No fewer than 252 Special Advisers and Special
Assistants to the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday resigned
their appointments and resolved to remain in the All Progressives Congress(APC)
rather than joining him in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
Addressing journalists at the NUJ Press Centre in
Sokoto, a former Special Assistant to the governor, Alhaji Dasuki Haske, who spoke
on behalf of the special advisers and assistants, said the they resolved to
resign their appointments rather than join PDP.
He maintained that their resolve to remain in APC
was based on their love and loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator
Aliyu
Wamakko.
"On behalf of 252 former special advisers and
special assistants to Tambuwal, we want to inform the people of Sokoto that we
have resolved to remain in APC rather than join the governor in PDP.
"We also want to make it clear that we have resigned
our appointments in this government. We will remain in APC and there is no
going back," he said.
Haske maintained that PDP has no vision for the
country and as such, they would not join a party that had failed Nigerians in
the past.
He averred that the 252 special advisers and
assistants were solidly
behind President Buhari and Wamakko.
The former Special adviser said the APC is a party
to beat in the state and would win the 2019 governorship elections in the
state.
He stated that the present administration had
failed to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the state.
"We have been in this government in the last
three years and I can confidently tell you that the expectations of the people
have not been met.
"The governor is preoccupied with his
presidential aspiration rather than striving hard to improve the living conditions of the people
of the state," he added.
Also speaking, a former special Assistant to the
Governor, Hajiya Rabi
Tudunwada, said they were cajoled to join the PDP but
refused to do so.
"We were told by the state government to swear
with the Holy Quran before we can get our monthly salaries but we refused to do
so.
"We therefore resolved to remain loyal to our
leader Senator Aliyu
Wamakko and President Buhari,"she stated.
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