Why I Dumped PDP For APC, Senator Kumo Explains

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A People’s Democratic Party stalwart in the Northeast and staunch supporters of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Senator Saidu Umar Kumo has given reasons for dumping the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Confirming his defection in a telephone interview with journalists in Gombe on Tuesday, Senator Kumo, a well-known critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, said the PDP wanted to rubbish his political career by trying to make him a ‘nobody’, vowing that his defection will definitely affect the fortunes of the party and their candidates in the forthcoming elections.

According to him, “You don’t joke with a political power horse who has thousands of followers and who had added value to the party by trying to make him irrelevant”.

The one time National Secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Special Advisor to Late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua said he would soon pick his membership card in his ward in Akko local Government Area to prove to the world that he means business.

Pledging his loyalty to the APC, Senator Kumo said the APC stands as the better party to serve Nigeria well while President Buhari remains the candidate to beat following his track record of integrity and his sincere desire to take Nigeria to the next level.

“I want to assure you and all Nigerians that I will work for APC candidates in Gombe State from the Governorship candidate, Alhajo Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya and State Legislative candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari, who stands as the best candidate for Nigeria for now and all the APC National Assembly candidates in Gombe State,” he said.

The defection of Senator Kumo, the Director-General of the Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo Campaign organization who fought relentlessly in returning Dankwambo to office in 2015 is said to be a major setback to the PDP in the State and the Northeast region considering his large pool of political followers.

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