A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) in Nasarawa State, Dr David Emmanuel-Umbugadu, has stated his choice to affix the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was to ship President Bola Ahmed Tinubu within the 2027 common elections within the state.
Umbugadu, who’s the chief of opposition events within the state and contested the Nasarawa governorship election in 2019 and 2023, made the assertion whereas interacting with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
It might be recalled that Umbugadu had not too long ago resigned from the APC in a letter addressed to the celebration chairman of Ika/Wangibi Ward in Nasarawa Eggon Native Authorities Space, barely three weeks after becoming a member of the ruling celebration.
He lamented that he left the APC as a result of the celebration denied his followers membership registration, leaving him with no possibility however to return to the PDP, the place he has a big following.
In line with him, he appealed to the celebration to open a portal to register his members who defected from the opposition celebration to affix the APC, however all his appeals have been ignored because the celebration denied him the chance.
Umbugadu, nonetheless, defined that along with his capability as a seasoned politician with followers throughout all sectors within the state, he couldn’t be a king in his personal home and later grow to be a servant in one other.
His phrases: “I didn’t request any place to be given to me within the celebration, not even ward chairman or secretary. I solely requested the registration of my members, which they denied me, and that was the explanation I really left APC once more.
“I stated I can’t keep in a spot the place I and my individuals are not secure. And I can by no means be a king in my home and later grow to be a servant in somebody’s home.”
Earlier, the previous state chairman of the PDP, Francis Orugo, who spoke on the place of the celebration, stated the PDP stays the one main opposition celebration that may problem the ruling celebration within the state.
On rumours making the rounds that Umbugadu solely seems throughout election intervals, Orugo debunked the claims, saying the politician is lively always and urged the general public to ignore such speculations.
From Umar Muhammed
Times Nigeria