Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday said the Senators
from Kebbi State, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
were set to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ganduje said this while addressing State House
Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential
Villa on Friday.
The APC chairman led Dr Nasir Idris, the Gov. Nasir
Idris of Kebbi and Senators Adamu Aliero, Yahaya Abdullahi and Garba Maidoki to
the meeting with Tinubu.
He said a lot of discussions went underground between
the major stakeholders in Kebbi and that they came to the conclusion that the
three PDP senators from the state would decamp to the APC.
“This is a good development and it is in consonance
with what is happening in Nigeria today.
“Almost every week in the Senate and House of
Representatives, you see members of other political parties decamping to our
party.
“So, we came here so that Mr President will bless this
resolution and he has graciously given his blessing, and by Tuesday you will
see what will happen in the Red Chambers.
“Our constitution is very clear about this, and with
our political dexterity in managing such affairs, I assure you that there will
be a smooth integration,” said the APC chairman.
He added that the fear of one-party state was
misplaced::”We are not saying we are working for a one-party system, but if
this is the wish of Nigerians we cannot quarrel with that.
“You know they say too many cooks spoil the soup; too
many political parties spoil governance.”
Ganduje said that the move was in continuation with
the initiative of Tinubu, saying, “APC must do what we must do democratically
in order to increase our numerical strength, and also our quality and capacity
of followership.”
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