PDP crisis: Nyako, others will soon join us –APC

Adamawa State governor, Rear Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd) from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the newly formed All Progressives Congress, APC. A reliable source in APC confirmed yesterday.
The source, who asked not to be named, also disclosed that Nyako’s defection is likely to be this week, stressing that the governor, who is one of the G7 in the PDP, would move over with all his supporters in Adamawa State. “Governor Nyako and his supporters have indicated their interest to earnestly join the APC and we have concluded plans to receive them into our party.
“It is sure that Governor Nyako and his numerous supporters are already in the APC. What the party is only waiting for is their public declaration and a reception to usher them into the party. I can tell you that they are with us but until the public declaration, no official of our party will be ready to declare that to the media”, the source disclosed to Sunday Mirror.
The source also said Nyako appears ‘the early bird’ to enter the APC, other aggrieved governors from the PDP are also on their way. “The others are just bidding time and consulting with their supporters on the planned move before they will dump the PDP”, he further disclosed. When pressed further on when Nyako and his supporters would officially join the party, he said, “They are already discussing with the party leadership and it will be very soon.
“You know we will soon begin our membership registration across the country, so they have nothing to lose by not making their defection known immediately.”
It would be recalled that Nyako during the week declared that the PDP “is a dead body” which he and his supporters would not have any regrets if they left it.
The Adamawa factional state chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Mijinyawa Kugama, in Yola last week also declared that plans had been concluded by the governor’s camp to defect and that they were only waiting for Nyako’s approval to know when they would leave the ruling party. Kugama spoke at a meeting with APC leaders, stressing that he and his supporters would not have any regrets leaving the PDP.
The meeting was attended by members of Nyako’s cabinet, other political appointees, 19 members of the state House of Assembly, other political stakeholders loyal to the governor and Nyako’s first son, Commander Abdulaziz Nyako (rtd), who declared his membership of the APC at the meeting. One of the APC leaders in the state, Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu, assured Nyako and his supporters of equal treatment and fair play in the party, stating that the APC was founded on the pillars of equity, justice and fair play.
Speaking earlier, the National Vice-Chairman (North-East) of APC, Alhaji Umar Duhu, praised Nyako for his achievements in the state, adding that they were eagerly awaiting his return to the “progressives’ fold.”
It would also be recalled that Nyako told reporters after visiting the governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, that PDP was a dead body, adding, “People used to leave their religions for another but PDP is not a religion which means leaving it would not be regrettable.
“There is no regret for us to be accused of deserting a dead body because to me, I would not want to be buried with the dead body; so PDP is a dead party and if they feel like expelling us from the party, so be it.  What a new battle.