shehu Aliyu-Yauri, Hassan Bagaruwa, Yunusa Dantanin yellow, Barau Ngaski, Gimbiya Dada among others.
In their separate remarks, the defecting members said they left APC due to lost confidence in the party at both state and central levels, adding that the party failed in its responsibilities to carry all bonafide members along.
They explained that they could no longer stay in a party they have no trust on, hence the need for them and thousands of supporters to settle for another party they trust.
Receiving the defectors, the Kebbi State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Usman Bello-Suru assured them of equal treatment in the party, adding that both new and old members would have equal opportunity.
Angry Youths in Kastina State have beat up Buhari Supporter who says Buhari have done well on Security.
Forget about Twitter, be cautious how you defend Buhari offline in public spaces, esp in the North. Them talk say person chop beaten in Katsina for saying Buhari has done enough in security. Twitter police won’t help u o. Don’t say i no warn you.��
I will not contradict @atiku on what he said. He is my candidate and I am behind him. Whatever happened in the course of the primaries and nomination of the Presidential running mate is now a thing of the past. PDP is a family, and we will always settle our matters in-house.
“I think the governor is right on the mark. We have to thank God that eventually the long period of the struggle in terms of uncertainties of governance has come to an end. The governor is committed, focused and determined and he also carries a large segment of the entire population with him. He has a plan, he has the will to see it through, and, God willing, he will be able to do so”.
That vintage Prof Chukwuma Soludo, former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and now governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra state February 6, 2010 governorship election giving his candid opinion on Governor Peter Obi’s administration in Anambra state before he joined the fray.
This simply signifies why after a painstaking search and assessment of the public perception of the Governors in the 36 states of the Federation over the period of one year, Governor Obi stood head higher than other governors to attract the award of the Most Trustworthy Governor in Nigeria in 2009 from Champion Newspapers Limited.
For the period between January and December 2009, the Board of Editors of Champion Newspapers painstakingly and thoroughly screened for the Most Trustworthy Governor.
Their criteria, according to the Managing Director/Editor in Chief of Champion Newspapers , Mr Ugo Onuoha, were but not limited to assessment of the public perception of the Governors of the 36 states of the Federation during the period under review.
The approach included collation, distillation and evaluation of reports in newspapers, magazines , radio and television stations as well as wire services over the period; analysis of public statements/comments of high networth individuals/ institutions concerning the various governors and governance ; observed prudence in the handling of public funds and the public temperament of the governors; the noticeable disposition of governors to interact and mix freely with the people they are governing and break down of the walls of isolation.
Champion Newspapers criteria also read that the commitment to transform their areas of jurisdiction and improve the lives of the people and openness, transparency and willingness to account to the people in the conduct of public or government affairs were considered.
Onuoha said in their wisdom during the judgment, the Board of Editors considered Obi to have excelled in these criteria in 2009. The Board also admitted that Obi, the Anambra state Governor is head and shoulders above his peers.
Apart from the Champion Award, Gov. Obi had last week also garnered outstanding awards including the Best Governor in Integrated Development 2009 by the Sun Newspapers which also gave him the Man of the Year award in 2007.
ThisDay Newspapers, on its own bestowed him with the Best Governor in Fiscal Management in Nigeria 2008 award. Awards have been coming and coming but because Obi is not a man interested in appellations and appendages, he did not accept all the awards that came his way. He believes in action hence the former Finance Minister and now World Bank Managing Director, Dr (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had described Obi as the most financial prudent governor in Nigeria.
Okonjo-Iweala, who was Nigeria’s finance minister had said: “Obi is the most fiscally responsible governor in Nigeria. I discovered him when I was the finance minister. Then, my policy is that those who are fiscally responsible I would work with them’’.
Even the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra state chapter led by Comrade Tochukwu Udoji has chosen Governor Obi as the NUJ Man of the Year 2009. Its criteria were tough but Obi scaled through and would be bestowed with the award tomorrow.
Obi has surmounted many odds to remain as number one citizen in Anambra state. He has demonstrated true service to his people of not only Anambra state but Igbo nation as the Chairman of Governors Forum in the South East.
