{"id":2658,"date":"2021-03-04T06:07:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2021-03-04T06:07:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:07:05","slug":"former-presidential-candidate-mohammed-shittu-defects-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/04\/former-presidential-candidate-mohammed-shittu-defects-to-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Presidential candidate, Mohammed Shittu defects to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former presidential candidate of the defunct Advanced People\u2019s Democratic Alliance (APDA), Alhaji Mohammed Shittu has defected to the\u00a0All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the\u00a0former national chairman of APDA which is one of the 74 political parties de-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2020, registered at his Gwagwa Ward in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Shittu also called for a two-party system in the country which according to him,\u00a0would help build a stronger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/28\/drunkard-comment-coalition-knocks-smart-adeyemi-says-lawmaker-must-apologise-to-ikpeazu\/\">democracy<\/a> and boost the nation\u2019s socio-economic life.<\/p>\n<p>He said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cFrom today, we are joining to build a strong political party that will build a strong economy and a peaceful country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m appealing to Nigerians that a two-party system should now be entrenched in our constitution for us to build a strong nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the growth of this country, political parties have to come together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we have decided today that we are collapsing into APC to build a strong nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAPC has brought the agenda for change and now we believe that it is time that the forces that want this country to grow must come together.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former presidential candidate of the defunct Advanced People\u2019s Democratic Alliance (APDA), Alhaji Mohammed Shittu has defected to the\u00a0All Progressives Congress. 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