Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has declared that his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State was not to take over or displace anyone but a strategic alignment aimed at strengthening political stability in the state.
This is contained in a statement posted on the verified Facebook page of the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Content Creation, Jamila J. Tanko.
The statement quoted Fintiri as informing a stakeholders’ meeting held on Monday in Yola, which brought together party leaders and key political figures that he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside his political structure and government machinery.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reports that the PDP structure in the state had been fully integrated into the APC, including executives from the state to the ward level.
The statement reads in part: “Governor Fintiri said the coming together of leaders would consolidate the APC’s strength in Adamawa State and ensure overwhelming victory for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all APC candidates in the next general election.”
While praising Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, for supporting what he described as a seamless defection process, he called on APC members to receive the new entrants and assured them of loyalty and submission to the party leadership.
“We will continue to deliver the services expected by the people so that we can grow stronger. Our ratings by international organisations placed us among the top-performing states in the country, and this was made possible by the support of our people,” the governor said.
He said his defection marks the beginning of a new political chapter in Adamawa, stressing that the move was not driven by personal ambition but by the need to consolidate peace, stability, and development in the state.
Fintiri urged former PDP members to integrate into the APC with discipline and maturity, emphasizing the importance of loyalty, unity, and purposeful leadership. He further called for grassroots meetings across the state to solidify the new political alignment.