Obi’s aggressive development of the state has compelled the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Board of Trustees Chairman and Leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, to appeal to the people of Anambra state to vote for Governor Obi. He said a vote for Governor Obi for a second term in office is a vote to consolidate his achievements.
Obi had distributed over 150 units of 30 KVA generators to Anambra state secondary schools and 50 Internet ready laptops each to over 110 schools, which is the first of its kind in any state in Nigeria.
It was noted that Obi has built over 420 kilometres of roads in the state including building bridges in the state that collapsed during the civil war.
For that, the National Chairman of APGA, Sir Victor Umeh re-echoed the need for Anambra people to shun politics of desperation by people who have destroyed the collective heritage of Anambra people by voting for Governor Peter Obi on Saturday, February 6, 2010, to enable the party consolidate its development strides. He said Obi, their candidate has done well for the people of Anambra state. He expressed optimism that Obi would win a free and fair poll and break the jinx of re-election by becoming the first Anambra state governor to be elected for a second term.
At the launch of Internet connectivity for the 110 secondary schools for a start by the Galaxy Backbone at the Government Lodge, Awka, the Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone Plc, Mr. Gerald Ilukwe had said he was happy to be associated with the giant strides of Gov. Obi in all sectors, particularly in his attention to the development of education.
He said that the gesture meant that Obi understood the place of education in development. He also said what the governor was doing is in line with the global requirements of building human infrastructure.
The Managing Director, who noted that the schools involved are 110 for the first phase, said that they would also provide facilities for video conferencing. Also speaking, the Head of Education Development of Galaxy Backbone, Mr. Yusuf Kadiri, said that with the connection of 110 schools to the Internet would make Anambra the state with the largest Internet connectivity in Nigeria.
He said the strides in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) were in line with Vision 2020 and the Millennium Development Goals that placed development of human capital as one of the priorities.
Recalling the efforts and successes in the education sector, Gov. Obi said that Anambra came first in the South East in education development and the fourth in the country for which, according to him, it won a prize money of N100 million from Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The governor recalled that part of the money is what the government has committed to improving infrastructure in schools. The governor said in two weeks’ time, all the schools in the state would receive buses.
He also recalled that the state government has started the construction of 4,000 classroom blocks in addition to the supply of 108 units of 30 KVA generators to the schools. He also said that the state had started taking delivery of computers for the Microsoft Centres for 100 schools.
Interestingly, all the people toured the state have always maintained that Obi administration is unrivalled in performance and that his development mantra found in ANIDS-(Anambra State Integrated Development Strategy) is working.
Anambra state under Obi has donated five Armoured Personnel Carriers to the Police, over 100 patrol vehicles and over N15 million monthly subventions. The government has also rehabilitated the Central Police station, Awka, and provided it with borehole.
The state has also built or renovated barracks at Okija, Ojoto, Nnewi (CPS), SARS (Nnewi), Otolo, Abagana, 33 (Onitsha), Rank and File Barracks at Nnewi among others. Other security agencies have also received his attention in one way or the other.
Some international organizations in the country are now doing business with state government just as it has gained their confidence. For instance, the European Union recently rated Anambra best in the implementation of its programmes in Nigeria.
Obi’s vision and mission for the state is to stop all capital flight and create employment for the people as well as to make Onitsha very attractive for investors from all over the world by providing infrastructure needed for good business. Onitsha today has over 30 township roads tarred and reconstructed by Governor Obi among other physical infrastructure. An ICT centre, already in use in the Onitsha, is being expanded to empower more youth.
Work is to commence soon at the site of the N20 billion Anambra state Mixed Development Center in Onitsha which, when completed, would drive the economy of the state. Two South African companies, Shoprite and Protea Hotel, have already bought spaces in the Mixed Development Center located on the over 15 hectares of land in the city centre.
Apostolic Nuncio to Central Africa and the Republic of Chad, Most Reverend Dr. Jude Okolo, had said that Anambra state represented good governance and people oriented leadership. Many others given similar testimonies.
For the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Obi provided equipment needed for monitoring and surveillance, for evacuation and relief delivery to the door steps of emergency victims. He has provided facilities worth several millions of naira to the agency with a state of the art emergency building complex at Awka almost completed.
