Alhaji
Ahmed Ibeto
Deputy Governor of Niger State, Alhaji
Ahmed Ibeto and 200 0ther office holders in the state on Monday dumped
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and joined the opposition All
Progressives Congress in Minna, the state capital.
Ibeto and the others joined the APC to
welcome its presidential candidate, Maj.- Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),
who was in the state for campaigns.
The deputy governor’s defection from the PDP coincided with the flag-off of the party’s campaign in Kotangora.
Announcing his defection to newsmen in
Minna, Ibeto said, “I am on my way to welcome our party leader and
presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at Minna airport for his
campaign rally in Niger State.”
He attributed the reason for his
defection to injustice allegedly meted out to him and other contestants
for the state PDP governorship ticket, describing as flawed the
primaries, which he said was skewed to favour a particular candidate.
He said, “The electoral process that
threw up Alhaji Umar Nasko as PDP governorship candidate was not in
accordance with the PDP electoral law and the constitution.
“It is true we are defecting to APC because the primaries we conducted was not in accordance with the PDP constitution.
“Myself and other aggrieved PDP members
decided to petition the national headquarters of the party on the
outcome of the governorship primaries with a view to address the obvious
injustice but we met a brick wall.
“We are expecting justice from the party’s national office but nothing was forthcoming hence we decided to join APC.”
Among those who defected along with Ibeto
are serving members of the National Assembly , members of state House
of Assembly , former commissioners and former local government chairmen
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