Tinubu's Ambition Suffers Serious Setback As Powerful APC Chieftain Dumps Party, Gives Reason
- A prominent chieftain of the APC in Jigawa state, Ahmed Gumel, has dumped the party over internal conflict and members' disunity
- Gumel also complained of a lack of commitment and confidence among the chieftains of the party in the state in working towards the success of the party in the 2023 election
- If his allegations turned out to be true, it could affect the chances of Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, in the state, during the 2023 election
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Jigawa, Jigawa - Ahmed Gumel, a former deputy governor of Jigawa state, has resigned his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Gumel, who was a governorship aspirant of the APC in the 2022 primary in the state, cited intra-party conflict and members' disunity as his reason for leaving the party, Independent reported.
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The APC stalwart made this known in a letter directed to the APC chairman, stating his respect and regard for the party.
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His statement reads in part:
“I’m constrained to take this decision due to the obvious intra-party conflict, disunity and lack of commitment and confidence in the party stalwarts towards the success of the party in the forthcoming general elections.”
Prior to the 2015 election, the politician had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the APC.
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Although Gumel did not disclose his next political move, there are insinuations that he may return to the PDP, the party he left in 2015.
He is leaving the APC at the time it was alleged that some governors of the party held a secret meeting with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP, in Dubai.
Also, Gumel's resignation could threaten the chances of Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate in Jigawa state, if his allegation that some party leaders in the state lack commitment and confidence towards the success of the party in the 2023 election.
Atiku in another trouble as details of his meeting with 3 APC governors in Dubai slip into public
Legit.ng earlier reported that Kashim Afegbua, a chieftain of the APC, has alleged that Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, held secret meetings with 3 APC governors in Dubai.
The APC chieftain also alleged that Atiku has inaugurated a committee that will work on hacking INEC's BVAS.
However, Afegbua withheld the identities of the accused APC governors while promising to reveal their names later.
Source: Legit.ng
