Ahmed denies dumping APC

Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday denied insinuations that he was planning to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) and return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He described the insinuation as “false, provocative and contemptuous”, saying it was the handiwork of people bent on causing disaffection in the state.
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary Abdulwahab Oba, the governor restated that such insinuation “is not only baseless but preposterous.”
“Ordinarily, the allegation, peddled by people with devious intent,

does not deserve a response as the objective is obvious. However, we need to alert the good people of Kwara State to the desperate ploy by selfish people with sinister political interest to cause disaffection and stir anxiety in the populace,” the statement said.
The statement also said Governor Ahmed’s relationship with his predecessor and leader of APC in the state, Senator Bukola Saraki,  remains cordial and solid, adding that “assuming without conceding that Gov. Ahmed wanted to return to PDP, which faction of the rudderless and visionless party would he have negotiated with?
“For the record, our decision to leave the PDP was premised on the need to build a new nation where every citizen has the opportunity to prosper; in which our youth are productively engaged and where the disadvantaged are assisted to live a decent life.”