Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Thursday, July 26, 2018 declared that he remains a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The senator made this declaration while fielding questions from journalists at the APC National Secretariat after a meeting with Adams Oshiomhole, the chairman of the APC
He also said that he backed the ongoing reconciliation efforts undertaken by the party’s national executive led by the national chairman.
“We are confident that the new leadership of the party has the capacity the ability to address these injustices,” Senator Sani said.
“In the words of Frantz Fanon, ‘We revolt because we cannot breathe’.
“So we revolted against the party was run because it is suffocating us. Now we have a new surgeon who is doing everything possible to put it back on track.
“That is why we give him the benefit of doubt that the problem can be solved,” he is quoted as saying.
When asked if he was going to join 15 of his colleagues at the Senate who on Tuesday dumped the party on the floor of the red chamber, the senator retorted, “If I am here, I am an APC member. If I am not an APC member, you will not see me at the party’s National Secretariat.”
Sani, who has been blowing hot and cold about his political allegiance was one of 44 APC senators who paid President Buhari a courtesy visit at Aso Rock on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, fifteen senators announced their defection from the APC with 13 joining the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, while 2 joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
In a similar move, 37 members of the Nigerian House of Representatives have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Thirty-two joined the PDP, while four joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). One later announced he was also leaving the APC but did not state his new party.
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has issued a statement saying it accepts the defections of federal lawmakers which occurred at the National Assembly on Tuesday, July 24, 2018.
In an e-mailed statement to The Trent on Tuesday, Bolaji Abdulahi, the national publicity secretary of the APC, said that the party respects the “right of every citizen to political association” and urged for calm.
“APC remains in firm control of 25 states of the 36 states of the federation and maintains a clear majority in the federal House of Representatives and state assemblies,” Mr. Abdulahi declared in the brief statement.