Governor Obi has reinvented the state’s owned Transport Corporation (TRACAS) with some new range of 40 vehicles. This is in addition to another set of 120 taxi cabs for inter-city routes . It has never happened since the creation of the state in 1991. Thousands of motorcycle helmets have also been distributed free of cost to commercial motorcyclists in the state.
He has chosen to rehabilitate one school in each of the 177 communities, standardize all the General Hospitals and to build five new ones to enable the state attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDSs) by 2015.
Obi must have completed over 600 kilometers of roads before the end of his first term. He became the first governor to do a road project in Anambra West through Umueze-Anam-Mmiata road, where he has to sandfill the land.
The Obi administration has given life to the Anambra state College of Agriculture at Mgbakwu that was almost dead. Today, the college has ten buildings under construction while accreditation is in progress.
Now, a permanent site for the Anambra State University is being developed at Igbariam, while the state College of Education has been transformed, with every department having a feel of due supply of manpower and other resources, including laboratories, books and computers.
More than 150 boreholes have been sunk in communities, schools and other places by the administration while the 165 meter Odor bridge is under construction. Over N100 million faith-based microfinance scheme for rural women and children has also been floated.
Primate, Church of Nigeria , Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Peter Akinola has since endorsed Obi for a second tenure. Akinola described Governor Peter Obi as a special gift from God to the people of Anambra state. He said Obi should be celebrated.
Similarly, the boss of Horizons, the biggest computer training firm in the world, Mr. Tim Akano, has commended the giant strides of Gov. Obi in information and computer technology, noting that Anambra was clearly the number one following the massive deployment of ICT in the schools.
On his own part, an official of Microsoft Computers, Mr. Ken Span, said it was wonderful to see a governor who is concerned about the future of the people of the state. Describing what he is doing in ICT as legendary, he said that Microsoft has offered the state software packages for the computers, including Windows 7, Office 2010 for free.
National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh in conclusion said he was happy that the governor had digitalized education and learning. He said that APGA would remain grateful and proud of having given Anambra state a governor that could be described as the best and who understand what development is.
Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.
He said with the new salary for the lecturers, they were now the highest paid workers in the state, with professors earning twice the salary of the deputy governor.
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has said the state government has fulfilled all terms of agreement reached with representatives of Academic and Non-Academic Staff Union of the state university during a stakeholders meeting with bishops and elders of the state in Onitsha last week.
Consequently, the governor expects the striking university workers to call off the strike and resume work.
But the striking lecturers rose from a meeting at Igbariam campus of the university yesterday and insisted on continuing with the strike because, according to a source at the meeting, government is yet to meet their conditions.
Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.
After the meeting of the governing council and ASUU at the weekend, it was thought that the strike would be called off this week, but it appeared there is still no hope for the university to reopen on November 22, 2010, as promised chairman of the governing council, Prof Elochukwu Amaucheazi.
Governor Obi, while speaking at Anambra State Youth Reorientation and Empowerment Programme for youths of Anambra South Senatorial Zone at Saint Cletus Catholic Church, Nnewi, said that based on the intervention of the elders of the state, his administration had fulfilled the terms of the agreement.
The programme was organized by the state government, in collaboration with Anambra Rebirth and Institute for National Transformation.
According to him, with what has been agreed upon, lecturers of the university will be earning 80% of what their counterparts in federal universities earn at present.
The governor said that during the meeting hosted by the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, the stakeholders requested all parties to make sacrifices to reach a compromise, explaining that the state government had fulfilled all terms requested by the stakeholders.
He said with the new salary for the lecturers, they were now the highest paid workers in the state, with professors earning twice the salary of the deputy governor.
He said, in spite the pressure from the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, no member of the State Executive Council was earning the salary recommended by the commission because of the lean resources of the state.
He also said that till date, states in the South West and South South, including Lagos and Rivers States, with their jumbo revenue, were not implementing the new salary structure.
Alhaji Atiku should stop insulting the North because of his selfish ambition!
