In reverse of fate,‎ Reps member dumps APC, says party a sinking ship

A member of the House of Representatives, Adams Jagaba, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a sinking ship bound to perish.

The member, who is the House committee chairman on interior, representing Kachia/Kagarko constituency of Kaduna State stated this on Monday evening when he officially dumped the ruling APC for a yet to be disclosed party.

This is against the more recent trends of elected officials who have of late dumped their parties, especially the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling APC.
However, Mr. Jagaba’s decision to dump the ruling party followed his suspension by the Kaduna State chapter of the APC.

He said, “APC is a sinking ship and I won’t perish with it. I expected dismissal and now suspension. It’s been long I bid them (APC) farewell.

“My body language, my utterances, my actions and inactions have demonstrated that I had parted ways with them for a long time. It’s unfortunate that they are not practical scientists to realise it.”

Lamenting the situation of Nigerians under the APC government he said, “The electorates are poorer now, Fulani herdsmen have continued to attack and kill my people unabatedly with both the federal and state governments doing nothing.

“The governor of Kaduna State has continually said, he does not need the votes from Southern Kaduna to win election. He has demonstrated that he values the life of a cow than the lives of Southern Kaduna people. So, I can’t stay with them in the same party.

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“The power lies with the electorates and not in the hands of a political party. If they are expecting me to come crawling on my knees to beg them, then they are day-dreaming,” Jegaba said.

Although the lawmaker did not disclose the party he will defect to, speculations however are rife that he may be joining the PDP.

 

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