2023: A dead party cannot send me packing from Govt House, Gov Fintiri lambasts APC

*You’re packing out of Govt House come 2023 whether you like it or not, APC replies Gov

Tom Garba,Yola

Governor Fintiri of Adamawa State has described the All Progressive Congress (APC) as “a dead party, not capable of capturing Adamawa in 2023.”

The Special Aide to the Governor, Solomon Kumangar, made the remark in an interview in Yola.

Kumangar was reacting to an assertion by the Publicity Secretary of APC in the state, Mr Mohammad Abduallahi, that the opposition party would win Adamawa and take over the government in 2023.

Mohammed had said on Friday that 2023 would be the begining of the end of PDP administration in the state as the party was sure of dislodging the ruling party.

Kumangar described the assertions as laughable, saying APC had been completely decimated and could not impact the governorship election, let alone Winning it.

He dismissed the assertion as an “empty boast”, saying Adamawa electorate know the difference between light and retrogression and would continue to vote the PDP.

“The assertion made by the APC that it would win the state in 2023 is a colossal joke. It is laughable.

“How do they want to achieve that? The party has been deserted and left for dead by Adamawa electorate.

“A party where virtually all their bigwigs, such as Kobis Ari Thimnu and others, have deserted because they have seen the light and are now in the fold of PDP.

“Who is left in the APC in the state? I think they are living in a fool’s paradise by thinking they would make an impact let alone win in 2023. APC in Adamawa is dead and buried,” he said.

Kumangar said he was surprised that APC was still boasting of winning when most House of Assembly members of the party are decamping to the PDP.

He said the recent indication by ten APC members of the House to decamp to PDP soon was further confirmation that the opposition party had no place in the state.

Kumangar said Adamawa electoratesl trusted the PDP Government in the State to deliver good leadership, saying APC lacked the drive for progress.

“Gov. Fintiri has been rendering purposeful leadership in the state in line with his campaign promises.

“Adamawa electorate appreciate the progress the Government is making, the people trust the PDP to do more. APC has no place in the state,” he said.

Meanwhile, The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, has told governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to start packing his load as it will sent him out of the Dougirei government house Yola, come 2023, whether he likes it or not.

The party was reacting to a statement credited to the governor who said APC was overwhelmed with crisis and currently in shambles.

Fintiri has upon his arrival into the state after a prolonged working tour gave the opposition party a hard tackle, saying that a party that cannot organize a hitch free ward congresses is not worth its name.

“We are back and we have already started counting our victories and our successes towards 2023.

” As you know, the other party has just started their ward congresses and they are totally in shambles.

“They are in deep crisis that they will never recover. After all, we know, they are not a political party,” Fintiri said.

But in a riposte to the governors tirade, the APC spokesman, Mohammed Abdullahi accused governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of fiddling while the state is on fire advising the governor to concentrate on the onerous challenges facing the state than dabbling into the affairs of other political parties.

“It is not our habit to join issues with his Excellency the governor of Adamawa State because of the respect we have for his office.

“We wonder why he will jettison the onerous responsibility of governance and dabble into the affairs of another political party.

” But it is incumbent to state that if there is any political party that is riddled in crisis today, it is the PDP.

“The neck of their national chairman is still hanging as the two factions call for his resignation.

We even saw demonstrations at the national secretariat of the PDP with people carrying placards asking Secondus to go.

“Instead of him to concentrate and solve these issues within his political party, he is trying to delve into the affairs of the APC.

“I vividly remember a time his Excellency said at Ribadu Square that within three months, there will be no APC in Adamawa and I want to categorically, clearly say that within these three months he postulated, the PDP in Adamawa State suffered the greatest loss a political party can imagine.

“It is within the period that his Excellency, Barr Bala Nggilari left the PDP for APC, it is within that period that a sitting senator, Sen Ishaku Abbo left the PDP for APC.

“Within the same period, Sen Grace Jackson Bent who is a BOT member of the PDP left for the APC.

In a similar development, former house of representatives member, Titsi Ganama who represented Michika/Madagali and Hon Ahmed Wangubi Fons who represented Ganye Jada Mayo Belwa and Toungo and Hon Gibson Nathaniel, all defected from PDP to the APC.

“At the same time, a state deputy chairman of the PDP, Timothy Audu Vimtim defected from the PDP to the APC. I think it is better for his excellency to sit down and nurse his wounds than delving into the affairs of APC.

“He has a burden on his neck to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of Adamawa state. It is better he do that because time is not in his favour.

Come 2023 whether he likes it or not, he is vacating the Dougire government house because APC has become more formidable, more strong and more determined to recapture the seat of the governor in Adamawa State,” Abdullahi noted.