Amid speculations of his defection to a different get together, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Niger State, Haliru Zakeri Jikantoro has mentioned he won’t defect nor interact in anti-party actions that will jeopardise the possibilities of the get together within the state.
Whereas admitting yesterday that a few of his associates defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), he maintained that they have been merely pursuing their curiosity.
He mentioned APC is “good to go regardless of the challenges which made mild of the get together’s recognition to be dim a bit of than in 2015 and 2019 however the get together will come out victorious on the basic election
“I’m not planning to defect to any get together however I’m in APC because the chairman” including that the hearsay that he met with presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar was false.
“In my life, I’ve not met Atiku one on one. I obtained the message whereas on the way in which to Saudi Arabia that I interact in anti-party actions. I got here again on January 14 and joined them in political actions. I’ve my curiosity within the Borgu federal constituency. I’ve fortified my curiosity, and different teams have their curiosity, too. So, as a result of some individuals took the choice to go couldn’t have mirrored my curiosity; we’re good to go in APC,” Jikantoro declared.
He mentioned individuals ought to have the ability to discover out why a few of the mentioned associates defected earlier than drawing the conclusion saying that “it’s all about curiosity. We’ve got achieved 70 p.c of the reconciliation course of in Niger State and that’s adequate.”