Niger Deputy Gov Dumps PDP For APC

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Ahmed Musa Ibeto: dumps PDP for APC

Ahmed Musa Ibeto: dumps PDP for APC
Ahmed Musa Ibeto: dumps PDP for APC

Niger State Deputy Governor, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ibeto who lost his bid to become PDP governorship candidate in the state will be received by APC’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari who is in the state today to campaign.

According to a source who is close to the state government, Ibeto fell out with the state governor, Babangida Aliyu, after the latter refused to endorse him as the party’s governorship candidate.

Grand reception for General Muhammadu Buhari in Niger today
Grand reception for General Muhammadu Buhari in Niger today

Aliyu threw his weight behind Ahmed Nasko, who eventually emerged the candidate of the PDP for the February 28, 2015 general election.

The source stated that Ibeto sought a private audience with Aliyu to find out why he has refused to endorse him. “I have served you for eight years and I have been very loyal to you, why have you refused to endorse me?” Ibeto asked Aliyu.

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Indeed, Ibeto told journalists that he was on his way to welcome Buhari at the Airport for the APC presidential campaign rally scheduled for Minna today.

PM NEWS learnt that those who defected alongside the Deputy Governor include members of National Assembly, members of State’s House of Assembly, and some former commissioners and former local governments’ chairmen

According to him, the governorship primary was especially stage managed to ensure the emergence of Nasko.

“It is true we are defecting to APC because the primaries conducted were not in accordance wirth the PDP constitution,” said Ibeto who added that efforts by him and other aggrieved party members to get the intervention of the national leadership of the party was unsuccessful, hence their decision to join the APC.

PM NEWS learnt that Ibeto who made his intention to join APC known to the leadership of APC yesterday will be received during the presidential campaign that will hold at the Polo Ground, Minna today.

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