Ex-Gov Bindow confirms defection from APC

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

The immediate past Governor of Adamawa State, Senator Jibrilla Bindow, has confirmed his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Bindow, the Senator for Adamawa North District from 2011 to 2015, was initially in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), before defecting to the APC.

He was the governor from 2015 to 2019 under the APC. He, however, formally left the party via a letter made public on Tuesday evening.

His resignation was widely viewed with doubt, considering that he had recently been rumoured on several occasions to have left the APC, only for him to deny it.

He confirmed Wednesday morning that he had, for a fact, finally left the APC.

His formal resignation, made via a letter to the APC chairman in his ward, did not come as a surprise, considering past expectations which fueled rumours and after the way his support organisation, the Bindow Support Group, BSG, has in the last three weeks been hobnobbing with the PDP and Governor of the state, Ahmadu Fintiri.

Bindow said in the letter that unresolved crisis within the party in the state compelled him to resign his membership.

In the letter addressed to the Chairman of APC in his Kolere ward, Mubi North Local Government Area, Bindow said the unfortunate event of the 2019 general election and the 2022 governorship primaries remained the main reasons for his decision to leave the APC.

It may be recalled that Bindow, who was the APC governorship ticket in the 2015 election, lost that election chiefly because of division within the APC, following which many notable members were widely believed to have worked against him.

Also, Bindow is one of at least two governorship aspirants of the APC who have not been known to fully accept the outcome of the

APC primary, which produced Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani as the candidate.

Bindow said in his resignation letter that the lack of genuine reconciliation with aggrieved stakeholders within the party in Adamawa State since the last governorship primary has made him uncomfortable in the party.

He stated, “While thanking you and the party, I wish to also inform you that my faithful supporters will be joining me across the state in leaving the party to Champion a cause of building a harmonious Adamawa State that will enshrine unity in our diversity towards a collective development as a people.” electorate that he will reposition Zamfara if voted into power.

He claimed the state has suffered backwardness due to a lack of focus by its leadership.

Maradun, who flagged off his campaign rally in Maru town, Mary Local Government Area of the State said the state needs competent leadership to pull it out of its current mess.

“Our people have been suffering for the past 20 years due to bad governance due to lack of direction and focus”.

Both the PDP and APC have failed Nigerians, as such, I am calling on the people of this country to vote for the Accord Party because it is the only party that has the interest of the masses at heart”

Maradun urged residents to embark on fervent prayers to seek the face of Allah for divine intervention to save the state from banditry.

He assured that his first assignment if elected as a governor would be to fight banditry, hunger, joblessness and injustice.

The campaign flag-off was attended by the party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Bala Bello Maru and the Deputy Governorship aspirants of the party, Bello Suleiman Bungudu, amongst others.