NewsNigeriaPoliticsAt last, Sen. Nyako, Others Dump ADC, Rejoin APC

Following a series of meetings and consultations former Senator, representing Adamawa central, Senator Abdul’Azeez Nyako and other members and stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have finally dumped the party to return back to their fold, All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking to newsmen, Sen. Nyako said that after reconciliatory talks between the APC leadership and officials and other stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), ‘’ we have resolved to rejoin our former party, APC.

‘’ The development followed a high powered meeting between stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and their All Progressives Congress (APC) here in Adamawa.

‘’We saw commitment in the leadership and delegation of APC, so we resolved to go back to our former fold, APC.

‘’ The state leadership of the party, ADC, will communicate this resolution to the national headquarters as soon as possible,’’ he said.

Sen. Nyako who came third in the last (2019) election was emphatic that ADC Adamawa has created an enabling political environment for the PDP led Government in Adamawa to govern in peace,’’but they seem to be keener on politicking rather than leadership.

“They created a storm in a teacup with nothing at stake and blew it out of proportions for propaganda purposes.

” Why heat up the polity and waste resources unnecessarily at this time when there is nothing politically at stake until 2022-2023 rather than focusing on the needs of our people?

‘’ So, we are back in APC and the new dawn will soon be heralded in Adamawa,’’ said he.

 Will History repeat itself come 2023?

Following irreconcilable differences that emanated in  ward, local government and state congresses of the  then ruling APC,  superintended by governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, Abdul-Azeez Nyako, then a serving senator representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District left the party with his teeming supporters to ADC.

Many believed  that in the build up to the 2019 gubernatorial election, the ADC played a crucial role in the defeat of APC, the then ruling party which paved the way for the victory of the Fintiri led PDP government.

The participation of Nyako in the said election robbed APC of 113,237 votes which Nyako got during the elections as it was strongly believed that had he remained in APC, all the votes should have gone to Bindow.

It could be recalled here that,the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as the winner of the gubernatorial contest having polled 376,552 votes to beat his closest rival and the incumbent governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow who polled 336,386 votes while Abdulaziz Nyako emerged second runner-up with 113,237 votes.

After the election, governor Fintiri and Nyako made attempts to cement relations culminating in a visit Nyako paid to governor Fintiri at the Dougirei seat of power.

However, the attempted rapprochement collapsed following alleged  Fintiri’s incursion into the ADC when the PDP announced that ADC members who mattered most, have left the party for the PDP, a position which Nyako vehemently countered.

In a fierce riposte, Nyako told Fintiri what he did amounted to a storm in a teacup counselling him to concentrate on serving the people and stopped fiddling while the state was drifting.

With this new trend, only time shall tell whether history will repeat itself come 2023!