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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