Hakeem Baba-Ahmad, chief of staff
to Senate President Bukola Saraki has dumped All Progressives Congress (APC).
Addressing reporters in Kaduna on
Monday, Baba-Ahmad said he had already sent his resignation letter to the party
chairman of his ward.
He described his decision to exit
APC as a difficult one to make, saying he took it after due consultation with
members of his Akida faction of APC in Kaduna.
Baba-Ahmad alleged that the APC
government had underperformed in the country.
“This statement is to inform the
public of my resignation from APC. I have sent a formal letter to this effect
to chairman of my ward,” he said.
“This has been a very difficult
decision, to leave a party I helped to form and made my humble contributions to
put in power.
“After three years, however, I
need to say that the APC has grossly under-performed and has forfeited any
claim to my loyalty and continue membership.
“I do not believe in all
conscience, that it should be trusted and encouraged to continue to govern our
great country beyond 2019.
“I am not leaving to join another
party. This is my decision and mine alone. It has nothing to do with the
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
“It’s a decision taken after due
consultations with Akida Group, a group that has predated my appointment as
Chief of Staff to the President of the Senate.
“I will remain active in
politics, as this is the main avenue for salvaging our nation from rising
insecurity, poverty and divisions.”
Baba-Ahmed was one time chairman
of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and interim chairman of APC in Kaduna
state.
He was formerly a secretary of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The relationship between Saraki,
a member of the nPDP faction of the APC, and the leadership of the ruling party
is not smooth.
There were reports that he
alongside some nPDP members would defect from the APC before the convention but
that never happened.
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