Niger State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, and
over 200 political office holders on Monday defected from the ruling People’s
Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
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.”Ibeto attributed his defection to injustice melted out him
and other contestants in the state party primaries, describing the exercise as
flawed and stage-managed to favour anointed candidates.Ibeto 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, “he said.
“It is true we are defecting to APC because the primaries
conducted were not in accordance with the PDP constitution. Myself and other
aggrieved party members decided to petition the NationalHeadquarters of the
party on the outcome of the governorship primaries with a view to addressing
the obvious injustice but met a brick wall.“We were expecting justice from the party’s national office
but nothing was forthcoming, hence we decided to join the APC.”He however appealed to his supporters to be law abiding and
not to make politics a do-or-die battle.Among those who defected from PDP alongside the deputy
governor are serving members of National Assembly, members of State’s House of
Assembly, former commissioners and former local government chairmen
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