Ribadu Defends Defection To PDP
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Sunday justified his defection from the opposion All Progressives Congress to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, saying the APC was not better than the PDP.
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While responding to his decision to dump the APC, Ribadu through Mr. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, his spokesperson had this to say: his defection was not borne out of his desperation to realise his political ambition but was based on his patriotic zeal to serve the country and its people.
"Ribadu was desperate to realise his political ambition. This is because this decision was taken in the overriding interest of serving the people.
The source linked Ribadu’s defection to his unresolved grievances against the APC, which the source made the ex-presidential candidate to succumb to pressure mounted on him by people, including the Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’azu; Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and a Principal Secretary in the Presidency, Hassan Tukur, to join the PDP.
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While responding to his decision to dump the APC, Ribadu through Mr. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, his spokesperson had this to say: his defection was not borne out of his desperation to realise his political ambition but was based on his patriotic zeal to serve the country and its people.
"Ribadu was desperate to realise his political ambition. This is because this decision was taken in the overriding interest of serving the people.
The source linked Ribadu’s defection to his unresolved grievances against the APC, which the source made the ex-presidential candidate to succumb to pressure mounted on him by people, including the Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’azu; Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and a Principal Secretary in the Presidency, Hassan Tukur, to join the PDP.
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