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Adamawa State Governor, Fintiri
By Joseph Adahnu, Yola
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State said Governor Ahmadu Fintiri should start packing out of the Government House, Yola.
APC was reacting to a statement credited to the governor who said APC was overwhelmed with crisis within the party in the state.
Fintiri has upon his arrival to the state after a prolonged absence said APC cannot organize a hitch-free ward congresses is not worth its name.
“We are back and we have already started counting our victories and our successes towards 2023.
“As you know, the other party has just started their ward congresses and they are totally in shambles.”
The Governor said: “They are in deep crisis that they will never recover. After all, we know, they are not a political party”.
Responding to the governor’s statement, the APC spokesman, Mohammed Abdullahi accused governor Fintiri of fiddling while the state is on fire adviced the governor to concentrate on the challenges facing the state than dabbling into the affairs of other political parties.
“It is not our habit to join issues with his Excellency the governor of Adamawa State because of the respect we have for his office.
“We wonder why he will jettison the onerous responsibility of governance and dabble into the affairs of another political party.
“But it is incumbent to state that if there is any political party that is riddled in crisis today, it is the PDP.
“The neck of their national chairman is still hanging as the two factions call for his resignation. We even saw demonstrations at the national secretariat of the PDP with people carrying placards asking Secondus to go.
“Instead of him to concentrate and solve these issues within his political party, he is trying to delve into the affairs of the APC.
“I vividly remember a time his Excellency said at Ribadu Square that within three months, there will be no APC in Adamawa and I want to categorically, clearly say that within these three months he postulated, the PDP in Adamawa State suffered the greatest loss that a political party can imagine.
“It is within the period that his Excellency, Barrister Bala Nggilari left the PDP for APC, it is within that period that a sitting senator, Senator Ishaku Abbo left the PDP for APC.
“Within the same period, Senator Grace Folashade Jackson Bent who is a BoT member of the PDP left for APC. In a similar development, former House of Representatives member, Titsi Ganama who represented Michika/Madagali and Hon. Ahmed Wangubi Fons who represented Ganye/Jada/Mayo-Belwa and Toungo and Hon.Gibson Nathaniel, all defected from PDP to the APC.
“At the same time, a state deputy chairman of the PDP, Timothy Audu Vimtim defected from the PDP to the APC. I think it is better for his excellency to sit down and nurse his wounds than delving into the affairs of APC.
According to Abdullahi, “He has a burden on his neck to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of Adamawa state. It is better he do that because time is not in his favour. Come 2023 whether he likes it or not, he is vacating the Dougire government house because APC has become more formidable, more strong and more determined to recapture the seat of the governor in Adamawa State.”
Also responding to the allegations that the recently conducted ward congresses has torn APC to shreds, Abdullahi said, there is no political party, that has conducted a rancour-free ward congress like the one APC conducted, because the stakeholders and the party leadership have worked assiduously to arrive at a consensus, and the consensus has really worked.
