{"id":83117,"date":"2021-09-16T17:31:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=83117"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:31:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:31:30","slug":"breaking-fani-kayode-joins-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/16\/breaking-fani-kayode-joins-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Fani-Kayode joins APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>The former PDP chieftain was introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari as the newest member of the ruling party on Thursday during a visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He was led to the meeting with the President by the APC National Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as well as Governor Bello <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/11\/bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matawalle<\/a> of Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting with Buhari, Fani-Kayode said he decamped from the opposition People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) for the sake of national unity.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had been responsible for many other defections into the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was instrumental to defection of three PDP Governor to APC, including Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Bello Matawale (Zamfara).<\/p>\n<p>He further said he has friends across party lines and was wooing Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) to join the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More to follow\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). 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