The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, said on Friday that he
left the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to “injustice” in the Kebbi State
chapter of the party.
Abdullahi, representing Kebbi North, had on Wednesday joined
the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
The lawmaker told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja
that “it was a case of serial denial of rights”.
He said: “Yes, I have left the APC due to injustice by the Kebbi State Governor.
“It is not just injustice; it’s a serial denial of rights
and undemocratic rights which we reported to the party for more than 11 months.
“Nobody did anything about the manner the governor handles
the party affairs in the state; imposing candidates and doing whatever he
wants.
Abdullahi added that APC national headquarters failed to
bring order.
NAN gathered that Abdullahi’s defection may not be
unconnected to his loss of the APC governorship ticket on May 26 2022.
Abdullahi got no vote while the National President of the
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr Nasiru Idris, who emerged the party’s
governorship candidate had 1, 055 votes.
But, reacting, Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser, Media and
Publicity to Kebbi State Governor, described the allegations by the Senate
Leader as untrue.
He said the governor is a loyal party member that has worked
assiduously to unite the party since he came into power in 2015.
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