ormer chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Malam
Nuhu Ribadu has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC)
party.Ribadu, who once ran as a guber candidate on the platform of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), confirmed his return in a press
statement he issued on Friday shortly after re-registered at his Bako
Ward of Yola South local government area of Adamawa State. “I have
finally heeded the calls on me to return to the All Progressives
Congress (APC), a party of which I was a founding member.
Former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Malam
Nuhu Ribadu has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) party.
Ribadu,
who once ran as a guber candidate on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), confirmed his return in a press statement he
issued on Friday shortly after re-registered at his Bako Ward of Yola
South local government area of Adamawa State.
“I have finally
heeded the calls on me to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC),
a party of which I was a founding member.
“I re-registered as a
member of the APC on Thursday through the party’s online portal. After
that, the leadership of the party in my Bako ward of Yola South Local
Government Area visited me in my Yola residence to welcome me back to
their fold.
“My decision to return to the APC was triggered by my
believe that all politics are local. Almost everyone around me, and
with whom we started my political journey believed the time had come for
us to make sacrifices and make concessions. That is in addition to the
unbelievable love that my friends in the APC have showered on me in the
past months.
“They demonstrated in words and action that they
wanted me back home.I also did a deep and long reassessment of the
circumstances that warranted my exit from the APC in the first place. I
left the APC in 2014 owing to fundamental disagreements with the ways
the chapter of the party in my state was run after it fell into some
hands.
“Some colleagues and I tried hard to save the then APC
administration from an orchestrated impeachment plot which was
unfortunately carried out with the active collaboration of some ranking
APC members in the state.
“However, events in the last 15 months
have addressed many of the issues and healed some of the wounds. More
so, with the genuine and sincere invitations I received since last year
to retrace my steps into the party, I decided to return after consulting
family and political associates at all levels.
“I would like to
appreciate all those members of the party who privately and publicly
prodded me to return to the party. My appreciation also goes to the
leadership of our party, from my ward in Bako to the national
leadership, for the enthusiasm they showed in having me back.”
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