Why Atiku left APC - Yahaya Kwande
- Ambassador Yahaya Kwande has said Atiku left the APC because what was written in its constitution was not followed
- According to Kwande, a close political associate of Atiku, when it comes to politics, Nigerians are yet to get it right
- Kwande further stated that Nigerian politics has no ideology or leadership
Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, a close political associate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed why the former vice president left the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Kwande made the disclosure in Jos, Plateau state on Sunday, January 13, in anticipation of Atiku and his team’s campaign rally in the state on Monday, January 14, The Guardian reports.
Legit.ng gathers that Kwande stated that Atiku left the ruling party because what was written in its constitution was not followed.
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He said: “We were in PDP together. He moved to APC. I believed in his capacity, ability. I don’t have to announce it. I just moved with him. Then he moved back to PDP. I just followed him. But I have to ask because I was a bit worried, 'why are we moving'?
“I was told why. I was an APC Board of Trustees (BoT) member and Atiku too was a member. The leadership of APC BOT was to be a former president or former vice president of Nigeria that is a member of APC. But then, there was no former president.
"Then automatically, the former vice president was Atiku and he was to be the chairman of BOT. As I am telling you today, three and a half years, he has not been inaugurated because they did not like him to be chairman of that organisation.”
Kwande further stated that when it comes to politics, Nigerians are yet to get it right.
He added: “Nigerian politics has no ideology or leadership. People have to study the situation, otherwise, you will fight a friend today only to meet him three days later at another place.”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that prominent leaders of the APC in the south-south geo-political zone said Atiku Abubakar left the APC because of his personal interest.
They said: “Atiku Abubakar didn’t quit APC because of the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire APC leadership. He is itching for one last shot on the Nigerian political stage and President Buhari has become an electoral powerhouse and a big roadblock in his way.”
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