A former Gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, has defected to the All Progressives Congress with
thousands of his supporters.
Our correspondent reports that the ex-gubernatorial
candidate dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress in February 2022 to PDP,
where he contested the primary election but lost to Muhammad Barde, the party’s
candidate.
Gwamna was a top campaigner for PDP’s presidential candidate
Atiku Abubakar, in the North-East, where he recently donated campaign office
for the realisation of Abubakar’s mandate.
Announcing his defection along with thousands of his
supporters on Friday in Gombe while chatting with journalists.
Gwamna, blamed internal crisis, poor leadership, disregard
for rule of law within the party and disunity as reasons for his decision to
dump the PDP.
According to him, the leadership of the PDP in the state had
poorly managed affairs of the party which led to different factions within the
party.
He said his political ideology is anchored on unity,
inclusiveness, fairness and justice and “if those are not found in the party
then there is no reason to be in that camp.”
Gwamna disclosed that the PDP cannot manage Gombe State with
the crop of leadership it has that prioritises personal interest against
collective interest.
He added, “In politics, internal democracy is very key and
if you cannot find that playing out, then practising democracy on a larger
platform such as governing the state becomes a big issue.”
Gwamna said that the APC is more organised in Gombe State
than any political party and has managed its affairs in a more family-like
manner.
He called on his supporters to mobilise grassroots support
across the state to ensure that APC retains the state with a better voting
margin than that of 2019.
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