Fintiri declares self APC leader in Adamawa after defection

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State declared connected Monday that helium is the person of the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful the state.

Fintiri, who officially defected to the APC past week, spoke against suggestions successful immoderate quarters that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, who has been regarded arsenic the party’s person successful the state, would stay successful that position.

Addressing supporters astatine a reception held successful Yola by APC leaders, Fintiri repeatedly referred to himself arsenic the leader, saying astatine 1 point, “as person of the party, I volition guarantee that we enactment unneurotic successful unity.”

He vowed that, “as the leader”, helium would guarantee the party’s occurrence crossed the authorities successful the adjacent elections.

“What we are focused connected is winning election. Losing is not successful our dictionary,” helium said, urging enactment members to excavation their goodwill and resources and hold to enactment unneurotic arsenic 1 for the involvement of the party.

He, however, assured long-standing enactment members that helium was not successful the APC to wield undue power.

“I privation to guarantee that we are present for partnership. This is not a takeover mission. We are not defecting. We are lone aligning, aligning for the bully of Adamawa people,” helium said.

He thanked President Bola Tinubu and Nuhu Ribadu for ...