Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has finally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. His defection from his former party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, marked the end of months-long speculations that he was planning to join the APC.
The governor announced his defection from the PDP during a state-wide broadcast on Friday, in Yola, the state’s capital, saying he took the decision to join the ruling party in the interest of his people.
According to him, he took the decision after “wide ‘consultation” with many stakeholders in the state, saying the decision also aligned with the need to join the APC which is the ruling party at the federal level, adding that his action is not based on personal interest
Governor Fintiri stressed that the entire political structure of the state is moving into the APC with him, including political appointees, party executives across the state’s 226 wards and 21 local government areas, promising that his defection will not affect government performance. .
“We are moving as a collective, with the required political strength and the numbers that confer value,” Fintiri said.
Meanwhile, the magazine reports that Fintiri’s defection has effectively brought the number of APC state governors to 31, from the 24 governors after the 2023 elections.
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