Tambuwal Joins ADC, Says He’s Tired Of ‘Persistent’ Crisis In PDP

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP citing ‘persistent internal crisis” in the party. He has now defected to the the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Tambuwal, a former governor of Sokoto state governor’s defection was contained in a statement he issued on Thursday, saying he took the decision after deep reflection and consultations about his political future.

The magazine reports that the former governor has been hobnobbing with the ADC, a coalition of opposition parties in the country which is trying to challenge the dominance of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for months before his final defection yesterday.

Political pundits insist that Tambuwal may have taken the decision to join the ADC because he felt that he political future could no longer be guaranteed in the PDP, due to the protracted leadership crisis rocking Nigeria’s former ruling part.

According to him, he took the hard decision to dump the PDP, the party that has given him several opportunity, such as becoming the Speaker of the House of Reps and two time governor of Sokoto state, and a senator of the Federal Republic.

Tambuwal: “The PDP has been a significant part of my political journey, and I remain grateful for the opportunities it gave me to serve our nation, including as Speaker of the House of Representatives and as governor of Sokoto State during my second term in office.

“However, the persistent internal crisis, leadership disagreements, and growing divisions within the PDP have made it increasingly difficult to continue my membership of the party.”

The crisis in the PDP took a different turn on Monday after a Court of Appeal in Abuja, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC not to recognise the party’s National Convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital last November.

Also, the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, ordered all the parties in the leadership crisis to settle their grievances out of court .