Sen Aliero dumps APC for PDP over provocation, ridicule

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Works and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Adamu Aliero has left the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and decamped to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over controversies.

In a statement issued yesterday by his Media Aide, Houd Aliero, the two terms governor of Kebbi State and Former FCT Minister said he left the ruling party because of the great provocation, ridicule and flagrant persecution, to give opportunity for peace, reconciliation and harmonious existence.

Senator Aliero further said it is baffling and alarming for his State Governor to get away with the fraudulent act of composing the list of delegates, saying these were the major reasons why he left the ruling APC.

He said it was after extensive consultations with all the important stakeholders that he had to come to the difficult but inevitable decision to pitch his political tent elsewhere; where he could enjoy greater sense of belonging and where the interest of Nigeria would be best served.

“For the past three years, my people and associates have suffered alienation and have been treated as outsiders in their own party. Thus, many have become disaffected and disenchanted. At the same time, opportunities to seek redress and correct these anomalies were deliberately blocked as a government within a government had formed an impregnable wall and left in the cold, everyone else who was not recognized as “one of us”. This is why we decided to seek accomodations elsewhere”, Senator Aliero said.

He appreciated the National Chairman of APC for his interventions and efforts at containing the excesses of the Governor during the difficult time.

The former governor hoped that the APC will respect the choice he has made as a democratic right so that he could not  become enemies of one another despite political differences.

Some bigwigs who joined Senator Adamu include former Governor of Kebbi State, Alh. Sa’idu Usman Nasamu Dakingari, Senate Leader and Senator Representing Kebbi North, Senator Yahayya Abdullahi, former Deputy Comptroller of Custom, Alh. Muhammad Mera (Ciroman Kabob Argungu), National Chairman, Federal Road Safety Corps, Hon. Buhari Bello, Members House of Representatives, representing Birnin Kebbi Kalgo and Bunza, Hon. Bello Yakubu Rilisco, His Colleague, representing Aliero, Gwandu and Jega, Hon. Muhammad Umar Jega, and Hon. Abdullahi Zimbo, Member Representing Dandi and Arewa in the House of Representatives, among others.