Shekarau,Bafarawa Atttack APC,As Belgore Move To PDP

The opposition Party APC came under fire yesterday from former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau and and his Sokoto State counterpart Bafarawa, who recently defected from the party to the PDP.    They described APC as a political fraud because it has no constitution and manifesto.

Shekarau, at his formal declaration for PDP in Abuja, said: “There is no substantive leadership of APC nationwide. There is  nothing like executive committee  in the APC at any level. We challenged  the leadership of the APC to show  the constitution of the party; it is a secret document, it  is not on the streets.  We challenge the APC to disclose openly the manifesto of the party;  it is not on the streets. Why are they not rolling out the  programmes  for election of officers of the party? It (APC) is a political fraud and we will not be part of it.

“There is nowhere in the constitution of the APC  where it is said that xyz are the leaders of the party. Some people want to pocket the party and that is why the constitution of the party is not on the streets of the country.

“Some people up there do not want the people to own the APC.  We realised that the vision was no longer there. The soul of APC is lost and cannot be found.  Meetings are not held regularly.  The only  meeting of the leadership was held  only because of the    Anambra governorship  election.

“There is chaos in APC and these are the issues we raised and challenged . We spoke out. We wrote petitions and all that, but there was no response. We felt bad and then decided to move.
Bafarawa, who spoke in the same manner, said the APC constitution was doctored.

“The APC constitution was drafted in my house and the only positions we had were the women and youth leaders. Yet, some people were going around to negotiate and asked people to join APC  as leaders of the party.

“We are in PDP and we did not join because of any position or contract;  we joined because of our people and love for the country,” he said.

He also debunked claims that they joined the PDP because of their presidential ambitions.
“Whoever emerges in 2015, it means that Shekarau and I will support the person. We did not join because of any personal ambition. Far from it. It is only God that gives power and He will take it always anytime,”  he added.

Also, a former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in Kwara State, Dele Belgore, it was learnt, would declare for the PDP tomorrow.