The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, has disclosed the reason why he left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The senate leader said he dumped the party due to “injustice” in the Kebbi State chapter of the party.
The senator representing Kebbi North, had on Wednesday joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Abdullahi said “it was a case of serial denial of rights”.
He said: “Yes, I have left the APC due to injustice by the Kebbi State Governor.
“It is not just injustice; it’s a serial denial of rights and undemocratic rights which we reported to the party for more than 11 months.
“Nobody did anything about the manner the governor handles the party affairs in the state; imposing candidates and doing whatever he wants”.
He faulted the APC national headquarters for failing to bring order the party.
NAN gathered that Abdullahi’s defection may not be unconnected to his loss of the APC governorship ticket on May 26 2022 which he lost to the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr Nasiru Idris, who emerged the party’s governorship candidate with 1, 055 votes.
Reacting to the senate leader’s accusation, Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Kebbi State Governor, said the allegations by the Senate Leader were untrue.