A northern statesman, former VP, & a presidential aspirant going on TV to say that “90% of northerners are not on social media” in this technology age is only highlighting the state of underdevelopment in the north. It’s not something you proudly say on TV. But they love it
Atiku goofed big time with that statement
You can not be banking on illiteracy to win you elections
You don’t even need that for people to vote you especially after the 7/8 years of suffering under this APC led administration
The fake bishop stunt is an appalling preview of what a Tinubu presidency would be like.
Instead of addressing the concerns of non-muslims by promising them that key roles in his administration will be reserved for non-muslims, Tinubu's team went for a silly deceptive stunt.
'UnIslamic' - Muslims Blast Garba Adamu For Blaspheming Against Christianity
@AM_Saleeem
APC should better disassociate their party with Adamu Garba before he cost them a million votes. He’s authentic clout chaser with no remorse. He’s dangerous. He should apologize and delete that tweet. This isn’t what Islam preaches. Respect peoples beliefs and religion.
@Egi_nupe_
This is very disrespectful and you should be ashamed. You were here few months ago asking people to respect Islam but here’s you are making fun of other people’s faith and it’s for political reason? You’ve been so low in your character but this is the lowest. Islam forbids it too
You have a large following both online and offline. I wonder the kind of examples you are setting for your followers. Imagine it’s someone who did this nonsense, we know what could have happened by now. But here you are using other peoples faith to catch cruise.
@Waspapping_
If people disrespect Islam we’ll always be the first to speak out in anger
We should learn to respect other religious views even if we don’t agree with it
We can not stand any mockery on Islam , we shouldn’t mock other religions
@ArewaaConnect
So childish...
With this I doubt if you deserve to be a councillor talkless of President, as a Muslim you're never advice to mock other people's religion.
Tinubu chose a Muslim running mate to deceive us into dumping Atiku for him. He believes we‘ll rally round him once Christians start protesting. But ironically, Muslims are the ones protesting at APC secretariat. We‘ll help the Christians to protest cos we Muslims won‘t tolerate Christian-Christian ticket.
Religious crisis is something we don‘t want in Nigeria. Peace and unity, not division and war. An-Nisaa, Verse: “يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا (١٣٥)“ النساء ٤:١٣٥"
Justice and fairness over personal ambition. So no true Muslim will support Tinubu over his Muslim-Muslim ticket. As far as Arewa is concerned, Bola Tinubu is on his own.
My appeal to Christians is this: please, don‘t attack Muslims over this issue. We are not in support of it. Most of us are even protesting on your behalf cos we won‘t tolerate it if it was Chris-Christian ticket. BAT you're OYO
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, has denied reports suggesting that he supports the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the ruling party.
A statement titled, ‘APC’s Presidential Running Mate: The Position of Senator Bwacha’, signed by Bwacha’s Personal Assistant on Media and Strategy, Amb. Rikwense Muri, said religious diversity must be put into political calculations.
The statement reads in part: “Our attention has been drawn to an online newspaper publication where it was alleged that Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has endorsed Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for the APC claiming that our religious diversity does not matter in our political calculations.
“We want to make it clear that as a Christian politician from Northern Nigeria, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, CON does not support Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidency. He also doesn’t support Christian–Christian ticket for Taraba State gubernatorial election.
“This is because the Nigeria society and Taraba State has become used to inclusive style of government that give our religious diversity sense of belonging in the Government House or Presidential Villa. Changing this narrative in times like this when there is rising insecurity and religious suspicion may heat up the polity in some section of our psychologically divided society.”
Senator Bwacha, who represents Taraba South in the National Assembly, however, noted that the power of deciding who will be vice-presidential candidate or deputy gubernatorial candidate is the holder of the ticket.
“Whatever decision the candidate makes, he must know how best to convince the electorate in their diversity to support him at the poll. Winning elections in Nigeria today depends so much on the choice of the deputy.
“A decision Senator Bwacha want APC to think widely and inclusively so as to carry everyone along during the campaign train to victory,” the statement added.
LEADERSHIP reports that the APC national leadership has formaly unveiled the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have dumped the party for the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of next year’s general election.
The defectors were led by Hon. Bola Daramola from Opin ward of the local government council of the state.
