APC TAKEOVER:We have Captured G7 governors-Buhari

THE speculated cross-carpeting by the seven
discontented governors of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives
Congress (APC) is no longer rumour, as former
military Head of State and APC chieftain, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed Friday that
they have agreed to join the party with their
supporters.
Buhari, who was received at the Yola
International Airport by Governor Murtala
Nyako of Adamawa State, alongside his APC
entourage that included former governor of
Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, party Interim
Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, Gen. Mohammed
Buba Marwa and other top party members,
told reporters at the airport that their tour of
the G-7 governors’ states has yielded positive
result, as the governors had given positive
responses to the invitation to join the APC.
Insisting that “we now have the G-7 governors
in our fold, our tour is yielding positive result
for the party,” Buhari, who claimed that APC
was formed to salvage the country from PDP
bondage, urged Nigerians not to rest in their
fight against injustice and impunity meted
against them by the PDP government.
He commended Nyako and his rebel group for
their alleged fight for injustice, noting that
their fight was for the good of the people of
Nigeria and in defence of democracy.
Nyako, while welcoming his guests to the state,
however, said he was still in PDP but would
always identify with like minds for the
progress of the country.
He explained: “What we are doing today is not
politics but showing concern for our future.
The fact that Buhari is here physically with
other bigwigs portends hope, that leaders from
various divides are meeting here gives Nigeria
the hope that we are uniting for the good of
the country.”
Nevertheless, he stated: “The PDP is very, very
sick. If APC means making Nigeria a key player
in Africa or saving Nigeria, securing Nigeria, I
don’t mind being in any political party.
“The PDP is on the verge of death because the
leaders in Abuja have given the party a
terrifying uppercut. If the party is dead,
nobody should expect me to follow a dead
party into the grave.”
Meanwhile, Nyako had arrived the airport
earlier without the PDP flag on his official car,
but only the Nigeria flag flying by the
passenger side. He eventually left the airport
in a white 32-seater Toyota coaster with his
guests to Government House, where they had a
closed-door meeting.
The APC Interim National Vice Chairman,
North-East Zone, Alhaji Umar Duhu noted that
the tour was at the instance of the APC to
“woo prospective members into its fold,”
stressing that the presence of the G7
governors in their fold would strengthen the
party and send PDP to its early grave with a
bitter political lesson.
He added: “We are so glad with the coming of
aggrieved PDP governors into our fold because
it will boost the chances of our party in 2015
and facilitate the final burial of the PDP by
sending the party to its early grave and
teaching them a bitter political lesson.
“We are not expecting only seven but 11 of
them. With this development, the opposition
will now have 22 governors and probably take
over the leadership of the National Assembly,
so you can see even before the battle the 2015
election is already won.”