{"id":179813,"date":"2022-04-19T08:12:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=179813"},"modified":"2022-04-19T08:12:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:12:17","slug":"bauchi-speaker-explains-why-he-dumped-apc-for-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/19\/bauchi-speaker-explains-why-he-dumped-apc-for-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi speaker explains why he dumped APC for PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abubakar Suleiman, Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly has stated that he resigned from the All Progressives Congress Party because\u00a0he and his supporters were \u201cpersecuted and sidelined\u201d in the party.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar also\u00a0premised his action on the factionalisation of the party in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker had on Saturday announced that he had dumped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/18\/why-i-dumped-apc-for-pdp-senator-marafa\/\">APC<\/a> and joined the Peoples Democratic Party in the state while speaking during a Ramadan breaking of fast (Iftar) dinner hosted by the state Governor Bala Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>But the Spokesperson of the speaker, Abdul Burra, in a statement on Monday in Bauchi, said Sulaiman disclosed his reason for quitting in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the APC, Guda Ward of Ningi Local Government area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince my election as Speaker, the party sidelined me from its activities and meted various forms of persecution on me and my supporters. Despite these, I remained loyal and committed to the party and continued contributing financially to the Party and attending its functions and meetings even if they didn\u2019t invite me. Sometimes I would only get notice of party meetings from my colleagues, but I would still attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt got to the level that I was removed as the Chairman of the stakeholders of the party in Ningi LG and replaced with someone who barely knows the local government and the party. Through that, they made sure any Party member loyal to me is edged out from the leadership or mainstream activities of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should quit the party and join the PDP to consolidate on the unprecedented development being executed in Ningi Local Government and all parts of the State by the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, His Excellency Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the speaker obtained a membership card of the PDP from Guda Ward of Ningi Local Government and pledged to work for the success of the party at all levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abubakar Suleiman, Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly has stated that he resigned from the All Progressives Congress Party because\u00a0he and his supporters were \u201cpersecuted and sidelined\u201d in the party. Abubakar also\u00a0premised his action on the factionalisation of the party in the state. 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