Some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State on Sunday dumped the opposition party.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that among those who dumped the party were Mohammed Sani-Sidi, former Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), former commissioners, legislators, permanent secretaries, local government chairmen and party officials.
The defectors, according to NAN, however, did not indicate the next party.
On why they dumped PDP, Ahmed Maiyaki, in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna, said that those who dumped PDP did so because there was no genuine inclusiveness in the running of the party.
Maiyaki said the ex-NEMA boss in his letter of resignation said: “Since the party’s primaries held last year, characterized by manipulations, impunity, lack of internal democracy and intimidations of party delegates, the party’s leadership at the state or the candidate has failed to genuinely engage all aspirants towards consultation and genuine reconciliation, an important task that would have helped the party forge ahead.
“Even more worrisome is the mutual mistrust that exists between the party leadership, the gubernatorial candidate and some of its members and above all the failure to showcase any meaningful blueprint and capacity on how to govern the state when voted into power.
“It is based on these reasons and after due consultation with my political associates across the 23 local government areas, l decided to resign my membership of the party henceforth.”
Maiyaki listed other prominent politicians who left the PDP to include: Mr Peter Adada, former Deputy Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rabiu Bako and Nasiru Damau, former Commissioners, Kabiru Ballah, former PDP State Secretary, Sani Shahada, former legislator, Aliyu Saleh Ramin Kura, former Council Chairmen Magaji Sadiq and Abdulaziz Makama.
Others are: Ashiru K. Bomo, Sani Rabiu Bako, Joe Machu, Alhaji Adamu Kagarko, Bala Ahmed, Umar Farouq Kafanchan, Shehu Tafarki, Rufai Mustapha Ango among others.
Maiyaki said over 30,000 members of the Sani-Sidi Campaign Steering Committee and some executive members of the party at Local Government and Ward levels have begun the process of resigning their membership of the PDP.
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