Bauchi APC Says Gov Bala Is Best To Speak On His Defection

The chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Muhammad A. Hassan Tilde, has said   Governor Bala Mohammed  is in a better position to speak about his plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC.

Reports of the governor’s defection from PDP to APC have been rife. However, the governor and his media team have refused to comment on the issue, even though the Kabiru Taninu Turaki-led PDP dismissed the report.

Governor Bala is the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum.

Speaking with LEADERSHIP on the governor’s defection, the Bauchi APC chairman, Tilde said, “If it is being said that someone is coming to the APC, the person concerned should be asked, when will he  come? It is not the party that should answer that question,” he said.

When asked if the APC was prepared to receive the governor, Tilde reiterated that the process of joining a party begins at the grassroots level.

He further explained that if someone intends to defect, the process starts from his ward, not from the state party leadership.

Meanwhile, the APC chairman of Yuli Ward in Alkaleri Local Government Area, the ward of Governor Mohammed, Nuhu Muhammad, said there was no official communication about such a move.

“We have not received any information or statement regarding this issue. Like everyone else, we are only hearing the rumours,” he said.

Nuhu explained that if the governor formally indicates interest in joining the APC, the ward leadership would first notify the party at the local government level before the matter is moved to the state leadership for further processing.

He assured that the door is open to the governor, “We are ready to receive him if he decides to return to our party,” he added.

Recall that 11 governors have dumped PDP for the APC since last year, with the latest being the Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal.