Ahmed Gulak, a former political adviser to Goodluck Jonathan, the immediate past president of Nigeria, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
He defected alongside sixteen chieftains of the Party, this development is coming ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Adamawa state on Tuesday, February 20.
The PDP chieftains include Felix Tangwami, Medan Teneke, Sahabo Aliyu and Saidu Aliyu.
Gulak, who addressed supporters at the event in Yola said they left the PDP with their 42,000 supporters “because of the impunity in the party.
“It is time for us to register formally as APC members. It is time to formally bury PDP in Adamawa.”
Gulak noted that the APC government at all levels had done a lot for Adamawa and the North East in general.
According to him, the APC constitution, which provides equal opportunity to both old and new members, proves to them that the party is the most democratic in Nigeria.
“Take us as equal partners; take us as your brothers and sisters. In APC you don’t need waiver if you are a new comer to contest any position,” Gulak said.
Receiving the defectors, Mustafa Salihu, the north east national vice chairman of APC, said the development was a big boost for the party.
Salihu said APC remained the party to beat particularly in the north east and assured the new members of equal opportunities in the party.
“You are our twin brothers; it’s just that we left PDP to join APC before you. Now that you have realised the impunity we earlier realised in PDP and decided to quit and join us, we welcome you.”
Salihu lauded the state leadership of the party and the state APC-led government for recording such a big catch of prominent opposition party leaders in a swoop.
Highlight of the occasion was the issuance of party members cards to Gulak and others chieftains.
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