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ADAMAWA APC ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION.

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ADAMAWA APC ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION.

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The Adamawa state chapter of the All Progressives congress, APC, is again embroiled in another of its perennial controversies.

This time, according to a loyalist of the party, Khaleel Sajoh, some stakeholders reconciliatory meeting in Yola south local government area, with the immediate past Governor , Senator Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow in attendance, the local government area party chairman , Suleman Adamu, was alleged to have wished President Mohammed Buhari dead.

He said the audio record of what transpired was subsequently released on the internet, which led to the Invitation of the participants including the former Governor by security operatives.

From what transpired, it is obvious that the the former Governor was being set up by some politicians to settle scores ahead of the run down to the 2023 general elections.

Yola south local government area has the largest collection of high net worth politicians not only in Adamawa state but perhaps in the country.
Elections have been won and lost in Adamawa due to the whims and caprices of the inhabitants.

Top politicians, like the former chairman of Economic and financial Crimes commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, the wife of president, Hajia Aisha Buhari, and her sibiling, Dr Halilu Ahmed( modi), senator Aisha Ahmed ( Binani) were key participants that shaped the 2019 governorship elections which saw the APC incumbent Government losing to an opposition PDP, candidate.

During the 2019, general elections, the inability of the APC to manage the large egos of its members saw the then incumbent Bindow losing narrowly against the run of play.

Shehu Ahmed , An APC stalwart , in Yola, lamented the APC members caused their own defeat.

” we robbed ourselves of victory, there was no way Fintiri of PDP, could have defeated Bindow in 2019, but we fragmented our interests”.
” first senator Nyako decamped to ADC , even though he knew , he had no chance, then Ahmed ( Modi) split the party after the primaries.

In the aftermath of the 2019 governorship elections, it was obvious that some major APC, stakeholder’s had not only moved against Bindow , but had indeed funded the opposirion PDP to the chargerin of members.

In the last two years, according to the state party Chairman , Ibrahim Bilal, there have been a lot of re-thinking by the rank and file within the party .
” we all knew that we lost the 2019 general elections because, of selfish Interest by our members , we fought ourselves and now we have been engaging in reconciliatory meetings .”
The performance of our Governor Bindow in its mid term far surpasses Governor Fintiri’s and Adamawa people are full of nolstagia and are calling for the return of Bindow””.

Bilal, who spoke to the media a couple of weeks back on the ward congress held , had praised the unity of purpose and consensus exhibited by members .
he stated that it was a record in peace and cordiality.

But apparently, it appears that Bilal ‘s optimism was a little bit too early.
If a reconciliatory meeting involving a former Governor of the party could be recorded and down loaded on the net with the knowledge of the Governor, then the party has a long way to go before it knitted together to go into 2023 elections.

In the last couples of month , associates of the Bindow, like Hon. Abdullahi Yapak, member of the House of assembly representing fulfore( Verre) constituency, and Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa, former speaker of the state assembly representing Yola south and incidentally aledgedly mentioned to have been at this ill fated meeting, have criss crossing the state , canvassing for the return of the former Governor.

Although Bindow has not indicated any interest in re -contesting the governorship seat, he lost in very bizzare manner, from the crowd that gravitate towards him whenever he visited the state , is enough threat to any politician eyeing 2023 governorship ticket.

Ahmed Lawan, state organising Secretary, told TGNEWS that although Bindow has not indicated