Receiving the defectors at Isolo-opin on Thursday, the deputy governorship candidate of the PDP for next year’s general election, Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola, expressed confidence in the victory of the party.
Makanjuola assured them of justice, fairness and equity amongst members of the PDP and called on others who are yet to join to do so.
The former House of Representatives member, who described the event as ‘Operation Bring Back Our Members’, expressed delight that the returnees, led by Hon. Daramola, are former members of the PDP who had left the party as a result of one reason or the other.
Makanjuola therefore charged them to use their political weight to ensure victory for the party come 2023 and beyond.
He, however, appealed to both old and new members of the PDP in Kwara South and the state at large, to work together in peace and harmony and emphasized on the supremacy of party decisions.
He said: “We are here today to receive Hon. Bola Daramola and his team, who have decided to rejoin the PDP.
“We are here to make another history, the history of receiving our people, some of whom we laboured for this party together.
“It is welcome back home for these members sitting here today. They travelled somewhere and now they have returned to their abode where they are truly valued and appreciated.
“We are not here to campaign because we don’t want anybody to indict our party, we are here to harmoniously receive our people and to give assurances of a better treatment for all in PDP.
“I urge you all to work together for the peace, unity and progress of the party to harness victory in 2023.”
Responding, Daramola appreciated the party, especially Makanjuola, for the pivotal role he played to make the event a success.
He expressed his commitment and readiness to contribute his quota towards ensuring the party’s victory in the coming general election.
He urged his team to be alive to their responsibility and ensure they work tirelessly for the success of the party in their various units.
Speaking on behalf of the party executives and stakeholders, the Ekiti LGA PDP Chairman, Mr Felix Agbelusi Olushola, thanked Makanjuola for his leadership and urged the defectors to be dedicated to the party’s principles and ideals, saying the challenges ahead required more commitment and sacrifice.
He noted that the present mandate of Makanjuola, if elected into office, would help to accelerate the desired socio-economic development of the area with the support of his governor.
Air Vice Marshal Frank Ajobena (Retd), the first Military Administrator of Abia State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, has resigned from the party.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Ajobena, also a national caucus member of the APC described the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the party in respect of the 2023 election as “the highest level of insensitivity to the Christian faith in the country.”
He disclosed his exit from the APC in a statement on Tuesday, blaming it on the party’s presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu’s choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as running mate.
His statement reads in part: “Tinubu is not my enemy, I am not against him. But let’s call a spade a spade. It is not my character to be a double agent, I am not pretending; even though I like the APC, the right thing should be done.
“The decision could be described as one that portrays arrogance and total disrespect to us, Christians, in the APC.
“The latest development portrays us as a people who can easily be bought over with money. Such an action is a minus to our democratic system. In what capacity will I be serving in his campaign train? As a slave?
“A man must stand for something, else will fall for anything, hence, I am quitting”.
This newspaper had reported that a chieftain of the APC in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, left the party.
Princewill, an ally of the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said his exit from the APC was due to the decision of Tinubu to pick Shettima as his running mate.
Tinubu do not believe in one Nigeria. Meaning; The remaining peace and unity amongst Nigerians would be as stake once we vote Tinubu in power. Tribalism and religious crises will be in play.
90% APC and BAT supporters can’t enter a car from Kaduna to Abuja with Tinubu as a driver. I can cross my heart. But same people want him as a President. To drive us to hell abi?
The Akwa Ibom State governorship candidate of Accord Party (AP) in the 2015 election, Bishop Sam Akpan; Dr Edet Ati; and Dr Bassey Antai, have all dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to a statement signed by Borono Bassey, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Akwa Ibom State, and made available to POLITICS NIGERIA, the APC defectors at a meeting to formally declare their return to the PDP stated that with their exit, the ship of the APC has sunk forever in the state.
Speaking on behalf of other defectors, Bishop Akpan said their decision to return to the PDP was informed by the need to belong to a party that remains the number one choice of Akwa Ibom people since the return to Democracy in 1999.
The top politicians moved to the PDP with thousands of their supporters.
Politics › Re: APC Chieftain, Daniel Bwala, Defects To PDP by SATANICALLY(op): 5:53pm On Jul 29, 2022
